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The fall moviegoing season got a lift from 20th Century Fox's new action film, "Marked for Death," which took in $10.5 million in opening weekend business. It's the third film to star newcomer Steven Seagal, who once served as super-agent Michael Ovitz's martial arts instructor.
"This is one of those surprises, like 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' earlier this year, and last year's 'Look Who's Talking,' that leaves the industry scratching their heads," said John Krier, president of Exhibitor Relations, which provides box office information to exhibitors.
"Marked for Death" notched one of the highest fall openings ever, following last year's "Look Who's Talking," which debuted with $12.1 million.
Disney's reissue of "Fantasia" rode the studio's strong 50th-anniversary promotion to a strong opening of approximately $5.2 million on just 461 screens, a per-screen average of $11,280. Universal Pictures' "Henry & June," a sexually provocative story about the real-life relationships between writers Anais Nin and Henry Miller and Miller's wife in 1931 Paris, reaped the benefits of a national ratings controversy and grossed $868,489 at 76 screens, for a per-screen of $11,427.
Fox's gangster saga, the Coen brothers' "Miller's Crossing," which just opened in Los Angeles, earned $587,878 on 66 screens, and Tri-Star Pictures' critically acclaimed "Avalon" did $184,489 on seven screens for an average of $26,424.
Fox's "Pacific Heights," which was No. 1 a week ago, slipped more than 25% over its previous opening weekend business, grossing $5 million, but still finished third in the standings. Fourth place went to Paramount Pictures' leggy "Ghost," which earned another $4.7 million. In fifth was Warner Bros.' "GoodFellas" with $4.5 million.
Warner Bros.' new documentary, "Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones," about the life and career of the legendary record producer, earned $83,988 on 26 screens, for a weak opening average of $3,230.
Among the weekend's other new titles, only MGM/UA's "The Desperate Hours"--the third film from director Michael Cimino since his ill-fated "Heaven's Gate" (1980)--failed to find an audience. In release at 1,032 screens, it had ticket sales of $1.3 million for a disastrous per-screen-average of $1,163 and a ninth-place ranking.
As for the film that found the biggest audience, "Marked for Death" is the second film starring Seagal to open big with action fans this year. Warners' "Hard to Kill," which opened in Febuary, debuted with $9.2 million and went on to earn $40 million.
Reportedly budgeted at a modest $11 million, "Marked for Death" stars Seagal as a former undercover DEA agent who comes out of retirement to do in the Jamaican drug dealers who have threatened his family.
"(Seagal) is for real," exclaimed an exuberant Tom Sherak, executive vice president of 20th Century Fox. "He is here to stay. I don't think there's anyone like him in his field."
Opening night exit polls promise more business for "Marked for Death." The film played strongest with young men under 25, according to the private polling service Cinemascore, but it also got surprisingly high marks from females. More than eight out of 10 people in the audience saw the movie because of it star, who's still unknown to most moviegoers.
SOURCES: Exhibitor Relations Co. and Times estimates.


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Isoflux CTO Dr. David Glocker is speaking at a free users group meeting in San Jose, California, on August 19, 2014 on biomedical coating applications of vacuum coating technologies.
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ICU Intelligence and Svenska Spel teamed up with Sustainable Interaction, a company specialised in problem gambling and responsible gambling, and created a data model that detected behavioural patterns associated with problem gambling. Sustainable Interaction also produced a description of the analysis that was communicated to the player, to inform them of potentially risky behaviour.
The first version of the tool, called "Spelkoll" was launched on the Svenska Spel website in 2007.
In 2010 Svenska Spel acquired ICU intelligence, and Playscan AB was created as an independent subsidiary. The key product line of Playscan AB included the software solution Playscan and consultancy offerings.


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Wiercień – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie dolnośląskim, w powiecie lubińskim, w gminie Lubin.

Podział administracyjny
W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość należała administracyjnie do województwa legnickiego.

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Przypisy

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A secondary theme of posts for the A to Z challenge is a listing of the blogs I'm visiting and commenting on. I skip ones that haven't posted recently or have themes I don't want to see.
Most of the day I was out doing stuff with the family, and my eyes are tired. So... I didn't visit as many blogs today. I did manage to get 5 checked off.
Which 2 book covers are your favorite?
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This fall our office manager Vicki has pushed a fitness challenge on the staff. For those who volunteered (or were conscripted!), we divided up into three teams and are placing checkmarks on a master schedule when we exercise. GORGES has sponsored trial memberships at the Finger Lakes Fitness Center for their six-week fall challenge.
In previous years we have taken the crew to the Hoffman Challenge Course at the Cornell Team & Leadership Center, and this year's fitness challenge can certainly be labeled team-building.
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Arte
 Dittico Wilton – dittico del Quattrocento, autore ignoto

Geografia
 Isola di Wilton – isola russa, appartenente all'arcipelago artico della Terra di Francesco Giuseppe

 Regno Unito
 Wilton – parrocchia civile del North Yorkshire
 Wilton – paese del Wiltshire
 Stati Uniti d'America
 Wilton – città della Contea di Shelby, Alabama
 Wilton – città della Contea di Little River
 Wilton – census-designated place della Contea di Sacramento, California
 Wilton – città della Contea di Fairfield, Connecticut
 Wilton – città della Contea di McLean e della Contea di Burleigh, Dakota del Nord
 Wilton – città della Contea di Muscatine, Iowa
 Wilton – città della Contea di Franklin, Maine
 Wilton – città della Contea di Beltrami, Minnesota
 Wilton – città della Contea di Hillsborough, New Hampshire
 Wilton – città della Contea di Saratoga, New York
 Wilton – città della Contea di Monroe, Wisconsin

Persone
 Cecil Louis Wilton – aracnologo neozelandese
 Penelope Wilton – attrice inglese
 Serlone di Wilton – poeta inglese

Altro
 Wilton-Fijenoord – cantiere navale olandese, operativo dal 1929 al 1999


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telecoms, internet and broadcast in Africa
CALL CENTRES SET TO BE GRADUATE CAREER OF CHOICE
Cape Town's call centre industry is set to create at least 1,000 new jobs this year, according to Luke Mills, Executive Director of specialist development agency Calling the Cape.
There are already around 120 call centres in the Cape Town area, representing 10,000 jobs – and Mills says Calling the Cape, which promotes the Western Cape as a destination for national and international investors, is currently hosting international delegations at the rate of about one a week. Of the 30 potential investors who have visited this year, three are currently in talks with Calling the Cape to set up brand-new call centre or back office processing facilities.
At the same time, outsourcers – who host call centres on behalf of other companies – are growing at a rate of about 30% every three months, with much of their new business coming from overseas. Interest is coming predominantly from the UK, as well as the Netherlands, the USA and Canada.
This rapid growth means call centre careers are becoming an increasingly attractive career option, especially since many young Capetonians currently have to leave for Johannesburg or overseas to find work in other sectors. A recent study by a UCT academic found that unemployment rates for young people with tertiary qualifications were just over 15% in 2002. This finding is borne out by the fact that of around 800 IT graduates in and around Cape Town last year, only an estimated 10% found work locally.
For new graduates, call centres offer competitive salaries, excellent working conditions, good career prospects and the opportunity to gain class experience in one of the fastest-growing global industries. Skills shortages at management level mean that those with some experience and leadership ability are likely to reap handsome rewards.
South African call centre agents are particularly highly regarded for having a good "customer touch". Recent international investors have also commented on South Africans' clear accents, enthusiasm, willingness to learn and high productivity.
Local language skills are also a plus, both in English and Afrikaans. A group of Afrikaans speakers was recently put through three months' training in Dutch, and is now handling customer service queries for a travel company in the Netherlands. After just four months, the local team is performing at least as well as the Netherlands-based call centre it is supplementing.
"The Western Cape offers a world-beating combination of price and productivity," says Mills. "We're set to capture a respectable portion of the global market in the next five years".
Meanwhile Dimension Data in KwaZulu-Natal says it was recently awarded a three-year contract worth R10m to plan, build and support a new call centre infrastructure for Bizworks - a Durban-based black-empowered ICT company. According to the company, the eThekwini Metro Authority, in conjunction with the Durban Investment Promotion Agency (DIPA), embarked on a project to establish a call centre in Durban three years ago, in an effort to develop Durban as a leading call centre destination for international businesses. Bizworks, says the company, saw this as an opportunity to establish a pilot site to lure investors to Durban and to host them on its site.
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LIBERIA'S PRESIDENT AND MINISTER AT ODDS OVER CELL PHONE LICENCES
FIRST HOME-PRODUCED ALGERIAN MOBILE PHONE LAUNCHED
ZIMBABWE'S POTRAZ TO CRACK DOWN ON USE OF ISM BAND
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TELECOM RATES, OFFERS AND COVERAGE
AFRINIC MEETING LAUNCHES AFRICA'S IP SPACE REGISTRY
ISPA - DRC'S PRESIDENT KASHOBA CALLS ON ICANN TO HELP BRING .CD HOME
DATAPRO TO BECOME FIRST ISP TO WHOLESALE BANDWIDTH ON VARIABLE TIME BASIS
Internet News - In Brief
WIRELESS DEVICES INCREASE HACKER RISK, SAYS SECURITY SPECIALIST
SOUTH AFRICAN PC MARKET MAINTAINS YEAR ON YEAR GROWTH, SAYS BMI
Computer News - In Brief
Mergers, Acquisitions and Financial Results
TELEKOM MALAYSIA OFFERS TO STEP BACK FROM INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
ERICSSON'S SOUTH AFRICAN OPERATION IS STAR OF ITS STABLE
On The Money - In Brief
LETTER FROM SENEGAL – WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE MONOPOLY ENDS? – "ONLY GOD KNOWS."
SIERRE LEONE - WEB SITE TO TRACK LOCAL GOVT ELECTIONS
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Q: Stack Pointer points to reserved Memory I am debugging a code for a cryptographic implementation on a Tricore TC275 from Infineon   (reference assembly language).
PMI_PSPR (wx!p): org = 0xC0000000, len = 24K  /*Scratch-Pad RAM (PSPR)*/
DMI_DSPR (w!xp): org = 0xD0000000, len = 112K  /*Local Data RAM (DSPR)*/

The stack pointer a[10] always points to a reserved memory area after a call to the mac function.
###### typedefs ######
typedef uint16_t limb_t;
typedef limb_t gf_t[DIGITS]; //DIGITS=312
typedef int32_t dslimb_t;
################################

/**Multiply and accumulate c += a*b*/
void mac(gf_t c, const gf_t a, const gf_t b)
1: 0xC0000812:   D9 AA 40 9F   LEA     a10,[a10]-0x9C0 //Load eff. addr.
       /*Reference non-Karatsuba MAC */
       dslimb_t accum[2*DIGITS] = {0};
2: 0xC0000816:   40 A2         MOV.AA  a2,a10
3: 0xC0000818:   D2 02         MOV     e2,0x0 //move 0x0 to d2 and d3
4: 0xC000081A:   C5 03 37 40   LEA     a3,0x137 // 0.5*length of accum
5: 0xC000081E:   89 22 48 01   ST.D    [a2+]0x8,e2 //<= fails here
6: 0xC0000822:   FC 3E         LOOP    a3,0xC000081E
7: 0xC0000824:   40 AF         MOV.AA  a15,a10

###contents of relevant registers###
                 before        after
1: a[10]         D000 0600     CFFF FC40 (not definend in memory map?)
2: a[2]          D000 0A06     CFFF FC40
3: d[2]          0000 0002     0000 0000
3: d[3]          0000 0000     0000 0000 (would have been set to zero too)
4: a[3]          0000 0186     0000 0137 (#of iterations in loop)
5: a[2]          CFFF FC40     (store failed here)
value@CFFF FC40  ???? ????     ???? ???? (write is not allowed I guess)

0x9C0 = 2496 (base10) and the length of the array accum is 624, each element containing an int32_t. Thus 624*4 = 2496 Bytes get allocated or what?
But at this address in memory, no writes are allowed as far as I understand the memory map which is given to the linker... But the generated assembly code tries to do in line 5?
Does anybody know what I might be doing wrong here? I also tried to use calloc to allocate memory on the heap (instead of the stack like the code above does right?) but the programm still crashed.
I also copied the line dslimb_t accum[2*DIGITS] = {0} to the start of the program where it was executed without an error.
Thank you very much for any help!
EDIT
mac is called like that, uniform samples some uniform random numbers
gf_t sk_expanded[DIM],b,c;
for (unsigned i=0; i<DIM; i++) {
    noise(sk_expanded[i],ctx,i);
}
for (unsigned i=0; i<DIM; i++) {
    noise(c,ctx,i+DIM); //noisy elements in c after call
    for (unsigned j=0; j<DIM; j++) {
        uniform(b,pk,i+DIM*j); //uniform random numbers in b after call
        mac(c,b,sk_expanded[j]); //fails here on first call
    }
    contract(&pk[MATRIX_SEED_BYTES+i*GF_BYTES], c);
}

this code runs on my host machine, but on my tricore microcontroller it fails in the first mac() function call.

A: As the "stack pointer" a10 is 0xD0000600 before, and stack grows downward on this platform, and the memory chip assigned to this area starts at 0xD0000000 => you have only 0x600 bytes of stack memory available for locals and other function calls (and their locals!).

Does anybody know what I might be doing wrong here?

But you are trying to allocate 0x9C0 bytes (plus few more for b and c, unless those end in registers, and the optimizer is smart enough to not allocate stack space for them), which leads to going outside of the designed memory area, and first write instruction then will crash. Actually if you would request many more bytes, you can accidentally start inside the Scratch-pad RAM (the resulting address being very close to 0xC0000000), then the code will crash during clearing the array, once it would left the scratch-pad area.

But the generated assembly code tries to do in line 5?

The generated code doesn't check for memory availability in C, related to this kind of problems the C is "unsafe" programming language, and it's responsibility of programmer + maintainer/operator to build the code and run it in such environment where the stack has enough space. Or add checks into code which is so dynamic, that it's not possible to evaluate the stack usage during development and the code should handle full-stack situations gracefully.

I also tried to use calloc to allocate memory on the heap (instead of the stack like the code above does right?) but the programm still crashed.

Seems like different problem, or you have also full heap (from comment "heap should be 4k" - that sounds like very tiny heap, maybe you exhausted it with other dynamic allocations already, also fragmentation may prevent your memory allocator to return continuous valid 3k block for your array). Heap allocators tend to return NULL when their pool is exhausted, but maybe your platform is so limited, that the memory allocator is missing such safety code in implementation, to make it smaller.

I also copied the line dslimb_t accum[2*DIGITS] = {0} to the start of the program where it was executed without an error.

Then it's global variable, which gets placed into the .data-like segment, which is placed into sufficiently big memory area.
And yes, 624 32 bit integers needs at least 2496 (624*4) bytes of memory (in C language you usually pay zero price for abstraction, so in this case any piece of 2496 byte long memory, which is aligned as your platform requires, is enough to make this possible, in other languages like Java the total cost of such array is considerably higher, as there's also GC housekeeping and the array management data, so you can probably count about 3000-3500 bytes needed on such platform).

Usually when one develops on so much constrained system (asking for 3k of stack space for locals sounds as something completely negligible in desktop/web world of programming, but on small embedded systems or old 8/16 bit computers that may be serious amount of memory), it may help to design the code and algorithm in "data driven" way, i.e. you plan your memory usage completely, including where the code resides (and how big it can be), where the local/global variables are, and to be aware what is the maximum stack needed to run through all states of the code.
You can check why the stack is so low in the first place - the "local data RAM" seems to be ~110k big, so maybe you have enough space there, and there's some option during build to resize the stack (or linker script can be adjusted).
Actually you should check your whole memory consumption design, i.e. what data you really need to have in memory, where it is, which are temporary and what are they life cycle, etc (at least at rough kilobytes estimate), and check that against the physically available memory on the chip, so you can get the idea how carelessly you can write the code, or eventually if you are already out of memory for your particular task, even before the start of implementation. (you can start by checking the linker map file, to see how much of the code is produced, and how big are the fixed variables in .data/.bss/.rodata/etc sections, then check all local variables and heap allocations)
Then maybe allocate the required memory in some kind of structs. Do you even need any dynamic allocation? Can't you simply design whole .data segment already in the code as few global struct variables, grouping various data by the abstraction where they belong, and use those globals in the other code, without any dynamic allocation at all?
Also if you are writing some kind of library/support function, make sure you don't exhaust all resources of the platform, otherwise it's not clear how one would use your functionality alongside their real task. :)

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Enable 2 Verify factor for phone application not for pc and browser only.
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File Photo Justice Isa challenge the authority of CJP to appoint the judges
Senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa said Saturday "it is not written anywhere that the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) has the authority to appoint judges".
The remark came during Sindh High Court Bar Association's annual dinner as Justice Isa expressed astonishment over the conduct of the then-federal law minister, Azam Nazeer Tarar, and Attorney-General of Pakistan Ashtar Ali Ausaf for deviating from their previous stance.
The justice, who was also a member of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), said that the vote of a commission member is a trust that should be used without any fear or favour.
He said that he was astonished over the conduct of the former law minister and AGP for deviating from their previous stance, which they took in the judicial commission's meeting on the elevation of high court judges to the Supreme Court.
Justice Isa stated that the Constitution guarantees every commission member the right to vote and that the appointment of judges should be made through deliberate and meaningful consultation among commission members.
He said that federal ministers used to take oaths under the Constitution, similar to judges, promising to carry out their duties without fear or favour. Still, now they vote in commission without providing any valid reasons.
The senior SC judge said that those who could not exercise their right to vote independently should resign, referring to the famous US politician's quote that people who could not stand the heat of the kitchen should keep out of it.
Justice Isa urged the legal fraternity to remain independent and avoid asking for any grant from the government. He said that if the bar expects the judiciary to remain independent, then it is likely that the bar should also remain independent from the executive, as the grants the government pays come from taxpayers' money.
He said that the bar should not request that any law minister, chief minister, or prime minister grant aid to them and be grateful to them. He was of the view that government funds used for the transportation of government officials should be utilised for improving the public transport system to resolve the transport problems.
Justice Isa went on to say that it had been just seven years since Pakistan came into being when its democratic system was attacked. The then-courts declared this attack on democracy unconstitutional, he added.
"The seed of unconstitutional decisions sowed then, had a negative impact on the country," Justice Isa said, adding that a prime minister was executed under an illegal decision in the past.
"The one who waved the fist started the politics of container."
Recalling the sacrifices of lawyers and citizens for the rule of law during the lawyers' movement, Justice Isa emphasised that lawyers should not forget May 12, 2007, when more than 55 citizens of Karachi sacrificed their lives for the rule of law and vowed that past mistakes should not be allowed to be repeated.
He said that the lawyers' movement was not meant for the protection of judges' jobs but for the independence of the judiciary.
Justice Isa further stated that the lawyers of Balochistan also made great sacrifices for the judiciary.
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Live, interactive broadcasting is the next step from the foundation that radio, television, and video-streaming built. People want more depth to their entertainment as the power of interactive digital tools only continues to advance. One of the most notable of these tools is Twitch–a live streaming platform built around the direct interaction between streamers and audience members that is making waves in the broadcasting field.
At first glance, Twitch's interface can be confusing and difficult to navigate to the untrained eye. Many of the mechanics and elements are unique to Twitch and their functions are not obvious to new users. Companies approaching the site need to have both an understanding of the platform and the niche audiences and cultures that exist around the Twitch community to use the site in its most effective form. With a strong understanding of the platform, brands can take advantage of the existing engagement tools to leave a unique and lasting impression on audience members.
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The Director for Africa, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Dr. Ousmane Badiane and the Founder and standing Chief Executive Officer (CEO), KadAfrica, Mr. Eric Kaduru, will be honoured with the 2015 Yara Prize in a ceremony today in Lusaka, Zambia, NaijaAgroNet.
The Yara Prize Committee selected the two prominent African laureates for their work related to African agricultural development, food security and the continent's green revolution. Both laureates have, through their personal commitment and special efforts, translated ideas on the development of African agriculture into impactful results in their respective areas of work.
NaijaAgroNet gathered that the 2015 awards recognize effective entrepreneurial work, which has helped build communities of resilient young women actively engaged in commercial farming and honor African thought leadership, which has been instrumental in transforming the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) agenda from a mere concept into decisive actions.
The President/CEO, Yara, Svein Tore Holsether, said, "Africa needs to do more to foster entrepreneurial agriculture and the interests of women and youth in agriculture. More smallholder-oriented policy changes are needed to meet growth and poverty alleviation targets in rural areas. In 2015, the Yara Prize honours the two leading African change agents with transformational power. I wish to extend my personal congratulations to both laureates."
Mr. Kaduru is awarded the prize for his vision, his great courage and commitment to changing the lives of young out of school girls in Uganda. Through his comprehensive approach to passion fruit farming, he has managed to strengthen these girls' belief in themselves as entrepreneurs. Mr. Kaduru's passion for engaging African youth in agriculture as a positive and sustainable livelihood is exemplified through the fact that in less than two short years he has partnered with more than 1,500 out of school girls (aged 14-20) to begin their own passion fruit farms, NaijaAgroNet learnt.
Dr. Ousmane Badiane is awarded the prize for his important leadership role and influence on strategic debate and collaboration in Africa on agriculture and food security. Dr. Badiane is a first-class scholar and leading authority on African development with 30 years of professional experience in economic and agricultural development. Dr Badiane has been instrumental and played a pivotal role in the shaping of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP agenda from concept development to implementation.
The Yara Prize for an African Green Revolution seeks to contribute to the transformation of African agriculture and food availability, within a sustainable context, thereby helping to reduce hunger and poverty. The Yara Prize is based on nominations of candidates who are carefully evaluated by the Yara Prize Committee. The Yara Prize consists of USD 60,000, which will be split between the laureates.


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R&B Plastics Machinery Announces Partnership with SIKA Machinery Co. and Seecor Blow Moulding Solutions for Production of New Blow Molding Machine Lines
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R&B Plastics Machinery Announces Partnership with SIKA Machinery Co. and Seecor Blow Moulding Solutions for Production of New Blow Molding Machine Lines2018-12-112018-12-11https://www.rbplasticsmachinery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/logo-rb-plastics-machinery.pngR&B Plastics Machineryhttps://www.rbplasticsmachinery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/logo-rb-plastics-machinery.png200px200px
SALINE, Mich., December 7, 2018 – R&B Plastics Machinery LLC, a leading manufacturer of blow molding machinery, single-screw plastic extruders, extruder process screws, and a machinery rebuilder, has announced a strategic partnership with Sika, a custom blow molding machine maker in Taiwan, and Seecor, a technology company based in South Africa, for the production of new fully electric, hybrid, and hydraulic blow molding machines.
The new shuttle and accumulator head machines, sold and engineered under the R&B Plastics Machinery brand, will expand the company's portfolio of blow molding machinery for the consumer packaging, automotive, and industrial markets, according to Fred Piercy, president of R&B Plastics Machinery. The launch of the new machinery also marks R&B's entry into the all-electric blow molding machine segment. The company is already a leading supplier of extrusion blow molding (EBM) machines including wheel and shuttle systems.
"This partnership will result in the development of a new series of machine platforms that will incorporate R&B technology, engineering, and know-how," said Piercy. "This business arrangement will significantly expand our machine portfolio and enable us to compete with larger rivals, particularly in the all-electric market."
R&B is an established technology developer and manufacturer, long known for its robust and dependable blow molding machine line and its highly trained customer support and service team. The company will combine modern and efficient blow mold technology and marketing approaches to offer the R&B Sika Shuttle line (RBS Series) and accumulator machines (RBA Series) throughout the North American market. The all-electric machines will consist of shuttle platforms ranging from 350mm – 1250mm long stroke, offered in both single- and double-sided machine configurations.
As a partner, Sika will manufacture systems and components which will be shipped to R&B's manufacturing facility in Saline, Mich. for final assembly and customer trials. R&B maintains all detailed drawings of the machinery, and will provide all service and parts supply from its Saline, Mich. North American facility. Seecor will provide technology support including manufacturing guidance and design, primarily at SIKA in Taiwan.
Under the new partnership, R&B Plastics Machinery has already sold multiple new shuttle machines in the U.S.
R&B Plastics Machinery sells extrusion systems, blow molding machines, and performs extensive rebuilds and modernization of all competitive equipment. The company serves a diverse customer base with many business segments and markets including food and beverage, personal care, household, pharmaceutical, motor oil and lubricants, automotive, lawn and agricultural chemicals, and industrial specialties. Modernization and upgrade services bring older machinery up-to-date, thus providing measurable productivity improvements, faster cycle time, energy savings, improved quality, and greater efficiency and consistency. Cost savings benefits typically include decreased labor, utility, and materials usage variance improvement.
About Sika
SIKA Machinery Company Ltd. is situated in Taichung in Taiwan and was established in 2000 by Robert Chang after years of experience in the blow molding field. Chang identified the need for a local specialized machine manufacturer capable of producing high-quality, customized machines for the international markets. Using the industrialized resources of the Taiwanese marketplace, he succeeded in building the SIKA brand name and producing machinery comparable to top suppliers in Europe and the U.S. The advantages of owning a SIKA machine include the use of high-strength frames and customized machine designs to suit any requirement as well as offering long life. For more information, visit http://www.seecor.com/sika.php.
About Seecor
Since 1988, Cape Town, South Africa-based Seecor Blow Moulding Solutions has been a well-respected supplier of South African-built blow molding machinery with exports throughout Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. In 2008, Seecor initiated a partnership with SIKA (Taiwan) and through their manufacturing facility in Taichung, now offers a complete portfolio of blow molding machinery for any container or technical item.
Further relationships have been developed with other blow molding machinery suppliers to allow the offering of technologies such as IBM, SBM, ISBM, and wheel machines. This means Seecor can now offer the most efficient solution for any blow molding requirement.
Seecor also rebuilds and remanufactures machinery and supplies technology components, such as extrusion heads and parison cutting devices, as well as automation solutions for downstream equipment. For more information, visit http://seecor.com/about.php.
About R&B Plastics Machinery LLC
R&B Plastics Machinery LLC, based in Saline, Mich., is a manufacturer of blow molding machines, single-screw plastic extruders, extruder process screws, and trimming systems that can be custom configured to meet the most demanding process applications. An experienced technical staff engineers machinery to provide maximum output and superior performance. With one of the most comprehensive field-service/support groups in the industry, R&B Plastics Machinery ensures that machinery remains current. For more information, visit www.rbplasticsmachinery.com.
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kanji: 遥
keyword: far off
strokes: 11
on-yomi: ヨウ
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## Koohii stories:

1) [astridtops] 10-1-2007(40): On the long long road through the desert, far off you can see a condor flying...

2) [shirahime] 27-8-2008(17): The condor might seem like its far off in the distance now, but if you don't start running down the road you could be dinner.

3) [gavmck] 15-3-2010(1): While on the road, I suddenly heard Andean panpipes playing. I looked up and saw a condor far off.

4) [mantixen] 26-7-2009(1): This road to kanji mastery makes me feel like I'm made of fail: everything always seems so far off in the distance!

5) [dihutenosa] 3-8-2008(1): This is a pretty cool item you can get in Mario Kart Road - it's a little guy who rides a vulture-shaped tram that traverses over the top of the track, and tells you how far off the other racers are. You simply speak into a little radio asking for the location of a certain racer - "Where's Mario?" "...uh, let's see...ah, there he is. Wow, you better get a move on if you want to place this race - he's really far off".

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module Ecrire
  module Onboarding
    class Engine < Rails::Engine

      Rails.application.config.active_record.migration_error = :none
      ActiveRecord::Base.configurations = {}

      initializer 'ecrire.load_paths', before: :bootstrap_hook do |app|
        ActiveSupport::Dependencies.autoload_paths.unshift(*self.paths.autoload_paths)
        ActiveSupport::Dependencies.autoload_once_paths.unshift(*self.paths.autoload_once)
      end

      initializer 'ecrire.append_paths', before: :set_autoload_paths do |app|
        app.config.eager_load_paths.unshift *paths.eager_load
        app.config.autoload_once_paths.unshift *paths.autoload_once
        app.config.autoload_paths.unshift *paths.autoload_paths
      end

      def paths
        @paths ||= begin
          paths = Rails::Paths::Root.new(root_path)
          paths.add 'config/routes.rb', with: 'routes.rb'
          paths.add 'app/views', with: 'views'
          paths.add 'app/controllers', with: 'controllers', eager_load: true
          paths.add 'app/assets', with: 'assets', glob: '*'
          paths.add 'app/helpers', with: 'helpers', eager_load: true

          paths.add 'config/routes.rb', with: 'routes.rb'
          paths.add 'config/locales', with: 'locales', glob: '**/*.{rb,yml}'
          paths.add 'config/environments', with: 'environments', glob: "#{Rails.env}.rb"

          paths.add 'public', with: 'tmp/public'

          paths.add "lib/assets",          glob: "*"
          paths.add "vendor/assets",       glob: "*"
          paths.add "lib/tasks"
          paths
        end
      end

      def has_migrations?
        false
      end

      def root_path
        Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname
      end

      # This hack is done because ActiveRecord raise an error that makes
      # Ecrire exit which makes it impossible to have an instance working without a
      # database. By doing this, it becomes possible to Ecrire to load the server and
      # serve the onboarding theme for the user.
      ActiveRecord::Railtie.initializers.select do |initializer|
        initializer.name.eql? 'active_record.initialize_database'
      end.first.instance_variable_set :@block, Proc.new { |app|
        ActiveSupport.on_load(:active_record) do
          begin
            establish_connection
          rescue ActiveRecord::NoDatabaseError, ActiveRecord::AdapterNotSpecified => e
            app.config.middleware.delete 'ActiveRecord::QueryCache'
            app.config.middleware.delete 'ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::ConnectionManagement'
          end
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    end
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Karen Arnold (born 1964) is a former company director who has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Bournemouth University for her Since 2015, she has worked in military transition, supporting those leaving the military. She was formerly the chief executive of The Enterprise and Skills Company Limited, based in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, which created the Yes Chef Competition on TV.

Life
Arnold grew up in Port Isaac, Cornwall, and studied economics and accountancy.  Her Enterprise and Skills Company, founded together with John Knowles, is devoted to promoting entrepreneurship among teenagers. This includes organising competitions in which teenagers briefly set up and run their own businesses.

She has been quoted as saying: "The new buzz word is employability and it is never too soon to encourage students to understand that as well as achieving their academic grades, they need to have a broad portfolio of employability skills which include working together, problem solving and other key skills".

Arnold was Chair of the Dorset Blind Association .

Arnold has been a director of the Dorset Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 17 September 2003 to 14 September 2006, and a governor of Weymouth College and of The Bishop of Winchester Academy.

Arnold is also on the advisory board of the Eden project.

Awards
In 2009, she received the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion, and in 2014 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Bournemouth University for services to education and the charitable sector.

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Beach Party fever exported to Namibia
By Dave Baaitse
Flying Promotions, a local company that organises the popular annual Beach Party has revealed this week that the fever that has grown into a continental brand will this year be inaugurated at Walvis Bay, Namibia on the 31st of December. The event which has made headlines in the past years has since shown maturity in terms of its appeal and its demand has left tongues wagging.
Since its inception in Botswana, the annual Beach Party has always been in catfights with the law due to the stereotypes that surround it and the negativities that comes with people who attend the show. A very robust sense of creativity has been stormed to devise a strategy in a small landlocked country like Botswana to come up with a beach party in the middle of a desert and a person who brought that idea should be celebrated.
A vibrant city like Walvis Bay where the youth are given platform to be as creative as they can without limits chose to partner with Flying Promotions to actually take the Beach Party to Namibian re- branding it: Beach Party International. When it first started at Lions Park in Gaborone there were reports of Rape, Theft and causalities of drunken driving which later turned out to be untrue.
Last year when it was supposed to be hosted at a farm at Tlokweng, Batlokwa Chief tried to sabotage the event at a battle which was resolved at the courts.
The Namibian Tourism Board found it befitting to import the idea thus indorsing the Beach Party at a place called Kuisebmond Beach in Walvis Bay on the 31st December 2015 until 1st January 2016. It is also supported by Air Namibia, Walvis Bay Municipality and Namibian Police. Packages for the event which include four nights' accommodation as well as tickets to the event can be bought at Recca Tours at Masa Centre. There will be a lot of activities such Jet skies, sky diving, Quad bikes, sand boarding and others.
CLEANING UP THE PERCEPTION ABOUT LOCAL BEACH PARTY
However the local annual Beach Party is also on the cards- on the 5th of December at a venue still to be communicated. Tumelo Lekolwane of Flying Promotions said the reason why they have been quite is that they were still busy cleaning up the mess that surrounds the popular event. This time around they are promoting the event using hashtags on social media and they have engaged their partners, Yarona Fm with some of their presenters coming as ambassadors to activate and eliminate the stigma surrounding the show. #MylegendaryOutFit which will be led by Zizi Panther will try to show the youth how to dress to the show in manner that does not expose their bodies in bikinis. It promotes the aspect of dressing in a good way but for the occasion, addressing the morality thus the reason why they used Zizi who is in her youth but at the same time a parent.
#Don'tDrinkAndDrive which is led by Dollar Mac recommends drivers to resist from driving while drinking the event will thus provide shuttles as an alternative that will transport people to and from the venue. Another hashtag that will be promoted by DJ T- Izzy is #DayLightExtravaganza which brands the Beach Party as a day event that can be attend by all people across ages and families. It will start at 0900 hrs till 2000 hrs. This is to curb instances of mischievous acts.
Lekolwane said in terms of music they have settled for a hundred percent local line up and they have engaged very experienced producers to give them the names of their best artists who will feature at the show. Last year, the promoters lost more than seventy thousand to South African, Casper Nyovest when the court delayed judgement and he could not perform while he had already been paid. The event might this year return to their base at Lion Park but he confirmed that they are still in talks with the management of the venue.
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It goes without saying that men and women handle pain differently. Especially emotional pain. Men tend to be more emotionally immature compared to women when it comes to matters of the heart.
It is for this reason that men do not handle break ups or cheating as well as their counterparts. Where women have been groomed from a young age to express their emotions men have been told to "suck it up and be a man". This may be one of the reasons why men are unable to express their emotions. It's therefore that it can be a tad bit surprising that men cheat the most but are the weakest to deal when cheated on.
Research has proven that men find it difficult to digest being cheated on. British Psychotherapist, Philip Hodson opines that men find it hard to forgive cheating because it affects their masculinity, and to them, it might signal the end of the relationship.
"Men can forgive themselves for their indiscretions, but they find it much harder to forgive their partners for the same. For a betrayed woman, an affair by a man is an offence against her dignity, but for a betrayed man, a woman's infidelity is an offence against his manhood. It goes right to the core of his identity," said Hodson.
WeekendLife also interviewed a few gentlemen on their honest feeling about being cheated and if they find it hard to forgive their partners after cheating. Tinashe Mangiroza said, "From the beginning, men are designed with the potential to have and to reproduce with many spouses. Women on the other hand are more or less designed to focus on one man. Along with this natural design, women have stronger pain tolerance. Yes women feel pain when cheated on, but their tolerance is much higher than that of a man (in view of what I said above)."
"And men on the other hand have a low emotional pain tolerance, hence the higher suicide and murder rates among men. Then remember there's also the ego element which men have. So when you combine a big ego, low pain tolerance and other things such as selfishness and competing with other men, it almost ends a man's self-worth when a woman he loves decides to sleep with another man."
He admits to have been cheated on before which he said it took away his self-esteem and he had to sleep around as a way of easing the pain whilst waiting to heal. Another gentleman who was also cheated at some point, Monwabisi Ndumiso Mgenge, highlighted that when a woman cheated on him it becomes very difficult for him to take her back because loyalty is everything to him.
"This is because most of the times relationship involves sex. You see the person naked you enjoy that, you don't want anybody having what you have. You are emotionally invested and have imagined the future many times and this is why some get violent cause its trauma really."
Psychologist at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Toba Elegbeleye said, "when it comes to marriage, men and women see things differently. He pointed out that a man tends to see the woman as possession, and so, the moment somebody else tries to cross the boundary and interferes with his property, there is bound to be serious problem."
"So, it is not because women don't care or they forgive so easily, but the circumstances don't favour them as they favour men. If women were in a dominant position, they easily would have driven the man away. So, the moment a female has committed herself to marriage, for her to voluntarily and openly get out of it becomes a kind of stigma, and women cannot handle stigma, particularly where children are involved. Mothers would not want to walk away, unless it's beyond their powers, thus they would rather endure."
Thabiso Cavin Bogopa, an Empowerment Expert also shared with WeekendLife that men are wired different from women hence their response to cheating won't be the same. "What may prove to be a difficulty in men forgiving cheating is that, generally speaking men sleep with who they can, women sleep with who they want, so the overarching thing becomes she cheated with her desire, the person she is actually attracted to and the cheated man struggles with that truth, as he realizes that sex for him is opportunity based, while for his counterpart is a deliberate and conscious choice.
This to a certain extent is what forms the challenge for men," he explained. "Cheating devalues an individual both the cheater and cheated on, but more profoundly manifest in the cheated as they start to decrease in their self-esteem, losing their regard for themselves as they are undermined they may begin to try to address this trauma in multiple ways but more commonly through being exactly what they detest because they are stuck in the experience, they therefore cheat and become messed up."
"No one gets away with cheating even if you never get caught, you become depleted as a person by the lies, trickery and illicit emotional trade. But if we may, the choice to forgive a cheating partner is a personal choice that goes both ways."
It takes more than just having the body for the ramp to be an "it girl/boy" in the industry. A lot hows into being the cream de la cream. This includes intense coaching and being fortified to thrive in Botswana's modelling industry as well as making a name for yourself beyond boarders.
No doubt that the likes of Kaone Kario, Mmina Gaebonwe and Emmanuel Kayenda are household names today because of their well-crafted talent. Which needs to be passed on even to aspiring models. Raymond Geofrey an Editor and Content Creator at Vogue magazine who is also known for his Pan African story telling through photography, shared with WeekendLife about what it means and what it takes to be an all-round model, who is capacitated to make a living from their craft.
"Models need good etiquette and good communication especially when dealing with clients reaching to them. They should be able to professionally communicate with them. They need to be efficient in their communication. Professionalism also entails time management during bookings, shootings and auditions. Models should always be early by 1 hour 30 minutes. Enquire about contracts and make contact with consultants. This also include seeking legal advice," he said.
"Models should have business cards and business WhatsApp numbers. They should possess a good social media account such as Facebook pages with clear biographies. Posts should be sponsored." Knowing how to transcend the ramp as a model is one of the things that is always a big deal to models and agencies. Geofrey highlighted that models ultimately must know how to walk spectacularly on the runway. When it comes to posing, models are often expected to kill it and bring their A game which in turn will help shine their personality.
Geofrey said models do not take time to read and study as well as research about posing. The more models are confident the more they are able to bring out their personalities on the shoot. He said self-awareness is also imperative, as models are required to be aware of themselves. When wearing heels and walking down the ramp, they should catwalk to the beat.
When it comes to the modelling industry in Botswana, they normally complain about numerous things which are pushing the industry backward. One of these he said is industrialization and policy making, the most lacking and key factors in need in the sector. "The modelling industry in Botswana is still not industrialized that is there are no laws or policies currently in Botswana to govern the trade of modelling in Botswana. Modelling is still not a legal registered profession in Botswana," he said.
"Affiliation of local agencies to global/international modelling agencies; we have seen a rise in business revenue with regards to fashion modelling in Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya etc, due to the fact that they are exporting a larger number of models overseas to walk at fashion shows like Paris Fashion Week. This is simply because they have affiliations, partnerships with agents/bookers/agencies based in fashion capitals of the world (Paris, London, Milan & New York)."
Lack of etiquette which he said is rather unprofessional, is one of the things that hold back local models. "A lot of models in the country still walk unranked at shows (New faces, freelance, full time, professional, international model etc). Also models lack training in the art of modelling (posing, runway, social media training, and business acumen."
In the age of brand ambassadors, models have been key in this aspect in making brands known and marketable. Even so, they are many slots that define and categorize modelling work. "Fashion models are usually booked for shows or by designers. Editorial are more for official print/brand work such as for magazines (print/online), websites, blogs etc. Commercial are more on promoting business services of institutions, government or the private sector (including banking institutions, insurance, services providers etc). Fitness models are for promoting a healthy and active lifestyle, we see them booked by professionals sports/athletes/gym brands or the food & health industry (what is popular now is supplements such as herbal life)," he explained.
Like other countries, where models are paid a leg and an arm, the same should be incorporated in Botswana instead of exploiting them. "By respecting what models do and bring to the table; and you do that by paying them what they deserve on time," Geofrey said. Geofrey is currently running classes for models called 'Etiquette Class Models' which offers runway coaching. It equips models with different types of walks. They also offer social media training and mentoring on running as a model entrepreneur.
Thabiso Tshwenyana is certainly a bright spark. He has been hitting the books, at the same time pushing hustle on radio! Well, you may not know who I'm talking about right now unless I refer to him as 'Lerapo', or 'Bundle of Joy ya Radio', as he is commonly called by his aficionados on radio.
Lerapo is resolute on taking over the entertainment and broadcasting space, of course wearing many hats as a radio host, content producer and a socialite. Not only that, he is a fresh Real Estate graduate currently functioning as a property analyst.
One may wonder how this young lad (currently 23-years-old) managed to be on radio, at the same time pursuing his Degree in Real Estate. Well, he says it took grit, time management and really doing what one likes. And he is right, because in today's world anyone can call themselves a presenter. But it takes unparalleled skill, unbreakable determination, and heaps of talent to captivate an audience of millions.
Whether or not you think he's the best, there's no arguing that Lerapo is possibly the most prominent young radio presenter to hail from the Botswana. Initially starting his career in 2017, Lerapo earned himself a reputation as 'Bundle of Joy ya Radio' by consistently pushing the boundaries of what could be said and done.
His shows consists of outrageous humor and youthful content that's shocking the radio establishment, and taking young people to cloud 9. The show is called The Youth Café on Duma FM, and airs every Saturday between 2PM and 2PM, broadcasting in vernacular.
When sharing with Weekendlife his startling life on radio and how he will be turning it down this year, he says the journey started back in 2017 at RB2 where he hosted a 30-minute feature. "I am definitely a go-getter. I love radio and this has been my childhood dream! I held onto this dream and survived against all odds. I am happy to be on radio because after all the knockings, snubs and distressing coercions, I persisted nonetheless. Sometimes it was just a matter of being at the right place at the right time."
Before joining Duma FM in 2019, he was a content producer at yet another youthful urban radio station Yarona FM. At the age of 23-years old, Lerapo has worked at three radio stations, both government and private urban stations. Remarkable! For someone aspiring to be on radio, I can confidently say he is the pluq for inspiration and familiarity.
He continued to dish more on what radio really needs, saying "Taking time to perfect the craft, being open to learn from others and just digging down on books and the internet on how radio works did magic to me. It became easier to comprehend fully what I needed and how to go about getting it."
Being a radio presenter means having a whole team prior to going on air. This means having a show prep, and reflecting on how the show went down with your producers or programs manager. Programs manager handles the business of the radio station and leave the voice and personality to the presenter.
Presenters have to follow rules of the programs manager even if they may not see eye-to-eye. They may prefer to play safe and repeat music even though sometimes a presenter prefers to take a risk and make changes to the music. Nevertheless, the success of the radio station lies in programs manager's hands.
"After a show I usually have a reflection on how it went then I plan for the next show. On Tuesdays I have what we call an 'air check' with either the programs manager or his assistant to identify hiccups on the previous show and see how best to work on them to have a great delivery on the next show. Since I produce my own show, I give them a preliminary show prep. Once approved, I start contacting guests to be featured on the show and later share the final show prep a day before the show airs with the bosses."
Still on his show, he does live reads. These are paid adverts that he discusses with the marketing department prior to his show going live. Well, as for a sizzling playlist, the music compiler knows how to serve him right.
He says a great radio hosts listens, reads and makes a show about the listener. 'A common mistake we make as radio hosts is that we make the show about us and tend to feel that we know more than the listener. We also ought to respect the listener, these are our clients after all. Radio hosts should also refrain from relying on social media for content, most of it is fake and unverified by relevant authorities."


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Q: Remebering bell numbers I read about Bell numbers and I'm looking for a way to generate these numbers quickly for tests and exams. I know there is a recursively relation but it is not useful for big numbers .

A: You can calculate them rapidly by using the bell triangle.

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The exponential generating function of the Bell numbers is $e^{e^{x}-1}$, that is, the coefficient of $x^n/n! $ in the power series expansion of $e^{e^{x}-1}$ is the number of partitions of a set of $n $ elements.

You would like to see Section 1.6 in Generating Functionology by Herbert.S.Wilf for more information. Hope it helps.


This dress is custom made by a wedding gown tailor I know in South Africa. The bodice is boned so it doubles as a corset which gives beautiful contours from the bust to the waist. The bodice has a lace-up back,and beaded.
The gown has a medium train, it has a seperate petticoat with a wire loop and, a few layers of stiff mesh fabric, and lining, all these layers give the gown very nice volume, but also sits elegantly and not too ball-gown.
I am 160cm tall and 56kg at the time of the wedding, my measurements are 10D bust and I had 10cm heels on the day. The dress can adjust to smaller or bigger due to the lace up back and length is easy to adjust with the tulle ruffles. I have very average leg length but this gown gives great illusions.
The gown has been not been professionally dry cleaned, but is in pristine condition looks brand new no marks or tears and is boxed ,it has very minor discolouring on the underside of the train.
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Q: Reasoning through a program in Prolog I am attempting a past paper question for a Prolog exam. I drew a 'tree' for how I believed Prolog ought to behave given the program and a certain goal. However, Prolog does not behave as I expected, and given a query for which I believed it would return 'true', it actually returned 'false'.
Here is my program:
sum(Term,N) :- Term = 0, N = 0.
sum(Term,N) :- Term = f(M,Subterm), number(M), sum(Subterm,N-M).

My query and search tree are as follows (goals are bracketed and in bold):
[ sum(f(1,0),1) ]
Using Rule 1, let Term = 0, N = 0, tries to unify [ 1 = 0, 1 = 0 ] fail.
Redo: using Rule 2, let Term = f(1,0), N=1 [ f(1,0) = f(M,Subterm), number(M), sum(Subterm,1-1) ]
Unifying, let M=1 and Subterm=0 [ number(1), sum(0,0) ]
Using Rule 1, this should succeed. However (SWI) Prolog says 'false'.
If someone can point out to me why my reasoning is flawed (and how I can learn from this in future), I would be very grateful.

A: Since your program is almost a pure1 one, you can locate the error in a systematic manner without using a debugger. The idea is to generalize your program by removing goals, one-by-one.  I came up with the following pure generalization which I obtained by "commenting" out some goals like so:

:- op(950, fy, *).
*(_).

sum(Term,N) :-
   Term = 0,
   N = 0.
sum(Term,N) :-
   * Term = f(M,Subterm),
   * number(M),
   sum(Subterm,N-M).

?- sum(Term, N).
   Term = 0, N = 0
;  false.

Also the query above is more general than yours. This is a very useful technique in Prolog: Instead of thinking about concrete solutions, we
first let Prolog do all the work for us.
The answer was quite clear: There is exactly one solution to this relation, even if the relation is now generalized.
So the problem must be somewhere in the remaining visible part. Actually, it's the -. Why not write instead:
:- use_module(library(clpfd)).

sum(0, 0).
sum(Term, N0) :-
   Term = f(M, Subterm),
   N0 #= M+N1,
   sum(Subterm, N1).

I find that program much easier to understand. If I read a name sum, I immediately look for a corresponding +. Of course, if you insist, you could write N0-M #= N1 instead. It would be exactly the same, except that this requires a bit more thinking.

Fine print you don't need to read
1) Your original program used number/1 which is not pure. But since the problem persisted by removing it, it did not harm our reasoning.

A: To be more accurate, the first rule tries to unify f(1,0) = 0 and 1 = 0, which of course fails.
Analysis of rule 2 is also incorrect. Partly, it's because Prolog does not evaluate arithmetic expressions inline. The term N-M is just a term (short-hand for '-'(N, M). It does not result in M being subtracted from M unless the evaluation is done explicitly via is/2 or an arithmetic comparison (e.g., =:=/2, =</2, etc).
The analysis of rule 2 would go as follows. Step 5 is where your logic breaks down due to the above.

*

*Call sum(f(1,0), 1) results in Term = f(1,0) and N = 1.

*In rule 2, Term = f(M, Subterm) becomes f(1,0) = f(M, Subterm) which results in M = 1 and Subterm = 0.

*number(N) becomes number(1) and succeeds (since 1 is a number)

*The call sum(Subterm, N-M) becomes sum(0, 1-1).

*Prolog matches sum(0, 1-1) with the head of rule 1 sum(Term, N) :- Term = 0, N = 0., but it fails because 1-1 = 0 (which is the same as '-'(1, 1) = 0 unification fails.

*Prolog matches sum(0, 1-1) with the head of rule 2, and unifies Term = 0 and N = 1-1 (or N = '-'(1, 1)).

*Term = f(M, Subterm) becomes 0 = f(M, Subterm) which fails because 0 cannot match the term f(M, Subterm).

*No more rules to attempt, so the predicate call fails.

The easy fix here is a common, basic Prolog pattern to use a new variable to evaluate the expression explicitly:
sum(Term,N) :-
    Term = f(M,Subterm),
    number(M),
    R is N - M,
    sum(Subterm, R).

You can also tidy up the code quite a bit by unifying in the heads of the clauses. So the clauses could be rewritten:
sum(0, 0).
sum(f(M, Subterm), N) :-
    number(N),
    R is N - M,
    sum(Subterm, R).

EDIT: My answer is intended to guide you through a walk through of your existing logic. Other than correcting the misunderstanding regarding expression evaluation, I did not analyze your solution for overall correctness.


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