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Q: prove $H(x)=x^\top x$ is constant along solutions of the sytem if $A(x)^\top + A(x)=0$ Could someone please help me to understand the following:

Having the differential equation: $\dot{x} = A(x)x$ where $A(x)$ is a real -valued matrix of dimension $n\times n$
How can I prove that the function $H(x)=x^\top x$ is constant along solutions of the sytem if $A(x)^\top + A(x)=0$
And how to prove that the origin is a Lyapunov stable fixed point if $A(x)^\top + A(x) \prec 0$

Thanks!

A: When in doubt, differentiate!
$$
\frac{d}{dt} H(x(t)) = \dot{x}^Tx + x^T\dot{x} = (A(x)x)^T x + x^TA(x)x
= x^T(A^T(x) + A(x))x = 0.
$$
Now for stability, observe that when $A^T(x) + A(x) \prec 0$, the right hand side of the above equation is negative, so $\frac{d}{dt}H(x(t)) < 0$.  Thus, the norm-squared $x^Tx$ of the solution will be decreasing as a function of time.
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History is no lesson for class of 2011
The line-up for the Rugby World Cup final could bode well for New Zealand after this weekend's semi-finals but the reality is that now is all that matters.
by Paul Rhys
New Zealand is hoping that history repeats itself next week.
Twenty-four years ago, the All Blacks won their only Rugby World Cup when they beat France in the final at Eden Park in Auckland.
If the French get past Wales in their semi-final on Saturday, and New Zealand come through against Australia on Sunday, the comparisons will be irresistible for a country that has been pining for the Webb Ellis Cup since they lost it in 1991.
The four teams in these semi-finals are the same as in 1987, the difference being that, back then, it was Australia v France and New Zealand v Wales.
The truth is, of course, that history never repeats itself.
If the reality on October 23 is New Zealand v France, it will have absolutely nothing to do with previous finals.
Comparison is a comfort, and that's what All Blacks fans will be looking for until their dream of Richie McCaw holding the cup has been fulfilled.
New Zealand, if you excuse the team's World Cup finishes, has produced the most exciting and consistent rugby team on the planet with a population of just over four million.
But if they do beat the Wallabies on Sunday – and that is by no means certain against a team looking for a record third trophy – it could be an even smaller country that thwarts their progress to glory.
Wales are back on the brink of the World Cup final for the first time since they lost their semi to New Zealand in 1987. It couldn't happen to a nicer set of lads, and a set who may become the greatest lads ever to pull on the red jersey.
Covering a World Cup rugby team can, in certain cases, feel like going to ask for a boon at the feet of a particularly malevolent king. Not in the case of Wales.
England coach Martin Johnson, for example, gives the impression that he thinks press conferences should be rebranded "idiot conferences". Chatting one-on-one to the English players is rather nicer, but you still get the feeling that you're talking to the media-training consultant rather than the player.
Wales couldn't be more different. Four years ago, ahead of a World Cup match against Fiji, the Welsh held a press conference at their team hotel in Pornichet, France, at about eight in the morning.
The "conference" consisted of the captain at the time, Gareth Thomas, striding into the car park still wrapped in a towel, and answering questions while throwing fairly insulting jokes in the direction of the team's media manager, as other players wandered around in various states of undress.
The Welsh are professionals who like a laugh, and are grown-up enough to talk to people with notepads, cameras and tape recorders without having someone holding their hand.
They are also excellent rugby players. The defeat of Ireland in the quarter-finals was near-perfect in every area. But now come the intangibles. France.
Before they played England last week, they were awful. They beat Japan and Canada, and lost to New Zealand and Tonga. Now they could be in their first final since 1999. That's the thing about knockout rugby. You just have to stay there.
As for the All Blacks, their buildup has focused on the fitness of their captain, McCaw, a flanker who suffers little competition in claims to be the best player in the world.
Loose screw
McCaw is undergoing only light training after having a screw placed into a broken bone in his right foot in February. The loose forward's aura is so important to the All Blacks' public that he was not allowed to be photographed wearing trainers instead of boots at a fitness session on Thursday.
He will be vital against Australia, who have a similarly talented flanker in David Pocock, and who was instrumental in the quarter-final defeat of South Africa.
Another fear for New Zealand is the crucial fly half position. Torn groins have accounted for the talismanic Dan Carter and for his replacement, Colin Slade.
Rookie Aaron Cruden comes in, with Stephen Donald abandoning a fishing trip to join the All Blacks as cover at number 10.
It isn't an exaggeration to say that New Zealand will go into a form of mourning if they lose on Sunday, especially against their closest rivals, Australia.
The All Blacks lost the Tri-Nations series to the Wallabies just before the World Cup, but New Zealand coach Graham Henry said it would be a different game.
"Total different focus - World Cup semi-final," he pointed out at Friday's press conference.
"If they're not focused now they'll never be focused. Simple as that. There's no excuses for us."
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stunning settings. The film ricochets through time and place to tell the story of M. Gustave, played by Ralph Fiennes, the exact, fun-loving, sensational proprietor of The Grand Budapest Hotel. Gustave is a man ahead of his time, whom the narrator informs us is "a glimmer of civilization in the barbaric slaughterhouse we know as humanity." That "glimmer" avails himself of rich and wealthy female patrons, who are smitten with his joie de vivre. An elderly Madame D, played by an unrecognizable Tilda Swinton (kudos to makeup designers) bequeaths to Gustave a valuable painting, and thus begins family squabbles, murder, mayhem, intrigue, and love. Andersen even treats us to a daring prison escape led by Ludwig, played by a bald Harvey Keitel.
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The story begins in 1985 in Lutz, a fictional town in Eastern Europe. An aging author, played by Tom Wilkerson, writes of his journey to the hotel, and through flashbacks we bounce to 1968, and the author recalls his younger self, played by Jude Law, on a stay at the hotel. Over dinner, the author learns of M. Gustave by listening to the story of the hotel's history and its proprietor from Mr. Mustafa, played by F. Murray Abraham. From that dinner table, Anderson ricochets to 1930, to a cold, dark, and damp Central Europe in between two world wars. Anderson portrays this time and space well as he captures via Gustave, a national tension and disquietude, a kind of controlled panic or a hunger to gorge on life because the joie de vivre could be decimated at a moment's notice.
Let the story begin! M. Mustafa (F. Murray Abraham) and Young Author (Jude Law)
We expect … how shall I say this … we expect divine performances by Swinton, Fiennes, Keitel, Abraham, and Law — that's a given, really. But Tony Revolori pushes through with a fine performance as Zero, the young M. Mustafa as the Lobby Boy. In the end, it is he who inherits the painting as well as the Grand Budapest Hotel and all of its grand history.
The Grand Budapest Hotel is a must see; you will enjoy every fantastical moment!
The Grand Budapest Hotel plays through April 24 at the Ross Media Arts Center in Lincoln.
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Industries and Production Committee Irked by 'Own Money' Issue
The committee members are unhappy with the rising car prices, delivery delays, and the subsequent rise in the 'Own-Money' culture.The members of the Standing Committee for Industries and Production met with two major automakers on Tuesday to discuss Pakistan's auto industry of Pakistan
The members of the committee were reportedly unhappy with the rising prices of cars, delayed deliveries, and the subsequent rise in the 'own money' culture, and a group of four committee members headed by Senator Faisal Sabzwari, visited the Lucky Motor Corporation Ltd. (LMCL) and the Indus Motor Company (IMC).
Upon being asked about the solution to the problem, the CEO of the IMC and Chairman of the Pakistan Automotive Manufacturer's Association (PAMA), Ali Asghar Jamali, told Dawn News,
I have given a suggestion to fix the registration of cars in the name of customers at the dealers' end in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore initially. Besides, we are also increasing production capacity to meet the increasing demand.
He added that the committee had not asked Toyota about the price increase in detail.
"We have shown [them] a regional price comparison in which Pakistani made Toyota Corolla has still been the cheapest," Jamali told the committee, and added that the cars could be made even cheaper if the government offers further reductions in the tax rates.
The Chief Executive of LMCL, Asif, Rizvi, stated that the depreciation of the local currency against the US Dollar (USD) is to blame for the escalating prices of cars. He added that Kia has been consistent with its pricing but the Completely Knocked-Down (CKD) kit imports have become more expensive because of the recent surge in the value of the USD.
Rizvi reasoned that the shortage of the semiconductor microchip, the increased costs of raw materials, and the rise in freight charges have all affected the price hikes. He also requested the committee to ask the government to formulate policies that encourage the local manufacturing of vehicles.
During their visit, the committee also assessed the quality measures in the local assembly plants of the automakers.
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When you earn your invitation to the Big Dance and you are New York City's team, your legs don't turn to jelly when you draw Radford on Tuesday night in Dayton … and your knees don't even knock when you learn that Villanova will be waiting for you in Pittsburgh on Thursday should you survive and advance.
"I want to pretty much put us on the map," Joel Hernandez was saying Sunday night in an office outside the LIU Brooklyn WRAC Center Gym.
"I feel like not a lot of people in America know about us. I pretty much want to shock everyone and show them that we're a good team, we can compete with any of the best teams out there."
Shock the world?
Hernandez is a 6-foot-3 redshirt senior guard from Teaneck, N.J. and the best player on a fearless Blackbirds team that believes it is peaking at the right time.
For Hernandez, this is a moment to treasure, because to get here, he was forced more than once to stop at the intersection of Devastation Drive and Heartbreak Highway.
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"I just looked at it and I couldn't look at it, like I had to look away really quickly," Hernandez said. "So then after that, we went to the hospital and they did X-rays and stuff like that. And then the next day they let me know that I was gonna have to get surgery.
"I was in class so I just went outside the class and I started crying 'cause I was so devastated 'cause I didn't want to sit out that year."
It is why, after carrying the Blackbirds to their NEC Tournament upset of Wagner with a dominant 32-point performance, he tweeted:
I FAILED, I CRIED, I WON, I LOST, I PRAYED, I PUSHED, I WORRIED, I LEARNED, I DISAPPOINTED, BUT I NEVER QUIT!!
"Ever since my freshman year, I've been having a lot of up-and-down emotions," Hernandez said. "I feel like freshman year … I shoulda played a lot more. I was frustrated at times, but I still stayed the course. I stayed believing in God, having faith in God.
"Even last year, when I got hurt, I was so devastated I didn't know what I wanted to do. I was mad 'cause that summer before I put in so much hard work getting ready for the season and I felt like all that went to waste when I got injured and I couldn't play. So for the first couple of months I was really sad, but with the help of my family, they really taught me just keep faith in God and now look at me, I'm a champion now. So I feel like everything happens for a reason."
But some things that happen, you struggle force you to struggle to find a reason.
Calvin Chamberlain worked with John Hernandez, Joel's father. Joel met him when he was 8 or 9. He became Joel's godfather.
"He did a good job of putting the basketball in my hands at an early age when my dad wasn't able to," Hernandez said.
"Always positive, always wanted to look out for somebody, it didn't matter who it was, not just me, it could have been a random person on the street, he just had a good heart," Hernandez said. "He always wanted to make sure my head was on straight. He didn't even really care about the basketball, he just wanted me to use basketball to get an education. When I signed to LIU it was very important to me, 'cause I wanted to get an education for him, basically that's what he wanted me to do."
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Chamberlain suffered a fatal heart attack in his sleep when Hernandez was a freshman at Teaneck High School. Hernandez will carry the memory of his godfather to Dayton with him.
"He would be proud," Hernandez said.
His father, a bank manager, helped drive his son to this dream season.
"My dad would take me to the gym every day before he would go to work," Hernandez said. "So we would have to go at 5 in the morning so he could have time to get ready and go to work. So it would be just me and my dad in the gym in the morning. I just wanted to make sure I was prepared for this upcoming season the best way possible. I'm glad it paid off."
Hernandez typifies this team.
"On the court I'm hungry," he said. "I feel like I have stuff to prove so when I get on the court I like to show people what I'm capable of doing. Just in case I had any doubters out there, I just want to prove them wrong and stuff like that."
Now go and shock the world.
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Balancing Human Rights and National Security concerns : A reality check
Racial Diversity on the Bench Opening Keynote for the Virtual Conference: Enacting Change: Your Seat at the Table The Federal Court and National Security Address at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law Balancing Human Rights and National Security concerns : A reality check Address at the Canadian Bar Association Annual Meeting Address to the National Hearings Officer Training Session Thoughts of a Federal Court Judge - Speaking notes on the occasion of the 2013 Integrated National Training Seminar - Immigration and Refugee Board Federal Court Mediation - Personal Experiences, Meeting with the Liaison Committee of the Montreal Bar National Security, Human Rights and the Federal Court - speech delivered by the Honourable Anne Mactavish before the International Commission of Jurists in Ottawa Stays of Removal - Notes for Presentation to the County of Carleton Law Association Address on Judicial Courage at the Joint Annual Meeting of the Supreme Court and Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
Racial Diversity on the Bench
Opening Keynote for the Virtual Conference: Enacting Change: Your Seat at the Table
The Federal Court and National Security
Address at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law
Address at the Canadian Bar Association Annual Meeting
Address to the National Hearings Officer Training Session
Thoughts of a Federal Court Judge - Speaking notes on the occasion of the 2013 Integrated National Training Seminar - Immigration and Refugee Board
Federal Court Mediation - Personal Experiences, Meeting with the Liaison Committee of the Montreal Bar
National Security, Human Rights and the Federal Court - speech delivered by the Honourable Anne Mactavish before the International Commission of Jurists in Ottawa
Stays of Removal - Notes for Presentation to the County of Carleton Law Association
Address on Judicial Courage at the Joint Annual Meeting of the Supreme Court and Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
The Honourable Simon Noël
Federal Court, Designated Judge
Ottawa (Ontario)
The Federal Court, as its name suggests, handles many of the justiciable matters relating to the power or authority of the Canadian Federal Government. Unlike the situation in the United States, where the Federal Courts are divided into geographically organized districts, our Court is based in Ottawa, and individual Judges must therefore travel across the country to hear cases. Because we live in such a large country, this means that we all spend a great deal of time in airplanes, cars, and hotels. And, because we live in a bilingual country we hear cases in French and English.
For most Federal Judges an enjoyable and challenging job is somewhat spoiled only by the amount of time we have spend on the road, or reading files in hotels. If anything, the way the case load at the Court has evolved in recent years has increased the amount of travel required of Judges. Also a relatively new and specialized area exclusive to the jurisdiction of the Federal Court is now expanding. For Judges designated by the Chief Justice to hear cases in the specialized area of National Security, while there might be a little less travel because some of the work takes place in Ottawa, there is an extra burden on us nevertheless for the following reasons.
That new burden comes from the steadily increasing number of National Security matters coming before the Court, and the increasing complexity of many of those cases. There are three main sources for this rather special workload. Under the CSIS Act, the Federal Court has the jurisdiction to authorise search warrants of various types when presented with convincing applications from the Security Service. Last year 247 warrants were issued by the Court. The Court is also seized with dealing with all Security Certificates signed by the requisite two Government Ministers under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Further, all disputes between the Government and other parties arising from the Canada Evidence Act - the Act designed to prevent the public release of sensitive security information - are decided by the Court. Finally, the Court can also be asked to deal with other matters of a National Security nature; money laundering and terrorist financing, for example.
As far as I am aware, no other National Court bears the decision-making responsibility in all of these areas. And, though experience in hearing warrant applications for example might be perceived as being of some help to a Judge who is preparing for an Immigration Security Certificate case, the two types of hearings are usually so different, and raise such entirely unrelated questions, that experience in one area is of limited use in the other. The same point can be made regarding hearings under the Canada Evidence Act.
Why is this worth mentioning? It is important because in these areas designated Judges can hear some of the evidence in camera. Each hearing is conducted, therefore, by a Judge who, for crucial parts of it, hears only the Government's position, has no opposing counsel in court to cross-examine the Government's representative, and has, as I mentioned a moment ago, very limited, directly relevant personal experience in the intelligence world. This makes the execution of the Judge's role very challenging indeed.
A hundred years ago, perhaps, none of this would have mattered. Indeed in many parts of the world today there would not be any cause for concern, at least openly! But in Canada, and in the countries represented in this room, it matters a very great deal. For many decades the observance of the Rule of Law in our countries has made steady progress towards what we all see as the ideal situation in which no person appearing before our Courts is unfairly treated. A situation where the human rights of every citizen - and usually non-citizens as well - are treated with the greatest possible respect. Of course, there have been some difficulties along the way on this progressive path. We all know that there were times when we did not do as well as we could have done during the height of the Cold War. Nor were human rights given the respect they are accorded today during the Second World War. But, until very recently, we thought that all of that was behind us. We thought that we lived in an age where all elements of our society agreed upon - and usually worked hard to achieve - a full respect for human rights. We were sure that we were making every effort to provide justice for all, and, for the most part, that we were succeeding.
Now, to our surprise, we find ourselves in the midst of what Supreme Court Justice Ian Binnie has so aptly described as "a clash of Titans". The clash between Human Rights and National Security has become more evident with each terrorist attack and with each new effort to pass laws designed to enhance people's safety. Unlike the Cold War where a major part of each side's effort was to counter the intelligence work of the other side, the current situation very often pits our intelligence services against people who live among us and against people who are not working for a foreign state, but are motivated by an ideology or by a hatred that is totally alien to our traditional way of thinking.
In this new era, in a typical national security hearing, the Court finds itself presented with Government evidence that purports to show that the person or group concerned is, or is reasonably likely to be, a threat to the safety of persons in Canada or abroad. The information provided by the Government is usually very sensitive, so that the person concerned is not told the details of the evidence that is alleged against him or her. Nor is his or her legal counsel given that information or allowed to be present when the evidence is adduced by the government. The usual protections afforded by cross-examination and argument - the very soul of our modern system of justice - may not be apparent. Faced with these constraints, the Court cannot simply throw up its hands and rubber- stamp the Government's position. There is, in fact, only one possible path to take: the Court must conduct its own testing of the evidence, its own probing questions, which is normally provided by opposing counsel.
I think everyone here with experience of court procedures, of intelligence agencies, or of both, will understand that having the presiding Judge take over the responsibilities of both chief examiner and final arbiter presents significant challenges. Justice, carried out in camera, is presently the most acceptable forum to protect Human Rights and to deal at the same time with the National Security issues. The Security Certificate hearings are held in public except for the part where National Security information is being dealt with. The role of the designated judges is to balance Human Rights and National Security issues. The involvement of the designated judge is to ensure that the person subject to a security certificate is sufficiently informed of the allegations and that he or she is treated fairly and that the interest of justice prevails. It is logical to suggest that National Security cases - even though we cannot rely on the conventional adversarial system - can achieve a certain sureness of outcome. I believe that an honest assessment would be that, in these circumstances, the very best we can do is to strive to find creative non-cosmetic methods to enable us to reach the fairest possible balance between the rights of the individual or group and the safety of our citizens. What we must do, however, is use our intelligence and our experience to improve the way national security cases are handled to the very limit of our ability.
In the Federal Court we are doing this by pressing the Government to provide the greatest possible amount of information to the person concerned; often considerably more than originally planned. And, as part of this process, designated Judges take a personal role in preparing the summary of evidence provided to the person concerned. A well prepared summary can significantly assist the person in answering the Government's case, without compromising National Security. We insist that the Government provide exculpatory as well as incriminating evidence, and we examine the file in great detail and challenge the Government's thesis in every possible way. We do not say that this effort replaces our traditional adversarial system, but it is the most acceptable forum to render justice considering the issues at stake. Also, we can say that we are doing our best in circumstances that are unlikely to get any easier in the foreseeable future. We see our role as including the duty to achieve the best possible balance between Human Rights and National Security.
We are also trying to improve our ability to test the Government's case as time goes by. It is absolutely clear that Judges cannot become intelligence officers; the subject is much too complex and vast to allow anyone to become de facto officers without actually working in the field for quite some time. We have no intention of trying to become such officers, but that doesn't mean that we can't become quite well informed in areas that are of particular importance in our work. The FISA Court Judges in Washington, D.C. receive regular briefings from the intelligence and security Agencies, and the SIAC in Britain makes use of a lay expert as one of a three person panel ( together with two High Court Judges). We believe that we have learned enough from other jurisdictions, and from our own experience, to be able to design a level of judicial education that is very useful without going overboard. As we all know, the "savoir" of the intelligence world is not accessible in public format or forum and is not taught normally in universities. Therefore, our Court has to take the lead to acquire such knowledge without in any way hurting the independence of justice.
Therefore, we have already started this educational process by meeting with experts representing a wide variety of views. We will continue this series of informal discussions, so as to gain an understanding of the broader context - and a little more specialized knowledge perhaps - to assist us in our work. We will also receive some technical briefings - methods and techniques, not rationale or justifications - from the Government. I want to reiterate that we do not want to become intelligence officers. We would simply like to take meaningful practical steps to give us some comfort that we are adopting the best approach possible, in circumstances that are challenging for everyone.
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is an ongoing tale. There is no pithy conclusion to give you. And there is no elegant solution at hand to solve the almost intractable problems we face in an era of ideologically motivated terrorism. What we must do is put our best minds to work trying to find better methods, more transparent procedures, and more evidently just outcomes. And we will all do much better if we learn from each other, as we are doing here this week. All too often in the past, the Courts adopted the Ivory Tower mentality that the Universities were forced to abandon (for the most part!) decades ago. But Terrorism is a global phenomenon and we do our nations and the Justice System itself a grave disservice if we do not learn from each other's experience and adopt each other's best practices.
The Federal Court and its designated Judges are meeting the challenges of the 21st Century. And our system of justice will continue to improve if all of us keep on learning and enhancing the way we do things for the better protection of individuals and Society as a whole.
Until we once again see peaceful times, we can only do our very best to try to manage the "Titanic" struggle without damaging our treasured civil liberties, and without allowing the outlaws to win. Thank you.
Date modified: 2020-12-18
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La Chasse au lion, tableau de Pierre Paul Rubens (1615)
 La Chasse au lion, tableau de Pierre Paul Rubens (1621)
 La Chasse au lion, film danois muet de Viggo Larsen (1907)

Voir aussi
 La Chasse au lion et au léopard, souvent raccourcie en La Chasse au lion, tableau de Pierre Paul Rubens (1617)
 La Chasse au lion à l'arc, film ethnographique de Jean Rouch (1967)
 La Chasse au tigre, tableau de Pierre Paul Rubens (1615)
 La Chasse aux lions, tableau d'Eugène Delacroix (1855)
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Q: If my class manages a resource correctly then what is the point in having smart poointers? I am new to smart pointers, I liked using them for the safety and power of sharing object...
I have one question: If my class manages a resource in its constructors and destructors applying some rules of thumb like the Big 5 and the Big 3... Should I still use smart pointers? or my class is an alternative to them. Because as I've read in C++ primer 5 edition that smart pointers came to solve problems raw pointers were facing like memory-leaks, double-deleting pointers and accessing a dangling pointer... My class can avoid those problems:
class BallGame {
    public:
        using Resource = int;

        BallGame(int);
        BallGame(const BallGame&);
        BallGame(BallGame&&);
        BallGame& operator=(const BallGame&);
        BallGame& operator=(BallGame&&);
        ~BallGame();
    private:
        Resource m_res;
};

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*Consider that the member of my class are doing the right job so can I avoid smart pointer?

*I want to know some scenarios when I should use smart pointers rather than managing resources in my class.

*Are they really for "dumb classes" (classes that define constructors but not well-behaved destructors) like in C++ primer book.

A: Your question can be read as

If I implement correct semantics for memory ownership of a smart pointer by hand in each class I use, can I avoid using smart pointers?

Yes, but why? When you need a dynamic array do you reimplement basic std::vector semantics by hand every time you need it? I don't think so.
It's the purpose of libraries, avoiding reinventing the wheel every time.

A: Another benefit of smart pointers that has not been mentioned yet is that they give whoever is reading the code a decent idea of the lifetime of that object. The thing with a raw pointer is (especially as code gets more complicated) it can be difficult to figure out who is responsible for calling delete on the object whereas if you have a unique pointer instead we know immediately that the deletion will happen automatically when the pointer goes out of scope.

A: As you've read in your book: They solve the issues raw-pointers facing thus: consider this:
int* ptr = new int[1024];
// oh my God! forgot to free it then welcome to memory leak

std::string* pStr = new std::string("Hello");
delete pStr;

//...
// and at some point in the program you think it is time to free pStr which has been already freed (among hundreds of code lines) then welcome to U.B.
 std::cout << *pStr << std::endl; // pStr is a dangling pointer. U.B

To solve this using smart pointers:
std::unique_ptr<int> upi = std::make_unique(7);
// use upi effectively and don't care about freeing it because it automatically will be freed for you.

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*Another reason your class cannot support is sharing the same object among many objects effectively. In fact you can achieve that through applying a shallow-copy in your class but the Problem is who will free that resource then you end up implementing the functionality of a shared_ptr in your maybe small class!

*Each new version of C++ comes with new facilities and new powerful features so you should stick to these libraries instead re-inventing the well. If only for some educational reason then it is OK to practice.

*If you look you'll find real programs contains smart pointers as members which make your class robust.

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John is an amazing guitarist who started in the late-'60s British blues boom, had his first compositions set to tape with Darryl Way's Wolf in the early '70s, then joined the latter line-ups of jazz-prog legends Soft Machine (replacing Alan Holdsworth) in the late '70s. He's collaborated with luminaries like violinist Stéphane Grappelli, guitar great John Williams, and Andy Summers from The Police, and released eight solo albums prior to teaming up with former members of Soft Machine for another six albums.
We discuss "One Glove" by Soft Machine from Hidden Details (2018), his rendition of Rodgers and Hart's "My Romance" from I Didn't Know (2004), and "Venerable Bede" from Ash (1994). We conclude by listening to "Blue Breeze" by John Etheridge and Vimala Rowe from Out of the Sky (2015). Intro/outro from "Huffin'" by Soft Machine from Alive And Well - Recorded In Paris (1978). For more, visit john-etheridge.com and softmachine.org..
Here's John live with Stephane Grappelli. Here he is with his trio in 2016. Here he is live with Vimala Rowe. Here he is in a duet with John Williams, and here's a song from his duet album with Andy Summers. Here's that lengthy title track from his first album, "Ash."
Here he is in the 70s with Soft Machine, and here they are as the first reunion line-up John was involved in from 2005.
If you're curious, the first line-ups of Soft Machine didn't even have guitar; here they are live in 1973 (still with the same drummer John Marshall, though), and here they are back in 1967 with frontman/drummer Robert Wyatt.


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Enterprise Architecture - Guiding Principles
The usefulness of principles is in their general orientation and perspective; they do not prescribe specific actions. A given principle applies in some contexts but not all contexts. Different principles may conflict with each other, such as the principle of accessibility and the principle of security. Therefore, applying principles in the development of EA requires deliberation and often tradeoffs. The selection of principles to apply to a given EA is based on a combination of the general environment of the enterprise and the specifics of the goals and purpose of the EA. The application of appropriate principles facilitates grounding, balance, and positioning of an EA. Deviating from the principles may result in unnecessary and avoidable long-term costs and risks.
How to Flush DNS
There are wide arrays of DNS issues that can arise at the network administrator or power user level. For the end-user; however, the majority of DNS problems arise from either bad configuration entries or the local computer's DNS storage requiring flushing. Independent of the type of operating system, many home computer users will input the DNS Server for their respective Internet Service Provider (ISP) incorrectly resulting in a failed Internet connection. Each ISP will have a slightly different configuration process; however, the IP address of the DNS server for your home network to use will be provided on registration for service. Many times the ISP will use the address for their actual DNS server, where others it will be the same as the Gateway IP for the service
The Disciplined Agile Framework
IT departments are complex adaptive organizations. What we mean by that is that the actions of one team will affect the actions of another team, and so on and so on. For example, the way that your agile delivery team works will have an effect on, and be affected by, any other team that you interact with. If you're working with your operations teams, perhaps as part of your overall DevOps strategy, then each of those teams will need to adapt the way they work to collaborate effectively with one another. Each team will hopefully learn from the other and improve the way that they work. These improvements with ripple out to other teams. The challenge is that every area within IT has one or more bodies of knowledge, and in some cases published "books of knowledge", that provide guidance for people working in those areas.
Designing the Business of IT
One of the core benefits that organisations can expect is a more cost-efficient IT environment. Senior IT leaders from MunichRe, Shell and Achmea, as well as research from Gartner, predicts that IT4IT will help organisations manage an increasingly complex IT estate in a more cost-effective fashion. It will also free up time and budget for innovation and new products. They feel the Reference Architecture provides a strong framework for managing multi-sourcing approaches, which are becoming more prominent in organisations around the world. Another key benefit of IT4IT is that it is not being introduced as an alternative to methodologies or frameworks such as TOGAF and ITIL.
Google's 'Lego' Smartphone, Smarter TVs: What We're Excited About In 2016
The Internet of Things should continue to provide the foundation for the technology industry's ambitions next year, framed by machine learning, analytics, networking, and ever-smaller devices. Connected sensors will proliferate. Intelligent software agents will learn new tricks that automate discrete tasks in a way that's similar to Gmail's Smart Reply service. Robots will emerge from private businesses to begin grocery deliveries on public sidewalks. If regulatory approval can be secured, drones will begin lawful package deliveries, following in the footsteps of flying contraband couriers.
TLS Client Authentication
Why TLS client authentication? Because that's the most standard way to authenticate a user who owns a certificate. Of course, smartcard certificates are not the only application – organizations may issue internal certificates to users that they store on their machines. The point is to have an authentication mechanism that is more secure than a simple username/password pair. It is a usability problem, especially with smartcards, but that's beyond the scope of this post. So, with TLS clientAuth, in addition to the server identity being verified by the client, the client identity is also verified by the server. This means the client has a certificate that is issued by an authority, which the server explicitly trusts.
Market Police Deploy New Algorithm Weapons Against Spoofers
"We have to capture every trade now," O'Brien said. "In today's markets it's all about analyzing patterns and contexts." Yet given how rapidly fraudsters can change their methods to hoodwink human beings, outwitting surveillance software could be even easier. Algorithms are sophisticated but they're incapable of determining whether a flurry of buy and sell orders are legitimate or unlawful. "The surveillance tools are merely the first line of defense," said Haim Bodek, founder of Decimus Capital Markets, a New York-based algorithmic investing firm. "These tools can help bring suspicious activity to the attention of regulators, trading venues and brokers, but they're a poor substitute for a compliance program that monitors activity across affiliated accounts and groups of traders."
2025: the five key attributes for your business surviving the next ten years in tech
The two make-or-break traits that rose to the top for these leaders were being able to spot new opportunities predictively and being able to innovate in an agile way. The survey also asked these leaders how prepared they believe their organisations are in each of these two dimensions. The gaps were quite remarkable. While 62% of those surveyed identified predictively spotting opportunities as being very important for their businesses, only 12% thought that their businesses had this capability. And only nine percent believed their organisations were capable of innovating extremely well in an agile way.
Podcast: Portfolio Management & The Agile Extension
In agile, we need to be prepared to constantly adapt our plans. That approach works extremely well at the project or initiative level, but at an organizational level, budgets and plans tend to be longer term and less adaptable. The current rate of change often means that those plans are negated and organizations find it difficult to adapt quickly to changing market conditions. We need to take the concept of backlog management and apply it at a higher level to programs and portfolios so that we are able to adaptively respond to changes in the world around us. The traditional definition of project success has been on time, on scope, and on budget. Those constraints still exist, but they are not the driving factors today.
Cybersecurity in 2016: will it come down to luck or leadership?
Unfortunately in most respects, 2016 won't change much: users will still unknowingly click on malicious links; IT departments will still be bad at staying up to date with patching; the bad guys will continue to attack; and the tide of misery from breaches will persist. What matters most is whether your organisation will be a victim or not. Of course you could do nothing, and be lucky. But the only way to control your fate is to lead your organisation to the high ground based on a well-considered, security-first strategy. It is important to remember that, despite their claims, most security vendors cannot help you. Within the market we see too many 'me too' vendors, who's main focus in on the staple of detection.
"It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed." -- Napoleon Hill
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Alpha Pharma Rexobol-50 Stanozolol is a bioavailable anabolic steroid originally developed for veterinary use. So, he participated in building up muscles, strengthening bones and increasing endurance levels in racing horses. Subsequently, the drug has been distributed among athletes.
The effect of Stanozolol is fundamentally different than that of other steroids. It practically does not increase the mass, however, it has fat-burning properties and forms relief, enhancing the appearance of muscles. In addition, athletes and bodybuilders after the end of the course Stanozol noted an increase in strength and endurance.
Rexobol-50 mg is available in tablet form and injections – in the latter case, it is an aqueous suspension. Permissible daily dosage is from 30 to 50 mg. For those involved in athletics, a lower dose is appropriate.
Take the drug for four to six weeks, further recommended restorative therapy. In the case of an increase in the duration of taking Stanozolol, side effects associated with the joints are quite possible.
To improve the effectiveness of this drug helps sports nutrition.
Joint pains are considered to be a frequent occurrence when taking Rexobol-50 – they are neutralized with the help of testosterone, as well as special sports supplements for ligaments. An increase in pressure may be observed, in other patients the level of cholesterol increases, and in very high doses there is a risk of myocardial hypertrophy. In addition, in the form of a suspension, Stanozolol is not suitable for everyone, due to the soreness of the injections.


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The Lél Collection: Cultural Preservation & Personal Healing through Craft
Stephanie Dean March 9, 2020
"[We] see our work both as an act of the preservation of an ancient cultural tradition as well as a healing mechanism, a way to sustain belief in that which is older than (and transcends) the devastation wreaked by the region's sustained conflict, war, and migration."
– Meherunnisa Asad, Creative Director of Lél Collection
Images courtesy of Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council and Lél Collection
View pieces by the Lél Collection, including "Jais" from the Talli x Misbah collection (homeware)
Under the creative direction of the Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council, the "Design Labs" initiative brings local or international designers together with Emirati artisans from the Bidwa Social Development Programme to create unique, collaborative pieces. In working with craftswomen from the Bidwa Centre, the initiative allows for an exchange of craft and design knowledge as well as an exploration of new techniques and materials, developing the practices and skills of the artisans. The collections produced through Design Labs represent this exchange of ideas and, at the same time, reflect the honed skills and hands of their makers.
Lél Collection, an artistic collective based in Peshawar, Pakistan, works to preserve and reinterpret the artistic tradition of pietra dura – handcrafted stone inlay. The atelier was founded by Farhana Asad over twenty years ago and is now run by Asad in collaboration with her daughter, Meherunnisa Asad. With support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Lél Collection works with local Pakistani craftsmen and displaced Afghani refugee artisans to develop handicraft techniques and support the continuation of knowledge and skills for future generations.
As part of the Design Labs initiative, Lél Collection has collaborated with artisans from the Bidwa Centre in Sharjah to produce two "Talli x Misbah" collections. The collections reinterpret the misbah – rosary-like beads used for prayer – instead creating one collection of delicate, open jewellery and another collection of exaggerated, sculptural homeware accessories. The juxtaposition of weighty stone and intricately woven silver and gold thread or rope evidences the dialogue and exchange of craft knowledge, weaving alternative approaches to design together to create unique and visually captivating pieces.
The Lél Collection has it roots in continuing cultural and craft traditions, in what ways have you approached these notions through your practice? How does this approach connect with the studio's work with local craftsmen and refugee artisans?
The Pukhtoons of Pakistan and Afghanistan are culturally one people. The relatively recent man-made geographical borders are unimportant compared to a rich common history of shared language, foods, values, and traditions. The Lél atelier began its life 20 years ago in Peshawar, Pakistan and is still based there. The city has traditionally been a busy trading centre for Pakistan and its Central Asian neighbours and, particularly, for exchanges with Afghanistan. The multiple wars that have played out in Afghanistan over the last 50 years have seen more than a million Afghans seek refuge in Pakistan. The entry point, and often the area where the refugees settle, is Peshawar. As a poor country, Pakistan doesn't have a national welfare system, so locals and refugees alike use their trade or craft to make a living.
In the early 1980s, my mother, Farhana Asad, found herself mesmerised by a small box that she found in the antique bazaar in Peshawar. It was this box that led her to a master artisan – a refugee from Afghanistan, resident in Pakistan – from whom she learned the skill of pietra dura (stone inlay technique) and developed a passion for its preservation. For her, it represented a bridge between the past and the present, both through the exploration of traditional and modern design, and through the artisans of Afghanistan and Peshawar that she went on to train.
Why is it important for you, as a studio and personally, to work with these craftsmen and artisans?
Both my mother and I see our work both as an act of the preservation of an ancient cultural tradition as well as a healing mechanism, a way to sustain belief in that which is older than (and transcends) the devastation wreaked by the region's sustained conflict, war, and migration. To the Afghan refugees that we work with, it provides more than the simple security of paid work – it is a craft rooted in the familiar, in the associations of home. Where so much is lost in movements and migrations, there is yet something of history, of culture, and of home to which they are able to hold on.
"Jais" from the Talli x Misbah collection (homeware)
Can you describe the development and design process behind the two "Talli x Misbah" collections created for Irthi's "Design Labs" initiative?
The misbah is a rosary-like string of beads used for counting prayers; we reinterpreted this Islamic religious ornament as a sculptural home accessory. Our artisans, many of whom are displaced Afghan craftspeople now residing in Pakistan, and local UAE-based trainee craftswomen collaborated to produce semi-precious stone and marble beads as large-scale ornaments ranging from three to eight metres long and engraved with geometric shapes inspired by traditional patterns carved on Emirati doors. The result is a series of sculptural design elements that may be placed on a dining table, hung, or simply laid on the floor to highlight the poetics of a space.
"Sayr Yaay Misbah – Gold"
"Single Talli Misbah – Silver"
A large aspect of the "Design Labs" initiative is the sharing of knowledge, how is this portrayed through the Lél Collection's pieces?
Lél brought its artisans, Afghan refugees now settled in Pakistan, to teach Emirati trainees the crafts of stone inlay and jewellery bead making. These kinds of production techniques did not previously exist at the Bidwa Center. Although there may have been a language barrier, the Emirati trainees were able to quickly grasp the knowledge and transfer the abstracted Emirati door patterns onto the marble beads using the pietra dura technique and create the rounded silver beads.
The Emirati artisans also brought in their knowledge of talli weaving, knotting, and macramé into the binding element of the misbahs and tassels. Traditionally, talli weaves were created using real gold and real silver threads. The collection of jewellery misbahs touches on those traditions to create contemporary, open misbahs.
In reference to technique, material, and form, in what ways have the "Talli x Misbah" collections intertwined the traditional and the contemporary?
The collection of jewellery misbahs redefines the traditional misbah form, opening up the traditional loop, while creating talli weaves down the middle, separating the twenty-three beads on one side from ten beads on the other. The misbah is now both a functional jewellery item and a linear sculpture.
The collection of homeware accessory misbahs scales up the traditional misbah to surpass its function as prayer beads and become more of a symbolic contemporary sculpture, representing Emirati culture.
"Mebrah"
"Hafeet"
"Single Talli Misbah – Gold", "Sayr Yaay Misbah – Gold", and "Single Talli Twisted Misbah – Gold" (bottom, left to right) from the Talli x Misbah collection (homeware)
The Lél Collection is an artistic collective dedicated to preserving, reinterpreting, and evolving the ancient art of handcrafted stone inlay, Pietra dura.
Founded by Farhana Asad two decades ago, Lél is run in collaboration with her daughter, Lél's Creative Director, Meherunnisa Asad, with its collections handcrafted from semi-precious stones and marble.
A Playful Design Utopia: "Bubble Lamp" by Teun Zwets
Master artisans possessing outstanding skill and a passion for preserving traditional craft techniques handcraft each unique piece. They are local craftsmen and refugee artisans displaced by the Afghan conflict to Peshawar in neighbouring Pakistan.
Categories: Solo Feature, United Arab Emirates
Tagged: design-labs, featured designer, Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council, lelcollection, United Arab Emirates
IRTHI x Adorno: Announcing Crafts Dialogue & Design Labs
"These two initiatives have brought together people from across the world that are masters at what they do and has, in a sense, decontextualised them,…
Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council: When Crafts & Technology Meet
Ancient crafts techniques meet digital technologies in Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council's latest virtual exhibition, launched at Milan Design Week 2022 and produced by ADORNO. Watch the interview with Farah Nasri, Acting Manager of Curation & Design.
"The Healing Collection": The Netherlands at Virtual Design Destination 2020
Over the still waters of the Frisian Islands the "The Healing Collection", a Dutch collection curated by Rive Roshan, looks at how designers and artists are influencing the process of healing the planet, society, and the individual.


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Russian Strategy and Missing the Point
By John Erath
Since the Russian government announced that it was postponing the Bilateral Consultative Commission (BCC) of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), most of the commentary has rightly focused on the implications for the treaty's future and that of arms control in general. Although it is understandable to be concerned about New START, looking at the issue solely as an arms control question misses the point.
Over the last year, virtually every decision and policy coming from Moscow has been about Ukraine, initially aimed at changing the Ukrainian government, but since September 2022, increasingly intended to facilitate a specific set of outcomes. In the near term, Russia seeks for others to come to Moscow asking for a negotiated end to the current round of fighting, one that will lock in at least some of Russia's territorial gains, allowing it to claim military success.
Russian efforts have proceeded along two lines. First, Moscow has sought to raise the perceived cost of continuing the war to demonstrate to Ukraine that a military victory would come at too high a price. Russia has deployed thousands of poorly-trained reservists, ill-suited to conquest but able to defend occupied territory. Russian military operations have also increasingly targeted civilian infrastructure, especially the energy sector, with the objective of weaponizing winter against the Ukrainian population.
The second line of effort is against Ukraine's outside supporters. Russian prejudice portrays Ukraine as an illegitimate state, incapable of resisting on its own and therefore propped up by foreign aid. Under this construction, successfully concluding the conflict requires persuading foreigners to pursue a peace favorable to Russia. Efforts to do so have included outreach to perceived opinion leaders such as Emmanuel Macron and Elon Musk to lead "peace" efforts and attempts to use fear of nuclear escalation to lead the West to calculate that the risk of supporting Ukraine outweighs any possible benefit. The postponement of the New START BCC is but another step in this dance.
Russian leaders are aware of the importance of New START in the West as the only remaining legally binding instrument limiting nuclear weapons and believe that the Biden administration will want to preserve it. Therefore, an implicit threat to New START's future provides diplomatic leverage to Russia that has otherwise been lacking. Seen in this context, the postponement should be viewed as another signal of Russian desperation with a conflict that has gone badly indeed.
Should we take the threat to the future of New START seriously? Absolutely. The world does not need another nuclear arms race. But Russia is part of the world and, with its military deflated and economy in shambles, it has less to gain and more to lose by the demise of arms control.
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WI Votes Along Party Lines
News | January 14, 2021 | 0 | by Morgan McCarthy
Western Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind can say he's now voted to impeach the same president twice. Kind joined Wisconsin's two other Democrats in voting to impeach President Trump yesterday. It's the second time the U.S. House voted to impeach the president.
On the other side of the aisle, none of Wisconsin's Republican congressmen broke ranks and voted to impeach President Trump yesterday. Ten House Republicans did vote for impeachment. The President's fate now shifts to the U.S. Senate, where it is unlikely he will be removed before his term ends next week.
Blake Interview to Air on ABC
WI National Guard Heads to D.C.


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Meth addiction can be hard to spot. Learn about the warning signs & symptoms to watch for.
An illicit substance that is widely known to cause insurmountable damage to a person's life is methamphetamine. Commonly referred to as meth, this drug is derived from amphetamine and triggers the rapid release of dopamine in a person's brain when it is used. When under the influence of meth, an individual can remain high for up to twelve hours and experience euphoric sensations. And since the route of administration for methamphetamine is via a needle into one's veins, by smoking it, or by snorting it through one's nose, the high from meth is known to occur instantly. It is the immediate high and subsequent sensations that are pleasurable to users, however the withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable.
In order sustain the euphoria and keep withdrawal symptoms at bay, abusers of methamphetamine often quickly become entwined in the vicious cycle of addiction because of their repeated use. When this occurs, a person's academic and occupational performance declines, relationships can become damaged, and the physical and mental health of the individual deteriorates. However, those who wish to break free from their meth addiction can engage in treatment, learn about their addiction, and garner the skills and tools needed to become sober. Lastly, treatment can also afford addicts with treatment for any existing mental illness that could have contributed to or became worse due to the presence of a meth addiction.
An alarming number of individuals in the United States have used or abused methamphetamine at some point in life. It is estimated that 1 million Americans have used this substance, and an estimated 600,000 people abuse this illicit drug at least once per week. Lastly, research has realized that people under the age of 18 are abusing this substance at a high rate and are requiring treatment to eradicate this detrimental chemical dependency concern.
Genetic: There is a great deal of evidence in existence that supports the notion that addiction possesses a genetic influence. If an individual has a family history of addiction to substances such as meth, there is an increased chance that that person will also come to use and/or abuse substances as well.
Environmental: Individuals who are exposed to chronic methamphetamine abuse have an increased risk for eventually experimenting, using, or abusing this substance as well. Because of this, as well as other environmental influences, a person's environment can greatly impact whether or not an individual will abuse meth. Additional environmental influences can include exposure to violence, crime, chaos or being the victim of abuse and/or neglect.


Souter Investments has announced that OnniBus.com, a Finnish intercity bus operator, has been acquired by Koiviston Auto.
Lauri Helke, Chief Executive of OnniBus.com, said: "I am very happy to announce that OnniBus.com and Koiviston Auto are joining forces, combining two iconic Finnish public transport businesses.
Antti Norrlin, Chief Executive of Koiviston Auto, added: "Growing by acquisitions has always been a part of Koiviston Auto's strategy. By teaming up with OnniBus.com we will get a great deal of new knowledge in marketing, online sales and dynamic pricing. These are exactly the things we need in order to offer even better service to our customers.
Lauri Helke added: "From a customer perspective there will be no change to what OnniBus.com does. We remain totally focussed on providing our customers with consistently great service and developing innovative, fantastic value travel choices.


PICTURE BOOK PEOPLE: Tell your buds about RLGL, the race is still very open for a PB writer to win!
The following racers may submit Page 7 of their ms. You must get through this next page to make it to the finish line. In the event of a tie, both racers will keep going until one is eliminated.
#54-CB, #103-CB, #112-PB, #122-PB, #123-YA, #124-MG, #129-PB, 130-MG, #132-YA, #138-YA, #141-PB, #144-PB, #146-PB, #148-MG.
If you do not see your # and you turned in your work prior to April 5th's deadline, please email snoop at snoop at cynthealiu dot com.
Having fun? Please spread the word about RLGL: We Love Libraries. Remember: EVERYONE WILL RECEIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT EACH WORK ENTERED IN RLGL, regardless of their standing in the race. So keep entering and bring your friends in on the challenge. Again: the race for a PB win is still wide-open. And you never know what will happen to the novelists!
Green light! You have until Wednesday, April 8th, 11:59PM CST to submit your stuff for the next round.
Hi, Cynthea! Thanks for this great and fun opportunity. It's motivating me to write more. Also, your section entitled Revision 9-1-1 for novels: setting and description really helped me to get my first pages moving–no more plopping.
Thanks, Basia. Glad the articles helped. Snoop and I are having a blast over here, too!
I submitted the 1st page of my PB and followed all directions. Although I never got an entry number. Was I late or something?
No, Snoop and I are super late. And we are POOPED! Just finished a school visit so please hang tight as we put ourselves back together. We will deliver the results tomorrow! Again, deepest apologies for the wait. GRRR!
No sweat Cynthea. Relax. Take some time for yourself. I just wanted to make sure I hadn't screwed up. And look at it this way, in terms of the publishing world, you're super fast!


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Song artist 647 - Lil' Wayne
This page lists the song chart entries of Lil' Wayne.A list of the hit albums by Lil' Wayne is also available. The songs are listed with the most widely successful first.
1 Lil' Wayne Lollipop 2008 US Billboard 1 - Mar 2008 (28 weeks), US (Sup) 5 x Platinum (certified by RIAA in Dec 2009), US BB 4 of 2008, Norway 14 - Jun 2008 (4 weeks), POP 17 of 2008, Acclaim Year 21 of 2008, ODK Germany 22 - Jun 2008 (15 weeks), UK 26 - Apr 2008 (19 weeks), US Mediabase 29 of 2008, Sweden 29 - Jul 2008 (2 weeks), Holland 31 - Jul 2008 (5 weeks), US Radio 33 of 2008 (peak 5 14 weeks), ARC 35 of 2008 (peak 3 22 weeks), Switzerland 38 - Jun 2008 (22 weeks), Brazil 71 of 2008, Chart2000.com song 20 of 2008
2 Lil' Wayne How To Love 2011 US Billboard 5 - Jun 2011 (24 weeks), US BB 23 of 2011, US Radio 44 of 2011 (peak 9 11 weeks), POP 47 of 2011, UK 48 - Jun 2011 (7 weeks), ARC 48 of 2011 (peak 7 17 weeks), Chart2000.com song 50 of 2011
3 Lil' Wayne A Milli 2008 US (Sup) 2 x Platinum (certified by RIAA in May 2011), US Billboard 6 - May 2008 (23 weeks), Acclaim Year 7 of 2008, US BB 43 of 2008, nuTsie 85 of 2000s, Guardian Hip-Hop/ RnB 97, Chart2000.com song 58 of 2008
4 Lil' Wayne Mrs Officer 2008 US (Sup) Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jun 2010), US Billboard 16 - Sep 2008 (22 weeks), UK 57 - Nov 2008 (4 weeks), US BB 91 of 2008, Chart2000.com song 99 of 2008
5 Lil' Wayne Got Money 2008 US (Sup) 2 x Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jun 2011), US Billboard 10 - Jun 2008 (27 weeks), US BB 40 of 2008, ODK Germany 67 - Oct 2008 (5 weeks)
6 Lil' Wayne Sucker For Pain 2016 ODK Germany 8 - Jul 2016 (25 weeks) (3 weeks in top 10), Australia (ARIA) 54 of 2016, US BB 68 of 2016, Chart2000.com song 70 of 2016
7 Lil' Wayne Knockout 2010 US (Sup) Gold (certified by RIAA in Mar 2011), US Billboard 44 - Feb 2010 (5 weeks)
8 Lil' Wayne The Fireman 2005 US Platinum (certified by RIAA in May 2007), US Billboard 32 - Nov 2005 (17 weeks)
9 Lil' Wayne Go DJ 2004 US Gold (certified by RIAA in May 2005), US Billboard 14 - Oct 2004 (20 weeks)
10 Lil' Wayne Hustler Musik 2006 US (Sup) Platinum (certified by RIAA in Dec 2009), US Billboard 87 - Apr 2006 (6 weeks)
11 Lil' Wayne What's Wrong With Them 2010 US Billboard 42 - Oct 2010 (1 week), UK 83 - Oct 2010 (2 weeks)
12 Lil' Wayne I'm Me 2007 US (Sup) Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 2010), US Billboard 97 - Feb 2008 (1 week)
13 Lil' Wayne Gonorrhea 2010 US Billboard 17 - Oct 2010 (3 weeks)
14 Lil' Wayne Shine 2001 US Billboard 96 - Sep 2001 (3 weeks)
15 Lil' Wayne Way of Life 2002 US Billboard 71 - Jul 2002 (12 weeks)
16 Lil' Wayne Prom Queen 2009 US Billboard 15 - Feb 2009 (11 weeks)
17 Lil' Wayne The Block Is Hot 1999 US Billboard 72 - Dec 1999 (11 weeks)
18 Lil' Wayne I Am Not A Human Being 2010 US Billboard 65 - Oct 2010 (1 week)
19 Lil' Wayne Bill Gates 2010 US Billboard 75 - Oct 2010 (1 week)
20 Lil' Wayne F**k Today 2010 US Billboard 76 - Feb 2010 (1 week)
21 Lil' Wayne I'm Single 2010 US Billboard 82 - May 2010 (1 week)
22 Lil' Wayne American Star 2010 US Billboard 91 - Feb 2010 (1 week)
23 Lil' Wayne Hot Revolver 2009 US Billboard 33 - Apr 2009 (3 weeks)
24 Lil' Wayne On Fire 2009 US Billboard 62 - Dec 2009 (2 weeks)
25 Lil' Wayne John 2011 US Billboard 22 - Apr 2011 (20 weeks)
26 Lil' Wayne Blunt Blowin 2011 US Billboard 33 - Sep 2011 (6 weeks)
27 Lil' Wayne MegaMan 2011 US Billboard 52 - Sep 2011 (1 week)
28 Lil' Wayne It's Good 2011 US Billboard 79 - Sep 2011 (1 week)
29 Lil' Wayne How To Hate 2011 US Billboard 84 - Sep 2011 (1 week)
30 Lil' Wayne Nightmares Of The Bottom 2011 US Billboard 90 - Sep 2011 (1 week)
31 Lil' Wayne President Carter 2011 US Billboard 94 - Sep 2011 (1 week)
32 Lil' Wayne So Special 2011 US Billboard 95 - Sep 2011 (1 week)
33 Lil' Wayne Mr Carter 2008 US Billboard 62 - Jun 2008 (17 weeks)
34 Lil' Wayne 3 Peat 2008 US Billboard 66 - Jun 2008 (1 week)
35 Lil' Wayne You Ain't Got Nuthin 2008 US Billboard 81 - Jun 2008 (1 week)
36 Lil' Wayne No Worries 2012 US Billboard 29 - Sep 2012 (22 weeks)
37 Lil' Wayne My Homies Still 2012 US Billboard 38 - Jun 2012 (13 weeks)
38 Lil' Wayne Rich As F**k 2013 US Billboard 38 - Apr 2013 (20 weeks)
In addition to the above listed songs Lil' Wayne also contributed to the following entries:
1 Jay Sean & Lil' Wayne Down 2009 US Billboard 1 - Jul 2009 (40 weeks), US Radio 1 of 2009 (peak 1 25 weeks), US (Sup) 4 x Platinum (certified by RIAA in May 2011), POP 2 of 2009, UK 3 - Nov 2009 (20 weeks), ARC 3 of 2009 (peak 1 29 weeks), Norway 5 - Oct 2009 (7 weeks), ODK Germany 9 - Nov 2009 (30 weeks) (2 weeks in top 10), Germany 2000s 9 - Mar 2011 (17 weeks), US BB 20 of 2009, Sweden 25 - Sep 2009 (14 weeks), US Mediabase 26 of 2009, Holland 32 - Dec 2009 (1 week), Australia (ARIA) 34 of 2009, Brazil 42 of 2009, Switzerland 47 - Oct 2009 (11 weeks), Chart2000.com song 24 of 2009
2 Kevin Rudolf & Lil' Wayne Let it Rock 2009 US (Sup) 4 x Platinum (certified by RIAA in May 2011), UK 5 - Dec 2008 (21 weeks), US Billboard 5 - Sep 2008 (35 weeks), Holland 10 - Feb 2009 (12 weeks), ODK Germany 10 - Jan 2009 (23 weeks) (3 weeks in top 10), Germany 2000s 10 - Jan 2009 (5 weeks), US Radio 16 of 2008 (peak 6 26 weeks), ARC 22 of 2008 (peak 4 28 weeks), US Mediabase 24 of 2009, Austria 28 - Feb 2009 (2 months), US BB 32 of 2009, POP 33 of 2008, Australia (ARIA) 44 of 2009, Switzerland 56 - Jan 2009 (13 weeks), Chart2000.com song 44 of 2009
3 Wyclef Jean & Akon & Lil' Wayne Sweetest Girl (dollar Bill) 2007 US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Feb 2008), US (Sup) Gold (certified by RIAA in Jan 2009), Canada Gold (certified by CRIA in Jan 2008), US Billboard 12 - Sep 2007 (28 weeks), Sweden 15 - Oct 2007 (7 weeks), Norway 17 - Dec 2009 (1 week), ODK Germany 30 - Nov 2007 (8 weeks), ARC 39 of 2008 (peak 7 21 weeks), US Mediabase 40 of 2008, US Radio 49 of 2008 (peak 10 10 weeks), Switzerland 51 - Dec 2007 (4 weeks), US BB 56 of 2008, UK 66 - Nov 2007 (3 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 85 - Aug 2007 (3 weeks)
4 Destiny's Child & T.I. & Lil' Wayne Soldier 2005 US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jun 2006), US Billboard 3 - Nov 2004 (21 weeks), UK 4 - Feb 2005 (7 weeks), Holland 10 - Jan 2005 (8 weeks), Switzerland 10 - Feb 2005 (10 weeks), ODK Germany 11 - Feb 2005 (10 weeks), Norway 15 - Feb 2005 (1 week), Germany 16 - Feb 2005 (2 months), US BB 26 of 2005, Austria 26 - Feb 2005 (2 months), US Radio 33 of 2005 (peak 5 12 weeks), ARC 34 of 2005 (peak 4 19 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 44 - Jan 2005 (9 weeks), Chart2000.com song 42 of 2005
5 Lil' Wayne & Corey Gunz 6 Foot 7 Foot 2011 US (Sup) Platinum (certified by RIAA in Mar 2011), US Billboard 9 - Jan 2011 (21 weeks), US BB 41 of 2011, UK 71 - Jan 2011 (1 week), Chart2000.com song 84 of 2011
6 Akon, Lil' Wayne & Young Jeezy I'm So Paid 2008 US (Sup) Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jun 2010), Sweden 21 - Nov 2008 (3 weeks), US Billboard 31 - Oct 2008 (20 weeks), UK 59 - Nov 2008 (10 weeks), Brazil 71 of 2009
7 T-Pain & Lil' Wayne Can't Believe It 2008 US (Sup) Platinum (certified by RIAA in May 2009), US Billboard 7 - Aug 2008 (24 weeks), Sweden 21 - Nov 2008 (2 weeks), US BB 46 of 2008, UK 100 - Sep 2008 (1 week), Chart2000.com song 62 of 2008
8 Chris Brown & Lil' Wayne Look At Me Now 2011 US Billboard 6 - Feb 2011 (27 weeks), US BB 21 of 2011, UK 44 - Apr 2011 (9 weeks), Chart2000.com song 44 of 2011
9 Lil' Wayne & Drake Right Above It 2010 US (Sup) Platinum (certified by RIAA in Mar 2011), US Billboard 6 - Sep 2010 (24 weeks), UK 37 - Sep 2010 (3 weeks), US BB 90 of 2010
10 Lil' Wayne & Drake Love Me 2013 US Billboard 9 - Feb 2013 (22 weeks), US BB 39 of 2013, ODK Germany 93 - Mar 2013 (1 week), Chart2000.com song 56 of 2013
11 Lloyd & Andre 3000 & Lil' Wayne Dedication To My Ex (Miss That) 2011 UK 3 - Dec 2011 (3 weeks), ODK Germany 52 - Mar 2012 (7 weeks), Australia (ARIA) 59 of 2011, US Billboard 79 - Oct 2011 (5 weeks)
12 The Game & Lil' Wayne My Life 2008 US Billboard 21 - Aug 2008 (20 weeks), UK 34 - Sep 2008 (11 weeks), Switzerland 49 - Sep 2008 (6 weeks), US BB 88 of 2008, Chart2000.com song 86 of 2008
13 Jennifer Lopez & Lil' Wayne I'm Into You 2011 UK 9 - May 2011 (18 weeks), ODK Germany 16 - Aug 2011 (14 weeks), US Billboard 41 - May 2011 (15 weeks), Italy 83 of 2011
14 Lil' Wayne & Eminem Drop The World 2010 US (Sup) Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jun 2010), US Billboard 18 - Jan 2010 (20 weeks), UK 51 - Jan 2010 (13 weeks)
15 Lloyd & Lil' Wayne You 2007 US Billboard 9 - Nov 2006 (24 weeks), US BB 40 of 2007, UK 45 - Jun 2007 (4 weeks), US Mediabase 93 of 2007, Chart2000.com song 77 of 2007
16 Eminem & Lil' Wayne No Love 2010 ODK Germany 17 - Nov 2010 (13 weeks), US Billboard 23 - Jul 2010 (20 weeks), UK 33 - Jul 2010 (11 weeks)
17 Chris Brown & Lil' Wayne Loyal 2014 US BB 30 of 2014, ODK Germany 54 - Apr 2014 (7 weeks), Chart2000.com song 24 of 2014
18 Lil' Wayne & Drake She Will 2011 US Billboard 3 - Sep 2011 (21 weeks), UK 58 - Sep 2011 (2 weeks), US BB 95 of 2011
19 Drake, Kanye, Lil' Wayne & Eminem Forever 2009 US Billboard 8 - Oct 2009 (24 weeks), UK 42 - Dec 2009 (15 weeks), US BB 71 of 2010
20 Jay Sean & Lil' Wayne Hit the Lights 2011 US Billboard 18 - Feb 2011 (2 weeks), ODK Germany 62 - Jun 2011 (2 weeks), UK 67 - Feb 2011 (1 week)
21 BoB & Lil' Wayne Strange Clouds 2011 US Billboard 7 - Oct 2011 (20 weeks), POP 65 of 2011, UK 72 - Oct 2011 (2 weeks)
22 Chris Brown & Lil' Wayne I Can Transform Ya 2009 US Billboard 20 - Oct 2009 (19 weeks), UK 26 - Nov 2009 (15 weeks)
23 Lil' Wayne & Bruno Mars Mirror 2011 US Billboard 16 - Sep 2011 (17 weeks), UK 17 - Dec 2011 (12 weeks)
24 Stafford Brothers & Lil' Wayne & Christina Milian Hello 2013 Australia (ARIA) 42 of 2013
25 Lil' Wayne & Drake Believe Me 2014 US BB 89 of 2014
Comment on the contents of the 'Song artist 647 - Lil' Wayne' page
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#23 (Duets) - Strange Clouds
This also made the Billboard charts (#7 - 20 weeks). Probably listed under 'BoB' solo page.
You are correct, data fixed, thanks
(3) Edits Needed
#28 (under Duets - Make It Rain) s/b transferred to 'Fat Joe' solo page. #25 (under Duets - I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) s/b transferred to 'Kevin Rudolf' solo page. And finally #20 (under Duets - Motivation) s/b transferred to 'Kelly Rowland' solo page. All (3) of these should have Billboard Chart Entries there.
Data fixed, thanks
Double Listing - Love Me
#20 & #16 (under Duets w/Drake) are the same.
Double Listing - Mirror
#17 should be combined with #13 (under duets w/Bruno Mars). Also per both polyhex.com & UK Chartstats the Chart Entry should read #17 - 12 weeks (rather than #91- 1 week).
Because the data only runs up to the end of 2011 our entry was correct, the higher peak and extra weeks were after our data ran out. However I've fixed the values to those you suggest and tried finding some extra ones that extended beyond Dec 2011.
Of course our data should not be trusted after 2010 (we've mentioned that before I'm sure)
Double Listing - Right Above It
#6 should be combined with #10 (under duets w/Drake).


Deer Creek School was fortunate to have a special assembly today. Jack Cohen, a survivor of the Holocaust came to speak to students in grades 4-12 about the hardships he experienced during his childhood years. Mr. Cohen was born in Greece in 1932. Being Jewish, he and his family were forced into hiding during World War II. Despite his troubles as a child, he returned to school and graduated, obtaining a doctorate in chemistry. He owned a printing company until his retirement. Mr. Cohen lives in Memphis with his wife Anna and travels with his daughter, Sarah Beth Cohen-Wilcox to speak with students across the Mid-South.


HP Mars Home Planet: The VR Experience, which premiered at SIGGRAPH 2018, is an experience based on the year-long program of the same name which focused on "constructing" the Mars settlement led by HP and NVIDIA®. The global project tapped into a community of nearly 90,000 participants and was focused on three challenges - Concept, 3D Modeling and Rendering. From this brilliant community came over 1,000 design submissions as 3D models of all varieties and formats, and the TEC utilized these ideas to help influence and create the VR experience. Beyond a dedicated community and project manager who helped shepherd the year-long crowd-sourced design competition, a team of 15 artists, modelers and animators from Technicolor's Bangalore-based animation studio pushed the boundaries of today's real-time technology to create the first ever 6 degree of freedom VR experience launched for the Positron Voyager motion chairs.
+ To learn more about the project read here.