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Kyle Busch Wins at Richmond, Secures Advancement in NASCAR Playoffs
The victory in the Federated Auto Parts 400 was Busch's seventh win of 2018.
By Amanda Vincent September 23, 2018
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Kyle Busch claimed his seventh win of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season Saturday night at Richmond Raceway when he took the checkered flag in the Federated Auto Parts 400. With the win in the second race of the first round of the playoffs, he secured his advancement to round two.
Busch drove from the back to the front for his latest win. He qualified 11th, but after he scraped the wall in qualifying on Friday, his team had to make repairs to his car, considered by NASCAR to be an unapproved adjustment for the impound race.
"The M&M'S Camry was awesome," Busch said. "The guys did a great job coming back from a dismal qualifying effort and prepared a really good race car here for us tonight. And, being able to start dead last and come up through the field and win this thing, that's right, Rowdy Nation. All for you, baby. I just wanted to go out there and win this thing—win this thing for M&M'S, win this thing for my team, Toyota, everybody at Joe Gibbs Racing and Toyota. Obviously, it's a whole team effort."
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Kyle Busch wins again.
Kyle Busch celebrates his seventh win of the 2018 NASCAR season after the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway on Sept. 22, 2018.
The eventual race winner wasn't in the top-10 of the running order by the end of the two 100-lap stages that made up the first half of the race, but he was in position to take the lead from Brad Keselowski on Lap 286.
"Early on in the race, the first run of the race, especially when the track hasn't quite cooled off, yet, you're always kind of fighting those things of just not a lot of grip," Busch said. "There through the middle part of the race, I think we really had a race car to contend for the win, and we kind of drove up there. We kept making up spots and making up ground, and I was surprised that it was going as fast as it was going."
Keselowski retook the lead on Lap 341, but Busch was able to return the favor for his final lead on Lap 362.
Martin Truex Jr. dominated the first half of the race, leading a race-high 163 laps and winning both stages. After Kevin Harvick started on the pole and led the first 40 laps, Truex took the lead on Lap 41 and ran up front until the caution that marked the end of the second stage at Lap 200.
Martin Truex Jr. up front.
Martin Truex Jr. leads early in the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway on Sept. 22, 2018.
Truex, though, went from the front to the back after the second stage due to a penalty for an uncontrolled tire. He got back inside the top-10 by Lap 292.
Harvick, the season's other seven-race winner, finished second, and Truex wound up third. With the third-place finish, Truex brought his points tally high enough to also secure advancement to round two of the playoffs. Truex became the third driver to claim a second-round birth.
"Thanks to all you guys back in Denver working your butts off to bring these fast cars," Truex said. "We're moving on; that's the name of the game, and hopefully, we'll get the win when we really need it."
Keselowski also is secured a round-two slot with his win from a week ago at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
After losing the race lead to Busch for the final time, Keselowski dropped to ninth by the checkered flag.
FEDERATED AUTO PARTS 400 RESULTS
1. Kyle Busch, No. 18 Toyota
2. Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Ford
3. Martin Truex Jr., No. 78 Toyota
4. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet
5. Aric Almirola, No. 10 Ford
6. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet
7. Kyle Larson, No. 42 Chevrolet
8. Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Chevrolet
9. Brad Keselowski, No. 2 Ford
10. Clint Bowyer, No. 14 Ford
11. Erik Jones, No. 20 Toyota
12. Alex Bowman, No. 88 Chevrolet
13. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 17 Ford
14. Joey Logano. No. 22 Ford
15. Ryan Newman, No. 31 Chevrolet
16. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota
17. Daniel Suarez, No. 19 Toyota
18. Kurt Busch, No. 41 Ford
19. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford
20. William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet
21. Jamie McMurray, No. 1 Chevrolet
22. Paul Menard, No. 21 Ford
23. David Ragan, No. 38 Ford
24. Michael McDowell, No. 34 Ford
25. Matt Kenseth, No. 6 Ford
26. Cole Custer, No. 51 Ford
27. Darrell Wallace Jr., No. 43 Chevrolet
28. Ty Dillon, No. 13 Chevrolet
29. A.J. Allmendinger, No. 47 Chevrolet
30. Chris Buescher, No. 37 Chevrolet
31. Regan Smith, No. 95 Chevrolet
32. Corey LaJoie, No. 72 Chevrolet
33. Ross Chastain, No. 15 Chevrolet
34. Matt DiBenedetto, No. 32 Ford
35. Joey Gase, No. 00 Chevrolet
36. Landon Cassill, No. 99 Chevrolet
37. Jeffrey Earnhardt, No. 96 Toyota
38. Alon Day, No. 23 Toyota
39. Timmy Hill, No. 66 Toyota
40. Gray Gaulding, No. 52 Ford
UP NEXT: The first three-race round of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs will conclude with the Sept. 30 running of the Bank of America Roval 400. The race will be the first on the road course-oval hybrid. After the race, the playoff cast will be whittled from 16 to 12 drivers.
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Q: std::forward_list and std::forward_list::push_back I'd like to use std::forward_list
Because:

Forward list is a container which supports fast insertion and removal
  of elements from anywhere from the container

But there's no *std::forward_list::push_back* implementation.
Is there a high-performance way to add support for the one or no reason to do it?

A: The point of std::forward_list is to be an ultra-stripped-down version of std::list, so it doesn't store an iterator to the last element.  If you need one, you'll have to maintain it yourself, like so:
forward_list<int> a;

auto it = a.before_begin();

for(int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
    it = a.insert_after(it, i);

A: There is no push_back because the list doesn't keep track of the back of the list, only the front.
You could write a wrapper around the list that maintains an iterator to the last element, and implements push_back using either insert_after or push_front depending on whether the list is empty. This will get rather complicated if you want to support the more complex operations (e.g. sort and splice_after).
Alternatively, if you don't need push_back to be fast, it's straightforward to do it in linear time.
Unless memory is extremely tight, the best solution is to use list. This has the same performance characteristics as forward_list, and is bidirectional, supporting push_back as well as push_front; the cost is an extra pointer per element.

A: Unfortunatelly I can't add a comment (low reputation) but I just wanted to mention that one of the forward_list & list advantages is that insert-delete operations do not invalidate iterators. I had an application where collection of elements was growing while iterating and processing individual elements. Absence of iterator invalidation allowed me to implement segment scan (begin of the list as start of the segment and begin of the last segment as end).

A: I recommend against std::forward_list just like I recommend against std::list in almost all situations. Personally, I've never found a situation in my code where a linked list was the best data structure.
In C++, your default go-to data collection should be std::vector. It gives you efficient push_back, if that is what you really need. It technically does not give you efficient deletion and insertion from the middle if you only look at abstract big-O complexity measurements of that one operation. In the real world, however, std::vector still wins even for inserting and deleting in the middle.
As an example, Bjarne Stroustrup created a test of a 100,000 element std::list vs. std::vector. He would search each for an element and delete it. Then he would find an insertion point and insert into the middle. He could have use a binary search on the std::vector, but did not to make the comparison 'more fair'.
The results show a strong win for std::vector, even in this situation where std::list is supposed to be strong. Simply traversing the std::list takes so much longer because of how far apart in memory all of the objects are. std::list is not cache-friendly, which is possibly the most important thing for modern processors.
The complete talk by Bjarne Stroustrup
Thorough explanation of the effects, with benchmarks at multiple sizes
Note that this second link here gives some situations of where you may possibly want to use a std::list, such as when the size of the elements is large. However, I've been in a situation where I have many elements in a particular order and needed to delete some.
These elements were larger than any built-in type, but not huge, perhaps 20-30 bytes each on a 32-bit computer). The number of elements was large enough so that my entire data structure was a few hundred MiB. The data collection was a set of values that could theoretically be a valid based on currently known information. The algorithm iterated over all elements and removed elements that could no longer be valid based on new information, with each pass probably deleting somewhere around 80% of the remaining elements.
My first implementation was a straightforward std::vector approach where I deleted invalid elements as I traversed. This worked for small test data sets, but when I tried to do the real thing, it was too slow to be useful. I switched to a std::list as the container, but used the same algorithm, and I saw significant performance improvements. However, it was still too slow to be useful. The winning change was to switch back to a std::vector, but instead of deleting elements in place that were bad, I created a new std::vector, and any elements I found that were good were put into that std::vector, and then at the end of the function I would simply discard the old std::vector and use the new one, and this gave me about as much of a speed up over the std::list as the std::list gave me over my original std::vector implementation, and this was just fast enough to be useful.

A: std::forward_list supports fast insertion and removal, but not traversal to the end. To implement .push_back, you'll first need to get to the end of the list, which is O(N) and not fast at all, which is probably why it's not implemented.

You could find the iterator to the last element by incrementing .before_begin N times
auto before_end = slist.before_begin();
for (auto& _ : slist)
  ++ before_end;

and then use .insert_after or .emplace_after to insert the element:
slist.insert_after(before_end, 1234);

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Otter pup rescued from Tesco van's engine compartment
Two otter pups, thought to be brother and sister, have been reunited after separate rescues (South Essex Wildlife Hospital/PA)
An otter pup has been rescued from inside the engine compartment of a delivery van and reunited with her brother.
The young female was seen being attacked by birds at the Tesco Extra store in Copdock, near Ipswich, on October 11, the RSPCA said.
Seeking refuge, she ran to hide under the van and ended up in its engine compartment.
It took an RSPCA inspector around an hour to lure her out using food on a stick and a grabber to pull her to safety.
Another RSPCA worker rescued a male otter pup the previous day, around half a mile away, and it is thought they are siblings.
The two rescued otter pups, believed to be brother and sister, are being looked after at the South Essex Wildlife Hospital (South Essex Wildlife Hospital/PA)
The male pup was seen on a pavement before running into a plant hire company in Scrivener Drive, where staff caught him in a box and called the animal rescue charity.
Both pups, believed to be around three to four months old, are being cared for at South Essex Wildlife Hospital in Orsett, where they will stay for a number of months before they are returned to the wild.
RSPCA Inspector Caroline Richardson, who carried out the Tesco rescue, said: "When I got the call I must admit I expected to find a ferret or a rat stuck in the engine – but, when I reached in to get a better look, there was the cutest little face staring back at me.
"The otter was not coming out of her own accord and the staff had been trying to lure her out with some food on a stick. As this seemed to work, I carried on with the approach and then, when the moment was right, I was able to use my rescue equipment to grab her and pull her out.
"Despite her ordeal she was not injured – and she was quite curious – and it soon became apparent she was just a baby."
The female pup was rescued from inside the engine compartment of a Tesco delivery van (RSPCA/PA)
Ms Richardson said she knew her colleague had been in the area the day before to collect another otter pup from the plant hire business.
She said the animals were too young to be out of their den and she believes "unfortunately something must have happened to mum or the den was disturbed".
Jen Richardson, the officer who collected the pup from the plant hire business, and who is not related to Caroline, said: "Although it's very sad to think these pups lost their mum, it is heart-warming to know they have been reunited.
"We again just want to thank everyone who has helped in the rescue of the otters.
"Now they are in the care of a wildlife hospital, they stand the best chance of being rehabilitated and then returned back to the wild where they belong."
The otter pup was lured out of the engine compartment with food on a stick (RSPCA/PA)
Otter cubs can stay in care for up to 12 months and are released at an age and size when they would naturally move off to find their own territory and way in life.
Sue Schwar, manager of South Essex Wildlife Hospital, said: it was "just wonderful to reunite" the two pups.
She said they are "very skinny" but are on a diet of trout and "eating well".
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One of the world's most successful classical crossover and multi-instrumentalist performers, Andrea Bocelli's passion for music has always been with him, since learning to play the piano as a young boy in Tuscany, Italy. Since then, he has gone on to sell 80 million records, win a Golden Globe Award and be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his services to Live Theatre.
There aren't many singers that can claim to be a legend in their own lifetime, but he is often described as such, with fans coming from high places to heap acclaim on this operatic powerhouse, such as Elizabeth Taylor, who said of Bocelli: 'My mind, my soul were transported by his beauty, his voice, his inner being.' proving that his angelic voice can touch and inspire anyone who hears it.
Setting out on a rare tour this winder, this is a stunning opportunity to see the man himself in the flesh in a performance that is sure to stick with you for some time to come.
Performance date: 8 December 2021
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I loooooove weekends. I can list down lots of reasons to support that statement but perhaps there is one thing I don't like about it – during weekends, it's a struggle keeping up with the diet. Well, I admit that 4-letter word and I have a love-hate relationship but on Saturdays and Sundays, we are always always on the verge of breaking up. Hahaha.
Last Sunday was no exception. I was invited by tita-in-law for lunch to celebrate the 20th birthday of their unica hija.
We ate at YakiMIX in Trinoma. I've been hearing good things about the buffet resto so I was really looking forward to trying it out.
It's located at the 4th level, near the cinema.
The queue was cuh-ray-zee! J and family arrived before 11 am but they we're already 19th (yes, 19th!) on the waiting list. We were seated almost 1:30. Kaloka di ba? Lesson learned: Be there waaaaaay ahead of time to be able to eat lunch on time. Haha.
The down side is that since it's jampacked, it's gets a little noisy.
As soon as we're settled, J went to the buffet table to get us some (raw) food. I'm a first timer in a resto with a grill-your-own-food setup so I had fun cooking some bacon, beef and chicken right at our table. BTW, the rolled bacon is delish!
Then J and I went to get cooked dishes. I must say the buffet area was huge and filled with an array of viands, different kinds of sushi, cold cuts and sinful desserts. I wanted to take pictures of each section but I was too hungry to bother. Hehe.
I was never a fan of Japanese cuisine (except tonkatsu and tempura) so my first set was a little boring. Oh speaking of tempura, I still think the one we had at a seaside resto is the best -- fresh, hot, crispy and the prawns are just soooo yummy! The one I had at YakiMIX wasn't as impressive to me (or maybe the ones that I got has been on the table for some time, I dunno).
My second set was mostly fatty food – chopped crispy pata (or a Japanese version of it which I enjoyed), more bacon, crabsticks, 1 little serving of pastry and a slice of cake – so I didn't take a picture of it anymore.
I finished the meal with a bowl full of ice cream.
I told you, diet is completely forgotten that day.
When J saw this picture, he couldn't believe how much he's grown (weight-wise). Haha. Sorry babe, reality bites.
With the celebrant! I intended to post this on Sept. 12 (her real birthday) but it's past 12mn already so belated happy birthday, pretty girl!
I know I just said that I don't like blurred pictures but I just had to post this.
Mariz with her parents and some close family friends.
I could've eaten more had MIL2B not been seated at the edge of the couch. It's dyahe to ask her to stand up just so that we can go for another round. Hahaha.
I'm kinda impatient too.. but since I'm technically just a guest (and the celebrant really wants to dine there), I have to join the waiting game.. haha!


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Q: How to store JSON data array database if this data come from API in Laravel? I am working on online examination system on laravel when users get exam I want to receive some data from API and store in a database.
Data will be something like this.
{
    "user_id": [
        "420"
    ],
    "test_id": [
        "12"
    ],
    "question_id": [
        "1",
        "2",
        "3",
        "4"
    ]
}

My Controller
$fbres       = new Testapp;
$json        = $request->all();
$data        = $json;

$user_id     = $request->user_id;
$question_id = $request->question_id;
$test_id     = $request->test_id;

foreach ($data as $key)
{
    $user_id     = $key['user_id'];
    $test_id     = $key['test_id'];
    $question_id = $key['question_id'];

    $data1 = array(
        array('user_id'=> $user_id, 'question_id'=> $question_id, 'test_id'=> $test_id)
    );

    $fbres::insert($data1);
}

A: Encode the array using json_encode() php method. and no need to call insert into loop. It's time consuming and may blast your DB.
$fbres       = new Testapp;
$json        = $request->all();
$data        = $json;
$data        = $request->ques;
$user_id     = $request->user_id;
$question_id = $request->question_id;
$test_id     = $request->test_id;

$finalData = array();
$blankArr = array();
//Check for array 1-d or 2-d
if(isset($data["user_id"])){
  array_push($blankArr, $data);
}else{
 $blankArr = $data;
}
foreach ($blankArr as $key => $value)
{
    $usr_id     = $value['user_id']['0'];
    $test_id     = $value['test_id']['0'];
    foreach($value['question_id'] as $k => $v){
         $finalData = array('user_id'=> $usr_id, 'question_id'=> $v, 'test_id'=> $test_id);

         $fbres::insert($finalData);
    }
}

Hope it will help you.

A: Convert arrays to json string using json_encode function and then store it
$fbres = new Testapp;
$json = $request->all();
$data = $json;

$data = $request->ques;

$user_id = $request->user_id;
$question_id = $request->question_id;
$test_id     = $request->test_id;

 $data1 = array(
        array('user_id'=> json_encode($user_id), 'question_id'=> json_encode($question_id), 'test_id'=> json_encode($test_id))
    );
    $fbres::insert($data1);


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Assassin\'s Creed: Syndicate will have playable female protagonist
By Ben Skipper
Evie as depicted in leaked concept art reported by Kotaku. Ubisoft / Kotaku
Reports are indicating that Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, the 2015 iteration of Ubisoft's hit historical action franchise, will have a female protagonist for the very first time in one of the series' main console titles.
According to sources cited by Kotaku the game will follow brother and sister pair Jacob and Evie Frye through Victorian London, with their report saying that gameplay time will favour Jacob by about a 75% / 25% split.
The siblings are part of a vast Victorian-era criminal underworld which will serve as the basis of the game's story. Apparently players will switch between them for particular missions and outside of missions so they can explore the game world as both characters.
Last year, after the disastrous release of Assassin's Creed's first fully new gen game Unity, this year's title was leaked. Once called Victory, the game is now called Syndicate and will be announced properly at 5pm today (12 May).
Kotaku's report also states that Syndicate will not have any multiplayer modes, unlike last year's Unity which boasted four player co-op missions for the first time. It was that co-op which caused a some outcry in the gaming community as none of the four playable characters were female.
That in itself wouldn't have been so bad but Unity's technical director James Therien told VideoGamer in response that adding a female character would "double the work" for the development team. It was a statement which didn't go down well at all.
It was a shame because the Assassin's Creed series has boasted some good female characters in the past, including Elise, an unplayable character in Unity itself. The series has had playable female characters before, in Vita title Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (later released on consoles) and the 2.5D downloadable game AC Chronicles: China released last month.
Assassin's Creed: Syndicate is expected to be released around October or November 2015.
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If you would like to connect a PlayStation 3 to a Wired Network using the [Custom] settings, this article will take you through the necessary steps to do so.
Ensure that the Ethernet cable is connected to the PlayStation 3 system.
Access the XMB Menu and choose [ Settings] > [ Network Settings].
Choose [Internet Connection] > [Enabled].
Scroll down and select [Internet Connection Settings].
When you are asked if it is okay to disconnect the PlayStation 3 system from the Internet, select [Yes].
When you are asked to choose a [setting method], select [Custom].
When you are asked to choose a [connection method] , select [Wired].
Auto-Detect - Automatically adjusts basic settings.
Manual Select - Allows you to set the Ethernet data transfer rate and operation method manually.
[Automatic] - This is the [Easy] setting, whereby your PlayStation 3 system will be automatically assigned an IP address. Most wireless local area networks (WLAN) support this method.
[Manual] - This setting is designed for wireless networks which use a static IP address.
[PPPoE] - This setting is designed for DSL broadband connections, which require a user ID and password (case-sensitive).
Choose [Automatic] and press the [RIGHT] button to proceed.
Choose [Set] and press the [RIGHT] button to proceed.
Enter the DHCP Host name.
Enter the DNS Settings, MTU, Proxy Server and UPNP settings for your network.
Choose [Manual] and press the [RIGHT] button to proceed.
Enter the IP address as supplied by your Internet service provider or the person who set up the wireless network. Press the [RIGHT] button to proceed.
Choose [PPPoE] and press the [RIGHT] button to proceed.
Enter your PPPoE username/user ID and password as supplied by your Internet service provider. Press the [RIGHT] button to proceed.
Enter any required DNS and Proxy settings, ensuring that all details are entered correctly.
A list of settings will be displayed. Ensure that they are correct and press the button to confirm.
When you are asked to test the connection, press the [CROSS] button to confirm.
An on-screen message will be displayed informing you whether the PlayStation 3 system was able to establish a connection.
If this wasn't what you were looking for, you can also find out more about setting up a wired Internet connection using the [Easy] settings.
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Myers, Foster lead surging Lancers to win in regular-season finale
Creek hosts Ithaca Wednesday in soccer district opener
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b Myers scored three goals and Riley Foster had two goals and an assist as Bullock Creek rallied past visiting Hemlock 6-2 in Tri-Valley Conference West soccer on Monday.
The victory avenged a loss to Hemlock last week and sent the Lancers (8-11, 4-4 TVC West) into the Division 3 districts on a high note.
"It was a nice win for us going into the playoffs," Lancers' coach Bob Linton said. "We put a lot more pressure on their defense than we did last week. I think that definitely helped us out."
The Huskies actually took a 1-0 halftime lead before Creek began its onslaught seven minutes into the second half. Ben Myers got fouled in the box, and Max Myers, his brother, put in the resulting penalty kick to tie the game.
Eight minutes later, Max Myers and Foster teamed up to give the Lancers the lead for good.
"Riley beat his guy around the corner and played a beautiful ball out in front to Max, (who scored)," Linton said.
Two unassisted goals by Foster, with 17 minutes left and with 15 minutes left, stretched the lead to 4-1.
Only 24 seconds later, Max Myers scored from Ben Myers. And with with 13 minutes left, Cam Nasrey's unassisted goal made it 6-1.
Hemlock put in a goal with about 10 minute left to finish the scoring.
Brandon Fowler made four saves for the Lancers, who had 14 shots on goal.
Linton is excited about the playoffs.
"I feel good," he said. "We've got Ithaca (first), which we shouldn't take lightly even though we've beaten them twice. We'll focus on beating them Wednesday and go from there."
The Ithaca/Creek winner will play the Hemlock/Shepherd winner the following Wednesday at Hemlock in a district semifinal.
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So I broke the chain. Ten posts in, but last night, having been away all week, I just couldn't bring myself to get off the sofa and open the laptop. So, I'll start the count again and see if I can make it beyond ten this time.
What I have learned over the last ten posts?
1. I need to have some 'spare' posts ready to go for nights like last night. I've got half finished things, but I need a bank I can just copy, paste and publish.
2. It's easier to keep up the blog if I'm also keeping up to date with my feedly account. Other people's blogs give me ideas for posts of my own or links I can share.
3. I need to do a better job of turning my own ideas for posts into actual posts. Lots of what I've posted in the last ten posts have been links to other content. That's useful, but as a proportion of posts that's probably a little higher than I'd like it. I've got a Google Doc full of first sentences and badly written paragraphs. I need to develop some of those.
4. When I started blogging, I was blogging for me. While that's still true I think I'm getting a better sense of blogging for a reader. That's certainly true in terms of links I'm sharing, and watching the graph of hits and the retweets come in provide a sense that it worth doing this, not just for me but because someone else gets from this what I get from some of the blogs I read.
5. I should consider doing more list blog posts.


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1998 is my favorite year ever. The year 1998 kicked ass on so many levels. From videos games to movies, music and beyond 1998 had some of the best in these categories. Let's take a look at some of that year's finest examples:
1998 is regarded as the greatest year for video and PC games, here are some of the great games to be released in 1998:
1080 Snowboarding:
I never bought this game but always had a blast playing it at my cousin's house. The game was great fun. I loved the big air section. This was also the first snowboarding game I ever played. I remember being so to use a late 90's term, "stoked" when I finally pulled off a 1080 spin in this game.
Baldur's Gate:
One of the greatest RPGs of all time came out in 1998. This was one of the first games I ever played that came on multiple discs. It is amazing how even though the game is eleven years old it was just loaded with content right out of the box. I've seen many newer games that don't even have half the content of Baldur's Gate. On top of that it incorporated the AD&D rules perfectly. It is the finest example of using these rules in a computer game that I've ever played. This was definitely a game you would get your money out of.
Devil Dice:
Devil Dice is one of the best puzzle games released on the Playstation. It is highly addictive and just a lot of fun. You have to line up dice to score points. You need to line up dice of the same number and on top of that you need to line up that number of dice as well. For example to score on 4's you need to line up four dice with the number four. You can score combos and multipliers as well. This is definitely one of the best puzzle games I've ever played.
Fallout 2:
Less than a year after the incredible game Fallout was released in 1997 we got the follow-up game in 1998. I liked the original a bit more but Fallout 2 is still an amazing RPG set in a post-apocalyptic future. The gameplay is pretty much the same from the original and that is a good thing as the original is one of the greatest PC games of all time. Fallout 2 offered the play a larger range of weapons and items. There was also a larger emphasis on exploration as many quests had you going from town to town in order to complete them. It may not be as good as the original but it is still an amazing game.
Goldeneye 007:
Goldeneye actually came out in 1997 but it was still very widely played in 1998. I remember playing this game quite often even a year after release. The multiplayer kept players coming back and I also loved just messing around with the various cheats. I loved running around with unlimited ammo and invisibility and exploring the levels and taking out enemies who had no idea what was going on. Goldeneye was still one of the most widely played games in 1998 and with good reason, great multiplayer, and just a lot of fun to mess around in the game as well.
Grim Fandango:
Grim Fandango is one of the last great LucasArts games. This is an amazing adventure game. It also marked the last adventure style game by Tim Schafer. Everything about this game is amazing. The setting, the characters, the story and so on. The game has a film noir feel. On top of that it is injected with Schafer's great sense of humor and storytelling. Definetely one of the best games of 1998 and of all time.
Half-Life:
Half-Life was released late in 1998 and changed the first-person shooter genre forever. Valve didn't put you in the role on some super solider or badass mercenary instead they made you play as a scientist. Also the intro has a very "just another day at the office" feel to it and it works in easing the player into the game as opposed to just throwing them into the middle of a huge battle like most first-person shooters did before Half-Life. There is also a great story in the game. Many other games in this genre had little to no story behind them. Half-Life was one of the greatest games on 1998 and of all time and is also one of the most influential games ever created.
Metal Gear Solid:
I didn't have a Playstation back in 1998 but that didn't stop me from playing this game. I played it with a friend and we loved it. This was the first game I ever played that felt like I was playing a movie. The production value in this game is amazing. I loved the story, the characters, the music, everything. Avoiding fighting was something many people hadn't seen in a game before and the mechanic works extremely well. Metal Gear Solid really changed how games were made and the contributions to the video game medium from this game can still be felt today.
Pokemon Red/Pokemon Blue
The first games in the Pokemon series was released in 1998, in the United States anyway. These games started a phenomenon and a huge craze. The games were perfect for the Gameboy system. You could play a little bit and save your games and go back later. In a way it is a perfect hand held game. It is now 2014 and the series is still going strong. Back in 1998 and 1999 the franchise was huge.
Resident Evil 2:
The original Resident Evil gave many zombie fans the first in a long line of great games, but none of the others in my opinion felt like a zombie apocalypse like Resident Evil 2. No longer confined to the mansion now the entire area of Raccoon City was infested with zombies. Resident Evil 2 introduced some great new enemies to the series and really felt like you were alone against the world. Out of all the games this is the one that felt the most like an interactive zombie movie.
Starcraft:
Originally many people though that Starcraft would basically be Warcraft in space. Blizzard proved them all wrong with one of the greatest strategy games of all time. Starcraft gave us a totally amazing experience with three distinct races to play as. On top of a great single player campaign they included one of the greatest multiplayer games of all time as well. The multiplayer is still widely played today.
Star Wars Rogue Squadron:
The N64 had some really fun Star Wars games, Rogue Squadron was my favorite. You are a part of Rogue Squadron and you get to fly some iconic Star Wars vehicles. The missions were all very well designed and some were quite challenging. There was even a level based on the original Death Star attack. This was also one of the first games to make use of the N64 expansion pack which allowed the game to use better textures and so on. There was even a cheat code to use the Naboo Starfghter from Star Wars Episode 1 which was still five months away from release when this game came out.
WCW VS nWo Revenge:
Following on the success of WCW VS nWo World Tour THQ came out with Revenge in the fall of 1998. They improved on World Tour in every way possible. They added more wrestlers, more match types, and allowed players to customize the wrestlers to a certain extent. This is still one of the best multiplayer wrestling games you're going to find. I had many hours of fun playing this game with friends. Also this is still one of the best wrestling games of all time and paved the way for Wrestlemania 2000 and WWF No Mercy.
1998 had some really great movies. Many of my favorite movies came out in 1998, let's take a look at some of them:
Wild Things:
This is one of my favorite thriller movies. At first glance you'd think this is just some cheesy skin flick. You'd be right for part of the movie. I think that was a huge selling point. But beyond that you have a great movie with a lot of cool plot twists. You get great characters, some great music and a hell of a story. This movie kept me guessing until the very end. Also don't stop watching once the credits start rolling. During the credits you get some nice scenes explaining all the cool twists.
There's Something About Mary:
This is still today one of my favorite comedies and one of the only Farrelly Brothers movies I actually liked. Some of the jokes are gross-out jokes but they all work well in the story. I really liked all the characters in this movie. The story is also well written. This was also one of the first movies I bought on DVD. This movie works well because of the year it was released in. Today doing something like the main character does would be a lot easier with stuff like Facebook and MySpace so you kind of have to appreciate the way he goes about tracking down Mary. Still to this day this is one of my favorite movies. Matt Dillon had a great year in 1998 appearing in two of my favorite movies from that year.
A Night At The Roxbury:
Another great comedy. This was another movie based on a skit from Saturday Night Live. The movie is very funny and has some great performances from Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan. The movie is pretty silly but overall it is a really fun movie to watch. On top of that it has one of the best soundtrack compilations I've ever heard in a movie. Some great dance music from the time period. Definitely worth watching and the soundtrack is worth picking up also.
The Big Lebowski:
As with There's Something About Mary, 1998 was a great year for comedies and The Big Lebowski is another one of the best comedies of that year and possibly all time. Here we get a story about a case of mistaken identity, how things were in 1991 and bowling. I liked the 1991 angle to this movie because 1991 was a really fun year for me. So seeing this movie set in that year was a lot of fun. The characters in this movie are excellent. From Jeff Bridges as The Dude all the way to Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers Kieffer(Nihilist #2). I actually own a copy of the DVD signed by Jeff Dowd the real-life inspiration for the character of The Dude. He did an interview on Attack of The Show once back in 2005 and my call-in question was answered so G4 sent me a signed DVD. This is one of my favorite comedies and is a lot of fun to watch. It has gathered quite a cult following as well.
The Wedding Singer:
Another great comedy from 1998. I really enjoyed this movie. It was quite funny and it brought back a lot of great memories from the 1980's. Also this was the first Adam Sandler movie I remember seeing where he wasn't acting is a slapstick style movie. He is still funny in this movie but is also more serious in parts of it as well. Drew Barrymore was also enjoyable to watch. Also the cameo from Billy Idol was really cool to see. The soundtrack to this movie is also amazing as it is a great collection of 80's music.
Ronin:
I saw this one afternoon with a friend of mine. We both really enjoyed the movie. The action was pretty good, especially the car chase. It was also a pretty good mystery and was also quite suspenseful. Robert De Niro was good in this movie. Also Sean Bean was in this movie. Ever since seeing him in Goldeneye a few year earlier he soon became one of my favorite actors. A couple people who went to the same high school also saw the movie and we'd sometimes quote some of the funnier lines to each other. Especially the line where Seamus O'Rourke points a gun at Sam and yells "You stupid shite! You're a dead man!" Ronin was definitely a good movie I enjoyed in 1998.
Some great music was released in 1998, here are some of the best albums of that year:
Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty:
1998 had some great hip-hop albums. Hello Nasty was one of my favorite of the year and is still one of my favorite albums of all time. This album featured great track after great track. The smash hit Intergalactic was just one of many hits on this album. Even the less traditional songs like Picture This, and Instant Death were nice changes of pace from the group and didn't feel out of place on the album. One of the Beastie Boys best albums for sure.
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Brian Jagde
A "world-class heroic tenor" debut as Calaf in 'Turandot' at San Francisco Opera
After an auspicious performance of Radames in last year's Aida, Jagde has clearly arrived as a world-class heroic tenor in this role debut as Calaf ... His "Nessun dorma" showed a huge breadth of space, moving seamlessly from an intimate whisper to a hall-filling embrace ... his highs beautifully rode the crest of the orchestral wave."
— John Masko, Parterre
"… a brilliant tenor performance by Brian Jagde … After an auspicious performance of Radames in last year's Aida, Jagde has clearly arrived as a world-class heroic tenor in this role debut as Calaf. The character of Calaf requires a certain amount of inventiveness from the singer. He is at once an impulsive, romantic, young man to whom Puccini accords all the musical warmth of his most sympathetic heroes, and a callous Don Juan, willing to watch a deeply devoted servant be tortured for her loyalty in order to accomplish his conquest of the princess.
The role is a big ask, and Jagde accomplished it skillfully. His "Nessun dorma" showed a huge breadth of space, moving seamlessly from an intimate whisper to a hall-filling embrace … his highs beautifully rode the crest of the orchestral wave.
Strutting across the stage in a way completely unbefitting a stranger in a strange land, Jagde presented Calaf as a flawed hero whose overconfidence and bravado could cause him, at worst, to abandon his humanity. His delight in the danger of defying every warning, pride in overcoming Turandot's challenge, and infatuation with Turandot wove noble and ignoble passions together into an inseparable knot …
Overall, Turandot was an ambitious and mostly successful start to SF Opera's year—one particularly exciting for Jagde's brilliant (and sure to be repeated elsewhere) performance as Calaf, and Luisotti and the SF Opera Orchestra's continued mastery of the Italian repertoire."
John Masko – Parterre
"But with the eerie, scene-setting strains that open Act III, everything seemed to slide into place, flowing seamlessly into Brian Jagde's virile, beautifully nuanced "Nessun dorma." The tenor, a product of San Francisco Opera's Merola program and a former Adler Fellow, demonstrated secure vocal production throughout, with reserves of power not necessarily hinted-at by a burnished, supple lyric tone."
Harvey Steiman – Seen and Heard International
"And this was singing that deserved to be heard. Brian Jagde sang Calaf in a hefty tenor with a strong top. He carried the weight of his voice all the way to the highest notes but managed a warm, open sound nonetheless."
Ilana Walder-Biesanz – Bachtrack
"The main role falls on tenor Brian Jagde's solid shoulder. I recall Brian during a 2009 Merola concert singing an excerpt of Bohème where he pierced the audience's heart with a desperate call for Mimi. It's both a testament to Jagde's voice and to Puccini's keen ability to mushily manipulate your tear ducts. While Jagde has tremendously grown as a singer since, he has built a cottage industry in Puccini roles, singing Tosca and Butterfly on this stage. He brought back that Merola memory in his first invocation for Turandot! Yep, here comes that bright and assured tenor that knives through the orchestra to hit you right in the solar plexus. In the month of the tenth anniversary of Luciano Pavarotti's death, Jagde delivered a magnificent homage to the Italian legend with a perfect Nessun Dorma."
Cedric – SFist
"With the exception of the slave girl Liu and the hero's father, this is a fairy tale with skewed psychology. Moods and motivation often change magically in opera, so suspension of disbelief is easier when the music conveys what the text cannot. Puccini's gorgeous melodies and dramatic flourishes cumulatively provide a convincing experience.
That's still a lot of pressure for tenor Brian Jagde in his role debut as the besotted Prince Calaf, willing to risk everything, including his life, for the love of the vengeful Turandot. A confident "Set em up and knock em down" attitude seems to be his stance when it comes to SFO assignments. He has already made successes of other roles, proving his vocal stamina and handsome stage presence as Radames in "Aida." Jagde's Don Jose in "Carmen" also showed he can act. His rendition of Pavarotti's old signature aria "Nessun dorma" at the top of Act III was unforced and richly produced."
Philip Campbell – Bay Area Reporter
"As his son, Calaf, the Prince of Persia, Brian Jagde is as excellent as we have learned to expect, both in his singing and his acting. He excels in his delivery of "Nessun Dorma," possibly the most admired tenor aria in the entire classical repertoire."
Charles Kruger – TheatreStorm
"New York tenor Brian Jagde is enjoying an important international career as a go-to spinto tenor, yet is firmly associated with the San Francisco Opera, where he spent his early career as an Adler Fellow.
Jagde's role debut as Calaf demonstrated that he has the requisite spinto power for the riddle scene. He also showed the lyricism needed for Nessun dorma, the aria that Puccini presciently predicted would rival Cavaradossi's E lucevan le stelle from Puccini's "Tosca" in popularity.
It is an honor for an artist to be cast by a major international company in an operatic role he or she has never sung before. The San Francisco Opera, that invited Jagde for role debuts as Pinkerton in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" and Radames in Verdi's "Aida", continues to display high confidence in this young tenor's career."
Opera Warhorses
"… the opera was amazing. Turandot contains one of the most famous arias in all of opera: "Nessun dorma" or "None Shall Sleep." In the role of Calaf, Brian Jagde (seemingly becoming the SF Opera's tenor De Niro) performed it admirably."
–StrangePegs
"Brian Jagde, the former Adler Fellow who in recent seasons has become the company's go-to tenor (especially for Puccini), undertook the role of Calaf for the first time, and rose admirably to the assignment. His singing is a display of muscular exertion … always shapely and direct. And in the famous showpiece "Nessun dorma," which begins the third act, Jagde combined sinew and tonal clarity in an irresistible alloy."
Joshua Kosman – SFGate
"Calaf, sung by the vocally appealing tenor Brian Jagde, manages to correctly answer all three of Turandot's riddles and wins the right to her hand in marriage … Jagde sounded radiant and he hit all his high notes with aplomb, whether it was in his dreamy Act 3 aria "Nessun dorma" or in duets with Turandot or the slave girl Liu."
James Ambroff-Tahan – SF Examiner
"Calaf, son of Timur, Calaf, American tenor, Brian Jagde in his role debut, while soaring in the empyrean of the upper register, truly came to life and passion with the gong he struck at the end of Act one … During his "Nessun Dorma," he hit all the high notes and smiled along with them. Dressed in red satin, along with his bride at the end, he truly stood as proud as a peacock, his kind of hero."
Lois Silverstein – Operawire
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Liver cell adenoma or hepatocellular carcinoma?
Liver cell adenoma (LCA) is a benign tumor of the liver parenchyma that is associated with the use of oral contraceptives or with glycogen-storage disease. A group in Japan reported a case of LCA found in a 40-year-old woman without a history of oral contraceptive use in which the sequential alteration of the radiological findings suggested well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma.
Recently, LCAs with typical backgrounds of the patients are diagnosed by radiological findings without pathological findings due to the progress of diagnostic imaging techniques. A typical LCA shows low density or isodensity on plain computed tomography, presents a homogenous contrasting effect on arterial phase and does not show an apparent wash out on delayed phase.
A typical LCA in magnetic resonance imaging shows almost the same signal intensity as the surrounding parenchyma on T1 and T2 and shows high intensity on fat suppression T2. However, LCA often presents difficulties in a differential diagnosis with well-differentiated HCC, especially without the typical backgrounds of the patients.
A research article to be published on March 14, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology reports an extremely rare case of LCA. The research team led by Prof. Shimosegawa from the Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University reported a case of LCA found in a 40-year-old woman without a typical history in which the sequential alteration of the radiological findings suggested well-differentiated HCC.
A liver tumor 35 mm in diameter was found incidentally in a woman, which showed a homogenous enhancement in the arterial phase and almost the same enhancement as the surrounding liver parenchyma in the delayed phase of CT. The tumor was found to contain fat on MRI. However, radiological findings altered, which caused to suspect that a well-differentiated HCC containing fat was becoming dedifferentiated. Partial hepatectomy was performed and the pathological findings showed the typical findings of LCA. Diagnosis of LCA only by radiological findings is difficult in patients without backgrounds such as a history of receiving contraceptives or glycogen-storage disease.
More information: Kogure T, Ueno Y, Sekiguchi S, Ishida K, Igarashi T, Wakui Y, Iwasaki T, Shimosegawa T. Liver cell adenoma showing sequential alteration of radiological findings suggestive of well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15(10): 1267-1272 www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/15/1267.asp
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Kerala PSC Recruitment 2018: KPSC 117 Vacancies - Apply Online Here!
Kerala PSC Recruitment 2018: KPSC 117 Vacancies – Apply Online Here!
The Kerala Public Service Commission is otherwise called as Karnataka Public Service Commission. This is a body created by the Constitution of India to select the applicants for Civil Service Jobs in Kerala State on the basis of the merits of the Applicants and the Rules of Reservation.
KPSC had its Official Headquarters in Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram. It has three Regional Offices and Fourteen District Offices.
The Kerala Public Service Commission is a Body created by the Constitution of India. The Commission advise the Government on all the matters relating to the Civil Services referred under the Article 320 (3) of the Constitution. Kerala Public Service Commission invites online applications for the selection of Various Posts as per the requisitions of the appointing authorities, conducts written tests/ Practical Tests, Physical Efficiency Tests, Interview/ Screening Tests/ Personality Tests etc. Ranks will be prepared on the basis of the merit and observing the Rules and Regulations and when the vacancies are reported.
Recruitment to Services and Posts: KPSC conducts various competitive examinations under the state. This is a regular recruitment mode where an examination will be conducted followed by an Interview.
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Kerala PSC is advising the Government to appoint qualified professional for various posts, through Rank List that is created by the PSC from top scorers in written, practical and Physical Examinations.
The minimum age of the candidate must be 21 years and the maximum age of the candidate must be 30 years as on 1st Jan 2018.
Age-Relaxations will be applicable on the Reserved Category candidates as per the Government Norms.
The Candidate/ Application must hold Indian Citizenship.
Candidate must hold a Degree from a recognized University.
Candidates will be selected on the basis of the Written Examination followed by an Interview and Screening Test.
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The Preliminary Examination will be Objective Type. It will consist of two papers- Paper-I and Paper-II of 200 marks each.
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Kerala PSC notification 2018 has been released for the appointment of suitable candidates to the various posts such as LDC, Civil Excise Officer, Teacher, Pharmacist, Lecturer, Furnace Operator, Mines Mate, Assistant Manager, System Analyst etc. Candidates satisfying the required conditions can fill the application form to apply for the 117 vacancies. Candidates should submit the application form in online mode before the scheduled last date i.e. 13th June 2018.
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Q: Make constructor params implicitly available in class body I would like to make the explicit constructor parameters of my class implicitly available in the class body.
I can mark the second and subsequent parameters as "implicit val", which works:
scala> class Foo(x: Int, implicit val y: String) {
     |   println(implicitly[String])
     | }
defined class Foo

scala> new Foo(1,"hello")
hello

but if I mark the first parameter as implicit, then Scala thinks I am marking the whole argument list as an implicit argument list, and adds an empty first argument list:
scala> class Bar(implicit val x: Int, y: String) {
     |   println(implicitly[Int])
     | }
defined class Bar

scala> new Bar(1,"hello")
<console>:9: error: too many arguments for constructor Bar: ()(implicit x: Int, implicit y: String)Bar
              new Bar(1,"hello")
              ^

Is there any way to make the first explicit constructor argument explicitly in scope?

A: I would have said, Add other local modifiers:
scala> class Foo(@deprecated("","") private implicit val x: Int, val y: String) { println(implicitly[Int]) }
warning: there were 1 deprecation warning(s); re-run with -deprecation for details
defined class Foo

scala> new Foo(42, "hi")
<console>:9: error: too many arguments for constructor Foo: ()(implicit x: Int, y: String)Foo
              new Foo(42, "hi")
              ^

Syntactically, that's different from the leading implicit keyword, so maybe it's a parser bug, or maybe it does distinguish an implicit param list from a leading param marked locally-implicit but doesn't use the difference.

A: You can make it implicitly available by using an implicit def inside:
class Foo(val x: Int, implicit val y: String) {
    implicit def ix = x
}

which is hideously verbose, but it doesn't look like there is another way to get around the ambiguity between implicit marking a parameter list implicit and implicit val marking an implicit field.

A: class Foo(x: Int, y: String) {
  implicit val xImp = x

  println(implicitly[Int])
}

Actually I would do it similarly for the first case too. This is a situation where I think that the lot more understandable code is worth a bit more verbosity:
class Foo(x: Int, y: String) {
  implicit val yImp = y

  println(implicitly[String])
}


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In this article, I'll be discussing what it means to pitch; the purpose of pitching; ways to win in a pitch; what investors are looking for in a pitch and the content of a pitch deck.
What does it mean to pitch?
Pitching is an art of sale and you sell by connection. If you fail connect to connect with whoever it is you're selling to, there's a 95% chance that you won't be successful.
To get someone to believe in your business idea or concept.
To convince them that it's worth their money.
You might think getting a potential investor to believe in you is hard until you try getting them to give you the money you're requesting. The investors understand how risky a business is so it's going to take more than logic, facts and figures to make them part with their hard earned money.
Like I said earlier, you can only make a sale when you've established a connection. When you hear so so so business got funded and you wonder, who in the world invested in this type of company? Know that more than 50% of what an investor is looking for in an investment opportunity is the right person. No matter how viable the business sounds if you're not able to convince and assure the investor that you are the right person to handle his/her money, you won't get it.
If you can manage to project all these 10 qualities during your speech, then half of the work is done. The next thing you now need to focus on is the how. We've made it easy for you by creating 3 clear steps that when you follow you'll definitely close. And this has been successful all the times our clients used it.
Find common grounds. You need to be able to read your potential investor and use the information you receive to connect with them. People like other people that are like them. What it does to the investor is that it makes him/her feel you're just an extension of their desire or dream.
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Following law school, Attorney O'Connor served as Law Clerk to Hon. A. Dupont, Chief Judge, Appellate Court, State of Connecticut, from 1985 to 1986. From 1986 to 1987 he was law clerk to Hon. W. C. Bieluch, Appellate Court, State of Connecticut. Attorney O'Connor has been in private practice since 1987. He has dedicated his legal career exclusively to family law.
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Dragomir Yordanov () (born 28 September 1967) is a Bulgarian judge and a politician who served as the caretaker justice minister from 12 March 2013 to 29 May 2013.

Early life and education
Yordanov was born in Sofia on 28 September 1967. He graduated from Sofia French Language School and Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski with a master's degree in law.

Career
Yordanov was a junior judge and then a criminal judge in the Sofia District Court from 1994 to 1999. Then he worked as the executive director of the Magistrate Training Centre from 1999 to 2004. He was the deputy director and programme director of National Institute of Justice from 2004 to 2011. In addition, he worked as a criminal judge in Kosovo as part of the European Union Rule of Law Mission from 2009 to 2010. Next Yordanov served as the director of the National Institute of Justice from 2011 to March 2013. He was appointed justice minister to the caretaker government led by prime minister Marin Raykov on 12 March 2013. Yordanov was replaced by Zinaida Zlatanova in the post on 29 May 2013.

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C&G 23 Oct 1997
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Issue No. 23 12th October 1997
4. GOODIES TRIVIA QUIZ - More brain teasers from David McAnally
As you probably know, Tim Brooke-Taylor contacted the club by e-mail last month and has kindly allowed us to bombard him with any questions we have. And since you sent us so many questions for him to answer, we will be publishing his answers to your questions over the next couple of months. Here's the first lot:
WHO OR WHAT WERE YOUR EARLY FILM, RADIO AND TV INFLUENCES? AND WHO ARE YOUR FAVOURITE COMEDIANS?
I'll take "influences" as referring to comedy. My love for Grace Kelly is and was a personal thing and has nothing to do with anyone but me and my probation officer.
As a little person I loved all cartoons, especially Bugs Bunny. Still do. Buster Keaton was big visual influence, subtle and funny. Not so Charlie Chaplin. Jaques Tati's 'Monsieur Hulot's Holiday' was for years my favourite film.
Radio comedy was important, from 'Much Binding In The Marsh', via 'Take It From Here', to 'Round the Horne'. I "quite liked" the Goons, but only quite.
But my biggest hero by far was Peter Cook. Quite simply, for me, the funniest and most creative person that has ever lived.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE DELETING OF EPISODES OF THE GOODIES AND AT LAST THE 1948 SHOW AND THE WHOLE SERIES OF BROADEN YOUR MIND?
Very sad about the 1948 Show as the only copies I have seen are some sort of tele-cine which makes it look as if it was made in the silent film era.
There was an accountant at the BBC who thought that by taping over programmes he would save money. By this time the tapes were only 50 pounds. We were always having arguments with him about budgets. Somebody has to
keep an eye on the books but he was a prat. I didn't know that any of the Goodies had been wiped. Which were they?*
I'd love to see Broaden Your Mind again. At least I think I would.
I've just remembered another comic influence. Alan Bennett whose brilliant series 'On The Margin" was also wiped.
(* The episodes of The Goodies which were deleted by the BBC are 1.4 'Caught In The Act', 2.2 'The Commonwealth Games', 2.7 'Kitten Kong' [original version] and 2.8 'Wicked Waltzing'. Black and white copies of 1.4, 2.2 and 2.8 have since been found in Australia and were returned to the BBC. 2.2 and 2.8 have since been broadcast on cable TV in Australia and the UK. 1.4 has not been broadcast since the early 70s - Ed.)
DID YOU KEEP COPIES OF YOUR WORK IN SHOWS LIKE AT LAST THE 1948 SHOW AND BROADEN YOUR MIND?
Sadly there were no personal video recorders then. I do now have some aforementioned 1948 shows, but the quality is appalling.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE GOODIES EPISODE (OR EPISODES)?
This keeps changing. But at the moment it's The End and Ecky Thump. But I saw String the other day, which made me laugh, as did Scoutrageous. You must remember I am not sad enough to watch them very often and some of them I have not seen since they originally went out. I've only just (in the last 12 months) got copies.
At the time I was very proud of Kitten Kong and The Beanstalk. And I have soft spots for Pirate Radio (a walk in the Black Forest). I'd love to re-edit some shows now. Some of the speeded up sequences go on a bit I think. And I am not proud of some of my haircuts.
DID YOU EVER GET ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE GOODIES' CHIEF TARGETS LIKE ROLF HARRIS, MAX BYGRAVES, DAVID FROST, NICHOLAS PARSONS AND THE OSMONDS? WHAT DID THEY THINK ABOUT BEING LAMPOONED ON THE SHOW? OBVIOUSLY OTHER ONES LIKE TONY BLACKBURN AND EDDIE WARING MUST HAVE ENJOYED IT, AS THEY ACTUALLY APPEARED IN EPISODES.
Rolf Harris lives near me and we meet occasionally at fairly large gatherings. We talked about it years ago. He wasn't a very happy bunny. Nicholas Parsons I know very well and I honestly don't think it occurs to him that we were being rude. But we certainly were. He is like a BBC accountant. See above.
David Frost gave me my first break. He backed At Last The 1948 Show. John Cleese and I were editors (smart word for researchers ) of his live chat show in the mid sixties. They were brilliant. But it gave me an ulcer. We made fun of his self importance but we liked him. Still do. The Osmonds would probably not have known and everyone attacked Max Bygraves, quite rightly.
MARY WHITEHOUSE CRITICIZED THE UNDERPANTS, WITH THE CARROT MOTIF, WHICH YOU WORE IN 'SATURDAY NIGHT GREASE'. BUT WHAT DID SHE THINK ABOUT THE EPISODE 'SEX AND VIOLENCE' WHICH SATIRIZED HER CLEAN UP TV CAMPAIGN?
The most painful moments of our lives was when, at the party at the end of the first series, our producer stood up and read out a telegram from Mary Whitehouse congratulating us on making a good, clean show, or words to that effect. We were deeply ashamed and never made the same mistake again. She was a very bad influence on British TV and I certainly hope the episode upset her.
THE BBC ORIGINALLY DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THE PUNK EPISODE, BUT THEY AGREED TO A RE-WRITTEN VERSION. WHAT CUTS WERE MADE TO MAKE IT ACCEPTABLE?
I don't remember this being so. I'll ask Bill and Graeme, they might remember.
We were censored on our South Africa show. Believe it or not they thought we were too tough on the South African police! My character was beaten up for being anti apart height (standing up for short people e.g. Bill). They said the audience would not like to see me beaten up. We had recorded the show and the audience were screaming with laughter. They said it was nothing to do with politics. So we rewrote it and made it more of an attack on the pro apartheid SA government. This went out.
IN THE 1980S THE AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION BROADCAST REPEATS OF THE GOODIES IN THE CHILDREN'S HOURS. FOR THIS THEY DELETED SUCH THINGS AS BILL SAYING "BLOODY", THE DODO'S FARTS IN DODONUTS AND ANY SEQUENCE REMOTELY INVOLVING THE DISCUSSION OF SEX. WHAT IS YOUR OPINION OF THIS SORT OF THING? AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE GOODIES BEING EDITED DOWN TO 22 MINUTE SHOWS FOR BROADCAST ON AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL TELEVISION?
I think you can imagine my reaction to this, especially cutting shows down to fit a slot. It's not Shakespeare, but the shows were carefully constructed. When I went to Australia to promote the Goodies, in 1976, I said that 6 o'clock was too early for the show because a lot of kids would not understand it. We're having the same problem here with The Simpsons which is being put out too early as a kid's show.
I went on the Norman Gunston show and managed to protect myself, until I got to the bit when I said 6 o'clock was too early, as only kids would watch it. Gunston turned to his personal camera and said "He hates kids". Which was brilliant and made me laugh.
The BBC made me re dub a bloody to ruddy, and the whole point of my saying bloody in the first place was because Bill and Graeme had never heard me say anything so naughty. Oh dear. The best time in England for us, was when it went out at 9 o'clock. Kids (I hate the word kids, but it's a useful short cut) could then 'stay up to watch'. Kids enjoyed it on one level and adults on two, that was our theory.
Having said all that I'm grateful to Australian TV for putting it out at all. At least it's more than here.
IF YOU WERE STILL DOING THE GOODIES TODAY, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO A SHOW ABOUT?
That's a very good question and deserves a good answer in time. Off the top of my head I think joining up with Europe would be a useful topic. And I dare say there'd be the Spice Boys. Boys!
HOW DID THE SERIES 'ASSAULTED NUTS' EVER GET OFF THE GROUND? WAS IT
DIFFICULT DOING A UK/US CO-PRODUCTION WITH TWO VERY DIFFERENT STYLES OF
COMEDY?
It was an American cable company who set it up at HBO. It was difficult as everything had to fit American taste and knowledge And the fact that we had no audience, which is vital for me. It could have been very good. I did a lot of sketches by David Renwick and Andrew Marshall (Who wrote 'One Foot In The Grave' and '2.4 Children'), but they always seemed to be edited out. I couldn't do the second series and was replaced by Emma Thompson (natch), but that series was never shown in England. We got on very well with the American performers though. One of them incidentally was the interrogator of Sharon Stone in the 'Is she wearing them or not' . The name of the film escapes me.
I replaced Olivia Newton-John in a Cliff Richard 'made for TV' film. So everything is equal. And does this explain why I play the women's parts? No.
DO YOU HAVE ANY WARNING ABOUT WHAT THE ROUND WILL BE ON 'I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T A CLUE?', AS IT ALWAYS SEEMS THAT YOU ARE BEING VERY FUNNY ON THE SPOT?
A little on some rounds, but not enough. A little warning for the late Arrivals for example.
HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THAT PROGRAMMES LIKE 'WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?' HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED BY 'I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T A CLUE?'
I refuse to be bitter.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN MORNINGTON CRESCENT TO US? OR IS IT A CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET?
Oh come on, everyone knows the original rules. Didn't you play it at Christmas when you were little. Have you seen the Mornington Crescent web pages?
DO YOU REMEMBER APPEARING ON KENNY EVERETT'S 'WHAT DO YOU GOO' SEGMENT?
Certainly, the goo was disgusting.
IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF A REUNION SPECIAL, SERIES OR FILM?
We would love to do one if offered. Probably just a one-off Christmas special.
* Bonus Question for English Football Fans *
ARE YOU STILL A BIG DERBY COUNTY FAN AND IF SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THEIR NEW STADIUM AND WERE YOU SORRY TO SEE THE END OF THE BASEBALL GROUND?
Of course. The Rams are simply the best. Actually they are pretty damn useful at the moment. And I bought a Derby County Lavatory lid a few weeks ago and it is splendid. I'm thinking of having the bowl painted red - Forest's colours.
I was at the opening of Pride Park by the Queen. It's wonderful.
I do miss the Baseball Ground and wish we could have retained the name at least. But this is all pure sentiment. The new ground is a fabulous leap forward. Up the Rams.
If you have any more questions for Tim Brooke-Taylor, please e-mail them to carrot@auslink.net or post them to Goodies-L, as soon as possible.
OK, hit me with a black pudding, or rather hit my computer with a black pudding (I swear my computer is psychic, it always goes spango when the newsletter is due!). I was all ready to send out details of the meeting, except that I can't get on to IRC and check out some servers and I can't get on the WWW to check out some chat rooms. But never fear people, within the week, either I or someone else will bash some sense into this computer and you will know when the Goodies IRC/Chat Room Extravaganza is happening.
GOODIES T-SHIRTS
Over the past month, I've received a few suggestions for t-shirt designs. Here are several:
by ozfrog@aol.com
In regards to the T-shirts, I think a simple white t-shirt maybe with black or dark blue around the arms and collar with the Goodies logo (the funky yellow bubble letters) across the front and maybe a quote on the back would sell best and be most appealing to Goodies fans (I'd sure buy one). If someone were willing to invest in the making of maybe just 100 or so shirts, I'm sure the profits would make up for the investment and any future production costs.
by Jay, mojo@netspace.net.au
A simple T-shirt design for one of the Goodies T-shirts could be a copy of those worn by the Goodies (as in the start of the show in the 1st series) with funky colours and funky lettering fonts.
If you have any further suggestions, please let me know.
WEBSITE REVIEWED IN INTERNET MAGAZINES
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/2934/index. html
Thanks to Darren, darrenn@one.net.au and John Melville, melville@senet.com.au who informed us that our website was reviewed in two Australian internet magazines, Internet net.au and the Australian Internet Directory. We received a three star review in both mags, for old site at Demon, which is closing down soon.
Meanwhile our new site at Geocities, was voted Best Goodies Homepage on the WWW by Britcoms. If you visit our homepages, you can check out our 1st prize banner, which links to Britcoms.
Unfortunately I still can't tell you when The Goodies interview will screen on the 'Where Are They Now?' (on Channel 7, Australia); but I received e-mail from the producer recently, who said that the interview went well and it's very interesting.
Among the things revealed in the interview are how The Goodies was written. Tim Brooke-Taylor e-mailed us this preview:
"We'd all sit round before a series and write down headings of things we'd like to deal with. This could range from feminism to Rollerball by way of cricket, South Africa and Nuclear War. For example we had on page one "The North Of England" all cloth caps and black puddings (actually we all came from the North). and on page three we had Kung Fu which was very popular at the time. Page 7 had Eisenstein films as a bonus. Mix them together and you get Ecky Thump which was a clean, traditional Northern expletive."
And for those who want to know everything, I can tell you that the interview with was done in a London pub, called The Churchill, at 12 noon (GMT) on Monday 22nd September.
GOODIES GRAMOPHONE BLOOPER
by Linda Kay, lknafc@aol.com.
I recently dug up a real treasure in my video collection, which is a blooper from The Goodies. It aired on one of the Dick Clark NBC Blooper Shows (Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes or one of those things) over ten years ago, and I didn't think until looking at it recently that it might be a real rarity (whether or not it ever aired on anything overseas is unknown to me). It was shown in a segment of British bloopers and was hosted by Lynn Redgrave.
The blooper, specifically, was compiled of three separate takes. The first shows Tim getting ready to make his typical "God Save the Queen" speech and goes to set the needle down on the phonograph record, but the playback starts before he can put it down, so he says to the sound man "I haven't put it on yet!" The second take shows him successfully putting the needle on the record and starting his speech when Bill steps in front of him, pointing to the record and saying that the record isn't even spinning (even though the playback was going). On the third take, Tim sets the needle down, starts his speech, and Bill crosses to grab the record and smash it against the table, but it simply will not break! The audience is howling and Tim grabs the record away from Bill and acts as if he's threatening him with it, then turns and also starts trying to break the record, which still will not break.
I wish I could say which episode this was from, but since I haven't seen them in a while, it's hard for me to know. I can say Tim is wearing his British flag vest and his speech starts out "We will build..." and of course Bill most likely eventually did smash the record. (Sounds like 'The End' to me. - Ed)
BILL IN THE DETECTIVES
by Sandy Scherger, schergs@netconnect.com.au
About six or so months back, my hubby and I were watching an episode of Jasper Carrott's series 'The Detectives', which featured Bill Oddie as a bird watcher. It basically showed what Bill does these days and incorporated it into an episode. Very funny, too, it was!
I'm really not sure whether Bill played himself or just a birdwatcher as he didn't have a name in the show. He WAS a birdwatcher as well as environmentalist (try that first thing Monday morning!), in that he was protecting the eggs of a rare bird to protect the species and hired Jasper Carrott's and Robert Powell's characters to watch the nest and eggs. He may have been playing Bill Oddie, birdwatcher or he could have been Fred Bear birdwatcher.
We get 'The Detectives' on Galaxy Pay TV (it's also on Foxtel Pay TV -Ed) and it is currently screening at around 4.30-ish in the mornings on the Arena channel.
CAN'T GET THE GOODIES CD? TRY CD EUROPE
by Michele, ghost@loop.com
I found The Goodies' CD (Yum Yum - The Very Best Of The Goodies) at CD Europe http://www.cdeurope.com/ , for $18.95 (US dollars, I think - Ed).
THE MAKING OF…BILL ODDIE
As part of their Learning Zone series of programmes, the BBC launched a series called 'The Making Of...', which explores how famous people achieved their success and the first subject was Bill Oddie. Four programmes featuring Bill went out over four nights at 12.30am.
The first programme went out on Monday 6th October (or Tuesday 7th October, to be more accurate) and looked at Bill's interest in birds (which began in the forties in Rochdale) and why he chose to become a Goodie. Programme two looked at the first three records he owned., programme three looked at the various career paths of the former Goodie and programme four looked at writing comedy.
David Balston, david.balston@virgin.com
Gideon was a children's cartoon about a yellow duckling with a very long neck. It was basic pre-teens fare, but Tim's narration made it a must see for me. I seem to remember the animation was very basic, but I enjoyed it. I think only 2 series were made, but with all this type of stuff they've repeated them many times.
BILL IN A BIN
by Keith Topping, keith@tooon.demon.co.uk
On September 25th, Bill was in Chester-Le-Street, Tyne and Wear, in the North East of England, helping to launch the Northumbrian Water Environmental Trust, in a rather bizarre photo opportunity involving himself being dumped into a rubbish bin whilst holding a bag with "one million pounds" written on it (this is, apparently, the amount of money the NWET have received to help them set themselves up from a recent tax windfall).
Bill appeared in the local papers and on the North East local news that evening being interviewed about the subject. There was also an amusing bit where he was asked how to catch Guinea-Fowl (there's been a recent silly-season news story in the area concerning a pair of very loud birds who have been causing a village sleepless nights, but have been able to avoid capture). Bill replied "How the hell should I know?!" and then told the interviewer a little bit about why Guinea-Fowl were such loud birds (it has to do with mating rituals, apparently!).
TIM IN CALL MY BLUFF
Tim's always been a popular guest on daytime quiz shows (well, all quiz shows really). He was on Call My Bluff on the 15th of September.
BILL IN SHOOTING STARS
On Sunday 21st September, Bill appeared, for about ten seconds (!) in the BBC's Omnibus documentary "The Film of Reeves and Mortimer", about the remarkable comedy duo. Bill was seen along with several other guests on Shooting Stars in what appeared to be a pub somewhere!
RADIO ONE ANNIVERSARY NIGHT
On the 20th of September, the BBC held a 30th Anniversary Night for Radio One. The opening programme was a documentary called 'The Radio One Story' and in a lengthy interview with John Peel, the clip of him from the Goodies episode 'Superstar' (impersonating Jimmy Saville) was shown.
I recently dug out an excellent Bill Oddie interview from Radio Times from the period when he was introducing the BBC series 'Festival' (it was a Sunday night show which, according to the Radio Times was "filmed at
different festival locations, the six part series uses music - secular, religious, communal and professional - local interviews and travelogue to convey the unique spirit of each community".) The interview can be dated exactly by a line that says Bill "will be 49 on Saturday" (1990 - Ed).
Bill began the series by visiting the Bredon village fair, then went to Clydebank, Glastonbury, Leeds, Stretford and Cheltenham. "It's primarily a celebration of music and life, not intended to be exclusively Christian. I'll be talking to people of other faiths, or of no particular faith where appropriate". There's a lovely bit where Bill describes himself as "a self confessed 'ageing-hippie'" and was particularly looking forward to Glastonbury "I'm a child of the 60s but I never went to any open-air festivals. I associated them with traffic jams, getting stuck in the mud and not knowing when your favourite group was on. But this time I'll be in a privileged position. I may even know when Ry Cooder is on!"
The piece (by one Nicki Household) entitled "IN ALL GOODIE FAITH", notes after ISIRTA "Oddie went on to The Goodies where he joined forces with the irrepressible Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor to bring their zany humour to a family audience. Sketches like Ecky Thump, songs such as The Funky Gibbon, and capers on their three-man bike kept the show at the top from 1970 to 1982. Bill Oddie would love to make a Goodies 'special', and continues to write and present television series for children. "Youngsters have an in-built morality about nature; it gets knocked out of them as they grow up. We've at last persuaded governments and big business that environmental considerations are cost-effective and essential for the planet's survival. It's also an aesthetic and spiritual argument: a tree is beautiful, and that's a good reason for preserving it".
Bill Oddie. What a Guy!
GRAEME IN DO GO ON
by Thomas Cullen, tcullen@microsoft.com
Graeme Garden was involved with a Radio Show recently on BBC Radio 4 called 'Do Go On'. It also features Griff Rhys-Jones of 'Not the Nine O Clock News' and 'Smith and Jones' fame. It was a spoof discussion going on about anything. Quite relaxing to listen to.
GOODIE NEWS WEEK
by Matthew K. Sharp, kirseval@werple.net.au
On 10 October, at the end of a particularly chaotic episode of 'Good News Week' (which is Australian for 'Have I Got News For You?'), the following ensued. The team of Julie McCrossin, Colin Lane and Gabby Milgate had to identify a news story, given the clues of a leek, a microphone and a picture of GNW host Paul McDermott and opposing team leader Mikey Robbins (who do a radio show together on JJJ-FM). They correctly identified that it had something to do with whales (Leeks - Wales - whales!) - in fact, a radio station that broadcasts only whale song. Having been awarded the points for a correct answer...
GABBY: I watched an episode of The Goodies and that's where I found out that Wales was a national thing, 'cause they went to Wales for the Eisteddfod and ate leeks.
COLIN: And everything that was in The Goodies was true.
[Applause from audience]
PAUL McDERMOTT: Well maybe everyone else should watch The Goodies - I mean, normally for this show people read a newspaper!
GABBY: I thought it was Goodies New Week though.
[More applause]
The McCrossin / Lane / Milgate team ended up winning the game 14 points to 13.
Astute media watchers will note that Colin Lane, with Frank Woodley (who was on the opposing team) starred in the just-ended 'The Adventures Of Lano And Woodley', two episodes of which were directed by Bob Spiers, whose directing skills also graced Series 7 to 9 of The Goodies. You see, it all connects!
THE GOODIES INSPIRE WALLACE AND GROMIT
posted to Goodies-L by Nick McCarthy, nm@deakin.edu.au
During 'The Making of Wallace and Gromit', creator Nick Park revealed that the Wallace character was based on the Goodies vision of a Lancashire type northener who enjoys black puddings (referring of course to 'Kung-Fu Kapers').
MY FAVOURITE FIVE - LISA McCUNE
In today's Sunday Age TV Guide, Australian actress Lisa McCune (from Blue Heelers) listed her favourite five TV programmes as Dr Who, Bewitched, Time Tunnel, Lost In Space, Dynasty and The Goodies (hang on, that's six!). Anyway, the reason she liked The Goodies is "It was on after Dr Who on the ABC every weeknight. It was a great show with terrific sight gags and awesome comic timing." Nice one.
1. What were The Lost Tribe of the Orinoco doing in Kent?
2. What kept Bill awake in 'Snooze'?
3. Which lethal weapon did Bill employ in 'Kung Fu Kapers'?
4. Who won the "Nicest Person In The World" award?
1. What is the first step in cooking Shepherd's Pie?
A: Peel two shepherds.
2. How much did the Goodies charge to tour the middle ages in "Camelot"?
A: Only 50p.
3. What ancient game was restored in "2001 and a Bit"?
A: Cricket.
4. When three pretty girls, in very short mini-skirts, joined the Goodies in their home at the end of "Sex and Violence", it was obvious that they all anticipated an enjoyable evening ahead of them. Mrs. Desiree Carthorse, in fact, would have been shocked had she known. But how did the Goodies really spend their evening with these girls?
A: Playing chess.
That's it for this month. Don't forget, more of the Tim Brooke-Taylor interview next month!


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I am trying to simulate the flow separation around a circular cylinder for Re=100. The drag and lift coefficients seem to match with the literature . However I am getting a low value of the Strouhal number which should be in the range of 1.6-1.7, but i am getting 0.03. tried varying the time step still no luck. Can anybody please help me solve this problem?
Check the values you're using: what velocity etc are used in the theory/paper and are you taking the same data from Fluent?
And I also used the same solution methods as the papers.
Taking Stroual number to be 0.165 (used in the literature), period is 6.06 s. And I have resolved it for 80 time steps. So, the time step I have taken is 0.075 and run it for 1600 time steps.
Should I lower the time step even more?
Actual that corresponds to a Fluent workshop. Run some more periods and start writing after one period. Are u doing the fft in fluent?
Yes, I am doing the FFT in fluent.