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Good Soap!...Best soap....Love this soap!...This soap would make a great gift for someone needing a beauty confidence boost but isn't a makeup kind of person, or simply something you would buy to treat yourself to a spa-like experience at home.
so soft...Love it...Left skin very soft...The soap leaves my skin feeling soft and smooth (I live in a desert climate, so this is a real plus), and the bars last a LONG time.
so good...Love It...It leaves my skin soft and supple....This soap has a wonderful sweet smell, with a touch of lemon, It is a tad expensive for soap but it is a nice bath treat.
My Fav...Love it...Plus my brushes are extremely soft once dry....I almost feel as though I need to open a window when I'm using it because it's so potent and because of that, even though my brushes dry fast, I'd never be able to use them right away just because of how strong the smell is... But it still works really well at cleaning and disinfecting my brushes, so I just clean my brushes using this after I've applied all my makeup so it's good to go for the very next day without any scent lingering.
Love it!!!...Sooo rich!...They make the skin soft and scented....This soap is VERY heavy and large, so you get so much for your money.
BF's Fave...I love it!...it leaves his skin super soft....This soap is great balance for him with exfoliating the "fallout" while giving him so moisture as well.
Love it...Love it!...this soap is very lathery smell terrific and makes your skin so soft...I am already a huge Fresh fan, but the soap made me more of a Fresh believer!
worth it...Love it!...I felt soft, clean and smelled good!...However this was a miracle product for me, as I have suffered with body acne for a majority of my teen years and after 3 weeks of use my skin has changed drastically for the better!
A luxurious, skin-smoothing body soap with a blend of natural cocoa and coconut shell powders to gently buff and cleanse.
Cocoa Exfoliating Body Soap is a euphoric, daily cleansing experience for the skin and the senses. A blend of natural cocoa and coconut shell powders gently buffs away dull skin while cocoa and shea butters help nourish and soften for a radiant look. The triple-milled soap offers a seductive scent, luxurious lather, and visible skin-smoothing results.
Love it...LOVE IT!...While I can't say it's my favorite scent from Fresh, that would be Bergamont Citrus, this is soft, slightly citrusy, pleasant, god for daytime scented soap....I also like it that it is a very hard soap and lasts forever and does not leave a slippery film on my body or on the floor of the shower.
love it...Love love...It has a nice,light scent, I think its worth the money because the lather is really thick and soft in the shower....Really not too thrilled with the product as a soap cleanser but as a substitute for shave cream, it'll do in a pinch.
A lychee-scented, pure vegetable-based soap.
Fresh SugarBath Sugar Lychee Soap is enriched with moisturizing and restorative shea butter and vitamin E to soften skin, as well as real brown sugar for its antibacterial properties. The instant-classic sweet citrus scent is based on Fresh's best-selling Sugar Lychee fragrance, which sparkles with delicate grapefruit, lemon, lime, juicy lychee, and mango.
Love it!...So great...LEAVES SKIN VERY SOFT WITH LIGHT SCENT....I had quit using soap and had switched to body gels completely until I tried a bar of Fresh's soap and now I'm in love with these soaps.
Love it!...Love this...A lovely soft scent that fills your bathroom....When I get out of the shower my skin is so soft and stays that way.
A non-drying, triple milled soap infused with a sheer floral scent.
love it...loved it...For those who have combination/oily skin and like the feeling of a clean face, this product works like a bar of soap without drying your face....So as a "treatment" it isn't effective but as a cleanser to keep my face in a happy state of equilibrium - yay!
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Student: Although it must be considered heretical, I believe, to assert that the pope does not have coercive jurisdiction over others, state nevertheless how the aforementioned theorists attempt to prove this.
Student: Do not multiply arguments in favour of this view, and propound the reasons of those who say that the pope has a superior on earth.
Master: Some try to demonstrate that the pope has a superior judge on earth even when he remains a pope, and they adduce many arguments. But they have different ways of putting this. For some say that the emperor or another judge and secular ruler, or the people or some multitude, is the normal judge of the pope. While others say that neither the universal church nor any other congregation or person has the power of summoning or coercing the pope except in two cases. The first is if the pope were seriously if falsely slandered of heresy, the second is if he were notoriously involved in some crime which would scandalize the church and showed himself to be incorrigible.
The comet that portends the fall of thrones. Lucan, Phars. i. 529 (L. C. L., p. 40).
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The very first tweet 9 September 2013: KNUS MULTIKULTURALISME!
— NegerJeger #WR (@NegerJeger) September 9, 2013 Has made about 444 tweets since then. Most of the tweets are against blacks and Muslims and religion.
Deadly Natural Disasters For The Third Week November 2013: Nature Takes Vengeance On Account Of Pope Francis The Destroyer!
Little Trick Of Heretics At The National Catholic Register To Give The Appearance of Othorodoxy By Quoting St. Thomas On Non-Doctrinal Matters Like Beauty!
Beauty Paris Hilton Create Nightclub, Los Angeles 8 Oct. 2013 Question the beauty of the earth, question the beauty of the sea, question the beauty of the air distending and diffusing itself, question the beauty of the sky. . . question all these realities. All respond: "See, we are beautiful." Their beauty is a profession [confessio]. These beauties are subject to change. Who made them if not the Beautiful One [Pulcher] who is not subject to change? St Thomas AquinasThe above quote from St Thomas is not too controversial - is it?
Here's the trick always quote from St. Thomas Aquinas on all things non-controversial and all will think you are doctrinally sound. So when you spread a little heresy no one will catch on because after all you quote from St. Thomas Aquinas! Actually you just cut and paste from the Summa - you don't have to believe a word of it ,especially the hard stuff, and everyone will wonder at your wisdom.
Rabbi Noam Marans "Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio Was A Regular In Synagogue"
Let us pray also for the Jews that the Lord our God may take the veil from their hearts and that they also may acknowledge our Lord Jesus Christ.
Let us pray: Almighty and everlasting God, You do not refuse Your mercy even to the Jews; hear the prayers which we offer for the blindness of that people so that they may acknowledge the light of Your truth, which is Christ, and be delivered from their darkness. Through the same our Lord...Pray for the conversion of the Jews?......Well maybe not under Pope Francis the Destroyer.
"For Pope Francis, this is just part of his life. He was a regular in shul (synagogue)," Rabbi Noam Marans, director of interreligious relations for the American Jewish Committee, a policy and advocacy group based in New YorkWP More>>>>Pay Attention!
Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas John Paprocki Performs Exorcism Against The Wind? Deliver Us From Evil? How About Deliver Us From The Ballot Box!
Our Lady Of La Salette Prophecy On The Dead And The Righteous Will Be Brought Back To Life Has Been Fulfilled!
If any of you believe that Our Lady told the above to Melanie, I bet your wondering how the risen dead will be made to manifest themselves to us. I too wondered how these words would be fulfilled.
Maybe the bones of George Washington will rise up from the grave and be animated by a devil. But that seems a bit much, and many would probably not believe such a manifestation.
(Vatican Radio)A striking sculpture of Jesus, depicted as a homeless man sleeping on a park bench, was presented to Pope Francis following the general audience in St Peter's Square on Wednesday. The unusual art work was brought over from Canada by sculptor Timothy Schmalz who has been exploring the contemporary face of Christian art for over two decades.
The large bronze sculpture was inspired by an encounter the artist had with a homeless person on the streets of Toronto several years ago, an experience that brought new insight into the Gospel passage about caring for the hungry, the thirsty, the naked and the strangers in our midst.
Just before the audience, Philippa Hitchen sat down with Timothy Schmalz to find out more about his work, his faith and his gift for the Pope….
"...what the Gospels and what Christianity provides is an endless well of creative possibilities.....what I try to do is come up with new perspectives on these eternal truths...."
Demonic Infiltrator Mark Shea Belittles Private Revelation At Fatima Yet Promotes The Private Revelation Of Sr. Faustina And Her "Divine Mercy"
Antichrist No Visible Wounds No Sacred Heart Only Rays Of Light! For such false apostles are deceitful workmen, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no wonder: for Satan himself transformeth himself into an angel of light."Divine Mercy" rays of light as in Satan transforming himself into an angel of light or better yet the forerunner to the antichrist emanating his rays of light on all - his rays of "Divine Mercy" aping the things of God, aping the Sacred Heart.
Pius XII placed the writings of Sr. Faustina on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Index of Prohibited Books).


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John Fruth grew up in Brainerd, Minnesota and attended Saint John's Prep, where he wrestled on the SJU wrestling team as a high school student. While attending St. John's University he began working in the contact lens business and left college before graduation to work full time.
Mr. Fruth's entire career has followed the ever-changing contact lens industry. He worked at both Bausch & Lomb and CooperVision with ever-increasing levels of responsibility, including running Canadian operations and becoming a member of the senior team at CooperVision. Mr. Fruth left CooperVision in 1983 to start his own business manufacturing and marketing private-label of contact lenses. He founded Ocular Sciences, Inc. in 1985 and has been Chairman of the Board and Director since the company's inception. He was the Chief Executive Officer from 1985 until May 1999 and President from 1985 to October 1997. In April 2000, Mr. Fruth resumed the position of Chief Executive Officer and President until a successor was named.
Ocular Sciences, Inc. manufactures a broad line of high quality, competitively priced soft contact lenses marketed directly to eye-care practitioners. The company's lenses are brand and product differentiated by distribution channel. Ocular's unique lens technology makes thinner lenses that are easier to handle and more comfortable to wear than those of leading competitors. In 2004, Ocular Sciences expected revenues of $345 million, making it the fifth largest contact lens company in the world. In November 2004, CooperVision bought Ocular Sciences, Inc. for a reported $1.2 billion in a combination of cash and common stock. The road from start-up to sale was full of challenges, including customers grouping together and demanding to buy the company, a partner "running off with the store" to England, partnering with a Japanese-based firm, and going public in 1997. The merger of Ocular Sciences with Cooper Companies' CooperVision unit brings together the world's fourth and fifth largest manufacturers to become the world's third largest contact lens company.


There are a TON of fish oil options out there, so lets try to figure out how you can pick the best one.
DHA is the brain one and EPA is the inflammation one. I'm trying to think of something clever to help keep this straight in you mind, but alas, I can think of nothing. At any rate, DHA is very important during fetal development and young children and is found in high concentrations in the brain and the myelin sheath of nerves. As we age, our bodies make less DHA and often we see myelin thinning. Studies indicate that supplementation with DHA is important for nerve and brain function, to postpone the thinning of the myelin sheath.
EPA helps with decreasing systemic inflammation, and this is most drastically seen in the cardiovascular system. Chronic inflammation leads to those nasty cholesterol plaque formations. When inflammation doesn't go away, more cholesterol is added to the plaques, sort of as a cast to a broken limb. When inflammation decreases and lesions in the vassels can be repaired, the plaques are eventually done away with. (Yes, that means obstructed blood flow from cholesterol plaque formation is REVERSABLE!) EPA assists with the decrease in inflammation process.
You should aim to take 3-5 grams of DHA and EPA combined. If that means you're taking a fist-full of capsules, the concentration is probably too low. 8 pills is normal, 12 is pushing it, but if you have to take 15 or more, get something else. Or go liquid.
I find it easier and faster to use liquid fish oil. One spoonful and you're done. No questions about if oxidation occurred during the encapsulation process. Quick sniff each time you take it to make sure it hasn't gone bad, you do have to keep this in the fridge. A good fish oil should only just hint of fish in the odor and taste, and I find that if I follow with water in the same gulp, I don't taste it at all and it goes down easily.
The idea of gulping straight oil too much for you? If you go the capsule route, you will want to pop open a pill first upon opening the bottle and every week or so. Sniff it, taste it. If it smells or tastes strong, just like any fish at a store or market, it's probably bad. It shouldn't smell any stronger than fresh sashimi.


Q. My 20 year old daughter has been diagnosed with PCOS- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. What is it and how do you treat it? What are the long term implications to her health?
A. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal disorder that involves multiple organ systems within a woman's body and is believed to be fundamentally caused by insensitivity to the hormone insulin. It can be diagnosed in girls as young as 9 years of age up through the menopause. Common symptoms of PCOS include:- Irregular or absent menstrual periods- Irregular ovulation which can lead to infertility- Weight gain (especially around the waist)- Acne- Excess hair growth on the face and body- Thinning scalp hairWomen with PCOS often will also have many small painless cysts in the ovaries (hence the term "polycystic"). However, it is not necessary to have these "cysts" to be diagnosed with PCOS. In fact, PCOS manifests itself differently in each woman.The diagnosis is usually made by taking a thorough medical history, performing a physical exam and checking certain blood hormone levels. There is not one single test that makes the diagnosis.While PCOS is not curable, it can be successfully managed with medications and changes in diet and exercise. There are several approaches to achieving hormonal balance including birth control pills, anti-androgen medications and drugs that help the body respond better to insulin. Proper early treatment is essential to avoid progression to long term illnesses such as high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. For women who have fertility problems, medications that improve ovulation may be helpful.William Mitsos, M.D., McMurray OB/GYN Associates, can be reached at (724) 942-5420 or visit www.washingtonobgyn.net.


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With his distinguished 44-year career and a national reputation in the field, Mr. Taylor has created and leads an "all star" team of highly experienced and widely-respected DUI attorneys - a team that has received the highest possible reviews and ratings from Yelp and Avvo. We invite you to meet the members of this team, and to compare their qualifications with those of any other DUI defense firm in the country.


What is God Like? If God is anything, He is "loving." In fact, God isn't only loving-- He is "love," personified. His being emanates love through His great kindness toward all people, because God genuinely loves us.
What is God like? What is His Nature? What is His personality? What are His attributes?
Knowing God's Will is one of the most important yet most vexing issues in the Christian life. People feel the need to know God and to understand what He is doing in their lives, but are often at a loss about how to discern His Voice.


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The illusive sustainable development from Malampaya gas to power project
THE following article is the product of a research and study conducted under the Philippine Press Institute – Philippine-Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (PPI-Ph-EITI) Media Fellowship on Digging Stories that Matter.]
By MICHELLE YVONNE O. CLERIGO & JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS
THE continuing saga of oil and gas industry in the country – the unending clamor of the public that the government must do something on the deregulation of oil prices, the unending bickering of political leaders about federalism and the right of every regions on the benefits of natural resources especially oil and gas, and the scandals in the government in the use of Malampaya fund – all of these boil down to one, the inequality in the distribution of services in the communities that must be sustained by the taxes collected from the extraction of the country's natural wealth underneath.
While upland communities and those in mining regions are clamoring for equal distribution of royalties and other benefits from mining, still there are communities that must also benefit from the multi-billion dollar Malampaya Gas-to-Power Project but seems to be being left behind and was taken for granted, as the folks claimed.
The Malampaya Gas-toPower Project Overview
The Malampaya project is the first of its kind in the Philippines which gave birth to the natural gas industry in the country. The Malampaya field is located 80km off the coast of Palawan Island, in the Republic of the Philippines.
The discovery of an alternative and indigenous source of energy was a milestone event for the Philippines, a country that has historically relied on imported fuel for the bulk of its domestic and industrial power requirements.
With so much dependence on imported oil fuels, the government and the private sector are in search of other sources for the country's supply. Explorations in the Philippines began in early 70's. But with the failure of Shell explorations to find oil reserves in the Visayan Seas and Palawan in the late 70's and 80's, and spending over US$ 90-million, the Shell Exploration and its partner Pecten Philippines were dissolved in 1983.
But all of these did not cause Shell to give up. In 1990, Shell returned to Palawan and focused on the Camago find. This would pay off with the discovery of gas –trillions of cubic feet of it— in nearby Malampaya.
The Malampaya Deep Water Gas-to-Power project is one of the largest and most significant industrial endeavors in Philippine history. A joint undertaking of the Philippine national government and the private sector, the project is spearheaded by the Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) developed and operated by Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX) on behalf of joint venture partners Chevron Malampaya LLC and the PNOC Exploration Corporation.
THE Malampaya platform in northwest Palawan.|
The Malampaya Deepwater Gas-to-Power project is the first undertaking of its kind in the Philippines employing state-of-the-art deepwater technology to draw natural gas from deep beneath Philippine waters. The indigenous gas fuels three natural gas-fired power stations with a total generating capacity of 2,700 megawatts to provide 30% of Luzon's power generation requirements.
Since October 2001, the Philippines has been importing less fuel for power generation, providing the country foreign-exchange savings and energy security from this clean fuel.
Natural gas has the least CO2 among fossil fuels and is more efficient than other sources of power like coal and crude oil.
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The operation of Malampaya in the power stations' full capacity of 2,700 megawatts is displacing an estimate of some 1.35 million kilograms of CO2 per hour–a cleaner and more sustainable process, as compared to energy generation using coal or fuel oil.
In 2016, the Department of Finance, thru the Philippine-Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (Ph-EITI) reported that oil and gas has contributed only 0.19% of the country's gross domentic product (GDP), while mining and quarrying contributed 0.6%. While the Philippines is considered a non-exporting country for oil and gas, still the country recorded a 0.5% contribution to total exports of the country.
The PH-EITI 2017 Report revealed that the Chevron Malampaya LLC, the operator of the Malampaya gas to power project has paid the government thru the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in the form of corporate income tax a total of Php 2,604,373,961.00 in 2015 and Php 2,656,610,453.00 in 2016. Shell Philippines Exploration B.V., however has paid almost the same amount at Php 2,636,632,523 in 2015 and Php 2,643,612,898.00 in 2016.
As to the local government's share in the national wealth, the province of Batangas has received thru the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) a total share of Php 1,296,538.00 in FY 2015-2016 combined, while Batangas City alone got Php 48,981,303.00
Meanwhile, citing company data, Cesar Romero, Shell country manager said in December 2017 that the Malampaya Gas to Power Project in Batangas can still provide natural gas fuel until 2027 to 2029, longer than the earlier projected depletion date.
With this huge amount of taxes being collected by the government, that may include the millions of pesos subject of the Malampaya fund scam that hounds government officials from one administration to the other, the question now is, how do the government distributes the taxes or how it translates the collected taxes into services to benefit the Filipinos.
THE route of the pipeline from Palawan to Batangas.|
Putting Isla Verde in the picture
From the production platform in northwest Palawan, the extracted gas had to cross over 500 kilometers of seabed through a pipeline that passes through Verde Island Passage all the way up to Batangas where the Onshore gas Plant would further process and finally convert it to energy as fuel to three power plants in Batangas City supplying around 70% energy requirements of the Luzon grid.
Verde Island Passage is a strait that separates the islands of Luzon and Mindoro, connecting the South China Sea with the Tayabas Bay and the Sibuyan Sea beyond. It is one of the busiest sea lanes in the Philippines because it is the main shipping route between the Port of Manila and the Visayas and Mindanao in the south. Also, many ferries navigate the waters, connecting the surrounding provinces of Batangas, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro and Romblon.
The 1.14 million hectare passage is extremely rich in marine biodiversity, the richest area in the entire Coral Triangle. It is famous for its scientifically-backed title as the Center of the Center of Marine Shorefish Biodiversity and as the Center of the Center of the Marine Biodiversity of the World.
At the center of the passage is Isla Verde (or Verde Island), that lies between the mainland Luzon and Mindoro Island and can be reached by an average of one-hour boat ride from the Port of Batangas. Divided into six barangays, the island is within the civil administration of the city government of Batangas.
Famous destination within the island include Mahabang Buhangin, a kilometer-long stretch of white sand beach, Sitio Cueva, where a cave leads to the other side of the island. Verde Island is also known for its dive sites and hospitable residents. The residents' main source of living are fishing and mat weaving.
Former Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc. (PSFI) executive director Ding Roco recalls that "While we were required to conduct only three public hearings, we conducted about 35, with every municipality from the platform to Batangas.. we talked to everyone along the 500-kilometre pipeline."
But former barangay councilor Melquiades Dapdap of Barangay San Agustin Kanluran in Isla Verde said: "Wala naman akong natatandaang ganoong public hearing dito.. ang meron ay sa bayan, pero dito sa Isla ay wala… angkita laang namin ay nung naglalagay na ng pipeline dito sa tapat ng Isla Verde."
Customarily, in every industry, the communities that must benefit first are the host communities. Part of the taxes being paid to the government by the industry locators are allocated to the basic services of the host communities, from the province, the city, and down to barangay level.
All communities (considered as host barangays) in Palawan, Oriental Mindoro and Batangas City are benefiting from social services, except for six (6) barangays in Isla Verde. The irony is that while the natural gas that is fuelling the country's biggest natgas-fired power plants in Batangas City has to pass through Verde Island Passage from Palawan down to its onshore gas plant in Tabangao, Batangas City, these six (6) barangays of Isla Verde –Liponpon, San Agapito, San Agustin Kanluran, San Agustin Silangan, San Andres and San Antonio—were left behind and were not included to the long list of host barangays. The result of which, these barangays were not receiving the same amount of benefits that most of the host barangays are receiving from the government.
"Ay di ganyan nga, parang hagya na kami maambunan ng biyaya. Gaya noong maglindolan, may mga relief goods namang ipinadala dito, pero sa kabuuan ay hindi namin natatanggap ang katulad ng natatanggap ng ibang lugar," Dapdap told Balikas.
As mentioned, without passing through the Verde Island Passage, the Malampaya gas to power project will be incomplete and will not be able to pay billions of pesos to the government in the form of taxes. It cannot fuel the 1,200MW Sta. Rita Power Plant, the 500MW San Lorenzo Power Plant and the 1,00MW Kepco Ilijan Power Plant. However, the six (6) barangays of Isla Verde remain unelectrified. The communities are relying on small generator sets that run from 6:00 o'clock until 9:00 o'clock in the evening only with fees relatively higher compared to the rates being collected by Meralco and other power distributors in the mainland Luzon.
To date, the Malampaya Foundation, Inc. (MFI) is conducting a Verde Island Marine Corridor Conservation Program (SHORE Program) that helps fisherfolks and sometimes held medical and dental missions in the island.
"But we believe that Isla Verde is entitled to more than these. Our fishermen are complaining that the presence of the pipeline caused the depletion of their catch. If only our barangays will be included in the host barangays of Malampaya, we believe that more services will be afforded to us and we can consider that this project is really beneficial to the communities," the former official claimed.
With the billions of taxes collected by the government, and millions of which are subject of the fund scam of corrupt officials, still there are communities that are left behind instead of benefitting sustainable development that the Malampaya gas to power project has promised to bring in a couple of decades back in history.|
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#include <coffee/core/coffee.h>

#include <coffee/core/CFiles>
#include <coffee/core/CProfiling>
#include <coffee/core/argument_handling.h>
#include <coffee/core/coffee_args.h>
#include <coffee/core/internal_state.h>
#include <coffee/core/logging/jsonlogger.h>
#include <coffee/core/platform_data.h>
#include <coffee/core/profiler/profiling-export.h>
#include <coffee/core/resource_prefix.h>
#include <coffee/core/task_queue/task.h>
#include <url/url.h>

#include <peripherals/build/build_info.h>
#include <peripherals/build/license.h>
#include <peripherals/libc/signals.h>
#include <peripherals/stl/string_ops.h>

#include <platforms/environment.h>
#include <platforms/file.h>
#include <platforms/process.h>
#include <platforms/profiling/jsonprofile.h>
#include <platforms/stacktrace.h>
#include <platforms/sysinfo.h>

#include <coffee/strings/info.h>
#include <coffee/strings/libc_types.h>
#include <coffee/strings/url_types.h>

#include <coffee/core/CDebug>

#if defined(COFFEE_ANDROID)
#include <android_native_app_glue.h>
#endif

#if defined(COFFEE_UNIXPLAT)
#include <peripherals/posix/process.h>
#endif

using namespace ::platform;

namespace platform {
namespace url {

#if defined(COFFEE_APPLE)
extern Url GetAppleStoragePath();
#endif
} // namespace url
} // namespace platform

namespace Coffee {

enum StartFlags
{
    None                   = 0x0,
    DiscardArgumentHandler = 0x1,
    SilentInit             = 0x2,
};

/*!
 * \brief We use this internally to apply compiler-provided info
 * This information is "stored" in a function
 * \param binfo
 */
extern void SetBuildInfo(BuildInfo& binfo);

/*!
 * \brief Provides application-specific information
 * \param appdata
 */
extern void SetApplicationData(info::AppData& appdata);

FORCEDINLINE void PrintVersionInfo()
{
    if constexpr(compile_info::lowfat_mode)
        return;

    auto const& app_data = GetCurrentApp();

    cOutputPrint(
        "{0}, released by {1}, version {2} ({3} mode)",
        app_data.application_name,
        app_data.organization_name,
        app_data.version_code,
        compile_info::module::build_mode);
}

FORCEDINLINE void PrintBuildInfo()
{
    if constexpr(compile_info::lowfat_mode)
        return;

    cOutputPrint(
        "Running {0} build {1}", "Coffee", compile_info::engine_version);
}

FORCEDINLINE void PrintArchitectureInfo()
{
    if constexpr(compile_info::lowfat_mode)
        return;

    cOutputPrint(
        "Compiled for {0} on {1} ({2})",
        compile_info::target,
        compile_info::compiler::name,
        compile_info::architecture);
    cOutputPrint("Executing on {0}", info::system_name());
    cOutputPrint("Device: {0}", SysInfo::DeviceName());
}

FORCEDINLINE void PrintHelpInfo(args::ArgumentParser const& arg)
{
    cOutputPrint("{0}", arg.helpMessage());
}

FORCEDINLINE void PrintLicenseInfo()
{
    if constexpr(compile_info::lowfat_mode)
        return;

    cVerbose(6, "Number of licenses to print: {0}", CoffeeLicenseCount);
    for(unsigned int i = 0; i < CoffeeLicenseCount; i++)
    {
        cOutputPrint("{0}", CoffeeLicenseString[i]);
        if(i < (CoffeeLicenseCount - 1))
            cOutputPrint("\n\n--|END OF LICENSE|--\n\n");
    }
}

static void CoffeeInit_Internal(u32 flags)
{
    if constexpr(compile_info::lowfat_mode)
        return;

    if constexpr(compile_info::debug_mode)
    {
        /* Allow core dump by default in debug mode */
        ProcessProperty::CoreDumpEnable();

        if constexpr(compile_info::profiler::enabled)
        {
            WkPtrUnwrap<platform::profiling::PContext> store(
                State::GetProfilerStore());
            store([](platform::profiling::PContext* context) {
                context->enable();
            });
        }
    } else
        Coffee::PrintingVerbosityLevel() = 1;

    if(!(flags & SilentInit))
    {
        PrintVersionInfo();
        PrintBuildInfo();
        PrintArchitectureInfo();
    }

    State::GetBuildInfo().default_window_name =
        GetCurrentApp().application_name + " [OpenGL]";
}

void SetPlatformState()
{
    /* Initialize state management in ::platform namespace */
    auto& platState = platform::state;

    platState->m_LockState = State::LockState;
    platState->SwapState   = State::SwapState;
    platState->PeekState   = State::PeekState;

    platState->ProfilerEnabled   = State::ProfilerEnabled;
    platState->GetProfilerStore  = State::GetProfilerStore;
    platState->GetProfilerTStore = State::GetProfilerTStore;

    platState->GetAppData = State::GetAppData;
}

void CoffeeInit(bool)
{
    CoffeeInit_Internal(0x0);
}

i32 CoffeeMain(CoffeeMainWithArgs mainfun, i32 argc, cstring_w* argv, u32 flags)
{
    auto start_time = Chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();

    if constexpr(compile_info::debug_mode)
        InstallDefaultSigHandlers();

    /* Contains all global* state
     *  (*except RuntimeQueue, which is separate) */
    State::SetInternalState(State::CreateNewState());

    libc::signal::register_atexit([]() {
        /* On exit, set InternalState pointer to null */
        State::SetInternalState({});
    });

    SetPlatformState();

#if !defined(COFFEE_CUSTOM_EXIT_HANDLING)
    Coffee::PrintingVerbosityLevel() = 1;
#endif

    /* AppData contains the application name and etc. from AppInfo_*.cpp */
    if constexpr(!compile_info::lowfat_mode)
    {
        auto appData = State::GetAppData();
        if(appData)
        {
            SetApplicationData(*appData);
            CurrentThread::SetName(appData->application_name);
        }
    }

    /* Must be created before ThreadState, but after internal state */
    if constexpr(compile_info::profiler::enabled)
        State::SwapState("jsonProfiler", profiling::json::CreateProfiler());

#if defined(COFFEE_CUSTOM_EXIT_HANDLING)
    /* On Android and iOS, we want to terminate the profiler early */
    libc::signal::register_atexit([]() {
        State::SwapState("jsonProfiler", ShPtr<State::GlobalState>());
    });
#endif

    State::SetInternalThreadState(State::CreateNewThreadState());

    /* Create initial RuntimeQueue context for the user */
    RuntimeQueue::SetQueueContext(RuntimeQueue::CreateContext());

#if defined(COFFEE_CUSTOM_EXIT_HANDLING)
    libc::signal::register_atexit([]() {
        runtime_queue_error ec;
        RuntimeQueue::TerminateThreads(ec);
    });
#endif

    /* Set the program arguments so that we can look at them later */
    GetInitArgs() = ::platform::args::AppArg::Clone(argc, argv);

#if defined(COFFEE_ANDROID)
#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
    app_dummy();
#pragma clang diagnostic pop
#endif

    if constexpr(!compile_info::lowfat_mode)
    {
#if !defined(COFFEE_CUSTOM_EXIT_HANDLING)
        if(!(flags & DiscardArgumentHandler))
        {
            auto parser = BaseArgParser::GetBase();
            auto args   = parser.parseArguments(GetInitArgs());
            auto ret    = BaseArgParser::PerformDefaults(parser, args);

            if(ret > 0)
                return ret;
        } else
        {
            Coffee::PrintingVerbosityLevel() = 1;
        }
#endif

#if defined(COFFEE_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY)
        Coffee::PrintingVerbosityLevel() = 12;
#endif

        Profiler::PushContext("CoffeeInit");
        CoffeeInit_Internal(flags);
        Profiler::PopContext();

        if(Env::ExistsVar("COFFEE_DEEP_PROFILE"))
        {
            auto profilerState = State::GetProfilerStore();

            if(profilerState)
                profilerState->flags.deep_enabled = true;
        }

        if(!(flags & SilentInit))
            cVerbose(
                1, "Verbosity level: {0}", Coffee::PrintingVerbosityLevel());

        /* This is a bit more versatile than simple procedures
         */
        libc::signal::register_atexit(CoffeeTerminate);

        cVerbose(8, "Entering main function");
        Profiler::PushContext("main()");
    }

    i32 result = -1;

#if defined(COFFEE_EMSCRIPTEN) || defined(COFFEE_GEKKO)
    try
    {
#endif
        result = mainfun(argc, argv);
#if defined(COFFEE_EMSCRIPTEN)
    } catch(std::exception const& ex)
    {
        emscripten_log(EM_LOG_ERROR, "Exception encountered: %s", ex.what());
    }
#elif defined(COFFEE_GEKKO)
}
catch(std::exception const& ex)
{
    printf("Exception encountered: %s\n", ex.what());

    try
    {
        std::rethrow_if_nested(ex);
    } catch(std::exception const& ex2)
    {
        printf(" Further information: %s\n", ex2.what());
    } catch(...)
    {
    }
}
#endif

    if constexpr(!compile_info::lowfat_mode)
    {
        Profiler::PopContext();

        cBasicPrint(
            "Execution time: {0}",
            Chrono::duration_cast<Chrono::seconds_double>(
                Chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - start_time)
                .count());
    }

    if constexpr(
        compile_info::profiler::enabled && !compile_info::platform::custom_exit)
    {
        State::SwapState("jsonProfiler", {});
    }

    return result;
} // namespace Coffee

void CoffeeTerminate()
{
    using namespace ::platform::file;
    using namespace ::platform::url::constructors;

    cVerbose(5, "Terminating");

    if constexpr(compile_info::lowfat_mode)
        return;

#if MODE_DEBUG && defined(COFFEE_LINUX)
    /* Do runtime leak checks for POSIX resources,
     *  useful when debugging resource APIs */

    Vector<DirFun::DirItem_t> file_descs;
    auto                      procFd = Path("/proc/self/fd");

    file_error ec;

    cDebug("Open POSIX file descriptors:");
    if(DirFun::Ls(MkUrl(procFd, RSCA::SystemFile), file_descs, ec))
        for(auto const& f : file_descs)
        {
            cBasicPrint("{0} : {1}", f.name, (procFd + f.name).canonical());
        }

    using MMAP = env::Linux::MemMap;

    MMAP::ProcMap mem_map;
    MMAP::GetProcMap(ProcessProperty::Pid(), mem_map);

    cDebug("Open POSIX mmap() regions:");
    for(auto const& e : mem_map)
    {
        /* Shared libraries are not our concern most of the time */
        if(e.name.find(".so") != CString::npos)
            continue;

        cBasicPrint(
            "{0} => {1}+{2}, {3}",
            e.name.size() ? e.name : "[anon]",
            str::print::pointerify(e.start),
            e.end - e.start,
            str::print::pointerify(C_CAST<u32>(e.access)));
    }
#endif

#ifndef COFFEE_CUSTOM_EXIT_HANDLING
    Profiling::ExitRoutine();
#endif
}

void GotoApplicationDir()
{
    using namespace ::platform::url;

    file::file_error ec;

    Url dir = Env::ApplicationDir();
    file::DirFun::ChDir(constructors::MkUrl(dir), ec);
}

#if COFFEE_GLIBC_STACKTRACE
void generic_stacktrace(int sig)
{
    using semantic::debug::Severity;
    using namespace libc::io;

    auto sig_string = posix::proc::code_to_string(sig);

    fprintf(stderr, "signal encountered:\n");
    fprintf(stderr, " >> %s\n", sig_string);

    platform::env::Stacktracer::Backtrace(typing::logging::fprintf_logger);

    posix::proc::send_sig(getpid(), libc::signal::sig::kill);
}
#endif

void InstallDefaultSigHandlers()
{
#if !defined(COFFEE_CUSTOM_STACKTRACE)
    std::set_terminate([]() {
        platform::env::Stacktracer::ExceptionStacktrace(
            std::current_exception(), typing::logging::fprintf_logger);
        abort();
    });

#if COFFEE_GLIBC_STACKTRACE
    platform::env::Stacktracer::Backtrace();

    libc::signal::install(libc::signal::sig::abort, generic_stacktrace);
    libc::signal::install(libc::signal::sig::fpe, generic_stacktrace);
    libc::signal::install(libc::signal::sig::ill_op, generic_stacktrace);
    libc::signal::install(libc::signal::sig::bus_error, generic_stacktrace);
    libc::signal::install(libc::signal::sig::segfault, generic_stacktrace);
#endif
#endif
}

void SetPrintingVerbosity(C_UNUSED(u8 level))
{
    Coffee::PrintingVerbosityLevel() = level;
}

namespace BaseArgParser {

ArgumentParser& GetBase()
{
    static ArgumentParser parser;

    if(!parser.arguments.size())
    {
        parser.addSwitch(
            "help", "help", "h", "Print help information and exit");

        parser.addSwitch(
            "version",
            "version",
            nullptr,
            "Print version information and exit");

        parser.addSwitch(
            "verbose",
            nullptr,
            "v",
            "Print verbose messages to terminal while running");

        parser.addSwitch("quiet", nullptr, "q", "Be quiet");

        parser.addSwitch(
            "licenses",
            "licenses",
            nullptr,
            "Print license information and exit");

        parser.addSwitch(
            "dprofile", "deep-profile", nullptr, "Enable deep profiling");

        parser.addSwitch("json", "json", nullptr, "Output information as JSON");

        parser.addPositionalArgument(
            "resource_prefix",

            "Change resource prefix"
            " (only works if application does not"
            " override resource prefix)");
    }

    return parser;
}

int PerformDefaults(ArgumentParser& parser, ArgumentResult& args)
{
    using namespace ::platform::url::constructors;

    for(Pair<CString, u32> sw_ : args.switches)
    {
        auto sw = sw_.first;
        if(sw == "help")
        {
            PrintVersionInfo();
            PrintHelpInfo(parser);
            return 0;
        } else if(sw == "verbose")
        {
            Coffee::PrintingVerbosityLevel() += sw_.second;
        } else if(sw == "quiet")
        {
            Coffee::PrintingVerbosityLevel() -= sw_.second;
        } else if(sw == "version")
        {
            PrintVersionInfo();
            PrintBuildInfo();
            return 0;
        } else if(sw == "licenses")
        {
            PrintLicenseInfo();
            return 0;
        }
#if MODE_DEBUG
        else if(sw == "dprofile")
        {
            auto profilerState = State::GetProfilerStore();

            if(profilerState)
                profilerState->flags.deep_enabled = true;
        }
#endif
        else if(sw == "json")
        {
            if constexpr(!compile_info::lowfat_mode)
                DebugFun::SetLogInterface(
                    SetupJsonLogger("application.json"_tmp));
        }
    }

    for(auto arg : args.arguments)
    {
        if(arg.first == "resource_prefix")
#if !COFFEE_FIXED_RESOURCE_DIR
            file::ResourcePrefix(arg.second.c_str());
#else
            cWarning("Resource directory attempted overridden, denied");
#endif
    }

    for(auto pos : args.positional)
    {
        if(pos.first == "resource_prefix")
            file::ResourcePrefix(pos.second.c_str());
    }

    return -1;
}

} // namespace BaseArgParser

} // namespace Coffee

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Dayton Flyers forward Chase Johnson announces he's withdrawing from school
Dayton's Chase Johnson dunks against Indiana State on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019, at UD Arena. David Jablonski/Staff
By David Jablonski
Redshirt sophomore averaged 5.1 points in eight games
Dayton Flyers forward Chase Johnson announced on Instagram on Friday he's "medically withdrawing" from the University of Dayton to continue to receive treatment for post-concussive stress syndrome and "lingering effects from mononucleosis," which he said he had in August.
Johnson wrote he made the decision after close consultation with his doctors.
"This has been a tough decision for me," Johnson said. "I need to consider my future health beyond the game of basketball. I look forward to continuing my progress as I pursue getting healthy and returning to the game of basketball. I appreciate the support of my family, the UD coaching staff and well wishes of UD fans."
» EARLIER COVERAGE: Tom Archdeacon on Chase Johnson
Dayton coach Anthony Grant was asked about Johnson on Thursday and declined to comment. Johnson appeared in Dayton's first eight games but had missed the last seven.
Dayton announced Dec. 30 he was recovering from post-concussive stress syndrome. UD released a statement at that time. It read, "Chase Johnson is doing well as he recovers from post-concussive stress syndrome. He is continuing to make great strides and is looking forward to joining the team when he is medically cleared."
Johnson, a redshirt sophomore who transferred from Florida to Dayton in January 2019, averaged 5.1 points and 2.8 rebounds in the first eight games. He had his best game Dec. 3 against Houston Baptist, scoring 18 points on 9-of-10 shooting in 14 minutes.
After the game Dec. 30, Grant said Johnson remained at home with his family in Ripley, W.Va., and players and coaches have kept in contact with him, mostly through text messages.
"He's got all of our support here within our team, within the athletic department, within the university to get what he needs," Grant said.
Without Johnson, Dayton has nine scholarship players available for the rest of the season unless it chooses to play Moulaye Sissoko. Dayton announced in November the freshman center Sissoko would redshirt this season.
Chase Johnson announces he's withdrawing from UD. pic.twitter.com/Cc2e0gvLYw
— David Jablonski (@DavidPJablonski) January 10, 2020
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David Jablonski covers the Dayton Flyers and other sports for the Dayton Daily News, Springfield News-Sun and Journal News.


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Central Medical Supplies is now providing the Kanmed BabyBed either with or without the rail system that enables accessories to be attached. The version without a rail offers greater flexibility and accessibility and has been made available in response to demands from healthcare professionals.
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Leather: Leather is a tough material but it can be vacuumed easily and it can be cleaned with leather conditioner also. It's useful for making sofa covers.
Linen: Linen is made from vegetable fibers. It has a fine luster and if you like wrinkled style then it really good. Linen can be used as a table cover or any objects which you want to cover very decoratively. You can also use it for a window curtains.
Vinyl: Vinyl is more easy caring and less expensive the leather, its durability depends on the quality. Its best for dining or living rooms.
Silk: Silk comes with the wide verities of a fabric weights, you can find very light to a raw heavy silk. It's also a very good wearable fabric. Silk got bad reputation just because it can be damaged by sun, if you are not using it as an outdoor decoration then it can be a great investment. Silk can be a great for pillows which will gives you cool and very soft feeling.
Wool: Wool is a fabric that provides a long wearable, it's warm and scratchy but some people can feel allergy with it. Even the dogs might have an allergic reaction to wool carpets. Wool can be a great floor covering carpets which can be small or big according to your choice. Many used it for wall-to-wall carpeting.
Rayon: This is the first synthetic fabric in our list and it can hang and absorbs humidity very well. So, in summers it's a great fabric for absorbing the heat and humidity but for winters it will not be that good. The best use of this is as curtains.
Acrylic: Acrylic is also a synthetic fabric which is sun-resistance, and it is stains resistant too. It is little hard to clean the acrylic fiber. Basically acrylic is used for blending with natural fabrics to add more durability.
Nylon: Nylon is a solid fiber which is stain and static electricity free. Because of its solidity it is not comfortable to sit, as it warm up quick by body heat, but its use full for commercial use.
Acetate: Acetate is less resistance to wrinkle, wear and fade in sun, it is developed as imitation silk. However it's not for home furniture and all.
Olefin: olefin is also synthetic fiber which is very high durable but style wise is not that good. It is also useful for commercial use only; you can't use it as home indoor carpeting.
Polyester: Polyester is fade resistant and its stand bounded together but is hard to clean. If it blended with wool its create problems.


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The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Burundi expanded 2.80 percent in 2017 from the previous year. GDP Annual Growth Rate in Burundi averaged 2.72 percent from 1961 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 21.33 percent in 1970 and a record low of -13.75 percent in 1961.
GDP Annual Growth Rate in Burundi is expected to be 1.60 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Burundi GDP Annual Growth Rate is projected to trend around 2.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.
Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world.The country has virtually no service or manufacture industry and over 90 percent of population rely on agriculture. As such, Burundi's economy is highly dependent on foreign aid which accounts for over 50 percent of government budget. In recent years, international organisations have been working with the government to address bureaucracy, widespread corruption, lack of security and basic infrastructure, poor education and healthcare system. As a result, Burundi has been able to attract foreign direct investments to its coffee and tea industries which are expected to drive the growth. This page provides - Burundi GDP Annual Growth Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Burundi GDP Annual Growth Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2019.


The scope of this project is to perform Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) on different types of bridges, in order to learn which is most cost-efficient in a particular situation. A second scope is to study the impact of different cost items on the whole Life Cycle Cost. The work is performed to enable optimal strategic decisions regarding future investments.Beam and Slab Bridges, Slab Bridges and Slab Frame Bridges are analyzed. The bridges are located in the north of Sweden, in the regions of Norrbotten and Västerbotten. All bridges have a total length of around 20 m, which is the most common length in Sweden and in Europe. Furthermore, the analysis includes Timber and Soil-Steel bridges in order to understand the prospects for this types of bridges in Sweden. The analysis does not focus on a particular bridge but, based on information from some Swedish producers, it studies different scenarios.The data collection covers initial investments, maintenance, repair and rehabilitation (MR&R) costs, user and demolition costs.


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Karl Dane
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Karl Dane was a Danish comedian and actor known for his work in American films, mainly of the silent film era. He worked alongside Rudolph Valentino, John Gilbert, and King Vidor. In 1926, he teamed up with George K. Arthur to form the successful comedy duo Dane & Arthur. At the peak of his career, he was making $1500 a week.
In the 1930s, Dane was forced to quit his film career due to a nervous breakdown and trouble with his heavy accent. Unable to find work in the film industry, he eventually killed himself in 1934. His career decline and death have been cited as an example of the fate that befell many silent film stars who were unable to make the transition to sound films.
Dane was born Rasmus Karl Therkelsen Gottlieb in Turesensgade 23 in central Copenhagen, Denmark to Rasmus Carl Marius Gottlieb and Anne Cathrine Simonsen Gottlieb. He had two brothers: Reinald Marius and Viggo Eiler. His parents? marriage was apparently stormy; with his father having trouble with alcohol and money management. In 1903 Dane's parents divorced, leaving him in the custody of his mother. His father was a glove maker by trade but enjoyed the theatre. At the turn of the century, he built a toy theatre which people began to pay to see; during this time, Dane and his brother Reinald would perform for the crowds. His father also worked as a curtain puller at the local theatre, to which his two sons accompanied him. Dane later said this would inspire him to act.
In 1900, Dane and his brother apprenticed as machinists, a job he would perform on and off throughout his life. In 1907, he began compulsory military service in the First Artillery Battalion. He was promoted to lance corporal. After being discharged from the military, he married dressmaker Carla Dagmar Hagen on September 10, 1910. The marriage produced two children: Ejlert Carl and Ingeborg Helene. With the outbreak of World War I, Dane was called back to duty. He was eventually promoted to corporal before being discharged in 1915.


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PSA Promises Smart Assistant in Vehicles by 2020
The PSA Group has promised to have a smart assistant in its vehicles within the next two years.
It has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Silicon Valley start-up SoundHound, a specialist in artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language voice recognition technology, to make this happen by 2020. SoundHound claims its deep meaning understanding technology can, like a human being, instantly answer multiple questions asked in a single sentence.
SoundHound has already worked with Korean manufacturer Hyundai on developing a personal assistant voice control system that was showcased at the 2018 CES.
It also claims to be developing voice and AI integration algorithms to tailor the "world's fastest speech recognition technology and seamless natural language understanding capability" to PSA's vehicles. The new generation voice assistant is hoped to enable Peugeot, Citroën, DS, Opel and Vauxhall customers to converse naturally with their vehicle.
The makers further claims the digital personal assistant will be able to act on its own to perform a variety of tasks, such as finding a restaurant that meets several criteria (e.g. open on Sunday evening), activating vehicle functions and launching connected services. Other features claimed include the ability, with a single voice command, drivers will be able to simultaneously regulate temperature, ventilation and the direction of air conditioning.
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Polls close in New Zealand's cliffhanger election
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Christy Curtis | 24 September, 2017, 00:40
New Zealand uses a German-style proportional representation system in which a party, or combination of parties, needs 61 of Parliament's 120 members - usually about 48 percent of the vote - to form a government.
"Jacinda Ardern has captivated the nation and has given Labour a chance", Mr Bulbul said.
The results were welcomed by the National Party, which is seeking a fourth consecutive term in office.
Measured against the stern competence of the prime minister, Bill English, Ardern's approach was a breath of fresh air.
"In the next few days we will begin discussions with New Zealand First, finding common ground, and, most importantly, taking on the responsibility of forming the kind of government that will enable New Zealand to get on with its success".
"This has been an incredibly engaging and colourful campaign for New Zealanders and that isn't going to be over at midnight", said Bryce Edwards, an analyst at Wellington-based Critical Politics.
Speaking to the National Party's supporters at Sky City in Auckland, he welcomed the expression of confidence from voters, and said he would talk to Mr Peters soon, but they did not need to rush the process. But her party's immediate future is no longer in her hands. She said she couldn't predict what decisions the leaders of other parties might now make.
English - in contrast to his joke-cracking predecessor - built a reputation as a laconic and serious-minded finance minister under Key, even earning the sobriquet "Honest Bill". He spent eight years in that role before taking over the top job last December when Key resigned.
With nearly 100% of votes counted National has 46% of the party vote with Labour at 35.8%.
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The hosts have a hard time climbing in the first half of the tables and are expected to find to avoid relegation this season. Aguero and Gabriel Jesus have dovetailed perfectly to form the League's most fearsome forward partnership.
The general election in New Zealand has ended in a stalemate with the ruling National Party falling short of a clear-cut majority to govern for the fourth time, according to official results.
With no single party able to form a government alone, NZ First's 7.5 percent suggests Mr Peters will effectively decide the make-up of Parliament for the next three years.
But who New Zealand First will favour remains unclear.
Leader of NZF Winston Peters gave no indication which of the two blocs his New Zealand First - and its nine seats from 7.5% of the vote - would support.
English had seen his party's standing in the polls plummet since announcing the election in February, and Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party surged. The 37-year-old was greeted like a rock star at large rallies and has generated plenty of excitement among her fans. He's promising tax cuts for most workers.
The campaign has been the most volatile in recent memory, with momentum swinging from English to Ardern and then back again.
"We believe in laws and policies that support the mass majority of New Zealanders and not just a small elite".
"We've run such an extraordinary campaign and we've had such support, it would be very hard for me to be depressed", he said. I haven't done as well for them as I would have liked.
"Certainly it's been somewhat frustrating dealing with their negative campaign", Ardern said.
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Only a little over a month after the nation and its polity was struck by grief at the death of former Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam, the news of yet another loss has shaken the country.
The bad news came after Rashid Suhrawardy, the only son of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, one of the founders of Awami League and the fifth prime minister of Pakistan, was found dead on February 7 at his UK residence.
Eminent citizens and senior political figures of Bangladesh termed his departure a great loss for the nation.
Recounting his contribution to the independence of Bangladesh and its political arena, they described Rashid as a role model for new and future generations.
Noted jurist Dr Kamal Hossain recalled that Rashid played an important in raising mass awareness for the freedom of Bangladesh from Pakistani occupation forces in 1971.
Sharing his memories of Rashid, the 81-year-old said: "Every time we met, he used to discuss a lot about Bangladesh and related issues.
"He was supposed to come to Dhaka on March 10, but that did not happen," said a shocked Dr Kamal, also a veteran politician, adding that both Awami League and Bangladesh owe much to Rashid.
Economist Prof Rehman Sobhan, whose wife Salma Sobhan was a cousin of Rashid's, recalled that Rashid was in London in 1971.
"He identified right from the beginning with the Bangladesh cause, because he felt that his father had been the leader of the Bangalis. In London, the movement [for Bangladesh] was led by Abu Sayeed Chowdhury and Rashid was very active.
"But the main involvement came when Rashid's sister, Begum Akhtar Sulaiman, started actively supporting the activities of the Yahya Khan government. She gave a number of statements that time on behalf of the Suhrawardy family saying her father believed in Pakistan," said the economist.
"Rashid became very angry that his sister had used their father's name to support the genocide ordered by Yahya. So Rashid gave some strong statements at that time, denouncing his sister, saying that she betrayed their father's ideology and politics, and broke off all relations with her till she died," he said.
Bangabandhu was very fond of Rashid, Prof Rehman said, and he was very familiar in the leader's family as well.
"After 1971, Rashid visited Bangladesh a number of times and Bangabandhu appreciated his role during the war," he said. After the killing of Bangabandhu and his family in 1975, Rashid was devastated, the economist said.
"Rashid cut off all relations with his friends in Pakistan and he did not visit Pakistan for many years.
"For all practical purposes he was an Englishman, in the sense that he looked English, he spoke English, all his education was in England. But he remained a committed believer in Bangladesh," said Rehman Sobhan.
He kept a good relationship with Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana. In London he used to spend time with Sheikh Rehana's family and her children. In 1996, after the general election campaign started, Rashid came to Bangladesh.
"He was deployed in the election campaign for Awami League to deal with the international media and the diplomatic community because he spoke very well and he could relate very well. He had social presence and could charm people," the CPD chief said.
In that election, Rashid played a very important role in communicating with the international community for Awami League.
Born to Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy's second wife, Vera Alexandrovna Tiscenko, who took the Muslim name Noor Jehan Begum after converting to Islam in 1940, Rashid was actively engaged with the UK unit of Awami League.
Shah Shamim Ahmed, office secretary of the UK unit of Awami League, in a Facebook status mourned the death, recalling the contribution Rashid made for the party and Bangladesh.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed her profound shock and sorrow at the death of Rashid.
Rashid Suhrawardy was a well-respected and well-regarded British actor under the stage name of Robert Ashby, who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and known principally for his time with the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as roles in feature films such as Jinnah (1998) and Legend (2015).
Focusing on the personal and early life of Rashid, Barrister Mainul Hosein said he led a lonely life since childhood as his father was busy with politics and his mother was Russian and away.
"In London, he had a really lonely, and I would say, a neglected life. Strangely enough, his mind and heart has always been with Bangladeshi people," said Mainul.
Rashid was always aware of the fact that his father was a great leader, and that he must do something by any means to uphold the dignity of his father.
"Despite facing many difficulties and though he was not financially affluent, Rashid never turned to anybody for help, maintaining his dignity," added Mainul.
"During the Liberation War, he was very vocal and as a result of that, he had a strained relationship with his sisters and others in Karachi," Mainul said.
Mainul said he had repeatedly invited Rashid to join politics in Bangladesh, which the latter rejected, citing his language issues and saying that "he was not as great as his father."
Abul Hasan Chowdhury, former state minister for foreign affairs, said: "He considered himself a member of the Bangabandhu family and used to address him as Mujib bhai," adding that Rashid had told him personally that he was on his way to Dhaka just before the August 15 tragedy, responding to a call by Bangabandhu.
Since then, his relations with the party and Bangladesh deepened a lot, recounted Abul.
Rashid was deeply committed to the people of Bangladesh and headed Awami League's election steering committee in 1996, he said.
"His closest relative was his sister Begum Akhter Solaiman. For the cause of the nation, for his principle, he did not hesitate to sever his ties with her," he said.
"There are many aspects of Rashid Suhrawardy that cannot be covered in one conversation but he was a man full of laughter and humour," he further added.


Can some one let me know why there is a difference in the above steps?
Is it just sufficient to enter in -safemode before doing the upgrade?
If yes what does -rollingUpgrade started do then?
In the cloudera documentation I am not seeing anything about -safemode leave. When it will leave the safemode? Will it auto leave the safemode ?
The first step in Cloudera documentation (-safemode enter) is for NN to enter "read-only" mode, where it stops accepting new changes to the filesystem or blocks. This is done to make sure you get a consistent copy of the in-memory fsimage file. The next step (-savenamespace) is basically writing that consistent copy of in-memory fsimage to the fsimage on disk, so that just in case anything wrong during the upgrade, your data is not lost.
The first command on the HDFS rolling upgrade page (-rollingUpgrade prepare) does the same thing in the background.
When you shutdown or restart HDFS, NN comes out of safemode automatically.


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Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is one of several types of personality disorders. "The essential features of a personality disorder are impairments in personality (self and interpersonal) functioning and the presence of pathological personality traits." (DSM-5)
Narcissistic Personality Disorder is characterized by a long-standing, enduring pattern of grandiosity, an overwhelming need for admiration, a lack of empathy toward others, and severely disturbed interpersonal relations.
Simple Narcissism vs Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Narcissism is on a continuum — it goes from intermittent flavors of narcissism, all the way to Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
We all encounter simple narcissism in people and in ourselves. Some seem to have strong doses of it, and some show patterns of it over a life-time.
In children, inflated self-views and grandiose feelings — characteristics of narcissism — are part of normal development. Children usually cannot understand the difference between their actual and their ideal self, which causes an unrealistic perception of the self. Around age eight, views of the self, both positive and negative, begin to develop and become more realistic. Dysfunctional interactions with parents, though, can cause a child's self-view to remain immature and distorted.
Simple narcissism includes:
self-absorption
preoccupation with image
generally uninterested in the feelings of others
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, to be diagnosed as having Narcissistic Personality Disorder, a person would have five or more of the following nine characteristics:
1. Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
2. Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
3. Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
4. Requires excessive admiration
5. Has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
6. Is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
7. Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
8. Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her
9. Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
"Narcissism is a personality disorder and that means that narcissists' personalities aren't organized in a way that makes sense to most people. Interaction with narcissists is confusing — their reasons for what they do are not the same as normal reasons. In fact, treating them like normal people (e.g., appealing to their better nature or giving them the chance to apologize and make amends) will make matters worse with a narcissist." —Joanna Ashmun
"Narcissists have such an elevated sense of self-worth that they value themselves as inherently better than others, when in reality they have a fragile self-esteem, cannot handle criticism, and often try to compensate for this inner fragility by belittling or disparaging others in an attempt to validate their own self-worth. Comments and criticisms about others are vicious from sufferers of NPD, in an attempt to boost their own poor self-esteem." Mayo Clinic
"Lying is the most common complaint about narcissists and that, in many instances, defects of empathy lead narcissists to wildly inaccurate misinterpretations of other people's speech and actions, so that they may believe that they are liked and respected despite a history of callous and exploitative personal interactions." —Joanna Ashmun
"Narcissists rarely admit to being distressed by their own behavior — they always blame other people for any problems." —Joanna Ashmun
"Narcissists are (a) extremely sensitive to personal criticism and (b) extremely critical of other people. They think that they must be seen as perfect or superior or infallible, next to god-like, or else they are worthless. There's no middle ground of ordinary normal humanity for narcissists. They can't tolerate the least disagreement. In fact, if you say, "Please don't do that again — it hurts," narcissists will turn around and do it again harder to prove that they were right the first time; their reasoning seems to be something like "I am a good person and can do no wrong; therefore, I didn't hurt you and you are lying about it now…" Narcissists are habitually cruel in little ways, as well as big ones, because they're paying attention to their fantasy and not to you, but the bruises on you are REAL, not in your imagination. Thus, no matter how gently you suggest that they might do better to change their ways or get some help, they will react in one of two equally horrible ways: they will attack or they will withdraw. Be wary of wandering into this dragon's cave — narcissists will say ANYTHING, they will trash anyone in their own self-justification, and then they will expect the immediate restoration of the status quo. They will attack you (sometimes physically) and spew a load of bile, insult, abuse, contempt, threats, etc., and then — well, it's kind of like they had indigestion and the vicious tirade worked like a burp: "There. Now I feel better. Where were we?" They feel better, so they expect you to feel better, too. They will say you are nothing, worthless, and turn around immediately and say that they love you. When you object to this kind of treatment, they will say, "You just have to accept me the way I am." Accepting them as they are (and staying away from them entirely) is excellent advice." —Joanna Ashmun
"If people you work with are narcissists, you will be wise to keep an eye on them, if just for your own protection, because they don't think very well, no matter what their IQs, they feel that the rules (of anything) don't apply to them, and they will always cut corners and cheat wherever they think they can get away with it, not to mention alienating co-workers, clients, and customers by their arrogance, lies, malice, and off-the-wall griping. Narcissists are threatened and enraged by trivial disagreements, mistakes, and misunderstandings, plus they have evil mouths and will say ANYTHING, so if you continue to live or work with narcissists, expect to have to clean up after them, expect to lose friends over them, expect big trouble sooner or later." —Joanna Ashmun
"Narcissists rarely enter treatment and, once in treatment, progress very slowly. We're talking about two or more years of frequent sessions before the narcissist can acknowledge even that the therapist is sometimes helpful. It's difficult to keep narcissists in treatment long enough for improvement to be made — and few people, narcissists or not, have the motivation or the money to pursue treatment that produces so little so late." –Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, 1994, commonly referred to as DSM-IV, of the American Psychiatric Association
"Narcissists can and do control themselves when someone's good opinion is sought — in front of a judge, for instance — and are skilled at presenting a respectable, even admirable, public face; some are actually meek and mild in public. Most of us who've lived with narcissists have had the experience of being disbelieved when we dared to tell what goes on in private; in some ways, we can hardly believe it ourselves. Life with a narcissist is like a bad dream that you can't wake up from. As a child, I used to be dazed by my narcissistic parent's public demeanor — I wanted to take that person home with me or else live our entire family life in the protection of the public eye — so attractive, modest, and sweet that even I could hardly believe that this same person could be the raging fiend I knew at home … But truthful reports about narcissists' private behavior are often treated as symptoms of psychological problems in the person telling the tale — by naming the problem, you become the person with the problem (and, let's face it, it's more gratifying to work on changing someone responsive than it is to tackle a narcissist). And I'm talking about the experience many of us have had with "the helping professions," including doctors, teachers, clergy, counselors, and therapists. This stuff is hard to talk about in the first place because it's weird, shameful, and horrifying, and then insult is added to injury when we're dismissed as overreacting (how many times have we heard "You're just too sensitive"?), deluded or malicious, as inventing stories, exaggerating, imagining things, misinterpreting — it goes on and on. The fact is that there is next to nothing anyone can do to modify a narcissist's behavior and the only useful advice I ever got (first from my non-narcissistic parent, later repeated by my Jungian analyst) was "Get out and stay out." —Joanna Ashmun
Resources on NPD
Narcissism And The System It Breeds — a talk by Christian PhD psychologist Diane Langberg on narcissism and the way it can effect Christian leaders, churches, and those within them
Best detailed and practical description of NPD I've read is by Joanna Ashmun here.
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Humpty Dumpty would make a good narcissist
"I don't know what you mean by 'glory,'" Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't —- till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you!'"
"But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument'," Alice objected.
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -— neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master -— that's all."
Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began again. "They've a temper, some of them -— particularly verbs, they're the proudest —- adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs -— however, I can manage the whole lot! Impenetrability! That's what I say!"
–Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass
Narcissism was named after Narcissus, a mythological Greek youth who became infatuated with his own reflection in a lake.


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In a statement, Niharika said: "Nawaz and I had a brief relationship in 2009 during the making of 'Miss Lovely' that lasted less than a few months. So today, when he paints me as a woman in fur enticing him into her bedroom with candles, or desperately calling him and mailing other women on his behalf, I can only laugh.
Nawazuddin Breached Privacy To Sell Memoir?
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Mumbai: Former beauty queen Niharika Singh is upset that her "Miss Lovely" co-star Nawazuddin Siddiqui did not take her consent before sharing their personal equation with the world in his memoir. She says the way he has "painted" her image, it appears he doesn't mind disrespecting a woman to boost the sales of his book.
In a statement, Niharika said: "Nawaz and I had a brief relationship in 2009 during the making of 'Miss Lovely' that lasted less than a few months. So today, when he paints me as a woman in fur enticing him into her bedroom with candles, or desperately calling him and mailing other women on his behalf, I can only laugh.
"He obviously wants to sell his book and it would appear that he is willing to exploit and disrespect a woman just to do so." Excerpts from "An Ordinary Life" (Penguin Random House, 240-page), a memoir that Nawazuddin has come out with Rituparna Chatterjee, have revealed that the National Award winning actor has spoken extensively on his personal life and relationships. One of these is focussed on his bond with Niharika. He writes: "For the very first time, I went to Niharika's house... When she opened the door, revealing a glimpse of the house, I was speechless with amazement. A hundred, or so it seemed, little candles flickered beautifully. She wore soft faux fur, looking devastatingly gorgeous, her beauty illuminated even more in the candlelight.
"And I, being the lusty village bumpkin that I am, scooped her up in my arms and headed straight for the bedroom. We made passionate love. And just like that, out of the blue, I began a relationship with Niharika Singh, a relationship which I did not know then would last for almost one and a half years." He has also claimed that she sent emails on his behalf to one of his former lovers. Niharika is livid. "He has chosen to fabricate stories and manipulate a fleeting relationship. None of what he has written has been with my knowledge, let alone my consent. It is this very aspect of Nawaz that caused me to end my relationship with him in the first place. I have always maintained that he's a brilliant actor. "However, I had hoped these acting skills would have remained confined only to the screen. Still, I wish him well." — (IANS)
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