Astrology: Is It Popular Among People?
As per astrology, celestial bodies such as the stars and planets have a strong influence on our lives. Astrologers claim that our feelings, traits, behavior, wealth, success, marriage… all can be impacted by the movement of the planets.
Many people believe that celestial bodies have an impact on life on Earth. The natural tendency for people to believe in astrology derives from the desire to find control in the uncertainties of life. People often engage in difficult situations that involve important decisions accompanied by anger, fear or anxiety. In order to escape the chaos of life and to seek guidance when making decisions, people will continue to check their daily horoscopes daily and will consult astrologers, even if they lack predictive validity.
The concept of astrology is not new and can be traced back 3,000 years, to the time when people did not have accurate calendars and they all depended on productive agriculture. People needed to know when they should plant and harvest, so they were reliant on the sky for calendar purposes. Since earliest times, there have been many people who have claimed to predict future with accuracy. However, beliefs about astrology vary in different cultures and regions across the world. Astrology has three main branches: Western, Chinese and Indian astrology. Western astrology has been practiced first by the ancient people of Babylonia, and then it spread to other countries in the world. The Babylonians believed that the movements of the Sun, Moon, and other planets were associated with the activities of God and claimed that they are able to predict these activities. The Babylonian priests were able to predict important events in human lives, based on their interpretations of the heavenly activities.
A horoscope is a person's birth chart or diagram which represents the positions of the Sun, Moon, and planets at the time of a person's birth. The birth chart is also known as astrological or natal chart. Astrology divides the sky into twelve sections, with different zodiac sign based on the characteristics of the celestial bodies. While there are many astrologers who believe that the astrology dates and time of birth is most important, others claim that the month of birth is important for their horoscope. The oldest known personal horoscope was made for the birthdate of April 29, 410 BC.
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The M80s perform live at KC Crossroads big stage at the annual Beer Fest. Live concert by The M80s paying tribute to top 80s dance hits from pop, rock and new wave. Live footage of 2 big dance hits – Mickey and We've Got the Beat. Based in Kansas City, The M80s eighties cover band travels throughout the US for festival, corporate events, etc.


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instant, so pretty happy now!
> and does not sound good for id31, because of limiting artist name length?
could still be there I guess, but also have the v2 frames with more info?
as opposed to a tag called "mixedby" in vorbis comment.
credit of Album Artist in my book!
one but still good!). For this, I set the Album Artist to "Soundtrack"
that!), so I use use the Album Artist of "Various Artists" for this case.
can still be easily implemented in the future.
Hope this make the "use" of my patch a little clearer!
(hopefully) becomes official at which point I'll remove them!
this is perhaps technically correct, it is perhaps not best idea really.
metadata class to handle this situation? What do others think?
> of extracting multi artist compilations is clarified.
bothered to retag things, I feel this is a nice solution!
Thanks for your feedback tho. Always appreciated.
gonna add a Sync option to the Music menu if no-one objects?
iriver db file, but if anyone has any other suggestions let me know.


January 1st is the day usually reserved for new year's resolutions about health—but why wait until after overindulgence to try to repair the damage? With our accessible location, plentiful parking, gorgeous views, bright spacious facilities, and enthusiastic staff, Summit's Wellness Center is designed to be your health oasis in the midst of the holiday flurry.
We offer several services you can use to maintain your health through the holidays.
Eat well and indulge in moderation. Eating well through the holidays is one of the smartest strategies you can take to protect your health. This doesn't mean you must say no to every delicious holiday dish, but it is a good idea to limit your celebratory indulgences and offset them with a balanced diet emphasizing fruits, vegetables, proteins, and healthful fats at home. Don't forget that liquid celebratory toasts can be caloric too—and can impair your ability to drive safely. If you need help designing a healthy diet that works for your lifestyle, our dietician will be happy to put you on the path to healthier eating in 2017.
Improve balance to prevent injuries. Fall-related injuries jump when conditions get slippery. Improving your balance through one of our yoga classes or a personal training program is an excellent way to reduce your risk of slipping and falling.
Manage stress through exercise. During the holidays, social obligations, gift expenses, travel demands, and interpersonal conflicts with family members are loaded on top of regular work duties. The added responsibility can be stressful, and stress takes a toll on your body as well as your peace of mind. Join one of our fitness classes or commit to regular sessions with a personal trainer; physical exercise reduces stress and makes it easier to cope with the demands of the season.
Make activity a habit. Exercise is important all year long—and even more important when you feel stressed or tempted by rich holiday foods. Figuring out how to motivate yourself is half the battle. If you need a partner to stay motivated, we understand. Our wellness team's personal trainers are here to step in and encourage you to stick with your fitness program.
Want to literally give the gift of fitness this holiday season? Our Wellness Center has gift cards available. Slip one into the stocking of someone you love, or put a Summit Wellness gift card on your own Christmas list. We are here to make this holiday season the healthiest one ever for you and your family and friends.


A hidden gem only a stone's throw from I-81 in Virginia, McGaheysville is found at the base of Massanutten Mountain. Located in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, McGaheysville is a town with over 200 years of history and plenty of things to do. With earliest records dating back to 60 years before Independence, the community was established and named in 1801 just as the United States was establishing itself as a nation. Years later, the community would remain relatively unscathed as the Civil War raged around it. Today, it is a beautiful little community to visit in the heart of central Virginia, and it makes a great base camp for adventures throughout the Shenandoah Valley.
Go back over 150 years in the past, starting on a trip through history at Cave Hill Farm. Next, visit another piece of America's history as you take a trip to the site of the Battle of Cross Keys. Walk the same ground that Union and Confederate soldiers walked as part of "Stonewall" Jackson's Valley Campaign. The true highlight of the area is Shenandoah National Park where you can explore mountains older than the Atlantic Ocean or take a hike along the Appalachian Trail that runs the length of the Park.
If you are coming to McGaheysville with the family, visit the Massanutten Resort. In the warmer months, take a kayaking or canoeing trip on the Shenandoah River or, in the colder months, enjoy ice skating at the rink or skiing on the slopes. With both indoor and outdoor features, you can enjoy the water park, regardless of the season. When the weather gets cold, your family will still be able to ride the Blue Ridge Rapids inside the Massanutten Resort Water Park, or relax in the Shenandoah Hot Springs. To explore more of Virginia, stay at one of our Shenandoah Valley resorts.


Welcome to The Kaleidoscope Visual Arts Project at SkyStone! Beginning Tuesday, January 23rd, SkyStone will offer visual art classes as part of our mission to bring meaningful arts education to our community. Classes will be taught by University of Missouri-Columbia graduate Cleveanne Kauffman.
This is a basic break-down of age-related classes. Please note that instruction will be individualized in regard to students' abilities.
If you are an adult who is interested in studying art, you are welcome to take this class.
Classes will be held in a twelve-week session, followed by a gallery showing during week 13. Students will take their work home after the showing.
If SkyStone has to cancel classes because of weather, extra classes will be added at the end of the session to make up missed classes.
Additional family members enrolled in art classes will receive a $10.00 discount for the session.
You have the option of paying for class sessions in two payments.
First payment will be due by January 24th.
Second payment will be due by March 7th.
Materials Fee: There will be a $50.00 per student materials fee due by the first day of class. Materials include such items as pencils, special papers, charcoal, pastels , paint, clay, and the off-site firing of pottery.


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'Development Requires Time,' Pres. Sirleaf Tells Liberians
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A view of the internal road modernization of the Free Port of Monrovia.
-Dedicates internal road and modernization project at the NPA
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has said that development in every country requires time and cannot happen overnight, as she dedicated the internal road and modernization project at the National Port Authority (NPA).
The project includes the construction of rigid pavements, drainages, sidewalks, streetlights (some as high as 60 meters) as well as parking lots outside the concession area of the Dutch company, APM Terminals, which has a 25-year concession agreement with the National Port Authority (NPA) to manage the Freeport of Monrovia.
President Sirleaf, who spoke at the dedication ceremony on Friday, told citizens that development takes a long time, commitment and dedication, "and takes hard work. It doesn't happen in any other way."
"We have come a long way, and every endeavor which we have undertaken; there are challenges not doubt, but my 12-year in power has developed our country amidst huge international donor assistance.
"And the only ones to develop a nation are the citizens of the country themselves. Unless they take responsibility, primary responsibility the country will never achieve its development goals," she added.
Reflecting on her ascendancy to the presidency in 2006, President Sirleaf said that the country was undeveloped in all aspects something that allowed her administration to involve the private sector to accelerate the transformation of the country, including the APM Terminals.
She said the government is also encouraging other private investors and partners to take over some functions of the government, such as petroleum, as in Conex.
President Sirleaf, however, extolled APM Terminals and Conex for their rapid involvement in developing the Free Port of Monrovia that will allow it to efficiently contribute to the country's economy.
She maintained that the Free Port has improved since the intervention of APM Terminals, which has enabled the NPA management to provide batter services in the direction of to the country's development drive.
Sirleaf, who has barely a month to handover to the next elected government, urged Liberians to know these things, and blamed local radio stations for not giving much airtime to development issues.
The just dedicated and completed Freeport Modernization project is the latest in a series of projects President Sirleaf has been dedicating in the past few months as her tenure runs out.
Hailing the National Port Authority—"Talk less, do more"– President Sirleaf wished that "all Liberians will take it to heart."
(L-r) APM Terminals MD, George Adjei, President Sirleaf and NPA Managing Director David F. Williams.
The internal road pavement, something that has not been done in the past 30 years, is expected to address the long-running issue of flooding within the Free Port of Monrovia during Liberia's rainy season, according to port authorities.
NPA Managing Director David Williams said that the cost of the project has come from the corporation's coffers, without taking any loans.
He said achieving the project came as a result of dedication, and commitment to the infrastructure development of the country.
Williams said the project will enhance the operations of the port as it serves as a gateway to the country's economy.
He disclosed that the Free Port of Monrovia is now providing 24-hour service instead of the previous 12 hours of operations, adding that the second seaport of Buchanan, which is some 88 miles from Monrovia, is now operating on a 24-hour basis as well.
The NPA boss also disclosed that under his two-year administration at National Port Authority, the Free Port of Monrovia – including Grand Bassa, Sinoe and Maryland – is better of than it used to be, emphasizing that such an achievement was done through the collective effort of the management team.
He further narrated that the improvement of the Free Port of Monrovia will reduce cost making business with the NPA.
The Free Port of Monrovia Modernization project is part of the Sirleaf administration's development blueprint code-named, "The Agenda for Transformation" under the seaport sector.
Few years ago, the NPA entered into a concession agreement with APM Terminals, which has in recent times constructed a 600-meter quay at the port, which is said to have a 50-year warranty.
The quay project is said to cost US$50 million, and is in line with the Concession Agreement signed by the Liberian government.
The Terminal Modernization project is also said to have cost US$34.5 million.
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PLEASE TO THE LOCAL RADIO STATION PLEASE TALK ABOUT THESE ACHIEVEMENTS, GREAT ACHIEVEMENT PRESIDENT SERLEAF
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Samuel R. Rowley
Sam Rowley represents clients in complex commercial litigation matters with an emphasis on the representation of financial institutions and other public and private entities in disputes concerning corporate insolvency and valuation issues. He often represents parties to fraudulent transfer, lender liability, and a variety of partnership and LLC disputes. Sam also handles antitrust and franchise and distribution disputes, particularly in the automotive industry. He has tried numerous cases to juries, judges, and arbitrators, and has worked on appeals across the country in state and federal appellate courts, including the US Supreme Court.
Sam has been listed as a Super Lawyers "Rising Star" (2012–2014), and is active in pro bono matters. Previously, he was part of a team that won landmark victories for a group of Uighurs held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Tried first-of-its-kind creditor derivative action for plaintiff bondholder in the Delaware Court of Chancery; obtained multi-million dollar award of plaintiff's fees (Del. Ch. 2015)
Obtained $30 million judgment after trial for oil and gas company in offshore construction litigation arising from bankruptcy case of ATP Oil & Gas Corporation (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2014)
Prevailed before New York Court of Appeals in Quadrant v. Athilon (2014)
Represented industry trade association challenging the constitutionality of amendments to state legislation regulating automotive manufacturers in Florida and Connecticut (2012–2014)
Representing industry trade association challenging the constitutionality of motor vehicle dealer act amendments in Florida and Connecticut (2012–2014)
Represented Grenada Sovereign Bondholder Committee (2013–2014)
Represented Tempur-Pedic International in responding to second request from FTC in connection with $1.2 billion acquisition of Sealy (2013)
Represented a Fortune 100 company in Madoff trustee avoidance litigation (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2011)
Represented secured term-loan lenders, In re Visteon Corporation (Bankr. D. Del. 2010)
Represented unsecured creditors' committee, In re Sea Containers, Ltd. (Bankr. D. Del. 2008)
Middlebury College, 2001, Artis Baccalaureate, Cum Laude
The George Washington University Law School, 2006, Juris Doctor, With Honors
US District Court for the District of Massachusetts
US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Member, Practice Group of the Year, Competition, Law360 (2017, 2018)
John J. Curtin Public Service Award (2008)
Boston Bar Association President's Award (2007)
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Stephen Ezell: Latest Data Lend Urgency to Need for Ex-Im Bank Reauthorization
Jun 22, 2015 by Stephen Ezell, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
With global competitors expanding export credit to support their own companies, why would the Unites States unilaterally disarm the Ex-Im Bank?
With Congress in the midst of considering legislation to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank — its current authorization expires and thus must be extended by June 30, 2015 — comes fresh evidence reiterating the vital need for the Bank in providing export credit finance support for America's exporters.
On Friday, June 12, the Bank released its annual Report to the U.S. Congress on Global Export Credit and Competition, which once again demonstrates the emphasis America's leading competitors place on providing export credit support for their traded-sector enterprises and underlines the risks if Congress does not reauthorize the Bank with alacrity.
As the chart below illustrates, as a share of GDP in particular, a number of countries significantly out-invested the United States in new medium- and long-term export credit assistance in 2014. In fact, as a share of its economy, China invested eight times as much in export credit assistance than the United States did in 2014, while Germany invested six times as much, and France and Italy almost five times as much. In fact, of 10 nations assessed for their 2014 export credit volumes, the United States ranked ninth in export credit intensity.
Moreover, as the second chart below shows, in 2014, China invested $58 billion in new medium- and long-term export credit, almost five times more than the $12.1 billion the United States invested. And the gap is even more yawning in absolute terms over the past four years, as from 2011 to 2014, China invested twice as much in export credit assistance than the United States did: $162 billion to the United States' $79 billion. And while Germany invested roughly the same amount over this period ($75 billion), as a share of its economy Germany invested 4.5 times as much.
What's more, most countries provide export credit assistance under international rules established through the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to ensure that companies compete on free-market factors such as price and quality rather than on aggressive government financing. But the 2014 Report to the U.S. Congress on Export Credit Competition shows that unregulated export credit competition continues to significantly expand. In fact, whereas 100 percent of trade-related official support fell under the aegis of the OECD's 1999 Arrangement governing fair use of export credit, today that share has been reduced to only 34 percent. The vast majority of this growth in unregulated volumes has come from Asian export credit agencies (ECAs). In fact, in 2014, 83 percent of total global unregulated trade-related official support was issued by Asian ECAs, and from 2013 to 2014, the volume of unregulated trade-related official support from governments in China, Japan, and Korea increased over 20 percent from $117 billion to $151 billion.
In short, as ITIF has written on a number of occasions, including most recently in its report The Export-Import Bank's Vital Role in Supporting U.S. Traded Sector Competitiveness, the latest data convincingly show that export credit competition is not going away — it is, in fact increasing.
This demonstrates the folly of those who would advocate that the United States unilaterally end the provision of export credit assistance. For not only does the Bank play a key role by stepping in to provide financing or insurance for export transactions that might not otherwise occur, it also plays an instrumental role in leveling the playing field for U.S. exporters by matching the credit support that other nations provide, ensuring that U.S. exporters are able to compete based upon the price and performance features of their products.
Yet, unfortunately, as Ex-Im Bank President Fred Hochberg noted last week, American companies — including many small businesses — are already losing out on sales due to the growing uncertainty among overseas buyers that the Bank may not be there to back their purchases with insurance and capital financing.
Those in Congress who profess to be concerned by the state of the American economy and the ability of its enterprises to compete in global markets need to recognize that the notion that enterprises compete as independent entities in global markets simply does not reflect the reality of modern global economic competition. As Greg Tassey, the Department of Commerce's former Senior Economist, notes, the reality is that, "U.S. manufacturing firms are attempting to compete largely as independent entities against a growing number of national economies in Europe and Asia in which government, industry, and a broad infrastructure (technical, education, economic, and information) are evolving into increasingly effective technology-based ecosystems." The notion that "if America unilateral disarms the Ex-Im Bank, competitor nations will follow" is simply not realistic.
In conclusion, policymakers should be as concerned with America's economic competitiveness as they are with America's military and national security competitiveness. In fact, the first underpins the second. To not reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank would unnecessarily endanger America's global leadership on both counts.
(Top image: Courtesy of Thinkstock)
This piece first appeared on The Innovation Files.
Stephen Ezell is Director of Global Innovation Policy with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.
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Movies - 1980s Movies - R 3 Mins Read
Return of the Soldier, The (1982)
This adaptation of Rebecca West's novel about a shell-shocked soldier returning from World War I to his home in England – and a marriage he can't remember – has a first-rate cast: Alan Bates as the amnesiac Captain Chris Baldry; Julie Christie as his shallow wife, Kitty (pictured below); Glenda Jackson as Margaret Grey, the former sweetheart he still loves; and – in a spot of off-beat casting – Ann-Margret as his spinster cousin, Jenny.
While some of the conventions of the original novel (written in 1918) may have seemed fresh in their day, they have since become cliches – the amnesia plot has been done to death, as has the dramatic device of a batch of crucial letters that were somehow never delivered. And the laws of coincidence are stretched when we discover that both Chris and Margaret have lost an only child in almost exactly the same way.
None of this might have mattered had there seemed to be more at stake in Chris' recovery, but the portrait that is etched of this privileged gentleman's life before he went off to war is an exceedingly dull one, as indicated by Kitty's recitation of how they spent their evenings in the grand old family home, Baldry Court; "We played bridge and people came to dinner".
It's little wonder, then, that Chris regresses to the days of his early manhood when he was madly in love with Margaret, who was below his station but had an irresistible earthy charm. Even though she has become a dowdy, middle-aged housewife who wears the same drab raincoat every time she comes to visit Baldry Court, he still sees her as a lovely young girl.
But even Chris' attempts to recapture a romantic past smack of cliches. He and Margaret gambol in the fields and taking a rowing boat ride like young lovers in a TV commercial. When the crucial question arises as to whether Chris is better off with or without his memory, it seems almost a moot point.
Ann-Margret, with a perfectly respectable English accent, is a model of restraint as the repressed Jenny, who has long ago made the compromises that Chris still resists, and must hide her romantic feelings for her cousin.
Kitty Baldry
Margaret Grey
Glenda Jackson
Jenny Baldry
Captain Chris Baldry
Alan Bates
Doctor Anderson
William Grey
Frank Finlay
Jeremy Kemp
Hilary Mason
John Sharp
Elizabeth Edmonds
Valerie Whittington
Mrs Plummer
Patsy Byrne
Amanda Grinling
Edward de Souza
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Alan Bridges
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Bullshot (1983) This risible spoof of the Bulldog Drummond stories stars Alan…
When The Wind Blows (1986) In this adaptation of Raymond Briggs's chilling cartoon book, elderly…
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Millions of Americans own their own homes, yet lack the funds or physical ability to keep them in a state of minimum repair. In the United States, nearly two million homeowners have a hole in their roof. Almost three million are missing bricks, siding or other outside wall material. Two and a half million homes have a crumbling foundation and close to four million occupied homes have broken windows (2005 American Housing Survey).
Through The Fuller Center's Greater Blessing repair program, homeowners in need can apply to a Fuller Center covenant partner to have their homes restored to a simple, decent living condition. Once repairs are complete, The Fuller Center works with each homeowner to help them structure an affordable repayment plan. All of this is done without charging interest, without the use of a mortgage and without requiring the title to the property as collateral.
Jesus taught that it is more blessed to give than to receive. The Greater Blessing ministry is based on this teaching. Homeowners are "paying it forward," because their payments enter a fund used exclusively for other Greater Blessing repair projects. Many people don't feel comfortable being a charity case. Our founder, Millard Fuller, believed that providing opportunities to work in partnership enhances human dignity, which is why these home repairs are not given away.
Apply for repairs by locating and contacting your nearest covenant partner.
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Cute Black and White Ghost Cat, Glitter Halloween Hard Enamel Pin.
This pin is so sweet and delicate and measures 1 Inch.
This Pin comes in two versions: Glitter and No Glitter.
You can pick your selection from the drop down menu.


One of the things that has kept me from blogging as often over the past months has been an increasing involvement in behind-the-curtain work at ZNet. One of the more interesting aspects of this work has been the project exploring the possibility of converting ZNet to free software (some of you will note the hedging-of-bets character of the previous sentence). To that end, I've just published an article on that project, is prospects, and some thoughts on the motivating philosophies of ZNet and of the free software movement.


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Red Bull X-Alps 2015
World's Toughest Adventure Race
Thirty-two elite athletes compete in the world's toughest adventure race, the Red Bull X-Alps. They hike, run, and paraglide across 1,000km of beautiful, tough terrain.
Maurer's Preparation
Christian "Chrigel" Maurer begins his quest to win his fourth consecutive Red Bull X-Alps race in 2015.
X-Alps Trifecta
Red Bull X-Alps 2015: GoPro Extra
Hike, climb, and paraglide through the Alps with Christian Maurer as he attempts to win the Red Bull X-Alps for the third consecutive time. It's a 1000km race from Austria to Monaco through one of the world's most impressive mountain ranges.
Ready For Racing
Christian Maurer and Paul Guschlbauer make their final preparations for the 2015 Red Bull X-Alps competition.
Season Recap
Challenging tracks built steeper and faster than ever keep the season close 'til the final run.
2011 was one for the record books as Ice Cross Downhill exploded; Arttu Pihlainen hopes to do it all again.
Chasing the Crown in Cape Town
Red Bull King of the Air 2015
Kiteboarding's supermen battle it out at Big Bay, Cape Town for the coveted title of "King of the Air."
Per tradition, Crashed Ice returns to Quebec, Canada for the final race, with Canadian Kyle Croxall leading.
Red Bull X-Fighters 2013
The Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour is back in 2013, with 5 stops on 3 continents.
Valkenburg, Netherlands
The second stop of the series returns to the home of the longest race track in Crashed Ice history.
Underneath the world's tallest building, thousands of fans gather to see the famed X-Fighters in Dubai.
Kiteboarding New Heights
Intense weather conditions set the stage for the closest finals in series history. It's a battle of titans as 24 elite kiteboarders, including five world champions, take the sport to new heights on the backs of these monstrous Cape Town swells.
Hometown hero Taka Higashino of Japan won the first Red Bull X-Fighters event of his career.
Jyväskylä recap
Spectacular jumps and wild crashes, constant passing and the surprising early exits of the biggest stars was capped by a final pitting of old rivals against each other. The result was a new winner in Jyväskylä, Finland, the second race of the season.
At the first stop of the 2013 season the only things crazier than the Mexico City crowd are the insane tricks.
Freestyle motocross returns to Japan as 12 elite riders go head-to-head in front of Osaka Castle.
Rally Raid Pit Stop
Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge 2018
Every second counts in rally racing. The mechanics work fast to change a tyre and get the rider back on his route.
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Far from the mass tourism present elsewhere, the mountain village of St. Anton am Arlberg is a diverse and rewarding holiday destination. Lush green mountainsides and the wonderful freshness of the mountain air promise rest, recovery and unique adventures from the valleys to the highest peaks: Hike the more than 300 km of trails, climb, mountain bike, e-bike or cruise on a racing bike ... these are Arlberg's most popular activities in summer. You can reach outstanding heights in just minutes with our region's cable cars. Once back in the valley, the diverse array of wellness activities available at the congress centre ARLBERG-well.com, with its stylish architecture and its rich water-sports activities, wellness and culture, both welcome and delight. The sports and climbing centre arl.rock is well worth a visit, and not just on rainy days. Movement, wellness, culture and events: With us you'll find the perfect mix for the entire family.
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While the weather may change, our good mood is constant. After all, the rawness and beauty of nature in all its splendour is what makes St. Anton so unforgettable. Each day, let the beauty of the mountain world surprise and inspire you. By the way: With the free St. Anton Summer Card, which you'll receive on your first night's stay, you can easily and affordably discover the beauty of the region. Many activities and bonuses are free of charge with the card!
The free St. Anton Summer Card allows guests to enjoy a range of free activities throughout the region (e.g. cable cars, swimming pool, kids' programme, a green fee at the golf course, museum, etc.) With the 3, 5 or 7 day bookable St. Anton Premium Card, you can expand your summer-fun horizons beyond those of the regular summer card and enjoy additional benefits and services!
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Since Summer 2017 you can find the Eldorado at the entrance of the Verwall Valley. Test your bike skills on Pumptrack, Drop Offs, Northshore Trail and E-Trail Parcours. The new Eldorado is fun for young and old, beginner or expert.


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Induction of drug metabolism was described more than 40 years ago. Progress in understanding the molecular mechanism of induction of drug-metabolizing enzymes was made recently when the important roles of the pregnane X receptor (PXR) and the constitutive androstane receptor (CAR), two members of the nuclear receptor superfamily of transcription factors, were discovered to act as sensors for lipophilic xenobiotics, including drugs. CAR and PXR bind as heterodimeric complexes with the retinoid X receptor to response elements in the regulatory regions of the induced genes. PXR is directly activated by xenobiotic ligands, whereas CAR is involved in a more complex and less well understood mechanism of signal transduction triggered by drugs. Most recently, analysis of these xenobiotic-sensing nuclear receptors and their nonmammalian precursors such as the chicken xenobiotic receptor suggests an important role of PXR and CAR also in endogenous pathways, such as cholesterol and bile acid biosynthesis and metabolism. In this review, recent findings regarding xenosensors and their target genes are summarized and are put into an evolutionary perspective in regard to how a living organism has derived a system that is able to deal with potentially toxic compounds it has not encountered before.


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Manchester United benches 2020 forecast as coronavirus puts soccer on hold
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Premier League clubs have scrambled to save cash, with some forced to furlough staff. Players are now back in training with the hope that matches can take place behind closed doors from next month.
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Manchester United saw broadcasting revenue more than halve in the third quarter ended March 31, while matchday revenue fell 8%
Total revenue slid 19% to 123.7 million pounds, while core profit tumbled 32% to 27.9 million pounds for ManU
ManU have not played since they beat LASK Linz 5-0 in a Europa League round of 16 first leg in Austria on March 12
Manchester United on Thursday abandoned its annual financial targets and reported a second consecutive drop in quarterly core earnings and revenue after the coronavirus brought the Premier League to a halt.
Football fans around the world were have been deprived of live action for two months with most professional leagues suspended to try to contain the spread of the virus.
"Operationally, the impact of the pandemic and measures to prevent further spread continue to disrupt… businesses in a number of ways, most significantly in broadcasting and match day operations," the company said in a statement.
United, who are in "rebuild" mode as they chase a return to the lucrative UEFA Champions League competition, saw broadcasting revenue more than halve in the third quarter ended March 31, while matchday revenue fell 8%.
As a result, total revenue slid 19% to 123.7 million pounds ($151.3 million), while core profit tumbled 32% to 27.9 million pounds.
Net debt ballooned by more than 127 million pounds to 429 million pounds and the club, controlled by the American Glazer family, made a net loss of 22.8 million pounds once the cost of financing that burden were taken into account.
United have not played since they beat LASK Linz 5-0 in a Europa League round of 16 first leg in Austria on March 12, a match played behind closed doors. Their last match at their Old Trafford home was a 2-0 win over local rivals Manchester City in the Premier League on March 8.
United were in fifth place in the 20-team Premier League when the action was halted.
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Abbot Hall Art Gallery has long been associated with the British landscape tradition, with a vast collection of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Lake District watercolours, modern and contemporary landscapes and an exhibition programme that has included recent landscape-themed shows focussing on artists such as Graham Sutherland, Barbara Hepworth and JMW Turner. Into this impressive lineage fits Boyle Family: Contemporary Archaeology, an exhibition that will present visitors to Abbot Hall with a vision of the landscape that is both completely familiar and utterly unexpected.
Boyle Family have beguiled viewers with their contemporary explorations of the world around us ever since Mark Boyle and Joan Hills, and later their children, Sebastian and Georgia, started collaborating in the 1960s, seeking to present their interpretation of the environment as truthfully and objectively as possible.
They are best known for their astonishing earth studies: facsimiles of the ground taken from randomly chosen points in the world that resemble slices of the landscape fixed to the gallery walls. They have likened their approach to that of NASA space research, voyaging to far-flung places to probe, obtain data and extract samples from the surface of the planet; a form of contemporary archaeology that excavates the present rather than the past. This 'earthprobe' project was launched as Journey to the Surface of the Earth at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1969 and has led to numerous World Series assignments all across the globe - from New Zealand to Japan or the Australian outback to north of the Arctic circle - with the sites having been determined by blindfolded participants throwing darts at a large map of the world.
This exhibition, conceived in close collaboration with the artists, could be seen as a follow-up to their comprehensive retrospective at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in 2003 and will present The World Series Lazio Site, the most recent of their on-going World Series projects, in its entirety. The Lazio series dates from 2013 and comprises earth studies, electron microphotographs and video that provide a compelling and arresting visual record of the surface of the land, the plant life, insect life and the presence of the artists themselves. Accompanying this work will be earth studies from the previous decade, including the first public showing of their Coral Quarry Triptych from 2001-2 and a mesmerising time-lapse film of their most recent Seeds for a Random Garden project.


VAT on purchase of spanish property?
Spanish Property Insight › Forums › Spanish Property Forums › Property Questions & Answers › VAT on purchase of spanish property?
I was just wondering if you purchased a property in spain and are non resident i.e you use it for a holiday home – is it possible to claim the vat back?
Wouldn't that be great, I dont think the customs would allow that somehow, the only way it might work is if the house was bought in the name of a british vat registered business who could demonstrate that it was for use within the company.
You pay far more and even a few taxes are even invented that are not applicable to residents!
JP: You are sooooooooo right.
I know only too well about the taxes the spanish authorities charge – have owned apartment for 5 years. Was reading an article here in ireland about claiming VAT back and thought I'd ask the question.
Many thanks for your replies – let's hope that in time the abolish the income tax for non residents.


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Winner: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Over the past year architectural practice AHMM has completed several key projects, including the redevelopment of Television Centre in White City, London, and Liverpool's Royal Court, as well as the White Collar Factory in London's Old Street (pictured). Meanwhile UK fee income rose 14%. With offices in London and Bristol as well as one in Oklahoma in the US, the firm's continued success has been underpinned by a maintained focus on the infrastructure and management of the practice. Client satisfaction is constantly monitored throughout the project delivery process, both formally and informally, while staff wellbeing and training remain high priorities for the firm, which this year became an employee ownership trust.
Runners-up
Assael Architecture
The practice has worked on an array of residential projects in the past year, including at Blackhorse Mills in Walthamstow, and secured planning for Clockhouse and Access House, part of the Bromley-by-Bow South masterplan. It saw profit rise 10% and has boosted staff numbers to 89, with 19 new recruits. It has expanded its wellbeing activities and continues to reward its team with benefits including sabbaticals and early Friday finishes.
BuckleyGrayYeoman
With profit up by 16% in the past year, Shoreditch-based BGY has opened a new office in Bristol, while projects have included a proposed revamp of the Truman Brewery complex in east London, with other projects under way in Italy, Spain, Turkey, Sweden, Thailand and Germany. The firm focuses on developing staff skills and supports workplace wellbeing, having boosted its range of employee benefits and engagement initiatives, including supplying graphics for a float in the London Pride parade.
UK profit more than doubled last year as HLM worked on healthcare projects as far afield as Abu Dhabi and, closer to home, the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh. HLM created the UK's first Architecture Apprenticeship Standards, collaborating with the RIBA, the Architects Registration Board and more than 12 UK universities. It has an in-house method for project reviews, carried out at key milestones, while formal reviews are carried out with clients at agreed intervals.
Pascall+Watson
In the past year the London-based practice has worked on the first phase of Manchester airport's £1bn transformation, the new Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London and the development of 13 Crossrail stations. It is committed to incorporating sustainable solutions, having in the last year designed four BREEAM, four PEARL, three LEED and two GRIHA rated projects. UK fee income rose 19% while profit grew 60%.
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Weston Williamson + Partners
Weston Williamson saw profit rise by 63% last year, with work including the start of the Melbourne Metro Tunnel – the largest ever public transport project in the state of Victoria, Australia – as well as securing its first major aviation project in North America, a regional transit centre and passenger processing facility at Toronto Pearson international airport. It also launched the WW+P Incubator, a collective of young architects, to respond to briefs that specifically call for emerging architects.
White Ink Architects
WIA saw UK fee income rise by 28% in the past year, with profit growing nearly one-and-a-half times, as it worked on projects including the Westminster Quarter, South West Lands phase one at Wembley, and a science building for Queen Mary University of London. The Belfast-based firm embraces a team culture of client, consultants and suppliers working together, and has been expanding its client base while continuing to export its services and compete in the London/UK market alongside more established firms.
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tv CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley CBS June 29, 2012 5:30pm-6:00pm PDT
>> pelley: tonight, now it's war against the wildfires. the military joins the fight in colorado. the commander in chief visits the front lines. barry peterson is with the evacuees. >> it's just total devastation. >> pelley: the supreme court didn't end the battle over health care reform. >> this has to be ripped out by its roots. >> pelley: the speaker of the house tells norah o'donnell the republicans have just begun to fight. sea levels are rising, but why are they rising so much more on the east coast? jim axelrod has the answer. and steve hartman "on the road." when wounded american troops send out a call, she answers again and again. >> reporter: you can't say no. >> no, we shouldn't say no. >> reporter: but you can't say no. ( laughs )
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. could this be the turning point in the week-long battle against that massive wildfire in colorado? firefighters say they have fought it to a standstill on the edges of colorado springs. but the fire has taken a heavy toll already. two people were found dead inside a burned-out house. 346 homes have been destroyed, and more than 30,000 people have evacuated. president obama visited the disaster area today and called the devastation "enormous." the president ordered the military into the battle, and barry petersen was there when the troops flew in. >> reporter: the air battle got reinforcements today. four more military c-130s, with 21 tons of fire retardant per drop, were added to the fire tankers here. and the ground war will soon get
help from 145 combat engineers based in colorado springs. they're now getting three days of firefighting training to join 1,100 firefighters already on the line. when the 100-foot-high flames swept down the hills tuesday and into the neighborhoods, firefighter chris villegas was in the thick of it. so intense, you had to retreat twice and then finally pull out. was there any hope of saving the homes, at that point? >> there was nothing we could do. we couldn't see ten feet in front of us. i just saw, you know, orange sky. >> reporter: aerial photos in today's "denver post" showed what the fire left behind from what had been one of the city's nicest neighborhood. carol lyn lucas took this video just before she and her family fled the fire, and didn't know her home was gone until she saw this picture of debris. >> it's just total devastation. when you've, um, had a home that you've created and you've built
as your family nest, it's like a death. >> reporter: she took these videos of the house before the fire, of family antiques and mementos, and now she's haunted by losing her home of 22 years where she and her husband raised a family of three boys. >> every night when i go to bed now and i get into bed, i go room to room and i think about what i left, and i think, "why didn't i take that? why didn't i grab that? my grandmother's mirror?" or i think about things that i left, and you just second guess yourself. but you can't go back and then you have to say, "stop, stop. you can't do that. they're only things, and people matter most of all." >> reporter: today, she is somewhere between the shock of what she lost and what is ahead. >> you're almost in the survival mode for-- for us, and then you start thinking about where are we going to have christmas? and what are we going to do? >> reporter: if there is good
out of this, that's it, you lived? >> we lived. we lived. and we will live on. >> reporter: well, there's good news, scott. the fire now 25% contained. and all that smoke you see behind me-- not alarming. in fact, this is part of backfires set by fire crews. they're creating a break so the fire up in those hills cannot move into homes down below. >> pelley: fingers crossed. barry, thank you very much. this morning, the air force academy in colorado springs was reopened. it had been evacuated earlier. and we were struck today by an image from the "denver post" of a different wildfire near fort collins, colorado. 85-year-old george vidach came home yesterday. there was nothing left. he lived there 50 years. the family pictures are gone, he said, but "i have my memories." he was a refugee from the invasion of hungary in 1957. compared to the soviets, he said, this is nothing.
today, the battle over president obama's health care law moved into a new phase. one day after the supreme court upheld the law, house republicans were vowing to repeal it. norah o'donnell sat down with the speaker of the house, john boehner, today. norah. >> reporter: and, scott, republicans have already voted 30 times in the house of representatives to repeal or de-fund the affordable care act, but it never gets beyond the republican-controlled house because the senate is controlled by democrats. well, they plan to do it all again on july 11. and speaker boehner made clear, republicans want to repeal the whole act, including provisions that he acknowledges are popular. why not, then, if you like some of the provisions in the affordable care act, why not work with it rather than repeal the whole thing? >> no, no, no. >> reporter: even mitt romney... >> this has to be ripped out by its roots. this is government taking over the entire health insurance industry.
the american people do not want to go down this path. they do not want the government telling them what kind of insurance policy they have to buy and how much they're going to pay for it. and if you don't like it, we're going to tax you. it has to be ripped out, and we need to start over, one step at a time. >> reporter: so you say to heck with all these provisions, like additional preventive care for children and women... >> all of them. when we replace this, we can have a commonsense debate about which of these provisions ought to stay and which ought to go. >> reporter: so, scott, repealing the president's health care law may ultimately be decided at the ballot box this november. but republicans would have to hold onto the house, win a super-majority in the senate, and win the presidency. and even then, scott, it would take some time to unravel this landmark legislation. >> pelley: speaker boehner's first interview since the ruling. norah, thank you very much. you can see more of norah's interview with the speaker this sunday on "face the nation"." what does the court's decision mean in the presidential race? well, that would be a question
for john dickerson, our cbs news political director. john, how is this going to affect the presidential race? >> well, for mitt romney, it's turned out pretty well in the short term. the ruling's helped him raise $5 million already. though conservatives were well on their way to falling in line behind romney, now they're rushing to because only by electing him can they put an end to this law. but it's an open question how much mitt romney will be able to use this issue to woo voters not already in his camp. romney's case against the affordable care act is muddled because in massachusetts, not only did mitt romney advocate a health care plan with an individual mandate, but it also included a tax on anyone who did not have insurance. you heard john boehner there complain about that tax. chief justice john roberts ruled that the affordable care act uses a tax in a similar way. that's what boehner was talking about. these similarities may make it too difficult for mitt romney to make the president's health care plan an issue. >> pelley: john, does the court's ruling help or hurt the president? >> reporter: the president's advisers say he was very happy
with the ruling, but it's mostly because he dodged what could have been a disaster, the upending of his signature legislative achievement. but the affordable care act is still unpopular, which is why president obama seems so anxious to move on in his remarks after the decision yesterday. he doesn't want to get stuck fighting a battle he's been losing, and the president's aides also believe that voters care about other issues. in a recent pew center poll, jobs was number one. >> pelley: john, thank you very much. wall street had its second-best day of the year today. the dow soared 277 points, more than 2%. halfway through the year, the dow is up 5.4%. the market rallied today after europe agreed to a plan to bail out its troubled banks. but is europe out of danger? mark phillips is at the european union summit in brussels. >> reporter: it was a victory of two marios from italy-- mario balotelli scored both italian
goals in a dramatic win over germany in the european soccer championships. and italian prime minister mario monti kept his suit on to score an apparent victory over german chancellor angela merkel in the european union summit to try to save the euro and, with it, the world's economy. he kept the e.u. leaders up most of the night. in the end, merkel backed down. e.u. loans can now be funneled directly to failing spanish banks, for instance, instead of having to be channeled through the spanish government. that would rescue the banks without adding to spain's debt, which is why its prime minister was smiling and why the germans weren't. they not only lost the soccer game; many feel they've given europe a credit card for which they pay. markets around europe soared, but economists like jean pisani- ferry told us, early euphoria
over a deal can go sour. >> details are terrible. the details are extremely complex. >> reporter: the devil is in the details. >> expect long negotiations on the details. >> reporter: the e.u. leaders have declared victory and left town, but if this really is victory, another politician far away wins, too-- an american president seeking re-election. without a european recovery, an american recovery continues to stumble. good times here, if they return, mean more chance of good times at home. >> pelley: mark phillips joins us from brussels. and, mark, you said the e.u. leaders had declared victory, but there must be a lot more they have to do. >> reporter: well, there is. in fact, they've already met 17 times prior to this meeting to try to solve the euro crisis. this is the first time they've actually declared victory and say they've solved both the short-term and long-term problems with the euro. but there's still a lot of this deal to be worked out, still to be written, and of course, there's still the market's reaction to be considered.
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56,000 have died in drug-related killings since 2007, more than 6,000 this year alone. with so many families torn apart, we sent bill whitaker to mexico city to tell their story. >> reporter: the toll of mexico's street war isn't measured only in deaths. it's also the toll on average citizens who are terrorized, like this young woman we met. she's in hiding, afraid to reveal her identity. you still live in fear, even though you are far away? >> si. >> reporter: "yes," she said. she constantly fears someone will recognize her. a few months ago, she was a happy wife and mother with a two-year-old daughter and a baby on the way. when we met her, she couldn't stop crying. her family had fled los zetas, mexico's most ruthless cartel, known for torture and beheadings. her father-in-law was the best surgeon in town. one day, a gangster's girlfriend asked him to come help a friend.
suspicious and afraid, he refused. a few weeks later, armed thugs burst into their house looking for the doctor. they found his family instead. "they said they were going to cut our heads off," she told us. they told her they would cut her unborn baby out of her belly. you thought you would die. >> si. >> reporter: yes, but she worried more about her daughter. when they didn't find the doctor, gangsters took his son, her husband, at gun point. were you able to have a last word or last touch? >> no. nada. >> reporter: "no, nothing" she said. all she could do was look out the window and call his name. do you think he heard you? "i hope he did," she said. she hasn't heard of her husband since. valentina peralta helps victims escape drug violence in a kind of mexican underground railroad. she said all three major presidential candidates vow to
stop the violence, but won't say exactly how. most mexicans don't think they can. she said cartels have the money and power to intimidate police, judges, and politicians, a frankenstein monster no one can control. these days, this woman in hiding lives in a kind of prison-- no job, no money, no freedom. what she has in abundance is fear and anger. she doesn't want to raise her children on that. bill whitaker, cbs news, mexico city. >> pelley: the u.s. anti-doping agency has now filed formal charges against lance armstrong. he's accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, and it could cost him his record seven tour de france titles. armstrong's lawyer said today there is not one shred of credible evidence to support the charges. rising sea levels-- they could redraw the map of the east coast.
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an american that loves her country as much as anyone we know. for her it is not about wearing her patriotism on her sleeves, it is about rolling them up, steve hartman met her on the road. >> if your a soldier arriving at this hospital in germany, chances are you did not have time to pack. which is why, once they're on the mend, a lot of these wounded warriors come here. this is where they can pick up, for free, everything that they need to make their stay more comfortable. >> in makes a tremendous difference for morale. >> the colonel told us that all this comes from donors, much of it, believe it or not, from a single donor in virginia. a lone grandmother in a two car garage. >> look at all those boxes! >> i need lots of boxes. >> every day, she does her part for the war on terror. she sent her first box eight
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>> most of your savings? >> yes. >> because you can't stop? >> a lot of people say that they support the troops but their commitment goes no further than their bumper sticker. karen, on the other hand, is all in and will be as long as there are injured soldiers in need of anything. >> i would like to say thank you. >> thank you from the bottom of my heart. >> you have to remember the faces and to they are. and to attack another box. >> steve hartman, on the road, in stafford virginia. >> and that is the cbs evening news for tonight. from all of us at cbs news, all round the world, i am scott pelly and i will see you sunday on 60 minutes. good night. >> good evening i am dana king >> i'm alan martin. it could be the future of fruit service. starting next week dining establishments in alameda county
will be required to share their report cards in a very visible way. >> and if they do not make the grade than you will know about it. mark say ore explains. >> well, we are all familiar with stop lights, green, yellow, and also read and hear in alameda county they're trying to make it that simple when it comes to the safety of your local restaurants. the pizza made fresh at sergio pizzeria, well you may take for granted that your food is being safely prepared, the alameda county department of environmental health will make it much easier for you to know for sure. beginning monday these green, yellow, or read inspection cards will be going up and restaurant windows throughout the county. >> it is more of an enhancement for the public, so that they can have a quick summary of the food safety status of a food facility at a glance. >> health inspection reports are already public information, you can get them on-line or request and from the restaurant and
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Test for xdebug_print_function_stack() without description
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xdebug.cli_color=0
xdebug.collect_params=3
html_errors=0
--FILE--
<?php
function foo()
{
	xdebug_print_function_stack("test message", XDEBUG_STACK_NO_DESC);
}

function bar()
{
	foo(1, 3, 'foo', 'bar' );
}

bar();
?>
--EXPECTF--
Call Stack:
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%w%f %w%d   2. bar() %sprint_function_stack-no-description-001.php:12
%w%f %w%d   3. foo(1, 3, 'foo', 'bar') %sprint_function_stack-no-description-001.php:9
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Name: [Moves in squared strings (I)](https://www.codewars.com/kata/moves-in-squared-strings-i)

Difficulty: **7 Kyu**

# Description
This kata is the first of a sequence of four about **Squared Strings**.

You are given a string of `n` lines, each substring being `n` characters long. For example:

```ruby
s = "abcd\nefgh\nijkl\nmnop"
```

We will study some transformations of this square of strings.

* Vertical mirror - vert_mirror:
`vert_mirror(s) => "dcba\nhgfe\nlkji\nponm"`

* Horizontal mirror - hor_mirror: `hor_mirror(s) => "mnop\nijkl\nefgh\nabcd"`

or printed:

```ruby
vertical mirror   |horizontal mirror
abcd --> dcba     |abcd --> mnop
efgh     hgfe     |efgh     ijkl
ijkl     lkji     |ijkl     efgh
mnop     ponm     |mnop     abcd
```

# Task
Write these two functions and

* high-order function `oper(fct, s)` where
** `fct` is the function of one variable `f` to apply to the string `s` (`fct` will be one of vert_mirror, hor_mirror)

# Scenario
```ruby
def vert_mirror(strng)
    # Your code
end
def hor_mirror(strng)
    # Your code
end
def oper(fct, s)
    # Your code
end
```


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Q: Can R Shiny display different views for two simultaneous users, interacting with one another? Typically a Shiny server would spawn separate instances for individual users, so that multiple people can individually use the same app at the same time. This answer shows how to make a simple multi-user chat room using Shiny, and this answer explains how multiple users can connect to the same session via direct IP. I got the chat example to work, two users both see the messages immediately as they're being sent, and as such can chat to one another.
I'm wondering if it is at all possible to use Shiny for an (experiment) scenario where two users, interacting with one another, would see different GUI elements on their respective screens, and different output, depending on who's turn it is to "play". For example, if user1 is the "starting player", he would see three buttons and click one of them, a relevant image would pop up for user2 (not for user1), user2 clicks a button (that he thinks matches the image), and then a relevant image pops up for user1, and user1 clicks a "correct"/"incorrect" button to send feedback; they should not see who clicks which button, nor the image the other one sees (if actually hiding GUI elements is tricky, graying out/disabling them intermittently is also fine, as long as they don't see what the other does).
Or more graphically:
round 1
user1                   user2
director                guesser

what they see, step by step:
1. [three buttons]      [ (blank) ]
2. [clicks one]         [ ]
3  [ ]                  [sees an image & 3 buttons]
4. [ ]                  [clicks a button]
5. [sees image,2 butns] [ ]
6. [clicks button]      [ ]
7. [ ]                  [sees the message "correct" or "incorrect"]

round 2
user1                   user2
guesser                 director
1. [ ]                  [three buttons]
...
...

And for the next round they switch roles, and so on, for multiple rounds.
I've seen similar experimental scenarios implemented using Javascript (jsPsych, nodegame) and Python (psychopy, oTree), but I'm looking to understand if it's possible to do it in Shiny, and if so, how.

A: I had the same challenge a couples of years ago when i implemented "Risk" (the board game) as a shiny app.
A quick outline how i approached it back then:
If you use the session parameter in the server function, you can create a local/secret reactiveValue() within that session / for that user.
Next you can set reactiveValues() outside the server function for "global infos" that are accessible across sessions.
The latter approach is probably the more surprising one as we are usually "forced" to define reactive behaviour within the server function. But it works, see the example below.
Reproducible example:
library(shiny)

ui <- fluidPage({
  uiOutput("moreControls")
})

global <- reactiveValues(info  = "public info: I can be seen by everyone", amountUser = 0, userIdToPlay = 1)

server <- function(input, output, session) {
  local <- reactiveValues(secret = paste0("My secret number is ", sample(6, 1)))

  observe({
    isolate(global$amountUser <-  global$amountUser + 1)
    isolate(local$userId <- global$amountUser)
  })

  observeEvent(input$finish,{
    global$userIdToPlay <- 3 - global$userIdToPlay # assumes two players (for MVE)
  })

  output$moreControls <- renderUI({
    global$userIdToPlay
    isolate({
      if(local$userId == global$userIdToPlay){
        return(
          tagList(
            h2("my time to play"),
            selectInput("a", "b", letters),
            actionButton("finish", "finish")
          )
        )
      }else{
        return(
          h2("not my time to play")
        )
      }
    })
  })

}
shinyApp(ui, server)

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We have covered a lot of ground in past issues on heavy vehicle rescue, and I have some really good pictures for you to look at from several classes I was just involved in. We know that we have multiple challenges when working with heavy vehicles that include dealing with the weights and sizes of the vehicles themselves. The fact is, over 85 percent of all injury and fatal crashes involve passenger vehicles. So in most cases, we have to stabilize and lift the truck off of the smaller vehicle to perform an extraction.
There will be occasions that the truck driver will have to be extricated from his or her vehicle. We talked about removing doors and having to work at elevated levels. You may have to work from ladders or if possible use a rollback.
During the class we ran for Climax Fire, they had the chance to work off ladders as well as a rollback. They also were able to use the hydraulic cutters to work on removing the doors and roof. We had the golden opportunity to be able to cut up a new 2013 Volvo tractor with sleeper that was graciously donated by Volvo. This allowed for real life practice of cutting on a newer vehicle. The framing included high alloy boron and the truck also had a frontal airbag. Volvo is the only tractor at this time that offers that. When it comes to accessing folks in large vehicles, I prefer the reciprocating saw and an air chisel over hydraulics any day. We proved this to be true during this training. The first door was removed and then the second door utilizing the reciprocal saw.
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A corded saw may work best, but there are some really good cordless saws that can be used as well. Also, make sure you use top notch blades and not cheap hardware blades. Bosch makes one of the best demolition blades I have come across yet, and is what we used in this class. Make sure you use a panel cutter chisel bit for skinning the outer shell. Even a standard air chisel will work fine to do this. You can invest in a high dollar rescue air chisel, but the chisels from your local Home Depot, Lowes, and Northern tool will work just fine. Do remember to have a good air supply since they can use a lot of air, real quick.
Once the doors were removed, the class had the chore of removing the roof. In this case, they enlisted the help of a large wrecker to support and remove the roof once it was cut. Again, while working at heights, you have to be careful about how you cut and remove things. The roof was also removed easily with the reciprocating saw. When working at heights, the lighter the tools the better, and the saw is pretty light and easy to handle.
We will look at how to use large wreckers in heavy vehicle rescue next time around and have some good pictures from a class up in Virginia I was able to assist with. When you read this, the holidays will be over, but I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope the New Year brings great joy and satisfaction for you and your family. Until next time, stay safe and train hard.