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Are you wishing to generate leads for your business with the LinkedIn groups? Then I must say that yes, you are on the right track because LinkedIn groups are the easiest way to do that.
No matter if you are new to this field of Digital Marketing because we are here to help you out. We would suggest you the best and the easiest ways which can help you in generating leads for your business growth.
Are you ready to start up a run? Then just continue your reading.
Why choose the LinkedIn Groups?
The first thing which you would focus is why you should go with the LinkedIn groups. LinkedIn was launched back in the year 2013 and has now undergone in various remarkable developments. And the time has come that LinkedIn is responsible for 64% of all corporate website traffic. Have a look below.
From the above graph, you might have got the idea how LinkedIn has its engagements in the corporate website. You can see 64% of traffic is coming from social media. This can prove that you are able to make the most fertile marketing ground with LinkedIn. Which can be fastened if you join the professional groups.
Try to use the search filter to find the leads. I would suggest you join many groups but as we know everything has some limits, right? This also has the same like you can own or manage only 30 groups at a time, you can have 10 pending groups and much more for more information click. The best thing being in groups is that you are able to filter the membership list which can help you to find the influencers and prospects.
Also, you can delete some of the pending groups which you don't want to join. This might be a lengthy task, right? For performing this you can take help of any automation tool which helps you on the same and on other prospective too. I would suggest you move on with Inboardpro. This automation tool helps you to manage your accounts, groups, connections and much more. Let's have a look on deleting the pending groups.
This module will help you to remove groups. You can select the groups which you want to remove and mention the same from the add groups option. When you are done with the groups then set the delay in seconds and can submit your action by clicking on start.
Once you have created a LinkedIn group now it's the time to make connections. Try to send the personalized invitation. The LinkedIn Invitation should be personalized and clear I suggest mention informal sentences. Then you can move on with the explanation why you want to get connected with that person. Continue, like asking that person's hobby, interest, passion which is something beyond work. This will make your invitation stand out.
As I had mentioned earlier that using automation tool will help you a lot. Now you are able to send invitations to more members to group with Inboardpro at the same time. Let me explain you how.
This module will help you to invite a number of members to your group. You can add group, mention Emails then can set the delay in seconds then just click on start to make the invitation.
These were some of the ideas how you are able to generate leads with the help of LinkedIn Groups.
Hope you are able to understand the same and will implement this for generating leads for your business. Follow our blog on Inboardpro for more information.


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local type = type;
local t_insert, t_concat, t_remove, t_sort = table.insert, table.concat, table.remove, table.sort;
local s_char = string.char;
local tostring, tonumber = tostring, tonumber;
local pairs, ipairs = pairs, ipairs;
local next = next;
local error = error;
local newproxy, getmetatable, setmetatable = newproxy, getmetatable, setmetatable;
local print = print;

local has_array, array = pcall(require, "util.array");
local array_mt = has_array and getmetatable(array()) or {};

--module("json")
local json = {};

local null = newproxy and newproxy(true) or {};
if getmetatable and getmetatable(null) then
	getmetatable(null).__tostring = function() return "null"; end;
end
json.null = null;

local escapes = {
	["\""] = "\\\"", ["\\"] = "\\\\", ["\b"] = "\\b",
	["\f"] = "\\f", ["\n"] = "\\n", ["\r"] = "\\r", ["\t"] = "\\t"};
local unescapes = {
	["\""] = "\"", ["\\"] = "\\", ["/"] = "/",
	b = "\b", f = "\f", n = "\n", r = "\r", t = "\t"};
for i=0,31 do
	local ch = s_char(i);
	if not escapes[ch] then escapes[ch] = ("\\u%.4X"):format(i); end
end

local function codepoint_to_utf8(code)
	if code < 0x80 then return s_char(code); end
	local bits0_6 = code % 64;
	if code < 0x800 then
		local bits6_5 = (code - bits0_6) / 64;
		return s_char(0x80 + 0x40 + bits6_5, 0x80 + bits0_6);
	end
	local bits0_12 = code % 4096;
	local bits6_6 = (bits0_12 - bits0_6) / 64;
	local bits12_4 = (code - bits0_12) / 4096;
	return s_char(0x80 + 0x40 + 0x20 + bits12_4, 0x80 + bits6_6, 0x80 + bits0_6);
end

local valid_types = {
	number  = true,
	string  = true,
	table   = true,
	boolean = true
};
local special_keys = {
	__array = true;
	__hash  = true;
};

local simplesave, tablesave, arraysave, stringsave;

function stringsave(o, buffer)
	-- FIXME do proper utf-8 and binary data detection
	t_insert(buffer, "\""..(o:gsub(".", escapes)).."\"");
end

function arraysave(o, buffer)
	t_insert(buffer, "[");
	if next(o) then
		for i,v in ipairs(o) do
			simplesave(v, buffer);
			t_insert(buffer, ",");
		end
		t_remove(buffer);
	end
	t_insert(buffer, "]");
end

function tablesave(o, buffer)
	local __array = {};
	local __hash = {};
	local hash = {};
	for i,v in ipairs(o) do
		__array[i] = v;
	end
	for k,v in pairs(o) do
		local ktype, vtype = type(k), type(v);
		if valid_types[vtype] or v == null then
			if ktype == "string" and not special_keys[k] then
				hash[k] = v;
			elseif (valid_types[ktype] or k == null) and __array[k] == nil then
				__hash[k] = v;
			end
		end
	end
	if next(__hash) ~= nil or next(hash) ~= nil or next(__array) == nil then
		t_insert(buffer, "{");
		local mark = #buffer;
		if buffer.ordered then
			local keys = {};
			for k in pairs(hash) do
				t_insert(keys, k);
			end
			t_sort(keys);
			for _,k in ipairs(keys) do
				stringsave(k, buffer);
				t_insert(buffer, ":");
				simplesave(hash[k], buffer);
				t_insert(buffer, ",");
			end
		else
			for k,v in pairs(hash) do
				stringsave(k, buffer);
				t_insert(buffer, ":");
				simplesave(v, buffer);
				t_insert(buffer, ",");
			end
		end
		if next(__hash) ~= nil then
			t_insert(buffer, "\"__hash\":[");
			for k,v in pairs(__hash) do
				simplesave(k, buffer);
				t_insert(buffer, ",");
				simplesave(v, buffer);
				t_insert(buffer, ",");
			end
			t_remove(buffer);
			t_insert(buffer, "]");
			t_insert(buffer, ",");
		end
		if next(__array) then
			t_insert(buffer, "\"__array\":");
			arraysave(__array, buffer);
			t_insert(buffer, ",");
		end
		if mark ~= #buffer then t_remove(buffer); end
		t_insert(buffer, "}");
	else
		arraysave(__array, buffer);
	end
end

function simplesave(o, buffer)
	local t = type(o);
	if t == "number" then
		t_insert(buffer, tostring(o));
	elseif t == "string" then
		stringsave(o, buffer);
	elseif t == "table" then
		local mt = getmetatable(o);
		if mt == array_mt then
			arraysave(o, buffer);
		else
			tablesave(o, buffer);
		end
	elseif t == "boolean" then
		t_insert(buffer, (o and "true" or "false"));
	else
		t_insert(buffer, "null");
	end
end

function json.encode(obj)
	local t = {};
	simplesave(obj, t);
	return t_concat(t);
end
function json.encode_ordered(obj)
	local t = { ordered = true };
	simplesave(obj, t);
	return t_concat(t);
end
function json.encode_array(obj)
	local t = {};
	arraysave(obj, t);
	return t_concat(t);
end

-----------------------------------

local function _skip_whitespace(json, index)
	return json:find("[^ \t\r\n]", index) or index; -- no need to check \r\n, we converted those to \t
end
local function _fixobject(obj)
	local __array = obj.__array;
	if __array then
		obj.__array = nil;
		for i,v in ipairs(__array) do
			t_insert(obj, v);
		end
	end
	local __hash = obj.__hash;
	if __hash then
		obj.__hash = nil;
		local k;
		for i,v in ipairs(__hash) do
			if k ~= nil then
				obj[k] = v; k = nil;
			else
				k = v;
			end
		end
	end
	return obj;
end
local _readvalue, _readstring;
local function _readobject(json, index)
	local o = {};
	while true do
		local key, val;
		index = _skip_whitespace(json, index + 1);
		if json:byte(index) ~= 0x22 then -- "\""
			if json:byte(index) == 0x7d then return o, index + 1; end -- "}"
			return nil, "key expected";
		end
		key, index = _readstring(json, index);
		if key == nil then return nil, index; end
		index = _skip_whitespace(json, index);
		if json:byte(index) ~= 0x3a then return nil, "colon expected"; end -- ":"
		val, index = _readvalue(json, index + 1);
		if val == nil then return nil, index; end
		o[key] = val;
		index = _skip_whitespace(json, index);
		local b = json:byte(index);
		if b == 0x7d then return _fixobject(o), index + 1; end -- "}"
		if b ~= 0x2c then return nil, "object eof"; end -- ","
	end
end
local function _readarray(json, index)
	local a = {};
	local oindex = index;
	while true do
		local val;
		val, index = _readvalue(json, index + 1);
		if val == nil then
			if json:byte(oindex + 1) == 0x5d then return setmetatable(a, array_mt), oindex + 2; end -- "]"
			return val, index;
		end
		t_insert(a, val);
		index = _skip_whitespace(json, index);
		local b = json:byte(index);
		if b == 0x5d then return setmetatable(a, array_mt), index + 1; end -- "]"
		if b ~= 0x2c then return nil, "array eof"; end -- ","
	end
end
local _unescape_error;
local function _unescape_surrogate_func(x)
	local lead, trail = tonumber(x:sub(3, 6), 16), tonumber(x:sub(9, 12), 16);
	local codepoint = lead * 0x400 + trail - 0x35FDC00;
	local a = codepoint % 64;
	codepoint = (codepoint - a) / 64;
	local b = codepoint % 64;
	codepoint = (codepoint - b) / 64;
	local c = codepoint % 64;
	codepoint = (codepoint - c) / 64;
	return s_char(0xF0 + codepoint, 0x80 + c, 0x80 + b, 0x80 + a);
end
local function _unescape_func(x)
	x = x:match("%x%x%x%x", 3);
	if x then
		--if x >= 0xD800 and x <= 0xDFFF then _unescape_error = true; end -- bad surrogate pair
		return codepoint_to_utf8(tonumber(x, 16));
	end
	_unescape_error = true;
end
function _readstring(json, index)
	index = index + 1;
	local endindex = json:find("\"", index, true);
	if endindex then
		local s = json:sub(index, endindex - 1);
		--if s:find("[%z-\31]") then return nil, "control char in string"; end
		-- FIXME handle control characters
		_unescape_error = nil;
		--s = s:gsub("\\u[dD][89abAB]%x%x\\u[dD][cdefCDEF]%x%x", _unescape_surrogate_func);
		-- FIXME handle escapes beyond BMP
		s = s:gsub("\\u.?.?.?.?", _unescape_func);
		if _unescape_error then return nil, "invalid escape"; end
		return s, endindex + 1;
	end
	return nil, "string eof";
end
local function _readnumber(json, index)
	local m = json:match("[0-9%.%-eE%+]+", index); -- FIXME do strict checking
	return tonumber(m), index + #m;
end
local function _readnull(json, index)
	local a, b, c = json:byte(index + 1, index + 3);
	if a == 0x75 and b == 0x6c and c == 0x6c then
		return null, index + 4;
	end
	return nil, "null parse failed";
end
local function _readtrue(json, index)
	local a, b, c = json:byte(index + 1, index + 3);
	if a == 0x72 and b == 0x75 and c == 0x65 then
		return true, index + 4;
	end
	return nil, "true parse failed";
end
local function _readfalse(json, index)
	local a, b, c, d = json:byte(index + 1, index + 4);
	if a == 0x61 and b == 0x6c and c == 0x73 and d == 0x65 then
		return false, index + 5;
	end
	return nil, "false parse failed";
end
function _readvalue(json, index)
	index = _skip_whitespace(json, index);
	local b = json:byte(index);
	-- TODO try table lookup instead of if-else?
	if b == 0x7B then -- "{"
		return _readobject(json, index);
	elseif b == 0x5B then -- "["
		return _readarray(json, index);
	elseif b == 0x22 then -- "\""
		return _readstring(json, index);
	elseif b ~= nil and b >= 0x30 and b <= 0x39 or b == 0x2d then -- "0"-"9" or "-"
		return _readnumber(json, index);
	elseif b == 0x6e then -- "n"
		return _readnull(json, index);
	elseif b == 0x74 then -- "t"
		return _readtrue(json, index);
	elseif b == 0x66 then -- "f"
		return _readfalse(json, index);
	else
		return nil, "value expected";
	end
end
local first_escape = {
	["\\\""] = "\\u0022";
	["\\\\"] = "\\u005c";
	["\\/" ] = "\\u002f";
	["\\b" ] = "\\u0008";
	["\\f" ] = "\\u000C";
	["\\n" ] = "\\u000A";
	["\\r" ] = "\\u000D";
	["\\t" ] = "\\u0009";
	["\\u" ] = "\\u";
};

function json.decode(json)
	json = json:gsub("\\.", first_escape) -- get rid of all escapes except \uXXXX, making string parsing much simpler
		--:gsub("[\r\n]", "\t"); -- \r\n\t are equivalent, we care about none of them, and none of them can be in strings

	-- TODO do encoding verification

	local val, index = _readvalue(json, 1);
	if val == nil then return val, index; end
	if json:find("[^ \t\r\n]", index) then return nil, "garbage at eof"; end

	return val;
end

function json.test(object)
	local encoded = json.encode(object);
	local decoded = json.decode(encoded);
	local recoded = json.encode(decoded);
	if encoded ~= recoded then
		print("FAILED");
		print("encoded:", encoded);
		print("recoded:", recoded);
	else
		print(encoded);
	end
	return encoded == recoded;
end

return json;

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Q: how to get calendar value I want the value from html script and I am trying to print it on my screen using print but its not working am using python 2.7 with selenium for automation testing how could I get calendar value thanks.working on this website
code
import unittest
import time
import gettext
import HtmlTestRunner
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains

class xyz(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):

        self.driver=webdriver.Chrome()
        driver=self.driver

    def test_xy_org(self):
        self.driver.get("https://www.veenaworld.com/")
        self.driver.maximize_window()
        find=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@id='txtSearch']")
        find.send_keys("pune")
        find.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)
        find2=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@onblur]")
        find2.send_keys("pune")
        find2.send_keys(Keys.RETUR)
        self.driver.get("https://www.veenaworld.com/Package/Detail?pCode=RJZB(IP)&cCode=2")
        enquiry=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[text()='Enquiry']").click()
        name=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@id='txtEnName']")
        name.send_keys("prajkta")
        phn=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@id='txtEnContact']")
        phn.send_keys("4569874556")
        city=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//select[@id='ddlEnCountry']").click()
        city1=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("id('ddlEnCountry')/option[6]").click()
        email=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@id='txtEnEmail']")
        email.send_keys("fgdshk@gmail.com")
        destination=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("id('ddlEnDest')/optgroup[2]/option[4]").click()
        travel=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("id('optTour')/option[2]").click()
        mounth=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("id('ddlEnTMonth')/option[7]").click()
        year=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("id('ddlEnTYear')/option[3]").click()
        more=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("id('txtEnMoreDetail')")
        more.send_keys("djgfjhgdh genghruu jjdhgjh gerhjhrj")
        option=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("id('EmailMe1')").click()
        submit=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("id('frmEnquiry')/div[1]/div[12]/input[1]").click()
        time.sleep(5)

        self.driver.get("https://www.veenaworld.com/")
        flights=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[@href='#hm_tab2']").click()
        from1=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@id='fromcityAc']")
        from1.send_keys("pune")
        to=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@id='tocityAc']")
        to.send_keys("mumbai")
        travellers = self.driver.find_element_by_xpath( "//div[@id='Travellersection']//div[@class='dd_poup']//p[@class='dd_poplink']//span[@class='dd_poplink_span']").click()
        option = self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//select[@id='ddlAdultInt']").click()
        adult = self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//select[@id='ddlAdultInt']//option[@vlaue='2']").click()
        option1 = self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//select[@id='ddlAdultInt']//option[@vlaue='2']").click()
        self.ab()

    def ab(self):
        date=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@id='txtFlightDepartureDate']").click()
        month=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html[1]/body[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]")
        to_month_string = month.get_attribute('value')
        print 'to_month_string'
        date='Feb 2018'
        if to_month_string==date:
         print "month selected"
        else:
         for x in to_month_string:
               click1=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//html//div[@class='datepick-popup']//a[3]").click()

if __name__=="__main__":

     unittest.main(testRunner=HtmlTestRunner.HTMLTestRunner(output='example17_dir'))

Please see
2nd function def ab(self):
date= am trying to click on calendar
and after that am giving xpath of month that locate the calendar month and that what i want to print as a output

A: following code is for calender which has wheel type view & from first wheel we can select date by rotating that wheel. same for selecting month & year.At the end there is confirm button to save the date.
    public void verifyClickOnDate() {
                IOSElement Date = driver.findElement(By.xpath(Xpaths.DATE));
                Date.click();
                driver.findElementByXPath(("//XCUIElementTypeDatePicker/XCUIElementTypeOther/XCUIElementTypePickerWheel[1]")).sendKeys("28");
                driver.findElementByXPath(("//XCUIElementTypeDatePicker/XCUIElementTypeOther/XCUIElementTypePickerWheel[2]")).sendKeys("December");
                driver.findElementByXPath(("//XCUIElementTypeDatePicker/XCUIElementTypeOther/XCUIElementTypePickerWheel[3]")).sendKeys("2018");
                IOSElement confirmDate = driver.findElement(By.xpath(Xpaths.CONFIRM_DATE_BUTTON));
                confirmDate.click();
                String Date = driver.findElement(By.xpath(Xpaths.DATE)).getText();

            }

A: You can try to take text value from given tag.
Try below line of code
month=self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html[1]/body[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]")
        to_month_string = month.text;

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The hottest new movie out right now is Hunger Games and I haven't even seen it. I was intrigued by the trailer I saw during a commercial break from one of my television shows and also this inspirational set from Polyvore. I can't wait to see the movie to actually see what the dress looked like.
Start with your highlight and work down is the easiest way to achieve all the different colors to blend into each other. You can't tell in the picture but I do have the yellow color wrapped around from the inner corner of my eye to just above my natural crease. I would recommend layering the orange/red color until you get the desired effect that you are trying to achieve. A bullet tipped brush such as the MAC 219 works best to get more defined saturated color and to have that winged look. I have no specific names of the colors as these are no name brand eye shadows but as long as you stick to colors that are similar you will be set to go. The lashes are from the Japanese Dollar Store I always mention, Daiso. These type of lashes really gave a nice overall finish to the eyes.


In the final installment of the Wolverine series, Hugh Jackman proves that whomever is cast in the titular role will have a tough act to follow. Logan takes an introspective look at Wolverine as a broken man who tries to make peace with who he is, as well as his legacy. We also find out that there is a mysterious incident which decimated the mutant population, and that Charles Xavier, played by Patrick Stewart is a part of it. Meanwhile, a shadow organization has begun weaponizing children using mutant DNA, and when one child finds her way to Logan, he has to make the choice to walk away or use his remaining powers one last time.
The film's high points: The narrative was engaging, as this served to be an exploratory look at the character as opposed to an all-out, mindless action movie. Fans of the X-men series will enjoy the bittersweet camaraderie of Charles and Logan as their situation plays out. There are also a few nice Easter eggs that are dropped during the course of the film. Dafne Keen's screen presence also reminds us a bit of Natalie Portman's role in The Professional.
The low points of the movie: It's a shame that it took 3 Wolverine movies to get one that's rated R and then this one includes children. It's very intense, including language and brutal acts of violence, so parents to should consider this before bringing their kids. Lastly, with a running time of 2 hours and 15 minutes, there are a few scenes that could have been reduced for the sake of brevity.
The movie gets 4 mutant children out of 5.
I'm so excited for this movie!


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Washoe school tax bill clears NV Assembly
The Nevada Assembly on Tuesday voted 32-8 in favor of an amended AB46, giving Washoe County commissioners one-time authority to increase county sales and property taxes to help finance upkeep and repair of aging schools.
The bill — which has no expiration date — would generate funding by adding $.05 property tax per every $100 assessed value in the county; sales taxes would also increase by .25 percent. Martinez said passage of AB 46 would likely cost the average family approximately $8 per month.
In its original form, legislators would have imposed the tax hikes, something that would have required an unlikely two-thirds vote in both the Assembly and Senate, according to the Associated Press.
AB 46 would provide approximately $20 million a year for major WCSD capital projects such as replacing school roofing, replacing failing heating and cooling systems, plumbing, and continuous building maintenance.
"While we hoped to find a solution to this important issue at the state level, we appreciate the compromise amendment to keep this proposal moving through the process," Washoe Superintendent Pedro Martinez said in a statement Tuesday.
The bill now heads to the Senate.

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Q: 'None' and 'No one' Do we use a plural verb with 'none' and a singular verb with 'no one'?
We may say: None but the brave deserve accolades. But when we use 'no one', it is grammatically correct to say that 'No one deserves accolades but the brave'.

A: None but the brave deserve accolades.
None is a fused determiner that can take singular non-count nouns (None of the meat was fresh) and plural nouns (None of the boys went). The brave here  is understood as brave people where the head is the plural noun people; so plural deserve is fine.
No one deserves accolades but the brave.
No one is a compound determiner whose nominal base/head is the singular one so it takes singular verb agreement, as in your example with the singular deserves.

A: Yes, it is correct to say No one deserves accolades but the brave.
In fact, saying this makes it sound a tad bit stricter, as if accolades were only and only for the brave


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The Mission Bell is an Indie Rock Band from the Williamsburg, Virginia area who has been turning out high-powered, original rock songs for over 20 years. Bridging Classic Rock and Modern Rock with a heavy dose of 80s and 90s Indie Rock.
The Mission Bell is an Indie Rock Band from the Williamsburg, Virginia area who has been turning out high-powered, original rock songs for over 20 years in some way, shape or form. Three of the band's six members met in 1995 and formed a group called Dead Leaf Echo, which performed all over the Hampton Roads area at various bars and clubs, playing some cover tunes, but concentrating mainly on their original material.
Trey Polonsky (guitar), Jason Kyte (drums) and Jim Newton (guitar) eventually met Ron Hess (bass) in 2003, and the four continued crafting their songs and sound, this time working solely on original music. In 2005 the band began rehearsing with Singer Chris Drueke, who also contributed his songwriting and musicianship to the fold. The band produced a homemade 4 song demo in 2008 and then went on hiatus due to various, personal reasons. The two guitarists, Trey and Jim, began meeting again in 2011, working on promising, new material. Soon Ron Hess began helping flesh out the new tunes and Drummer Jason Kyte joined in once again. The addition of Keyboardist/Pianist Skip Leach in 2012 rounded out the rich, harmonic textures of the music. In 2013, Chris Drueke returned as lead vocalist and The Mission Bell was now a fully-realized, living and breathing entity. The band is currently recording and preparing to perform in front of an audience again.
Sounds Like: Bridging the gap of influences with one foot in Classic Rock and the other in Modern Rock with a heavy dose of 80s and 90s Indie Rock.
- In 1999, guest celebrity judge Brian Wilson picked Dead Leaf Echo's song "Silhouette" to advance in an online song contest entitled "Born On The World Wide Web.
- Also in '99, Dead Leaf Echo's song "Let Me Slide" kicked off a compilation of local talent on the Richmond-based label Oasis' CD "Oasis Alternative Volume 8.
- Jim has a phobia of Razor Scooters.
- In 1967 and '68, Keyboardist Skip Leach played for Canadian Band The Bells (sensing a theme here?) who had a certified gold record hit single with "Stay Awhile." Skip has played on nationally televised shows such as The Tonight Show, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Joe Franklin Show and The Merv Griffin Show and has opened up for bands such as Steppenwolf, Deep Purple and The Allman Brothers in concert. He has shared the stage with such notable acts as Percy Faith,
Art Linkletter, Gregory Hines, Lorne Green, Della Reese, Jack Benny, Arthur Godfry, Dom Deluise, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Natalie Cole, The Smothers Brothers and June Taylor.
- Ron goes to Australia a lot (he's probably there now).
- Singer Chris Drueke (also a songwriter, bassist and guitarist) has played in the Florida-based band The Agency which contained members of Dashboard Confessional and The Avett Brothers. Drueke has shared the stage with such artists as Fishbone, Ben Kweller, the Get Up Kids, Alkaline Trio, AFI, Dashboard Confessional, Midtown, Saves the Day, Samiam, Further Seems Forever, Good Riddance, Kid Dynamite and Rival Schools (among many others).
- Jason can't concentrate on one thought at a time.
- The Mission Bells' tune "Harriet Wheeler" (a loving tribute to The Sundays' lead vocalist) ranked number one on Reverbnation during the summer of 2013 for Williamsburg, Va.
- Skip smells really awesome.
New single called "Breaking" from The Mission Bell recorded live @ Upward. We put this concert on a couple months back. Please enjoy and share if you like. We will be creating a short video with songs, photos, and film from the show in the coming weeks.


The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is the central bank of Pakistan. While its constitution, as originally laid down in the State Bank of Pakistan Order 1948, remained basically unchanged until January 1, 1974, when the bank was nationalized, the scope of its functions was considerably enlarged. The State Bank of Pakistan Act 1956, with subsequent amendments, forms the basis of its operations today. The headquarters are located in the financial capital of Pakistan, Karachi whereas the bank has a fully owned subsidiary with the name SBP Baking Services Corporation (SBP-BSC) which is the operational arm of the central bank and has branch offices in 15 cities across Pakistan, including the capital city, Islamabad and the four provincial capitals and has head office in Karachi. State bank has other fully owned subsidiaries as well namely, I) National Institute of Banking and Finance (NIBAF) which is the training arm of the bank and also provides training to commercial banks, 2) Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC) and recently SBP was given ownership of 3) Pakistan Security Printing Corporation (PSPC) as well.


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If "The Big One" Hit California, 'San Andreas' The Movie Might Not Seem All That Far-Fetched
By Becca Stanek
San Andreas, the action movie starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson about a massive earthquake that hits California, arrives in theaters Friday, but it's hard to say when the real-life version of the "Big One" earthquake could actually hit the Golden State. Last August, California saw its biggest earthquake in 25 years, but that 6.0-magnitude quake would be nothing compared to the massive earthquake scientists believe is possible along the San Andreas fault. While movies usually embellish real life, the destruction and magnitude detailed in the film San Andreas might not be that far off from what would happen should "The Big One" actually hit California.
But before looking into the potential effects of the "The Big One," let's back up for a second and break down what exactly it is. According to the website The SanAndreasFault.org, "The Big One" is an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 or greater that is expected to happen along the fault sometime in the near future. The quake is expected to devastate all areas within a 50- to 100-mile radius of the San Andreas fault quake zone, hitting urban areas such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Palm Springs.
Admittedly, all of this information is speculative at this point. However, the fact that hundreds of scientists have spent years both researching and preparing for "The Big One" offers some insight into just how real the possibility may be. Moreover, the earthquake could come at any time. Because scientists cannot yet predict quakes with any great precision, the best estimate they can offer is the massive quake could happen anytime from now to 30 years down the road. Within that 30-year window though, scientists say that there's a 99.7 percent change that a quake of at least a 6.7 magnitude will strike California.
Although scientists aren't sure of when "The Big One" might hit, they are pretty sure its effects would be devastating. Kelly Huston of California's Office of Emergency Services told The Week in 2011:
You would see buildings collapse, you'd see people trapped, you'd see roadways collapse, you'd see widespread destruction.
According to The Week, the Los Angeles Basin would see highways and airport runways buckle. Pipes, electrical lines, and gas lines would burst, causing fires to erupt. Depending on the season, these flames could then be intensified by the Santa Ana winds. All in all, the destruction wreaked by "The Big One" would likely result in possible years of infrastructure repairs, and the deaths of at least 1,800 people.
So if the movie San Andreas scares you, it's probably for pretty good reason. Again, the movie is stretching the truth than spitting truths, but Californians have already been on edge about what would happen when "The Big One" finally hits.


The Gigawatts robotics team was invited to a black tie dinner at the Space and Rocket Center. At this exclusive event the team was honored to receive the 2018 Rising Star Award. The students and coaches accepted the award on stage that was given to them by the National Space Club. This is the first time a middle school has won the award. The award was to recognize their work with FIRST during last year's competition.


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Villadosia è una frazione geografica del comune italiano di Casale Litta (provincia di Varese), posta a sudovest del centro abitato, verso Vergiate.

Storia
Fu un antico comune della pieve di Somma Lombardo nel Milanese.

Registrato agli atti del 1751 come un borgo di 155 abitanti, nel 1786 Villa Dosia entrò per un quinquennio a far parte dell'effimera provincia di Varese, per poi cambiare continuamente i riferimenti amministrativi nel 1791, nel 1798 e nel 1799. Alla proclamazione del Regno d'Italia nel 1805 risultava avere 404 abitanti. Nel 1809 si ingrandì provvisoriamente incorporando San Pancrazio, ma nel 1811 fu a sua volta soppresso con regio decreto di Napoleone ed annessa a Casale. Il comune di Villa Dosia fu quindi ripristinato con il ritorno degli austriaci, e l'abitato risultò essere popolato da 445 anime nel 1853, salite a 446 nel 1861. La definitiva soppressione dell'autonomia comunale giunse infine nel 1869 su decreto di Vittorio Emanuele II, che ripropose l'unione con Casale Litta sul precedente modello napoleonico.

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Collegamenti esterni

Comuni della Lombardia soppressi

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A team of biologists has identified a small marine predator that once patrolled the ocean floor and grabbed its prey with 50 spines that it deployed from its head.
Named Capinatator praetermissus, it is roughly four inches long and represents a new genus and species. Scientists from Yale University and the Royal Ontario Museum made the identification based on 50 specimens from the fossil-rich Burgess Shale in British Columbia.
"This is the most significant fossil discovery of this group of animals yet made," said Derek Briggs, Yale's G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Geology and Geophysics and curator at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Briggs is lead author of a study published August 3 in Current Biology about the discovery.
Jean-Bernard Caron, senior curator of invertebrate palaeontology at the Royal Ontario Museum and an associate professor at the University of Toronto, is co-author of the study.
Chaetognaths are small, swimming marine carnivores that are also known as arrow worms. They represent a separate, major phyla of animals. Capinatator is one of the largest chaetognaths known, living or fossil. At more than 500 million years old, Capinatator is thought to be a forerunner of the smaller chaetognaths that are abundant in today's oceans, where they make up a large portion of the world's plankton and the ocean food chain.
The researchers said Capinatator's head configuration is unique. It has about 25 spines in each side of its head — nearly double the maximum number of spines in today's chaetognaths. The researchers said Capinatator captured prey by closing the two halves of its grasping spines toward each other as it swam.
Briggs noted that while it is fairly common to find evidence of chaetognath spines, fossilized chaetognath bodies are extraordinarily rare. In this case, many of the Capinatator specimens included evidence of soft tissues.
The name Capinatator is derived from "capio," which means "to grasp," and "natator," which means "swimmer." The species name praetermissus means "overlooked." The material for this study was collected by the Royal Ontario Museum under various research and collecting permits delivered by Parks Canada.
The Burgess Shale fossil sites are located within Yoho and Kootenay National Parks. The Burgess Shale was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. Parks Canada protects the sites and works with leading scientific researchers to expand knowledge and understanding of this key period of earth history.
The NASA Astrobiology Institute, a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Discovery Grant, a Peer Review grant from the ROM Reproductions Fund, and a grant from the Louise Hawley Stone Charitable Trust Publications Fund supported the research.
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Disk space is cheap. However, at some point you'll want to clean up unnecessary information from your Windows 10 system. Tech Viral has identified five new ways to clear up space on your drive.
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Not all encryption is created equal, especially if there are bugs. The Hacker News has identified several models of solid state drives from Crucial and Samsung that could expose your data. Security researchers, Carlo Meijer and Bernard van Gastel at Radboud University in the Netherlands, have discovered multiple critical vulnerabilities in some of the popular self-encrypting solid state drives (SSD) that could allow an attacker to decrypt disk encryption and recover protected data without knowing the password for the disk. They successfully tested their attack against three Crucial models of SSDs—Crucial MX100, MX200, and MX300—and four Samsung SSDs—840 EVO, 850 EVO, T3 Portable, and T5 Portable drives and found at least one critical flaw that breaks the encryption scheme.
The good news is that Crucial has firmware updates available for the impacted models. Samsung has patches available for the T3 and T5, but it recommends installing encryption software for the EVO models.
The cost of storage keeps coming down. Besides adding memory to your computer, using solid state drives can really boost performance. To that end, PCWorld has its top picks for 2018. The latest drives were tested to find the optimal hardware for various situations. These selections are for internal drives and not external storage devices.


A few weeks after a woman was struck and killed by an Uber self-driving crossover in Arizona, the crash was recreated using heat seeking, thermal-imaging sensors.
With that night vision technology — used by the military and luxury cars for decades — the pedestrian is clearly identified more than five seconds before impact, which would have given the car time to stop or swerve.
Since the accident in March, autonomous car researchers' eyes have been opening to the need to teach robots how to drive in the dark and avoid people who wander into the road. After all, pedestrian deaths are up 46 percent since 2009, and three-quarters of them happen at night, according to federal data. One fairly obvious solution has been in some cars for almost 20 years: Night vision that can detect the heat of a human body.


It is a peculiar custom of Wesnoth's nobility that they typically enroll their sons into one of two orders of armigers, training them either in the art of horsemanship or fencing. Duelists are so named for an unfortunately common practice of young aristocrats, for whom the sting of insult, whether real or fancied, can incite a rash demonstration of their natural right.
Experienced fencers, who often look the part, even if not actually of noble birth, carry with them a small crossbow that is easily concealed under a coat or cape. Slow to load and often thought dishonorable to use, it is in fact very useful, and those of their ranks who live long enough to be veterans typically do so by making such concessions to utility and survival. This unit's skill at skirmishing allows it to ignore enemies' zones of control and thus move unhindered around them.


Conradh na Gaeilge is hosting action forums north and south and open to all, to agree on specific actions to promote Irish-language and Gaeltacht commitments in the 2016 general election campaigns. Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin have officially pledged their support for the Irish-language and Gaeltacht commitments, but Conradh na Gaeilge is calling on all other parties to do the same prior to the elections.
Conradh na Gaeilge has organised three action forums for this Wednesday (27 January 2016) – in the Longford Arms Hotel in Longford at 5.00pm; in Áras an Mhuilinn in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath at 7.30pm; and in Billy Byrnes Bar in Kilkenny at 8.00pm – and other meetings are planned in the County Carlow Museum at 10.30am Wednesday morning, 10 February 2016, and in the Loch Garman Arms Hotel at midday on Saturday, 6 February 2016, to spur the local community into action on behalf of the Irish language and the Gaeltacht in the run-up to the elections.
"Conradh na Gaeilge is asking local voters – those that are fluent Irish speakers, those that are learning Irish, or indeed those that support the language in any way – to put these commitments to all the candidates standing for election in their own constituency.
Following these action forums, Conradh na Gaeilge will share information with local communities in each constituency in relation to every candidate and political party officially supporting the Irish-language and Gaeltacht commitments, prior to the general elections.
Conradh na Gaeilge is calling on all political parties and election candidates to officially support the Irish-language and Gaeltacht commitments, and local voters will be questioning each election candidate on this.
Interest in Irish and the use of the language is continuously growing, especially amongst young people. For example, over 1 million people have recently listened to the famous celebrity Ed Sheeran singing in Irish.
The investment plan and the additional political structures that we are looking for will help achieve the vision for the Irish language as envisaged by the rebellion generation and will properly commemorate 1916.


Masyanya is the most famous virtual girl of the Russian-speaking Internet community. For 8 years Internet users have been following the adventures of this extraordinary character. Masyanya's creator says: "Masyanya is a girl from St. Petersburg, she is in her twenties and she is straight-forward, sarcastic, and an incorrigible optimist at the same time. She adores laughing and having fun. She is walking sarcasm in a blue miniskirt and red tank top". Now iPhone users have the opportunity to browse virtual pages of Masyanya comics as Eurobook publishing has brought Masyanya and her bosom friends, Hrundle and Shaggy to the iPhone platform.


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I thought of this as I was reading The Orpheus Clock, an account of Simon Goodman's search for family art treasures that had been stolen by the Nazis. He begins the book with his discovery of some old boxes hoarded by his father, which came into his possession after his father's unexpected death. Bernard Goodman, once Bernard Gütmann, was eighty, but it was not his body that life had broken. Later on, as the author explains that the box contained voluminous correspondence and files, he says that his father's quest for justice was an obsession, and that the few things that were recovered caused division and dissension amongst the remaining family members. It is unutterably sad that in addition to all the horrors of the Holocaust, the quest for justice and recompense has been so complex and tortuous and that it is still not resolved more than 70 years after the end of the war.
The first part of the memoir traces the rise of the Gütmann family and their prominence in German banking. They moved in elite circles, and lived a life of luxury. A man of excellent taste, Simon Goodman's grandfather Fritz built a magnificent art collection which included works by Degas, Renoir, and Botticelli, and a superb collection of silverware. With the rise of the Nazi party, some family members relocated to other parts of Europe, but fatally, others believed that the histrionic hatred of Jews was only another manifestation of the anti-Semitism that had historically ebbed and flowed to coincide with economic downturns and recovery. Fritz and Louisa Gütmann settled in the Netherlands, where they wrongly believed that they would be safe, and their son Bernard went to study in England (where he anglicised his name, and survived the war).
The next part of the book covers the ghastly history of the Holocaust, and how it impacted on the extended Gütmann family. But it also includes the not so well-known scheme to systematically loot the occupied territories to build a personal collection for Hitler and for his henchmen. (There are reports this week that a Nazi train full of looted treasure has been found in Poland.) Conquerors have done this kind of looting since time immemorial, of course, but surely none have done it with such extraordinary duplicity, maintaining a fiction of buying the art with now notorious Nazi bureaucratic paperwork, while systematically stripping Jewish owners of their property with bargain-price payments paid into banks that Jews couldn't access, before shipping the victims off to slave labour and the death camps.
But it was this fiction of buying the art that made recovery a legal minefield after the war. A surprising amount of the art was located quite quickly by an American team called the Monument Men, but claimants – often dispersed around the world – had to be able to identify it, and prove ownership. Just the process of identifying it was hard enough: imagine being a descendant with no particular expertise in art and having to name and describe the paintings on your grandparents' walls, and state their size with accuracy. Paintings are sometimes renamed, and occasionally they are attributed to different painters after an authentication process. But proving ownership when the Nazis had forced the owner to sign sale documents in triplicate at gunpoint was a legal conundrum requiring common sense and a fair go, which Goodman says that the post-war socialist Dutch government wasn't disposed to offer because they weren't interested in making things easy for 'rich capitalists' to get their pictures back. For Bernard as executor of his parents' stolen estate, it was a frustrating and mostly fruitless task which added to the devastation caused by the loss of so many members of his family in the Holocaust.
What Simon discovered after Bernard's death was that a lot of the recovered art work flooded the market in the post-war era, and much of it made its way to America because there was post-war austerity everywhere else. While I can understand the discomfiture of an unwitting buyer being suddenly confronted with the knowledge that they have a stolen artwork on their hands, as Goodman tells it, the story of having to fight in the courts to recover his grandfather's artworks is an unedifying one.
Other reviews are at The Daily Mail UK and you can read Simon's own account of the Rubens in the Courtauld Gallery at the Irish Times.
I just watched the Monuments Men and I was thinking this review ran along parallel lines to the movie I was watching. Interesting coincidence!
I'll have to see if I can get it on video. I missed Helen Mirren's film The Woman in Gold too, I am too slack about getting to the movies!


The Foo Fighters have announced the title and release date of their new album.
The record is called Sonic Highways, and is scheduled for release November 10. Sonic Highways is also the name of guitarist Dave Grohl's upcoming documentary series for HBO, which chronicles the album being made.


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Revisiting the structure of the Vps10 domain of human sortilin and its interaction with neurotensin.
Quistgaard, E.M., Grftehauge, M.K., Madsen, P., Pallesen, L.T., Christensen, B., Srensen, E.S., Nissen, P., Petersen, C.M., Thirup, S.S.
Sortilin is a multifunctional receptor involved in sorting and apoptosis. We have previously reported a 2.0-Å structure of the Vps10 ectodomain in complex with one of its ligands, the tridecapeptide neurotensin. Here we set out to further characterize the structural properties of sortilin and its interaction with neurotensin. To this end, we have determined a new 2.7 Å structure using a crystal grown with a 10-fold increased concentration of neurotensin. Here a second peptide fragment was observed within the Vps10 β-propeller, which may in principle either represent a second molecule of neurotensin or the N-terminal part of the molecule bound at the previously identified binding site. However, in vitro binding experiments strongly favor the latter hypothesis. Neurotensin thus appears to bind with a 1:1 stoichiometry, and whereas the N-terminus does not bind on its own, it enhances the affinity in context of full-length neurotensin. We conclude that the N-terminus of neurotensin probably functions as an affinity enhancer for binding to sortilin by engaging the second binding site. Crystal packing differs partly from the previous structure, which may be due to variations in the degree and pattern of glycosylations. Consequently, a notable hydrophobic loop, not modeled previously, could now be traced. A computational analysis suggests that this and a neighboring loop may insert into the membrane and thus restrain movement of the Vps10 domain. We have, furthermore, mapped all N-linked glycosylations of CHO-expressed human sortilin by mass spectrometry and find that their locations are compatible with membrane insertion of the hydrophobic loops.
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, MIND Centre, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 10C, DK 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark; Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden.


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In 2020, 49% of the world's supply of fish, crustaceans and molluscs was farmed rather than caught. Image: Statista.
World - Aquaculture accounts for more and more of global fish supply
Around 49% of the world's supply of fish, crustaceans and molluscs was farmed rather than caught in 2020, up from 13% in 1990.
Felix Richter Data Journalist, Statista / World Economic Forum
Surging global demand for fish has been at odds with efforts to avoid overfishing and preserve marine wildlife. Asia accounted for the majority of the nearly 60 million jobs in fisheries and aquaculture worldwide in 2020.
Global fisheries and aquaculture production totaled 177.8 million tonnes in 2020 according to a report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). That's up more than 80 percent from 1990 levels, as fish and other types of marine animals play an integral role in global food security and nutrition, while providing a livelihood to tens of millions of households around the world.
Surging global demand has been at odds with efforts to avoid overfishing and preserve marine wildlife, however, which is why the role of aquaculture has massively increased over the past three decades while fishery captures have remained relatively stable. In 2020, 49 percent of the world's supply of fish, crustaceans and molluscs was farmed rather than caught, up from 13 percent in 1990 and 26 percent in 2000. While carp, salmon, oysters and shrimp are among the species often farmed in aquaculture, anchovies, pollock, tuna, herring and cod are still mostly captured in the wild.
According to the FAO, 89 percent of the global production of aquatic animals were used for human consumption, with the remaining 11 percent largely used to produce fishmeal and fish oil. In 2020, China was the biggest producer of fish and other marine animals by far. The country accounted for 15 percent of global capture and 57 percent of aquaculture production, as all of Asia accounted for 84 percent of the nearly 60 million jobs in fisheries and aquaculture worldwide.


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Who will win The Open 2014?
By studying the form at recent Open Championships, Stuart Hood identifies the player most likely to lift the Claret Jug at Royal Liverpool.
1. Old Tom Morris is the oldest Open winner. He was 46 years and 19 days old when he won his fourth Open at Prestwick in 1867.
Subsequently, we dismiss the chances of anyone aged 47 or over, which eliminates Mark Calcavecchia, John Daly, Nick Faldo, Todd Hamilton, Tom Lehman, Sandy Lyle, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Steve Stricker, Tom Watson, Mark Wiebe and, most reluctantly, Miguel Angel Jimenez.
2. Since 1900, the youngest Open winner is Seve Ballesteros, who was 22 years, three months and 12 days old when he won at Royal Lytham in 1979.
Thus we take out anyone aged 22 or younger, which means we must lose Matteo Manassero and Jordan Spieth.
3. Only Ben Hogan (1953), Arnold Palmer ('62), Jack Nicklaus ('66), Gary Player ('74), Tom Watson ('77) and Tiger ('05) have won the Masters and the Open in the same year.
So we strike current Masters champion Bubba Watson off the list of contenders.
4. No one who has qualified for the Open Championship via Open Qualifying Series (International Final Qualifying) has ever gone on to win the title.
So it's goodbye to George Coetzee, Rhein Gibson, Hiroshi Iwata, Jin Jeong, Bryden Macpherson, Cheng-Tsung Pan, John Senden, Yoshinobu Tsukada, Justin Walters, Ashun Wu, Dong-Kyu Jang, Juvic Pagunsan, Hyung-Tae Kim and Tomohiro Kondo.
5. Each of the 11 Open Championships that have previously been held at Royal Liverpool were won by a player who had already recorded a top-10 finish in the Open.
Hence this giant cull that removes Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Jonas Blixt, Gregory Bourdy, Keegan Bradley, Roberto Castro, Ashley Chesters, Jason Day, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet, Jamie Donaldson, Victor Dubuisson, Jason Dufner, Matt Every, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Harris English, Tommy Fleetwood, Stephen Gallacher, Branden Grace, Bill Haas, Russell Henley, Billy Horschel, Thongchai Jaidee, Hyung-Sung Kim, Chris Kirk, Masanori Kobayashi, Pablo Larrazabal, Marc Leishman, Alexander Levy, Shane Lowry, Joost Luiten, Ryan Moore, DA Points, Patrick Reed, Brett Rumford, Charl Schwartzel, Webb Simpson, Richard Sterne, Kevin Streelman, Brendon Todd, Peter Uilhein, Jimmy Walker, Dawie van der Walt, Boo Weekley, Bernd Wiesberger, Gary Woodland and YE Yang.
6. Nine of the last 14 Open champions had recorded at least one top five in the previous six majors.
A lack of recent major form sees us erase Thomas Bjorn, Paul Casey, Sergio Garcia, David Howell, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Paul Lawrie, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy, Louis Oosthuizen and Brandt Snedeker.
7. Eleven of the last 14 Champions had won at least five European or PGA Tour events prior to claiming the jug.
It's the end of the road for Thomas Aiken, Ben Curtis, Rickie Fowler, Mikko Ilonen, Hideki Matsuyama, Francesco Molinari and Chris Wood. (Curtis is the closest to staying in, with four).
8. The last 10 Open champions had won a European or PGA Tour event that season or the season before.
We remove Angel Cabrera, Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke, Luke Donald, David Duval, Jim Furyk, Padraig Harrington, Justin Leonard, Hunter Mahan, Ian Poulter and Nick Watney.
9. The last player to come back and win the Open the year after they had finished in second place was Jack Nicklaus in 1978.
With regret, we take out last year's runner-up to Phil Mickelson on the scorched links of Muirfield, Henrik Stenson.
10. Finally, 10 of the last 14 Open champions had previously won a major or a WGC event.
So, with sadness, our final cut ends the hopes of Lee Westwood.
Which leaves...
Ernie Els, Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose, Adam Scott and Tiger Woods.
And the our winner is:
Justin Rose!
The 33-year-old Englishman's Open record is poor but he has recorded three top-15 finishes in the oldest major, he is coming back into form after an injury-hit start to the season and his ultra-accurate iron play is perfectly suited to the test at Royal Liverpool. Add these to the fact that five out of the last six Open winners had missed the cut the previous year and you have our selection. Justin Rose will recover from sitting out the weekend at Muirfield in 2013 to win in 2014.
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Turkish Champion Galatasaray Chairman says they have a new settlement / voluntary agreement with the UEFA. Did you change your principles ( attached ) ?
UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations, ANNEX XII says "The club must not have been party to a voluntary agreement or subject to a disciplinary measure or settlement agreement within the last three reporting periods" Is it still valid ?
Turkish Champion Galatasaray has been disqualified from UEFA competitions in 2016. It has not been 3 years yet. How can you make a new settlement agreement ?
Galatasaray 's financial tables clearly show that, there is a clear non-compliance with the provisions of the settlement agreement signed 2 years ago ( Eur 115 Million ...! ) Then, how can you sign a new settlement agreement ?
Please kindly check your PRINCIPLES and do what is required accordingly..! In case you sign a new agreement without "exclusion & disqualification" no one can obey your principles thereafter.


"We have to be able to make a dollar, keep the dollar and have it move within our communities."
Joe Corchado, founder of JFD Sales Consulting Services.
Monica and Miguel Mancebo are principals of McClure Management Group in New York City.
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that Hispanic-owned businesses grew 31 percent between 1997 and 2002, triple the national average for all U.S. businesses. A 2002 survey found that nearly 1.6 million Hispanic-owned businesses generated a total revenue of better than $244 billion.
In many cases, these MBEs get a helping hand from larger companies dedicated to supplier diversity. This "helps level the playing field in corporate America for small and minority-owned businesses," say Miguel and Monica Mancebo, principals of McClure Management Group, New York, NY, a career transition and management services company and itself an Hispanic MBE. "It lets small companies play in the game and bring value to larger corporations."
McClure helps corporations with their outplacement needs, executive coaching and retained staff training and development.
"I started my company from my apartment living room when I was twenty-five," says Nina Vaca, chair and CEO of Pinnacle Technical Resources (Dallas, TX), an MBE/WBE IT services provider to Fortune 500 companies. Pinnacle will celebrate its tenth anniversary this fall, and now has more than 700 consultants operating in thirty-two states and two countries.
The firm's clientele includes industry leaders in telecom, financial services, healthcare, consumer products sectors and more. Among its core competencies are enterprise data warehousing, custom apps development and architecture, system/network integration and call center technologies.
"From a business standpoint, we leverage technology to make running our own business more efficient and help our clients to do the same. We are paperless; everything we do is Web-based," Vaca explains.
"We deliver large-scale, complex IT development and integration solutions on time, within budget and with complete dedication to the needs of our clients."
With $40 million in annual sales revenue in 2005 and $60 million expected this year, Pinnacle ranks among the fastest growing private firms in America. "Although we're a small business, we've won twenty-five local and national awards in the last three years," Vaca notes with pride.
She herself is the first two-time winner of the U.S. Hispanic Business Woman of the Year Award from the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and was featured by Fast Company magazine as one of the top twenty-five women business builders in the U.S.
Vaca's family came to the U.S. from Ecuador in the 1960s. She graduated from Southwest Texas State University with a BA in speech communications and business admin, and last year she was selected as a distinguished alumna of the university. Before starting her company she worked as an IT recruiter, where, she says, "I learned that consultants are the heartbeat of the IT business."
Vaca has four children. Her husband Jim Humrichouse, brother Freddy Vaca and sister Jessica Narvez are all members of Pinnacle's executive management team. The company is a member of NMSDC and WBENC.
The New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Diversity Council (NY&NJ; MSDC) is a very active regional chapter of NMSDC. It works to bring together MBEs, public agencies and corporations through networking and business development training, including an online program in development to show MBEs how to expand nationally.
"People do business with who they know," says Lynda Ireland, president and CEO.
expected to expand opportunities for Hispanic-owned businesses to win more corporate contracts. "The council's corporate members include some of the largest private, public and foreign-owned firms in business, and we are looking forward to formalizing our strategic alliance with LIHCC," Ireland states.
Jorge Martinez, president of LIHCC, notes that the alliance is "a wonderful opportunity for chamber members to become certified by the council and avail themselves of the educational and networking opportunities to bring their businesses to the next level."
The New York area, Martinez says, has one of the fastest growth rates for Hispanic-owned firms. It accounts for more than 10 percent of all Hispanic-owned firms in the U.S.
"Understanding financing is a challenge that Hispanics face as a people," says entrepreneur Joe Corchado. Corchado founded JFD Sales Consulting Services (Long Island City, NY) in 1997. As a member of the NY&NJ; MSDC as well as on a personal basis, he helps other minority firms "understand that it's financing that runs America, not politics. We have to be able to make a dollar, keep the dollar and have it move within our communities."
JFD is a fast-growing company offering sales, technical support and consulting services related to office furniture for government, schools and corporations. Corchado has twelve people on staff and averages $7 to $8 million a year in sales. "Our clients' needs are the most important thing to us. We invest in long-term relationships," says Corchado.
"For us, supplier diversity provides an opportunity to be seen. It does not guarantee business, but at least it opens the door."
Corchado's family moved to New York City from Puerto Rico when he was twelve years old. Corchado started college but didn't finish. "My masters degree is in street smarts," he says proudly. "It has helped me develop and grow the business."
He's on the board of the Queens Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and has ties with the Bronx and Brooklyn chambers. He gets business through trade shows and the Purchasing Councils Expo, but networking within the community, he says, is a key component of his company's success.
"It's so rewarding to get the opportunity to perform a service and do it well," Corchado concludes.
Higinio (Tico) Rodriguez is president of Gulf Coast Electric Motor Service Inc (Pensacola, FL). His company repairs motors for the Southern Company (Atlanta, GA), an energy provider whose four major operating companies supply the Southeast with nearly 40,000 MW of electricity. Rodriguez moved to the U.S. from Cuba in 1971.
Rita Lay, sourcing supervisor of Southern Co's Gulf Power subsidiary, explains that "Tico's company does offsite motor repair for us. In 2004 we spent $97,000 with them and more than $195,000 in 2005. Southern Co as a whole spent nearly $600,000. Diversity translates to better value."
As Rodriguez sees it, "Every motor is a challenge, but we love what we do, we love the Southern Co people, and we think their engineering department does a tremendous job."
Robert McCormes-Ballou, director of vendor development and diversity for Office Depot in Florida, says "I enjoy developing suppliers that are historically under- utilized businesses. It is important to Office Depot that our vendor base accurately represents the diversity of our customers."
M/WBEs "are critical partners in servicing local stores and clubs," says Wal-Mart's Chris Rasche, supplier diversity director. "We find that small businesses usually have smaller supply chains. That means they can adjust more quickly to changing customer demand."
Washington Mutual's Brian Powers, first VP and manager of strategic supplier management, notes that M/WBEs "are excited about each opportunity. They want to deliver value and continue earning our business."
Texas Instruments' Dr Shannon Suber, director of minority and women business development, reports that the company has grown its M/WBE purchases from negligible in 1989 to more than $231 million in 2005. "Small businesses like M/WBEs are flexible and agile and can respond quickly to TI's needs," she notes. "We place strong emphasis on the quality of supplier relationships because if they succeed, we succeed."
Sy Sternberg, chair and CEO of New York Life, declares that "Diversity is the essential foundation upon which the rest of the corporation's culture is built. We consider our commitment to a diverse workforce to be a key strategic strength, and promote the same inclusive standards in the selection of our suppliers and vendors."
Angela M. Hutchinson is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles, CA.


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Unlike many lower quality rebuilds, our re manufactured transmissions have	been thoroughly checked and tested from the smallest piece to the completed unit.	All new bearings, gaskets, seals and syncro rings are installed plus all low service expectancy parts are automatically replaced regardless of their condition. All other parts that do not have absolutely new potential service life are replaced	with the highest quality parts available. But these procedures alone will	not guarantee you the highest quality transmission. It is the experience of the craft	people with their knowledge, dedication and uncompromising desire to improve that	makes our reman transmissions the standard of quality in the industry. These units	have a 12-month warranty. Extended warranties are available.
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Q: date_trunc at time zone with original timestamptz I have a single timestamptz that I want to date_trunc so it removes the hours:
2019-01-01T17:43-03 => 2019-01-01T00:00-03.
However, because date_trunc removes the timezone, I need to do it like this:
date_trunc('day', '2019-01-01T17:43-03'::timestamptz) at time zone '-03'

However, I do not want to hardcode the time zone, since the query is run with timestamptz in many different timezones (these are input to the query and not stored). So I want the timezone to be extracted from the original timestamp. I tried to do something like this, but it does not work:
date_trunc('day', '2019-01-01T17:43-03'::timestamptz) at time zone EXTRACT(...)

Related, I am trying to extract the timezone from a timestamptz, but just getting 0.
SELECT EXTRACT(timezone FROM TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE '2019-01-01T00:00+03')
0

Can anybody help me with this?

A: I believe you may have a misconception about how timestamps and timezones are stored in PostgreSQL (because you seem to expect the -03 to be preserved when calling date_trunc and that you "want the timezone to be extracted from the original timestamp").  According to the documentation:

When a timestamp with time zone value is output, it is always converted from UTC to the current timezone zone, and displayed as local time in that zone. To see the time in another time zone, either change timezone or use the AT TIME ZONE construct (see Section 9.9.3).

Therefore, the statement that "different clients [that] have timestampts in many different timezones," while true, are all translated to UTC for storage, and then displayed in your local timezone (or the timezone you specify) for output.  As such, calling date_trunc() will essentially truncate the UTC timestamp, and if you want it displayed in a specific timezone, you will need to add the AT TIME ZONE clause.
UPDATE: An example is here:
edb=# select date_trunc('day', '2019-01-01T17:43-03'::timestamptz) ;
       date_trunc
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 2019-01-01 00:00:00+00
(1 row)

edb=# set timezone to 'US/Pacific';
SET
edb=# select date_trunc('day', '2019-01-01T17:43-03'::timestamptz) ;
       date_trunc
------------------------
 2019-01-01 00:00:00-08
(1 row)

As you can see, date_trunc will append the timezone that I define—it is not omitted.


Spend a romantic evening by watching Conductor Karen Durgaryan and the Ballet of Armenia entertain their audience with memorable performances of scenes from Tchaikovsky's greatest ballet scores, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. Swan Lake, one of the most popular ballets in the world, tells the story of evil sorcerer Von Rothbart who turned Princess Odette into a swan. The ever-popular Christmas Eve tale of Clara and The Nutcracker never fails to delight audiences of all ages.
Take a train from any station within Klang Valley area and make your way to KLCC Station (KJ10).
Numerous and convenient, taxis are a popular way of traveling. Always request the driver to switch on the fare meter before your journey. The taxis can easily drop you off around Suria KLCC's main entrance.
Access KLCC through Jalan Ampang, Jalan P. Ramlee and Jalan Kia Peng.
Tunnels at Jalan P. Ramlee, Jalan Tun Razak, and the Ampang – Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH) are also directly connected to the KLCC Parking Bays.
The Petronas Philharmonic Hall is a premier concert hall providing a world-class musical experience. It is the home of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO), an internationally acclaimed home-grown orchestra. The annual schedule here includes chamber music, contemporary music, and commissioned works.
The fireflies of Kampung Kuantan gained prominence in the early 1970s when a local businessman saw the commercial potential of this miracle. Now, the tourism experience has been entrusted to and developed by the Kuala Selangor District Council. It has expanded rapidly with the addition of 27 small boats that are provided for the visitors. Today, Kampung Kuantan is known for the magical fireflies not only to the local visitors but also around the world.
The journey from Kuala Lumpur to Kampung Kuantan takes about 45 minutes. Taxi service is available from Kuala Selangor to Kampung Kuantan at RM40.00 for a ride (4 people). However, there are few places of accommodation that provides transportation facilities to Kampung Kuantan.
The administrator of the firefly's area provides free parking space, food stalls and souvenir stalls. There is also a playground specifically for those who bring their children. Cruising the river using the traditional way will provide satisfaction for the visitors to watch the beauty of the magnificent fireflies. The usage of the small boats will also avoid sound and smoke pollution that can disrupt the firefly's habitat.
Show your loved ones how special they are by treating them to a romantic evening on the lake of Putrajaya. Take a ride on a traditional wooden boat called the "Dondang Sayang". Let the Love Boat set the stage for a nostalgic or romantic evening, with uninterrupted views of Putrajaya's most breathtaking sights.
The boat is manned by a single boatman. It is best to enjoy the ride in the evening from 5pm or any time before sunset as you will get to witness an astonishing view of Putrajaya from the lake. The Love Boat package is inclusive of an hour ride, as well as food and beverages.
This is one of the main bridges in Putrajaya, connecting Precinct 2 to the residential area of Precinct 8. The design of this cable-stayed bridge resembles a futuristic ship. Spanning 2.4km, this bridge can accommodate motorized traffic, bicycles, and pedestrians. Highly visible even from afar, it has become one of the beautiful icons of Putrajaya.
Treat yourself and your other half to a truly romantic and healthy getaway at the award-winning, luxurious 5-star retreat, The Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat, located in Ipoh, Perak. It is perfect for all love birds out there who are in need of a rejuvenating experience. Here in this lovely retreat, you can choose to do as much or as little as you want on your couples healthy holiday.
From a couple's spa treatment massage to dipping at the geothermal hot springs dipping pools, to soaking in the natural sauna formed in the dark interiors of the thermal steam cave, it is guaranteed that all these sessions are sure to leave you and your partner feeling brand new.
As an adults-only resort, your romantic holiday here will not be interrupted by the presence of screaming babies or running toddlers. It's also serious in helping guests achieve their goals for optimum health with holistic tailor-made programmes and pre-planned packages for as short as 2 nights or as long as three weeks. Besides the geothermal hot springs treatments, guests can request for weight-loss management and detox programmes, colon hydrotherapy, and antioxidant restoration therapy, among others.
After all, couples who sweat together, stay together.
The Banjaran is just 15 minutes away from the city of Ipoh, 1.5 hours from Penang and 2 hours from the capital of Kuala Lumpur by road. Ipoh is located on the North-South Highway, to the north of Kuala Lumpur. Take the Ipoh South Toll Plaza Exit No. 138 if you come from Kuala Lumpur, and the Ipoh North Toll Plaza (Jelapang) Exit No. 141 if you come from Penang. Do look out for road signs that lead you to The Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat along the road from either one of the exits.
Enjoy scenic views during the 2.5-hour journey to Ipoh on the ETS Train. There are daily services from KL Sentral in Kuala Lumpur to the Ipoh train station. Ipoh is on the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur-Penang-Bangkok route, so there are also trains to and from Penang and all the way to and from Bangkok. The Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat can arrange for transfers from the train station.
Some things are inherently romantic and a gorgeous sunset is one of them, so cuddle close to the one you love and watch the magnificent sunset change colors right before your eyes at the Kuching Waterfront in Sarawak. Also known as Kuching Esplanade, the sunset here is very dramatic and with the wooden sampan and wooden houses on stilts in the background, it is not just romantic but will also conjure up scenes of yesteryear. What could be more romantic than that?
You can sit with your other half at one of the many wooden benches provided along the Kuching Waterfront that run parallel with the Sarawak River, or you can opt for a sunset cruise and enjoy the environment and the scenery of this city of contrast.


In the fourteenth round of the Brazilian football championship, Vasco da Gama receives the Grêmio from Porto Alegre. The match will be on Sunday evening, July 22, 2018, at 20h with Grémio trying to approach the front group. Vasco is in the middle of the table in the eleventh place with 16 points, Rio's formation has won only one of the last five days, needing to quickly return to good results not to get too close to the relegation zone. However it will certainly not be easy, since on the other side is the Grémio, very motivated by the victory over Atletico Mineiro midweek and with fourth place that occupies with 23 points, 4 of the leader Flamengo!
Grémio conceded just 2 goals in 6 games away from home.
Vasco have already lost 2 home games this season.
Vasco won only 1 of the last 5 games.
Grémio comes from a motivating 2-0 win against Atletico Mineiro midway through the week.
Despite playing away from home, Grémio is in great shape and has one of the strongest defenses of the entire race. So, risk the win or draw of the outsiders in this match!


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Public Service Act 2020
If you need more information about this Act, please contact the administering agency: Public Service Commission
52 General responsibilities of chief executives of departments and departmental agencies
A chief executive of a department or departmental agency is responsible to the appropriate Minister for—
improving ways of working across public service agencies; and
their agency's responsiveness on matters relating to the collective interests of government; and
the operation of their agency, including in carrying out the purpose of the public service under section 11; and
supporting that Minister to act as a good steward of the public interest, including by—
maintaining public institutions, assets, and liabilities; and
maintaining the currency of any legislation administered by their agency; and
providing advice on the long-term implications of policies; and
the performance of the functions and duties and the exercise of the powers of the chief executive or of their agency (whether those functions, duties, or powers are imposed or conferred by an enactment or by the policies of the Government); and
giving advice to Ministers; and
the integrity and conduct of the employees for whom the chief executive is responsible; and
the efficient and economical delivery of the goods or services provided by the agency and how effectively those goods or services contribute to the intended outcomes.
The chief executive of a department is not responsible for the performance of functions or duties, or the exercise of powers, of or by that part of the department that is a departmental agency hosted by the department unless expressly provided in this Act or another enactment.
The chief executive of a departmental agency is responsible for the performance of functions and duties, and the exercise of powers, by that part of the department that is the departmental agency only and not any functions, duties, or powers of the host department unless expressly provided in this Act or another enactment.
The chief executive of a servicing department of an interdepartmental executive board is not responsible for the performance of functions or duties, or the exercise of powers, of or by the board unless provided in an enactment or delegated to the department under section 27.
However, if the chief executive of a servicing department is also a member of the board they also have full responsibilities as a member of the board.
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package org.apache.ignite.ml.clustering.gmm;

import org.apache.ignite.internal.util.typedef.internal.A;
import org.apache.ignite.ml.dataset.Dataset;
import org.apache.ignite.ml.dataset.primitive.context.EmptyContext;
import org.apache.ignite.ml.math.primitives.matrix.Matrix;
import org.apache.ignite.ml.math.primitives.vector.Vector;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * This class encapsulates statistics aggregation logic for feature vector covariance matrix computation of one GMM
 * component (cluster).
 */
public class CovarianceMatricesAggregator implements Serializable {
    /** Serial version uid. */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 4163253784526780812L;

    /** Mean vector. */
    private final Vector mean;

    /** Weighted by P(c|xi) sum of (xi - mean) * (xi - mean)^T values. */
    private Matrix weightedSum;

    /** Count of rows. */
    private int rowCnt;

    /**
     * Creates an instance of CovarianceMatricesAggregator.
     *
     * @param mean Mean vector.
     */
    CovarianceMatricesAggregator(Vector mean) {
        this.mean = mean;
    }

    /**
     * Creates an instance of CovarianceMatricesAggregator.
     *
     * @param mean Mean vector.
     * @param weightedSum Weighted sums for covariance computation.
     * @param rowCnt Count of rows.
     */
    CovarianceMatricesAggregator(Vector mean, Matrix weightedSum, int rowCnt) {
        this.mean = mean;
        this.weightedSum = weightedSum;
        this.rowCnt = rowCnt;
    }

    /**
     * Computes covariation matrices for feature vector for each GMM component.
     *
     * @param dataset Dataset.
     * @param clusterProbs Probabilities of each GMM component.
     * @param means Means for each GMM component.
     */
    static List<Matrix> computeCovariances(Dataset<EmptyContext, GmmPartitionData> dataset,
        Vector clusterProbs, Vector[] means) {

        List<CovarianceMatricesAggregator> aggregators = dataset.compute(
            data -> map(data, means),
            CovarianceMatricesAggregator::reduce
        );

        if (aggregators == null)
            return Collections.emptyList();

        List<Matrix> res = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < aggregators.size(); i++)
            res.add(aggregators.get(i).covariance(clusterProbs.get(i)));

        return res;
    }

    /**
     * @param x Feature vector (xi).
     * @param pcxi P(c|xi) for GMM component "c" and vector xi.
     */
    void add(Vector x, double pcxi) {
        Matrix deltaCol = x.minus(mean).toMatrix(false);
        Matrix weightedCovComponent = deltaCol.times(deltaCol.transpose()).times(pcxi);

        weightedSum = weightedSum == null ? weightedCovComponent : weightedSum.plus(weightedCovComponent);

        rowCnt += 1;
    }

    /**
     * @param other Other.
     * @return Sum of aggregators.
     */
    CovarianceMatricesAggregator plus(CovarianceMatricesAggregator other) {
        A.ensure(this.mean.equals(other.mean), "this.mean == other.mean");

        return new CovarianceMatricesAggregator(
            mean,
            this.weightedSum.plus(other.weightedSum),
            this.rowCnt + other.rowCnt
        );
    }

    /**
     * Map stage for covariance computation over dataset.
     *
     * @param data Data partition.
     * @param means Means vector.
     * @return Covariance aggregators.
     */
    static List<CovarianceMatricesAggregator> map(GmmPartitionData data, Vector[] means) {
        int cntOfComponents = means.length;

        List<CovarianceMatricesAggregator> aggregators = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < cntOfComponents; i++)
            aggregators.add(new CovarianceMatricesAggregator(means[i]));

        for (int i = 0; i < data.size(); i++) {
            for (int c = 0; c < cntOfComponents; c++)
                aggregators.get(c).add(data.getX(i), data.pcxi(c, i));
        }

        return aggregators;
    }

    /**
     * @param clusterProb GMM component probability.
     * @return Computed covariance matrix.
     */
    private Matrix covariance(double clusterProb) {
        return weightedSum.divide(rowCnt * clusterProb);
    }

    /**
     * Reduce stage for covariance computation over dataset.
     *
     * @param l first partition.
     * @param r second partition.
     */
    static List<CovarianceMatricesAggregator> reduce(List<CovarianceMatricesAggregator> l,
        List<CovarianceMatricesAggregator> r) {

        A.ensure(l != null || r != null, "Both partitions cannot equal to null");

        if (l == null || l.isEmpty())
            return r;
        if (r == null || r.isEmpty())
            return l;

        A.ensure(l.size() == r.size(), "l.size() == r.size()");
        List<CovarianceMatricesAggregator> res = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < l.size(); i++)
            res.add(l.get(i).plus(r.get(i)));

        return res;
    }

    /**
     * @return Mean vector.
     */
    Vector mean() {
        return mean.copy();
    }

    /**
     * @return Weighted sum.
     */
    Matrix weightedSum() {
        return weightedSum.copy();
    }

    /**
     * @return Rows count.
     */
    public int rowCount() {
        return rowCnt;
    }
}


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