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Typhoon Hagibis aftermath unlikely to affect Pope Francis's November plans
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Destroyed buildings are seen Oct. 15, 2019, in the aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis in Fukushima, Japan. Typhoon Hagibis, the strongest storm to hit Japan in six decades, is unlikely to affect Pope Francis' travel plans for November. (Credit: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters via CNS.)
TOKYO — A devastating typhoon that hit Japan over the weekend is unlikely to change the program of Pope Francis, who is scheduled to visit the country next month, reported ucanews.org.
Typhoon Hagibis, which killed more than 70 people, was the strongest storm to hit Japan in six decades.
Search-and-rescue operations continued after the storm caused flooding and landslides throughout the country, leaving at least 19 people still missing as of Oct. 15.
The disaster is unlikely to affect the travel plans of Pope Francis, due to visit Japan Nov. 23-26, ucanews.org reported.
"None of the areas he will visit in Tokyo, Nagasaki and Hiroshima suffered damage from Hagibis. We expect no change in plans," said a church worker closely connected with papal trip preparations.
"His schedule here is so tight that I don't imagine any changes will be made," the official told ucanews.org on condition of anonymity because the papal schedule is yet to be published.
The pope "will meet with survivors of the earthquake-tsunami-nuclear meltdown disaster of 2011. He may shoehorn a comment in about the latest natural disaster, but I don't imagine much beyond that," the source added.
The highest death toll from the typhoon is in Fukushima prefecture, where levees were breached in multiple places, causing sudden flooding. Fukushima is the site of the nuclear power plant explosion and meltdown that followed an earthquake-caused tsunami in 2011.
Many people evacuated after that disaster still cannot return to their homes.
This will be the second visit of a pope to Japan; St. John Paul II visited in 1981.
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Can Green Bay Still Add Another Free Agent This Offseason?
Posted on 04/13/2020 by Joe Kelley
While all eyes will be on the first-ever virtual draft coming in 10 days, there will be a flood of young, cheap, and hungry talent that will be looking to compete for roster and practice squad positions. However, there are still a handful of proven NFL veterans that do not yet have a home who could be considered for any team that is looking to shore up and holes from in the current roster.
Packers GM Brian Gutekunst will have his work cut out for him.
Current Cap and Upcoming Extensions
As of April 13th, the Packers are currently standing with $2,796,427 in estimated cap space available once you take into account the full roster- that number jumps up to an estimated $10.8 million in available cap if you are only counting the top 51 players on the project roster (data from Spotrac).
When you add in the potential that Green Bay releases guard Lane Taylor (his dead cap is 1.375 million against a 5.4 million dollar cap hit), this number can get stretched to $14 million in potential available capital. That could open the door to several interesting possibilities where Green Bay could spend money either finding a veteran backup or possible contender to challenge an incumbent starter for their opening spot.
While those numbers look good on paper, there are several players on the current roster that are going to need contract extensions sooner rather than later, unless the Packers are willing to let them test the free-agent market.
DT Kenny Clark (97) will get paid top dollar either by the Packers or on the Market
The two biggest names in the next year are Kenny Clark and Aaron Jones. Clark almost certainly will command at least $16 million a year in a new deal given his young age and how strongly he has performed the last few seasons.
While the Packers are not in the habit of shelling out top dollar to running backs, Aaron Jones is on a trajectory to command an elite running back deal that will take him north of $10 million a year.
If the Packers do determine that it's in the best interest of the team to dedicate resources to these young players, that will strongly impact what they can and (more importantly) cannot offer the rest of the team. You'll have 46% of the overall team's cap invested in 6 players (Rodgers, Z. and P. Smith, Adams, Bakhtiari, and Linsley) plus two new additions, which would make it very difficult for the Packers to spend top of the market money for other positions on the team.
Top Available Free Agents
Given the limitations of the current salary cap, we can safely run out most top end free agents from considering Green Bay, namely Jadeveon Clowney, Jason Peters, Markus Golden, and Carlos Hyde. The Packers most likely will not need to add another QB to the roster which removes Jameis Winston, Cam Newton, and Joe Flacco.
Given the historic talent level in this years WR draft group, I would say it is unlikely that the Packers will add another receiver before the draft. The biggest positions of need then will be either at cornerback or defensive tackle.
Damon "Snacks" Harrison (98) would provide a run stopping force for Green Bay
My personal favorite player who could immediately make an impact would be defensive tackle Damon "Snacks" Harrison from Detroit. An Undrafted player entering the league in 2012, Snacks is 31 years old and has had a lot of miles on his body. However, when he is playing at his top level he is an elite level run stopper in the middle of the defensive, which all Packers fans can agree is an area that needs improvement coming off the NFC Championship game where the Pack got smoked for 285 yards on the ground.
Getting Harrison would be a great catch for Brian Gutekunst and Russ Ball, but they will have to do some hard work to make all the numbers line up. Still, we can all hope for some magic to happen!
Joe Kelley is a lifelong Packer fan born in Wisconsin and currently living surrounded by Patriots fans in New England- please send messages of support to @Jkelleylol on Twitter or @j.k.lolz on Instagram.
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3 thoughts on "Can Green Bay Still Add Another Free Agent This Offseason?"
Jesse James says:
Snacks, and maybe one other if the numbers work. All low number, but high value one year rentals like Snacks are great. There is no more need other than that.
There is no real shoring up a 53 man roster without a lot more luck in consecutive drafts then what the pack has historically had.
The last several drafts have had some great hits like Clark, Jones, Bahktiari, and Adams. However, there have been too many misses. The last draft was great. You need at least a batting average of .300 on your NFL drafts as far as effective starters are concerned to make the most out of free agency.
Otherwise, in place of super bowls, it just seems like they're selling jerseys.
Pandabucks says:
Snacks would be an awesome add for this team.
joe jetson says:
Lane Taylor is a decent NFL lineman. If they want to add some cap space, surely they could pick up a mid to late draft pick for him from a O-Line needy team.

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Lemnis Gate Review – Time-Locked Potential
By Nathan Birch
Oct 13, 2021 04:10 EDT
Lemnis Gate
Platform PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
Publisher Frontier Foundry
Developer Ratloop Games Canada
Is there still room for innovation in the first-person shooter market? Sometimes it feels like everything's already been done and anything new on the scene is just trying to be another something – another Call of Duty, another Overwatch, another Fortnite. Despite this somewhat stagnant state of affairs, freshman Montreal-based developer Ratloop Games Canada has taken a stab at something genuinely original with Lemnis Gate, a mind- and time-bending multiplayer shooter quite unlike anything you've played before.
Of course, innovation doesn't always equal fun, so is Lemnis Gate too clever for its own good? Will you want to return to the game time and time again or will you be desperately looking for an escape from this time loop? Take a few precious minutes to scroll down and find out…
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Lemnis Gate is one of those concepts that's hard to explain, but relatively simple once you wrap your head around it. Each round of the game takes place within a single 25-second snippet of time, with players taking turns adding characters to the time loop. For instance, in Seek & Destroy mode, your goal is to blow up more Resistors than your opponent, so on your first turn you may use your 25 seconds to claim a couple of those targets. Great, except your opponent can keep track of everything you do with a handy drone, and on their turn the 25 seconds loops, giving them a chance to respond. Your character from the first loop can't react, they can only continue along the path you set out for them, so your opponent is free to blast them in the back with a shotgun at an opportune moment, meaning the targets that character claimed are no longer yours. So, what do you do on your next turn? Play tit-for-tat and kill the guy who just killed you? Open up a new front in battle by going after a new target? Or get strategic by dropping some turrets or mines that will mess up your opponent's future turns?
And so it goes, usually over the course of five turns, with players either alternating or adding two characters to the loop simultaneously until the once-calm battleground is downright chaotic. If you think you can just get away with blindly blasting away, you're in for a rude awakening as there's a lot of strategic depth here. Lemnis Gate boasts seven characters, each with their own fairly well-balanced weapons and powers that can work together in interesting ways.
Striker is a sniper with the ability to briefly slow time, which often ends up being the key to victory I found, but he can be rather vulnerable when shooting from an open vantage point. Thankfully, you can protect Striker using the android Karl's shield ability, allowing him to pop off those headshots in peace. Vendetta's turrets are often crucial for locking down important sections of the map, but she's no use if she's killed before they can be set up. Ah, but you can use the speedy Rush to run interference so Vendetta can do her work. Of course, there's also plenty of opportunities to improvise on the fly. As with many well-designed multiplayer experiences, you'll often be yelling at the screen when playing Lemnis Gate while simultaneously appreciating the cleverness of your opponents and the game's systems.
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But Lemnis Gate is more than just clever -- its basic controls and shooting mechanics hold up pretty well too. Sure, you're not going to mistake the game for Halo or Counter-Strike, but it gets the job done better than it strictly has to. The game isn't exactly groundbreaking visually, but it's crisp and readable and runs at a nice steady clip on the PS5. A couple of crashes aside, I didn't even encounter many glitches, which is not something you can take for granted with an indie game like this.
So yeah, what's here is good, but I can't help but wish there was more of it. The game offers 12 maps, which may sound like a passable amount, but you're only getting three for each of the game's four modes, and repetition sets in quickly. There's also next to no single-player content, with a training room and pass-the-controller same-couch multiplayer being your only offline options. Maybe this would be okay if we knew there was more coming, but in this age of live services and post-launch roadmaps, Lemnis Gate's devs have been surprisingly mum about the possibility of additional content.
This is rather unfortunate, as I feel like Lemnis Gate really has the potential to attract a new, wider audience with its unique mechanics. Players who enjoy the strategy of online games, but perhaps don't have the fine-tuned FPS skills, actually have a shot at competing here. Or at least they would if Lemnis Gate made any effort to draw them in. The whole time loop concept feels perfectly suited to a puzzle-driven campaign that could help new players learn the ropes, but a cursory 15-minute tutorial and a handful of training room challenges is all you get before being thrown in the deep end.
This is made all the more frustrating by Lemnis Gate's matchmaking. The combination of Xbox Game Pass and crossplay means you usually don't have to wait too long for a match, even on PlayStation, but you will frequently be matched up with players well above your level. This even happens in Ranked mode, despite the game promising you'll only be matched with players of a similar skill level. Speaking of Ranked mode, it employs a very simple "rise in the rankings if you win, fall if you lose" system that doesn't take into account the relative level of the two players – getting your hard-earned progress stomped out when the game decides to randomly pair you with some Diamond-level beast is demoralizing to say the least.
Making any kind of progress in this game is a bit of a grind. As with so many smaller multiplayer games, Lemnis Gate tries to stretch its somewhat thin content further by really making you work for every level and unlock. Each character has their own skill tree and unlocking everything would require playing hundreds of matches over dozens of hours. To their credit, Ratloop Games haven't included any microtransactions in Lemnis Gate, but the game still kind of feels like it's been built for them. Players may feel like they're stuck in their own personal time loop playing the same 12 maps endlessly if they actually want to unlock everything Lemnis Gate has to offer.
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Lemnis Gate is a game at odds with itself. Its well-executed time loop mechanics could potentially appeal beyond the usual hardcore shooter crowd, but the game's matchmaking shortcomings and lack of single-player content will keep that wider audience at arm's length. Lemnis Gate is fun, but it feels like a concept that needed more resources to fully realize its promise. That said, if you are a dedicated shooter fan looking for something a little different, you may find yourself doing the time warp again (and again and again).
Solid visuals/performance
Basic FPS action is up to snuff
Time-loop concept is genuinely clever
Local multiplayer supported
No microtransactions
No single-player option
Simplistic matchmaking
Not much content
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Future collectible bikes
1990 Honda EZ90 "The future is now, in 1990"
Dirt bike edition.. Street bikes will get their own list
What makes a collectible bike? Is it limited production? Technological innovation? Mass appeal? Epic failure? Or a combination of many things? Well in this article I will delve into that and give my list of bikes that I believe could be collectible in the future.
In making a list like this I must differentiate collectible from valuable. There are a lot of collectible things in the world that are not necessarily valuable and a lot of valuable things that are not always considered collectible. Most of these bikes listed are bikes that are collectible AND ride-able, unlike the insanely valuable yet crude bikes of yesteryear. I also feel I must define what future collectible means for this list. Looking 30-40 years in the future what bikes produced now or in the recent past will be considered collectible (not necessarily valuable, see below).
I want to preface this by saying, just because the bike is on my list doesn't make it valuable. I don't want people running out and buying up all the Kawasaki KL250G Super Sherpa's they can find for a retirement strategy. Dave Ramsey would call you an idiot. Now on to the criteria.
My criteria and conditions for "future collectibles". First I am putting my cutoff year somewhere in the early 90's as by this time the motorcycle market and technology had kinda stabilized, innovation was still happening but at not as fast as in the previous decades. Another criteria is the bike does not necessarily have to be out of production or even that old to make the list. I am also limiting my list a bit to dirt bikes or dual sports. This list will only concern models that were available in the US, so models may still be in production for sale in other countries. Including street bikes, cruisers, crotch rockets, race replicas, and such would be overwhelming and I want to keep this list condensed. Maybe in the future I will make a list for those categories.
This is my list, it is not designed to be totally inclusive and in no particular order. If you think I missed something or have models you would like to add, leave them in the comments below! I would love to hear your opinions.
1998 Yamaha YZ400F "The brap heard round the world"
1998 Yamaha YZ400/426F started and legitimized the 4 stroke motocross movement. Arguably the 426 is the better bike. This is before the eventual displacement bump to 450cc. Honda skipped some steps and went all in on a 450cc machine, this was before the 4 stroke revolution had really taken off.
'Berg's engine design for the future? Yamaha's now slant slightly now too.
2009 Husaberg FE450 As sort of KTM's test bed for radical ideas. The interesting engine design, frame, EFI and other quirks it is a forward thinking motorcycle that is surely to be collectible sometime in the distant future.
20?? Ossa Enduro 300i If this bike ever makes it into production (at the time of this writing) It will be another modern oddity that while probably not taking the off roading world by storm it will be a unique footnote 30-40 years from its creation.
2009 BMW GX450 The Bavarian Motor Works entry into the small bore off road world (well small bore for a company versed in 1200cc flat twins) A definite oddity that failed to catch on with the general dirt riding public. An innovative frame, unique engine design, and suspension to match. BMW really wanted to change up their product mix and enter a market they had no inroads in. The GX450 would never be a hot seller but a unique foray into the 450cc off road market.
Aprilla RXV/SXV "double the cylinders, double the fun"
2006 Aprillia RXV/SXV 4.5/5.5 Fuel injected V twin 450cc and 550cc remarkably the magazine tests gave it favorable reviews, however some question the reliability and expense of two high maintenance cylinders. The unique frame and engine configuration is a forward thinking idea that should prove to be collectible if nothing for the oddity of it in a sea of single cylinder off road bikes.
2004 Kawasuki KMZ250F "Strange bedfellows"
Honda CR500 and Kawasaki KX500 The last of the mass produced Japanese big bore 2 strokes. Many will argue which is the best out of these two, but the one thing they have in common is the 4 stroke 450 killed them off.
2004 Kawa-suki 250F (KX250F/RMZ250) A weird sharing of technology and resources between two competing companies to get into the 250cc 4 stroke motocross market. This weird relationship would only last 2 years and created a less than stellar bike in the reliability standpoint but it did get both companies into the segment that was started by Yamaha. Collectible only because of the unique way in which it all came together, badly.
1997 Honda CR250 "the frame of the future"
Early KTM electric start motocross bikes, Still a controversial thing now, but KTM rocked the motocross world by offering electric start on a race bike as an option, and then later taking away the kick starter. It is possible that 30 years from now the controversy will seem passe'.
1996 Honda CR250 the last of the steel framed Honda motocross bikes. The last of the "old tech" at least in Honda's eyes. However hindsight being 20/20 this bike is far better than the bike that replaced it.
1997 Honda CR250 first commercially successful aluminum twin spar frame motocross bike. It may be kind of a stinker and under developed it would set the precedent that most of the other manufactures would follow into the future.
2000 Kawasaki Super Sherpa "American motorcycling had grown up since the days of the F7"
Kawasaki Super Sherpa KL250G, Not a successful bike and only offered for a few years 1999-2003 (US models) but a unique offering of a modern updated small displacement dual sport bike offered at a time when that market segment was dwindling. Think of this as the modern equivalent of the 70's Kawasaki F7 175 enduro that is loved the world over.
Kawasaki KDX250 On the older end of "modern" but a very under rated bike that gets glossed over, much because it was only around for 4 years. Engine wise it was nearly identical to the same year KX250 only with a much mellower power delivery making it powerful but very ride-able bike in the tight off road trails. Some say its discontinuation was that it had a more palatable engine than the KX and thus outsold it, forcing Kawasaki to kill it off and focus on the KDX200 and 220 versions, which are completely different. This segment of the industry is almost gone today.
Honda NX650 "It did everything but dominate the 650 ADV market in the US"
Suzuki RMX250 One could argue that this bike is already being collected and for good reason. Like the KDX250, it was loosely based off the same year RM motocrosser of the same year. It was designed around an off road application and was produced for a good number of years.
Honda NX series bikes The bike came in various displacements with the 650 being the most popular. While not a commercial success in the United States market, some models were never imported, it is a unique bike and an unusual alternative to the other smaller dual sport "adventure" bikes.
Honorable mention: Honda TransAlp another underrated bike that deserves more love.
Suzuki DRZ400E "The E stands for 49 state legal, sorry California"
Suzuki DRZ400E, Specifically the "E" model. The "E" model featured the best overall offering stock from the factory. The later models came from the factory with the less than ideal carburetor suitable for sale in California. While ALL models and years of the DRZ400 are/will be desirable as the aftermarket is plentiful, an "E" model will always be more collectible for being a pre-California spec model.
Any first gen motocross bike that came stock with Air Forks, While not perfected and still controversial, 30 years from now these bikes will be considered cutting edge and a risky venture for the manufactures but that is what will make them collectible.
KTM 144SX When the Japanese killed the 125cc (and 250cc) 2 strokes and a rule change from the AMA, KTM was not giving up on the 2 strokes. The KTM 144 SX was the revitalization of an amateur level "big bike" offering. 30-40 years from now it will be seen as the bike that transitioned 85cc riders to 250F superstars.
2001 Cannondale MX400 "Crankshaft replacement after every race, says the maintenance guide"
2001 Cannondale MX400 This one makes my list mostly out of notoriety. Kinda like the collectible bad bikes of the early days of motocross, I am looking at you Suzuki TM400 Cyclone, the Cannondale will be collectible for its oddness AND the way it was presented and brought to market. Not every bike can be proclaimed 1998's Bike of the Year (Dirt Rider Magazine) 2 years before it even saw the light of day. Its kinda like how Barack Obama won a peace prize just for making a speech, but not actually doing anything. Well as we know now the Cannondale (like Obama) failed miserably in almost all areas that were supposed to make it a game changer. If you can find one that doesn't have a broken crankshaft in 30-40 years it will be a unique conversation piece about how a well known quality bicycle manufacturer failed to make a competent and quality motorized machine.
2013 ZERO MX "Silent rider, except for chain slap"
2013 ZERO MX Motocross The first mass marketed electric motocross bike. Who knows the 30-40 year future of this technology, but if it is anything like electric cars (the first ones produced in the 1880s) we will marvel that there was an electric motocross bike built and sold before the year 2054. While still somewhat impractical today, they will be a collectors item in the 2050's
Da. Bubba Scrub
Last year production Japanese 125cc 2 stroke motocross bikes??? This one I am on the fence. There were a few notables in all the manufactures offerings but after 1995 ish they really only had their subtle differences. I am not sure how collectible these bikes will be, other than triggering a memory of "Remember that James Stewart 259 at Budds Creek poster? He taught us the scrub and dragging foot pegs over the top of a jump on a 125cc 2 stroke"
If you think I missed something or have models you would like to add, I know I am forgetting some milestone Euro bike models, leave them in the comments below! I would love to hear your opinions.


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For those of us on the Houston side, it can be scary to send these cats and dogs so far away, but they have such great lives waiting for them! Special and fun things like this are so great to see. Our partner rescues find loving homes and awesome lives for these animals that never would have had a chance here in Texas.
Too many of the animals that RPM pulls are in bad shape – malnourished, sick, and worse. We collaborate with other local groups and our Colorado rescue partners to determine the best course of action to nurse each animal back to full health – sometimes they are treated here in Houston, sometimes in Colorado, and sometimes both.
Dunkirk came to BARC with a long-broken leg, in addition to his great smile and positive attitude. One of our wonderful Colorado partners agreed to work with us to help Dunkirk. He was able to receive the surgery that he needed to reset his leg, and physical therapy to aid in his recovery. Now he walks like a champ and couldn't be happier!
Thanks to our partnerships with the wonderful rescues in other states, dogs like Dunkirk have another chance at a happy and healthy life.
We're thrilled to hear that Vezina has found the perfect home!
Let's remember and celebrate all the dogs and cats who left for their forever homes on the third and fourth transports of November. Because of your help, BARC finished November with a 94.2% save rate! They had over 880 adoptions, over 775 transfer/rescues, over 150 Trap-Neuter-Returns and over 70 returns to owners. We're so pleased that our partnership with BARC enabled RPM to account for 557 of the 775 transfers.
This is part of the crew who helped us load that week. Below are the wonderful dogs and cats who moved toward their new lives on the last transport of November during Thanksgiving week.
Here's part of the crew who helped us load the Thanksgiving transport. Thanks to them and all of our fosters, donors, volunteers, transporters, rescue partners, staff, and BARC and vet associates, we can keep this movement going!


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Arizona Pay-if-Paid Clauses | Levelset
Last Updated on Jun 20, 2019 | Reading Time: 3 minutes
Arizona, Pay When Paid
Pay if paid clauses are controversial at best, and are treated differently by each state. With a valid pay if paid clause in a subcontract, the subcontractor is bearing all the risk of nonpayment by the owner. Arizona laws do allow for the enforceability of these types of provisions. However, since the effects of such a provision are so serious, the courts have heavily regulated them.
Pay-if-paid provisions
Arizona pay-if-paid clauses are enforceable
Requirements in order to be enforceable
Unenforceable clauses
Conflict with the Arizona Prompt Payment statute
A pay if paid clause, is a type of contingent payment clause designed to shift the risk of non-payment from the general contractor to their subs or suppliers. Basically, if the subcontract included an enforceable pay if paid provisions, the GC is not obligated to make payments to the subs until they have received payment from the owner. Unlike, pay-when-paid clauses, these can result in subcontractors assuming the entire risk of the owner's nonpayment.
Pay When Paid and Pay If Paid Clauses: An Introduction
Although enforceable per se in Arizona, the courts tend to frown upon their validity. The provision must be clearly drafted and unambiguously state that payment is contingent on the owner paying the general contractor. There is no bright-line rule to establish validity, but rather the contract language will be assessed on a case by case basis.
These types of clauses are enforceable on both public and private language. The only real hurdle to overcome it if the language "plainly and unambiguously" indicates payment is contingent on the Gc receiving payment from the owner. The specific requirements were the topic of the case L. Harvey Concrete, Inc. v. Agro Const. & Supply Co. Here, the pay if paid clause was considered enforceable. The provision in question was drafted as follows:
Subcontractor agrees as a condition precedent to payment… that the owner shall have first paid the payment to the contract, and that payment for progress or final payment is not due and owing to the subcontractor as provided herein until the owner has made such payments to the contractor.
Using this clause as an example of a clear and unambiguous contingent payment provision, the court established three general requirements for enforceability. The clause should expressly state:
The receipt of payment from the owner is a condition precedent to payment;
The payment is not due and owing until the owner has made payments to the contractor; &
Identify the source of funding for the subcontract is the payments made by the owner to the contractor.
Failure to meet these requirements could lead to the pay if paid clause being unenforceable. However, in some cases, the provision may constitute a pay-when-paid clause, which doesn't absolutely shift the risk from the GC to the sub. This was the case in Watson Const. Co. v. Reppel.
The clause in question stated that the sub was to be paid "promptly upon receipt from the owner the amount received by the contractor on account of the subcontractor's work to the extent of the subcontractor's interest therein."
This was deemed to be unclear and did not expressly establish a condition precedent. Instead, it provides that the payments to the subs and suppliers are to be passed on within a reasonable time following the receipt of funds.
The Harvey case occurred shortly after the passage of the Arizona Prompt Payment Act. Although there has yet to be any litigation on the matter, it appears that contingent payment clauses run directly counter to the statute's requirements. The effect of the prompt pay statute on these clauses remains up in the air.
Some could argue that the prompt pay statute's language constitutes a prohibition on such clauses. The flip side of that is the fact that there is no specific mention of these clauses in the statutory language. It only refers to contracts clauses that go specifically against public policy. But since these clauses have been enforced, they clearly aren't against public policy.
We keep our ears pretty close to the ground when it comes to construction payment law. Stay tuned for any future developments or litigation regarding this debate.
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Q: Evaluate double integral $\iint x^2 \cos(x^2-xy)\,dx\,dy$
Evaluate double integral $$\iint x^2 \cos(x^2-xy)\,dx\,dy$$ where region is bounded by sides of triangle whose vertices are $(0,0),(1,0),(0,1)$.

I used order $dy\,dx$ to evaluate it. I becomes unsolvable after this. Where i am wrong?
It reduces to $$\int_{0}^{1} -x\sin(2x^2-x) + x\sin(x^2)$$
EDIT
As per request of user Jester Tran
My double integral was $$\int_{0}^{1} \int_{0}^{1-x} x^2 \cos(x^2-xy)\,dx\,dy$$

A: try solving this integral
$$\int_{o}^{1}\int_{0}^{1-x}x^2\cos({x^2-xy})dy dx$$ your final fom contains $\cos$ where as it should be $sin$ as far as solving the integral goes you can take the term inside $\sin$ as $t$ for 2 different integrals
solution : $$\int_{0}^{1}-x\sin{(2x^2-x)+\int_{0}^{1}x\sin{x^2}}=\int_{0}^{1}-(x-1/4)\sin{(2x^2-x)}+\int_{0}^{1}x\sin{x^2}-\int_{0}^{1}\frac{1}{4}\sin{(2x^2-x)}$$
last integral does not have an elementary solution

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I really adore wearing bow ties, and it feels so satisfying when you actually made it yourself. I think this particular patterning looks smart with a bright pink collared shirt.
Sewing Notes: men's shirting style fabric; not so lightweight interfacing; 1/2 yard of each; adjust buckle; completed in 2 hours and some change.
I took a bow tie sewing class at Gather Here in Cambridge with my favorite shop owner, sewer, and teacher, Virginia Johnson, on Thursday evening. Since I've been wearing bow ties as part of a regular work clothing rotation and style, this class was kismet.
Snaps of the finished product, forthcoming.
Purl Bee's Big Herringbone Cowl, knitted by my sister Nicole in a luxerious alpaca and gifted to me for Christmas. Thanks, Boston, for making it so unseasonably warm this winter, that I can't wear this without dying of sweat.
See some of the cool things my camera did when I snapped some mirror shots of the cowl, here.


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Q: How do I perform this query the smartest way possible? Basically I got the following tables:
UserProfile - includes a UserId and a UserProfile named Referer
Lead - Includes a UserProfile (FK) named Owner
What I'm looking to do is to get all the leads of all the referrals of a particular userprofile.
I was thinking of the following process:
Get all the referrals of the userprofile
For each referral, get all the leads where the owner matches the referral.
How could I perform this (or possibly smarter) with LINQ to entity?
I've been messing with the following:
var referrals = db.UserProfiles.Where(u => u.Referer.UserId == UserId);
            var allLeads = db.Leads.Include("Owner").Where(l => true);
            List<Lead> totalLeads = new List<Lead>();
            if (referrals.Any())
            {
                foreach(UserProfile u in referrals.ToList())
                {
                    var leads = allLeads.Where(l => l.Owner.UserId == u.UserId);
                    if (leads.Any())
                    {
                        foreach (Lead l in leads.ToList())
                        {
                            totalLeads.Add(l);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

A: Your code has 1 (referrals.Any()) + 1 (referrals.ToList()) + 2 * number of referrals (leads.Any() and leads.ToList() for each referer) separate database queries. You should be able to get the result with a single database query. I think this one for example should do it:
List<Lead> totalLeads = db.UserProfiles
    .Where(u => u.Referer.UserId == UserId)
    .Join(db.Leads, u => u.Referer.UserId, l => l.Owner.UserId,
        (u, l) => new { Lead = l, Owner = l.Owner })
    .AsEnumerable()
    .Select(x => x.Lead)
    .ToList();

The strange looking AsEnumerable().Select(x => x.Lead) is necessary because you cannot use Include when joining entities. EF will ignore the Include. By projecting the Lead and Lead.Owner into the anonymous type EF will load both and EF's relationship fixup will populate the Lead.Owner property in the result collection correctly.


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package com.devicehive.resource.impl;

import com.devicehive.configuration.Constants;
import com.devicehive.json.strategies.JsonPolicyDef;
import com.devicehive.resource.BaseApiInfoResource;
import com.devicehive.resource.util.ResponseFactory;
import com.devicehive.service.time.TimestampService;
import com.devicehive.vo.ApiInfoVO;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
import javax.ws.rs.core.UriInfo;

/**
 * Provide API information
 */
@Service
public class BaseApiInfoResourceImpl implements BaseApiInfoResource {

    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BaseApiInfoResourceImpl.class);

    protected final TimestampService timestampService;

    @Value("${server.servlet.context-path}")
    protected String contextPath;

    @Value("${build.version}")
    protected String appVersion;

    @Autowired
    public BaseApiInfoResourceImpl(TimestampService timestampService) {
        this.timestampService = timestampService;
    }

    @Override
    public Response getApiInfo(UriInfo uriInfo, String protocol) {
        logger.debug("ApiInfoVO requested");
        ApiInfoVO apiInfo = new ApiInfoVO();
        String version = Constants.class.getPackage().getImplementationVersion();

        if(version == null) {
            apiInfo.setApiVersion(appVersion);
        } else {
            apiInfo.setApiVersion(version);
        }
        apiInfo.setServerTimestamp(timestampService.getDate());

        // Generate websocket url based on current request url
        int port = uriInfo.getBaseUri().getPort();
        String wsScheme = "https".equals(protocol) ? "wss" : "ws";
        if (port == -1) {
            apiInfo.setWebSocketServerUrl(wsScheme + "://" + uriInfo.getBaseUri().getHost() + contextPath + "/websocket");
        } else {
            apiInfo.setWebSocketServerUrl(wsScheme + "://" + uriInfo.getBaseUri().getHost() + ":" + uriInfo.getBaseUri().getPort() + contextPath + "/websocket");
        }

        return ResponseFactory.response(Response.Status.OK, apiInfo, JsonPolicyDef.Policy.REST_SERVER_INFO);
    }

}


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Q: Reported speech (back shifting of tense) Suppose, today I tell you a story which happened few days ago and I say that "A few days back I met my dream girl at the shopping mall. But when I asked her name she said that she 'is' busy".
I have two questions regarding this phrase.
Question 1 :
Here, if at the time of reporting I don't know if she's still busy or not and even then I use 'is', would it be grammatically correct then ?
Question 2 :
You see, even if at the time of telling you the story, she is not still busy and I still use 'is', I don't think it would be wrong because I have already put 'said' which is in the past tense, so obviously the listener would understand she was busy when she spoke to me. Isn't it ?
Thank You.


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Show us our path, with your bright light.
Let your qualities be our magical booty.
Let it grow inside like a growing flower.
And your Runic Eye in our endeavours bless.
Through our thoughts, actions and emotions, Let them shine.
Where our eternal flowers will continue to bloom.


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Parish councils persistent failures a major concern
Across England 9,449 parish councils serve around 15 million residents and together they control a budget of around £500 million. But while larger organisations such as district councils, unitary authorities, metropolitan and London boroughs are subject to a good deal of scrutiny, the spending of parish councils has gone mainly undetected.
Parish councils are required to prepare their accounting statements in accordance with statutory requirements and timetables, as set out in the Accounts and Audit Regulations (England) 2011. But not all parish councils have been playing ball.
Last December the Audit Commission produced a report that detailed their concerns regarding the financial management of a minority of parish councils. According to the Audit Commission, in 2010-11 only 8,884 out of 9,449 parish councils had their accounts signed off, meaning that an astonishing 565 had not. More worryingly still, 14 parish councils failed to publish an audited annual return for at least three years.
The Audit Commission concluded that:
These parish councils are not providing the basic level of accountability that local electors are entitled to. It is unacceptable that parish councils should fail persistently to produce accounts, yet still be able to receive and spend public money.
Such widespread failure among parish councils to get their accounts signed off poses risks that local taxpayers should not have to face. Eight out of ten whose accounts only received a qualified opinion in 2010-11, failed to receive an 'unqualified' opinion because auditors "identified weaknesses in the arrangements for assessing and managing risks."
It is ridiculous that so many parish councils persistently fail to produce an annual return yet are still able to claim a precept. While most other public bodies publish payments to suppliers over £500 and are generally cooperating with the transparency agenda (Nottingham City Council the shameful exception) these parish councils are "not providing the most basic level of accountability".
Local taxpayers have a right to see how their money is being spent and all parish councils should meet this most basic obligation.Across England 9,449 parish councils serve around 15 million residents and together they control a budget of around £500 million. But while larger organisations such as district councils, unitary authorities, metropolitan and London boroughs are subject to a good deal of scrutiny, the spending of parish councils has gone mainly undetected.
Local taxpayers have a right to see how their money is being spent and all parish councils should meet this most basic obligation.


Four decades ago, French leaders wanted to remake Paris to suit the needs of the car.
But in recent years, Paris has been reclaiming its streets for life's rich pageant, not just motor traffic.
This Streetfilm (from the Livable Streets Network) offers a wonderful visual tour of Paris's traffic-calming efforts. You will need a flash plug-in to see it.
The whole archive of Streetfilms is well worth a good look.


Rich jewel tones set off this dramatic modern home interior, designed by Studio e. A backdrop of grey, black and natural wood grain make a sharp setting for deep hued accent pieces to come alive, bringing character and warmth. As we move through the luxury abode we discover more of the strong flavour, in a minimalist kitchen with maximalist wine rack, an extra lounge, a high-end master bedroom and stunning walk-in closets. The bathrooms are dark and dressed to kill too, where black basins and wooden bathtubs meet sleek marble floors and slick statement pendant lighting. A little girls room brings light contrast to the dark interior, in shades of blush pink and powder blue.
Modern chandeliers explode in sparkles, like a sky of fireworks over the living room; they appear to be the Moooi Raimond collection but if that price is a little hard to digest you can try out cheaper replicas on Aliexpress.
Modern coffee tables form a dark centre point in the lounge arrangement. Light grey sofas and emerald green chaise lounges surround the tables, dressed with gold scatter cushions.
Towering display shelves dress one wall, along with huge of botanical art.
The side of a grey brickwork chimney breast is fashioned into a storage niche for cut logs – on hand for stocking the wood burning fire. The hearth forms the first step up to a raised formal dining area that runs off the living room in an open plan formation.
A wall mounted media console matches with the brown wood panelling of the tv wall decor. Dark marble makes an attractive countertop at one end, a geometric sculpture adorns the other.
Eleven modern dining chairs, which are Flow chairs, are seated at an impressive dining table. A standalone throne-like woven chair commands the head of the table.
The wood burning fireplace can be enjoyed from the dining room side of the chimney breast too thanks to its dual aspect casing.
The first thing you notice on entering the kitchen is an enormous wine storage rack, with space for a wine collection of well over 200 bottles. The rack is backlit to bring further attention to the curation. The rest of the kitchen is a simple minimalistic design with plain slab fronted wooden units. A raw concrete central kitchen island is trimmed with a mirrored kickboard, which reflects the herringbone flooring in an interesting geometric effect. The industrial style pendant light strewn above the concrete island is the AIM pendant light.
A pool table spans the gap between the kitchen and a second, more casual, lounge area – a great place to hang whilst the cook whips up a storm.
Hockey jerseys pinned in shadow boxes line the wall of the kitchen lounge. Chunky wooden side tables sit atop a plush rug.
A raw concrete tv wall interrupts wrap around windows in the entertaining space.
In the hallway, a courtyard grows behind a small sitting area that is furnished with live edge side tables. Garnet red accent chairs make beautiful contrast against the green foliage.
Modern pendant lights dangle in the dual height space, where a modern staircase design climbs. The dark wooden treads have open risers and glass balustrades to allow the sight of a towering vertical garden wall to show through.
A marble floor runs between the bottom stair and the mini courtyard in the hall.
Sapphire blue and ruby red furniture accessorise a black, grey and wood tone master bedroom scheme, in the shape of an upholstered bedroom bench and a small side table. The bedroom pendant lights that hang over the built-in bedside units are the Vibia Moon light – set against a midnight black horizon.
A traditional area rug dresses the bedroom floor; modern art colours the wall.
Wooden tv wall decor is highlighted under a shadowy lighting scheme that brings added drama to the bedroom decor. Media units have been wall mounted below the tv in an offset formation to bring added interest.
The master wardrobe design has a central island with drawers for folded items and accessories. Mirrored doors conceal the contents of one half of the closet, but these reflect an open rail and shelving on the opposite side.
Glass fronted cabinets keep a collection of designer handbags and shoes organised and dust-free.
The master bedroom suite also includes a luxury bathroom that is accessoried with copper.
Amber glass pendant lights shine over a black vanity unit and basin against a wood feature wall.
A black feature wall features in a second master bedroom. This time the scheme is brightened by golden yellow accents. Bird pendant lights bring another light touch to the scheme, perched over each of the bedside cabinets.
Four wall lights form a piece of illuminated art.
Another walk-in closet is smartly illuminated with LED shelf lighting.
… But it's the beautiful bathtub that steals the show, in stunning natural woodgrain.
Black marble brings drama and movement over the bathroom floor and walls.
A double ended bench settles beneath a modern lighting installation.
On a lighter note, a little girls bedroom introduces sweet shades of blush pink and powder blue to the dark home interior. The bedroom has a kid's study area too, overlooking the treetops.
A padded niche makes the bed look extra cosy. You can find more kids' beds here. As far as kids' night lights go, the Miffy rabbit light is one popular bunny right now.
… And one very grown up ensuite.


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Creepy fluid dynamics (CFD)
By Simon Fischer • October 29, 2021 • 5 MIN READ
Creepy Cliches
A group of college students go on a weekend trip in a cabin by the lake (or in the woods) and get slaughtered, one after the other by some local freak. (It is important that there is the moment when they check their mobile phone and there is no service. Also, they need to make a series or stupid decisions, most important: "Let's split up!" Spoiler: The girl survives at the end.)
A brutal sadist tortures a group of people who presumably arbitrarily have been thrown into this situation together. (there is some obscure connection between all of them but it does not really matter- useless subgenre).
The idyl of a peaceful smalltown (or summer camp) is brought to an end by a serial killer (or a creepy clown) that seeks revenge for the things some kids have done to him in the past. (Note that the serial killer always moves very slowly and cool and still gets one after the other).
After some trauma, a young family moves into an old mansion to start a new life and gets haunted by some old ghost (why do they always move into those old scary houses? They must at least have seen one of those movies to know how this will turn out).
But these are just a few of the common sub-genres or better to say cliches of horror stories, as the chart below shows…
Source: https://popcornhorror.com/genres/
As a horror movie junkie, what I love most is if the movie comes along the usual way and then suddenly breaks with the cliche in a yet unseen way. Given the millions of horror stories out there, this is clearly an art and only masters of the craft managed to come up with the unexpected when the educated horror fan believes he knows what to expect. But all classics aside, there is another subgenre that caught my attention:
The engineering horror story
A CFD engineer makes proposals for a significantly better performing design and gets turned down by the CAD engineer (he typically has never met before) because his insights came too late or are not manufacturable at all. In some twist of this genre, the CAD designer has a great solution that fulfills all packaging constraints and he would have loved to understand the flow behavior but he has no tool to do so.
The war on cliche
We cannot fight the war on cliche in the horror story genre, but we are here for you to fight the creepy times of disintegrated CAD and CAE departments and solutions. Simcenter fluids & thermal solutions cater to engineers that need to solve fluid dynamics problems and find better flow solutions, from the designer through the part-time analyst to the CFD expert. That's our mission, to deliver a CFD portfolio that meets your fluid mechanics and thermal safety engineering needs along the complete product life cycle.
Leverage these weapons to fight the evil silos…
Simcenter STAR-CCM+, a complete multiphysics computational fluid dynamics software allowing CFD engineers to simulate products and designs operating under real-world conditions.
Simcenter FlOEFD, enables design engineers to explore the design space by fluid flow and heat transfer analysis early in the design process through CAD-embedded CFD simulation.
Simcenter SPH Flow – just added to the solvers' club- is a meshfree smooth particle hydrodynamics software that allows for rapid assessments of complex fluid body interactions with minimum setup effort and run times
And while we are engineers and not horror movie script writers, we could not withstand and gave it a shot: We tried to fight a little war on cliche with a brand new sub-genre "engineering horror stories" or "creepy fluid dynamics". And no, no pumpkin aerodynamics with us! Scary reading and Happy Halloween!
A Simcenter FLOEFD Halloween Horror Story
The news channels had been reporting the disappearance of Simon Cary from the All Hallows asylum for over a week now. Tom pretended, more to himself than anyone else, that there was no need for concern. Tom had been doing things as usual since the story broke, waking up, going to work, going through the motions. The fleeting glimpse he had yesterday during his lunch break had begun to unsettle him though. It could have been anyone, it might have been anyone, surely it couldn't have been Simon. Or… Read on
Race against the machines
He stared at his screen. In absence, he rotated the model. The scene ran through his mind over and over. It just did not make sense. How on earth could they have known? I mean he had heard of those pre-crime pilot projects where – based on an algorithm- the police would send policemen to patrol in neighborhoods that were more likely to be a place of a criminal conviction or even put selected individuals under surveillance. But this one was different. He had never committed a crime, he was the normal guy from next door. He was a respected engineer. It was not to be expected, predicted, prevented? Or?
When the old engineer dies, he whispers "Butterfly" into his wife's ear. Puzzled by the odd last words she starts to search for their meaning. Deeper and deeper is she pulled into his world and discovers the secrets of the highly nonlinear world of engine CFD simulation. Join her on this ride
SCR – A night mare on eng. street
After Dieselgate this has become a classic. Once upon a time, there were four brothers. Their names were U, U, U, and S. As the second two U's were twins and just looked exactly the same everybody just called them double-U ("W"). They were just perfect spheres in the perfect beauty of nature's symmetry. On average they were the size of 30 microns, but despite this tiny fact their fate caused an impact of 30 billion dollars and still causes a nightmare to hundreds of engineers. You wonder how this is even possible? Well, find out if you dare
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Looking for a Dublin night out with a difference? You've found it.
We love our traditional Irish music, but that doesn't mean we don't know how to shake our stuff to a different beat. So dust off those dancing shoes – here are five of the most fun multi-cultural nights in the city.
If it's sizzling South American samba you're after, look no further than the Mercantile on Dame Street! Every second Saturday night, the venue's downstairs bar welcomes the excellent DJ Fernando, who plays the best in Brazilian music right into the wee hours.
Fancy releasing your inner Brooklyn diva? Roller disco is one of the most fun ways to spend an evening, whether or not you choose to don those gold hotpants and 'I ♡ NY' t-shirt! Spin Roller Skating is located on the Longmile Road (conveniently served by the Red Luas line) and opens until 10.30pm. Those with a soft spot for electro synth pop should make sure to head to '80s night (Wednesdays), though if you prefer straight-up chart hits, Thursday is the night for you!
Still haven't found what you're looking for? Melting Pot at the Mezz will surely satisfy your every dance need! Each Thursday, this city-centre venue welcomes an eclectic host of DJs who spin reggae, Afro-Caribbean, hip-hop, dancehall, soca and zouk, to name but a few. What's more, a live West-African drumming session takes place after 11.30pm, with some great drinks promotions also running on the night.
One of the most popular dance forms at the moment, Lindy Hop was born in Harlem, New York in the 1920s, and is a LOT of fun to do! Jamie and Clare Furler, the dancers behind Boogie Beat Swing in Dublin, host 'Route 66 Swing Social Night' in the Turk's Head, Parliament Street, every Wednesday. The night kicks off with a lesson from 8pm – 8.45pm, which then leads into a fun night with swing DJs giving you the opportunity to practise your new skills on the dancefloor!
Admission: €6, and you don't need to book in advance.


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From reconditioned French industrial furniture, original leather club sofa chairs, antique European farmhouse tables to French Tolix chairs, industrial lighting, vintage linens and Jielde floor and desk lamps, all of which have impeccable provenance. quintessential duckeggBLUE, the home of 'found industrial and antique objects', specialising in reclaimed furniture, also offers an eclectic mix of modern accessories for the home, from heady Mathias candles, Penguin classic notebooks, to quirky French napery and cushions. Featured in leading interior magazines and blogs.


The artist creates abstract realism art, infusing feelings, emotions and inner thoughts into her paintings of real-life objects playfully and emotionally. Lana most significant interest has always been in depicting humans, faces and silhouettes, to capture and preserve human's emotions and movement, as well as the impression of cultural specifics.
A woman often is in focus, as an expression of sensuality, femininity and peace which bring a delicate feel to a unique balance of colours and composition. Since the artist lives by the sea, she also creates a series of marine paintings that reflect the exciting elements of pure nature and the power in every view. Lana gets the inspiration from travels, living new experiences, meeting people and other artists.
If you are looking for a unique piece of art for your home or work environment, let's get in touch!
Describe your idea or your needs, show some pictures of your space, and the artist will create a unique art piece for you.
Tell about your company, its values, and the artist will create a painting that fits your company's soul or project's mission.
You can order a family portrait, a custom handmade portrait of your beloved pet, painting for your partner, it will be a perfect addition to your home or a great gift!
You can purchase available paintings directly at the ateljé in Karlskrona. Contact to inquire about the availability of works of interest to you.
Welcome to meet the artist, just contact in advance, and we book a time.
Original paintings and art prints on canvas or paper can be purchased via SAATCHI ART GALLERY.


The graphical visualizations of the data and projects for a planned municipality fusion are, in contrast to the theoretical report, quick and easy to understand. This helps the population to inform themselves about the planned changes and to form an opinion for the vote. Even after the voting, the visualizations illustrate the upcoming transformations in a clear way. The basic project was created as a master thesis in the Interaction Design course and was further developed and published for the merger of 13 municipalities of Bellinzona, Ticino.


PKSF participated Education and Development fair held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka on April, 30, 2016. Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE), an advocacy and campaign network based institution organised the fair to mark its 25th founding anniversary.
Dr. Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, Chairman, PKSF, Dr. Rasheda K. Choudhury, Executive Director, CAMPE, Golam Mesbah Uddin, Director, NGO Affairs Bureau, Prime Minister's Office, Dr. Md. Jashim Uddin, Deputy Managing Director, PKSF, among others, visited PKSF stall.
The events included Education & Development Fair and Youth Conference. The festival was inaugurated by Mr. Md. Humayun Khalid, the Hon'ble Secretary, Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, Government of Bangladesh.
PKSF participated in the Fair and took the opportunity to showcase its ongoing activities of poverty alleviation through employment generation. PKSF displayed an info-graph titled "PKSF, at a glance" on its ongoing activities. Apart from this, different types of publications, newsletters, documentaries were also showcased in PKSF stall during the Fair.


Thread: Are there newer graphics/audio plugins now?
I have been out of touch with the emulation scene for quite a while, so I am sure many things have changed. I am curious to know if there are some newer, much improved plugins for audio and video over the past few years that I should use.
I still use Jabo's for audio and controller and Glide 64 Napalm (or Jabo's) for video. I have others installed (e.g. Rice), but they are just as old, so anything updated would still be new to me.
I am also still running Pj64 v1.6 because I was never sure if any new versions were clones full of malware. Is there a different version that I should be checking out these days?
EDIT: Wow. I just realized how quiet this place has become since the last time that I was really here.
Last edited by EmuNoviceUser; June 15th, 2018 at 04:15.
GlideN64 is very nice these days. Azimer audio has being updated a bit over the past year. Id perferto stick with PJ64 1.6 altho 2.3 isn't to bad.
I'm sure Azimer has continued to do some nice work, so I'll check it out.


I love a lazy Sunday, don't you? After my morning coffee I decided that today would be lazy. By week's end and after all the weekend activities, I'm usually beat, but rarely have the luxury of spending time being just lazy.
While still nursing my cold (darn thing is still hanging on!), I knew that taking it slow was necessary. I was supposed to take it slow yesterday, but with the house to myself while Matt & the kids were away at a birthday party, I decided to tackle my messy bedroom. It was a lot of work, but so worth it! I slayed more dust bunnies than I care to mention. My room is now clean, rearranged, and de-cluttered. It felt good sleeping on those clean sheets last night.
Oh yeah, back to my lazy Sunday...with the day ahead of me this morning, I entertained the idea of doing some sewing, but that seemed like too much effort. I decided to enjoy my clean bedroom a bit more, so I pulled out my beads. Stringing beads while lounging on the bed watching the Karate Kid movie marathon is pretty lazy.


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package com.jaf.examples.httpserver.simple;

import com.jaf.examples.httpserver.Request;
import com.jaf.examples.httpserver.common.MethodType;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.LineNumberReader;
import java.io.StringReader;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.stream.Stream;

import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toMap;

/**
 * TODO
 *
 * @author liaozhicheng.cn@163.com
 * @date 2016年10月23日
 * @since 1.0
 */
public class SimpleRequest implements Request {

    private final String requestSourceStr;

    private String url;  // index.html?a=b
    private String uri;  // index.html
    private MethodType methodType;  // GET,POST,PUT,DELETE
    private final Map<String, Object> params = new HashMap<>();

    public SimpleRequest(String requestSourceStr) {
        this.requestSourceStr = requestSourceStr;
        this.decode();
    }

    public void decode() {
        try (LineNumberReader reader = new LineNumberReader(new StringReader(requestSourceStr))) {
            String lineInput;
            boolean firstLine = true;
            while ((lineInput = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                if (firstLine) {
                    this.url = lineInput.substring(lineInput.indexOf("/") + 1, lineInput.lastIndexOf(' '));
                    this.methodType = MethodType.valueOf(lineInput.substring(0, lineInput.indexOf(' ')));
                    firstLine = false;
                }

                if (lineInput.isEmpty())
                    break;
            }

            if (this.methodType == MethodType.POST) {

            } else if (this.methodType == MethodType.GET) {
                parseUriAndParams();
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    protected void parseUriAndParams() {
        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(url))
            return;

        String[] urls = url.split("\\?");
        this.uri = urls[0];
        if (urls.length > 1) {
            Map<String, String> params = Stream.of(urls[1].split("&"))
                    .map(p -> p.split("="))
                    .collect(toMap(x -> x[0], x -> x[1]));
            this.params.putAll(params);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public MethodType getMethodType() {
        return this.methodType;
    }

    @Override
    public String getUrl() {
        return this.url;
    }

    @Override
    public String getUri() {
        return this.uri;
    }

    @Override
    public Map<String, Object> getRequestParams() {
        return params;
    }

}


When the weather warms up a little, LWDs (little white dresses) replace LBDs. A white dress can be just as versatile as a black one and is a fun update for summer. Plus, as an added bonus, bright white gives you an instant glow. There's no messy self tanner or sun burns needed. And, unlike busy floral prints, a white dress is something that you won't get tired of wearing after one season. It can be styled an endless number of ways so that your friends won't even remember that you wore the same dress last weekend. With the right accessories (maybe a tan leather jacket and suede booties), you can even transition it into fall. You might as well get the most for your money, right?
This Fashionista chose a white Topshop dress with cool mesh details. Chic black accessories make this look ultra sophisticated and appropriate for almost any occasion. A leather jacket is the perfect piece to throw on when the sun goes down. A bold red lip adds a pop of color and completes the look. Want another styling option? A white dress is also a great blank canvas for colorful accessories. Switch it up by wearing a yellow bucket bag and snakeskin print platform sandals.


This is a species from Thailand, and is also a good basket subject. Plants should be grown in an open well drained media, and it must have good ventilation and air movement.	Flowers are very fragrant, the plant is moderately sized and will grow into a speciment with side shoots.	It is also known as Aerides falcatum var houlettianum.


Sunday April 17th 1892 "Easter Sunday" I was busy with the work all forenoon. The folks were over from town after dinner and I talked with them. Will had gone out to Woolfs. I had a letter from Charlie and he told me about their intended move to Kirkwood, Mo. Will and I read all evening. Monday April 18th 1892 The girls who had promised to come did not appear. Mother and I worked all the forenoon with the work. Soon after dinner Will and I started out to find a girl we rode all afternoon. Leonard said in the evening he had a cousin in the county he thought would come and work. I went to bed early. Tuesday April 19th 1892 Leonard started early this morning to the county he got back by half past nine and helped me with the washing. I worked on till three oclock in the afternoon doing some cleaing up. The girls were over from town. Leonard went after his cousin and brought her before supper. I wrote to Charlie. Flora mare has a little horse colt. Wedneday April 20th 1892 I was busy about the work all forenoon and in the afternoon went out to Marys awhile. Sadie is going to be very excellent help. I knit some on a sock for Will what time I had. It rained tonight. Thursday April 21st 1892 We did ironing and baking this forenoon besides the regular work. Father and Mother went to town as soon as they ate their dinners. I took down the parlor curtains and Sadie washed them. I was fixing hens nest and set turkey eggs. I knit in the evening. Will went to town for fish. Friday April 22nd 1892 At home working all day. We cleaned the parlors and east bed room. The boys moved the stoves and brought the piano out. I had a letter from Charlie. Ida is sick but they expect to move soon.


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Smart & Biggar leads Canadian rankings with an impressive ten lawyers and agents in the 2021 edition of Expert Guides: Rising Stars
Smart & Biggar is pleased to share that ten of the firm's lawyers and agents have been recognized as future IP leaders in the 2021 edition of Expert Guides: Rising Stars. Listed among Canada's brightest and most skilled practitioners, they represent Smart & Biggar's full range of expertise across patents, trademarks and litigation.
Having received one of the highest number of nominations in Canada, Smart & Biggar maintains a position as Country Leader in the 2021 guide.
Daniel Davies, Partner — Ottawa
Daniel's strong background in electrical engineering and experience in computer programming are valuable assets when providing strategic advice and efficient service to clients.
He focuses primarily on patent, trademark and copyright litigation and works with clients in a wide variety of fields, including high-tech companies, internet companies, manufacturers, retail chains, pharmaceutical companies and the oil and gas industry.
Jean-Sébastien Dupont, Partner — Montreal
An accomplished IP litigator, Jean-Sébastien is committed to providing legal solutions and achieving results that fit with his clients' short- and long-term business plans. His practice includes finding and working with technical and financial experts; preparing and arguing various motions; as well as preparing and presenting evidence, witnesses and submissions at trial before the Federal Court and Quebec Superior Court. He also has significant experience in the conduct of appeals before the Federal Court of Appeal.
In 2020, Jean-Sébastien was listed as a Future star by Benchmark Litigation Canada and as a Lexpert Leading Lawyer under 40.
Noelle Engle-Hardy, Senior Associate — Toronto
Noelle's practice centers on intellectual property disputes and litigation in a variety of industries including alcohol, food and beverage, luxury goods, clothing and cosmetics, consumer packaged goods, cannabis, casino and real estate development, franchise and fine art.
She obtained her LL.M. from the University of Toronto and graduated cum laude from the DePaul University College of Law where she served as editor of the DePaul Journal of Women, Gender and Law and was a three-time recipient of the Dean's Merit Scholarship.
Ryan T. Evans, Counsel — Toronto
Ryan has been recognized by leading peer-reviewed publications including Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars, IAM Patent 1000 and The Legal 500 Canada, which named him a "Next Generation Lawyer." He has been praised by peers as a "devastating" litigator and "only going to get better in the years to come" (IAM Patent 1000). He is recognized by clients and colleagues as a skilled strategist and seasoned litigator in all aspects of IP litigation and dispute resolution. With the ability to understand complex technologies and the related legal issues that arise, Ryan has earned a reputation as a razor-sharp advocate with a pragmatic approach.
Graham Hood, Partner — Toronto
A highly experienced trademark lawyer, Graham's counsel is sought after by brand owners focused on building and protecting their brands and reputations through efficient trademark clearance and prosecution. As one of the firm's leading experts in anti-counterfeiting, Graham is also experienced in protecting brand owner's marks both online, across online marketplaces and social media platforms, and at Canada's borders. Graham sits on the Steering Committee of the Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network and Chairs the Canadian Subcommittee of the International Trademark Association's Anticounterfeiting Committee.
Jamie-Lynn Kraft, Senior Associate — Ottawa
Jamie-Lynn is a lawyer and trademark agent who counsels clients throughout the trademark lifecycle and successfully represents clients in proceedings before the Canadian Trademark Opposition Board. Jamie-Lynn's clients range from small- and medium-sized enterprises to multinational corporations, covering all industry areas. She is a frequent speaker on topics relevant to brand owners and trademark practitioners.
In 2018, Jamie-Lynn received the Educational Foundation Award from the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) for achieving the highest mark in the Canadian Trademark Agent Exam. She was listed as a Rising Star by Managing IP in 2020.
Julie E. Larouche, Senior Associate — Montreal
Julie is a litigator who understands the importance of implementing efficient litigation strategies for her clients. In addition to her primary focus on patent and trademark litigation, Julie also provides risk management and IP protection advice to her clients.
Julie represents local, national and international clients in a variety of industries, including railroad transportation, sports equipment, food products and spirits. She has appeared before the Federal Court, the Superior Court of Québec and the Court of Appeal of Québec, as well as in private arbitration proceedings.
Jeff Leuschner, Partner— Ottawa
Focused primarily in the fields of electrical and computer engineering, Jeff works with businesses to draft and prosecute patent applications and provide insightful advice to clients on patenting activities to best support their business objectives. Prior to entering the patent profession, Jeff pursued graduate studies in the field of electrical engineering. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and is Smart & Biggar's representative on the IPIC Patent Committee, which works to further improve policy and practice within the Canadian Patent Office and reviews proposed changes to Patent rules and practice.
Kwan T. Loh, Counsel — Vancouver
Kwan works to protect and enforce some of the world's most valuable brands. Known for his attention to detail, thoughtfulness, and collaborative approach, Kwan provides practical trademark advice based not only upon the law, but also on broader strategic business considerations that are unique to every client's case.
In his trademark prosecution practice, Kwan regularly handles a wide range of matters across the trademark life cycle. Additionally, drawing on more than 10 years of litigation experience, he is able to proactively identify and counsel on potential points of contention, mitigating risks and unnecessary costs for his clients. In 2020, Kwan was listed as a Managing IP Rising Star.
Abigail Smith, Senior Associate — Toronto
In her litigation practice, Abigail applies her legal expertise and background in biochemistry and chemistry to help her life sciences clients protect and strengthen their IP assets. She provides advice on life cycle management (including strategic advice relating to patents, certificates of supplementary protection, and data protection), patent listing under the PM(NOC) Regulations, pricing and reimbursement (including PMPRB and provincial interchangeability matters), provincial and federal access to information requests, and advertising/marketing matters, and represents clients in related judicial review applications.
Abigail is a Certified Market Access Professional (CAHR/CCPE) and was recently elected to both the Ontario Bar Association's Information Technology & Intellectual Property Law Section and Canadian Bar Association's Intellectual Property Section executives. In 2021, Abigail was identified as a 'Lawyer to Watch' by Lexpert and as a 'Notable Practitioner' by Managing IP.
This is the 7th edition of the Expert Guides: Rising Stars (a Euromoney publication) dedicated to identifying the brightest talent across 28 practice areas of law.
See Smart & Biggar's full list of experts.
Smart & Biggar is Canada's largest firm practising exclusively in intellectual property and technology law, with offices in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. We are leaders in intellectual property and technology law and have been serving clients for over a century.
Daniel Davies
dsdavies@smartbiggar.ca
Jean-Sébastien Dupont
jsdupont@smartbiggar.ca
Ryan T. Evans
revans@smartbiggar.ca
Graham Hood
ghood@smartbiggar.ca
Jamie-Lynn Kraft
Smart & Biggar LP
jkraft@smartbiggar.ca
Julie E. Larouche
jlarouche@smartbiggar.ca
Jeff Leuschner
jleuschner@smartbiggar.ca
Kwan T. Loh
ktloh@smartbiggar.ca
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The Hueytown High School is a new public high school built for the Jefferson County Board of Education. The 287,103-square-foot facility is a CMU structure with a brick and aluminum storefront, in which over 450 windows were placed throughout the school. The lobby features a translucent panel dome ceiling, and the exterior features a cupola with a copper roofing system.
The two-story high school consists of 56 classrooms, five science labs, a dining room with seating for 384, an administrative area, band and choral rooms and a cosmetology lab. Recreational facilities include an auditorium, a 1,650 person competi1tion gymnasium and baseball, softball and football fields.
Since 2001, Doster Construction Company has built four major schools for the Jefferson County School System: Oak Grove Elementary School, Oak Grove High School, Center Point Elementary School, and Hueytown High School. Each of these schools utilized a different Project Superintendent, which means that only the highest caliber of person is employed for leadership at Doster. The quality of construction of these four schools is excellent and represents the highest level of craftsmanship, management, organizational skills, and commitment by Doster Construction Company.


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   TO UPDATE THIS FILE START ./gen_model FROM THE "app/tools" DIR */

package ru.gkpromtech.exhibition.model;

import ru.gkpromtech.exhibition.model.annotation.FK;
import ru.gkpromtech.exhibition.model.annotation.TableRef;

@TableRef(name="events_organizations")
public class EventsOrganization extends Entity {
    public @FK(entity=Event.class, field="id", onDelete="CASCADE", onUpdate="CASCADE") Integer eventid;
    public @FK(entity=Organization.class, field="id", onDelete="CASCADE", onUpdate="CASCADE") Integer organizationid;
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Dutton resignation: Too early to know effect on trans-Tasman
3:10 pm on 21 August 2018
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says it's too early to say whether the resignation of Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton will have any effect on trans-Tasman policy.
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters is going to meet Julie Bishop in Australia. Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller
Mr Peters is on his way to Canberra where he will meet with his Australian counter-part, Julie Bishop, who is also the deputy leader of the Liberal Party.
However, he said it would be "churlish" of him to mention the vote that took place this morning.
The best New Zealand could hope for was "stability on the Australian political scene", he said.
He said what were looking to be "slightly iffy trans-Tasman meetings" are now back on "solid ground''.
Mr Dutton has been in charge of Australia's immigration policy that has resulted in hundreds of New Zealanders living in Australia being deported back has been a source of tension between the two countries home.
Mr Dutton has resigned as Australia's Immigration Minister today after losing a leadership challenge against Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the resignation would not have any impact on the issues the government continues to raise across the ditch.
She said it was about maintaining good and strong relationships with Australia regardless of what was going on domestically.
Mr Turnbull forced his rival to show his hand by declaring all leadership positions vacant as soon as the party room meeting started this morning.
Mr Turnbull won the vote and his deputy Julie Bishop was the only candidate for her role.
But the result is so narrow it is set to create ongoing problems for the government.
Mr Dutton has now resigned from his Home Affairs portfolio, creating a big gap in Cabinet that Mr Turnbull will have to fill.
However the ABC understands that despite Mr Dutton challenging him for the leadership, Mr Turnbull later offered his rival the chance to stay on.
Some Liberals also expect other frontbenchers to quit the ministry, which would cause a major reshuffle.
Mr Turnbull's risky move may have backfired as it exposes the weakness of his position and the size of the split between the two factions of the Liberal Party.
Peter Dutton and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull faced off in a vote for the Liberal Party leadership today. Photo: AFP
Just yesterday Mr Turnbull said he had Mr Dutton's "absolute support".
The vote this morning confirms Mr Dutton has the backing of a significant group in the party room - mostly conservatives - to replace Mr Turnbull as PM.
The leadership instability continues a pattern in Australian federal politics covering nearly a decade, that began with the Labor government replacing Kevin Rudd with Julia Gillard in 2010.
The meeting was a "spill over" after last week's party meeting got taken up by an ACCC briefing.
BREAKING: Malcolm Turnbull has declared all leadership positions vacant. The spill is happening now. #auspol
— Caitlyn Gribbin (@CaitlynGribbin) August 20, 2018
PM arrives for party room meeting with Julie Bishop and Craig Laundy @abcnews @politicsabc #auspol pic.twitter.com/NOqyDgpRGh
— Matthew Doran (@MattDoran91) August 20, 2018
Boil over from energy policy
Mr Turnbull's original energy policy, which was trying to deliver cheaper energy, more reliability and lower emissions, enjoyed broad support - even in his party room.
Three quarters of Liberal MPs supported the policy at a meeting last week.
However, those who didn't support it threatened to "cross the floor" - that is, vote against it in Parliament.
Mr Turnbull has been forced to change his energy policy - formulated and agreed to just last week - to head off the threat of his own colleagues voting against the policy in Parliament.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott - the man knocked off in a leadership challenge by Mr Turnbull - has been the most vocal critic of the energy policy.
Peter Dutton is a senior conservative voice in the government who was identified as the major leadership rival to Mr Turnbull.
Australia's election is set to be held in the middle of next year.
-RNZ / ABC
NZers suffering disproportionately in Aus immigration detention
An Australian parliamentary committee into immigration detention of New Zealanders has been told they are suffering disproportionately.
Aus PM backs down on emissions target amid leadership turmoil
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has ditched his commitment to legislate for an emissions reduction target as he scrambles to save his leadership.
What has happened to trans-Tasman 'mateship'?
Squabbles between Australia and New Zealand have usually been fairly lightweight affairs, until recently.


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#ifndef ORG_EEROS_SEQUENCER_SEQUENCER_HPP_
#define ORG_EEROS_SEQUENCER_SEQUENCER_HPP_
#include <eeros/sequencer/SequencerUI.hpp>
#include <eeros/logger/Logger.hpp>
#include <thread>
#include <vector>
#include <atomic>
#include <memory>

namespace eeros {
namespace sequencer {

class Sequence;
class SequencerUI;

/**
 * The sequencer keeps a list of all \ref Sequence. It allows to abort all running sequences
 * and can wait for all sequences to finish running. Further it is possible to do single stepping
 * of sequences with the aid of a simple user interface.
 *
 * @since v1.0
 */
class Sequencer {
  friend class BaseSequence;
  friend class Sequence;
  friend class SequencerUI;

 public:

  /**
   * Returns a sequencer instance. When first called it will initially create such an instance.
   * Subsequent calls will return this initial instance.
   *
   * @return - sequencer instance
   */
  static Sequencer& instance();

  /**
   * Every registered sequence has a unique identifier. This function returns the sequence
   * with a given identifier
   *
   * @param id - id of a sequence
   * @return - sequence with this id
   */
  Sequence* getSequenceById(int id);

  /**
   * Every registered sequence has a unique name. This function returns the sequence
   * with a given name
   *
   * @param name - id of a sequence
   * @return - sequence with this name
   */
  Sequence* getSequenceByName(std::string name);

  /**
   * Returns a vector containing all registered sequences.
   *
   * @return - vector with all registered sequences
   */
  std::vector<Sequence*> getListOfAllSequences();

  /**
   * Clears the list with all sequences
   */
  void clearList();

  /**
   * Waits for the sequencer to terminate all its running sequences
   * (either blocking or nonblocking)
   */
  void wait();

  /**
   * Aborts all running sequences. Please make sure to wait for these sequences to finish running.
   * @see void wait()
   *
   */
  void abort();

  /**
   * The sequencer can be put into single stepping mode. This can be useful for
   * debugging purposes, E.g. upon entering a given sequence.
   */
  void singleStepping();

  /**
   * State of the sequencer, set to true upon creation. Aborting the sequencer will
   * set this variable to false and will abort all registered sequences.
   */
  static std::atomic<bool> running;

 private:
  Sequencer();
  void addSequence(Sequence& seq);
  void step();
  void restart();
  Sequence* mainSequence;
  std::vector<Sequence*> sequenceList;	// list of all sequences
  logger::Logger log;
  std::atomic<bool> stepping;
  volatile std::atomic<bool> nextStep;
  SequencerUI ui;
  static int sequenceCount;
};

} // namespace sequencer
} // namespace eeros

#endif // ORG_EEROS_SEQUENCER_SEQUENCER_HPP_