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How survivalist leaders present a toxic danger
Feature | 20 June 2018
A capacity for self-preservation is a threat to everyone else
Survivors are one thing, heroes of actual events or circumstances that would have tested the mettle of most human beings. But survivalists, also known as preppers, are something quite different.
They are regular people with jobs and homes who are fearful about the future and are constantly preparing for some cataclysmic event that hasn't happened and hasn't tested them.
Survivalists invest in building underground bunkers, hoarding food, clothes, communication devices and weapons that all offer them peace of mind.
Chris Jackson, a professor in the school of management at UNSW Business School, has been studying this personality type, and while confirming that in a disaster situation their capacity for self-preservation is certainly high, he has also revealed the threat they pose more widely to the general population in day-to-day situations.
Survivalists are growing in number. Fuelled by the availability of 24-hour online news, more and more people are agitated about something, and appear to be getting ready for Armageddon.
Philip Lamy, a professor of sociology and anthropology at US university Castleton, traces the origins of survivalism back to the advent of the nuclear age, the Cold War and military conflicts in Vietnam and Korea.
Back then, interest in disaster preparedness gave rise to niche groups often living off the grid, but it has now become mainstream in the US and has spread to the UK and other European countries during the past few years.
Today, 3.7 million Americans classify themselves as survivalists. The National Preppers and Survivalists Expo in the US regularly draws thousands of delegates to hear speakers on topics such as 'How to survive the die-off' or 'How to administer emergency medication'.
Alongside is an expansive business industry catering to the mass paranoia. The freeze-dried survival food industry alone is estimated to be worth US$400 million (A$530 million) annually and is sold in Wal-Mart and on the popular Home Shopping Network TV channel.
'There is a continual tension between survival for the group and natural selection that only benefits individuals'
Collective anxiety
In his survivalist book, Emergency: This book will save your life, former New York Times journalist Neil Strauss says: "I think what we're experiencing is a kind of generational panic attack. We were born in a good time. We experienced booming technology and rising stock prices. And then, all of a sudden 9/11 happened, Katrina happened, the economy plunged. And it's like the rug being pulled out from under our feet."
That was written almost 10 years ago. Given the present state of the world – the threats, whether from natural disasters, random terrorist attacks, or nerve agent poison released in the middle of a sedate British high street – even an optimist would concede that life has become more alarming since then.
And the more our faith in the institutions set up to serve and protect us diminishes, the more the collective anxiety rises, and the more likely it is that some of us will take matters into our own hands.
The problem, says Jackson, is that survivalists tend to be quite malevolent. They are more likely to be narcissists, disagreeable and manipulative, low in rationality and high in psychopathy. And in the US, they are also more likely to be armed.
In his paper, Are survivalists malevolent?, Jackson developed a Survivalist Behaviour Questionnaire to isolate the personality characteristics that may provide important information about people who present a danger to society.
"Survival is best achieved when everyone works together as a team with a leader who is also a team player," Jackson says.
"However, that's not the way humanity is built. From a Darwinistic perspective, an even better way for an individual to survive is to take from the group and not to give to the group. There is a continual tension between survival for the group and natural selection that only benefits individuals," says Jackson.
Narcissist heroes
In recent years, that bold, take-the-initiative characteristic has become elevated in the public consciousness. In fact, it may be said that survivalism has had a bit of a makeover with a glut of reality TV shows suggesting it's all just a bit of fun and there's a narcissist-hero for us to elect and crown at the end of it.
While seeing who can last the longest in the jungle on a diet of beetles may be entertaining, the kind of people who display these gung-ho qualities are also often found in positions of power. Think Donald Trump, think Kim Jong-un, think Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte, think … the list goes on.
In a paper published in the American Psychological Association's Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, associate professor Nicole Mead from the University of Melbourne found that narcissists, such as those mentioned above, tend to rise to and then abuse positions of power.
"Narcissists can feel a sense of entitlement – they expect and demand respect from others as well as special privileges," says Mead.
Once they have power, they can turn into oppressors and bullies and "are willing to exploit others to get what they want", she adds.
Survivalists can be feted as hugely creative and entrepreneurial, particularly during times of disruptive innovation such as we are now experiencing, says Jackson.
He adds that Elon Musk is perhaps the poster boy for the risk-taking business leader of the modern era, but that success-at-all-costs survivalism could also be seen as a product of "the more they have, the more they have to lose, and the more protective they become of their position".
'We all need an element of narcissism. Without it there would be no self-esteem, no creativity, no leadership'
MANFRED KETS DE VRIES
A hall of mirrors
Why do some organisations tolerate dysfunctional business leaders?
Manfred Kets de Vries, a Dutch-born psychologist and professor at INSEAD, sheds light on what he calls the "darker side of leadership".
In an interview with The Irish Times, he describes how many organisations have this "gulag" or "yes" culture, often driven by a narcissist chief executive weighed down by the weight of his or her own hubris.
"We all need an element of narcissism. Without it there would be no self-esteem, no creativity, no leadership. But very quickly this can turn into a personality disorder, and you end up with malignant narcissists that frequently destroy organisations and then move on. They live in a hall of mirrors surrounded by yes-sayers and only hear what they want to hear. There is no reality check," de Vries says
He has advice for business leaders who may have enough self-awareness to recognise the negative side of their survivalist personality traits: Encourage a culture in which employees have a healthy disrespect for the boss.
"They should also work on developing their emotional intelligence to pick up on subtle information and undercurrents, get in touch with their strengths and weaknesses, start listening to people and think about what effect their behaviour has on others," de Vries says.
"If senior managers don't have their own houses in order they stand little chance of getting the best out of their people and may end up creating a toxic organisational culture that ultimately costs the business a lot of money."
Leadership Management Psychology Behaviour
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How an agile mindset can change your career for good: Rob Chan
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Q: SortedDictionary in C# I have a SortedDictionary where I am holding points of a particular player and his name next to it. What I need to do is to sort this in a descending order so that I have the winner in the first position of the dictionary. How can I do that?
Also, how can I get an item from the list without knowing the key?
SortedDictionary<int, string> dict = new SortedDictionary<int, string>();
dict.Add(player1Pts, playerNames[0]);
dict.Add(player2Pts, playerNames[1]);
dict.Add(player3Pts, playerNames[2]);

Thanks for any help!

A: It doesn't really make sense to use a dictionary with the score as the key: the key must be unique, so it will fail if two players have the same score.
Instead, you should create a Player class that contains the name and score, and store Player objects in a List<Player>. If you need to sort the players by score, you can call Sort on the list with a custom comparer, or just order the result with Linq:
foreach (Player player in players.OrderByDescending(p => p.Score))
{
    // Do something with player
}

A: First: A Sorted Dictionary will always be sorted immediately, when you insert another Value.
But note: Using the points as KEY means that you cannot have players with EQUAL points.
But if you want to go with that, you can simple use the Last() Method of your Dictionary to get the player with the most points:
SortedDictionary<int, String> t = new SortedDictionary<int,string>();
t.Add(5, "a");
t.Add(10, "c");
t.Add(2, "b");
MessageBox.Show((t.Last<KeyValuePair<int,string>>()).Value);

This Will Result in "c".

A: For first I think you should switch places of <int, string> player name should be key, and points would be values.
Then you can sort it by values:
dict.Sort(
    delegate(KeyValuePair<int, double> val1,
    KeyValuePair<int, double> val2)
    {
        return val1.Value.CompareTo(val2.Value);
    }
);

You can go through the dictionary by foreach to get keys and values:
 foreach (var pair in asd)
            {
                string some = pair.Key;
                int someValue =  pair.Value;
            }

A: The answer to my problem was this to anyone who might need it :)
Player player1 = new Player(playerNames[0], player1Pts);
Player player2 = new Player(playerNames[1], player2Pts);
Player player3 = new Player(playerNames[2], player3Pts);
Player player4 = new Player(playerNames[3], player4Pts);
Player player5 = new Player(playerNames[4], player5Pts);

List<Player> players = new List<Player>();

players.Add(player1);
players.Add(player2);
players.Add(player3);
players.Add(player4);
players.Add(player5);

var sortedPlayers = (from Player play in players
                     orderby play.Points descending
                     select play);

List<Player> sortPlay = (List<Player>)sortedPlayers.ToList();

A: While there are several answers to the question, none of these seem to take advantage of the SortedDictionary structure. If you want the SortedDictionary to be designed as a max heap rather than the default min heap, I think the best solution is to overwrite the default comparer that C# uses. This can be done as follows:
public class DescendingComparer<T>: IComparer<T> where T : IComparable<T>
{
    public int Compare(T x, T y)
    {
        return y.CompareTo(x); //reverses, so compare ascending
                 //this is vs the standard method, which returns x.CompareTo(y)
    }

}

static void Main(string[] args)
{

SortedDictionary<float, string> myDict = new SortedDictionary<float,string>(new DescendingComparer<float>()); //sorts on the key
    string[] name = {"Bill", "Tom", "Susan", "Terry"};
    myDict.Add(.8f, name[0]);
    myDict.Add(.2f, name[1]);
    myDict.Add(.95f, name[2]);
    myDict.Add(.005f, name[4]);

    foreach (KeyValuePair<float, int> j in myDict)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Key: {0}, Value: {1}",j.Key,j.Value);
    } //now it is stored in increasing order, so accessing largest elements fast
}

See also, here: C#: sort dictionary in descending order

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Death toll likely to exceed 1,000 after typhoon slams Philippines
Andrew Stevens and Tom Watkins, CNN
Updated 12:54 AM EST, Sun November 10, 2013
Photos: Typhoon Haiyan —
A man reconstructs his house in the bay of Tacloban, Leyte province, Philippines, on Wednesday, November 27, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the country's eastern seaboard on November 8, leaving a wide swath of destruction, including more than 5,000 deaths.
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A man rests on his damaged house along the shore in Tacloban on Monday, November 25.
Road traffic moves past destroyed houses in Palo, Leyte province, on Sunday, November 24, weeks after typhoon Haiyan caused heavy damage to life and property in the Philippines.
Typhoon Haiyan —
A woman rests inside the damaged Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine in Tacloban, Philippines, on Sunday, November 24.
A woman looks over the devastated waterfront in Tacloban on November 24.
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Typhoon survivors walk down a road in Palo, Philppines, during a procession for typhoon victims on November 24.
Bullit Marquez/AP
A vehicle lies in the water in Tacloban on Saturday, November 23.
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A man searches through the debris in Tacloban on November 23.
A man scavenges piles of wood amid damaged container vessels on November 23 in Tacloban.
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Local people begin to help clear debris near the shoreline where several tankers ran aground on November 23 in Leyte. The death toll from the storm stands at more than 5,000, according to a government-run news agency.
A man clears debris from in front of his home near the shoreline on November 23 in Leyte.
Groups of men clear debris near the shoreline on November 23 in Tacloban.
Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan inspect the damage to their houses in Tacloban, Philippines, on Friday, November 22.
Filpinos clear rubble from a hard-hit area in Tacloban on November 22.
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An airplane lands in Tacloban as Antonio Lacasa rebuilds his house on Thursday, November 21.
People carry a coffin through an opening in the wall of a public cemetery for burial in Tacloban on November 21.
A member of the Philippine air force drops relief goods for survivors in Tolosa on November 21.
Dita Alangkara/AP
Children blow bubbles in a destroyed market in Tacloban on Wednesday, November 20.
David Guttenfelder/AP
Workers clear mud and debris in Tacloban on November 20.
A boy climbs across debris in Tacloban on November 20.
People at the airport in Tacloban react to a blast of wind from an aircraft on November 20.
A man walks through water in the typhoon-ravaged city of Tacloban, Philippines, on November 20.
A man sleeps on Tuesday, November 19, on a tanker that ran aground during Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban.
Firemen unload bodies November 19 for forensic experts to register and bury in a mass grave outside of Tacloban.
Firemen unload more victims outside of Tacloban on November 19.
A man fans the flames of a fire in Tanauan, Philippines, on November 19.
Survivors salvage wood next to stranded ships in Tacloban on November 19.
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Philippine military personnel carry an injured survivor to an evacuation flight at the Tacloban airport November 19.
People in Tacloban march in the rain November 19 during a procession calling for courage and resilience among survivors.
People play cards by candlelight Monday, November 18, in Tacloban.
A U.S. Navy helicopter delivers relief goods to typhoon victims in Ormoc, Philippines, on November 18.
Men take food back to their families in Leyte on November 18. Countries all over the world have pledged relief aid to those affected by the typhoon, but damage to airports and roads have made moving the aid very difficult.
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People are held back as the U.S. Navy delivers aid from a helicopter in San Jose, Philippines, on November 18.
Wally Santana/AP
A helicopter flies over a call for help in Ormoc on November 18.
A man cleans up mud inside a church in the hard-hit city of Tacloban on November 18.
A boy bathes November 18 at a Tacloban school turned into a temporary shelter.
Hundreds of typhoon survivors are packed into a U.S. military airplane November 18 for evacuation from Tacloban's airport.
Typhoon survivors run toward a passing U.S. Navy helicopter in San Jose on November 18.
A boy holding a toy machine gun sits Sunday, November 17, on a ship that ran aground in Tacloban.
People gather around a helicopter as it delivers relief supplies November 17 in Guiuan, Philippines.
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Filipinos board an HC-130 Hercules airplane as U.S. sailors carry relief supplies November 17 in Guiuan.
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Survivors clean mannequins found among the debris in Tacloban on November 17.
A man leans against a statue of the Crucifixion before a Mass at Santo Nino Church in Tacloban on November 17.
A man carries a piece of wood from the debris in Tacloban on November 17.
Survivors wait in line in Tacloban for relief goods on November 17.
Aaron Favila/AP
A man looks over the devastation from his damaged home in Tacloban on November 17.
A trapped resident braves the dust created by a U.S. Navy helicopter taking off Saturday, November 16, on Manicani Island, Philippines.
Corpses are collected and loaded on trucks to be taken to mass graves in Tacloban on November 16.
A victim's corpse floats on a river in Tanauan on November 16.
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A pregnant survivor waits to give birth in a hospital November 16 in Tanauan.
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A dead dog lies in front of a house destroyed by the typhoon in Tanauan.
A man carries a bicycle as he walks through the ruins of a Tacloban building November 16.
Survivors of the typhoon stand in a Tanauan street partially blocked by debris November 16.
An elderly survivor walks past toppled cars outside a church in Tacloban on November 16.
A man in Tanauan cleans meat after slaughtering his only cow that survived the typhoon.
Survivors gather in Tacloban to await transport to a neighboring province on November 16.
Men carry a coffin toward a Leyte cemetery on November 16.
A survivor cooks dinner in front of his damaged home in Marabut, Philippines, on Friday, November 15.
Toppled coconut trees dot a mountain in an area devastated by the typhoon in Leyte province.
A typhoon survivor keeps her husband alive by manually pumping air into his lungs after his leg was amputated at a Tacloban hospital November 15. The hospital has been operating without power since the typhoon.
A survivor reacts to the damage at a residential area in Tacloban on November 15.
FRANCIS R. MALASIG/EPA /LANDOV
Typhoon victims are treated in the lobby of a Tacloban hospital on November 15.
Philippine Army soldiers carry the body of a civilian in Tanauan on November 15.
Residents wait to board a Singaporean cargo plane at the Tacloban airport on November 15. Many survivors have converged on the city's airport to wait for flights.
Jeoffrey Maitem/Getty Images
Search and retrieval teams carry a body bag in Tacloban on November 15.
Haiyan survivors carry food that a U.S. military helicopter dropped off in Guiuan on Thursday, November 14.
Dozens of bodies are placed near Tacloban City Hall on November 14 as workers prepare a mass grave on the outskirts of the hard-hit city.
Vincent Yu/AP
A girl plays inside her house amid the devastation in Tacloban on November 14.
A Filipino soldier hands out bread to survivors in Maraboth, Philippines, on November 14.
A boy takes cover from rain while waiting for an evacuation flight from Tacloban's airport November 14.
Workers arrange bodies at a mass burial site at a Tacloban cemetery November 14.
The weary wait for evacuation from Tacloban on November 14.
A truck lies in the water in Hernani, Philippines, on November 14.
Children play with fallen power lines near a damaged school in Guiuan on November 14.
Teresa Mazeda hangs laundry in the ruins of her Tacloban home on Wednesday, November 13.
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Nina Duran searches for belongings at her family's destroyed house in Tacloban on November 13.
Survivors walk through the ruins of their neighborhood outside Tacloban on November 13.
A man sits in front of his destroyed business November 13 in Tacloban.
A family, desperate to charge their mobile phones to search for family and friends, tries to use a ceiling fan to generate electricity November 13 in the Philippine province of Cebu.
JAY ROMMEL LABRA/EPA/LANDOV
An injured man in Tacloban rests beneath a picture of Jesus Christ on November 13.
A man takes a shower amid the rubble in Tacloban on November 13.
A rescue team wades into Tacloban floodwater to retrieve a body on November 13.
David Guttenfelde/AP
Residents take shelter in a Tacloban church on November 13.
Residents make their way through a destroyed neighborhood in Tacloban on November 13.
A boy cycles past a coffin left on a street in Tacloban on November 13.
A man looks at his destroyed home November 13 in Tacloban.
Body bags are lined up in Tacloban on November 13.
Survivors prepare to board a military plane November 13 at the Tacloban airport.
Men walk through smoke as they burn debris from a Tacloban church on November 16.
An aerial view of Tanuan shows signs pleading for help and food November 13.
Soldiers help a woman after she collapsed November 13 while waiting in line to board a military plane at Tacloban's airport.
Survivors wait to be evacuated from Tacloban on November 13.
An injured survivor gets carried on a stretcher before being airlifted from Tacloban's airport November 13.
A survivor begins to rebuild his house in Tacloban on November 13.
Evacuees wait to board a military aircraft in Leyte on Tuesday, November 12.
People walk through damage in Tacloban on November 12.
AP Photo/Aaron Favila
A young man waits at the airport November 12 in hopes of being evacuated from Tacloban.
A woman comforts a crying relative as a plane leaves the Tacloban airport November 12.
A man sits crying on a packed aircraft in Tacloban on November 12.
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Debris lays scattered around a damaged home near the Tacloban airport on November 12.
A girl sits inside a bus as she waits for a ferry in Matnog, Philippines, on November 12.
Police line up bodies for processing in Tacloban on November 12.
People in Tacloban pass debris on November 11.
Survivors in Tacloban board a military plane bound for the Philippine capital of Manila on November 11.
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Residents carry bags of rice from a Tacloban warehouse that they stormed November 11 because of a food shortage.
A woman in Tacloban walks amid the debris of destroyed houses on November 11.
People make their way across a flooded street in Shangsi, China, on November 11. Haiyan moved toward Vietnam and south China after devastating the Philippines.
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Buildings lie in ruins on Eastern Samar's Victory Island.
Emily Ortega rests on November 11 after giving birth to Bea Joy at an improvised clinic at the Tacloban airport.
U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft arrive at Manila's Villamor Airbase to deliver humanitarian aid on November 11.
People ride past destruction in Tacloban on Sunday, November 10.
A body lies amid the Tacloban devastation on November 10.
People cover their noses to block the smell of bodies in Tacloban on November 10.
Bodies of victims lie along a Tacloban road on November 10.
A large boat sits aground, surrounded by debris in Tacloban on November 10.
People walk past the Tacloban devastation on November 10.
People stand under a shelter in Tacloban.
A girl peeks out from a makeshift shelter in Tacloban.
Typhoon survivors wait to receive relief goods at the Tacloban airport on November 10.
A woman mourns in front of her husband's dead body November 10 in Tacloban.
Fallen trees litter the ground at the Tacloban airport on Saturday, November 9.
A resident passes victims' bodies on a Tacloban street November 9.
People in Tacloban carry a victim of the typhoon November 9.
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A vehicle lies amid Tacloban debris on November 9.
People walk past a victim left on the side of a road in Tacloban.
A resident passes an overturned car in Tacloban on November 9.
Rescue workers carry a woman about to give birth November 9 at a makeshift medical center at the Tacloban airport.
An airport lies in ruins in Tacloban.
Astronaut Karen L. Nyberg took a picture of the typhoon from the International Space Station on November 9.
Karen L. Nyberg/NASA/AP
Women walk past fallen trees and destroyed houses in Tacloban on November 9. Residents scoured supermarkets for water and food as they slowly emerged on streets littered with debris.
A soldier pulls a cable inside the devastated airport tower in Tacloban.
Tacloban houses are destroyed by the strong winds caused by the typhoon.
Dark clouds brought by Haiyan loom over Manila skyscrapers on November 8.
Rouelle Umali/Landov
A woman carries a baby across a river November 8 at a coastal village in Las Pinas, Philippines.
A resident walks along a fishing village in Bacoor, Philippines, on November 8.
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A house in Legazpi, Philippines, is engulfed by storm surge November 8.
Nelson Salting/ap
A child wraps himself in a blanket inside a makeshift house along a Bacoor fishing village.
A woman and her children head for an evacuation center November 8 amid strong winds in Cebu City, Philippines.
Huge waves from Haiyan hit the shoreline in Legazpi on November 8.
A fisherman lifts a post to reinforce his home at a coastal village in Las Pinas on November 8.
A resident unloads nets off a fishing boat in Bacoor on November 8.
Residents reinforce their homes in Las Pinas on November 8.
The storm approaches the Philippines in this satellite image taken Thursday, November 7, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Workers bring down a billboard in Makati, Philippines, on November 7 before Haiyan makes landfall.
Philippine Coast Guard personnel stand in formation beside newly acquired rubber boats after a blessing ceremony in Manila on Wednesday, November 6. The boats were to be deployed to the central Philippines in preparation for Haiyan.
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Photos: Typhoon Haiyan
Are you in the affected area? Send us images and video, but please stay safe.
NEW: Road to airport opens in a sign of progress for relief effort in Tacloban
NEW: Military joins police to patrol hard-hit city of Tacloban
Official death count reaches 151, but Red Cross expects figure to reach 1,200
More than 477,000 people driven from homes
Tacloban, Philippines CNN —
A day after Super Typhoon Haiyan roared through the Philippines, officials predicted that the death toll could reach 1,200 – or more.
"We estimate 1,000 people were killed in Tacloban and 200 in Samar province," Gwendolyn Pang, secretary general of the Philippine Red Cross, said of two coastal areas where Haiyan hit first as it began its march Friday across the archipelago.
No one is saying that number won't rise.
A provincial police chief reportedly said that local government estimates point to as many as 10,000 feared dead alone in Leyte province, which includes Tacloban. According to AFP, Chief Supt. Elmer Soria said that this figure came out of a Saturday night meeting with the governor of Leyte.
National police and the military sent reinforcements Sunday to prevent looting in the hard-hit city of Tacloban. News video showed people breaking into grocery stores and cash machines in the city, where there had been little evidence of authority since midday Friday.
The store break-ins were attributable to a severe lack of food. Relief efforts were hampered by heavy damage to the airport and trees and debris blocking roadways.
In signs of progress, the road to the airport was cleared Sunday and helicopters were making regular flights.
Death count expected to rise
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The government had counted 151 dead, 23 injured and five missing as of Sunday morning. More than 477,000 people were driven out of their homes.
Experts predicted that it will take days to get the full scope of the damage wrought by a typhoon described as one of the strongest to make landfall in recorded history.
Interactive map of the storm
"Probably the casualty figure will increase as we get more information from remote areas, which have been cut off from communications," said Tomoo Hozumi, UNICEF's Philippines representative.
The casualties from the storm, which affected 4.3 million people in 36 provinces, occurred despite preparations that included the evacuation of more than 800,000 people, he said.
The National Risk Reduction and Management Council said more than 70,000 families were affected, and nearly 350,000 people were displaced – inside and outside evacuation centers. Thousands of houses were destroyed, it said.
Tacloban hardest hit
Tacloban suffered the greatest devastation, said Lt. Jim Aris Alago, information officer for Navy Central Command. "There are numbers of undetermined casualties found along the roads."
Officials initially found more than 100 bodies scattered on the streets of the coastal city.
"We expect the greatest number of casualties there," Alago said, adding that 100 body bags had been sent to the area. People were wading through waist-high water, and overturned vehicles, downed utility poles and trees were blocking roads and delaying the aid effort.
Mobile services were down, and officials were relying on radios.
Another 100 residents in this city of 220,000 were injured, said Capt. John Andrews, deputy director of the national Civil Aviation Authority.
Storm damage was swift
Roofs and windows were blown off of and out of many of the buildings left standing.
But the speed of the storm – which was clocked at 41 mph – meant residents didn't have to hunker down long. Many emerged Saturday from their homes and shelters and trekked through streets littered with debris to supermarkets, looking for water and food. Several bodies were found at a chapel; a woman wept over one.
National police sent 150 officers to Tacloban on Saturday night, and Director Alan Purisima said Sunday he was sending an additional 120 officers to "keep the peace and restore law and order."
The military also sent a battalion of 500 to patrol the city.
Rescue crews were handing out ready-to-eat meals, clothing, blankets, medicine and water, Alago said.
Red Cross struggling to reach scene
The Philippine Red Cross succeeded in getting its assessment team in to Tacloban but had not managed to get its main team of aid workers and equipment to the city, said Philippine National Red Cross Chairman Richard Gordon.
"We really are having access problems," he said.
The city's airport was shut to commercial flights, and it would be three days before a land route was open, so organizers were considering chartering a boat for the 1½-to-2-day trip, he said.
"It really is an awful, awful situation."
Tacloban, on Leyte island, is the largest city in the Eastern Visayas Islands. It was an important logistical base during World War II and served as a temporary capital of the Philippines.
Some hospitals on Leyte were destroyed, the official Philippines News Agency reported, adding that the Department of Health had sought help from the World Health Organization.
U.N. aid gears up
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Typhoon Haiyan one of the biggest ever
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Super typhoon to leave areas uninhabited
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Super typhoon's financial impact
WFP spokeswoman Bettina Luescher said the U.N. group was gearing up its global resources to send enough food to feed 120,000 people.
"These high-energy biscuits will keep them alive," she said.
In addition, she said, the world body was sending IT teams and telecommunications equipment to help humanitarian groups coordinate their efforts once they reach the area.
She noted that much of the country's infrastructure – roads, bridges, airports, ports – may have been destroyed or damaged and that the government could use help with logistics.
Luescher pleaded for financial support from the international community and directed those wishing to donate to wfp.org/typhoon.
"Those are families like you and me, and they just need our help right now," she said.
Philippines gets more than its share of disasters
Catastrophic destruction
The destruction across the islands was catastrophic and widespread. For a time, storm clouds covered the entire Philippines, stretching 1,120 miles – the distance between Florida and Canada – and tropical storm-force winds covered an area the size of Germany.
A representative of the humanitarian organization CARE in the Philippines said the agency was trying to bring in supplies but did not know where they might be most needed. "We haven't heard anything from the municipalities on the Pacific side," Celso Dulce said.
The storm first struck before dawn on Friday on the country's eastern island of Samar, flooding streets and knocking out power and communications in most of Eastern Visayas region.
Powered by 195-mph winds and gusts up to 235 mph, it then struck near Tacloban and Dulag on the island of Leyte, flooding the coastal communities.
"It is like a tsunami has hit here," CNN's Paula Hancocks said from Tacloban.
An enormous blow
Haiyan continued its march, barreling into five other Philippine islands before its wind strength dropped Saturday to 130 mph and it lost its super typhoon designation.
On Friday, the Red Cross had more than 700,000 people in evacuation centers, but some of those proved no match for the storm, the Red Cross' Gordon said. "People died there as well."
Meteorologists predicted that Haiyan would weaken to a minimal typhoon or a tropical storm before making landfall Monday morning in northern Vietnam between Hanoi and Vinh. Up to 12 inches of rain were forecast for portions of northern Vietnam near the border with China by Monday night.
By late Saturday, Philippine military helicopters were taking surveys of the disaster; it took relief workers from Manila up to 18 hours to reach the worst-hit isles.
Haiyan packed a wallop on Philippine structures that was 3.5 times more forceful than the United States' Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which directly or indirectly killed 1,833 people. At $108 billion, it was the costliest hurricane in U.S. history.
Haiyan may be the strongest tropical cyclone in recorded history, but meteorologists said it will take further analysis to confirm whether it set a record.
Cut-off communities
Most of Cebu province couldn't be contacted by landlines, cell phones or radio, Dennis Chiong, operations officer for the province's disaster risk and emergency management, said Saturday.
One inaccessible town, Daanbantayan, has more than 3,000 residents who "badly need food, water and shelter because most of the houses there are damaged due to the storm," Chiong said.
In the town of Santa Fe in Cebu province, officials could not determine the number of fatalities because roads were washed out and phone services down.
CNN's Paula Hancocks and Andrew Stevens reported from Tacloban, and Faith Karimi and Tom Watkins wrote from Atlanta. CNN's David Simpson, Elwyn Lopez, Joseph Netto, Michael Martinez, Aliza Kassim, Jessica King, Brandon Miller and Yousuf Basil contributed to this report.

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package com.speedment.runtime.compute.internal.expression;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotEquals;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;

import com.speedment.runtime.compute.ToFloat;
import com.speedment.runtime.compute.ToInt;
import com.speedment.runtime.compute.ToShort;
import com.speedment.runtime.compute.expression.BinaryExpression.Operator;
import com.speedment.runtime.compute.expression.BinaryObjExpression;
import com.speedment.runtime.compute.expression.ExpressionType;
import com.speedment.runtime.compute.internal.expression.PlusUtil.AbstractPlus;
import com.speedment.runtime.compute.internal.expression.PlusUtil.AbstractPlusByte;
import com.speedment.runtime.compute.internal.expression.PlusUtil.AbstractPlusDouble;
import com.speedment.runtime.compute.internal.expression.PlusUtil.AbstractPlusFloat;
import com.speedment.runtime.compute.internal.expression.PlusUtil.AbstractPlusInt;
import com.speedment.runtime.compute.internal.expression.PlusUtil.AbstractPlusLong;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

final class PlusUtilTest {

    @Test
    void shortPlusInt() {
        final ToInt<Short> instance = PlusUtil.shortPlusInt(s -> s, 1);
        assertEquals(1, instance.applyAsInt((short) 0));
    }

    @Test
    void shortPlusShort() {
        final ToShort<Short> instance = PlusUtil.shortPlusShort(s -> s, s -> s);
        assertEquals(2, instance.applyAsShort((short) 1));
    }

    @Test
    void floatPlusFloat() {
        ToFloat<Float> instance = PlusUtil.floatPlusFloat(f -> f, f -> f);
        assertEquals(2, instance.applyAsFloat((float) 1));

        instance = PlusUtil.floatPlusFloat(f -> f, 1);
        assertEquals(1, instance.applyAsFloat((float) 0));
    }

    @Test
    void abstractPlus() {
        final DummyPlus instance = new DummyPlus(i -> i, i -> i);

        assertNotNull(instance.first());
        assertNotNull(instance.second());
        assertEquals(Operator.PLUS, instance.operator());
        assertNotEquals(0, instance.hashCode());

        final DummyPlus copy = instance;

        assertTrue(instance.equals(copy));
        assertFalse(instance.equals(null));
        assertFalse(instance.equals(1));

        final DummyPlus sameFirst = new DummyPlus(instance.first(), i -> i + 1);

        assertFalse(instance.equals(sameFirst));

        final DummyPlus sameSecond = new DummyPlus(i -> i + 1, instance.second());

        assertFalse(instance.equals(sameSecond));

        final DummyPlus allSame = new DummyPlus(instance.first(), instance.second());

        assertTrue(instance.equals(allSame));

        final DummyPlus allDifferent = new DummyPlus(i -> i + 1, i -> i + 1);

        assertFalse(instance.equals(allDifferent));
    }

    @Test
    void abstractPlusByte() {
        final DummyPlusByte instance = new DummyPlusByte(i -> i, (byte) 1);

        assertNotNull(instance.first());
        assertNotNull(instance.second());
        assertEquals(BinaryObjExpression.Operator.PLUS, instance.operator());
        assertNotEquals(0, instance.hashCode());

        final DummyPlusByte copy = instance;

        assertTrue(instance.equals(copy));
        assertFalse(instance.equals(null));
        assertFalse(instance.equals(1));

        final DummyPlusByte sameFirst = new DummyPlusByte(instance.first(), (byte) 2);

        assertFalse(instance.equals(sameFirst));

        final DummyPlusByte sameSecond = new DummyPlusByte(i -> i + 1, instance.second());

        assertFalse(instance.equals(sameSecond));

        final DummyPlusByte allSame = new DummyPlusByte(instance.first(), instance.second());

        assertTrue(instance.equals(allSame));

        final DummyPlusByte allDifferent = new DummyPlusByte(i -> i + 1, (byte) 2);

        assertFalse(instance.equals(allDifferent));
    }

    @Test
    void abstractPlusInt() {
        final DummyPlusInt instance = new DummyPlusInt(i -> i, 1);

        assertNotNull(instance.first());
        assertNotNull(instance.second());
        assertEquals(BinaryObjExpression.Operator.PLUS, instance.operator());
        assertNotEquals(0, instance.hashCode());

        final DummyPlusInt copy = instance;

        assertTrue(instance.equals(copy));
        assertFalse(instance.equals(null));
        assertFalse(instance.equals(1));

        final DummyPlusInt sameFirst = new DummyPlusInt(instance.first(), 2);

        assertFalse(instance.equals(sameFirst));

        final DummyPlusInt sameSecond = new DummyPlusInt(i -> i + 1, instance.second());

        assertFalse(instance.equals(sameSecond));

        final DummyPlusInt allSame = new DummyPlusInt(instance.first(), instance.second());

        assertTrue(instance.equals(allSame));

        final DummyPlusInt allDifferent = new DummyPlusInt(i -> i + 1, 2);

        assertFalse(instance.equals(allDifferent));
    }

    @Test
    void abstractPlusLong() {
        final DummyPlusLong instance = new DummyPlusLong(i -> i, 1);

        assertNotNull(instance.first());
        assertNotNull(instance.second());
        assertEquals(BinaryObjExpression.Operator.PLUS, instance.operator());
        assertNotEquals(0, instance.hashCode());

        final DummyPlusLong copy = instance;

        assertTrue(instance.equals(copy));
        assertFalse(instance.equals(null));
        assertFalse(instance.equals(1));

        final DummyPlusLong sameFirst = new DummyPlusLong(instance.first(), 2);

        assertFalse(instance.equals(sameFirst));

        final DummyPlusLong sameSecond = new DummyPlusLong(i -> i + 1, instance.second());

        assertFalse(instance.equals(sameSecond));

        final DummyPlusLong allSame = new DummyPlusLong(instance.first(), instance.second());

        assertTrue(instance.equals(allSame));

        final DummyPlusLong allDifferent = new DummyPlusLong(i -> i + 1, 2);

        assertFalse(instance.equals(allDifferent));
    }

    @Test
    void abstractPlusFloat() {
        final DummyPlusFloat instance = new DummyPlusFloat(i -> i, 1);

        assertNotNull(instance.first());
        assertNotNull(instance.second());
        assertEquals(BinaryObjExpression.Operator.PLUS, instance.operator());
        assertNotEquals(0, instance.hashCode());

        final DummyPlusFloat copy = instance;

        assertTrue(instance.equals(copy));
        assertFalse(instance.equals(null));
        assertFalse(instance.equals(1));

        final DummyPlusFloat sameFirst = new DummyPlusFloat(instance.first(), 2);

        assertFalse(instance.equals(sameFirst));

        final DummyPlusFloat sameSecond = new DummyPlusFloat(i -> i + 1, instance.second());

        assertFalse(instance.equals(sameSecond));

        final DummyPlusFloat allSame = new DummyPlusFloat(instance.first(), instance.second());

        assertTrue(instance.equals(allSame));

        final DummyPlusFloat allDifferent = new DummyPlusFloat(i -> i + 1, 2);

        assertFalse(instance.equals(allDifferent));
    }

    @Test
    void abstractPlusDouble() {
        final DummyPlusDouble instance = new DummyPlusDouble(i -> i, 1);

        assertNotNull(instance.first());
        assertNotNull(instance.second());
        assertEquals(BinaryObjExpression.Operator.PLUS, instance.operator());
        assertNotEquals(0, instance.hashCode());

        final DummyPlusDouble copy = instance;

        assertTrue(instance.equals(copy));
        assertFalse(instance.equals(null));
        assertFalse(instance.equals(1));

        final DummyPlusDouble sameFirst = new DummyPlusDouble(instance.first(), 2);

        assertFalse(instance.equals(sameFirst));

        final DummyPlusDouble sameSecond = new DummyPlusDouble(i -> i + 1, instance.second());

        assertFalse(instance.equals(sameSecond));

        final DummyPlusDouble allSame = new DummyPlusDouble(instance.first(), instance.second());

        assertTrue(instance.equals(allSame));

        final DummyPlusDouble allDifferent = new DummyPlusDouble(i -> i + 1, 2);

        assertFalse(instance.equals(allDifferent));
    }

    private static final class DummyPlus extends
            AbstractPlus<Integer, ToInt<Integer>, ToInt<Integer>> {

        DummyPlus(ToInt<Integer> integerToInt,
                ToInt<Integer> integerToInt2) {
            super(integerToInt, integerToInt2);
        }

        @Override
        public ExpressionType expressionType() {
            return null;
        }
    }

    private static final class DummyPlusByte extends AbstractPlusByte<Integer, ToInt<Integer>> {

        DummyPlusByte(ToInt<Integer> first, byte second) {
            super(first, second);
        }

        @Override
        public ExpressionType expressionType() {
            return null;
        }
    }

    private static final class DummyPlusInt extends AbstractPlusInt<Integer, ToInt<Integer>> {

        DummyPlusInt(ToInt<Integer> first, int second) {
            super(first, second);
        }

        @Override
        public ExpressionType expressionType() {
            return null;
        }
    }

    private static final class DummyPlusLong extends AbstractPlusLong<Integer, ToInt<Integer>> {
        DummyPlusLong(ToInt<Integer> first, long second) {
            super(first, second);
        }

        @Override
        public ExpressionType expressionType() {
            return null;
        }
    }

    private static final class DummyPlusFloat extends AbstractPlusFloat<Integer, ToInt<Integer>> {
        DummyPlusFloat(ToInt<Integer> first, float second) {
            super(first, second);
        }

        @Override
        public ExpressionType expressionType() {
            return null;
        }
    }

    private static final class DummyPlusDouble extends AbstractPlusDouble<Integer, ToInt<Integer>> {
        DummyPlusDouble(ToInt<Integer> first, double second) {
            super(first, second);
        }

        @Override
        public ExpressionType expressionType() {
            return null;
        }
    }

}

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Apple sold over half of all smartwatches in 2015, according to research firm Juniper.
Android Wear, which is developed by Google, captured 10% of the market, despite having smartwatches made by Samsung, Motorola, and Acer.
The remaining 38% of the market was captured by independent makers, such as Nabu or Martian.
Apple does not break out sales for the Apple Watch and so any figure is a guess based on market research. However, previous estimates have placed the Watch ahead of all other smartwatch makers.
According to BI Intelligence, global smartwatch sales reached 25 million in 2015 and will continue to grow to 100 million in 2019. This means that Apple sold around 13 million Apple Watches in 2015.
The reason for Apple's success is down to a failure by other smartwatch makers. "The others haven't done enough to promote what users can do with their smartwatches," Francisco Jeronimo, an analyst for IDC, told CNBC.


Potassium is the most expensive and among the most productive of all fertiliser inputs, so mastering the management of this mineral will inevitably reap rewards. Those rewards will often include the savings and stress relief that come from a reduced need for chemical intervention, because potassium balance hugely impacts pest pressure.
Many of you will be familiar with the concept of sap pH as a monitoring tool. This discovery was one of many contributions from the brilliant U.S. researcher, Bruce Tainio. Bruce observed that healthy, resilient plants had a sap pH of 6.4. Interestingly, this is the same level as a healthy soil, a robust animal and a healthy human (according to urine pH). A cell is a cell and this guideline seems relevant across these different mediums.
A sap pH below 6.4 is indicative of likely fungal pressure, while a high sap pH can spell the arrival of unwanted insects. The potassium link to this story is profound because this super mobile, alkalising mineral can be a major player in the disease department. Potassium is one of the most mobile minerals in the plant and it commonly moves from the lower leaves up to the fruit or growing tips where it is required. This first sign of potassium deficiency is rarely recognised, because we are usually monitoring the plant by tissue testing the first fully-developed leaf. In this context, leaf tests are not always a reliable indicator of potassium status.
When potassium vacates the lower leaves, the sap pH drops in those leaves and this becomes the most likely site for disease attack. Think of that tomato plant in your garden. Where do the little brown spots that eventually decimate your plant first appear? It shows up first on the lower leaves and very commonly this is due to an unrecognised potassium deficiency. Tomatoes require much more potassium than that provided by many home gardens, but if you keep a sack of potassium sulfate in your shed you will more likely enjoy problem-free tomatoes.
The invaluable technique for fingertip control of K involves the use of a Plant Sap Potassium Meter. On a regular basis, you simply test the older leaves and then the younger leaves. Ideally, the potassium levels of the leaves sourced from both sites should be the same. If they differ by more than 10%, then you have discovered a K deficiency and the sooner you act the better. K-Rich™ is a popular choice for a foliar correction of K shortage. This concentrated formula features fully buffered liquid potassium (35%) that provides a particularly impressive potassium response.
When potassium levels decline in the soil, you will often notice a lack of plant vigour. Fruit drop may occur as weak stems struggle to retain their load. Lodging in cereal crops is common and the flavour of food crops suffers. There may also be evidence on the plant leaf, beginning with the lower leaves. Chlorosis or scorching of the leaf margins is the most likely outcome. In corn crops, for example, the margins of the lower leaves turn brown. This burnt edge is often accompanied by a striped appearance on the remainder of the leaf. There is a visible and distinct light green colour to these leaves, which is easily visible from a distance.
In soybean crops, the margins of the lower leaves turn yellow – but in crops from the potassium-hungry nightshade family (tomatoes, capsicums, potatoes and eggplants), the lower leaves develop distinctly burnt edges, rather than yellowing.
The bottom line here is that a potassium shortage will be costly, as this is the fruit and seed filler and yield loss is inevitable.
Potassium sulfate is almost always a better choice than potassium chloride. It has a lower salt index, it is more microbe friendly and most crops need sulfur but do not require chloride. Part of the chloride becomes chlorine and it is not a great strategy to treat your soil like a sterile swimming pool. Potassium sulfate is more expensive, but I have argued for years that even if you spend the same dollar value and get less potassium, you will never be unhappy with your choice. I have yet to meet a grower who regrets his or her choice of this more bio-friendly option.
The application of excessive compost can create an excess of potassium. This is not a good situation as it can limit the uptake of all-important, cell-strengthening calcium, along with the chlorophyll-building magnesium and the boron steering wheel. Green waste compost is high in potassium. We know of cases where growers have used up to 100 tonnes of compost per hectare and created serious balance issues.
Don't waste your fire ash as it is a great potassium source. The very best outcome is to add it to a compost to stabilise this highly leachable mineral.
Fulvic acid is a great additive to liquid potassium as it magnifies K uptake and stabilises this mineral through the creation of a much less leachable, potassium fulvate. Fulvic acid is also a great foliar fertiliser in its own right.
NTS Soluble Humate Granules™ are a great additive to dry-applied, granulated potassium sulfate at 5%, as they stabilise both the potassium and the sulfate to reduce their leaching. Always remember that humus is the sulfur storehouse and humic acid is basically a humus concentrate.
Never allow base saturation levels of sodium to exceed base saturation levels of potassium. When sodium base saturation exceeds that of potassium, sodium is invariably taken up by the plant instead of potassium. In this manner, the man-made imbalance can be costly, because sodium does not offer the same range of benefits as potassium. In fact, the sodium that has been mistakenly uptaken can expand and burst cell walls in hot conditions. Not only do you miss out on size, flavour and resilience, but you have a bunch of burnt leaves to boot.
There is great benefit in trying to achieve equal ppm of potassium and magnesium on a soil test. This important ratio can make a big difference to your bottom line. When the K:Mg ratio is perfected, you will be delivering optimum levels of both minerals to your crop – but you will also notice something very special. When comparing thousands of soil tests to associated leaf tests, over many years, I noted that whenever we achieved equal parts per million of magnesium and potassium, we increased the uptake of both minerals into the leaf. Not only did we maximise uptake of these minerals, but there was also an associated positive impact upon the uptake of phosphorus.
Potassium is a major mineral with multiple roles and getting K nutrition right can be very productive. Of all of the tips I have shared in this two-part article, the most important relates to closely monitoring this mineral so you don't miss yield. The technique of monitoring the top and bottom leaves and striving to maintain similar levels across the plant is huge. If you can't afford a potassium meter, you can sometimes gain some insight by using simple pH strips at both sites. If you can maintain the same sap pH on the top and bottom leaves of the plant, then it is highly likely you will not suffer potassium deficiency and associated loss of quality and yield.


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Дуг пољубац за лаку ноћ (), амерички је акциони криминалистички трилер филм из 1996. године, режисера Ренија Харлина, са Џином Дејвис, Семјуел Л. Џексоном, Патриком Малахајдом и Крегом Бирком у главним улогама.

Прича прати наставницу из малог места (Дејвис), која пати од амнезије и покушава да поврати свој идентитет уз помоћ приватног детектива (Џексон), када открију мрачну заверу.

Радња филма

Саманта Кејн је мајка и учитељица која води наизглед нормалан живот у малом граду Хонздејлу у Пенсилванији. Међутим, осим последњих осам година живота, она се ничега не сећа због амнезије од несреће. Једног дана ју је напао одбегли затвореник, против којег се успешно одбранила, несвесно користећи смртоносне технике самоодбране.

Саманта је унајмила приватног детектива Мича Хенесија, да јој помогне да открије истину о својој прошлости. Помогао јој је да ступи у контакт са мистериозним др Нејтаном Волдманом, који јој је рекао да је њено право име Шарлин (Чарли) Балтимор и да је професионални убица, који ради за ЦИА. Након тога, унајмљене убице отпочињу лов на Саманту, а бивше колеге девојке, се испоставља да су терористи, који изводе терористичке нападе уз помоћ хемијског оружја. Разни опасни изазови ступају пред њих двоје. Схвативши да не могу да дођу до хероине, отимају њену ћерку и прете да ће је убити, након чега узимају Чарли и Мича као таоце. Терористи постављају бомбу у аутомобил и детонирају је у центру града. Међутим, Чарли/Саманта је ослобођена и побеђује све терористе. У финалу, јунакиња, заједно са Хенесијем, отвара ташну са новцем, који је и сама некада скривала као агент.

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| Џина Дејвис || Саманта Кејн / Шарлин Елизабет "Чарли" Балтимор
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| Семјуел Л. Џексон || Мич Хенеси
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| Патрик Малахајд || Лиленд Перкинс
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| Крег Бирко || Тимоти
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| Брајан Кокс || доктор Нејтан Волдмен
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| Дејвид Морс || Лук / Дедал
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| Г. Д. Спрадлин || председник
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| Том Амандес || Хел
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| Ивон Зима || Кејтлин
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| Мелина Канакаредес || Трин
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| Алан Норт || Ерл
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| Мет Кларк || Крег Морс
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| Џозеф Мекена || једнооки Џек
|}

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Филмови 1996.
Амерички филмови
Амерички акциони филмови
Амерички криминалистички филмови
Амерички филмски трилери
Филмови на енглеском језику
Филмови Шејна Блека
Филмови студија New Line Cinema

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SM3DA: Super Mario 64 Review
It finally happened! I finished Super Mario 64 courtesy of Super Mario 3D All-Stars on the Nintendo Switch. I collected 71 stars and rushed towards Bowser so I can finally put this respectable but outdated game behind me.
I was initially very impressed with Super Mario 64. Nintendo improved the user interface, increased the resolution, and steadied the framerate. They were appreciated improvements, but I eventually discovered that those improvements were not enough to make Super Mario 64 palatable in 2020.
The lack of precise camera control reared its ugly head very early on. There were a number of options to cycle through, but there were numerous moments where none of those options were ideal. Early levels that didn't feature many bottomless pits or a large number of moving objects were mostly fine. I would only need to make the occasional minor shift to the camera. However, it was a true test of patience in levels like Rainbow Ride where I was cycling through the motion of making jumps and flipping through less than ideal camera angles.
When I was triple jumping and running around in the relatively gapless spaces of the early levels, the finicky controls did not bother me. As Super Mario 64 began to demand more precision and sticking Mario in tighter platforms with bottomless pits underneath, then the touchy controls began to annoy me to no end. Some state that this isn't much of a problem with the N64 controller and if that's the case, Nintendo should have done more to adjust the Super Mario 64 in this 3D All Stars collection.
Even if the controls worked well, I felt that the developers went too far towards making a realistic Mario instead of a fun Mario. What's the point of having Mario crawl? What's the point of having him perform a U-turn when he turned around? Why did he suddenly decide to slide on his belly on steep inclines? Why did he even have punch or kick attacks with pathetic range? I felt these decisions were made because they could. Nintendo wanted to explore and experiment with Super Mario 64 which resulted in many lessons learned for future games.
The castle serving as a hub was initially charming and twee. Jumping into paintings to enter different levels and spaces was a clever conceit that invited and rewarded exploration. All the good feelings evaporated away as I pushed deeper into the castle and bumped into the "game over" screen. Having to restart outside of the castle every time I restart the game was annoying. Having to catch the stupid Haunted House Boo every single time I wanted to play that level was even sillier. All these initially charming elements quickly got in the way of the fun.
I respect Super Mario 64, but I do not like it. I found it fascinating in spots, but was overwhelmingly frustrated by a majority of it. I wouldn't miss this game if it suddenly deleted itself from the package because I do not see myself returning to collect the rest of the Stars. Perhaps I'm unfairly harsh, but this is the game Nintendo decided was good enough to put in a $79.99 package in 2020. They thought it was good enough to stand on its own without significant changes; I'm saying they were wrong.
I didn't like it
mario, nintendo, nintendo switch
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review
Every Animal Crossing player goes through the same steps at their own pace. I'm on step 3. I invested over 125 hours into Animal Crossing: New Horizons and I still feel good about checking in on a regular basis. I am not making the headway that I expected nor is my island anywhere near as pretty as I hoped it was, but I'm okay with this. Animal Crossing: New Horizons landed at just the right time and has given me and many others a sense of routine and progression.
There's technically a built-in goal that triggers the rolling of credits, but there's still a lot more game to enjoy and experience. I wanted to build more bridges, arrange more landmarks, and furnish my multi-story house with weird and wonderful furniture.
My criticisms of Animal Crossing: New Leaf still ring true with New Horizons. The menus could be friendlier to navigate, repetitive dialog continues to plague players, and the general flow of everything is still as deliberate and plodding like it always is. New additions like crafting and terrain customizations give Animal Crossing big shakeups but all these features will be worn down by the Animal Crossing ethos.
The lack of interactivity may not be a new gripe for long time fans, but it's quite strange when there's absolutely no interaction with certain objects. I can dive into the ocean after the July 2020 update, but I cannot do a damn thing with this hot tub that I just crafted.
I was okay with the fact that Animal Crossing: New Horizons was a game about gathering items in the service of decorating. I decorated my island, my house, and my character. The real time aspect of the game continues to amuse me for days, weeks, and even months. Nintendo already released regular events and patches that introduced new content and functionality. Unfortunately, while they all satisfied the definition of new content, they don't always satisfy. Re-adding the ability to swim and dive in the ocean is amusing, but taking photos for a pair of llamas? Not so much.
There are no surprises in Animal Crossing: New Horizons; players will know whether this appeals to them or not. How long before you reach the drop off point will depends on your level of patience. My fiancée went through all four steps within three weeks. There was so much excitement that she even considered getting a Switch of her own. I'm still puttering away on the island for the both of us. It can definitely be better, but at the same time, I also like it for what it is.
animal crossing, nintendo, nintendo switch
LTTP: Luigi's Mansion 3
We did it! It took months and months, but we finally finished Luigi's Mansion 3.
Minor correction: I finished Luigi's Mansion 3.
My fiancée and I started Luigi's Mansion 3 together late last year and we chipped away at it for months before I finally wrapped it up in early June 2020. Why did it take so long? A number of fundamental issues contributed to a rapid descent in interest. Needless backtracking and growing frustrations with the controls during boss fights were primary factors.
The game made a wonderful first impression with its charming visuals and highly interactive environments. The ability to vacuum up nearly everything in the world was both impressive and fun. We would discover hidden secrets and coins which rewarded our desire for exploration.
Solving puzzles with the flashlight, UV light, and manipulation of world objects via the Poltergust vacuum amused for about a third of the game. Then we were asked to backtrack to older levels to chase down a ghost cat. They disrupted the game's momentum by delaying the next piece of new content. We devoured each hotel level; we vacuumed up very inch of each level before we moved on and then they asked us to revisit those levels and look for this ghost cat by vacuuming up stuff again.
We collected a lot of money as a result of all the vacuuming. Unfortunately for us, we had nothing worthwhile to spend it on. There were purchasable hints for other collectibles, but that was it. I would have loved an upgrade mechanic or costumes for Luigi; something fun to cash all this currency for.
It started to feel like a drag but we pushed forward. We were amused by Luigi's reactions to the antics surrounding him. We had fun taking down the early boss fights and figuring hidden tricks of the spooky hotel. The boss fights started out as wonderful caps to finish off each level, but they gradually became increasingly annoying. I never felt 100% comfortable with the controls and I've been playing all manner of console games for decades. Some of these boss fights required a level of finesse that these controls did not reliably deliver. These encounters transitioned from fun victories to frustration laden slogs as we repeated fights due to minor execution errors.
I wrapped up the last few levels of Luigi's Mansion on my own. My fiancée had checked out and gave me the blessing to finish it on my own. Since I initially played a large chunk of the game co-operatively, the switch to controlling both Luigi and his slime clone, Gooigi, was a bit awkward. It felt fine when I was simply exploring the levels, but it felt unnatural during combat. I stumbled my way through the last few levels and managed to defeat King Boo after a handful of tries, but was left dissatisfied with the gameplay.
Luigi's Mansion 3 held a lot of promise early on and I was disappointed to see it fail to deliver on that promise. If they axed all the backtracking, included meaningful rewards for exploration, and tweaked the boss fights to accommodate their controls, I think my fiancée and I would have seen it through together. In the end, I was left playing with myself and that felt weird.
It was okay
luigi's mansion, nintendo, nintendo switch
LTTP: Doom I & II [NSW]
I played Doom I & II on my old Pentium 120 MHz computer as a child but I didn't realize I was playing wrong. I never played it with functioning music and I played it with only a keyboard. Oh, and I also leveraged cheats and quick saves and quick loads with no regard for integrity. Fast forward 20+ years and I finally finished Doom I and II on the Nintendo Switch.
I still relied on quick saving/loading but I didn't use any cheats despite the final level of Doom II throwing out all semblance of sanity. I played it with a controller (which many will argue isn't ideal), but at least I played through it with the music this time.
Thankfully, after some critical patches, these Nintendo Switch ports were solid minus the occasional issue with resuming properly from sleep. They did their best to map all those keys to the controller and I felt they mostly succeeded. I played on the default difficulty so I wasn't exactly being asked to switch weapons on the fly.
In my youth, I actually played Doom II before playing Doom I. Doom felt simpler and offered a sense of progression that the sequel omitted which felt strange considering my young mind. Back then, I believed sequels should be better and Doom II wasn't in some respects. Sure, I missed the double barrel shotgun but I appreciated the idea of purging the demons of Hell from the Martian moons one installation at a time.
The levels were relatively straightforward. Juggle card keys, find switches, and shoot demons. It wasn't mindless but it didn't test me like Doom II would. I tried playing the Ultimate Doom episode, Thy Flesh Consumed, but found those levels uncharacteristically taxing coming from Doom's original episodes. That episode felt like moving from Super Mario Bros. to Super Mario Bros. Lost Level; they took what was familiar and twisted it. They tried to test and push the player's gameplay knowledge to a degree that I wasn't looking for.
So I decided to move onto Doom II. The opening levels were reminiscent of Doom's but it didn't take long before things became interesting. Most of the time, interesting was good. However, interesting transformed itself into gimmicky culminating with that awful final boss.
Doom II felt like a game made to take advantage of the fact that you can quick save. There were so many blind teleports, monster traps, and other nonsense that I just kept quick saving to save myself time. I also wasted a lot of time wandering maps large and relatively uninteresting maps, looking for less than obvious entrances or switches that I missed in order to progress.
Still, I had my share of fun and I felt that sense of accomplishment when I finally nailed the final rocket shot and defeated the final boss.
Doom was a classic sci-fi action shooter that ushered in the era of first person shooters that we know today. Doom II was a for fans of Doom who wanted to be tested and pushed by the creators of that classic. Both have value and I see no reason not to recommend them both but if you only have time for one, the original is still great fun.
Verdict for Doom:
Verdict for Doom II:
doom, id software, nintendo switch


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Six-month tax collections beat estimate
Tuesday, January 13th 2004, 12:00 am
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ State tax collections for the first half of the fiscal year beat the official state estimate by 3.4%, or $73.1-million, a report showed Tuesday.
Increased sales tax and income tax collections in December and over the past six months are causing optimism at the Capitol that the economy will continue to shore up the state budget.
The biggest increase has been in the state tax on natural gas _ up 68% over the prior year and almost 42% over the estimate.
Total tax collections are up $242-million, or 12% from a year ago, according to the report from the Office of State Finance.
``I'm pleased the economy is moving in the right direction,'' said Gov. Brad Henry, while adding that he would be happier if companies were hiring more people.
He said economists are ``still a little bit nervous'' that a sudden shock could blunt the upswing both in Oklahoma and nationally.
Therefore, he said his administration would use a cautions approach to writing next year's budget.
The OSF report was good news because the state had its worse budget shortfall in history last year, Henry's first as governor, forcing deep agency cuts.
Scott Meacham, OSF director, said he is confident no budget cuts will be necessary during the current fiscal year, which ends June 30.
Meacham was upbeat over the sales tax performance, pointing out that collections were up $40-million over a year ago and $16.4-million over the estimate.
He said he thought the numbers would improve when final December collections are in, reflecting the second half of the holiday shopping season. Current collections count sales only through Dec. 15.
``According to various reports, the real strength of the holiday season was seen in the final days leading up to Christmas,'' Meacham said.
He said income tax collections will begin coming in lower in the months ahead because the state's maximum individual income tax rate was reduced from 7% to 6.65%. That will reduce collections by an estimated $16 million.
So far, combined individual and corporate income taxes have exceeded last year's collections by $92.8 million, or 10%, but are below the estimate by $8.7 million, or 0.8%.
Receipts from motor vehicle sales are up 6.3% from a year ago.
News On 6 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ State tax collections for the first half of the fiscal year beat the official state estimate by 3.4%, or $73.1-million, a report showed Tuesday.
Increased sales tax and income


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Types of classes: Classes are held in the Thich Nhat Hanh lineage and practice includes mindfulness meditation with seated and walking meditation, and dharma talks and discussion.
Types of classes: Classes are held in the Thich Nhat Hanh lineage and practice includes mindfulness meditation with seated and walking meditation, and dharma talks and discussion.
Types of classes: Non- denominational seated and walking meditation. Usually a 20 minute seated meditation, 10 minute walking meditation, then 20 minute seated meditation. Fridays are 50 minutes of seated meditation. The group meets in the front of the chapel in a circle, and basic mindfulness meditation instruction is given to new comers.
Types of classes: Many different classes offered: retreats, introduction to meditation, mindfulness practice for children, teacher meetings.
Types of classes: Begins with a Vipassana style guided meditation sit followed with a walking meditation and concludes with a Dharma talk. Centered on kindness and self-compassion and identifying the cause of suffering.
Types of classes: Begins with formal Zen chanting and reading for about 10 minutes. Followed by two 25 minutes of silent seated meditation (Zazen), with 10 minutes of walking meditation in between. There are opportunities to meet with a teacher a few times a month, and a dharma talk once a month. Come 15 minutes early for Zen forms instruction.
Types of classes: This is a Sangha open to all ages, including families, children, students and older individuals. There are both adult and youth programs, and the meetings include sitting and walking meditation, dharma talks, dharma discussion, and activities for children.
Types of Retreats: This center offers a variety of courses, workshops, retreats, and self-study programs. The program is rooted in the classical Buddhist tradition, but also incorporates other forms of Buddhism and academic fields.
Types of Retreats: Everything from meditation to yoga to fitness and nutrition.
Types of Retreats: This monastery has monks and nuns in the Zen Buddhist tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Thich Nhat Hanh teaches here when he visits the United States. There are several other retreats throughout the year. The monastery is open year-round for anyone who wants to go for retreat at any time.
Types of Retreats: Retreats are done in the Vipassana Insight method. Daily seated meditation is offered, along with workshops, introduction retreats, and longer advanced practitioner retreats.
Types of Retreats: A big mix from mindful movement workshops, introduction retreats and a month commitment in the residential program.
Types of classes: IMS offers retreats in a Western/Theravada framework including practices such as Vipassana (insight practice), Metta Bhavana (the cultivation of loving-kindness), and concentration practices.
Note: Please use the following terms when searching for items used in class.
Search Terms: 'meditation cushions', 'zafu' (i.e. the cushion that you sit on in class), 'zabuton' (i.e. the larger rectangular cushion that the smaller one sits on).
Types of classes: Heated power Baptiste style, Vinyasa flow, Forrest yoga and Basic.
Types of classes: Mainly Amrit. Plus non-yoga classes like Tai Chi and hula.
Types of classes: Heated power Baptiste style, and Vinyasa flow.
Types of classes: Basic, which includes more instruction and a slightly slower pace, and regular (both heated to about 90 degrees) Baptiste Power Yoga.
Types of classes: Various Hatha styles, including gentle, beginner and Vinyasa. Plus, Pilates and Tai Chi.
Meditation at the Hammer sessions are led by Diana Winston, Director of Mindfulness Education at MARC, and by guest leaders. Each week has a different theme, and usually includes some introductory comments, a guided meditation, some silent practice time, and closing comments. Each session also offers a new daily life practice for the week.
Note: There are many wonderful audio resources for both stationary meditation practices and yogic practices available through iTunes and other podcast services. Many podcasts are lectures focusing on teachings regarding traditional Buddhist practices, others are educational focusing on mindfulness research, and some are designed for individuals working with specific medical conditions. If you are interested in supplemental material for this course, we recommend looking for teachers who have training in the certification programs associated with this course, specifically in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) as this course is based on the core MBSR curriculum created by John Kabot-Zinn at the Center for Mindfulness at UMass Worchester.


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A functional capacity evaluation (FCE) is a set of tests, practices and observations that are combined to determine the ability of the evaluated person to function in a variety of circumstances, most often employment, in an objective manner. Physicians change diagnoses based on FCEs. They are also required by insurers in when an insured person applies for disability payments or a disability pension in the case of permanent disability.

Purpose
An FCE can be used to determine fitness to work following an extended period of medical leave. If an employee is unable to return to work, the FCE provides information on prognosis, and occupational rehabilitation measures that may be possible. An FCE can also be used to help identify changes to employee workload, or modifications to working conditions such as ergonomic measures, that the employer may be able to undertake in an effort to accommodate an employee with a disability or medical condition. FCEs are needed to determine if an employee is able to resume working in a capacity "commensurate with his or her skills or abilities" before the disability or medical condition was diagnosed. An FCE involves assessments made by one or more medical doctors. There are two types of FCE used by the United States Social Security Administration: the Mental Functional Capacity Evaluation (MFCE) that measures emotional and mental capacity, and the Physical Functional Capacity Evaluation (PFCE) that measures physical functioning.

Studies have been undertaken to assess the accuracy of FCEs in predicting the longterm outcomes for patients, both in terms of returning to work, and in probability of permanent disability. Questions that have been raised include how to identify medical and societal variables in predicting disability.

FCEs may be required by law for some employers before an employee can return to work, as well as by insurers before insurance payments can be made. FCEs are also used to determine eligibility for disability insurance, or pension eligibility in the event that an employee is permanently unable to return to work. The United States Social Security Administration has its own FCE, called the Assessment of Disability. A newer FCE model is the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.

During most FCEs, the following measurements are also taken:

 Lifting power
 Push and pull power
 How long one can stand, sit or walk
 Flexibility and reaching
 Grasping and holding capabilities
 Bending capabilities
 Balance capabilities

Metabolic Equivalents (METs)
Functional capacity can also be expressed as "METs" and can be used as a reliable predictor of future cardiac events. One MET is defined as the amount of oxygen consumed while sitting at rest, and is equal to 3.5 ml oxygen per kilogram body weight per minute.  In other words, a means of expressing energy cost of physical activity as a multiple of the resting rate. For instance; walking on level ground at about 6 km/h or carrying groceries up a flight of stairs expends about 4 METs of activity.  Generally, >7 METs of activity tolerance is considered excellent while <4 is considered poor for surgical candidates.  Determining one's functional capacity can elucidate the degree of surgical risk one might undertake for procedures that risk blood loss, intravascular fluid shifts, etc. and may tax an already strained cardiovascular system.

See also
 Duke Activity Status Index

References

Vocational rehabilitation
Management cybernetics


In what has been billed as one of Tasmania's largest giving ceremonies, the States IGA retailer network will today present worthy charities and community based organisations more than $60,000 in donations as part of their annual ongoing commitment of approximately $250,000 to the community sector in Tasmania.
Chief Executive Officer, Grant Hinchcliffe was joined by representatives of charities including Launceston and Hobart City Mission, St Vincent's de Paul Society, Salvation Army Benevolent Society, Make A Wish Foundation, Legacy, Camp Quality and Cerebral Palsy fund raiser, Charles Seaman at the presentation ceremony who were overwhelmed with the organizations generosity.
Mr Hinchcliffe said there are 93 IGA outlets throughout Tasmania who are extremely proud of the support they provide to so many worthy organizations within our local community. "IGA retailers throughout the far reaches of Tasmania are supported by their local community every day and so it is important that in return we show that we support them back.
"If you add up our support in the current year the amount committed thus far is around $250,000 which must be one of the largest public giving campaigns in the state. This amount is based on the donations and support provided by Tasmanian Independent Retailers on behalf of its IGA retailer network and excludes the many thousands of dollars in additional support that is provided on an almost daily basis by many individual retailers and small business operators that trade under the IGA brand.
$40,000 in grocery vouchers to help the St Vincent de Paul Society, Hobart and Launceston City Missions, Salvation Army and the Benevolent Society provide vital services to those in need food, warmth, shelter and comfort.
$9,500 joint donation to Legacy and Camp Quality. Legacy provides personal support and welfare to the dependents of Australia's deceased veterans and Camp Quality is the childrens cancer charity.
$3,000 additional funding to Special Olympics to help provide sporting opportunities for people with an intellectual disability.


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Written by upday-admin on December 11, 2019
Who's backing who for the election?
What the papers say 🗞
Many British media titles have traditionally made recommendations on which political party they recommend that their readers vote for in general elections. This is not the case in every country around the world. The partisan nature of the British media is criticised by many, but for better or worse it also contributes to the distinctive character and personality that publications try hard to cultivate.
Protesters outside the Houses of Parliament on October 23, 2019
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Here at upday, we strive towards neutrality and do not support or endorse one particular party. We instead present a selection of what the breadth of the mainstream British media are saying on the eve of the general election, 2019.
In team blue…
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There are no big surprises in the blue corner this year, with the traditional right-leaning media titles heavily backing Boris Johnson, Brexit and getting it done.
Coming out red
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Things are a little bit shakier for Labour this time around. Whilst the Mirror has stayed loyal, some of the other left-leaning publications have either added a cautious endorsement or dropped their support altogether.
I'm with Jo
They have a new leader and are unequivocally pro-EU, with a policy of cancelling Brexit if they get the chance. Yet the Liberal Democrats are short on many explicit endorsements. Due to the UK's first-past-the-post electoral system, the odds are stacked against them. However the Economist has come out in favour of the Jo Swinson-led Liberal Democrats.
Any flavour but Brexit
It's been dubbed the Brexit election and even more than 2017, tomorrow's vote is splitting across tribal Leave and Remain lines. Whether via an official Unite to Remain arrangement or one of the numerous tactical voting sites that has sprung up to confuse things, many publications have gone not with a party endorsement but a plea instead towards the least bad option.
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