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China sending fighter jets to Thailand for joint exercise
Posted on August 14, 2022 Author TNR Staff Comment(1)
By AP and published by CBC
THE Chinese air force is sending fighter jets and bombers to Thailand for a joint exercise with the Thai military today, August 14, 2022.
The training will include air support, strikes on ground targets and small- and large-scale troop deployment, the Chinese Defence Ministry said in a statement posted on its website.
A Reuters report published by Swissinfo.ch quoted the Thai air force as saying that the annual joint fighter jets exercise between Thailand and China is resuming this month after being put on hold for two years during the pandemic.
The "Falcon Strike" exercise has taken place four times since 2015 and will run for 11 days from today, August 14, at the base in northeastern Udon Thani that was home to US forces during the Vietnam war.
Thai fighter jets and airborne early warning aircraft from both countries will also take part.
China's expanding military activities in the Asia-Pacific region have alarmed the United States and its allies and form part of a growing strategic and economic competition that has inflamed tensions between the world's two largest economies.
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin visited Thailand in June as part of an effort to strengthen what he called America's "unparalleled network of alliances and partnerships" in the region.
The training comes as the US holds combat drills in Indonesia with Indonesia, Australia, Japan and Singapore in the largest iteration of the Super Garuda Shield exercises since they began in 2009.
It also follows China's sending warships, missiles and aircraft into the waters and air around Taiwan in a threatening response to a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the self-ruled island, which China claims as its territory.
Kurt Campbell, a top adviser to US President Joe Biden on the Indo-Pacific, said on Friday that the US would take resolute steps to support Taiwan, including sending warships and aircraft through the 160-kilometre-wide waterway that separates Taiwan and mainland China.
"We'll continue to fly, sail and operate where international law allows, consistent with our longstanding commitment to freedom of navigation," he said in a call with reporters. "And that includes conducting standard air and maritime transits through the Taiwan Strait in the next few weeks."
Air force and naval aviation corps of the Eastern Theatre Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army fly planes at an unspecified location in China on Aug. 4, in this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency. The Chinese air force will conduct a joint exercise with the Thai military. Photo: Fu Gan/Xinhua/The Associated Press
Also read: US House Speaker Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, defying Beijing
Russia and China tell Nato to stop expansion, Moscow backs Beijing on Taiwan
Japan protests after Chinese missiles land in its exclusive economic zone
US Defence Secretary Austin meets Prayut to boost ties
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Thailand not affected by powerful tropical storm Ma-on
Posted on August 24, 2022 Author TNR Staff
By Thai Newsroom and AP, published by ABC News THAILAND is not directly affected by the powerful tropical storm Ma-on which is gaining strength as it heads for Hong Kong and other parts of southeastern China today (August 24) after displacing thousands in the Philippines, the Thai Meteorological Department said this evening. In its announcement […]
China and Russia form axis of power
Posted on February 6, 2021 Author TNR Staff
China and Russia are forming a new axis of power, NATO's top general has warned. Tod Wolters, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, or SACEUR, has told reporters that growing co-operation "really does suggest an emergence of a partnership of convenience". It's a partnership that potentially spans the globe, from the Middle East to the […]
French chef kills foreigner, Asian woman in fight at sausage shop
Posted on May 4, 2022 May 4, 2022 Author TNR Staff
A FRENCH chef got injured while shooting to death a foreign man, believed to be his business partner, and an Asian woman at his sausage and ham production shop in Sukhumvit soi 49 this afternoon (May 4), INN News said. Thonglor police rushed to the shop in sub-soi six and saw the two persons […]
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The Cosworth modelled was one of a small batch bought by the Sussex Police in June 1993 and was stationed at their main Traffic base at Bexhill-on-Sea. It wore the Sussex Police's unique livery and was more popular with crews than the Rover 800s and Vauxhall Senators the Traffic Division also used. Although considered to be almost the perfect 'police package', Sussex did discover a problem with their Cosworths; when left ticking over, which often happens in policing, the catalyst would slowly fill up with oil and gradually, over time, reduce the car's power. Sussex then communicated this to other forces who'd also been getting this problem and not worked out the cause. As the Sierra Cosworth morphed from a raw 3-door homologation special to a svelte and surefooted 4-door and four-wheel-drive businessman's express, it started to gain traction with the UK police in the motorway Traffic Car role, especially as rising insurance premiums depressed sales, which led to Ford offering them at a discount. That role had hitherto been fulfilled by large powerful mainly 6-cylinder cars, Jaguars, Rovers and Ford Zephrys or Granadas. However, the Cosworth had the performance and handling to outrun those large cars in a straight line but, being smaller and lighter, was far more agile. However, it was still just about capacious enough to carry the necessary equipment, which was increasing during this era, and was surprisingly economical unless driven hard.


Just when H&R Block thought it was turning the corner towards respectability – its shares are up 17 percent in 2008 after it closed its money-losing subprime mortgage company, Option One – it's back in the hot seat.
The heat is coming from the hundreds of millions of dollars in writedowns the tax preparation giant could be forced to take if Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley proves the mortgage lender used predatory lending practices and deception to sell over 30,000 mortgages between 2004-07 in the Bay State.
Under pressure from Coakley, Block last week agreed not to foreclose on any Massachusetts mortgages until at least the next court hearing – on July 14.
There is mounting evidence that Option One was under pressure to inflate home values to complete mortgages.
Block's Option One securitized and quickly sold the mortgages it made in Massachusetts and other states and doesn't carry any of the toxic paper on its balance sheet. But under the terms of the sale of those mortgages, the new owners of the paper, or CDOs, can return them to Block at 100 percent of their original investment if they can prove that there was fraud involved in originating the mortgage.
"What is of concern are certain loans that were sold but may still default and [that] Block is then contractually forced to buy them back," one banking analyst told The Post, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Block shares closed Friday down 10.3 percent, at $20.74. Short-sellers, perhaps with an eye on Coakley's case, put in two bulk orders totaling over 25,565 puts, for the July $20 strike price.
In the 2½ years ended in September 2007 – when Option One stopped making mortgages – the company had originated about $90 billion in home loans.
If fraud is found to have occurred in just 10 percent, or $9 billion, of those loans, and Block is forced to take them back and write them down by 50 percent, it would take a $4.5 billion hit.
That's quite a jolt for a company that had a market capitalization of $6.75 billion as of Friday.
H&R Block spokespersons did not return calls for comment.


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Q: How to implement customGet in restangular? How to implement customGet from restangular?
I wrote some code in a server like this:
user.controller.js:
exports.getRunner = function(req, res) {
  User.find({provider: "instagram"}, function (err, users) {
    if (err) return res.send(500, err);
    res.json(200, users);
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index.js:
router.get('/getRunner', controller.getRunner);

If I try to get data from postman... it responds the right json data, it works properly.
But when I try using Restangular customGet in my client side, I get instead an undefined error.
This is my client side:
Restangular.all('users').customGET('getRunner').then(function(teams) {
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⬅ Forcing Taxpayers to Fund Abortion?...
The Anatomy of a Pro-Life Conversation ➡
Bringing Some Clarity to the Shooting of Marshae Jones Story
I've spent the last hour reading various stories about the Marshae Jones case, and I'd like to try to provide a few facts worth noting, since rarely did any of the stories include all of them. Mainstream media outlets are clearly jumping on the story and being flagrantly misleading with their headlines; pro-choice groups are jumping at the chance to accuse Alabama of being racist and wanting to prosecute pregnant women for abortions; and at least one pro-life group has tried to help but provided some faulty thought experiments.
So, let's get some facts on the table and try to think well about this tragic story.
Fact #1: Marshae Jones, the mother, was the aggressor in this fight, not the shooter.
Marshae Jones. Photograph: Reuters
You certainly wouldn't know this from the headlines, but virtually every news story agrees on the fact that Jones, with three of her friends, attacked Ebony Jemison while she was on a lunch break at work with three of her friends. Jones seems to have initiated the fight because she was jealous about Jemison's interaction with Jones's boyfriend. All three of them worked at the same place, Jones suspected something was going on, and convinced three of her friends to accompany her to initiate a fight with Jemison.
Fact #2: Marshae Jones knew she was 5 months pregnant when she attacked Ebony Jemison.
This isn't a case where a mother didn't know that she was pregnant and then had a miscarriage. She was late into her 2nd trimester, and yet initiated a serious physical confrontation with another woman and three of her friends.
Fact #3: Ebony Jemison fired a warning shot in self-defense, and the bullet ricocheted off the ground and hit Jones.
Jemison wasn't trying to hit Jones. She claims that she was afraid, (and it seems, reasonably so) and fired a warning shot at the ground hoping it would get Jones and her friends to back off. In a horrible and very unlikely coincidence, that bullet hit the ground and then ricocheted and hit Jones in the stomach.
Fact #4: The baby could have died even if a gun wasn't involved.
As soon as Jones got into a four vs. four violent fight, she was putting her baby at risk. If someone had punched or kicked Jones in the stomach her baby could have died. This is something that people generally know, and it is reasonable to assume that Jones knew this as well. She knew that she was pregnant, and she knew that getting into a physical fight could very plausibly result in her being punched or kicked in the stomach, and her baby was in mortal peril as a result.
Fact #5: Jones was charged with "manslaughter" because she initiated the violent situation which caused the death of the fetus, not because of Alabama's recent "heartbeat bill."
As we explained in our post, Heartbeat Laws: What You Need to Know, these laws aren't going into effect immediately. The Alabama law isn't effective until November 2019. But even after November, the law still likely won't matter; pro-choice groups will sue and the courts will grant them an injunction blocking the law because it's in direct violation of Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood. So Alabama's heartbeat bill is not the reason that Marshae Jones was charged with a crime.
Alabama legal code states that a person commits the crime of manslaughter if:
(1) He recklessly causes the death of another person, or
(2) He causes the death of another person under circumstances that would constitute murder under Section 13A-6-2 ; except, that he causes the death due to a sudden heat of passion caused by provocation recognized by law, and before a reasonable time for the passion to cool and for reason to reassert itself.
Source: Alabama Code Title 13A. Criminal Code § 13A-6-3
Would "child endangerment" be a more applicable crime to charge Jones with? Maybe. They also could have arguably gone with "criminally negligent homicide" which is defined in Alabama Code as a crime that a person commits "if he or she causes the death of another person by criminal negligence." I'm not sure which charge is the most appropriate in this situation. But based on the above definition of manslaughter, that charge doesn't sound totally crazy to me. If Jones had held her newborn in front of her while attacking someone and in the process the newborn died, I would think that a manslaughter charge should at least be considered.
The Washington Post quoted a lawyer who disagreed with the charge. Let's consider his perspective:
Richard Jaffe, a criminal defense attorney in Birmingham, said he was shocked Jones was charged with manslaughter, which in Alabama can apply to someone who negligently causes another person's death after ignoring a known risk.
"No one expects to be shot or wants to be. To charge this person is astonishing to me," Jaffe told The Washington Post on Thursday. "She is probably going through enough grief as it is."
Yes, but consider the thought experiment where Jones attacks someone while holding a newborn. Jones wouldn't expect to be shot in that case either, assuming that she didn't know that the victim had a gun. But that doesn't mean that the victim didn't have the right to defend themselves, and it doesn't mean that the attacker wasn't liable for getting into a physical altercation with someone in spite of being five months pregnant.
Jaffe's final comment seems like a better argument to me. I've heard of people who are criminally liable in a case of their child dying being let off with a light sentence because their grief is being weighed in. Perhaps that is the best, most merciful way for our society to handle horrific cases like this. But even if that's the case, it does not mean that the charge of manslaughter is necessarily outrageous.
Contested fact: Was Jones already walking away when the gun was fired?
This is a critical point, and where different stories dispute each other. Here is Jemison's account of what transpired in chronological order:
According to Jemison, she, Jones, and the baby's father worked together at a warehouse in Royal Oaks at the time of the shooting. She said that Jones would often get suspicious when the baby's father — who was a supervisor — would talk to new female employees in the warehouse.
Jemison, who was a temp at the warehouse, said that she talked to the man only in the capacity of her work and that Jones had never confronted her directly about it.
But, Jemison said, on the day of the shooting she and three of her friends went to the Dollar General store during their lunch break when she saw Jones with four of her friends approaching her outside the store.
An altercation broke out, and Jemison claimed that Jones grabbed her hair.
Jemison said she then fired a single shot from her gun toward the ground that was intended to be a "warning shot" because "there was too much going on and just too many bodies."
"My shot wasn't to hurt anybody," Jemison said. "It was just to get everybody to leave."
Jemison said that after she fired the shot, everybody left in their respective cars. She said she only found out that she had struck Jones and killed her unborn baby when a detective showed up at her house after the shooting. (emphasis mine)
Marshae's mother tells a very different story:
Patrice Jones, however, denied that account.
"She (Jemison) had three people in the car with her. When Marshae saw the gun, she walked away and that's when she was shot," she said. "He (Reid) said Marshae threw the first lick."
She said someone has cell phone video of the entire incident. "They were fighting fair,'' she said, until Jemison pulled a gun. "She could have killed both of them.'' (emphasis mine)
I believe so much comes down to who is telling the truth here. If Jones was in the process of attacking Jemison or continuing to act aggressively at Jemison, then it seems that Jemison was well in her right to act in self-defense. It's really hard to tell without seeing the video which story is more accurate. If Jones was already walking away and then Jemison fired a warning shot, then it would be unjustified.
For what it's worth, these two stories don't seem equally plausible to me. I believe Jemison's story is more plausible. Here's why:
1: Jones's mom said that there is a cell phone video of the entire incident. Jemison was arrested and charged with manslaughter after the incident, and a grand jury declined to indict her, dropping the charges. If Jones's mom is correct that there was cell phone video of this entire fight, wouldn't the grand jury have seen that video? I would think so, based on this:
"This case has not been processed any differently than any other felony case,'' Bessemer Cutoff Chief Assistant District Attorney Valerie Hicks Powe said Thursday. "The grand jury was presented all of the available facts." (emphasis added)
If the grand jury saw the video, and if they then dropped the charged against Jemison, then perhaps that's partially because the video showed that Jones was not walking away when the gun was fired.
2: Jones's mom said that Jemison was in her car with her three friends when she fired the gun. In fact I saw people commenting that this shows that Jemison was at fault, because if they were all in the car, they could have just driven away. But Jones's mom also said that Jones and Jemison were in the process of "fighting fair" until Jemison pulled the gun. So unless Jemison pulled the gun, and then Jones backed off, and then Jemison and all of her friends got in a car, and then Jones turned around, unless all of those things happened in that order, Patrice Jones' story contradicts itself.
3: The local police lieutenant seems to agree with Jemison's story:
"The investigation showed that the only true victim in this was the unborn baby,'' Pleasant Grove police Lt. Danny Reid told AL.com at the time of Jemison's arrest. "It was the mother of the child who initiated and continued the fight which resulted in the death of her own unborn baby." (emphasis mine)
Fact 6: Abortion advocacy groups are exploiting this story and accusing Alabama of racism
Notice how all of these quotes from the Washington Post story mention the violent aggressor's race:
"This is another example of how Alabama is moving to criminalize pregnancy," Randall Marshall, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, said in a statement. "Indeed, Alabama is one of the most dangerous places in the country for a black woman trying to carry her pregnancy to term, and this prosecution is just one more attack on the basic human rights and dignity of black women in our state."
Amanda Reyes, the executive director of the Yellowhammer Fund, part of a nationwide umbrella advocacy group, said Alabama "has proven yet again that the moment a person becomes pregnant their sole responsibility is to produce a live, healthy baby and that it considers any action a pregnant person takes that might impede in that live birth to be a criminal act.''
She continued: "Tomorrow, it will be another black woman, maybe for having a drink while pregnant. And after that, another, for not obtaining adequate prenatal care," Reyes said in a statement, AL.com reported.
NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue said on Twitter: "This what 2019 looks like for a pregnant woman of color without means in a red state. This is now." (emphasis mine)
Here's another quote from The Hill's story:
Shaunna Thomas, co-founder and executive director of women's rights advocacy group Ultraviolet, called the charges "part of a larger pattern of how our criminal justice system permits and furthers violence and abuse against Black women." (emphasis added)
This is just gross. This is a story about a black pregnant woman attacking another black woman. She got charged because she knowingly put her baby at risk, and the baby indeed died.
Notice the trick that Amanda Reyes also uses in her quote, unless she is super confused about philosophical distinctions. Read the quote again:
Alabama "has proven yet again that the moment a person becomes pregnant their sole responsibility is to produce a live, healthy baby. . .
No, this is about duty not to harm, not duty to help. Alabama isn't saying that Jones didn't adequately help her child. They're saying that by her reckless action she failed in her duty not to harm her child.
Fact 7: News headlines were super dishonest about this story.
Notice something from all of these actual news headlines – You can't tell from them that the mother was the aggressor in the fight, or that the shooter fired in self-defense!
Al.com: 'It's not fair': Marshae Jones faces 20 years in prison in unborn child's shooting death
Buzzfeed: A Pregnant Woman Was Shot, Then Charged For Her Fetus's Death. The Woman Who Shot Her Says "Sorry."
Washington Post: A pregnant woman was shot in the stomach. She was charged in the death of the fetus
CBS Evening News: Pregnant woman shot in stomach indicted over unborn baby's death
Rolling Stone: Alabama Pregnant Woman Shot in Stomach, Charged With Manslaughter
South China Morning Post: Pregnant US woman Marshae Jones was shot in the stomach. Now she's charged in death of her unborn baby and her shooter is free
Rondalnews: Marshae Jones charged in fetal death, her shooter goes free
Oxygen: Woman Who Had Miscarriage After Being Shot In The Stomach Is Charged With Manslaughter For Her Unborn Baby's Death
Metro: Mum arrested for manslaughter when she had miscarriage after being shot
Relevant Magazine: Marshae Jones Didn't Shoot the Gun That Killed Her Unborn Baby. Why Is She Going to Jail?
The Guardian: Alabama: pregnant woman shot in stomach is charged in fetus's death
USA Today: Alabama woman charged in fetus' death after she was shot and lost her pregnancy
I could keep going, but I think you get the point. Journalism is important, and headlines like this cause people to take the real investigative journalists less seriously.
Evaluating a Pro-Life Group's Alternative Take
New Wave Feminists, a pro-life group with staff members whom I've been friendly with (I want the pro-life movement to be a more diverse place) posted an interesting take on this story on Facebook. I appreciate their out-of-the-box thinking, but in this case I disagree, and want to explain why in order to try to help bring clarity to the situation. Here's their original post in full:
Charging her with manslaughter for an altercation where she never imagined her child would be killed is ludicrous. And conflating it with abortion where a decision is *intentionally* made to end the life of a child, is spin at its finest. make no mistake, this story is getting so much coverage right now because there's a larger agenda at play.
My heart breaks for both this mother and that innocent child.
***I want to update this post to add a little thought experiment to show the sexism of this particular case:
Imagine for a second that a group of couples gets together for a party. Kids are present, and so is alcohol. One of the men finds out that another man from the group has been sleeping with his wife. He's understandably irate and attacks The second man, starting an altercation. The second man the. pulls out a gun and shoots at the first man in "self-defense" but he accidentally kills the first man's child instead. Would the first man be charged with a homicide? I find that highly unlikely.
Negligence? Possibly. Child endangerment? Sure. But I doubt it would count as manslaughter.
So, here's the common ground. I agree that "conflating this story with abortion" would be a bad analogy. Those are very different situations. I haven't seen any pro-life people doing that, but I'm willing to bet that NWF has, and were rightly countering that argument.
And of course we agree that our hearts should go out to both the mother and child. Regardless of what you think of the mother's actions, she lost a baby, and we should sympathize with her.
However I strongly disagree that this case proves that sexism is taking place. (Just like I don't see it as proof of racism either.) I don't think NWF's thought experiment is analogous in a few important ways:
1: In their story alcohol was involved. That would definitely affect culpability, because it would be less clear what the attacker knew or should be expected to know. I haven't seen anything to indicate that Jones was drunk. If she was, she was already putting her unborn child at risk, which would be another difference between NWF's story and what actually happened.
2: In their story there are just kids around when the fight happens. While I think the attacker would still be more culpable for a child getting hurt in that case because he really shouldn't be starting physical attacks around children, it's still less predictable that a child would get shot in that case. There wasn't merely a child "around" when the actual fight happened. It's more like Jones was holding a baby while attacking someone.
Based on reading NWF's original post and their comments in the thread, I'm guessing that an important disagreement between us is whether or not a woman has an extra level of moral obligation to not initiate physical fights while pregnant. My current view is that she does have that extra obligation. I think that I similarly have an extra obligation to not drive recklessly when my kids are in the car. That doesn't mean that it would be okay for me to drive recklessly when I'm alone, but it does mean that it would be extra wrong for me to do so if I'm endangering my own kids as well as myself and others who are on the road.
Sexism and racism are very serious problems that are still prevalent in our culture. We need to be really careful when we use these terms that we're using them correctly, because otherwise those terms will start to lose their meaning in our society.
I hope this helps you to think clearly about this case, at least based on the facts as we have them right now. What do you think? Should Jones have been charged with anything? Should she be let go because of her grief? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
Tweet: Bringing Some Clarity to the Shooting of Marshae Jones Story
Tweet: Here are some critical facts about the Marshae Jones shooting case in Alabama, as well as some arguments for how to think well about this case.
Tweet: Marshae Jones, the mother, was the aggressor in this fight, not the shooter.
Tweet: Marshae Jones knew she was 5 months pregnant when she attacked Ebony Jemison.
Tweet: Marshae Jones' baby could have died even if a gun wasn't involved.
Tweet: Jones was charged with "manslaughter" because she initiated the violent situation which caused the death of the fetus, not because of Alabama's recent "heartbeat bill."
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'Don't spend your life doing things that don't move your soul'
Alumni Focus
Dispatches from the Classes of 2020 and 2021
Sen. Elizabeth Warren will speak at Harvard Law School special commencement
Summations
Graduating students share thoughts on their aspirations, challenges, and making the most of their HLS experience.
'The world needs you'
At commencement, Harvard Law School Dean John F. Manning '85 praised graduates' courage and spirit and commitment to service amid the pandemic and encouraged them to bring the same qualities to the hard work ahead of making progress against the "many problems" and "grave ills" this year has brought into sharp focus.
Keyon Lo LL.M. '21 hopes to combine his legal and artistic skills to promote fairness and diversity
'Nothing is as it has been and I miss your face right now'
Class of 2021 members of Scales of Justice commemorate graduation with a performance of "Rivers and Roads"
Harvard Law School 2020 – 2021 year in review
Despite being remote for the 2020 - 2021 academic year, the Harvard Law School community managed to stay connected though a host of online activities, including lectures, student Zoom theme nights, global snack exchanges, and an occasional virtual dance lesson.
Reflections of the Class of 2021
As this academic year comes to a close, graduating J.D.s and LL.M.s reflect on their law school experience and share their hopes for the future.
'I will always remember Ms. Paula and how she made me feel welcome, seen, and loved at HLS'
Paul Garvin was recognized by the Class of 2021 for her warmth, encouragement, and going "above and beyond to make Harvard Law School feel more like home."
'When you look back on your own career decades from now, make sure you can say that you've done the work of justice'
Nikolas Bowie '14, the winner of the Sacks-Freund teaching award, imparts lessons he learned from another great teacher — his mother.
'Have courage,' Elizabeth Warren urges Harvard Law School's Class of 2021
In her Class Day speech, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren congratulated graduating students and implored them to use their power to work for change because 'the world needs you.'
'Special situations create special bonds'
Harvard Law School faculty send best wishes to the Class of 2021.
A passion for public service
Harvard Law students — 91 percent the Class of 2021 participated in at least one law school clinic — provide hundreds of thousands of hours of free legal services to clients across the country and the world each year. This year was no exception.
Brooke Davies '21 and Daniel Oyolu '21 awarded the 2021 Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono Service Award
Brooke Davies '21 and Daniel Oyolu '21 have been awarded the 2021 Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono Service Award.
Students honored at 2021 virtual Class Day ceremony
A selection of Harvard Law students from the Class of 2021 will be recognized for their contributions during the virtual Class Day ceremony on May 26.
Class of 2021 virtual celebration
Use #HLS2021 to share you commencement celebrations with the Harvard Law School community.
'We're both so thankful' for Harvard Law School
Navy veteran Sean Quirk found a home for his interest in U.S.-China relations as a student at HLS — while one of its clinics supported his wife Sue's immigration process.
Park and Antillon Fernandez win 2021 David Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award
Linda Heeyoung Park '21 and Benjamin Antillon Fernandez '21 are joint recipients of the 2021 David Grossman Exemplary Clinical Student Award.
Dennis Ojogho '21 receives the inaugural Gants Access to Justice Award
The winner of Harvard Law School's inaugural Gants Access to Justice Award is Dennis Ojogho '21.
Forging a family
As Chinelo Krystal Okonkwo '21 knows, there's the family you're born into and the family you forge; she credits both with helping her navigate Harvard Law.
'We have the common ground of all getting through this together'
Health law has become especially timely in this year of COVID-19 vaccines and revitalized Obamacare. But for graduating student Phebe Hong '21, it's a passion that began in high school.
Faith and fellowship
Growing up with a father in the Air Force, Mark Gillespie '21 moved around a lot as a child. But far from this being a negative, Gillespie says it gave him the sense that life's possibilities were endless.
'I am a different person than what I was a few months ago'
For Iqra Saleem Khan LL.M. '21, the journey to Harvard Law School has been filled with significant obstacles. But overcoming tough challenges is second nature for Khan, a resilience for which she credits her fiercest champion: her mother.
A brilliant second act
Zachary Weinstein '21 didn't always want to be a lawyer. In fact, for most of his life, he was more likely to be found in front of a camera than in front of a judge.
'If the world's a stage, then being a lawyer is a tremendous role to play'
If all the world's a stage, Frankie Troncoso '21 has an outsized role to play.
Harvard Law School's 2021 Last Lecture Series
The Last Lecture Series at Harvard Law School, sponsored annually by the 3L and LL.M. class marshals, is an HLS tradition in which selected faculty members impart insight, advice, and final words of wisdom to the graduating class.
The art of being a lawyer
Like artists, lawyers must interpret and decipher the world around them, said Andrew Manuel Crespo '08, Professor of Law, during his Last Lecture for graduating Harvard Law School students.
'Our time is full of injustices … You must not be a product of your time,' says Nikolas Bowie
"Attaining power does not make you a moral person," said Nikolas Bowie '14, assistant professor of law at Harvard Law School, in his April 22 Last Lecture to graduating students.
'We've become more accepting of the acknowledgment of humanity, of vulnerability'
Professor Jeannie Suk Gersen '02 introduced this year's inaugural Last Lecture by reminding the graduating class of its special place in history.
'You've pushed us to be better teachers, better colleagues, and better humans'
Drawing on her own experiences in life and the law, Clinical Professor Sabrineh Ardalan stressed the importance of community, especially during a year of shutdown during her Last Lecture to graduating students.
Elizabeth Warren is Harvard Law School's 2021 Class Day speaker
Senator Elizabeth Warren, presidential candidate and longtime Harvard Law School professor, will be this year's speaker for the Class Day ceremonies at HLS.


New Year comes bearing benefits for consumers. As of January 1st, consumers surfing the web for their home appliances and electronics will be able to better compare the energy efficiency of these products. Following existing obligations for sales in shops, the well-known energy label will need to accompany products bought online.
On the eve of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December), ANEC welcomes the publication of a new version of Guide 71 Guide for addressing accessibility in standards by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to which we contributed. We also welcome that the three International organisations, together with their European (CEN/CENELEC/ETSI) and national counterparts, have dedicated this week to promote the role of standards in increasing accessibility.
As of yesterday, vacuum cleaners have to meet EU-wide energy and performance requirements. Consumers buying a vacuum cleaner will also receive labelling information on efficiency, energy use and performance. Stricter wattage requirements will reduce the energy use.
ANEC welcomes the adoption of European standards on the procedures and logo for the protection of consumers personal data when Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) chips are used. "ANEC believes consumers should be informed of the presence of the RFID tag by a clearly understandable sign", said ANEC Secretary-General, Stephen Russell.
Today, ANEC issues an updated position on achieving a strategy to address chemicals in products comprehensively. Our paper explores how current regulatory requirements can be enhanced and outlines a programme for key consumer product areas.
For many European voters, the question is which party to vote for. But for others, it is how to vote. From 22 to 25 May 2014, millions of citizens will have the chance to vote in the elections to the European Parliament. Most will be able to cast their votes without problem. But others will experience barriers because of older age or disability. And they constitute more than 10% of voters. ANEC believes all those entitled to vote should be able to do so. And in secret. Modern solutions and standards should be used to help everyone exercise democratic choice. Democracy must come first!
ANEC welcomes yesterday's decision of the European Parliament to improve consumer safety and product compliance in the Internal Market by approving the new Consumer Product Safety Regulation (CPSR) and Market Surveillance Regulation (MSR).
ANEC welcomes the adoption of the Worldwide Harmonised Light-duty Test Procedures (WLTP), agreed yesterday by UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP 29) in Geneva.
ANEC welcomes today's decision of the European Parliament to make the interoperability of mobile phones and other devices with universal chargers an essential requirement of the radio equipment directive (RED), a decision in line with our position . The European Commission will determine which categories of products should fall under this obligation.
ANEC welcomes todays' European Parliament vote for a Directive on the Accessibility of Public Sector Bodies' Websites which will ensure access to on-line public services to all consumers, whatever their ages and abilities. The Parliament's report brought significant improvements to the original Commission's proposal in terms of public web-sites covered and increased enforcement provisions as well as inclusion of access from a handheld mobile device and mobile applications, in line with ANEC's requests.
ANEC welcomes adoption of a series of European standards on accessibility requirements for the public procurement of ICT products and services . The standards were drafted by CEN/CENELEC/ETSI with the participation of industrial and societal stakeholders, including ANEC, in answer to a request from the European Commission. The functional accessibility requirements for the procurement of products and services in the ICT domain, such as web-sites, will harmonise e-accessibility in the Internal Market and benefit consumers with disabilities and older consumers.
Travelling within Europe is not always easy, according to research published today by ANEC. In our survey of almost 6000 consumers, more than a quarter reported having problems when using cross-border tourism services within Europe. Car rental was seen as the most problematic area with almost one-quarter of users reporting a negative experience. People travelling by plane and train, and going on package holidays, also experienced a high level of problems, despite EU regulation in these areas.
ANEC, ECOS & ETUI welcome CEN-CENELEC's initiative to create an online Toolbox for Societal Stakeholders. We feel that this is a vital step towards fully integrating all stakeholders including civil societal ones in the European standardisation process, and we celebrate its launch. We hope that National Standards Bodies will continue to develop these tools and implement country-specific toolboxes to facilitate involvement at national level, where societal input is equally beneficial.


Satyanarayana, JV and Ramakrishnan, AG (2010) MOSAICS: Multiplexed Optimal Signal Acquisition Involving Compressed Sensing. In: International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications, JUL 18-21, 2010, Indian Inst Sci, Bangalore, INDIA.
It is possible to sample signals at sub-Nyquist rate and still be able to reconstruct them with reasonable accuracy provided they exhibit local Fourier sparsity. Underdetermined systems of equations, which arise out of undersampling, have been solved to yield sparse solutions using compressed sensing algorithms. In this paper, we propose a framework for real time sampling of multiple analog channels with a single A/D converter achieving higher effective sampling rate. Signal reconstruction from noisy measurements on two different synthetic signals has been presented. A scheme of implementing the algorithm in hardware has also been suggested.


Hey mate. Did you ever manage to get the cold sweats fitted to the Ibby 2127z? We're you able to find any info on wiring? Thanks!
nah i started on drums with my friend on guitar but we kinda sucked at writing stuff so we gave up, ive only been playing guitar for for a year now.


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does this family have a blog by any chance?
I am totally smitten by their nursery!
We always share a ton of link love when the person that we crash has a blog. Sadly Kristen doesn't have one yet- but we did suggest that she jump on the bandwagon since she has so many awesome ideas!
That lantern in the kitchen – amazing!! We're planning a similar reno on our kitchen/dining room … opening up the wall and all. This gives me some great ideas!
Thank you so much for sharing. The before/after photos inspire me to come up with ideas for our house (it's hard for me to think 'out of the box').
Sherry, can you tell us where they moved the oven to during the renovation? I have a similar layout in my kitchen with a double oven on the end of a wall that I would like to blow out and I would love some ideas on a new location for the oven.
The oven became a stove that you can see behind the island in that peninsula that connects to the family room. See the range hood over it? Hope it helps!
Oh my goodness it all looks so great! I especially love how the kitchen turned out!
Love that blue chair. And the cute baby, but I suppose I can't take either.
This house is so cute and inviting! I would love to know where she got the end tables that she uses at each end of their sofa- they're exactly what we're looking for to use as nightstands!
Hi Laura! Thank you so much for your sweet comments. The end tables were a lucky hand-me-down from Stan's grandmother Betty. We were so grateful for them as we had been hunting for just the right thing beside the couch. Contemplated putting a sofa table behind the couch and putting the lamps there too but we love those tables too much to put them somewhere else!
I have a quick question…what type of high gloss paint did she use on that table? I have some things I want to paint, but I really want them to end up glossy…and nothing seems to really give me the look I want.
She used regular spray paint followed by a high gloss lacquer spray (you can find it at Lowe's or Home Depot in the spray painting aisle). just be sure to apply thin and even coats with drying time between (as opposed to one thick drippy one).
I love how Kristen "addressed the elephant in the room" subtley and tastefully. She is obviously up on all the new decorating trends – LOL!
DIY-able should totally be in the dictionary. And I love that the Elephant in the Room is going to be picked up on now because all us YHL readers are talking about it. Here's hoping it will end up as an SNL sketch!
What an awesome living room transformation! Thanks for sharing the nursery ideas- DIY safari canvases are a great idea!
Okay, maybe I'm just an idiot and I'll take that title, but I do NOT understand where the wires to all these table lamps go! When you have a lamp on a table away from the wall, where is the wire to plug it in? Are people buying lamps operated by batteries that I don't know about?? I have a lamp by my couch but my couch is a couple feet from the wall and the wire just sits along the carpet all the way from the outlet to the lamp. I don't trip on it, but it's unsightly! HELP!
Sometimes people add floor outlets next to their sofa if it's floating. It only costs $100 or so if you get a bunch of estimates and it can really make a room functional and keep people from tripping. Here's hoping Kristen can drop in to clarify what she did for those lamps!
We struggled with that too Rachel! I always marvel at the TVs/DVRs sans wires in magazines too!
Sherry is right–we are in the process of moving our outlets to underneath the sofa (which is more baby-safe to have them hidden completely and will look better overall) But in the meantime we used extension cords to get them to the wall, which thankfully isn't too far away, and then put a heavy runner down over them to cover them and so our son wouldn't trip on them. It's nice too bc our window treatments are so large they cover the outlets and walls where they plug in so you can't see them.
Man you're sly! I had no idea.
Haha! Thanks! Come on down to Charlotte. Davis would love a companion!
i found myself nodding (not "nodding off", to clarify) when reading all your comments, sherry – love all these amazing improvements! that kitchen light fixture is stunning! and i wholeheartedly agree with your bridesmaids comments… loved it! but i kinda preferred kristin wiig's wardrobe. great post!
woah – far too many exclamation marks… i'll try and tone it down a notch.
Haha, I'm the same way!!!!!!!
I am absolutely in love with the artwork in the nursery. After seeing it, I've decided to DIY some of my own canvases for our baby girl's room. While I've seen lots of cute wood and canvas pieces that I like out there, I think creating something will be that much more special. Plus, it allows me to add the green, pink and chocolate colors I'm currently loving for her space.
Gorgeous! I wish my "after" pictures looked half as stunning!
PS: You're missing your second parenthesis under the first before pic.
Thanks! Off to fix it!
That house is awesome! What an amazing kitchen remodel and the family room is so warm and inviting with all its layers and colors! And what an absolutely adorable nursery! LOVE the blue and green and animal prints!!!
Love the kitchen! I have been wavering between off white or white for the kitchen cabinets, but this sold me on the white! I also love the silhouette prints in the nursery. I'm not much of a painter, so I may just cut out silhouette out of coloured paper and frame it, but it is PERFECT!
I love the blue and white chair in the living room! What a great looking house…very homey feeling!
LOVE the teeny tiny zoo print! someone bought me burp cloths when my son was born and i WANTED to find the print so badly so i could DIY a few burp cloths or other stuff. THANKS for posting where to find!!
So funnny… I painted that same art work for my son's nursery last year.
WOW ! That reno sure looks like the 'open the wall' between your dining/kitchen plan. Nice to see how someone else worked it out.
i also have a bit of stove envy.
Hopefully Kristen will drop in with that info!
Thank you too about the stove. It has certainly encouraged my love of cooking!
Enjoyed the tour. Amazing changes.
love the kitchen! we're getting ready to start a kitchen reno, so i was wondering if you could tell me what appliances you went with? do you like them? we're shopping for ours now, and there are a lot of options out there! thanks!
Here's hoping Kristen can stop in with that info for ya soon!
Hi Nicole! Thank you and good luck with your reno. It is so worth it once it's all done! The toughest part for me was when we were without a sink so be sure they do that at the very end. Otherwise it's amazing what you can do with a microwave and grill ;) Anyway we love our appliances and did a lot of shopping around to get the best deals on what we wanted. We went with Kitchenaid dishwasher (model KUDC20CVSS3) and Ktichenaid 30″ slide in gas range along with a GE profile 36″ Island hood. Hope that helps!
Can I just say that with all of the awesome house things, I am most impressed by the fact that there is sugar on the rims of the drinks!! And those fabric matted pics in the nursery?? I die.
What a wonderful renovation. I love the kitchen, especially that vent hood. Looking at it from the living room, it's almost like a piece of sculpture.
I also really like those rustic wooden doors that are visible from the kitchen.
The blend of modern, traditional and rustic all works together beautifully.
Cute cute house! And I secretly wanted to go watch Bridesmaids with my husband. He said no other men go to watch that movie. I can now tell him otherwise! Thanks!
If it helps, tell him it's a Judd Apatow movie (the same guy who did Knocked Up and Superbad) and definitely felt like one of his films. There was even a scene that even grossed me out so much I had to look away (watching others vomit – even fake vomit – is not my thing).
My husband and my two brothers went to see Bridesmaids with me. They all loved it and thought it was hilarious!
I love their nursery so hard it's not even funny.
I loved Bridesmaids too! I thought it was hilarious but also thought Kristen Wiig brought some heart to the story. Seriously though, I had that Wilson Phillips song stuck in my head for weeks! I turned to my friend after the movie and told her I wished they had performed at my wedding.
wow I love this "after" — is there a table by the back door in the kitchen? I see a chair in the pic.
This is exactly the reno on my pipe dream list!
Yup, there's a small table with a few chairs against that wall. So sorry we couldn't get more of that in the pic!
Maybe it's just this particular picture, but Stan looks like David Letterman some years ago…..
Love the kitchen open, the house now looks like a totally different era (a'ka up to the minute fresh).
That's so funny! You're the second person to say Stan looks like a celebrity! Someone else said Michael Cera.
Oh my gosh this is so funny. The celeb look-a-like comments have been just as fun for us to read as the house ones; ) There's a curly headed comedian theme going on. Young Letterman and older Michael Cera are new ones for sure–it may be the picture. He's gotten a young George W Bush and also Bobby Flay before too which cracks us up. Too funny!
Haha, gotta love that range!
that nursery is too cute!! love her home, very good ideas. i actually want to put up paneling and paint it white for a beachy feel!
Hi Kelly-was reading back through answering some posts (very late responses unfortunately!) and saw your comment. A good friend of mine Elizabeth Newman is a designer in Charleston SC, and she hangs wide wood paneling in kitchens horizontally as opposed to vertically then paints it almost like a white-wash. It is completely drool-worthy and gives an instant "beach" feel. If you're still thinking about doing that I hope that helps!
That kitchen is FANTASTIC! We are redoing ours soon and I'm collecting inspiration from this!
LOVE LOVE LOVE what they did! We are in the process of buying a home from the 1960s with wood paneling GALORE, so I've been googling "before & afters" of painted wood paneling. So fun to see the transformations! Thanks for your awesome tutorials.
It appears the little white cups on the island (holding the chocolate) have feet. Am I seeing things? Could you ask Kristen where she purchased these? They are precious. They must be mine.
Yes, they had little feet! Here's hoping Kristen stops by with that info. I think I've seen some at Crate & Barrel if that helps in the meantime!
Haha- now I'm into elephants! I can't help myself!
LOVE the kitchen!!! Gorgeous!!! Thanks for sharing John & Sherry!!!
I totally noticed Kristin Wiig's heart earrings too!
Wonderful! This must make you guys really antsy to start on your own kitchen!
Love the kitchen redo!!! But what I want to know about is that Yummy lookin grapefruit drink?? It look delish….what's the recipe??
Here's hoping Kristen will post the recipe! John and I had virgin ones and it was still delicious!
Hi Lisa! Cold beverages in the hot South are a must ;) These are called Salty Dogs and we made them with Ruby Red Grapefruit juice and vodka shaken and poured over ice with a salt rimmed glass. They are good without alcohol too and still look just as pretty!
The kitchen turned out great– esp. the countertops. What did you use? Are the cabinets new as well or refinished?
I believe they went with black granite and new cabinets since they had to configure the whole room and couldn't use the original cabs. Here's hoping Kristen stops in with more info for ya!
Gorgeous house! It leaves me in a quandary about my wood floors and I wonder if you could weigh in. I see they carried the same color wood from the family room into the living room and I know you refinished all your rooms in the last house to match the new, darker wood. I need new wood on the first floor but my upstairs is quite fine — albeit the same kind of orangey wood in this house (and similar to what you had in the last). I want to go dark downstairs, but then I would want to carry the dark all the way upstairs and into rooms that don't really "need" it. Did your other rooms "need" refinishing, or did you do it just because you enjoyed the darker color? Thanks for any advice.
Hopefully Kristen will drop by with her opinion!
Thanks, Sherry…I was kinda looking for your opinion since you redid all of yours in the last house. But Kristen's opinion is welcomed!


WATCH: Scarlett Johansson takes the top spot for highest paid actress for 2018 – but who are the other women that round out the top 10?
Scarlett Johansson's role as Marvel superhero Black Widow catapulted her to the top of Forbes' annual list of the world's highest-paid actresses on Thursday, landing her ahead of Angelina Jolie.
The 33-year-old actress took in US$40.5 million in pre-tax earnings from June 1, 2017, to June 1, 2018, which quadrupled her income from the previous year, according to Forbe's calculations.
Johansson played Black Widow in this year's hit movie Avengers: Infinity War and will return to the role in the 2019 installment from Marvel Studios.
Jolie earned $28 million, largely thanks to a payment for the film Maleficent 2, scheduled for release in 2020.
Jennifer Aniston came in third with $19.5 million. The actress still earns residual income from the 1990s sitcom, Friends. She also received money from endorsements of products including Smartwater brand and Johnson & Johnson's Aveeno.
Jennifer Lawrence, who starred in the underperforming films Mother! and Red Sparrow was fourth on the Forbes list with continued earnings from her role in the X-Men series.
The 28-year-old actress also earned money from an endorsement contract with fashion brand Christian Dior. Her $18 million income was $6 million less than the year before.
Reese Witherspoon took fifth place this year with $16.5 million thanks to her part in A Wrinkle in Time and the upcoming season of Big Little Lies.
Mila Kunis came in sixth place this year with $16 million. The voice of Meg on Family Guy scored big with the sequel of Bad Moms Christmas.
Julia Roberts is behind Kunis with $13 million, with earnings from older movies and a Lancôme endorsement. Roberts had huge box office success with Wonder this year as well.
Cate Blanchett is in eighth place with $12.5 million with the forthcoming The House with a Clock in Its Walls and 2018 Thor: Ragnarok making up the bulk of her earnings.
Melissa McCarthy is in ninth place with $12 million for upcoming movies including The Happytime Murders and Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Gal Gadot was the only newcomer to make the list this year, taking the 10th spot. She earned her spot due to a recent Revlon endorsement and with her salary for the Wonder Woman sequel, set to hit theatres in 2019 titled, Wonder Woman 1984.
Last year's highest-paid actress, Oscar-winning La La Land star Emma Stone, fell out of the top 10.
The 2018 Forbes list of highest-paid actors is scheduled to be released next week. Last year, Mark Wahlberg led the pack with $68 million thanks to his paydays for movies Daddy's Home 2 and Transformers: The Last Knight.
The magazine compiles its annual celebrity earnings lists from box office and Nielsen data, as well as from interviews with industry insiders.


"We can talk to her, I guess, but she won't know what you want to know in particular."
"I want to know whatever I'll be better off knowing as someone who's going to move from my world to yours and then live there. You might know all that information but it would be hard for us to compare notes thoroughly enough to figure out that you do have toast and healers and you don't have skirmish or fae and so on for all potentially relevant phenomena - I can stand here going 'dwarves? a-mail? universities? paladins? lawyers? cats? trees?' all day, and you can do the same to cover the things you have that I might never have heard of, but it would be kind of a haphazard way to go about it. If the bar knows the relevant things already, she'll have a much easier time getting me up to speed."
"Oh, fair enough. Well, she's over there." Gesture.
Milan looks at the piece of demonstration toast in his hand, eats it, and wanders over to the bar.
Hello. Can I interest you in a beverage? says a napkin.
Says a second napkin, Also, you might want to know that my hearing is fairly good.
"Well, that would've been good to know much earlier," he says of the second napkin. "But then I suppose you must already know what I've come to ask. Can you help me?"
I would have mentioned it but as you can see I communicate by napkin and you were all the way over there.
Kithabel's world has only humans for sapient species, although magic allows significant cosmetic variation in those inclined. It lacks aethernet, any non-momentum-based sources of magic, does have most of the plants and animals you're accustomed to and then some, contains recognizable if differing universities - the world permits science, if not quite unvarnished by human expectation, and magic is not considered an academic field at all.
"Curious. No equivalent of thaumatology? I guess with only one source of magic, and a fairly simple and predictable one at that, there wouldn't be much call for intensive study..."
And those who practice it are disinclined to hold still for rigorous repeated experimentation.
The planet has four moons and a set of lovely rings, Bar continues. The population density is rather high but not, mostly, urbanized, as most of the reasons to centralize don't apply. Kithabel's home is the Sunlit Satrapy, but except for governing parties forwarding information about tasks to do to sorcerers they are unlikely to intrude upon your life very much.
"Thank you," he says. "As for the drink, do you offer recommendations? It seems to me that you're also in a very good position to give people things they'd never think to ask for on their own."
"Then I'd like whatever you recommend, please."
Here is a mug of something hot and almost buttery. It steams.
It goes very well with his toast.
"Thank you. My faith in your recommendations is entirely vindicated."
"Surrounded by eavesdroppers, apparently," he says, glancing over at the couch. "I have no idea what this is but it's delicious."
"You're not that far away!"
It is called a "butter mug" or a "hot morning" depending on locality.
"The bar says it's called a hot morning. And I am still out of what I'd consider conversational range with anyone who has no significant elven ancestry."
"Apparently you don't have nonhuman people in your world; well, we do in mine, and elves in particular have, among other attributes, very sharp hearing and the ability to project their voices to specific people across a distance."


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We've already discussed the stack in a previous tutorial only slightly mentioning the heap. I've given a diagram of memory for visual aid and in it we can see that the heap is located at the top. Here it is again.
The heap grows down from low memory to maximize the available memory between it and the stack but we already know this. What could possibly be stored in the heap if our variables are stored in the stack? Well, the stack is good and all and there's nothing wrong with it or anything. The purpose of the heap is to store dynamically allocated data.
Unlike the stack, variables are given a set amount of memory where it can hold its information therefore it cannot request for more space. The heap, on the other hand, can request for more space and it can even reduce its required memory load, either expand or shrink according to the needs of the user. However, you must know that the heap's information arrangement is not quite the same as the stack where it's all nice and tidy, everything side by side, arrays' data are all snuggly placed happily together, no. It's a rather jumbled disorganized battlefield where other programs are also requesting its own memory allocation and everything is everywhere. You could have one piece of data in one little area and another 10 address down memory lane. So to be able to keep everything in check and not lose anything, there are special little helpers placed along with our data to help point out where they all exist. This, I will not get into because it is a bit too advanced, but by all means, research if you wish! Just know that every single piece of data will be in check.
malloc is a function found in the stdlib header which is responsible for dynamically allocating memory. It returns a pointer to the location of the allocated memory so we require a pointer variable to hold this information. In our code, we use the char pointer, string, to store the location of a 1024-byte-allocated memory space (kind of like an array). You should add some error checking with the return value of malloc because if it does not execute correctly and you try to read or assign data to memory, it could crash your program due to a read/write access violation. I did not include it in here because I did not want to clutter the example code.
Using a strcpy, we copy the string from argv into string and then print it out. Again, we should check if argc is greater than 1 otherwise it would throw us a seg fault because argv would not exist.
After this, we need to free the data from memory so that it can be reused by other programs which require it and also to prevent leaks. As long as we have not "lost" the pointer to the dynamically allocated memory, we can safely release it.
We can see that string acts just like a normal char array. But why would we need this? If we don't know the amount of memory we will need beforehand, malloc allows us to set a predefined size which can be expanded where necessary, giving us a "heap" of freedom. Ha...ha... We cannot just allocate a static amount of memory in the stack with a size of a billion, that's just inefficient and a waste of resources.
Structs can usually contain a lot of information due to the total summation of each variable's size. Because of this, it's incredibly wasteful of both time and memory to store and keep throwing it around memory by passing and returning it from functions. What's the solution?
Back to our previous struct code, we have now defined a new type for struct _person, *pPerson which is a pointer to the struct. Also notice that we've changed the return type of newPerson and Moe 's type to *pPerson and that we do not need to specify a * between the type and the variable name since it is already defined to be a pointer.
In function newPerson, we can see that we've declared a variable p as a pointer to some dynamically allocated memory with the size of a struct _person using the sizeof operator. We then assign each of the members with the new arrow operator (->). The arrow operator essentially translates to the dereferencing of the pointer to the struct and then accessing the member with the usual period (.) operator, i.e. p->firstName would be equivalent to (*p).firstName. When we're finished with initializing, we return it as we would normally.
In main, we assign Moe the pointer to the new dynamically allocated struct (we have just passed the reference to the memory so we did not "lose" it since Moe now knows where we can find it). After printing out the data, we call on free to release the memory back for other programs to use.
The difference between this code and our previous code is that now instead of copying an entire struct across memory from newPerson into main (which is however big the size of struct _person is), all we are doing now is passing a reference, or a pointer which is a measly 4 bytes. Much more efficient.
If you feel like you need something to test whether the heap was freed properly or not, there is a tool out there which can track memory allocation for us to analyze called Valgrind. Here it is in action with our program.
Dynamic allocation is a great method for allocating an unknown or a large amount of data. Using malloc is especially handy when trying to move data around memory because all that is used is a 4 byte reference to a single block of memory without the need to copy the entire chuck in and out of functions, saving us time and resources to perform operations. Since there is no native garbage collection in C, we are required to free dynamically allocated memory when we are finished using them otherwise there could be leaks and other programs won't be able to reuse those parts of memory. As long as you having a pointer somewhere still pointing to the memory, it is still reachable and can be released.
In the next tutorial on functions, we will discuss the nature of using references for efficient parameter passing. And as we have now covered the pre-requisite material to empower our little virus, head on over to see what's up.
If heap is the place where all the programs request memory and store their data, is it possiblethat instead of requesting all the memory we need, if we request all the memory in the heap,it will lead to a system lockout.
Also,can freeing up more space lead to other apps crashing?


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Q: Trouble linking against LLVM with project including Flex and Bison I've been working through a tutorial on writing compilers with Flex, Bison, and LLVM (http://gnuu.org/2009/09/18/writing-your-own-toy-compiler/), and attempting to compile the final binary fails with many of the following "undefined reference" errors:
g++ -o parser `llvm-config --libs core jit native --cxxflags --ldflags` *.cpp
/tmp/ccl0CSyi.o: In function `NBinaryOperator::codeGen(CodeGenContext&)':
codegen.cpp:(.text+0x2ce): undefined reference to     `llvm::BinaryOperator::Create(llvm::Instruction::BinaryOps, llvm::Value*, llvm::Value*,     llvm::Twine const&, llvm::BasicBlock*)'
/tmp/ccl0CSyi.o: In function `NDouble::codeGen(CodeGenContext&)':
codegen.cpp:(.text+0x3db): undefined reference to `llvm::getGlobalContext()'
codegen.cpp:(.text+0x3e3): undefined reference to     `llvm::Type::getDoubleTy(llvm::LLVMContext&)'
/tmp/ccl0CSyi.o: In function `NInteger::codeGen(CodeGenContext&)':
...
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [parser] Error 1

As far as I know, I have all the necessary includes and the llvm-config script is working correctly --- does anybody have any idea how to resolve these errors?

A: You need to put the libraries AFTER the source files on the command line

A: You may use:
clang++ -g -O3 toy.cpp `llvm-config --cxxflags --ldflags --system-libs --libs core` -o toy

Hope this helps.


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Q: Node.JS - How to detect when a given program starts? Is it possible to detect when a program starts? Is there any built in module that has an event for this? If not, does anyone know any external libraries that provide this functionality.
Here's an example of what I'm talking about(Not a real method)
process.on('start', (startEvent) => {
    // Do things with startEvent, such as checking name or pid.
})

Edit: I'm looking to detect a single program on my local computer starting, running code when it runs(every time it runs while my script is running), I'm also using windows 10.


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Police Drone Test Drive Helps Stop a Jailbreak
Posted By: Jason Reaganon: March 17, 2016
Here's an interesting film-buff question: Could you make a modern reboot of the popular Harrison Ford film The Fugitive?
Answer: You could — but it would be over in 10 minutes as Tommy Lee Jones' character launches a drone, easily locating and capturing the unjustly accused Dr. Richard Kimble.
Such a scenario played out in reality last week as Fremont, Conn. police nabbed their own fugitive with the help of a DJI Inspire 1 drone.
During a test flight of the drone (which was to be purchased for less than $4,000 using money seized in drug raids), police received word that Nicholas Maldonado had escaped from the Sandusky County Jail where he had been incarcerated after an allegedly melee with a county deputy following a traffic stop.
Det. Derek Wensinger launched the Inspire 1 to survey a wooded area where Maldonado was believed to be hiding. After quickly locating the escapee, drone footage recorded Maldonado's second arrest.
"[He] stole a bike and a purse and was crawling through the water in the wooded area," Wensinger told the News-Messenger. " In the future we will be able to use the drone to track the bike tire treads leading into the woods."
Ironically, the police force had only intended to launch the drone as part of a training exercise under the tutelage of local hobby store owner Bruce Chambers. "I think it paid for itself a hundredfold after [the incident]," Chambers said. "This worked out fabulous."
This is not the first time drones have helped police capture suspects. In 2014, Grand Forks, N.D. police launched a UAV to locate four underage man who fled the scene after a drunk-driving traffic stop. "One of them was walking through the cornfield. It took about three minutes to find him," deputy sheriff's officer Alan Frazier told DRONELIFE. "The other was found on a second flight, after maybe 25 minutes."
The four first gained the "honor" of being the first reported arrests in the U.S. via local police drone.
While there are many success stories, some police UAV searches end much like The Fugitive – without success. Last month, a drone launched by the Shawnee, Kan. police force to find an armed suspect yielded no results. However, police there were optimistic their new drone will bear fruit in future operations as they learn more about flight operations.
Roundup (Part 2): American Police Drone Deployment Grows
New Bills May Empower Police Drone Slayers
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Q: Cannot connect to DB through Cloud SQL proxy from Cloud Run instance I'm trying to run Django from Cloud Run, following this guide: https://cloud.google.com/python/django/run. So as far as I can tell I've configured everything correctly.
First off, I have verified that I can connect to my DB through Cloud Shell:
$ gcloud sql connect slsl-db-instance-04a74a9 --database slsl-db-4cfb495 --user=slsl_user --quiet                                                                                Allowlisting your IP for incoming connection for 5 minutes...done.
Connecting to database with SQL user [slsl_user].
Password:
psql (15.1 (Debian 15.1-1.pgdg110+1), server 14.4)
SSL connection (protocol: TLSv1.3, cipher: TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, compression: off)Type "help" for help.

slsl-db-4cfb495=>

I have also confirmed that I can connect using a Cloud SQL proxy running locally.
Next, I've confirmed that the env vars set for the Cloud Run instance match what I used there (the database, user, and password).
Additionally:

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*I have created a service account that I've confirmed has the necessary role: roles/cloudsql.client.

*I have confirmed that the DB is indeed listening on port 5432.

*I have confirmed in the web UI that the Cloud Run service indeed has the Cloud SQL connection configured.

*The DB is using a public IP with no source IPs allowlisted, but it says the Cloud SQL proxy should still work.

However, when my service tries to connect, it fails:
connection to server at "127.0.0.1", port 5432 failed: Connection refused

I'm just trying to connect to 127.0.0.1:5432 like they do in the tutorial. I assume this is how it's meant to work, where the Cloud SQL proxy is accessible to my container at that host:port and then the proxy handles connecting to the DB.
I've tried following other suggestions here to no avail: https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/debugging-connectivity.
To answer some other questions it asks:

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*Is the instance connection name formed correctly in the Cloud SQL Auth proxy connection command?

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*Yes, as far as I can tell. I've selected it in the web UI dropdown just to be sure.

*Have you enabled the Cloud SQL Admin API for your project?

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*Yes.

The deployment is configured fully in Pulumi, so you can see what I'm doing here: https://github.com/banool/slsl_dictionary/tree/main/deployment, minus the secrets values of course.
Any further suggestions on what I'm missing here would be appreciated!

A: Okay turns out you can't connect via host + port from the Cloud Run environment, you have to either connect to the DB directly using a private IP or use the Unix socket exposed by the Cloud SQL proxy.
Read more here: Accessing Cloud SQL from Cloud Run on Google Cloud.


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That Fat Bloke from Bolton
ORDER THAT FAT BLOKE
Pitfalls of Hypocrisy
L. S. Lowry Post Cards
This is the true story about a 6-year-old child who was sexually abused and controlled by several adult males and one female predatorial paedophiles until he reached his early teens. None of the predators were family members.
He is an only son, with one younger sister (Diseased by Motor Neuron Disease, September 2021) and two older half-sisters. The working-class family lived in the British town of Bolton, Lancashire.
As a teenager in the 1960s he experimented with alcohol and drugs, he became homeless and was involved in petty crime culminating in a short term of imprisonment. He later fathered two children with the first of many wives who all found it impossible to remain with such a damaged individual.
Between marriages, he became a street entertainer and itinerate traveller throughout Europe before meeting a lady named Charlie from Swedish Lapland. He fell deeply in love with her after she saved him from a drug overdose in the cellar of a flophouse in Athens. They travelled extensively together and trained as performance artists until they eventually became professional Circus entertainers and proprietors of a small circus company in Southport near Liverpool in the UK.
After 10 years, Charlie left him devastated when he discovered her in the arms of another man during a show tour in England. When she left he quickly reverted to his old addictions and suffered several mental breakdowns that led him down into some of the darkest holes of severe depression. In addition to the devastating loss of his only ever soulmate, the mental damage already caused by the loss of his own childhood at age 6 plus medication and alcohol soon overwhelmed him. He made his mind up to end it all by jumping into the River Mersey, in Liverpool at the age of 43. He was persuaded down from the embankment at 3 am by a dog walker and was found in a foetal position on the roadside sometime during the morning rush hour. This led him into the hands of some mental health specialists and then on to receive further professional Shamanistic life-saving healing therapy. (Thank you, Deena O'Brien).
He continued to work as a Clown in the UK right through the worst stages of his deteriorating mental condition brought on by the devastating bereavement process he was experiencing. The necessary development of what soon became a successful one-man clown show unexpectedly produced opportunities for him to perform alongside several of the UK's most popular celebrity comedy entertainers He also performed further afield, in New York, the UAE and even India a few times. His proudest achievement during that sad, yet artistically productive time, was when he was honoured to perform at a Circus where the one and only, Robin Williams was in the audience and he, the Clown had Robin Williams in fits of laughter, despite him being soaked by the Clown!
He eventually decided to abandon his work as a sad, but successful Clown in the UK and take up an offer to perform at the British Embassy in Bangkok, which is when he made his mind up to settle in the far east in the hopes of finding a new life. Inevitably, he was quickly drawn into the dark side of nightlife in Bangkok, Thailand, Phnom Penh, Cambodia and Vientiane, Lao and that lasted a couple of years until the money ran out. Despite the debauchery and hedonistic lifestyle he was leading, he still managed to work as a Clown giving free shows for needy people living in the slums of Bangkok and making a living as a part-time Lecturer at high-class International schools, 5-star Hotels, weddings and parties.
Aged 49 the Clown was honoured to be given a leading role as The Moulin Rouge Clown performing alongside Parisian dancers and celebrity singers at the only French Cabernet in China. He decided not to renew his contract when he was headhunted by an entertainment agency offering an even better contract to work for them in Singapore. That only lasted one month because the Inland Revenue decided to take most of the Clowns contract fee, so the Clown returned to giving free shows in Bangkok.
In 2005, aged 52 the Clown become the founder of a state-registered charity that focuses on supporting needy families in the slums of Bangkok and amongst the hill-tribe communities along the Thai/Burma borders. The Charity soon became a replacement for his lost love and within a few short years, he became so passionate about his work that nearly all of his past disastrous life experiences became much easier to cope with.
"One Night in Shanghai"
His mental wellbeing was also very much helped when he reached a high peak in his professional career at the Cabaret in Shanghai and even more so when his mind was finally healed one night, through experiencing a mutually exhilarating experience with an executive business lady who came from Taipei, Taiwan.
An extract from the book, One Night in Shanghai
The early part of my passage through this life saw me gripped and held tightly while I was pushed along a road leading right down into a swirling cesspit of filth, depravity and nightmares that have stayed with me to this day. It was only after being saved from what would have been a wasted death during my third suicide attempt that I started the long hard trek up a steep path that eventually led to my own summit of contentment.
I had to travel that impossibly long and dangerous path for around 40 years before I could begin my escape from that unique voyage through the darkest, underground, vermin-infested tunnels of cruelty where only the purest evil existed. Having travelled that road, it would simply be wrong of me to waste the opportunity to prove that even the most horrific damage inflicted on a child can eventually be fixed.
Head of a Boy from Lancashire L. S. Lowry
So I have decided to tell my life story while I am still able to clearly remember most of the myriad character-building experiences that took me from an innocent child to an old man who is now passionate about making sure that as many children as possible can maintain their innocence at least until they reach an age where they should naturally, become adults.
My life story does contain a great deal of misery and unhappiness. But there is also a lot of joy that has been well earned through adversity. I am someone who has been married or partnered a few times and I am the father of 2 legitimate children and possibly 1 or 2 illegitimate children. I have 8 grandchildren to my knowledge and 2 great-grandchildren. I've travelled the world not as a tourist but often as a homeless itinerant worker, street musician and professional entertainer.
In my young adult life, I've been a small-time junkie, a petty criminal and jailed for a short time. Then I became a super fit Kung-Fu fighter, a motorcycle racer, an unhappily married man with a regular job and aspirations to become rich enough to own a semi-detached house, a Volvo to load up with 2.2 kids and a wife, dog and cat to take on camping holidays around France?
Those dreams were shattered in a few seconds by a near-death motorcycle crash that hospitalised me for long periods (around one whole year) and left me as a registered disabled person for several years.
Because of my disabilities following that crash, I lost my job with a Gas Company, then my house was repossessed by the Mortgage company, and my wife's job in a local factory started to go down the tubes because she couldn't cope with the demands of caring for me and our daughter in between her shifts working at the factory.
I had been promised a large payment of compensation money from the accident insurance company, but it would maybe take 4 or 5 years to settle the amount, so while we were waiting for that to happen, we decided to relocate from the north of England to the north of Scotland where we hoped to give our first child a better start in life. I also considered it to be a better place for me to find some way of earning a living as a disabled person making crafts as my hands were not too severely affected by the injuries.
With the help of a bank loan on the strength of my compensation being paid, we successfully moved to the north of Scotland and with my leg still in a full-length cast, I attempted to start working with my hands making metal ornaments but still living from the disabled person benefits I was entitled to from the British government. Our daughter was happily enrolled in a small school and all seemed to go very well for us, at least for the first few months.
Then just before Christmas, my mother succumbed to the breast cancer that she had been diagnosed with while I was in the hospital. So we travelled back down to England for the funeral and remained there for a few weeks to help my grieving father as best we could, before returning to Scotland where I was promptly attacked by a local drunken fisherman and despite the police and courts doing a great job of punishing the drunk for attacking a disabled person on the grounds I could not understand his strong Sottish accent, we decided to relocate again. This time we moved further north to a place called the Black Isle just north of Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland.
Then soon after I received some accident, injury insurance money my wife spent most of it on trinkets, then promptly took the children 300 miles away to live with another man who was not disabled and considerably richer than I had ever been and who, against my will, became an uncaring surrogate father to our 2 children.
When that unhappy marriage ended and I was left alone and still disabled with limited mobility, I had to move into a small bedsit in the cold northern small City of Inverness, Scotland. That period was when I started drinking heavily and went back to smoking weed with the occasional little acid tab to help keep me from slitting my throat. It was also the place where I started to play Concertina music in a small bar known for its drunken fighting men, loose women and an easy place to score some dope.
I never made much money as a musician, but I did earn just enough to pay the harbour fees for 25 metre-long sea-going barge that I named "The Good Ship Phyllis" (previously named the MV Phyllis). I lived aboard the ship for several months and developed a name for myself as a wild sea fairing musical womaniser who held extremely wild parties on the Good Ship Phyllis while keeping 7 different girlfriends occupied and apart from each other for most of the time. That was the first of many more wild times to come and I'm pleased to say that no one was really harmed in the making of my embryonic development into becoming a worldly-wise madman.
Having lived aboard the ship for around 9 months, I had cause to leave Inverness for a couple of weeks. Upon my return and as I rounded the corner leading to the harbour, I saw 2 masts poking out of the water in exactly the same place as my beloved party ship had been moored! I had no choice, but to turn around very quickly and run like hell straight back to the highway out of town where I hitched a ride in the back of an Army Land Rover full of squaddies who for some reason took it upon themselves to take pity on the dishevelled, disabled music-man they had picked-up. They fed me with cigarettes and good old banter for several hours of travelling along the A9 highway from Inverness to Perth. I thanked them and went on my hitch-hiking way to Glasgow, then eventually to London before I made my way to the ferry-port of Harwich and from there I took my first trip across the sea to Den Hag in the Netherlands.
Throughout that period between the marriage breakdown and my arrival in Holland, I had struggled a lot with my leg injuries and I had become conditioned by the medical profession and drug companies to believe that I would never walk without support again unless I kept taking the tablets and paid regular visits to hospitals or became a resident in a disabled persons rehabilitation centre, where I did spend 6 weeks of my life while I was still married.
But somehow, being alone and disabled, I could only see that following the sheepherding doctor's advice to conform to their ideas of how best to deal with a badly injured young man, would never really lead me to any kind of secure happy pastures in which to spend my life. I was convinced that I would probably soon end up in a wheelchair and become morbidly obese, then smoke myself to death before I reached the age of 40.
I unconsciously decided to self-medicate by taking as much walking exercise as I could manage with my leg braced within a metal calliper and my hands still grasping 2 walking sticks. And slowly but surely I made a steady recovery to the point where I could spend many hours every day playing music on the streets of Europe and even doing some manual labouring work that didn't require too much walking or standing, as I still needed two walking sticks for another year or so.
So, I had started my first adventures as a world traveller not knowing that I would go on to live through many more of the most powerful character-building experiences that many people have told me since they never even imagined possible. And along the arduous paths I chose to travel, I have loved and lost probably more than most, more secure individuals who I have encountered along the way.
Throughout all my travels in so many parts of this planet, we call earth, there has only ever been one person I truly loved, apart from my children, who to this day don't believe I ever loved them at all...
My only true love is called Charlotte, and she came from Lapland. She has been the most important person ever to enter my damaged life in a positive and wholesome way and she is the one who unwittingly saved my life while I was in the darkest place imaginable during my early 30s.
Probably because of the abuse I suffered as a child, I have never been able to hold down a long term loving relationship with anyone, but Charlie and I were extremely close and totally, nay, passionately in love with each other for at least 8 or 9 years. Then I became controlling and possessive and angry, but never violent towards her.
So eventually I found her in the arms of another young man, and she blurted out that she had stopped loving me and our time together was over there and then.
Apart from all the years of being abused, raped and humiliated by power-crazed sick old and sometimes younger perverted men, I had never felt so devastated as I did when Charlie left me.
There are no words to describe my feeling of absolute bereavement at the loss of this great love in my screwed up life and it wasn't until I had some expert therapy that I realised how much I had damaged Charlie during our time together. That realisation came a second mind-blowingly character-building experience for me to endure and live with.
I still sometimes wonder how I managed to survive the many years after Charlie without actually killing myself, although I did try a few times. And now, of course, I am so incredibly pleased to say that I did survive all that I've just described, plus an awful lot more that is slowly becoming detailed in the book.
Not only did I survive, but as I write this, in late 2020, I have spent quite a few more years than I did with Charlie, being happily single and passionately involved in spending the remaining years of my life making others as happy as I can. I do this by using some of the skills I have acquired during my 40+ year period of being one of the worlds many itinerant Buffoons. I must say that I have also earned a much better living being a fool than I could ever hope to have made as the manager of the gas company I worked for before my disabling crash in 1979.
So, I hope it is worth reading through all the confused misery and mayhem of a life destroyed. Then see the great joy of how a totally reconstructed life eventually led me to become a passionate advocate for giving pure simple joy to those whose lives are often even more blighted than mine has been.
The book will be published around mid 2022.
Meanwhile, I will try to update the blog page on this site with a few more snippets from the book. Please comment so I can gauge how may people are following my blogs?
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