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Concerts, Photos, Reviews, Show Reviews
LIVE REVIEW: Phora – San Francisco, CA 09/10/19
Anaheim native Phora, whose real name is Marco Anthony Archer, continues to set new bars in the hip-hop industry. Ever since he began his career in 2010, he has founded his own record label, "Yours
Imagine Music Festival's diverse lineup
What sets Imagine Music Festival apart from any other music festivals, is its aquatic experience and theme. Located in the Atlanta Motor Speedway, this four day camping event features art workshops,
LIVE REVIEW: K.Flay – Oakland, CA 9/7/2019
Saturday evening at the Fox Theater in Oakland was making plenty of noise with artists like and K.Flay that same night. Chicago/L. A based artist Dexter Tortoriello AKA Houses made everyone feel at
PHOTOS: slowthai – San Francisco, CA 9/5/2019
The highly anticipated West Coast show dates for slowthai finally arrived with September. The English rapper has a growing fanbase after having released his debut album, Nothing Great About Britain
PREVIEW: Aftershock 2019 Enters Eighth Year With Strong Lineup – Tool, System of a Down, Korn To Perform
Most would agree that the end of summer comes close to the festival season. As the leaves turn and Starbucks are rife with pumpkin spice everything, we fans of outdoor music find ourselves wanting.
PHOTOS: Drab Majesty – San Francisco, CA 8/30/2019
With two sold-out shows in San Francisco, the anticipation for the live performances from Drab Majesty was at an all-time high. The first show at the Great American Music Hall made for a perfect
Concerts, Festivals, Interviews, Video
VIDEO: INTERVIEW – Still Woozy at Outside Lands 2019
Still Woozy, born Sven Gamsky, released his debut EP, Lately, in May earlier this year to much critical acclaim for his sunny, psychedelic pop songs that fuse a unique blend of electronic and
VIDEO: INTERVIEW – Bob Moses at Outside Lands 2019
2019 has been a busy year for Grammy award-winning duo Bob Moses, having been on the road since the release of their sophomore album, Battle Lines late last year. The Vancouver-bred, Los
VIDEO: INTERVIEW – SYML at Outside Lands 2019
Following an appearance at Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco and a sold-out headline show at Los Angeles' historic Troubadour, Seattle artist and producer SYML aka Brian Fennell, released his
VIDEO: INTERVIEW – Delacey at Outside Lands 2019
Singer-songwriter Delacey got her start in the music industry as a songwriter that started with "New York City" (cut by The Chainsmokers for 2015's Bouquet). The experience would lead to
VIDEO: INTERVIEW – Alex Lahey at Outside Lands 2019
Garnering critical acclaim for her sophomore LP, The Best of Luck Club, 26-year-old Alex Lahey avoided any type of sophomore jinx and continues to satiate a growing fanbase. The album was primarily
VIDEO: INTERVIEW – Wallows at Outside Lands 2019
2019 has been a busy year for the Los Angeles-based trio, Wallows. The band released their debut album, Nothing Happens in March and then proceeded to tour through UK, Europe and the U.S. that
Festivals, Interviews, Video
VIDEO: INTERVIEW – Brasstracks at Outside Lands 2019
Fresh off their performance at Outside Lands in San Francisco, Brasstracks just released their new single, "Professional" on August 9th. It follows up their live version of songs from their early
Imagine Music Festival makes a splash with top level EDM line up and great surprises for 2019
This September 19th, Imagine Music Festival is cannon balling into Atlanta's Motor Speedway with four days of unbeatable Electronic Music. Promised to be the most immersive year yet, the
Concerts, Opinion, Photos, Reviews, Show Reviews
LIVE REVIEW: Young the Giant, Fitz and The Tantrums, & Alice Merton – Berkeley, CA 8/15/19
With the recent summer heatwave, it was a hot weather day for the San Francisco Bay Area, which made for a perfect evening at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA when Young the Giant brought the heat
Concerts, Festival Reviews, Festivals, On Radar, Photos
PHOTO REVIEW: Outside Lands 2019 Brings The Heat – Childish Gambino Draws Huge Crowds, twenty one pilots Thrills
The 12th edition of Outside Lands took place over the weekend and it certainly was a celebration at the beautiful Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. With each day bringing its own unique approach
Concerts, Festivals, Lifestyle, On Radar, Opinion
Outside Lands Playlist 2019
The beloved Bay Area favorite music festival (hosted by Another Planet Entertainment) Outside Lands returns this weekend for its 12th anniversary on August 9-11th. It's been over a decade since it
Concerts, Festival Reviews, Festivals, Photos, Reviews
PHOTOS: X Games 2019 Music – Incubus, Wu Tang Clan, SWMRS Thrills
Along with the amazing display of skill and excitement displayed by the athletes of skateboard, BMX and moto at X Games 2019, the musical entertainment at The Armory in Minneapolis, MN took each
Concerts, News, Photos, Reviews, Show Reviews
LIVE REVIEW: Kim Petras – San Francisco, CA 07/31/19
German pop singer Kim Petras performed at Mezzanine in San Francisco, CA on July 31, 2019 and the sold out show was buzzing with fans who couldn't wait to see Petras perform. The atmosphere inside
LIVE REVIEW: THE DRUMS- San Francisco, CA 7/26/19
The Drums returned to San Francisco with a bang! Last spring, The Drums (singer Jonathan "Jonny" Pierce, bassist Johnny Aries, guitarist Tom Haslow, and drummer Bryan de Leon) supported Alvvays
PHOTOS: Capitol Hill Block Party 2019 Dominates, Diverse Lineup Impresses
The 23rd edition of the Capitol Hill Block Party(CHBP) dominated two block of E Pike in Seattle amidst great weather, providing a perfect setting for the three day event. The artist lineup for CHBP
Festival Reviews, Festivals, News, Photos, Reviews
FESTIVAL REVIEW: Phono Del Sol – 06/15/19 – San Francisco, CA
After a one-year hiatus, The Bay Bridged and Noise Pop has brought back Phono Del Sol to the Potrero Del Sol park. San Francisco Magazine has called Phono Del Sol the "Best Music Festival" in San
Concerts, Opinion, Reviews, Show Reviews
LIVE REVIEW: Jimmy Eat World & Third Eye Blind- San Francisco, CA 6/15/19
The nostalgia was running strong in San Francisco at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium where Arizona natives Jimmy Eat World and local band Third Eye Blind captured the essence of late 90s/early 00s
Concerts, Reviews, Show Reviews
LIVE REVIEW: Local Natives – Brooklyn, NY 6/6/2019
In the midst of their "Spiral Choir Tour", Local Natives returned to Brooklyn, New York for two sold out shows at Brooklyn Steel. The Southern California band recently released their latest
VIDEO: INTERVIEW – Big Wild at Shaky Beats 2019
Big Wild's debut album Superdream, was released on February 1, 2019 and has amassed over 9 million streams online and features the producer on vocals, accomapnied by vocalists Rationale (London, UK)
Concerts, News, Photos, Reviews
LIVE REVIEW: Marianas Trench – San Francisco, CA 06/03/19
Marianas Trench is one of the few Canadian bands that have achieved mainstream success in both Canada and the United States. Lead vocalist Josh Ramsay created Marianas Trench in 2001 in Vancouver and
Concerts, Festival Reviews, Festivals, On Radar
PREVIEW: PHONO DEL SOL 2019
The "Best Music Festival" is back in San Francisco! Noise Pop and The Bay Bridged resurrected the long missed Phono Del Sol after a year hiatus. The free event takes place in San Francisco at Potrero
LIVE REVIEW: Billie Eilish Kicks Off Sold-Out North American Tour in San Francisco, CA 5/29/2019
What seems like a meteoric rise to stardom for Billie Eilish in the last year has actually been many years in the making. The track "Ocean Eyes" was released online in 2014 and became a viral
Concerts, Festivals, Interviews, News
INTERVIEW: GG Magree at Shaky Beats 2019
As a rising star in Australia's electronic music industry, GG Magree has been entertaining audiences as a multi-talented Trap/Bass DJ. In 2016, Magree made her vocal debut on "Frontlines", a track
Concerts, Festival Reviews, Festivals, Reviews
FESTIVAL REVIEW: Shaky Beats 2019 Left Us Shaken
Shaky Beats came and went but still has us 'shook'. Giving great previews of what to expect this 2019 festival season, the stacked electronic music festival over delivered and surprised. Top notch
Concerts, Festivals, On Radar, Opinion
BottleRock 2019 Acts You Don't Want To Miss
BottleRock Napa Valley is back for another festive season! Initially started back in 2013 as a five-day event, Bottlerock has consistently delivered as a solid three-day event, with this year's
Concerts, Photos, Reviews
PHOTO REVIEW: ionnalee – San Francisco, CA 05/09/2019
Swedish electro-pop artist, ionnalee (Jonna Lee) creates a distinctive musical style that showcases her skillful blending of her vocals with various instruments such as the guitar, keyboards, and
VIDEO: INTERVIEW – SG Lewis Talks Miami Music Week `19, Early Start in Music, 'Dusk, Dark, Dawn'
British producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist SG Lewis recently released his collaborative single with Clairo 'Throwaway' via Casablanca/Republic Records to much anticipation. The track
VIDEO: INTERVIEW – Nitti Gritti Talks Miami Music Week `19, New Music
Electronic producer and performer, Nitti Gritti, made quite the impression last year as producer of Enrique Iglesias & Pitbull's "Move To Miami", accumulating over 60 million streams to
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Will Britain become a less attractive destination for entrepreneurs and what are London's alternatives?
The surge of entrepreneurship has been one of the most encouraging and under-reported trends in the British economy of the last decade.
The number of companies in the UK has reached an all-time high of 3.7m – or one company for every 17 people in 2016. In addition, the UK is already home to 40 per cent of Europe's unicorns – defined as tech start-ups worth $1bn or more – even though the Kingdom only has slightly over 10 per cent of the continent's population. The coalition for a digital economy (COADEC) found over 80% of companies were in favour of staying in the EU, citing the single market, free movement of labour and economic stability as their reasons. However, on the 23rd June, the British majority made the decision to leave the EU after 40 years of membership. If you're a startup founder, however, you will naturally want to setup your business in a market that gives you access to the most customers and where the legislation encourages trade between different nations. As part of the EU, London's advantages where clear: the status of London as a preeminent global finance hub, the abundance of European talent, and the uniformity of regulations that allowed London-based companies to easily roll out products Europe-wide. But now? What will change for the start-up ecosystem in both the UK and the rest of Europe and will Britain become a less attractive destination for entrepreneurs? What are their alternatives and who will take London's spot as a major finance center and hub for investors and bankers?
London's favored status among start-ups seeking a European base is in peril and its counterparts on the continent are wasting no time in announcing themselves as worthy alternatives. France's PM Manuel Valls introduces incentives that will be adopted in order to make France an attractive environment for entrepreneurs. Most of the measures are tax-related, such as tax reductions for foreign employees which would be valid for eight years instead of the current five. In addition, a service will be introduced to help companies with questions about real estate, residency permits, schools and other issues. If France starts welcoming new businesses as a result of their move from London, it would also open "as many international sections as needed in schools" to allow children of foreign employees to have classes in their mother tongue.
Brexit could also turn out to be an opportunity for Germany, which has seen its share of the tech market growing fast and is hungry for more. In 2015, Gründen, which advises fledgling firms, said a new start-up was founded in Berlin every 20 minutes. Berlin's start-ups attracted more venture capital than those in London in the past two years — with €2.1 billion heading to Germany and €1.7 billion to the U.K., according to Ernst and Young. Berlin is getting more start-ups because of tax incentives and grants, public funding for firms that have difficulty attracting venture capital and a simple immigration process for foreign workers. Another cost of London is that it has some of the most expensive real estate in the world which makes rival European cities more comfortable to live in, which gives just another advantage to Berlin.
Could London lose its crown as the fintech capital of Europe?
London may suffer as it relates to financial technology firms, which challenge the existing system of how we transmit money, use credit cards, get a loan, or even what we think of money. Many companies will be nervously watching to see whether the UK can retain its "passporting" privileges, which allow a bank to operate in all European countries as long as it has a licence from an EU member state without the need to obtain additional authorization from regulators in new markets it enters. In other words, passporting is the process that allows UK-based companies to use their British financial licences to allow them to do business in the EU. This is of particular importance for fintech firms, which are in the business of moving money around. Money-transfer and payments startups would be those hardest hit by the end of EU passporting after the UK officially leaves the Union. Considering that major European Union members have publicly stated that they are opposed to granting the UK financial services access (passporting) without agreements by the UK on freedom of movement, this would mean additional costs and administrative burdens. Other potential fintech hubs are already using tax breaks to attract fintech startups — including Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Dublin, Switzerland, and New York and could as a result see more investment and entrepreneurship shift in their direction as London's advantages are eroded. In addition, major financial institutions such as Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan have already announced they are considering a relocation of investment banking and other key groups to Frankfurt, Paris, and Dublin. That may happen even before the so-called Article 50 process is begun by the UK. Shifts such as these would hack away at London's preeminence as a financial center overall, with negative knock-on effects for fintech.
Another crucial benefit of being a part of the EU is access to talent because of the free movement of labour. With Brexit, and a possible end to the free movement of labor for EU citizens, UK startups could find themselves starved of the crucial workers they need to expand. Currently, however, international employees are anxious and insecure about their future in the UK. Many of the jobs that need filling require technology experts and other skilled grads and often startups have to look to the EU to fill these roles as the UK is facing a skills gap. However, it will become more difficult for start-ups in the UK to attract new, talented staff once Britain no longer has access to the EU talent base of 500 million people. Once it does become harder for start-ups here to hire people from inside the EU, they are more than likely to consider opening offices in places that are a part of the European single market.
Detached from the EU, London could lose some key advantages - its status as a world financial center, European talent, and the uniformity of regulations that allowed London-based companies to cater to the European market. Once Britain formally leaves the EU, London-based venture capital funds stand to lose out on money from the European Investment Fund (EIF) unless they relocate. Last year, the UK benefited to the tune of €655.8m (£559m) from EIF coffers. It should be noted, however, that this will be a long process and is not expected to happen overnight. Let us not forget that an agreement on the four Freedoms (goods, services, persons, and capital) is yet to be reached as a part of the larger process of Brexit negotiations to be held between the new British cabinet and the EU and will certainly be one of the hottest topics during the negotiations and also one that the EU and the UK will have different views on. This is one of the reasons why large banks like HSBC and Morgan Stanley have said they'll consider moving jobs to the Continent; again, much depends on the outcome of negotiations over the comings months, and possibly years. The key for European businesses is to remain flexible and informed so that they can make the best decisions. As Taavet Hinrikus, the Estonian CEO and co-founder of cross-border money service Transferwise, based in London said: "Nothing's changed yet but everything's changed".


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The statistics about teenage drivers aren't good. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), 16-year-olds get into accidents almost 10 times more often than drivers between the age of 30 and 59. No wonder car insurance premiums are so high for this age group.
2. Set a good example. Do you break the speed limit and tailgate? Do you yell at other drivers when you're behind the wheel? If you do these things, how can you expect your children to act differently? Start watching your own driving long before they get their license and you'll have a much easier time convincing them to be safe drivers. Remember, actions speak louder than words.
4. Pay your teenager to get good grades. Here's a creative tip -- find out how much you save if your teenager gets a good grade point average and pass it on to them. Usually, having a 3.0 or higher GPA will reduce your car insurance premium by 10 percent. Figure out exactly how much this saves you and give that money to your teenager. This accomplishes two things. First, it provides a direct reward for academic performance. Secondly, it motivates them to continue getting good grades.
6. Steer clear of sports cars. Don't try to live vicariously through your teenager by giving them the hot car you couldn't get in high school. Getting your teenager a safe car to drive, with the latest safety equipment, will lower your premiums. Not only will you save money on car insurance, but fast driving will be less of a temptation.
7. Get their support. Don't assume that your teenager wants to vacuum clean your wallet. Ask them for help cutting costs and point out that you will share in the savings (see rule #4). Tell them how much car insurance costs and show them how this fits into the family budget. If nothing else, you will score points for treating them as adults.
9. Take traffic school to beat tickets. Once a ticket is on your teen's license, it takes months to get the violation removed. Instead, encourage them to take traffic school if the judge allows it. A day spent thinking about the consequences of unsafe driving can bring rewards for years to come.
10. Ride with your teenager. Your teenager was a safe driver last year when he or she got a license. But what's happened since then? Let your son or daughter take the wheel while you sit back and relax in the passenger seat. If you see them doing something that breaks rules or seems unsafe, point this out in a diplomatic way. If they are doing a good job driving, praise them for their efforts.
If you follow the above suggestions, you will find that you can make it through the teenage years safely -- and without paying an arm and a leg for car insurance. It just takes cooperation and understanding from both sides of the generation gap.
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Facebook is dead unless you post something that does not matter
Since Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, it's been quite a wild ride. Thousands of doctors and scientists have been unbanned and are now speaking. Same with journalists. Accounts that posted against Covid restrictions and mandates are now unthrottled. Brownstone's account is now at 31K and my own personal reach is up some 175 percent.
Of course, this is also infuriating. When we needed these voices the most was during the biggest attacks on liberty in our lifetime. Now that the powers that be have been forced by public opinion to dial back their oppressions, these voices can speak again. It's good that the truth is getting out there, but imagine the kind of difference it would have made for these 33 months if there had been no blocks on information from the start?
Subtle unease
It's a creepy feeling to know based on disclosures so far that I was certainly throttled. It did not matter what I posted, it got no traction. The censors — meaning certainly the government — learned over time that there might be too much provocation associated with outright bans. Turning down the dial on reach was a better way.
Of course, during this entire period, the same platform also invited you to pay for reach. Throw them a few bucks and they will give you some eyeballs. When the money runs out, you are back to where you were. You couldn't prove the throttling. You just sensed it in your bones, but when you complained about it, people would throw it back at you: you just fail to admit that your content is unworthy!
In any case, now we know. There were FBI agents embedded all over the platform. The White House and various deep-state actors were pushing Twitter to censor. After a while, it became the main job of the platform to block reach, rather than actually doing what they are supposed to do.
Twitter is quasi-free now, but what about the rest?
Thought control
For years, my Facebook account has been irrelevant to me. I don't even know why I bother using it at all. We know for sure that Facebook has been subject to the same controls that once affected Twitter. Same goes for LinkedIn and Google, of course. No doubt about that. My typical post sits there with almost no reach at all.
What I've not known is whether I'm targeted directly or m,y account has long been restricted by virtue of keywords and content. As everyone knows, I shifted my life three years ago to post entirely about the invasions of life, liberty, and property that commenced in 2020.
I did this not because I wanted to abandon other research projects, but rather because Covid became a window into the nefarious works of the ruling class I had long opposed. Plus few others seemed willing to speak out. Most of my own ideological set was predisposed to "leave this subject to the experts" and thus went silent. I went the other direction.
That decision killed my reach on Facebook. There was nothing I could do about it, so I decided just to forget it. But this morning, a friend had a great idea. He suggested that I post a cute animal picture with no other comment, other than to say it is a test. I did this very thing and posted the following picture:
The results: an explosion of reach! Out of nowhere it was like the old Facebook, with comments and conversations and shares, plus many hundreds of likes. Absolutely amazing! At least for me, this test suggests something important. Zuckerberg is surely flagging accounts, but the main means of control is content. Say something that means something, and your post disappears from feeds. Post something stupid and irrelevant, and you can have all the views you want.
Of course, Facebook's business is selling your content in order to sell ads. That's it, nothing more. But as a tool of state control of the public mind plus surveillance, it is extremely useful to state actors. And in the last three years, it has served this purpose very well. The platform is not dead, contrary to what seemed true, but rather directed toward a particular purpose. It's not just selling ads. It's selling an anodyne impression of a neutered public mind.
To be sure, if some website offered a deal to users — you post pics of lunch, cats, and flowers, and we give you ads — and it worked, fine. That's normal terms of use. That's not what is going on. Via explicit and implicit pressure, combined with irresponsible management, Facebook turned over its entire business model to government to deploy on behalf of regime interests. The customers and stockholders were the victims.
Scant choice
What applies here is also true for YouTube, Instagram, and all the rest of the mainstream platforms, which constitute the vast swath of social media content in existence. I like the alternative platforms, but they are small players by comparison. The freedom and reach we get today on Twitter is beautiful, but how long can it last? Is this a brief window that is opened before it shuts again?
Nothing has changed on the rest of them, which means that nothing has changed with regard to the state-directed censorship that took over our lives three years ago. That's a terrifying reality, and especially so for intellectuals and writers who imagined some years ago that these tools would be a gift for making a difference in the world.
I'm inclined to think that the Elon Musk takeover of Twitter is a fluke — a lucky one to be sure, but the strange exception. He should watch his back. The main drive to control the conversation and shape the public mind is still with us: bad actors working to limit criticism of themselves and their policies. It is just as intense now as it was at the height of the lockdowns and drive for universal vaccination.
We've never needed the First Amendment more than we do now. And just when it became most necessary, it failed. We should all hope for victory in the lawsuits going on against the government, but what does victory mean? Who or what is going to make sure this does not happen again? We still don't have a clear answer to that, but it is the burning question, especially since it is all still happening right under our noses.
And many people are okay with that, and just want to believe that all anyone really cares about are cute pictures of animals.
Jeffrey Tucker is Director of Content for the Foundation for Economic Education. He is also Chief Liberty Officer and founder of Liberty.me, Distinguished Honorary Member of Mises Brazil, research fellow. This article has been republished from the Brownstone Institute under a Creative Commons licence.
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The Composer Pro with Edge 80 puts tilt-shift effects at the tip of your fingers. When used in the Composer Pro, the Edge 80's flat field of focus optic takes on a new life. Simply tilt the Composer Pro to create a crisp slice of focus through your image. The Composer Pro's metal swivel ball design and ultra-smooth manual focusing ring delivers precise, fluid control over the tilt and placement of your slice of focus. The Edge 80, an 80mm, f/2.8 flat field of focus optic features internal aperture blades making it easy to widen or narrow your slice of focus while you're shooting to get a similar effect like a tilt-shift lens. Incredibly versatile, choosing not to tilt the lens will make spectacular 'straight' photos - just as you'd get shooting with a 'normal' 80mm lens.


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Q: SQL Conditional Date COALESCE I have a case where I want to return the exchange rate of a currency, but if the date of the job is before 1/1/1999, then I want to just return the rate of 1/1/1999 since the exchange_rate table has no information before 1/1/1999.  So in this case, if the returned date from the COALESCE is 1/1/1985, the query should just instead join against 1/1/1999.
SELECT j.offer_date, j.accepted_date, j.reported_date, j.start_date, salary, salary_format_id, j.currency_id
FROM job j
LEFT JOIN exchange_rate c1 ON CAST(COALESCE(j.offer_date, j.accepted_date, j.reported_date, j.start_date) AS date) = c1.date AND c1.currency_id = j.currency_id
LEFT JOIN exchange_rate c2 ON CAST(COALESCE(j.offer_date, j.accepted_date, j.reported_date, j.start_date) AS date) = c2.date AND c2.currency_id = 1
WHERE j.job_id = 4793

A: Do this:
CASE
  WHEN COALESCE(j.offer_date, j.accepted_date, j.reported_date, j.start_date) < '1999-01-01' THEN '1999-01-01'
  ELSE COALESCE(j.offer_date, j.accepted_date, j.reported_date, j.start_date)
END

And, yes, I know that's repetitive and a lot to type, but it will get the job done.

A: I personally would use case statement in select part
SELECT
   CASE
      WHEN date < '1999-01-01' THEN (SELECT TOP 1 [COLUMN_YOU_WANT] FROM exchange_rate AS c3 WHERE date = '1999-01-01' AND c3.currency_id = j.currency_id)
      ELSE c1.[COLUMN_YOU_WANT]
   END, j.offer_date, j.accepted_date, ...

Basically it says if date < '1999-01-01' select the rate for '1999-01-01', otherwise just use what you get from JOIN.

A: Maybe something like this is what you want:
LEFT JOIN exchange_rate c2 ON (
CASE
 WHEN (CAST(COALESCE(j.offer_date, j.accepted_date, j.reported_date, j.start_date) AS date)) < '1999-01-01' THEN '1999-01-01'
 ELSE CAST(COALESCE(j.offer_date, j.accepted_date, j.reported_date, j.start_date) AS date) END) = c2.date AND c2.currency_id = 1

Not sure if you actually need the casts with coalesce. (And removing them seem to work fine, but maybe there is some case when you need to cast.)

A: Your question isn't super clear, but I think this is all you need:
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    on
    (case when
    CAST(COALESCE(j.offer_date, j.accepted_date, j.reported_date, j.start_date) AS date) < '1999-01-01'
    then '1999-01-01'
    else
    CAST(COALESCE(j.offer_date, j.accepted_date, j.reported_date, j.start_date) AS date)
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At 10:15 in the morning he will officiate a mass with indigenous communities that will come from the different regions of the state, and it is hoped also from other corners of the country and from Central America.
At 3 PM he will visit the San Cristóbal de Las Casas Cathedral, where se the tomb of Bishop Samuel Ruiz García is located.
Pérez Vicente said that the Apostolic Journey to our country from February 12 to 17 next year, in the framework of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy.
He said that the Pope's presence would be to make a call to dignify life, as has always been his work. He added that they are prepared to receive some 100,000 in the San Cristóbal de Las Casas Municipal Sports Center and some 80,000 in Tuxtla.


Eighth in a 10-part NFL draft position-preview series looking at prospects who might be of interest to the Packers. Today: Edge rushers.
It's debatable which is the greatest need, edge rusher or cornerback. What is clear, however, is the Packers desperately need to replenish their outside linebacker depth chart – and with talent that comes from high-end picks. Behind injury-prone Clay Matthews and Nick Perry, the Packers' edge-rush rotation consists of Kyler Fackrell, Vince Biegel, Chris Odom and Reggie Gilbert. None have proven they can consistently pressure the passer. So an edge rusher could be in play for the Packers with their first-round pick (No. 14 overall), but they'd be wise to not stop there. With such a great need, it wouldn't be surprising to see the Packers double – or even triple – dip into the class. Priority level: High.
RELATED: Did the Packers miss out on landing impact edge rusher?
The good: Athletic "freak" who played basketball and was a wide receiver in high school. Big and fast (4.58 40), only player weighing at least 260 pounds to run sub-4.6 at the combine. Explosive potential, with a 124-inch broad jump that would have ranked sixth among receivers at the combine. Showed comfortability rushing from a two-point stance at Senior Bowl. Some positional versatility, with a frame to put on more weight if a team desires. Solid setting edge against the run.
The bad: Raw talent will need to make transition from lower-FBS level. Needs to expand on pass-rush arsenal. Rarely dominated games as someone with his talent should at a lower level of college football. Because of his height, must learn to lower pad level for leverage.
The good: Polished pass rusher who led the nation with 16½ sacks as a junior in 2016. Explosive off the snap (1.59 10-yard split higher than Davenport's 1.62) with good bend around the edge. Forced 10 fumbles combined in 2015 and 2016 seasons, including seven in 2016. Should be ready to play ample portion of pass-rushing snaps early. Though not as athletic as Davenport, a 4.64 40 with a 119-inch broad jump was near top of his class. Benched more than Davenport (24 reps to 22). A 36-inch vertical leap would have cracked top 10 of receivers at the combine and was more than Davenport's 33½.
The bad: More speed than strength coming off the edge. Ankle injury ended his senior season in late October. Had five sacks in eight games before injury. Ceiling hinges on whether he can develop counter moves to maximize his initial burst. Struggles as a run defender.
The good: Played behind Leonard Floyd (6-5½, 246) early in his career at Georgia, and measures similarly. Ran better than Floyd with a 4.5 40 (Floyd's was 4.60). Vertical leap of 36 inches tied Harold Landry for fourth among edge rushers at the combine, while 130-inch broad jump led his position. Perhaps most impressive was 34-inch arms and 82-inch wingspan.
The bad: Production didn't equal elite physical tools. Never had more than five sacks in a season, finishing with 14 in four years. Needs to put on more weight; did not bench press at the combine.
The bad: Stepped away from the football program last spring, drawing questions about his love for the game, though he returned in the summer. Followed strong sophomore season with only four sacks last fall. Missed first two games last season recovering from shoulder surgery, following advice that did not come from team doctors. Has struggled finding a consistent weight, ballooning to 270 pounds last year but weighing into combine at 238. Off-field red flags will drop his draft stock, but also a poor run defender.
The good: A five-star prep prospect, tore up the combine with a 4.53 40 that included a 1.55 10-yard split. That speed translated into good burst off the snap, recording 12½ sacks the past two seasons.
The bad: Talent is unrefined, not nearly the sum of his parts. Tore his ACL while dislocated left knee as a high school senior, missing most of the season. Left knee will get scrutiny entering the draft. Must learn how to better use his athleticism. Could be a mid-round steal but could also bust.
With all due respect to Kabeer Gbaha-Biamila, a fifth-round pick in 2000 who had 74 1/2 career sacks in nine seasons, Clay Matthews is the best edge rusher the Packers ever drafted. Not only did Matthews break KGB's franchise career sacks record (now at 80 and counting), but the Packers would not have won Super Bowl XLV without the six-time Pro Bowler. The Packers traded up in the draft to select Matthews, something that doesn't always work. In 2001, they traded up seven spots to select Florida State's Jamal Reynolds (10th overall), who had three career sacks and never started a game in three seasons.


Increases the attack power by 35% (56%) and critical resistance by 35% (56%) of Whirlwind players.
Increases the defense by 30% and critical resistance by 20% of the allies within the position.
Grandeur is the materialized form of the will of Nadir Forest, and only appears when something dire has happened upon the forest. She can understand spoken language, but is unable to speak fluently, making it difficult to have a conversation with her.


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Dripping Springs is een plaats (census-designated place) in de Amerikaanse staat Oklahoma, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder Delaware County.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 41.

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van
3,6 km², geheel bestaande uit land.

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 12 km rond Dripping Springs.

Externe link

Plaats in Oklahoma


The Olympics start tonight! Woo hoo! Am I going to watch them? Oh, yeah, every minute. Will my TiVo explode? More than likely.
To celebrate this once-every-four-year world competition, the Great Retro Quiz! is returning for a limited engagement. Over the next two weeks, the Great Retro Olympics! (see what I did there?) will be testing your knowledge of retro videogames with themes based on actual events in the Summer Games.
As you can see, this first event -- the "opening ceremony" -- is all about opening cutscenes and game intros. Do you have what it takes to earn a precious gold medal and be adored by beautiful women the world over?
Just leave your answers in the comments and check my community blog tomorrow (8/9) for the dramatic results.
Click here to set the mood, hit the jump, and ... good luck! Let the retro games begin!
1. At the beginning of Castlevania for the NES, which direction does Simon Belmont walk on the screen towards the castle's front gate?
2. Name the game opening!
3. What event do balloons and fireworks erupt from during the peaceful opening aerial shot in Chrono Trigger?
4. Roland Emmerich must love the Super Nintendo! What classic videogame opening most likely inspired the below iconic scene from 1996's Independence Day?
5. RapeTrap™! How many gang members assault Marian during Double Dragon's classic (and classically violent) opening?
6. Quick! Identify Ryu's father!
7. What wakes Ness up at the start of Earthbound?
8. Which of the below spy tools does Otto use at the very beginning of Elevator Action?
9. Cecil and his nefarious Red Wings attack what helpless village during the opening sequence of Final Fantasy IV?
10. Oh no! An Earthquake struck Hyrule and mixed up all of Link's furniture! Using the beginning of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past as a guide, help Link put his bed back in the correct spot!
11. What (or who) appears on the screen once Mike Haggar turns the television on?
12. Which of the below scary beasts interrupts Arthur and the princess's peaceful picnic at the start of Ghosts n' Goblins?
13. True or false: Mega Man does not have his helmet on during the opening pan up the building in Mega Man 2.
14. ... Super Mario Bros.?
15. ... Super Mario Bros. 2?
16. ... Super Mario Bros. 3?
17. ... Super Mario World?
18. What is Aeris carrying during the classic opening cutscene of Final Fantasy VII?
20. Which of the below Yoshis grabs Baby Mario?


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Thought you were going to wait until Monday to get the official Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice trailer because director Zach Snyder said so? Sorry kids, the Internet will forever say otherwise about any announcement. Thus, various leaks of the official trailer to next March's DC mashup starting hitting online, including this one — a Portuguese subtitled version where Jesse Eisenberg dropping ominous villainous bombs such as "We as a population on this planet have been looking for a savior". Plus, there may be some Neil DeGrasse Tyson thrown in there but it's pretty obvious, everybody is fed up with Superman following his actions from Man Of Steel, even with the 'false God' message shoved in for good measure.
Start dancing and throwing your money at the screen. Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice arrives next March 25. Yes, Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice out did Marvel's Avengers 2 for a teaser trailer. Expect plenty of arguments over who's the greater hero between Batman & Superman between now and then.


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Lake Placid fire doesn't affect Ironman race
Lake tested and cleared of debris
Updated: 10:31 AM EDT Jul 27, 2015
Robyn Estabrook
WPTZ Reporter
Despite the fire, the Ironman was able to go on as planned. Race officials made sure everything, including the water, was safe and free of debris.
Saturday's fire at 2519 Main Street in Lake Placid, displaced 16 people including those participating in the Ironman.Click here to watch the video.The building overlooks Mirror Lake, where the swimming portion of race took place. Health officials made sure it was safe to swim in for Sunday's event.Philip Lahaye, Ironman vice president of North American operations, says it was a coordinated effort, with both local and state officials helping out."At the end of the day we were very surprised in a small community to have that type of response an outcome with the fire not spreading, everyone being safe. It is hard to say it was a pleasure to be a part of it, it wasn't. It was a pleasure to be apart of a response that worked really well," Lahaye said.The American Red Cross opened a temporary service center at the Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department.
LAKR PLACID, N.Y. —
Saturday's fire at 2519 Main Street in Lake Placid, displaced 16 people including those participating in the Ironman.
Click here to watch the video.
Firefighters continue to investigate cause of Lake Placid fire
The building overlooks Mirror Lake, where the swimming portion of race took place. Health officials made sure it was safe to swim in for Sunday's event.
Philip Lahaye, Ironman vice president of North American operations, says it was a coordinated effort, with both local and state officials helping out.
"At the end of the day we were very surprised in a small community to have that type of response an outcome with the fire not spreading, everyone being safe. It is hard to say it was a pleasure to be a part of it, it wasn't. It was a pleasure to be apart of a response that worked really well," Lahaye said.
The American Red Cross opened a temporary service center at the Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department.


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Il tempo di trombina (TT o TCT, da thrombin clotting time) è un test del fattore di coagulazione del sangue, utilizzato per identificare il livello terapeutico dell'eparina, per valutare la presenza di anticoagulanti circolanti, per riconoscere specificatamente le anomalie che riguardano la reazione trombina-fibrinogeno ed infine per monitorizzare la terapia fibrinolitica. Il tempo di trombina misura il tempo impiegato dal plasma a coagulare quando al campione di sangue in esame sia stato aggiunto un eccesso di trombina.
Questa prova viene ripetuta con del plasma ottenuto da pazienti normali.
La differenza di tempo di coagulazione tra il campione di plasma in esame ed il campione "normale" indica un'anomalia nella conversione del fibrinogeno (una proteina solubile) in fibrina (una proteina insolubile).
Infatti l'aggiunta al campione di un eccesso di trombina elimina l'importanza di tutte le fasi coagulative antecedenti alla sua formazione e fa sì che il test sia sensibile unicamente alla variabile fibrinogeno ed alla variabile eparina-cofattore.

Il deficit di fibrinogeno può essere distinto dalla presenza di un inibitore ripetendo la misurazione del TT dopo aver aggiunto una piccola quantità di plasma normale al plasma del paziente.
Nei pazienti in trattamento con eparina anziché il tempo di trombina si può ricorrere alla misura del tempo di reptilasi (una sostanza estratta dal veleno di serpente), ad azione simile alla trombina, che però non è sensibile alla influenza dell'eparina

Procedura
All'interno del gruppo dei test di coagulazione, il tempo di trombina di coagulazione è certamente una delle procedure più semplici da effettuare. Una volta sottoposto il sangue intero a centrifugazione al fine di separarne il plasma, un eccesso di trombina bovina viene aggiunta al campione di plasma così ottenuto. Si forma così il coagulo che viene rilevato otticamente o meccanicamente da un apposito strumento per la coagulazione.
Il tempo trascorso dal momento della aggiunta di trombina fino alla formazione del coagulo viene registrato dallo strumento e prende il nome di tempo di trombina.

Caratteristiche del campione di sangue
Il tempo di trombina viene misurato prelevando un campione di sangue periferico del paziente in esame. Il sangue intero viene quindi posto in una provetta contenente come additivo del citrato o dell'ossalato, che agiscono come anticoagulanti legando gli ioni calcio presenti nel campione. Come per altri test di coagulazione, la provetta non deve essere eccessivamente ma neppure troppo poco riempita per assicurare il corretto rapporto tra anticoagulante e sangue: 1 parte di anticoagulante per 9 parti di sangue.

Intervallo di riferimento
L'intervallo di riferimento del tempo di trombina è in genere fra i 24 ed i 35 secondi, con ampia variabilità a seconda del metodo utilizzato e della popolazione di riferimento.
Il prolungamento del tempo di trombina indica un difetto nell conversione del fibrinogeno in fibrina.

Aumento del tempo di trombina
Il tempo di trombina aumenta nel caso di:
 Bassi livelli di fibrinogeno (<50 mg/dl)
 Disfibrinogenemia: fibrinogeno anomalo
 Aumento dei prodotti di degradazione della fibrina (FDPs): ad esempio coagulazione intravascolare disseminata
 Uso di eparina
 Azione di agenti fibrinolitici: streptochinasi, urochinasi, attivatori tissutali del plasminogeno (t-PA) come l'alteplase od il tenecteplase.
 Amiloidosi primaria sistemica

Note

Voci correlate
 Tempo di protrombina

Ematologia


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MOSUL — Islamic State (IS) leaders take the daughters of Sunni Arab residents of the areas under their control, forcing them into temporary marriage or sexual jihad, a Peshmerga commander said.
Tariq Koyi, a Peshmerga commander near Mosul told BasNews that they have intelligence proving that IS leaders entered the Sunni Arab villages and single out young Sunni Arab girls in order to take them for sexual jihad purposes against their will.
Soon after the IS militants took control of Mosul, they begun taking girls from the city as part of their inhumane practice of sexual jihad.
IS militants do this against Sunni Arabs as well, whereas the Sunni Arabs joined IS upon the arrival of the group in Mosul.
According to the Peshmerga commander, the captive women face extrajudicial execution after the jihadists accuse them of spying.


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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Take a bale of spinach, soak it in water, mix in some cabbage bits. Throw in some alfalfa stems and wispy wheat tops. Oh, and a catcher's mitt.
Now drop a golf ball down to the bottom and try to hit it. Actually, just try to find the ball.
It's called kikuyu. It could be preceded by a few four-letter words once the U.S. Open gets started Thursday at Torrey Pines.
"It's like hitting through leather," USGA senior managing director of championships John Bodenhamer said.
The U.S. Open is known for having deep rough that swallows golf balls and infuriates the world's best players.
Kikuyu raises it to a maddening level.
Not from a height perspective. The rough at Torrey Pines tops out at 4 to 5 inches in most places this week, well below the depths of some previous U.S. Opens.
It's all about the density.
Kikuyu is thick and matted, the broad blades roiling in different directions as they rise, like a swirl of wet wires. The unpredictable nature can mean a ball in a good lie and one that's almost unfindable in a span of a couple feet.
"You put it in the rough, you're going to struggle," two-time U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka said.
Kikuyu — pronounced kuh-koo-yoo — is named for the Kikuyu tribe in East Africa, where the grass is native in the highland regions. It's also found in warmer climates of Asia, Australia, South Africa and South America.
Most other places it's treated like a weed.
Properly named Pennisetum clandestinum, kikuyu grows quickly and invasively, smothering any other grass in its path. Let it go and kikuyu will run wild, growing through cracks in the pavement, up poles — anywhere here it can grab a bit of sunlight.
Most golf courses try to eradicate it.
Torrey Pines, along with Riviera Country Club and a few other Southern California courses, have embraced the killer kikuyu.
The USGA made it diabolical for the U.S. Open.
"It's going to make for a great challenge for the players, showcase their skills," Bodenhamer said.
Kikuyu is great for fairways. The grass is spongy and the ball sits up, almost as if it's been placed on pool table.
Around the greens, kikuyu can be a nightmare to judge. It's sticky, so bump-and-runs or long shots that hit fringe tend to take one hop and stop, almost as if the grass is reaching up to grab the ball.
In the rough and around the greens, kikuyu is like green blades of taffy, gripping hosels and turning over club faces.
"The rough is so thick and so penalizing that if you hit into it, it's one of those you sit and realize, do I chip out, or do I try to get up close to the green?" 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed said.
The kikuyu is less of a factor during the regular PGA Tour event in January. The course is overseeded with rye grass during the winter, so the rough is far less punitive.
After the 2019 Farmers Insure Open, Torrey Pines superintendent Rich McIntosh opted to cut down all the rye grass so the kikuyu could continue to grow, a process he duplicated this year.
Some of the rye grass is still around and there's some poa annua — the grass on the greens — in the rough, so occasionally players will get a good lie and hit a full shot. Find the thicker stuff and they're hacking out, hoping to get it back to the fairway.
Around the greens, the kikuyu has taken hold in a gnarled mat, ready to gulp up golf balls and maybe even a few shoes.
"It's wicked," 2015 U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth said. "Spotters are going to have to really be on their game because around the greens you can hit some shots five feet off the edge of the green and really have to look hard to find your ball."
Then they have to hit it. That part might be even more difficult.
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War movies have stand the test of time and gain critical and commercial success because it is important that it should be about the real war. War movies, particularly movies depicting World War II have a trend in being one sided (Feroze, 2008). The topics explored in war movies are combat, survivor, getaway stories, tales of fearless sacrifice and struggle, submarine warfare, studies of the inefficiency and brutality of the battle, the effects of war on society, and intelligent and reflective explorations of the moral and human issues. The distinctive elements in an action-oriented war plots consist of submarine warfare, surveillance, camp experiences and escapes, personal heroism, brutalities, air fights, hard infantry experiences, and male bonding adventures during the battle. Various war movies carry out balance in soul-searching, tragic consequences and inner turmoil of fighters with action-packed, dramatic scenes, passionately demonstrating the enthusiasm and chaos of warfare. Some war films focus on the home front rather than on the conflict at the military war –front. However most of them present criticism of senseless combat. In order to motivate national pride and morale, and to present the dignity of one's own forces while ruthlessly showing and criticizing the evilness of the opponent, especially during war and post-war periods, war movies have been frequently using a "flag-waving" propagandas. Jingoistic-type war does not typically symbolize realistic war to support national interest, whereas avoiding the realism of horrors of war. The good guys are depicted as colliding with bad guys (Dirks, 2008). War movies as an important genre started after the occurrence of World War I. Film makers have been using the American history, extending from the French war and Indian war to the Vietnam war, as the foundation of making war movies. In general, wars from the 20th century specifically the first and second world war gives the film makers ideas in creating a good war film. An ordinary factor of controversial war films, whether it was made by American, European, or Asians, is the lack of noticeable enemies (Buruma, 2007). Clint Eastwood had made two movies of the same subject but differentperspective of the characters. He has broken all the leads of the traditional jingoist war movie genre and produced two excellent films, one in English: Flag of Our Fathers, and one in Japanese: Letters from Iwo Jima. The inspiration of Clint Eastwood in making the movie "Letters From Iwo Jima" was the letter from of Japanese commander Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi to his family while fighting with the Americans during the battle in Iwo Jima (Ellison, 2007). Part of the letter was quoted by Buruma (2007): "I may not return alive from this assignment, but let me assure you that I shall fight to the best of my ability, so that no disgrace will be brought upon our family. I will fight as a son of Kuribayashi, the Samurai, and will behave in such a manner as to deserve the name of Kuribayashi. May ancestors guide me."
During the World War II, American marines invaded the island of Iwo Jima from February 19 to March 26, 1945. The battle between the US marines and the Japanese troops was a main idea of the Pacific Campaign of the WW II. The Marine assault, renowned as the Operation Detachment, was indicted with the undertaking of taking over the airfields of the island. Early in the battle, six US marines have reached Mount Suribachi in the island of Iwo Jima and raised the US flag. However, only three of the six has survived the battle. The battle between the American marines and the Japanese army was depicted in the movies of Clint Eastwood, Flag of Our Fathers and Letter From Iwo Jima. The Flag of Our Fathers was the American point of view of what happened during the battle at Iwo Jima. The movie was based on the book written by the son of one of the surviving marines who raised the flag in Mount Suribachi. During the battle, more than 22,000 Japanese soldiers defended their island while almost 26,000 American marines spearheaded the invasion. The main feature of the movie is the tragic life stories of the six men who raised the American flag at the top of the Mount Suribachi during the battle. The movie tried to highlight the heroism of the three survivors of the battle who have raised the American flag during the battle and after they had returned home. The Letters From Iwo Jima is the Japanese perspective of the Iwo Jima battle which was the first battle that the Americans attack on the Japanese lands. The island stands in between the American marines and the islands of Japan. Thus, the Japanese Army is hopeless in stopping the Americans in providing a take-off point in invading the island of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi was given authority of the forces on Iwo Jima and begins to plan for the forthcoming attack. Yet, General Kuribayashi was against the traditional tactics advised by his subordinates, and offense and confrontation fester among his staff. In the lower rank, Saigo, a poor civilian, struggle with his friends to survive the strict command of the Imperial Japanese Army, all the while knowing that a violent war is a about to happen. When the Americans attacked, Kuribayashi and Saigo achieve strength, honor, courage, and horrors beyond imagination. The movie focuses on how the Japanese army defended their land. The Flags of Our Father and Letters From Iwo Jima is a human tragedy of friendship and love, sacrifice and manipulation, set touching the brutal clash of the battle. The movies of Eastwood had brought together home and war which became a very important feature of both movies.
The scene in the black-and-white sulfur shore appeared in both movies of Clint Eastwood. It was shot on Iwo Jima which is considered as a part of Tokyo City in Japan. In both movies, the brutal effect of the war was shown. A man whose arm was blown off in explosion and Japanese soldier staring at the man face who was exploded was focused in detail. Soldiers in closed gaps were set on fire with flamethrowers. The movie Flags of Our Fathers highlights the flag raising of the six American in Iwo Jima which was shown in the Letters of Iwo Jima at a distance. The American perspective focused the lives of the six men during and after the battle while the Japanese perspective featured the nobility of the soldiers. The movies on the battle in Iwo Jima showed that the Japanese and American armies consist of noble men and men with selfish and morally disgusting decisions. The narrative arrangement of the movie was presented by using flashbacks. These lets the story goes in and out of the battle scenes which have prevented a long battle followed by a falling action. The Flag of Our Fathers has displayed the character of heroism, the idea of patriotism, and the effectiveness of war. Letters From Iwo Jima explored the same premise more philosophical. Terribly lack of supplies and starving, the Japanese soldiers excavates and eagerly waited the arrival of the American troops. Many of the Japanese soldiers suffered dysentery. Some of them know that their fleets have been damaged. The American patriotism displayed in the Flags of Our Fathers was planned and well intentioned but established on half truths. The Japanese patriotism showed in Letters From Iwo Jima was a force one basing from honor, fear and oppression. The greatest honor of a Japanese soldier was to die in defending the land of their country. The Letters of Iwo Jima also showed how Americans killed Japanese soldiers cruelly. It was shown that even the Japanese soldiers surrender, Americans still kill them. It was also shown how the soldiers commit suicide instead of being killed. The cautious expression of doubts and brutal signs of humanity are presented in dialogues between the young soldiers. General Kuribayashi has doubted his knowledge on wars but never doubted to carry his duty until death. Unlike Saigo that he prioritize his family instead of sacrificing his life in the battle. The character of Saigo is different from Ira Hayes in the movie Flags of our Fathers. Ira Hayes, who is an Indian reserve, acted by Adam Beach had found home and comfort and marines and has an interesting character in the movie. Hayes portrayed a loyal soldier because he has considered the US Marines as his family. Hayes was one of the Marines who raised the flag and has survived the battle. The role of "Doc" Bradley was the highlight of the Flags of Our Fathers. In the movie, it was seen how Bradley risks his life by crawling in a lethal crossfire to help a wounded soldier. This act of Bradley has nothing to do with heroism and patriotism but it shows that war is not only dying for one's country but also dying for a friend (Buruma, 2007). The subtitles in the Japanese perspective reveal the use of rude languages such as the "damn" and the s-word. The Flags of the Fathers is depicts the war in a colorless battle scenes in flashbacks in the Letter in Iwo Jima, it was in present tense appearing in black-and-white shots with a tint of green uniforms and some colorized flashbacks. The movies show and optimistic sensibility when the American troops attacked the Japanese knowing that there is a possibility for them to die but they fought and tried to survive unlike the Japanese soldiers that the defense of Iwo Jima is a mission that they can not turn their backs to ant would rather commit suicide than surrender (Ellison, 2007). It is nice to see Flags of Our Fathers prior to Letters of Iwo Jima to help in putting the events that is display scenes in the Letters of Iwo Jima into perspective. The movies display both perspectives of the Americans and Japanese regarding the battle in Iwo Jima which help the viewers analyze critically what really happened in the battle. The movies also showed different point of view on war and dignity.
The most significant scene in the movie Flags of Our Fathers was the raising of the American flag. This event is significant in the American history because it symbolizes the victory of the Americans in the battle of Iwo Jima. One significant point in Eastwood's movie is when Saigo was seen lying on the ground lined with wounded American soldiers and he was not recognized as an enemy. The importance of these scene signifies the surrender of Saigo and chooses not to commit suicide in order to go home to his family.
The most outstanding performance in the movie Flags of our Fathers was from Adam Beach who played the soldier who is the most expressively troubled by the battle, and he did not at all agreed with what the press and military had done after the publishing of the photo. The three main soldiers in the movie "Flag of our Fathers" were portrayed by Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, and Adam Beach. No one of the three are A-list leading men and many minor characters were played by known actors such as Paul Walker, Barry Pepper, and Robert Patrcik. Kuribayashi was played by Ken Watabe in the Letters From Iwo Jima and the only famous actor in the movie. The character of the Kuribayashi displayed a noble obligation on his men and dislike for the brutal officers who look upon him as a soft American-lover. It was his idea to fight underground rather fighting face to face with the enemies. Kuribayashi also shows a fighter who displays much affection in fighting with dignity. He also displays a typical Japanese soldier role that would die with honor and valor. Unlike other Japanese leaders seen in typical war movies, General Kuribayashi was in front of his men and was not afraid of a tactic retreat. He is also a leader who defends his men from brutality. The character of Kuribayashi and Saigo displays a complicated and compelling answers on what is the meaning of living and dying with honor. In the real battle, 22,000 Japanese troops defended Iwo Jima but only a thousand have survived. In the movie, Saigo is the only survival in his unit. He lived in the idea that there is no shame in surrendering. He displayed a role of a family-loving man. The role of Saigo showed sanity as he surrendered because of wanting to see his family. He identified the natural value of life that is shown in a flashback scene in the movie. One of the soldiers in the movie, Shimizu, displays blind obedience and suicidal passion. He threatens Saigo when Saigo refuses to commit suicide but he himself has doubt of killing himself for honor during the battle and at last decided to surrender but was killed by the Americans. The characters of Saigo and Shimizu show that not all soldiers who fight in the battlefield are ready to sacrifice their lives for honor, valor, and dignity. Some soldiers fight because it is their duty to fight for their country but the heart of dying for the country was not instilled in them.
In the movie Flag of the Fathers, it highlights the raising of the flag and the life of the survivors who raised the flag. The movie is not a typical war movie that centers on the battle, instead it shows the significance of the flag raising. The movie did not show where the enemies or did not emphasize on the battle itself, instead focused on the effect of the on the survivors of the flag raisers. The movie showed how the surviving soldiers were abused by the government to sell war bonds to finance the war (Roten 2006). The movie Letters From Iwo Jima focused on the battle for Iwo Jima during the World War II. It showed how the soldiers tried to defend the island from the Americans. It showed what Japanese soldiers mean by dying with honor. The movie is not focused on only one character but focused on the different response of the soldiers on the battle. Unlike in the Flags, the focus is on the three survivors of the war. In the Flags, the Japanese soldiers were seen but they are faceless. It was seen that there are firing from bunkers and tunnels but the people firing were not seen. In the Letters, it showed the strategic plan of the officers of the Japanese soldiers in the counter attack to the Americans but the Americans were not also seen.
The Japanese soldiers display the character of fighting with honor. For them to fight with honor is to die in the battle. They know that there is no way to win the battle but some of the soldiers have the courage to die instead of surrendering. Some of the soldiers like Saigo depict the character of giving importance to family than dying in the battle that is hopeless. The Japanese perspective movie shows the other side of the battle. It demonstrates patriotic acts and heroic acts on the part of the Japanese soldiers. On the American perspective, the movie demonstrates patriotism in the way the American troops gave their full loyalty to their country that with them knowing the consequences of the battle for Iwo Jima.
The Flags of Our Fathers raises the issue on discrimination of the people involved in the battle. It also displays how the surviving soldiers were exploited by the US government after the war. The movie shows that soldiers do not fight to become heroes instead fight for nationalism and patriotism (Greydanus, 2006). The Letters From Iwo Jima is a unique American-made war movies the displays the battle from the losers point of view and it considered the American to be the enemy. The movie showed the how the Japanese officials strategically fought the enemies and lead his people until death displaying the true meaning of fighting with honor. The movies of Clint Eastwood had changed the perception on war movies. Both, the Flag of Our Fathers and The Letters From Iwo Ima, displayed, in a way, the value of war and family at the same time. Also, the movies showed a two-sided view of the battle which is very important in order for the viewers to fully understand the real battle scenario that had happened. War movies of Clintwood give us a clear point of view that winning a battle is not just killing all enemies. A soldier can be a winner depending on what he believes in. War movies are now a famous genre. The two movies of Clint Eastwood showed a different trend of war movies. It did not focus on the battle itself, unlike other war movies, but on the effects of war to the soldiers who fought and its impact to the society. War movies capture a great interest to the movie goers but their satisfaction depends on the quality and the sequence of the movie. Movie goers love a war movie that depicts a real war. A movie that displays a battle with good lighting, sounds, proper sequencing, and near to true-to-real battle stories will give audience give a good critique.


Coming up on December 3rd and 4th in Zurich, Switzerland, we will be hosting the second Eiffel Design Feast solely focused on the Web solution(s) for Eiffel. The first event back in June was a real success and we hope to achieve the same kind of results.
This time around we will be checking the results of the work since last time. It will mostly focus on the status of the Eiffel Web Framework (EWF) and Eiffel Web Server Gateway Interface (EWSGI). We will gather some of the community feedback on those projects, take some design decisions, provide some concrete demos and get our hands dirty by producing some code. We will also setup some work and goals for the next coming months to ensure that we will soon be getting the best web framework for Eiffel.
Join us for this great event by contacting me directly if you are interested.


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package org.kie.memorycompiler;

import java.util.Arrays;

import org.kie.memorycompiler.jdknative.NativeJavaCompiler;

/**
 *
 * There are options to use various flavours of runtime compilers.
 * Apache JCI is used as the interface to all the runtime compilers.
 *
 * You can also use the system property "drools.compiler" to set the desired compiler.
 * The valid values are "ECLIPSE" and "NATIVE" only.
 *
 * drools.dialect.java.compiler = <ECLIPSE|NATIVE>
 * drools.dialect.java.compiler.lnglevel = <1.5|1.6>
 *
 * The default compiler is Eclipse and the default lngLevel is 1.5.
 * The lngLevel will attempt to autodiscover your system using the
 * system property "java.version"
 */
public class JavaConfiguration {

    // This should be in alphabetic order to search with BinarySearch
    protected static final String[]  LANGUAGE_LEVELS = new String[]{"1.5", "1.6", "1.7", "1.8", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "9"};

    public static final String JAVA_COMPILER_PROPERTY = "drools.dialect.java.compiler";
    public static final String JAVA_LANG_LEVEL_PROPERTY = "drools.dialect.java.compiler.lnglevel";

    public enum CompilerType {
        ECLIPSE("org.drools.ecj.EclipseJavaCompiler"),
        NATIVE(NativeJavaCompiler.class);

        private final String implClassName;
        private Class<?> implClass;

        CompilerType( String className ) {
            this.implClassName = className;
        }

        CompilerType( Class<?> implClass ) {
            this.implClassName = implClass.getCanonicalName();
            this.implClass = implClass;
        }

        public Class<?> getImplClass() {
            if (implClass == null) {
                try {
                    implClass = Class.forName( implClassName );
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException( e );
                }
            }
            return implClass;
        }

        public String getImplClassName() {
            return implClassName;
        }
    }

    private String                      languageLevel;

    private CompilerType                compiler;

    public static String findJavaVersion( String level ) {
        if ( level.startsWith( "1.5" ) ) {
            return "1.5";
        } else if ( level.startsWith( "1.6" ) ) {
            return "1.6";
        } else if ( level.startsWith( "1.7" ) ) {
            return "1.7";
        } else if ( level.startsWith( "1.8" ) ) {
            return "1.8";
        } else if ( level.startsWith( "9" ) ) {
            return "9";
        } else if ( level.startsWith( "10" ) ) {
            return "10";
        }

        return "11";
    }

    public String getJavaLanguageLevel() {
        return this.languageLevel;
    }

    /**
     * You cannot set language level below 1.5, as we need static imports, 1.5 is now the default.
     * @param languageLevel
     */
    public void setJavaLanguageLevel(final String languageLevel) {
        if ( Arrays.binarySearch( LANGUAGE_LEVELS, languageLevel ) < 0 ) {
            throw new RuntimeException( "value '" + languageLevel + "' is not a valid language level" );
        }
        this.languageLevel = languageLevel;
    }

    /**
     * Set the compiler to be used when building the rules semantic code blocks.
     * This overrides the default, and even what was set as a system property.
     */
    public void setCompiler(final CompilerType compiler) {
        switch ( compiler ) {
            case ECLIPSE :
                this.compiler = CompilerType.ECLIPSE;
                break;
            case NATIVE :
                this.compiler = CompilerType.NATIVE;
                break;
            default :
                throw new RuntimeException( "value '" + compiler + "' is not a valid compiler" );
        }
    }

    public CompilerType getCompiler() {
        return this.compiler;
    }
}


The Plusher Rocker Recliner stands true to its name. It features plush cushions with extra tufting for extra comfort, and chaise reclining from head to toe comfort. A unique curved front features over stuffed pillow arm rests. Create the perfect spot in your house to relax after a long day.


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The Flora of Berkshire, (abreviado Fl. Berkshire), es un libro con ilustraciones y descripciones botánicas que fue escrito por el farmacéutico y botánico inglés; George Claridge Druce. Fue publicado en Oxford en el año 1897 con el nombre de The Flora of Berkshire; being a topographical and historical account of the flowering plants and ferns found in the county, with short biographical notices of the botanists who have contributed to Berkshire botany during the last three centuries.

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About the Book An interesting sequence of letters, written by L.M. Montgomery early in the century, was found in 1956 among the papers of Ephraim Weber who was living in the West. Now lodged in the National Archives in Ottawa, the letters reproduced here exactly as they were written, form a fascinating footnote to the history of Canadian letters. These letters are of interest and importance not only because they were written during the years of gestation and birth and outstanding success of the book Anne of Green Gables, but also because they reveal a lively extrovert in an eminently healthy balance. This is an absorbing book, for adults who have nostalgic memories of "Anne," and for writers who need encouragement in their struggle for literary recognition.
Wilfrid Eggleston (1902-1986), the founding director of Carleton University's School of Journalism, came to Canada from Lincoln, England. Raised in Alberta, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree at Queen's University before becoming Ottawa correspondent for "The Toronto Star" and Reuters. He was also chief press censor during the Second World War. His works include novels, literary criticism, histories of Ottawa, nuclear energy in Canada, the National Research Council, and two memoirs.


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Euro-league Basketball: Top 16 Round 3 Goes to Visitors with Three Teams Still Remaining Undefeated
by R K Gupta on January 21, 2015
The Top16 action continued with Round-3 matches at different European venues on January 15 & 16 2015. The third week of the Top-16 Round-3 contests in the Turkish Airlines Euro-league was full of excitement and fans were preview to some great basketball show. Just as in Round-1, the Round-3 also belonged to the road warriors as 5 out of 8 matches were won away from home. Among the victors in away games, there were three teams that have improved their tournament standings to 3-0. These teams are Real Madrid in Group E and Olympiacos Piraues & CSKA Moscow in Group F. Of the stars, who stole the limelight in Round-3, was CSKA Moscow's Nando De Colo. There were others but de Colo was superb as he led his team to a 78-69 victory against Anadolu Efes Istanbul. De Colo scored 22 points while making 12 out of 13 free throws. Not only that, de Colo also produced 7 rebounds, 4 steals and 12 fouls drawn. His performance index of 34 was the highest for any Euro-league player in Top 16 Round 3.
In Group E matches, Game of the Week was played between reigning champions Maccabi Electra and FC Barcelona. The contest was so close that spectators experienced goose pimples while they watched the game at Tel Aviv's Menora Mivtachim Arena. Maccabi Electra kept building leads throughout the game but the visitors kept returning into the game and for most times, it was a neck-to-neck game. Barcelona led 56-55 as the teams entered the fourth quarter but Maccabi produced an 11-0 rally that took them to a 66-56 lead. FCB still had a victory chance in dying moments, but when Devin Smith blocked Maciej Lampe's game-tying layup attempt with 3 seconds left and Jeremy Pargo made perfect free throws, Maccabi finished 78-69 victors. Pargo collected 20 points and 7 assists, while Smith chipped in with 15.
In German capital Berlin, Real Madrid recorded their third consecutive win, when they beat ALBA Berlin 79 to 61. Real Madrid now lead Group E 3-0. The visitors excelled in third quarter with a number of three-pointers and raced away to a 55-44 lead. After that ALBA couldn't challenge Real. For the Spaniards, Sergio Llull scored 13 points, while Sergio Rodriguez added another 12 with 7 assists.
On January 16, Galatasaray Liv Hospital Istanbul beat Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade by 9 points with the score-line of 65-74. It was Galatasaray's first road victory in this Euro-league season and though it wasn't a great game, the lead kept changing from one side to another through the match. In fourth quarter however, Galatasaray scored on six consecutive possessions with efforts from Vladimir Micov, Carlos Arroyo and Justin Carter. Micov scored 12 points; Arroyo had 11, while Carter scored all his 10 in the final 5 minutes of the game.
In another Group E match on Friday, Panathinaikos Athens defeated Zalgiris Kaunas 77-58. Panathinaikos used their defense to hold Zalgiris to 9 third-quarter points and break the game open after 30 minutes. Six out of seven players from Panathinaikos came up with double-digit scores with Nikos Pappas being the top scorer. He had 14 points and James Gist was next with 13.
After the completion of Round-3 in Group F, two teams share the top spot. These teams are; CSKA Moscow and Olympiacos Piraeus. On January 15, 2015, CSKA Moscow scored a 78 to 69 win over Anadolu Efes Istanbul in an away game and kept their Euro-league record unbroken. CSKA have won all their 13 matches this season. On Thursday, they had a scare in final three minutes but they produced a 12-2 burst and romped home with victory by a 9-point margin. CSKA star Nando De Colo matched his career-high with 22 points, with 11 of them coming in the fourth quarter. He also had 7 rebounds and 4 steals while Aaron Jackson finished the game with 21 points for CSKA. Unfortunately, star performer Sonny Weems couldn't play.
In another Group F match on Friday, Olympiacos Piraeus defeated Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul by 74 points to 68. It was an outstanding contest on road for Olympiacos Piraeus in which the real action came in the last quarter. Vassilis Spanoulis was truly superb at crunch time as he didn't falter with the go-ahead triple with 17.8 seconds left. Spanoulis scored 16 points, while Matt Lojeski came up with 18. For Fenerbahce, Andrew Goudelock scored 23 points but could not avoid the defeat for his team.
In the other Group F matches Laboral Kutxa Vitoria and EA7 Emorio Armani Milan registered their first Top 16 wins. While Laboral finished with a 81-74 victory over Nizhny Novgorod, Armani Milan beat Unicaja Malaga 77-84. For Laboral, a late 16-1 run charge literally turned a 65-70 deficit into a 10-point lead with Mike James being the top scorer with 14 points.
Round 3 turned out to be interesting for individual performances as well. CSKA Moscow's Nando De Colo was the MVP as he led his team against Anadolu Efes Istanbul. Other stars, who excelled in Round 3 were; Ante Tomic of FC Barcelona, Aaron Jackson of CSKA, Taylor Rochestie of Nizhny Novgorod and Matt Lojeski of Olympiacos.
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In this work, the development of an on-site early warning system for Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) is outlined. Several low cost sensors equipped with MEMS accelerometers are installed in eight buildings distributed within the urban area. The different sensing units communicate each other via wireless links and the seismic data are streamed in real-time to the data center using internet. Since each single sensing unit has computing capabilities, software for data processing can be installed to perform decentralized actions. In particular, each sensing unit can perform event detection task and run software for on-site early warning. If a description for the vulnerability of the building is uploaded in the sensing unit, this piece of information can be exploited to introduce the expected probability of damage in the early-warning protocol customized for a specific structure.


When you virtualize all or a part of your data center, much of your hardware will become obsolete. And when you use less hardware, you save money on electricity and maintenance. Expecting an increase of traffic? Just fire up a few virtual servers and power them down when they're no longer needed.
In a virtual environment you can do backups of your server and snapshots of your virtual machines. There are no tapes to bring offsite — just bring up the latest snapshots and continue business as usual. And if disaster ever strikes the data center, your virtual machines can be moved from one server to another and redeployed in a different location.
A scalable cloud environment is ideal for developing and testing applications because you can add and remove servers as needed. Also, if you make a mistake, it isn't the end of the world — just bring back the previous snapshot and continue where you left off. You can also keep the online testing environment private until your application is ready to be deployed.
Most server virtualization platforms offer modern features that can help sustain operations or prevent outages. These features include live migration, fault tolerance, high availability, and distributed resource scheduling.
One of the major benefits of virtualization is that you can consolidate multiple virtual servers across fewer physical servers, and isolate applications that have compatibility issues. This can help extend the life of older applications and keep the entire data center up and running.
Ready to upgrade your entire data center? UDT is here to help you take advantage of the benefits of virtualization. We'd be happy to discuss your options and put together a personalized solution for your business. Contact us for a free consultation.
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Q: Passing variables to global functions common to both web app and winforms app in .Net What is the best way to pass variables to global functions (in BussLogic) which can be used by both web app and winforms app?
I am thinking of declaring structures with variables (which can be accessed within the project by declaring them as friend for winforms app and storing them in session variable for web app) and passing these structures byref to the global functions in buss logic.
Currently I've web app and winforms app both are designed to do the same thing (reading data from database and displaying in grid) and I am trying to get rid of duplicate code.
I am sure there are many other ways to achieve this but not sure which one is the best.
Bhavin

A: I´m just wondering, how do you plan to pass variables between a windows application and a web application both environments are totally different and have distincs environments, and also it worth to mention that web app are stateless, most of the objects have a per request lifecycle.
instead of sharing variables, why don´t you create a service layer, a web service (wcf or asmx) that exposes methods all the business functionallity that you need to re-use and just do your custom programing that are related to the presentation layer.
take a look to the following guidelines that I consider standart for the task you want to acomplish.