Each of the three reservoirs within Curecanti National Recreation Area has a character all its own, and each provides a different type of boating experience.
Please visit the Watercraft Inspection page to see where your type of watercraft can launch and if your watercraft requires an inspection for aquatic invasive species before launch.
Twenty mile long Blue Mesa Reservoir, with its 96 miles of shoreline, affords many opportunities for boating. Windsurfing is popular at several areas such as the Bay of Chickens or in the Iola Basin near the Lake City Bridge. Boaters can explore several arms of the reservoir which reach into secluded canyons. Water skiers can practice their sport in the late months of summer, July and August, when waters warm slightly.
All boaters on Blue Mesa Reservoir should be aware that strong afternoon winds, sometimes accompanied by storms, can cause hazardous conditions. Be weatherwise: watch for threatening cloud build ups. As soon as strong winds begin to blow, head for shore.
Water temperatures remain cold through much of the season. Windsurfers and water skiers are advised to wear wet suits.
All motorized and/or state-registered vessels on Blue Mesa Reservoir will be required to have a boat permit.
These user fees are half-price for those visitors who possess the Interagency Senior or Access Pass.
For the more adventurous and very hearty, Morrow Point Reservoir can provide a fabulous canoeing or sea kayaking trip. The adventure begins with hauling your boat and gear into the canyon. The easiest access to the reservoir is via the Pine Creek Trail. This trail consists of approximately 232 steps into the canyon. From the bottom of the stairs, the trail follows the reservoir for about a mile. You can put your boat in a short distance past the end of the stairs.
Morrow Point Reservoir is almost twelve miles long. The first half-mile of water is swift, but then becomes calm and still. Be aware that fluctuating water levels and releases from Blue Mesa Dam can suddenly create very challenging boating conditions.There are boat-in/backcountry campsites in the canyon, so you can make this an overnight outing.
At the end of your trip, head back to the Pine Creek Trail to exit the canyon. The current may make it difficult to paddle back to the base of the stairs, but you can easily make it to the bottom of the stairs via the foot trail. Now comes the hard part, hauling your boat and gear back up the stairs!
Boaters are required to fill out a free backcountry use permit. Permits are available at the Pine Creek trailhead.
Like Morrow Point Reservoir, boating on Crystal Reservoir is limited to hand carried craft. The access trail for Crystal Reservoir is reached via the Mesa Creek Trail located near Cimarron.
Fluctuating water levels and releases from Morrow Point Dam can create navigational problems. Tricky currents, protruding rocks, and backwashes caused by water rushing over submerged rocks, can overturn the inattentive boater. In addition, conditions along the river section on Crystal can change drastically during the course of a day.
Heavy spring runoff from Cimarron and Mesa Creeks can further complicate matters. Before launching, be sure to assess the capabilities of your equipment and the condition of the water.
Warning: Reservoir levels change without warning! Be prepared for quickly changing weather conditions, and very cold water temperatures!
There are few, if any, passing boats on Morrow Point and Crystal Reservoirs to assist in an emergency, so wear your personal flotation device (PFD) at all times!
Personal flotation devices (PFD's) of correct size and type for all passengers. PFD's are required for children under the age of 13 unless the child is below deck or in an enclosed cabin.
Remember, rangers are glad to inspect your boat for necessary items.
Operators of motorized vessels on Colorado waters must be at least 16 years of age. Persons 14-16 years of age may operate a motorized vessel if they have completed a boating safety course accepted by Colorado State Parks and have certification of course completion in their possession.
All craft must travel wakeless in the designated no wake buoy areas.
Don't overload, stay within capacity limits of your craft.
Don't stand up in the boat.
If you have trouble maneuvering in the current, lighten your load.
Avoid getting sideways in the current.
On river sections, don't hesitate to portage.
Tie down loose items and secure your motor to your boat.
Please consult the current Colorado Boating Statutes & Regulations (pdf) for details.
Report all accidents to a park ranger. Visitor contact stations are located at Elk Creek and Cimarron.


Lisi operates in the Aircraft parts and equipment sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Lisi with three other aircraft manufacturers in Europe: Meggitt P.L.C. of the United Kingdom (2018 sales of £2.08 billion [US$2.72 billion] of which 28% was Control System), Cobham PLC of the United Kingdom (£1.86 billion [US$2.43 billion] of which 32% was Advanced Electronic solutions), and Latecoere SA (659.20 million Euro [US$744.02 million] ).
Sales Analysis. Lisi reported sales of 1.65 billion Euro (US$1.86 billion) for the year ending December of 2018. This represents a very small increase of 0.1% versus 2017, when the company's sales were 1.64 billion Euro. Sales at Lisi have increased during each of the previous five years (and since 2013, sales have increased a total of 43%). Sales of Automotive saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 14.8% in 2018, from 506.00 million Euro to 581.14 million Euro. Not all segments of Lisi experienced an increase in sales in 2018: sales of Aerospace fell 6.7% to 934.01 million Euro. Lisi also experienced decreases in sales in Medical (down 4.6% to 130.73 million Euro) .


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Albright meets today with riled Russian officials about plan'simpact on ABM Treaty.
President Clinton is juggling considerable risks and benefits in pushing a new plan to step up development of a system to defend the United States against limited long-range missile attack.
On one hand, the plan unveiled last week should secure Mr. Clinton's domestic political flank against GOP complaints that he is responding too slowly to growing threats from "rogue" states like North Korea and Iran.
The plan, which Congress must approve, will also boost the Pentagon's depleted research and development budget, while bringing new defense dollars and jobs to states critical to the Democrats in the 2000 elections. It also allows more time for solving major technical problems.
The downsides: The persisting technical hurdles could result in a system that doesn't work at a cost that may eventually soar to an estimated $28 billion. Such was the case with a system that was shut down in 1974 after less than a year in operation.
Furthermore, while disarming Republicans of an issue they have long championed and wanted to use against Vice President Al Gore's presidential bid, Clinton has ignited new frictions with Russia and China that some experts warn could undermine nuclear-arms control efforts.
"This decision is being driven by [domestic] politics, not by technology and not by threats," says Joseph Cirincione of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. "It jeopardizes the strategic arms-reduction process with Russia and provokes China."
Russia is especially miffed by suggestions that the US might abrogate the 1972 Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty unless Russia agrees to changes that would allow construction of the US system. The pact now prohibits nationwide antimissile defenses to ensure nuclear deterrence.
Under fiscal pressure to cut its atomic arsenal, cash-short Russia is deeply wary of any US action it believes could blunt its shrinking nuclear punch.
Indeed, Russia's communist-dominated parliament is expected to condition its long-delayed ratification of the 1993 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty - which slashes the sides' deployed warheads from 6,000 to 3,500 - on continued US adherence to the ABM accord.
"Once [the Americans] become sure that they can defend themselves against our missiles, they will start speaking to us from a position of strength," Gen. Yuri Lebedev, a veteran Russian arms-control negotiator, was quoted as saying on Friday.
"No," Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov replied bluntly when asked the same day about the possibility of amending the ABM pact. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is to explore the issue further in talks she holds today with Mr. Ivanov in Moscow.
China, whose 13 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) are a tiny fraction of US and Russian arsenals, also worries a US national missile defense (NMD) system could blunt its atomic deterrent. Clinton's plan "will not contribute to international arms control and disarmament efforts," says Sun Yuxi, at the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
The Russian and Chinese objections are provoking concerns among some American experts that deployment of a NMD system by the US might even prompt Beijing and Moscow to boost their nuclear arsenals so they could be sure of overwhelming it.
"They would see this as something that raised questions of the effectiveness of their deterrent," says Spurgeon Keany, director of the Arms Control Association in Washington.
US officials say they won't be able to propose specific changes in the ABM Treaty until the design of the NMD system is final. Nor will a final deployment decision be made until 2000, with construction to start in 2005, two years later than planned.
And US officials insist they want to maintain the ABM pact as a "cornerstone" of the US-Rus-sian arms control regime.
"There are proposals to withdraw as though this was a new thought," says State Department spokesman James Rubin. "We don't want to exercise that right. We want to talk with the Russians in a serious way."
US officials say they are confident they can ease Russian and Chinese concerns that the NMD system will create a strategic imbalance, insisting that it will be too small to negate their nuclear deterrents.
"The design of this system is primarily aimed at the capability to defeat a rogue state that acquires a very small number of ICBMs equipped with weapons of destruction," adds National Security Council official Bob Bell.
The administration's plan, unveiled last week, calls for pumping up the Pentagon's NMD budget by $6.6 billion to $10.5 billion to underwrite deployment of an NMD system, development of which was awarded last year to Boeing Co. Previously, funding had been restricted to research and development.
Unlike former President Reagan's "star wars" initiative for a massive space-based antinuclear shield, the plan envisions a system of one or two sites that would loft interceptors at incoming warheads.
But prototype interceptors have repeatedly failed to hit their targets, and critics point out that the decision to deploy a system will be made before trials are completed.
The new moves follow a report by an independent panel warning that countries like North Korea and Iran could develop missiles (far earlier than previously projected) capable of hitting the US.
Then in August, North Korea surprised Washington by test-firing a three-stage, Taepo-dong I medium-range rocket over Japan.
Says Defense Secretary William Cohen: "The Taepo-dong I test was another strong indication that the United States ... will face a rogue nation missile threat to our homeland against which we have to defend the American people."
But some experts are deeply skeptical of such assessments. "We are getting into a fantasy land of fear here," says Mr. Keany.


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OH and Recipient of Conspicuous Gallantry Cross Returns to Haileybury
One of the best things about Haileybury is that once you have joined the school community you will – it is hoped – feel part of that community for the rest of your life. This is true not only of pupils moving through the school, but also staff, parents and of course our Old Haileyburians.
OH Luke Mason CGC returned to the College last week to speak to current pupils about his experiences in the Army. He spoke of his three 'families' – his actual family, his Haileybury family and his military family. After being injured in Afghanistan he was moved back to the UK for treatment – two of his first visitors were friends from Edmonstone.
Lieutenant Mason was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross in 2012 for "conspicuous gallantry and steadfast leadership". The citation for his award tells of an extraordinary display of courage under fire while attempting to secure the well-being of his men and the completion of a mission in Afghanistan. Despite being hit by machine gun fire and grenade shrapnel his actions ensured a helicopter medical evacuation was possible. The CGC is second only to the Victoria Cross.
Luke was in Edmonstone 2000-05. He was a College Prefect and studied Geography, Politics and Design Technology at A Level, going on to Newcastle University to read Geography and Politics. Having passed the Army Officer Selection Board while in the Fifths he became an Army Scholar in the Sixth Form and went on to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in 2009. He was commissioned into the Yorkshire Regiment in 2010.
Speaking first to Main School pupils in Big School, then addresing Lower School in Chapel, Haileybury was honoured to welcome the return of another Old Haileyburian to our community.

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Washington, Feb 18 (IBNS): Jeremy Guy's documentary feature PURDAH will be premiered at the Cinequest Film and VR Festival in San Jose California, running Feb 27 to Mar 11, media reports said.
The Cinequest Film Festival is an annual independent film festival held each March in San Jose, California.
PURDAH is about an independent young Muslim woman, Kaikasha Mirza, and her siblings -- elder sister Saba and younger sister Heena -- who want to follow their dreams and aspirations but face myriad challenges such as orthodox family mores, poverty, and public scrutiny.
Kaikasha Mirza manages to finally convince her parents to become a cricketer but has been warned by her parents that she will given away in marriage if she fails to become a professional cricketer within two years.
How the sisters tackle the challenges and if they are able to fulfill their aspirations, remains to be seen.


MASSMAN provides complete filter assembly line integration from pleater to packaging. We deliver both standard and custom machinery solutions with full turnkey support from layout to final installation including service and spare parts. We offer fully-automatic high speed / high volume production machines as well as semi-automatic / manual load equipment options.
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If I had a birthday cake, I'd totally want to do a button theme. They look so yummy. I could just eat them!
This cupcake stand is way too cute!
Oh, wouldn't it be fun to have a tea party?
Since I don't drink tea though, maybe we'll have lots of cupcakes instead!
and cake pops of course!
I'd want everyone to wear a fascinator too.
...but if I can't have all that, then I'll gladly settle for a burrito & some watermelon!
oh, but isn't the world ending tomorrow too? (or at leats that's what everyone is saying).
Happy Birthday! Hope you have an enjoyable day. We will be celebrating too. My daughter turns 10 Sunday so tomorrow we are doing a family dinner. Then Sunday living it up with her.
Happy Birthday a day early! Hope you have a wonderful day full of family, friends, and fun!
oh my, i love the inspiration photos! happ birthday!
WHERE can I buy those buttons? SO CUTE!


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Apollo Hospital, Mumbai
Location : Navi Mumbai
Accreditation : JCI, NABH
Popular For : General / Laparoscopic, Spine, Uro, Cardiac Surgery, Joint replacement, Orthopedics
Apollo Hospital, Mumbai is the latest addition to Apollo Hospitals group. The hospital started its operation in 2016. It is a 500 bedded multi-specialty tertiary care hospital with state of the art facilities.
The hospital offers the most advanced technology and services to people in Navi Mumbai and Maharashtra. No hospital in the area has as good an infrastructure and as advanced facilities as Apollo Mumbai. The hospital has 13 state of the art operation theatres equipped with the best in class technology. The Cath labs and the 120 critical care beds are designed to give the best in class care to the patients.
Cardiac care is one of the distinct specialties of Apollo Bangalore. The hospital has set some unparalleled work in the field of heart surgery in India. The hospital specializes in performing Minimal Access and Beating heart Cardiac surgeries. It is one of the distinct hospitals to have performed more than 12,000 Angiograms and maximum number of Minimally Invasive Cardiac surgeries in South India. It is also among the very few hospitals in India to have the know-how and technological set up to perform heart transplants in adults and liver transplant in children.
The diagnostic capabilities of the hospital include 3 Tesla MRI, 128 slice CT scan, digital mammogram and the most advanced ultrasound and color doppler. The hospital also has the most advanced Life Care ambulance services with life support system.
The hospital is strategically planned and is situated close to two major highways in Maharashtra making it easily accessible by road- Mumbai - Pune & Mumbai - Uran highway.
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Q: A timer for seeing how long an algorithm is taking is saying my binary search takes longer than a linear search Here is the class on gist
https://gist.github.com/2605302
I have tested it multiple times with different files and even when there is less comparisons done for binary search the time taken is ALWAYS more. What's going wrong?
public static int linerSearch ( String array [], String word, long resultsArray [])
{
    int comparisons = 0;
    int pos = -1;
    //i have started the timer where the search actualy starts
    long start = System.nanoTime ();
    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
        comparisons = comparisons + 1;
        if (array [i].equals (word)){
            pos = i;
            break;
        }
    }
    long stop = System.nanoTime ();
    long total = stop - start;
    resultsArray [0] = total;
    resultsArray [1] = (long) (long) array.length;
    resultsArray [2]= (long) (long) comparisons;
    return pos;
}

Here is the next binarySearch class
public  static int binarySearch (String [] array, String word, resultsArray []) {
    int start = 0;
    int end = array.length - 1;;
    int midPt;
    int pos = -1;
    int comparisons2 = 0;
    long start2 = System.nanoTime ();
    Arrays.sort (array);
    while (start <= end) {
        midPt = (start + end) / 2;
        comparisons2 = comparisons2 + 1;
        if (array [midPt].equalsIgnoreCase (word)) {
            pos = midPt;
            break;
        }
        else if (array [midPt].compareToIgnoreCase (word) < 0) {
            start = midPt + 1;
            comparisons2 = comparisons2 + 1;
            //camparisons2 addition was added inside this elseif and other elseif as a work around for not breaking the elseif statement tree, if it has made it two the last elseif then two camparisons after the first one will have been done
        } else if (array [midPt].compareToIgnoreCase (word) > 0)  {
            comparisons2 = comparisons2 + 2;
            end = midPt - 1;
        }
    }
    long stop2 = System.nanoTime ();
    long total2 = stop2 - start2;
    resultsArray [0] = total2;
    resultsArray [1] = (long) (long) array.length;
    resultsArray [2]= (long) (long) comparisons2;
    return pos;
}

edit: I should also add that i tried it on an already previously sorted array without that line of code and it was still a longer time when it shouldn't have been

A: The problem for your benchmark is that Arrays.sort(array) takes most time and yoy don't calculate it's comparisons. Linear search requires N comparisons. When you sort an array you spend more than N comparisons.
To see that binary search is faster you should make such test:
1) Search for different elements 1000 times with linear search
2) Sort array once and search for different elements using binary search 1000 times

A: Your benchmark is flawed, for many reasons:

*

*we don't know the contents of the file. If the searched word is at the beginning, the linear search will be faster than the binary search

*the linear search compares with equals, whereas the binary search compares with equalsIgnoreCase

*you don't execute the code a sufficient number of times to let the JIT compile the code

I haven't verified if your binary search algorithm is correct, but why don't you use the one bundled with the JDK (in the java.util.Arrays class).
Anyway, you don't have to measure anything. A binary search, in average, is faster than a linear search. No need to prove that again.

A: Okay, I've got this worked out for you once and for all. First, here's the binary search method as I used it:
public static int binarySearch(String[] array, String word, long resultsArray[]) {
    int start = 0;
    int end = array.length - 1;
    int midPt;
    int pos = -1;
    int comparisons2 = 0;

    //Arrays.sort(array);

    long start2 = System.nanoTime();
    while (start <= end) {
        midPt = (start + end) / 2;
        int comparisonResult = array[midPt].compareToIgnoreCase(word);
        comparisons2++;
        if (comparisonResult == 0) {
            pos = midPt;
            break;
        } else if (comparisonResult < 0) {
            start = midPt + 1;
        } else { // comparisonResult > 0
            end = midPt - 1;
        }
    }
    long stop2 = System.nanoTime();
    long total2 = stop2 - start2;

    resultsArray[0] = total2;
    resultsArray[1] = (long) array.length;
    resultsArray[2] = (long) comparisons2;
    return pos;
}

You'll notice that I reduced the number of comparisons by saving the comparison result and using that.
Next, I downloaded this list of 235882 words. It is already sorted ignoring the case. Then, I built a test method that loads the contents of that file into an array and then uses both of those searching methods to find every word of that list. It then averages the times and numbers of comparisons for each method separately.
I found out that you must be careful in choosing which comparison methods to use: if you Arrays.sort(...) a list and you use compareToIgnoreCase in binary search, it fails! By failing I mean that it cannot find the word from the given list even though the word actually exists there. That is because Arrays.sort(...) is a case-sensitive sorter for Strings. If you use that, you must use the compareTo(...) method with it.
So, we have two cases

*

*a case-insensitively sorted list and the use of compareToIgnoreCase

*a case-sensitively sorted list and the use of compareTo
In addition to these options in the binary search, you also have options in the linear search: whether to use equals or equalsIgnoreCase. I ran my test for all of these cases and compared them. Average results:

*

*Linear search with equals: time: 725536 ns; comparisons: 117941; time / comparison: 6.15 ns

*Linear search with equalsIgnoreCase: time: 1064334 ns; comparisons: 117940; time / comparison: 9.02 ns

*Binary search with compareToIgnoreCase: time: 1619 ns; comparisons: 16; time / comparison: 101.19 ns

*Binary search with compareTo: time: 763 ns; comparisons: 16; time / comparison: 47.69 ns

So, now we can clearly see your problem: the compareToIgnoreCase method takes some 16 times as much time as the equals method! Because, on average, it takes the binary search 16 comparisons to find the given word, you can perform 124 linear comparisons in that time. So if you test with word lists shorter than that, the linear search is, indeed, always faster than the binary search due to the different methods they are using.
I actually also counted the number of words that the linear search was able to find faster than the binary search: 164 when using the compareTo method and 614 when using the compareToIgnoreCase method. Of the the list of 235882 words, that's about 0.3 percent. So all in all I think it's still safe to say that the binary search is faster than the linear search. :)
One last point before you ask: I removed the sorting code from the binarySearch method, because that's actually an entirely different thing. Since you are comparing two searching algorithms, it's not fair for the other if you add the cost of a sorting algorithm to its figures. I posted the following as a comment in another answer already, but I'll copy it here for completeness:
Binary search has the added overhead cost of sorting. So if you only need to find one element from an array, linear search is always faster, because sorting takes at least O(n log n) time and then a binary search takes O(log n) time, dominated by the O(n log n) operation. A linear search performs in O(n) time, which is better than O(n log n). But once you have the array sorted, O(log n) is way better than O(n).
If you insist on having the sorting command in the binarySearch method, you should be aware that with my setup sorting that long list of words from an initially random order takes more than 140000000 ns, or 0.14 seconds, on average. In that time you could perform some 23000000 comparisons using the equals method, so you really should not use binary search if a) your array is in a random order and b) if you only ever need to find just one or a couple of elements from there.
And one more thing. In this example, where you are searching for words in a String array, the cost of accessing an item in the array is negligible because the array is saved in the fast main memory of the computer. But if you had, say, a huge bunch of ordered files and you tried to find something from them, then the cost of accessing a single file would make the cost of every other calculation negligible instead. So binary search would totally rock in that scenario (too).

A: Your code doesn't measure the binary search, but also the sorting of the array just before doing the search. This will always be longer than a simple linear search.

A: } else if (array [midPt].compareToIgnoreCase (word) > 0)  {

You don't need this test at all. At this point in the code there is no other possibility. It isn't equal, and it isn't less than: you've already tested those; so it must be greater than.
So you can reduce your comparisons by 33%.

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The Wichita Art Museum is celebrating a second season of the Art Garden, which opened to the public in September 2015. Accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the Art Garden has transformed the eight acres around the building into a lush oasis. Located in the heart of the city and alongside the Little Arkansas River, the Art Garden offers a breathtaking landscape environment.
With a terrain that reflects the place and plantings of Kansas, the roofless museum offers unique areas for peaceful retreat as well as animated gatherings. Lush plantings--more than 100 new trees, nearly 600 shrubs, and more than 20,000 perennials and grasses--with 13 outdoor sculptures gracing the garden meld art and nature, urban leisure, and aesthetic enjoyment.
The Kansas City design firm Confluence crafted a breathtaking environment for art and nature for the Art Garden. Plantings by Tree Top Nursery was completed with a landscaping plan calling for more than 80 species of trees, shrubs, and perennials. WAM acknowledges the important guidance from Jeff Van Sickle with GLMV Architecture and Bob Simpson and his strong team at Simpson Construction Services.
Admission to the Art Garden is free.
Wichita Arts Council Chris Churches Award: An award presented by the Design Council to honor excellence in public art. The award is in honor of Chris Cherches, Wichita's city manager for 18 years, who was a strong advocate for the arts in this community.
Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects, Prairie Gateway Chapter: The award recognizes specific works of landscape architectural design with an emphasis on projects that exhibit a relationship to planning and a framework for larger than the immediate site. Judging criteria include the quality of the design, functionalism, relationship to context, environmental responsibility, and relevance to the profession, the public, and the environment.
Derek Porter is a multi-disciplinary artist focused on the use of light within the built environment. Porter masterminded the lighting scheme for the Art Garden, and a new light installation, Pulse Field, which beautifully combines technological elements with natural forms. The long, aluminum light poles scattered across a newly created berm are topped with solar lights that gently turn on and off.
Based in Seattle, the nationally important public artist Vicki Scuri was a contributor to the Confluence team, helping to design WAM's new Art Garden. Scuri designed a trio of screens inspired by the Kansas winds. These Wind Screens rely on a gestural pattern of circles to reference wind sailing across the landscape.


We all handle medical problems differently. Go to any Emergency Room and you may wonder why the guy experiencing chest pains for the past week didn't come in earlier and why the kid with the splinter is there at all.
Financial problems are the same. Some delay getting financial counsel, while others are pro-active and want to prevent a problem before it becomes uncontrollable.
I had two very interesting calls the other day. One came from a single man in his twenties who was in obvious distress. He had no children, no real estate and surprisingly no credit card debt. He also had no medical bills, student loans, or back taxes. He was in good health and had a steady job. So, what was his problem?
After a few minutes, I discovered that he had no debt other than 13 payments remaining on a vehicle lease. He was struggling every month to make the lease payment and was just tired of the struggle. He was thinking of surrendering the car and dealing with the problem later . . . . through a possible bankruptcy.
My advice for him was to NOT file bankruptcy. He was young, had no particular time commitments (i.e. family), and should consider getting a second job to earn extra income. He only needed $ 5,000 over 13 months to complete the lease. I gave him a few other ideas and was happy to tell him that bankruptcy was not the solution to his financial splinter.
My second call came from someone who did NOT want to file bankruptcy, but was just calling for advice. She was a single parent of two children, received no child support, and was struggling on a very modest income.
She earned considerably less than themedian income for a household of three. She explained how she was current on all her credit accounts except for one and considered herself managing pretty well despite owing more than $ 50,000 in credit card debt.
I was curious how she was able to work such magic and stay current on most of her bills. After listening to her monthly budget, I got my answer. She was living in a fantasy.
She had no health insurance, no life insurance, budgeted no money for household maintenance (which typically runs 1 to 1.5% of a home's value), no money for vehicle maintenance, and claimed to need only $ 75/ week for groceries.
I had heard enough. My advice to her was to file a Chapter 7 bankruptcy and get a fresh start immediately.
She was in survival mode. She had walked this financial tight-rope for so long, she forgot how dangerous it really was. She was jeopardizing her health (no health insurance) and the welfare of her children (no life insurance) all for a debt she would not be able to repay in this lifetime.
If you are struggling with more than $ 10,000 in unsecured debt, here is what you must understand. Financial problems just don't go away.Most will worsen unless timely advice is sought. Sometimes budgeting and repayment is the answer, while other times protection under the bankruptcy code should be considered.
If you are interested in having your financial problem diagnosed, you should contact a skilled financial attorney today. He will take the time to understand your unique situation, then develop a plan to help you restore your financial health.


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using Server.Context;
using Server.Log;
using Server.Settings.Structures;
using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Server.System
{
    /// <summary>
    /// It's a bad idea to run the GC, but somehow LMP is leaking somewhere. Until the leak is found, this can solve most issues...
    /// </summary>
    public class GcSystem
    {
        public static async void PerformGarbageCollection(CancellationToken token)
        {
            while (ServerContext.ServerRunning && IntervalSettings.SettingsStore.GcMinutesInterval != 0)
            {
                LunaLog.Debug("Performing a GarbageCollection...");
                GC.Collect();
                try
                {
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In our last post we said that there is no place for the word sexism in modern dictionary, but it is still here. There is no place for the sexism in modern/postmodern life, but it is still here, among us and unfortunately we don't recognize it, we ignore it, or what is worst we are used to it, and sexism became "so normal" part of our lives.
We can find sexism in different levels of living, in family, institutions, media, in all post-modern society. Now we will show you some of our thoughts for different social structures of current conditions that constitute sexism, or directly or indirectly affect its holding and development.
Family, education and community is very important part of our lives, and they contribute to the maintenance of such stereotypes helped with their different expectations for boys and girls, with smaller expectations for the girls for providing guidance for selecting different professions for men and women.
From the earliest years of our lives, we are still victims off stereotypes, known that girl should be girl, and boy should be boy, or there are rules how they can or can't act, based in their gender. And of course, there are toys for boys, and toys for girls, as preparation for the next level, when they will be man and women. We thought that the picture we chose will show you more than words.
So, the message is very clear, girl/women need to be gentle, beautiful, mothers, housewives, models teachers and nurses, and boys need to be strong, drivers, mechanics, engineers and soldiers. Have you ever seen little boy how is feeding or bathing a doll. I have not, because that is the duty of girl/women/ mother. These stereotypes are not easy for the boys of course, and can make them many problems.
We want to a show you a "gender neutral" catalogue of a Swedish toy-shop company, which is attempting to deflect allegations of sexism, but this is a rare example.
School and education are other instruments which helps these…. The teachers who teach social subjects, usually (or most) are women, and science subjects are usually (or most) men… The number of men in managerial positions of schools is greater, such as most principals are men. Unfortunately we can find examples of sexism even in a school books.
What to say? Off course, we have a lot of problems in education of the world, but this is very a serious problem too.
Social roles are different, and in some parts of the world, the pay is different. There are still women professions (when the most of a workers a women) and these professions a lower evaluated.
And I want mention that in some parts of the world women can't work, or can't find work, because of their ages, or their look. The newspapers are full with job postings where first and the most important is that she has to be young, to look pretty, and such examples are countless.
Women in politics are minority in higher position, and we don't think only for fact that numbers of women in parliaments a smaller. Experience of the women in higher positions, even in some countries which governing are mostly equal and democratic, talk about discrimination of men colleges, and different treatments in media, which takes more care about their look, weight, style, more than what they have to say or do, which gives them fillings of shame and guilt.
And, for the end of this post we will share with you some statistics, which you don't have to believe, but, you have to admit that if the half of this numbers a true, the situation is still really scary.


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President Trump's firing of Jeff Sessions as attorney general is sparking concerns that the Russian election-meddling investigation may not be allowed to proceed.
Sessions lost his job the morning after the Nov. 6 mid-term elections. The dismissal did not come as a surprise since Trump had previously signaled his intention to replace the Justice Department chief. The president reportedly did not want to take the action before the mid-terms, in fear that it could adversely affect Republican candidates.
Trump frequently criticized Sessions' decision to recuse himself from the Russian investigation. Government lawyers advised Sessions to hand over supervision of the probe to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. They warned that the attorney general's involvement in the 2016 Trump campaign could pose a conflict of interest, since Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether the campaign colluded with the Russians.
Why was Sessions Fired?
Trump's critics claim that he got rid of Sessions to replace him with someone who would rein in the investigation, which the president has called a "witch hunt." Trump denies that his associates conspired with Kremlin-linked hackers, and disputes allegations that he has obstructed justice during the probe.
According to the Washington Examiner, the president not only wanted an attorney general who would challenge Mueller. He also needed to "secure greater personal rapport" with the person serving as the nation's top law-enforcement officer. Trump apparently found his man in Matthew Whitaker, who had been Sessions' chief of staff. Trump named the former U.S. attorney as acting attorney general.
Will Whitaker Supervise the Investigation?
The firing of Jeff Sessions raised questions about whether Rosenstein will continue to oversee Mueller's legal team. At last report, it was still unknown if Whitaker would recuse himself from the investigation due to his past statements slamming the special counsel and praising the president. He once called Mueller's team a "lynch mob."
USA Today noted that Justice Department rules require officials to recuse themselves from investigations involving anyone with whom they have had personal relationships. Prosecutors also should step aside when they find themselves in compromised positions due to political entanglements or beliefs, according to the newspaper.
Whitaker may have such a conflict not only because he supports Trump and opposes the investigation. He also has close ties with Sam Clovis, a former co-chairman of the Trump campaign who is a witness in the probe. In a Reuters interview, Clovis described Whitaker as a "dear friend."
Can the Attorney General Limit What Comes Out in the Report?
If Whitaker does not recuse himself, he will have the power to curtail the investigation and determine whether Mueller's findings are publicly released. He could also prevent the special counsel from filing additional indictments.
In July 2017, Whitaker told CNN that one way to impede the probe would be to cut Mueller's funding. He envisioned the possibility of Sessions being replaced by an attorney general who avoids scandal by not firing the special counsel, but effectively stifles the investigation by depriving it of the necessary money.
In an op-ed for CNN, Whitaker argued that the probe should not extend to scrutiny of the Trump Organization. He wrote that the company's finances, and those of Trump family members, are irrelevant to whatever happened with the 2016 campaign and the alleged actions of Russian operatives. Whitaker suggested that expanding the investigation in such a way would be an abuse of power by Mueller.
Whitaker got his job at the Justice Department two months after the op-ed appeared online.
Will the President Fire Mueller?
The firing of Jeff Sessions led to speculation that Trump might also dismiss the special counsel. Instead of doing it himself, he could tell Whitaker to sack Mueller and all his investigators.
Trump, following his dismissal of Sessions, insisted that the law allows him to fire the special counsel as well. In June, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters: "While the president has the right to, he has no intention to do so."
According to factcheck.org, the commander-in-chief cannot fire a federal investigator. The website reported that the official who hires a prosecutor, Rosenstein in this case, is the only one with that authority. Even then, "good cause" is mandated. Constitutional experts have different opinions on the matter.
Would Firing Mueller Avoid a Subpoena of Trump?
Trump is afraid Mueller will subpoena him to speak with investigators. There has been considerable debate among legal scholars whether a special counsel can force a president to testify under oath.
The White House is allegedly engaged in a legal battle with Mueller's team over the prospect of a subpoena. Nelson Cunningham, a former federal prosecutor, said the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., has heard arguments about the issue.
The administration denies that such a fight is happening, even though Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani told The Washington Post in August that officials were writing a memo in opposition to the issuance of a subpoena. He said the administration would go to the Supreme Court, if necessary, to stop such an action by Mueller. Trump could presumably prevent a subpoena by forcing the investigation to end, or by arranging for the appointment of a new special counsel who would not compel him to tesify.
Should the Rule of Law Prevail?
Lawyers for Good Government (LGG), an organization of more than 125,000 lawyers, declared that lawmakers and the public need to make sure no one interferes with the investigation. The group said its members were "deeply concerned" by revelations that Trump was thinking about firing Mueller, as well as Rosenstein.
If the president did that or attempted to quash the probe in any other way, there would be a crisis for the rule of law and the future of American democracy, according to LGG. The organization stressed that even the president must obey the nation's laws, which means not meddling with Mueller or impeding his legal team's work.
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Adams Oshiomhole has said that contrary to claims in some quarters, he does not possess the power to chose who becomes the Senate President of the 9th National Assembly (NASS).
He said that all he has done with regards to the issue of who becomes president of the 9th NASS, is to engage members of the National Assembly and members of the executive, in a bid to bring the two together to discuss questions of how the party can manage its huge majority in the parliament.
Oshiomhole said he stressed that he has no power to appoint or impose anyone on the Senate.
"Do I look like someone who can appoint and impose somebody on the Senate, even if I wished to?" Oshiomhole asked.
He said all he has is the power to "persuade, the power to negotiate and the power to point out what might go wrong" if the party does not organise itself as to obtain a process for electing leadership.
Oshiomhole also assured that each of the six geopolitical zones will have a principal officer in the Senate and a principal officer in the House of Representatives.
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I was having a great conversation with my 9-year old the other day about the role of luck in success. You know my take– sure I work reasonably hard and I'm smart, but it is little more than luck that I was born to highly-educated upper-middle class parents in an educated, stable community and that I have a brain that is good at processing information and deferring gratification. I think we all know that luck (and context– which is closely related) matter, but I think in most things, people tend to under-estimate the impact of luck and random factors and I think this is especially so among political conservatives. Anyway, it reminded me of this article from back in February that I meant to blog about back at the time.
The divorce of the oil billionaire Harold G. Hamm from Sue Ann Arnall has gained attention largely for its outsize dollar amounts. Mr. Hamm, the chief executive and founder of Continental Resources, who was worth more than $18 billion at one point, wrote his ex-wife a check last month for $974,790,317.77 to settle their split. She's appealing to get more; he's appealing to pay less.
Yet beyond the staggering sums, the Hamm divorce raises a fundamental question about the wealth of executives and entrepreneurs: How much do they owe their fortunes to skill and hard work, and how much comes from happenstance and luck?
In a filing last month supporting his appeal, Mr. Hamm cites the recent drop in oil prices and subsequent 50 percent drop in Continental's share price and his fortune as further proof that forces outside his control direct his company's fortunes.
Lawyers for Ms. Arnall argue that Mr. Hamm is responsible for more than 90 percent of his fortune.
While rooted in a messy divorce, the dispute frames a philosophical and ethical debate over inequality and the obligations of the wealthy. If wealth comes mainly from luck or circumstance, many say the wealthy owe a greater debt to society in the form of taxes or charity. [emphases mine] If wealth comes from skill and hard work, perhaps higher taxes would discourage that effort.
Sorting out what value is created by luck or skill is a tricky proposition in itself. The limited amount of academic research on the topic, which mainly looks at how executives can influence a company's value, has often found that broader market forces often have a bigger impact on a company's success than an executive's actions.
Of course, skill, hard-work, etc., matter. Just not as much as most political conservatives think they do. Furthermore, I would argue that brains and a good work ethic are themselves substantially determined by luck. Not to argue that these things should not be rewarded in the marketplace, but things look different when you realize how much luck is involved.
The contest began in 2007, running annually. In 2009, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the International Astronomical Union designated TWAN as a Special Project of the International Year of Astronomy.
The second place winner in the Beauty category is Brad Goldpaint of the United States, for his photo "Moonlit Darklings" taken in July 2014. The moonlight strikes Mt Rainier in Washington, northwestern USA, as the Milky Way drifts across the night sky.
No, it's not all about race. But don't let anybody tell you it's not important in the transformation of Southern politics.
Almost literally overnight, the chimera of consensus around the Confederate flag as a divisive but misunderstood symbol of "heritage" or "Southern pride" fell away, revealing the banner for what it is. The obscenity of the flag and the murderous racism it represents have dominated a national conversation about the American way of hate and violence for all the right reasons.
When 20 dead first-graders cannot result in new and meaningful national measures on gun control or even in weak and largely symbolic national measures on gun control, then perhaps—if you are of a certain cast of mind—that is the moment to retreat on gun control.
Mostly, though, we find other things to talk about.
The reason that we have gun massacres in numbers wildly out of proportion to any other rich country is because we have too many guns. When gun massacres have happened elsewhere—as they sometimes have, in Canada and Scotland and Australia and elsewhere—the common-sense response has been to change the laws, and, almost always, after the laws are changed the massacres end. In the United States, they continue. It seems like a good bet that changing the law here would change that.
All the facts are in; all the social science is long settled; the constitutional positions are clear, if contested, and the wiser way known and shared by mankind. On one side are facts, truth, and common sense. On the other, an obsession with dark fantasies of individual autonomy and power—the sheer fetishistic thrill of owning lethal weapons. On one side is the sanity and common sense shared by the entire world; on the other, murder and madness and a strange ongoing American mania. If we don't change, then, well—it will happen again, again. And then again.
Powerful stuff. That said, I'm a little more skeptical of the power of policy change in the US context giving how deeply gun-owning (and totally irrational fears on the part of gun-owners) is embedded in our culture. I don't know that we could ever get to Western European levels of gun violence, but we could sure do a lot better.
Some time after I bought my first gun, I got a robocall from the National Rifle Association, asking me to join. After the customary "Please stay on the line…" from a pleasant but earnest voice, I recoiled from the barkings of an angry-sounding man.
Did I know that Barack Hussein Obama and European leaders are meeting on American soil right now, at this very moment, to plot the confiscation of my guns?
The caller continued with his insinuations of an imminent United Nations plot against America, but before I could be handed off to a live operator, I hung up the phone.
The Charleston massacre probably won't result in gun reform, but its survivors have challenged the NRA's bleak, seething worldview by suggesting that kindness can be the dominant mood of our public life. By offering perhaps premature forgiveness to the young man who killed their loved ones with a legally purchased Glock semiautomatic, they have shown us the possibility of living a more open, less timid existence. They imagine a world of joy, community and shelter, not fear, hatred and violence.
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Violet Grgich: Following Your Own Path While Keeping the Legacy
By Tajci Cameron | Published 06/1/2015 | Culture And Arts , Croatian Life Stories , Business | Unrated
Violet's dreams are free, and entirely her own
"Do you want me to play piano because you want me to be like you and continue your dream?" my then-six-year-old son asked me when I refused to let him quit taking piano lessons.
I smiled and said, "No, I just want to give you options, in case you find music useful while following your own."
With that answer I knew I was continuing my parents' legacy: they provided me with opportunities, but always left the choice to me.
In a way this was my dream, to raise my children with open paths ahead of them.
So, did I just trick them? Or did I happen to find that magic balance that feels infinite?
I reached out to Violet Grgich, the proprietor and vice president of Grgich Hills Estates, an iconic Napa Valley winery founded by her father Mike Grgich, to ask her how it's possible to keep the family legacy while living your own dream.
The importance of Balance
We met in Chicago for the 35th anniversary celebration of the Great Chicago Chardonnay Showdown which brought a triumphant victory for the Grgich Hills Chardonnay, and her father the title "King of Chardonnay." It was a glorious evening at which Violet received the key to the city of Chicago and read a proclamation signed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel declaring May 7, 2015 as "Great Chicago Chardonnay Showdown Day."
Mike Grgich is a giant, but Violet is clearly not overshadowed by his success; she lets her own soul shine through with much genuine love and gratitude.
When I ask her about her story in our interview for Waking Up in America, she starts with an early memory:
"I was told stories about how they were nearly killed, how they had no food to eat, my Dad struggled to come to America to find a land of freedom… "
To every immigrant (and every winemaker) Mike Grgich's journey is tremendously inspiring and empowering. He arrived in America poor but hopeful, and eventually achieved a level of success that placed him on the menus of famous restaurants, the White House wine cellar, in history books and the Smithsonian Museum. The cardboard suitcase he brought with him is displayed there along with a stack of books and his old beret, part of the wine section in the ongoing exhibition 'FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000.'
"I always remember my father telling me that in America you can achieve whatever you want as long as you have the will and the passion. So when he was growing up in his very small, very poor village in Croatia, he was one of many, many lines of Grgiches… his father told him to every day do your best, every day learn something new, and every day make a friend."
Her father wanted her to take over, but despite his nudging Violet couldn't see herself ever running the business. However, she did take his advice to do her best, learn something new and make friends to heart. Being 'painfully shy,' as she describes herself, she leaned toward literature, science, art and music.
Violet holds a masters degree in music, playing harpsichord and specializing in early baroque music. Her husband is a musician too, and when she talks about music it's with an extra degree of excitement.
So to her, it was a little upsetting when she would be away studying and following her passion, but her father kept asking only when she was coming back home to work at the winery.
I press her further: How does running the winery fit into her dream? It certainly seems now that she is living her own dream…did she have a 'waking up moment' that brought her to where she is now?
She tells me that it happened gradually for her, as she realized "that [the] ability to do everything and learn everything could be combined in this wonderful [family] business."
"I used to love walking on the railroad tracks. And it was so hard at first to find your balance. You sort of bent back and you [fluttered] your arms about, but once you found that point of balance, that point felt infinite. It felt like no matter what direction you lean left or right, front or back it would hold you because it was infinite. Balance is infinite. It will hold you no matter what."
When Violet found that infinite balance, she was able to grow and expand without the fear of falling. She can continue to learn, play and perform music, run the winery, be a mother, have a marriage, travel around the world, do whatever it is that she wants to do – she can continue her father's dream as a part of her own.
When this balance comes from within, the dreams we follow are no longer under the influence or direction of external expectations, but come instead from the heart:
"Taking time, engaging in the present moment and listening to yourself, that's pretty hard to do. And when you can turn inward, create that quiet space and listen, [your soul] will tell you."
Violet's dreams are clearly free, and entirely her own. And the way she is following her own path while keeping her father's legacy is truly inspiring.
Connect with Violet
Web site: Grgich.com
FB: GrgichHillsEstate
Twitter: @GrgichHills
YouTube: GrgichHills
Pinterest: GrgichHills
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Cú Chulainn is confronted by swans once again as a man, at the great feast of Samhain, which is being celebrated by the Ulster men beside a loch. A flock of beautiful birds alights on the water, Cú Chulainn demonstrates his skill by capturing all of them and giving them to the women, who desire to wear a bird on each shoulder. Only Cú Chulainn's wife does not get any birds and she is greatly incensed by this. Her husband promises her two of the finest swans he can find.
Soon two birds alight on the loch linked together by a chain of red gold. The birds begin to sing sleep inducing tunes and the host falls asleep. Cú Chulainn wishes to attack the birds, but his wife sensing their supernatural powers warns him against casting at them. Despite this he persists, his javelin pierces the wing of one of the birds and then they both submerge. Later two supernatural women, Fand and Li Ban, clearly otherworld beings, appear to the hero, having put aside their bird form, they beat him until he becomes unconcious.
The raven goddess at one point went in search of the love Cú Chulainn, but she was denied. For this she turns aganst him and hinders him in single combat by turning herself into an eel, a heifer and a wolf.
Cú Chulainn's encounters with ravens were usually non-friendly and they are usually malevolent otherworld birds which he seeks to overcome. In one tale the hero is resposible for destroying a large flock of ravens. The birds are described as being huge in size, and capable of swimming on the waves, and their evil nature is stressed. Cú Chulainn persues them and destroys the entire flock with his sling. He performs a strange ritual with the last bird. He cuts the head of the bird and bathes his hands in its blood, he then sets the head on a rock which was then called Srub Brain 'Reven Bil'. It was believed that the bathing of his hands in blood would endow him with some form of supernatural power.
greatest of all the Ulster heroes, though still a boy, was supplied with a wife. 'The Wooing of Emer' exists in several versions, the oldest of which was composed as early as the eighth century. The wandering and incoherent character of the narrative is probably due in large part to the fact that the author has added to the simple tale of CuChulain's wooing numerous themes derived from older sagas, notably the account of how CuChulain went to learn feats of arms from the amazonian Scathach. CuChulain's dialogue with Emer is couched in a veiled and highly poetical language which was comprehensible only to the initiated and hence means little when rendered into modern English. It can be found in full in Cross' and Slover's ANCIENT IRISH TALES.
preordained before the action began.
placidity of mind and disposition. And, for all that we are banished from,"
for Emain Macha, since he did not know in which direction it lay.
"Give me the bearings," said he; and she did so.
could touch the earth, he had caught the missile by the other end.
accustomed to intrude in to your play".
young lad close in their wake.
thou playest with the boy-corps."
land to them, I have not had a guest's reception."
"How now, little one, said the king, "knowest thou not the boy-corps"
"We do," the boy -corps answered.
and repeated charges, he so terrified them that they took to the grass.
"What on earth is he at with them now?" asked Conchobar.
that, the same little boy did another deed."
"And what was that?" Ailill asked.
"I cannot go thither just non," said the boy.
"The boy-corps have not yet had enough of play."
"Wait not at all; I will follow after you."
"But, young one, knowest thou the way?"
one promised that this night he would follow the to this dwelling.?"
any man, and in him resides the strength of an hundred"
"Conchobar said, "Loose him then, and let him guard this palace"
"Your meaning?" asked the others.
up the boy, hoisted him on his shoulder, and carried him to Conchobar.
"Thy father and thy mother are welcome both, but most unwelcome thou."
"Why, what hast thou against the little fellow?" asked Conchobar.
raiment, of flocks, and of herds."
"And what might that be?" inquired Conchobar.
in guarding of thy cattle and substance and stronghold."
their mouths full of that name."
man, or two or three, or four, on the Cattle-Raid of Cooley."
had performed a third exploit.
of such an one forever would surpass those of all Ireland's youths besides.
on the south side of Emain Macha; nevertheless he heard Cathbad's speech.
entered Conchobar's sleeping house and said, "All good be thine, O king."
"Conchobar answered, " Little boy, what is thy request?"
"I desire to take arms."
"And who prompted thee to that?"
"Cathbad the druid," answered the boy.
for its king has him whose arms and armor are these."
asked," Is the little boy assuming arms?"
"Ay, indeed," said the king.
"It is not his mother's son we would care to see assume them on this day,"
"How now," asked the king,"was it not thyself that prompted him?"
"Not I , of a surety."
wherein thou hast lied to me?"
that his life must be fleeting, short."
be, but transitory ,soon gone."
test in thine own person whether mine utterance be true."
"Where is Iubar mac Riangabra?" cried Conchobar.
"Here I am ," He answered.
"Prepare my own chariot and harness my own horses for him there"
endured him. " This chariot is good, " he said, " and my worthy match"
" Too early for that yet, Iubar; drive on and round Emain Macha."
"Let the horses go out to graze."
salutation on this- first day of my taking arms."
resounded, " These are arms that thou hast taken."
"The very thing indeed," he said.
to do single combat on behalf of his whole province .Should poets and musicians be coming away from Ulster dissatisfied with their treatment, it was his duty, acting for the whole province , to solace them with gold and other gifts. On he other hand, did poets and musicians enter his province, his duty was to see that they had safe-conduct up to Conchobar's bed-side. This sentinel's praise then would be the theme of the first pieces, in diverse forms of verse, the poets would rehearse upon arriving in Emain Macha.
"Cu Chulainn inquired whether Iubar knew who it was that on this particular day mounted guard. " I know it well," the charioteer replied; it is Conall mac Amergin, surnamed Cernach (the Victorious) Ireland's pre-eminent warrior. "
"Onward to that ford, then, driver!" cried the boy.
"Sure enough at the water's edge they came upon Conall, who received them with, "And is it arms that you have taken today, little boy?"
"It is indeed,"Iubar answered for him.
"For all answer the boy said "And what dost thou here, Conall?"
"On behalf of the province I keep watch and ward. "
"Come," said the youngster. " for this day let me take the duty."
with a real fighting man."
draw blood on either friend or foe."
thou wilt not run into dangers on the border."
"Nay " said Cu Chulainn. "Come not".
frequent the border, the Ulstermen would avenge it on me".
hurled prone, so falling that his mouth was brought over one shoulder.
there was in me the material of a good warrior."
were back in time to scramble with them."
this is my first adventure quest and this is thy first trip with me. "
for ever may it be my last!"
out the hills and the plain lands and the strongholds of the province.
before us to the southward?"
"That is the plain of Bray (Mag Breg)."
"Away with us then to the stronghold of Neectan's sons."
"Cu Chulainn said, "Alive or dead, thither shalt thou go, however."
"Alive I go then ,and dead I shall be left there."
into the water close at hand.
object of they search: a prompt and violent death."
at the affront which he had overheard and said, "Ay, I am fit for action!"
"But Foill rejoined, " I rather would incline to hold that thou are not."
hurled it with the exact effect foretold and he took Foills' head.
should not boast at all, because straightway he would perish by his hand.
" Now came out the youngest of the sons, Fiannle mac Nechtain, and said, "
is that then?" said Cu Chulainn.
swimmers attempt to cope with him. "
across that water ever wet as much as my ankles.
them the heads of Nechtan Sceine's sons.
what were those numerous and restless cattle.
dead; perhaps not one to bring them in living."
"But Iubar hesitated. I hardly can do that."
"And why not?"asked the boy.
the stag's antlers will pierce and otherwise wound me."
gaze that I will bend upon the stags, they will stoop their heads for awe."
the rest of the way to Emain Macha.
must fall by his hand."
young men will perish by him. "
well-known modesty, which, like all his other qualities, was excessive).
a man, aye, two or three, or four, all in the Cattle Raid of Cooley."


Physician and surgeon who became a popular lecturer and held active positions during two world wars.
Members of one of the most trusted professions, nurses have experienced enormous changes in their role, training, professional status and effectiveness over the period since the establishment of the first hospitals in Sydney.
Trained under Florence Nightingale, Lucy Osburn became Lady Superintendent of Sydney Hospital in 1868, and despite controversy and ill health, began the process of remaking hospital care and professionalising nursing.


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Q: Tensorflow LinearRegressor Feature Cannot have rank 0 I am following the tutorial but failed to build a linear regressor for a dataset generated on top of y=x. Here is the last part of my code, and you can find the complete source code here if you want to reproduce my error:
_CSV_COLUMN_DEFAULTS = [[0],[0]]
_CSV_COLUMNS = ['x', 'y']

def input_fn(data_file):

    def parse_csv(value):
        print('Parsing', data_file)
        columns = tf.decode_csv(value, record_defaults=_CSV_COLUMN_DEFAULTS)
        features = dict(zip(_CSV_COLUMNS, columns))
        labels = features.pop('y')
        return features, labels

    # Extract lines from input files using the Dataset API.
    dataset = tf.data.TextLineDataset(data_file)
    dataset = dataset.map(parse_csv)

    iterator = dataset.make_one_shot_iterator()
    features, labels = iterator.get_next()
    return features, labels

x = tf.feature_column.numeric_column('x')
base_columns = [x]

model_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
model = tf.estimator.LinearRegressor(model_dir=model_dir,     feature_columns=base_columns)

model = model.train(input_fn=lambda: input_fn(data_file=file_path))

Somehow this code will fail with error message
ValueError: Feature (key: x) cannot have rank 0. Give: Tensor("IteratorGetNext:0", shape=(), dtype=int32, device=/device:CPU:0)

Due to the nature of tensorflow, I found it a bit hard to inspect where it really went wrong based on the given message.

A: Feature cannot have rank 0 issue occurs when
we dont specify batch_size with input_fn or eval_fn or predict_fn with estimator api,
below code will show how shape of tensor changes with batch_size.
This code will work with TF2.0, for running this on earlier version enable eager execution (tf.enable_eager_execution()).
    In the below two code segment notice how shape of output tesnor changes with batch_size and without batch_size.
     ##### content of test.csv ####
        feature1, feature2,label
        234, 235, 24
        345, 345,26
        234, 345, 28
        432, 567, 29
    ########################
    import tensorflow as tf
    tf.enable_eager_execution()

    CSV_COLUMNS= ['feature1','feature2','label']
    CSV_COLUMN_DEFAULTS = [[0.0], [0.0],[0.0]]
    def parse_csv(value):
        columns = tf.decode_csv(value, record_defaults=CSV_COLUMN_DEFAULTS)
        features = dict(zip(CSV_COLUMNS, columns))
        labels = features.pop('label')
        return features, labels
###Without batch size
    dataset = tf.data.TextLineDataset(filenames='./test.csv').skip(count = 1)
    dataset = dataset.map(parse_csv)
    for i in dataset:
        print(i)

# Output tensor shape here is shape=()

    ({'feature1': <tf.Tensor: id=247, shape=(), dtype=float32, numpy=234.0>, 'feature2': <tf.Tensor: id=248, shape=(), dtype=float32, numpy=235.0>}, <tf.Tensor: id=249, shape=(), dtype=float32, numpy=24.0>)
    ({'feature1': <tf.Tensor: id=253, shape=(), dtype=float32, numpy=345.0>, 'feature2': <tf.Tensor: id=254, shape=(), dtype=float32, numpy=345.0>}, <tf.Tensor: id=255, shape=(), dtype=float32, numpy=26.0>)
    ({'feature1': <tf.Tensor: id=259, shape=(), dtype=float32, numpy=234.0>, 'feature2': <tf.Tensor: id=260, shape=(), dtype=float32, numpy=345.0>}, <tf.Tensor: id=261, shape=(), dtype=float32, numpy=28.0>)
    ({'feature1': <tf.Tensor: id=265, shape=(), dtype=float32, numpy=432.0>, 'feature2': <tf.Tensor: id=266, shape=(), dtype=float32, numpy=567.0>}, <tf.Tensor: id=267, shape=(), dtype=float32, numpy=29.0>)

###With batch size

    dataset = tf.data.TextLineDataset(filenames='./test.csv').skip(count = 1)
    dataset = dataset.map(parse_csv).batch(batch_size=2)
    for i in dataset:
        print(i)
# Output tensor shape here is shape=(2,)

    ({'feature1': <tf.Tensor: id=442, shape=(2,), dtype=float32, numpy=array([234., 345.], dtype=float32)>, 'feature2': <tf.Tensor: id=443, shape=(2,), dtype=float32, numpy=array([235., 345.], dtype=float32)>}, <tf.Tensor: id=444, shape=(2,), dtype=float32, numpy=array([24., 26.], dtype=float32)>)
    ({'feature1': <tf.Tensor: id=448, shape=(2,), dtype=float32, numpy=array([234., 432.], dtype=float32)>, 'feature2': <tf.Tensor: id=449, shape=(2,), dtype=float32, numpy=array([345., 567.], dtype=float32)>}, <tf.Tensor: id=450, shape=(2,), dtype=float32, numpy=array([28., 29.], dtype=float32)>)

Using batch_size with dataset would solve the issue "Feature cannot have rank 0".

A: As far as I can tell, the first dimension of the values is meant to be the batch_size. So when input_fn returns the data, it should return data as a batch.
It works once you return the data as a batch, e.g.:
dataset = tf.data.TextLineDataset(data_file)
dataset = dataset.map(parse_csv)
dataset = dataset.batch(10) # or any other batch size


The growth in smartphone prices is causing a drop in sales, according to research from Telsyte which showed sales decreased 3 per cent in 2018 compared to the year prior.
The research, Telsyte Australian Smartphone & Wearable Devices Market Study 2019, said 4.6 million smartphones were sold in the second half of 2018.
The average selling price of smartphones increased by 13 per cent between 2017 and 2018 causing a decrease in demand.
Apple maintains the highest repeat purchase intention rate (greater than 85 per cent), with the next highest being Samsung at around 70 per cent.
The research noted the timing and availability of 5G handsets could cause the increase of handset sales for this year.
It said 24 per cent of consumers are also holding off buying a new smartphone until 5G becomes available and 33 per cent of Australians indicated 5G capability is important when choosing a smartphone.
If Apple releases a 5G iPhone at its usual timeframe in 2019, Telsyte forecasts this could lift total sales to 9.4 million, putting growth closer to 6 per cent.
Despite 5G mobile services not yet available currently in Australia, Telsyte believes consumers are considering 'future proofing' their next purchase, given they anticipate using the same handset for the next three years or longer.
There are 9.1 million Australians using an Apple iPhone, up from 8.6 million in the prior year and 11 million Android users, up from 10.3 million at the end of 2017.
Telsyte said smartphone dependency is at all-time high with 54 per cent of premium smartphone users, defined as handsets costing greater than $600, claim that their smartphone is their main digital device.
A fast-growing area of smartphone usage has been mobile payments, with nearly half of all mobile payment users claiming to use it 'regularly' (more than 75 per cent of the time) to pay for goods and services whenever possible, according to Telsyte's research.
Following this trend, Telsyte research shows 13 per cent of Australians aged 16 to 34 have changed or joined a new banking provider due to the lack of mobile payments support, and 14 per cent of Apple Watch users have also done so.
Telsyte research also shows 46 per cent of e-commerce market revenue in 2018 was transacted through mobile devices (including smartphones and tablets). The 'm-commerce' market in Australia was worth $15.2b in 2018, up from $12.0 billion in 2017.


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by Samantha Whidden January 10, 2022
written by Samantha Whidden January 10, 2022
Days after the news broke that Hollywood icon Sidney Poitier passed away at the age of 94, actress Kirstie Alley is recalling the late actor intervening with a "sadistic director."
In one of her latest tweets, Alley opens up about how she did a movie with Sidney Poitier and she claims the "sadistic director" kept making her do dangerous stunts that actually hurt her. "During one scene, Sidney stepped in front of me and told the director, 'This is the end of you endangering Ms. Alley. She won't be doing any more of her own stunts.'"
I did a movie with Sidney Poitier. The sadistic director kept making me do dangerous stunts that hurt me.
During one scene, Sidney stepped in front of me and told the director "This is the end of you endangering Ms Alley. She won't be doing any more of her own stunts". MY HERO
— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) January 10, 2022
Alley described Sidney Poitier as her hero for standing up for her during the ordeal. According to IMDb, the only film that Alley and Poitier worked on together was 1988's Shoot to Kill. The film follows an FBI agent who teams up with a tracker to pursue a murderer after he vanishes into the mountains and infiltrates a hiking group. The film was directed by Roger Spottiswoode.
Those who starred alongside Alley and Sidney Poitier in Shoot to Kill include Tom Berenger, Clancy Brown, Richard Masur, Andrew Robinson, and Kevin Scannell.
Sidney Poitier Previously Spoke About Working on the Set of 'Shoot to Kill'
During a February 1988 interview with The Morning Call, Sidney Poitier spoke about working on the set of Shoot to Kill. "All of the stuff – running around on the top of that mountain – I did all that stuff. And I was in wonderful, good shape before the movie started. I was a wreck by the time the picture was finished."
While continuing to chat about his experience in the mountains, Sidney Poitier stated, "The truth is what you saw of Tom [Berenger] and I at the very top of the mountain. When he climbs up through the crevice all the way to the top and I try to scramble behind him. That was a location to which we were taken by helicopter. There were, in June, no roads. There were no pathways. The snow is on the ground. At the side of the peak, there was blue ice."
The scene notably required a three-day shoot. However, Sidney Poitier admitted that he refused to return after the first day. "I thought it [was] a dangerous situation," he explained. "And I also thought that the altitude was such that running and jumping and doing quite physical things up there – I was much too old for that kind of stuff. We finished the shooting on a sound stage in Vancouver."
Although he was originally offered the director position for Shoot to Kill, Sidney Poitier took on an acting role. Speaking about working with Poitier, Spottiswoode added, "If you want advice, you can have it. He doesn't push it on you. He stuck to acting, except when I asked for advice. I certainly did that. He was very happy being just the actor this time."


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Q: vi pasting messes with formatting When I opened a vim editor on terminal, I copied the following text to clipboard from another source
    int thisVal = findMin(m);
    // System.out.println(val);
    m.add(val);

But it becomes
                int thisVal = findMin(m);
                // System.out.println(val);
                //                      m.add(val);

Why is this case and how to paste correctly with the formatting?
Thank you.

A: :set paste

should cause indenting to work correctly. As uku points out, you can read more information on paste mode using
:h paste

you can turn off paste mode with
:set nopaste

A: Use
:set paste

Or
:set noai

Noai (no auto indent) can be again disabled using :set ai

A: In order to permanently save the defined variables:
vi ~/.vimrc

Add following lines, save & exit
:set paste #will enable the paste mode as answered above
:set nu #this will show the line numbers for editor

Some Other allowed parameters can be added from the following list:
autoindent(ai)
autowrite(aw)
exrc(ex)
errorbells
flash
ignorecase(ic)
lisp
list
magic
modelines
number(nu)
showmatch(sm)
showmode(smd)
wrapscan(ws)

Hope this helps to someone else too.

A: This is just a simple hack, but it works.
S1 : Create your file in <file_name>.txt format
S2 : Paste your code and save
S3 : Rename your file to whatever file format required
Done !