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Magistrate Judge Recommends Transfer of Patton Boggs's Case To New York
The George Washington Bridge, connecting New York and New Jersey
After the Second Circuit vacated Judge Kaplan's preliminary injunction (which, recall, had enjoined the Lago Agrio plaintiffs from seeking to enforce the Ecuadoran judgment against Chevron anywhere in the world), Patton Boggs, the law firm representing the plaintiffs, sued Chevron in New Jersey for damages arising out of the now-vacated injunction. Its main theories were malicious prosecution, unjust enrichment, and a claim for attorney's fees under New York law. 1 Chevron sought a transfer from the District of New Jersey to the Southern District of New York under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a),2 which provides:
For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought …
Magistrate Judge Waldor has now recommended granting Chevron's motion. The threshold issue was easy: Patton Boggs could have sued Chevron in New York in the first instance had it wished: the New York court would have had subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction, and venue would have been properly laid there. But under § 1404, the judge was required to weigh the private and public interests at stake, bearing in mind the usual rule that the plaintiff's choice of forum should not be lightly disturbed.
The private factors favored transfer, according to the judge. The key private factor is the plaintiff's choice of forum. But the judge gave that factor less weight than it would get in a more typical case. First most of facts on which the case arises occurred in New York. The fact that Patton Boggs suffered an injury in New Jersey was insufficient to overcome the judge's conclusion that New York was the "center of gravity" of the case. Second, Patton Boggs is a major international law firm with its headquarters in Washington, and so its argument that New Jersey was its "home state" was less compelling than a smaller organization's claim might have been. Chevron's preference for New York was, conversely, entitled to some weight because the facts of the case happened there. The convenience of the parties and the availability of witnesses or documents did not strongly favor one forum or the other.
The public factors also favored transfer. The judge focused on judicial efficiency. It would clearly be more efficient to have Judge Kaplan decide all related matters. The judge concluded that there was no reason to think that either forum would face particular administrative difficulties, though she did note that New York law governed some of the claims. Last, the judge discounted the notion that New Jersey courts had an interest in protecting New Jersey citizens from loss, noting that Patton Boggs was not truly a local business.
Patton Boggs now has fourteen days to assert objections to the magistrate judge's recommendation, which the court will consider de novo.
Photo credit: Jack E. Boucher
Patton Boggs initially asserted a claim on the bond Chevron had submitted to the court as a condition of obtaining the injunction, but Judge Kaplan later exonerated the bond, thus apparently mooting this portion of Patton Boggs's claim.
Chevron also sought a transfer under the "first-filed rule," but the magistrate judge decided the case solely under § 1404.
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The Koka Booth Amphitheatre is a performing arts amphitheatre in Cary, North Carolina, USA. It is located in Regency Park, which is owned and operated by the Town of Cary. The venue is managed by SMG, formally known as Spectacor Management Group. The venue was known as The Amphitheatre at Regency Park before the town's decision to name it after the former Cary mayor Koka Booth. It was constructed in 2000 on the north bank of the park's Symphony Lake.

The Booth Amphitheatre is located on Regency Parkway in southern Cary, which can be accessed by US Route 1/US 64 via the Tryon Road exit. The venue predominantly serves the Triangle area. The amphitheater, as well as adjacent Regency Park, has played host to the annual Cary 5K/10K since 2005.

Entertainment
The Booth Amphitheatre has hosted many festivals and a number of concerts by the North Carolina Symphony and numerous other performers.

See also
List of contemporary amphitheatres

References

External links

Town of Cary - information on Regency Park
Koka Booth Amphitheatre Visitor Reviews

Amphitheaters in North Carolina
Buildings and structures in Cary, North Carolina
Music venues in North Carolina
Tourist attractions in Wake County, North Carolina

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Curtain walls are something that modern day buildings or properties tend to incorporate more and more these days (even if at first glance they're not obvious), but what a lot of people don't know is that they're not exactly new. Whilst their design is often contemporary and the materials and techniques used in their construction are now cutting edge, the concept has actually been around since before the modern world can remember.
In the Medieval Era, curtain walls surrounded the interior of the castle and were used to protect the structure as a whole and the crucial people and objects contained within. The curtain walls were usually connected by towers to add better defence and strength. Although modern curtain walls are produced and constructed with aluminium, at this time many different materials were used. Initially, wood or even earth mounds and existing geographical features were utilised, and later on stone, steel or bricks were often chosen for their strength and rigidity.
In the mid 20th century, curtain walls no longer had to sustain dead loads and so they could be made much lighter using glass. This was the era which saw skyscrapers gaining popularity (the Empire State Building in New York was completed in 1930) – and their rise in prevalence was helped by new construction techniques which made use of lighter materials and a more sophisticated structuring model. By the 1930s aluminium had become readily available and less expensive, so brick and steel were no longer used as widely and were steadily replaced as newer, more modern architecture became popular.
Today we have ready access to aluminium and different building materials in addition to a growing number of sophisticated alloys and new developments which promise to revolutionise the way we construct buildings and manufacture cars, aircraft and other machinery. These 'mega metals' have a wide range of beneficial properties and their versatile yet strong nature makes them a real asset in the world of architecture, design and construction. In recent years, we've been able to continually improve the way we design and build curtain walls. They can be retro-fitted to existing buildings to increase efficiency or improve overall appearance or incorporated in the early stages as part of the fundamental design of a property. Not only are curtain walls beneficial to the workplace or property for structural and aesthetic reasons, they are also environmentally friendly – and with new materials constantly in development, the curtain walls of tomorrow may be unrecognisable.
For more information on curtain walling and how it could be of benefit to your property, project or business, please get in touch with us today.


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Ulrika Jonsson defends Stacey Solomon from internet troll
Jonsson said her infamous '4×4' nickname was intended to 'shame' her.
Ulrika Jonsson has defended Stacey Solomon after an online troll made a comment about her family life.
Loose Women star Solomon has two children from previous relationships as well as a son with fiance Joe Swash.
An Instagram user commented on one of Solomon's posts saying it "must be very sad having three different dads for your boys".
Ulrika Jonsson has defended Stacey Solomon from an online troll (Yui Mok/PA)
The former X Factor star hit back at the troll and said her children "are the best thing that ever happened to me".
TV presenter Jonsson, who has four children with four different men, was infamously nicknamed "4×4" by some critics. She has defended Solomon and said there is a double standard for men and women.
Writing in The Sun, Jonsson said: "The simple truth — which applies to both me and Stacey — is that we are good, caring mothers. We chose to have our children — we longed for them, regardless of the circumstances of their creation.
"We love them more than anything in the world. And we both nurture our children, keep them by our sides, care for and pay for them. We did not sow our seeds and disappear.
"We chose to take responsibility, to carry these creations in our own arms, sometimes with the assistance of others, sometimes on our own.
A post shared by Stacey Solomon (@staceysolomon)
"I fail to see the issue with that. My children see themselves as whole siblings and are better adjusted than many other children I know."
Jonsson, 53, said she was "stumped by the injustice" of her 4×4 nickname and it was ultimately intended to "hurt and, above all, to shame a woman".
She recalled being criticised for her family life by a Loose Women panel 12 years ago and being introduced as 4×4 by a young Jack Whitehall following her departure from Celebrity Big Brother in 2009.
Jonsson, known for her work on Gladiators and Shooting Stars, added: "So I stand tall and proud with Ms Solomon. Who knows, had life taken yet another turn, I might have had more children by more men."
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I can do all things… As believers, we have to decide quite frequently, whether God's word is right, or is He a liar. Many times when we say, "I don't know if I can do this, " or "I just can't", or in the case of some of our cynical on lookers, "you'll never be able to…" what we are really sasying is that God's Word is not true. Follow me here with this line of reasoning: God gave you the child/children you have. Right now you may be doubting if you can do this job. You may be struggling with a behavior, an issue, or several in fact. You may be thinking, "I'll never get through to this child, I just can't get junior to listen to me, I'll never make it to the other side of this parenting journey with all my children walking with the Lord if I can't even get this part down!" Or maybe you are just seriously sleep deprived. Actually any combination of the above, I have personally walked in. I thought that way when I had one child. I had those thoughts frequently when I had my first three children in less than three years. I really thought that when I had six children under 3 years plus six older children and my oldest was 14! (Now you may be questioning my sanity too!) But I finally had to realize this simple truth. Either God's Word was true, or He was a liar. I knew He wasn't a liar. I knew He had given me all these precious children. I knew He was on my side and He wanted me to succeed at this far more than I did. And when I add this simple verse, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13) to my thought process as those feelings of doubt and fear creep in, I remember ALL means ALL. I can do ALL He gives me to do through Him.


Wind is characterised by its speed and its direction. Its function is to exert push and pull forces, to transport particles, to create air exchange, aeration, drifts and heat transfer as a consequence of turbulences and to make noises. It regulates the spreading of air pollutants and therefore plays a major role for the air hygiene in cities.
A decisive element of Stuttgart's climate is the light wind, a fact which is not only the result of the city's position between two bights of the Keuper plains. The whole Neckar Valley is known for low wind speeds and very frequent lulls. This is the result of small air pressure differences common to Southern Germany and Stuttgart's sheltered position between the Black Forest, the Swabian Alb, the Schurwald and the Swabian-Franconian Forest.
Due to orographic conditions, it is impossible to indicate a consistent wind rose for the whole of Stuttgart. What is the most likely wind rose to describe the local wind is the wind rose at Stuttgart airport. The direction of the most frequent (21 % on average) and also strongest winds here is 240° (west-southwest). The average wind speed at the airport is 2.5 m/s, which is very low. This is why local air exchange movements are more important here than in cities in Northern Germany.
There are no wind measurements for the plan area for Stuttgart 21 yet, but there are measurements conducted at the city-owned measuring station Schwabenzentrum, which is located in the valley axis of the Nesenbach valley, 2 km from the plan area. Wind measurements are conducted there over the roofs in an altitude of 25 m above ground. Due to the topographic conditions, these measurements can be approximately transferred to the plan area for Stuttgart 21 as they are characteristic for the wind conditions in the Nesenbach valley.
These measurements show that the average wind speed is about 2 m/s in the basin of the city and with this in the plan area for Stuttgart 21. So the wind speed is even lower than at the airport.
Figures 5-1 and 5-2 list the distribution of the wind direction during the day and during the night. Both figures show that southwesterlies are generally more frequent as this is the main and typical wind direction in the Stuttgart region. The axis of the Nesenbach valley, which runs from Southwest to Northeast, has yet a canalising effect with the result that wind directions parallel to the valley axis are predominant in that part of the city basin which is situated in the course of the Nesenbach valley.
As the wind direction is one of the few meteorological factors which generally does not vary during the course of the day, the fact that there are different wind roses for day and for night suggests a circadian local wind system. The higher frequency of southwesterlies at night (38 % compared to 19 % in the daytime) is a result of the mountain wind that forms in the Nesenbach valley during the night, and the cold air produced at night above the open spaces in the Filder region and the Glems valley flows through the Nesenbach valley as the Nesenbächer wind. The cold-air flow dwindles during the day. This and the warming of the valley often lead to a reversal of the wind direction. The pictured wind roses reflect the conditions that result from the mingling of the local cold-air flow with the regional wind conditions. We can assume that the influence of the nightly mountain wind system reaches beyond the Schwabenzentrum measuring station to the Neckar valley.
Given the little wind and need for air exchange, these local wind systems are desired as they contribute to the aeration and thermal balancing of the city basin with its rather poor air hygiene and thermal conditions. One of the main claims by Urban Climatology is the conservation of this local wind system, which is additionally fed by the slopes and their clefts. This requires the long-term conservation of the corresponding cold-air catchment areas.


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Welcome to White House Farm Primary Local Governing Body (LGB) information page.
The purpose of the LGB is to:
'Provide confident, strategic leadership and to create robust accountability, oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance.'
(Governance Toolkit 2017/18)
The 3 core functions:
Ensuring clarity of ethos and strategic direction
Holding leaders to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.
Whilst all of these elements are led by the Sapientia Board of Trustees, in particular those linked with financial performance. Our key role in accordance with our LGB Term of Reference is a monitoring role, which aims to support the 3 core functions as identified above, particularly that of core function 2.
In order to be effective, the LGB should be:
'Ambitious for all children and young people and infused with a passion for education and a commitment to continued school improvement that enables the best possible outcomes. Governance must be grounded in reality as defined by both high-quality data and a full understanding of the views and needs of pupils/students, staff, parents, carers and local communities. It should be driven by inquisitive, independent minds and through conversations with a focus on the key strategic issues which are conducted with humility, good judgement, resilience and determination.'
(Governance Handbook, January 2017)
The key features of effective governance include:
Strategic Leadership / Accountability / People / Structures / Compliance / Evaluation
This means having the right people around the table, understanding our roles and responsibilities, developing good relationships based on trust, knowing the school - the data, the staff, the parents, the children, the community, committed to asking challenging questions, confident to have courageous conversations in the interest of the children and young people at the school.
The Local Governing Board consists of a team of volunteers from school staff, parents and members of the local community. The main role of the Local Governing Board is to act as a 'critical friend' to the headteacher and staff at White House Farm Primary School. The two documents to assist with this are the School Improvement and Development Plan (SIDP) and the School Evaluation Form (SEF), against which the school's progress is measured. The role of the governors is both a challenging and rewarding one.
Our LGB is made up of a group of volunteers and WHFP staff, who are bound by a Governor Code of Conduct. The LGB also participates in relevant training in order to build knowledge, skills and keep up to date with statutory changes and perform our role with greater clarity and effectiveness. Training is carried out by the Sapientia Education Trust, of which we are proud to be a member.
Governor Documents:
WHF-Primary-LGB-Register-of-Interests-as-at-Oct-2021
WHF -Primary-LGB-Full-Meeting-Attendance-2020/21
White House Farm - ToR and Scheme of Delegation 2021-2022
Code-of-Conduct-for-Governors
Welcome to our LGB Team
Our Governors have been appointed by SET Trustees and attendance will be available for each governor at the end of the academic year.
If you are intrested in joining White House Farm's Local Governing Body and would like to know more about the role, please contact clerk@sapientiaeducationtrust.org.
Mrs Amy Meyer - Chair of Governors
(January 2020 – January 2024)
(100% attendance)
I'm Amy, more commonly known as Henry's mum!
Following a law degree and working in various recruitment roles in Norwich and London, I currently work in Human Resources at UEA. I am also mum to 2 year old twins, Jack and Grace therefore my 'spare' time is usually spent touring the soft plays of Norwich!
I am really enjoying being part of the local governing board for WHFPS and will also be sitting on the HR and Remuneration Committee for the Sapientia Education Trust.
Mr Roger Margand - Safeguarding Governor
SET Trustee
I qualified as a solicitor in 1996 and co-lead the commercial team at Spire Solicitors LLP. I advise a range of businesses and not for profit organisations on all aspects of Business Law with a focus on regulatory, healthcare and education.
I first became a governor in the late 1990s at Neatherd High School, Dereham.
Following the arrival of my two children, I joined the governing bodies of the Free School Norwich and Trowse Primary school. Currently I sit on the governing bodies of Framingham Earl High School, Seething & Mundham Primary School and White House Farm Primary School.
I hold trustee positions at Sapientia Education Trust, Citizens Advice Mid Norfolk, the Spire Charitable Trust and Citizens Advice Norfolk.
At present, I am a member of the Free School Norwich, Corvus Education Trust and Unity Education Trust.
In addition, I work with the Princes Trust as a mentor helping young people set up their own businesses and sit as a non-executive director at James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
In my leisure time, I enjoy following the adventures of NCFC and making music.
Mr Matt Chaney-Williams - Parent Governor
My name is Matt and I'm very proud to be part of this growing and fantastic school, as both a governor and as Avery's dad.
By day, I work for an online wine retailer - has its perks, and having worked in customer service for over a decade, within numerous different roles, I'm excited to bring my knowledge to the table and I look forward to many more years helping WHFPS become the best it can be.
Mr Paul Hunter - Parent Governor (Pupil Premium, Sports Premium, Covid Monitoring)
(March 2021 - March 2025)
Mrs Hannah Kirby - Parent Governor (SEND)
Ms Stephanie Grand
Clerk to the Governors
To contact the Chair of Governors, please use the following address:
c/o Chair of Governors
Sprowston
NR7 8DN


Previous studies have suggested that lack of sleep may increase the risk for cardiovascular disease, and a new study may help explain why; researchers found that sleep deprivation may have a negative impact on cholesterol levels.
Lack of sleep may have a big impact on cholesterol, a new study suggests.
Published in the journal Scientific Reports, the study found that sleep loss leads to changes in genes that are responsible for regulating cholesterol levels.
What is more, two population cohorts reveal that people who experience sleep deprivation may have fewer high-density lipoproteins (HDL) - known as the "good" cholesterol - than those who have sufficient sleep.
HDL cholesterol is responsible for removing low-density lipoproteins (LDL) - the "bad" cholesterol - from the arteries.
LDL cholesterol contributes to atherosclerosis - a build-up of plaque in the arteries that can increase the risk for heart attack and stroke - so a robust HDL cholesterol level is important for protecting heart health.
The team reached its findings by conducting experimental and epidemiological analyses.
The sleep duration for 14 of these participants was restricted to just 4 hours a night, while the remaining seven participants enjoyed sufficient sleep each night.
Blood samples were taken from all subjects during the study period, which the team analyzed for gene expression and lipoprotein levels.
Compared with participants who had sufficient sleep, the researchers found that those who experienced sleep loss had reduced expression for genes that encode for lipoproteins - that is, there was reduced activity in genes that are responsible for regulating cholesterol levels.
For the epidemiological analysis, the researchers assessed the data of 2,739 participants from one of two Finnish population studies: Dietary, Lifestyle and Genetic determinants of Obesity and Metabolic syndrome (DILGOM) study, and the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (YFS).
In the DILGOM study, participants completed questionnaires in which they were asked whether they got enough sleep each night. Subjects who answered "seldom" or "never" were deemed as having "subjective sleep insufficiency."
In the YFS study, subjects were asked how many hours they slept each night and how many hours they need each night to fell well-rested. Their subjective sleep duration was then subtracted from their subjective sleep need in order to determine which participants could be deemed as having sleep deprivation.
On analyzing the blood samples of the participants, once again, the researchers found that subjects who were not getting sufficient sleep had reduced expression of lipoprotein-encoding genes, compared with those who were getting enough sleep.
Additionally, subjects who were experiencing lack of sleep had lower levels of circulating HDL.
The team says the findings from both analyses suggest that just a short period of sleep deprivation may have a big impact on health, and they may explain why people who fail to get enough sleep may be at greater risk for cardiovascular disease.
"The experimental study proved that just 1 week of insufficient sleep begins to change the body's immune response and metabolism. Our next goal is to determine how minor the sleep deficiency can be while still causing such changes."
Medical News Today recently reported on a study that claims to shed light on why we sleep badly during the first night in a new environment.
Prolonged sleep restriction induces changes in pathways involved in cholesterol metabolism and inflammatory responses, Vilma Aho et al., Scientific Reports, doi:10.1038/srep24828, published online 22 April 2016.
University of Helsinki news release, accessed 22 April 2016 via EurekAlert.
Whiteman, Honor. "Sleep deprivation may lower 'good' cholesterol." Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 24 Apr. 2016. Web.


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Heritage Covenant Schools
Home Education At Its Finest
WHAT, WHO & WHY
HCS DIFFERENCE
HOW WE SERVE YOU
INTRO to TN LAW
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JETER MEMORANDUM
HCS POLICIES
HIGH SCHOOL INFO
Heritage Covenant Schools promotes and provides!
HCS PROMOTES home education.
HCS PROVIDES support services for families who wish to teach their children at home, such as:
Storing & maintaining academic records
Personal counsel and support with just an email or phone call
Heritage Covenant Schools was the first school in Tennessee established to work primarily with families who wish an alternative education for their children.
Heritage Covenant Schools was the first school to recognize the defects of the Tennessee home school law and to develop an alternative which we call "satellite classrooms." After a twelve year up-hill struggle, the concept developed by our founder Rev. David O. Jones became recognized by the Tennessee Department of Education through the publication of the Jeter Memorandum.
Heritage Covenant Schools was the first school to specifically design reporting procedures which provide a concise and accurate record of educational progress for the student educated outside the traditional classroom which are consistent with public and private school systems. Because HCS did not begin as a regular day school, its services and procedures are not an adjustment from something else.
Heritage Covenant Schools is a Tennessee church related school.
2018-19 is our 33rd Year of Service to the Families of Tennessee
"Thanks so much for another school year and continuing to enjoy the freedom of having an alternative to the public school system. I don't think the Lord gave us children to send off and let some one else raise." — N.C. (mother)
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Near Charleroi, Colin lives alone with his mother in a dilapidated house which caves in each day a little more. Facing misery, he writes with his buddies in his room, transformed into a kind of improvised "youth centre". Rap. As safety valve and as necessity. The only way they have found to speak of this poverty in the heart of Europe which is not even visible anymore. Even through our television sets. As long as the house stands, they won't drift outdoors.
As long as they write together, they won't fall. "Before the Walls Fall" conjures up a youthful generation of the excluded, at the edge of a precipice.


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Q: C++ Reading from a file - First line of file being skipped, and last line being repeated twice I have been tasked with a C++ program in which I need to read integers from an input file, calculate their roots, and then print them to an output (either the screen or a specified output file). I have been able to achieve this, but my problem is that my code is skipping the first line of the input.txt and then repeating the last line of the input.txt
My code is as follows:
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <sstream>
#include <cmath>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

    /* Check to make sure the correct amount of command line arguments have been supplied (if not, then issue error) */
    if (argc > 3 || argc < 2) {
        cout << "Error: Wrong number of command line arguments: " << argc << endl;
        exit(1);
    }

    ifstream input_file;            // Create a read file called input_file
    input_file.open (argv[1]);      // Open the file specified by the command line

    /* Check to make sure the input file has been opened correctly (if not, then issue error) */
    if (!input_file.is_open()) {
        cout << "Error: Input File failed to open" << endl;
        exit(1);
    }

    stringstream solution;          // Create a string stream to hold the final output before deciding where to send it

    /* Read through each line of the input file */
    while (!input_file.eof()) {
        string line_str;
        getline(input_file, line_str);

        if (line_str.length()) {
            int a, b, c;            // 3 Integer variables for A, B, and C of the Quadratic Formula
            float x1, x2;           // 2 Float variables for the calculated roots
            float discriminant;     // Float variable to determine if roots are complex or not

            input_file >> a >> b >> c;      // Attribute next 3 integers from input file to the 3 integer variables

            discriminant = (b*b) - 4*a*c;

            /* If discriminant is less than zero, then roots are complex. Otherwise, roots are real and can be calculated */
            if (discriminant < 0) {
                solution << a << "\t" << b << "\t" << c << "\t" << "Complex roots, did not compute" << endl;
            }
            else {
                x1 = ( -b + sqrt(discriminant) ) / (2*a);
                x2 = ( -b - sqrt(discriminant) ) / (2*a);
                solution << a << "\t" << b << "\t" << c << "\t" << fixed << setprecision(4) << x1 << "\t" << x2 << endl;
            }
        }
    }

    ofstream output_file(argv[2]);  // Create an output file called output_file

    /* Determine whether to output solution to the screen or to a specified output file */
    if (argc < 3) {
        cout << solution.str();
    }
    else {
        /* Check to make sure the output file has been opened correctly (if not, then issue error) */
        if (!output_file.is_open()) {
        cout << "Error: Output File failed to open" << endl;
        exit(1);
        }
        output_file << solution.str();
    }

    /* Close files */
    input_file.close();
    output_file.close();

    return 0;
}

My input file looks like this:
1 2 4
4 5 6
1 7 4
2 19 2
2 12 1
2 4 5
29 0 1
2 9 2
1 28 0

And my output file SHOULD look like this:
1   2   4   complex roots, did not compute
4   5   6   complex roots, did not compute
1   7   4    -0.6277    -6.3723
2   19  2    -0.1065    -9.3935
2   12  1    -0.0845    -5.9155
2   4   5   complex roots, did not compute
29  0   1   complex roots, did not compute
2   9   2    -0.2344    -4.2656
1   28  0     0.0000    -28.0000

But instead, it looks like this:
4   5   6   complex roots, did not compute
1   7   4    -0.6277    -6.3723
2   19  2    -0.1065    -9.3935
2   12  1    -0.0845    -5.9155
2   4   5   complex roots, did not compute
29  0   1   complex roots, did not compute
2   9   2    -0.2344    -4.2656
1   28  0     0.0000    -28.0000
1   28  0     0.0000    -28.0000

Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? Any help is greatly appreciated!

A: The first line is not being skipped. It's being read into line_str in the line
getline(input_file, line_str);

The last line is not being read twice. It is failing but you are not checking whether extraction from the file was successul. You should always check that before using the variables you are reading into.
Instead of
input_file >> a >> b >> c;

use
if ( input_file >> a >> b >> c )
{
   // Use the values of a, b, and c.
}
else
{
   // Deal with the error
}

Also, use of
while (!input_file.eof()) {

is not a good idea. See Why is iostream::eof inside a loop condition (i.e. `while (!stream.eof())`) considered wrong?

I would suggest updating the loop for reading and processing the contents of the input file to:
int a, b, c;            // 3 Integer variables for A, B, and C of the Quadratic Formula
while ( input_file >> a >> b >> c)
{
   float x1, x2;           // 2 Float variables for the calculated roots
   float discriminant;     // Float variable to determine if roots are complex or not

   discriminant = (b*b) - 4*a*c;

   /* If discriminant is less than zero, then roots are complex. Otherwise, roots are real and can be calculated */
   if (discriminant < 0)
   {
      solution << a << "\t" << b << "\t" << c << "\t" << "Complex roots, did not compute" << endl;
   }
   else
   {
      x1 = ( -b + sqrt(discriminant) ) / (2*a);
      x2 = ( -b - sqrt(discriminant) ) / (2*a);
      solution << a << "\t" << b << "\t" << c << "\t" << fixed << setprecision(4) << x1 << "\t" << x2 << endl;
   }
}

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA). The court ruled that the plaintiff failed to plead a concrete harm sufficient to confer Article III standing under the analysis set forth by the 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins.
The plaintiff alleged that he had made three credit card purchases at a national clothing retail chain, and that on each of those occasions, the store printed both the first six digits and last four digits of his credit card number in violation of FACTA, which prohibits printing more than the last five digits of credit card number on a receipt. The plaintiff claimed that the mere printing of those extra digits on his receipts constituted an actionable injury, and further that such alleged statutory noncompliance increased his risk of identity theft. The district court held that neither of these harms was concrete under Spokeo, and dismissed the complaint for lack of standing.
On appeal, the panel rejected both of plaintiff's alleged injury-in-fact arguments. Under guidance from Spokeo, the court found that the mere procedural violation of printing extra credit card numbers on plaintiff's receipts did not closely relate to the kinds of privacy violations that historically gave rise to cognizable injury. The court also found that the plaintiff had not pleaded an injury-in-fact based on the allegedly increased risk of identity theft stemming from the company's technical violation of FACTA because the alleged risk of identity theft "consist[ed] of a highly speculative chain of future events." Because the plaintiff neither alleged "third-party access" to his personal information, nor that the receipts at issue included enough information "to likely enable identity theft," his alleged risk of harm was too conjectural to confer Article III standing. Accordingly, the panel affirmed the district court's judgment.


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Q: Why Contact Delegate isn't called in SceneKit? I'm developing a game and I'm facing an issue with the contact delegate in SceneKit. I declared the right delegate in the ViewController and used this to set the delegate:
    sceneView.scene?.physicsWorld.contactDelegate = self

It should work and in fact, it does, with the XCode 6.4 but with the beta XCode 7 it doesn't. The same code. My question is: does anyone here is able to know a temporary fix for it?

A: starting in iOS9, you have to explicitly configure the "contactTestBitMask" of your physicsBody to get contact notifications.


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Колкач — село в Кирилловском районе Вологодской области.

Входит в состав Талицкого сельского поселения, с точки зрения административно-территориального деления — центр Колкачского сельсовета.

Расстояние до районного центра Кириллова по автодороге — 55 км, до центра муниципального образования Талиц по прямой — 8 км. Ближайшие населённые пункты — Дмитриево, Лучкино, Ивашево.

По переписи 2002 года население — 213 человек (103 мужчины, 110 женщин). Преобладающая национальность — русские (96 %).

Примечания

Ссылки

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Q: Cannot mount drive on-premises - Azure file storage over VPN I am trying to mount a drive on my local on-premises Windows 10 pro machine (SMB 3.0).
I setup my Vnet in Azure, my Vnet gateway (P2S VPN) and shared file storage account.
The usual way to mount the drive is to use the NET USE commnand such as :
net use [drive letter] \\xxx.file.core.windows.net\fileshare /u:user [Password key]

If I run the NET USE command on a VM it mounts the drive instantly without a problem.
However, running the command from the on-premises Windows 10 pro machine I get the System error 53 has occurred error message.
I know that this error is often due to the fact that the ISP blocks port 445. However, my understanding is that this should not be a problem if I setup and use the P2S VPN. Doesn't the VPN bypass the ISP restrictions ?
I have tested the VPN and connectivity is confirmed.
I've also turned off all firewalls (PC and router) while trying to do this.
When the VPN is connected I try to ping the public IP address of the Vnet but this times out. I have read that Azure does block these ICMP pings.
I have also tried a tracert to my xxx.file.core.windows.net and it does timeout after 5 hops.
Am I trying to do something that cannot be done ?

A: In Azure, we can't use P2S VPN mount file share to your local PC. Because file share service work on the Internet, and we can't force the file share network traffic through P2S/S2S vpn.
As a workaround, we can deploy a RRAS VPN  on Azure VM, and use local PC to connect the RRAS server, after connected, the local PC will get an IP from Azure datacenter, so we can mount file share on you local PC.
Here a blog about how to deploy RRAS on azure VM, please refer to it.


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Winter In Venice - CD
Awarded the Swedish Grammy
This year isn't the first time that Esbjörn Svensson has stood on stage in Montreux. He was already a guest in the summer of 1998 at the jazz festival on Lake Geneva. At that time he was a member of the Nils Landgren Funk Unit. He had left his piano in Sweden in favor of the Fender Rhodes. Svensson's feel for the right sound at the right moment and artful ease of style helped make his trombone-playing countryman's concert a success. Lots of applause, ample praise, and a refreshingly direct jazz-funk CD were the reward for all the work (Nils Landgren Funk Unit: "Live in Montreux", ACT 9265-2).The line-up's crisp, concise work is only one side of Svensson's talent. Born in 1964 in the Swedish town of Västeras, the pianist and composer belongs to the handful of original stylists of the modern jazz piano. He digs into the mountai...
Esbjörn Svensson - Grand Piano, Keyboards, Percussion
Dan Berglund - Doublebass, Percussion
Magnus Öström - Drums, Percussion
Recorded by Johan Ekelund and Åke Linton at Emi Studios on August 20 - 22, 1997
Mixed by Johan Ekelung and Bernard Löhr at Little Big Room on October 6 - 8, 1997
Mastered by Johan Ekelund
Produced by Johan Ekelund
1 Calling Home ( Svensson, Esbjörn) 04:58
2 Winter In Venice ( Svensson, Esbjörn) 05:24
3 At Saturday ( Svensson, Esbjörn) 06:10
4 Semblance (Part I ) ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 06:00
5 Semblance (Part II) ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 03:39
6 Semblance (Part III) ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 03:50
7 Semblance (Part IV) ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 05:56
8 Don't Cuddle That Crazy Cat ( Svensson, Esbjörn) 03:26
9 Damned Black Blues ( Svensson, Esbjörn) 04:14
10 In The Fall Of Things ( Svensson, Esbjörn) 05:46
11 As The Crow Flies ( Svensson, Esbjörn) 05:29
12 The Second Page ( Svensson, Esbjörn) 05:02
13 Hercules Jonssons Låt ( Svensson, Gunnar) 03:16


3 years 10 months flashi/spi: Use tabs instead of spaces.
3 years 10 months atusb/fw/flash.c (flash_ops): fix placement of "const"
3 years 11 months web: Add first atusb firmware release to website.
3 years 11 months atusb/fw: Use RX_AACK_ON instead of RX_ON in the firmware.
3 years 11 months atusb/fw: Bump minor version to mark first public release.