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Q: Non-Constant Acceleration due to Gravity Recently, I had the first physics lab for my university physics course. This lab was fairly simple, as we were merely using a computer and a distance sensor to graph the position, velocity, and acceleration of a cart as it moved along a linear track.
One of the situations we captured data for involved starting the cart at the bottom of an inclined ramp and giving it a push upwards. As expected, it rolled up, came to a stop, and then came back down the track to its starting position. The position-vs-time graph was essentially parabolic, the velocity-vs-time graph was essentially linear, and the acceleration-vs-time graph was essentially linear. So far, so good.
At this point in the lab, the instructor pointed out that, if the data was examined closely, the acceleration of the cart was greater while the cart was traveling upwards than when the cart was traveling downwards (approximately $0.546\frac{m}{s^2}$ and $0.486\frac{m}{s^2}$, respectively), and asked us to determine why in our lab report.
Now, gravity was the only force acting upon the cart, and thus it's acceleration should be a constant, at least at the scale our experiment was conducted at, so these results are completely baffling my lab group. So far, we have proposed the following ideas, but none of them seem very plausible.

*

*Doppler effect on the ultrasonic distance sensor

*Friction

*Air resistance

*Human error
The first seems highly improbable, and the last three are more obfuscation and hand waving than actual theories.
Why does our experimental data show the acceleration due to gravity to change based on the direction the object is moving?

A: The ideal case must be symmetric in time. Off by 10.7% difference/average seems significant.   If the cart is not symmetric in shape, including wheel mounts, air resistance is suspect re ballistic coefficient, Cd.   Does the cart have an ultrasonic reflector only on one end?  Doppler shift is testable by aiming the ultrasonic sensor at the other end of the cart.  Is there an air current in the room from a heater?  Is there an electromagnet under the track?
When the cart went down, could air loft under its leading end?  Some mgh is feeding the spinning wheels.  Are they patterned in any way that air will blow differently depending on their direction of spin?
If you only ran the experiment once, you have no statistics for systematic and statistical errors.  Labwork begins with "the universe hates me."  Then, start shaving away footnotes.  It isn't paranoia if it happens.

A: That the numerical value of the resulting acceleration is greater upwards than downwards is likely due to friction. Uphill friction and gravity pull in the same direction, while downhill friction and gravity pull in opposite directions.
You can use the difference in acceleration to estimate the friction. The average is the (projected) gravitational acceleration, from which you can calculate the inclination angle (assuming a constant slope).


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You can build Apache Druid directly from source. Use the version of this page
that matches the version you want to build.
For building the latest code in master, follow the latest version of this page
[here](https://github.com/apache/druid/blob/master/docs/development/build.md):
make sure it has `/master/` in the URL.

#### Prerequisites

##### Installing Java and Maven

- JDK 8, 8u92+. We recommend using an OpenJDK distribution that provides long-term support and open-source licensing,
  like [Amazon Corretto](https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/) or [Azul Zulu](https://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu/).
- [Maven version 3.x](http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi)

##### Other dependencies

- Distribution builds require Python 3.x and the `pyyaml` module

##### Downloading the source

```bash
git clone git@github.com:apache/druid.git
cd druid
```

#### Building from source

The basic command to build Druid from source is:

```bash
mvn clean install
```

This will run static analysis, unit tests, compile classes, and package the projects into JARs. It will _not_ generate the source or binary distribution tarball.

In addition to the basic stages, you may also want to add the following profiles and properties:

- **-Pdist** - Distribution profile: Generates the binary distribution tarball by pulling in core extensions and dependencies and packaging the files as `distribution/target/apache-druid-x.x.x-bin.tar.gz`
- **-Papache-release** - Apache release profile: Generates GPG signature and checksums, and builds the source distribution tarball as `distribution/target/apache-druid-x.x.x-src.tar.gz`
- **-Prat** - Apache Rat profile: Runs the Apache Rat license audit tool
- **-DskipTests** - Skips unit tests (which reduces build time)
- **-Ddruid.console.skip=true** - Skip front end project

Putting these together, if you wish to build the source and binary distributions with signatures and checksums, audit licenses, and skip the unit tests, you would run:

```bash
mvn clean install -Papache-release,dist,rat -DskipTests
```

### Building hadoop 3 distribution

By default, druid ships hadoop 2.x.x jars along with the distribution. Exact version can be found in the
main [pom](https://github.com/apache/druid/blob/master/pom.xml). To build druid with hadoop 3.x.x jars, hadoop3 profile
needs to be activated.

To generate build with hadoop 3 dependencies, run:

```bash
mvn clean install -Phadoop3
```

To generate distribution with hadoop3 dependencies, run :

```bash
mvn clean install -Papache-release,dist-hadoop3,rat,hadoop3 -DskipTests
```

#### Potential issues

##### Missing `pyyaml`

You are building Druid from source following the instructions on this page but you get
```
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin:1.6.0:exec (generate-binary-license) on project distribution: Command execution failed.: Process exited with an error: 1 (Exit value: 1) -> [Help 1]
```

Resolution: Make sure you have Python installed as well as the `yaml` module:

```bash
pip install pyyaml
```

On some systems, ensure you use the Python 3.x version of `pip`:

```bash
pip3 install pyyaml
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A Hanover, York County man, is sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison in connection with two heroin overdose related deaths. 30 year old Zachary Aaron Staley was also ordered by Judge Sylvia Rambo to pay $19,024 in restitution.
According to court documents, in November 2007 and again in September 2008, Staley sold heroin to two people in Hanover, who died of overdoses after using the heroin Staley sold them.
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> Reviews by Author > Will's Reviews > Thieves After Dark (1984)
Thieves After Dark (1984)
Thieves After Dark [Les voleurs de la nuit] (1984)
Starring Véronique Jannot, Bobby Di Cicco, Victor Lanoux, Stéphane Audran, Camille de Casabianca, Micheline Presle, Rachel Salik, Claude Chabrol, Marthe Villalonga, Andréas Voutsinas
Directed by Samuel Fuller
Expectations: Very low.
Thieves After Dark is arguably the rarest of Sam Fuller's feature films, but unfortunately it's also the worst one I've seen. This one barely even resembles a Sam Fuller film outside of the scenes that bookend it; if it weren't for his incredible cameo, I'd still be wondering if the people doing the titles had gotten confused. It's watchable, but at times it's almost painfully so. Thieves After Dark is supposedly a tribute to the French New Wave, but instead of exuding the detached, youthful spirit of the French New Wave films I've seen, it just comes off as a watered-down '80s film without much in the way of anything, whether that's entertainment, thought-provoking themes or nice visuals.
Based on the evidence at hand, Sam Fuller himself doesn't seem too proud of this one either. In his autobiography it barely rates more than a couple of passing mentions, and every time it does come up it's in a negative light. It can't be a coincidence that the chapter where Sam Fuller discusses the film is also the one where he explains the book's title, A Third Face. The third face is the face of a person on the inside, the one that no one sees and is only known to the person themselves. He tells us that you can't lie to the third face, and then goes on to cautiously dance around talking about Thieves After Dark. I'm convinced that on the inside Fuller knew this wasn't much of a movie, but he didn't have the heart to plainly come out and say it. Just based on how much he passionately describes his other films, it's clear that he knew defeat when he saw it.
Thieves After Dark is about Isabel and François, an out-of-work young couple in love. They meet in the unemployment office, bonding over their frustration at the corrupt, slow-moving bureaucracy. Their romance is quick and furious, so intense that even when Isabel is offered a good job she turns it down to be with François. This is one of many bad decisions made by the pair, who live their lives based on giving into whatever strong emotions they're feeling at the time. They move without any shred of logic, digging themselves a bigger and bigger hole in their attempt to "remedy" their job crisis. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but most youthful decisions don't. This kind of lackadaisical attitude towards life isn't all that interesting to me, so the film fell flat more often than not. Fuller ultimately wraps the film up quite strongly, but it's too little too late, the damage has already been done.
Strangely for Sam Fuller (especially coming directly after White Dog), Thieves After Dark is not a very cinematic film. There are definitely some nice moments, but if you told me this was a TV movie I wouldn't be surprised. But it's not a TV movie, it's just horribly underwhelming. The opening is especially good, though, with the credits playing over a completely out-of-focus shot that slowly comes into focus as the credits near completion, leading directly into our main character sneaking backstage while an orchestra performs. There's also quite a few great mirror shots, but outside of looking good, I don't think they add a lot to the film.
I hate to say it, but the most notable aspects of the film are the cameos. Sam Fuller has an unforgettable cameo as an eye-patch-wearin' son-of-a-bitch, and French director Claude Chabrol plays a corrupt official with a manic smile who spends his nights as a voyeur. I can't say that I recommend watching the film for the cameos, but they'll definitely provide some entertainment for film fans, especially those hardened enough to dig this deep in the film bin. Maybe it's just one of those movies that doesn't click with me, but I'm willing to bet that Thieves After Dark is a pretty lackluster film no matter who you are. It's a general rule that a foreign director coming to Hollywood won't make a film as good as those made in their native country, and Fuller proves that it also goes the other way around. There's very little discernible Fuller style to the film, and frankly, I was bored through most of it.
No trailer, but here's a bit of Ennio Morricone's score for the film.
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1984, Andréas Voutsinas, Bobby Di Cicco, Camille de Casabianca, Claude Chabrol, Marthe Villalonga, Micheline Presle, Rachel Salik, Samuel Fuller, Stéphane Audran, Véronique Jannot, Victor Lanoux

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Q: Subclass of NSObject - Its weight in terms of bytes I have the following NSObject subclass. How do I find the "weight" of it in terms of bytes? I understand that the pointer to this object is 16 bytes (I got that info from  How much memory is reserved when initializing NSObject?)
@interface PersonRecord : NSObject

@property(nonatomic,strong) NSString *personName;
@property(nonatomic,strong) NSArray *personPhoneNumbers;
@property(nonatomic,strong) NSArray *personPhoneNumberTypes;
@property(nonatomic,strong) NSArray *personAddresses;
@property(nonatomic,strong) NSArray *personAddressTypes;
@property(nonatomic,strong) NSArray *personEmailIDs;
@property(nonatomic,strong) NSArray *personEmailIDTypes;
@property(nonatomic,strong) NSData *personImageData;

@end

For example, NSString takes 1 byte, NSArray takes 'n' bytes etc. Is there a definitive way of calculating it?
My goal is to find if I collect 500 of these from the iPhone Address book inside NSArray, will it eat too much RAM of the iPhone.

A: On a 64-bit system, pointers are 8 bytes each, so we  can expect that your 8 properties (plus one for the isa defined in NSObject) to take up 72 bytes. On a 32-bit system, it'd take up half of that.
We can verify this with a handy method in the Objective-C runtime called class_getInstanceSize that will tell us how "large" a single allocation of a class would be:
NSLog(@"%lu", class_getInstanceSize([PersonRecord class]));

As expected, this logs "72" on a 64-bit system, and "36" on a 32-bit system.
However, Hot Licks is right to point out that this is only the size of the pure PersonRecord. It does not include the size of the data pointed to by any of the properties. You could have only a single PersonRecord and yet still run out of memory, if you tried to load up hundreds of gigabytes into a string and put it into that PersonRecord's personName field.
Before you go optimizing this object definition to try and squeeze every last byte that you can out of it, you should always measure your app first, and only optimize if and only if you have measured and have proof that there is a problem.
But... using back-of-the-envelope calculations, 500 of these is only 36,000 bytes, and if we estimate that each one of these 500 objects might be pointing to another 1,000 bytes of data, then we're looking at 536,000 bytes: less than half a megabyte of allocations. You're probably not going to have a problem with this. But again: MEASURE MEASURE MEASURE.

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Laconia, Greece
Areopolis
This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.
Monument of the Greek War of Independence, "Here Starts Revolution" Evlahos (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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It can be hard to nail down exactly where revolution is sparked. Unrest and oppression usually spread the seeds of revolt around pretty generously. But the start of the Greek War of Independence can most likely be placed squarely in this town: Areopolis, "The City of Ares," when on the 17th of May in 1821 a man named Petros Mavromichalis (aka Petrobey) raised the Greek flag of war in defiance of centuries of Ottoman rule.
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The town is tiny, less than a thousand people. Today its name pays tribute to the ancient Greek god of war, but it was known for most of its existence as "Tsimova," its 7th century Slavic name. Renamed Areopolis in the early 20th century, it was here that Petrobey first declared Greek autonomy from the Ottoman Turks, igniting a decade-long fight for independence after four hundred years of occupation.
This part of Greece, known as "The Mani," was home to the ancient Maniots, a fiercely proud people, led in the early 19th century by Petrobey, whose monument stands in the town square. Although the spirit of revolution was widespread in Greece, the raising of the flag of war on that day in May is recorded as the first act of direct defiance against the Turks. Noting its place in the march to an autonomous Greece, Areopolis is now protected by the government as a historical monument.
Until relatively recent history, much of the Mani was accessible only by sea, and towns like Areopolis were often invaded by pirates. Some say many of today's descendants can trace parts of their lineage back to those very invaders.
A sense of independence still characterizes the town, where there's a church on the main square, stone streets, a central open air market — and at least one restaurant called "The Black Pirate."
Areopolis is in the southwest of the Peloponnese Peninsula, in Laconia. You can get their from either Kalamata (about 50 miles to the northwest) or Sparti (about 40 miles to the northeast).
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!!! (album)
2001 studio album by !!!
Studio album by
June 19, 2001 (2001-06-19)
Dance-punk, post-punk revival
!!! and Justin Van Der Volgen
!!! chronology
(2001) Louden Up Now
!!! is the eponymous debut studio album by dance-punk band !!!. It was released in 2001 on Gold Standard Laboratories.
2.1 CD version
2.2 LP version
Reception[]
Stylus Magazine B- [2]
Johnny Loftus, from AllMusic states "On this [album], !!! trash the axiom that says bands influenced by angular post-punk must be populated by dour misanthropes who sport wallet photos of Ian Curtis. Highly recommended."[1]
Track listing[]
CD version[]
1. "The Step" 6:08
2. "Hammerhead" 5:04
3. "KooKooKa Fuk-U" 7:26
4. "Storm the Legion" 5:48
5. "There's No Fucking Rules, Dude" 8:49
6. "Intensify" 6:54
7. "Feel Good Hit of the Fall" 5:15
LP version[]
Personnel[]
Mario Andreoni – guitar
Justin Van Der Volgen – bass
Nic Offer – vocals
Dan Gorman – trumpet, percussion
Tyler Pope – guitar
Allan Wilson – saxophone, percussion
John Pugh – drums, percussion
References[]
^ a b Loftus, Johnny (2001). "!!! Review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
^ Southall, Nick (September 1, 2003). "!!!". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
External links[]
!!! at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
Nic Offer
Allan Wilson
Mario Andreoni
Rafael Cohen
Paul Quattrone
Tyler Pope
John Pugh
Shannon Funchess
Mikel Gius
Jason Racine
Justin Van Der Volgen
Jerry Fuchs
Louden Up Now
Myth Takes
Strange Weather, Isn't It?
THR!!!ER
Shake the Shudder
"One Girl / One Boy"
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SGX-JPX Partnership: A Catalyst For AAGC And SGX's Tech Ambitions? – Analysis
February 12, 2018 February 12, 2018 Shiwen Yap* 0 Comments
By Shiwen Yap*
A partnership between the Japan Exchange Group (JPX) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) could catalyze the growth of the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) – a geoeconomic infrastructure initiative that is the Indo-Japanese counterweight to China's Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) – as well as augment the equities markets of both bourses, providing a channel for Japanese capital to access the emerging markets of the Indo-Asia Pacific more deeply.
Given China's growing economic clout and the emergence of the Indo-Asia Pacific construct – driven by India's economic rise – collaborations centred on the geopolitically neutral city-state of Singapore and its capital markets, which is at the
relative geographical centre of 'The Quad' formed by the USA, Japan, Australia and India – could create synergies between the BRI and AAGC.
2017 has seen both the SGX and JPX augment their capacities amid rising regional competition. For instance, the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) attempted to make itself more attractive to the listing of mega-cap stocks, such as the public float of Saudi Aramco, though the bourses of Hong Kong, New York and London have been shortlisted for the IPO.
However, it has been unable to keep pace with its international rivals, despite seeking the return of international listings to its securities market for a number of years.
Arguably, the TSE has not formulated a coherent strategy to challenge regional and global competitors. While the JPX is highly profitable – its return on equity exceeds 15% and its effective monopoly in Japan grants it solid footing – it still lags in attracting international listings. It needs to overcome a number of barriers, including the language barrier and recruiting more outsiders for key posts.
Meanwhile, in November 2017 the SGX entered into a collaborative listings partnership with New York City's NASDAQ, in a move aimed at enhancing access to US capital markets.
The move will allow concurrent and sequential listings on both exchanges in a move that Loh Boon Chye, the CEO of the SGX, described in an interaction with the South China Morning Post as his "east-west corridor"; this is part of a wider strategy to draw more technology firms and startup ventures to the Singapore bourse. However, he declined to disclosed further details on the partnership.
Commenting on the NASDAQ listing collaboration partnership, Loh had explained: "The business landscape today is borderless. Fast-growing Asian companies looking to tap the capital markets can choose to list on SGX on Asian home ground, and embark on a listing on Nasdaq as they expand their business globally. We are excited to partner with Nasdaq in this collaboration to provide value-add to SGX's listed companies who are looking to extend their reach in the capital markets and raise their profile in the United States."
A partnership between the JPX and the SGX – which is already a shareholder in the SGX following the the TSE acquiring a minority stake in the SGX for $304 million in 2007 – could catalyse the AAGC's infrastructure financing requirements and complement the BRI, as well as augment and amplify the SGX's and Singapore's aims of establishing itself as a global technology hub in the Indo-Asia Pacific.
Infrastructure Financing For BRI & AAGC
China's BRI raises questions, given concerns over China's conduct – its questionable practices and laissez-faire attitude highlighted in the wake of Sri Lanka handing over Hambantota to China due to an inability to service its loans – and its broader impact on its foreign relations. Historical precedents established by Tokyo also highlight that Beijing's BRI ambitions could be compromised by its complex demographic decline and ageing society.
The Asia-Africa Growth Corridor: An India-Japan Arch In The Making? Focus Asia.
The sustainability of AAGC – as well as the commitment of Japan and India to its various infrastructure projects – is up for questioning, given that Japan and India both need to implement significant structural changes in order to facilitate sustainable people-to-people exchanges. Both countries suffer from varying degrees of protectionism, coupled with barriers in the form of language and cultural barriers that inhibit the operations of foreign businesses.
Given the immense scale of both these geo-economic initiatives, both Singapore and Japan – particularly the SGX and JPX – could stand to benefit from collaborating to advance both the BRI and AAGC through facilitating financing for related projects. It also offers a way to moderate and balance the Chinese influence extended through the BRI. Already,
The SGX-Nasdaq partnership establishes an east-west corridor connecting their capital markets and strengthens Singapore's key role as an offshore hub in facilitating capital and deal flows for infrastructure and property projects. This could eventually be coupled with a cross-boundary investment channel, such as the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect or the proposed Singapore-Malaysia Stock Connect, set to be operational at end-2018.
A collaboration with the Japan Exchange could potentially have mutually-beneficial multiplier effects, facilitating a seamless connection between private and public fundraising channels for projects under the umbrella of the AAGC.
Meanwhile, Singapore is an international financial centre and one of the largest offshore yuan centres, meaning that it can partner Hong Kong and London in facilitating lending to major infrastructure projects. Besides finance, Singapore also has a wide range of high-quality professional services in urban master-planning, engineering, project advisory, dispute resolution and legal services, which can help make infrastructure projects more bankable. It offers a destination with relative geo-political neutrality, as well as the necessary infrastructure and ecosystem for financing both AAGC and BRI projects.
The city-state has overtaken the US as the most attractive destination for Chinese investments as of December 2017 and can can play a complementary role in financing the BRI; in Southeast Asia, an estimated 65% of project financing is arranged out of Singapore.
This comes at a time when Chinese enterprises and their investments in high technology domains and infrastructure are increasingly shaping ODI (overseas direct investment) efforts.
However, the fundamentals that underpin the Singapore-China relationship have also shifted. Despite this, the city-state is in the process of deepening its financial connectivity with Chinese capital markets; Beijing has a long-term objective of internationalising renminbi capital markets, in the interest of facilitating the financial underpinning of BRI projects.
Given the contours of Chinese investment and the risk it carries – Southeast Asian states will need investment equal to 5% of their GDP to cover infrastructure growth between 2016 and 2030 – Japanese capital channeled through Singapore to the relevant projects could serve as a counterweight to Chinese capital and influence across the region.
China has already made substantial investments in Southeast Asian infrastructure, but tension caused by it South China Sea territorial claims may see countries like Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Myanmar and Vietnam turn to Japan for infrastructure financing.
SGX-TSE Partnership Rationale
The TSE represents a deep and liquid market – the third largest stock exchange by market capitalisations globally and the largest in Asia, though the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEx) isn't far behind – with relatively low running costs for issuers, while the SGX is the largest bourse in Southeast Asia by market capitalisation, with an investor pool that has substantial expertise in commodities, property and infrastructure, as well as emerging markets.
The TSE, with its Mothers Board, offers a shortcut for technology startups looking to have an early exit or raise capital. It also offers far more liquidity (i.e. turnover velocity) and better valuations for technology stocks than either Hong Kong or Singapore.
Moreover, for Japanese entrepreneurs and investors, whose ventures may face obstacles in reaching a liquidity event, a dual listing on the Catalist secondary board of the SGX may enhance the value of an IPO by expanding the investor pool and enabling expansion into Southeast Asia. Both jurisdiction also offer weighted variable shares (i.e. dual-class share structures)
A partnership along the lines of what the SGX and NASDAQ are developing could help JPX rebuild its pool of international issuers, as well as enable its investor base to gain exposure to emerging market stocks in the form of technology enterprises operating in Southeast Asia and the broader Indo-Asia Pacific, as well as offer a platform for Japanese startups looking to grow their global footprint prior to an IPO.
It also builds upon Japan's edge in financing infrastructure in Southeast Asia, where it dominates infrastructure investment in the Philippines and Vietnam, among the region's fastest-growing economies.
Christian Zhang, an infrastructure analyst at BMI Research in Singapore, told Bloomberg in an exchange: "While Japanese companies and government agencies have had a long head start, Chinese companies have key advantages that could see them overtaking Japan in specific sectors," citing financing of coal-fired power plants as an example.
On the part of the SGX, whose investor base tends to prioritise defensive and income-generating stocks, its telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) sector could benefit from access to a highly liquid investor base that is sophisticated and possesses a deep understanding of and appetite for technology stocks. Moreover, it facilitates access to the strong returns implied by investing in the ASEAN and Indo-Pacific growth narratives.
With the recent announcement of an SGX-Bursa Malaysia Stock Connect, which links the equities markets of the Bursa Malaysia and the SGX, developing a comparable stock connection and listings collaboration with the JPX, an existing shareholder, only serves to strengthen its position.
In the medium and long term, the synergies that could emerge from such a partnership not only enhance Singapore's equity capital markets and technology ambitions, which are at a inflection point following the public float of both Razer and the Sea Group, but also open Japan to further foreign listings.
Singapore has little hope of beating Hong Kong's IPO pipeline, given the sheer difference in market size and investor base. Hong Kong continues to remain the gateway and super-connector for what will eventually be the world's largest economy.
Where the SGX can excel lies in its potential for being an Indo-Asia Pacific capital centre and technology hub that offers both neutrality and a strong business infrastructure. Further alliances and strategic partnerships, such as those like the Nasdaq which create an "East-West capital corridor", as well as stock connections with bourses in mature markets like Japan are likely to be the way forward in boosting its equities market and catalysing its technology and innovation ambitions amid heightened competition in the region.
*Shiwen Yap is a STEM enthusiast and a pragmatic centrist interested in the intersection of technology, business, entrepreneurship, science and public policy.
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With our planning and preparations in place, nothing could go wrong and we were set for a HUGE day….that was, until we awoke to the State being blanketed in low lying fog. Fortunately, the conditions picked up and by early afternoon the race track and spectators were bathing in the wonderful Adelaide sunshine.
Our guests were dressed accordingly and with some sensing Spring was around the corner, deciding to frock up in readiness for the Spring Carnival season. As we got under way, drinks were flowing, bets were being placed, food being consumed but more importantly, $'s were being raised for Camp Quality.
Throughout the day the guest were encouraged to dig deep into their pockets and either make a generous and kind donation or simply buy a raffle ticket or bid for the (silent) auction items, or alternatively bid at the live auction for the 'Prize money can't buy': a day in a 50ft Sun Runner Boat for 14 people, fully catered for, including refreshments and a driver. Bidding for this item was fast and furious and when the gavel came down, we had banked an additional $2700.00 in the CQ coffers.
The CQ Race Day was a huge success, with even a few interstate Stonemasons & partners making the trip into SA to see what all the fuss was about….and they weren't disappointed.
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It's no secret that the increase in mobile usage has had a tremendous effect on how people access the internet and, as a result, how modern law firms approach their online marketing.
Last year it emerged that, for the first time, mobile searches outnumbered desktop searches. The convenience of mobile devices, along with the increased availability and speed of wireless data, has resulted in more and more people carrying out internet searches during 'stolen moments' i.e. waiting in a queue or sitting on a bus.
These bursts of mobile activity, many of which last just over 1 minute and occur multiple times each day, have been named 'Micro-Moments' by Google. Micro-moments are intention-full moments where a consumer is actively seeking to learn, discover, find and buy, and are fully open to brand influence and engagement. As a result, micro-moments provide a real opportunity for Law Firms seeking to compete online and win new clients.
In 2011 Google explained that instead of a seamless customer journey, there proved to be a 'Zero Moment of Truth' which identifies the increase in digital research carried out by consumers before completing a purchase/sign-up.
Customers no longer act simply on seeing an advertisement. Instead, they seek to build a sense of trust in a company by carrying out research, looking at previous customer reviews and comparison services to ensure that they are signing up to the best possible service.
These micro-moments happen billions of times per day and your law firm needs to identify the key opportunities by asking questions such as: What is the context of these moments? How can you stand out to the searcher? How can you help them and make their search easier?
How can your law firm win these micro-moments?
Despite not being transactional queries, it's important that your law firm sees these moments as opportunities to generate brand awareness and create that initial conversation between your law firm and potential clients.
Providing people with accurate, useful information on their search query is just one step in an evolved customer journey. If you can direct people to the most useful landing page and provide them with the necessary information without putting them off with a hard sell, it's likely that they will remember you as an informative and helpful source. Also, if you help a customer to easily find a solution to a 'want to know' query, they are 69% more likely to get in touch with you than a competitor.
These moments are crucial for law firms with a local marketing strategy. Customers now expect to find out information about local businesses within the click of a button – and now with GPS on most smartphones, a simple 'law firms near me' search will quickly return a list of firms local to the user. In fact, 'near me' searches have doubled in the past year.
However, just because your office is closer to a potential client than your competitors', this doesn't mean that you will rank higher on search, or appear in the local snack pack. Your law firm's website has to be optimised for locations and be seen as a high-quality, useful source by Google.
PPC (pay per click) provides a great opportunity for law firms to target clients locally. Advertising on Google and Bing allows you to be very specific about where and when your ads show; you can select the exact locations and times of day that you want your ads to appear.
PPC also allows law firms with one or more physical business locations to have these locations appearing with the ads. Combine this with a strong organic ranking, and a prime position in the mobile snack-pack and you'll be dominating SERPs for crucial 'want to go' moments!
'How to' searches are amongst the most popular searches on the internet. Consumers love numbered lists, video-guides and step-by-step instructions that are quick, to the point and, most importantly, useful.
Being there with the right content, presented in the right format, is key to winning these micro-moments. Not only will you answer the user's search query, but you will also be front of mind at that crucial moment when a potential client discovers that they need to instruct a solicitor.
'Want to buy', or 'want to instruct' micro-moments for solicitors, are the most transactional and, therefore, the most competitive on mobile search. More competitors will be bidding on 'want to instruct' search phrases with PPC than other knowledge-based searches.
Your organic presence will again hugely depend on the quality of your website, its content, and the users' experience on mobile. As the client is ready to get in touch with you, you need to make your calls to action as clear as possible. A huge aspect of micro-moments is that they happen quickly, and if your website isn't straight to the point or easy to navigate, it's likely that most users will hit the dreaded back button and find themselves on a competitors' site instead. Make sure your phone number is visible, your enquiry form is easy to fill out and doesn't require too much information, your location is synced to Google Maps for easy directions, or your email address is clickable and opens up the users' email.
Stick to these rules, and you'll thrive in a micro-moment world.
Law firms must also measure every moment that matters – not just the conversion. Mobile conversions and desktop conversions should no longer be considered as separate; they intertwine and complement one another as multiple, significant parts of an intricate and forever changing customer journey.


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Unsung Sheroes of the 20th Century
Known for setting high standards in the world of tap dance, Dormeshia has been hailed as "the queen of tap" by The New York Times and is the recipient of many awards including the 2021 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award. She made her Broadway debut as a teenager in Black and Blue, and also appeared on Broadway in Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk and After Midnight. Dormeshia made her Pillow debut in 1993 with Jazz Tap Ensemble and has returned multiple times with Dorrance Dance, notably in The Blues Project. Her first full-length choreographic work, And Still You Must Swing, premiered at the Pillow in 2016. The dance seen here premiered as part of a Pillow-produced program entitled America(na) to Me and this section of the work salutes one of Dormeshia's inspirations, Juanita Pitts.
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Leonardo da Vinci u/m stamp set
Leonardo da Vinci is a world subject and one of the greatest collections of his work is owned by Her Majesty the Queen within the Royal Collection Trust, housed in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle and some of his finest works housed within the Royal Collection will be reproduced on stamps.
On the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci 144 of his finest drawings from Royal Collection Trust are being displayed during 2019 at 12 museums and galleries across the United Kingdom. Each of 12 locations will have an exhibition of 12 of these drawings from 1 Feb – 6 May 2019,
before all coming together for an exhibition at the Queen's Gallery, London.
The twelve Special Stamps in this set feature a selection of his drawings from the collection acquired for the Royal Collection by King Charles II around 1670. Royal Collection Trust is a registered charity which looks after the Royal Collection and manages the public opening of the official residences of Her Majesty The Queen. It holds an extensive collection of Leonardo's drawings in existence, housed in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.
Leonardo is the archetypal Renaissance man, world renowned as a painter but also a sculptor, architect, designer, engineer and supreme draughtsman. His drawings are universally recognised as among the most technically accomplished of any artist.The full collection of around 600 of his drawings at Windsor Castle is among the most important in the world, and has been pre-eminent in the study of Leonardo
for centuries.
Royal Mail has worked closely with the expert curator at Windsor Castle on selecting one drawing to be exhibited at each of the 12 locations for a set of 12 first class stamps, and where the range of Leonardo's interests and artistic mediums, from botanical illustrations; animals; anatomy; engineering; studies for sculptures; life studies of models and for his paintings such as the Last Supper are represented.
Regional locations are: Sunderland; Southampton; Belfast; Liverpool; Cardiff; Birmingham; Bristol; Sheffield; Glasgow; Leeds; Manchester; Aberdeen
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Q: Incorrect folder locations returned from SHGetPathFromIDList I am trying to restrict the users access to certain location (Windows, Program Files, etc.) and doing that by implementing the IFolderFilter interface.
Everything seems to be going fine up until the ShouldShow function gets called and then it all seems to fall apart. The initial folder that we pass in is that of C:\ProgramData\Company\App\Year and we see that, but the file dialog shows it hanging off Desktop which is why when I inspect the folders contained in the pidl are like C:\Users\Graham.Reeds\Desktop\Windows, C:\Users\Graham.Reeds\Desktop\Program Files, etc. This is seemingly preventing them from being matched up to the CSIDL_ variables I want to prevent the user from selecting.
I tried using SHGetPathFromIDListEx and SHGetKnownFolderIDList but VS2010 gives me the 'Identifier X is undefined' but I am including shlobj and link to Shell32.lib.
HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE ShouldShow(IShellFolder* sf, LPCITEMIDLIST pidlFolder, LPCITEMIDLIST pidlItem)
{
    HRESULT resultCode = S_OK;
    ULONG attributes = 0UL;

    if (SUCCEEDED(sf->GetAttributesOf(1, &pidlItem, &attributes)))
    {
        char szPath[_MAX_PATH];
        BOOL f = SHGetPathFromIDList(pidlItem, szPath);
//      BOOL f = SHGetPathFromIDListEx(pidlItem, szPath, _MAX_PATH, 0);

        // FOLDERID_Windows / CSIDL_WINDOWS
        PIDLIST_ABSOLUTE pidl;
//      if (SUCCEEDED(SHGetKnownFolderIDList(FOLDERID_Windows, 0, 0, &pidl)))
        if (SUCCEEDED(SHGetFolderLocation(0, CSIDL_WINDOWS, 0, 0, &pidl)))
        {
            HRESULT hres = sf->CompareIDs(0, pidlItem, pidl);
            if ((short)HRESULT_CODE(hres) == 0)
            {
                resultCode = S_FALSE;
            }
            ILFree(pidl);
        }
    }
    return resultCode;
}

What I need to do is to be able to prevent certain folders from appearing in the browse folder. How can I do that?

A: SHGetPathFromIDList requires an absolute PIDL (one starting from the Desktop at the top of the namespace heirarchy and working down), but you are passing it pidlItem which is a single child PIDL (pidlItem is relative to pidlFolder, not the desktop).
Instead of using SHGetPathFromIDList you can use IShellFolder::GetDisplayNameOf with the SHGDN_FORPARSING flag to get the full path of the item (e.g. sf->GetDisplayNameOf(pidlItem, ...)).
The same problem is happening with your CompareIDs call. IShellFolder::CompareIDs requires two PIDLs that are both relative to the specified folder, but you are trying to call it with one relative PIDL and one absolute one.
One solution would be to create an absolute PIDL out of pidlFolder and pidlItem using ILCombine and pass that to CompareIDs, but you would need to use the desktop folder to do the comparison (you obtain this from SHGetDesktopFolder) rather than using sf.

A: You are comparing apples (folder-relative PIDLs) to oranges (absolute PIDLs).  You need to convert the relative PIDL to an absolute PIDL before you can compare it to another item located in a different folder of the Shell namespace.
Try something more like this:
bool ArePIDLsTheSameItem(PCIDLIST_ABSOLUTE pidl1, PCIDLIST_ABSOLUTE pidl2)
{
    if (ILIsEqual(pidl1, pidl2))
        return true;

    IShellFolder *sfDesktop = NULL;
    if (SHGetDesktopFolder(&sfDesktop) == S_OK)
    {
        HRESULT hres = sfDesktop->CompareIDs(0, pidl1, pidl2);
        sfDesktop->Release();

        if (HRESULT_CODE(hres) == 0)
            return true;
    }

    return false;
}

HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE ShouldShow(IShellFolder* sf, LPCITEMIDLIST pidlFolder, LPCITEMIDLIST pidlItem)
{
    HRESULT resultCode = S_OK;

    PIDLIST_ABSOLUTE pidlWindows = NULL;
    //if (SUCCEEDED(SHGetKnownFolderIDList(FOLDERID_Windows, 0, 0, &pidlWindows)))
    if (SUCCEEDED(SHGetFolderLocation(0, CSIDL_WINDOWS, 0, 0, &pidlWindows)))
    {
        if (ArePIDLsTheSameItem(pidlWindows, pidlFolder))
        {
            // ignore anything inside the Windows folder itself...
            resultCode = S_FALSE;
        }
        else if (ILIsParent(pidlWindows, pidlFolder, FALSE))
        {
            // ignore anything inside a subfolder of the Windows folder...
            resultCode = S_FALSE;
        }
        else
        {
            PIDLIST_ABSOLUTE pidlFolderAndItem = ILCombine(pidlFolder, pidlItem);
            if (pidlFolderAndItem)
            {
                if (ArePIDLsTheSameItem(pidlFolderAndItem, pidlWindows))
                {
                    // ignore the Windows folder itself...
                    resultCode = S_FALSE;
                }

                ILFree(pidlFolderAndItem);
            }
        }

        ILFree(pidlWindows);
    }

    return resultCode;
}


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Justia Dockets & Filings Third Circuit Pennsylvania Eastern District POKSANF v. SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION Filing 18
POKSANF v. SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION
MEMORANDUM AND/OR OPINION. SIGNED BY HONORABLE CYNTHIA M. RUFE ON 11/4/2016. 11/4/2016 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED TO LIAISON COUNSEL. (SEE PAPER # 5024 IN 07-MD-1871) (ems)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA : In re: AVANDIA MARKETING, SALES : PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS : LIABILITY LITIGATION : __________________________________________: : THIS DOCUMENT APPLIES TO: : : Elias Poksanf v. GSK : __________________________________________: MDL No. 1871 07-md-1871 11-cv-2139 MEMORANDUM OPINION RUFE, J. I. November 4, 2016 Introduction Plaintiff Elias Poksanf filed suit alleging that he suffered heart-related injuries as a result of ingesting the diabetes drug Avandia. Defendant GlaxoSmithKline, LLC ("GSK") has filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that Poksanf's claims are barred by the applicable statute of limitations. II. Background Poksanf, a resident of Michigan, suffers from diabetes and was prescribed Avandia. He received diabetes treatment in Michigan. Poksanf alleges that he suffered from heart arrhythmia in June 2007 because of his Avandia use. 1 Poksanf initially filed suit as part of a multi-plaintiff action in California state court on November 15, 2010. GSK removed the case to federal court, and it was subsequently transferred to this Court for pretrial proceedings as part of the Avandia multidistrict litigation. On March 1 Compl. ¶ 50. 28, 2011, after the Court severed the claims by each plaintiff from the original complaints, Poksanf filed an individual complaint. Poksanf's complaint asserts claims of design defect, manufacturing defect, failure to warn, breach of implied warranty, breach of express warranty, negligence, negligent misrepresentation, negligence per se, fraud, and unjust enrichment. 2 GSK has filed a motion for summary judgment on all claims, contending that the applicable statute of limitations bars Poksanf's claims. 3 Poksanf opposes GSK's motion, arguing that GSK should be equitably estopped from arguing that Poksanf's claims are time-barred, because Poksanf was induced by fraud, misrepresentations, and deception which prevented him from filing the lawsuit in a timely fashion. III. Standard of Review and Choice of Law Upon motion of a party, summary judgment is appropriate if "the materials in the record" show "that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." 4 A fact is "material" if it could affect the outcome of the suit, given the applicable substantive law. 5 A dispute about a material fact is "genuine" if the evidence presented "is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party." 6 2 Compl. ¶¶ 57-128. 3 GSK originally filed the motion for summary judgment against three plaintiffs in three separate cases; stipulations of dismissal have since been filed with the Court in the other two cases. See Gwilliam v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, Civil Action No. 11-2147; Stone v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, Civil Action No. 11-2172. 4 Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a), (c)(1)(A). 5 Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 248 (1986). 6 Id. 2 Michigan law must be applied in this case because it is the place of Poksanf's treatment and injuries. 7 IV. Discussion A. Statute of Limitations A statute of limitations delineates the time before which an action must be commenced in order for a plaintiff to recover. Under the Michigan statute governing injuries to persons or property, "[t]he period of limitations is 3 years for a products liability action." 8 In product liability cases, the Michigan product liability statute of limitations "applies irrespective of how plaintiff proceeded to seek such recovery." 9 The statute of limitations begins to run at the time a plaintiff is injured. 10 The Michigan Supreme Court eliminated the common-law discovery rule 7 See Faheem v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC, No. 11-695 (In re Avandia Mktg., Sales Practices & Products Liab. Litig., MDL 1871 (Doc. No. 2522)), 2012 WL 3205620, at *2 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 7, 2012) (holding that the governing law should be the law of the state where plaintiff received medical treatment, including prescriptions for Avandia). 8 Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 600.5805(13); see Asher v. Exxon Co., U.S.A., 504 N.W.2d 728, 729 (Mich. Ct. App. 1993) ("It is undisputed that the period of limitation for a products liability action is three years."). 9 In re Mentor Corp. Obtape Transobturator Sling Prod. Liab. Litig., MDL No. 2004408MD2004CDL, 2016 WL 873647, at *2 (M.D. Ga. Mar. 4, 2016) (quoting State Mut. Cyclone Ins. Co. v. O & A Elec. Co-op., 161 N.W.2d 573, 576 (1968)) (applying Michigan's three-year product liability statute of limitations to breach of warranty and fraud claims); see also Roseville Plaza Ltd. P'ship v. U.S. Gypsum Co., 31 F.3d 397, 398 (6th Cir. 1994) (applying Michigan law and upholding dismissal of products liability action alleging negligence, misrepresentation, breach of warranty, civil conspiracy, nuisance and restitution under three-year statute of limitations); Good v. Howmedica Osteonics Corp., No. 15-CV-10133, 2015 WL 8175256, at *4 (E.D. Mich. Dec. 8, 2015) (finding claims for design defect, manufacturing defect, failure to warn, negligence, gross negligence, and breach of implied warranty barred by the applicable three-year statute of limitations); Tice v. Zimmer Holdings, Inc., No. 1:15-CV-134, 2015 WL 4392985, at *2 (W.D. Mich. July 15, 2015) (considering claims of strict product liability, negligence, breach of express warranty, and fraud/negligent misrepresentation as governed by products liability statute of limitations); In re Boston Sci. Corp., Pelvic Repair Sys. Prod. Liab. Litig., MDL No. 2:12-CV9912, 2015 WL 1405504, at *4 (S.D.W. Va. Mar. 26, 2015), aff'd sub nom. Hay-Rewalt v. Boston Sci. Corp., 623 F. App'x 92 (4th Cir. 2015) (noting that, in Michigan, "[a]lthough breach of warranty claims are typically subject to a four-year statute of limitations, when such a breach is related to an underlying personal injury claim, the statute of limitations governing personal injury claims applies instead") (internal citations omitted); Cavin v. Gen. Motors Corp., No. 190558, 1997 WL 33340259, at *2 n.2 (Mich. Ct. App. Nov. 4, 1997) (where plaintiff brought claims of fraudulent concealment, fraud, and tortious interference, it was "undisputed that each of the individual plaintiff's products liability claims are barred by the three-year statute of limitations"). 10 Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 600.5827. 3 used to toll statute of limitations in Michigan in July 2007, 11 and its ruling has retroactive effect. 12 Here, all of Poksanf's claims stem from the same products liability action. Thus, the three-year products liability statute of limitations governs Poksanf's claims. According to Poksanf's complaint, his Avandia-related injuries occurred in June 2007. Therefore, under § 600.5805, the limitations period expired no later than July 2010. Yet, Poksanf's complaint was not filed until November 15, 2010. Summary judgment must therefore be entered in favor of GSK on Poksanf's claims. B. Estoppel Poksanf's sole argument in response to GSK's motion for summary judgment is that GSK should be equitably estopped from asserting that Poksanf's claims are time-barred, because GSK's own fraud, misrepresentations, or deception caused Poksanf not to file a timely action. In Michigan, a plaintiff may invoke equitable estoppel if he establishes that: (1) the defendant's acts led him to believe that the statute of limitations clause would not be enforced, (2) he justifiably relied on this belief, and (3) he was prejudiced as a result of his reliance. 13 Here, Poksanf has not shown that GSK's actions led him to believe that the three-year statute of limitations in this case would not be enforced. In the absence of evidence indicating that GSK knowingly led Poksanf to believe that the statute of limitations in this case would not 11 Trentadue v. Buckler Automatic Lawn Sprinkler, 738 N.W.2d 664, 680 (Mich. 2007) (eliminating the common-law discovery rule). 12 Id. at 676-77; see also Coran v. Century Title Agency, L.L.C., No. 293540, 2010 WL 4679498, at *2 (Mich. Ct. App. Nov. 18, 2010) (noting that the Michigan Supreme Court explicitly held that Trentadue was to have retroactive effect). 13 McDonald v. Farm Bureau Ins. Co., 747 N.W.2d 811, 819 (Mich. 2008); see also Chandler v. Wackenhut Corp., 465 F. App'x 425, 431 (6th Cir. 2012) ("Michigan courts have applied equitable estoppel as a way past the statute-of-limitations defense, but not in cases involving fraudulent concealment. Instead, the courts have applied the doctrine in the statute-of-limitations context only to cases involving a defendant who led the plaintiff to believe that the limitations period would not be enforced."). 4 be enforced, the Court will not estop GSK from asserting the statute of limitations defense. Moreover, this Court has concluded that "a reasonable person who knew that he or she had suffered cardiovascular injury and had taken Avandia would have been put on notice by the end of 2007 of the need to investigate a possible link between Avandia and the injury." 14 Thus, Poksaf, who knew that he had suffered a heart-related injury in June 2007 after taking Avandia, would have been on notice to investigate the possible link between his injury and his Avandia use long before the statute of limitations expired. Accordingly, the Court will not estop GSK from asserting the statute of limitations as an affirmative defense. IV. Conclusion For the reasons discussed above, GSK's motion for summary judgment will be granted with respect to all claims. An appropriate Order follows. 14 Faheem, 2012 WL 3205620, at *4 ("The issue of whether GSK should have disclosed more information or disclosed it sooner does not affect what information became available in 2007."). 5


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