The first and last shots of world war 1 were fired in Africa, not Europe. How come? And why do modern Great War ceremonies and films give the impression that only Americans and Europeans died for "freedom"? Africans contributed money, skill (in producing goods to aid the war effort) and the human sacrifices needed to call it a world war. The era of German colonialism that lasted till 1918 had left Africans who fought for Germany either dead, injured for life, without ex-service pensions and with financial losses.
These Colonial institutions contributed to poverty, a culture of abusive police and abusive armed forces, African independence movements as Africans fought for Europeans but lacked democratic representation at home, and contributed to a feeling of entitlement of Africans to settle in Europe after the war.
We will never know how many African soldiers on the German side died during World War 1 because no country remembers them. And who can speak of their descendants?
After the Scramble for Africa, German created a series of units that provided the manpower to implement the German colonial will in its conquered territories. It created Colonial Police Forces (Polizeitruppe and Landespolizei), Imperial Navy overseas (including the Marine Infantry) and the Schutztruppe – troops of the colonial African soldiers led by volunteer German commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers. These armies also positioned Germans for other posts such as medical and veterinary officers. But the low ranked jobs like of gatekeepers and much more were awarded to the local people.
These colonial forces existed from 1891 until the defeat of Germany in 1918. Africans were recruited in the German colonies of Africa (in East Africa, Cameroon and South-west Africa) and had a major task to conquer other non-occupied territories by force.
Military units were formed in German East Africa, where they became famous as Askari, in the Kamerun colony of German West Africa, and in German South-West Africa. Control of the German colonies of New Guinea, in Samoa, and in Togoland was accomplished by small local police detachments. As part of the East Asian Station, the navy was put on duty at Tsingtao, China, including the marines of 3rd Sea Battalion, the only all-German unit with permanent status in an overseas protectorate.
When the German Reich, became a colonial power in 1884/85, no allocation was made for the creation of national military formations in the German colonies. Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) provided an idea to have all instruments of power established and financed merely by the trading companies active in these territories. But the companies either rejected to do so, as in Togo and Cameroon or spent so little in their troops that these provided no serious numbers.
In 1889, native opposition in East and Southwest Africa forced Bismarck to finally accept a need to create colonial corps manned by Africans. Though financed by the state, these troops were organized under private law, since the administration of both colonies remained the responsibility of trading companies. All German members of the armed forces had to quit, then re-sign contracts of employment with the commanders Hermann Wissmann (1853-1905) and Curt von François (1852-1931).
After the so-called "Araber-Aufstand" (Abushiri Revolt) had been squashed, and the German Reich had subsequently taken over the administration of East Africa, the "Wissmann-Truppe" was the first formed, later to be transformed into a "Kaiserliche Schutztruppe" (Imperial Protection Force) on 22 March 1891.
The original agenda did not include any alteration of the police forces in Togo, started in 1885, or those in Southwest Africa and Cameroon, started in 1891. Increasingly frequent aggressive conflicts with native tribes, however, exposed the imperfections of the existing instruments of power.[i] Therefore on 3/4 May 1894, the Chancellor gave orders to transform all police forces in Southwest Africa and Cameroon after the structure of the German East African Schutztruppe.
The change of identity was officially declared by Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859-1941) on 9 June 1895. In 1894 the police force in Togo was also reformed with the intention of transforming them into a Schutztruppe at a later date. But the programme of changes was hampered again and again until finally abandoned in 1900.
The word Askari simply means "soldier" or "police" in a number of languages, including Arabic, Turkish and Swahili. Colonial armies operating in eastern, central and southern Africa applied the name to their rank-and-file African soldiers, regardless of the soldiers' particular regional, linguistic or ethnic origins. The Askari of the German colonial army (Kaiserliche Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika, or Schutztruppe) became widely known owing to their role in the East African campaign of World War I.
East African recruits included Swahili, Nyamwezi and Manyema men drawn from in and around German East Africa, and included former retainers of the Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft (German East Africa Company). The Germans paid their recruits very well, exceeding two times the pay of British askari, and also elevated them to relative positions of privilege compared to non-military Africans in German territories. For these reasons, Schutztruppe Askari had few incentives to look elsewhere for employment until the demise of Germany during World War I. In regard to pay, they likely fared better than their British, Belgian and Portuguese counterparts in the surrounding colonies.
Between 1890 and 1914, the Askari of the German colonial army was primarily responsible for the territorial conquest of German East Africa, as well as for the day-to-day policing and administration of the colony. Their roles in the suppression of anti-colonial resistance, particularly during the Maji Maji War of 1905-1908, established their reputation as ruthless agents of colonial violence, whose scorched earth methods spelled disaster for many East African communities.
Their officers trained them to operate in small formations with little oversight and to manoeuvre with great speed and independence.[iii] They were also organized into eighteen field companies of 150-200 Askari apiece, and each company had its own porter contingent and medical doctors.
By contrast, in 1914 the British King's African Rifles (KAR) was organized into three battalions, which used a cumbersome and comparatively weak eight-company format that was more suited to confronting a European enemy than the Schutztruppe. A fourth battalion, the 2 KAR based in Nyasaland, was disbanded in 1911, with many of its soldiers then crossing into German East Africa to join the Schutztruppe.
This meant, in effect, that race played a defining role in the military hierarchy as well. Senior Askari took on day-to-day leadership roles in small unit combat operations and conducted training for the rank-and-file. Using the privilege they gained through their positions in the colonial administration, and the resources they gathered through plunder and wages, many of them built lives as local big men, assembling large households around them, and often acquiring pieces of land and herds of livestock that displayed their privilege and authority to those around them living under colonial rule.
In the first half of the war, most Askari were longer-term members of the Schutztruppe or volunteers. The Germans scored some successes in the battle against their Allied opponents, most notably at Longido and Tanga in November 1914.
But in the second half of the war, as wartime conditions in German East Africa worsened, the Schutztruppe increasingly failed to attract new recruits and began resorting to forced conscription of able-bodied men on a larger scale. As the Schutztruppe's situation deteriorated, the army became confined to the southern half of the colony, with the Allies dominating the northern half.
Following the Battle of Mahiwa in October 1917, where both sides suffered massive casualties, Lettow-Vorbeck led his column across the border into Portuguese East Africa. There, the Askari and other column members lived off the land, seizing what they could from captured Portuguese forts along the way. Women, children and forcibly conscripted porters also accompanied the column as it marched through Portuguese East Africa, evading Allied capture for the rest of the war.
In September 1918, his column re-entered German East Africa, and then crossed into Northern Rhodesia.[vi] Finally, after receiving news of the armistice in Europe, the Schutztruppe surrendered at Abercorn, Northern Rhodesia, on 25 November 1918. Some 1,100 Askari were present at the formal surrender.
During and after World War I, the Askari of the Schutztruppe gained widespread notoriety for their fighting skills, as well as for their supposed dedication and loyalty to Lettow-Vorbeck, and by extension, to the German Empire. The truth was more complicated. Most Askari who remained to the end of the campaign were men who had been members of the Schutztruppe when the war began and thus viewed it as the protector of their long-term interests.
Thousands of others died in the war, became captives or deserted the army, often ending up in the ranks of the British colonial army in East Africa the KAR. In particular, in April 1917 the British created the two battalions of the 6 KAR in order to make use of captured ex-German Askari. In an interesting twist, these Askari may have included men who had joined the Schutztruppe following the disbanding of the 2 KAR in Nyasaland in 1911. They had come full circle.
The era of German colonialism that lasted till 1918 had left enlisted Africans who fought for Germany either dead, injured for life, without ex-service pensions, forcibly conscripted in the Allied forces as captives, with financial losses and forgotten by "public memory".
We will never know how many African soldiers on the German side died during World War 1 because no country remembers them.
(vii) UNESCO. Africa and the Second World War, Report and papers of the symposium organised by UNESCO at Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1980.


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And thank you so much to all our participants, to our voters, to RPG Geek and to Pelgrane Press for such a fantastic contest!
Voting will close on April 27 at midnight (London time), 2015.
Votes must be cast by geekmailing me (by sending me a private message here on RPG Geek).
Voters must send me their selection of best three Series Pitches, ranked from 1 to 3.
N°1 will be worth 3 points, n°2 will be worth 2 points and n°3 will be worth 1 point.
Any tie concerning the top 3 will be resolved by a poll between April 28, 2015 and May 4, 2015.
Anybody can vote. Participants are also encouraged to vote for their own submission unless they don't want to.
Have you ever wished you could write your own Series Pitch or show one you've never dared post anywhere on the internet? Then the RPG Geek DramaSystem Contest is exactly what you need.
Make up a Series Pitch like the ones you can find in Robin D. Laws's Hillfolk, Blood on the Snow or Series Pitch of the Month, and send it to shadow_hexagram [at] hotmail [dot] fr (it's fr, not com) before April 13, 2015 11:50pm GMT (London time).
DramaSystem is an open license, and you can find the OGL & Creative Commons documents here on the Pelgrane Press website.
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The submission deadline is April 13, 2015 11:50pm GMT (London time).
Feel free to choose the theme you want, just be considerate and use your common sense. If your submission is not "family-friendly", please add a [mature] tag on your front page.
Send your submission directly to shadow_hexagram [at] hotmail [dot] fr (it's fr, not com). If you can't reach me this way, geekmail me and we'll work out a solution.
Only documents in .pdf format are accepted.
- The mention: "RPG Geek DramaSystem Contest 2015"
- Any illustration you'd like to include – this is optional and shouldn't be taken into account in the votes.
Voting will take place between April 14, 2015 and April 27, 2015 by geekmail. You will pick up you first three Series Pitches. Your n°1 will be worth 3 points, your n°2 will be worth 2 points and your n°3 will be worth 1 point.
Any tie will be resolved publicly via a poll between April 28, 2015 and May 4, 2015.
No copyright infringement please. Unless you provide any strong evidence that the Tolkien estate allowed you to use their intellectual property, please, refrain to do so (but feel free to be inspired from it though).
Any Series Pitch using a setting developed in another game should display a disclaimer showing the publisher's authorization. Obviously, this doesn't concern participants whose submission uses their own created world.
Only one submission per participant.
Each submission is the entire property of its writer. Neither BoardGameGeek, LLC nor I can claim any rights to any of them.
No corrected versions of previously sent submissions are allowed. I will post submitted files on a geeklist as soon as they're sent, in order for them to be read, played and discussed about. Changes taking feedback into consideration would be unfair to later participants, so please make sure your file is ready before hitting the "send" button.
So good luck to everyone and feel free to play as many Series Pitches as you can, to discuss them in this thread, and also please be considerate to Pelgrane Press, all the DramaSystem creative team and to all your fellow participants.
If you're new to the game, you might want to take a look at Bundle of Holding: Hillfolk .
I'm half tempted to get a copy just to enter!
Hi Phil, there's no word limit, but the format of a Series Pitch is already self-constrained in itself. So don't worry, just write as much as you want. What will matter in the end is clarity and playability.
Well, a pdf doesn't gather dust, and as Jonas posted above, there's the Bundle of Holding: Hillfolk , the latest Bundle of Holding.
Besides, DramaSystem is an OGL & Creative Commons license, and you will find a link to the SRD in my opening post.
(But I'd strongly advise you to grab the Bundle of Holding, it really offers everything you need).
Andrea, I'm certain you'll find some ideas.
I have an idea, just don't know how to turn it into something for the dramasystem yet.
Jason, in my 2nd post, I included "a few" links to Robin D. Laws's articles on how to enhance games of DramaSystem.
There might be some useful things to be plundered in there.
This sounds like fun! Now to choose an idea and find time to write it up.
Welcome to the contest, Caroline and Kezle.
Wow!! Thanks, Jean-Christophe! Now I don't have to do it myself!
Thanks Jean-Christophe. I'll add the link to the geeklist in the opening post.
Well, I have a question. Can a participant submit multiple contributions?
edit: Actually, it's already there.
Woohoo! We've got our very first submission!
I'm thinking about centering my pitch around the second burning of the Library of Alexandria.
The year is 273. Emperor Aurelian, the "Restorer of the East", is in battle with Queen Zenobia, the Warrior Queen of Palmyra, whose empire has cut into what was once Roman lands. Zenobia currently rules all of Egypt, and Rome is not pleased. Especially since the rich Egyptian grain harvests no longer flow into Roman ports. In retaliation Aurelian orders the Brucheion, the royal section of Alexandra, burned. Unfortunately, the famous Library of Alexandria is located there. What Aurelian doesn't know is that there is a second library, the Serapeum, located in the heart of the city. As his men prepare to burn the Brucheion, others prepare to save what they can.
Nice! I love reading all the other entries in contests like this.
Sounds interesting, Carrie! I love me some historical... well historical anything .
I'm thinking of doing a fantasy (well I suppose very loosely historical) kind of Aztec/Egyptian mash up where you play as people in the palace trying to keep up the public pretence of being a godking/queen so as to prevent public uprising while also combating internal politics.


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Category Archive 'Relatio'
Pastoral Revolution: Vatican Proposes Dramatic Shift In Attitude Towards Fallen Angels, the Damned
Homosexuality, Parody, Relatio, Roman Catholic Church, Theology
Has the Catholic Church room for everyone?
Only slightly modified from HuffPo quotation of Reuters' story:
In a dramatic shift in tone, a Vatican document said on Monday that fallen angels had "gifts and qualities to offer" and asked if Catholicism could accept demons and recognize positive aspects of spirits damned to Hell throughout Eternity.
The document, prepared after a week of discussions at an assembly of 200 bishops, said the Church should challenge itself to find "a fraternal space" for fallen angels without compromising Catholic doctrine on theology and the afterlife.
While the text did not signal any change in the Church's condemnation of rebellion in Heaven or its opposition to the overthrow of God, it used language that was less judgmental and more compassionate than past Vatican statements under previous popes.
The document will be the basis for discussion for the second and final week of the assembly, known as a synod, which was called by Pope Francis and focuses on the theme of the angelic.
It will also serve for further reflection among Catholics around the world ahead of another, definitive synod next year.
"Fallen angels have gifts and qualities to offer the Christian community: are we capable of welcoming these spirits, guaranteeing to them a further space in our communities? Often they wish to encounter a Church that offers them a welcoming home," said the document, known by its Latin name "relatio".
"Are our communities capable of proving that, accepting and valuing their political orientation, without compromising Catholic doctrine on theology and the afterlife?" it asked.
John Thavis, Vatican expert and author of the bestselling 2013 book "The Vatican Diaries", called the document "an earthquake" in the Church's attitude towards damned spirits.
"The document clearly reflects Pope Francis' desire to adopt a more merciful pastoral approach on theology and the afterlife," he said.
A number of participants at the closed-door synod have said the Church should tone down its condemnatory language when referring to fallen angels and avoid phrases such as "devils" and "tempters" when speaking of former angels.
the Archives of Never Yet Melted in the 'Relatio' Category.

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Stupid Action VHS Covers
Jenny Morrill	in Shite	 January 26, 2020 January 26, 2020 710 Words
Do you like films that are called 'TITS OF VENGEANCE' and 'BIG KICK'? I do, which is why I like to spend my time looking at VHS covers and imagining what the films might be like. This is because I am too boring and lazy to actually get the films.
Let's have a look through some awesome VHS titles full of shooting and kicking and more shooting, and then I'll go back to watching QVC, because that's what I do.
Gymkata
This man's opponents have actual machine guns, and still he manages to beat them up using only the power of aerobics. I like to think that once his enemies are lying in a bloody heap on the floor, our hero grapevines away.
Those guys must be really shit ninjas.
Is that… David Moyes?
What is any of this. Why is there a man standing in a scrapyard, and also some other men who are going skiing? I assume the main dude is Wings Hauser, and the other three are played by Certain Death, Ultimate Power, and Welcome To The Future. I like how the big dude has painted his face to try and blend in with the sky. Unfortunately, he's still conspicuous on account of being a giant floating head.
Die Cash & Carry
Right, either this is German and the film is called 'The Cash & Carry', or someone really hates Cash & Carries. What did JTF ever do to you? Also, they wouldn't let you in JTF dressed like that. And you need a membership card to get in anyway.
GMBH stands for 'Good morning bollock head', which is how they greet the staff in JTF, which is why they're not allowed in JTF.
Equalizer 2000
I remember the year 2000, and it didn't involve that guy and his gurning woman standing there on fire, while miniature police dick about in a panic and can't even decide which way to go. Mostly it was just ringtones.
Kickboxer Cop
The woman is Andrew Stevens then, and the man is 'world champion of kickboxer Karen Shepherd'. Glad that's cleared up. I've never seen anyone look so bored while doing a roundhouse kick. Maybe she's thinking of the incident report form she'll have to fill in later.
Lethal Pursuit
In the world of action movies, one of the most dangerous jobs you can have is 'giant floating head'. Observe that the normal sized man is able to shoot Gary in the chin just by pointing his gun upwards. His girlfriend is all 'I fucking told you Gary. I told you we shouldn't go round being all giant.' And Gary's like 'Yeah fucking thanks for that Sheila. Now's not the time.'
Ignore the man on the floor, he's just having a nice rest.
Not Another Mistake
I assume the title is supposed to be like 'Lads, we can't make any more mistakes or we're fucked', but all I can see is those three going "Oh gee whiz, not another mistake! That's seven mistakes in a row now!" And then the Curb Your Enthusiasm music plays.
Pop quiz. Which bits of this photo have been added in by hand?
A) The exploding car
B) The giant eyes
C) Neither of them
Because to be fair, if you were driving through the city and those eyes appeared in the middle of the business district, you'd crash your fucking car too. Especially if the word 'RAGE' also appeared.
"Somewhere between sanity and madness." But let's be real here – it's leaning more in one direction than the other isn't it.
This man, whose hair is trying to float away from his head, seems quite excited to be pointing a gun at that lady. Well, we don't know that's it's a whole lady, it might just be a leg. Whatever it is, it pulsates with vibrant life.
Those ladies on the motorbike are on fire, but they don't seem to mind.
Like the year 2000, I also remember the year 2019. This did not happen. I certainly don't remember ALF making a comeback. They did get the 'men wearing leggings' bit right though.
There's extra stuff on my Patreon if you'd like to help support this nonsense.
Rainbow episode review: Dicking About
Rainbow Comic: The Murderer
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Equalizer 2000.
Fuck me, Edward Woodward bulked up.
"Gymkata" sounds like it should involve ponies. If it did, they'd definitely out-kick ninjas.
ALF!
THX 1139 says:
Gymkata is mentioned in The Lego Batman Movie, when Robin says he knows it: "The skill of gymnastics, the kill of karate!" So that's one good thing about it. Another good thing is that it features the hero on a pommel horse kicking over a village full of lunatics. And it has a character called Thorg. Better than The King's Speech, I'm saying.
Wings Hauser's career was built in films like this. His credits on IMBD reads like a 14 year-old boy's "ideas for awesome computer game" list.
Fun Fact: The cover pose of Gymkata was nicked for the cover of Streets of Rage 1 (not a joke)
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Q: Prove that:$\sum_{i=1}^n\frac{1}{x_i}-\sum_{i0.$? Is there someone show me how do I prove this , I guess this inequality hold
only if $x=0$ .
Let $x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n>0$. Prove that
$$\sum_{i=1}^n\frac{1}{x_i}-\sum_{i<j}\frac{1}{x_i+x_j}+\sum_{i<j<k}\frac{1}{x_i+x_j+x_k}-\cdots+(-1)^{n-1}\frac{1}{x_1+\ldots+x_n}>0.$$

A: for any $0 \le x \le 1$, we have $$1 - \prod_{i=1}^n (1 - x^{a_i}) \ge 0$$ and hence $$f(x) = \sum_{i=1}^n x^{a_i} - \sum_{i < j} x^{a_i + a_j} + \cdots + (-1)^{n-1} x^{a_1 + \cdots + a_n} \ge 0.$$ Now integrating $f(x)/x$ from $0$ to $1$, we get $$\int_0^1 \frac{f(x)}{x} dx = \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{1}{a_i} - \sum_{i<j} \frac{1}{a_i+a_j} + \cdots + (-1)^{n-1} \frac{1}{a_1 + \cdots + a_n} \ge 0. $$ Note that the equality in $f(x) \ge 0$ can hold only if $x = 0$. Thus the definite integral must always be positive

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Ko picks student awards over Syntrend ceremony
CONSPICUOUS ABSENCE: Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je said that Syntrend had to be 'socially responsible' and that it should provide for businesses impacted by the complex
Controversy over the Syntrend build-operate-transfer (BOT) project remains unresolved, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said yesterday in response to the complex's opening ceremony.
"We wish them well on their opening, but accounts have yet to be cleared," said Ko, who was noticeably absent from the opening ceremony, instead attending a ceremony to give out awards to exemplary elementary-school students.
The previous Taipei City Government had billed the 12-story building on city-owned land in Taipei's Zhongzheng District (中正) as a conduit toward the transformation of the surrounding electronics district into a "shopping paradise" which could rival Tokyo's Akihabara District.
However, the complex has been plagued with controversy over the terms of the contract, with businesses from the neighboring Guanghua Digital Plaza (光華數位新天地) alleging that the city government has failed to enforce terms aimed at ensuring product differentiation, along with integration with existing vendors.
"Syntrend has many unresolved problems," Ko said, citing an unfinished skybridge to the Guanghua Plaza, controversy over external LED lights and negotiations over terms for site usage and royalties.
He said he would soon attend a meeting of the "Greater Bade Business District Alliance."
Syntrend chairman Gou Shou-cheng (郭守正) was noticeably absent from last month's establishment ceremony for the city-sponsored alliance, which aims to bring together Syntrend, Guanghua and neighboring businesses and schools.
"Syntrend has to be socially responsible," Ko said. "It would unacceptable for the construction of the building to result in the decline of neighboring businesses."
He added that he would require Syntrend to allow the city to appoint members of the board governing a foundation promoting youth entrepreneurship, which the firm is required to establish under its contract with the city.
Guanghua Market's self-government association president Lo Chu-hsien (羅鉅憲) said that Syntrend's opening ceremony broke its promise to the city that it would only open the complex after a controversial skybridge linking the two high-rises was completed.
Syntrend said the skybridge is to be opened by the end of next month.
Lo also said the city government should lower rents and fees paid by vendors within the city-owned Guanghua complex to ensure they remain competitive with Syntrend.
While business operators at Guanghua are required to pay NT$10,800 in monthly rent and fees per ping (3.3m2) of floor space, Syntrend is only set to pay an average of NT$100 per ping in royalties per month over the course of their 50-year contract, he said.


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using namespace llvm;

#define DEBUG_TYPE "mve-tail-predication"
#define DESC "Transform predicated vector loops to use MVE tail predication"

static cl::opt<bool>
DisableTailPredication("disable-mve-tail-predication", cl::Hidden,
                       cl::init(true),
                       cl::desc("Disable MVE Tail Predication"));
namespace {

class MVETailPredication : public LoopPass {
  SmallVector<IntrinsicInst*, 4> MaskedInsts;
  Loop *L = nullptr;
  ScalarEvolution *SE = nullptr;
  TargetTransformInfo *TTI = nullptr;

public:
  static char ID;

  MVETailPredication() : LoopPass(ID) { }

  void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const override {
    AU.addRequired<ScalarEvolutionWrapperPass>();
    AU.addRequired<LoopInfoWrapperPass>();
    AU.addRequired<TargetPassConfig>();
    AU.addRequired<TargetTransformInfoWrapperPass>();
    AU.addPreserved<LoopInfoWrapperPass>();
    AU.setPreservesCFG();
  }

  bool runOnLoop(Loop *L, LPPassManager&) override;

private:

  /// Perform the relevant checks on the loop and convert if possible.
  bool TryConvert(Value *TripCount);

  /// Return whether this is a vectorized loop, that contains masked
  /// load/stores.
  bool IsPredicatedVectorLoop();

  /// Compute a value for the total number of elements that the predicated
  /// loop will process.
  Value *ComputeElements(Value *TripCount, VectorType *VecTy);

  /// Is the icmp that generates an i1 vector, based upon a loop counter
  /// and a limit that is defined outside the loop.
  bool isTailPredicate(Instruction *Predicate, Value *NumElements);
};

} // end namespace

static bool IsDecrement(Instruction &I) {
  auto *Call = dyn_cast<IntrinsicInst>(&I);
  if (!Call)
    return false;

  Intrinsic::ID ID = Call->getIntrinsicID();
  return ID == Intrinsic::loop_decrement_reg;
}

static bool IsMasked(Instruction *I) {
  auto *Call = dyn_cast<IntrinsicInst>(I);
  if (!Call)
    return false;

  Intrinsic::ID ID = Call->getIntrinsicID();
  // TODO: Support gather/scatter expand/compress operations.
  return ID == Intrinsic::masked_store || ID == Intrinsic::masked_load;
}

bool MVETailPredication::runOnLoop(Loop *L, LPPassManager&) {
  if (skipLoop(L) || DisableTailPredication)
    return false;

  Function &F = *L->getHeader()->getParent();
  auto &TPC = getAnalysis<TargetPassConfig>();
  auto &TM = TPC.getTM<TargetMachine>();
  auto *ST = &TM.getSubtarget<ARMSubtarget>(F);
  TTI = &getAnalysis<TargetTransformInfoWrapperPass>().getTTI(F);
  SE = &getAnalysis<ScalarEvolutionWrapperPass>().getSE();
  this->L = L;

  // The MVE and LOB extensions are combined to enable tail-predication, but
  // there's nothing preventing us from generating VCTP instructions for v8.1m.
  if (!ST->hasMVEIntegerOps() || !ST->hasV8_1MMainlineOps()) {
    LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "TP: Not a v8.1m.main+mve target.\n");
    return false;
  }

  BasicBlock *Preheader = L->getLoopPreheader();
  if (!Preheader)
    return false;

  auto FindLoopIterations = [](BasicBlock *BB) -> IntrinsicInst* {
    for (auto &I : *BB) {
      auto *Call = dyn_cast<IntrinsicInst>(&I);
      if (!Call)
        continue;

      Intrinsic::ID ID = Call->getIntrinsicID();
      if (ID == Intrinsic::set_loop_iterations ||
          ID == Intrinsic::test_set_loop_iterations)
        return cast<IntrinsicInst>(&I);
    }
    return nullptr;
  };

  // Look for the hardware loop intrinsic that sets the iteration count.
  IntrinsicInst *Setup = FindLoopIterations(Preheader);

  // The test.set iteration could live in the pre- preheader.
  if (!Setup) {
    if (!Preheader->getSinglePredecessor())
      return false;
    Setup = FindLoopIterations(Preheader->getSinglePredecessor());
    if (!Setup)
      return false;
  }

  // Search for the hardware loop intrinic that decrements the loop counter.
  IntrinsicInst *Decrement = nullptr;
  for (auto *BB : L->getBlocks()) {
    for (auto &I : *BB) {
      if (IsDecrement(I)) {
        Decrement = cast<IntrinsicInst>(&I);
        break;
      }
    }
  }

  if (!Decrement)
    return false;

  LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "TP: Running on Loop: " << *L
             << *Setup << "\n"
             << *Decrement << "\n");
  bool Changed = TryConvert(Setup->getArgOperand(0));
  return Changed;
}

bool MVETailPredication::isTailPredicate(Instruction *I, Value *NumElements) {
  // Look for the following:

  // %trip.count.minus.1 = add i32 %N, -1
  // %broadcast.splatinsert10 = insertelement <4 x i32> undef,
  //                                          i32 %trip.count.minus.1, i32 0
  // %broadcast.splat11 = shufflevector <4 x i32> %broadcast.splatinsert10,
  //                                    <4 x i32> undef,
  //                                    <4 x i32> zeroinitializer
  // ...
  // ...
  // %index = phi i32
  // %broadcast.splatinsert = insertelement <4 x i32> undef, i32 %index, i32 0
  // %broadcast.splat = shufflevector <4 x i32> %broadcast.splatinsert,
  //                                  <4 x i32> undef,
  //                                  <4 x i32> zeroinitializer
  // %induction = add <4 x i32> %broadcast.splat, <i32 0, i32 1, i32 2, i32 3>
  // %pred = icmp ule <4 x i32> %induction, %broadcast.splat11

  // And return whether V == %pred.

  using namespace PatternMatch;

  CmpInst::Predicate Pred;
  Instruction *Shuffle = nullptr;
  Instruction *Induction = nullptr;

  // The vector icmp
  if (!match(I, m_ICmp(Pred, m_Instruction(Induction),
                       m_Instruction(Shuffle))) ||
      Pred != ICmpInst::ICMP_ULE || !L->isLoopInvariant(Shuffle))
    return false;

  // First find the stuff outside the loop which is setting up the limit
  // vector....
  // The invariant shuffle that broadcast the limit into a vector.
  Instruction *Insert = nullptr;
  if (!match(Shuffle, m_ShuffleVector(m_Instruction(Insert), m_Undef(),
                                      m_Zero())))
    return false;

  // Insert the limit into a vector.
  Instruction *BECount = nullptr;
  if (!match(Insert, m_InsertElement(m_Undef(), m_Instruction(BECount),
                                     m_Zero())))
    return false;

  // The limit calculation, backedge count.
  Value *TripCount = nullptr;
  if (!match(BECount, m_Add(m_Value(TripCount), m_AllOnes())))
    return false;

  if (TripCount != NumElements)
    return false;

  // Now back to searching inside the loop body...
  // Find the add with takes the index iv and adds a constant vector to it.
  Instruction *BroadcastSplat = nullptr;
  Constant *Const = nullptr;
  if (!match(Induction, m_Add(m_Instruction(BroadcastSplat),
                              m_Constant(Const))))
   return false;

  // Check that we're adding <0, 1, 2, 3...
  if (auto *CDS = dyn_cast<ConstantDataSequential>(Const)) {
    for (unsigned i = 0; i < CDS->getNumElements(); ++i) {
      if (CDS->getElementAsInteger(i) != i)
        return false;
    }
  } else
    return false;

  // The shuffle which broadcasts the index iv into a vector.
  if (!match(BroadcastSplat, m_ShuffleVector(m_Instruction(Insert), m_Undef(),
                                             m_Zero())))
    return false;

  // The insert element which initialises a vector with the index iv.
  Instruction *IV = nullptr;
  if (!match(Insert, m_InsertElement(m_Undef(), m_Instruction(IV), m_Zero())))
    return false;

  // The index iv.
  auto *Phi = dyn_cast<PHINode>(IV);
  if (!Phi)
    return false;

  // TODO: Don't think we need to check the entry value.
  Value *OnEntry = Phi->getIncomingValueForBlock(L->getLoopPreheader());
  if (!match(OnEntry, m_Zero()))
    return false;

  Value *InLoop = Phi->getIncomingValueForBlock(L->getLoopLatch());
  unsigned Lanes = cast<VectorType>(Insert->getType())->getNumElements();

  Instruction *LHS = nullptr;
  if (!match(InLoop, m_Add(m_Instruction(LHS), m_SpecificInt(Lanes))))
    return false;

  return LHS == Phi;
}

static VectorType* getVectorType(IntrinsicInst *I) {
  unsigned TypeOp = I->getIntrinsicID() == Intrinsic::masked_load ? 0 : 1;
  auto *PtrTy = cast<PointerType>(I->getOperand(TypeOp)->getType());
  return cast<VectorType>(PtrTy->getElementType());
}

bool MVETailPredication::IsPredicatedVectorLoop() {
  // Check that the loop contains at least one masked load/store intrinsic.
  // We only support 'normal' vector instructions - other than masked
  // load/stores.
  for (auto *BB : L->getBlocks()) {
    for (auto &I : *BB) {
      if (IsMasked(&I)) {
        VectorType *VecTy = getVectorType(cast<IntrinsicInst>(&I));
        unsigned Lanes = VecTy->getNumElements();
        unsigned ElementWidth = VecTy->getScalarSizeInBits();
        // MVE vectors are 128-bit, but don't support 128 x i1.
        // TODO: Can we support vectors larger than 128-bits?
        unsigned MaxWidth = TTI->getRegisterBitWidth(true);
        if (Lanes * ElementWidth != MaxWidth || Lanes == MaxWidth)
          return false;
        MaskedInsts.push_back(cast<IntrinsicInst>(&I));
      } else if (auto *Int = dyn_cast<IntrinsicInst>(&I)) {
        for (auto &U : Int->args()) {
          if (isa<VectorType>(U->getType()))
            return false;
        }
      }
    }
  }

  return !MaskedInsts.empty();
}

Value* MVETailPredication::ComputeElements(Value *TripCount,
                                           VectorType *VecTy) {
  const SCEV *TripCountSE = SE->getSCEV(TripCount);
  ConstantInt *VF = ConstantInt::get(cast<IntegerType>(TripCount->getType()),
                                     VecTy->getNumElements());

  if (VF->equalsInt(1))
    return nullptr;

  // TODO: Support constant trip counts.
  auto VisitAdd = [&](const SCEVAddExpr *S) -> const SCEVMulExpr* {
    if (auto *Const = dyn_cast<SCEVConstant>(S->getOperand(0))) {
      if (Const->getAPInt() != -VF->getValue())
        return nullptr;
    } else
      return nullptr;
    return dyn_cast<SCEVMulExpr>(S->getOperand(1));
  };

  auto VisitMul = [&](const SCEVMulExpr *S) -> const SCEVUDivExpr* {
    if (auto *Const = dyn_cast<SCEVConstant>(S->getOperand(0))) {
      if (Const->getValue() != VF)
        return nullptr;
    } else
      return nullptr;
    return dyn_cast<SCEVUDivExpr>(S->getOperand(1));
  };

  auto VisitDiv = [&](const SCEVUDivExpr *S) -> const SCEV* {
    if (auto *Const = dyn_cast<SCEVConstant>(S->getRHS())) {
      if (Const->getValue() != VF)
        return nullptr;
    } else
      return nullptr;

    if (auto *RoundUp = dyn_cast<SCEVAddExpr>(S->getLHS())) {
      if (auto *Const = dyn_cast<SCEVConstant>(RoundUp->getOperand(0))) {
        if (Const->getAPInt() != (VF->getValue() - 1))
          return nullptr;
      } else
        return nullptr;

      return RoundUp->getOperand(1);
    }
    return nullptr;
  };

  // TODO: Can we use SCEV helpers, such as findArrayDimensions, and friends to
  // determine the numbers of elements instead? Looks like this is what is used
  // for delinearization, but I'm not sure if it can be applied to the
  // vectorized form - at least not without a bit more work than I feel
  // comfortable with.

  // Search for Elems in the following SCEV:
  // (1 + ((-VF + (VF * (((VF - 1) + %Elems) /u VF))<nuw>) /u VF))<nuw><nsw>
  const SCEV *Elems = nullptr;
  if (auto *TC = dyn_cast<SCEVAddExpr>(TripCountSE))
    if (auto *Div = dyn_cast<SCEVUDivExpr>(TC->getOperand(1)))
      if (auto *Add = dyn_cast<SCEVAddExpr>(Div->getLHS()))
        if (auto *Mul = VisitAdd(Add))
          if (auto *Div = VisitMul(Mul))
            if (auto *Res = VisitDiv(Div))
              Elems = Res;

  if (!Elems)
    return nullptr;

  Instruction *InsertPt = L->getLoopPreheader()->getTerminator();
  if (!isSafeToExpandAt(Elems, InsertPt, *SE))
    return nullptr;

  auto DL = L->getHeader()->getModule()->getDataLayout();
  SCEVExpander Expander(*SE, DL, "elements");
  return Expander.expandCodeFor(Elems, Elems->getType(), InsertPt);
}

// Look through the exit block to see whether there's a duplicate predicate
// instruction. This can happen when we need to perform a select on values
// from the last and previous iteration. Instead of doing a straight
// replacement of that predicate with the vctp, clone the vctp and place it
// in the block. This means that the VPR doesn't have to be live into the
// exit block which should make it easier to convert this loop into a proper
// tail predicated loop.
static void Cleanup(DenseMap<Instruction*, Instruction*> &NewPredicates,
                    SetVector<Instruction*> &MaybeDead, Loop *L) {
  if (BasicBlock *Exit = L->getUniqueExitBlock()) {
    for (auto &Pair : NewPredicates) {
      Instruction *OldPred = Pair.first;
      Instruction *NewPred = Pair.second;

      for (auto &I : *Exit) {
        if (I.isSameOperationAs(OldPred)) {
          Instruction *PredClone = NewPred->clone();
          PredClone->insertBefore(&I);
          I.replaceAllUsesWith(PredClone);
          MaybeDead.insert(&I);
          break;
        }
      }
    }
  }

  // Drop references and add operands to check for dead.
  SmallPtrSet<Instruction*, 4> Dead;
  while (!MaybeDead.empty()) {
    auto *I = MaybeDead.front();
    MaybeDead.remove(I);
    if (I->hasNUsesOrMore(1))
      continue;

    for (auto &U : I->operands()) {
      if (auto *OpI = dyn_cast<Instruction>(U))
        MaybeDead.insert(OpI);
    }
    I->dropAllReferences();
    Dead.insert(I);
  }

  for (auto *I : Dead)
    I->eraseFromParent();

  for (auto I : L->blocks())
    DeleteDeadPHIs(I);
}

bool MVETailPredication::TryConvert(Value *TripCount) {
  if (!IsPredicatedVectorLoop())
    return false;

  LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "TP: Found predicated vector loop.\n");

  // Walk through the masked intrinsics and try to find whether the predicate
  // operand is generated from an induction variable.
  Module *M = L->getHeader()->getModule();
  Type *Ty = IntegerType::get(M->getContext(), 32);
  SetVector<Instruction*> Predicates;
  DenseMap<Instruction*, Instruction*> NewPredicates;

  for (auto *I : MaskedInsts) {
    Intrinsic::ID ID = I->getIntrinsicID();
    unsigned PredOp = ID == Intrinsic::masked_load ? 2 : 3;
    auto *Predicate = dyn_cast<Instruction>(I->getArgOperand(PredOp));
    if (!Predicate || Predicates.count(Predicate))
      continue;

    VectorType *VecTy = getVectorType(I);
    Value *NumElements = ComputeElements(TripCount, VecTy);
    if (!NumElements)
      continue;

    if (!isTailPredicate(Predicate, NumElements)) {
      LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "TP: Not tail predicate: " << *Predicate <<  "\n");
      continue;
    }

    LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "TP: Found tail predicate: " << *Predicate << "\n");
    Predicates.insert(Predicate);

    // Insert a phi to count the number of elements processed by the loop.
    IRBuilder<> Builder(L->getHeader()->getFirstNonPHI());
    PHINode *Processed = Builder.CreatePHI(Ty, 2);
    Processed->addIncoming(NumElements, L->getLoopPreheader());

    // Insert the intrinsic to represent the effect of tail predication.
    Builder.SetInsertPoint(cast<Instruction>(Predicate));
    ConstantInt *Factor =
      ConstantInt::get(cast<IntegerType>(Ty), VecTy->getNumElements());
    Intrinsic::ID VCTPID;
    switch (VecTy->getNumElements()) {
    default:
      llvm_unreachable("unexpected number of lanes");
    case 2:  VCTPID = Intrinsic::arm_vctp64; break;
    case 4:  VCTPID = Intrinsic::arm_vctp32; break;
    case 8:  VCTPID = Intrinsic::arm_vctp16; break;
    case 16: VCTPID = Intrinsic::arm_vctp8; break;
    }
    Function *VCTP = Intrinsic::getDeclaration(M, VCTPID);
    Value *TailPredicate = Builder.CreateCall(VCTP, Processed);
    Predicate->replaceAllUsesWith(TailPredicate);
    NewPredicates[Predicate] = cast<Instruction>(TailPredicate);

    // Add the incoming value to the new phi.
    // TODO: This add likely already exists in the loop.
    Value *Remaining = Builder.CreateSub(Processed, Factor);
    Processed->addIncoming(Remaining, L->getLoopLatch());
    LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "TP: Insert processed elements phi: "
               << *Processed << "\n"
               << "TP: Inserted VCTP: " << *TailPredicate << "\n");
  }

  // Now clean up.
  Cleanup(NewPredicates, Predicates, L);
  return true;
}

Pass *llvm::createMVETailPredicationPass() {
  return new MVETailPredication();
}

char MVETailPredication::ID = 0;

INITIALIZE_PASS_BEGIN(MVETailPredication, DEBUG_TYPE, DESC, false, false)
INITIALIZE_PASS_END(MVETailPredication, DEBUG_TYPE, DESC, false, false)

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package org.apache.solr.common.params;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;

/** {@link SolrParams} implementation that can be built from and is backed by a {@link Map}. */
public class MapSolrParams extends SolrParams {
  protected final Map<String, String> map;

  public MapSolrParams(Map<String, String> map) {
    assert map.entrySet().stream()
        .allMatch(
            e -> {
              boolean hasStringKey = e.getKey() == null || e.getKey().getClass() == String.class;
              boolean hasStringValue =
                  e.getValue() == null || e.getValue().getClass() == String.class;
              return hasStringKey && hasStringValue;
            });
    this.map = map;
  }

  @Override
  public String get(String name) {
    return map.get(name);
  }

  @Override
  public String[] getParams(String name) {
    String val = map.get(name);
    return val == null ? null : new String[] {val};
  }

  @Override
  public Iterator<String> getParameterNamesIterator() {
    return map.keySet().iterator();
  }

  public Map<String, String> getMap() {
    return map;
  }
}


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Sidley Shale and Hydraulic Fracturing Report
Fracturing Report Contributors
Topics discussed in this week's Report include:
EPA proposed to extend and BLM postponed compliance deadlines for rules governing methane emissions from oil and gas operations.
District court ordered further environmental review of Dakota Access pipeline.
EPA proposes to extend and BLM postpones compliance deadlines for rules governing methane emissions from oil and gas operations. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) both took steps to extend the compliance deadlines for Obama-era regulations governing methane emissions from oil and gas sources. EPA's proposed rule would extend the compliance deadline two years for provisions in the 2016 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for new and modified oil and gas operations that relate to fugitive emissions requirements, well site pneumatic pump standards and requirements for certification of closed vent systems by a professional engineer. Earlier this month EPA issued an administrative stay extending the deadlines for those three requirements in the NSPS by 90 days, and the proposed two-year stay would follow that period. The proposed deadline extension is intended to give EPA time to reevaluate these specific requirements, as well as to look more broadly at the entire 2016 rule. Comments on the proposed rule will be due within 30 days of publication in the Federal Register. Separately, BLM published a notification in the Federal Register delaying certain January 2018 compliance deadlines for certain portions of its rule governing methane emissions from oil and gas operations on public and Indian lands. The postponed compliance deadlines apply to the portions of the rule governing capture of produced gas, measuring flared volumes, pneumatic equipment upgrades/replacements, storage tank vapor management and leak detection and repair. BLM explains that the Administrative Procedure Act provision allowing an agency to postpone a regulation's effective date "pending judicial review" and the agency's desire to reevaluate the rule authorize the proposed delay of these compliance deadlines.
District court orders further environmental review of Dakota Access pipeline. The District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) needed to conduct further environmental review of the Dakota Access pipeline pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The district court found that the "Corps substantially complied with NEPA in many areas" but "did not adequately consider the impacts of an oil spill on fishing rights, hunting rights, or environmental justice, or the degree to which the pipeline's effects are likely to be highly controversial." The district court ordered the Army Corps to "reconsider" its environmental assessment but required further briefing on whether the currently operational pipeline must shut down while the Army Corps revises its environmental analysis. The case was initially brought in summer 2016 by several Native American tribes that alleged that the Army Corps had violated NEPA by insufficiently evaluating the pipeline's environmental impacts when crossing under Lake Oahe. President Donald Trump has encouraged the operation of the Dakota Access pipeline, issuing a presidential memorandum shortly after taking office that directed the Army Corps to expedite the review process of a then-outstanding easement it needed to proceed.
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August 2017 Sidley Shale and Hydraulic Fracturing Report
Industry seeks rehearing en banc of decision vacating 90-day stay of methane rule.
Senate confirmations will restore FERC quorum.
Assistant Attorney General for Environment and Natural Resources Division advances.
Landowners challenge FERC power of eminent domain.
UK authorizes first commercial shale gas well.
BLM issues proposed rule that would rescind Obama-era regulation governing hydraulic fracturing on public lands.
West Virginia and Pennsylvania separately delay construction of two pipelines.
Massachusetts will study proposed Enbridge natural gas compressor station.
EIA predicts that U.S. crude oil production will set new record in 2018.
July 2017 Sidley Shale and Hydraulic Fracturing Report
District court allows offshore hydraulic fracturing challenge to proceed.
Atlantic Pipeline project gets regulatory approval but faces additional hurdles.
Evaluation of oil and gas flow lines is underway in Colorado.
Nuns attempt to block Atlantic Sunrise pipeline with chapel construction.


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American Idol: Why We're Just Wild About Harry
Jan 15, 2014 at 12:01 AM Jan 15, 2014 at 10:00 PM
American Idol has recaptured its magic, and Harry Connick Jr. is responsible for casting the spell. On the Season 13 premiere Wednesday, the new Idol judge not only obliterated the memory of last year's mockery of a panel, but ...
American Idol has recaptured its magic, and Harry Connick Jr. is responsible for casting the spell.
On the Season 13 premiere Wednesday, the new Idol judge not only obliterated the memory of last year's mockery of a panel, but also revitalized the spirit of the show. It's an impressive feat when you consider that Idol has been on a downward trajectory when it comes to ratings and its image. Although it's still too early to tell if Connick's charms will translate into an uptick in viewership, we're completely sold on him.
Harsh troublemaker: The two sides of new Idol judge Harry Connick Jr.
What's so great about the new Idol judge? Here are eight reasons we're wild about Harry:
1. He's freakin' hilarious. Part goofy and part manic, it's clear why Jennifer Lopez looks like she doesn't know what hit her most of the time. The guy's joy is infectious, and we're so thrilled that the equally likeable Keith Urban finally has a real pal on the panel. We would pay to see Harry do stand-up.
2. He's a dedicated family man. On the premiere, it's clear he takes his fatherhood duties seriously, as evidenced by his aversion to young girls singing inappropriate lyrics and granting his daughter permission to have a tattoo. At the Television Critics Association winter TV previews on Monday, he related a story about his honeymoon and concluded, "I married the girl of my dreams, and I'm so happy, I don't even see another couple."
3. He's honest and genuine. While it's true that many of Connick's critiques can come off as harsh, it's clear that it comes from a place of honesty and doesn't have any of the malicious zing of Simon Cowell's comments. When he doesn't like something, he's not going to pretend. "I'm responding to a performance," he explained. "And I don't believe you have to couch your critique in some compliment. That's my style ... If somebody can't sing, they need to go home."
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4. He wants to help. Connick's critiques aren't just honest, but also informative. "You have to be specific with them, you know: 'I didn't like the performance. Here's exactly why,'" he says. "You're not going to see me just basing stuff on subjectivity. It's unfair to them. When I didn't play or sing right when I was coming up, they'd say, 'Stop. Here's what you need to work on.' And then you go work on it."
5. He's got the musical chops and smarts. Connick isn't just a seasoned performer (he began playing publicly at age 5) but also a musician with an extensive knowledge of musical theory. This means that he can really pinpoint and articulate what is wrong in his critiques. Getting a negative review from Connick may not be fun, but it's valuable.
6. He's humble. At the live Q&A on Tuesday night, Connick described himself with the word "struggling" because he feels he's always struggling to be a better father, husband, musician, person and more. "It consumes me," he admitted. "We want to be better people."
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7. He's easy on the eyes. Connick completes the trifecta of this unfairly good-looking panel. His particular appeal, though, is that hint of mischief in his eyes.
8. He has high standards. Connick is a longtime Idol fan and wants to find someone with the skills and tenacity to live up to the title, and that means someone who is like himself, always growing and hungry for more. "Somehow in music, it's OK not to know anything about your craft," he said. "I profoundly disagree with that, and I will tell every kid that comes in, whether they're educated or not, 'You need to work on your craft.' It has nothing to do with passion. My definition of passion is somebody who learns everything they can about what they love." Already we feel that his demand for excellence has rubbed off on his fellow judges and on the contestants, thereby elevating the Idol competition.
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Here's one of those posts that seems to confuse people. They don't understand how someone can embrace digital content as I do — but not embrace the notion that the print magazine format is endangered.
Here's a hint to understanding this: I think that a magazine company (or any media company, print or digital) that is built entirely on the media-business model (advertising and subscriptions) is endangered.
However, I think magazines (and other media) that support another business model are not endangered.
The 12 readers of this blog know I think the word "magazines" should refer to the paper kind of magazine, like the word "book" is used to differentiate between the p-book and the e-book. So, I'm going to start using the term emagazine to refer to something that is digital and magazine to refer to the print-format.
While I don't disagree with the point of view of the writer, it follows in a long tradition of such suggestions that go something like this: The way to save something is to kill it.
I feel certain the writer would explain that he means "saving" means something other "saving the print version of a magazine," but when I parse the sentence, one has to read his mind to understand what he means.
No matter the intention or meaning, the essay advocates something different than the headline: The print magazine format can be killed and the articles inside the magazine can be distributed in another way — like Spotify does (which, I'm not quite sure has saved the music business yet, but whatever). That will save something, but it won't be magazines that are saved. And I'm fine with that — magazines that can't survive as print magazines should die.
What I'll do, however, is point to a Wikipedia article about the 1995 book called Being Digital. It is a re-packaged collection of individual essays written by Nicholas Negroponte that first appeared in the magazine and website (yes, back in 1995) Wired.com.
In the book, Negroponte (among other things) describes something he started talking about in 1970s called the Daily Me.
What was this 1970s concept called the Daily Me?
It's sort of like a Spotify for articles found in newspapers and magazines … and blog posts.


Last summer I was lucky enough to meet the team from Look magazine who have designed a range for Simply be.
The mid calf length is not one I usually favour but the combination of the vibrant design and great cut (including pockets) really won me over.
Since them I have worn this lots but have never managed to get a picture so here is me rectifying that because as I hope you agree its rather lovely.
I have teamed up this rather fabulous skirt with my #celfie tee £10 from Yours which I did review a few months ago but which is still available too.
The logo teeshirt has become something of a thing with bloggers, some slogans being better than others but as a self confessed instagram addict this one really tickled me.
As its blowing a gale I have also put a short sleeved shrug on which is past season simply be.
Wearing a teeshirt with a fairly smart skirt is a great way to inject some casual cool into your wardrobe without having to commit to a full on jeans and tee approach. I find this look serves me really well when I have a day consisting of work meetings and social stuff as well as mummy duties. It feels smart enough to pass muster but is comfortable and low key enough to survive dashing to the school gates with the pug.
I hope Look magazine do another collection for Simply be, its not the most talked about collaborations but it remains one of my favourites. the use of dark blue, orange and black is such a great palette and the cut of these pieces is really lovely.


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CDC Group appoints Climate Change Director ahead of the launch of new climate change strategy
CDC Group, the UK's publicly owned impact investor, has appointed Amal-Lee Amin as Climate Change Director.
The newly created role will see Dr Amin play a pivotal role within CDC ahead of the company's new climate change strategy launch, scheduled for later this year.
Dr Amin said:
"Tackling the climate emergency is, and will continue to be, a huge priority for CDC as we support countries in their transition to low carbon and resilient economies. The fight against the climate crisis will inform every investment decision that CDC makes moving forward."
She added that she will also lead and promote CDC's contribution to the success of the upcoming COP26 conference on climate change, which the UK will host in November.
Dr Amin is a highly respected climate change expert who has most recently served as the Chief of Climate Change Division at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), leading the organisation's efforts to support Latin America and the Caribbean region with implementation of their objectives under the Paris Agreement. At the Bank she led on a Governors resolution for doubling climate finance by 2020; supporting countries with long-term development pathways for net zero emissions and for use of innovative financial instruments to mobilise private capital for low carbon and climate resiliency solutions.
She has been a key player in developing collaboration amongst the multilateral development banks in support of climate and development, including for scaling up investment in Sustainable Infrastructure and a joint approach towards alignment with the Paris Agreement.
Prior to joining the IADB, Dr Amin spent 10 years working on sustainable energy and climate change policy within the UK Government, including at the Cabinet Office, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), and the Foreign Office. Her lead roles involved engaging developing countries on the UK's G8 and EU Presidency climate change agendas, leading negotiations under the UNFCCC, designing and implementing the Climate Investment Funds and leading for DECC on design of the UK's Green Investment Bank.
Nick O'Donohoe, Chief executive of CDC Group, said:
"We're excited to add Amal-Lee's experience and leadership to our team of internal expertise on climate finance, so we can realise our ambition of playing a leading role amongst our DFI peers and the wider investment community in the global efforts to achieve a net zero carbon economy by 2050."
Andrew Murray-Watson, CDC Group
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About CDC:
CDC Group is the UK's first impact investor with over 70 years of experience of successfully supporting the sustainable, long-term growth of businesses in South Asia and Africa.
CDC is a leading player in the fight against climate change and a UK champion of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals – the global blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for us all.
The company has investments in over 1,200 businesses in emerging economies and a total portfolio value of £5.8bn. This year CDC will invest over $1.5bn in companies in Africa and Asia with a focus on fighting climate change, empowering women and creating new jobs and opportunities for millions of people.
CDC is funded by the UK government and all proceeds from its investments are reinvested to improve the lives of millions of people in Africa and South Asia.
CDC's expertise makes it the perfect partner for private investors looking to devote capital to making a measurable environmental and social impact in countries most in need of investment.
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Act 3's Ron Hill makes serious fun of education
Edutoons challenges us to teach our children well.
From his unique professional vantage point as an educator, journalist and cartoonist, Ron Hill takes on the universal concerns of education in this collection of comics published in northeast Ohio newspapers.
If you share the belief that education is a transformative force for shaping lives and our entire nation, then you owe it to yourself to dive into Edutoons.
Over the last 35 years, Ron Hill has been a cartoonist, illustrator, caricaturist, creative director, author, editor and high school teacher. Born in Cleveland, he is a graduate of Solon High School and the the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. An award-winning editorial cartoonist, since 1999 he has been a weekly cartoonist for six Cleveland-area newspapers: The Chagrin Valley Times, The Solon Times, Geauga Times Courier and West Life. As if that's not enough, Ron is an in-demand caricature quick-sketch entertainer, and a managing partner of Act 3, a web, video, publishing and advertising firm. He is a member of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists.
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Guest Column | November 7, 2018
The Self-Servicing Of Healthcare: Progress Or Patient Abandonment?
By C. Anthony Jones, CEO, Frontive
For most people, it's difficult to remember when automated teller machines (ATMs) did not exist. Prior to the introduction of ATMs, every banking task required filling out a short form, waiting in line to interact with a teller and maybe even waiting for that teller to speak with a manager to sign off on your transaction. Of course, all of this assumed that you could even get to the bank in between the tight business hours that it kept.
Fast forward to today, and it's clear to see how ATMs have revolutionized retail banking and ushered in tech-enabled self-service on a massive scale. Coupled with the near ubiquity of the internet, these devices can be found in some of the most remote locations imaginable. Aside from introducing a completely new way of banking, ATMs provided all types of businesses with a blueprint for tech-enabled self-service. The new ATM model defined what consumers would and would not tolerate in exchange for the convenience of anytime and nearly anywhere access to their money. Simply put, ATMs 'worked' because they delivered a clear win-win value proposition for both businesses and consumers.
Over the years, this model has been replicated across a host of consumer-facing businesses from supermarket checkout lines and fast food counters to online travel reservations for airlines and hotels (remember when booking a flight required a travel agent?). Again, tech-enabled self-service just worked because of the win-win for businesses and consumers.
But healthcare is different.
In a rush to reap the financial benefits of tech-enabled self-service, healthcare organizations have been trying to usher in more and more consumer self-service with the promise of an improvement on the 'old way' of doing things. At an increasing number of encounter points, healthcare professionals and customer service representatives are being replaced with online portals, check-in kiosks, chatbots and other automated technologies.
No doubt, there are numerous opportunities to streamline and improve many of the outdated, administrative bottlenecks and inefficiencies across healthcare. But that doesn't mean that healthcare consumers will benefit from the same self-service models as other industries. Failing to recognize or acknowledge the difference between using a kiosk for patients to check in for a routine office visit vs. posting a patient's elevated HbA1c on a patient portal with no associated conversation to provide context is irresponsible at best and bordering on malpractice at worst.
In spite of a high number of consumer-facing encounters, healthcare is not the same as banking, retail and hospitality. The failure to understand and embrace what makes healthcare unique causes so many ill-conceived and heavily forced self-service initiatives to feel like a steady march toward consumer abandonment. Among healthcare's most noteworthy characteristics are:
No muscle memory for consumer service. With respect to their financial transactions, healthcare organizations predominantly operate in a B2B world. As a result, they have little instinct or competency when it comes to designing consumer value propositions. Too often, their attempts at self-service are driven exclusively from the corporate need to enhance profit without identifying any meaningful value for consumers. Before rolling out a self-service option for consumers, these organizations would do well to try something novel. Ask consumers what they think before taking any action.
Information access does not equal literacy. Providing consumers with more access to highly complex information is analogous to talking louder at someone who does not speak your language. Online sources can deliver an endless amount of useful healthcare information to consumers, but it cannot replace the years of training and judgment that physicians and nurses have that allow that information to be placed in its proper context.
Consequences of a poor choice can be severe. Making a mistake at the supermarket self-service checkout is annoying and maybe even embarrassing, but it's not life-threatening. Likewise, ATM transaction options are so narrow, the risks of error are incredibly small and, when they do occur, are easily corrected. Contrast that with a consumer trying to decide whether to undergo a major surgical procedure based on inconclusive test results or a situation where agreement among medical experts does not exist.
Being sick is scary. In spite of how empowering it may seem to encourage consumers to be partners with their physicians in fighting a major illness, being sick or severely injured is one of the most frightening situations a person will ever face. In that situation, it's not unreasonable to want to be taken care of by people who are highly trained and better equipped to anticipate and manage what may happen next.
There are ample opportunities to implement consumer self-service throughout healthcare. Ambulatory patient intake, appointment scheduling, claims management and basic education are just a few areas where self-service can improve the consumer experience and also reduce costs for healthcare organizations. Other industries have pioneered a host of self-service innovations that are convenient, cost-effective and readily embraced by consumers. Healthcare can and should copy these innovations wherever possible.
However, organizations should avoid premature deployment of self-service technologies for healthcare encounters where knowledge and experience are essential to provide context and judgment: major injury or illness; interpreting test results; informed consent; or weighing treatment options where outcome predictability is poor. It is crucial to recognize the current limitations of tech-enabled self-service, give these technologies time to mature and, until that time, resist the urge to ask consumers to fend for themselves where they are ill-equipped to do so.


After my eyelash application session, we walked around the corner to Blick and picked up some beautiful papers. Warm colors for the petals and stamen; cool colors for the leaves. The petal/stamen paper was soft and a had a great texture for curling and "squishing." The leaf paper was thick and made for a sturdy base.
After a quick tutorial, we got to making. Masako is super crafty and totally took a liking to this craft.
We had a flower garden in no time! We really liked making the tiny ones. AHH, too cute!
I'm hoping by the time I return to the salon again there will be a whole bounty of these cuties! And, um, weekend nail salon crafting is pretty fantastic!
I think we're ready for Spring already! Too soon?
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Guild Focus: PvP, Ganking, Having fun, Traderuns etc when bored/needed.
Contacts in game: Xeizan (http://forums.archeagegame.com/member.php?355876-Xi41) or our forums.
The leadership of TBL have been together for over a year; coming from path of exile and we're looking to expand into ArcheAge.
We are looking to bring more people into our community. We are/aim to be tightly knit and as such we are looking for 20ish active players, so that you truly get to know each other and you're not just another number in a zerg/cesspool guild. This promotes quality over quantity and allows for a better over all gaming and learning environment.
Our end game focus is PvP: Zones and Naval warfare against the West, pirates and East KoS targets. When bored we'll likely do trade runs or "commandeer" trade packs.
Upon filling out an application and it being approved, you will start a one week trial period where you can see whether you enjoy our community and vice versa to see whether you're a good fit for us.
Teamspeak is manditory for guild operations as it is integral for pvp communication.
At other times we require some ts3 activity during the week as we need to get to know each other and socialise. We don't want to go "who is that guy again?". If it reaches that state the person in question will be removed.
Please see the above link for our Code of Conduct or click here (http://theburninglotus.enjin.com/apply) for a direct link to our application.
Our end game focus is PvP: Zones and Naval warfare against the West. When bored we'll likely do trade runs or "commandeer" trade packs.
Teamspeak is manditory for guild operations as we need to get to know each other and is integral for pvp communication.
Upon joining you will start a two week trial period where you can see whether you enjoy our community and vice versa we'll see whether you're a good fit for us.
Please visit theburninglotus.enjin.com for further infomation as well as our application form.
You can also contact Xeizan or Uwatmate for further information.
Nice to see east have some nice guilds too, best of luck with recruiting.
Recruitment is going well so far. Have just over half our quota, but recruitment will remain open until we reach our max allocation of passed trials.
Oh, now I know why I was denied, at time I was still level 25. I'm 29 now tho :P whenever I'm 30 I will make sure to apply if possible.
Edit: I'm registered now on the website, thanks.
Please see the comment on your application for the reason as previously stated. It was not due to your level.
So far we've done loads of pvp ops, farming gha and 50% of us have our hasla weapons. Slowly but surely getting quality people.
If you think you have what it takes to be part of our community, then apply now.
Come join us for some fun and laughs.
Recruitment is now closed. However if you believe yourself to be a exceptional player and have a burning desire to join us, then please PM me in game or apply to the guild.


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De naam van een kerkgebouw, meestal in onderscheid van een Nieuwe Kerk. Een Oude Kerk is te vinden in:
 Oude Kerk (Amsterdam)
 Oude Kerk (Barneveld)
 Oude of Alexanderkerk (Bennekom)
 Oude Kerk (Borne)
 Oude Kerk (Charlois)
 Oude Kerk (Delden)
 Oude of Pelgrimvaderskerk (Rotterdam-Delfshaven)
 Oude Kerk (Delft)
 Oude Kerk (Den Haag)
 Oude Kerk (Dongen)
 Oude Kerk (Ede)
 Oude Kerk (Etten)
 Oude Kerk (Grootebroek)
 Oude Kerk (Haarlo)
 Oude Kerk (Heemstede)
 Oude Kerk (Helsinki)
 Oude Kerk (Hoogzand van Oostermeer)
 Oude of Andreaskerk (Katwijk)
 Oude Kerk (Lunteren)
 Oude Kerk (Maasland)
 Oude Kerk (Naaldwijk)
 Oude Kerk (Oosterbeek)
 Oude Kerk (Pellworm)
 Oude Kerk (Putten)
 Oude Kerk (Rijswijk)
 Oude Kerk (Scheveningen)
 Oude Kerk (Soest)
 Oude Kerk (Spaarndam)
 Oude Kerk (Veenendaal)
 Oude Kerk (Vichte)
 Oude of Martinikerk (Voorburg)
 Oude Kerk (Zoetermeer)

De naam van een plaats:
 Oude Kerk (Spaubeek) - een buurtschap bij Spaubeek in de gemeente Beek in Nederlands Limburg

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