Contrary to popular belief, a comic doesn't have to be technically perfect to be considered good or great. 'Exit Generation' #2 is an enormously fun read that takes chances with things like plausibility, coincidence, and plot devices but the pacing and characters drive the action. Jack and Mo find the help they were looking for in order to try and rescue their loved ones from the clutches of a human-eating alien race named the Ruleians.
Aliens vanish with your families and take off to space, what do you do? Well, if you're Jack and Mo you look for a way to get to space by seeking a pilot of some kind, right? It just so happens that the guy at the scrap yard was once a pilot, or so they think. They somehow convince the guy named Scrap to help them save their families. As luck would have it, he along with his teenage adopted daughter have a hidden fully functional command center complete with rocket and space shuttle ready to go. How fortuitous indeed!
Meanwhile, the humans are being prepped for a feast by the Ruleians while in orbit. Luckily, they found an unlikely partner in Grunt, a guard who happens to be a vegetarian. Things look bleak but will Jack, Mo, Scrap and Hannah make it in time to save them all before they become the main course?
It's this type of madness that makes 'Exit Generation' so enjoyable to read. It's not a parody, it's a pretty straight-forward sci-fi adventure book but it flows so smoothly and efficiently you can't wait to see what happens next. Sure, it's preposterous at times but it still captures your imagination. The fast-paced script and panel layouts help move things along before you've had too much time to think about it.
Caio Oliveira does fantastic character designs especially while in space with the Ruleians. His style is reminscent of Simon Gane (They're Not Like Us) and Gabo (The Life After) with great attention to detail and Marissa Louise's bold and bright colors makes each page pop with a varied array of hues that add depth and warmth to each scene.
'Exit Generation' #2 has been a nice surprise and actually improves on the first issue. It's as good as any comic from the Big Two and probably better. It has some wild ideas and not even logic can triumph over sheer unadulterated entertainment. It's definitely worth adding to your pull list if you're looking for a good time.


Aldgate Tower Developments Ltd are the developer for a £78million, 17-Storey Commercial Tower in Aldgate (Opposite Aldgate East Tube Station), construction of which commenced 21/01/13 and is planned for completion on the 21/11/14.
Metisplan were employed by the Sub-contractor Mercury Engineering to provide a full design development, procurement and construction programming for the M&E installation works valued at £20million.
The solution for the full M&E installation was to employ modularisation as much as possible. Approximately 2,000 modules were delivered by hoist and tower crane to provide the 17 storeys and associated risers. Some risers were installed traditionally, as well as most of the plant room areas and roof. Ground Floor access was shared with the live delivery route for the RBS building next door. Continuous coordination with other trades and suppliers was required to ensure a successful outcome to the project.


New Zealand gunners from 161 Field Battery fired New Zealand's first shots of the Vietnam War from their Bien Hoa base near Saigon.
Between 1963 and 1975 more than 3000 New Zealand military personnel and civilian volunteers served in Vietnam. Thirty-seven died on active service and 187 were wounded. Two civilians also died.
This was the first war in which New Zealand did not fight alongside its traditional ally Britain, reflecting increasing defence ties with the United States and Australia.
The New Zealand government was cautious in its approach to Vietnam, sending a New Zealand Civilian Surgical Team in April 1963, then a team of army engineers in June 1964. The latter built roads and bridges.
The crucial decision to send combat forces was made in May 1965 and the Royal New Zealand Artillery's 161 Field Battery replaced the engineers in July. They served with the United States 173rd Airborne Brigade before joining an Australian task force. As New Zealand's commitment increased, two rifle companies of the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, arrived in 1967.
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Airlines' disability travel policies need change
Posted - December 2018 in HSPRF News
But one HSPer fulfils a dream
Luke and carer onboard
"Airlines help paralysed man fly to Melbourne after mother's plea" was the headline on an ABC News story on 15 November. A good news story about travelling with disability – great! We don't get enough of them! However the reality is quite different and far from encouraging.
Here is some more of that 15 November ABC News story:
Qantas and Jetstar have agreed to work together to help a paralysed Adelaide man fly interstate, after his mother appealed for their help. On Thursday morning, Adelaide mother Carolyn Lawlor-Smith plead for cooperation between the co-owned airlines to help her chronically ill son Luke Green fly to Melbourne to visit his brother. She wants to fly Luke to Melbourne to watch a live recording of the ABC's Mad As Hell, which his brother David writes for.
Mr Green, 27, lives with a rare hereditary condition called hereditary spastic paraplegia type 11, which has paralysed him from the neck down and caused problems with eating, swallowing and speaking. The condition has also robbed the family of their daughter and sister, Alice, who died two years ago from aspiration pneumonia related to the same illness.
Ms Lawlor-Smith said she and her son watched Mad As Hell together each week, and during a recent episode he asked to see it being filmed in person.
"He just adores the show, he laughs so hard we can barely hear it," she said.
"One Wednesday we were watching and he asked to go."
The family ran into problems when they found that Qantas had an 'Eagle Lifter' to put Mr Green into a plane seat, but could not fit his 100-centimetre-tall wheelchair into the hold — their maximum height is 84cm. Jetstar, who could fit the wheelchair, had no lifter. Other airlines also don't have the necessary equipment.
Carolyn was told that the airlines could not share the necessary equipment, but later that day a Qantas spokesperson confirmed to the media that the airlines would work together to help the family (Jetstar in Australia is wholly owned by Qantas after all).
So, problem solved? … Not so fast!
Qantas made no further contact with Carolyn and after several tries to call them, Carolyn was told "wait for Jetstar". However Jetstar don't have a phone number – they are a budget airline – and it took a lot of time and effort for Carolyn to contact the Jetstar media person, but she kept being put off.
Pretty soon it was the day before the planned travel from Adelaide to Melbourne and an executive at Qantas was telling Carolyn how "difficult and hard" the whole thing was. They then tried to charge Carolyn $675 per ticket instead of the $275 advertised at the time Carolyn made the request. Luke requires two carers, meaning a total of four tickets, with the bill now around $2,700 instead of $1,100.
Of the day of travel itself, Carolyn said "I can't speak highly enough of the airline staff, both groundcrew and flight crew, who were all wonderful. Travability were also fantastic". http://travability.travel/. However it was all too hard for the executives of both airlines with Qantas advising in writing that they won't be doing this again and Jetstar saying that the lifters required don't fit with their low-cost business model.
Policies need to change
In a subsequent ABC interview last Friday 30 November, Carolyn called for the airlines to review their policies to better accommodate travelling with disability. Carolyn said "it's a human right. It's not that difficult, it's not that expensive; for dignity, the ability of universal travel is so important". Carolyn is intent on advocating for change and is committed to pursuing the issue.
The world of disability access has definitely changed for the better over the years, but there is clearly much more that can be done as in this case of airline travel where not enough is being done compared to other forms of transport. Airline travel is a universal commodity in this day and age, much like buses and trains. It's a question of access, of inclusion, of non-discrimination. Buildings are remodelled to include ramps, toilet facilities are designed for disability access; buses can be lowered and a lifter extended for wheelchair access at the flick of a switch. Signage, assistance animals, specialised facilities, communications/messaging services, personal assistance from trained staff, planning, education and training are all part of the package of access and travelling with disability in best-practice cases – and best-practice needs to be the benchmark for the airlines.
How about it Mr Joyce?
Alan Joyce, CEO of Qantas, has promoted inclusion and diversity in the workplace with energy and passion over a long period. In February, he was named co-patron of national LGBTI workplace inclusion program, Pride in Diversity. It's hard to imagine Mr Joyce not seeing the issue of airline travel with disability without understanding and compassion. It would be good all round for Qantas to voluntarily take the lead and set a new standard for all to follow. At a time when a significant chunk of corporate Australia is struggling reputationally, Qantas could earn themselves huge points in the "good community member" stakes… but more than that, surely it's just the right thing to do!
Shaun Micallef, Luke and brother David
Luke's dream fulfilled
Luke got to Melbourne and met brother David at the ABC. He met funnyman and star of 'Mad as Hell' Shaun Micallef and fulfilled a dream. Carolyn said they are hoping to go back to Melbourne for David's wedding which is planned for March. She said "we don't even know if Luke will be here in March, we don't know how long he has got. We just try to give him any joy we can".
SOURCE: ABC NEWS online, 15 November
Airlines help paralysed man fly to Melbourne after mother's plea
Full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-15/mother-pleads-for-qantas-jetstar-cooperation/10500782
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It is now widely accepted that GPU-accelerated computing is revolutionizing high-performance computing (HPC). Driven by an aim to deliver the highest performance for the semiconductor manufacturing industry is D2S, a developer of innovative GPU-acceleration solutions at a rapid-fire sequence for a number of software applications as well as different manufacturing equipment capabilities. D2S plays an enabling role by leveraging the strength of GPUs for simulation of nature, image processing, and deep learning, particularly in model-based processing.
"The key is the difference that GPU acceleration provides in the rate of improvement for computing single-instruction, multiple-data (SIMD) tasks," remarks Aki Fujimura, Chairman and CEO, D2S. Programs written for SIMD can continue to scale, whereas conventional programs scale by coarse-level parallelism and are limited by Amdahl's Law. The Law says that coarse-level parallelism hits an asymptotic limit in performance because of overheads associated with dividing and assembling the problems. "Any application that is suited for SIMD will be GPU-accelerated sooner or later, and D2S wants to be one of the sooner ones," he adds.
With more than a decade of experience, D2S has developed GPU-accelerated engines, models and the Computational Design Platform (CDP) to serve multiple applications within the semiconductor photomask manufacturing segment. The company launched its fifth-generation CDP in April last year, featuring NVIDIA Pascal-based Tesla P40 GPUs which allow these CDPs to achieve 888 Teraflops of processing speed in Single Precision (that's more than double the speed of previous-generation CDPs from D2S). Keeping in mind that the semiconductor-manufacturing environment is sensitive to any downtime, the new CDPs are architected to ensure the high speed, precision, and reliability required for round the clock clean room production environments.
"Deep Learning completes the third leg of the triangle that makes CDP the ideal platform for semiconductor manufacturing applications," mentions Fujimura. Since semiconductor manufacturing requires massive simulation of nature and image processing, GPU acceleration is already a necessity. In addition, GPU is an ideal platform for Deep Learning.
Deep Learning completes the third leg of the triangle that makes CDP the ideal platform for semiconductor manufacturing applications
"For semiconductor manufacturing applications that we focus on, there's a need to 'see' the data in a special way. They require filters for the data to transform the data. This often takes single or double precision computation that is subject to 10 to 100 times speedup on GPUs over CPUs." As the amount of data on one chip is enormous—0.1nm precision spanning 2.5cm x 3cm space on a wafer and 0.1nm precision spanning 10cm x 13cm on a typical mask— 540TB is what it takes to represent pixel data of a multi-beam mask today. PLDC, a capability embedded inside NuFlare's MBM-1000 multi-beam mask writer, runs on a CDP to perform real-time in-line correction of mask shapes and enhancement of resiliency to manufacturing variation. That's equivalent to seven years worth of compressed 4K video to manufacture one mask. Fujimura says, "We predict a very broad-based adoption of GPU-acceleration everywhere, but specifically in electronic design automation (EDA), and D2S is well-positioned in EDA for GPU acceleration."
Fujimura also stresses on the fact that successful GPU-accelerated systems don't equate to complete replacement of CPU-based computing, but rather a balance of GPUs and CPUs is necessary. As an illustration, D2S ran Gaussian convolution, a specific type of computation that is useful in both simulation of nature and in image processing, on an arbitrarily sized piece of mask data (~80μm by 80μm, 10nm pixels), using a node of CDP to demonstrate runtimes for a CPU-only implementation, and for a CPU+GPU implementation. Algorithms and implementations were optimized for each platform separately. The CPU+GPU version was found to be ten times faster.
Reliability and serviceability are critical factors in the semiconductor manufacturing equipment space, and currently, D2S is nailing it with their new-generation balanced computing solution for better performance and optimal acceleration.
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Q: How to draw an open ended triangle with a specific angle in an UIView? I'm stumped here and need some assistance with this. For testing purposes I have a UIView that I draw into via drawRect (code below). I'm able to draw a circle with an specific angle and such but it's filled and closed. I need it to be open and stroked. I'm currently using UIBezierPath to do this but is there better way to do this? I can draw the open ended triangle like I want in UIBezierPath but I can't specify the angle that I need it to be (code below also). Any assistance with this would be much appreciated. Thanks.
The picture below is how I would like it to look when I draw it with a specific angle.

#import "AngleView.h"
#define   DEGREES_TO_RADIANS(degrees)  ((M_PI * degrees)/ 180)
@implementation AngleView

-(void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {

UIBezierPath *aPath = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithArcCenter:CGPointZero
                                                     radius:50
                                                 startAngle:0
                                                   endAngle:DEGREES_TO_RADIANS(45)
                                                  clockwise:NO];

[aPath fill];
}

@end

and here is how I can draw it without a specific angle.
UIBezierPath* bezierPath = [UIBezierPath bezierPath];
[bezierPath moveToPoint: CGPointMake(86.5, 33.5)];
[bezierPath addLineToPoint: CGPointMake(60.5, 62.5)];
[bezierPath addLineToPoint: CGPointMake(87.5, 62.5)];
[[UIColor blackColor] setStroke];
bezierPath.lineWidth = 1;
[bezierPath stroke];

A: Instead of trying draw one single line you can draw two separate originating from same point and you can give angle to one of them.
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    CGContextSaveGState(context);
    CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0, 119.5);  //here you can set originating point of line
    CGContextRotateCTM(context, -45 * M_PI / 180);  //Change Angle here -45
    UIBezierPath* bezierPath = UIBezierPath.bezierPath;
    [bezierPath moveToPoint: CGPointMake(0, 0)];
    [bezierPath addCurveToPoint: CGPointMake(39, 0) controlPoint1: CGPointMake(39, 0) controlPoint2: CGPointMake(39, 0)];
    [UIColor.blackColor setStroke];
    bezierPath.lineWidth = 1;
    [bezierPath stroke];
    CGContextRestoreGState(context);

    //Second UIBezierPath with 0 angle
    context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    UIBezierPath* bezier2Path = UIBezierPath.bezierPath;
    [bezier2Path moveToPoint: CGPointMake(0, 119.5)];
    [bezier2Path addCurveToPoint: CGPointMake(38.5, 119.5) controlPoint1: CGPointMake(38.5, 119.5) controlPoint2: CGPointMake(38.5, 119.5)];
    [UIColor.blackColor setStroke];
    bezier2Path.lineWidth = 1;
    [bezier2Path stroke];
    CGContextRestoreGState(context);
}

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The Society awards a number of prizes each year, recognising and rewarding excellence amongst undergraduate and postgraduate students, early career researchers, and authors of books in the field of French studies.
A prize will be awarded by the Society for an essay written by an undergraduate in English or in French, of between 2000 and 5000 words, on any subject within the broader scope of French studies.
The Society is pleased to confer the R. Gapper prizes upon scholarly work of outstanding merit, quality and value in the field of French and Francophone studies. Three separate prizes are awarded each year to work by undergraduates, postgraduates, and established researchers. Prizewinners must be based at an institution in the United Kingdom or Ireland.


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Ice cream is one of America's favorite desserts, and the frozen aisle absolutely reflects that. Don't believe it? Walk into any grocery store and head to the ice cream section. Now more than ever, there's a huge range of flavors from an even bigger array of brands. But, there's only one that combines baked goods derived from family recipes that reflect the history of the South — and it's called Creamalicious.
Creamalicious is America's only mass-produced Black-owned ice cream brand, and according to its founder, executive chef and president, Chef Liz Rogers, it's some of the creamiest ice creams on the market.
The brand launched in March 2020, although Rogers told In The Know that she first got the idea over a decade ago. The goal is to give consumers really good ice cream, but also tell a story through every flavor. And Creamalicious is doing just that! You can already find Creamalicious at stores like Walmart, Target, Meijer, Jungle Jim's, Schnucks, Rouses and more. Can't find it near you yet? Creamalicious also sells its ice cream on its own website and ships nationwide.
"It feels pretty surreal," Rogers said of her success. "It's not a place that I thought I would be this soon in my career. It's very historical being one of the only African American ice cream manufacturers in mass production, the only one in the world today in mass production. So, there's a lot that goes into trying to get onto the shelves. There's a lot of trials and tribulations as an entrepreneur. There's a lot of hard work. And now that you're on the shelves, you actually have to sell ice cream."
Rogers is an executive chef by trade and a restaurateur (she owns a restaurant called Wing Champ in Sharonsville, Ohio). But she admits she has always loved sweets. All of Creamalicious' flavors combine fresh baked pastries and desserts, like sweet potato pie and banana cream pudding. The family recipes date back a whopping four generations, and each has its own story.
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At last, I went to a movie that thrilled me, deep. Movies have been off my list for several reasons, the least of which was my eyes having become the primary means of physical balance. Ask my daughter what it is like to watch me attempting to keep my balance in a dark room with eyes mistakenly set to how the movie portrayed reality! Too many of those works available, here in metro Denver, were just far enough out of my range of key topics that I stayed out of those dark rooms.
Late yesterday, the film, Arrival, became my current favorite story. This movie being the first one I've watched in a couple of years doesn't provide a reason to be so highly rated, as it has no other, recent, movie to be compared with. Over the same timeframe I have read a couple dozen books, mostly sci-fi in kind with a small number of authors deserve my adoration as does this movie. Of those few, look at the writings of Stieg Larsson, Greg Bear, David Morrell, Khaled Hosseini and Mary Doria Russell to gain a sense of why I loved this movie.
It's a movie I admire more than I actually love. Nice review.


The Joffrey Ballet will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Robert Joffrey's The Nutcracker this winter. In honor of this anniversary, the ballet will offer a one-day-only sale tomorrow for tickets to The Nutcracker as well as select classes at the Joffrey Academy of Dance and holiday-related merchandise from the Joffrey Store. From 7am to 7pm, fans can purchase tickets at 50% off the normal ticket price. Featuring the full Joffrey company as well as 118 young dancers from across Chicagoland, the Joffrey's version of The Nutcracker was awarded the Goldstar National Nutcracker award and named the "Best Loved Nutcracker" in the United States. Classes will be sold at $5 off the normal drop-in rate and include Pilates and Keep Fit Ballet. Merchandise will be sold at a 50% discount online or in the Joffrey Tower lobby.
Tickets may be purchased at the ballet's official box office located in the lobby of Joffrey Tower (10 East Randolph), the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Box Office (50 East Congress Parkway), by telephone (800-982-2787), or online (with discount code CIJ).


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Malaysian teen set to soar in US
By RASHVINJEET S. BEDI
KUALA LUMPUR: It was about one year ago when Grace Sian Ern Hui watched a video by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) that would change her life.
She was set to study genetic engineering but after watching that video of fighter jets in the sky, she decided that she wanted to be a fighter pilot.
And the 19-year-old from here became the second Malaysian female to be accepted into an American service academy.
"Even though it was a short video, it changed my life," said Sian, one of three Malaysians who received their appointments to American service academies yesterday.
She was accepted into the Air Force Academy in Colorado, Muhammad Aniq Hilman Haslimi was accepted into the Naval Academy in Maryland, while Mateshan Varma Subramaniam is set to join the Military Academy at West Point.
Sian, the fifth of six siblings, said her family was not comfortable with her career choice at first as they were concerned for her safety but they have now become supportive of her.
US Ambassador to Malaysia Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir said the three had undergone vigorous administration processes.
She said 71 countries were invited to nominate candidates to enrol into each of the service academies, with 15 international candidates accepted into each.
"All candidates are evaluated on their academic performance, physical aptitude, character and leadership potential.
"This is not just a test. This is a set of interviews where these three candidates had to prove who they are as people and what they hope to bring back to Malaysia," she said in her speech during the ceremony at her residence here.
The family and friends of the three youngsters were in attendance to witness the three receiving their appointments from Lakhdhir.
All three 19-year-olds will leave for the United States next month and are expected to graduate in 2023.
Also present were Malaysian Armed Forces chief of staff Lt-Jen Datuk Kamalruzaman Mohd Othman and Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia vice-chancellor Lt-Jen Datuk Abdul Halim Jalal.
Only 30 Malaysians have graduated from US service academies since 1971, with another six in the midst of completing their training.


One of the most fascinating pieces of trackwork a layout can have is a double slip switch. Typically used in the throat of passenger terminals, they can also be found just about anywhere on a railroad. In addition to looking great, they are also a major space savor when used properly. A double slip switch is actually two opposing direction turnouts overlaid onto each other. So a double slip switch can save the space of one complete turnout if you have a situation where two turnouts are laid opposing each other on the same line.
Can Be Built Quickly - Build a slip in a few hours!
Using a Fast Tracks Double Slip Switch assembly fixture, you can build both double and single slip switches. At the moment we only have matching QuickSticks for Double Slip Switches, and we recommend adding some to your order by simply selecting them from the options above. Single Slip Switches can be completed using individual wood ties, also available from Fast Tracks.
Our #4, #5 and #6 slip switches use a solid frog in the centre frogs. That means there are no moving points in the middle of the switch. #8 slip switches, having a much lower frog angle, must be built with moveable point frogs in order to be reliable. This adds to the time it takes to build this switch as there are a total of 12 moving points in the switch.
Number 8 Double Slip Switch with movable point frogs.
Default Turnout Length 15.51" (394mm) This is the length of the turnout on the QuickSticks. Measured from end tie to end tie.
Minimum Turnout Length 10.21" (259.3mm) This is the shortest possible turnout length. Measured from the end PC board tie to end PC board tie.
Secondary Frog Angle 14° The second frog angle for any switch that has two frogs.
Substitution Radius 31" (787mm) The approximate radius that the diverging route of a turnout can be fit into. This calculation was made using the shortest possible turnout length measured from the edges of the PC board ties, not the wood ties.


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Grosjean's second life begins at IndyCar
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Yesterday I celebrated 35 years. Today he plays his first IndyCar in Alabama. This is how Roman Grosjean, a driver born in Switzerland but with a French passport and license, begins his second life. After miraculously surviving the terrible accident that occurred on the 29th of November at the start of the Bahrain Racing race, when he was trapped for 28 seconds in the raging flames of a broken Haas car in two, he did not lose his passion for speed and "to face smiles" is a risky sport. Thus Grosjean resumes his career. The US rookie, a junior, in a formula that could be considered more dangerous than the one he saw among the champions (also due to the numerous accidents that have happened and been hit) for the World Championships from 2009 to last year Drive the Dallara Honda, a powerful and well-designed car for the Dale Coyne Racing. It must be said that he was discreet enough in making his choices, at least in his judgment. He decided to participate in a portion of the tests on the calendar, practically only those on the road (like the one in Birmingham, with 15 bends, rather narrow) , Avoiding the ovals and the '500ml'.
He tests
Before the season began, the Transalpine driver preferred to take part in a live test run at Barber Motorsports Park, where today's race is held. "I had to adapt – he said – to a very different car than the one in Formula 1. But it didn't seem very difficult to drive. The mechanical car grip is really good. Love the way the team works. It is different, but I am happy. "
Roman also overcame the pain in his burning hand in Bahrain: "After a few laps, my biceps started to hurt a little. But I was expecting it, because I know the limb hasn't fully recovered and it's sensitive. Anyway, it really feels like the car and so I think you can control it with your driving style, how you apply the brakes, adjust the curves and so on. You can actually use different lines, whereas in Formula 1 you have to practically use the perfect track due to the aerodynamic performance. I also missed and went out of the way, for a normal head and tail. " Before starting his new adventure, Grosjean also wanted to talk about the past and did not fail to make some critical phrases against Formula 1: "I am happy with what I did, you cannot stay for ten years in a sport and not be happy about it. Only a few teams were able to Competition. Lately I have been doing what I disliked. How to reach the maximum to win a qualifying position among the last with Haas. So if my results in the US are positive, and if I realize that I can compete, I will definitely stay here. "
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Our Birth Story – the day our lives changed forever
It was Thursday 25 August, eight months into our first pregnancy and everything was going perfectly to plan.
We'd been in hospital the day before for our 36 week midwife appointment and all was well with the world. The baby was engaged and in the right position. We'd filled out our birth preferences in our maternity notes. And we'd even taken a tour of the amazing Birth Centre at Chelsea & Westminster hospital, thus cementing our grand plans for a natural, instrument and epidural-free water birth at some point in late-September.
We were getting organised at home too. We'd started practising a variety of relaxation techniques that we'd read about in our new hypnobirthing book (although we were still only half way through it). We had finally got round to buying our new car seat a few days earlier. To be on the safe side, we'd even leisurely packed our hospital bags, safe in the knowledge that we still had around four weeks to go until our little one's arrival (your first baby is almost always late, right?).
Sure, we still had a to-do list as long as my arm of baby-related jobs. But as the 25 August was Rosie's last day at work before her maternity leave started, we weren't too worried. We had loads of time left to finish everything off…
So to celebrate her final day of paid employment for a year, we went out for an early supper to one of our all time favourite restaurants (the lovely La Famiglia in Chelsea).
This maternity leave was getting off to a cracking start, we thought.
Little did we know but in a few hours' time, we were about to embark on a 60 hour exercise in sleep deprivation…
Because, at 1am that same evening, I was awoken by a surprisingly calm Rosie, informing me that her mucus plug had just made a surprise appearance. We called the hospital, as there had been some blood in the discharge too, and they told us to come straight in to get it checked out.
Bleary eyed, I quickly loaded the car with our hospital bags and brand new car seat, before nervously driving us in.
"This is it!" I thought. As it turns out, it wasn't.
After an initial examination from the midwife, she guessed it would be another 10 days or so before our contractions would actually start in earnest. But we still had to wait another two hours in a brightly lit, curtained cubicle to be seen by the doctor for a more intimate diagnosis.
Our worst fears were confirmed. She found more blood…and any bleeding during pregnancy is a red flag to the medical profession. As a result, Rosie was admitted to the labour ward for 24 hours of monitoring; a crushing blow.
After being up all night, she graciously sent me home at 8am for a couple of hours of shut eye, while she tried to do the same on the ward, surrounded by a gaggle of moaning mums-to-be in the midst of clockwork contractions.
At 11am I rushed back to the hospital to be by her side. Understandably she was fed up and exhausted (you only get two paper thin pillows on the ward, so you are best off bringing your own). But thankfully the bleeding had stopped, so we asked to be discharged early.
Frustratingly, being deemed 'low risk' compared to everyone else on the ward, we had to wait another four hours to be seen by the consultant. As we waited, couple after couple around us were taken into theatre for C-sections.
Eventually though, we were seen and reluctantly allowed to go home (after signing a self-discharge form). At last, Rosie would be able to get some real sleep in the comfort of our own home.
Utterly knackered, I drove her home and put her in bed, relieved that the events of the night before were just a false alarm. So confident was I in that fact, at 3:30pm I dutifully headed into the office to catch up on the piles of work I'd promised to complete before the weekend. Totally wired, I did as much as I could before heading back home at 7pm.
On my return, the flat was in chaos. Spurred on by her imminent labour, Rosie's nesting instincts had well and truly kicked in. Stressing about how underprepared we really were, she'd left piles of personal items in every room that needed washing, ironing or putting away.
To allay her fears (and leaving the boring jobs for later), we researched TENS machines online and downloaded a free contraction tracker App on my phone. It was 8 o'clock.
While testing the App out for the first time, Rosie suddenly clutched her baby bump and let out a quiet moan. The pain intensified for around 30 seconds before starting to subside.
"Don't worry, I'm sure it's just Braxton Hicks" I said confidently.
But six minutes later, she had another cramping pain in her belly. I started the timer on the newly downloaded contraction App. Like clockwork, the pain grew progressively stronger for another 30 seconds before easing off.
"It can't be real labour," I said hopefully. "The midwife said we were at least a week away!"
But sure enough, six minutes later, it happened again. Nine minutes. Seven minutes. 10 minutes. Six minutes. Six minutes. Six minutes. Each separated by a consistent contraction of sixty seconds.
"Still think it's Braxton Hicks?" Rosie asked…
At this point we called the Birth Centre, who confirmed that the baby was definitely on its way.
And then they gave us the bad news. Since we were only 36 weeks and two days pregnant, we wouldn't be allowed to have our baby in the midwife run Birth Centre as we'd planned. The baby was officially premature so we would have to give birth on the labour ward instead. Rosie was visibly upset but she didn't have time to wallow as another, more intense contraction took hold.
"Once the contractions are three minutes apart and have been like that for an hour, then you should come in," the midwife said calmly before signing off.
I couldn't believe it…our baby was on its way and there was nothing we could do to slow it down.
For the next two hours Rosie ensconced herself in our bedroom, with the windows open and the lights off, as the sun slowly retreated behind the horizon.
In complete darkness, she breathed her way through every contraction while (out loud) I counted down from 100 (a distraction technique our NCT instructor had recommended) and massaged her lower back.
For a while we tried 'upward visualisations' such as floating bubbles and hot air balloons – a technique we'd learnt from the hypnobirthing book we were still only half way through – but she soon gave up on that. The counting worked better for her, so we stuck with it.
In between contractions I sprinted back and forth from the kitchen, preparing some fish cakes and boiled courgettes for supper. If we really were in labour, she would need some sustenance to keep her energy levels up.
I even managed to slowly but surely finish all the jobs she'd left for me to do, while dutifully rushing back to the bedroom at the start of every contraction to start the timer App, count down from 100 and massage her aching back.
At midnight, we called the midwife again. The contractions were more powerful than ever and had been consistently three minutes apart for about forty minutes. Kneeling on the bed with her head buried in a stack of eight pillows, Rosie could hardly speak when the midwife asked to talk to her.
"It's time to come in…right away," we were told.
This was it. Action stations…
After checking Rosie would be OK for a few minutes without me, I ran to the nursery to pick up our hospital bags and car seat, before hurriedly loading them into the car.
As I rushed back into the flat to grab some extra pillows for the hospital, I found Rosie at the kitchen sink washing up the dishes from our supper. I couldn't help but laugh…even in the midst of labour, she refused to let her domestic standards slip. She grabbed the kitchen worktop and breathed her way through another intense contraction.
The 20 minute drive to hospital was equally intense, despite the soulful tunes from Mellow Magic that played quietly on the car radio.
After what seemed like an eternity, we finally parked up in the underground hospital car park. As I struggled to the lift, ladened with three heavy bags and an assortment of pillows, Rosie sat on a nearby bench to wait out her latest contraction.
Two surges later, we eventfully made it up to the labour ward on the third floor and were immediately seen by the senior (and amazingly lovely) midwife. After a quick examination she confirmed that Rosie was already 5cm dilated and that the baby would be with us by the morning. This baby wasn't hanging around…
In another blow, we were then informed that we wouldn't be able to have the water birth that we'd hoped for. You see, the baby and Rosie would need constant monitoring because we hadn't reached the 37 week mark yet. While we were obviously disappointed, we knew that the baby's safety had to come first.
So Rosie was quickly wheeled off to the labour ward, while I struggled behind her, piled high with our copious bags and pillows. The room we were taken into was surprisingly large and dimly lit, with a new midwife ready and waiting to take over. The senior midwife who initially examined Rosie imparted some final words of encouragement before disappearing off, promising to return at the end of her shift. Rosie begged her to stay, but of course she couldn't.
It was 1am at this point and we were told that the next cervix examination would be scheduled for 5am…which seemed like a lifetime away.
The new midwife quickly strapped two monitors onto Rosie's bump, and the room immediately filled with the sound of our baby's heartbeat. The atmosphere was intense and the room was baking.
What's more I then realised that, in our rush, I'd stupidly left Rosie's energy drinks in our kitchen fridge. So all we had to keep her (and me) hydrated was one solitary bottle of water. As the next contraction finished, I ran down the long corridor to the water fountain to fill up the bottle and two extra cups (a journey I would repeat multiple times throughout the night).
With every contraction I continued our ritual of counting down out loud, while massaging her back with her favourite Neal's Yard Mothers Massage Oil. I could see on the monitor an erratic graph, which tracked the progress of every contraction. So I used this to let her know when each surge had reached its peak. All the while, she breathed heavily on the gas and air (her new best friend) as I rushed back and forth to the water fountain to keep her fluids topped up.
Given how little sleep she'd had over the past two days, I soon started to stress about her energy levels. So I encouraged her to try and eat some of the snack bars and sweets that's we'd brought in our hospital bag. But understandably, eating was the last thing on her mind. All she could manage were two Jelly Babies…
But luckily we'd also bought some energy gel sachets that are popular with long distance runners, which she did manage to suck on between contractions. I just hoped for her sake that this birth wasn't going to turn into a marathon itself.
At 3am, during a particularly powerful surge, I felt a gush of liquid against my leg as Rosie's waters finally broke. We convinced the midwife to examine her again. We helped Rosie onto the bed, at which point she whispered…
"I think I'm gonna be sick."
We managed to grab a cardboard sick bowl just in time as she projectile vomited twice, filling the entire container. Unfortunately we weren't quick enough at finding a second bowl though, as she threw up yet again, this time on the edge of the bed, the floor and my shoes. By this point of labour, and already covered in various fluids, I was beyond caring. I covered the wet patch on the bed with a hospital incontinence sheet and wiped her chin with my handkerchief.
The midwife donned her surgical gloves to investigate the state of Rosie's cervix. 6cm dilated.
I could see the disappointment on Rosie's face but we reassured her that an extra centimetre of dilation and the breaking of her waters were two massive positive developments in the space of just two hours. So she stood back up, leaned against the bed and resumed the cycle of contractions.
Before long, I started to notice a subtle change in her behaviour. She began hopping from one foot to the other to manage the pain. Meanwhile, she began making long guttural mooing sounds during each surge; a sign (I'd read) that we were nearing the pivotal transition period of labour.
It was at this stage that she started doubting herself. Repeatedly she asked for an epidural. We thought this might happen. So, as we'd agreed before the birth, it was my job to remind her of all the reasons why she didn't want one.
You see, an epidural can massively slow down labour. Plus, it increases the chances that you will need either forceps, a ventouse or even a Caesarian to get the baby out – all things I knew for certain she wanted to avoid.
I reassured her that she was doing an incredible job. That she was being so brave. That she had already progressed so far. And that, with her waters broken and her contractions getting closer together, everything seemed to be speeding up.
I knew should could do it naturally. And she knew it too.
Sure enough, at 4am, within an hour of her last cervical examination she began to feel the overwhelming need to push. The midwife couldn't believe it and questioned whether the baby might have rotated into the wrong position.
Again, we convinced her to check how dilated Rosie was. So the midwife donned a clean pair of gloves and disappeared down below.
When she reemerged, the look on her face was a picture. "10 centimetres," she said. "This baby's ready to be born!"
She couldn't believe it. We couldn't believe it. It was all happening so fast. Rosie had gone into labour only eight hours earlier and now we were about to come face to face with our new son or daughter. Incredible.
It took me completely by surprise but it was at this point that Rosie started to panic. She was overwhelmed with fear about the pain she would feel while pushing the baby out. After all she'd been through already, the midwife was only too happy to make up a syringe of anaesthetic to numb her nether-regions slightly to take the edge off. By God, after getting to this stage on just two paracetamol and gas and air, it was the least she deserved!
Strangely, at this point, the earlier urge to push actually reduced for Rosie. But she knew there was only one way she was going to get this baby out.
So with each contraction, our midwife coached her through the process. It felt like an age, but gradually the baby edged closer and closer to its escape hatch.
Before the birth, I'd sworn that I would stay up at Rosie's shoulder throughout the birth and never look down at the business end of proceedings. But like a moth to a flame, I couldn't help myself. I was transfixed as I saw a mat of black hair start to emerge as the baby crowned. It was the most incredible thing I've ever seen.
"You're amazing! Keep going! You can do it! You are incredible!" I repeated, in a state of total awe for my wife and the wonder of childbirth.
After the head was born, the midwife instructed Rosie to pant, with short, sharp breaths. She followed her advice to the letter and in no time at all, our little one shot out and we were presented with our new baby boy.
Covered in a waxy white substance, his head slightly cone shaped after squeezing so quickly through the birth canal, we couldn't believe it. He was utterly perfect. Despite being nearly a month premature, he wasn't a small baby by any means (7lbs, we later found out). Lord knows how big he would have been if he'd gone full term!
"Do you have a name?" the midwife asked.
"Teddy," she said…
Although we were both totally in love with this new tiny human, unfortunately Rosie was still suffering. Despite achieving a near textbook birth, unfortunately she'd suffered a seriously painful third degree tear in the process, which meant that within half an hour of delivering the placenta, she had to be whisked off to theatre to have it properly stitched up. What's more, after managing the whole birth on just gas and air, she now had to have a 'spinal' (effectively an epidural) to manage the pain during surgery.
But not before partaking in some much needed skin to skin bonding time with Teddy and giving him his first feed.
As she was taken away, we kissed her goodbye, safe in the knowledge that she was in expert hands and would be back in less than an hour. I couldn't have been more proud of her.
So there I was, left alone in the room, holding our beautiful new baby in my arms. I'd always wanted to be a father and at last, I was officially a daddy.
I couldn't take my eyes off him…I still can't.
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Mummy in a TuTu (@mummyinatutu)
5th October 2016 / 8:14 pm
Oh congratulations – what a journey but welcome to the world teddy bear. He is beautiful and well done to you both xx
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21st September 2016 / 10:54 am
Such a great read! Love a birth story; each one so different. You have a beautiful baby. Enjoy parenthood!
Thanks Nina! Despite not having the birth we'd planned for, at least it was super quick! 8.5 hours from first contraction to birth…incredible!
20th September 2016 / 1:02 pm
I love a birth story. My first daughter was born at 35 weeks after my first day off on maternity leave. The night before we were having a lovely meal outside of Cafe Rouge enjoying the evening sun, the next morning my waters broke. My daughter was nearly born in triage as the Midwives refused to examine me and no Drs were around. I was completely in denial that a baby was coming though, even mid push. Enjoy your scrummy little Teddy. He is completely lush xx
Thanks so much Kelly – what a coincidence! Just shows, you never know when the baby is going to arrive!
Joanna the Montrealer
20th September 2016 / 5:26 am
I have been following you from what I believe is the beginning of this journey for you and to read all about this joyous occasion is beautiful. Congratulations to you, Rosie and welcome to the world Teddy! I hope you are all able to enjoy family time together as you adjust as a bigger family at home. Congratulations!!
Thanks Joanna! Great to have had you along for the ride! xx
relentlesslypurple
It's so lovely to read a birth story from a dad's perspective. Congratulations to you all x
Thanks so much! X


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Q: Media keys delayed and cause a CPU spike to 100% on Ubuntu 17.10 with Gnome I'm having the same problem as this person:
Fn Media keys slow/delayed on ubuntu gnome 17.04
I've already looked everywhere, and I could not find an answer.
AskUbuntu, the Arch Wiki, Reddit, Discord, IRC, etc. Nothing.
I don't think I can put much more detail into this because it's the same problem and it happens every time without fail. Not happening on Wayland, so indeed an Xorg issue.
This also happens on the Budgie desktop and on the default Gnome desktop, so I'm starting to think that this is something to do with Gnome/GTK but I have no idea how to fix it on my system, absolutely no clue.
I'm on Ubuntu 17.10, on Intel Integrated Graphics on an i3 3217U and 8GBs of RAM. Laptop model is an ASUS X550C.

A: Gustavo, I answered a similar question and I think it might help you:
Original answer on https://askubuntu.com/a/1072160/867840 :
For some reason my Gnome freezes when using Fn keys, or when I try to use 2 keyboards.
A friend of mine pointed to me that it occurs when switching to a keyboard layout that has Scroll Lock enabled, so I disabled it in the X11 keyboard layout file for my language and it solved the problem.
The steps I followed are:

*

*Opened the keyboard layout file for my language, in my case:

sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/br

*Commented the line:

modifier_map Mod3 { Scroll_Lock };

*Logged out and logged in again.

These steps are specific for the Brazilian Portuguese ABNT2 Layout and may not work for other layouts, but it can help you find a similar solution.

A: I had the same problem, but instead of FN keys my problem was with the CTRL key. Whenever I pressed CTRL, gnome-shell CPU usage spiked!
So I figured out that my keyboard layout was set to en-GB, United Kingdom while my keyboard layout is en-US! While the difference between the two layouts is minimal, it still somehow bugged the whole gnome-shell. So if anyone having the same problem, double check your keyboard layout from Gnome Settings!


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Katherine Russell
Republicans: Please stop calling yourselves "Lincoln's Party"
In February, Ted Cruz said, "The Democrats are the party of the Ku Klux Klan."
Of course, I know right-wing readers loved stumbling across this tidbit on Breitbart; it stoked the red flames broiling against political correctness and the moral sanctimony of the Left. It was ammunition on their tongue, ready to spit.
This, of course, was an underhanded move by Cruz. Maybe his supporters slept through history class, or maybe they have lost sight of the ebbs and flows of political history; more likely, they prefer to cherry-pick facts that make them feel reinforced and safe. I see danger in that comfort. But no matter; if Ted Cruz and people who think like him are what we are up against, perhaps the rest of the world needs to press pause on real matters and give out a free history lesson. You know, the same way the news media has had to lower itself to pretend to seriously analyze the U.S. President's feckless tweets.
First off, let's acknowledge the obvious. Ted Cruz's statement is but a diversion, the same way a magician moves your attention to the smoke and lights during his slight of hand. If he can manipulate history to his advantage, it distracts us from the present reality. What actually matters in this debate are the policies of today and whether they are working to address systemic racism. At the end of the day, race relations should not be viewed as a partisan issue. They are a human issue. Attempting to prescribe racism to one party or the other causes us to overlook the fact that we are an inherently racialized nation. Our history is one of violence and oppression; our present is one where de facto segregation still exists in our neighborhoods, where trauma is generational in urban communities, where our criminal profit system is perpetuating injustice, and racial and gender equity are still not a reality. People of color in our country grow up in communities that are over-policed, over-incarcerated, impoverished, and pushed into ghettos with troubled school systems, whether they are in blue states or red states.
The Democratic party has been able to brand itself as attuned to ending these systemic problems because it is proactive in proposing legislative solutions to them, albeit imperfect; by contrast, the Republican party leans toward a belief that a freer market and trickle-down economics will correct all social ills. The debate between "what works" rages on, both sides arguing a different form of proactivity. Programmatic responses versus bootstraps. Social responsibility versus personal responsibility.
The debate is ostensibly less about race than creating a more equitable America, but the truth rumbles low and angry beneath the surface. Racism intersects with most of the socio-economic issues we debate. But instead of inclusion in the conversation, communities most affected by systemic racism are used as tokens and tools for obtaining power. African Americans are reduced to a demographic referred to by politicians as "the black vote," so that even their Constitutional right becomes racialized. Politicians from both parties continue to see "the black vote" as separate, all the while failing to recognize the broad range of diversity in opinions and values existing throughout black communities. Beyond that, many predominantly black communities, particularly ones in poverty, are not even represented to their fullest potential. 1 in 13 black adults – or 2.2 million in the U.S. – are currently disenfranchised from voting.
Racism transcends party lines. It transcends gender. It transcends geography. But between the Democratic Party's clever marketing against racist sentiment and the rise of Right-wing extremism, it has become easier to align this (albeit prejudicial) dichotomy: Republicans = racist; Democrats = fighters for social justice. Calling 'racism' before having a dialogue is not a productive way to open one with someone who doesn't share your worldview; yet both parties are guilty of it.
But there is a reason this polarized generalization has formed, and I'm interested in exploring that. So let's talk history.
Republicans have pushed back at their bad branding by calling themselves "Lincoln's Party," which has always elicited a good laugh from everyone. I do appreciate their effort. It's kind of like watching someone put duct tape on a flat tire. I'm sorry, but the Republicans claiming credit for freeing slaves is like me saying I deserve credit for education reforms because my great great great grandfather was the president of DePau University. It's like giving yourself a pat on the back because your second aunt twice removed marched at Selma. It would be similar to the Democratic party calling itself Jefferson's Party; while he was the party founder, he advocated "wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another but which would otherwise leave them alone to regulate their own affairs." That's because Democrats were once considered the conservative party. Find me ONE Republican who agrees that Jefferson is an emblem of the modern Democratic Party, which is currently advocating for single-payer health care and environmental regulation, not "leave them alone to regulate their own affairs."
Are you seeing yet how this branding doesn't make sense? Tell me, does "Lincoln's Party" still agree with our 16th President's support of the progressive income tax, giving free land to the poor, or creating the regulatory Department of Agriculture? NO! So why do Republicans think that Lincoln would align himself with them in modern times? It would be one thing if Republicans maintained a brand as champions for racial equality, but the beginning of the Civil Rights Era was when the Republican and Democratic parties began to flip their agendas.
Tagging along with the "Lincoln's Party" defense is the flimsy claim that Democrats are the "party of the KKK." Yes, the Ku Klux Klan was a terrorist group formed and fostered in the predominantly-Democratic South during Reconstruction. It was founded by people who voted as Democrats, but it is more accurate to understand them as a post-war Confederate insurgent group. The Democratic party did not "found" or endorse the KKK. But if you REALLY want to use Ted Cruz's logic that the KKK belongs to whatever party it endorses, just ask yourself who they endorsed last election.
I reject that way of thinking, which is why I reject Ted Cruz's comments and this faulty notion of "Lincoln's Party." Conservative writer Kevin Williamson puts it well: "This is a childish approach, a high-school debater's trick at best: 'WFB was a conservative, WFB favored segregation in 1957, ergo conservatism is the philosophy of segregation.'" It's illogical.
The Democratic Party was a different party in 1865; it ran on very different issues in that time. It was split between Northern and Southern Democrats - the former, supporting abolition and Reconstruction, and the latter opposing it. As I mentioned, Democrats were considered the conservative party, so naturally it attracted people opposed to sweeping changes like abolition, and Republicans were considered liberal (this eventually switches, as we know). Today, the KKK is considered a right-wing terrorist group. Since Goldwater, the organization has endorsed Conservative candidates because, even if the candidate disavows them, their agenda is complementary to the KKK's. This is possibly because Republicanism has aligned itself with Christians, and the KKK has called itself a Christian group (though they are denounced by Christians). It may also be due to Republican focus on defunding support services that benefit a proportion of African Americans, or the focus on limiting immigration from non-Western areas of the world, or the rejection of Black Lives Matter. Certain Republicans also found a niche fueling their campaigns on racial resentment, as we witnessed in the Trump campaign. These agenda items of course would be attractive to a white supremacist, even if unintentional by the party.
In 1948, Truman (a Democrat) issued two executive orders banning segregation in the armed forces and guaranteeing fair employment practices. In response to Truman's liberal stances on civil rights, the pro-segregation fragment of the Democratic party split off into "Dixiecrats," which followed a more conservative-leaning ideology. This was the beginning of the end for Liberal Republicanism and Conservative Democrats. Today, we have a cleaner cut of Conservative Republicans and Liberal Democrats.
In other words, political identities were changing. As the Democratic Party began voting on civil rights issues, it seemed to purge its conservatives and segregationists. People like Strom Thurmond, a Democrat and segregationist, migrated to the Republican party, where he found he would garner more support. Still, Republicans were no enemy to civil rights legislation. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 had bipartisan support led by Republicans. But by the time we had the Civil Rights Act of 1960, it was passed by a House and Senate with a Democratic majority. Later, Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, both Democrats, worked for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act. But take caution: isn't this a shallow way to examine history, as Williamson points out? Can we really define Democrat or Republican roles in Civil Rights based on these little pieces of evidence? LBJ also voted against anti-lynching legislation and was unsupportive of Republican-backed civil rights legislation. The more you examine, the more you will fall back to my initial point, that racism transcends party lines, undiscerning of affiliation.
During these years, though, states like North Carolina switched from blue to red. Some argue that this change was unrelated to matters of racial equality and related to other economic issues at hand; however, the timing is questionable. The KKK also shifted its support, albeit denounced or ignored by the endorsed Conservative candidates. Each party's stance toward civil rights advocacy was turned on its head. That is why Democrats brand themselves the way they do now, and it is why Republicans may find themselves on the defensive more often than not. This has led to today, as each party attracts people who identify with the values set forth and support the policies that may further those values. For Republicans, that has included those who actively denounce social justice work, or those who feel indifferent toward it and are more concerned with economic matters. The "dichotomy" of racist vs. advocate has made room not for moderation but for the continued polarization of our politics, and the inability of each party toward introspection.
Katherine Russell is an author, poet, activist, and freelancer from Buffalo, NY.
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Q: wrapping template function and I have problem with my wrapping function.
template <typename Iter, typename SomeFunction>
void wrap(Iter first, Iter last, SomeFunction someFunction)
{
  someFunction(first, last);
}

I would like to use it like this:
template <typename Iter>
void fill5(Iter first, Iter last)
{
    fill(first, last, 5);
}
int main()
{
    vector<int> v(100, -1);
    wrap(v.begin(), v.end(), fill5);

}

But I get
test.cpp: In function 'int main()':
test.cpp:16:40: error: no matching function for call to 'wrap(std::vector<int>::iterator, std::vector<int>::iterator, <unresolved overloaded function type>)'
test.cpp:16:40: note: candidate is:
wrap.h:6:6: note: template<class Iter, class SomeFunction> void wrap(Iter, Iter, someFunction)

I know that if I will call that function like this
wrap(v.begin(), v.end(), fill5< vector<int>::iterator> );

it will compile. But do I always have to do it explicit? It's sucks. Why compiler can't deduce which function will be used? Is there any possibility to write wrap function to take arguments like in the first one?

A: In C++03 or C++11 there isn't much you can do about it.
fill5 is a function template, and you cannot take the address of a function template. A function template is regarded by the compiler as an infinite overload set, and requires you to specify explicitly which instance you want to take the address of:
wrap(v.begin(), v.end(), fill5<vector<int>::iterator>);
//                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Alternatively (as I mentioned in a comment to the original post, and as other answers suggest) you could use a functor with a templated call operator to wrap the invocation of fill5.
In C++14, however, we can do something better: we can use generic lambdas to simplify things a bit. If you define this macro:
#define WRAP(f) \
    [&] (auto&&... args) -> decltype(auto) \
    { return f (std::forward<decltype(args)>(args)...); }

You can then write:
int main()
{
    std::vector<int> v(100, -1);
    wrap(v.begin(), v.end(), WRAP(fill5));
}

Here is a live example.

A: An alternative is to use a functor:
class fill5
{
public:
    template <typename Iter>
    void operator () (Iter first, Iter last) const
    {
        std::fill(first, last, 5);
    }
};

int main( int, char ** )
{
    std::vector<int> v(100, -1);

    wrap(v.begin(), v.end(), fill5);
    return 0;
}

A: Because fill is a template function, there are basically an infinite number of overloads and the compiler does not know which one to choose.
If you declared your second template parameter to describe a function that took 2 parameters of type Iter it could then deduce it.  The example below works and looks like what you want.  It is not quite as generic as your attempt.  It ensures the function to be called returns void and takes 2 Iter paramters.
template <typename Iter >
void wrap( Iter first, Iter last, void(*someFunction)(Iter,Iter) )
{
someFunction( first, last );
}

template <typename Iter>
void fill5(Iter first, Iter last)
{
    fill(first, last, 5);
}

int main( int, char ** )
{
std::vector<int> v(100, -1);
wrap(v.begin(), v.end(), fill5);

return( 0 );
}


As Carolina started down the path on their eventual rebuild, they knew it would be a long road towards building a product and organizational depth that would be a foundation for the future. Luckily, that rebuild has been accelerated by the recent successes of some great drafting over the past few offseasons. Sebastian Aho, Jaccob Slavin and Brett Pesce will all be important core pieces for the Hurricanes, all of whom were found outside of the first round.
The 2017-18 season will be the start of a huge three to four-year push, where all the picks they have compiled and prospects they have drafted over the past few seasons will begin to turn professional, and will in turn battle for spots in the Hurricanes lineup. Aho started the trend a bit ahead of schedule with a stellar rookie season where he finished fifth among first year players in scoring with 49 points in 82 games, and ninth in Calder voting.
Seeing a rare opportunity to add the right players to the fold to insulate their incredibly young core, the Hurricanes gave contracts to veteran free agents Justin Williams and Josh Jooris, and added Scott Darling, Marcus Kruger and Trevor van Riemsydyk via trade. More impressively, they added these pieces for the most part without having to add a lot of term, which speaks to the flexibility that the organization will have in the coming years. The team only has six players signed past 2018-19, and none making over six million dollars per year. Four of those six are 25 years old or younger (Victor Rask, Justin Faulk, Slavin and Pesce) and the other two are 28 in Jordan Staal and Scott Darling. There will be extensions coming for Jeff Skinner, Noah Hanifin and Aho likely over the next 12 months, but the rest of the roster is adaptable moving forward. So many organizations block their prospects by signing veterans to lengthy multi-year deals each July 1st, but this isn't the case with the Hurricanes. They have made the right moves and signings to allow for their prospects to not only develop, but not be blocked by expensive contracts once they are ready.
Two rookies led the way for the Charlotte Checkers en route to the team's first playoff appearance since 2012-13. Andrew Poturalski and Lucas Wallmark put up 52 and 46-point seasons in their first professional campaigns, both finding themselves among the top-10 rookie scorers in the AHL. Along with Haydn Fleury, Roland McKeown, Aleksi Saarela and Alex Nedeljkovic, Poturalski and Wallmark's arrival signaled the next wave in talent to come through Charlotte with an eye on an NHL roster spot.
This season, the Checkers are going to get an even bigger boost of talent. Julien Gauthier, Janne Kuokkanen, Nicolas Roy, Warren Foegele, Spencer Smallman, Steven Lorentz and Callum Booth all will be turning professional, and looking to boost the Checkers to new heights. Some may spend some time at the ECHL level at times, but it will be easily the most talent that the Checkers have had since becoming the Canes AHL affiliate in 2010.
Like with most prospects, the newly turned group of professionals will need some seasoning before making the jump to the NHL, but there are some of the Checkers group who would be able to fill in when injuries occur during the year. Fleury, McKeown and Trevor Carrick are the three most likely to fill the void if any right or left side defensemen go down. Phil DiGiuseppe, Valentin Zykov, Wallmark, Poturalski and Sergei Tolchinsky all have spent some time at the NHL level and would be able to make the jump in if called upon, depending on the role.
As for players who have not made their NHL debut that could make enough of an impact this fall to break camp with the NHL club, I would put my money on Gauthier and Saarela being the front runners. If you know me, you know I've been the president of the Nicolas Roy fan club for many seasons now, but with the Canes depth down the middle, I don't see him jumping into the NHL early, instead getting some time at the AHL level. Given the Canes bottom pairing of Klas Dahlbeck and Trevor van Riemsdyk, I wouldn't be surprised to see Haydn Fleury doing enough to work his name into the conversation, but the issue lies in whether you would prefer the 21-year-old to spend time in the press box or playing big minutes in all situations in the AHL. My preference will always be the latter.
As for the non-2017 draftees still in junior this season, the Canes have a couple stalwarts out west in Jake Bean and Hudson Elynuik. Hopefully we will see a full, healthy season from Bean this year, which could produce a 70-plus point season for Calgary (WHL) and a leadership role on Team Canada's World Junior squad. Elynuik will again pair up with the Yamamoto's in Spokane (WHL), and will look to build off his 73-point breakout 2016-17 campaign.
The Canes have a three pack of impact prospect forwards coming off solid freshman seasons in college hockey in David Cotton (Boston College), Matt Filipe (Northeastern) and Max Zimmer (Wisconisin). All three should have more prominent roles in their team's offense in 2017-18, and likely will see more power play time. Michigan Goaltender Jack Lafontaine will battle for the Wolverines starters crease and Yale's Luke Stevens will continue his development in the ECAC.
Warren Foegele – What a great season from the overager. His 63 points in 61 games were a career best for the former third round pick, and he played his best hockey when it mattered most in the OHL playoffs. With 26 points in 22 games, Foegele was named the Wayne Gretzky Award winner for the OHL's Playoff MVP. He may not have as high of a points ceiling as some of the other Canes prospects, but he could be a fast riser through the system, and a difference maker in the bottom six and as a penalty killer.
Callum Booth – Booth was terrific for Saint John down the stretch helping to win a QMJHL Championship. He won 31 games for Quebec and Saint John, and led the QMJHL in save percentage in 2016-17. For the first time in some time, the Canes have some organizational depth in goal. Although Alex Nedeljkovic's rookie season wasn't exactly what he would have preferred, he will likely get the majority of starts in Charlotte from a Canes prospect this season. The team signed AHL veteran Jeremy Smith, who has started nearly 300 games in the AHL as depth and as a mentor for the two young netminders. Look for Booth to potentially be the starter in Florida.
David Cotton – As mentioned above, Cotton continued his development jumping from the USHL to Boston College in 2016-17. He led all freshman scorers for the Eagles with 24 points in 40 games. With four of the team's top six scorers graduating and sophomore Colin White signing his entry level contract with Ottawa, Cotton will be a big source of offense for BC this season.
Sergei Tolchinsky – The diminutive forward took a step back in his second professional season in Charlotte from a production standpoint with his points-per-game rate falling from .50 to .38. Going into his third AHL season, he still can be a high-volume scorer, but he may start being passed on the depth chart by some of his peers if he doesn't show something unique this year. He will be an RFA following this season.
Daniel Altshuller – After a 2015-16 season that saw Altshuller play in three different levels (ECHL, AHL and NHL), the former 2012 third rounder could not find consistent playing time in 2016-17. He split time between the ECHL and AHL, starting 24 total games between the two levels. As I noted above, the Canes have goaltending depth coming, and with that in mind they chose not to offer Altshuller a contract following the season.
Give Kevin a follow at @kleblanchockey for prospect talk and happenings, and check out The Journey, which he writes weekly for DobberHockey.


The incident occurred in Claremont, New Hampshire.
An intruder used a hatchet to destroy computers, plumbing fixtures, phones and medical equipment inside a Planned Parenthood clinic, and police are investigating whether the vandalism is linked to the word "murderer" being spray-painted on the same building earlier this month.
Claremont's police chief, Alexander Scott, said his department beefed up patrols around the clinic after the graffiti was found on 6 October. During one of those checks early on Wednesday, officers discovered the damage and caught a juvenile inside.
The Claremont office provides a range of healthcare services to men and women and referrals for abortions, though it doesn't conduct abortions, according to its website. Planned Parenthood officials said they will restore operations at the clinic as soon as possible.
Funding for Planned Parenthood has been threatened nationwide since July, when an anti-abortion group released an undercover video showing agency officials discussing the disposition of fetal tissue.
There has been a corresponding increase in vandalism and arson at clinics across the country.
Earlier this month, an arsonist threw a container containing flammable liquid through the window of a Planned Parenthood office in Thousand Oaks, California, igniting a small fire. Last month, an arsonist threw a flammable object through the window of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Pullman, Washington, causing extensive damage.
The police chief noted that Planned Parenthood has operated a clinic without incident for 18 years in the city of about 13,000 in western New Hampshire.
He would not identify the age or gender of the juvenile who was taken into custody or comment on what charges the suspect faces. Additional patrols will continue, and Scott said the police department will consult with Planned Parenthood officials to determine if other steps are needed, such as additional security for patients, staff and providers.
"We'll work cooperatively to come up with the best plan," he said.
Scott said the flooding that resulted from the vandalism also damaged a business adjacent to the clinic. He said officials are still trying to assess the extent of the damage.
"To put a dollar value on it at this point in time would be difficult, but it's going to be significant," he said.


When researchers at UCLA compared the brains of meditators to non-meditators they found that meditator's brains were almost a decade younger by the time people reach their mid 50s.
We've long known that normal aging is accompanied by a decrease in brain size. This decrease in brain size is due to age-related loss of connective tissue in the brain, often referred to as brain shrinkage, and affects memory, emotional regulation, and executive function. New research from the UCLA School of Medicine's Department of Neurology shows that long-term meditators have younger brains, with higher concentrations of tissue in the brain regions most depleted by aging. In other words, the study found that meditation practice may help to minimize brain age and protect against age-related decline.
Using brain imaging data from a previous investigation of the impact of meditation on cortical thickness, this new study examined whether the estimated brain composition of meditators aged 50 and beyond differed from that of non-meditators. To answer this question, researchers compared brain images of a matched sample of 50 meditators and 50 non-meditating controls ranging in age from 24 to 77 years. Both groups included 22 women and 28 men, and had a mean age of 51.4 years. Meditators had close to 20 years of meditation experience on average (range 4 to 46 years).
Estimates of brain age were made using the BrainAGE index, a measure that translates multidimensional brain aging patterns into a single score that represents the difference between an individual's estimated brain age and chronological age. Higher negative scores suggest that an individual's brain is younger than their chronological age (e.g., a value of -5 for a 55 year-old suggests a brain aging pattern of a 50 year-old), and vice versa.
Comparisons of the BrainAGE index estimates from the two groups revealed significant differences between meditators and non-meditators. On average, the brains of long-term meditators were 7.5 years younger at age 50 than the brains of non-meditators, and an additional 1 month and 22 days younger for every year after 50. These findings suggest that meditation may slow the aging process of the brain.
On average, the brains of long-term meditators were 7.5 years younger at age 50 than the brains of non-meditators, and an additional 1 month and 22 days younger for every year after 50.
It is important to note that this study relied on estimates of brain change based on age and not actual values. Although these findings are consistent with prior research that detected significant differences in brain structure among meditators compared to non-meditating controls, results of the present study are inferential, and do not answer questions regarding how many years of meditation are necessary to attain this effect, or whether structural brain change directly corresponds to cognitive, behavioral, or psychosocial functioning.
There are several potential explanations for why the brains of regular meditators differ from non-meditators. First, the concentration and focused attention required in most forms of meditation may stimulate growth in neural structures and promote increased connectivity and efficiency within neural networks. A second possibility is that meditation buffers the brain and nervous system against the deleterious effects of chronic stress, which may reduce pro-inflammatory response, stimulate telomerase activity, and inhibit age-related brain change.
Although more research is needed to better understand why and how meditation may protect the brain from age-related decline, findings from this study contribute to a growing evidence base supporting the potential of meditation and other mindfulness-based practices for reducing age-related cognitive decline and promoting brain health and resilience.
B Grace Bullock, PhD, is a psychologist, research scientist, speaker, educator, and author of Mindful Relationships: Seven Skills for Success - Integrating the Science of Mind, Body and Brain (Handspring Publishing Inc, 2016). She is Founding Director of the International Science & Education Alliance (ISAEA), an organization devoted to innovative research, program evaluation, assessment design, strategic planning and capacity building to support effective leadership, decision-making and social change. She is Contributing Editor for Science & Research at YogaU Online, former Senior Research Scientist at the Mind & Life Institute, and former Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Yoga Therapy. For more information see www.bgracebullock.com.


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Local News in Brief : Woolard's Request for Lesser Sentence Denied
July 14, 1987 12 AM PT
A federal court judge Monday denied a former Moorpark councilman's request to reduce part of his sentence for embezzling postal funds.
In papers filed with the court, Danny Allen Woolard, 39, said he was willing to serve his six-month prison sentence but asked U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real to place him on three years' probation instead of five because he is "repentant." Woolard also asked the judge to reduce the hours of community service he is to perform from 2,000 to 1,000.
Real, who sentenced Woolard on Feb. 24 for stealing $5,500 from a cash drawer at the Moorpark Post Office, said he had already considered Woolard's repentance in his original judgment. Besides the probation and community service, Woolard was sentenced to serve six months of a seven-year sentence. The maximum sentence he could have received was 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
In asking for leniency in February, Woolard told the judge that he had returned the stolen money and no longer had the drug habit that moved him to steal. Woolard had told authorities that he took the money because he was addicted to cocaine.


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88% Regular Pilgrims, 79% Special Pilgrims Pay Off Hajj Travel Cost During Batch I
Date 1 Mei 2020
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On Thursday (30/4), as many as 179 thousand regular pilgrims and 12 thousand special pilgrims have paid off their 1441Hijri/2020AD Hajj Travel Cost (Bipih).
"The payment batch one has closed this afternoon. A total of 179,584 or around 88.33% (regular) pilgrims have paid off the travel costs," Director to Ministry of Religious Affairs for Domestic Hajj Services Muhajirin Yanis said in Jakarta.
This year's Indonesia's hajj quota amounts to 221,000. A total of 203,320 of them are regular hajj quota. This number is divided into four, namely: 199,518 for regular pilgrims, 2,040 elderly pilgrims, 1,512 Regional Hajj Officers (PHD), and 250 KBIHU (Hajj and Umrah Group) Hajj and Umrah Guidance Counselors.
"There are still 21,157 regular quotas and 817 priorities for the elderly that have not been paid off," Muhajirin explained, adding that until the closing of batch I, none of the PHD and the Hajj Counselors have paid it off.
Due to the remaining quota, Muhajirin said, the Ministry will open the second batch from 12 to 20 May 2020. The second batch is opened for pilgrims who are entitled to full payment by the reason of payment failure due to system in the first batch. In addition, those who have the right to pay off in the second batch are companions to the elderly pilgrims, a merger in mahram (guardian), and pilgrims with disabilities as well as their companions.
"Batch II is also for the PHD and counselors from KBIHU," he said.
Muhajirin added, in general, the payment for each province was above 80%. Only Maluku Province has the percentage of payment at 79.57%. "In fact, as many as 21 provinces are above the national average of 88.33%," he explained.
The five provinces with the highest number of payments are West Java (33,969), East Java (29,950), Central Java (27,464), Banten (8,544), and North Sumatra (7,192).
Director to Ministry of Religious Affairs for Umrah and Special Hajj Arfi Hatim stated that as many as 12,822 special pilgrims have paid off the Bipih. The special hajj quota amounts to 17,680 people, consisting of 16,305 pilgrims and 1,375 officers.
"It means, 78.64% of the 16,305 special pilgrims have paid it off," Arfi said, adding that batch II of the payment will be opened from 12 to 20 May 2020.
As in the previous year, the Ministry also open up payment for special pilgrims with reserve status reaching 4,785 pilgrims. "As of today, 2,167 special pilgrims have paid it off with reserve status," he concluded. (Ministry of Religious Affairs PR/EN)
Translated by: Fairuzzamani Inayatillah
Reviewed by: Yuyu Mulyani
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