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"If any of the gentlefolk of our station will call upon us," she went on, "we will tell them how we came to be here the clergyman of the parish or " here she hesitated for the first time, "or his wife." Instinctively she seemed to feel the difficulty. "Though we are not of their faith!" she added, smiling once more as with the air of serene condescension she had shown all through.
S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett - The Dew of Their Youth
"I went into the house, and was shown into the parlour, where the captain was standing behind a table. There was a gun close to his hand in a corner, two horse pistols on a shelf, and a sword hanging over them.
George Dunderdale - The Book of the Bush
Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial
Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others
Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned
And without waiting for a reply, he quitted the room. He was as good as his word. During the whole of the week allowed Amabel for consideration, he never intruded upon her, nor was his name at any time mentioned by her attendants. If she had been, indeed, Countess of Rochester, she could not have been treated with greater respect than was shown her.
William Harrison Ainsworth - Old Saint Paul's
A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
Honest as these men's intentions may have been, they were full of partialities and prejudices, they entered the country with their verdicts already prepared, and they could no more write dispassionately and impartially about it than they could about their own wives and children. Our pilgrims have brought their verdicts with them. They have shown it in their conversation ever since we left Beirout.
Mark Twain - The Innocents Abroad
I was shown into the room on the ground floor. On a pedestal opposite the fireplace was the colossal bust of Balzac by David. In the middle of the salon, on a handsome oval table, which had for legs six gilded statuettes of great beauty, a wax candle was burning. Another woman came in crying, and said: 'He is dying. Madame has gone to her own rooms.
Mary F. (Mary Frances) Sandars - Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings
Miss Merton laughed, but looked round the old wainscot walls with unusual interest; she thought it would be a fine thing to be Lady of Burleigh! "And what is that picture so carefully covered up?" said the admiral, as they now stood in the library. "The late Mrs. Maltravers, Ernest's mother," replied Cleveland, slowly. "He dislikes it to be shown to strangers: the other is a Digby."
Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - Alice, or the Mysteries — Complete
"Yet it may be that I cannot agree with the opinion of the man whose strength and wisdom are so far superior to mine, yet you have just shown that you cannot tolerate the opposition of a woman, not even mine."
Georg Ebers - Joshua — Complete
Jethro Sands had of late shown a disposition to renew his attentions to Dulcibel; but, after two or three visits, in the last of which he had given the maiden the desired opportunity, she had plainly intimated to him that the old state of affairs between them could never be restored.
Henry Peterson - Dulcibel
A Tale of Old Salem
But this feeling she had shown when they two were alone together, after Clara had left them. As long as her daughter had been present, Lady Desmond had maintained her tone of indignation and defiance; but, when the door was closed and they two were alone, she had become kind in her language and almost tender.
Anthony Trollope - Castle Richmond
After dinner we were shown the bedrooms, which are very clean; for board and lodging you pay six francs a day, out of which, judging from the hunger of the company, the profit arising would be small except to clerical hotel-keepers. We must bear in mind that nuns work without pay, and that all the fish, game, dairy and garden produce the bishop gets for nothing.
Matilda Betham-Edwards - In the Heart of the Vosges
And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller"


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Review: 'Conditional Citizens' a reckoning on xenophobia against U.S. immigrants of color
Lauren Francis-Sharma	September 21, 2020Updated: September 21, 2020, 2:41 pm
"Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America" by Laila Lalami. Photo: Pantheon
It is the year 2000, a muggy day in Los Angeles when Morocco-born writer Laila Lalami enters the Pomona Fairplex ready to swear her allegiance to America. Hours after her citizenship ceremony, Lalami's co-workers surprise her with a catered lunch of hamburgers and apple pie. A year later, in the aftermath of 9/11, one such co-worker asks Lalami, who is Muslim, whether she will shoot him. Lalami writes that for her "the shock and grief of that day are intertwined with fear and rejection."
In her 2014 breakthrough novel "The Moors Account," Lalami writes of Estebanico, a Muslim slave, thought to be the first black explorer of America. With "Conditional Citizens," Lalami reminds us that the wondrous singular story of Estebanico is one of a multitude of experiences for newcomers to these United States.
Lalami couldn't have foreseen that as this book neared publication, "birtherism" would again be at play from President Trump, this time during the 2020 election. This time directed at Sen. Kamala Harris, a woman born to immigrants, seeking the second highest office in the land. Lalami writes of playing with her toddler in 2008 when John McCain told an audience that then-candidate Barack Obama was not Arab but rather "a decent family man, a citizen." We can almost hear Lalami's quickened breaths as she digests the supposed incongruity of "Arab," "decent," "citizen." She wants us to account for the unchallenged remarks, wants us to account for the pressure on Obama to "show his papers" to a collective then led by Donald Trump, wants us to account for how Trump could deride America as "foolish" and "the laughingstock of the world" without his allegiance being questioned. How can this be? Lalami tells us that citizenship for people of color and/or immigrants has always been conditional.
Laila Lalami, author of "Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America" Photo: Jesse Dittmar
In 200 pages, Lalami offers a tightly packed examination of the whimsical nature of American citizenship, proffering examples of the weaponization of laws against every race and religion, and yet it is the conditionality of Muslim citizenship upon which she shines the brightest light. In the long-standing tradition of artist-activists, Lalami invites the personal and political, the private and the public, forcing America to reckon with its hypocrisies, citing court cases that highlight how racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia have frequently unsettled "settled law," some even changing the racial categorization of Arabs, until in 1944, when a preoccupation with the Middle East led a court to declare Arabs white, for "the vital interests (of the United States) as a world power" were at stake. And yet life for many Arab Americans does not offer the privileges of white citizenship.
There is a quiet frustration in Lalami's work. It rouses in the reader a misplaced longing, a trove of embarrassing memories of a not-so-distant past when Americans were convinced that "erecting walls (was) the work of tyrants and autocrats." As the 2020 election nears, Lalami's writing reflects a citizen who's descried the matted underbelly of her adopted home, a citizen cautioning us that what we believe of ourselves, our laws, our country has and will shift to suit the ever-changing demands of power. We are a land of conditionalities.
"Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America"
By Laila Lalami
(Pantheon; 208 pages; $25.95)
Lauren Francis-Sharma
Lauren Francis-Sharma	Lauren Francis-Sharma is an award-winning author based in Washington, D.C. Her latest novel, "Book of the Little Axe," published in May 2020.
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საუკეთესო სმარტფონი 2019
Samsung Galaxy S10 5G მიმოხილვა
საერთო ქულა4.5
The Galaxy S10 5G has all the hallmarks of a range-topping Samsung. A big, ნათელი ეკრანზე, sleek design, solid performance and excellent battery life - the best of any of Samsung's S10 variants.
Company's S-line king joins the handful of good 5G phones in the UK, but is only for big-phone lovers
ამ სტატიაში სათაურით "Samsung Galaxy S10 5G review: უფრო დიდი, faster and lasts longer" was written by Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor, for theguardian.com on Wednesday 21st August 2019 06.00 UTC
The Galaxy S10 5G is the largest, most advanced and most expensive smartphone in Samsung's current lineup, aimed not just at being "the 5G one" but also the best one.
Unlike the OnePlus 7 Pro, which comes in either 4G or 5G versions that are identical in size, weight and features, the S10 5G is its own phone. It's bigger, მძიმე, thicker and has more cameras and sensors on the back and front than the S10+.
The front is filled by the 6.7in QHD+ AMOLED screen, which curves at the sides and has an large oval-shaped cut out in the top right of the display for two selfie cameras and a depth sensor.
The screen is really lovely, as you'd expect for a top Samsung: bright, crisp and colourful with good viewing angles. It is not quite as bright or smooth as the fantastic 90Hz screen on the OnePlus 7 Pro, but better than all the rest.
The selfie cameras and sensors poke through an oval-shaped hole in the top right of the screen, taking up notification space in the status bar. ფოტოსურათი: Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian
The massive screen means the S10 5G is a very big phone. At 77.1mm wide and 162.6mm tall the S10 5G compares similarly to 5G rivals such the OnePlus 7 Pro or the 4G-only iPhone XS Max. But the way the back tapers at the sides and its comparatively light 198g weight, which undercuts the competition by 8-10g, makes the S10 5G just about manageable. I could fit it in a men's jeans pocket, but anything smaller was a struggle.
If you don't want the biggest of phones and the downsides of weight, ღირებულება, size, one-handed use, etc that come with them, this is most definitely not for you.
The display hides Samsung's ultrasonic fingerprint scanner for unlocking the phone with your thumb on the screen, which works well enough but isn't as fast or accurate as the optical sensor on the OnePlus 7 Pro 5G or traditional fingerprint sensors.
The phone is water resistant to the international IP68 standard, or depths of up to 1.5 metres in fresh water for 30 -ე. Drop the S10 5G in the toilet and you'll be able to rinse it afterwards. It also has a headphone socket, which is rare in 2019.
სპეციფიკაციები
ეკრანზე: 6.7in QHD+ AMOLED (502ppi).
პროცესორი: Samsung Exynos 9820 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 855.
RAM: 8GB of RAM.
შენახვის: 256GB.
ოპერაციული სისტემა: One UI based on Android 9 Pie.
კამერა: rear triple camera + depth sensor, front 10MP selfie-camera + depth sensor.
დაკავშირებადობა: single sim, LTE, 5G, ვაი - ფაი, NFC, Bluetooth 5, wireless charging and GPS.
ზომები: 162.6 x 77.1 x 7.9mm.
წონა: 198ზ.
36-hour battery life
A USB-C port and a headphones socket take care of physical connections. ფოტოსურათი: Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian
The Galaxy S10 5G has the same processor, memory and storage as most of the other Galaxy S10 versions and therefore performs similarly. In this US this means Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 პროცესორი, but in the UK, Europe and many other regions it means Samsung's own Exynos 9820, as tested here.
It's a fast-feeling phone, if not quite the fastest, and will handle most of what you can throw at it. Games and augmented reality experiences, which are being pushed hard with 5G, were smooth but made the phone heat up quite a bit.
The S10 5G has the largest battery in Samsung's S10 phone line and so lasts the longest at 36 საათის შორის ბრალდებით. With the screen set to default FHD+ resolution and the always-on display (AOD) setting off, the phone made it from 7am on day one until 7pm on day two with fairly heavy usage, mainly on 4G with bursts on Vodafone's new 5G network where available in London.
The S10 5G is also faster charging than Samsung's other phones with a 25W charger included in the box. It hit 90% in an hour, which is still not the fastest charging phone but is a significant improvement over other Samsung devices. Wireless charging at up to 15W with a Qi charging matt works well, as does wireless power sharing charging something else from the back of the S10 5G such as Samsung's Galaxy Buds.
The S10 5G's 4G performance was worse than the regular S10, but both performed worse than rivals on the same Vodafone network. ფოტოსურათი: Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian
The S10 5G proved great on Vodafone's new 5G network, which was significantly faster than 4G when available, routinely managing 200Mbps download speeds in areas where Vodafone's 4G network managed around 20-50Mbps.
But the S10 5G's 4G performance on Vodafone's network was poor, spending a significant amount of time dropping down to 3G in areas where a OnePlus 7 Pro and Huawei P30 Pro had strong 4G signal on the same Vodafone 4G network. The issue was particularly problematic on public transport.
This poor performance gave rise to further testing which revealed that the poor signal performance on Vodafone's 4G network wasn't isolated to Samsung's new 5G phone – but also its regular 4G phones including the Galaxy S10. The 4G-only phones had a slight advantage of around half a bar of signal strength over their 5G counterparts on the same network.
თუმცა, when the Samsung phones dropped down to 3G their internet connection effectively became unusable causing everything from web pages and apps, to messages and even email, to time out. But it's worse than simply being offline, as the phone thinks it has a working internet connection, leading to an extremely frustrating scenario where the phone continually tries over and over to perform the task you've set it before timing out after a minute or so.
To be clear, Samsung's S10, S10+ and S10e performed the same as the OnePlus 7 Pro and Huawei P30 Pro (two of the best for network performance) on both EE and Three's 4G network in and around London and the south of England. The problem appeared only to be on Vodafone. But neither Vodafone nor Samsung could explain the signal issues faced by the Samsung S10 5G and other S10 smartphones.
A Vodafone spokesperson said: "We've recalled the device and SIM for internal testing. We would welcome the opportunity to walk around with the Guardian in the areas they have visited to better understand the user experience found so as we can better understand any issues and implement improvements or fixes."
A Samsung spokesperson declined to address the 4G problem and instead said: "The 5G user experience is only going to get better as 5G network coverage improves and expands. Samsung is working closely with our partners to provide updates to the device so that consumers can get the best network performance."
Samsung's One UI is good, but its gesture navigation options are difficult to use with one hand with a screen this size. ფოტოსურათი: Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian
The Galaxy S10 5G runs Samsung's new One UI version of Android 9 Pie, which is the same as the other S10 variants.
One UI is a big upgrade over previous versions of Samsung's software, refocused around making phones with large screens more usable, which was useful here. The top of the screen is generally for information display, while the bits you have to touch have been moved towards the bottom.
The only thing that hasn't aged well are Samsung's gesture navigation options, which replace the traditional three-key navigation bar at the bottom of the screen with swipe pads where the buttons would be. It's not a fluid experience and is difficult to use one-handed on this size of screen.
While more beneficial for the larger Galaxy S10+, the S10 still benefits from generally having the top half of the phone for viewing information and the bottom half for touch-based interactions. Rival systems such as that used by OnePlus, Huawei or even Google's upcoming Android Q are far better.
The camera system on the back is the best of Samsung's current lineup, keeping pace with most rivals but falling short of Huawei's highs. ფოტოსურათი: Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian
The Galaxy S10 5G has the same three regular cameras on the back as the S10 and S10+ but adds a 3D depth camera for good measure.
That means you get a main 12-megapixel camera, 12-megapixel telephoto camera and a 16-megapixel ultra-wide angle camera providing zoom from 0.5 to 2x, and then on to a 10x hybrid zoom.
There didn't appear to be much difference between the cameras on the S10 5G and S10/S10+. It produced some excellent photos in good light, with solid but not class-leading low-light performance, despite the new night mode.
Video capture was very good, arguably better than many rivals, with fun depth effects using the extra sensors on the S10 5G. The selfie camera is the same as the S10+, რომელიც არის შესანიშნავი.
საერთო, the camera on the S10 5G is good, but falls short of the best from Huawei.
დაკვირვების
The glass back tapers in towards the metal band at the top and sides. ფოტოსურათი: Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian
The stereo speakers are pretty good.
The ultrasonic fingerprint sensor is incompatible with most screen protectors, but a compatible one comes included in the box.
The haptic vibrations are sharper than last year's model, but not as good as Apple's iPhone or the OnePlus 7 Pro.
Palm rejection was good at preventing mis-touches on the curved screen edge, where your hand rests on the touchscreen when you grip.
The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G costs £1,099 in crown silver or majestic black on either EE ან Vodafone. ჯერჯერობით, the phone is not available to buy standalone and SIM-free in the UK.
შედარებისთვის, recommended retail prices for the competition include the OnePlus 7 Pro 5G on plans starting at £59 a month on EE, the 4G 6.4in Galaxy S10+ for £899, the 4G OnePlus 7 Pro საწყისი £ 649, the 4G Google Pixel 3 XL ღირს £744, the 4G Huawei P30 Pro for £899 and the 4G iPhone XS Max ღირს £1,099.
განაჩენი
The Galaxy S10 5G has all the hallmarks of a range-topping Samsung. A big, ნათელი ეკრანზე, sleek design, solid performance and excellent battery life – the best of any of Samsung's S10 variants.
The rear camera is also very good and Samsung's One UI is great, as long as you're happy using navigation buttons as the swipe gestures are hard to use on this size of phone. It is massive and expensive, meaning only big-phone lovers are going to want to even try and use it.
Its 5G performance is solid on Vodafone's new 5G network. But the poor 4G performance on Vodafone of the S10 5G and its smaller S10 siblings, which neither the network nor Samsung have managed to explain, mean I strongly recommend not buying any top-end Samsung phone on Vodafone.
It may not quite be the best 5G experience available at the moment – that's the OnePlus 7 Pro 5G – but it's close run thing. And where the OnePlus is an EE exclusive in the UK, the S10 5G is available on a wider range of mobile networks.
The S10 5G is the biggest and best Samsung you can buy, at least until the recently launched Note 10 arrives in stores, which could take the crown.
პროფესიონალები: დიდი ეკრანზე, ultrasonic in-display fingerprint scanner, hole-punch notch, wireless charging and powershare, დიდი კამერა, კარგი შესრულება, good software, good haptics, ყურსასმენის ბუდე, microSD ბარათის სლოტი, 5G. Cons: massive phone, ძვირადღირებული, poor 4G performance on Vodafone, slow software updates.
The silver back shines in a mixture of pleasing colours depending on the light and object around it. ფოტოსურათი: Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian
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Funerary Stele of Robia : Representation of a Sidonian woman.
The Odyssey(1) presents the Phoenicians as a skillful sailors, but devious traders. In his writings, Homer narrates a kidnapping story. Eumaeus, son of Syros King in the Cyclades islands, has been kidnaped by Phoenician sailors assisted by a countrywoman from Sidon who was in the service of the royal family.
"Now to this place there came some cunning traders from Phoenicia (for the Phoenicians are great mariners) in a ship which they had freighted with gewgaws of all kinds. There happened to be a Phoenician woman in my father's house, very tall and comely, and an excellent servant; these scoundrels got hold of her one day when she was washing near their ship, seduced her, and cajoled her in ways that no woman can resist, no matter how good she may be by nature. The man who had seduced her asked her who she was and where she came from, and on this she told him her father's name.
Sidonian woman - I come from Sidon, and am daughter to Arybas, a man rolling in wealth. One day as I was coming into the town from the country some Taphian pirates seized me and took me here over the sea, where they sold me to the man who owns this house, and he gave them their price for me.
Phoenician man - Would you like to come along with us to see the house of your parents and your parents themselves? They are both alive and are said to be well off.
Sidonian woman - Will do so gladly, if you men will first swear me a solemn oath that you will do me no harm by the way.
Sidonian woman - Hush; and if any of your men meets me in the street or at the well, do not let him speak to me, for fear some one should go and tell my master, in which case he would suspect something. He would put me in prison, and would have all of you murdered; keep your own counsel therefore; buy your merchandise as fast as you can, and send me word when you have done loading. I will bring as much gold as I can lay my hands on, and there is something else also that I can do towards paying my fare. I am nurse to the son of the good man of the house, a funny little fellow just able to run about. I will carry him off in your ship, and you will get a great deal of money for him if you take him and sell him in foreign parts.
On this she went back to the house. The Phoenicians stayed a whole year till they had loaded their ship with much precious merchandise, and then, when they had got freight enough, they sent to tell the woman. Their messenger, a very cunning fellow, came to my father's house bringing a necklace of gold with amber beads strung among it; and while my mother and the servants had it in their hands admiring it and bargaining about it, he made a sign quietly to the woman and then went back to the ship, whereon she took me by the hand and led me out of the house. In the fore part of the house she saw the tables set with the cups of guests who had been feasting with my father, as being in attendance on him; these were now all gone to a meeting of the public assembly, so she snatched up three cups and carried them off in the bosom of her dress, while I followed her, for I knew no better.
The sun was now set, and darkness was over all the land, so we hurried on as fast as we could till we reached the harbour, where the Phoenician ship was lying."


The holiday shopping season is upon us, and online advertisers may be considering better use of social networks for more effective advertising this year. According to AdvertisingAge, a number of advertising tactics have been developing over the years that take advantage of one's personal network of friends and associates, both offline and online. Yahoo, for example, has targeted the friends of Yahoo Fantasy players with Fantasy ads, and found an increase of quality click-throughs and uptake as a result. So this begs the question; can socially graphed advertisements predict what online consumers will buy?
Perhaps the more important question is whether or not these socially-graphed ads can influence what we buy. If you believe the old adage of one being guilty by association, then you'll understand the potential for advertising to one's friends. This works on the assumption that friends have similar tastes, and that the response to an ad will be more qualitative as a result.
If you think about it, this is how most online social networks, especially recommendation engines, operate. Last.fm for example, offers recommended music based on the content those in your neighborhood have listened to and added to their favorites list. So does this convert to successful advertising? 33Across, an advertising firm, seems to think so. A deal with Meebo offers 33Across more applicable data and more direct access to users. And as we saw with Facebook Beacon, better utilization of one's Facebook social graph is something advertisers and brands are actively seeking. Services like Grayboxx and MyStrands have proven that some social data can be used for recommendation (and ultimately advertising) purposes without breaching the privacy of individuals, though the mold has been tougher to crack for online social networks, where users willingly share information about themselves and their relationships voluntarily.
There are those that have leveraged social graphs for organic marketing purposes, looking to common interest amongst friends for a more engaging interaction with media spread across a network. But how well would this work for advertisers, when it comes to moving beyond brand-building? While certain data about a user and their social graph may be able to tell us what that demographic will be purchasing this holiday season and beyond, it's the access to that social graph for marketing purposes that remains more valuable to cost-conscious and effective advertisements within the social web.


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Q: Why is the period of $f$, $\pi$? I came across a problem, which asked to compute the period of the function $$f(x)=3^{\sec^2x-\tan^2 x}.$$
The answer provided was $\pi$.
I don't get how.

A: Note that $\sec^2 x- \tan^2 x= 1$ for all $x$ except those in the form $x = \dfrac{\pi}{2} + \pi k$ (where $\sec x$ and $\tan x$ are undefined. Thus, $f(x) = 3^{\sec^2 x- \tan^2 x}  = 3^1 = 3$ for all $x$ except those in the form $x = \dfrac{\pi}{2} + \pi k$, which are evenly spaced every $\pi$ units. Thus, $f(x)$ has period $\pi$.

A: It is a constant function. It is technically undefined at the points JimmyK4542 mentions.  In order for the identity $f(x+p)=f(x)$ to hold, is is required that the domain $D$ of $f$ satisfies $D+p=D$ (where $D+p$ is defined as $\{x+p:x\in D\}$).  For the domain in question, this occurs whenever $p$ is an integer multiple of $\pi$.  Because the function is constant, this is the only requirement.
However, that is unsatisfying because the function is essentially the constant function $3$, which has no smallest period.  The singularities are removable, and in many contexts it is useful to remove them (after briefly recognizing and acknowledging that there are singularities to be removed).

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Last night there were a large number of incensed TV viewers who took to social media to complain that the free-to-air channels they were watching had become unavailable on the so-called premium pay TV service they were using.
Just before the end of TV3's all important season premiere of The Block NZ, the free-to-air channels One, 2 and TV3 went dark on Sky. (See last night's ratings)
Irony went into overdrive with customers complaining about paying for channels that are free to watch on the Freeview platform, which was unaffected by Sky's latest technical glitch.
TVNZ told us it was a SKY HD technical issue that impacted the transmission of TV ONE and TV2 on that platform and that Freeview and SKY SD viewers were unaffected. TVNZ also said they would be making good with any advertisers impacted by the outage.
SKY have advised TVNZ they are investigating causes and putting measures in place.
What has become common place at Sky, another apology has been issued for yet another technical issue.
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Q: Forest: How do I automatically align tiers and have parent anchor=south I am trying to make basic linguistic trees in Forest that do two things: 1) have the bottom leaves aligned on a single tier, and 2) have parent anchor=south. (Actually I have a third requirement as well: to be able to use line-breaks in leaves, but that's another issue.) Currently I can brute force these together by specifying the tier for each leaf as needed (fine for the occasional small tree, irritating for many or larger trees).
The Forest documentation ( http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/CTAN/graphics/pgf/contrib/forest/forest-doc.pdf ) does provide a technique for doing this alignment automatically (p. 7, ex. 12), but if I try this while also specifying parent anchor I get this error:

! Package pgfkeys Error: I do not know the key '/tikz/{parent anchor=south} whe
  re n children', to which you passed '0{tier=word}{}', and I am going to ignore
  it. Perhaps you misspelled it.

I am very new to Forest, so maybe I'm missing something obvious. Below is my MWE, first with the brute-forced version A that gives the correct output:

And this is followed by the automated version that produces the correct alignment, but without any parent anchoring specified (I've included the line the breaks it, but commented out):

I would like to be able to use an automated alignment, as in B, but with the anchoring of A. Thank you.
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{forest}

\begin{document}

A) Correct tree, but brute-forced:

\begin{forest}{parent anchor=south}
[
[strong
    [strong[Cant,tier=word]]
    [weak[wara,tier=word]]
]
[weak
    [byrig,tier=word]
]
]
    \end{forest}

B) Automated tree, but with wrong parent anchor:

\begin{forest}%{parent anchor=south}
where n children=0{tier=word}{}
[
[strong
    [strong[Cant]]
    [weak[wara]]
]
[weak
    [byrig]
]
]
\end{forest}

\end{document}

A: You are simply using a not completely correct syntax. The options/instructions need to be separated by commas (and there is no need for braces). EDIT: Added for tree. Big thanks to @cfr, who has the only real answer to this question. My post was merely to keep this question active. (A little bit like the unknown band that plays before the real stars start. ;-)
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{forest}

\begin{document}

A) Correct tree, but brute-forced:

\begin{forest}
parent anchor=south
[
[strong
    [strong[Cant,tier=word]]
    [weak[wara,tier=word]]
]
[weak
    [byrig,tier=word]
]
]
    \end{forest}

B) Automated tree and correct parent anchor:

\begin{forest}
for tree={parent anchor=south},
where n children=0{tier=murmel}{}
[
[strong
    [strong[Cant]]
    [weak[wara]]
]
[weak
    [byrig]
]
]
\end{forest}

\end{document}

I will be happy to remove this when @cfr comes online. ;-)

A: The easy way to do this, with current Forest, is to use the linguistics library:
\usepackage[linguistics]{forest}

for multi-line, centred nodes with parent anchor=children throughout, and other goodies.
If you don't have current Forest and cannot update, you can do it manually. As marmot says, you need commas to separate TikZ options, but you are also only setting the parent anchor for the root. Instead, use something like this
  for tree={% sets things for the whole tree
    parent anchor=children,%  children is better than south unless you really mean south or can't use current forest
%     align=center,% if you want multi-line nodes for the whole tree
  },
  where n children=0{tier=twrllaod, align=center,% mulit-line nodes
  }{}

With current Forest, you can load the library and then just say
  where n children=0{tier=twrllaod}{}

You may also find nice empty nodes and/or roof of some use to you.
\documentclass[border=5pt]{standalone}
% \usepackage[linguistics]{forest}% use this to apply the library settings globally
\usepackage{forest}
\useforestlibrary{linguistics}
\begin{document}

\begin{forest}%{parent anchor=south}% this only sets the parent anchor for the root node - not the whole tree
  for tree={% sets things for the whole tree
    parent anchor=children,%  children is better than south unless you really mean south or can't use current forest
%     align=center,% if you want multi-line nodes for the whole tree
  },
  where n children=0{tier=twrllaod, align=center,% mulit-line nodes
  }{}
  [
  [strong
      [strong[Cant]]
      [weak[wara]]
  ]
  [weak
      [byrig]
  ]
  ]
\end{forest}

\forestapplylibrarydefaults{linguistics}

\begin{forest}% multi-line nodes, parent anchor=children etc.
  where n children=0{tier=twrllaod}{}
  [
  [strong
      [strong[Cant]]
      [weak[wara]]
  ]
  [weak
      [byrig]
  ]
  ]
\end{forest}

\end{document}


Ubisoft will be bringing their upcoming games line-up to San Diego Comic-Con 2014, although it will only be Just Dance 2015 that represents their commitment to Wii U.
Those that visit the Nintendo Gaming Lounge at the San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina (333 W Harbor Drive) will be able to jive away to the dance sensation which this year includes such as "Happy" by Pharrell Williams, "Summer" by Calvin Harris, and "Burn" by Ellie Goulding.
Elsewhere the third-party publisher are setting up the 'Assassin's Creed Experience,' a parkour obstacle course that will be located on the Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade. Fans will be able to try free-running techniques such as rolling and vaulting, whereas there will also be a separate 25-foot 'Leap of Faith' which has become a hallmark for the series. Those that complete the course will receive a free limited edition Assassin's Creed Experience t-shirt.
Ubisoft will also host panel events for Far Cry 4 and Assassin's Creed Unity, with a playable demo of The Crew on the show floor.


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"Panic has seized the country," writes Confederate President Jefferson Davis
Confederate President Jefferson Davis writes to his wife, Varina, of the desperate situating facing the Confederates.
"Panic has seized the country," he wrote to his wife in Georgia. Davis was in Charlotte, North Carolina, on his flight away from Yankee troops. It was three weeks since Davis had fled the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, as Union troops were overrunning the trenches nearby. Davis and his government headed west to Danville, Virginia, in hopes of reestablishing offices there. When Confederate General Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender his army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, Davis and his officials traveled south in hopes of connecting with the last major Confederate army, the force of General Joseph Johnston. Johnston, then in North Carolina, was himself in dire straits, as General William T. Sherman's massive force was bearing down.
Davis continued to his wife, "The issue is one which it is very painful for me to meet. On one hand is the long night of oppression which will follow the return of our people to the 'Union'; on the other, the suffering of the women and children, and carnage among the few brave patriots who would still oppose the invader." The Davis' were reunited a few days later as the president continued to flee and continue the fight. Two weeks later, Union troops finally captured the Confederate president in northern Georgia. Davis was charged with treason, but never tried. In 1889, he died at age 81.
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Comparison of Landmark-guided, Nerve Stimulation–guided, and Ultrasound-guided Techniques for Pediatric Caudal Epidural Anesthesia
A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
Ponde, Vrushali MD*; Singh, Neha MD†; Nair, Abhijit MD‡; Ongaigui, Corinna J. MD§; Nagdev, Tripti MD*
*Surya Children Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra
†Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
‡BIACH & RI, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
§Department of Anaesthesiology, Lung Center of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines
V.P.: helped in conceptualization, data curation, investigation, methodology, visualization, and writing—original draft and review. N.S.: helped in visualization, methodology, and writing—original draft and review. A.N.: helped in formal analysis and writing—original draft and review. C.J.O. and T.N.: helped in data curation and writing—original draft and review.
Reprints: Vrushali Ponde, MD, Anaesthesia Department, Surya Children Hospital, S.V. Road, Santacruz West, Mumbai 400054, Maharashtra, India (e-mail: [email protected]).
The Clinical Journal of Pain: February 2022 - Volume 38 - Issue 2 - p 114-118
doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000001003
Traditionally, caudal epidurals are performed by a landmark-guided approach using the loss of resistance technique. Improvisations to increase the success rate can be attained by implementing modalities, namely neurostimulation and ultrasound, but there is a paucity of literature comparing these 3 approaches. Here, we compare the 3 techniques in terms of the success rate.
Materials and Methods:
The primary outcome of this study was to compare the success rate of the 3 techniques, and the secondary outcome was the blood or cerebrospinal fluid aspiration during the procedure. It was a prospective, randomized, open-label parallel-group study. Three hundred children aged 1 to 5 years scheduled for circumcision, hypospadias repair, and minor lower extremity surgeries were enrolled after taking written informed consent from the parents.
Demographic profiles were comparable in terms of age, weight, sex distribution, and types of surgeries. Success rates in landmark-guided, neurostimulation-guided, and ultrasound-guided were 97%, 97%, and 98%, respectively which was comparable (P=0.879). There was no significant difference in the incidence of blood or cerebrospinal fluid aspiration.
We found a similar success rate of the caudal epidural block by using landmark-guided, nerve stimulation–guided, or ultrasound-guided techniques in children aged 1 to 5 years with normal anatomy.
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Comparison of Landmark-guided, Nerve Stimulation–guided, and Ultrasound-guided Techniques for Pediatric Caudal Epidural Anesthesia: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
The Clinical Journal of Pain38(2):114-118, February 2022.
caudal epidural , ultrasound , pain management
caudal epidural\r, ultrasound\r, pain management
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No boys basketball team from Beaver High School has ever won a WPIAL championship, and there�s no reason to believe that streak will end this year. Still, there�s a nice little buzz hovering over the program right now.
With one week to go in the regular season, the Bobcats still have a chance to qualify for the tournament.
That�s certainly a positive sign for a team that didn�t win a game last year.
�After experiencing what we did last year, basketball is really fun again,� said Eric Matsko, a senior center.
Last year, Beaver finished 0-22 overall when it made the move from Class AA to Class AAA. It was one of two teams in the entire WPIAL that didn�t win a game. The other was Freedom, a Class AA program that went 0-24.
This year, the Bulldogs are still struggling at 2-19 and 0-10 in Section 6-AA.
Meanwhile, Beaver is 9-9 and 3-6 in Section 2-AAA.
�We still have a long way to go, but I can�t say enough about the kids in our program,� said Brandon Ambrose, who�s in his fourth season as coach of the Bobcats. �They�ve been working their tails off, and it shows in the way they�re practicing and the way they�re playing.
As Ambrose said, Beaver basketball is still a work in progress.
For example, of the Bobcats� nine wins this season, only three have come against Class AAA programs � and they�ve come in 2-AAA play against last-place Ellwood City (3-18, 0-11) and sixth-place West Allegheny (9-12, 3-7).
However, Beaver is also playing without Manny Cutlip, who�s being recruited heavily for football and baseball. Cutlip started off the season playing hoops, but quit after a few games.
That�s especially true on defense.
Of the 131 teams in the WPIAL, Beaver ranks sixth in scoring defense by allowing only 45.8 points per game.
One factor in that equation is the fact Beaver runs a patient offense that�s conducive to low-scoring games. Another is Beaver�s 1-3-1 zone base defense, which most teams never see during the course of a season.
Most importantly, Ambrose says, his players are tenacious defenders who clearly understand that teams without a ton of offensive firepower can still be competitive if they work hard on defense.
Ambrose is anxious to see if his team can take another positive step. Beaver has three games left to play � tonight at third-place Montour (12-7, 7-2), at home Tuesday against second-place Blackhawk (15-5, 8-2) and Friday at fourth-place Ambridge (7-14, 4-6).
Beaver will be hard-pressed to finish the season with a record of .500 or better. But there�s still a chance a playoff berth will be on the line Friday night in Ambridge.


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God Is War is the first full-length studio album by the American band All Pigs Must Die. It was produced by Kurt Ballou and released on August 16, 2011 through Southern Lord Records.

Track listing

Personnel
All Pigs Must Die
 Kevin Baker - vocals
 Ben Koller - drums
 Adam Wentworth - guitar
 Matt Woods - bass

Miscellaneous staff
 Kurt Ballou - production, engineering, mixing
 John Golden - mastering
 Florian Bertmer - illustrations

References

2011 albums
Albums produced by Kurt Ballou
Southern Lord Records albums
All Pigs Must Die (band) albums

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A better framework for disasters
Robert Emberson	November 13, 2018	Energy, Resources and the Environment, Media, Natural Hazards, News, Social Media No Comments
The 2018 Carr Fire that burned 229,651 acres in California. It's currently listed as the seventh-largest wildfire recorded in the state's modern history. (Photo: Bureau of Land Management California via Bureau of Land Management California)
The end of the Northern hemisphere summer tends to be a good time to regroup from natural hazards, as the frequency and intensity of storms, as well as the incidence of wildfires, tends to trail off. At the time of writing, however, Hurricane Willa had just crashed into Mexico, while Typhoon Yutu has just hit the Northern Mariana Islands so hard that any equipment designed to record wind-speed had been swept away. Both storms rapidly strengthened, and the latter was described by the US National Weather Service as 'likely [to] become the new yard stick by which future storms will be judged.'
Super Typhoon Yutu (24 October 2018) making its way towards the Northern Mariana Islands, a territory of the United States. (Photo: Joshua Stevens/NASA Earth Observatory)
What if we changed the way we think about such events, though? What if, instead of focusing on the wind-speed of a typhoon or the magnitude of an earthquake, the first points of discussion were about the human aspect and impact associated with a specific event. How would this summer's events be framed? It's a crucial distinction; natural disaster is in some ways a paradox in terms – although the hazard, or physical manifestation, of a hurricane or earthquake is natural, the impacts, and thus the disaster, are entirely a result of human exposure and vulnerability. Let's first explore some of the most dramatic themes from this summer's disasters, and then try and put them in this new human context.
What links this summer's events?
The recent Hurricanes – Yutu, Willa, Florence and Michael – encapsulate well the intensity and frequency at which we've seen disasters come over the last few months. Earthquakes, storms, droughts and wildfires have all caused havoc in a hugely diverse spectrum of locations, and while the specter of natural hazards is always present in many parts of the world, there seems to be something more intense and urgent with respect to this summer's catastrophes, especially in the media coverage.
The availability of smartphones and the proliferation of social media use means we can see ever more easily from the safety of our homes what others experience in terror during disasters; who could forget the scarring imagery from the earthquake and tsunami in Lombok in September, as houses were tossed about like toys as the ground turned to liquid.
Elsewhere, Japan experienced a plethora of hazards as flooding, typhoons, landslides, earthquakes and drought brought a whole range of challenging conditions which caused a large number of fatalities, despite Japan's status as one of the best prepared countries in the world for natural hazards.
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An aerial photo shows landslides that seem to be happened by the earthquake in Atsuma Town, Hokkaido on Sep.6, 2018. pic.twitter.com/Bud64LIunS
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Much of the media discussion related to disasters has focused on the links between hazards and climate change, and whether the severity of events like Hurricane Florence can be attributed in part to anthropogenic emissions. While it has historically proven difficult to attribute the strength of different storms to climate change, this summer marked the first time scientists attempted it in earnest while an event was taking place – some researchers argued that the rainfall forecast for Hurricane Florence was 50% higher than it would otherwise have been, although such estimates are still in their infancy. What is clearer from scientific predictions of future climate change is that storms will likely be stronger, wetter and slower moving, suggesting similar intense storms could become more normal.
Beyond tropical storms, records were broken by other catastrophes. The Northern hemisphere wildfire season was among the worst we've ever experienced on record, at least in terms of acreage burned. Californian fires were so intense that smoke was noticeable on the East Coast, while the extent of fire in western Canada was second only to the cataclysmic fires last year. Abnormally warm temperatures in Scandinavia prompted wildfires to break out north of the Arctic circle, an extremely rare and concerning occurrence.
A different way to think about catastrophes
While it's interesting and important to discuss the potential for increased storm severity as a result of climate change, it seems that this should only form a part of the larger discussion: how will trends in climate co-evolve with trends in human exposure and vulnerability to hazards? Similarly, why focus on the numbers associated with a disaster – the earthquake magnitude, the depth of flooding, acres of forest burned – when we could instead look at who has been impacted, and how to prevent this in the future.
It's especially important to frame the 'cost' of a given event in this context. Often, we think of cost in either loss-of-life or financial terms, but it's worth considering those as functions of exposure and vulnerability. For example, Hurricane Florence, which recently made landfall on the US eastern seaboard, is likely to cost 40-50 billion US dollars. Compare this to Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico in 2017; some estimates for the cost of the storm were around 100 billion US dollars. While Hurricane Maria cost roughly twice as much as Florence, the relative impact on Puerto Rico was far greater than that value would imply. The vulnerability of the economy of Puerto Rico to a disaster of that scale was far higher than the mainland US; with a GDP of over 10 trillion US dollars, the US economy can absorb shocks like Florence, but the GDP of Puerto Rico declined by a massive 8% in the aftermath of Maria. It is worth noting that Puerto Rico is in fact a territory of the US, and received federal funding to assist with recovery – so the economic impact might even have been more severe without it.
U.S. Customs & Border Protection & FEMA personnel deliver food and water to isolated Puerto Rico residents after their bridge was destroyed by Hurricane Maria in the mountains around Utuado, Puerto Rico (Photo: U.S. Air Force/Master Sgt. Joshua L. DeMotts via FEMA)
We can build the same framing for loss of lives; countries with well-developed disaster response and recovery mechanisms suffer significantly fewer fatalities in the face of a similar magnitude event to a poorly equipped country, all things being equal. This kind of social vulnerability to disaster is difficult to quantify, and encompasses a range of aspects including cultural awareness of natural hazards and healthcare expenditure, but it has to be considered alongside the trends in hazard intensity.
I would argue that coverage of (and research related to) disasters needs to shift away from the headline numbers, like skyrocketing costs or the increasing intensity of storms and wildfires, and instead discuss whether disasters are hitting harder in places that are more vulnerable, or whether the relative economic or human exposure to a given type of disaster is worsening or not. While it's fascinating to see images of multiple hurricanes over a single basin, it's an incomplete picture unless the risk is incorporated.
Flash flood impacts in Peru after torrential rain in 2013 (Photo: Galeria del Ministerio de Defensa del Perú via Flickr)
Reframing our vision of disasters would put the focus squarely on where inequality and climate change interact; if more vulnerable developing countries or regions are expected to be more exposed to disasters under a changing climate, then there is real potential for inequalities to be exacerbated – and this is indeed what the UN anticipates will occur. More fundamentally, reframing would help us shift away from a coldly analytical perspective of 'disasters by the numbers' and instead consider where the worst impacts would be, and who the people at risk are. While trends in the developed world indicate fewer and fewer deaths from disasters over the last 100 years, many countries don't have the same capacity to absorb shocks.
The human tendency to dwell on the extraordinary, and the ephemeral nature of modern news coverage certainly encourages reporting to focus on the records broken by a given event. Perhaps it's futile to add another voice to the many that have already asked for more context and temperance from such coverage, but it seems important to highlight that there may be other ways to cover disasters; those affected may benefit greatly, in both the long and short term.
Robert Emberson is a Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and a science writer when possible. He can be contacted either on Twitter (@RobertEmberson) or via his website (https://robertemberson.com/)
Editor's note: This is a guest blog post that expresses the opinion of its author, whose views may differ from those of the European Geosciences Union. We hope the post can serve to generate discussion and a civilised debate amongst our readers.
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Kuduro is a style of music that first emerged in Angola. It is characterized by the mixing of African drum samples with the Caribbean soca and calypso genres to create a more upbeat style of its Caribbean variants. The music is then given an electronica overbeat, a genre which has been growing more and more popular in Angola since the late 80s.
Kuduro music and dance was immediately picked up in the Afro-Portuguese regions of Portugal due to the large number of Angolan immigrants. As a result the Kuduro genre was able to gain wide spread success and attention within Western Europe.
From Portugal's Kuduro scene rose Buraka Som Sistema in 2006. They are the most popular Lisbon based Kuduro band due to their incredibly successful single Yah! They have performed at Glastonbury and Roskilde (two of the largest music festivals in the world) as well as having worked with acclaimed artists such as M.I.A., Saborosa and Puto Prata and being featured on our favourite show ever, Skins. They have since been picked up by the Sony BMG label and have released a second album, Black Diamond (2008).


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Q: Como adicionar um ícone dentro de um TextBox usando Material Design? Eu instalei o pacote do Material Design Xaml no meu projeto, porém estou com uma dúvida de como criar um ícone no TextBox.
Tenho o seguinte código:
<StackPanel>
  <TextBox
    Style="{StaticResource MaterialDesignFilledTextFieldTextBox}"
    VerticalAlignment="Top"
    AcceptsReturn="True"
    TextWrapping="Wrap"
    MaxWidth="400"
    materialDesign:HintAssist.Hint="Test">
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    <materialDesign:PackIcon Margin="0,-50,0,0" Kind="User" Foreground="#3e4147" Height="50" Width="50"/>
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porém não funciona, eu procuro fazer igual imagem abaixo

A: Use o Canvas, pois permite deslocar os elementos para qualquer canto.
Utilize o padding no seu textbox para deixar um espaço no lado esquerdo.
É importante deixar o materialDesign na linha de cima para sobrepor o textbox
<Canvas>
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        Style="{StaticResource MaterialDesignFilledTextFieldTextBox}"
        VerticalAlignment="Top"
        AcceptsReturn="True"
        TextWrapping="Wrap"
        MaxWidth="400"
        materialDesign:HintAssist.Hint="Label" Width="451" Canvas.Left="147" Canvas.Top="10"/>
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The 2002 AFC Youth Championship qualifying competition is a men's under-19 football competition that determined the eleven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Qatar in the 2002 AFC Youth Championship final tournament.

A total of 40 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying competition. Players born on or after 1 January 1983 are eligible to participate.

Format
In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue. The eleven group winners qualify for the final tournament.

Teams

Notes
Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.

Groups
The qualifying round was played by 31 July 2002.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Group 10

Group 11

Qualified teams
The following twelve teams qualify for the final tournament.

1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

AFC U-19 Championship qualification
2002 in Asian football
2002 in youth association football


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Morning Briefing: Criticism of Johnson's proposal intensifies
The furore surrounding Boris Johnson's Brexit proposals demonstrates that the need for a People's Vote has never been greater. Although the responses yesterday were generally diplomatic, the feedback was clear and damning from Westminster to Belfast, Dublin to Brussels: these proposals fall a long way short of clinching a deal.
Time is running out and we all need to join our massive march in London on Saturday October 19 to make our voices heard. Our grassroots campaigners have already handed out 1.25 million leaflets and 170 coaches have been booked from around the country. Sign up here and Let Us Be Heard.
Criticism of Johnson's proposal intensifies
Boris Johnson's worst-of-all-worlds hard Brexit proposals may have satisfied the DUP and the Conservative European Research Group, but seems unlikely to pass muster with all other stakeholders unless there are further compromises.
The devil is in the detail and so European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker last night talked to Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and then called for the UK Prime Minister to publicly release the full legal text of the plan. They don't trust Johnson and don't like the way he says different things to different people: for example over whether there will be border posts, wherever they are situated.
The Sun this morning claimed that Johnson tried to write a massive cheque to Ireland to get their acquiescence, an explicit admission that if compensation is required, there will be huge business impact from the proposals.
The Conservatives spent yesterday afternoon trying to talk up their view that they could get the numbers in Parliament to pass the deal, but there is no deal without agreement with the EU, and nor, without a clause ensuring a confirmatory final say referendum, can they be anything like sure of getting the numbers.
UK chief negotiator David Frost will continue discussions in Brussels, while Johnson is intending another charm offensive in European capitals. The crisis continues and the threat of a devastating No Deal remains. March for a People's Vote on Saturday October 19 and Let Us Be Heard.
Corbyn warns potential Labour rebel MPs about backing Johnson deal
Jeremy Corbyn yesterday warned potential rebel Labour MPs against voting for Johnson's deal, as he responded to the Prime Minister in the Commons.
"Deal or no deal, this government's agenda is clear," he said. "They want a Trump-deal Brexit that would crash our economy and rip away the standards that put a floor under people's rights at work. No Labour MP could support such a reckless deal that would be used as a springboard to attack rights and standards in this country."
With Johnson leading a minority government, he would need at least some Labour MPs to get any Brexit deal over the line. But given that central to his plans are the abolition of European standards of workers' and environmental protections, safety rules for food and workplaces, and the undermining of the Good Friday Agreement, there would be little incentive for any MP to vote for such a deal.
Poll reveals public mood is hardening in favour of People's Vote
More than twice as many people say the public rather than MPs should decide whether Britain quits the EU if Boris Johnson fails to get a new Brexit deal, according to a poll.
The YouGov survey showed 52 per cent believe this final decision should be made in a People's Vote, compared with 23 per cent who think it should be taken by MPs in Parliament, with 25 per cent saying "don't know".
If the Prime Minister does strike a new Brexit agreement with the EU, 47 per cent of people still favour the final decision to go to a People's Vote as opposed to 29% who want to leave it to MPs. Offered the choice over which is the better way of solving Brexit, 40 per cent said a new referendum and 25 per cent want a general election, according to the poll fcommissioned by the People's Vote campaign.
With more MPs also giving their support for a second referendum, Peter Kellner, ex-president of YouGov, said: "It is clear that the public mood is hardening in favour of a People's Vote to decide whether Brexit should go ahead.
Nurse of the year has breakdown over Brexit
A Spanish healthcare worker, named Britain's nurse of the year, yesterday revealed he had a mental breakdown over Brexit.
Joan Pons Laplana blamed the uncertainty for his mental health deteriorating as he feared No Deal could put his job at risk due to his European national status. He moved to the UK in 2000 and his three children with his long-term partner.
Laplana said: "I think Brexit is the biggest con. What frightens me is that with no deal still on the table, they are playing Russian roulette with people's lives, which has a serious impact on patients and on people like me. Because there are colleagues leaving the NHS, it's getting difficult to provide safe care."
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Q: Is there a way to identify how may signals delivered, pending to given process id? Given a process id,  I would like to find how may signals { including real time signals } are delivered, and handled. Is there any way to get from /proc file system?, If so, how to do that ?. Kindly guide.

A: Referring "pending signals":
One can use sigpending() to get a set of types of signals pending for a given process. This isn't the actual number of signals that had been sent to the process.
Referring "delivered signals":
One can set up a signal handler using sigaction() which in turn can count how often it is called. Anyhow the kernel or the run-time library (I'm not sure which) might decided to only call the handlers once for one or more signals of the same type having been sent close together in time.
An alternative way to collect signals is the use of sigwaitinfo(), probably in a dedicated thread.