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const double kDefaultFrequencyLeft = 400.0;
const double kDefaultFrequencyRight = 1000.0;
const uint32_t kDefaultDuration = 10000;

// This sample frequency is guaranteed to work.
const PP_AudioSampleRate kSampleFrequency = PP_AUDIOSAMPLERATE_44100;
// Buffer size in units of sample frames.
// 4096 is a conservative size that should avoid underruns on most systems.
const uint32_t kSampleFrameCount = 4096;

const double kPi = 3.141592653589;
const double kTwoPi = 2.0 * kPi;

void LogFailure(const char* msg) {
  NaClLog(LOG_ERROR, "\n*** FAILURE **** example: %s", msg);
}

class MyInstance : public pp::Instance {
 private:
  void ParseArgs(uint32_t argc, const char* argn[], const char* argv[]) {
    NaClLog(1, "example: parsing %d args\n", static_cast<int>(argc));
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
      NaClLog(1, "example: arg %d: [%s] [%s]\n",
              static_cast<int>(i), argn[i], argv[i]);
      const std::string tag = argn[i];
      if (tag == "frequency_l") frequency_l_ = strtod(argv[i], 0);
      if (tag == "frequency_r") frequency_r_ = strtod(argv[i], 0);
      if (tag == "amplitude_l") amplitude_l_ = strtod(argv[i], 0);
      if (tag == "amplitude_r") amplitude_r_ = strtod(argv[i], 0);
      if (tag == "duration_msec") duration_msec_ = strtod(argv[i], 0);
      if (tag == "basic_tests") basic_tests_ = (0 != atoi(argv[i]));
      if (tag == "stress_tests") stress_tests_ = (0 != atoi(argv[i]));
      if (tag == "headless") headless_ = (0 != atoi(argv[i]));
      // ignore other tags
    }
  }

 public:
  explicit MyInstance(PP_Instance instance)
      : pp::Instance(instance),
        config_(NULL),
        audio_(NULL),
        audio_wave_l_(0.0),
        audio_wave_r_(0.0),
        frequency_l_(kDefaultFrequencyLeft),
        frequency_r_(kDefaultFrequencyRight),
        amplitude_l_(1.0),
        amplitude_r_(1.0),
        headless_(false),
        basic_tests_(false),
        stress_tests_(false),
        duration_msec_(kDefaultDuration),
        obtained_sample_frame_count_(0),
        callback_count_(0) {}

  virtual void HandleMessage(const pp::Var& message) {
    NaClLog(1, "example: received HandleMessage\n");
    if (message.is_string()) {
      if (message.AsString() == "StartPlayback") {
        StartOutput();
      }
    }
  }

  void StartOutput() {
    bool audio_start_playback = audio_->StartPlayback();
    CHECK(true == audio_start_playback);
    NaClLog(1, "example: frequencies are %f %f\n", frequency_l_, frequency_r_);
    NaClLog(1, "example: amplitudes are %f %f\n", amplitude_l_, amplitude_r_);
    NaClLog(1, "example: Scheduling StopOutput on main thread in %"
            NACL_PRIu32"msec\n", duration_msec_);
    // Schedule a callback in duration_msec_ to stop audio output
    pp::CompletionCallback cc(StopOutput, this);
    pp::Module::Get()->core()->CallOnMainThread(duration_msec_, cc, PP_OK);
  }

  static void StopOutput(void* user_data, int32_t err) {
    MyInstance* instance = static_cast<MyInstance*>(user_data);

    const int kMaxResult = 256;
    char result[kMaxResult];
    NaClLog(1, "example: StopOutput() invoked on main thread\n");
    if (PP_OK == err) {
      if (instance->audio_->StopPlayback()) {
        // In headless mode, the build bots may not have an audio driver, in
        // which case the callback won't be invoked.
        // TODO(nfullagar): Other ways to determine if machine has audio
        // capabilities. Currently PPAPI returns a valid resource regardless.
        if ((instance->callback_count_ >= 2) || instance->headless_) {
          snprintf(result, kMaxResult, "StopOutput:PASSED");
        } else {
          snprintf(result, kMaxResult, "StopOutput:FAILED - too "
              "few callbacks (only %d callbacks detected)",
              static_cast<int>(instance->callback_count_));
        }
      }
    } else {
      snprintf(result, kMaxResult,
          "StopOutput: FAILED - returned err is %d", static_cast<int>(err));
    }
    // Release audio & config instance.
    delete instance->audio_;
    delete instance->config_;
    instance->audio_ = NULL;
    instance->config_ = NULL;
    // At this point the test has finished, report result.
    pp::Var message(result);
    instance->PostMessage(message);
  }

  // To enable basic tests, use basic_tests="1" in the embed tag.
  void BasicTests() {
    // Verify obtained_sample_frame_count isn't out of range.
    CHECK(obtained_sample_frame_count_ >= PP_AUDIOMINSAMPLEFRAMECOUNT);
    CHECK(obtained_sample_frame_count_ <= PP_AUDIOMAXSAMPLEFRAMECOUNT);
    // Do some sanity checks below; verify c & cpp interfaces agree.
    // Note: This is test code and is not normally needed for an application.
    PPB_GetInterface get_browser_interface =
        pp::Module::Get()->get_browser_interface();
    const PPB_AudioConfig* audio_config_interface =
        static_cast<const PPB_AudioConfig*>(
        get_browser_interface(PPB_AUDIO_CONFIG_INTERFACE));
    const PPB_Audio* audio_interface =
        static_cast<const PPB_Audio*>(
        get_browser_interface(PPB_AUDIO_INTERFACE));
    PP_Resource audio_config_resource = config_->pp_resource();
    PP_Resource audio_resource = audio_->pp_resource();
    NaClLog(1, "example: audio config resource: %"NACL_PRId32"\n",
            audio_config_resource);
    NaClLog(1, "example: audio resource: %"NACL_PRId32"\n", audio_resource);
    CHECK(PP_TRUE == audio_config_interface->
        IsAudioConfig(audio_config_resource));
    CHECK(PP_TRUE == audio_interface->IsAudio(audio_resource));
    CHECK(PP_FALSE == audio_config_interface->IsAudioConfig(audio_resource));
    CHECK(PP_FALSE == audio_interface->IsAudio(audio_config_resource));
    CHECK(audio_interface->GetCurrentConfig(audio_resource) ==
        audio_config_resource);
    CHECK(0 == audio_interface->GetCurrentConfig(audio_config_resource));
    CHECK(audio_config_interface->GetSampleRate(audio_config_resource) ==
        config_->sample_rate());
    CHECK(audio_config_interface->GetSampleFrameCount(audio_config_resource) ==
        config_->sample_frame_count());
    CHECK(audio_->config().pp_resource() == audio_config_resource);
  }

  // To enable stress tests, use stress_tests="1" in the embed tag.
  void StressTests() {
    // Attempt to create many audio devices, then immediately shut them down.
    // Chrome may generate some warnings on the console, but should not crash.
    const int kNumManyAudio = 1000;
    pp::Audio* many_audio[kNumManyAudio];
    for (int i = 0; i < kNumManyAudio; ++i)
      many_audio[i] = new pp::Audio(this, *config_, SilenceCallback, this);
    for (int i = 0; i < kNumManyAudio; ++i)
      CHECK(true == many_audio[i]->StartPlayback());
    for (int i = 0; i < kNumManyAudio; ++i)
      delete many_audio[i];
  }

  void TestSuite() {
    if (basic_tests_)
      BasicTests();
    if (stress_tests_)
      StressTests();
  }

  virtual bool Init(uint32_t argc, const char* argn[], const char* argv[]) {
    ParseArgs(argc, argn, argv);
    obtained_sample_frame_count_ = pp::AudioConfig::RecommendSampleFrameCount(
        kSampleFrequency, kSampleFrameCount);
    config_ = new
       pp::AudioConfig(this, kSampleFrequency, obtained_sample_frame_count_);
    CHECK(NULL != config_);
    audio_ = new pp::Audio(this, *config_, SineWaveCallback, this);
    CHECK(NULL != audio_);
    // Run through test suite before attempting real playback.
    TestSuite();
    return true;
  }

 private:
  static void SineWaveCallback(void* samples, uint32_t num_bytes, void* thiz) {
    MyInstance* instance = reinterpret_cast<MyInstance*>(thiz);
    const double delta_l = kTwoPi * instance->frequency_l_ / kSampleFrequency;
    const double delta_r = kTwoPi * instance->frequency_r_ / kSampleFrequency;

    // Verify num_bytes and obtained_sample_frame_count match up.
    const int kNumChannelsForStereo = 2;
    const int kSizeOfSample = sizeof(int16_t);
    const size_t single_sample = kNumChannelsForStereo * kSizeOfSample;

    // CHECK inside callback is only for testing purposes.
    CHECK(instance->obtained_sample_frame_count_ * single_sample == num_bytes);

    // Use per channel audio wave value to avoid clicks on buffer boundries.
    double wave_l = instance->audio_wave_l_;
    double wave_r = instance->audio_wave_r_;
    const int16_t max_int16 = std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max();
    int16_t* buf = reinterpret_cast<int16_t*>(samples);
    for (size_t i = 0; i < instance->obtained_sample_frame_count_; ++i) {
      const double l = sin(wave_l) * instance->amplitude_l_ * max_int16;
      const double r = sin(wave_r) * instance->amplitude_r_ * max_int16;
      *buf++ = static_cast<int16_t>(l);
      *buf++ = static_cast<int16_t>(r);
      // Add delta, keep within -kTwoPi..kTwoPi to preserve precision.
      wave_l += delta_l;
      if (wave_l > kTwoPi)
        wave_l -= kTwoPi * 2.0;
      wave_r += delta_r;
      if (wave_r > kTwoPi)
        wave_r -= kTwoPi * 2.0;
    }
    // Store current value to use as starting point for next callback.
    instance->audio_wave_l_ = wave_l;
    instance->audio_wave_r_ = wave_r;

    ++instance->callback_count_;
  }

  static void SilenceCallback(void* samples, uint32_t num_bytes, void* thiz) {
    memset(samples, 0, num_bytes);
  }

  // Audio config resource. Allocated in Init().
  pp::AudioConfig* config_;

  // Audio resource. Allocated in Init().
  pp::Audio* audio_;

  // Current audio wave position, used to prevent sine wave skips
  // on buffer boundaries.
  double audio_wave_l_;
  double audio_wave_r_;

  double frequency_l_;
  double frequency_r_;

  double amplitude_l_;
  double amplitude_r_;

  bool headless_;

  bool basic_tests_;
  bool stress_tests_;

  uint32_t duration_msec_;
  uint32_t obtained_sample_frame_count_;

  int callback_count_;
};

class MyModule : public pp::Module {
 public:
  // Override CreateInstance to create your customized Instance object.
  virtual pp::Instance* CreateInstance(PP_Instance instance) {
    return new MyInstance(instance);
  }
};

namespace pp {

// Factory function for your specialization of the Module object.
Module* CreateModule() {
  NaClLogModuleInit();
  return new MyModule();
}

}  // namespace pp


The Rhaetian Railway (RhB) – the largest Alpine railway in Switzerland – has a high-performance 384-kilometre network of tracks.
The trains travel through the picturesque landscape of the Graubünden Alps and over numerous engineering structures. Since 2008, two of the lines have formed the UNESCO World Heritage route known as the Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina Landscapes.
Thanks to the good and uncomplicated collaboration with the providers Sunrise and Swisscom, the Vereina Tunnel is equipped throughout with 3G/4G services. This means passengers can conveniently work on their mobile devices throughout their trip through the tunnel. On other RhB routes, mobile reception varies according to the topographical situation. The map below provides an overview of the signal strength of the individual providers Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt on the RhB network.
Depending on the type of carriage and the configuration of the windows, coverage may vary within a carriage.


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Зброя ацтеків — численні види зброї наступального та оборонного характеру, що застосовувалися в армії імперії ацтеків. Застосовувалася далекобійна зброя.

Атакувальна зброя

Перелік озброєння ацтеків змінювався в процесі переходу від залежного міста-держави до перетворення на імперію. Відповідно до цього військо потребувала більш досконалої і потужної зброї. Водночас постійні війні із сусідами та повсталими містами вимагали озброювати ацтецьких вояків зброєю, яка б завдавала більшої шкоди ворогові.

Ацтецький вояк міг мати при собі тепустопіллі (спис), тлатсонтектлі (дротик-тризуб), тлакочтлі (дротик), тлавутоллі (лук), куауололлі (дерев'яний кийок), макуавітль та макана (на кшталт палаша), тематлатль (праща), тлакальуацкуауітль (духова зброя), ітстлі (ніж).

З огляду на численність видів зброю військові загони мали відповідну спеціалізації: були лучники з відповідною кількістю стріл (тсіуакімітль або яомітль) у сагайдак (матлауакаккі). Тятива луку робилася з сухожиль тварин. Лук вважався низькою зброєю диких мисливських племен. Цей момент знайшов відображення в рукописах, в яких з луком зображувалися варварські племена або персонажі з ранньої ацтекської історії. Наконечник стріл робився з обсидіану, кременю, тварин або риб'ячих кісток. Сагайдак перевішувався через плече на спину, нараховував до 20 стріл.

Окремі загони складали вояки зі списами, що були вище чоловічого зросту, а їх наконечник з обсідіану або міді. Були загони озброєні дротиками та пращами. Для останньої використовувалося каміння овальної форми або кулі, що були наповнені шматками обсідіану чи галькою. Тлакальуацкуауітль представляв собою видовжену оброблену тростину, з якою за допомогою видування викидалися отруєні стріли.

Найбільшим потужні загони озброювалися макани та куауололлі. Макани представляли собою дерев'яну пластину завтовшки близько 3 пальців, у верхній частині з пазами, в які вставлялися обсидіанові леза, зміцнювалися сумішшю з особливого кореня і блакитної глини, змішаних з кров'ю кажана або клеєм з посліду черепах. Були також дворучні варіанти цієї зброї: макани мали леза з 2 сторін, макани з лезамиз чотирьох сторін носили назву макуавітсоктлі. Крім того, більшість вояків мали при собі ножа.

Як далекобійна зброя використовувався атлатль (списокидальня). У найпростішому варіанті представляла палицю з упором на кінці. Часто мала кільця для пальців. Деякі атлатлі прикрашалися віялоподібним пір'ям. Атлатль складався з короткого, максимум у 60 см завдовжки, шматка твердого дерева, що мав на кінці петлю, в яку проходили пальці вояка, а на іншому кінці знаходиться глибока зарубка. У неї закладається кінець древка короткого списа. Потім вояк розмахував атлатлем, що був продовженням руки, і кидав його по дузі — знизу і вперед, в якись момент руху спис вилітав з зарубки зі значно більшою поступальної силою, ніж при звичайному кидку рукою. У цій зброї використовувалася відцентрова сила.

Обладунки
Основним видом захисту був щит (чималлі). Ацтекські великі щити були 70-74 см в діаметрі, а малі — 26-40 см. У ацтеків налічувалося до 7 видів традиційного орнаменту використовуваного на щитах, яких найвідомішими: хуастекський з пір'ям кецалей («кецалькуешіо») та «кецальшікальколіукі».

Був плоским, круглої або овальної форми. Його робили з бамбука, очерету або вогнестійкого дерева, підбивали бавовною, а зовні міг вкриватися шкірою, черепаховим панциром, прикрашатися мозаїкою з каменів або пір'я, а також золотими, мідними або срібними деталями. З внутрішньої сторони щит мав прямокутну підкладку під руку і два ременя-енарма для тримання на руці. За повідомленнями іспанців деякі щити були настільки міцні, що їх неможливо було пробити пострілом з арбалетах.

Обладунки представляли собою броню з бавовни (ічкауіпіллі), вимочену у солоній воді, завтовшки у 1-2 пальці. Вони здатні були витримати удар макани або списа. Під ічкауіпіллі аристократи носили своєрідні туніки (еуатль), що пом'якшувало удар зброєю.

На голові вояки носили шоломи (куакалалатлі), що були зроблені з деревини листяних порід. Вони захищали більшу частину голову, до підборіддя.

Джерела
 John Pohl & charles Robinson III, Aztecs and conquistadores. The Spanish Invasion & the Collapse of the Aztec Empire, Osprey publishing Ltd
 Hassig, Ross (1992). War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-07734-2.

Війни ацтеків
Середньовічна зброя

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Our morning service centers around the Word of God - read, preached and displayed in the Lord's Supper. Pastor Jeff Gregory is the principal preacher. Occasionally brother Wayne Conrad, who constructs our worship services, also preaches.
We celebrate the Lord's Supper every Sunday morning. We practice "open communion," which means we welcome to the Table all who are sincere disciples of Jesus Christ and who are serving him in his church.


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Malaysia Bagus News
Complaints over 'health drink' lead to raid in Penang
GEORGE TOWN - Multiple complaints over a women's health drink led to a raid, where over RM1,500 (S$489.60) worth of products were confiscated by the state Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP).
KPDNHEP's Penang enforcement chief Chin Ching Chung said five women experienced symptoms of vomiting, nausea and abdominal pain after consuming that beverage.
"Following their dissatisfaction, the five women left comments on the health-care company's social media account.
"The owners of the company suspected that all the victims had purchased counterfeit products and reported it to us.
"Based on the information, we then sent a team of nine officers and representatives to the shop located in the Bukit Jambul area at 2pm on Tuesday (Dec 10).
"During the raid, we seized 57 bottles of counterfeit health beverages worth RM1,596.
"We found that the artificial beverage was priced at RM18 a bottle, compared with the original that is priced at RM32," he said during a press conference held at the KPDNHEP office along Lebuh Downing on Wednesday (Dec 11).
Chin said the owner of the shop, who had been operating for over a year, claimed that they were not aware that the products they sold were counterfeit.
"We will also work together with the Health Ministry and send a sample of the product to the Department of Chemistry Malaysia to analyse the contents of the product.
"Further investigations will be conducted under Section 8(2)(b) of the Trade Descriptions Act 2011 for supplying goods where a false trade description is being used.
"Under the Act, owners of the premises could face a fine of not more than RM10,000 for each fake item, or three years in jail or both upon conviction for first-time offenders," he said.
Chin said consumers are advised to be careful when agents or wholesalers offer products at a bargain because counterfeit products usually look similar to the original.
"With these confiscated products, we have noticed some significant differences with the original products, such as odour, its concentration and even the colour of the packaging, which is slightly faded.
"Additionally, users can also identify whether some products are genuine or imitated by using the QR Code scan method that some companies offer," he said.

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Assembly passes resolution condemning Exxon settlement
By Chase Brush • 05/14/15 3:09pm
TRENTON — With only brief across-the-aisle debate, members of the state Assembly today approved a resolution to condemn — and "vehemently oppose" — the state's controversial settlement with the oil giant Exxon Mobil over a series of environmental damage lawsuits.
AR242, which urges rejection of the proposed $225 million settlement in lawsuits brought by the state against Exxon for natural resource damages at Bayway, Bayonne and other New Jersey oil refineries and sites, was passed with 45 in favor, 16 against, and 9 abstentions during the chamber's afternoon session. Only two lawmakers — Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi (R-39), on the Republican side, and Assemblyman John McKeon (D-27), the resolution's sponsor, on the Democrat side — rose to comment on the bill.
Schepisi, who said endorsing the resolution gave her "great concern," argued that passing such a measure could set a precedent for "second guessing any sort of litigation matter" in the future that is handled by the Attorney General's office, which has defended the settlement as one of the biggest in state history. She said she worried that the move could also be unethical, as it would force the body — by sending a Superior Court judge a message of their opposition — to wade into a case over which they have little authority.
"Is this something now that we are going to do for every litigation matter that comes thorugh the state, and if so, is it appropriate?," Schepisi asked.
McKeon, however, denied that characterization. He said he "couldn't think of any body more in a positon to comment" on the decision, noting that the settlement is still subject to a 60-day public comment period, ending on June 5.
"With respect to my collegaue who takes umbrages with the processes and approriateness, all I have to say is, it's part of the law," he said.
McKeon has been one of the most vocal critics of the settlement, which he has helped investigate over the past several weeks in his capacity as chairman of the Assembly Judiciary Committee (Schepisi, too, sits on that committee). He's called the final $225 million figure — which is billions of dollars short of the nearly $9 million legal experts representing the state sought during a lengthy trial period — a "slap in the face" for residents, especially those in communities affected by the damages.
In a statement released shortly after the resolution's passege, he doubled down on those criticisms.
"It has been two months since the settlement with Exxon was unceremoniously announced by the administration and I am still struggling to see what is 'really good' about it," McKeon said. "When we asked for documentation related to the Exxon lawsuit to better understand the administration's decision and take appropriate action moving forward, we were stonewalled. While the governor tries to assure us that this is a good deal, the numbers prove otherwise."
The Assembly's settlement today also brings the lower chamber in line with the Senate, which sent up its own resolution condeming the settlement earlier this year. Passage of that resolution (SCR158) was a comparatively more contentious affair, with state Senator Kevin O'Toole (R-40) and state Senator Ray Lesniak (D-21) — another vocal opponent of the settlement — clashing over concerns similar to those raised between McKeon and Schepisi.
While the bill is largely symbolic — political observers note that the state can't outright prevent Christie from settling for the reported amount — lawmakers say it does send a clear indication both to the front office and New Jersey Superior Court Judge Michael Hogan that the legislature does not approve.
Jeff Tittel, director of NJ Sierra Club pointed out that today's resolutions was passed mostly along party lines — and blasted the administration for a "complete givaway to corporate polluters." He noted that the settlement also contains liability for contamination at a site in Paulsboro, where McKeon said damages were valued at over $15 million.
"The Administration was trying to defend the indefensible, which is this dirty deal. This legislation sends a signal to the DEP and the Judge that the Exxon case is not a settlement, it's a sellout," Tittel said.
At their last committee meeting, McKeon announced that a public hearing on the settlement would be scheduled for next month in Linden.
Filed Under: New Jersey Politics, NJ Assembly, Resolution, exxon mobil chris christie
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Yes, the madness of holiday shopping is beginning to hit the final corner and on to the homestretch. Lunch hours at work are becoming a bit lengthier, fingers are getting swollen from clicking on keyboards while shopping online and parking spaces are increasingly turning into minor battlegrounds, as fewer spaces and more stress combine for more incendiary conflicts.
It is indeed beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
With only a week to go before the big day falls upon us, we ask you all, once again, to think local with your shopping needs. Sure, there are some specific items people on your lists are asking for that require you to visit the big-box stores or their online offerings, but most people simply want something that comes straight from the heart and carries some significance with it.
Our local conglomeration of businesses offers plenty of opportunities to find that special gift that offers a little bit of this community with it. Crabcakes, popcorn and taffy are always favorites when it comes to offering someone a small culinary slice of what we have, and local artists offer aesthetic representations of the place we are proud to call home. There are also toy stores and gift shops and other retail establishments that offer unique ideas.
Think local, shop local this year.


Educational work is important to us, not only on a professional level, but also on a personal one. Using our knowledge base to help aspiring area students is critical and this year everyone in the office is playing a part. Elizabeth, Claude and Kevin have taken on adjunct faculty positions this spring. Elizabeth will be teaching a graduate publication design course at MICA, while Claude and Kevin will be teaching graphic design and typography (respectively) at Towson University.


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Joshua dismisses tune-up fight before Ruiz rematch
August 6th, 2019 - Comments Closed
By Charles Brun: Anthony Joshua has entirely ruled out taking a warm-up fight before a rematch with Andy Ruiz later this year. Joshua (22-1, 21 KOs) that anyone that is saying that he should take a different path to a rematch with Ruiz Jr. isn't "cut from the same cloth" as him in speaking to Sky Sports News. In other words, Joshua thinks he's making the right move in going straight into the rematch with IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Ruiz (33-1, 22 KOs).
Fans think Joshua has lost the plot, and is about to make a foolish move that he won't soon forget. Although Joshua isn't going to say it, his likely motive for wanting to face Ruiz Jr. immediately is the time limit involved in the rematch clause.
If Joshua waits too long, then his rematch clause could be useless. That means he would need to give Ruiz better terms in the negotiations for the second fight. The way things are now, purse split, and who gets to choose the venue, is said to be in the rematch clause from the June 1 fight between Joshua and Ruiz.
Joshua rejects taking a warm-up fight
"Anyone who tells me different, they ain't cut from the same cloth. Who's my warm-up going to be? I don't fight B-class, I'm fighting the best, so I'm going straight for them titles," said a defiant sounding Joshua to Sky Sports News. "Ruiz, I've seen he's done a lot of talking about what he wants, but he don't call the shots in that sense, it's a team effort."
When Joshua says that anyone telling him not to take a rematch straightaway with Ruiz that they're not "cut from the same cloth," he might be complimenting them. It's clearly a wrong-headed idea on Joshua's part to fight Ruiz without taking a tune-up first. It's impulse based decision on Joshua's part. Of course, what makes it easier for Joshua to make that move is the huge money he's made in the sport.
Even if Joshua loses again, he still can walk away from the sport incredibly wealthy. He's not like a like normal fighter, who would want to make sure he was ready for a rematch, because he might not ever get another shot. Being wealthy gives Joshua the freedom to take risks that seem irresponsible.
Ruiz was supposed to have been an easy fight for Joshua
Joshua letting his boxing fans know he won't fight a B-level fighter in a tune-up, even though his originally scheduled opponent Jarrell 'Big Baby' Miller fit that definition. Andy Ruiz was picked from the bottom of the IBF's rankings at the #15 spot for Joshua to fight. Ruiz was never expected to beat Joshua, but he did for whatever reason. Joshua either overlooked Ruiz or he simply wasn't good enough to beat him. A lot of boxing fans believe that Ruiz wouldn't be able to compete with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder or lineal champion Tyson Fury. Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom thought that Ruiz was a winnable fight, which why he was picked out.
The rematch between Joshua and Ruiz is being talked about taking place in November in Cardiff, Wales. Although Joshua floated the idea of facing Ruiz in Mexico, he immediately followed by saying he wants the rematch in Cardiff, Wales. There's where most boxing fans believe it'll take place. Joshua talks tough about how he's willing to fight anywhere, but he doesn't look ready to do that. Joshua looks to be shot after his loss to Ruiz. He seems like a broken fighter, who absolutely needs the fight to take place at home in the UK.
'Anthony Joshua has to prove himself again' - Tyson Fury
AJ needs to go after Ruiz early to get the win
Joshua's best chance of winning the rematch is for him to bum rush Ruiz fight from the start, and hope he can nail him with a big shot. If Joshua doesn't do that, Ruiz will repeat what he did last time by unloading on him with combinations, and take him out. Joshua's stamina is so poor that he won't be able to hang with Ruiz for more than three fast paced rounds before he empties his gas tank, and is on rubber legs like last time. Ruiz will be vulnerable with an all out assault by Joshua.
With the fight taking place in the UK, Joshua might get a stoppage just by throwing a handful of punches at Ruiz. In Joshua's fight with Carlos Takam in Cardiff, he threw some shots in the 10th, and the referee jumped in an stopped it. Takam was fine. It looked like the referee had made up his mind that he was going to stop the fight earlier in the round, and he just went through with it despite the fact that Takam was hitting a tired looking Joshua back.
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DA Pennebaker
Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund	| 2013
Daniel is a producer at and co-founder of Naked Edge Films. Daniel's most recent documentaries include State 194 (for Participant Media, World Premiere TIFF 2012); The Revisionaries (Special Jury Prize at Tribeca 2012, Hot Docs 2012, released by Kino Lorber); Code of the West (SXSW 2012); and Pretty Old, executive produced by Sarah Jessica Parker and Joe Berlinger, which had its World Premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in January 2012, where it won the Jury Award for Best Documentary.
Daniel's earlier credits include Donor Unknown (produced with ARTE, More 4 and VPRO), which premiered at the 2010 Sheffield Doc/Fest then went on to screen at IDFA, Tribeca and Silverdocs (the latter two at which it won an Audience Award), and broadcast in the U.S. on the PBS series Independent Lens; GONE, which premiered at Tribeca in 2011, and was broadcast on Discovery ID in the U.S.; War Don Don, which premiered at SXSW, where it won a Special Jury Mention, and was broadcast in the U.S. on HBO, and was nominated for two Emmy Awards; and Budrus, which premiered at Dubai, then screened at Berlin, Tribeca and Silverdocs, among other festivals, each of which where it won an award. Other producing credits include Cape Spin: An American Power Struggle, The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan, executive produced by Danny Glover; Meeting Resistance, which won the Golden Award at the Al Jazeera International Documentary Festival; Encounter Point; 39 Pounds of Love, which was produced with HBO Documentary Films and was short-listed for an Academy Award; and Pulled from the Rubble, which became an ABC Special. Daniel's non-fiction television series include Happy France for ARTE and Ordinary People.
Daniel has also worked in positions including Producer, Line Producer, Location Producer and Production Manager on travel series, behind-the-scenes shows, and news and current affairs programs.
Daniel is a graduate of UCLA's School of Cinema, Television, and Theater, Los Angeles, (Professional Certificate in Producing); the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (MA Israeli Politics and Society); and the University of Leeds, England (BA Honours, Politics and Religious Studies). Daniel is a voting member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
Unlocking the Cage


A letter hidden for years by silent movie pioneer Charlie Chaplin has come to light which claims he lied about his birthplace and was in fact born in a gypsy caravan.
The letter, written to Chaplin in the 1970s, claims he was born on the 'Black Patch' near Birmingham rather than in London as previously believed.
The comedian, one of most iconic personalities of the 20th century, received the letter six years before he died in 1977, and kept it hidden in his desk drawer.
It stated that the British comic actor's claim in his memoirs that he was born in London was wrong and instead relocated his birth, on April 16, 1889, to a caravan in the town of Smethwick, in central England.
Believed to be genuine by Chaplin's family, the letter was found in the locked drawer of a bureau which was inherited by Chaplin's daughter, Victoria, after his widow Oona died in 1991.
It was only found after his daughter had a locksmith open up the drawer.
'If you would like to know, you were born in a caravan, so [was I]. It was a good one, it belonged to the gypsy queen who was my auntie.
'You were born on the Black Patch in Smethwick. So was I, two and a half year later.
The letter is set to be included in a British radio documentary tomorrow and reveals the inauspicious beginnings of the man who earned worldwide acclaim for his performance as the 'little tramp'.
It was sent by Jack Hill, of Tamworth, who says that he knew about the British actor's real background from his aunt, who was a gypsy queen.
The Black Patch was a thriving Romany community based on the industrial edge of Birmingham in the 1880s.
Chaplin's birth certificate has never been located, even though by the late 1880s it was a legal requirement. His older half brother Sydney had one.
Until now it was thought he was born in London in 1889. His mother Hannah, whose maiden name is Hill, was descended from a travelling family.
She was a singer and actress with the stage name Lily Harley, who separated from her husband Charles when young Charlie was three.
There may have been some shame in having a Romany background, which is thought to be why Chaplin made much of being a Londoner, particularly after he emigrated to America in 1910.
The letter is one of a number of documents about the comic being kept in a bomb-proof concrete vault in Montreux, Switzerland, the country where his relatives now live.
Other documents include reel-to-reel recordings of Chaplin improvising at the piano.
There are also press cuttings which detail the British Army's banning of the Chaplin moustache from the trenches during the First World War.
Chaplin is one of the greatest figures of the 20th century, famous for his signature character, the Little Tramp.
The survivor of a tough workhouse childhood, he became one of the best-known film stars in the silent movie world before the end of the First World War.
Chaplin's oldest surviving son Michael has said the idea of Chaplin being a gypsy born in Smethwick, the West Midlands, does not bother him.
He believes the letter must have been significant for Chaplin to have kept it.
There are plans to turn the Chaplin family home in Montreux into a museum.


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California Superbike School : Corner-carving Simplified
October 9, 2019 by Team Bike India Leave a Comment
We attended the California Superbike School session held recently at the Madras Motor Race Track (MMRT) in Chennai.
Story: Azaman Chothia
Photography: Aditya Bedre
Watching MotoGP races on weekends has always tempted me to hit the racetrack on a motorcycle and experience the rush, but then there's a right way to do everything. The globally renowned California Superbike School (CSS) was back in India for the second time this year, following a successful two weekends held in January. Let me get straight to the point: there is no feeling like riding a motorcycle on a racetrack. Wide open tarmac, the sound of revving engines, and being hung over in a corner on either side of a motorcycle will ensure that one is screaming with joy inside one's helmet.
The most fun I've had riding a motorcycle before CSS was in the twisties close to home, where I considered myself a fairly decent rider. That feeling surely changed with being on the track for the first time ever. The mixed feelings of excitement and nervousness refused to let me get a good night's sleep before hitting the track. CSS is an event where one gets educated not only in proper riding techniques but also in the physics of a motorcycle. Most of the classroom sessions reminded me of Sir Isaac Newton's third law of motion which states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. This law was then emphasized upon by the coaches in a unique way in each one of the track-sessions.
A colleague of mine convinced me to watch A Twist of the Wrist II before attending the school which really gave me a detailed idea of what I was going to learn. This documentary is a must-watch and inspired by the book by Keith Code who is also the founder of CSS.
The event was well organized and time was well managed by the team. Riders were divided into groups of three: White, Yellow, and Green. I opted for the bike that CSS provided: a race-spec TVS Apache RTR 200 4V. The day started with a briefing session for all the riders conducted by Steve Brouggy, an experienced Australian rider. Various coaches were then assigned to specific students. Siddharth Trivellore, son of the man who brought CSS to India, TT Varadarajan, was the coach that would be assisting me for the on-track drills.
Levels one and two were on the agenda for the three days. The routine for the day started with the briefing followed by a classroom session for one batch, while another would be out on the track and the third would have a break. The art of riding on a track was broken down into small bits to let us know exactly what we were doing or where we were making mistakes.
The importance of proper throttle control was the first drill. Being aggressive with the throttle will not make you faster, but will open a door for mistakes that might not be rectifiable. To ensure that we understood the drill, we were only given one gear to play with for the first few laps. Siddharth would follow and watch my every action during the on-track drill and give me inputs on my riding once back to the pit-lane. If needed, he would fly past me and ask me to shadow him so I could replicate the right technique.
Markers were then set up before every corner to show us the line that we should be taking and understand when and how we should steer the motorcycle into the corner. Before trying to ride fast on a track, the most important task one should complete is learning the flow of that specific track. After every drill, a rider would consciously apply what they had learnt to their riding. This, in turn, led to the riders constantly improving their technique with each passing lap. There was just one drill left before we would stop for the first day, but the rain intervened. The coaches gave us an option of going out on the track or staying in. Being on track for the first time and I get an opportunity to ride in the rain too? I wasn't going to pass up that opportunity.
Heading out in the rain on the track was really a reality check. With low grip, low visibility, and a misty helmet I put myself to the test. The rain soon turned into a downpour but with each passing lap the intimidating feeling inside me lessened and I felt safer. Being confident and focused on the bike will get you through the toughest of challenges.
The second day was all about rider inputs and vision. The session was based on the saying, "Look where you want to go, not where you're going". After properly implementing what my coach taught me, I can say that nothing makes you feel more in control than focusing your eyes, fixing a target, and manoeuvring your way around a corner.
The drill after this session was called "Reference Points", which was a more refined way of learning the circuit. Students had to analyse a specific point at every corner so as to know exactly where an input can be given to the bike. The drills after the first day gave us control over our machines and the second day made us focus more on how we could improve every action of ours. I couldn't wait for what was in store for us on the last day of school.
The third and final day was about implementing all that we had learnt on the first two days and applying it to our riding. "Three-Step" and "Wide-View Transitions" were the new drills explained to us and were also related to vision. Knowing it was my last day at the school, I wanted to make the most of it. Turn One of the track was a fast-flowing right-hander which is supposed to be taken in full throttle. Gaining the confidence to achieve that lap after lap put a wide grin on my face. Siddharth kept explaining to me where I was going wrong, but still always had something nice to say about my riding. That gave me the encouragement I needed to become better with each passing session. The event couldn't have ended in a better way. On the one hand, I was happy with my progress and, on the other, I was upset by the feeling of having to leave the track.
To conclude, if you want to hit the track, learn the proper way of track-riding at a school. You won't be the fastest or even come close to the professionals' techniques, but you will have a blast learning and come back a mature and composed rider.
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Italia, Florida facts for kids
Florida State Historical Marker at Italia
Italia is an unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida, United States, located near the center of the county. It is a Florida Heritage Site.
Italia is located at 30°36′59″N 81°43′02″W / 30.61639°N 81.71722°W / 30.61639; -81.71722 (30.6164, -81.7172).
The village of Italia was founded in 1882 by Irish-born entrepreneur William MacWilliams (1840-1887). It was located at milepost 18 on the Florida Transit Railway, which ran from Fernandina on the Atlantic coast to Cedar Key on the Gulf of Mexico. The owner of the railroad, former Senator David Yulee, convinced MacWilliams to build a brick manufacturing facility here, and promised to buy the first million bricks. Bricks made at Italia were used in residential and commercial buildings in Fernandina and other locations in northeast Florida. Italia soon included a depot, post office and general store. MacWilliams continued to promote the development of the village. In 1883, Nathan Levan built a wood-shingle mill that produced shingles for the roofs of homes and businesses throughout Nassau and Duval counties; Andrew J. Higginbotham built a sawmill. By 1885 the thriving village had over 100 inhabitants from Georgia, South Carolina, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
MacWilliams named the place "Italia" after a then-current Florida marketing campaign which promoted the state as "America's Italy" for its temperate climate and peninsular shape.
In 1905, Thomas J. Shave moved from Georgia and built a turpentine still. Within five years, turpentine was the primary product of the area. Shave later sold the turpentine still to Joseph P. and Frederick H. Higginbotham, son and grandson of the first sawmill owner.
Italia's main asset was always the railroad which carried the brick, lumber, shingles, turpentine and rosin to market. The fatal blow came in the 1920s when the railroad was diverted from Callahan to Gross, bypassing Italia. The businesses of Italia were no longer competitive and were forced to close or move to better locations. In the 1930s a new highway, State Route 200, was built through Italia, paralleling the old railroad from Yulee to Callahan, but it came too late to revive the economy of Italia.
Today, Italia is one of the many "ghost towns" that dot the landscape of Florida.
Italia, Florida Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.


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J Invest Dermatol. 2000 Jun;114(6):1148-53.
Evidence for a nonallelic heterogeneity of epidermodysplasia verruciformis with two susceptibility loci mapped to chromosome regions 2p21-p24 and 17q25.
Ramoz N1, Taïeb A, Rueda LA, Montoya LS, Bouadjar B, Favre M, Orth G.
Unité Mixte Institut Pasteur/INSERM U190, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis is a rare genodermatosis associated with a high risk of skin cancer. This condition is characterized by an abnormal susceptibility to specific related human papillomavirus genotypes, including the oncogenic HPV5. Epidermodysplasia verruciformis is usually considered as an autosomal recessive disease. We recently mapped a susceptibility locus for epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV1) to chromosome 17qter within the 1 cM interval between markers D17S939 and D17S802. We report here the genotyping for 10 microsatellite markers spanning 29 cM around EV1 in two consanguineous epidermodysplasia verruciformis families from Colombia (C2) and France (F1) comprising five patients and two patients, respectively. Using homozygosity mapping, linkage with 17qter markers was observed for family C2 only. Multipoint linkage analysis yielded maximum multipoint LOD-score values above 10 between markers D17S1839 and D17S802 encompassing the EV1 locus. A genome-wide search performed in family F1 yielded evidence for linkage between epidermodysplasia verruciformis and the chromosomal 2p marker D2S365. Nine additional microsatellite markers spanning 15 cM in this region were analyzed. Assuming an autosomal recessive inheritance with a complete penetrance, the expected maximum two-point LOD-score value of 1.8 was obtained for three markers and multipoint linkage analysis yielded a maximum LOD-score value of 3. 51 between markers D2S2144 and D2S392. Haplotype analysis allowed to map a candidate region for a second epidermodysplasia verruciformis susceptibility locus (EV2) within the 8 cM interval between markers D2S171 and D2S2347 of the 2p21-p24 region. In contrast, linkage with 2p markers was excluded for family C2 and for the three families in which we mapped EV1 previously. The disclosure of two susceptibility loci for epidermodysplasia verruciformis provides evidence for a nonallelic heterogeneity in this disease.
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17*
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2*
Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis/genetics*
Genetic Heterogeneity
Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - Genetic Alliance
Clinical Genomic Database: Data: Gene Annotation - SciCrunch
OMIM: Data: Gene Annotation - SciCrunch


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Sometimes subtitles have 2 lines

3
00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,000
Adding subtitles is very easy to do

and want to write this format to text file into below format
1 # 00:00:01,600 # 00:00:04,200 # English (US)
2 # 00:00:05,900 # 00:00:07,999 # This is a subtitle in American English
 Sometimes subtitles have 2 lines
3 # 00:00:10,000 # 00:00:14,000 # Adding subtitles is very easy to do

How can I achieve that?
Especially line 2 that detects line break and insert a linebreak symbol to string.

A: I'd suggest to create custom class:
Public Class Subtitle
    Public Sub New(_id As Integer)
        ID = _id
    End Sub

    Public Property ID As Integer = 0
    Public Property Lines As List(Of String) = New List(Of String)

    Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
        If Lines.Count <=2 Then
            Return $"{ID.ToString()} # {String.Join(" # ", Lines)}"
        Else
            Return $"{ID.ToString()} # {String.Join(" # ", Lines.Take(2))}
 {String.Join("
", Lines.Skip(2).Take(Lines.Count))}"
        End If

    End Function
End Class

Usage:
'define file name
Dim sFileName As String = "D:\test.srt"
'read all lines into variable (type of string array)
Dim lines As String() = File.ReadAllLines(sFileName)

Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim sPattern As String = "^\d{1,}$"
Dim oSubtitle As Subtitle = Nothing
Dim lstSubtitles As List(Of Subtitle) = New List(Of Subtitle)

Dim r As Regex = New Regex(sPattern)

Do While i < lines.Count
    If r.IsMatch(lines(i)) Then
        oSubtitle = New Subtitle(Convert.ToInt32(lines(i)))
        lstSubtitles.Add(oSubtitle)
    Else
        If lines(i)<> String.Empty Then oSubtitle.Lines.Add(lines(i).Replace("-->", "#"))
    End If
    i+=1
Loop

For Each oSubtitle In lstSubtitles
    Console.WriteLine(oSubtitle.ToString())
Next

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Нио́ба () — персонаж древнегреческой мифологии. Дочь царя Аргоса Форонея и Теледики. Первая смертная женщина, с которой возлёг Зевс. Иногда жена Инаха и мать Форонея. Предок Алкмены в 16-м колене. Дети Аргос и (по Акусилаю) Пеласг.
 Павсаний упоминает её однажды (II 22, 5) и вскользь.
 См. Платон. Тимей 22а; Нонн. Деяния Диониса XXXII 66.

Примечания

Героини древнегреческих мифов
Мифы Арголиды
Смертные жёны Зевса


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542 F. 2d 377 - United States Ortiz v. Sielaff
542 F2d 377 United States Ortiz v. Sielaff
UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Salvador ORTIZ, Petitioner-Appellant,
Allyn SIELAFF, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections,
Seventh Circuit.
Argued April 7, 1976.
Decided Aug. 27, 1976.*
Mark K. Schoenfield, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.
William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Anne Taylor, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellee.
Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, BAUER, Circuit Judge, and WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.**
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a dismissal by the district court of a petition for habeas corpus collaterally attacking a conviction for robbery after a bench trial in the Criminal Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. The principal issue is whether the petitioner was denied his right to the effective assistance of counsel.
At trial, the petitioner, Salvador Ortiz, was represented by a retained lawyer. In that proceeding the prosecution presented the robbery victim, Mrs. Ruth Long, as the sole occurrence witness. She identified the petitioner as the robber. Petitioner Ortiz and four witnesses testified that Ortiz was asleep at his parents' home at the time of the robbery. Petitioner was found guilty and sentenced to a term of 2 to 10 years.
Following trial, petitioner exhausted his state court remedies, then petitioned for a federal writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petition raised two basic issues: (1) whether petitioner was denied the right to effective assistance of counsel secured by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, and (2) whether the identification procedure employed by the state was so suggestive that it violated petitioner's right to due process. The district court found "that (attorney) Bradley's work fell below the minimum level of professional competence, at least in respect to the preparation of alibi witnesses." The district court, however, dismissed the petition for the writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the petitioner had not shown that he was prejudiced thereby so as to be deprived of a fair trial. The district court also ruled that the identification procedure employed by the state did not deprive Ortiz of due process of law. United States ex rel. Ortiz v. Sielaff, 404 F.Supp. 268 (N.D.Ill.1975).
The district court issued a certificate of probable cause pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253 and granted petitioner leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. We affirm the dismissal of the petition for habeas corpus.
Petitioner claims that his trial lawyer's performance was deficient in several respects. The most significant of these claims, and the claim which the district court found to constitute inadequate representation, involved the trial counsel's preparation of the defendant's alibi witnesses.
At trial, Ortiz defended his robbery charge by testifying that he was sleeping at his parents' home at the time of the crime. To bolster this claim, well before the trial date he gave his attorney the names of four persons who would testify in support of the alibi. His attorney called the witnesses at trial, but only spoke to them, collectively, for about three minutes immediately before the trial. In affidavits submitted to the district court the alibi witnesses stated that the attorney spent most of that three minutes explaining that the case was a "bad one." They said that they were not questioned about the source of their knowledge of Ortiz' whereabouts, nor were they advised of any questions that they might be asked at trial.
Further, the affidavits stated that two of the witnesses understood little English. The trial attorney refused petitioner's request that he ask the court to appoint an interpreter to aid the two while testifying.
At trial, the four witnesses testified that Ortiz was asleep at his parents' home at the time of the crime. On cross-examination their testimony was shown to be somewhat inconsistent and weak. The trial judge disbelieved them and convicted Ortiz. Following the conviction, the judge commented that Ortiz:
" . . . brought four people up here to testified falsely (sic). All four of them contradicted each other. This man was no more in that apartment than I was on April 5, and the people who put him in the penitentiary are his own witnesses who came here and lied under oath . . . and he has aggravated the whole situation by bringing his family members into this here court to lie under oath, and I think they should be indicted for perjury." Tr. 119-121.
The petitioner argues that his trial attorney's cursory preparation of the alibi witnesses and the attorney's refusal to request the appointment of an interpreter constituted a denial of his right to the effective assistance of counsel secured by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. He further argues that the inadequate preparation prejudiced his trial, as evidenced by the judge's strong reaction on the record to the witnesses' testimony.
The district court agreed with the petitioner that his trial attorney's preparation of witnesses fell below the minimum standard of professional representation, but held that a new trial was not required since the petitioner had failed to show that his attorney's inadequate representation prejudiced his defense. We affirm the district court's decision by declining to accept the conclusion that the trial attorney's representation fell below the minimum standard of professional representation.
In this Circuit a petitioner asserting a lack of effective assistance of counsel in a criminal case must prove that his counsel's performance did not meet "a minimum standard of professional representation." United States ex rel. Williams v. Twomey, 510 F.2d 634 (7th Cir. 1975); Matthews v. United States, 518 F.2d 1245 (7th Cir. 1975). This test is applicable to cases in which counsel is retained by or for the accused as well as to cases in which counsel is appointed to represent an indigent defendant. United States ex rel. Williams v. Twomey, supra at 640; Craig v. United States, 217 F.2d 355, 359 (6th Cir. 1954).
In evaluating a claim of inadequate representation:
"Much depends on the nature of the charge, of the evidence known to be available to the prosecution, of the evidence susceptible of being produced at once or later by the defense, and of the experience and capacity of defense counsel." United States ex rel. Williams v. Twomey, supra at 639; Matthews v. United States, supra at 1246.
Examining these factors in the context of the petitioner's charge, we cannot agree with the district court that the petitioner was denied the right to effective counsel. First, the charge was a simple one, robbery. The only issue at trial was whether the petitioner had committed the act. Second, the prosecution's case was straightforward and known to the defense. Defense counsel knew by way of pretrial discovery that the prosecution's only evidence was the identification of Ortiz by the robbery victim and a statement Ortiz made to a police officer.
Third, the only significant evidence susceptible of being produced by the defense was the alibi supported by the testimony of Ortiz and the four witnesses mentioned before. Petitioner has not shown, or even alleged, that the alibi evidence was not brought out at trial. Although the testimony of the alibi witnesses differed incidentally, the core of their testimony was substantially the same. As the district court found:
"All of the alibi witnesses did support the claim that Ortiz was in his father's home at the time of the robbery. Although their answers at times were not perfectly responsive to the line of questioning, their testimony as a whole was clear and consistent enough. There is no showing that their testimony would have been substantially different had Bradley prepared them more adequately." 404 F.Supp. at 272.
Fourth, the record shows that trial counsel was experienced in handling criminal cases.
While the trial counsel's performance in the preparation and presentation of the alibi witnesses was not a sterling one, we cannot say that he failed to meet minimum professional standards. In light of the simple nature of the case, the experience of counsel, and the absence of a showing that with more preparation the witnesses' testimony would have been substantially different, we hold that the trial counsel's cursory preparation of alibi witnesses did not constitute inadequate representation in this instance.
In addition to the alleged failure to prepare alibi witnesses adequately, petitioner also alleged that his trial counsel (1) failed to investigate the fact that petitioner usually wore glasses, (2) failed to obtain and to attempt to suppress petitioner's statement that he was in the area when the robbery occurred, (3) failed to move to suppress the identification, and (4) was incompetent because he was later disbarred for accepting fees without providing services for other clients. The district court rejected these allegations for the following respective reasons: (1) the defense that Ortiz wore glasses was simply too flimsy to overcome the strong identification, (2) the statement of petitioner that he was in the area at the time of the robbery, while probably suppressible under Miranda if presented by the government in its case-in-chief, was properly used only for impeachment purposes (Harris v. New York, 401 U.S. 222, 91 S.Ct. 643, 28 L.Ed.2d 1 (1971)), (3) Mrs. Long's pre-lineup identification of Ortiz was not in any way suspect and probably would not have been suppressed, and (4) the subsequent disbarment of the counsel for reasons having nothing to do with the instant case was irrelevant to his performance at petitioner's trial. We agree with the district court in its disposition of these allegations.II.
With regard to the petitioner's argument that his identification by the victim should have been suppressed because the police used impermissibly suggestive procedures, we affirm the finding of the district court for the reasons stated by the district judge in his memorandum decision.
This appeal was originally decided by unreported order on August 27, 1976. See Circuit Rule 35 (formerly Circuit Rule 28). The court has subsequently decided to issue the decision as an opinion
The Hon. Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr., Senior District Judge, District of Massachusetts, is sitting by designation


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Q: Visual Studio 2008 > Application debugging disabled today my VS2008 started to have a strange behaviour... I usually work wit web sites (not web project) and when I need to debug I attach the debugger to the w3wc.exe process.
But today when I attach the process I get a kind of toolbox on the solution explorer, as you can see from this screenshot
http://i45.tinypic.com/a0ggmw.jpg
(sorry, I can't post images yet)
I still put breakpoints but they're ignored. Do you know what happened?
tnx
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A: Solved. In my Solution there are:

*

*a web site

*a project

*another project

*yet another project

the web site had a dll of "yet another project", but it was copied manually, the web site had not the reference to "yet another project". So I modified the sources of "yet another project" and since that moment I wasn't able to debug.
Solution: I've deleted the DLL and added the reference to "yet another project", now I can attach w3wp.exe and use the debugger.


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Q: Cannot run github pages locally I'm trying to run a basic GitHub page locally on macOS.
Here is my Gemfile:
$cat Gemfile
source 'https://rubygems.org'
gem 'github-pages', group: :jekyll_plugins

Then I install the dependencies:
$bundle install --path vendor/bundle

As a result, it installs Jekyll 3.8.5.
But when I build the site with bundle exec jekyll build --verbose I get the next error:
  Logging at level: debug
Configuration file: /Users/user/personal/my_user_name.github.io/_config.yml
             Theme: jekyll-theme-midnight
      Theme source: /Users/user/personal/my_user_name.github.io/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/jekyll-theme-midnight-0.1.1
Invalid theme folder: _includes
      GitHub Pages: github-pages v203
      GitHub Pages: jekyll v3.8.5
             Theme: jekyll-theme-midnight
      Theme source: /Users/user/personal/my_user_name.github.io/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/jekyll-theme-midnight-0.1.1
Invalid theme folder: _includes
         Requiring: jekyll-seo-tag
         Requiring: jekyll-coffeescript
         Requiring: jekyll-commonmark-ghpages
         Requiring: jekyll-gist
jekyll 3.8.5 | Error:  uninitialized constant Faraday::Error::ClientError
Did you mean?  Faraday::ClientError

My machine details:
$sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.15.2
BuildVersion:   19C57

How can I fix the issue?
P.S.
If I create a jekyll directory from scratch with
$jekyll new myblog
$cd myblog
$jekyll serve

It runs correctly. The only difference I see is that it uses Jekyll 4.0.0
UPDATE:
I have changed the Gemfile to this:
$cat Gemfile
source 'https://rubygems.org'
#gem 'github-pages', group: :jekyll_plugins
gem 'github-pages'

After I run bundle exec jekyll serve --verbose I see:
  Logging at level: debug
Configuration file: /Users/user/personal/my_user_name.github.io/_config.yml
  Logging at level: debug
             Theme: jekyll-theme-midnight
      Theme source: /Users/user/personal/my_user_name.github.io/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/jekyll-theme-midnight-0.1.1
Invalid theme folder: _includes
         Requiring: jekyll-seo-tag
            Source: /Users/user/personal/my_user_name.github.io
       Destination: /Users/user/personal/my_user_name.github.io/_site
 Incremental build: disabled. Enable with --incremental
      Generating...
       EntryFilter: excluded /Gemfile
       EntryFilter: excluded /Gemfile.lock
       EntryFilter: excluded /vendor/bundle/ruby
         Rendering: assets/css/style.scss
  Pre-Render Hooks: assets/css/style.scss
  Rendering Markup: assets/css/style.scss
           Writing: /Users/user/personal/my_user_name.github.io/_site/assets/css/style.css
                    done in 0.099 seconds.
         Requiring: jekyll-watch
           Watcher: Ignoring (?-mix:^_config\.yml)
           Watcher: Ignoring (?-mix:^_site\/)
           Watcher: Ignoring (?-mix:^Gemfile)
           Watcher: Ignoring (?-mix:^Gemfile\.lock)
           Watcher: Ignoring (?-mix:^vendor\/bundle\/)
 Auto-regeneration: enabled for '/Users/user/personal/my_user_name.github.io'
[2020-01-01 17:52:58] INFO  WEBrick 1.4.2
[2020-01-01 17:52:58] INFO  ruby 2.6.5 (2019-10-01) [x86_64-darwin19]
[2020-01-01 17:52:58] DEBUG WEBrick::HTTPServlet::FileHandler is mounted on /.
[2020-01-01 17:52:58] DEBUG unmount .
[2020-01-01 17:52:58] DEBUG Jekyll::Commands::Serve::Servlet is mounted on .
    Server address: http://127.0.0.1:4000
[2020-01-01 17:52:58] INFO  WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=65841 port=4000
  Server running... press ctrl-c to stop.
[2020-01-01 17:53:27] DEBUG accept: 127.0.0.1:53546
[2020-01-01 17:53:27] DEBUG accept: 127.0.0.1:53547
[2020-01-01 17:53:27] DEBUG Jekyll::Commands::Serve::Servlet is invoked.
[2020-01-01 17:53:30] DEBUG Jekyll::Commands::Serve::Servlet is invoked.
[2020-01-01 17:53:31] DEBUG Jekyll::Commands::Serve::Servlet is invoked.
[2020-01-01 17:53:34] DEBUG Jekyll::Commands::Serve::Servlet is invoked.
[2020-01-01 17:53:35] DEBUG Jekyll::Commands::Serve::Servlet is invoked.
[2020-01-01 17:53:42] DEBUG close: 127.0.0.1:53547
^C[2020-01-01 17:53:55] DEBUG close TCPSocket(127.0.0.1, 4000)
[2020-01-01 17:53:55] INFO  going to shutdown ...
[2020-01-01 17:53:56] DEBUG close: 127.0.0.1:53546
[2020-01-01 17:53:56] INFO  WEBrick::HTTPServer#start done.

But when I open it in browser I see just a list of directories but not the blog

A: It looks due to the latest update of faraday - a gem depended by github-pages.
Try this workaround temporarily.

*

*Add the following line to your Gemfile.

gem 'faraday', '~> 0'

*Use command bundle update to update the gem(s) with Gemfile.
You may see outputs below:

Fetching faraday 0.17.3 (was 1.0.0)
   Installing faraday 0.17.3 (was 1.0.0)

That means gem faraday in ./vendor/bundle has been updated to the latest compatible version with the github-pages.
You can check the version history of faraday at this page on rubygems.org.

*Try bundle exec jekyll again.

*If it doesn't work yet, try bundle pristine.


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Град-окръг е дефиниция за административна единица, която е едновременно по име, територия или друг показател, или всички взети заедно, едно и също понятие. Например Град-окръг Сан Франциско е както името на града и територията която той заема, така и името и площта на окръга, който го съдържа.

Административни единици


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As a Communications and Public Relations major at Eastern Washington University, she has always been driven to work with others. Serving as a Client Manager gives her the opportunity to work one on one with the clients as well as alongside the advisors in the office to ensure a quality experience to those we work with. One of her favorite aspects of working with TEN Capital is being able to spend time with clients, friends and family of the firm outside of the office at our TEN Capital events. When She is not at the office, she finds happiness in spending time with her loved ones and staying active.


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Miniature goat now a part of Tumble Town 2
Published 5:52 pm Friday, July 31, 2020
By Jenna Eady
Tumble Town 2 gymnast Ashlyn Harrelson poses for a photo with the newest and smallest gym member, Tiny the goat.
Tumble Town 2 has taught dancers and gymnasts of all shapes, sizes and backgrounds over the years, but they've never had a four-legged student. Until now.
Gym Owner and Head Instructor Angela Anderson said Pattie Harrelson, a gym teach coach at TT2, recently adopted a miniature goat. Anderson knew that she had to somehow incorporate the animal into practices.
"I just thought it'd be really fun to bring the goat to see everybody," Harrelson said. "As soon we put him on the floor, he started running alongside them like it was normal. He'll hop and skip, and now he has found out how to climb the stairs and walk the across the beam and jump down like a gymnast. It has been just so fun and hilarious to watch."
Anderson said a few weeks ago she started making it normal for "Tiny" the goat to come by the gym regularly.
"I was having a really rough day and I asked Pattie to bring Tiny by to bring some happiness and laughter to my day," Anderson said. "I told her I needed some emotional support from Tiny. Now, she has truly brought emotional support to the gym."
Tiny now comes to Tumble Town three times a week with Harrelson and her daughter.
"We have had some really bad thunderstorms come through LaGrange recently and you know we have little ones here, and they'll get scared and scream when thunder hits," Harrelson said. "I'll pull Tiny out, and it'll provide a healthy distraction and make them feel better. It's crazy because Tiny has just become this therapy goat for everyone."
One gymnast recently injured their foot, so instead of sitting there watching everyone else be able to train, that student gets to hold, feed and walk Tiny.
"Of course, everyone flipped when Pattie brought Tiny the first time," Anderson said. "Now, everyone knows Tiny is here, and they aren't distracted by him. When Tiny needs to be a distraction for them, he can be. It has provided fun and relief at times."
Harrelson adopted Tiny after a breeder reached out to her. Tiny's mom and other siblings all had died.
She took Tiny in to help but decided to adopt him and add him to her farm.
"We are kickstarting a new adventure on our farm with Tiny," Harrelson said. "We want to start breading Nigerian miniature goats. Tiny is just a small addition to our farm of goats, pigs, chickens and more."
After college, Anderson opened the original Tumble Town, where it was successful for more than a decade. She then moved to Utah for a few years to teach tumbling and dance there. After moving back to her roots of LaGrange, she opened TT2 four years ago.
When the pandemic hit, Anderson, like many others, had to close their doors. About four weeks ago, Tumble Town rolled out the mats, sanitized the beams and bars and reopened for students to get back to work.
"We are moving slow and cautiously," Anderson said. "We are being very careful as we continue to navigate through all of this."
For precautionary measures, all students have to sanitize their hands and feet before entering the gym.
They have their temperature checked upon entering the gym and then every 30 minutes they are there. Anderson also made masks optional for students.
She said they are optional because it could possibly move while a student is doing a flip or on the beam and cover their eyes, which could cause serious injury if they can't see what they are doing.
She said all students have to stay six feet apart from each other and the only person close to a student can be a coach.
"We have had a lot of good responses to everything," Anderson said.
"But there's definitely been a lot of sadness through all of this. Tiny has really brought some joy through all of this sadness and confusion. It's fun to have a goat here. I never thought we'd ever have a goat in the gym for sure."


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The analysis reveals that Egypt's performance in merchandise and services trade and attracting foreign direct investment in the past two decades have been mixed. In all three domains, the impact of the global financial crisis of 2008 is marked, with a surge in trade and investment, which proved to be unsustainable, in the run up to the crisis and weak performance in the aftermath.


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Paul Walker's Fast And The Furious Skyline For Sale For $1.37 Million
Raphael Orlove
The late Paul Walker didn't own this blue R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R, but it's the car he so famously drove in the Fast and the Furious movies. Now it's for sale in Germany for one million Euros. That's about $1.37 million in US dollars, and double what it was going for before Walker was killed.
The car is listed in Germany on Mobile.de, and it's certainly a car worth a high asking price. As GT Spirit notes, this is a unique car, tuned to 543 horsepower, upgraded brakes front and rear behind new 19-inch Volk wheels.
But the obvious reason for the doubled price is that the car is so linked to the recently-departed star. This particular Skyline was used in Fast & Furious, the fourth one, the one from 2009.
I wouldn't be surprised if some fan bought the car at this price. It's an icon now.
See the full listing at Mobile.de.


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North Korea test-fires new anti-aircraft missile: state media
This photo provided by the North Korean government, Oct. 1, shows what North Korea claims to be the test firing of a newly developed anti-aircraft missile in North Korea, Sept. 30. AP-Yonhap
North Korea said Friday it test-fired a new type of anti-aircraft missile a day earlier capable of downing air targets at longer distances with enhanced accuracy.
The North's Academy of Defence Science carried out the test aimed at "confirming the practicality of operation of the launcher, radar and comprehensive battle command vehicle as well as the comprehensive combat performance of the missile," the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
The academy verified the "remarkable" combat performance of the new missile that features rapid response and guided accuracy with a missile control system as it introduced new technologies that included "twin-rudder control technology" and a "double-impulse flight engine," according to the KCNA.
The North has also been successful in substantially increasing the effective range of the missile, it added.
Blinken says North Korea increasing instability, insecurity
2021-10-01 09:55 | North Korea
The twin-rudder control technology appears to be aimed at increasing mobility by attaching variable wings to the warhead and at the middle of the missile.
Pak Jong-chon, a member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the ruling Workers' Party, guided the launch. Leader Kim Jong-un did not attend the firing.
North Korea has recently ratcheted up tensions by conducting its first test-launch of a hypersonic missile earlier this week, just two weeks after test-firing two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea.
The latest missile launch also comes as the North has signaled a willingness to improve ties with the South in recent weeks on the condition that Seoul drops its "double standards" of denouncing the North's "defensive" weapons tests while justifying its own arms build-up.
During his speech at the second-day session of the Supreme People's Assembly on Thursday, leader Kim said that cross-border communication lines with South Korea will be restored in early October as part of efforts to improve chilled relations.
Kim also said the North has "neither aim nor reason" to provoke South Korea and urged Seoul to "get rid of the delusion" that it has to deter the North's provocations.
Inter-Korean relations have remained in a deadlock since the no-deal summit between the U.S. and North Korea in early 2019. (Yonhap)


In present tense: I like to lie down for a nap at 2:00 p.m.
Same example in past tense: I lay down yesterday for a nap.
Same example with a past participle: I have lain down every day this week.
Same example with a present participle: I am lying down right now.
In present tense: The chickens lay eggs.
Same example as above in past tense: The chickens laid eggs.
Same example as above with a past participle: The chickens have laid eggs every day this week.
Same example as above with a present participle: The chickens keep laying eggs.
In present tense: I am tempted to lie about my weight.
Same example as above in past tense: I lied about my weight when I renewed my driver's license.
Same example as above with a past participle: I have lied about my weight each time I have renewed my driver's license.
Same example as above with a present participle: I must stop lying about my weight.
If you think you can do this lying down, try the following exercises.
I can do this lying/laying down.
Lie/Lay down next to me and I will hold you.
When my dog is tired, she lies/lays on her back.
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Henry has lied/laid consistently on the witness stand.
Sandra has lain/laid out her plan for our vacation.
Lie/lay on this lounge chair and relax.
I hope you did well! Keep practicing using my book, and you will feel like the expert you are becoming.
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A Rosso Work on View in Paris
Rosso Fiorentino (1494-1540)
Marriage of the Virgen, 1523
Oil on wood - 325 × 250 cm
Florence, Basilica of San Lorenzo
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18/2/14 - Restoration - Paris, Italian Embassy - Currently in France for an exceptional visit, the Marriage of the Virgin by Rosso Fiorentino is on view at the Italian Embassy until next 28 February.
A recent restoration has fully revealed once again this Mannerist masterpiece. Directed by Maria Teresa Castellano, from the Istituto Superiore per il Restauro e la Conservazione in Rome, it first treated the support and the cross system, while an anoxia process [1] eradicated woodboring insects. The pictorial layer then recovered its vivid colors thanks to a thinning of the yellowed varnish and the elimination of former repaintings and touchups.
The Marriage of the Virgin was commissioned from Rosso Fiorentino by Carlo Ginori - hence the work's nickname "Pala Ginori" - to ornate the chapel devoted to Mary and Joseph acquired by the family in 1520 in the basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence. Completed in 1523, the work remained miraculously in its original location until today.
The artist depicts the figures on a staircase, with the view looking up from below. He chose to represent Joseph as a young man, defying iconographic tradition. The characters placed around him have not all been identified. The young woman at the foot of the stairs on the right might be Saint Apollonia, holding the pincers of her martyrdom in her left hand ; on the other side, an older woman is perhaps Saint Anne, while the Dominican pointing out the scene with his finger appears to be Saint Vincent Ferrier. The altarpiece was praised by Vasari for whom Rosso had "such a refined sense of color and used such grace in varying the shades of the fabrics that his virtuosity in this art always elicited the greatest esteem". The author of the Lives... admired his "particularly graceful feminine figures with the whimsical and unexpected drapery of their clothing."
The composition recalls the frescoes at the Chiostro dei Voti, the Marriage of the Virgin and particularly the Visitation by Pontormo (around 1514-1516) [2]
A paper copy of the Pala Ginori, attributed to Antonio Circignani (1560-1620) resides at the Cabinet des Dessins at the Louvre. In fact, the Louvre is working in association with the Italian Embassy by presenting another Rosso in its galleries, The Challenge of the Pierides, selected as "painting of the month".
Visitor information : Hôtel de la Rochefoucauld-Doudeauville, Italian Embassy in Paris, 51 rue de Varenne, 75007 Paris. Open free of charge to the public from 6 to 28 February 2104, every day except Sunday, from 10 am to 6 pm (but visitors must arrive before 5:30 in order to enter).
Bénédicte Bonnet Saint-Georges, mardi 18 février 2014
[1] The anoxia treatment consists in placing a work in an envelope and emptying all oxygen by adding nitrogen. The lack of oxygen for three weeks results in the dehydration of larvae and insects, killing them off.
[2] An exhibition "Pontormo et Rosso, chemins divergents du manièrisme" will be held from 8 March to 20 July 2014 at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence.
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