"Big Data" is all over the Net, and rightly so.
Burgeoning computer horsepower means we're able to crunch numbers like never before.
Manufacturing, Marketing, Human Resources etc. will be able illuminate opaque areas.
Billions of data points -- molecular, customer and team member behaviour, for example -- can be analyzed, patterns identified and conclusions drawn.
Is that it, then? Can we fold up the management tent and let the computer figure things out for us? Can we outsource thinking?
Big Data, wedded to PDCA, is a blessing. Divorced from PDCA, it may become a curse.
Big Data can help us make correlations -- "When we do this, that happens." -- which inform our PDCA cycle.
It up to us to recognize the data that's missing, unknown or unknowable.
Deming, the consummate data guy, taught us that some things can't be measured.
How do you measure esprit de corps, indomitable courage, a sense of optimism, or simple decency?
Yet great battles and fortunes, achievement and honor, often turn on such unmeasurables.
As ever, technology, in this case, Big Data, comes to fruition only through the application of human finesse and intelligence.
So let's celebrate the Big Data's potential. Let's figure out how to use it to illuminate undiscovered countries.
But let's not outsource our responsibility to learn & grow.


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Women's Recruiting Jan 12, 2021
Baylor University signs Wake Forest transfer Breckyn Monteith
WACO, Texas – The Baylor University soccer team added some depth to its back line with the addition of Wake Forest transfer Breckyn Monteith to its 2021 fall roster, announced head coach Paul Jobson.
"We are excited to have Breckyn join our family," Jobson said. "We identified her as a potential member of our family during the initial recruiting process. When she reached out, it was a no-brainer for us, especially with the soccer experience she received this past fall at Wake Forest."
The Charlotte, N.C., native played in eight games in the fall for Wake Forest, with five starts at the right back position. Monteith logged 479 total minutes, including the duration of both overtime matches against Duke.
Monteith holds the record for the most goals scored in a season at South Lake Christian Academy and played club ball for Charlotte Soccer Academy. She was called up to the Northern Ireland National Team on multiple occasions.
As a freshman in high school, she made her debut in a friendly against Slovakia before she made the US Development Academy Nationals in San Diego a year later. As a junior, she was called up to the U17 Northern Ireland National Team and scored a goal against Kazakhstan. Monteith also traveled with the U19 Northern Ireland National Team to England for friendlies against Canada and England and started both matches.
She joins a 2021 recruiting class that now consists of seven that will see the field for the Bears in the fall.
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Ava Colberg
Defender, Frisco, Texas, Memorial High School, Sting FC
Breckyn Monteith
Defender, Charlotte, N.C., South Lake Christian Academy, Charlotte Soccer Academy, Wake Forest
Jordan Ryan
Forward, Troy, Michigan, Laurel Springs School, Vardar
Lorelai Stramrood
Defender, Tomball, Texas, Tomball Memorial High School, Challenge SC
Haven Terry
Forward, Missouri City, Texas, Ridge Point High School, Houston Dash
Sophie Wilson
Midfielder/Forward, Ames, Iowa, Ames High School, Iowa Rush
Kate Zimmerman
Defender, Houston, Texas, Clear Lake High School, Albion Hurricanes
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Ole Miss added Virginia Tech transfer Sydney Ash.
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Santa Clara women's soccer has signed Addie Follett.
University of Nebraska soccer program to welcome 11 newcomers in 2021
The Huskers have signed 11 recruits.
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Kansas State soccer signed an Ohio State transfer.
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Kaladoshas born as Kalale Masengu is a Zambian artist, song writer, performer and writer born on the 10th of April 1991 in Kitwe. He is a second last born in a family of seven.
He did his primary and junior secondary education at Rhodes park school, his senior secondary at Kabulonga boys then later went to The University of Zambia to pursue Bachelors degree of arts in Development studies and sociology where he graduated in 2013.
Kaladoshas started doing music at a young age, he was inspired by beautiful soulful music from various artists. He then decided to venture into music professionally with the quest explore his talent and see how far he can go in the entertainment industry. He coined the name Kaladoshas from his birth name Kalale.
He first stormed the Zambian music scene with a dancehall hit titled Roll (2014). In 2015 he released his first album titled I am Kaladoshas and has intentions of releasing another album next year.
This artist is well known for hits like Cocoa butter, Tenga, Nipaseko chance, Roll, Chainama, Oxygen just to mention a few. He has worked with some of the best artists in the industry which includes the likes of Cleo Ice Queen, Roberto, Petersen, Cactus Agony among others.
He has been nominated in all the major awards in Zambia including this year's Kwacha music awards where he was nominated in various categories and he won an award at the CBC music video awards.
Apart from music, Kaladoshas is an advertising and marketing consultant and he is currently pursuing a Masters at the University of South Wales.


Would you watch a day's cricket play, a football World Cup game, or regular drama programming from your phone? If you rarely or never do, you're certainly not alone.
Smartphone users will whip out a YouTube clip in a second, but a new study from Ovum confirms mobile television hasn't become the powerhouse many thought it would become.
Ovum claims that most attempts to deliver television services via mobile handsets have been unsuccessful, and this trend will continue in most markets.
Barber stills sees potential for mobile television, with closely contested sporting matches proving particularly popular to watch on mobile.
Barber says the task to make mobile TV really work for advertisers belongs to agencies.


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Q: Iterating through a linked list with chain assignments Let's say I have the following names and objects
original = n = <original_object>
n = n.next = <new_object>

After running the above I would expect to see original pointing to <original_object>, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
However, if I instead do:
original = n = <original_object>
n.next = <new_object> # Attribute of the object class
n = n.next

I then see original pointing to <original_object> (or at least that's what I think I see).
Concrete example
I'll illustrate this with a linked list in Python 3.8:
class Node:
    def __init__(self, arg1):
        self.next = None

With chain assignments:
head = n = Node(None)
n = n.next = Node(None)
print(head.next) # None (the "head" is gone?)

With consecutive assignments:
head = n = Node(None)
n.next = Node(None) # *
n = n.next # *
print(head.next) # <__main__.Node object at 0x7fa4e0610ca0>

My intention here is to preserve the "head" of the linked list as I add nodes at the tail. Why am I getting different results with chain vs consecutive assignments?

A: As @Carcigenicate quickly noted, this answer explains what's happening:
In short, following that argument in my example, If I do:
n = n.next = Node(None)

that's equivalent to:
temp = Node(None)
n = temp
n.next = temp

so n gets assigned a new node before I "advance the current pointer" (n) in the linked list, whereas what I want to do is create a new node first, link to it, and then "advance the current pointer" (n) to the new node.

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An Okinawa-based Marine sergeant was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal on Friday for rendering first aid to an Air Force airman injured in a New Year's Eve motorcycle accident.
Lam was decorated by Lt. Col. Matthew Mulvey, commanding officer of the 3rd Transportation Support Battalion, during a Friday morning formation at Camp Foster. It was unclear whether the other Marines involved would also be honored.
Lam, the first at the accident scene, was soon joined by six Marines in the four other Supras. The group had started at 8 a.m. on a farewell ride for one of their drivers.
"We cruised around Okinawa to look at the scenery … and stopped at certain areas to take pictures of our cars," Lam said.
Wozniak, assigned to 353rd Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, crossed paths with the Supras around 1 p.m. as their drivers turned back toward a missed exit. He complimented the crew on their vehicles and asked to join the ride, said Cpl. Devon Duran-Wernet.
Less than 30 minutes later, Wozniak maneuvered from the rear of the pack to the middle and in front of Lam. He took a turn on the curvy, two-lane road, struck two roadside barriers and hit a water pipe, according to the Marine witnesses. They said Wozniak appeared badly injured.
Duran-Wernet, of the 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, said he had a bad feeling something had happened before coming around the corner.
Lam said a Japanese woman who lived nearby called an ambulance, and the other vehicles in the group turned around to assist.
When Cpl. Gerardo Lujan of Bravo Company, also of the 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, arrived, he asked the woman for scissors to cut Wozniak's clothes to look for injuries.
All seven Marines played individual roles: Some applied first aid to the injuries on Wozniak's arms and legs; others supported his head to lessen the possibility of injury to the neck and back.
First Lt. Jose Antonio Diaz Jr., motor transport platoon commander assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion, said the group quickly became a team.
At about 2 p.m., an ambulance took Wozniak to a helicopter that carried him to emergency care.
He sent the Marines text messages after the accident, thanking them for their response.
"A mere thank you to the Marines and responders is invalid," said Wozniak in an email sent to Stars and Stripes through a 353rd Special Operations Group spokesperson.


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Alexis Sanchez has returned to Arsenal training with uncertainty continuing to surround his long-term future.
The 28-year-old, whose contract with the Gunners expires in 2018, has been linked with a big-money move to both Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain.
PSG had held talks with the Chilean over a €50 million transfer , with City also retaining a strong interest despite being aware of Arsenal's reluctance to sell.
The north Londoners remain convinced that the player will be staying at Emirates Stadium, despite Alexis having openly admitted he wants to be playing in the Champions League .
Indeed, the Gunners missed out on a place in the top four for the first time under Wenger in 2016-17, with speculation over Alexis' future having dominated the back pages ever since.
The former Barcelona star was due to begin pre-season training on Sunday, having been given an extended period of absence following his exertions with Chile at the Confederations Cup, but returned to London on Tuesday and is already back out on the training pitch.
That said, having only just arrived back in England it is extremely unlikely that Alexis will be involved in the Community Shield meeting with Chelsea on Sunday as he eases into his pre-season programme.
The Gunners begin their Premier League campaign with a Friday evening fixture against Leicester City on August 11.


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on-demand reviews of nearby restaurants), and ad hoc multiplayer games. Over the next several years, new classes of mobile and personalized services, impossible to predict today, will certainly be developed.
While these services differ from one another in major ways, they also share some important attributes. One—the focus of this article—is the need for data storage and retrieval functions built into the application. Messaging applications need to move messages around the network reliably and without loss. Location-based services need to map physical location to logical location (for example, GPS or cell-tower coordinates to postal code) and then look up location-based information. Gaming applications must record and share the current state of the game on distributed devices and must manage content retrieval and delivery to each of the devices in real time. In all these cases, fast, reliable data storage and retrieval are critical.
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After complaints to the manufacturer about the front fascia panel and knobs getting far too hot (oven door closed), one of Cannon's own engineers has now tested my 3-month old cooker and found the front temperature measured well below the maximum allowed, according to BS EN60/335/216 Section 11.101.
He showed me his printed sheet with all the max temperatures that engineers have to go by (vitreous enamel, metal & paint, glass & ceramic, plastic). 'Vitreous enamel' is max 90c including ambient temp in room of 25c. After 30 mins at Mk5 (200c), he read "an average of 53c", - one spot showed 68c.
With the max allowed of 90c, my reading at 53c may sound relatively cool but it's not - you practically burn your hands and fingers if you touch the fascia (and plastic knobs) for more than a few seconds - and that's why I contacted them in the first place.
How those (HSE?) people that set the maximum temperatures arrive at 90c for vitreous enamel, beats me. If the cooker was on at Mk 5 for half an hour or more in any public showroom, I bet there'd be a few 'very hot and not-to-touch' warnings around.
You don't Have to touch the radiator, but you have to touch the oven handle and knobs!
Surely this makes a difference!?
The very hot fascia part is the 9cm high panel which backs the very hot 6 knobs and very hot ignition button - I may not have made that too clear. Both the oven door, and oven handle - there's a gap of nearly 4cm between the oven handle and drop-down glass door- I've not found to be a problem, and one expects the glass door to be very hot when the oven's well on, and you don't touch it.
I think I'll try and find the relevant BS pages and possibly write to them.
I would expect RoSPA to be able to advise you.
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Go: Moonstone Beach, Houda Point, Luffenholtz Beach and Patrick's Point all have beginner climbing routes. They are all within a 20 minute drive from Arcata.
Join: Roots to Rocks is a local women's climbing group. They meet several times a week to train and travel to local climbing spots on the weekends. Female climbers of all abilities (including first-timers) are welcome. Check them out on Facebook or at Far North Climbing gym.
Train: Far North Climbing Gym in Arcata has bouldering and top-rope routes, and a beer bar in the lobby for an après-climb drink. Discounted rates for women climbers on Sundays. HSU's Student Recreation Center has a climbing wall and offers beginning climbing classes to students, faculty and guests of students. Additional climbing classes are available through HSU Center Activities.
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June 1, 2015 Drugs, Florida, Health.
There's ample evidence that clean needle exchanges are tremendously effective tools for preventing the spread of disease among drug addicts. But in Florida, because it's a crime to distribute drug paraphernalia, clean needle exchanges are apparently against the law.
A good bill that died during the regular legislative session, SB 1040, would have allowed for a needle and syringe exchange project to be run by the University of Miami. At the time addicts exchange the needles, they are offered testing for HIV, hepatitis and sexually transmitted diseases, and offered drug abuse counseling.
If you doubt the need for such a program here in Florida, a sudden surge in heroin overdose deaths should be a wake-up call.
In April, the state Medical Examiners Commission published a report which showed heroin overdose was the cause of death for 140 people in the first six months of 2014, the latest data available. Five years earlier, it was much lower, at 53.
This year 12 of those heroin related overdose deaths were from Palm Beach County mid way through the year. Two years earlier, there was just one.
Overdose deaths aren't the only leading indicator. As we've noted, local cases of newly diagnosed chronic hepatitis C are up dramatically, by 74 percent to 1,127 cases as of May 23. HIV cases statewide are up significantly, too, and not coincidentally, overdose deaths from heroin, as well. Intravenous drug use is the main source of hepatitis C infection, although blood transfusions were once an issue, before the blood supply was screened for it.
On the bright side, a new sober homes bill that passed the House and Senate should help professionalize the region's burgeoning drug treatment industry. Gov. Rick Scott should sign it enthusiastically.
House Bill 21 requires licensed treatment facilities to refer their patients only to sober homes that are voluntarily certified. They'll have to meet standards like training and conducting background checks on key staff. Local legislators led the way in this bipartisan effort, with Rep. Bill Hager, R-Boca Raton, working closely with Democratic Sens.ators Jeff Clemens and Maria Sachs.
But professionalizing the sober home industry will be only one facet of a larger community effort that is needed to safeguard against the spread of IV drug use and the diseases that follow.
Treating HIV and hepatitis are hugely expensive. Prevention is always better. Until we learn how to stop people from seeking to get high, needle exchange programs are a proven, cost-effective way to do the next best thing, stop the spread of deadly diseases.


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Taiwan economy faces 3 risks in 2019: analysts
International factors could exacerbate Taiwan's growth cool down
By Scott Morgan, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping (By Associated Press)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Yuanta-Polaris Research Institute (元大寶華綜經院) and Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER, 台灣經濟研究院) believe Taiwan's biggest economic challenges in 2019 are the U.S.-China trade war, financial market volatility, and geopolitical risks, reported CNA.
According a host of analysis, Taiwan's economic growth is tapering off, and these three risk factors could catalyze a potential economic downturn.
Taiwan's economy performed reasonably well in 2018 with GDP growth similar to regional neighbors, strong exports for most of the year, increased investment, and unemployment less than 4 percent.
In 2019, Taiwan's economy is expected to grow by around 2.18 to 2.45 percent, depending on source of analysis. Some forecasts, like the one performed by the Cabinet-level Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, decreased their growth expectations due to weaker growth in Q3-4 2018 and rising global uncertainty.
Yuanta-Polaris President, Liang Kuo-yuan (梁國源), told CNA that the U.S. economy appears to be in good shape, while political risks are rising in Europe, and the slowdown of China's economy will accelerate.
Liang believes that Taiwan is in the final stages of a period of expansion, and the economy will enter into a period of tightening. He added that external factors have the potential to affect the performance of Taiwan's economy.
Director of TIER's Economic Forecasting Center, Gordon Sun (孫明德), agrees that Taiwan's economy is entering a downward phase, and will be influenced by a range of external factors. Sun pointed to the U.S.-China trade war as potentially affecting Taiwanese exports, financial instability in the U.S., Europe, and emerging markets, and geopolitical risks.
Sun summarized Taiwan's economy as being relatively small, and suggested that global uncertainty will have a cooling effect on Taiwan's economy, and could accelerate a downturn.
Deputy Head of the National Development Council, Chen Cheng-mount (貞茂則), said that external risks will be greater in 2019, and these risks may affect exports, but Taiwan's domestic demand will be strengthened by increases to government investment and wage growth.
Chen suggested that financial institutions have reached a consensus that the economy is set to slowdown, and added that some think tanks are geared towards a pessimistic outlook. He pointed to good profits in the private sector, and good economic fundamentals as causes for optimism.
Chen went on to say that some Taiwanese businesses are returning to Taiwan, or expanding operations here, and that the government is striving to put in place policies to stimulate private consumption.
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Episode 42 - New Year, New You: Divorce and Custody in 2023
Good afternoon and welcome to the Top Texas Lawyers podcast. I'm your host, Bryan Abercrombie, and with me, as always, is Sam Sanchez and Nida Wood. How are you guys doing today?
Doing great. It's been a minute.
Yeah, we've fallen down on the podcast train a little bit last couple of months, so we'll have to get back on it. And it's not because we didn't want to do these podcasts. It's just been incredibly busy. But we wanted to do is get on here, talk a little bit about what's going on in the news, latest celebrity divorce stuff, which I think we got a lot. We got enough for a whole episode on just Kim and Kanye. But we also wanted to talk a little about divorce issues going into the new year, modification issues because a lot of people wait till after the holidays to file for a divorce or file for a modification. And we want to talk a little bit about how that looks. So did I miss anything?
You got it.
So let's let's talk a little bit about Kim and Kanye. So Kanye, or Ye as he's calling himself these days, is making the rounds. He's not been playing well with others. I think he's made a lot of comments. I think he's been dropped by basically, I think everybody that either represented him or he did business with or he sold products for or he designed products for, including Adidas. Balenciaga, I think might have been one, his manager, his company. I can't even think who else. So I guess the question is, is is the ex acting completely off the rails? Obviously, the comments are are pretty bad, anti-Semitic, things like that. I mean, to put it mildly. So is a parent acting out like that grounds for a modification, at least in Texas?
I don't know. I don't know that it is. I'm not taking Kanye side or anything like that. But you know. He's making comments before the divorce. He's making comments after the divorce. Does it make him an unfit parent?
Well, you know, I would tell you, I think one of the things you have to remember in Texas is that when you finalize a divorce, it locks in a lot of things for a set period of time. Typically, you know, and modification, you're talking…
About the one year, one year to modify anything it would be. And then the absence of an emergency, I guess.
Absolutely. And so same thing in Florida. So you're talking about, you know, any time you finalize something, the courts very rarely want to see repeat litigation. You know, they want you to go away for a while. They want you to have made the right decisions or gotten the right decisions from a court in relation to order and how it relates to you as a parent and your children and not come back. So typically that threshold to get back into court is high. You know, it's not something that's just bad behavior. Like he's a jerk is going to be enough. But there's no set rule. There's no set like order that the judge is like, hey, if you do any of these things, you know, you're automatically going to get in and it's going to justify a modification in under a year.
And so let me ask you this, though. Like the hypothetical would be like, take your worst possible clan member, like the Red Dragon or Black Dragon or Green, whatever the whatever the leader of the klan is the most worst racist you can think of. You know, take him.
Grand Wizard.
Grand Wizard. Okay, take the Grand Wizard. Is he going to be subject to being the Grand Wizard over here, but a good dad over here in this hypothetical. I mean, I don't know how that wouldn't bleed over, but that's neither here nor there. So suppose he's got this violent, racist thing going on over here, but over here on the other side, there's really nothing that's ever happened with the kids. That grounds for a modification?
Possibly. Possibly. Depends on your court. You know, we've talked a lot about in the past. We've all said, hey, you've got to know your audience. I think it's really important to know a judge and the predispositions. Unfortunately, in Texas, we elect our judges. So they change pretty regularly sometimes. And it's tough to know. I would tell you that I think you have a good argument to make. You know, as a parent, the things that concern you as a good parent, concerned judges, because judges, in my opinion, are always going to take the path of least resistance, and they're extremely cautious. The last thing they want to do is be on the news explaining why they did something stupid in relation to a child's safety, welfare or well-being. So it really needs to revolve around those types of things. So if he's the grand wizard and in the grand wizard, they're doing some pretty terrible things like, let's say, dragging people from behind their truck with tow chains. That's criminal enough, right? Yeah. But if they're just getting together and smoking cigars and having beers and talking about how they don't like a particular race, that may not be enough, you know? So it's really going to be what they've done.
So you can be an asshole. So you can be an asshole. You just can't you just can't do anything illegal or.
Well, you know, I mean, it's how it affects the child. If they're taking the kid to the meetings, you probably have a pretty good argument. You have a pretty good argument. If you go in there and say, hey, this is detrimental to their emotional or their development as a child, they don't need to be exposed to that, whether you believe it or not, whether you're entitled to that belief or not, has no relevance in a courtroom. The courtroom will.
Take a public figure like take a public figure like Kanye, who's he says something. You know, it's going to be reported by two dozen newspapers, Internet outlets, you name it. He says, you know, they're there. They're writing stories about what time he ties his shoes. I mean, everything he says. And I'm sure some of it is probably for shock value. I'm sure some of it I mean, obviously, from what I've read, obviously there's some mental health conditions in there and he may be off his medication and spiraling downward. You know, I don't I don't I can't make sense of it because some at some point at one point, way, way, way back, he said you sounded somewhat reasonable and you're like, okay. And then it gets worse and worse and worse and worse and worse and worse. And now you're like, Who the hell is this guy? He's wearing a black mask and appearing on the Alex Jones show of any, like, Crazy Loon website that he can get on to. I mean, I don't get it. I like a lot of it. Crazy. Yeah.
Well, what are you. What are you exposing your kids to? How old are your kids? What are they able to read? What are they? Do they have exposure to social media? Do they have access to his account to be able to see some of the stuff that he's posting? That's all part of it. And then you're also talking about is this all his behaviors that tied into his mental health? Is he getting help for it or not? And if he's not, then that's, I think, a bigger issue. And then, of course, I know in Texas you're talking about modifying many different types of things. So it's not necessarily custody. It might be decision making abilities for the kids. So is his demeanor in the way he's acting and the way he's portraying itself, Is that affecting his ability to make decisions for the kids? And if so, then that might be grounds to modify some of those decision making abilities for sure.
I mean, it's a tough it's a tough call for a judge because you've got to balance the constitutional right of being able to raise your child the way that you see fit. If you want to raise your child with unconventional beliefs, then by all means, you have the right to do that, you know? That is that is what it is. But, you know, is that enough? Like you said, if he's just getting around with his buddies and smoking cigars and, you know, talking a bunch of crap. I mean, that could be one thing. But is he is he having the the Ku Klux Klan meeting at his house? You know, that's another.
Well, the bigger piece of that, too, is not.
That Kanye is in the Klan. I'm just saying that.
You get the example. It could be based.
On his trying to think of that. I'm trying to think of the most egregious examples. But I mean, let's take it let's take it back a little bit. Let's say somebody who has just a little bit of outlandish beliefs, but not, you know, not not maybe they're one of those, like, I don't know, flat Earth types or some kind of weird thing. Maybe they're in a cult, but they're not really not really hurting anybody.
Yeah, I mean, all those things are really important, but, you know, I mean, like to your point, what is it? There's no there's no clear cut, bright line rule as to any caught, you know, what they're going to look at. And that's the complexity of coming back in and modify. You know, you always want to give people good advice and tell them like, hey, this is absolutely going to get you there, but you really don't know. And even sometimes when you get in there, judges kind of look at stuff and they're like, Hey, I'm dealing with people who are like burning their kids with, you know, curling irons and stuff. I don't this is not going to rise to the level that it doesn't mean that you can modify use this in the multitude of things this person does over the course of time and come back in and modify. Sure. But it doesn't mean that exigent circumstance of having to come in before that year to get that done.
I mean, Sam, you've had you've had cases where the person on the other side was just a little bit crazy, like the one who didn't believe in any medication. And you know, that that was a change in decision making type of case because even doctors didn't believe in medication, you know, that kind of thing.
I'll give you a simple one. I'll give you a simple one. We had a case where client is like, hey, you know, I don't think schools are important. You know, I'm a self made man. I went out and I didn't graduate from high school. And so I don't care if my kid goes to school or not. If they want to go, great. If they don't, what's a big deal? And Mom's on the other side saying, like, that's a bunch of BS. They have to go to school. Now, obviously, there's a law in Texas says they have to attend. Right. But when when dad's sitting out there saying, well, I'm going to check, I'm going to let him drop out and he can do his GED online. And mom's like, hell, no, You know, is that enough? Is that enough to get back in front of a court and say, yeah, this is exigent, you know? And that was you know, it was kind of a toss up. It ended up going where the judge thought, yeah, absolutely. Anything that's going to affect the long term future goals of this child is relevant and absolutely exigent. We're going to deal with it. But the thing about that, too, and what I would with Kanye, it's kind of an interesting mix with him and Kim, because I think the reason Kim hasn't gone back to court and I'm not in California, right. We're not licensed in California, but I really feel that it has to do with the financial piece of Kanye because he took a huge financial hit, a huge financially. And that's another thing that you can come in and modify. Right? Hey, you know what? Something dramatic, drastic happened and I need to come back in and I need some relief from this.
I mean, you're talking hundreds of millions of dollars this guy's got.
Yeah. And so when you look at that, obviously, I mean, that's the thing. When you open Pandora's box on one side, it's not closed. On the other side, you open Pandora's box and everything is open for re-examination typically, especially if you're on the other side saying there's a real reason for us to really kind of look at the whole picture. And so I really feel like with Kim and Kanye, it's kind of one of those things where she's like, I really don't want to have to mess with them. And it's crazy because it's just going to get crazier if I antagonize them. But on top of that, the financial picture that we had locked in when he was at the top of this apex predator list of making money, now that he's not, what does that look like and do I want to even touch that? I don't think she's really wanting to open that box.
Plus, I mean, it's the whole thing where you I don't mean to cut you off there, but if you go to court with a crazy person, I mean, you don't know what you're going to get. You don't know when it's going to end or what you're going to get, you know?
Well, Kim's a lawyer now, so she can stop represent, right, or something like that. And she.
You know, they say about self representing, you've got a fool for a client.
That's true. Yeah. No, it's an interesting, you know, and I would just, you know, like it's it's the end of the year. We're coming through the holidays and, you know, one of those things, it's this is kind of like the tip of the iceberg moments that we have along the lines for a lot of clients. You know, typically you go through this gauntlet of holidays and you come out the other end and you're like, you know, is terrible or, you know, this happened or that happened and I really want to go back to court and I want to change things. And so we'll see a flood of litigation or litigants come in, prospective clients who say, hey, you know, we really want to get into court as quickly as you can. And those dockets are still backed up from COVID. They're still backed up. And so you bring in new clients, we're like, we really want to get in as quickly as we can. We'll just understand it's going to take some time to do that. And you really have to make sure that you have facts that warrant those you know, and if you don't, that you build your case before you run to the courthouse and file prematurely.
And that would be one of the things that I think people really have to know as we listen to this is that sometimes it's really important that you take the time to gather the amount of ammunition you're going to need to really sustain yourself through a battle. Because if you come in on a single instance, it may not be enough. And then guess what? If you just waited a little bit more, that person was going to continue to spiral down that road. But if you come in immediately and then you're like, Hey, I want to address it. It's not enough when that person is going to course correct. And you've kind of missed your opportunity. So, you know, it's a little bit of strategy. And when you talk to your lawyers, they're going to tell you, hey, yeah, I'll get you in right away, or they'll tell you like, let's wait and kind of put it all together. But you're coming to that season, the conclusion of the holiday season and the entry of, hey, let's let's go to court and and tee it up.
You just have to have the holiday, kind of like a mini mini post-COVID when people were cooped up in the same house together. And we had people wanting to get divorced, kids wanting to modify based on parental preference and all that. But yes, I mean, that's another reason why you shouldn't jump to the court, maybe right after the year long waiting period, per se, for a modification. It's usually better, not all the time, but maybe waiting a bit longer, like you said, to make a journal, you know, documenting, doing whatever you need to do to make sure you have all your facts together.
And everybody no one ever remembers this, that when you open, you open the modification box. It's it's Pandora's box. So let's say you like eight, eight things out of your out of your decree and you hate two of them. What if the other party doesn't like six things and wants to change four that you like, you know, then you've got four or five things that are on the that are on the docket all of a sudden to be changed that you didn't want change, do you? One of the two that you really hated and it's not just a zero sum game, it's a it's a that order after one years can be reevaluated in all aspects. Support custody, all of it. So like you said, with the financial piece, if Kanye has taken a complete bath on all of his all of his his I guess his money making enterprises and he's broke now, you know, that's grounds to modify a lot of different things. I mean, granted, it's self-inflicted wounds, but at the same time, the incomes, the income. Right. So yeah, if you let's say you hated the visitation order, but you liked the child support and but and he wasn't going to go back to court on you because he didn't want to bear the expense. But hey, you filed a modification on him, so hey, I might as well try to get my child support reduced because I'm not making as much money as I was or whatever. And there you go. And then you've got unintended. I guess it's the law of unintended consequences, right?
Yeah. Yeah, without a doubt. And you know, those are the things that a lot of times people just don't really think through or their lawyer doesn't really help them kind of anticipate that possibility to make an educated decision before you jump into the courtroom. Sometimes it's not always best. You know, a lot of times you can make the changes that you want. If you have a party on the other side that's potentially agreeable without ever having to go to court. So maybe it's something that, like you attend mediation. Mediation is a great tool for clients to be able to get in reach some different changes, maybe instead of six that the person wants to change in three and the two that you wanted your change in one. But everybody's nice and happy when you get out of there because it didn't go in front of a judge who could change it all, you know? So these are the you know, you just got to kind of really talk to your lawyer, spend some energy and time, really formulating a plan, have a litigation strategy If they haven't told you what their litigation strategy is, by God, ask them what it is and then help them develop one, because that's what's really going to help you be successful outside of the courtroom, but especially inside the courtroom when you get there.
Well, let's talk one thing about the person who we see this person every year. I just got to get through the holidays and I'm filing a divorce. New Year, new me, right? I'm getting out of this thing. That's another one that I would encourage someone to take a long, hard look at. Yeah. You know, being cooped up, like you said, nidra with a mini COVID, you know, for the holidays in your house with this person and the kids is probably taxing and stressful on everybody, including you, including them. But yeah, before you jump off the ledge and go filing for divorce, you know, make sure it's absolutely something that you want to do and it's absolutely something that you're prepared to go all the way with because a whole bunch of things start happening when you file for a divorce. That could be unintended, could be intended. It could be unintended. That's worth talking to a lawyer about to say, hey, 30 days after we filed for this divorce or they file an answer, we're going to have to cough up two years worth of tax returns and, you know, pay stubs and financial statements and all kinds of stuff. I mean, all this stuff. You better be ready to be under the microscope for at least six months.
And so and that litigation strategy that we just mentioned, I mean, it's applicable all across the board. You're a good lawyer. That's one of the first things we do is sit down with our clients and really kind of formulate that strategy. And what are your really goals and objectives? How are how are you wanting to get from point A to point B? And then here's all the pitfalls that we see, because I would love to tell you that everybody who comes in and we represent is unblemished. You know, they're like, white is white, pure wedding dress is not that way. And so you really have to take a hard look at the mirror and a good lawyer will help you with that. You know, they'll tell you, hey, here's all the warts that I see on our side and we really need to be careful of this. Here's how we try to eliminate or minimize the potential damage that can come from what exists. Because, you know, all lawyers will at least smart lawyers, will tell you we didn't create the facts. We're just going to help you deal with them. And, you know, a good plan will help you with that, especially as we're kind of rounding this corner and getting getting ourselves in gear, whether it's, you know, I want to file a modification, I want to file for divorce. I need to address particular issues, specific issues with my kid or whatever it may be, an enforcement. There's just a litany of things. But that's for sure. One of them.
All right. Well, I don't I think that. Anita, do you have anything else?
No, I don't think so. I think we covered it all.
All right, well, I'll wrap it up for today. I don't want to I'll tease the future episodes, but I think the next episode we're going to talk about the. I read and I read some articles and saw a documentary recently on the $50 Billion a year divorce industry. So we'll talk about the, I guess, for lack of a better word, divorce industrial complex and next episode, and we can talk through that kind of a. It kind of how that documentary frames divorce, how divorce is framed and, you know, the pitfalls of that and the negatives and positives and things like that that come along with this $50 Billion a year divorce industry, which I you know, off the top of my head, that may be a little bit low compared to what some of these people are spending and how many people get divorced on a given year. So we'll talk about that next time. But I thank you guys for your time today and I wish you all the best. Thank you for getting on during the holidays and I wish you all the best for a happy New Year.
Yeah, Happy New Year, guys.
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Q: Why is my print function spitting out garbage and my current function not working properly? heres the header file            http://pastebin.com/g0z7LkeN
heres the implementation file    http://pastebin.com/USHbjbYC
and here is the test debugger file (not supposed to change it)
// FILE: sequence_test.cpp
// An interactive test program for the new sequence class
#include <cctype>       // Provides toupper
#include <iostream>     // Provides cout and cin
#include <cstdlib>      // Provides EXIT_SUCCESS
#include "sequence2.h"  // With value_type defined as double
using namespace std;
using namespace CISP430_A2;

// PROTOTYPES for functions used by this test program:
void print_menu( );
// Postcondition: A menu of choices for this program has been written to cout.

char get_user_command( );
// Postcondition: The user has been prompted to enter a one character command.
// The next character has been read (skipping blanks and newline characters),
// and this character has been returned.

void show_sequence(sequence display);
// Postcondition: The items on display have been printed to cout (one per line).

double get_number( );
// Postcondition: The user has been prompted to enter a real number. The
// number has been read, echoed to the screen, and returned by the function.

int main( )
{
    sequence test; // A sequence that we'll perform tests on
    char choice;   // A command character entered by the user

    cout << "I have initialized an empty sequence of real numbers." << endl;

    do
    {
        print_menu( );
        choice = toupper(get_user_command( ));
        switch (choice)
        {
            case '!': test.start( );
                      break;
            case '+': test.advance( );
                      break;
            case '?': if (test.is_item( ))
                          cout << "There is an item." << endl;
                      else
                          cout << "There is no current item." << endl;
                      break;
            case 'C': if (test.is_item( ))
                           cout << "Current item is: " << test.current( ) << endl;
                      else
                          cout << "There is no current item." << endl;
                      break;
            case 'P': show_sequence(test);
                      break;
            case 'S': cout << "Size is " << test.size( ) << '.' << endl;
                      break;
            case 'I': test.insert(get_number( ));
                      break;
            case 'A': test.attach(get_number( ));
                      break;
            case 'R': test.remove_current( );
                      cout << "The current item has been removed." << endl;
                      break;
            case 'Q': cout << "Ridicule is the best test of truth." << endl;
                      break;
            default:  cout << choice << " is invalid." << endl;
        }
    }
    while ((choice != 'Q'));

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

void print_menu( )
// Library facilities used: iostream.h
{
    cout << endl; // Print blank line before the menu
    cout << "The following choices are available: " << endl;
    cout << " !   Activate the start( ) function" << endl;
    cout << " +   Activate the advance( ) function" << endl;
    cout << " ?   Print the result from the is_item( ) function" << endl;
    cout << " C   Print the result from the current( ) function" << endl;
    cout << " P   Print a copy of the entire sequence" << endl;
    cout << " S   Print the result from the size( ) function" << endl;
    cout << " I   Insert a new number with the insert(...) function" << endl;
    cout << " A   Attach a new number with the attach(...) function" << endl;
    cout << " R   Activate the remove_current( ) function" << endl;
    cout << " Q   Quit this test program" << endl;
}

char get_user_command( )
// Library facilities used: iostream
{
    char command;

    cout << "Enter choice: ";
    cin >> command; // Input of characters skips blanks and newline character

    return command;
}

void show_sequence(sequence display)
// Library facilities used: iostream
{
    for (display.start( ); display.is_item( ); display.advance( ))
        cout << display.current( ) << endl;
}

double get_number( )
// Library facilities used: iostream
{
    double result;

    cout << "Please enter a real number for the sequence: ";
    cin  >> result;
    cout << result << " has been read." << endl;
    return result;
}

when i click the  option P in the debuger to print the whole sequence out it never works right and often spits out garbage and when i click c in the debugger menu after insirting or attaching 2 numbers it doesnt seem to work right either. i analized my algorithms and i dont understand why they arent working right..

A: Summary:
You are creating an instance of the class sequence using the default constructor which doesn't allocate the array you store the numbers in, this will cause incorrect behaviour when calling any of the functions from the menu causes because they depend on the array to be initialized correctly. What you need to do is to create the test instance using another constructor, namely the one taking an size argument.
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From looking the "test debugger file" above I notice that you call the default constructor for the class sequence:
sequence test; // A sequence that we'll perform tests on

Looking at the implementation, I can't find that have implemented it. I think that the constructor:
sequence(size_type entry=CAPACITY )

is what you need to call in order to "new" the underlying array data and set the indexes correctly at startup. The current code will for example upon calling show_sequence(test) read data from uninitialized random memory.


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Promic B.V
Promic and Jansen become Showdown Displays Europe
Promic Display Systems and Jansen Display join forces under a new name: Showdown Displays Europe. With that, a new partnership was born.
In October 2018, Sign-Zone (a leading display manufacturer in the North American market) became the new owner of Jansen Display. In May 2019, Promic also became part of the Sign-Zone Group. After operating as two independent entities, it soon became clear that Promic and Jansen Display would be even stronger together. That's exactly what happened at the beginning of this year.
Coming together to serve you better
Both Promic and Jansen have built a strong reputation throughout Europe as a provider of high-quality displays and signage systems. With the merger of the two companies, Showdown Displays Europe will be the largest supplier and manufacturer of promotional signs, display systems, and POS materials.
'With our mutual drive to deliver quality for the right price and our ambition to become the first choice for resellers, Promic and Jansen Display have joined forces. This merger allows us to achieve our goal of providing our customers with the best service,' says Vít Zajíček, president of Showdown Displays Europe and former CEO of the Jansen Display Group.
Expanded product range with brand new services
'When it comes to our product range, Promic and Jansen Display really complement each other,' Zajíček continues. 'Together, we now can offer a product range that completely covers our customers' needs. Illuminated signs, photo back walls, digital displays, and hospitality equipment: you name it, we've got it.'
In addition to expanding its product range, Showdown Displays is also working on further developing its printing services. 'Right now we are in the last stage of setting up a brand new printing hall at our manufacturing location in the Czech Republic. Bringing high-end products and quality prints together, our reseller customers can now come to us for all-in, ready-to-use display products. We are now the one-stop-shop for their success story.'
In the coming months, Showdown Displays Europe will be present at several European exhibitions, including C!Print Lyon, Euroshop, FESPA, and Reklama Polygraf. 'We invite all customers from Promic and Jansen Display to get to know the new brand,' says Loes Heintges, marketing director of Showdown Displays Europe. 'You can still find us under those names, with the same logos and the same websites you are used to. As of May 2020, we will completely switch to the name and the new visual style of Showdown Displays.'
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Austin rock band Ume today unveiled a surging new song entitled "Black Stone", premiering today via Noisey/VICE HERE. "Black Stone" will be featured on the band's forthcoming sophomore album due out in early 2014. The new album will be released on Silver Lake, CA's Dangerbird Records, a label that has proudly nurtured the careers of a diverse roster of artists including Silversun Pickups, Fitz and the Tantrums, Sea Wolf, T. Hardy Morris, and more. The new yet-to-be titled album is the follow-up to their heralded debut full-length album Phantoms, which was released in August of 2011.
The new album was recorded in Seattle, WA at Robert Lang Studios and produced by Grammy® Award winning producer Adam Kasper (Queens of the Stone Age, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Cat Power).
Ume have won over audiences across the country as a result of their momentous live show and toured over 150 dates in support of their prior release. They've supported …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Warpaint, The Smashing Pumpkins, Franz Ferdinand, Helmet, and Cursive, and were personally invited to open for Jane's Addiction at a Lollapalooza afterparty by Perry Ferrell last year. The band also appeared on the 2012 Season Premiere of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations, sharing their insight on local Austin food during Bourdain's visit to SXSW.
Stay tuned for more information on the forthcoming release.


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Samuel Wallin (July 31, 1856 – December 1, 1917) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Easton, Pennsylvania, Wallin moved with his parents to Amsterdam, New York, in 1864. He attended the public schools and Amsterdam Academy. He engaged in the manufacture of carpets and rugs.

He served as alderman (1889–1892). He was the Mayor of Amsterdam, N.Y. (1900–1901)  and a delegate to the 1916 Republican National Convention.

Wallin was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1914.

He resumed his business activities in Amsterdam, where he died December 1, 1917. He was interred in Green Hill Cemetery.

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Gary Vitti Believes Kobe Bryant Will Be Healthy This Year
Gary Vitti Talks About Steve Nash's Status For Next Season
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With the 2014-15 Los Angeles Lakers roster near completion, and Byron Scott the new head coach, all the focus now is on Kobe Bryant. After two consecutive season ending injuries, there are question marks surrounding the five-time champion as he turns 36-years-old later this month.
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In an interview with Lakers reporter Mike Trudell, the team's athletic trainer Gary Vitti says he has 100 percent confidence that Bryant will be healthy:
I have 100 percent confidence that he'll be healthy because of the way he handles his body and the style of play that we'll compete at. We can't play at a frenetic pace. We can push the ball when it's there, and we can certainly let Kobe create out of the post with his back to the basket at this stage of his career.
In addition, Vitti suggests the new style of play will be "conducive" to what Kobe's body will allow him to do this season:
And I think we'll play a style of basketball that is conducive to what Kobe's body will allow him to do, instead of putting him in situations that aren't suited for him. I'm not saying that we should play the triangle – Byron is a Princeton guy and there are going to be a conglomeration of a lot of different things – but when we did, we controlled the pace of the game. Therefore, you put a player like Kobe in the best situation to be successful with the least amount of risk.
Throughout his entire career, Kobe has been able to adjust his game and remain one of the best players in the entire league. While the question marks will remain until the season officially gets underway, Bryant will have to find a way to thrive and that will likely come in the post.
For the Lakers, they enter the season with lower expectations once again after failing to sign LeBron James or Carmelo Anthony in free agency. However, there is optimism that they could make the playoffs with a completely healthy Kobe Bryant to go along with numerous players who have a chip on their shoulders in Carlos Boozer, Jeremy Lin, and Julius Randle.
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