The Los Angeles Lakers drafted Jerry West in 1960, No. 2 overall. It was such a momentous event that somebody from the Lakers phoned West a couple days later to let him know he was their pick.
The Lakers probably weren't aware at the time that West was going to save their franchise. For the next half century.
On Sunday, the Lakers won another NBA championship, their 10th in L.A. I don't know if West was in the arena in Orlando. He hasn't been connected with the Lakers since 2002, but he and the Lakers always will be connected at the soul.
West's fingerprints are all over this shiny championship trophy, just like they're all over the other nine.
West hired Phil Jackson as Lakers coach. In '96, West traded for just-drafted Kobe Bryant, a high school kid bypassed by 12 teams, including the Warriors.
West has remained Bryant's friend, confidant and adviser through some very hard times for Kobe, personally and professionally. It's possible Bryant would have left the Lakers had it not been for West's voice-of-reason counsel and friendship.
The Lakers got Pau Gasol from the Grizzlies in '08. West was the Memphis general manager from 2002 to '07, and I know he has enormous respect for Gasol. You can bet that before that trade went down, West filled Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak's ear about Gasol.
Here's a crazy stat: In the 42 seasons between the Lakers drafting West and him leaving the team in '02, the Lakers went to the playoffs 39 times. Two of the misses were the two years (1974-75 and '75-76) West was disconnected from the team.
During West's 40 Lakers years, they went to the NBA Finals 21 times. Twenty-one.
You could make the case - so I'm going to - that West has had a greater influence on an NBA team than any man ever. Sorry, fans of Red Auerbach and Michael Jordan.
For sure, no man ever had West's combo impact as a player and then as an exec.
If not for West, it's possible the Lakers would have fled Los Angeles after a season or two, or simply folded.
The Lakers moved to L.A. in '60, a major gamble borne of financial desperation. That season, they averaged 3,000 fans at home, and had no local radio or TV coverage. They did have the spectacular Elgin Baylor and a very exciting rookie named West, and they made some noise in the playoffs, caught fire with the fans, and the franchise was saved from oblivion.
If West was Mr. Clutch as a player, he was Mr. Psychic as a judge of talent. He wasn't directly responsible for bringing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson to the team, but he was responsible for constantly retooling the Showtime Lakers around those two and keeping the team dominant in the '80s.
Example: At one point, team owner Jerry Buss was determined to trade James Worthy. West essentially told Buss, "If Worthy goes, so do I." Both stayed, the dynasty kept rolling.
In Bryant, West saw the future but knew it would take time. That same year, he traded for Shaquille O'Neal, widely considered an underachieving prima donna more interested in making records and movies than playing ball. Three years later, Shaq and Kobe kicked off a three-peat mini-dynasty.
West is a strange cat. He retired early as a player because of a massive clash of wills and egos with then-owner Jack Kent Cooke. He quit coaching after three years because he agonized over every loss and over most wins, and he clashed with his top players, Abdul-Jabbar and Norm Nixon.
As general manager, West had a simmering feud with coach Pat Riley.
West is always the coolest person in any room - impeccably dressed, casual and friendly, low-key charming and entertaining - unless the room is an arena. As a player, coach and general manager, he endlessly was tormented by his inability to achieve one small thing: perfection.
From Day 1, he has been the ultimate contradiction - the most nervous person in the arena and the finest performer under pressure, with a basketball or a telephone.
In 2002, West left the Lakers and took the job of GM in Memphis. There's a very good chance he would have considered becoming GM of the Warriors at that time. They didn't call.
West turned 71 last month, and who knows, maybe he would have considered the Warriors' GM job had they inquired. He has told me several times in recent years he realizes life isn't worth anything without a challenge.
He'll probably go to work for some NBA team in some capacity, and it probably will start getting lucky and winning a lot. That's just the way it is.


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Q: ValueError: logits and labels must have the same shape ((None, 10) vs (None, 12)) I'm following a tutorial for POS Tagger for African Language, which uses LSTM-based classifier. When running the code:
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from keras.preprocessing import sequence
from keras.utils import to_categorical
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
from keras.models import Sequential
from keras.layers import Dense, LSTM, SimpleRNN, Flatten
from keras.layers.embeddings import Embedding
from tensorflow.keras.callbacks import EarlyStopping
#from keras.callbacks import EarlyStopping

# load English-Yemba dictionary as CSV file
df = pd.read_csv('dict_en_yb.csv')

# display few words pairs
df.sample(frac=.1).head(15)
nb_labels = len(df.word_type.unique())
nb_words = df.shape[0]

# Create letter to token dictionary
chars = sorted(list(set(' '.join(df.yb))))
letter2idx = dict((c, i+1) for i, c in enumerate(chars))
# Create token to letter dictionary
idx2letter = dict((i, c) for c, i in letter2idx.items())
vocabulary_size = len(letter2idx)+1
print("Vocabulary size: ", vocabulary_size)

X = []
Y = []
max_len = 0
for i, r in df.iterrows():
  word_vector = [letter2idx[c] for c in set(r.yb)]
  label = r.word_type
  if len(word_vector)>max_len:
    max_len = len(word_vector)
    X_max = word_vector
    Y_max = label
  X.append(word_vector)
  Y.append(label)

X = sequence.pad_sequences(X, maxlen=max_len)
Y = to_categorical(Y)
X.shape, Y.shape

X_train, X_test, Y_train, Y_test = train_test_split(X, Y,
                                                    test_size=.2,
                                                    shuffle=True, random_state=999)
print("Training with {} words, validation with {} words".format(X_train.shape[0],
                                                                X_test.shape[0]))
# Building a 1-layer LSTM with 100 cells with embeddings
embedding_dim = 8
model_lstm = Sequential()
model_lstm.add(Embedding(vocabulary_size, embedding_dim, input_length=max_len))

model_lstm.add(LSTM(100))
model_lstm.add(Dense(nb_labels, activation='sigmoid'))
model_lstm.compile(loss='binary_crossentropy', optimizer='adam', metrics=['accuracy'])
model_lstm.summary()

# Training the network
early_stopping = EarlyStopping(monitor='val_acc',
                               min_delta=0,patience=5,verbose=1, mode='auto')
history_lstm = model_lstm.fit(X_train, Y_train, epochs=50, batch_size=32,
                              validation_data=(X_test, Y_test),
                              callbacks=[early_stopping])
scores_lstm = model_lstm.evaluate(X_test, Y_test, verbose=0)

I am getting the error:
 File "testing.py", line 64, in <module> callbacks=[early_stopping])
...
ValueError: logits and labels must have the same shape ((None, 10) vs (None, 12))

It seems it has to do with neurons in the final dense layer (12), which do not correspond to 10 classes, but don't how to fix it.
Heading

A: Change the value in nb_labels to 10 and set you activation to 'softmax'. Sigmoid is for binary cases.

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At the end of September I was invited down the clubrooms of the Glevum Area of the Scalefour Society to photograph Brinkley their beautiful S4 layout for Model Rail magazine. Whilst I have no idea what Glevum AG stands for (it could be a foreign football team for all I know), I do know that it involves a fabulous group of highly skilled modellers who very much enjoy themselves creating some masterful and innovative layouts - which is about as good as it gets in my book! Clicking on the link above will show you what they're all about. Even though I don't model Scalefour, if these chaps were in my area I'd sign up and get involved with all the S4 bits that don't require a ruler!
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Jorge Marturano to direct UCLA Program on Caribbean Studies
Marturano, who teaches Latin American and Caribbean literatures and cultural studies in the Spanish and Portuguese department at UCLA, will take over the program from historian Robin Derby, effective July 1, 2020.
UCLA International Institute, May 18, 2020 — Professor Jorge Marturano of the department of Spanish & Portuguese will become director of the Program on Caribbean Studies of the UCLA Latin American Institute in the 2020–21 academic year, effective July 1.
Marturano's principal research and teaching interests include testimonial writing and prison narratives in Latin America, the role of Cuban cultural institutions and organizations during the Cuban Republic, culture and politics in Latin America and the Caribbean, Latin American and Caribbean fiction and race and ethnicity in the Americas.
His book, "Narrativas de encierro en la República cubana" (Editorial Verbum, 2017), focuses on the relationship between prison narratives, the literary imagination of enclosure and the cultural field during the Cuban Republic. Marturano has also co-edited a volume on Cuban writer José Lezama Lima, "Asedios a lo increado: Nuevas perspectivas sobre Lezama Lima" (Editorial Verbum, 2015).
Having previously served as acting director of the Program on Caribbean Studies during the 2017–18 academic year, Marturano and has worked with outgoing program director Professor Robin Debry to organize various working groups on Cuba and the Caribbean, bringing dozens of scholars to UCLA to speak about racial issues, intellectual and cultural history, cultural studies and literature of the Caribbean.
Derby, who has led the program since it's founding in fall 2016, has decided to step down as director at the end of the current academic year. The UCLA International Institute expresses its sincere gratitude to Robin for her dedicated and inspiring leadership of the program over the past several years. She has worked collaboratively with faculty, students, external stakeholders and the leadership and staff of the Latin American Institute to build the Program on Caribbean Studies into an important locus for the study of the greater Caribbean at UCLA.
Derby has also provided very important contributions to the International Institute and the campus as a whole in her positions as institute equity Advisor and faculty director of International Education Office. We are pleased that she will continue her leadership in thEse roles.
Please join us in thanking Professor Robin Derby for her contributions and in welcoming Professor Jorge Marturano to his leadership role at the Program on Caribbean Studies of the Latin American Institute.
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Good find on stackexchange. That was one of the styles I've seen before, just couldn't remember where. There's also plenty on Youtube that show reverse polarity protection.
Thanks for that advice I will use it on my BFC rig I'm just building.
But are we still using a MOSFET and a Schottky Diode in this circuit. Where does the resettable poly fuse go?
Quote: When initially given power, R1 pulls the gate of the MOSFET close to the source, keeping the mosfet from turning on. Once a lithium cell to be charged is added, current from the cell flows trough R2 to the base of Q1, turning it on. Q1 then pulls the gate of the MOSFET low turning it on. If the battery is connected backwards Q1 never turns on and the MOSFET never conducts. D1 is there to protect the base of Q1 from the negative voltage of the battery.
The problem is that even after removing the cell the MOSFET stays on, allowing Q1 to stay on and keep pulling the gate low in a positive feedback loop.
Now that I think of it, the latching circuit would work after all: If the MOSFET is on when adding a cell the wrong way, the charger IC goes into short circuit protection which causes the charger output voltage to fall below the threshold voltage of the MOSFET switching it off, and interrupting current flow.
Quote: To the OP: This is probably your best bet. You can probably find a PTC to use instead of a fuse. There is probably a way to get a MOSFET to do the job, but it will not be easy. I think if you draw it out with the MOSFET, and showing the body diode, you will see why.
Quote: I tested it with a 30V/1.1A RUEF110 (thanks mkeith) PTC fuse, and it does the trick, the tp4056 does not even get hot. By the way im using a random diode i found. Sometimes the cheapest and the most simple solution is the best! Only drawback - it will take a few seconds after the short for the ptc to recover though.
Thank you for the simple solution, i have worked a lot with tp4056 and have blown my diy tp4056 parralel 10A chargers with reverse polarity on the battery ends. I thought of using a mosfet but my solution came to same problems as jms-s. So forget the mosfet idea.
Where you see the fuse symbol, you can put the PTC there.
In fact, there is another device called a PPTC that does the same thing.
I ordered a hundred of them on Ebay. it was a JinKe Polymer PPTC PTC DIP Resettable fuse 16V 2A.
When I get them in a couple weeks, I am going to test one first before rolling them out on my chargers.
I am concerned about the resistance of this particular part that I ordered because it did not actually list the resistance. but similar parts from other sources had a resistance of 0.047 ohms. Thats acceptable toward the end of the charging cycle when the charge current drops below 100 mA. At 100 mA the drop across the fuse is just .0047 volts which is not noticeable. So instead of getting 4.11 volts on the battery, you get 4.105 volts.
I ordered a bunch of 1/2 watt diodes a few weeks ago, and I plan to test those as well.
This schematic is not correct, you know that right?
1N4148 diode is way too small for this application.
What makes it not correct?
VF = 1.0 V at 10 mA.
Is it the IF of 200 -300mA you are referring to?
I copied the schematic from one of the links I listed, and that is not the diode Im using. But I suspect it would work in this application anyway.
it only has to work until the fuse pops. So if the battery is installed upside down, the current flows through the diode and across the fuse (ptc) The one I chose to test is a 2 amp that pops at around 4 amps. The PTC open circuits until the battery is removed.
"I guess the biggest takeaway is I am going to protect a cheap circuit with cheap components to come up with a more reliable system that is dummy proof to my inability to put the cells in correctly every time."
Good work on the problem solving.
(06-13-2017, 11:44 PM)Korishan Wrote: What makes it not correct?
The author states that it is too small in the video.
Forward voltage of 1v @ 1A = 1 Watt of power loss. I know that adds up over several units, but it's still small. It's small than the example in the video. And, in the video he's using a 1N5400.
However, i would recommend a schottky over this one, though.


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Nostalgia Krrish Celebrates 12 Years of its release
Krrish Celebrates 12 Years of its release
On the twelve year anniversary of Hrithik Roshan's superhero film 'Krrish', we share some of the interesting facts about the only Superhero to be able to defeat Marvel universe's Thanos. Krrish is the most loved Superhero of India, the film won hearts of audience turning into blockbuster franchise.
Jun 25, 2018, 1:54 pm ISTNostalgiaJhakaasMovies Staff
It was on this week exactly nine years ago that Hrithik Roshan's career received a new lease of life, when 'Krrish' opened to a fabulous response at the box office and gave Indian cinema its most memorable superhero of all time.
It was in 2000 that Hrithik Roshan made an impressive debut, when he starred in 'Kaho Naa Pyaar Hain'. The film featured him in a lover boy avatar and helped him establish himself as a bankable star. However, it was 'Krrish' which helped him showcase his acting abilities to the fullest. In it, he essayed to contrasting characters with absolute ease, proving his versatility as a performer.
This Rakesh Roshan-directed film was not just merely a successful follow up to 'Koi Mil Gaya', but the beginning of a revolution that impressed children and adults alike. And this made it the best franchise ever in Bollywood. Krrish' wasn't just about action or stunts. Its narrative contained liberal doses of romance, drama and emotion making a treat for all and sundry. Moreover, the film also boasted of some catchy numbers which were composed by Rajesh Roshan.
The film was released worldwide on 23 June 2006 at a budget of ₹450 million and on 1000 prints, both near-record amounts for an Indian film at the time. Krrish received mixed reviews from critics in India, but got a record opening week at the box office. A blockbuster, Krrish became the second highest earning Indian film of 2006. Krrish was nominated for eight Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor for Roshan, and Best Supporting Actress for Rekha, winning three, including Best Special Effects. At the 2007 IIFA Awards, the film received nine nominations and won three, with one being Best Actor for Roshan. It also won the National Film Award for Best Special Effects. The third film in the series, Krrish 3 was released in 2013.
The tremendous success attained by 'Krrish' proved that Indian audiences were more than willing to accept films revolving around superheroes.
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US Sending Special Envoy to Free Kenneth Bae, Imprisoned US Christian in North Korea
By Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post Reporter | Wednesday, August 28, 2013
The U.S. State Department has said that it will send a special envoy to North Korea in hopes of freeing Kenneth Bae, an imprisoned U.S. Christians who was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, supposedly for plots he had made against the government.
The State Department announced in a press release on Tuesday that it is sending Ambassador Robert King, the president's special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, who will travel to Pyongyang on Friday.
Bae's family in the US has pleaded for his release, sharing that he has a number of health problems that are worsening. His sister, Terri Chung, said earlier this month that he is being forced to work in the fields for eight hours each day six days a week, and she does not know how long he will last.
North Korea has accused Bae, a father of three who worked as a tour guide, of "serious crimes" including setting up bases in China with the aim of bringing down the North Korean government, CNN reported. Chung, on the other hand, has argued that his Christian faith might have been the real reason he was targeted by officials.
"His personal convictions and his beliefs as a Christian may have been deemed as, I don't know, perhaps hostile acts, but all I know is that he only had the best of intentions to help the people," Chung said. "Maybe he was a little bit overzealous, I'm not sure."
Bae, who struggles with diabetes, high blood pressure, fatty liver and a back problem, said in a video shared by CNN:
"I was hoping that my problem would be worked out by end of June. So my hope is that North Korea will forgive, and the U.S. will try harder to get me out speedily. I'm asking for their help."
King is expected to ask North Korean officials to grant Bae special amnesty on humanitarian grounds "so that he can be reunited with his family and seek medical treatment."
"We remain deeply concerned about the health and welfare of Kenneth Bae, the American citizen currently detained in North Korea," the State Department's statement read. "We urge the government of North Korea to grant special clemency to Mr. Bae immediately and allow him to return home with Ambassador King."
"All I know is my brother is a good man," Chung added. "He has a huge heart to help people in the nation of North Korea."
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The list was released by BJP's Central Election Committee secretary and Union Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda here at a press conference.
Out of 48 candidates, two are from Goa, 15 from Madhya Pradesh, 15 from Gujarat, 10 from Jharkhand, four from Himachal Pradesh and two from Karnataka. BJP MP Janardan Mishra will contest from Madhya Pradesh's Rewa while MP Rakesh Singh from Jabalpur.
As per the new list of candidates released by the BJP, Anup Mishra has been replaced by Tomar from Morena and Bhagirath Prasad has been replaced by Sandhya Rai from Bhind (SC) in Madhya Pradesh.
Himadri Singh has replaced Gyan Singh from Shahdol (ST), Anil Ferojiya has replaced Chintamani Malaviya from Ujjain and Durgadas Uike has replaced Jyoti Dhurve from Betul (ST).
The BJP has fielded MP Anurag Thakur from Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur, Suresh Kashyap from Shimla, Kishan Kapoor from Kangra.
Among those contesting from Jharkhand include Sunil Soren from Dumka, Nishikant Dubey from Godda, and Pashupati Nath Singh from Dhanbad.
The BJP will support Sumalatha as the independent candidate from Karnataka's Mandya.
The BJP also released its list of six candidates legislative assembly bye-polls in Gujarat and Goa candidates.
In Goa, BJP has fielded Dayanand Raghunath Sopte will contest from Mandrem, Joushua Peter Desouza from Mapusa and Subhash Ankush Shirodkar from Siroda.
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We are proud to present Leila as our Opening Film of 2018. It has often been described as one of the best films in Iranian cinema, and is directed by one of the country's most admired film-makers, Dariush Meherjui.
The movie is an amazing example of how the most intimate of dramas can be portrayed with insight and intensity, minus intimate scenes or actions, which is the hallmark of Iran's austere but world-renowned cinema.
Leila and Reza are a deeply-in-love married couple, who come from modern, upper class families.
When Leila learns she is infertile and cannot have children, her husband is cool about it, but not his mother. The latter convinces Leila that it is her duty to allow him to marry again (permissible by Muslim law). Leila is disturbed, but agrees to it, much to her husband's confusion. When he does marry again, they realize that it affects both of them much more than they expected.
This is totally a woman-oriented film, which is not very common in Iranian cinema. Actress Leila Hatami is outstanding in the titular role (her 2011 Oscarwinning film A Separation made this Iranian artiste, world-famous)). She is ably supported by the marvelous actor Ali Mosaffa, who enacts her husband. Their masterful performances make this stark and simple domestic drama, totally riveting.
The film has won over critics and audiences, all around the world.
New York Times: Without being simplistic, a gripping and beautifully acted film.
San Francisco Chronicle: Director Dariush Mehrjui, celebrated as one of the great filmmakers of Iran, portrays a haunting drama about domestic life in contemporary Tehran.
Film Journal International: From the first frame to the last, you feel an intimacy with Leila that is the result of flawless direction and excellent writing.
The screening of LEILA is supported by the Cultural Center of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Bangkok, who will serve a variety of Iranian snacks and tea, after the screening.
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Ok, i'm picking up a 2ghz, 2gb ram macbook at the weekend, it's going to be used for audio production mainly (want a mobile rig). However i do plan on updating to leopard when it's released.
I realise the macbooks are powerful machines, however i've read how the UI can slow considerably when the proc is under lots of strain (due to IG). So i wonder if anyone could advise on if there'll be much of a performance hit going up to leopard.
I know we don't know the specs of leopard, but i'm sure some people can make informed guesses atleast. I also realise it'll be more optimised than tiger, but we all know the UI is going to take a step forward. SO yeah?
It shouldn't matter. With enough Ram then the Macbooks will have to perform well with Leopard or lots of people will be very annoyed given that the Macbook is Apple's best selling laptop.
They have already said the GMA graphics are Core Animation compatible and I do think that Leopard will be very well optimized.
For audio production, it will be fine. As for the UI slowing down, I notice it on the Core Solo but the UI on the Core Duos seems to be fine even under heavy load. In fact I know it is because I've played a game before and accidentally hit expose and the game was still playing while it scaled into expose and it was a very smooth transition on the GMA.
Thanks for the reply. Is comforting to hear some real world experience. Whatever the outcome it'll be much faster than my Athlon XP 1800 i'm currently using.
I've been thinking of possibly investing in a mac mini down the line if i need more power anyways, can offload some intensive stuff to that if needs be.
Witha core 2 duo Macbook you should have a pleasant experiance for all but playing some games. I've a brother in law that uses it for ps in rosetta and is satisfied.
The thing is it'll be mainly used for proc intensive audio editing, fx/vst plugins which can bog a system down very easily, although i'm near enough there on my Athlon if i think about it.
Anyone think there's a chance the MacBooks will be upgraded again sometime soon?
Not likely until the next Intel mobile platform is released, which is maybe four months away, and expect to see a 1-2 month delay before Apple updates the Mac Book with that platform.
More on topic to the thread, I don't think the graphics chip would make any impact on audio production unless either the software uses the graphics chip to do its computation, or if for some weird reason the software is using a lot of heavy 3D display. Both are very unlikely for the next year or two, if ever.
^ Oh, I see. Thanks.
Grats...have fun should be a great improvement on what you have.
The only thing missing from the MB today IMHO is the expresscard slot. That probably isn't that important to you and unless some of your audio software is someday enhanced to use GPUs for processing it may never be.
Well as i mentioned above if i need extra power i'll get a mac mini and offload some processing to that via ethernet.
going to be updating the hdd to a hitachi e7k60 (100gb 7200 rpm) and i ordered the bluetooth kb too, still happy with my logitech mx510 so no need to replace that.
Oh hey...wanted to apologize about my assumptions in the eco thread. If you like I can do so there but figured you'd read this thread.
No probs, just want you to know i wasn't flaming, trolling and am not associated with green peace, just concerned about our planet.
Thanks for the apology much appreciated.


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Andrea received an Associates of Arts in Management Information Systems Degree from LBW Junior College . She continued on to the University of South Alabama to pursue a degree in marketing. She completed a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Marketing from Columbia Southern University.
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Everyone screws up, and that comes to finger flops when typing that new tag name.
Note: The colon isn't a "delete flag". Git push and git pull both accept zero or more refspecs as their final argument(s). Now read about refspecs, really read it… . A colon separates source from destination in a refspec. The command git push origin :foo has an empty source and essentially says "push nothing to branch foo of origin", or, in other words, "make branch foo on origin not exist".
Sub-Sub-Note: ;-) Yes, I agree with a lot of others that instead of using an empty source in the ref spec it would be waaaayyyyy more initiative to allow a remote parameter to be passed to the existing branch and tag delete options to do this type of deletion.


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Q: Storing/Comparing u_char passed to function I have a simple function that passes a variable "var" as a u_char array. I have no difficulty printing that array.
    printf("%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x", var[0], var [1], var[2], var[3], var[4], var[5]);

Prints the mac address out just the way I like it.
I cannot for the life of me figure out the proper way to store this Mac address and compare it with another string. Ideally, this is what I'm after:
global OldString="00:00:00:00:00:00"

NewString=getCurrentMacAddress();

if OldString = Newstring then ignore else some_function

But I have been banging my head against a wall all day just trying to store this "var" output as a string. I tried strcpy, I tried looping with a for loop, I tried everything I could find on google from malloc to global declaration in lieu of passing the value to the function.
Any help is appreciated. I'm completely new to C and just trying to write a simple little tool... It's taking way longer than it should.

A: snprintf() will use the same format string and parameters as the printf() call you already have working.
char NewString[] = "00:00:00:00:00:00";  // initializing with this string is just a lazy
                                         //   way to get the right amount of storage

snprintf( NewString, sizeof( NewString), "%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x", var[0], var [1], var[2], var[3], var[4], var[5]);

A: You have two main options:

*

*Store (or convert) the global OldString into an array of 6 byte values, and then use memcmp() to compare those 6 bytes against the 6 bytes in 'var'.

*Convert 'var' into a string using snprintf() or something similar, and then use 'strcmp()' to compare that string agains OldString.
Both mechanisms work.  Which is better depends on how you are going to use the values.  If you mainly need the binary form, then option 1 is likely better; if you mainly need the string form, option 2 is better.
(Michael Burr gives an accurate way to use snprintf(), though in theory you should check its return value to ensure that it behaved correctly.)


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Does procurement understand the buying needs of each department? Does the rest of the business realise how procurement can support their purchasing requirements?
We surveyed 200 senior managers – 50 each in procurement, finance, IT and sales and marketing in order to uncover the current perception of procurement's value to the wider business. We discovered revealing gaps in procurement perception, communication and support between each department and huge opportunities for departmental collaboration, savings and growth.


The Arcade Rabbit is a roguelike/RPG by One More Technology. This is one of those games where you have no clue what's going on with the story, but you don't care because the gameplay is fun. You play as a cute little hip-hop/urban dressed bunny rabbit (Yea, I know. You can buy new outfits later on.) that is ready to slash anything in its path. The levels are all randomly generated, so the game stays pretty fresh most of the time. There are over 200 items to find with different abilities to unlock and upgrade. The visuals are nice to look at and the character design are actually pretty cool. The game is F2P so there's of course IAPs and ads, but so far (about 2 hours in), things seem pretty fair. The Arcade Rabbit may not be bringing anything new to the genre, but for what it lacks in originality, it makes up in fun.


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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2019 ScyllaDB
 */

#pragma once

#include <chrono>
#include <seastar/util/program-options.hh>
#include <seastar/util/memory_diagnostics.hh>

namespace seastar {

/// \cond internal
struct reactor_config {
    bool auto_handle_sigint_sigterm = true;
    unsigned max_networking_aio_io_control_blocks = 10000;
};
/// \endcond

class reactor_backend_selector;
class network_stack_factory;

/// Configuration for the reactor.
struct reactor_options : public program_options::option_group {
    /// \brief Select network stack to use.
    ///
    /// Each network stack has it corresponding
    /// \ref program_options::option_group to further tune it. The available
    /// stacks are:
    /// * Posix stack (default) - no tunable options;
    /// * Native stack  - \ref net::native_stack_options;
    program_options::selection_value<network_stack_factory> network_stack;
    /// Poll continuously (100% cpu use).
    program_options::value<> poll_mode;
    /// \brief Idle polling time in microseconds.
    ///
    /// Reduce for overprovisioned environments or laptops.
    program_options::value<unsigned> idle_poll_time_us;
    /// \brief Busy-poll for disk I/O.
    ///
    /// Reduces latency and increases throughput.
    program_options::value<bool> poll_aio;
    /// \brief Max time (ms) between polls.
    ///
    /// Default: 500.
    program_options::value<double> task_quota_ms;
    /// \brief Max time (ms) IO operations must take.
    ///
    /// Default: 1.5 * task_quota_ms value
    program_options::value<double> io_latency_goal_ms;
    /// \brief Maximum number of task backlog to allow.
    ///
    /// When the number of tasks grow above this, we stop polling (e.g. I/O)
    /// until it goes back below the limit.
    /// Default: 1000.
    program_options::value<unsigned> max_task_backlog;
    /// \brief Threshold in milliseconds over which the reactor is considered
    /// blocked if no progress is made.
    ///
    /// Default: 200.
    program_options::value<unsigned> blocked_reactor_notify_ms;
    /// \brief Maximum number of backtraces reported by stall detector per minute.
    ///
    /// Default: 5.
    program_options::value<unsigned> blocked_reactor_reports_per_minute;
    /// \brief Print a simplified backtrace on a single line.
    ///
    /// Default: \p true.
    program_options::value<bool> blocked_reactor_report_format_oneline;
    /// \brief Allow using buffered I/O if DMA is not available (reduces performance).
    program_options::value<> relaxed_dma;
    /// \brief Use the Linux NOWAIT AIO feature, which reduces reactor stalls due
    /// to aio (autodetected).
    program_options::value<bool> linux_aio_nowait;
    /// \brief Bypass fsync(), may result in data loss.
    ///
    /// Use for testing on consumer drives.
    /// Default: \p false.
    program_options::value<bool> unsafe_bypass_fsync;
    /// \brief Use the kernel page cache.
    ///
    /// This disables DMA (O_DIRECT). Useful for short-lived functional tests
    /// with a small data set.
    /// Default: \p false.
    program_options::value<bool> kernel_page_cache;
    /// \brief Run in an overprovisioned environment (such as docker or a laptop).
    ///
    /// Equivalent to:
    /// * \ref idle_poll_time_us = 0
    /// * \ref smp_options::thread_affinity = 0
    /// * \ref poll_aio = 0
    program_options::value<> overprovisioned;
    /// \brief Abort when seastar allocator cannot allocate memory.
    program_options::value<> abort_on_seastar_bad_alloc;
    /// \brief Force \p io_getevents(2) to issue a system call, instead of
    /// bypassing the kernel when possible.
    ///
    /// This makes strace output more useful, but slows down the application.
    /// Default: \p false.
    program_options::value<bool> force_aio_syscalls;
    /// \brief Dump diagnostics of the seastar allocator state on allocation
    /// failure.
    ///
    /// See \ref memory::alloc_failure_kind for allowed values. The diagnostics
    /// will be written to the \p seastar_memory logger, with error level.
    /// Default: \ref memory::alloc_failure_kind::critical.
    /// \note Even if the \p seastar_memory logger is set to debug or trace
    /// level, the diagnostics will be logged irrespective of this setting.
    program_options::value<memory::alloc_failure_kind> dump_memory_diagnostics_on_alloc_failure_kind;
    /// \brief Internal reactor implementation.
    ///
    /// Available backends:
    /// * \p linux-aio
    /// * \p epoll
    /// * \p io_uring
    ///
    /// Default: \p linux-aio (if available).
    program_options::selection_value<reactor_backend_selector> reactor_backend;
    /// \brief Use Linux aio for fsync() calls.
    ///
    /// This reduces latency. Requires Linux 4.18 or later.
    program_options::value<bool> aio_fsync;
    /// \brief Maximum number of I/O control blocks (IOCBs) to allocate per shard.
    ///
    /// This translates to the number of sockets supported per shard. Requires
    /// tuning \p /proc/sys/fs/aio-max-nr. Only valid for the \p linux-aio
    /// reactor backend (see \ref reactor_backend).
    ///
    /// Default: 10000.
    program_options::value<unsigned> max_networking_io_control_blocks;
    /// \brief Enable seastar heap profiling.
    ///
    /// \note Unused when seastar was compiled without heap profiling support.
    program_options::value<> heapprof;
    /// Ignore SIGINT (for gdb).
    program_options::value<> no_handle_interrupt;

    /// \cond internal
    std::string _argv0;
    bool _auto_handle_sigint_sigterm = true;
    /// \endcond

public:
    /// \cond internal
    reactor_options(program_options::option_group* parent_group);
    /// \endcond
};

}

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Star product: Xerox Baltoro HF
Nessan Cleary
The Baltoro HF is a B3 sheetfed inkjet press that boasts Xerox's High Fusion inkset to print onto a wide range of paper stocks.
What does the machine/product do?
It is intended as an entry-level cutsheet inkjet press. It's a four colour B3 press, with an inline X-Rite spectrophotometer for colour management. However, it also has an option to cap the cyan, magenta and yellow heads to use it as a monochrome only device. This press is designed to cope with an average of between 750,000 to 3m pages per month (recommended volume).
When was it launched and who are the target users?
It was launched earlier this summer. It's aimed at the transactional, direct mail and catalogue markets. The Baltoro HF is intended to go head to head with Canon's VarioPrint i300 press and has been priced accordingly.
The launch of the Baltoro marks the first time that Xerox has used its own W-series printheads, which have previously only been sold to OEM customers. The press is fitted with 12 W1 heads, with three heads per colour, configured to produce a single 4.5pl drop size.
It uses Xerox's High Fusion pigmented aqueous inks, which were first introduced a year or so ago on the web-fed Trivor printer.
Xerox uses binders within the ink to attach the pigment to the substrate so that there's no need for any pre-coating or priming process. Xerox says that the interplay between the inks, dot placement, screening algorithms and drop size all play a part in helping the inks adhere to a range of different substrates.
This approach also helps to reduce the amount of water being put on the paper, which in turn means there's less drying needed so that the press has a much more compact footprint than other inkjets and should reduce the energy consumption.
How does it differ from earlier devices?
The Baltoro replaces the older Brenva but is a completely new design able to satisfy a broader range of applications. As such Xerox says that it is the first of a new platform so we may see further variation in the future, depending on feedback from the market.
How productive is it?
It can print 197ppm A4 simplex, or up to 302ipm duplex on an A3 sheet. The standard speed can be upgraded through a simple licensing charge, though this mainly increases the duplex speed (the figures quoted here include the upgrade). It's an interesting idea and means that customers can keep the price down when they first buy the press but instantly upgrade when the volume of work goes up.
It's also worth noting that the press can take sheets up to 364x520mm and that those sheets can be fed from either the long or short edge, which does mean that the actual productivity varies quite considerably depending from one sheet size to the next.
What is its USP?
The main advantage of this press is the High Fusion Ink, which allows it to print to offset coated substrates as well as uncoated plain and inkjet coated paper. This gives printers much greater flexibility in paper stocks, which is after all the defining characteristic of a sheetfed press. This makes it suitable for a broad range of applications from high-volume uncoated transaction to short-run, high IQ, coated-stock catalogues.
It will take paper of 60-270gsm. It can be configured with up to four sheet feed modules, each with two paper drawers, allowing for up to 20,000 90gsm sheets maximum capacity.
It comes with Xerox's FreeFlow front-end, which can handle PDF, PDF-VT, IPDS, PostScript, TIFF, JPEG, PPML, VIPP files. There are a range of finishing options, including sheet feeders from Tecnau and CP Bourg, bookletmakers from CP Bourg and Watkiss, plus binding, perforation and hole punching.
It's a highly automated system that can be managed by a single operator. Kevin O'Donnell, head of marketing for Xerox UK graphic communications and production systems, says: "We pride ourselves on the automation across the whole range. It's a standard operator experience so very familiar to an operator used to an iGen or any Xerox digital device."
Xerox does have a specialist inkjet team that can help users make the transition to inkjet but O'Donnell says there are very few manual tasks for an operator to master.
What training and support are on offer?
The Baltoro comes with a service plan that can be tailored to customer needs. The plan differs from Xerox's toner devices because customers pay for the ink and charge according to the coverage. Xerox has a number of engineers in the UK and takes care of the servicing itself.
The pricing for the Baltoro HF starts from £540,000 for the basic specification.
What is the sales target?
Xerox currently has one unit running at its demo suite in Uxbridge in the UK. The company said it does have several signed deals, with the first units likely to ship over the next month or so.
Printheads Xerox High Fusion W-Series
Resolution 1,200x1,200dpi
Max speed A4: 276/302 ipm duplex
Inkset High fusion
Colours CMYK
Substrates Plain, inkjet treated, inkjet coated, offset uncoated, offset coated
Max sheet size 364x520mm
Stock weight range 60-270gsm
Duty cycle 6 million
Price From £540,000
Contact Xerox 0330 123 3245 www.xerox.co.uk
Canon VarioPrint i200/i300
The Baltoro was designed to go head to head with Canon's VarioPrint, which is available in two versions: as the basic i200 and the faster i300. These are B3 sheetfed inkjet printers able to print to offset papers thanks to their iQuarius MX inkset.
Printheads Kyocera
Resolution 600x600dpi
Max speed 200/304ipm duplex A4
Inkset iQuarius MX
Substrates Uncoated, inkjet treated, inkjet coated, offset uncoated, offset coated
Paper weight 60–300gsm
Duty cycle 7m/10m pages
Price £550,000-£800,000, depending on configuration
Contact Canon UK 0844 892 0810 www.canon.co.uk


Simple marketing approach for a small network of services. Tri-fold brochure design with social media package.
This entrepreneur started her own business in her kitchen with the inspiration of her furry little friend. Her idea came to fruition after creating her own recipes for homemade dog treats. From here we branded her look and aesthetic for a simple wholistic approach toward her desired clientele.
This company moved from Cambridge to Boston and needed a city look. With an innovative conference suite, live web meetings, and creative engineering all happening on one floor we needed to source the right pieces for type of work being done. Using some key ergonomic pieces mixed in with some fun and functional colors this space came alive.
This home was originally designed with a retro flair, wall to wall carpeting, and lacquered finishes. The redesign consisted of new mantle design, artwork, lighting, and paint colors to freshen the space and create a current modern appeal.
This small mud room was in desperate need of organization and storage. Doubling as a laundry room we were able to create counter space for folding, storage for entertaining, and a basic mud room entry space.


How to play mp4 video in sony PSP, convert to PSP video format?
Latest version of ImTOO MPEG Encoder and ImTOO PSP Video Converter supports converting videos to PSP Video format (MP4). This two converters are both capable of converting all popular video formats such as MPEG, WMV, AVI to PSP Video format (MP4, H.264/AVC). As a MP4 converter, all conversion processes are very easy and fast with hight quality.
First, we're going to show you a small application which can put videos on PSP, enjoy movies and videos with 16:9 wide screen on your PSP now!
PSP Video Manager helps you easily transfer PSP MP4 files to PSP. You don't need to manually rename PSP MPEG4 files, just a click can done it with PSP Video Manager.
How to convert video to PSP video format?
1. Download ImTOO MPEG Encoder or ImTOO PSP Video Converter and install.
2. Run one of the above two video converter apps, load video file(s) by clicking the "Add" button in the main interface or choose "Add" in the File menu.
3. Highlight a file you want to convert, the information of this video file will be displayed in the recording area. You can preview a file in the left preview window.
4. Highlight files you want to convert and choose a output format from the "Profile" drop-down list. There are many PSP video and audio profile for you to choose, such as PSP MPEG-4 Video, PSP AVC Video, MP3 - MPEG Layer-3 Audio. These profiles are for video outputs in different quality. You will get a first-class output file if you select "PSP MPEG-4 Video - Excellent Quality", but the size of the converted file would be quite large in this way. According to our test, in excellent quality, if your original video file is in 2 hours duration, the output file will be larger than 500 MB, which means it is beyond the capability of 512 MB memory stick. If you choose "PSP MPEG-4 Video - Minimal Size", the output file will be about 220 MB, which means that you can store two 2-hour movies on your 512 MB memory disk. Generally speaking, we recommend the default setting, "PSP Video Format", which will produce medium quality in proper size.
5. Click "Browse..." button to select folder or entering the path directly to decide where to save your output files; "C:temp" is the default folder.
6. Click "Convert" to start converting. After the conversion is done, there will be two output files for each single source file. One is a .MP4 video file, playable with QuickTime on PC, another is a .THM file. Both of them are necessary for PSP. The two files are in the same main title, for example, if your original file is "test.avi", after the conversion, you will get two files: "test.mp4" and "test.thm".
7. Now you can transfer videos to your Sony PSP. You can copy those videos to your PSP directly or you can use the PSP Video Manager which we mentioned above.
Please get your PSP connected with PC first, and then run PSP Video Manager. The program will detect "C:Temp" automatically and show the PSP files in this folder on the left; the files on the PSP will be shown on the right, shown as "Removable Disk". Please highlight the file which you want to put into the PSP and then click "Copy->". The file will be transferred into PSP.
After this step, you will see your file on the right, which means that the file is playable on the PSP now.
What to do next? Enjoy your videos on your Sony PSP!


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How Censorship by Facebook Reinforces This Writer's Point on Liberals' Intolerance
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by Mike Gonzalez Less than a third of the way into his upcoming book on nationalism, Israeli philosopher and scholar Yoram Hazony warns about the growing censorship constricting debate in Western societies when the opinion in question runs counter to the views of politically correct liberalism. Facebook wasted no time…
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After 11 Years WHISE Settlement Service Program comes to a close but WHISE continues on
On 31 December, the Settlement Services Program – run by WHISE for 11 years – will close. WHISE will continue to run its programs and services to prevent violence against women, improve sexual and reproductive health and create a gender equitable society, however, the settlement program (including the WHISE volunteer home visitation program) will cease.…
Settlement Services / SSP / WHISE
Community sector launches free resource to help workplaces respond to family violence
Today, leading Victorian experts from the Women's Community Services Sector are launching a resource for business to help them take action to end family violence. The resource will help workplaces choose the right training and consultancy services to build their capacity to address gender equity and family violence. "This free resource has been developed collaboratively…
Family Violence / Gender Equity / WHISE
Cafes join the movement to end violence against women
This November, cafes across the South East of Melbourne will take part in a region-wide campaign to raise awareness about violence against women, specifically focusing on actions individuals can take to call out disrespect when they see it. 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence is a global campaign, led locally by Women's Health in…
16 Days of Activism / Gender-Based Violence / WHISE
WHISE Strategic Plan 2018-2023
On 25 October in the company of partners, stakeholders, and friends in our community, WHISE launched its next strategic plan – view photos The plan sits as one component of an architecture that will guide the work of WHISE over the next five years.This plan is the result of over 10 months of work, consulting with our…
Why we all need Good Health Down South
Women's Health in the South East (WHISE), together with local government and community health organisations, are set to launch the first ever sexual and reproductive health strategy and action plan for the Southern Metropolitan Region (SMR). "We believe it's essential that every woman has access to services and supports they need to ensure optimal health,…
Good Health Down South / Sexual and Reproductive Health / WHISE
Welcoming a future free from violence
Women's Health in the South East (WHISE) welcomes the opening of Victoria's first ever dedicated family violence prevention agency, Respect Victoria. WHISE congratulates the Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence Natalie Hutchins and the Labor Government for investing in a whole-of-community approach to preventing family violence. "We look forward to working with Tracey Gaudry,…
Because of Her We Can – NAIDOC Week 2018
This year's theme for NAIDOC Week 2018 is 'Because of Her, We Can!', which celebrates the essential role that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have played, and continue to play, as active and significant role models at the community, local, state and national levels. Join the NAIDOC Week celebrations and check out all the…
Redevelopment and Review of WHISE Strategic Plan
The Board of WHISE has approved a review and redevelopment of the organisation's Strategic Plan. This will see the current plan replaced by a new plan that will commence in 2019. Due to be launched in October this year at WHISE's Annual General Meeting (AGM), the plan will put forward a new ambitious vision for…
40 Years Strong – Celebrating Victorian women's health in women's hands
This year, Victoria celebrates 40 years of women's led women's health services. Over the past four decades, we've seen abortion legalised, sexual harassment outlawed, an Australia-first Royal Commission into Family Violence, and Victoria's first Gender Equality Strategy. Victorian women's health services have been there every step of the way, championing women's health, safety and wellbeing.…
WHISE / Women's Health


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Six fallen soldiers from WWII won their Final battle in Germany
Mar 31, 2015 Ian Harvey, Guest Author
The family of a WWII airman, who died when a plane crashed in a field in Germany, nearly 70 years ago, has won a battle against German property developers. They were planning to bulldoze the site for housing projects. [Via]
A Lancaster PD214 left RAF Metheringham, in Lincolnshire, on the 6th of October 1944, on a bombing raid to Bremen – one of Germany's major industrial cities. The crew was reported missing when nothing was heard from them after they left for the mission. It was later reported by the IRC (International Red Cross) that the plane had actually gone down in a field and that German authorities had recovered two dead bodies. The actual cause of the crash was never determined, although German authorities maintained that German fighter planes gunned it down. Later, in 1946, an investigation team sent by RAF exhumed the two bodies and identified them as 20 year old rear gunner sergeant Ronald J. Paul, and 35 year old trainee pilot from Australia, flight lieutenant John C. Barlow. They were later buried in Becklingen War Cemetery.
The bodies of six other crewmembers are believed to be buried under the wreckage of the crashed plane. Flight engineer, Ronald Barton, is believed to be one of those still lying in the wreckage. After the war the location of the crash site was forgotten and was not discussed again until the family of Sgt. Ronald initiated an epic search in the German countryside and rediscovered the site.
When Sgt. Ronald family arrived at the crash site, after a long search, they were in a state of shock, because a German Construction company was about to dig up the burial site for property development. They were not willing to allow archaeologists to search for the wreckage and the remains of the soldiers, the Get West London reports.
The family had to fight a lengthy and tense battle against the property developers. This turned out to be a very painful and emotional time for the whole family, as they fought for the respect of these soldiers. They eventually won the case against the construction company and German authorities ordered the bulldozers to stop digging the crash site and allow archaeologists to excavate for the wreckage. It was a great relief for the family of Sgt. Ronald Barton, as well as for the historians and archaeologists.
The other five crewmembers that perished in the crash are:
Bomb aimer pilot officer Clyde J. Royal, 31 (Canada)
Wireless Operator Gordon S. Grogan (Surrey, UK)
Navigator Flt Sgt. George B. Kirby, 22 (London, UK)
Pilot Flt Lt. Douglas Stewart, 29 (UK)
Mid upper gunner Flt Sgt. James A. Fell 21 (UK)


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Councillors under fire for 'poor' attendance at community council
SNP councillors under fire for 'poor' attendance at Erskine Community Council
Iain Nicolson (left) and Michelle Campbell hit back at the claims
TWO ward councillors have been criticised for their "poor" attendance at Erskine Community Council, writes Jack Thomson.
Renfrewshire Council leader Iain Nicolson and his colleague Councillor Michelle Campbell, who represent the town, have not attended the monthly meeting since October of last year.
That is according to the community council's secretary, Andrew Horner, who has described their absence as "disappointing".
Mr Horner said: "We have just accepted the fact they don't attend. I get on with Michelle and Iain is polite but I am just disappointed.
"We are not a negative community council, we are trying hard to get things done for everybody.
"Councillor Jim Harte has come along, Councillor Tom Begg also, so why can't they? They haven't been for nearly a year and we just think that's poor."
Mr Horner had contacted the pair by email at the beginning of August.
The correspondence said: "I was tasked to write to you both to express our disappointment at you not attending any meetings.
"The last time either of you came to the monthly community council meeting was in October last year.
"Cllrs Begg and Harte are pretty good at showing up and I'm sure they feel the benefit of meeting those attending and listening to any concerns raised.
"They are also in a position to put the case for the council or to explain something that perhaps we are unaware of.
"The other benefit is that they can be challenged if they agreed to take some action and they haven't done it.
"Some people don't want to attend your surgeries and like to come along where there's support from others.
"As a community council we like to see our elected representatives. All we're asking is that one of you comes along to the monthly event, even if you don't stay for the full two hours allocated."
Councillor Nicolson replied and disagreed with the points raised in Mr Horner's email.
He said: "The terminology used again gives the impression that Erskine Community Council believes itself to be a hierarchal (sic) body, which it isn't.
"This is a completely different perspective from the way the vast majority of community council operate in Renfrewshire.
"Elected members are wholly answerable to their electorate who voted them into office, they work in partnership with community groups, not in a 'master and servant' scenario.
"For the avoidance of doubt, many people attend our surgeries, many do so in groups regarding particular issues and we also hold open public meetings on any one particular issue when required.
"Many members of the community council also contact us individually on a number of issues.
"I therefore don't recognise the scenario you portray of people needing to form into some form of a 'pack' in order to express their views."
When asked why he hadn't attended since October, Councillor Nicolson explained his point of view further.
He said: "I attend many community council meetings across the whole of Renfrewshire the whole year round and many in my own ward.
"All community councils have different ways of operating but all of them with very few exceptions are positive about the place they live and strive to make a difference.
"Many community groups who work for their communities demonstrate the energy, drive and motivation to deliver what their communities want.
"Negativity does not motivate members of the public to participate in community work nor does it engender partnership working."
Councillor Campbell added: "Since becoming an elected councillor, I have engaged fully in representation of the local community. I am disappointed in the negative manner the community council have chosen to conduct themselves in.
"I hope they will consider their need to modernise and begin to work towards mutal respect should those reforms come into place.
"Any issues which are relevant to my role are always addressed by myself and my fellow SNP colleague Cllr Iain Nicolson to ensure our constituents voices are heard within our local democracy.
"We have excellent working relationships across Erskine and Inchinnan and will continue to be a strong voice for all."


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With more and more people buying the Pro Angler as a family boat rather than an out and out angling boat, it wasn't a hard decision to make a new boat aimed purely for the family. Gone are the clinkers on the hull, gone are the rod holders and gone is the hard diamond pattern flooring. In is a brand new soft ride hull, in are a choice of folding rear corner seats or a full rear bench and in is a new smooth Tread Master floor or teak style upgrade.
The styling is unmistakingly "Warrior" with the sloping rear of the 175 and the rounded top sides and cuddy from the Pro Angler.
Like the Pro Angler, the 170 needed to be towed behind an average family car. The same light weight matrix and structural foam used in the floor construction, enabled a weight of just 1300kg for the full package. The use of multiple layers of woven roving and the new under water shape allows the hull to reach its top speeds in seconds and the deeper hull not only gives you a soft smooth ride but produces a larger wake, ideal for skiing, wake boarding or towing toys.
The 170 Leisure has a double skinned interior moulding giving a smooth clean gel coated finish.The forward seating has three lockers, one of which can be used as a cool box and all fitted with lockable stainless steel fasteners. At the rear of the seating are handy pockets, ideal for stowing grabable items. The space between the forward seating has been made large enough to fix a Porta-Loo, a modesty curtain can be fitted to the cuddy for privacy. The steering consol can be fitted with flush fitting GPS Maps and a VHP radio, it is also fitted with a non return steering to make steering at high speeds very easy.
The rear engine well has large moulded steps to help climb on board and also allows the battery to be stowed in its own box. There is space for two five gallon petrol tanks, behind which is an electric bilge pump.
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Internal storage racks x 2 pairs.
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(MILWAUKEE) - The Bears forced quarterback Frank Patrick behind his own end zone for a third quarter safety Saturday night, then held on for a 2-0 victory over Green Bay. The break which ultimately spoiled Dan Devines' Packer coaching debut in a bitter defensive struggle came when Bobby Joe Green boomed a 69-yard punt that rolled dead on the Green Bay 11-yard line late in the third period. Willie Holman nailed Patrick for a loss to the one, but the Packers momentarily got out of that hole when a defensive holding penalty gave them a first down on their own six. But on the next play, Patrick faded to pass under a fierce rush and three Bear linemen forced him behind his own end zone for the game's only score. Karl Kremser missed a 53-yard field goal try and Dale Livingston attempt from 43 for Green Bay. Kremser had tried another from 33 yards out in the first quarter, but was smeared after holder Donnie Anderson fumbled the snap. Reserve Bear quarterback Bobby Douglas was sacked 10 times for 95 yards in losses.


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NRL considering radical plan to pay every player just $100,000 for 2021 season
By The Mole
The NRL is considering a radical plan to pay every player in rugby league a flat fee of $100,000 next season in a bid to stop the game going broke.
The plan will be one of many financial strategies discussed by the ARL Commission when it meets to discuss ways of saving the game on Monday.
It is a model the Players Association isn't thrilled about - but also recognises may be necessary to stop rugby league going bankrupt or clubs going to the wall.
"It has been discussed and while we hope it doesn't come to that, the harsh reality is that it may," a senior player told Wide World of Sports.
"It means a huge pay cut for some of the game's high profile players and a smaller cut for others - but in the end, it may save all our jobs … and the game."
Manly captain Daly Cherry-Evans is one of the NRL's top earners. (getty)
The Players Association may agree to the deal for next season, before ideally returning to a free market system when the game is back on its feet in 2022.
The flat fee will become more likely to be introduced if the NRL fails to play any more games this season, putting increased strain on an already shaky financial situation.
It will have massive implications for the likes of Jason Taumalolo, Daly Cherry-Evans and Cameron Smith, who are on packages worth over $1 million each.
The NRL is already slashing costs wherever it can but with the massive TV dollars evaporating, player salary cuts are a certainty.
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