Hi gang! So for this week I wanted to share with you a recent trip to another fine dining restaurant. This time our stop is in Little Italy in beautiful downtown San Diego. Let me tell you that I've been really excited for this one because I'm a huge fan of the TV show Top Chef on Bravo and when Richard Blais, winner of Top Chef All-Stars opened Juniper & Ivy in my home town, you know I had to try his food!
These again were shot with my Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. First off I have to apologize in that some of the food dishes I'm going to speak about I totally forgot to take pictures of (I know…shame on me), but they were so good that I had to include them in my restaurant review.
So let's begin…below was the nicest tasting bottle of wine we got that evening. It was a nice Malbec but a bit pricey which you'll see is a common trend at this restaurant. I believe we paid around $75 for this bottle. It was definitely good but I may go with a mixed drink next time around.
Now on to the food! So let's start with the Raw section of their menu. The first dish is the Halibut Ceviche which is comprised of pickled jalapeño, sesame seeds, and avocado puree. If you're a fan of ceviche, I think you'll really enjoy this. Definitely restaurant quality ceviche.
Next on the tasting menu was the Fanny Bay Oysters. I'm a huge fan of oysters and these did not disappoint. Served with kimchi, cocktail pearls, and a red wine mignonette on top of fresh oysters made for a tasty dish. I'll be totally honest though, I would have been just as happy to have oysters and mignonette alone Are any of you out there fans of poke or tartare? If so, then I think Ahi Tuna Tartare is a must try for you. This one was made up of plum, forno beets, ginger vin, and elephant garlic chips. Very very fresh fish was used in making this dish (which they should be) which you can taste the quality within the first bite. If you're not a fan of fish or raw things though this dish may not be for you. The next section which I wanted to talk about was the Snacks Section. Here I did the bone-head move of enjoying my time with my friends instead of taking pics 😉 Seriously though these dishes were so good I had to mention them even though I may incur all of your wrath for not having photos.
The first one I'd like to talk about was the Deviled Eggs. These are a must get just because they look and taste like a deviled egg, but I'm not sure there were any eggs in the making of this fine dish. Instead (use your imagination) what was presented was an egg looking dish made with white meringue, yolk mousse, and mustard see caviar. This dish was the most fun to discuss at the table!
So now let's discuss the "Small" Plates. The first small plate was the Baja Papaya. This dish was papaya served with house prosciutto, aged balsamic, and delicious olive oil. This was really good and may change the way I eat papaya from now on.
For this next one was the Yodel which is devil's cake, white chocolate, hazelnut brittle, and hot chocolate. This was really good. Unfortunately I can't say too much more about it because I only had a bite, but I'm definitely going to get it next time Finally for our last dish is the Pretzel. I know you're thinking I got the wrong dessert, but remember, this is Richard Blais, and everything is never what it seems. This "pretzel" was made with butterscotch, dark chocolate ice cream, pecans, and some kind of toast underneath. This one was really tasty although I'll probably go for the Yodel next time I visit So that's it my friends! Overall it's a great experience at Juniper & Ivy. It's a little expensive in my opinion for what you get, but when you include the great service, the ambience/vibe of the place I can say that I had a great time and will definitely be back.
Oh yeah…one more picture. Chef Blais was kind enough to sit and chat with us which made my time there all worth it!


It was so nice getting back to "normal" on Monday night - just our pack. Rick and I sitting on the couch while Elliot bounced around the great room. Elliot has an established path he likes to take during this time. This includes a jaunt into the kitchen to draw a few flaming magic mirrors (Snow White) on our "art table" (a beat up 6-foot banquet table covered with butcher paper that now holds permanent residence in our kitchen so that drawing is available 24/7); then he skips over to the IKEA spinning toy for a whirl; then he takes a couple of hops over to the TV to ask for a cartoon. E usually accomplishes all of this with a cup of pear juice in hand that is capped with a straw. Spillage occurs less that can be believed. "I want Wow Wow Wubbzy Wuzzleburg Express on TVV" -- Rick and I give a rousing celebration for the 9-word sentence … and that's the circuit. Now we rinse and repeat. This is a typical cycle of routine in our evenings and it holds great peace for me. It has sameness, predictability, and I get to hang out with the two men I love most in the world. At this moment, I feel very grateful.
The next circuit begins but this time, after the TVV, he stops at kitchen table # 2 (a smaller square card table size one that has melted wax all over the surface because lighting candles and blowing them out is motivating enough to prompt a 20-minute interaction). He says, "Let's poka table," which translated means, "I want to put it on the table." This is a question, or at least I assume it is a question, because he will not put the cup down until someone says, "Okay," or "Great idea. Go ahead." I used to say "Go ahead. You don't need permission," but since our number one goal is for him to interact with us, our program supervisor suggested we just go with it. Sometimes I wonder if I was not in the room, how long would he repeat "Let's poka table?" before he gave up and put the cup down. Maybe never?
Soon, he's back to the drawing table and the circuit seems to be back together. BUT WAIT, he just detoured to the new wall hooks where Orbit's leash is dangling. He grabs the leash and attaches it to his sleeping dog's collar and attempts to pull him off his dog bed. Rick tells Elliot to say, "Let's Go Orbit." But then Orbit looks at Rick and wants to head his way. So I whisper it to Elliot, so only he can hear me. But then Elliot whispers it to Orbit and that's just not strong enough to get Orbit going. And so, only 5 hours after they had departed, we had our first question for Tim and Elise…. Can we just let Elliot pull on Orbit's leash without giving him instruction? It goes against everything we were taught! But if Elliot was non-verbal, he could not give verbal commands. So, I instruct myself -- let go and try to be in the now, who cares? Elliot just broke his circuit to engage with Orbit, WOO HOO!! We're getting our bonding on and engaging in unique relationship-based behaviors. Breakthrough.


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#ifndef BOOST_RANDOM_PIECEWISE_LINEAR_DISTRIBUTION_HPP_INCLUDED
#define BOOST_RANDOM_PIECEWISE_LINEAR_DISTRIBUTION_HPP_INCLUDED

#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <boost/assert.hpp>
#include <boost/random/uniform_real.hpp>
#include <boost/random/discrete_distribution.hpp>
#include <boost/random/detail/config.hpp>
#include <boost/random/detail/operators.hpp>
#include <boost/random/detail/vector_io.hpp>

#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_INITIALIZER_LIST
#include <initializer_list>
#endif

#include <boost/range/begin.hpp>
#include <boost/range/end.hpp>

namespace boost {
namespace random {

/**
 * The class @c piecewise_linear_distribution models a \random_distribution.
 */
template<class RealType = double>
class piecewise_linear_distribution {
public:
    typedef std::size_t input_type;
    typedef RealType result_type;

    class param_type {
    public:

        typedef piecewise_linear_distribution distribution_type;

        /**
         * Constructs a @c param_type object, representing a distribution
         * that produces values uniformly distributed in the range [0, 1).
         */
        param_type()
        {
            _weights.push_back(RealType(1));
            _weights.push_back(RealType(1));
            _intervals.push_back(RealType(0));
            _intervals.push_back(RealType(1));
        }
        /**
         * Constructs a @c param_type object from two iterator ranges
         * containing the interval boundaries and weights at the boundaries.
         * If there are fewer than two boundaries, then this is equivalent to
         * the default constructor and the distribution will produce values
         * uniformly distributed in the range [0, 1).
         *
         * The values of the interval boundaries must be strictly
         * increasing, and the number of weights must be the same as
         * the number of interval boundaries.  If there are extra
         * weights, they are ignored.
         */
        template<class IntervalIter, class WeightIter>
        param_type(IntervalIter intervals_first, IntervalIter intervals_last,
                   WeightIter weight_first)
          : _intervals(intervals_first, intervals_last)
        {
            if(_intervals.size() < 2) {
                _intervals.clear();
                _weights.push_back(RealType(1));
                _weights.push_back(RealType(1));
                _intervals.push_back(RealType(0));
                _intervals.push_back(RealType(1));
            } else {
                _weights.reserve(_intervals.size());
                for(std::size_t i = 0; i < _intervals.size(); ++i) {
                    _weights.push_back(*weight_first++);
                }
            }
        }
#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_INITIALIZER_LIST
        /**
         * Constructs a @c param_type object from an initializer_list
         * containing the interval boundaries and a unary function
         * specifying the weights at the boundaries.  Each weight is
         * determined by calling the function at the corresponding point.
         *
         * If the initializer_list contains fewer than two elements,
         * this is equivalent to the default constructor and the
         * distribution will produce values uniformly distributed
         * in the range [0, 1).
         */
        template<class T, class F>
        param_type(const std::initializer_list<T>& il, F f)
          : _intervals(il.begin(), il.end())
        {
            if(_intervals.size() < 2) {
                _intervals.clear();
                _weights.push_back(RealType(1));
                _weights.push_back(RealType(1));
                _intervals.push_back(RealType(0));
                _intervals.push_back(RealType(1));
            } else {
                _weights.reserve(_intervals.size());
                for(typename std::vector<RealType>::const_iterator
                    iter = _intervals.begin(), end = _intervals.end();
                    iter != end; ++iter)
                {
                    _weights.push_back(f(*iter));
                }
            }
        }
#endif
        /**
         * Constructs a @c param_type object from Boost.Range ranges holding
         * the interval boundaries and the weights at the boundaries.  If
         * there are fewer than two interval boundaries, this is equivalent
         * to the default constructor and the distribution will produce
         * values uniformly distributed in the range [0, 1).  The
         * number of weights must be equal to the number of
         * interval boundaries.
         */
        template<class IntervalRange, class WeightRange>
        param_type(const IntervalRange& intervals_arg,
                   const WeightRange& weights_arg)
          : _intervals(boost::begin(intervals_arg), boost::end(intervals_arg)),
            _weights(boost::begin(weights_arg), boost::end(weights_arg))
        {
            if(_intervals.size() < 2) {
                _weights.clear();
                _weights.push_back(RealType(1));
                _weights.push_back(RealType(1));
                _intervals.clear();
                _intervals.push_back(RealType(0));
                _intervals.push_back(RealType(1));
            }
        }

        /**
         * Constructs the parameters for a distribution that approximates a
         * function.  The range of the distribution is [xmin, xmax).  This
         * range is divided into nw equally sized intervals and the weights
         * are found by calling the unary function f on the boundaries of the
         * intervals.
         */
        template<class F>
        param_type(std::size_t nw, RealType xmin, RealType xmax, F f)
        {
            std::size_t n = (nw == 0) ? 1 : nw;
            double delta = (xmax - xmin) / n;
            BOOST_ASSERT(delta > 0);
            for(std::size_t k = 0; k < n; ++k) {
                _weights.push_back(f(xmin + k*delta));
                _intervals.push_back(xmin + k*delta);
            }
            _weights.push_back(f(xmax));
            _intervals.push_back(xmax);
        }

        /**  Returns a vector containing the interval boundaries. */
        std::vector<RealType> intervals() const { return _intervals; }

        /**
         * Returns a vector containing the probability densities
         * at all the interval boundaries.
         */
        std::vector<RealType> densities() const
        {
            RealType sum = static_cast<RealType>(0);
            for(std::size_t i = 0; i < _intervals.size() - 1; ++i) {
                RealType width = _intervals[i + 1] - _intervals[i];
                sum += (_weights[i] + _weights[i + 1]) * width / 2;
            }
            std::vector<RealType> result;
            result.reserve(_weights.size());
            for(typename std::vector<RealType>::const_iterator
                iter = _weights.begin(), end = _weights.end();
                iter != end; ++iter)
            {
                result.push_back(*iter / sum);
            }
            return result;
        }

        /** Writes the parameters to a @c std::ostream. */
        BOOST_RANDOM_DETAIL_OSTREAM_OPERATOR(os, param_type, parm)
        {
            detail::print_vector(os, parm._intervals);
            detail::print_vector(os, parm._weights);
            return os;
        }

        /** Reads the parameters from a @c std::istream. */
        BOOST_RANDOM_DETAIL_ISTREAM_OPERATOR(is, param_type, parm)
        {
            std::vector<RealType> new_intervals;
            std::vector<RealType> new_weights;
            detail::read_vector(is, new_intervals);
            detail::read_vector(is, new_weights);
            if(is) {
                parm._intervals.swap(new_intervals);
                parm._weights.swap(new_weights);
            }
            return is;
        }

        /** Returns true if the two sets of parameters are the same. */
        BOOST_RANDOM_DETAIL_EQUALITY_OPERATOR(param_type, lhs, rhs)
        {
            return lhs._intervals == rhs._intervals
                && lhs._weights == rhs._weights;
        }
        /** Returns true if the two sets of parameters are different. */
        BOOST_RANDOM_DETAIL_INEQUALITY_OPERATOR(param_type)

    private:
        friend class piecewise_linear_distribution;

        std::vector<RealType> _intervals;
        std::vector<RealType> _weights;
    };

    /**
     * Creates a new @c piecewise_linear_distribution that
     * produces values uniformly distributed in the range [0, 1).
     */
    piecewise_linear_distribution()
    {
        default_init();
    }
    /**
     * Constructs a piecewise_linear_distribution from two iterator ranges
     * containing the interval boundaries and the weights at the boundaries.
     * If there are fewer than two boundaries, then this is equivalent to
     * the default constructor and creates a distribution that
     * produces values uniformly distributed in the range [0, 1).
     *
     * The values of the interval boundaries must be strictly
     * increasing, and the number of weights must be equal to
     * the number of interval boundaries.  If there are extra
     * weights, they are ignored.
     *
     * For example,
     *
     * @code
     * double intervals[] = { 0.0, 1.0, 2.0 };
     * double weights[] = { 0.0, 1.0, 0.0 };
     * piecewise_constant_distribution<> dist(
     *     &intervals[0], &intervals[0] + 3, &weights[0]);
     * @endcode
     *
     * produces a triangle distribution.
     */
    template<class IntervalIter, class WeightIter>
    piecewise_linear_distribution(IntervalIter first_interval,
                                  IntervalIter last_interval,
                                  WeightIter first_weight)
      : _intervals(first_interval, last_interval)
    {
        if(_intervals.size() < 2) {
            default_init();
        } else {
            _weights.reserve(_intervals.size());
            for(std::size_t i = 0; i < _intervals.size(); ++i) {
                _weights.push_back(*first_weight++);
            }
            init();
        }
    }
#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_HDR_INITIALIZER_LIST
    /**
     * Constructs a piecewise_linear_distribution from an
     * initializer_list containing the interval boundaries
     * and a unary function specifying the weights.  Each
     * weight is determined by calling the function at the
     * corresponding interval boundary.
     *
     * If the initializer_list contains fewer than two elements,
     * this is equivalent to the default constructor and the
     * distribution will produce values uniformly distributed
     * in the range [0, 1).
     */
    template<class T, class F>
    piecewise_linear_distribution(std::initializer_list<T> il, F f)
      : _intervals(il.begin(), il.end())
    {
        if(_intervals.size() < 2) {
            default_init();
        } else {
            _weights.reserve(_intervals.size());
            for(typename std::vector<RealType>::const_iterator
                iter = _intervals.begin(), end = _intervals.end();
                iter != end; ++iter)
            {
                _weights.push_back(f(*iter));
            }
            init();
        }
    }
#endif
    /**
     * Constructs a piecewise_linear_distribution from Boost.Range
     * ranges holding the interval boundaries and the weights.  If
     * there are fewer than two interval boundaries, this is equivalent
     * to the default constructor and the distribution will produce
     * values uniformly distributed in the range [0, 1).  The
     * number of weights must be equal to the number of
     * interval boundaries.
     */
    template<class IntervalsRange, class WeightsRange>
    piecewise_linear_distribution(const IntervalsRange& intervals_arg,
                                  const WeightsRange& weights_arg)
      : _intervals(boost::begin(intervals_arg), boost::end(intervals_arg)),
        _weights(boost::begin(weights_arg), boost::end(weights_arg))
    {
        if(_intervals.size() < 2) {
            default_init();
        } else {
            init();
        }
    }
    /**
     * Constructs a piecewise_linear_distribution that approximates a
     * function.  The range of the distribution is [xmin, xmax).  This
     * range is divided into nw equally sized intervals and the weights
     * are found by calling the unary function f on the interval boundaries.
     */
    template<class F>
    piecewise_linear_distribution(std::size_t nw,
                                  RealType xmin,
                                  RealType xmax,
                                  F f)
    {
        if(nw == 0) { nw = 1; }
        RealType delta = (xmax - xmin) / nw;
        _intervals.reserve(nw + 1);
        for(std::size_t i = 0; i < nw; ++i) {
            RealType x = xmin + i * delta;
            _intervals.push_back(x);
            _weights.push_back(f(x));
        }
        _intervals.push_back(xmax);
        _weights.push_back(f(xmax));
        init();
    }
    /**
     * Constructs a piecewise_linear_distribution from its parameters.
     */
    explicit piecewise_linear_distribution(const param_type& parm)
      : _intervals(parm._intervals),
        _weights(parm._weights)
    {
        init();
    }

    /**
     * Returns a value distributed according to the parameters of the
     * piecewise_linear_distribution.
     */
    template<class URNG>
    RealType operator()(URNG& urng) const
    {
        std::size_t i = _bins(urng);
        bool is_in_rectangle = (i % 2 == 0);
        i = i / 2;
        uniform_real<RealType> dist(_intervals[i], _intervals[i+1]);
        if(is_in_rectangle) {
            return dist(urng);
        } else if(_weights[i] < _weights[i+1]) {
            return (std::max)(dist(urng), dist(urng));
        } else {
            return (std::min)(dist(urng), dist(urng));
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns a value distributed according to the parameters
     * specified by param.
     */
    template<class URNG>
    RealType operator()(URNG& urng, const param_type& parm) const
    {
        return piecewise_linear_distribution(parm)(urng);
    }

    /** Returns the smallest value that the distribution can produce. */
    result_type min BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION () const
    { return _intervals.front(); }
    /** Returns the largest value that the distribution can produce. */
    result_type max BOOST_PREVENT_MACRO_SUBSTITUTION () const
    { return _intervals.back(); }

    /**
     * Returns a vector containing the probability densities
     * at the interval boundaries.
     */
    std::vector<RealType> densities() const
    {
        RealType sum = static_cast<RealType>(0);
        for(std::size_t i = 0; i < _intervals.size() - 1; ++i) {
            RealType width = _intervals[i + 1] - _intervals[i];
            sum += (_weights[i] + _weights[i + 1]) * width / 2;
        }
        std::vector<RealType> result;
        result.reserve(_weights.size());
        for(typename std::vector<RealType>::const_iterator
            iter = _weights.begin(), end = _weights.end();
            iter != end; ++iter)
        {
            result.push_back(*iter / sum);
        }
        return result;
    }
    /**  Returns a vector containing the interval boundaries. */
    std::vector<RealType> intervals() const { return _intervals; }

    /** Returns the parameters of the distribution. */
    param_type param() const
    {
        return param_type(_intervals, _weights);
    }
    /** Sets the parameters of the distribution. */
    void param(const param_type& parm)
    {
        std::vector<RealType> new_intervals(parm._intervals);
        std::vector<RealType> new_weights(parm._weights);
        init(new_intervals, new_weights);
        _intervals.swap(new_intervals);
        _weights.swap(new_weights);
    }

    /**
     * Effects: Subsequent uses of the distribution do not depend
     * on values produced by any engine prior to invoking reset.
     */
    void reset() { _bins.reset(); }

    /** Writes a distribution to a @c std::ostream. */
    BOOST_RANDOM_DETAIL_OSTREAM_OPERATOR(
        os, piecewise_linear_distribution, pld)
    {
        os << pld.param();
        return os;
    }

    /** Reads a distribution from a @c std::istream */
    BOOST_RANDOM_DETAIL_ISTREAM_OPERATOR(
        is, piecewise_linear_distribution, pld)
    {
        param_type parm;
        if(is >> parm) {
            pld.param(parm);
        }
        return is;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the two distributions will return the
     * same sequence of values, when passed equal generators.
     */
    BOOST_RANDOM_DETAIL_EQUALITY_OPERATOR(
        piecewise_linear_distribution, lhs,  rhs)
    {
        return lhs._intervals == rhs._intervals && lhs._weights == rhs._weights;
    }
    /**
     * Returns true if the two distributions may return different
     * sequences of values, when passed equal generators.
     */
    BOOST_RANDOM_DETAIL_INEQUALITY_OPERATOR(piecewise_linear_distribution)

private:

    /// @cond \show_private

    void init(const std::vector<RealType>& intervals_arg,
              const std::vector<RealType>& weights_arg)
    {
        std::vector<RealType> bin_weights;
        bin_weights.reserve((intervals_arg.size() - 1) * 2);
        for(std::size_t i = 0; i < intervals_arg.size() - 1; ++i) {
            RealType width = intervals_arg[i + 1] - intervals_arg[i];
            RealType w1 = weights_arg[i];
            RealType w2 = weights_arg[i + 1];
            bin_weights.push_back((std::min)(w1, w2) * width);
            bin_weights.push_back(std::abs(w1 - w2) * width / 2);
        }
        typedef discrete_distribution<std::size_t, RealType> bins_type;
        typename bins_type::param_type bins_param(bin_weights);
        _bins.param(bins_param);
    }

    void init()
    {
        init(_intervals, _weights);
    }

    void default_init()
    {
        _intervals.clear();
        _intervals.push_back(RealType(0));
        _intervals.push_back(RealType(1));
        _weights.clear();
        _weights.push_back(RealType(1));
        _weights.push_back(RealType(1));
        init();
    }

    discrete_distribution<std::size_t, RealType> _bins;
    std::vector<RealType> _intervals;
    std::vector<RealType> _weights;

    /// @endcond
};

}
}

#endif

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by TBR Staff - November 4, 2018
Perry Gershon thanks volunteers and supporters at his Setauket office June 26 after securing the Democratic Party nomination for Congress in New York's 1st District. Photo by Alex Petroski
U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) is a family man, a veteran and a classy, dedicated advocate for the district he has represented since 2014. He is also a member of the Republican conference that has collectively decided to be an enabler of President Donald Trump's (R) lesser behaviors and tendencies — rather than serving as a check on presidential power as the authors of the Constitution intended. Zeldin's dedication to and knowledge of local issues make him exemplary, but he has been indiscriminate in his duty to stand up to the president on the national stage. He has backed a GOP and White House initiatives 86 percent of the time, according to FiveThirtyEight.com.
While there are some positives to the two years Trump has been in office — the economy being perhaps chief among them — some nakedly partisan and intellectually dishonest arguments would be required to justify some of what he has done and said, like instituting a zero-tolerance policy for immigration infractions as a means to separately detain adults and their children crossing the southern border illegally and to deter individuals from seeking refuge in the U. S.
To his credit, Zeldin said he opposed that policy, but his voting record and social media accounts offer little to no pushback on a president who seems clueless about bringing the country together. We fear the power and promises of D.C. politics may cause him to stray from sticking firm to what's best for us, here on Long Island.
The Constitution was written in such a way as to build in checks and balances into our government. We believe that most Americans are uncomfortable with one-party rule, regardless of which party. There have been little checks on some of the most outlandish orders put forth by our duly elected leadership and the total partisanship of the Congress is largely at fault.
For all Americans' best interest and for the possibility of restoring some semblance of reason and civility in our politics, we endorse Perry Gershon with the hope Democrats succeed in flipping the House to restore a sense of checks and balances on our nation's government.
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I first became a wrestling fan when I watched WWF on cable TV years & years ago, watching the likes of Macho Man Randy Savage and Ultimate Warrior.
When I was 21 a local wrestler came in to my parents shop in Wigan and we got talking about wrestling & he mentioned they had a training school, I went down, trained and within 2-3 weeks got put on a show (I was nowhere near show ready, in fact I was terrible) my parents came to the show and thought it was terrible and told me i was not to carry on wrestling anymore but as I drove home with my brother he turned to me and said "that was so cool" that's the moment I knew I wanted to be a wrestler.
Pretty much the way I explained in question 2 but after maybe a month or so I decided to look elsewhere for training and found an online clip of Joey Hayes and Damon Leigh mat wrestling at GPW training school, so I got in touch with them and as they say the rest is history.
I made my 'proper' debut at a GPW trainee show in May 2004 against a wrestler called Jamie Flynt.
I've mostly enjoyed working with Joey Hayes and against Kris Travis & Martin Kirby.
That's an easy one, Rampage Brown (yep even after seeing the recent video PCW uploaded of him killing science fiction).
Nobody really springs to mind as underrated per say, as I think most people rate the good wrestlers.
I wouldn't say I'd 'love' to work for anyone as I believe I already work and have worked for some of the best promotions in the UK. The only company that really interests me that I haven't worked for would be Progress.
No, I don't watch much of that at all, Its all pretty much the same as the indy stuff over here . I mainly watch old school WWF from the 80's & early 90's.
10. What do you think 2014 has in store for you?
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I am so excited for this holiday season. Matthieu is coming back from Uganda mid-december / Meeting new babies at the end of the month / Family reunions in Luxembourg / Catching up with new and old friends in Rome and Luxembourg - I really can't wait it to be December.
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Q: Express A^(-1) matrix as linear combination of A^2, A and I3 I am a bit confused. How can I express A^(-1) matrix as linear combination of A^2,  A and I3?
This is the matrix A: [0, 0, 7], [1, 0, 3], [0, 1, 8]
I found A^2 to be [0, 7, 56], [0, 3, 31], [1, 8, 67]
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A: $$
       A-\lambda I=\left[\begin{array}{ccc}-\lambda & 0 & 7 \\ 1 & \lambda & 3 \\ 0 & 1 & 8-\lambda
               \end{array}\right]
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The characteristic polynomial is
\begin{align}
       \mbox{det}(A-\lambda I)&=-\lambda^2(8-\lambda)+7-(-3\lambda)\\
 &=\lambda^3-8\lambda^2+3\lambda+7
\end{align}
Therefore
$$
                A^3-8A^2+3A=-7I \\
                A(A^2-8A+3I)=-7I \\
                A^{-1}=-\frac{1}{7}(A^2-8A+3I).
$$

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Pressure on Nets, not Kyrie Irving, to make this work
The Nets' seismic heel-turn in letting Kyrie Irving be a part-time player isn't putting any burden on the guard, who stood his ground, stayed unvaccinated and is now being allowed to play road games.
Kyrie Irving back with Nets, resumes practicing
Kyrie Irving doesn't know when he'll get his first playing time of the season. The fact that it's sooner than later is good enough for him right now. Irving returned to practice Wednesday with the Brooklyn Nets, out of the NBA's health and safety protocols and potentially just a few
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Kyrie Irving's Return Shows Why the Nets Would Make an Exception
Kyrie Irving's part-time status will be complicated — he still can't play in home games — but his return drew praise from his team's other stars.
Kyrie Irving provides big reminder Nets are better with him
He was terrific, of course. Of all the issues surrounding Kyrie Irving's return to the Nets, that should have been lowest on the list. He really is that good.
Why Kyrie Irving is returning to the Nets as a part-time player
Kyrie Irving is back for the Nets, but he's only allowed to play road games. Kyrie Irving is one of the greatest players of his generation. The 6'3 point guard made one of the most iconic shots in recent NBA history with his clutch three-pointer in Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals to help the Cleveland Cavaliers pull off a historic upset of the 73-win Golden State Warriors. While LeBron James rightfully gets a lot of the credit for that championship, Cleveland's comeback from a 3-1 deficit couldn't...
Kyrie Irving 'looks great' and is nearing Nets return
Unvaccinated guard Kyrie Irving will first be eligible to make his Nets season debut as a part-time participant on Wednesday at Indiana.
What Nets-Kyrie Irving arrangement means for NBA bettors
I do not know if the betting public is ready to admit the Nets are doing just fine, and it's about to get better.
Nets face heavy road stretch which means more Kyrie Irving
Kyrie Irving will have more chances to gain chemistry with his Nets teammates because Brooklyn's next nine out of 11 games are on the road.
Kyrie Irving situation remains a challenge for Nets and Big 3
The question remains: How can the Nets can maximize the amount of games the trio can play together, with the unvaccinated Irving still ineligible to play in home games and select road games due to local vaccine ordinances?
Mired in slump, Nets set to see what Kyrie Irving can do
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NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving might be just the jolt the Brooklyn Nets need to escape a midseason slump. After refusing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, Irving has been unable to play at home


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College Update: Presidents' Day Invite, Florida Warm Up Close Early Season
Surprising results reigned during one of the biggest weekends of the spring.
February 19, 2020 by in Coverage, News with 0 comments
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Throughout the spring season, we will publish a bite-sized weekly recap of all the action across the college division. This will serve as a supplement to our standard tournament reporting and will offer a high-level look at the latest happenings and the biggest stories of the week.
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D-I Women's
Shocking Stanford Prevails At Presidents' Day Invite
In what was the most surprising result of the women's season thus far, #17 Stanford Superfly registered a stunning tournament victory, winning Presidents' Day Invite. The no. 8 seed showed grit and growth on the way to their win, exemplified by splitting their matchups with #11 UC Santa Barbara; UCSB took the win 9-8 in power pools, but Stanford claimed an 11-10 victory in the final. Stanford slammed #6 Western Washington 11-6 in the semifinals and also notched a win over #9 UCLA, though they took a loss to #16 Texas.
UC Santa Barbara's loss in the final was their only slip up of the tournament. Perhaps most meaningfully, they got the better of Southwest dominator, #7 UC San Diego, by a count of 10-9 in their semifinal. The Southwest is up for grabs, and UCSB is as good a pick as anyone to win what looks like the division's strongest region.
For more on Presidents' Day Invite, check out our Day One Takeaways and Tournament Recap (forthcoming).
Around The Division
Ohio started their season with a 5-1 weekend at Commonwealth Cup Weekend 1, closing with a 9-7 victory over fellow Ohio-based club, Case Western, in the final. Their zone gave teams trouble much of the weekend, despite relatively calm conditions.
After beginning Are We In Love (Or Just…) with a 6-5 loss to Alabama, Vanderbilt turned things around, winning their next five games comfortably. Their rematch with Alabama in the final went very differently, to the tune of a 13-3 Vanderbilt W.
While day one of Royal Crown Classic did get finished, much of day two was canceled due to weather complications. Both LSU and South Florida finished undefeated, but never got the chance to meet in the bracket. Shout out to USF's captains, who drove up for day two only to get the bad news.
D-I Men's
Michigan Wins Florida Warm Up, BYU Impresses
The size and scope of Florida Warm Up can make it challenging to sum up, and the lack of an undefeated or dominant outfit only adds to the required nuance to understand the implications. #14 Michigan emerged the tournament's victor, fighting their way past touted — albeit Randolph-less — #1 Brown in quarterfinals, vaunted #4 Carleton in semifinals, and surprising #13 Texas in the final, 14-11. Their lone loss?
#2 Brigham Young. Despite not playing in Sunday's bracket, BYU was the event's most impressive side, going 7-1 with a very difficult schedule, with their only loss coming to Brown when BYU was similarly hobbled after losing star Jordan Kerr to injury. CHI wiped the floor with Michigan 13-4 during their match play contest, giving them serious claim to FWU supremacy. Should they be #1?
For more on Florida Warm Up, check out this week's Tournament Talk, Florida Warm Up Saturday Recap, and the Tournament Recap (forthcoming).
Washington Rules West Coast With Presidents' Day Invite Victory
While Presidents' Day Invite hosted the debut of #6 Colorado and the first major competitive event for #8 Oregon, it was #7 Washington who proved the tournament's strongest team, building on their early-season success in Santa Barbara. The Sundodgers cruised through most of the pool and power pool sections, tested exclusively by Colorado, before knocking off #12 Cal Poly SLO and wrecking rival Oregon 15-7 in the final. Oregon couldn't keep up with Washingon's deep roster, and are the latest green box in the Seattle club's 16-0 record. We hope to get a showdown between Washington and BYU to decide who the best in the West is.
Clemson and Appalachian State dominated Chucktown Throwdown, playing just one close game each on the way to a showdown in the final. Once there, they played a dramatic championship tilt; Appalachian State held a 10-8 lead before giving up a hold, dropping the pull, and giving up two more breaks to lose 11-10 on double game point.
St. Olaf went 3-0 in the small round-robin event When In Dome, a nice indoor chance to kick off the season.
Maryland B went 6-0 at Crouching Tiger Hidden Panda, a mostly-developmental round robin event. They worked over the second-place finisher, American B, 15-4 in their matchup.
A crop of nine developmental teams played through a predetermined one-day schedule at Villanova Developmental Invitational. Penn State's four wins comprised the lone undefeated performance.
Royal Crown Classic managed to squeeze in almost the entire tournament before Sunday play was cut short. Finalist Georgia Southern was then-undefeated, handling the competition comfortably, setting them up for a face-off with D-III #16 Georgia College. The D-III side won their previous matchup, so for Southern, the score remains unsettled.
D-III Women's
Southeast Squads Get Quality Reps
The Southeast region was out in full force, enjoying (somewhat) nicer weather at a few southern tournaments.
At the Nashville-based tournament Are We In Love (or Just…), Belmont URSA left with a 1-6 record, notching their lone win over Wisconsin-Milwaukee in pool play by a score of 8-7.
Further south in Columbus, Georgia, a large collection of the D-III Women's Southeast region was in action at Royal Crown Classic. In pool play, 2019 Nationals representatives #12 North Georgia Aurea finished 4-1, including an 11-0 win over new program Berry College Discie Chicks. Aurea also trounced Florida B in the quarterfinal round on Sunday morning, before the remaining rounds were canceled due to wet field conditions exacerbated by overnight Saturday rain.
While the game against North Georgia was rough, Berry did admirably for themselves as a brand-new team, going home with a record of 3-3 on the weekend thanks to several wins over B teams.
In the other pool, Georgia College Lynx Rufus ended Saturday with a 3-1 record, before falling to Tennessee-Chattanooga in quarters on Sunday, 7-4. Georgia College's Saturday wins also include a solid 11-4 victory over Florida Tech Flux, another recent program addition to the region. Florida Tech went home from the soggy weekend with a win on their stat sheet against Emory B.
Mary Washington Leads The Way At Connective Commonwealth Cup
To the north and east, three D-III teams from the Atlantic Coast and Ohio Valley regions played Commonwealth Cup Weekend 1 in Axton, Virginia.
Catholic Nun Betta and #25 Mary Washington Massacre represented the Atlantic Coast. Last year's National attendees, Mary Washington, performed well on the weekend with a 4-2 record, including wins over Temple and Wake Forest. Catholic nearly matched with a weekend record of 3-3, including their own win over Wake Forest and a victory over George Mason. Notable for Catholic is that their record includes the only intradivision cross-region play, thanks to a match against the #14 Swarthmore Warmothers.
In Sunday play, the Warmothers took the win 9-8, a feather in the cap of their 5-1 record weekend. With their only loss at the hands of Virginia Tech by a margin of 13-7, Swarthmore will be a team to watch at Bring the Huckus this weekend.
D-III Men's
#16 Georgia College started their Royal Crown Classic with a loss to Troy. They ended it with an 11-10 revenge win over that same team, making for four straight victories, and earning them a spot in the final. And they did it without star Jacques Perivier. Unfortunately, that final was canceled due to inclement weather.
It's a very busy weekend, with seven events in each of the women's and men's divisions, headlined by Commonwealth Cup Weekend 2 in women's. Over 180 teams are slated to play this weekend across all divisions, from teams appearing in our D-I and D-III Power Rankings to teams just hoping to score some wins at their Conference Championships.
Commonwealth Cup Weekend 2 (Women's) features some of the eastern teams we saw at Queen City Tune Up and a couple new guests, seasoned now by a couple more weeks of practice. Top 15 squads like Ohio State, Vermont, and Northeastern are hoping to take down #2 North Carolina. And how will reigning D-III champion #1 Oberlin fare against such stiff D-I competition?
Teams from the Northeast and New England are thawing out and joining several Metro East and Ohio Valley clubs for Bring The Huckus (Women's / Men's). D-I and D-III clubs will each be scrambling for regional bids, and maybe even score some results that will impact D-III's national bid picture.
Oak Creek Challenge (Men's) is very similar to Bring The Huckus, only many of the Ohio Valley teams are replaced by Atlantic Coast clubs. No. 1 seed Georgetown leads a 22-team field where quite a few teams are getting their first sanctioned games in of the season.
Other Events: Big D in lil d (Women's), Dust Bowl (Women's / Men's), Florida Warm Up Weekend 2 (Men's), Forever Winter (Women's), Grove's One Day Warm Up (Men's), Huckleberry Finn (Women's), Music City Tune Up (Men's), Pomona Sweethearts (Men's), UMBC Safari Party (Women's)
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Riding down memory lane on the ice truck
By Donna Traywick
Mt. Olivet News
After The Panolian ran the article about Jim Jones, the self-styled veterinarian in the 1940-60s, I received a call from Billy Downs who remembers the area of Jones Mountain very well.
Billy's father, the late Arthur Downs, had an ice route over almost all of Panola County. Mr. Arthur would load up about five tons of ice, or more, from the same place that the Ice House venue right off the Square is today.
He had high planks on the truck and they covered the ice with tarpaulins. Fifteen year old Billy accompanied his father on many of these trips on his weekly rounds.
Their schedule might be as follows: He would load up on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and start on Panola Avenue, then go to Red Hill and Hays Farm, and Bob Carrier's and leave at least 500 pounds at each house.
The big plantation owners celebrated a lot, and there was always an extra 500 pounds of ice to be sold. He also delivered ice to the Ballentine area and Miss Sara Davidson's store at Terza.
On Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, the route might take the father and young son near Orwood (close to Lafayette County line), to the Preston Tidwell farm, and back to the highway about where the Cedar Bucket is today.
All all of this traveling was on dusty gravel roads without the benefit of air conditioning.
Billy remembers delivering to the Jim Jones household. Even as a teen he sensed an unusual nature about the man. He also state that is was the cleanest house he had ever been in on any of these routes.
The ice business flourished until TVEPA became available in rural Panola County, and refrigerators began to become plentiful. Mr. Downs, at that time, turned to his other many business endeavors.
Bill was born in the Shuford community off Eureka Road, one of six children. His sister Ruby was a classmate of mine. His family's farm was next door to the Crowell farm.
While attending Batesville school I knew both Larry and Baxter Crowell, and Marilyn Crowell was also a classmate of mine.
Billy attended Shuford School until they consolidated, then moved to Batesville School. Some of the classmates he remembers were Brucie Howell, E.J. Robison, Wanda Hall, Ellen Dale Crowell (who won Lady of the Lake numerous times), and Christine Hide.
His class had at least six sets of siblings. They were: Marvel and Charlie Anderson, Charles and Mary Ann Tyler, Sammy and Mable Everette, Leon and Pearl Ridgeway, James and Virginia Dale Finch, and Janice Roberson also had a sibling in the class.
Donald Davis and Danny Davis were also classmates of Billy's John Ed Dunlap was the big football star, playing the position of quarterback. Cecil Dickerson was the coach and Malcolme Shackerford was the superintendent.
The grammar school principal at Shuford School was Mr. Charlie Byers. Some of his most admired teachers were Francis Seales and Elizabeth Leslie, who was working to send her husband John through pharmacy school.
Mr. John Leslie established a drugstore in Oxford and then became the mayor.
After graduating high school in 1951, Billy attended Miss. State, then went in the military. After the military he was encouraged to further his education, and he attended Ole Miss. All along we worked in clothing stores.
He worked at Shackeroff's Store, which was an upscale clothing store on the Square for 22 years. At the retirement of the Shackeroffs he was offered an opportunity to buy, but preferred to start with a new store on his own.
Hence, we had Sims Clothing Store.
I always wondered where the Sims name came from. Why was he working for a Mr. Sims when he knew clothing, especially menswear, so well I thought? The mystery was solved when I interviewed Billy for this article.
Sims is Billy's middle name!
Many a nervous young man, on becoming a groom, best man, or just wanting to dress coordinately, came through those doors to be expertly filled for 46 years.
After 68 years of service he is enjoying his family: wife Sherry, and children Jessica, Cindy, and Billy.
Those grandchildren keep both he and Sherry young. They celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary on Aug. 10.
I enjoyed that telephone trip along the ice delivery route as much as if I had gone along. Look at the press and technology that Billy has experienced in his lifetime, and can so vividly recall.
What a brilliant person Billy Downs is.
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require "greener/formatter_set"
require "greener/parser"

module Greener
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  class Linter
    def initialize(config_path)
      @config = ConfigStore.new(config_path).resolve
      @results = []
      @formatter_set = FormatterSet.new @config.formatters
    end

    def lint
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      # Here we iterate through a list of files, then iterate through the list of
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      # single pass through the file, line-by-line, and flagging violations as
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      violations_in_file = []

      @config.checkers.each do |sc_klass, sc_opts|
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        checker.run
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      end

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2019 Jaguar I-PACE vs Tesla Model Y Spec Comparison
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Much will be written on the newly displayed Tesla Model Y. Much has already been written on the Jaguar I-PACE and it's received lots of love and attention. Will the Tesla Model Y take it all away?
The Jaguar I-PACE is living the high-life at the moment and for many reasons. One of which is that it's the first mass-produced all-electric SUV for less than $100,000. The Tesla Model Y might not make it in time to be the second but the spotlight has shifted from the British EV to the American company.
Not all details are yet known on the new Tesla Model Y however we have enough meat on the bone to compare it to the Jaguar I-PACE. While we've driven the I-PACE, we're minimally 24 months away from even hoping to get behind the wheel of the Tesla. You can, however, place your order now and probably take delivery in about two years.
The question is whether or not you should spring for a Jaguar I-PACE or put in that order and patiently wait. Let's now take a quick look at how these two measure up against each other.
2019 Jaguar I-PACE | Photo: Jaguar
2020 Tesla Model Y | Photo: Tesla
For the purpose of this comparison, we'll use the Dual-Motor AWD Long Range Tesla Model Y. This version brings it closest to the Jaguar I-PACE's dual-motor setup.
The Jag' battery is 90 kWh unit which feed the motors. The system's output is of 394-horsepower and 512 lb.-ft. of torque. This power sends the Jaguar to 100 km/h in 4.8 seconds on the way to a top speed of 200 km/h.
The Tesla's battery pack capacity is of 75 kWh. The electric motors generate 367-horsepower and 400 lb.-ft. of torque. Despite being down on power, the Model Y will hit 100 km/h in 5.1 seconds and top out at 217 km/h.
The range comparison comes down to this: The I-PACE is rated at 377 km while the Model Y is expected to be good for 451 km. Charge times on a home-based 240 V Level II charger are of roughly 11 hours for the Tesla and 13 for the Jaguar.
The $89,900 I-PACE S includes the aforementioned powertrain, a panoramic glass roof, Jag's Touch-Pro Duo infotainment system with both 10-inch and a 5-inch screens, leather, air suspension, navigation, Wi-Fi enabled, satellite radio, and loads more.
The Tesla Model Y RWD Long Range starts at $64,000. The dual-motor version adds $5,000 for a total of $71,000. It too is well equipped and throws in a large glass roof, a 15-inch screen, navigation, Wi-Fi and more.
From here, it's a matter of figuring out these brands' value. There's room to debate the perceived worth of a storied British sport-luxury marque that's not always been that great vs. an American "start-up" electric vehicle maker that's also faced the music on more than one occasion.
The major difference between these two vehicles is what they can become. The Jaguar I-PACE can be spec'd out into a truly luxurious high-end electric SUV, to a level in fact that the Model Y as we currently know it cannot reach. However, for $83,000, the Tesla Model Y Performance destroys the I-PACE power and speed-wise.
Our Thoughts On The 2019 Jaguar I-PACE and Tesla Model Y
Having spent a week with a $110,000 First Edition 2019 Jaguar I-PACE, we will admit to having experienced frustrations dealing and negotiating with Jag's Touch-Pro Duo system. An issue that's plagued JLR products for a long time is a laggy, overly complex system interface that turns out not to be very reliable.
Beyond that, the I-PACE turned out to be a generally pleasing vehicle to drive. At the moment, it is unique goes nowhere without being noticed.
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Craig Bjornson spent three seasons in the minors as a pitcher then coached for over a decade.
Undrafted out of college, Bjornson signed with the Houston Astros. He was 3-4 with a 3.71 ERA between three stops in 1991. In 1992, Craig was 4-8 with a 3.70 ERA for the Asheville Tourists and 2-0 with a 1.93 ERA for the Auburn Astros. He ended his playing career with the 1993 Quad Cities River Bandits, going 0-6 with three saves and a 5.08 ERA.
His coaching stops have been:
1999 Pitching coach Vermont Expos
2002 Pitching coach Spokane Indians
2004 Pitching coach Brevard County Manatees
2006-2008 Pitching coach Ogden Raptors
2009-2011 Pitching coach Casper Ghosts
In 2012, Craig was named bullpen coach of the Houston Astros, replacing Jamie Quirk. Dennis Martinez took over the position in 2013, but Craig returned in 2014.
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Jeremy Allen Mayfield (born May 27, 1969) is a former NASCAR driver who last competed in 2009 due to legal troubles and an indefinite suspension by NASCAR. Prior to 2009, Mayfield drove cars for the Sadler Brothers, T.W. Taylor, Cale Yarborough, Michael Kranefuss, Roger Penske, Ray Evernham, Bill Davis, and Gene Haas. He last drove for his own team, Mayfield Motorsports, before his suspension.On May 9, 2009, Mayfield was suspended indefinitely as both owner and driver by NASCAR following what NASCAR said was a positive test for methamphetamine. A federal judge weighed the evidence and subsequently temporarily lifted the suspension on July 1, 2009. On July 15, 2009, it was revealed by NASCAR that Mayfield had for the second time tested positive for methamphetamine after failing a random drug test on July 6. On July 24, a federal appeals court overturned the previous injunction Mayfield had been awarded, leaving him suspended from the sport.
Birth date: May 27, 1969
Birth place: Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S.
Height: 6' (1.83 m)
Profession: Race car driver
Spouse: Shana Sessions Mayfield (m. 2003)
Awards: NASCAR Rookie of the Year, Auto Racing Club Rookie of the Year, Kentucky Motor Speedway Rookie of the Year (1987)
Nominations: 1993 ARCA Rookie of the Year, 1987 Kentucky Motor Speedway Rookie of the Year, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career- best finish 7th (1998), 433 races run over 17 years
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In past years mental health has been a rarely mentioned topic, which was usually avoided by the public, or accepted as a frightening case. William Sweetser was the first to raise the term "mental hygiene" in the middle of 19th century, but that time also is the period in which strictly organised psychiatric asylums were the only way to treat mentally ill patients. After several decades of scientific researches and changing society, the relationship between people and the topic of mental health awareness has dramatically changed. Now it is being brought up more and more often, on streets you can notice posters of charity campaigns, the number of celebrities referring to metal illnesses is increasing.
In this essay I will analyse a number of art and design case studies, in regards to mental health, such as Prinzhorn Collection, Jean de buffet and creative approaches of charity campaigns.
Prinzhorn Collection
The first case study is Prinzhorn Collection, created in 1918-1921, which significantly raised audience's attention to the subject. Its author, Hans Prinzhorn (1886 -1933), has fused his practice as an art historian with involvement into medical science during the World War I, so when he joined the University of Heidelberg Psychiatric Clinic 1919 as an assistant, the task given to him fitted perfectly. The task was to expand the arts program that had been established among the patients. It was started by Emil Kraepelin in order to collect works of mentally ill, which would question the nature of individual self-expression.
By the end of next two years the collection had around 5000 pieces, and the first success occurred quite soon, already in 1920 one of the most successful psychiatrists, Binswanger wrote about "overwhelming impression" made by works. Hans Prinzhorn was working on reputation of the collection really intensively, since expressionism played not the last role in his thinking of art and he knew how to present this idea as one of the concepts of expressionism. In fact, he found that art of mentally ill was an ultimate model of expression. In May 1922 his book "Artistry" was met with anticipation and curiosity. In this book Hans was analysing the drawings not only psychologically, but aesthetically as well. Besides, he was projecting investigations about nature and meaning of individual works in the future, but these plans were never brought to light.
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Зоя Антоновна Бориневич-Бабайцева (29 декабря 1885 — 7 октября 1972) — историк литературы, пушкинист.

Биография
Родилась 29 декабря 1885 (11 января 1886) в Богодухове в семье земского статистика, впоследствии профессора статистики А. С. Бориневича.

Среднее образование получила во 2-й городской женской гимназии, которую закончила 1903 году. В 1904—1909 годах училась на историко-филологическом факультете Одесских высших женских курсов. В 1912 году сдала государственные экзамены на одноимённом факультете Императорского Новороссийского университета и получила диплом 1-й степени. Педагогическую карьеру начала в 1909 году учительницей воскресных и вечерних школ. В 1912—1918 годах преподавала русский язык и литературу в женских и мужских гимназиях города, а в 1920—1938 годах — на рабочих факультетах высших учебных заведений Одессы. В 1923—1930 годах была преподавателем Одесского института народного образования, затем — Одесского педагогического института, а с 1938 года — Одесского государственного университета.

В 1940 году защитила диссертацию «Романы-пародии А. П. Чехова» на соискание учёной степени кандидата филологических наук. Впоследствии присвоено учёное звание доцента.

В годы нацистской оккупации Одессы сочетала преподавательскую работу с подпольной деятельностью.

В 1950—1972 годах была председателем Пушкинской комиссии при Одесском доме учёных, одним из организаторов объединенных конференции пушкиноведов, которые проходили в Одессе и Кишинёве.

Умерла 7 октября 1972 в Одессе.

Научный потенциал
Научно-исследовательская деятельность была сосредоточена на изучении жизни и творчества А. П. Чехова и А. С. Пушкина. Принимала активное участие в работе организованной в 1924 году Пушкинской комиссии при Одесском доме учёных (доклад «Пушкин и одесские альманахи»). Наибольшая активность в области пушкиноведения пришлась на 1950-60-е годы. Была соредактором двух томов сборников «Пушкин на юге» (т. 1 — 1958 год, т. 2 — 1961 год). Труды по пушкиноведению делятся на два цикла. К первому относятся исследования, в которых показаны культурно-общественная картина Одессы пушкинской поры, жизнь поэта в Одессе. Исследовательница делает анализ причин высылки А. С. Пушкина из Одессы, опровергает утверждение, что основой высылки был личный конфликт между поэтом и М. С. Воронцовым, считая политические мотивы ключевыми. Второй цикл работ посвящен анализу творчества А. С. Пушкина в так называемый «южный период».

Является автором около 20 опубликованных научных работ, в том числе 2 брошюр.

Труды
 Пушкин и одесские альманахи // Пушкин. Статьи и материалы. — Вып. 2. — Одесса, 1926. — С. 51 — 69.
 Пушкин в Одессе // О. С. Пушкін в Одесі. — Одеса, 1949. — С. 69 — 98.
 Одесский период жизни Пушкина // Пушкинская юбилейная сессия. 150-летие со дня рождения А. С. Пушкина. — Одесса, 1949. — С. 37 — 39.
 Одесские впечатления в творчестве Пушкина после 1824 г. // Збірник філологічного факультету Одеського державного університету. — Т. IV. — Одеса, 1954.— С. 75 — 89.
 Овидиев цикл в творчестве Пушкина // Пушкин на юге. — Вып 1. — Кишинев, 1958.— С. 164—178.
 Высылка Пушкина из Одессы // Пушкин на юге. — Вып 1. — Кишинев, 1958.— С. 264—280.
 Лирика Пушкина южного периода // Пушкин на юге. — Вып 2. — Кишинев, 1961. — С. 265—288.
 Десятая объединенная конференция пушкиноведов юга // Временник Пушкинской комиссии, 1963. — Вып. 2. — М.-Л., 1966. — С. 113—115.

Награды
 Медали «За оборону Одессы», «За боевые заслуги», «Партизану Отечественной войны»

Источники и литература
 Зоя Антоновна Бориневич-Бабайцева: [Некролог]// Временник Пушкинской комиссии. 1972. — Ленинград, 1974. — С. 142—144;
 Жінки-викладачі вищої школи Одеси (1917-1930-ті рр.): історико-науковий аспект/ В. В. Левченко // Південь України: етноісторичний, мовний, культурний та релігійний виміри. — Одеса, 2009. — С. 149—150.
 Бориневич-Бабайцева Зоя Антонівна/ В. В. Левченко // Одеські історики. Енциклопедичне видання. Том 1 (початок ХІХ — середина ХХ ст.). — Одеса: Друкарський дім, 2009. — С. 64-66.
 Не забудемо, пам'ятаємо: співробітники ОНУ ім. І. І. Мечникова в роки Другої світової війни: інформаційне видання /гол. ред. І. М. Коваль. — Одеса: ОНУ, 2015. — С. 261.

Ссылки
 С. А. Бориневич-Бабайцева: некролог // http://feb-web.ru/feb/pushkin/serial/v74/v74-1422.htm?cmd=p
 Материалы Архива литературоведа С. А. Бориневич-Бабайцевой в Одесском литературном музее / Ольга Куценко // http://archive.odessa.gov.ua/files/derjarhiv/PUBLIC/books/2016_ais-2/2016_ais-2_0156-0161.pdf

Литературоведы СССР
Преподаватели Одесского университета
Преподаватели Южноукраинского национального педагогического университета имени К. Д. Ушинского
Историки литературы
Награждённые медалью «За боевые заслуги»
Награждённые медалью «За оборону Одессы»
Кандидаты филологических наук
Награждённые медалью «Партизану Отечественной войны» II степени
Пушкинисты

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The BHB has also hired its first marketing director for two years, following the departure of Tim Darby. Theresa Cash, who has been the board's marketing consultant since last year, will report directly to Reynolds.
The appointments anticipate Government plans to abolish the Levy Board and sell off state-owned bookmaker the Tote. These moves mean the BHB will need to become more commercially-oriented.
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By GUY CHAZAN
U.S. workplace-safety regulators Friday slapped British oil giant BP PLC with a record $87 million fine for failing to correct safety problems at its Texas City refinery, the scene of an explosion in 2005 that killed 15 people.
The fine issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration — the largest in the agency's history — shows how hard it has been for BP to draw a line under Texas City, a disaster that badly tarnished its reputation in the U.S. A person close to the company said it was considering appealing the decision.
A birds eye view of the wreckage at the BP facility in Texas City on March 24, 2005.
The hefty penalty comes two years after BP agreed to pay a $50 million criminal fine over the explosion — the biggest ever levied under the Clean Air Act. BP already paid OSHA $21.4 million in fines for safety violations at Texas City in Sept. 2005, and has also settled thousands of civil claims related to the blast.
BP said it was "disappointed" with OSHA's citations. "We believe our efforts to improve process safety performance have been among the most strenuous and comprehensive that the refining industry has ever seen," it said in a statement.
At issue is a dispute over the settlement agreement BP entered into with OSHA in September 2005, under which the oil company pledged to remove potential hazards similar to those that caused the refinery blast.
BP believes it is compliance with the agreement, despite OSHA's criticisms, and has referred the matter to the Occupational Health & Safety Review Commission, a body that is independent of OSHA.
BP said it was dismayed that OSHA had gone ahead before the Review Commission had given the dispute its full consideration. "We continue to believe we are in full compliance with the Settlement Agreement, and we look forward to demonstrating that before the Review Commission," BP said.
OSHA said it was issuing BP with 271 notifications for non-compliance, with fines totaling $56.9 million. It also identified 439 "willful violations" of process safety management, with penalties totaling $30.7 million.
In a statement, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said instead of taking action to protect employees, BP had allowed "hundreds of potential hazards to continue unabated."
"Workplace safety is more than a slogan. It's the law," she said. "The U.S. Department of Labor will not tolerate the preventable exposure of workers to hazardous conditions."
After the 2005 blast, which killed 15 people and injured 170, regulators and BP internal investigators uncovered a series of big safety and operational shortcomings at the plant and across BP's American refining unit, saying BP's aggressive cost-cutting had played a big role in the tragedy — one of the deadliest industrial accidents in the U.S. in the last 20 years.
The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board concluded in 2006 that decisions by senior BP management to defer overhauls, cut staff and rein in costs at Texas City had helped cause the explosion. Since the disaster, BP says it has invested billions of dollars in its refining business to improve safety.
The blast occurred in a part of the refinery known as an isomerization unit, that processes gasoline to boost octane. The unit's processing tower where gasoline components are separated was overfilled, and an explosive mix of hydrocarbon liquid and vapor was formed which escaped into the atmosphere and was ignited. Alarms and gauges that were supposed to warn that the equipment was overfilled did not work properly.
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A: You should use Thread.start() to start any new thread.
As far as I know calling run() directly will not cause the system to actually launch a new thread, hence your blocking UI.
Change your startThread() method to the following and it should then work:
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