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I've been enjoying 5by, a video curation tool that's like Stumbleupon-meets-YouTube. Especially when I'm busy, I can count on 5by to serve up a few tasty videos that are share-worthy.
I love making lists. If you share that passion, you will appreciate Listly. It is a free service (with a few premium options) that lets you create and share lists of resources. You can make your lists public, which is a great way to look smart (assuming you are a thoughtful curator). Sharing options allow others to spread your lists to various social media sites.
For awhile, I was annoyed with new media consultant Gary Vaynerchuk.
Why? Because he kept bragging about how he flunked all his classes in school.
Keeps bragging, actually. It seems to be one of his new passions, right up there with his obsession over cheering for the NY Jets football team.
We all know "that guy" from high school. The one who didn't study, or didn't care about getting good grades, or worse—just thumbed their nose at the system. Then years later, you find out he's become someone important, or at least someone who is doing well…often better than you.
And you think, "Life's unfair." Because you studied. You tried to get good grades. You thought that would matter.
Truth is, grades don't really matter in the end. Effort is what matters. Having the courage to try and fail matters. Doing what seems impossible in the face of the odds and breaking through is what matters.
What Gary preaches (Hard Work Trumps Everything) is echoed in Malcolm Gladwell's latest book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants. In it, he details lots of examples of people who have seemingly insurmountable odds against them (like being dyslexic), who go on to achieve extraordinary things. Gladwell points to research that shows a lot of hard working graduates from "second rate" colleges consistently outperform graduates from elite, Ivy League schools.
So no, grades don't matter.
Heart matters. Sweat and courage matter. Being relentless matters.
Who am I to write this or say this? What do I know? I don't have a psychology degree or anything close to it. I just have the desire to write this and put it out for the world to read, and agree or disagree with me.
Turns out Gary Vaynerchuk is a lot wiser than his former teachers gave him credit for. Read his backstory, and you'll find out he came from Russia to America at an earlier age, and his family had to scrape and fight to survive, much less thrive.
Smart is me thinking that I should have a bigger platform before anyway cares what I say. Stupid is just putting forth the effort, regardless of the outcome.
Book smarts don't mean anything if they just stay in your head. And often what you think you "know" is wrong, anyway.
Be bold. Try something new and crazy. Just watch and see what might happen.
Who knows? You might wind up on the New York Times bestseller list several times over, like Gary.


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Lost Dog Living On The Streets Can't Believe His Family Finally Found Him
"When Leo saw us, he was very happy."
Two months ago, when this sweet pup named Leo went missing from home in Turkey, his family was devastated. They searched high and low for any sign of the beloved pup, but to no avail.
Then that all changed.
Sertaç Araç
Last week, Leo's owner's son, Sertaç Araç, was in a neighboring town about 60 miles away for work when someone familiar caught his eye — a dog who looked remarkably similar to his parents' missing pet.
The seemingly stray dog was sitting outside a café, looking bedraggled from life on the streets.
"I took a picture and sent it to my mother and father," Araç told The Dodo, admitting that it seemed unlikely, given the distance, that this was their dog. "I was in doubt."
On the off chance that was indeed Leo, Araç's parents decided to drive to the spot to check for themselves.
And, as you'll see in this video of what happened next, all doubt was soon laid to rest:
Leo recognized his family immediately — and after months of being lost on the street, was overjoyed to have finally been found.
"When Leo saw us, he was very happy and we were very happy," Araç said.
The lost dog was heading home.
Leo is now back where he belongs, surrounded by the love of his family.
The ending to Leo's story is certainly a happy one, but it's a hopeful one, as well. Around the same period Leo went missing, Araç's parents' two other dogs also mysteriously vanished — the work, they suspect, of a local dognapper. But with Leo's safe discovery, hopes are now bolstered that they, too, will one day be found.
"We're so happy Leo is home. I will look carefully everywhere I visit in hopes we find [the other two dogs]," Araç said. "My father and mother will continue to search as long as they can, because they see them as their sons and love them."

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| Andrew is dating Elisabeth Kinsley, and she really likes this column
Andrew is dating Elisabeth Kinsley, and she really likes this column
12:00 am, Oct 01, 2004
Elvis Costello once said, "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture — it's a really stupid thing to want to do." Fittingly, Alexander Cote oversees all the writing about music for this publication. However, if I apply my own inversion to Costello's words, then "writing about architecture is like dancing about music." That is to say, perfectly natural and to be encouraged.
In keeping with this week's theme of the bizarre and the beautiful, I have decided to write about the peculiarities of Yale and New Haven architecture, one of the more bizarre and beautiful aspects of this campus. The bizarre first ensues when freshmen arrive in New Haven: your internal compass immediately shifts without your knowledge. On the Yale campus, west becomes "north" and Davenport college; east becomes "south" and Timothy Dwight College.
Why? This Yale paradigm shift, like so many of the world's other great evils, is caused by religion.
In New Haven, the Puritans built the first planned city in the New World. As professor Vincent Scully will tell you, the Puritans who founded New Haven felt that they were building Ezekiel's vision of the "city on a hill:" an idealized community of Jews awaiting God's arrival from the east. According to my architectural sources, however, the Puritans faced a serious problem. They knew how to build only one type of building, the church. So, in expectation of God, they started by building three churches on the New Haven Green facing east, creating a city with a central east-west axis. If you have ever wondered why New Haven's church per capita ratio is so high, this is because at first the Puritans didn't know how to build anything else, just churches. New Haven became a truly revolutionary city when a Puritan finally decided that there must be more to architecture than churches and built the first "meetinghouse." Thus began the "meetinghouse" building frenzy. Although the Puritans still had no regular houses, no shipwrights and no police stations, at least they could pray and meet. Life seemed perfect.
In their hubris, however, the Puritans overlooked the fact that God also cautioned Ezekiel that "no stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary." God would sorely punish the Puritans and John Davenport, although that retribution would be some time in coming. For the time being, New Haven's original churches and meetinghouses with their eastward orientation remained. For a long time, peace reigned between the Protestants of Yale and the descendents of those Puritans who founded New Haven.
But just when the hyper-religious denizens of New Haven were starting to grow fat, lazy and complacent, God sent them a test of faith: the Catholics. New Haven became an Italian stronghold, and conflict grew between the conservative Protestants in the Yale community and the new immigrant population. Professor Scully in his News article of Nov. 6, 1998, describes how these tensions came to a head: "At the end of the Civil War, there was a fearful riot on the Green. People were killed; the crowd came close to storming the college. Instantly, Yale began to fortify itself."
Yale fortifying itself could mean only one thing: building the Old Campus. Farnam, Lawrance, Phelps, Welch and Bingham halls were built to stand tall as bastions against the hordes of immigration, poverty and Catholicism, representative of all that Yale has stood for these last three centuries. Note that architecture had not progressed significantly in the 300 years since the invention of the meetinghouse. Old campus is still: church, meetinghouse, meetinghouse, door, meetinghouse, L-shaped meetinghouse. For a brief while, the Catholic hordes were tamed.
However, as town-gown relations continued to deteriorate, Yale saw its attractiveness as an educational institution follow a similar course. An emergency session of the Yale Corporation was held in order to decide how to scare the Catholics away once and for all. It was determined that the best way to put the Catholics in their place was to build Yale into one giant cathedral, complete with gargoyles, demons and Latin inscriptions, in order to frighten the Catholics all the way back to 'Leur Dame' in Paris. This plan was based on a similar one executed with great success at Trinity College in Hartford by architect William Burges in the 1880s.
The revolutionary architecture of James Gamble Rogers terrified the Catholics, most of whom were born and bred in New Haven, steeped in the Puritan architectural tradition, and had never seen a library, a Harkness tower, or a residential college before. The plan was a resounding success. Thus, religious peace reigns for the moment in New Haven. But the history of Yale, as the architectural record proves, is one of bloody religious warfare. And don't listen next time you hear a tour guide explaining the history of Yale buildings; you know the real story.
Andrew Smeall is a good Catholic — he won't look at you during sex.


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Home » Wine » Wine Glossary and Pronunciation Guide » Wine Words – S
Sagrantino ('sah-gran-teeno')
A red wine grape variety from Central Italy, which produces powerful, full-bodied wines showing spicy fruit aromas and flavours. The most famous expression of this variety is Sagrantino di Montefalco, named after the town of Montefalco in Umbria. The variety is starting to gain a following in Australia as an alternative Italian red to Sangiovese.
Saignée ('sen-yay')
A French term meaning literally "to bleed" and refers to the process of bleeding or removing juice from a tank of red must that is just beginning fermentation. This process can be employed to either produce a rosé wine from the lightly-coloured juice that is bled out of the tank or produce a richer and more concentrated red wine from the remaining must in the tank (due to the higher proportion of grape skins to juice).
Saint-Emilion ('san-tay-meel-yon')
The oldest wine region in Bordeaux, situated on the right bank of the Dordogne (upriver from Pomerol) and famous for its generous red wines based on Merlot, or sometimes Cabernet Franc.
A crazily, big bottle holding 9 litres of wine, or the equivalent of 12 standard, 750ml wine bottles (a whole carton!).
Sancerre ('sahn-sair')
A village in the Loire region, in France, renown for dry, tart, acidic white wines made from Sauvignon Blanc and a classic match with oysters or soft, sharp goat's cheese.
Sangiovese ('san-joh-vay-zee')
The most widely planted red wine grape variety in Italy and originating in Tuscany.
Sangiovese is the primary ingredient Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montipulciano (not to be confused with Montepulciano d'Abruzzo), Morellino di Scansano and in Tuscany's famed Chianti wines (as well as many of the 'Super Tuscans'). The grape has also been grown successfully in Australia as it ripens slowly and has a thin skin allowing it to thrive in warm, dry climates. Sangiovese's signature aromas and flavours include dark sour cherries, raspberries, clove, thyme, anise and a dusty, rustic savouriness. The wine is generally medium-bodied, with a grainy texture, pronounced acidity and a pleasant bitter-tinged finish. Sangiovese is a terrific food wine and pairs well with most Italian dishes.
Saperavi ('sa-per-AV-ee')
A red wine grape variety, which is native to Georgia in the former Soviet Union. Saperavi produces deeply coloured wines with high levels of acidity, which can age extremely well in bottle.
The variety is also capable of surviving extremely cold winters and, consequently, has attracted the attention of producers in high altitude locations and cold inland regions.
Saperavi is planted in small amounts in Australia and a few wineries are starting to produce some exciting wines from the variety.
Sauternes ('soh-tern')
A region in the Graves district of southern Bordeaux, France as well as the namesake of the dessert wine made there. Sauternes wine is made by blending Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle grapes, which all have concentrated sweetness due to the affect of botrytis cinerea. The result is a wine that is a smooth and unctuous with rich flavours of apricot, peach, pineapple and vanilla. Sauternes is a classic match with foie gras.
Sauvignon Blanc ('soh-vin-yohn blonk')
A white wine grape variety from the Loire Valley in France, which makes one of the most consumed white wines around the world. Sauvignon Blanc is renown for its zesty acidity and fresh aromas and flavours, which include freshly cut grass, passionfruit, lemongrass, gooseberry, green capsicum/pepper, asparagus, banana and herbal notes. In the Loire Valley, Sauvignon Blanc is used to make the wines, Pouilly Fumé and Sancerre, named after their respective villages. It is the leading white wine of New Zealand, where it is used to produce a popular style of dry wine, which is made to drink young when it is crisp and fresh with mouth-watering acidity. In the Graves district of Bordeaux, Sauvignon Blanc is blended with Semillon to add richness and complexity to their dry white wines. This blend is also used to create the legendary dessert wine Château d'Yquem in the Sauternes region. Australia is generally too warm to maintain Sauvignon Blanc's vibrant acidity, however notable single varietal examples are produced in Tasmania and the Adelaide Hills and the Magaret River is home to well-regarded Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon blends. Discover more about Sauvignon Blanc here.
Savagnin ('sah-van-yahn')
A white wine grape variety from the Jura region, in eastern France, where it is used to produce the unique, sherry-like Vin Jaune ("yellow wine"). Until very recently Savagnin was not known to be used commercially in Australia (or, indeed, outside of France). However, DNA testing in Aussie vineyards 2008 revealed that grapes believed to be the Spanish variety, Albariño, were in fact Savagnin. The wines are still being produced (and are excellent), however they must now be marketed under the new (and correct) name, Savagnin. Discover more about Savagnin here.
Schonburger ('sh-ron-burger')
A red wine grape variety from Germany, which is more commonly grown in England. The wines have a floral muscat bouquet. There are small plantings in Australia, particularly Tasmania where it is sometimes blended with Riesling and also used to create a late harvest wine.
The French term for dry, except in the case of Champagne, where it means semi-sweet.
Secondary Fermentation
The process that creates the bubbles in sparkling wine. A small amount of yeast and sugar is added to the bottle containing the base wine before the bottle is sealed. The yeasts start fermenting the sugars, producing alcohol and carbon dioxide. Since the carbon dioxide gas cannot escape, it dissolves into the wine, creating the bubbles. The process is also called "tirage". Discover more about sparkling wines here.
The small particles in wine from the grape skins, seeds, and other grape particles. As red wines age, colour pigments and tannins bond together and fall out of the wine, producing a natural sediment, which usually falls to the bottom of the bottle. Sediment is most frequently found in older, darker red wines, such as Cabernet Sauvignon. While the sediment is not harmful, it tastes bitter and adversely affects the wine's mouthfeel and is usually removed from the wine through the process of decanting.
The German term for sparkling wine, which is mostly produced using the Charmat or tank method. Deutscher Sekt is made solely from German-based wine.
Semillon ('seh-me-yohn')
A white wine grape variety originating in Bordeaux (France), where it is often blended with Sauvignon Blanc to produce the fine dry whites of Pessac-Leognan in the Graves region.
This blend is also used to produce the illustrious dessert wines of Sauternes and Barsac (both also in Bordeaux), where Semillon's susceptibility to noble rot concentrates the fruit sugars and acids in the grapes to produce a luscious sweet wine, of which Chateau d'Yquem is the most notable. On its own, Semillon is responsible for some of Australia's most iconic dry white wines, in particular those from the Hunter Valley. Semillon varies in character considerably according to its region of origin. However, it typically has a rich, voluptuous, waxy texture and low acidity, which is why it's often blended with the zippy Sauvignon Blanc. Signature flavours and aromas include lemon, lime, fig, asparagus, grass and tinned sweet corn. Oak ageing adds notes of lanolin, toast, honey and marmalade. Discover more about Semillon here.
A fortified wine made (mostly) from white Palomino grapes in the Jerez region, in southern Spain. The base wine is fortified with brandy spirit after fermentation is complete; resulting in wines which are initially dry, with any sweetness being added later. Sherries are also subjected to controlled oxidation, to produce a distinctive flavour, and are produced in many different styles. Fino is the driest style; fresh and light and a great apéritif or match with tapas. Manzanilla is similar to Fino, but slightly more tangy. Amontillado is a little richer and nuttier (medium-dry). Oloroso is darker and richer again with complex nutty flavours, and Pedro Ximenez (PX) is the sweetest and richest style with raisiny flavours. Amoroso and Cream style Sherry is Oloroso sweetened with added PX and sweet grape juice, respectively. The word "sherry" is an anglicization of Jerez.
Shiraz ('sher-as')
An alternative name for Syrah, a red wine grape variety originating in the Rhône region, in France. The variety produces wines that are rich and robust with a smooth texture and aromas and flavours of purple fruit, raspberries, pepper, spice, clove, licorice, chocolate,vanilla, truffle and earth. Shiraz is solely responsible for the legendary wines of the Rhône Valley's Côte Rotie and Hermitage and are also an integral part of other Rhône wines, including Châteauneuf-du-Pape (which often includes Grenache, Mouvèdre and up to nine other grapes). Shiraz is the flagship red wine grape of Australia where it is responsible for the iconic Penfold's Grange and Henschke Hill of Grace wines and is also often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon. Australia's Barossa Valley is particularly famous for its big and robust, yet complex Shiraz; the greatest of which can age for 25 years or more. The variety is also grown extensively in South Africa and California. Discover more about Shiraz here.
The process of grape skins steeping in juice or fermenting must in order to impart colour and flavour to the wine.
Soave ('So-ah-vay')
A dry white wine from the Veneto region in north east Italy, made primarily from the Garganega grape variety, however varying amounts of Pinot Bianco, Trebbiano and Chardonnay are also permitted to be included in the blend.
A system for ageing sherry, consisting of a series of barrels (known as butts), arranged next to and top of each other. In its simplest terms, once wine is drawn out of one of the older barrels for bottling, this barrel is then topped-up with younger wine from another barrel. Therefore, if a solera was set up 100 years ago, the wine that is bottled today would technically contain some wine that was 100 years old.
The server responsible for wine in a restaurant. Often this is also a manager who sources the wine, organises the wine list, maintains the cellar and recommends wines to customers.
A wine containing significant levels of carbon dioxide to produce bubbles or 'fizziness' in the wine. The carbon dioxide may result from natural fermentation, either in the bottle (as with the méthode champenoise) or in a large tank (as in the charmat process); or as a result of carbon dioxide injection. The sparkling wine, Champagne is named after the northern region of France where it's produced. Other regions of France, as well as other countries, make sparkling wine, but only those from Champagne may be called Champagne. Bubbly wines made in Burgundy, France, are called Crémants de Bourgogne while those from Alsace are Crémant d'Alsace. Spain makes a sparkling wine called, Cava ("cave"), Italy makes either Prosecco (lightly sparkling) or Spumante (fully sparkling and sweet), Germany makes Sekt or Deutscher and Australia (and elsewhere) make fizzies which are simply called, sparkling wine.
Spätlese ('SHPAT-lay-zuh')
A German wine classification based on quality and the ripeness level and sugar content of the grapes at harvest. Spätlesen are usually richer than kabinett wines because the grapes contain a higher concentration of sugar at harvest (but not as high as auslesen).
An Italian term for sparkling wine.
Stelvin cap
A metal screw-cap developed by the Alcan Packaging company to replace wine corks and to reduce the occurrence of cork tainting. It also incorporates a small ventilation system to allow tiny amounts of air into the wine bottle to aid wine maturation.
A term used to describe the mouthfeel of a wine. Structure is provided by acidity, tannin, alcohol, sugar and the way these components are integrated and balanced. Wines with low or unbalanced levels of these components are often described as "lacking in structure" or "flabby". However, when these elements are balanced with each other, the wine has good structure and will likely age well.
A term used to describe the character, not the quality, of a wine. The style of a wine is largely determined by the winemaker or the winery and is a matter of personal preference for the winemaker as well as the consumer. Common styles may range from fresh and fruity to big and oaky.
Compounds (typically potassium metabisulfite or sodium metabisulfite) used throughout the winemaking world to clean equipment, kill unwanted organisms on the grapes and protect wines from spoilage and oxidation. A tiny amount remains in the bottle, and most country's labelling laws require a statement to announce the presence of sulfites in wine. Sulfites also occur naturally during the fermentation process.
Super Tuscan
A premium wine produced in Tuscany by blending the local Sangiovese variety with varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. These wines are not permitted the D.O.C. quality designation, however, they can command prices much higher than the traditional wines from Tuscany (such as Chianti). The most famous, Sassacia, was actually granted its own D.O.C. status.
Sur Lie
A French term meaning, "on the lees" and refers to a wine that was aged on the lees. Wines aged sur lie are kept in contact with the lees, or dead yeast cells, and are not racked or otherwise filtered. It is used to add richness and complexity to a white wine. The concept originated in Burgundy, with Chardonnay, but is now popular around the world with numerous white grape varieties. It is a normal part of fermenting red wine.
Sylvaner ('sihl-vah-ner')
A white wine grape variety from Germany (where it is spelled, Silvaner), which is planted widely throughout that country as a blending grape. As a single varietal, it makes a light, fruity wine with sharp acidity and can also be used to make sweet style wines. It is also grown in France (Alsace), Italy, Switzerland and Australia, albeit in small quanities.
Syrah ('sih-rah')
A red wine grape variety originating in the Rhône region, in France. The variety produces wines that are rich and robust with a smooth texture and aromas and flavours of purple fruit, raspberries, pepper, spice, clove, licorice, chocolate,vanilla, truffle and earth. Syrah is solely responsible for the legendary wines of the Rhône Valley's Côte Rotie and Hermitage and are also an integral part of other Rhône wines, including Châteauneuf-du-Pape (which often includes Grenache, Mouvèdre and up to nine other grapes). Syrah is the flagship red wine grape of Australia (where it's called Shiraz) and is responsible for the iconic Penfold's Grange and Henschke Hill of Grace wines and is also often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon. Australia's Barossa Valley is particularly famous for its big and robust, yet complex Shiraz; the greatest of which can age for 25 years or more. The variety is also grown extensively in South Africa and California. Discover more about Syrah here.


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Eagles' buzzer beater shocks Moore County
Posted on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 9:21 am
MCHS senior Ryan Northcutt makes a move toward the basket during last week's Region 5-A quar-terfinal game against Nashville Christian School. Northcutt scored a game-high 23 points, but the Raiders lost 54-53. (Photo by Jeff Reed, www.jeffreedphotography.com)
LYNCHBURG — It was an unlikely finish more fitting for an ESPN Sportscenter highlight reel than a typical Tennessee high school playoff game. A simple search for Nashville Christian School Buzzer Beater on YouTube shows that nearly 5,000 people have sought out and watched the ending to Moore County's Region 5-A contest against the Eagles.
It was just that bizarre.
Trailing by one point with less than 4.6 seconds remaining in the contest, Nashville Christian's Zell Walker grabbed a missed Moore County free throw and pushed the ball up to teammate Zac Varner who tossed up an off balance one-handed shot over his head some 26 feet from the basket.
The shot wasn't close. But Mickey Martin was. Martin slipped behind the Moore County defense, plucked the ball out of the air five feet from the basket and in one motion laid it in off the glass as time expired, lifting the Eagles to a 54-53 win over Moore County.
The bucket sent a wave of deafening silence throughout the MCHS gymnasium. Some — however few — thought the buzzer beater wasn't released in time. But there was really little doubt. Martin caught it with .2 seconds on the clock and released it at .1.
"There was no doubt," said Moore County head coach Lavon King. "He got it off in time."
Just in the nick of time. As soon as the ball trickled through the finely knotted twine, the referee signaled good, signaling the end of the Raiders' season in the process.
Moore County's players — in particular five seniors Doran Noble, Ryan Northcutt, Jordan Barrier, Blydge Farrar and James Dougherty — stared in disbelief.
The Raiders lost a game they seemingly had in the bag. Despite trailing 38-37 with 6:39 left to play, a quick spurt by the Raiders helped Moore County to a seven-point lead with 2:30 remaining. But Walker pulled up and sank a long three-pointer — his fourth of the game — and MCHS turned the ball over on its next possession, which led to another Eagles' score.
For more on the Raiders' final game of the season. See the March 5 print edition of The Moore County News.
—By ROBERT HOLMAN, Editor & Publisher (mcnpub@lcs.net)
Follow us on Twitter: @The MooreCoNews


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};

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};
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namespace TestIsValidAfterTypeSpecifier {
struct s {} v;

struct s
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struct s
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}

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    virtual auto f() -> void *final;
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    virtual auto h() -> void *final override;
    virtual auto i() -> void *override final;
  };
}

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}

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  };
}

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}

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};

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Amitabh Bachchan's First Look From 'Thugs Of Hindostan' Revealed, be Ready to Meet 'Khudabaksh' This Year
Uday Sadhwani September 18, 2018
Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan's upcoming epic adventure film 'Thugs Of Hindostan' is creating a lot of buzz since it was announced. For the first time, Bollywood fans are going to witness Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan together on the silver screen which is really exciting. Many leaked images from the sets of this upcoming film have increased the excitement and curiosity levels of the cinema fans and they have been asking for more. Yesterday only the team of 'Thugs Of Hindostan' revealed the official logo of the film and now there is one more surprise for the Bollywood fans.
After the release of the official logo of this film, now the first look of the legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan is out and the Bollywood fans just can't keep calm. Amitabh Bachchan's look in the character of 'Khudabaksh' is surely winning the hearts of Bollywood fans and he just looks fabulous in this character. Earlier also his look was leaked from the sets of 'Thugs Of Hindostan' which went viral on the internet. The video which reveals the look of Amitabh starts with a thunderous night where a hawk is hovering over the sea and then Amitabh's look as Khudabaksh is revealed.
Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan
Aamir Khan who is also known as Mr. Perfectionist of the film industry earlier stated that Amitabh Bachchan has a lot of action to do in this film. He told that the film has got a lot of action scenes for him and after a long time, the fans would witness Amitabh Bachchan doing action scenes on the silver screen. He also stated that it is a very challenging film for Amitabh but he is doing it really well.
According to the reports of Filmibeat, Aamir said,
"This film also has a lot of action scenes for him. I think it is after a lot of years that you will see Amitji doing a lot of action. So it's definitely a challenging film for him and he is coping very well with it."
It's really interesting that Amitabh Bachchan would be doing action scenes in this upcoming film. He is 75 years old but still, he never fails to surprise Bollywood fans with his breathtaking roles.
'Big B' is probably playing the role of a warrior in this film because even in the earlier leaked images of Amitabh Bachchan from the sets of 'Thugs Of Hindostan' he was spotted in a black turban, armour and a sword. The look of Amitabh Bachchan is really interesting and is giving rise to many questions on his role. The look of Amitabh Bachchan has definitely increased the excitement and curiosity among the Bollywood fans and they can just not wait for this epic adventure film to release.
The trailer for this film is going to release next week and the cinema fans just can't keep calm. This film is being directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya and also features Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Shaikh in the major roles. The film is going to release on 8th November this year during the time of Diwali. So this film is going to be a Diwali treat for the Bollywood fans and also a bonanza for the filmmakers of this epic action adventurous film. Talking more about this film it is based on Philip Meadow Taylor's novel 'Confessions of a Thug'.
Aamir Khan also told about his character in the film and said that he is playing a very slippery character in the film. He said,
"According to the reports of Filmibeat, Aamir Khan said, "Thugs of Hindostan is a big action-adventure film. There's no message in that. I am playing a character who cannot be trusted at all – [so it's the] very opposite of Dangal … He's a very slippery character. He has no scruples at all – for money he can sell his mother out. He's like that."
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A Food Truck Story: the Famous Dumpling Bros
By Discover Denton on Jun. 11, 2017
The Famous Dumpling Bros. Big Knife Tacos. The Pickled Carrot. Coochies BBQ. While our city offers more local eateries than your average spot on the map, these four are among a different breed because they are on wheels.
In the not-so-distant past, Denton's leadership struggled with should-we-or-shouldn't-we enact local ordinances, allowing the food truck industry to thrive in our city. They opted yes, and it's proven to be an excellent compliment to our brick-and-mortar restaurants, not to mention our original, independent identity.
John Williams, owner of Eastside and Oak Street Draft House (OSDH), was first in Denton to run with it when he paved the back of his property behind Eastside and introduced some of the best food truck chefs in the region to Denton. Austin St. Truck Stop opened in 2014 as Denton's first official food truck park.
While trucks and cuisines come and go by invitation, the four trucks mentioned above are Austin St. Truck Stop's permanent tenants. Today is the first of a two-part series about the food truck life through the eyes of John Kang, who started The Famous Dumpling Bros two years ago.
"Our first week of opening was a food truck festival across from OSDH that John put together," Kang said. "He invited us to join the event, and in two hours we were sold out. John saw how popular we were and invited us to Eastside, which was great, because I didn't have any idea where to go yet."
Since moving in to Austin St., demand for the dumplings has skyrocketed. Dumpling Bros is regularly featured at private events and hired for catering gigs. They were among the top three food trucks in the Denton Record Chronicle's 2017 Best of Denton, and, just two weeks ago, won Best Signature Dish out of 40 competitors at the 2017 Food Truck Championship of Texas in Graham.
After hearing Kang's story, the movie "Chef" comes to mind. Likely based on somebody's true-life experience, it's a wonderful tale much like Kang's about a food-passionate guy who starts a food truck. Here's the deal: food trucking looks cool and is even cooler to patronize, but it's a lot of hard work and costs a few pennies to get started.
Kang spent every penny in the bank, around $32,000, getting his food truck up and running after leaving his corporate sales job to pursue the dream. Some might've called his career change at 42 a mid-life crisis, except the gamble has proven to be a good one for him.
John Kang (center) and crew receive their award for Best Signature Dish at the 2017 Food Truck Championship of Texas in Graham.
A legal requirement for food trucks everywhere is a commissary (a proper kitchen) and it's one of the biggest quandaries food truck folks face. Kang got lucky with the help of some friends, especially considering the labor that goes into hand-rolling his famous Korean dumplings.
Those friends include the Freedom House, a non-profit ministry that gives men second chances after the devastation of addiction, homelessness and prison. Zera Coffee in Denton is part of that work, assimilating these men back into mainstream society. Kang is a long-time volunteer with the group, and they were eager to join his endeavor as Dumpling Bros' commissary.
"We get to use their kitchen, have storage for inventory, and we pay them rent," Kang said. "I feel good paying them rent because I know our money is going to a really good cause."
As patrons, we share in that work, too. But it's not just patrons connecting all these dots. Kang is expanding to a second truck this year, and he's financing it in a most creative way.
Crowdfunding is not new to me, but I admit I've not really understood it before now. Kang is working with NextSeed, the first funding portal for regulation crowdfunding registered and sanctioned by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In short, this is a way for anyone, regardless of income or net worth, to invest in local business for as little as $100. Since its founding in Houston in 2014, NextSeed now has offices in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, and has funded more than $3.8 million across 19 different companies and paid investors $700,000.
Kang's sound business plan and good credit earned him a campaign with NextSeed that, in just two weeks, has raised $80,000 of the $95,000 he needs for expanding Dumpling Bros. He has two more weeks to meet the goal.
"There are two primary motivations for investors: the ROI and the altruistic fact of investing in the small business community," Kang said.
We'll delve deeper into John Kang's personal story next week and explore an otherworldly bridge with the word "seed" in this story.
Categories: Food & Drink, Family Friendly
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Q: Evaluate $\oint_C -x^2 y \ dx + xy^2 \ dy$ using Green's Theorem I am asked to find

$$\oint_C -x^2 y \ dx + xy^2 \ dy$$

using Green's Theorem, where C is the circumference with radius $2$ and center on the origin. My question is, should I use the Jacobian for this?
My answer
\begin{align*}
&\frac{\partial Q}{\partial x} = y^2 \quad \frac{\partial P}{\partial y} = -x^2\\
&
\oint_C -x^2 y \ dx + xy^2 \ dy = \iint_D x^2 + y^2 \ dA = \int_{0}^{2\pi} \int_{0}^{2} r^2 \ r \ drd\theta = \cdots = 8\pi
\end{align*}

A: Yes, it correct. The same result turns out after the direct evaluation
\begin{align*}
\oint_C -x^2 y \ dx + xy^2 \ dy&=\int_0^{2\pi}( -x^2 y x' + xy^2 y')dt\\
&=32\int_0^{2\pi} \sin^2(t)\cos^2(t) dt=4\int_0^{2\pi} 2\sin^2(2t) dt\\
&=4\int_0^{2\pi} (\sin^2(2t)+\cos^2(2t)) dt=8\pi
\end{align*}
where $x(t)=2\cos(t)$ and $y(t)=2\sin(t)$ with $t\in [0,2\pi]$.

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Now available in English, this is the internationally acclaimed memoir of a Jewish woman who was taken to Auschwitz while several months pregnant. There she was forced to confront perhaps the most agonizing choice ever imposed upon any woman, upon any human being…so that both she and her newborn infant should not die in a Nazi "medical" experiment.
Ruth Elias, a young Jewish woman from Czechoslovakia, survived three years in the Nazi camps of Theresienstadt and Auschwitz. In this haunting testimony, she relives the day-to-day conditions and horrific inhumane treatment of those years. In 1942, Ruth, her sister, and her father were rounded up for "resettlement." In direct and simple language, she evokes the terror of those camps from which virtually no others of her family would emerge alive. She describes in painful detail how, having given birth in Auschwitz, she and her baby became part of a sadistic experiment personally conducted by the infamous SS physician Dr. Josef Mengele.
Triumph of Hope also vividly recounts the aftermath of imprisonment and the difficult adjustment to normal life after the war. Ruth Elias's story is a remarkable portrayal of the emotional and psychological state of life in chaotic postwar Europe: from the desperate, futile attempts to track down family and friends; to the unabated hostility of former neighbors; to the chilling indifference of those who knew nothing of the experience of the camps. For Ruth, hope would have to take the difficult path to a new life in a new land: Israel, where new challenges, new obstacles awaited.
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As relations thaw, Saudi Arabia and Iraq pledge cooperation against IS
Reuters , Sunday 22 Oct 2017
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi meets with Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 22, 2017 (Photo: Reuters)
Saudi Arabia and Iraq convened a new joint body to coordinate their fight against Islamic State group and on rebuilding Iraqi territory wrested from the group, the Saudi King Salman and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in Riyadh on Sunday.
The rare senior meeting, signalling a thaw between states that have been at loggerheads for decades, was also attended by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who praised the accord between the two close US allies.
"The joint coordination council will not only lead to closer cooperation in the fight against Daesh, but will also help support the rehabilitation of facilities and infrastructure in the areas liberated," Tillerson told reporters.
"The council will also contribute to reforms that will grow and diversify Iraq's private sector. Such reforms will encourage the foreign investment that is vital to Iraq's reconstruction efforts. This will be critical to winning the peace that has been earned through the hard-fought military gains."
Iraqi forces armed largely by the United States ejected the ultra-hardline Sunni Muslim militant group from Mosul and other cities in northern Iraq this year, but the fighting left whole neighbourhoods in ruins and has hit Iraq's economy.
The US is concerned that Iran, a Shia regional rival also allied to Iraq, will take advantage of gains against IS group in Iraq and neighbouring Syria to expand its influence, which is opposed by Gulf Arab states.
Saudi Oil Minister Khalid al-Falih visited Iraq on Saturday to call for increased economic cooperation and praise existing coordination to boost crude oil prices, the first Saudi official to make a public speech in Baghdad for decades.
Tillerson's six-day trip will also take him to Qatar, Pakistan, India and Switzerland.
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With operations in five countries across three continents generating more than 1GW of energy, distributed energy producer EDL plays a significant role in the world's transition from traditional energy sources to decarbonized solutions.
This is most apparent in Australia, where EDL owns and operates 59 power stations with a total generating capacity of 730MW. Through our landfill gas and waste coal mine gas-fired power stations, we convert waste gas (methane that would otherwise have been emitted into the atmosphere) into electricity.
EDL is also seeing some exciting growth in our renewables portfolio, particularly in our remote energy assets that supply energy to communities and industries such as mining in off-grid locations. It is worth noting that, while off-grid services only 2% of Australia's population, it accounts for around 6% of Australia's electricity consumption.
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"EDL expects to supply more than 70% of the generation over the 20-year term from renewables"
At this point, the sustainability effort for remote customers has largely been voluntary. Australia has an emissions reduction target under the Paris Agreement but, to date, these customers haven't been significantly affected by Federal or State renewable energy obligation or other emissions reduction policies.
However, it is fair to say that most remote customers are increasingly factoring in the need to improve their sustainability performance moving forwards, either anticipating greater regulation or social benefits from doing so.
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Hybrid renewable solutions offer remote communities a real cost-effective and more environmentally-friendly alternative to diesel and/or trucked LNG/CNG.
Our award-winning Coober Pedy Hybrid Renewable Project has demonstrated the viability of combining existing diesel power generation with wind, solar and other enabling technologies to reliably power an off-grid community of approximately 2,500 people.
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Today, the Coober Pedy project is operating reliably and is in fact, more reliable than the original diesel power station. EDL expects to supply more than 70% of the generation over the 20- year term from renewables.
The Cannington and Coober Pedy projects have paved the way for EDL to deliver the Agnew Hybrid Renewable Project for a remote mine in the goldfields of Western Australia. This project will help the mine go off the grid, with an independent, reliable power solution that will provide significant cost savings. It represents a major step in Australia's journey to sustainable energy and EDL is pleased to be an active participant in this transition.
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Q: Should the React useMemo hook memoize repeat calls with same dependency values? I have an issue where a (fake) long running / expensive function inside a functional component doesn't appear to be memoized how I would think it would be.
From my understanding of memoization, calling a memoized function with the same param value would simply return the result of the previous call.
That is ONLY happening with useMemo (in my app at least) when values on the component change that are not in the dependencies list. I get that different values would need to rerun the expensive function again, but even if I call the function with a previously used value (value / primitive types, not reference types / objects), it re runs the expensive function again.
Either I've not got something quite right or my understanding of what useMemo does isn't quite right (is this where React.memo comes in?).
This can be seen in this rudimentary stackblitz.
Could anyone tell me where I'm going wrong please.

A: What are you thinking is you can say 50% correct.
useMemo does not execute the code again for same set of parameters, but
It only remembers last value of parameters.
In your example, when you are clicking + and - button, you are changing value of value from previous value.
On 2nd click if you are coming back to same value, it does not mean memoize will return value wothout executing the function.
Try to add a button and on click on it set same current value setValue(value), you will see there is not recalculation happening.