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Johnny Depp Named the New Face of Dior's Male Fragrance
22nd March, 2018
The House Of Dior is about to reveal a new territory for men with Johnny Depp as its iconic ambassador,' Dior announced its first men's fragrance on Instagram.
Announcing the news, the perfume house debuted the scent's first campaign image on Wednesday, June 3 on its official Instagram.
"The house of Dior is about to reveal a new territory for men with Johnny Depp as its iconic ambassador," Dior wrote alongside the snap. The image features the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star sporting white shirt underneath dark blazer. He completed his cool appearance with some jewellery and perfectly styled hair.
The perfume marks the label's first male fragrance in 10 years and Depp's first experience of posing for any men's fragrance. Although Dior hasn't revealed the name for the cologne, the industry announced that it would be made available across the globe on September 1.
Dior also revealed that the already-anticipated scent was formulated by renown perfumer Francois Demachy, the man behind Dior Homme and Miss Dior.
Depp joins previous Dior's famous celebrity models that included Charlize Theron, Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lawrence and Marion Cotillard.
Even Mark's Jealous Of Annastacia Palaszczuk Meeting A Celeb
Remember "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo"?
How John Farnham got to record his hit "You're The Voice"
Laurel, Gary & Mark remember radio legend Bert Robertson

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Turkey urged to seize Islamic banking opportunity
March 21 2013 00:01:00
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
Turkey's non-interest, Islamic-compliant banks hold 5 percent of the total banking market at a size of $31 billion.
The Turkish Islamic banking sector will triple in 10 years reaching $100 billion by 2023, while the country would have even more potential if it would meet the foreign demand by offering more of a variety of Islamic financial instrument, an Ernst & Young report has said.
Islamic banking, which follows the requirements of Shaira and does not charge interest, has emerged as a prominent system at a time when European banks that have been the backbone of global sector are only slightly recovering from the aftermath of the financial crisis. The Islamic banking sector offers great opportunities for Turkey as well, as the country seeks its share in interest-free banking in light of the value and market presence of Islamic banks, also known as participation banks.
The report published by Ernst & Young on the sector says Turkish participation banks have expanded every year at an average of 19 percent and their commercial volume reached $1.3 billion in 2011.
Currently, all of the banks in Turkey that offer interest-free services to their customers hold 5 percent of the total banking market at a size of $31 billion, and the report expects Turkey will increase the size of its participation banks to over $100 billion.
While the general outlook of the sector looks promising, Turkey fails to reach its actual potential in the sector, the report warns.
Turkey has been trading only sukuk certificates indexed on rent certificates as an Islamic banking vehicle since last August, but there are three more non-interest financial instruments that are used in international markets.
New banks and new instruments coming
The Turkish Capital Market Board (SPK) has announced that it is preparing the necessary regulations for introducing three new Islamic-compliant financial instruments to supplement the existing sukuks at the beginning of this month.
According to the report, serving new, non-interest financial instruments to foreign investor from Asian and Gulf countries and using sukuks to finance Turkey's planned domestic infrastructure investments, projected to reach $20 billion by the end of 2013, would accelerate the sector's growth. Currently only one Turkish participation bank, Bank Asya, is completely Turkish-capitalized. The majority stakes of the other three, Albaraka Türk, Kuveyt Türk and Türkiye Finans, are held by Middle Eastern capital owners.
The Turkish state announced it will establish two new participation banks that offer interest-free services.
Greek Cyprus not ready to share power and wealth, says Turkish Cyprus FM
Turkey's patience running thin over Syrian regime's Idlib offensive: Erdoğan
Energy watchdog predicts 52.02 bcm gas consumption in 2020
Treasury borrows over $670 mln through auction
Turkey's share in global FDI may double: Official
Turkey 'has potential to attract over 75 mln tourists'


A group of seven Sailors from NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk took part in a "career day" at Oceanair Elementary School in Norfolk on April 28.
The command has a long-standing relationship with the school and participates in various events there throughout the year.
NAVSUP FLC Norfolk Sailors joined volunteers from many areas outside the military, including firemen, state police, television reporters and many others who set up displays and visited children from kindergarten through 5th grade.
In addition to logistics specialists, the Sailors included those from other ratings, such as yeoman, culinary specialist, gunner's mate and hospital corpsman.
Logistics Specialist Seaman Apprentice Tiffany White said she was impressed by how the children were so open to learn about what the members of the group did in the Navy, and had advice for those who might consider attending an event where they speak to children.
"Be prepared to be asked anything," she said.


High School Ministry Weekly August 7 & 8th!
We are going to Labarriere Park and going on a Canoe River Tour!
Canoes, life jackets are provided.
Suggested items to bring: suntan lotion, insect repellent, sunglasses, drinking water and any snacks you might want.
Capture the Flag and more! Cost: FREE.


The AC102 is a 3U VPX desktop chassis with a 5 slot, 1" slot pitch, full Mesh backplane designed for development, test and commercial application deployment.
The AC102 backplane supports Rear Transition Modules (RTM) with access to all VPX P2 signals.
Two 62 CFM Fans on the front.


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Paul D. MILLER (aka DJ Spooky) (b. 1970)
Rebirth of a Nation - A film score and composition
rec. Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, 2 February 2007
16 page booklet included with the film
CANTALOUPE CA21110 [DVD: 95.12; CD: 79.26]
There are two discs in this set: one a DVD of D.W. Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation (edited and overlaid) with Miller's music and the other, a CD of a performance of the score.
Paul D'Shonne Miller is known as DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid. That stage name can be traced back to the character The Subliminal Kid in the novel Nova Express by William S. Burroughs. According to his Wikipedia entry he was born in Washington DC and is active as an electronic and experimental hip hop musician. He is also credited as a 'turntablist', producer, philosopher, academic, editor and author. It seems that his work is often referred to as "illbient" or "trip hop". Watching one of Miller's presentations on YouTube I was impressed by how cultured he is and by his intelligence, imagination and sheer breadth of knowledge.
Now I am the first to admit my ignorance of hip hop culture. My usual haunt is the classical music section of his site with occasional forays into Jazz and Nostalgia. I also founded and was the first editor of the now defunct section of MusicWeb International, Film Music on the Web. With this in the background my interest was stimulated on reading that a new score had been written for Griffith's film, and that a DVD and CD was available with the score performed by the Kronos Quartet.
Considering Miller's background it is no surprise that he had D.W. Griffith's notoriously racist film, The Birth of a Nation (1915) in his sights for a modern rethink. The result is his Rebirth of A Nation. For it, he has written a new score to accompany a showing of his 'reworked' film. It is well-known that silent films were often accompanied in theatres by a solo piano, a chamber group or more ostentatiously by an orchestra in more opulent venues. Miller's score is here played by the Kronos. Anyone thinking that all they are to hear is pure unadulterated string quartet music is in for a surprise. In fact the quartet's offering is supplemented by synth music to a very appreciable degree, often almost totally disguising the generally accustomed string quartet sound. The spooky visual concept applied to D.W. Griffith's film comes as something of a shock too.
I will admit I have still to see The Birth of a Nation in its entirety, having just seen excerpts at various times. Now, having watched the Spooky version (and it is spooky), I am keen to see the original to appreciate the ruckus it caused back in the early twentieth century. You can get the DVD or Blu-ray equivalent through Amazon.
What about this album's content? Miller's visuals are unusual; sometimes confusing, sometimes bizarre and possibly a little too clever and self-aware to the detriment of the concept. It appears that Spooky was keen to look back at The Birth of a Nation and to tag it The Rebirth of A Nation. Griffith's images are seen through overlaid patterns more associated with modern living. These frequently bring electronic circuit diagrams to mind or urban map symbols. For emphasis Miller often creates a picture-frame closely around a certain character and clears away any patterning from the portrait. Most disconcerting is the frequent use of a wacky split-screen effect with the split running top to bottom centre. The images on both sides are the same so that the result is something like a fairground distorting mirror. Was the motivation to demonstrate "if only they could have seen themselves would they have …"?
The music is progressive and Minimalist and reminiscent of Nyman and Glass. It is undeniably clever in creating an atmosphere. The use of the synth constantly gives the impression that there are far larger instrumental forces at work rather than just a string quartet the utterances of which are frequently distorted. Little touches like the inclusion of harmonica and banjo sounds creates symbols for the cultures of the North and South respectively, clashing during the Civil War.
This is an interesting and imaginative concept and one either to treasure or consign to a drawer marked 'curiosities'.
Ian Lace


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{% include variables.html %}

# Overview

Branding the CAS User Interface (UI) involves editing the CSS stylesheet and also a small collection of relatively simple HTML include files, also known as views. Optionally, you may also wish to modify the text displayed and/or add additional Javascript effects on these views.

# Browser Support

CAS user interface should properly and comfortably lend itself to all major browser vendors:

* Google Chrome
* Mozilla Firefox
* Apple Safari
* Microsoft Edge
* Internet Explorer (v11 only)

Note that certain older version of IE, particularly IE 9 and below may impose additional difficulty in getting the right UI configuration in place. The libraries used for the user interface (Bootstrap and Material.io) do not support Internet Explorer 9 or below.

Supported Browsers
The supported browsers listed here are in reference to the default CAS user interface. Customizations can be implemented to support other browsers using the overlay, themes, etc.

## Internet Explorer

To instruct CAS to render UI in compatibility mode, the following is added automatically to relevant UI components:

```html
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
```

# CSS & Javascript

See [this guide](User-Interface-Customization-CSSJS.html) for more info.

# Views

See [this guide](User-Interface-Customization-Views.html) for more info.

# Localization

See [this guide](User-Interface-Customization-Localization.html) for more info.

# Themes

See [this guide](User-Interface-Customization-Themes.html) for more info.

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Outlander Season 5 -- Courtesy of Aimee Spinks, STARZ
Outlander Book Club: An Echo in the Bone Chapter 73 breakdown by Alexandria Ingham
5 Outlander episodes to watch for Thanksgiving 2022
by Alexandria Ingham 2 months ago Follow @aingham69
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Outlander Season 4 — Courtesy of Aimee Spinks/STARZ
Outlander Season 4, Episode 6, "Blood of My Blood"
Family isn't all about blood. That's something Outlander teaches up early on. We have Frank who raises Brianna as his own. Then there's Jamie who takes in Fergus. And in Season 3, Lord John agrees to raise Jamie's son, William.
John and William show up in Season 4, Episode 6. In fact, John gets very sick with the measles, and Jamie has to get William away. They end up running into a spot of trouble with neighboring Cherokee tribesmen, but Jamie protects his son and creates harmony once again.
Outlander Season 5, Episode 12, "Never My Love"
This is a hard episode to watch. It's the one where Claire has been abducted by Lionel Brown and uses her dreamscape to escape everything that's happening to her. It's a Thanksgiving meal that she's picturing.
Bree and Roger aren't there yet but should be on their way. It's in the 1960s, and we get to see the family come together, including Murtagh, who had died earlier in the season. This is after Bree and Roger have left in the real timeline, so Claire thinks she's never going to see that happen and it plays out in the dreamscape.
There are some beautiful reminders of past episodes in this episode. Plus, we get to see the family celebrate Thanksgiving, which I can't recall happening in the books.
Claire and Jamie 4 monthsIs the lack of Outlander panel at NYCC 2022 a concern?
Claire and Jamie 4 monthsWill we get an Outlander Season 7 trailer at NYCC 2022?
Claire and Jamie 4 monthsWill we get an Outlander Season 7 premiere date at NYCC 2022?
Claire and Jamie 5 monthsWhy Outlander Season 7 will likely be split in two parts


"A Tale of Two Countries: The Digital Disruption of Government", with Marie Johnson, CAPAM (Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management), October 2014.
Digitizing Government: Understanding and Implementing New Digital Business Models, with Alan Brown and Mark Thompson, 2014, Palgrave Macmillan.
"Towards more healthy living". In "Geographic Information 1991: The Yearbook of the Association of Geographic Information", ed. J. Cadoux-Hudson and I. Heywood, 126-127. London: Taylor & Francis.
Oral Evidence on Part 5 of the Digital Economy Bill, October 2016.
Written Evidence on Part 5 of the Digital Economy Bill: "Digital Government" (PDF), October 2016.


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Posted in | Energy Efficiency | Sustainability | Renewable Energy
Research Gathers Evidence to Address Skeptics Against 100% Renewable Electricity Platforms
Questions raised by a review paper last year include - Is there sufficient space for all the solar panels and wind turbines to provide all of man's energy requirements? What happens if the wind doesn't blow and the sun doesn't shine? Won't renewables destabilize the grid and result in blackouts?
Image credit: Lappeenranta University of Technology
The review paper, published in the renowned journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, was written by Master of Science Benjamin Heard and colleagues, who argued their case against 100% renewable electricity platforms. They questioned the viability of many of the new circumstances for high shares of renewable energy, doubted everything from whether renewables-based systems can endure challenging weather events with low wind and low sun, to the ability to maintain the grid in a steady manner with so much variable generation.
ZEBRA Project: Developing the First 100% Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades
Hillwood Signs a 100-Percent Renewable Energy Contract for Properties in North Texas
Rain and Snow Became More Intense During Last 100 Years
Now, researchers have countered the points put forth by Heard and colleagues. The researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Delft University of Technology and Aalborg University have examined numerous studies from the scientific literature available to answer each of the obvious issues. They validate that there are no barriers on the path towards a 100% renewable future.
"While several of the issues raised by the Heard paper are important, you have to realize that there are technical solutions to all the points they raised, using today's technology," explains the lead author of the response, Dr. Tom Brown of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
"Furthermore, these solutions are absolutely affordable, especially given the sinking costs of wind and solar power," says Professor Christian Breyer of Lappeenranta University of Technology, who co-authored the response.
Brown mentions the worst-case solution of synthetic gas or hydrogen gas produced using renewable electricity for times when imports, batteries, hydroelectricity, and other storage fail to close the gap during low solar and wind periods during the winter. For keeping stability, there is a series of technical solutions ranging from rotating grid stabilizers to latest electronics-based solutions. The researchers have taken examples of best practice by grid operators from around the world, spanning from Denmark to Tasmania.
The response by the researchers has recently been published in the same journal as the original article by Heard and colleagues.
There are some persistent myths that 100% renewable systems are not possible.
Our contribution deals with these myths one-by-one, using all the latest research. Now let's get back to the business of modeling low-cost scenarios to eliminate fossil fuels from our energy system, so we can tackle the climate and health challenges they pose.
Professor Brian Vad Mathiesen Co-Author - Aalborg University


Our monthly Student Design Contest is now in online academic community. Submit a new entry with an image created using one of Siemens PLM Software products.
Prizes and certificates will be awarded monthly for the best student design based on a combination of votes and by our panel of judges.


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Originally from Western Canada, I now reside in Montreal and am always eager to discuss upcoming changes to games. I'm a big book, comic, graphic novel, and short story nerd. Is that speculative science fiction you've got there? We might be best friends if so.
Articles by Patrick Kobek
After weeks of discussion online about the various ways to interact with showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss at the upcoming San Diego Comic Con Game of Thrones panel, it has now been confirmed th...
Building A Gaming PC On A Budget
TheGamer Originals
Welcome, eager reader, to Building a Gaming PC on a budget! No doubt by now you may have seen and heard the numerous advantages to building your very own PC rather than buying a pre-built tower from a...
"We'll Take Some Of Their Money": Sniper Elite Devs Explain Epic Games Store Exclusivity
After only recently stating that there would need to be a "bloody good reason" to do an Epic Games Store exclusive, Jason Kingsley from Rebellion Developments has done just that. The statement came a ...
Ubisoft has formally disclosed the games that will first be available for its upcoming Uplay+ subscription service launching on September 3 for Windows PC. For $19.99 per month, subscribers will have ...
Nintendo Announces A New & Improved Switch - But This Isn't The Switch Pro
Following the announcement of the Nintendo Switch Lite, Nintendo has also revealed that there will be a slight upgrade made to the original Nintendo Switch this fall, in the form of a longer lasting b...
After a bout of controversy, Taiwanese developer Red Candle Games has stated that their recent game Devotion will not likely be returning for players to experience any time soon. The game was recently...
Borderlands 3 Will Have Cross-Play, Just Not At Launch
The CEO of Gearbox, Randy Pitchford, has stated that cross-platform play will not be available for Borderlands 3 at launch. The game will be seeing a simultaneous release on the PC, PlayStation 4, and...
Hot on the heels of our Brilliant Event in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite event, we are already getting into the next one with the "Potter's Calamity Brilliant Event"! This is a special two-part event ta...
Witcher 3: How To Get The Grandmaster Ursine Armor
Acquiring a set of Grandmaster Ursine armor is no easy task, but it's well worth the effort. As part of the Bear School Gear in the Blood and Wine expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, a player need...
Amygdala: How To Beat The Bloodborne Old One Boss And What You Get
The Hunter in Bloodborne has their hands full handling all the monsters in Yharnam, and Amygdala is one of the most imposing in the game. Unfortunately, there is almost no information on who or what t...
SDCC 2019: Avengers: Endgame Directors Touring America to Say 'We Love You 3000'
The upcoming San Diego Comic Con just became a whole lot more exciting with the reveal that directors Joe and Anthony Russo will be launching the "We Love You 3000 Tour," in appreciation for the fans ...
Remember Blizzard's Titan MMO? Here's Why It Was Canceled
Many fans of Blizzard's Overwatch may not know that the game was created by utilizing the assets of Titan, a game that was meant to be the next big MMO title for the company, but failed spectacularly ...
D&D: What DMs Can Do When Players Try To Brute Force Their Way Through A Puzzle
Playing the part of Dungeon Master (DM) in a game of Dungeons & Dragons, or any tabletop game for that matter, is entirely different from being one of the adventuring party members. As a DM, you a...
Monster Hunter: World Iceborne's Endgame Content Will Be More Difficult Because YOU Wanted It To Be
As a direct response to feedback from players, Capcom has decided to increase the difficulty for the endgame content of the upcoming Monster Hunter: World Iceborne expansion. In a recent interview wit...
God Eater 3 Review: The Gold Standard For Porting Games To Nintendo Switch
The new God Eater 3 port for the Nintendo Switch by developer Marvelous is an excellent example of how to move a game from the PC and console over to lesser powered hardware while improving upon the o...
Destiny 2: How To Use The Tribute Hall Glitch To Get Infinite Super Energy
Players in Destiny 2 have stumbled across an interesting new glitch that grants infinite supers from within the new Tribute Hall. This allows for retaining infinite energy for the roaming super moves,...
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SDSS J0900+2234 FG è un ammasso di galassie situato in direzione della costellazione del Cancro alla distanza di oltre 4,7 miliardi di anni luce dalla Terra (light travel time) (distanza comovente: 5.804 miliardi di anni luce).

L'ammasso è composto da 28 galassie. La più luminosa è SDSS J090002.64+223404.8 o LRG-4-606, dove LRG sta per Luminous Red Galaxy, un tipo di galassie censite dallo Sloan Digital Sky Survey e rappresentate soprattutto da massicce galassie ellittiche composte da un gran numero di stelle antiche.

Intorno a LRG-4-606 si sviluppa un fenomeno di lente gravitazionale sotto forma di un anello incompleto che rappresenta una galassia remota (SDSS J0900+2234 BG) con un redshift di z = 2,03, la cui immagine è stata amplificata e distorta, situandosi in realtà ad una distanza di 10,088 miliardi di anni luce (light travel time) (distanza comovente: 16,777 miliardi di anni luce).
Le immagini del fenomeno sono state raccolte dal Telescopio spaziale Hubble nel 2011.

Note

Voci correlate
 Ammasso di galassie
 Lente gravitazionale

Collegamenti esterni
SIMBAD - GMBCG 135.01103+22.56803 -- Cluster of Galaxies
NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE - NED results for object SDSS J0900+2234 Fg

Ammassi di galassie

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Juggu Dada aka Jackie Shroff even recreated his evergreen song Tera Naam Liya with one of the contestants' mothers on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs 2019.
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs 2019 has been treating fans across the country with beautiful renditions of melodious hits. Weekend after weekend, the contestants sing in front of the jury and the judges including Shaan, Richa Sharma, and Amaal Malik. It wouldn't be wrong to assume that these little wonders have become a part of our Sunday ritual, and our breaks would be absolutely boring without their performances. In the latest episodes of the Zee TV music reality show, the contestants performed in front of Bollywood's affable charmer, Juggu Dada aka Jackie Shroff and the mesmerizing Mouni Roy.
Bhavish has been consistently bowling us over with his power-packed punches. He crooned Dard-e-Disco from Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone's film and boy, his version was so much better than the original. What do you think?
Chhota packet Mohammed Faiz did a big dhamaka with his 'raapchik' performance on Shah Rukh Khan's song Dil Se Re. He truly set a benchmark for the musical night with her rendition!
Crooning Bappi (Lahiri) Da's famous number starring Mithun Chakraborty, Swaransh rocked the stage whilst Jackie and Mouni cheered on for the small wonder.
The talented Aavya hit it straight out of the park with her soul-stirring performance on Asha Bhonsle & Aditya Narayan's chartbuster track Rangeela Re. Interestingly, the film starred Jackie and remains one of his bests till date.
Which of these performances was your favourite? Let us know in the comments box below.
In the meantime, catch up or binge watch performances by the little champions of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs 2019 on ZEE5.


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  title?: string;
  subTitle?: string;
  cssClass?: string;
  buttons?: Array<any>;
  enableBackdropDismiss?: boolean;
}


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Barbara Henry
Barbara Henry holds an MFA in painting from American University and studied typography at the University of Iowa with Kay Amert. She was, between 1985 and 2004, Curator of Bowne & Co., Stationers at The South Street Seaport Museum in New York City. During this time, she adopted the name Harsimus Press for books she produced in her own studio. In addition to her work at the press, she teaches workshops at The Center for Book Arts in New York.
Harsimus Press is named for Harsimus Cove, a neighborhood in downtown Jersey City, New Jersey, on the western bank of the Hudson River across from the southern tip of Manhattan. The name is derived from the Native American (Leni Lenape) "Crow's Marsh". It is dedicated to the exploration and interpretation of texts in metal and wood type and the relationships between text and illustration. Since adopting the name in the late 1980's, books have ranged from stories told in linoleum cuts to specimen books of metal and wood type to chapbooks of poetry and literary criticism. The press has now moved to Pottstown, Pennsylvania, by a creek named Manatawny in the same Lenape language.
Fine Press & Fine Binding
Literary/Writing
www.harsimuspress.com


Showing results by narrator "Philip Glenister"
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic dystopian novel by English author George Orwell. Published in 1949, it is set in the eponymous year and focuses on a repressive, totalitarian regime. Read by gritty and accomplished actor Philip Glenister from the acclaimed crime series Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes.
Brilliant look at what an almost accurate future.


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package com.kmangutov.monalisa.test;

import com.kmangutov.monalisa.chromosome.Chromosome;
import com.kmangutov.monalisa.chromosome.Gene;
import com.kmangutov.monalisa.crossover.CrossoverStrategy;
import com.kmangutov.monalisa.crossover.SingleLocusCrossoverImpl;
import com.kmangutov.monalisa.engine.Engine;
import com.kmangutov.monalisa.fitness.FitnessEvaluator;
import com.kmangutov.monalisa.mutation.MutationStrategy;
import com.kmangutov.monalisa.mutation.StandardMutationRandomImpl;
import com.kmangutov.monalisa.seed.ChromosomeFactory;
import com.kmangutov.monalisa.seed.GeneFactory;
import com.kmangutov.monalisa.seed.StaticChromosomeFactoryImpl;
import com.kmangutov.monalisa.selection.RankSelectionImpl;
import com.kmangutov.monalisa.selection.SelectionStrategy;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.util.Random;

/**
 * Created by kmangutov on 1/8/15.
 */
public class EvolveZeroSumTest {

    private static final int mChromosomeSize = 5;
    private static final int mPopulationSize = 6;
    private static final int mGeneRange = 60;

    @Test
    public void EvolveZeroSumTest() {

        NumberGeneFactory geneFactory = new NumberGeneFactory();
        ChromosomeFactory chromosomeFactory = new StaticChromosomeFactoryImpl(new NumberGeneFactory(), mChromosomeSize);

        MutationStrategy mutationStrategy = new StandardMutationRandomImpl(geneFactory);
        SelectionStrategy selectionStrategy = new RankSelectionImpl();
        CrossoverStrategy crossoverStrategy = new SingleLocusCrossoverImpl();

        FitnessEvaluator fitnessEvaluator = new ZeroSumFitnessEvaluator();

        Engine engine = new Engine();
        engine.setFitnessEvaluator(fitnessEvaluator);
        engine.setMutationStrategy(mutationStrategy);
        engine.setSelectionStrategy(selectionStrategy);
        engine.setCrossoverStrategy(crossoverStrategy);
        engine.setChromosomeFactory(chromosomeFactory);

        engine.initPopulation(mPopulationSize);

        for(int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {

            System.out.println(engine.getBest());
            engine.iterate();
        }
    }

    class ZeroSumFitnessEvaluator implements FitnessEvaluator {

        private final int mDesiredProduct = 56;

        public float score(Chromosome chromosome) {

            int sum = 0;
            for(Gene g : chromosome)
                sum += ((SimpleGene) g).express();

            int product = 1;
            for(Gene g : chromosome)
                product *= ((SimpleGene) g).express();

            return Math.abs(sum) + Math.abs(mDesiredProduct - product);
        }
    }

    class NumberGeneFactory implements GeneFactory {

        protected Random mRandom;

        public NumberGeneFactory() {

            mRandom = new Random();
        }

        public Gene randomGene() {

            SimpleGene gene = new SimpleGene(mRandom.nextInt(mGeneRange) - mGeneRange/2);
            return gene;
        }
    }
}


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RealEstateRama AG Kilmartin's MERS Reform Legislation to be Heard in House/Senate Committees
AG Kilmartin's MERS Reform Legislation to be Heard in House/Senate Committees
WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 27, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Citing the irregularities with the recording of mortgages and assignments that negatively impact municipalities and consumers, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin filed legislation to require that all transfers of a mortgage interest on residential property be recorded to provide a clean chain of title. The legislation, S0547 sponsored by Senator William Conley (District 18, East Providence, Pawtucket) and H5512 sponsored by Representative Brian Kennedy (District 38, Hopkinton, Westerly), is scheduled to be heard before both the Senate Committee on Judiciary and House Corporations Committee on Tuesday, March 26, 2013.
The legislation makes it easier for borrowers and regulators to determine who owns loans secured by mortgages on Rhode Island property. Borrowers facing foreclosure will be able to more easily discover who owns their loans before it is too late, and municipalities will be able to identify lenders who are responsible for abandoned homes. The legislation will the practice of having the vast majority of mortgages held in the name of a private registry with no interest in the loans known as Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., or "MERS."
Since 1997, the banking industry has been using MERS, which lenders claim has minimized their administrative and financial burdens of the recording process. However, this practice has basically privatized the local land recording process, thereby undermining the accuracy of public records and leading to negative consequences for consumers and municipalities.
"The changing of servicing and subservicing rights within the lending history often leaves the borrower confused regarding which entity they are supposed to be dealing with on a monthly basis and why," said Attorney General Kilmartin. "The legislation is designed to give borrowers a public record of who ultimately owns their loans, increasing the ability of homeowners to negotiate with their lenders and their ability to have full knowledge of their rights, counterclaims and defenses if they are faced with litigation."
"Rhode Island has experienced a record number of foreclosure and short sales since the mortgage crisis," said Representative Kennedy, "This legislation will assist homeowners in knowing who maintains the note on their property while also ensuring that local cities and towns will know the potential owner of a property after a forced sale has occurred, to ensure that municipalities have the proper information available on the documentation for taxation and municipal recording fees."
"With this legislation, we are taking another step toward easing the pain of the housing and mortgage foreclosure crisis, which has affected both the state's municipalities and individual consumers," Sen. William J. Conley Jr. said. "It is common sense to record these transfers and take out the unnecessary middle man. Rhode Islanders need to know exactly who they are dealing with and how they can protect themselves. The foreclosure process is tough enough already without adding the frustration of MERS."
By having a nominee entity listed as the mortgagee, the banking industry has privatized Rhode Island's mortgage recording system, and left the accuracy of public land records at the mercy of a private company's database. Federal banking authorities have already concluded that the private mortgage system contains numerous inaccuracies and has not been accessible to homeowners. Moreover, the nominee frequently has no contractual relationship with the actual noteowner, despite the contention in the mortgage documents of a nominee relationship.
Not only has this private system deprived cities and towns the recording fees that they are owed for over 15 years, it has also hampered the ability of municipalities to adequately address abandoned property and nuisance issues because the mortgagee liable for these issues is not clear from the chain of title.
Consumers are adversely impacted due to the fact that their mortgage loans change hands multiple times through the life of the loan without proper recording. The lack of a contemporaneous public record hampers their ability to deal directly with their lenders and enforce their legal rights.
The banking industry's practice of using a nominee entity process for recording deeds has become a highly litigated issue by consumers, municipalities and counties throughout the country. This very issue is currently being litigated in Rhode Island with private citizens and municipalities calling into question the legality of using the nominee process to record mortgage interests. The multitude of legal issues surrounding the nominee process has caused confusion and delay in foreclosure proceedings in our State, and has raised the critical issue of whether a nominee entity can enforce the power of sale. High Courts in other States, including Massachusetts and Washington, have already ruled that a nominee cannot utilize the power of sale. This legislation resolves this issue in Rhode Island by simply eliminating the nominee recording process and restoring accuracy and transparency to the public land records.
Since taking Office in January 2011, Attorney General Kilmartin has worked to unravel the housing and mortgage foreclosure crisis in Rhode Island. Last year, Kilmartin signed on to the National Mortgage Settlement, bringing $187 million in relief to Rhode Island homeowners. For the past two years, Kilmartin has proposed legislation that would a mortgagee to participate in good faith in a conciliation conference prior to foreclosure proceedings.
"The housing and mortgage foreclosure crisis in Rhode Island and the country did not happen overnight," added Kilmartin. "It is going to take time, as well as reforms to existing systems like MERS to right the housing market and to eliminate past bad practices from happening again."
Department of the Attorney General
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