The critical role that education plays, and will continue to play, in reducing child marriage rates is outlined in a new briefing, Working Together to End Child Marriage.
The relationship between child marriage and education is two-way. Child marriage is one of the leading reasons for school dropout in low-income countries. At the same time, girls who are out of school are exposed to increased risk factors for child marriage. With many girls living in insecure environments, parents often feel that marrying their daughters will protect them from harm or the stigma associated with having a relationship or becoming pregnant outside of marriage.
The briefing highlights the impact that universal education could have, as well as the huge amount of progress still needed to end child marriage and ensure all girls are able to complete high school. In addition, it calls on world leaders to prioritize girls' access to health and protection programs to help end child marriage.
A recent Save the Children study in Niger – which has the highest rates of child marriage in the world – also found that girls who do not attend school are at a greater risk of child marriage, early pregnancy and being malnourished.
While education alone won't end child marriage, it is a critical piece of the puzzle in ending the abusive practice.
Previous research by Save the Children and the World Bank has shown that while legal and policy reform is important in ending child marriage and keeping girls in school, so is enforcing these laws and changing attitudes at the community level.
In Nepal – home to one of Asia's highest rates of child marriage despite being illegal since 1963 – Save the Children has been advocating and working closely with local governments, law enforcement agencies, religious leaders, communities and girls to raise awareness of the dangers of child marriage. Through activities like street dramas written and performed by children, to working with religious leaders who now refuse to marry anyone under the legal age of 20, child marriage rates dropped by 11% between 2015-2017 in areas where Save the Children operates.
Save the Children is calling on governments to step up their efforts to develop and implement action plans that include full access to health and protection for girls. These plans must be fairly financed and must incorporate a strong focus on education.
[i] We analysed data from Demographic Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) for 67 countries to determine the likelihood of a girl being married and in school at the same time. This analysis is illustrative and embodies a number of assumptions and limitations. For example, the calculation is based on the impact of education on child marriage and does not the impact of child marriage on education. For further discussion, see accompanying technical note.


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Q: Add all numbers from 1 through n and print their sum I am new to python and trying to write a program to add all the numbers starting from 1 through n and print their sum. Can anyone please tell me what is wrong with my code. I am getting 1 as an output.
def problem1_3(num):
    sum_= 0
    num = int(num)
    for i in range(1,num):
        sum_ = sum_ + i
        print(sum_)
        i+=1
        return(sum_)

A: You are returning the sum_ on the first iteration of the function. You want to finish the for loop, and only then return it. Read more about loops in python, they are based on indentation, unlike some other languages.

A: Two mistakes that you are making in your code:
1- You are incrementing i by +1 but you don't have to do this because python will automatically increment loop variable.
2- You are returning your sum_ variable inside for loop that's why you got 1 as an output.
def problem1_3(num):
    sum_= 0
    num = int(num)
    for i in range(1,num+1):
        sum_ = sum_ + i
        #print(sum_)
        # i+=1
    return(sum_)

ans = problem1_3(5)
print(ans)

Output:
15

A: So you are returning inside your for loop, so it does not go to completion.
but if you would like an easier more concise way to write that function,
def problem1_3(num):
    return sum(range(num)) #for up to, but not including num

or
def problem1_3(num):
    return sum(range(num+1)) #for up to, AND including num

Since you already have the range function, range produces a list of numbers. So range(5) is [0,1,2,3,4]
and summing them will get you 1+2+3+4
it's just a shorter way of doing the same thing.

A: If you don't have to use for loop, it's better to use recursion.
def problem1_3(num : int) -> int:
    if num == 1:
        return 1
    else:
        return num + problem1_3(num-1)
              # 5  + problem1_3(4)
              # 5  +       4      + problem1_3(3)
              # 5  +       4      +       3      + problem1_3(2)
              # 5  +       4      +       3      +       2      + problem1_3(1)
              # 5  +       4      +       3      +       2      +     1

.
if you have to use loops.
your problem is when you are returning sum_. you should to finish your loop and after all, Outside the loop, return the sum:
def problem1_3(num : int) -> int:
    sum_ = 0
    for i in range(1, num+1):
        sum_ += i
    return (sum_)

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TestComplete DDDriverCommands::<BIG>SetVariableValueEx</BIG>

TID
SDC

<short_desc xmlns="">
                 Set the value of a DDVariable </short_desc>

<detailed_desc xmlns="">
                 The name field can contain literal string, DDVariable, or
                 any expression that evaluates to a valid variable name. </detailed_desc>

Fields: [ ]=Optional with Default Value

VariableName

<short_desc xmlns="">
                 The name of the variable
              </short_desc>

VariableValue

<short_desc xmlns="">
                 The value to assign to the variable
              </short_desc>

Examples:

<usage xmlns="">C,  SetVariableValueEx,  var, value </usage>

<short_desc xmlns="">
                 Set variable var to contain "value" (euivalent to ^var=value)
              </short_desc>

<usage xmlns="">C,  SetVariableValueEx,  ^varname, value </usage>

<short_desc xmlns="">
                 Given ^varname contains "var", set variable var to "value"
              </short_desc>

<usage xmlns="">C,  SetVariableValueEx,  ^basename & ^index, value </usage>

<short_desc xmlns="">
                 Any expression that evaluates to a valid DDVariable name may be used for the name field.
              </short_desc>

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Gillespie Museum
Our monthly Science Saturdays give scientists and environmentalists of all ages the opportunity to join in some fun and engaging activities! Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Dates at a Glance
February 11 - We Love Rocks & Minerals
March 18 - STEAM Festival
April 15 - Earth Day at the Gillespie
September 17 - Smithsonian Museum Day: Our Place in Space
October 29 - Mostly Green Halloween
November 12 - Founder's Day Celebration & Exhibit Opening!
Stay tuned for updates. Join Our Mailing List to keep informed!
February 11, 10 a.m. - noon
We Love Rocks and Minerals!
Get ready for Valentine's Day with a celebration of gems and minerals! Come see how minerals, gemstones, and even rocks have been used to express love throughout history. Young scientists will have an opportunity to follow a scavenger hunt through the museum's exhibit, Storied Stone. Join us for a variety of family-friendly crafts and activities. We welcome scientists of all ages! RSVP Today: https://conta.cc/3Y2Ompz
March 18, 10 a.m. - noon
STEAM Festival!
The Gillespie Museum will be hosting a variety of student and community organizations with hands-on exhibits and demonstrations for our first STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) Festival! We hope you can join us; scientists of all ages are welcome!
April 15, 10 a.m. - noon
Earth Day at the Gillespie Museum!
Join us for our annual Earth Day celebration! There will be outdoor games and nature activities in the Volusia Sandhill, reminding us how amazing our planet is, and how important it is to do what we can to protect it!
September 17, 10 a.m. - noon
Smithsonian Museum Day - Our Place in Space
The Gillespie Museum is participating in the annual celebration of boundless curiosity with museums and cultural institutions across the country, sponsored by Smithsonian Museum Magazine. From 10 a.m. – noon, young scientists, and their grown-ups, are invited to see the Gillespie's small collection of meteorites—the fragments of rocks and minerals that teach us about early conditions and processes in the solar system's history. Join us for some hands-on Earth/space science activities as part of the Smithsonian's annual museum day!
You can find information about other area museums participating in Smithsonian Museum Day at Smithsonian Magazine.
October 29, 10 a.m. - noon
Mostly Green Halloween
Our 13th annual fall fair! Join us for activities and experiments, exploring the wonders and mysteries of the natural world. The public is invited to participate in this free, family-friendly Halloween-themed event. We welcome scientists of all ages (children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult), and costumes are encouraged!
November 12, 10 a.m. - noon
Founder's Day Celebration & Exhibit Opening!
It's the Gillespie Museum's 64th birthday! Join us for some special activities and for the Grand Opening of our new exhibit Minerals in the Artist's Palette, which explores the use of natural mineral pigments in art across the ages and around the globe (open through May 3, 2023 in the museum with cultural credit available for Stetson undergraduates).


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Public Health in the Field: The Public Health Case for Abortion Rights
Annalies Winny
Alissa Zhu
Lindsay Smith Rogers
Reproductive and Sexual Health
This article is adapted from a special episode of the Public Health On Call Podcast called Public Health in the Field. You can hear the full episode here.
Please note: Throughout this article, the gendered terms "woman" and "women" are used as that's how the CDC and other sources record related data.
More coverage:
Overturning Roe v. Wade and Public Health
What We Know—and Don't Yet Know—About The Leaked Supreme Court Draft Opinion That Could Overturn Roe v. Wade
A single case before the Supreme Court will likely decide the future of Roe v. Wade.
In 2018, the Mississippi legislature passed and the governor signed House Bill 1510, known as the Gestational Age Act, which bans abortions after 15 weeks. There are exceptions if the life of the fetus or parent is at risk—but not in cases of rape or incest. The law violated Roe v. Wade, a Supreme Court decision that protects the right to abortion prior to "viability" of the fetus, which is at around 24 weeks. The bill was quickly blocked by lower federal courts but now the law's fate is up to the Supreme Court.
The outcome of this case—Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization—has implications for abortion rights far beyond Mississippi: A decision that previability bans are not unconstitutional could upend longstanding protections established by Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark case that legalized abortion nationwide.
The conversation about abortion rights in the U.S. is a noisy one involving politics, precedents, and personal beliefs. What often gets short shrift, however, is the public health reality that restricting access to abortion results in erosion of the health of women, especially low-income and women of color. This is why abortion is so much more than a legal battle.
The Public Health Case for Abortion Rights
Many women who were denied wanted abortions had higher levels of household poverty, debt, evictions, and other economic hardships and instabilities, according to Joanne Rosen, JD, associate director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Law and the Public's Health.
The findings come from a 10-year study, The Turnaway Study, which followed nearly 1,000 women who either had or were denied abortions and tracked their mental and physical health and financial impacts.
"The study also found that women who were seeking but unable to obtain abortions endured higher levels of physical violence from the men who had fathered these children," Rosen says. "And people who were turned away when seeking abortions endured more health problems than women who were able to obtain [them], as well as more serious health problems.
"That gives you a sense of the ways in which being unable to obtain abortions had really long lasting impacts on these peoples' lives."
A 2020 study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that women living in states with less restrictive reproductive health policies were less likely to give birth to low-weight babies. Other research published in The Lancet found that restrictive abortion laws actually mean a higher rate of abortion-related maternal deaths.
Restrictive abortion laws affect more than just the health of individuals and families—they affect the economy, too. Research from The Lancet found that "ensuring women's access to safe abortion services does lower medical costs for health systems."
The Institute for Women's Policy Research has a host of data around how reproductive health restrictions impact women's earning potential, including an interactive map tool, Total Economic Losses Due to State-level Abortion Restrictions. In Mississippi, for example, the data indicate that an absence of abortion restrictions would translate to a 1.8% increase of Black women in the labor force, over 2% for Hispanic women, and a leap of more than 2.6% for women who identify as Asian-Pacific Islander. This same tool calculates that removing abortion restrictions would translate to an estimated $13.4 million in increased earnings at the state level for Black women alone.
Abortion restrictions disproportionately affect people of color and those with low-incomes. According to data from the CDC, Black women are five times more likely to have an abortion than white women, and Latinx women are two times as likely as whites. Seventy-five percent of people who have abortions are low-income or poor.
Mississippi, Texas, and The Supreme Court
On December 1, the Supreme Court will hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization and Joanne Rosen thinks it's unlikely the Court would agree to hear the case if they were just going to affirm the status quo.
The case isn't the only one on the docket, however. Texas' Senate Bill 8, which bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, made headlines earlier this month and may impact SCOTUS' ultimate decision on the Mississippi case. The high-profile law came before the Supreme Court in November 2021 and Rosen said the important thing to note is that the Court didn't actually address whether the six-week ban is constitutional. Rather, they examined the unusual enforcement scheme of the law—where, when, and by whom the Texas law could be challenged.
Rosen says that the justices may compare the Texas law with the Mississippi law and, when considering a six-week abortion ban, a 15-week ban may seem less extreme. In this way, the Texas case could give the Court some cover to uphold Mississippi's 15-week ban.
It's likely to be months before an opinion is released; Rosen says the Court typically releases its decisions on high-stakes or controversial cases in June. And high stakes this is: for the future of abortion, for reproductive health rights, and for public health.
Annalies Winny is an associate editor for Global Health NOW.
Alissa Zhu is a journalist and current MSPH student at the Bloomberg School.
Lindsay Smith Rogers, MA, is the producer of the Public Health On Call podcast and the associate director of content strategy for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Public Health Law Experts Discuss the Supreme Court Vacancy and Barrett Nomination
Public Health On Call
This article is adapted from a special episode of the Public Health On Call Podcast called Public Health in the Field.
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ASHBURN, Va., June 13, 2019 — One Loudoun, an award-winning open air mixed-use community in the heart of Loudoun County, broke ground today on its first apartment community, Vyne. The new community will be a joint-venture between KETTLER, a real estate development company based in Northern Virginia, and a subsidiary of One Loudoun's property owner, Retail Properties of America, Inc. (RPAI). Inspired by nature and Virginia's acclaimed wine country, Vyne will offer elevated living spaces in the DC suburbs.
"With a long-standing history of development in Loudoun County, and the Town of Leesburg, we're excited to build upon that history in partnership with RPAI to develop this dynamic, mixed-use apartment community," says Bob Kettler, Chairman & CEO of KETTLER.
"We are thrilled to begin our joint-venture partnership with KETTLER and break ground on Vyne which will further support our transformation of the property to a regional mixed-use hub," stated Nick Over, Vice President and Director of Development – Eastern Division at RPAI. "We continue to enhance our approximately 470,000 SF project with a mix of high-end retail and entertainment components with recent openings such as Trader Joe's and our Four Corners container park, and we are excited to add a residential component with Vyne, to complete the ultimate live, work, and play experience at One Loudoun."
The project architect for Vyne is Dwell Design Studios. They are joined by interior design firm Bandura Design and landscape architects, Studio 39. LF Jennings will serve as the general contractor.
Located in the dynamic community anchor offering the ultimate lifestyle experience in the rapidly growing Loudoun County, One Loudoun is owned and operated by a subsidiary of RPAI. Ideally located at Rte 7 & the Loudoun County Parkway, One
Loudoun is easily accessible from nearly anywhere in the Northern Virginia region and is one of the most exciting developments in the DC region. This open-air, mixed-use development features Trader Joes, Alamo Drafthouse, Great Gatherings, Matchbox, The Fitness Equation, Scout & Molly's, Fortessa, and Four Corners – a unique container part featuring pop up shops and eateries. To learn more, please visit OneLoudoun.com. Connect socially with One Loudoun via its Facebook and Instagram.
Retail Properties of America, Inc. (RPAI) is a REIT that owns and operates high quality, strategically located open-air shopping centers, including properties with a mixed-use component. As of March 31, 2019, the Company owned 105 retail operating properties in the United States representing 20.1 million square feet. The Company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol RPAI. Additional information about the Company is available at www.rpai.com.
KETTLER is an award-winning, multifamily developer, real estate investment, and property management company. Founded in 1977, the company has developed over 25,000 multifamily units, 5 million square feet of commercial space, more than 71,000 homes in 25 master-planned communities, and many of the D.C. Region's premier mixed-use communities. Headquartered in McLean, Va., the company manages approximately 20,000 apartments in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast regions. For more information, visit www.kettler.com.
Connect with KETTLER on all social channels with @KETTLERLiving.
MEDIA CONTACT: Melissa Fasano, 703-852-5774, media@kettler.com


Paul Brown has combined his love of traditional music and broadcasting through most of his life. A longtime voice of Morning Edition, he returned to Winston-Salem several years ago to produce the highly successful traditional music broadcast and podcast, Across the Blue Ridge. He is a musician of the highest level, as a prize-winning banjo picker, fiddle player, singer, and storyteller. His wife, Terri McMurray, is a virtuoso clawhammer banjoist most noted for her membership in the Old Hollow String Band and her frequent duo performances with Brown.
For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135. Free for Davidson students, but tickets are required.


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Obama Ripped for Fallujah Stance as Admin Offers Iraq Surveillance Drones to Fight al-Qaeda
By Bridget Johnson 2014-01-06T20:54:29
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's seemingly passing interest in the resurgence of al-Qaeda in Iraq stoked criticism that President Obama is giving a pass to terrorists while fixated on wresting concessions out of Israel for a Middle East peace deal.
At a press availability Sunday in Jerusalem to tout "a productive couple of days with very, very intensive talks" in his push for a Middle East peace process, Secretary of State John Kerry brought up Iraq only when asked about it by reporters.
"We will stand with the government of Iraq and with others who will push back against their efforts to destabilize and to bring back, to wreak havoc on the region and on the democratic process that is taking hold in Iraq," Kerry said.
"Now, we're going to do everything that is possible to help them, and I will not go into the details except to say that we're in contact with tribal leaders from Anbar province whom we know who are showing great courage in standing up against this as they reject terrorist groups from their cities. And this is a fight that belongs to the Iraqis. That is exactly what the president and the world decided some time ago when we left Iraq. So we are not, obviously, contemplating returning. We're not contemplating putting boots on the ground. This is their fight, but we're going to help them in their fight."
Kerry acknowledged that the U.S. does "have an interest" in Fallujah falling under al-Qaeda's control.
"All of the Gulf states, all of the regional actors, Russia, the United States, and a lot of players elsewhere in the world have a stake in pushing back against violent extremist terrorists who respect no law, who have no goal other than to take over power and disrupt lives by force," he said.
"And the United States intends to continue to remain in close contact with all of the Iraq political leaders to see how we can continue to support their efforts in the days ahead. But it is their fight; that is what we determined some time ago, that we can't want peace and we can't want democracy and we can't want an orderly government and stability more than the people in a particular area, in a particular country or a particular region."
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) said this afternoon he was "dismayed" by Kerry's "dismissal of the threat from al-Qaeda as 'Iraq's battle to fight.'"
"It took two bloody battles to liberate Fallujah. Many U.S., British, and Iraqi forces – Sunni and Shia - lost their lives to secure that city. When our allies fight al-Qaeda for us, and the United States sits on the sidelines, not only do our allies notice, but so do our adversaries," McKeon said. "I note that Iran has already jumped in with offers of assistance. When terrorism is allowed to flourish abroad, when the specter of insurgency haunts democratic nations, our own security suffers."
"Secretary Kerry and the Obama administration must recognize that in spite of their desire to wish the threat away, al-Qaeda has metastasized and remains a shared threat. I urge the administration to demonstrate a full commitment in support of an ally fighting a common enemy."
The White House didn't offer leader-to-leader support over the weekend, instead tasking Deputy National Security Advisor Tony Blinken with dealing with the crisis. Blinken called Iraqi National Security Advisor Faleh al-Fayyad on Sunday to express U.S. support "for ongoing operations by the Iraqi Security Forces in coordination with local and tribal movements in Anbar province to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)."
"Both confirmed the strong U.S.-Iraq security partnership under the Strategic Framework Agreement, and the need for greater cooperation among Iraq's neighboring countries to combat the regional terrorist threat," the White House said in a readout of the call. "Senior officials from the White House, the State Department, and the United States Embassy in Baghdad remain in regular communication with a wide range of Iraqi officials to support ongoing efforts against ISIL, and to encourage coordination between Iraqi Security Forces and the people they serve."
This afternoon, Vice President Joe Biden talked to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, expressing "concern for those Iraqis who are suffering at the hands of terrorists." It was unclear why Obama didn't call the prime minister as he was in town with no events on his schedule.
Al-Maliki called on residents and tribes in Fallujah to try to toss al-Qaeda out of town in a message broadcast on state TV today.
"The prime minister appeals to the tribes and people of Fallujah to expel the terrorists from the city in order to spare themselves the risk of armed clashes," the statement read.
Al-Qaeda has also seized parts of Ramadi. The government has been launching strikes against the fighters.
At today's White House press briefing, Jay Carney said "it's too early to tell or make conclusions" about the impact of al-Qaeda taking Fallujah, "but we're accelerating our foreign military sales deliveries and are looking to provide an additional shipment of Hellfire missiles as early as this spring."
"These missiles are one small element of that holistic strategy, but they have been proven effective at denying ISIL the safe haven zones that it has sought to establish in western Iraq," Carney said.
https://pjmedia.com/blog/obama-ripped-for-fallujah-stance-as-admin-offers-iraq-surveillance-drones-to-fight-al-qaeda/


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DeSoto, Sheila Joy: 79, died June 17. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Criswell, Ada).
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Short, Teresa Ann: 49, died June 16. Memorial services 4 p.m. Saturday, home of Margaret Campbell, Sallisaw (Agent Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw).
Copeland, Eugene Max: 90, died June 16. Services 2 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church (Atoka Funeral Home, Atoka).
Stewart, Bert: 92, died June 13. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church of Bethany (Mercer-Adams, Bethany).
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Welk, Charles Edward: 84, died June 15. Memorial services 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Bethel Acres Community Center (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City).
Garriga, Glenda Marie: 74, died June 16. Memorial services 10 a.m. Friday, Blackwell Cemetery (Roberts and Son, Blackwell).
Green, Lucas Dewayne: 36, died June 11. Services 2 p.m. Thursday, Cheyenne First Baptist Church (Rose Chapel, Cheyenne).
Moore, Bill Warren: 79, died June 15. Services 2 p.m. Friday, Choctaw Church of the Nazarene (Absolute Economical, Oklahoma City).
Diaz, Juanita Silva: 93, died June 16. Rosary 6 p.m. Thursday, funeral home. Mass 10 a.m. Friday, St. Mary Catholic Church (Kiesau-Lee, Clinton).
Pettis, Joe Burt: 77, died June 17. Graveside services 2 p.m. Friday, Little Cemetery, Seminole (Stout-Phillips, Wewoka).
Campbell, Dorothy Schroeder: 93, died June 16. Memorial services 2 p.m. Thursday, First United Methodist Church (Don Grantham, Duncan).
Chapman, Wanda H.: 87, died June 15. Services 2 p.m. Thursday, Bethesda Church of God (Don Grantham, Duncan).
Beals, Arcelia F.: 84, died June 16. Graveside services 2 p.m. Friday, Gracelawn Cemetery (Baggerley, Edmond).
Gammill, Becky Darlene: 65, died June 10. Celebration of life 11 a.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church (Matthews, Edmond).
LaDuke, Garry Marvin Sr.: 58, died May 7. Celebration of life 2 p.m. Saturday (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City).
Thomason, Robert Franklin: 76, died June 17. Services 10 a.m. Thursday, Henderson Hills Baptist Church (Matthews, Edmond).
Bear, James Bert Sr.: 79, died June 16. Wake 7 p.m. Thursday, First Free Will Baptist Church. Services 1 p.m. Friday, Rainey Mountain Baptist Church, Mountain View (Huber-Benson, El Reno).
Woodruff, Rebekah: 83, died June 18. Graveside services 2 p.m. Friday, El Reno Cemetery (Wilson, El Reno).
Myers, Fox Marie: 80, died June 12. Services 2 p.m. Thursday, Cheyenne First Baptist Church, Cheyenne (Whinery, Elk City).
Cagle, Tonya: 62, died June 17. Celebration of life 11 a.m. Friday, St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Ladusau-Evans, Enid).
Moore, Kermite Dean: 59, died June 9. Services 1 p.m. Saturday, Attucks School, Ponca City (Amy Stittsworth, Enid).
Roden, Kevin Wayne: 48, died June 9. Private services (Amy Stittsworth, Enid).
Colbert, Harold: 83, died June 16. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, First National Baptist Church (Hayes, Guthrie).
HENRYETTA
Bolt, Gerry: 84, died June 16. Services 1 p.m. Friday (Integrity, Henryetta).
Hardwick, Anna Louise: 86, died June 16. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday (Hudson-Phillips, Holdenville).
Web, Robert Jr.: 68, died June 13. No services (Reed Culver, Tahlequah).
Richey, Edward Franklin: 90, died June 15. Celebration of life 2 p.m. Thursday, Kremlin Community United Methodist Church (Ladusau-Evans, Enid).
Clevenger, Dennis: 82, died June 17. Celebration of life 11 a.m. June 29, Community of Christ, Del City (Affordable Cremation Service, Oklahoma City).
Payne, C.D.: 83, died June 16. Services 10 a.m. Thursday, First Christian Church of Moore (John M. Ireland, Moore).
Lemons, Rickey Joe: 69, died June 16. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Faith Baptist Church, Slick (Hutchins Maples Matherly, Bristow).
MULHALL
Skinner, Norman Lee: 93, died June 14. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Midwest Boulevard Christian Church, Midwest City (Barnes Friederich, Midwest City).
Reid, Graydon Paul: 20, died June 15. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Lakehoma Church of Christ (McNeil's, Mustang).
Henshaw, Howard Wayne: 84, died June 16. Graveside services 11 a.m. Thursday, Davenport Cemetery, Davenport (Eisenhour, Blanchard).
Allen, Dr. John Eugene: 79, died June 9. Services 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church (McMahans, Noble).
Heard, Cody Lee: 49, died June 11. Memorial services 2 p.m. Saturday, Pleasant Hill Free Will Baptist Church (Parks Brothers, Prague).
Annesley, Cheryl: 72, died June 15. Private services (Affordable Cremation Service, Oklahoma City).
Gallo, Betty Sue: 79, died June 17. Private services (Advantage, Oklahoma City).
Gladden, Ken W.: 55, died June 12. Services 1:30 p.m. Sunday, First Presbyterian Church (Memorial Park, Oklahoma City).
Goodwin, Darrell Davon: 79, died June 12. Services 10 a.m. Thursday (Buchanan, Oklahoma City).
Henderson, Rasheem: 26, died June 8. Services noon Thursday, Bethlehem Baptist Church (Rolfe, Oklahoma City).
Hubbard, Lloyd Edward: 69, died June 13. Celebration of life 1 p.m. Saturday (Corbett, Oklahoma City).
Lacy, Don: 79, died June 15. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Barnes Friederich, Midwest City).
Ramberg, Aaron Jeffrey: 41, died June 12. Memorial services 11 a.m. June 26 (Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper, Oklahoma City).
Rogez, Margaret L.: 91, died June 12. Wake 7 p.m. Friday, St. John Nepomuk Catholic Church Assumption Chapel, Yukon (Yanda and Son, Yukon).
Stockton, Forrest H.: 92, died June 16. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Resthaven, Oklahoma City).
Williams, Vincense DeWayne Jr.: 24, died June 10. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Boley (Rolfe, Oklahoma City).
Lay, Sharon Kay: 63, died June 16. Services 10 a.m. Thursday (Reed Culver, Tahlequah).
Simpson, Chuck: 80, died June 18. Memorial services 10 a.m. Friday (Agent Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw).
Hood, Ruth: 82, died June 16. Services 10 a.m. Thursday (Cooper, Tecumseh).
Davidson, Donald Gene Sr.: 64, died June 14. Graveside services 3 p.m. Thursday, Tecumseh Cemetery, Shawnee (Barnes Friederich, Midwest City).
Rutledge, Stephen: 72, died June 17. Memorial services 2 p.m. Friday (John M. Ireland, Moore).
Hively, Kenneth Eugene: 71, died June 14. No services (Reed Culver, Tahlequah).
Cathey, Betty Lovell: 94, died June 16. Services 2 p.m. Thursday, Tecumseh First Assembly of God (Cooper, Tecumseh).
Lockstone, Ralph Logan Jr. "Stony": 89, died June 17. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday, First United Methodist Church (Lockstone, Weatherford).
Jordan, Donna Gayle: 82, died June 16. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Church of Christ, Paoli (DeArman, Wynnewood).
Rowland, Bill R.: 89, died June 15. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church (DeArman, Wynnewood).


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Tech events, summits and conferences for 2021/22
While 2020 shuttered most industry events and conferences, some organizers pivoted to digital platforms—with mixed success. Since then, many have worked out the bugs of running digital and hybrid conferences, making the experience more engaging and interactive than ever.
By The Editors	/ September 2, 2021
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Along with a (sort of) return to office, we're seeing a (sort of) return to in-person events, summits and conferences—often with a strong virtual component. And some events will continue to be all-digital on a more permanent basis. Even better, some of these events are free.
Here are a few events to keep on your radar for the remainder of 2021—but keep in mind, these may be subject to change. Several conferences have bumped their dates by a few months, and some have reverted back to an all-virtual format—like Gartner's symposiums this fall, which were originally scheduled to be live events—given current uncertainties around travel and safety challenges.
DevOps World
Sept. 28-30, virtual (free)
DevOps World brings the software development community together to learn, network and explore the future of software delivery. This year, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will deliver one of the keynotes.
Enterprise Connect
Sept. 27-29, virtual and in-person
This conference brings corporate IT decision makers together with tech vendors, channel partners, analysts and consultants to focus on the issues central to enterprise communications and collaboration, such as changes brought on by the pandemic.
Big Data and AI Toronto
Oct. 13-14, virtual and in-person
This event allows thousands of IT decision-makers and data innovators to explore the latest technologies and trends in artificial intelligence, big data, cloud and cybersecurity.
Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo America
Oct. 18-21, virtual
This event brings together CIOs and IT executives to discuss key topics, including digital business acceleration, cybersecurity, customer experience, future of work and more.
Nov. 1-2, in-person
At a time of great uncertainty for many industries and, indeed, the world itself, Web Summit—dubbed Europe's biggest tech conference—will gather the founders and CEOs of technology companies, fast-growing startups, policymakers and heads of state to ask a simple question: Where to next?
The AI Summit Silicon Valley
Santa Clara, Calif.
With a comprehensive two-day program of aspirational and practical content and a virtual exhibition of emerging tech, this event lets attendees interact with a global audience of AI experts at the epicenter of tech innovation.
SecTor 2021
Nov. 3-4, online and in-person
SecTor has built a reputation of bringing together experts from around the world to share their latest research and techniques involving underground threats and corporate defences.
InterOp Digital: The Future of Networking
Nov. 18, virtual (free)
The use of cloud, sophisticated analytics and artificial intelligence is outpacing legacy infrastructures. This virtual event will explore strategies, new technologies and best practices to provide a secure, robust infrastructure needed to support today's modern technologies.
Dec. 6-9, in-person
This software development conference is designed for developers, team leads, architects and project managers, and is organized "for developers by developers."
Jan. 11-14, in-person and online
The Consumer Electronics Show is back, requiring in-person attendees to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination. For those unable to travel to Vegas, CES will again feature a digital event that will run in parallel with the in-person program.
Feb. 7-11, online and in-person
Discover new innovations, technical sessions and demos, all while connecting with some of the brightest minds in the industry.
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Breaking Immigration Norms Towards Refugees in the Age of COVID-19
By: Noor Ghazal AswadJune 20, 2020
Capitalism and white supremacy, together the axes around which most of our contemporary existence has revolved, appear to have been dealt a rattling blow with the arrival of COVID-19. Maybe this is an unfashionably optimistic statement to make in the nascent tendency towards pessimism in the world in which we live, but a glance at recent events indicates the once unthinkable may have become possible.
In the creation of the dystopian universe we presently inhabit, refugees, at one time shut out due to their (perceived) lack of value in capitalist terms, have seen their value abruptly begin to hinge on, dare I say it, more humanitarian considerations. Political parties which found popularity in jingoistic rhetoric have begun biting their words in the cogent awareness that isolationist logics may be harmful to all. "Us" and "them" have momentarily collapsed into one diseased body in the realization that individualism as a long-held principle of neoliberalism will not address the health crisis. Prospects of collective solidarity, devastatingly torn up by notions of individualism, no longer seem impossible as notions of the common good surface.
As the virus first reared its ugly head in November 2019, those of us living in the United States were only vaguely concerned. COVID-19 was a world away from our busy suburban lives, our countless drives to and from school, the supermarket, yoga, and conference travel. By mid-March however, the virus joltingly inserted itself into the most intimate details of our life.
At the time, I was in the middle of writing my doctoral exams in rhetoric and media studies, a rite of passage for doctoral students. My work delved into the rhetoric of transnational social movements, dashed with discussions of post-coloniality, imperialism, immigration, and borders. My writings had been haunted by the massive exodus of Syrians from Idlib, a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions in the long saga of Syrian war and genocide over the last nine years. Displaced Idlibans had been staying in make-shift camps, while others took refuge under olive trees in the sub-zero cold. Suddenly, my words were outdated in their inability to respond to the exigencies facing our existence. I found myself lingeringly re-evaluating my writing responses, wondering how my articulations would be read by a committee which would receive my work in a decidedly different climate than that in which it had originally been produced.
Meanwhile, the United States catapulted into its own existential crisis, in a panicked frenzy over Trump's ongoing ineptitudes as the health system collapsed under the virus's strenuous pressure. In my eyes, all of this heightened the inherent imperviousness of the Global North to phenomena beyond its borders, in an on-going detachment from the material realities of refugees and other vulnerable migrants.
In line with historical patterns, immigration bans continued to be fiercely enacted and punitive measures taken towards "diseased" refugees. In this sense, the virus has laid gruesomely bare the vulnerability of refugees, its microbial trail exposing the socio-economic disparities of our neoliberal system.
For Syrians, currently the largest forcibly displaced population, COVID-19 is a death sentence. While the majority of Americans are able to shelter safely in their homes, Syrians are being shelled out of their homes and their health care system is simultaneously being decimated into oblivion. Those stranded in exile in no man's land at the Turkish-Greek border are taking refuge in the open air as the virus rages unhindered between them. This situation is summed best by a young Syrian boy in a camp, holding a banner with the words "Fighting over toilet paper? We're fighting for shelter."
Nevertheless, elsewhere, the pandemic has eventuated a challenge to hegemonic neoliberal immigration tendencies. Contra to teleological narratives of western supremacy, the real crisis of COVID-19 became sacrosanct above the imagined crisis of refugee entry. A case in point: In Saxony, the heartland of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD), which had notoriously harnessed anti-immigrant sentiment to gain political influence, the regional medical board has been calling on its social media platforms for migrant doctors without licenses to help combat the shortage of medical personnel. Though the AfD had vocally criticized Merkel's decision to open borders to refugees fleeing the Assad regime's tyranny, it found itself leaning on the very immigrants it had so callously shunned as sub-human.
The far right is struggling to retain popular support–some are starting to note that their ideology of "nationalism spearheaded by fascism is precisely the wrong one for the period we are in." The use value of citizenship, once so callously assigned according to capitalist metrics, is now viscerally weaved to other humanitarian considerations. This is not only due to the obvious fact that migrant doctors are needed to provide urgent medical care but arguably stems from the diminishing resonance of the "threat" of refugees to the community. As such, instead of calls to shield the population from refugees, the State Chamber of Physicians has stated that 14,000 Syrian refugee doctors are awaiting their qualifications to be approved to serve in the health system. In a similar vein, Portugal has taken the unprecedented move of providing asylum seekers and migrants full citizenship rights as the pandemic's threat escalates.
Such stories should not be taken as an allegorical emblem of the whole. But these conflicting accounts explicate the shifting nature of how refugees are rhetorically constituted in the disjunctive world of the contagion. On World Refugee Day [June 20—ed.], we must realize that the pandemic is an ideological crisis as much as a medical crisis which reveals the absurdities of our neoliberal logics, their tenuousness, and inherent fungibility. While neoliberal policy frameworks have created the global shortage of hospital beds, medical supplies and robust welfare, in other ways, neoliberal tendencies are being unraveled, and this too must be acknowledged.
The pandemic's long-term productive potential in disrupting neoliberal frameworks of immigration is still debatable. As we respond to a virus that knows no borders, the pandemic will no doubt refract the distance between "us" and "them" in an interconnected world. One thing is certain: The disdainful discourse of neoliberal immigration rhetoric can no longer find comfort in the same tired spaces of yesteryear. What remains to be seen is how far the current ecological crisis will succeed in viscerally "breaking" hegemonic immigration norms towards refugees after the epidemiological decline of COVID-19.
Posted June 20, 2020 Coronavirus, Human rights, Migration, Public health, Syria by Phil Gasper
Noor Ghazal Aswad is a doctoral student in the Department of Communication at the University of Memphis.
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Q: Tor Browser on Ubuntu 13.10 I have done extensive research, and yet there is no straightforward way to install the tor browser bundle on ubuntu 13.10 to work. Can anybody help me install the tor browser bundle?
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Ubuntu 13.10

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sudo apt-get update
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Coronavirus Turmoil in 5 Charts, 10 Quotes, 5 Photos and 1 Map
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The worst one-day decline in U.S. stocks since 2008 rattled markets yesterday and ushered in a dangerous new phase to a public health crisis that is threatening to become a global economic disaster. Italy imposed nationwide restrictions on travel, South Korea put limits on short-selling and investors looked for signals that policymakers in the U.S. and elsewhere are prepared to act aggressively to contain the financial fallout.
President Trump floated economic stimulus measures like a payroll tax cut and legislation to protect hourly workers who miss work because of the coronavirus. And an unusual joint statement by America's financial regulators urged lenders to "work constructively with borrowers and other customers in affected communities." The Fed also suggested giving banks leeway if they bend the rules to help affected customers. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said, "This is not like the financial crisis where there is no end in sight."
The administration invited Wall Street executives to the White House on Wednesday, with attendees expected to include representatives from major banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. (JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon, who's recovering from heart surgery, will send a top lieutenant, Gordon Smith.)
The moves appeared to revive the markets. S&P futures are up this morning, as is the price of crude oil — the catalyst to yesterday's sell-off. In a note to clients this morning, Paul Donovan, the chief economist at UBS Wealth Management, attributed the bounce to investors feeling "presumably relieved the administration is noticing the problem." And observers were at least pleased that stock market protections like trading circuit breakers worked as designed.
There's still plenty of reason for caution. Democratic lawmakers appeared cool to some of Mr. Trump's ideas, like targeted tax cuts for certain industries, and have enormous negotiating leverage over spending matters. There are also questions about whether the E.U. — traditionally criticized for acting slowly in crises — can get its act together quickly enough. And the fight between Saudi Arabia and Russia over oil production, which helped set off yesterday's plunge in oil prices, continued this morning as the Saudis prepared to flood the market.
Other ways the coronavirus is hitting business: An employee at Steve Cohen's Point72 hedge fund has tested positive, as have a London-based employee of KKR and a Deutsche Bank worker in Frankfurt. The S.E.C. told employees to work remotely after an employee showed symptoms of infection. And the NYT is keeping track of conferences, festivals and other cultural events that have been postponed or canceled.
• "Now that the virus has a foothold in so many countries, the threat of a pandemic has become very real."— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization's director-general
• "Good for the consumer, gasoline prices coming down!" — President Trump, on Twitter
• "Low gasoline prices don't do much for you if schools are closed, you cancel your trip or you're working from home because of the virus." — Daniel Yergin, an energy historian and vice chairman of IHS
• "People you trust, people you probably voted for, have spent weeks minimizing what is clearly a very serious problem." — Tucker Carlson, the Fox News host, on air yesterday
• "If you're asking for when the financial markets see peak virus, I think it'll be about a month from now." — Kyle Bass of Hayman Capital Management
• "We're going to lose a chunk of activity, and then we'll grow out of it. That's the good news. But are we going to boom out of it or crawl out of it? Crawling is looking more likely." — Julia Coronado, the president of MacroPolicy Perspectives
• "It's temporary, but it's a tornado-like headwind, so it's going to be powerful for a period of time." — Rick Rieder, the chief investment officer for global fixed income at BlackRock
• "There are no winners here. Only degrees of losing." — Charles O'Shea, the lead retail analyst at Moody's
• "We've seen aggressive shopping across the country in our stores." — Brian Cornell, the C.E.O. of Target. Over the weekend, Target started limiting the quantity of hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes that customers can buy.
• "It has a very nice floral bouquet … I detect lilac, hydrangea, tulips." — Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York, at the unveiling of NYS Clean, a hand sanitizer produced by inmates at the Great Meadow maximum security prison north of Albany.
Yesterday, in photos
Here's what the public thinks was happening in the markets yesterday: an anguished trader — in this case, Peter Tuchman, perhaps the New York Stock Exchange's most-photographed responder to bad news — battling volatile stocks.
Monday was the 11th anniversary of the start of the current bull market, and to celebrate, U.S. stocks came very close to slipping into bear territory (defined as a 20 percent fall from the latest peak). Before today's open, the S&P 500 was down 19 percent from its mid-February peak. If stocks manage to rise from here, the bull market lives on — 4,048 days and counting.
Brutal volatility in the stock market has pushed up the VIX index, commonly called the market's "fear gauge." Yesterday's stomach-churning session also led some market watchers to search for creative ways to describe the chaos, via the medium of animated GIFs.
Seeking a safe place to park their money, investors have piled into U.S. government bonds. At one point yesterday, the 30-year Treasury yield fell so much that the entire curve at one point traded below 1 percent, less than the Fed's overnight benchmark rate. It's a sign of extreme stress and a signal that markets think significant rate cuts are on the cards.
People are worried about leveraged loans, which lenders extend to highly indebted companies. If borrowers in this $1.2 trillion market get into cash-flow problems because of lost activity due to the coronavirus, it could set off a cascade of defaults and put bank balance sheets under pressure.
"You knew it would be bad, but this is something," analysts at S&P said about the recent drop in its index tracking the leveraged loan market.
But it's not all bad. Traditional havens like gold, the Japanese yen and Swiss franc — and, as noted, U.S. government bonds — have held up during the coronavirus turmoil.
And for what it's worth, bitcoin is up around 10 percent for the year, even though it has fallen sharply in recent weeks.
By following some basic steps, you can help reduce your risk of infection and do your part to protect others. Read about how to prepare in our guide. And if you feel sick or have questions about symptoms, we try to answer the most common queries.
For the latest news on the spread of the virus, visit our live briefing and frequently updated global and U.S. maps. We are also tracking the developments in global markets throughout the day.
• Twitter struck an agreement with the activist investor Elliott Management and the private equity firm Silver Lake that will keep Jack Dorsey as C.E.O., for now. (NYT)
• The insurance brokerage Aon agreed to buy a rival, Willis Towers Watson, for $30 billion in stock. (WSJ)
• Betsy Duke, Wells Fargo's chairwoman, resigned amid pressure from lawmakers. (NYT)
• The stock-trading app Robinhood went down yesterday. Again. (Bloomberg)
• "Is Zero Hedge a Russian Trojan Horse?" (New Republic)
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"Agreement in principle" announced by education authorities that could put children in US city back in school by Monday.
The Chicago Teachers Union and the nation's third largest school system have reached an "agreement in principle" to end a five-day strike over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's demand for education reforms, officials say.
The tentative deal, announced on Friday, raises hopes that teachers would be back in class soon.
"CPS (Chicago Public Schools) and CTU (Chicago Teachers Union) have come to an agreement in principle," the school district said on Twitter.
More than 350,000 Chicago students marked a week off classes on Friday after about 29,000 Chicago public school teachers and support staff went on strike over the education reforms.
The teachers walked out last Monday in the first Chicago Teachers Union strike since 1987. It was the largest strike in the US in a year.
Talks are set to continue through the weekend to put the framework deal into legal terms so that teachers union delegates could decide on Sunday whether or not to suspend the strikes, negotiators said.
They added that the agreement in principle addressed all issues.
Details of the tentative agreement were not immediately released, but it seemed that Emanuel had retreated on his teacher evaluation demands, agreeing to reduce the importance of standardised tests.
Chicago teachers have argued that tying teacher evaluations to students' performance on standardised tests in areas such as reading and math forces them to teach to the test and narrows the curriculum.
They also said they should not be evaluated on factors outside their control such as poverty and crime, which plague many of their students.
The deal is expected to be costly for Emanuel and the school district, which is facing a financial crisis and $665m budget deficit this year.


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Home » Sport » USWNT star Rose Lavelle meets young fan also named Rose Lavelle
USWNT star Rose Lavelle meets young fan also named Rose Lavelle
07/21/2019 Sport
By now, Rose Lavelle is a household name. She blossomed into stardom during the U.S. Women's National Team's run to gold at the 2019 World Cup and scored in the final against the Netherlands.
She's just not the only one out there named Rose Lavelle, apparently.
While signing autographs and meeting with fans following the NWSL Washington Spirit's game Saturday against the Houston Dash (Lavelle didn't play), a young fan introduced herself to Lavelle — as Rose Lavelle.
"What is your name?" the incredulous, older Rose Lavelle asked in a video posted on NBC Sports Washington reporter Brian McNally's Twitter account.
When the youngster responds with "Rose Lavelle" (the exact spelling of her name isn't confirmed) the two shared a high-five and Rose Lavelle, the elder, signed a No. 10 Lavelle jersey.
Watch Rose Lavelle meet…Rose Lavelle. This made me melt. @WashSpirit @USWNT @roselavelle pic.twitter.com/xl8uoKEftS
"We thought we were giving her a super unique name," a man can be heard saying off camera.
After exchanging middle names (older Lavelle is Rose Kathleen, younger Lavelle is Rose Julia), the Rose Lavelle duo took a photo and went their separate ways.
"That's so cute," the more famous Rose Lavelle said. "I'll see you later Rose."
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My moon pictures are nowhere near as good as some you see on this photography link, but I was quite proud of the ones I took the other day.
So I thought I would share them. Bare in mind, I don't have a DSLR, just a Samsung WB100.
I have edited these, slightly. The top one I simply cropped, I was super chuffed to get that clear an image, with my camera. The second one is cropped, with the exposure turned down a little, so you can see the clouds better.
I am praying that I get the money for a DSLR, one day. I'll be looking for advice from bloggers if that happens!
This is such an amazing night and moon photography. It has its own beauty. The sky looks really cool.
Moon is the symbol of love and beauty of night. It looks so much beatiful. You have done such amazing photography.
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Have You Ever Driven a Chevrolet Corvette?
Tabitha Romero July 31, 2022 2 min read
The Corvette is a sporty luxury car, and its high-revving V8 engine will make you sweat. The first time you drive a Corvette is likely to be an exhilarating experience. This car was created with the driver in mind, and the best way to experience this is to take a test drive. You will be glad you did. The Chevy Corvette is a sports car that offers great performance for its money. This car also offers a wide range of comfort features and will appeal to a wide audience.
The interior of a Corvette is very luxurious, with available premium leather seats and an optional head-up display. The driver can keep their key fob in their pocket and start the car with the push of a button. However, some owners have reported being locked out of their car after leaving their fob in the trunk. This happens because the proximity key automatically locks the car when it is too far from the ignition switch, but the driver can disable the passive locking system by holding the unlock button for four seconds. The interior also features a cup holder and a lighted glove compartment. The interior is a place where the driver can relax and enjoy a cup of coffee.
The Corvette is a classic among sports cars. A Corvette is also highly practical. It has more luggage space than a standard full-sized sedan. Its convertible version can comfortably accommodate two large bags of gold clubs, and it has an in-built cup holder and a lighted lockable glove compartment.
The Corvette was first produced in 1953 and was introduced to the public in 1963. The Corvette was introduced in Detroit, St. Louis, and Bowling Green, Kentucky. The first production cars came in a variety of colors, including Pennant Blue, Sportsman Red, and Black, which helped the car to catch on with customers.
The Corvette has been awarded many awards from organizations and automobile publications. Sports Car International ranked the Corvette as the fifth-best sports car of the 1960s, while Car and Driver's readers voted it the best all-around car nine times in the reader's choice poll. It has been selected for the annual Ten Best list sixteen times, with the C4 and C5 making it into the list from 1985 to 1989. Since 2000, the C6 has been listed in the Ten Best list, and the C7 was included for the first time in 2014.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using SharpDX;

namespace Ch09_03DualParaboloidMapping
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Vertex input structure: Position, Normal and Color
    /// </summary>
    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 1)]
    public struct Vertex
    {
        public Vector3 Position;
        public Vector3 Normal;
        public Color Color;
        public Vector2 UV;
        public Common.Mesh.SkinningVertex Skin;

        /// <summary>
        /// Create vertex with position (normal will be based on position and color will be white)
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="position">Vertex position</param>
        public Vertex(Vector3 position)
            : this(position, Color.White)
        { }

        /// <summary>
        /// Create vertex with position and color (normal will be based on position)
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="position">Vertex position</param>
        /// <param name="color">Vertex color</param>
        public Vertex(Vector3 position, Color color)
            : this(position, Vector3.Normalize(position), color)
        { }

        /// <summary>
        /// Create vertex with position from individual components (normal will be calculated and color will be white)
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pX">X</param>
        /// <param name="pY">Y</param>
        /// <param name="pZ">Z</param>
        public Vertex(float pX, float pY, float pZ)
            : this(new Vector3(pX, pY, pZ))
        { }

        /// <summary>
        /// Create vertex with position and color from individual components (normal will be calculated)
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pX">X</param>
        /// <param name="pY">Y</param>
        /// <param name="pZ">Z</param>
        /// <param name="color">color</param>
        public Vertex(float pX, float pY, float pZ, Color color)
            : this(new Vector3(pX, pY, pZ), color)
        { }

        /// <summary>
        /// Create vertex with position, normal and color from individual components
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pX"></param>
        /// <param name="pY"></param>
        /// <param name="pZ"></param>
        /// <param name="nX"></param>
        /// <param name="nY"></param>
        /// <param name="nZ"></param>
        /// <param name="color"></param>
        public Vertex(float pX, float pY, float pZ, float nX, float nY, float nZ, Color color)
            : this(new Vector3(pX, pY, pZ), new Vector3(nX, nY, nZ), color)
        { }

        /// <summary>
        /// Create vertex with position from individual components and normal and color
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pX"></param>
        /// <param name="pY"></param>
        /// <param name="pZ"></param>
        /// <param name="normal"></param>
        /// <param name="color"></param>
        public Vertex(float pX, float pY, float pZ, Vector3 normal, SharpDX.Color color)
            : this(new Vector3(pX, pY, pZ), normal, color)
        { }

        /// <summary>
        /// Create vertex with position, normal and color - UV and Skin will be 0
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="position"></param>
        /// <param name="normal"></param>
        /// <param name="color"></param>
        public Vertex(Vector3 position, Vector3 normal, Color color)
            : this(position, normal, color, Vector2.Zero, new Common.Mesh.SkinningVertex())
        { }

        /// <summary>
        /// Create vertex with position, normal, color and uv coordinates
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="position"></param>
        /// <param name="normal"></param>
        /// <param name="color"></param>
        /// <param name="uv"></param>
        public Vertex(Vector3 position, Vector3 normal, Color color, Vector2 uv)
            : this(position, normal, color, uv, new Common.Mesh.SkinningVertex())
        { }

        /// <summary>
        /// Create vertex with position, normal, color, uv coordinates, and skinning
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="position"></param>
        /// <param name="normal"></param>
        /// <param name="color"></param>
        public Vertex(Vector3 position, Vector3 normal, Color color, Vector2 uv, Common.Mesh.SkinningVertex skin)
        {
            Position = position;
            Normal = normal;
            Color = color;
            UV = uv;
            Skin = skin;
        }
    }
}