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'Cello Bae' Steals Hearts At Royal Wedding; The talented cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, was an impressive wedding gift at the royal nuptials.
Published on Thursday, 24 May 2018 15:05
Written by Brian W. Carter
By Brian W. Carter
The first biracial bride becoming a part of the Royal Family.
A Black choir singing at a Royal Wedding.
A charged sermon on race and love being preached at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
Now, how do you top that? You don't—you simply introduce the world to a very talented, cellist who has captured hearts worldwide.
Sheku Kanneh-Mason is winner of the 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition. He was the first Black musician to win the award since its launch 38 years earlier.
He was already in great demand from major orchestras and concert halls worldwide. The Black Briton was requested by the now, Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle herself, to play at her wedding.
Kanneh-Mason is the third eldest of musical siblings, Isata, his older sister, who plays the piano, his older brother, Braimah, a year older than Kanneh-Mason, who plays the violin and Mariatu, his younger sister, who plays the violin as well. Altogether, Kanneh-Mason is the third of seven siblings in total. He and his siblings were competitors on "Britain's Got Talent."
He was born in Nottingham, England, in 1999, to Stuart Mason, a business manager, and Dr. Kadiatu Kanneh, a former university lecturer. Kanneh-Mason began playing the cello when he was six-years-old, having previously played the violin. When he was nine-years-old, he passed the Grade 8 cello examination with the highest marks in the UK and won the Marguerite Swan Memorial Prize. He also won an ABRSM junior scholarship to join the Junior Academy of the Royal Academy of Music. Kanneh-Mason attended the Trinity School in Nottingham, where he studied for A levels in Music, Maths and Physics.
In 2016, Kanneh-Mason was a member of the Chineke! Orchestra, which was founded by Chi-chi Nwanoku for Black and minority ethnic classical musicians. Earlier this year, he donated £3000 ($4,030.20) to his old secondary school so ten other young people could continue having cello lessons.
"I feel it's kind of really important to give back to the school because of the opportunities and space and support they've given me," stated Kanneh-Mason to BBC News.
In January 2018, his debut recording for decca classics, inspiration, was released, featuring the Shostakovich Cello Concerto NO. 1 with the city of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla. The album reached 18 on the official UK album charts and number one in the classical chart.
Kanneh-Mason's international career is moving as he already made debuts with the BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic And Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich. He will also be appearing with the Barcelona Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra At The Rheingau Festival, Seattle Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, The Atlanta Symphony, London Philharmonic, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic, And Baltimore Symphony.
In recital, he made his London debut at the King's Place in October 2017 as part of their Cello Unwrapped Series. Upcoming debuts include The Barbican Centre's Milton Court, Wigmore Hall, Zurich Tonhalle, Lucerne Festival, and Carnegie Hall, New York.
The 19-year-old captivated viewers around the world as he performed Maria Theresia von Paradis' "Sicilienne," Gabriel Fauré's "Après un rêve" and Franz Schubert's "Ave Maria." He has already attained the social media knighting as "Cello Bae." The young phenom has stated that he was bowled over when Ms. Markle called me to ask if I would play during the ceremony.
"I immediately said yes! What a privilege to be able to play the cello at such a wonderful event. I can't wait!"
If you would like to find out more about Sheku Kanneh-Mason, please visit http://shekukannehmason.com/music/.


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August 19, 2004 ami
It's all about Jane
Readers are going gaga over Jane these days…and with good reason. After all, her books contain all the elements of a good read; satire, romance, deception, with a bit of mystery thrown in for good measure. Although Jane Austen may not of been the original princess of "chick-lit" (Fanny Burney 1752-1840 had a bit of a jump on Jane), she's certainly beloved by writers and readers alike. The past few years have seen almost every one of her novels translated to the big screen and now the trend in publishing seems to be all about Jane as well.
If you're a Jane-ite and you've already read Carol Shields' compact, portable bio of Miss Austen, then you might try Karen Joy Fowler's, The Jane Austen Book Club. I picked it up a couple of weeks ago, breaking my rule of "no novels during the rewrite". (It was all in the name of research…researching the market, researching another book that makes use of quotations from Jane Austen novels, etc.)
I liked it. A breezy, fast read with a wonderful conceit. Each chapter centers around a different member of a fictitious Jane Austen book club. What was refreshing was the fact that Ms. Fowler didn't let the format of the novel drag her writing into a formulaic pattern. The stories the author weaves around each of the characters and their picks for a favourite Austen novel are descriptive, intriguing and filled with the complex, and often comical workings of interpersonal relationships. My only complaint was that I felt her telling of the single male character in the club was a bit thin. He's no Mr. Darcy…but that's very likely the case that Ms. Fowler is trying to make. (A point I completely understand…The main character in my novel suffers from wishing/wanting at least one man in her rural village to have the wit and romantic notions of a Jane Autsen hero.)
My favourite part of the book comes towards the end in the form of a gift one character gives to another. I won't say what it is…but if such a thing ever exists, I'll be first in line to get one! (someone should get on it and start mass producing the things)
Publisher's Lunch has already announced that the film rights have been sold!
congratulations to a sister Hoosier! Way to go, Karen.
As far as the popularity of the book goes…I have to say that the author (and some marketing guru at the publishing house?) have tapped into another trend…there is a whole section of extras at the end of the novel, just waiting for the reader like a director's cut, special edition, with all the outtakes and whistles- DVD. It includes reader's questions, a synopsis and history of Jane Austen's novels, and a slew of quotes about Miss Austen's works ranging from comments made by her family and friends to insights from modern writers. A publisher's dream…book club friendly to-boot.
If you just can't seem to get enough of Jane (and it seems that publishers are in that category)
then watch for other novels with Janeiana coming to a bookstore near you. One title I have heard is in the works is Jane Austen in Bocca. And yet another novel will feature a woman who happens upon letters exchanged between Jane Austen and a real Mr. Darcy. In searching out this literary mystery, the woman comes upon a male descendant of said Mr. Darcy and falls in love.
Who's" Your Jane Austen?
To the Market, To the Muse.
Who Only Stand and Wait
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Advice for New Witches
Reading Guide for Witches

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Research in my lab (of one at the moment - but we soon shall be more) takes place in two main areas: computational method development for evolutionary biology; and evolutionary ecology of lizards. The latter calling has me blogging in absentia tonight as I have joined my former Ph.D advisor, Jonathan Losos, and several other colleagues on a 2.5 week field trip to Staniel Cay in the Bahamas. To read more about Jonathan's twenty years (and counting) of field work in the Bahamas, see his blog post here.


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Q: Execute an arbitrary number of nested loops in bash I am trying to iterate through an n-dimensional space with a series of nested for-loops in bash.
VAR1="a b c d e f g h i"
VAR2="1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"
VAR3="a1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6"

for i1 in $VAR1; do
    for i2 in $VAR2; do
        for i3 in $VAR3; do
            echo "$i1 $i2 $i3"
         done
    done
done

Now as I get more dimensions to iterate through, I realize it would be easier/better to be able to specify an arbitrary number of variables to loop through.
If I were using a more sophisticated programming language, I might use recursion to pass a list of lists to a function, pop one list off, iterate through it, recursively calling the function each time through the loop, passing the now reduced list of lists, and assembling the n-tuples as I go.
(I tried to pseudocode what that would look like, but it hurt my head thinking about recursion and constructing the lists.)
function iterate_through(var list_of_lists)
    this_list=pop list_of_lists
    var new_list = []
    for i in this_list
        new_list.push(i)
        new_list.push(iterate_through(list_of_lists))
     # return stuff
     # i gave up about here, but recursion may not even be necessary

Anyone have a suggestion for how to accomplish iterating through an arbitrary number of vars in bash?  Keeping in mind the goal is to iterate through the entire n-dimensional space, and that iteration is not necessarily part of the solution.

A: If parallel is acceptable, then one could simplify the nested for loop as
parallel -P1 echo {1} {2} {3} ::: $VAR1 ::: $VAR2 ::: $VAR3

In the general case, it could be perhaps feasible to first assemble this command and then execute it...

A: You can use recursion to compute cartesian product
The following script will do the job with variable length input vector :
#!/bin/bash

dim=("a b c d e f g h i" "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9" "a1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6")

function iterate {

    local index="$2"

    if [ "${index}" == "${#dim[@]}" ]; then

        for (( i=0; i<=${index}; i++ ))
        do
            echo -n "${items[$i]} "
        done
        echo ""
    else
        for element in ${dim[${index}]}; do
            items["${index}"]="${element}"
            local it=$((index+1))
            iterate items[@] "$it"
        done
    fi
}

declare -a items=("")

iterate "" 0

The following gist will take as input arguments all your dimensions array (with space separated items) : https://gist.github.com/bertrandmartel/a16f68cf508ae2c07b59

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Conference calling also works by using the *3 feature code on your deskphone, softphone, and calls forwarded to your mobile phone via Follow Me. Simply dial *3 during a call and you will be prompted with a dial tone at which time you can dial the number of the party you wish to include into your conference call.
Add one or more additional parties to your call.
Collaborate with remote teams on a single call.
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That phrase was among the first voiced from Fields as she took the microphone, moments after being announced the 2017 ATHENA Award recipient.
"I am a long way from South Trafford, Westmoreland County…and it feels great," Fields told the audience.
Fields is executive director of Eden Hall Foundation. She was presented with the award, which recognizes professional excellence, contributions to the community, and mentorship of other women.
Also recognized was Andrea Stanford, assistant county manager for Allegheny County, but at the time of the October 2017 ceremony was a digital experience product manager for PNC Bank. Stanford received the 2017 ATHENA Young Professional Award.
"The award recipients —and all of our nominees —have demonstrated professional excellence, contributed to their communities and are helping other women and girls to succeed and thrive," said Allegheny Conference Chief Financial Officer Janel Skelley in a statement.
Under Fields' leadership, Eden Hall Foundation has granted more than $15 million to initiate transformative change for women and girls. According to the release presented by Allegheny Conference, Fields provides valued leadership to the Women in Philanthropy program with Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania, the African American Funders Group of Southwestern Pennsylvania, and the national boards of the YWCA-USA and World Affairs Councils of America. She has shepherded such successful initiatives as the establishment of Chatham University's Eden Hall Campus and the Single Parent Scholar Program at Wilson College in Chambersburg. Her support of a study of women in philanthropy helped to create the Women and Girls Foundation. Fields' personal leadership in fostering a supportive environment for working mothers—influenced by her own rearing by a "strong woman"—has been recognized by colleagues and is a model for other workplaces.
That "strong woman," of course, is Fields' mother, whom she mentioned numerous times during her ATHENA Award acceptance speech.
Fields' father passed away when she was 8 years old. She told the audience that as a youngster, it was a bizarre feeling that her mother would be "in charge," eliciting laughs from the audience.


It's always encouraging to see a new publisher appear in the pages of the monthly Previews comics catalogue. You can find 6 new comics from Kingstone on pages 319-320 in the current Previews. Kingstone is a Christian publisher and what I've seen of their diverse offerings has impressed me, so I recommend checking them out. They have OGNs based on Bible stories and historical figures, as well as sci-fi stories such as 2048 and dramas like Echoes of Eden.
Another Christian (self) publisher I've been meaning to mention for ages is American creator C. Souba Reyes and her work on the Jackket Nightmare series which follows a trenchoat clad avenger. It's been great to see how her work has progressed in leaps and bounds in the 3 issues released thus far, which you can find here.
The Extra Sequential podcast is going strong, 2 years later. Wow.
Friday was my last day at my job of over 4 years, thanks to a redundancy that has been in play for quite some time. It was sad to farewell my friends, but I'm also excited for the unknown future.
Christ's birth heralded a new way for humanity to know and love God. Christmas Day may be an important part of our calendar, but really, it's just another day. We shouldn't need a reminder of God's glorious offer of salvation, and the miracle of Christ's birth. We should be aware of Him, and thankful for all He's done for us, and will continue to do, every day of our lives.
Christmas is the most obvious display of celebration for what God has done, but how do we celebrate that daily? Psalm 103:2 asks us to, "not forget all his benefits." Let's remember His goodness, on Christmas Day, and everyday.
And to go with that, here's an exquisite page from Billy Tucci's recently released A Child is Born comic.
This gorgeous new one-shot from Billy Tucci (Shi, Sgt Rock) and publisher Apostle Arts is a great Christmas read.
Red 5's Atomic Robo: The Ghost of Station X #2 is out now and as usual is an all-ages fun fest. Check out my review right here.
Also at Broken Frontier is an exclusive preview of Billy Tucci's (Shi, Sgt Rock: The Lost Batallion) much anticipated Christmas one-shot, A Child is Born. It's released on November 23.


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Seeing China from the New World Trade Center
There should be a stiff tariff on all subsidized glass coming from China.
By Jim Hightower | February 8, 2010
You can knock us Americans down, but you can't keep us down.
For example, the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City were crashed to the ground on 9/11. But now, a new tower is rising from those very ashes—a soaring steel and glass monument to the American spirit, a powerful symbol of our national resilience.
Well—except for the glass. A company named Beijing Glass got the government contract to provide the window panes that'll cover the first 20 stories of the tower. Yes, the monument to our national spirit is being sheathed with made-in-China glass.
What? Can't American's make glass? Of course we can, but our biggest corporations, like Corning Incorporated and Guardian Industries, have been quietly and quickly moving their production and our jobs to China. In just the past nine years, 30 percent of these jobs have been lost. "Those who're looking through the rearview mirror waiting for the glass industry to come back," snorts the chairman of Guardian, "should know it isn't going to come back." Indeed, Guardian now employs more workers in its 36 foreign plants than it does here.
Well, chirp the usual flock of free-trade economists, it's all about China providing "economies of scale" for manufacturers. Hogwash.
The glass industry's rush abroad is all about getting cheap labor and massive subsidies from the Chinese government. For example, shipping heavy glass from Beijing to Manhattan would be prohibitively expensive—except that China subsidizes the transportation.
This isn't free trade, it's a raw deal. There should be a stiff tariff on all subsidized glass coming from China—and the new World Trade tower is so symbolically important that every inch of it should be American made. For more information, contact the United Steelworkers glass industry department: www.usw.org.
Jim Hightower is a radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and winner of the 2009 Nation/Puffin Prize. He's also editor of the populist newsletter, The Hightower Lowdown.


As an aceonline education provider MIBM Global aims to make learning a unique experience. With our two decades of experience in education, we have been incessantly improving to provide the world class education. Our continuous interaction with our students have made us realise that online learning must be interesting to hold the attention of the students and break the monotony. It is not only the quality of the syllabus of the course which is important but the content of the course also plays a major role in the popularity of a particular online program.
Our content assures effective learning : The syllabus of our any program is at par with a regular brick and mortar school. while compiling the content based on these syllabus we make sure to include all the latest information along with the standard theories and principles.
Easy Accessibility : We not only providebooks and course materials to our students but we also ensure effective learning through online classes. These online classes can be accessed from anywhere around the world through a link provided to our students. If in case you miss the provided slot, you can always look forward to join another slot.
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Love the organic cotton and that the seams are not scratchy. I don't know what new threads are used for the seams of most garments, but I can't stand the seams. The seams on these are not at all scratchy and I am very comfortable in this shirt. It it a lightweight shirt. I bought one and like it so I got another.


Ramprastha Hotel ( Prastha by means of Rajdhani so for Shri Ram Ki rajdhani, synonyms of Ayodhya ) is an association of Annapurna restaurant in Toronto- Canada, Luxurious budgeted hotel conveniently located at on- side NH-27 and 120 meter away from bank of Holy river Saryu. The hotel's warm hospitality and top-notch services are sure to please pilgrims,tourist and leisure travelers. The Ramprastha features spacious,comfortable rooms,multiple dining outlets and well-equipped meeting facilities - a wealth of services not found at all Ayodhya hotels.


Our rivers, lakes, aquifers, and coastal waters aren't unlimited resources that can handle whatever we take out or dump in. These waters need protection.
NRDC pressures the federal government to protect all U.S. waters under the Clean Water Act. We also fight for policies and practices that ensure a safe and sufficient water supply through efficiency, pollution controls, better management, and infrastructure improvements.
We make sure this important law—which protects about 60 percent of the nation's bodies of water—doesn't get trampled on by Big Oil and other industries.
American beaches violate public health standards thousands of times a year. We push solutions that keep them cleaner.
To stop coal-fired power plants from dumping millions of tons of toxic chemicals into waterways, we fight for stronger limitation standards by the EPA.
With more frequent droughts, groundwater levels are dwindling. We work to protect this important freshwater source from depletion and pollution.


Department of State (DOS) announced today that the Agreement between the United States of America and the Russian Federation Regarding Cooperation in Adoption of Children will enter into force on Nov. 1, 2012.
Both U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and DOS work to promote a safe, ethical, and transparent adoption process for prospective adoptive parents, birth families, and children involved in intercountry adoptions. This Agreement will enhance the safeguards and protections for all involved in adoptions between the United States and the Russian Federation.
The Agreement's entry into force on Nov. 1, 2012, will begin a period of transition from the procedures in place before the Agreement to the new procedures called for in the Agreement. Not all of the provisions of the Agreement will take effect immediately on Nov. 1. We anticipate that the transition period will take six to nine months to complete. Most cases already in progress as of Nov. 1 will be able continue under the old procedures. However, it will be important to monitor and track the effective dates of various provisions in the Agreement to ensure that cases are in compliance with all the requirements throughout the transition period. USCIS and DOS will be conducting regular outreach in the coming months to ensure that new guidance and information is available.
The full text of the Agreement and an updated Frequently Asked Questions can be found online at http://adoption.state.gov. Additional information and guidance will be posted on the USCIS website in the future. Please visit www.uscis.gov/adoption and www.adoption.state.gov regularly for the most up-to-date information.


The much awaited Tamil Nadu Plus Two results are going to be declared tomorrow and this time, the hype and tension is very high since the HSC results are going to be declared only on 4 official websites. Till last year, nearly 40 websites used to publish the 12th results and this made life easier for the students and their parents. However, since it has been announced that it would be published only in four official sites, parents are doubtful whether they can get through the traffic to find the 12th results.
HSC Mark Sheets – While the hsc results are getting announced tomorrow, please note that the mark sheets will be given only after May 15. Mark sheets are very important to apply for engineering college and medical college applications and this delay will lead to last minute rush of applications from students. Meanwhile, there is a separate track of confusion that is prevailing in Sivagangai District. Since the CEO posts have not been filled in this district, there is no one to organize the toppers from this district and provide official news. The same is the case in Virudunagar District. Amongst all this confusion, we are sure that this day would be a great day for all those who have appeared for Plus Two examinations and we take this opportunity to wish you all best wishes for a great future ahead.


Dr. Vu obtained his undergraduate degrees in biology and political science and doctoral degree in biology at the University of Houston. His research explored how organisms and ecological systems respond to global changes, focusing on the reciprocal feedbacks between crabs and headward eroding creeks along the southeastern Atlantic Coast.
Dr. Vu has placed strong emphasis on public outreach and education. As part of the Georgia Coastal Ecosystem Long Term Ecological Research program, he has mentored more than 25 K-12 teachers and 15 high school and undergraduate students. In 2015, he was selected to represent the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and gave a TED-style talk at the University of Houston Graduate Research and Scholarship Project Day.


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Allied Telesis x930 Series Switches Support Multiple FAUCET/Umbrella SDN-Driven Internet Exchange Deployments
SAN JOSE, CA – 13 June, 2018 - Allied Telesis, a leading provider of hardware and software products that allow customers to build secure, feature-rich and scalable data exchange solutions, is pleased to announce that its x930 series of OpenFlow-certified, advanced L3 stackable Gigabit switches have once again been used in new FAUCET Umbrella deployments in Toulouse, France and Tokyo, Japan:
TouIX - one of France's leading Internet Exchanges, has migrated to its 2nd OpenFlow Architecture using the x930 series
DIX-IE - the oldest Tokyo Internet Exchange has started its migration to OpenFlow using x930 series switches.
An Internet exchange point (IXP) is the physical infrastructure through which Internet service providers (ISP) and content delivery networks exchange Internet traffic between their networks. TouIX was founded in 2005 and interconnects ten ISPs, three data centers, and two other IXPs – FranceIX and LyonIX.
In late 2017, Allied Telesis took part in a series of independent tests, led by the University of Tokyo, to examine the suitability of vendor's SDN-enabled products for next-generation IXP infrastructure. That project, called the Programmable Internet Exchange in Edo (PIX-IE), helped confirm the performance of x930 switches and their compatibility with the FAUCET SDN controller. One of three IXPs in Tokyo, DIX-IE is now following PIX-IE's lead by deploying x930 switches. The first DIX-IE member to deploy x930s is data center and cloud services provider BroadBand Tower.
"We're delighted to see these latest deployments of our technology at Internet Exchanges in Toulouse and Tokyo," said Seiichiro Satoh, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing for Allied Telesis. "We've generated a lot of industry recognition and respect over the last few years from a series of highly successful OpenFlow, FAUCET and Umbrella interoperability tests which we believe shows a clear, differentiable value in our technology."
All existing switch infrastructure at TouIX has been replaced with x930 series switches, which deliver the required OpenFlow and FAUCET capabilities, including dual IPv4 and IPv6 addressing.
"Various operational issues, combined with management complexity, drove the need for an enhanced TouIX architecture,'' said Claude Combes, TouIX President. "Our OpenFlow-based IXP fabric using Allied Telesis x930 switches is now very easily programmable and provides fine-grained monitoring of day-to-day operations. TouIX is the first operational European IXP leveraging SDN and opens the doors for new services to be deployed."
Visitors to this year's Interop Tokyo will be able to examine the same FAUCET/Umbrella/x930 architecture as it is being used to power the event's ShowNET network.
FAUCET is a development community that develops and supports a compact open source OpenFlow controller, and a network of hardware vendors, including Allied Telesis, who drive extensive hardware testing. One of the benefits of the FAUCET controller is that it enables network operators to run their networks the same way they do server clusters.
Fully supported by FAUCET, Umbrella is an SDN-enabled IXP fabric architecture that increases the robustness, flexibility and reliability of IXP services.
The x930 series switches are AlliedWare Plus™ hybrids, capable of running both conventional networking protocols and OpenFlow at the same time, making them ideally suited for deployment in networks transitioning to SDN. All Allied Telesis x-series switches feature Autonomous Management Framework™ (AMF) and can be managed by Vista Manager™ EX, to enable organizations to build highly intelligent, resilient and secure next-generation networks, while benefiting from simplified control and management to deliver increased operational efficiency for a lower total cost of ownership.
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UD Men's Basketball Extends Perfect Start to the Season, Beating Omaha 93-68
November 21, 2019 November 21, 2019 Sean Newhouse
Michael Crouchley
UD Men's Basketball continued its perfect start Tuesday night against Omaha. Cover photo courtesy of Atticus Hughes
In their last game before leaving for Hawaii to go play in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational, Dayton men's basketball pulled away early and never relinquished the lead Tuesday night, beating Omaha 93-68.
"I think our team took a step tonight, especially on the defensive end," head coach Anthony Grant said. "The story of the game was the effort that our guys played with."
Coming out of the first media timeout, the game was tied 10-10. Whatever Grant said during the break clearly worked, as Dayton's defense completely locked down the Omaha offense. UD went on a 15-2 run, stopping Omaha from scoring for almost eight minutes during that stretch.
"Everybody knew what they were doing defensively, and it showed in the first half," redshirt sophomore Obi Toppin said. "Overall, I feel like we did really good defensively."
Toppin was Dayton's top scorer for the third game in a row, dropping 21 points. Dayton's overall offense took a very socratic approach.
"Our guys had joy moving the ball," Grant said. "Regardless of whether the shot went in or not, the ball moved, they shared it, and they got guys great shots. It was great to see."
See also- Obi Toppin Is Turning Heads Across the Country. How Far Can He Take UD?
Dayton has had over 20 assists as a team in every game this season, racking up 21 tonight. Five players scored in double-figures Tuesday including Toppin, redshirt senior Ryan Mikesell (16), redshirt junior Rodney Chatman (13), senior Trey Landers (11) and redshirt junior Ibi Watson, who had 11 points and the best game of his young Dayton career.
"Overall [Ibi] is a great player, he knows the game," Toppin said.
The Flyers led 24-43 at halftime, but the Mavericks weren't going down quietly. Omaha made a short run to cut the lead to 15 in the second half led by guard JT Gibson, who finished the game with 21 points.
"The game was in balance at around the 10 minute mark, our guys had to answer the bell," Grant said. "[Omaha] had good players tonight. We were able to do what we had to do to get a convincing win."
Dayton was able to tighten up on both ends of the floor and close out the convincing win.
The next test will be in Maui, where the first game will be next Monday against Georgia. Despite the step up in the level of competition, Grant isn't worried.
"I don't think our team lacks any confidence," Grant said. "It's about the habits and the approach we take, understanding what it takes to accomplish our goals."
If you're not making the trip to Maui, you can watch Monday's game on ESPN2 at 2:30 p.m.
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Q: In alarm-clock-applet I try to play sound, I get this error: Your GStreamer installation is missing a plug-in

Sound works just fine on everything else but while trying to use the applet, it just doesn't work. I tried everything that I could find such as alarm-clock-music-problem and gstreamer-installation-is-missing-a-plug-in but that did not work. Does anyone know how to fix this?
I am running Ubuntu 16.04

A: You can try
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/gstffmpeg-keep
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly

(as suggested in this answer and also this one on Stack Overflow).
Otherwise, can you add the output of gst-launch -m?


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Why did Lawrence sell Holo?
Did Lawrence and Holo have a child?
What did the Wolves do to Holo?
How old is Holo in Spice and Wolf?
Did Spice and Wolf end?
Is Spice and Wolf kid friendly?
Why is Spice and Wolf rated MA?
What happened to Holo and Lawrence?
Who is the daughter of Lawrence and Holo?
What kind of clothes does Lawrence from holo wear?
What kind of character is holo from spice and Wolf?
How is Holo a demi-human and a wolf?
After Holo goes to sleep, Lawrence chats with Harold and Eve about her business ventures, but she surprises him by asking whether he would like to sell Holo. Eve explains to Lawrence that they will sell Holo to gain cash, which they will then use to buy the fur in town.
Myuri (ミューリ, Miyuuri) is the daughter of Kraft Lawrence and Holo. She is the protagonist of Wolf and Parchment: New Theory Spice and Wolf.
Holo is a wolf deity and because of this she has several supernatural abilities. Transformation: Holo has the power to transform into a massive wolf (bigger than an elephant) in this form she uses this to move at high speeds much faster than another known creature.
One night when stopped at the town of Pasloe, he finds in his wagon a wolf-deity named Holo who is over 600 years old. She takes the form of a 15-year-old girl, except for a wolf's tail and ears.
Spice And Wolf Manga Reaches Journey's End In 2017 Ten years later, the magazine announced that the Ookami to Koushinryou manga would end with Chapter 100 on December 27, 2017. That will bring the manga up to Spice And Wolf Volume 16, which will be released in 2018 in Japan.
Content Rating: 13+ (Violence, nudity, mature situations.) Notes: There's also a manga being released in 2007 in Comic Dengeki Maoh, and both it and the anime are based on a light novel by Hasekura Isuna.
But they end up having a daughter who they name Myuri. The anime made a big deal (although the implementation was a bit muted) about the final scene. Lawrence confesses his love to Holo and they finally kiss.
Myuri | Spice & Wolf Wiki | Fandom Myuri (ミューリ) is the daughter of Lawrence and Holo. She is the protagonist of new series Wolf and Parchment. She also has a huge crush on Tote Col.
Lawrence later gets a deal on clothes for Holo that was once worn by a noble: a headscarf made of white rabbit fur trimmed in dark red (so she doesn't have to have a hood up in public all the time), and a black collared short cape fastened with a walnut button and matching trim. She takes care to strip nude first before she has to transform.
Holo is a massive alcoholic, often drinking when having the chance to do so and usually getting drunk because of it, though being somewhat able to sustain her wit. She is also somewhat of a glutton. She often convinces Lawrence (usually using her feminine charm) to buy her food, which is usually in large quantities and, at times, expensive.
Holo is a very proud "wolf" but does understand that she does not know everything; an example of this is when Lawrence explains why people get sick via the four humors. Holo is a demi-human wolf and because of this, she has several abilities. Transformation: Holo has the power to transform instantly into a massive wolf (bigger than an elephant).
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yesterday, after an overnight charge, we drove throughout the day, and the voltage had dropped to 47 volts.
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Perfectly normal. You wait for the batteries to rest 6 hours after a charge, and measure the voltage to obtain the State of Charge. For a 48 volt stack you should measure about 50.9 volts for 100% SOC.


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Oklahoma vs Texas Free College Football Picks & Odds
by Tony Sink - 10/6/2015
Texas Memorial Stadium
The Oklahoma Sooners matchup against the Texas Longhorns on Saturday at Texas Memorial Stadium. The opening line for this game has Oklahoma as 13 point favorites and the over/under was set at 62.
Baker Mayfield finished his last game with 320 yards through the air for Oklahoma. He completed 14 passes out of 25 attempts for a 56% completion percentage. Samaje Perine was the rushing leader for the Sooners last game. He carried the ball 16 times for an average of 4 yards per carry and ended with 65 yards. Dede Westbrook led the team in receiving with 5 receptions for 107 yards. He had an average of 21 yards per reception in the contest. As a team in that game Oklahoma totaled 427 yards by way of 58 plays. They rushed the ball 33 times for a total of 107 yards on the game and the Sooners totaled 16 first downs by getting 3 rushing, 11 passing and 2 by penalty.
Tyrone Swoopes finished his last game with 74 yards through the air for Texas. He completed 5 passes out of 8 attempts for a 63% completion percentage. D'Onta Foreman was the rushing leader for the Longhorns last game. He carried the ball 18 times for an average of 6 yards per carry and ended with 112 yards. John Burt led the team in receiving with 2 receptions for 36 yards. He had an average of 18 yards per reception in the contest. Texas totaled 313 yards by way of 79 plays. They rushed the ball 51 times for a total of 191 yards on the game and the Longhorns totaled 20 first downs by getting 13 rushing, 5 passing and 2 by penalty.
Oklahoma is averaging a total of 42 points per game on offense. In the air, they are attempting an average of 36 passes per game and completing 23.3 of them for a 64.6 percent completion percentage on the year. They are throwing for 358.3 yards per game through the air as well. The Sooners carry the ball for an average of 163.5 yards per game on 40.3 attempts for an average of 4.1 yards per carry this season. They run 76.3 plays per game and average 6.8 yards per play for an average of 521.8 total yards each outing. The Sooners get 25.3 first downs per game and they average 94 penalty yards via 9.5 penalties each contest.
Oklahoma gives up an average of 203.3 passing yards and 22.3 points per game on the defensive side of the ball. They allow 17.5 completions per game on 35 attempts for a completion percentage of 50. The Sooners give up 159.8 rushing yards per contest on 45.8 carries for a 3.5 average per carry. Oklahoma allows 363 total yards per game including 4.5 yards per play. They force 1.8 turnovers per contest and get flagged for 9.5 penalties for 78.3 yards per game.
Texas is accumulating 24.6 points per game on offense. In the air, they attempt an average of 21.8 passes per game and complete 11 of them for a 50.5 percent completion percentage. They throw for an average of 167.2 yards per game through the air as well. The Longhorns carry the ball for an average of 171.4 yards per game on 40.4 attempts for an average of 4.2 yards per carry. They run 62.2 plays per game and average 5.4 yards per play for an average of 338.6 total yards per game. The Longhorns are averaging 15.6 first downs per outing and accumulate 70.6 penalty yards via 7.6 penalties each game.
Texas gives up 296.6 passing yards per outing and 38.2 points per game on the defensive side of the ball. They allow an average of 23 completions on 34.4 attempts per game for a completion percentage of 66.9. The Longhorns give up 210.6 rushing yards per game on 47.8 carries for an average of 4.4 yards per carry. Texas allows 507.2 total yards per game for an average of 6.2 yards per play. They force 2 turnovers per contest and 6.6 penalties for 53.6 yards in each contest.
Oklahoma Betting Trends
Oklahoma is 2-2-0 against the over/under so far this season
Oklahoma has an ATS record of 3-1-0 this season
Texas Betting Trends
Texas is 2-3-0 against the over/under so far this season
Texas has an ATS record of 1-4-0 this season
09/14/15 RB Rodney Anderson Leg out for season
09/12/15 WR Austin Bennett Personal left the team
08/13/15 OL Kenyon Frison Suspension out indefinitely
10/04/15 WR Daje Johnson Head injured last game, "?" Saturday vs. Oklahoma
10/04/15 OT Kent Perkins Knee "?" Saturday vs. Oklahoma
09/09/15 LB Dalton Santos Ankle out for season
08/22/15 TE Blake Whiteley Knee out indefinitely
Tony's Pick: Take Oklahoma


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New National Training Complaints Hotline – 13 38 73
New National Training Complaints Hotline…
Vocational education and training (VET) students and employers now have a simple new complaints hotline to report rogue training providers.
Assistant Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham said that while the vast majority of providers were doing the right thing, a minority were ripping off students, employers and taxpayers.
"Unfortunately we have seen examples of students being signed up for courses they don't need, or being offered incentives such as cash or a "free" laptop, without being told of the thousands of dollars in loans they will need to repay.
"Our Government has already taken action to introduce tough new standards for registered training providers, and has provided $68 million over four years to bolster the capacity of the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) to enforce these strong standards.
"Through subsidies and students loans the Abbott Government will provide around $6
billion to support vocational education and training this year, and this figure is set to grow.
"This new one-stop-shop hotline, a joint initiative with state and territory governments, will make it easier to stop the exploitation of students, businesses and taxpayer funding," he said.
Anyone with a complaint or query about the VET sector now has one number to call. The hotline directs complaints to the appropriate Commonwealth, state or territory organisation for help.
The hotline also allows the Department of Education and Training to analyse complaint trends in order to quickly identify what further action and improvements are needed.
"The National Training Complaints Hotline is part of the Abbott Government's ambitious program of VET reform," Senator Birmingham said.
"We are committed to lifting the quality of both training providers and their courses, so as to further enhance the contribution VET makes to the employment prospects of students and the competitiveness of Australia's economy.
"In contrast, Labor failed to protect students and taxpayers from unscrupulous providers, and wasted billions of dollars on skills programmes that failed to deliver training that led to real jobs."
The National Training Complaints Hotline is accessible on 13 38 73 (Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm nationally) or via email at skilling@education.gov.au.
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Topic: Pizza Gate gone viral.
Possibly fake news? This seems Bush League, even for the Coots.
Re: Pizza Gate gone viral.
and nothing about it seems fake to me. Both parents posted about it on Twitter and FB. Her daughter wasn't hard to find on social media and does appear to be a U of SuC student.
Wait...must have missed Pizza Gate. What happened?
Supposedly the SC coaches left a $5 tip on about a $1,800 delivery.
Coaches have traditionally been slow to reach for their wallets when eating with another person or group. They are used to being pampered and they almost never pay for their own meals. I guess that is part of their job description. Still pretty hard to believe that they could be so cheap on a tip though!
back when I worked at North Dakota State, Chris Kliemann (former NDSU coach and now Kansas State coach) was eating lunch out at the same place as me and a handful of other NDSU interns. He came by to tell us hey and without telling us, he picked up our table's entire tab.
It seems Iremember reading a post a while back regarding your health and have kept you in my thoughts. I hope and pray all is well with you. While I don't know you personally, you are a Clemson brother and seem like a great young man! Just wanted to reach out and say hello.
It's beyond horrible if they only tipped $5, but it's also problematic to be posting receipts and stories criticizing your employer's clients.
Someone who orders pizzas is hardly a client.
Do you keep a pizza joint on retainer?
About a large organization who placed a $2,000 order.
And again, if the story is true whoever tipped that little was a jackhole, but that doesn't change the situation that the employee will likely not be looked upon kindly by the employer for jeopardizing the likelihood of further orders from that organization.
Heck no if you stiff you accept the responsibility of someone bitching or blacklisting you if its dominoes they pay drivers 3.50 on the road that doesn't cover gas. You can lose money some nights which is why you shouldn't let your kids do it in the first place.
Sherman tried that......it popped back up like the fungus that it is.
Cut it out and then burn away the rest!!!!
It's been out on the interwebs long enough that if it wasn't true someone from UofSCjr would/should have disputed it. Every minute they're silent, the more this looks bad for them.
If it is true, they are probably getting the spin machine working.
Makes the coach who decided to leave the spiteful tip look very immature.
and were forced to choose between having some of the pizzas get there early or late.
Maybe they couldn't do the math to figure a decent tape??
It's not fake, and it should go viral.
Spokesperson confirmed it by redirecting the blame on shoddy service. Like when you deliver 200 pizzas every one is supposed to be hot and come in an uncrushed box. And the food apparently is not supposed to be early. So apparently they were supposed to sit in traffic longer, waste more time earning no money.
I delivered large orders and normal ones for 9 years, multiple pizza places. Even 18-year old privates on Ft Gordon tip better than that.
As a current delivery driver trynna pay for college appt and stuff I can confirm some of the orders will be early some late especially if its mid day when you only have 1-3 drivers working TOTAL. they probably put all other orders 1-2 hours wait time (guaranteeing a shotty tip) and didn't even cover gas they deserve the shame.


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Wanguri is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

History
Wanguri was one of Darwin's northern suburbs built before Cyclone Tracy in 1974. It derives its name from the Aboriginal Tribe. The streets in Wanguri are mostly named after early Greek residents of Darwin.

Present day
Major features of Wanguri include the Wanguri Primary School and Wanguri Park. Wanguri experienced a decrease in population between 1996 and 2001.

Wanguri is part of the Wanguri electoral division which also includes Leanyer, Muirhead and parts of Lyons.

References

External links

 NT Government placenames
 City of Darwin Community Profiles

Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory

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Book Review: The Journeyman, a Sci-Fi Thriller by Michael Alan Peck
By Bella Wright on December 2, 2015 in New Book Releases, Paranormal Thriller Books, Sci-Fi Thriller Books, Thriller Book Reviews, Thriller Reviews
The Bottom Line: A brilliantly written and deeply philosophical odyssey into an afterlife where the essence of human souls are the primary currency.
In the first installment of Michael Alan Peck's series, The Commons, the afterlife is an oppressive nightmare made real by the imaginations of the dead. The view of a wise monk named Po seems to sum it up best: "There is no death. It is all one Journey."
For bus victim Paul Reid, the journey takes a decidedly dark turn with a deadly bus ride. What ensues is entry into a world obsessed with "Essence," the soul's energy – especially when it comes to Mr. Brill, a powerful underworld figure who will do anything to acquire it. The result is a place where peace, love and mercy are almost unheard of. Think The Matrix meets Dante's Inferno, and you'll have a good idea of the struggle awaiting Paul in The Journeyman.
The question is, what are Paul and his band of soul mates going to do about Mr. Brill? Will they be able to escape his wrath and free legions of other imprisoned souls?
Peck has paired Paul with a highly entertaining ensemble cast, including Po, the monk. Po steals every scene he's in with flurries of sign language and combat interspersed with nuggets of philosophy. His translator, Ken, is good fun as well (how could he not be? He's a mummy!)
The concept of Essence, by the way, is so complex and detailed that an entire novella could be written about its characteristics and attributes. That level of care and detail is poured into every aspect of Peck's novel, and the result is a piece of hefty literature that manages to be thoughtful, frightening and at times, funny. Enjoy.
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The Evolution of Earth's Biodiversity and the Future of Humanity
Burger, William C.
This very readable overview of natural history explores the dynamics that have made our planet so rich in biodiversity over time and supported the rise and dominance of our own species.
Tracing the arc of evolutionary history, biologist William C. Burger shows that cooperation and symbiosis have played a critical role in the ever increasing complexity of life on earth. Life may have started from the evolution of cooperating organic molecules, which outpaced their noncooperating neighbors. A prime example of symbiosis was the early incorporation of mitochondria into the eukaryotic cell (through a process called "endosymbiosis"). This event gave these cells a powerful new source of energy. Later, cooperation was again key when millions to trillions of individual eukaryotic cells eventually came together to build the unitary structures of large plants and animals. And cooperation between individuals of the same species resulted in complex animal societies, such as ant colonies and bee hives.
Turning to our own species, the author argues that our ability to cooperate, along with incessant inter-group conflict, has driven the advancement of cultures, the elaboration of our technologies, and made us the most "invasive" species on the planet. But our very success has now become a huge problem, as our world dominion threatens the future of the biosphere and confronts us with a very uncertain future.
Thought-provoking and full of fascinating detail, this eloquently told story of life on earth and our place within it presents a grand perspective and raises many important questions.
Offers an overview of evolutionary history showing that cooperation and symbiosis have played a critical role in the growing complexity of life on Earth, up to the complex human societies whose very success now threatens the biosphere.
Burger offers this narrative of evolutionary diversification beginning with the theme of cooperation and symbiosis, citing landmark events such as the mitochondrion incorporating into the eukaryotic cell and the emergence of multicellularity. He discusses the factors that drive formation of new species and what makes the difference between areas with high biodiversity and more barren or monolothic ones. The end of the book pursues the eventual human element of this story: how increasing complexity produced the human brain, how we've recapitulated this opera of diversification in our cultures through similar dynamics of competition and cooperation, and how we are ultimately affecting the biodiversity around us. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Publisher: Amherst, New York :, Prometheus Books,, 2016
Characteristics: 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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In each TOAST store, members of the public will be invited to leave a book that has enriched them in some way which they would like to share with others. The individual will write a message on how the book is important to them on a card to be placed inside for others to read.
To launch the campaign, the company will be hosting the TOAST Author Talk, an evening of literary discussion with a panel of renowned authors to celebrate the ways in which books have enriched our lives. Ahead of the talk, I asked some of the TOAST team to share their favourite books and what puts them at the top of the list of what you should read next.
The Midnight Folk and its sequel, The Box of Delights, were published between the First and Second World Wars. They tell of the adventures of Kay Harker whom we assume, though it is never overtly stated, to be an orphan. In the first book he is living with a wicked governess, Sylvia Daisy Pouncer, and seeking the lost treasure of his seafaring great-grandfather; in the second he is living with a kindly governess, Caroline Louisa, and battling for possession of powerful magic box. Although, in his adventures, Kay flies on broomsticks and magical horses, sails the high seas, changes size, talks with animals, swims with mermaids and so on, the magic never feels contrived – perhaps because, firstly, the narrative holds together so well and, secondly, the magic feels as though it could be rooted in the reality of a lonely young boy's imagination. Nothing that takes place seems absurd. The wickedness is just frightening enough while the magic delights.
I first came across the books as a very young boy – four or five years old – when they were read to me by my father. I read them myself a few times as a child and then have reread them a couple of times as an adult – never with any of the sense of disappointment that rereading a childhood favourite might bring. Why do I love them so much? Because they opened the door for me, at a very early age, to the thrilling, unbounded possibilities of the unfettered imagination; and to the gorgeous mysteries of nighttime.
Atonement is not only a novel about love, class, and war, but also about tragedy and forgiveness. What I learnt from this novel is the power of words and how they can be wielded to distort the truth.
This is his debut novel after an acclaimed career as a short story author. The book relates the true story of Abraham Lincoln losing his beloved son to fever and layers over an imagined world of ghosts, still tied to their earthly lives by attachment. Its original structure, tender observations of a father's love and humorous cast of characters make it a gorgeous, surprising read.
The most beautifully written love story. I was completely lost in the narrative and found myself re-reading paragraphs for sheer pleasure. A work of art.
The TOAST Author talk forms part of TOAST's Book Sharing campaign which celebrates the ways in which books have enriched our lives. To be a part of it, consumers need to take a book into any of TOAST's eleven shops, write a sentence or two on a small card provided in store on what it means to them and then take a book in return. You can learn more at www.toa.st/uk/enrichmentofother.


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Post by jennym » Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:04 am
This is probably so obvious for some, but it's important of course that I understand.
The book is out of copyright as the author has been dead long over 70 years. It is an autobiography of the author, with a preface written by the author.
As this book is written in antiquated language, which in this day and age is wordy and difficult to follow, is it legal for me to change some of the most obscure wording, to more modern wording, obviously with the same meaning of course?
The only reason for changing some of wording; is to make book easier to read for the majority of today's readers.
I would of course make a statement that some of the language has been brought up to date.
Would this be a problem?
AndyJ
Post by AndyJ » Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:03 am
Hi again Jenny,
Since the original work is out of copyright, there is no problem with you making an adaptation of it. Adaptation is the word used in the Copyright Designs and Patents Act to mean any changes such as translation, which would require the permission of the copyright owner if the work was in copyright.
21 Infringement by making adaptation or act done in relation to adaptation.
(1) The making of an adaptation of the work is an act restricted by the copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work.
For this purpose an adaptation is made when it is recorded, in writing or otherwise.
(2)The doing of any of the acts specified in sections 17 to 20, or subsection (1) above, in relation to an adaptation of the work is also an act restricted by the copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work.
For this purpose it is immaterial whether the adaptation has been recorded, in writing or otherwise, at the time the act is done.
(3) In this Part "adaptation"—
(a) in relation to a literary work, other than a computer program or a database, or in relation to a dramatic work, means—
(i) a translation of the work;
(ii) a version of a dramatic work in which it is converted into a non-dramatic work or, as the case may be, of a non-dramatic work in which it is converted into a dramatic work;
(iii) a version of the work in which the story or action is conveyed wholly or mainly by means of pictures in a form suitable for reproduction in a book, or in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical;
(ab) in relation to a computer program, means an arrangement or altered version of the program or a translation of it;
(ac) in relation to a database, means an arrangement or altered version of the database or a translation of it;
(b) in relation to a musical work, means an arrangement or transcription of the work.
(4) In relation to a computer program a "translation" includes a version of the program in which it is converted into or out of a computer language or code or into a different computer language or code
(5) No inference shall be drawn from this section as to what does or does not amount to copying a work.
Advice or comment provided here is not and does not purport to be legal advice as defined by s.12 of Legal Services Act 2007
Andy, again 'Thanks'! You are such a star!
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Q: integer,xml screen size wise I know this kind of question has been asked many times but none of them helped me.
I want different integer values for my 4, 5 and 5.5 inch devices. For that I have created different values folder like values-small, values-normal and values-large
But every time I am getting value from values-normal only. None of this work for me.
I have also tired to calculate minimum width using following formula. To get minimum width and create folder accordingly.
DisplayMetrics dm = this.getApplicationContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics();
float screenWidth = dm.widthPixels / dm.density;
float screenHeight = dm.heightPixels / dm.density;

Still I am getting same result. Please help me to figure this out.
My testing devices are HTC ONE X(4.7 inch), Moto G3(5 inch) amd Meizu MX5 (5.5 inch)

A: Try creating folder as below.
res/values/dimens.xml(default)
res/values-ldpi/dimens.xml   (240x320 and nearer resolution)
res/values-mdpi/dimens.xml   (320x480 and nearer resolution)
res/values-hdpi/dimens.xml   (480x800, 540x960 and nearer resolution)
res/values-xhdpi/dimens.xml  (720x1280 - Samsung S3, Micromax Canvas HD, etc)
res/values-xxhdpi/dimens.xml (1080x1920 - Samsung S4, HTC one, etc)

it's working fine for me

A: I dont know why but i was getting same smallest width for my HTC (4.7) and
Moto3G (5). So i switched to heard coding it.
well for now i have solved this with the help of this. I am calculating smallest width at run time and get my desired output using if..else. I dont know this is the best solution or not, but working for me at this time.
Looking for batter solution or suggestion.


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In case last week's series of releases, which made up what will likely be the biggest day in games for 2017, wasn't enough to take up all of your free time, yet another AAA release is coming this week, with a few RPGs to sink your time into coming alongside it. There's also the return of a franchise that had its last release in 1996, which is going to certainly be an interesting day.
This title originally came out in 2015 for the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita (in Europe and America, anyway, it came out in Japan in 2014), but is now getting a PC release at the hands of publishers Ghostlight. Developed by Lancarse, what makes the game interesting is how it combined RPG elements with the style of a visual novel. Travelling up five floors of a pillow, the player must deduce who of the eleven characters is a traitor, and kill them: choose the wrong person, and an innocent character will be killed, changing the story.
Who the traitors are is randomly selected, so each playthrough would be different, and there's no way to see how the story would go as it could be any of the characters. The game did suffer somewhat from this random selection, lacking the hand-crafted nature of a specifically written story, but it's a great concept nonetheless, with interesting RPG combat.
If you had said in 1996, when the last Bubsy game came out, that the next Bubsy game would be releasing in 2017, you'd be laughed out of the room. But here we are, apparently a new Bubsy game is coming out.
Developed by Black Forest Games, developers behind Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams (and clearly developed to be similar in gameplay and visual style), Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back is a platformer where you, as Bubsy, must collect yarn and get your revenge on the Woolies for stealing all the yarn. The original Bubsy games didn't really have much charm or substance, and this new entry seems to be at least somewhat self aware in that regard.
The biggest release for this week, and this first major title to come out in November, is Call of Duty: WW2. While recent Call of Duty games have been going further and further into the future, with sci-fi weapons and technology, they're now going back to the past, to its roots in WW2 warfare.
Developed by Sledgehammer Games, the team behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (alongside Infinity Ward) and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, it's the first Call of Duty game to be set in WW2 for almost a decade. Set in Europe, on the Western Front, it's very much a Call of Duty game. In single player, you'll be running from cover to cover, shooting baddies (with some changes, such as the removal of health regeneration and instead a reliance on health packs and medics. It is, though, very much a Call of Duty game.
If you can ignore the somewhat absurd name here, there's a whole lot of RPG to get through here. .hack//G.U. Last Recode is a remaster of the .hack//G.U. series, including parts of .hack//G.U. Vol. 1//Rebirth, .hack//G.U. Vol. 2//Reminisce and .hack//G.U. Vol. 3//Redemption.
The series has the player chasing a character in a simulated game who defeats players in an online game, leaving them in a coma in real life. This remaster is aimed at those who have never played .hack//G.U. before, with a new chapter included, with HD upgrades and a lot of new features to rebalance the game and make it more accessible. It's releasing on November 1 in Japan, while those in Europe and North America have to wait until November 3.


All check the info for the full length release "Counter Future - A Sound Exposure Vol. 3"
The "Counter Future EP" is a preview for the compilation "Counter Future – A Sound Exposure Vol. 3", which will be released in May 2013 on Equinox Records. The album marks the 50th release on the label and also acts as the 10th anniversary compilation. This preview EP introduces the project as a whole. The digital version of the EP includes 7 tracks, of which 6 are exclusive. The amazing "Scars" by Skyence will also be featured on the album, however the original extended full length version is included in this EP.
Known to create special artwork packages and vinyl editions, Equinox decided to release the vinyl version of the EP in two separate parts, each of them a one sided 12" pressing with a lazer etching on the flip side. For this special project Equinox has hired two incredible guest artists for the artwork: CONE (of The Weird), an amazingly talented illustrator, who already has done artworks for Melting Pot / MPM and other labels, provides the etching for the first EP, while Parisian designer and collagist Albane Simon (DYN), renowned for her countless covers in the indie rap world, provides the art for part 2.
Italian newcomer producer Godblesscomputers introduces the Counter Future series with the uplifting and impulsive "Chocolate". Next up comes the previously mentioned "Scars" by Skyence, followed by "After Midnight" from the aspiring Russian beatmaker 813, who recently released music on labels such as Donky Pitch, 92 Points and Activia Benz.
With "Running Circles", the first track on part 2 of the EP, Rawbot offers a club friendly track. The song was recently released on his "Running Circles EP" on Gold Digger Records but is exclusively made available on vinyl here. "Lunatic Dolphin" by Misanthrop is next with punching 808 drums, and leads over to "Crash" by Swiss beatmaker Bit-Tuner, who delivers a more minimalistic, yet deep production. Finally, Haunted Days & Witch's Teat, a French production duo who won the last Equinox remix contest, end the EP with the more organic and deeper "Our Music Box" which satisfies the listener with intricate rhythms and excellent arrangement.
The "Counter Future EP" is the perfect teaser for the upcoming full length compilation. Unlike the album it is more orientated for the DJs with tunes like "Chocolate", "Running Circles" and "After Midnight". Both vinyl EPs, each strictly limited to 250 copies, as well as the combined digital single will be released end of April.


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Jan. 17, 2023 — The first matchday in a new era
January 17, 2023 at 3:25 am · Filed under Uncategorized and tagged: Omnibus
This evening, is the opening day of the Paywall Era for the American soccer fan.
Oh, sure, there has been pay-per-view, cable, and some streaming of games and leagues throughout the soccer universe. But it is 2023 where a bulk of major American soccer competitions is being moved under a bushel. If you want to watch the bulk of U.S. men's and women's national soccer team matches, you need to be a subscriber to HBO Max. That deal starts this evening with the first of two women's national team friendlies at New Zealand, the co-host nation for the Women's World Cup.
This deal was made with the combined conglomerate of Warner Brothers and Discovery, both of whom have had their hands in soccer before. Warner Communications was the main sponsor and owner of the New York Cosmos in the mid- to late-70s, and Discovery was a part-owner of the Washington Freedom of the Women's United Soccer Association.
Thing is, with such a conglomerate, there are going to be more than one than one outlet for U.S. Soccer content. Though the initial broadcast will be on HBO Max, there will also be games on TNT, a basic cable staple. The ratio of HBO games to TNT games, however, is yet to be determined.
Too, there is scheduled to be a merger between Discovery's main streaming platform, Discovery Plus, with HBO Max, which could further disrupt things in the cable/streaming universe.
Now, the move of the U.S. Soccer media rights to Warner Brothers-Discovery is not the only move to a paywall. There was the movement of U.S. Soccer road games to the Paramount Plus paywall last year. And this year, Major League Soccer is putting almost all of its matches (except for one game a week) on Apple TV Plus.
Combined, this puts the three major legs of American soccer — MLS, U.S. home games, and U.S. road games — behind three separate paywalls, meaning that a family wanting to watch live domestic soccer will have to dole out $350.00 a year. Sure, there are going to be games on Fox (MLS Game of the Week and FIFA competitions), CBS (selected tournaments), and TNT (selected friendlies), but the bulk of games are under the pernicious paywall.
This kind of marketing does not exactly grow the game. Indeed, I wonder if there are going to be more lacrosse games on over-the-air television this year than American soccer games.
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Laurie Niles
The Week in Reviews, Op. 238: Ray Chen; Stefan Jackiw; Jeremy Black
July 10, 2018, 1:21 PM · In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable concerts and recitals around the world.
Ray Chen performed Mozart Concerto No. 5 with the Aspen Festival Chamber Orchestra
Aspen Times: "Rain, which intrudes on tent concerts sporadically throughout the season, started pounding just as violin soloist Ray Chen reached the final pages of Mozart's elegant Concerto No. 5 in A major. As the audience rose to a standing ovation, the tent felt like inside of bass drum battered by a hundred percussionists. The thrum persisted through intermission. With a shrug, Chen left the stage without an encore, but returned to play it (amplified) as the rain started to let up during the second half. Paganani's Caprice No. 21 showed off his chops impressively."
Ray Chen.
Stefan Jackiw performed the Korngold Violin Concerto with the Aspen Festival Orchestra.
Aspen Times:: "...the apex of the afternoon was Stefan Jackiw's superbly articulated, fearlessly Romantic and sleek work on Korngold's heart-on-sleeve Violin Concerto. Robertson coaxed vital backing from the orchestra, whether articulating the tunes from Korngold's films or supporting the violinist gracefully as he tackled the challenging gestures in the score. Jackiw outdid himself with a stately, regal and deft encore, the Largo from Bach's Unaccompanied Sonata No. 3."
Jeremy Black performed Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" with the Grant Park Orchestra.
Chicago Classical Review: "Black in particular tapped into the interpretive freedoms afforded by the score, varying repeated refrains and improvising ornamentations, notably in the inner movement of a delightful Spring concerto. Black led the ensemble through sensitive, uncaricatured dynamic turns; with Beilman and Haman contributing subtle, wry solos."
Philippe Quint performed Piazzolla's "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires" with the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra.
Sharps & Flatirons: "A player who has his own ties to the style of Piazzolla's music, Quint delivered a passionate performance....This is music of rapidly shifting moods, sometimes capturing the rough tango of Buenos Aires dance halls, sometimes more sultry, sometimes fiery. Quint seems to have them all in his hip pocket, moving from one mood to the next with no visible strain, and then filling the hall with a beautiful tone in the last movement's lyrical moments. Conductor, orchestra and soloist danced together without a stumble."
Anne Akiko Meyers performed the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Eastern Music Festival Orchestra.
Greensboro News & Record: "Meyers displayed beautiful tone and a dazzling technique, occasionally punctuated by an audible foot stomp to reinforce her rhythm. After a soaring lyrical slow movement, the third movement was impeccably together with the woodwinds' staccato matching the soloist while the lower strings spun one of Mendelssohn's memorable melodies with well-balanced delicacy."
CVNC: "The glorious effect of Meyers' musical and technical mastery as well as her famous violin sound were immediately heard in the passionate, melodic principal theme. What a refined palette of tonal color! And how immaculate was her intonation as her violin soared from pp to ff!"
Anne Akiko Meyers, cellist Neal Cary and pianist William Wolfram performed Mendelssohn's Piano Trio at the Eastern Music Festival.
News & Record: "The opening featured exquisite playing from all three in a movement that includes both lyricism and passion. The slower second movement is given over to melody and full-throated romanticism. All three musicians reveled in the beauty with Wolfram especially providing well-defined, lovely-shaped melodies."
Julia Fischer performed the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich.
National Business Reviews: "Her approach appeared to be focused on providing an intelligent understanding of the music both technically and emotionally. At times she played with a riveting aggressiveness while at other times her playing was tender, thoughtful and playful. "
Benjamin Beilman performed the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Orchestra of St. Luke at Caramoor.
New York Times: "Playing with rich sound and plenty of brilliance, Mr. Beilman conveyed both dreamy lyricism and heated intensity."
Stefan Jackiw cellist Jay Campbell and pianist Conrad Tao performed in recital at the Aspen Music Festival.
Aspen Times: "...the Junction Trio (the initials of their last names spell JCT) lavished bracing technique and jaw-dropping precision on piano trios by Ives and Ravel. Jackiw set the scene for the rambunctious Ives piece in an introduction that sketched the composer's life story and how it affected the music. A thorny first movement resolves with an unexpected major chord, a scherzo that blatantly calls itself a "joke" merrily clashes totally different but familiar strands, the finale veers toward nostalgia. The playing here never let up in intensity."
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Comorbidity-Polypharmacy Score as Predictor of Outcomes in Older Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Validation Study
Ronnie N. Mubang, St. Luke's University Health Network
Jill C. Stoltzfus, St. Luke's University Health Network
Marissa S. Cohen, St. Luke's University Health Network
Brian A. Hoey, St. Luke's University Health Network
Christy D. Stehly, St. Luke's University Health Network
David C. Evans, The Ohio State University
Christian Jones, The Ohio State University
Thomas J. Papadimos, The Ohio State University
Jennifer Grell, St. Luke's University Health Network
William S. Hoff, St. Luke's University Health Network
Peter Thomas, St. Luke's University Health Network
James Cipolla, St. Luke's University Health Network
Abstract Introduction: Traditional injury severity assessment is insufficient in estimating the morbidity and mortality risk for older (≥45 years) trauma patients. Commonly used tools involve complex calculations or tables, do not consider all comorbidities, and often rely on data that are not available early in the trauma patient's hospitalization. The comorbidity-polypharmacy score (CPS), a sum of all pre-injury medications and comorbidities, was found in previous studies to independently predict morbidity and mortality in this older patient population. However, these studies are limited by relatively small sample sizes. Consequently, we sought to validate previous research findings in a large, administrative dataset. Methods: A retrospective study of patients ages ≥45 years was performed using an administrative trauma database from St. Luke's University Hospital's Level I Trauma Center. The study period was from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2013. Abstracted data included patient demographics, injury mechanism and severity [injury characteristics and severity score (ISS)], Glasgow coma scale (GCS), hospital and intensive care unit lengths of stay (HLOS and ILOS, respectively), morbidity, post-discharge destination, and in-hospital mortality. Univariate analyses were conducted with mortality, all-cause morbidity, and discharge destination as primary end-points. Variables reaching statistical significance (p ≤ 0.20) were included in a multivariate logistic regression model. Data are presented as adjusted odds ratios (AORs), with p < 0.05 denoting statistical significance. Results: A total of 5863 patient records were analyzed. Average patient age was 68.5 ± 15.3 years (52 % male, 89 % blunt mechanism, mean GCS 14.3). Mean HLOS and ILOS increased significantly with increasing CPS (p < 0.01). Independent predictors of mortality included age (AOR 1.05, p < 0.01), CPS (per-unit AOR 1.08, p < 0.02), GCS (AOR 1.43 per-unit decrease, p < 0.01), and ISS (per-unit 1.08, p < 0.01). Independent predictors of all-cause morbidity included age (AOR 1.02, p < 0.01), GCS (AOR per-unit decrease 1.08, p < 0.01), ISS (per-unit AOR 1.09, p < 0.01), and CPS (per-unit AOR 1.04, p < 0.01). CPS did not independently predict need for discharge to a facility. Conclusions: This study confirms that CPS is an independent predictor of all-cause morbidity and mortality in older trauma patients. However, CPS was not independently associated with need for discharge to a facility. Prospective multicenter studies are needed to evaluate the use of CPS as a predictive and interventional tool, with special focus on correlations between specific pre-existing conditions, pharmacologic interactions, and morbidity/mortality patterns.
Mubang, Ronnie N.; Stoltzfus, Jill C.; Cohen, Marissa S.; Hoey, Brian A.; Stehly, Christy D.; Evans, David C.; Jones, Christian; Papadimos, Thomas J.; Grell, Jennifer; Hoff, William S.; Thomas, Peter; Cipolla, James; and Stawicki, Stanislaw P., "Comorbidity-Polypharmacy Score as Predictor of Outcomes in Older Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Validation Study" (2015). Department of Surgery @SLUHN Articles & Publications. 141.


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