A provacative post I see...based on a speech writer perspective. No matter how well meaning the Kyle speech writer meant to be but of course W would have issues defining the movement because until 1980 GWB was helping his father who was definately not part of the movement.
As a general comment, I am getting tired of the "kiss and tell" political book from staffers or appointees. Are there egos really that large that anyone will care about what they have to say for their one or two years serving at the pleasure of the president.
On another note Rick GWB bottom 10 of presidents I do not think so. I think corruption charges and spending money is a pretty thin criteria.
Why do politicians insist of making themselves part of history or generally trying to grand stand on historical commemorations esp post Reagan. I think people miss the point of his great speeches. The point being sincerity and genuine emotion from the speech come from the shared experience of the speaker and the audience not the profundities of speech writers and soaring rhetoric of politicians. Reagan made training films during the war but he could have been one of the boys at Omaha or Iwo Jima or Okinawa.
As far as appearing in Dresden well I suppose the point of Allied bombing must be addressed since the President's audience will have victims' family members in attendance. I look forward to his address esp reading the transcript. I do not like watching the speech on television. The cheering and demonstrations are distraction.
We are very helpful in our ability to answer the following question: "The Republicans lost the last two elections for the following___reason/reasons______________ ."
Of course there are other questions to ask such as "Why is the Republican leadership inept blah blah?
However I have news for all of you and the message has not leaked into all of your heads yet. The DEMOCRATS are in charge of everything so if all goes well the get full credit, if things go to pot then God help them because the American people will take care of the problem.
Republicans should to follow the lead of all great minority parties be patient and develop ideas and our turn will come.
This is a situation that comes as a result of elections ie elections have consequences. Is Judge Sotomayor a judicial disaster and mediocrity, yes. But then again she is merely replacing another mediocrity and disaster namely Justice Souter.
The larger point that is being lost by the right is that we have to endure the next two to four years with litte ability to influence events because of the results of the 2006 and 2008 elections. We need to accept the situation as is and wait for the day when events will require us to rise to the occasion and push forward our adgenda. I am confident that the day is coming but I want to make sure that we can minimize the damage quite frankly who cares about a mediocre justice who is replacing a mediocre justice.
We need to save our ammunition for the large battles to come namely healthcare and cap and trade. I think if the President's agenda is implemented legislatively on either or both of those issues than quite frankly the situation may not be correctable.
I must admit you cause me to think sometimes. Having said that, the fact is history is dynamic. Issues that were on the cutting edge of debate in 1964 are somewhat reduced in stature ie the Cold War and marginal tax rates. While other issues in 2009 were not on the radar screen in 1964 such as global warming and for that matter the environmental movement and the civil rights movement upto 1970s.
So of course thinking changes because issues change and lets face it our friends on the left are offering new challenges to conservatism and we must rise to defeat them.
Frankly you are part of the challenge. The right needs to answer the question what do we want society to look like today given the fact that issues change and what policies do we want to implement.
There is still plenty of things that existed in 1964 that still exist in 2009 that need fixing such as enttitlements and the miserable failure that is the welfare state no matter how many Republican presidents we have.
WHY DO CONSERVATIVES SEE RED WHEN OBAMA TALKS GREEN?
I must admit my first reaction to your headline was deep concern that somehow your wisdom had been hijacked but I now see that your concern's do have some legitmacy.
However your comments about the over riding regulations from the EPA from the late 70s is still true today if not more so. I am sorry but the easy environmentalism has been done and Lake Erie will not catch on fire and you can probably eat the fish.
However the environmentalists in the name of preventing global warming have moved on to bigger fish if you will pardon the pun. I live in CA which is rapidly joining the Kool Aid crowd on global including my worthless "Republican" governor who I wish was Gray Davis so that at least the idiocy was expected. These people want to control our lives manage where we live and what we drive and I am sorry if my libertarian bent thinks that these people watermelons or "Green on othe outside and RED on the inside"


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Q: Why are the generations in my Game of Life (using Processing) out of order? import processing.core.PApplet;
import static java.lang.System.out;

public class GoL2 extends PApplet {

int rectSideLength = 25; // rectSideLength = length of each side of the rectangles drawn that represent cells
int generation = 0;
int windowWidth = 1920;
int windowHeight = 950;

int[][] currentGeneration = new int[windowWidth][windowHeight]; // currentGeneration = 2D array to gold cell values of current generation
int[][] nextGeneration = new int[windowWidth][windowHeight]; // nextGeneration = 2D array to hold cell values of next generation

int sumOfNeighbors;
int temporarySumOfNeighbors;
int counter;

public static void main(String[] args) {
    PApplet.main("GoL2");

}

public void settings() {
    size(windowWidth, windowHeight);

}

int numRectWidth = width / rectSideLength; // numRectWidth = the number of rectangles wide that will fit in the x axis of window
int numRectHeight = height / rectSideLength; // numRectHeight = the number of rectangles that will fit in the y axis of window
                                                // The previous statements are here because they need the size of the frame to
                                                // be set in order to accurately set the variables, lest they end up equal to 100

/* public void setup() {
 *  background(255);
 *  frameRate(1);
 *  for (int y = 0; y < windowHeight; y++) { // For each row,
 *      for (int x = 0; x < windowWidth; x++) { // For each element in the current row,
 *          currentGeneration[x][y] = (int) random(0, 2); // Set element (cell) equal to either 0 or 1 (on or off)
 *      }
 *  }
 * } */

public void setup() {
    background(255);
    frameRate(1);
    for (int y = 0; y < windowHeight; y++) { // For each row,
        for (int x = 0; x < windowWidth; x++) { // For each element in the current row,
            currentGeneration[x][y] = 0; // Set element (cell) equal to either 0 or 1 (on or off)
        }
    }
    currentGeneration[25][25] = 1;
    currentGeneration[25][26] = 1;
    currentGeneration[25][27] = 1;
    currentGeneration[26][27] = 1;
    currentGeneration[27][26] = 1;

}

public void draw() {
    numRectWidth = width / rectSideLength;
    numRectHeight = height / rectSideLength;

    displayCurrentGeneration();
    try {
        Thread.sleep(2);
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    fill(255, 20, 147);
    textSize(30);
    text(generation, 20, 30);

    textSize(10);
    text("25,25", 625, 645);
    text("24,27", 600, 695);
    text(generation, 580, 695);
    generation++;
    generateNextGeneration();

}

public void displayCurrentGeneration() {
    background(255);
    for (int y = 0; y < 950; y++) { // For each row,
        for (int x = 0; x < 1920; x++) { // For each element in the current row,
            if (currentGeneration[x][y] == 0) { // If element equals zero, make rectangle white
                fill(255);
                stroke(0);
            } else if (currentGeneration[x][y] == 1) { // If element equals one, make rectangle black
                fill(0);
                stroke(255);
            } else {
                out.println("Inappropriate value for currentGeneration[" + x + "][" + y + "]. Value: "
                        + currentGeneration[x][y] + ", generation: " + generation);
            }
            rect(x * rectSideLength, y * rectSideLength, rectSideLength, rectSideLength); // Display rectangle (cell)
        }
    }

    // out.println("Generation " + generation);

}

public void generateNextGeneration() {
    out.println("Generating gen " + generation);
    for (int y = 1; y < numRectHeight - 1; y++) { // For each row,
        for (int x = 1; x < numRectWidth - 1; x++) { // For each element in the current row,
            sumOfNeighbors = 0;
            sumOfNeighbors = getSumOfNeighbors(x, y);
            if (sumOfNeighbors != 2 && sumOfNeighbors != 3) { // Death
                nextGeneration[x][y] = 0;
            } else if (sumOfNeighbors == 3 && currentGeneration[x][y] == 0) { // Birth
                nextGeneration[x][y] = 1;
            } else if ((sumOfNeighbors == 2 || sumOfNeighbors == 3) && currentGeneration[x][y] == 1) { // Stasis
                nextGeneration[x][y] = 1;
            }
        }
    }
    currentGeneration = nextGeneration.clone();
}

public int getSumOfNeighbors(int xAxis, int yAxis) {
    temporarySumOfNeighbors = 0;

    for (int i = -1; i < 2; i++) {
        for (int j = -1; j < 2; j++) {
            if (xAxis == 24 && yAxis == 27 && j != 0 && i != 0) {
                out.println("X" + j + ", Y" + i + ":: " + currentGeneration[xAxis + j][yAxis + i]);
            } else if (xAxis == 24 && yAxis == 27 && j == 0 && i != 0) {
                out.println("X" + ", Y" + i + ":: " + currentGeneration[xAxis + j][yAxis + i]);
            } else if (xAxis == 24 && yAxis == 27 && j != 0 && i == 0) {
                out.println("X" + j + ", Y" + ":: " + currentGeneration[xAxis + j][yAxis + i]);
            } else if (xAxis == 24 && yAxis == 27 && j == 0 && i == 0) {
                out.println("X" + ", Y" + ":: " + currentGeneration[xAxis + j][yAxis + i]);
            }
            temporarySumOfNeighbors += currentGeneration[xAxis + j][yAxis + i];
        }
    }
    temporarySumOfNeighbors -= currentGeneration[xAxis][yAxis];
    if (temporarySumOfNeighbors > 8) {
        out.println("temporarySumOfNeighbors > 8: " + temporarySumOfNeighbors);
    }
    if (xAxis == 24 && yAxis == 27) {
        out.println("Generation: " + generation + "- " + xAxis + ", " + yAxis + ": " + temporarySumOfNeighbors);
    }

    return temporarySumOfNeighbors;

 }

}

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I am a beginner attempting to code the Game of Life, and I am unsure how to find the source of my issues. I set the game to just start with a simple glider in setup, and believe I may have found the effects of the issue.
I put markers on the cells to help track them. If you watch cell (24,27) you will see at least an example of the issue. In the console, I print out the neighborhood of that cell throughout the run of the program. It appears to somehow detect the neighborhood that (24,27) will have in generation 2 in generation 1, and vice versa (assuming that the first generation is generation 0). I am unsure how to explain it, but if you examine the console output and look at the neighborhoods, you see that it detects generation 2's neighborhood in generation 1 and vice versa. That's why when (24,27) has 3 neighbors in generation 1, it only comes to life in generation 3 while in generation 2, it only has 2 neighbors.
Please let me know if you have any questions, I find it difficult to explain my problem.
The issue is explained more here: http://imgur.com/gallery/iRc07/new
Thank you

A: This is the main source of your problem:
currentGeneration = nextGeneration.clone();

You might think that line will copy everything from nextGeneration into currentGeneration, and it does... but not in the way you're thinking it does.
The nextGeneration variable is a 2D array. In other words, it's an array of arrays. In other other words, the values contained by nextGeneration are arrays.
When you call the clone() function of an array, it copies the values of the old array into a new array. There's your problem: your values are arrays. So it's copying the arrays, not the values inside those second arrays.
Because of that, both nextGeneration and currentGeneration are pointing to the same arrays. So now when you calculate the next generation, you're changing the arrays of the current generation. This doesn't work, since the Game of Life calculation requires two separate arrays.
In other words, you're making a shallow copy of the arrays.
This might be easier to explain with a simpler program:
public class Test {
    public static void main(String... args){

        //create an array
        int[][] array = {{1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6}};

        //clone the array
        int[][] arrayTwo = array.clone();

        //change the original array
        array[0][0] = 99;

        //second array has also changed!
        System.out.println(arrayTwo[0][0]);
    }
}

Long story short: You should almost never use the clone() function.
You could fix your problem by making a deep copy of the array. There are libraries that handle this for you, or you could use serialization, or just write your own nested for loop.
But an even simpler (and I would argue more correct) solution would be: stop using class-level variables when you don't need them.
The clone() problem wouldn't be a problem, except you're using nextGeneration as a class-level variable. This means that it retains its value between calls to generateNextGeneration(). And since that value is pointing to the arrays inside currentGeneration, that's causing all of the problems.
You already handle this issue with your other variables: notice how you're resetting the sumOfNeighbors and temporarySumOfNeighbors before you use them. You could do the same thing with the nextGeneration variable.
But I would go a step further and get rid of all three of those class-level variables. Move their declarations to inside the functions that use them, that way you don't have to worry about them maintaining their values between function calls.
Two more notes while I'm at it:
You shouldn't really call Thread.sleep() from the draw() function (or any event function). Just set the frame rate and let Processing handle the timing for you.
You're using a ton of cells that you aren't drawing. Your array is 1920x950, but you're only drawing a small percentage of those cells. That's wasting a ton of CPU time on cells you never show. Like I said in your other question, you need to be more careful about distinguishing between pixel coordinates and array coordinates.
Anyway, this was a good question. I think you're getting closer. You just need to get rid of those extra cells and you'll be in pretty good shape. Good luck.
PS: I'm going to add a processing tag to your question. If you have any questions in the future, it's probably a good idea to make sure to include this tag. Otherwise I won't see it. :p

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John Henry Taylor was born on 23 November 1862 in Southampton, Hampshire, England. He was later baptised on 11 January 1863 in St James' Church, Southampton.
He was the son of John Hack (b. 1837 in Southampton), a labourer, and Elizabeth Taylor (b 1840 in Portsmouth (1)). His parents were unmarried at the time of his birth and wouldn't be so until 9 January 1863.
John had ten known siblings: Mary Jane (b. 1859), Sarah (b. 1861), Amelia (b. 1865), Albert (b. 1867), Louisa Elizabeth (b. 1870), William (b. 1872), Alice Maud (b. 1874), twins Thomas and Stephen James (b. 1877) and Phillis (b. 1881).
John first appears on the 1871 census living at 1 Nelson Court, St Bell Street (?), All Saints, Southampton. The family would be listed at 4 Berry Court , Southampton on the following 1881 census, his father now described as a coal porter. John was absent and listed elsewhere at Fort Rowner, Alverstoke, Hampshire and he was described as a gunner militia man.
John's mother passed away around 1886. The 1891 census shows his widowed father and siblings living at 27 Kerry Street, St Mary, Southampton but John is again absent. Also present at this address was a lodger named Frances Griffin, whose sister Dora would later become John's wife.
John was married in Southampton in late 1899 to Dora Miriam Judd (b. 1870 in Seetapur, India).
Dora was born as Dora Miriam Griffin in Seetapur, India to English parents. She was first married in England to William Walter Priestly (b. 1869) and had two sons, Charles William (b. 1888) and Walter Samuel (b. 1894). The family returned to India but she was widowed in 1893 whilst carrying her second child. She was remarried the following year to Englishman John Judd and the couple had a further two children, John Victor (b. 1895) and Dora Elizabeth Esther (b. 1896). She was widowed again in 1898 and she returned with her children to England where she was remarried to John Taylor. The couple are not believed to have had any children of their own.
There is no sign of John and Dora and her children on the 1901 census. However, by the time of the 1911 census the marriage between John and Dora had broken down and Dora was listed as living at 2 Waterhouse Court, Evans Street, Southampton with her daughter and a man named Walter Stevens (b. 1870 in London, a general labourer). She claimed to have been married to Walter for three years although there is no record for this marriage (she would still be listed as Dora Taylor when she died).
When John signed on to the Titanic, in Southampton on 6 April 1912, he gave his age as 42 and his address as 23 Queens Street, (Southampton), the home of his sister Sarah Barber and her family. His previous ship had been the Olympic. As a fireman he could expect to earn monthly wages of £6.
John Taylor was lost in the sinking. His body, if recovered, was never identified. The following death notice appeared in an unidentified newspaper:
TAYLOR--In loving memory of our dear brother, John Taylor, aged 50, who lost his life on the Titanic on April 15th. "In the midst of life we are in death." "Thy will be done." From his loving sister and brother, 213, Queens-street, Southampton.
John's widow Dora never officially remarried to Walter Stevens. She remained in Southampton and died there in 1949 aged 79.
Birthplace given as Southampton on 1871 census.
He and his sisters Mary Jane and Sarah bore the name Taylor but would be listed on early census reports under the name Hack.
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Name: Mr John Henry Taylor
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Born: Sunday 23rd November 1862 in Southampton, Hampshire, England
Age: 49 years 4 months and 22 days (Male)
Nationality: English
Marital Status: Married to Dora Miriam Judd
Last Residence: at 23 Queens Street Southampton, Hampshire, England
Occupation: Fireman
Last Ship: Olympic
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First Embarked: Southampton on Saturday 6th April 1912
Died in the Titanic disaster (15th April 1912).
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Every thing from the above was said to me on a date a couple of weeks ago. Finally after the last one I had to say, what is wrong with you. Seriously!!!
He followed this up with his top three which included "I'm confident but not arrogant." Hands down the most arrogant sentence known to man.
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The importance of learning from incidents is widely recognised – and sits at the heart of TT Club's loss prevention activity – but increased attention should be given to understanding and acting on 'near miss' events. Studies have evidenced a correlation from multiple near misses, through damages to 'stuff', to minor injuries and finally major injuries or fatalities. This reasoning supports attention to such leading indicators in order to preclude major incidents that are both distressing and disruptive.
This is an aspect where reviewing what is commonly available in the air industry – the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) – could be of value. Indeed, the US Coast Guard is reportedly considering revisiting such a confidential near miss reporting system, which relies on those directly involved to submit reports. However, is the surface transport system ready for this culture?
Part of the issue is inevitably behavioural. The Institute of Business Ethics (IBE) has carried out surveys of employee views of ethics at work, both in the UK and Europe. The most recent published report in 2018 noted that 24% of UK employees had been aware of misconduct at work, of which 35% were recorded as safety violations. However, 33% of the respondents decided not to speak up. The reasons given for not raising their concerns were concerns that it might jeopardise the individual's job, the belief that no corrective action would be taken or attitudes of indifference ("it's none of my business"). This analysis is supported by a survey of 1,000 callers to the UK Public Concern at Work whistleblowing advice line, 60% of whom did not report any response from management (negative or positive) after having raised their concerns.
Research into the reasons workers do not speak up about unsafe conditions and work practices has been summarised into nine key reasons why workers don't report near misses.This makes interesting and challenging reading, which goes beyond the pure behavioural aspects.
It would seem that there are two key issues in implementing effective near miss reporting, from which organisations and broader industry may learn: confidentiality and validation. The strength of ASRS is attributed to its voluntary and non-punitive nature. Inevitably, those who report seek some level of anonymity for the reasons mentioned above, but protections generally given to 'whistle-blowers' can be quite narrow. Those afforded in the US ASRS scheme prevent access by enforcement agencies in the absence of an actual incident or criminal activity. Thus, in reality, the core issue may be less about anonymity than confidentiality – and this also supports the second requirement of validation.
Of course, there are established industry reporting methods in the maritime mode, such as the Nautical Institute's Mariners' Alerting and Reporting Scheme (MARS) and CHIRP Maritime (see also a related previous TT Talk article). Both these systems seek to investigate the reported unsafe condition or practice as an independent third party and subsequently provide anonymised reports to industry stakeholders. Similarly, insurers (including TT Club) publish guidance and alerts that arise from experience. Further, there are some national near miss reporting schemes, as well as requirements sometimes embedded in regulations – such as the International Safety Management (ISM) Code.
Apart from the need to overcome or enhance individual and corporate cultures, it is also important to ensure that it is possible to learn from the 'mistake', meaning that there has to be causal analysis, leading to corrective actions and preventative measures. And apart from such responsiveness, the industry faces the legal and commercial challenges of sharing more broadly.
Developing a robust culture, engaging with broad stakeholders (including enforcement agencies), in which near misses are viewed as learning experiences rather than a cause for punitive action, will serve the current and future industry well. Promoting a 'positive error management climate', dealing with these as leading indicators, could protect lives, assets and the environment, and materially improve overall performance.


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What is an NRI Account?
An NRI Account refers to the accounts opened by an NRI or a Person of Indian Origin (PIO) or Overseas Citizen of India (OCI), with a bank or FI authorized by the Reserve Bank of India, to provide various banking services to NRIs. The full form of an NRI Account is a Non-Resident Indian Account opened with banks or other financial institutions.
NRIs may open NRI Accounts to deposit their income which may originate either from India or from any other country. The income source may be their employer or from an investment.
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An individual of Pakistan or Bangladesh nationality residing in India can open only one NRI account with an authorized dealer bank if he fulfills the following conditions:
He belongs to minority communities in these countries (viz. Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, and Parsis), and
He has been permitted a long-term visa or awaits the result of an application for a long-term visa.
Types of NRI Accounts
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Non- Resident Ordinary (NRO) Account
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Here are some important features related to the NRO account:
Even though deposits can be in INR or any other foreign currency, the withdrawals can only be in Indian rupees in an NRO account.
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Interest earned on the income in an NRO account is liable for taxation.
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Here are some key features related to NRE Account:
The account shall be denominated in Indian Rupees.
An NRE account can be in the form of a Current account, Savings account, Recurring Deposit account, or Fixed Deposit account.
An NRE account can be operated jointly but only with another NRI.
Deposits in an NRE account can be made of earnings from a foreign country only and not of earnings made in India.
Withdrawals can be made in the currency in which the NRI resides in and therefore there is a possibility of amount fluctuation.
Funds from one NRE account can be transferred to another NRE or NRO account easily.
Income from the NRE account is tax-free as the principal and interest amounts are exempted from taxation.
Investments in India can be made with the help of the NRE (Non-Resident External) account.
Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Banks) Account
Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Banks) Account or FCNR-B comprises bank deposits made by NRIs, PIOs, and OCIs. These deposits may be denominated in any one of the foreign currencies prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India.
Here are some key points related to an FCNR (Foreign Currency Non-Resident) account:
The currencies in which FCNR-B deposits may be held in an Account are – US Dollars (USD), Great Britain Pound Sterling (GBP), Euro (EUR), Singapore Dollar (SGD), Hong Kong Dollar (HKD), Canadian Dollar (CAD), Australian Dollar (AUD), Swiss Franc (CHF) and Japanese Yen (JPY).
Money can be deposited in an FCNR account in any currency approved by RBI.
FCNR accounts are considered to be term deposit accounts and not savings accounts.
Interest rates vary from the tenure of deposit and currency deposited in the FCNR account.
The rate of interest is fixed in an FCNR account and does not fluctuate throughout the deposit tenure.
In case of change in residential status, an account can be held till maturity but the interest rate may fluctuate as per bank guidelines.
An FCNR account can be operated jointly either with a close Indian resident or an NRI.
FCNR Account tenure ranges from 1 year to 5 years.
Income from the FCNR account is tax-free as the principal and interest amounts are exempted from taxation.
The rate of interest does not fluctuate in an FCNR (Foreign Currency Non-Resident) account because of the deposits and withdrawals made in foreign currencies.
Difference between various NRI Accounts
The key differences amongst the three types of NRI Accounts are as follows:
Particulars NRE Account NRO Account FCNR-B Account
Purpose of account Opened with income earned in the individual's country of employment/ residence and shall be denominated in Indian Rupee (INR) Opened with income earned from within India from assets or investments, e.g., rent, dividend, interest, etc. and shall be denominated in INR Opened with income earned in the individual's country of employment/ residence and shall be denominated in any of the foreign currencies stipulated by RBI
Types of accounts Savings, Current, Recurring, Fixed Deposit Savings, Current, Recurring, Fixed Deposit Term deposit accounts with a minimum tenure of 1 year
Currency denomination INR INR USD, AUD, CAD, HKD, EUR, SGD,GBP, JPY, CHF,
Joint holding facility It may be held along with another NRI It may be held along with an Indian resident or another NRI It may be held along with another NRI
Tenure of fixed deposits From 1 to 3 years. However, banks are allowed to accept NRE deposits above 3 years for Asset-Liability Management purposes As applicable to resident accounts 1 to 5 years
Repatriation Facility The balance can be entirely repatriated Interest income can be fully repatriated.
The principal amount can only be repatriated to the extent of USD 1 million in a single financial year. The entire balance can be repatriated
Exchange rate movements Impacted by movement in existing exchange rates No impact of the movement in existing exchange rates Impacted by movement in existing exchange rates
Taxability Interest income is exempted from tax Interest income is taxable Interest income is exempted from tax
How to Open an NRI Account?
Opening an NRI Account is a relatively simple process with minimal hassles. The following individuals are eligible to open NRI Account:
Step 1: Individuals on official deputation abroad by the Government of India or any Public Sector Undertaking.
Step 2: Indian citizens residing abroad for business, studies, and employment.
Step 3: Individuals who held an Indian passport, any time
Step 4: Individuals whose grandparents or parents were Citizens of India as per the India Citizen Act, 1955
Step 5: NRIs, PIOs, OCIs, and their spouses
To open an NRI account, one may visit the nearest branch of an authorized bank when in India. Alternatively, one may provide contact details to the authorized bank to assist with account opening. Some banks also provide facility to open NRI account online. In such cases, the individual may apply for the NRI account online through the bank's website by filling the account opening form online and uploading the scanned copy of the required documents. The details of some of the best banks for NRI accounts in India are provided later on this page.
The Documents required for Opening an NRI Account
Copy of valid passport includes pages with basic details such as name, address, date of birth, photograph, and signature, and details such as date of issue, place of issue, expiry date, and observation page if any.
Any document confirming the Indian or overseas address.
NRI status proof by way of valid Employment Permit / Residence Visa/ Student Visa.
Copy of PAN card or Form 60
Proof of Overseas and Indian Address.
Recent passport size colored photograph.
Payment cheque or DD from the individual's bank account equivalent to the amount required to maintain the Average Monthly Balance in the account.
If the individual is unable to visit the branch for account opening, he can go to the Indian Embassy in the country of residence or Notary or by a Banker and get the documents and their photocopies attested.
Advantages and Core Benefits of Opening NRI Account
Here is a rundown of the key advantages and core benefits offered if an individual opens an NRI account:
Enables Inward Remittances
One of the primary benefits of the NRI account is that NRIs can repatriate their income to their dependents in India. For example, Mr. Aayush is employed in San Jose, USA, but his father, a dependent individual, stays in Mumbai. He remits USD 2000 every month in his NRO Savings Account to meet his father's daily expenses. The balance in this NRO account is denominated in Indian Rupees. Assuming an exchange rate of 1USD = Rs.75, the remittance of USD 2000 would be denominated as Rs. 1,50,000 in the NRO Account.
Assures Continuity of Income
One of the benefits of the NRI account is that NRIs can continue to earn income from their assets in India. For example, Ms. Manasi, who is residing in London, Great Britain, has a residential flat in Bengaluru, which she has leased to Mr. Kishore. To receive rental income from the lease, Ms. Manasi may direct Mr. Kishore to deposit the monthly rent in an NRO account opened with a bank in Bengaluru.
Enables Investment in India
NRIs can invest in Indian investment avenues such as equity, mutual funds, debt instruments, etc., through the NRI account. These investments are facilitated through the Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS), a scheme enabled by the Reserve Bank of India, through banks and FIs, to facilitate trading and investments by NRIs in India.
Avoidance of Exchange Rate Fluctuations
The deposits made by NRIs from their income earned in a foreign country in an FCNR-B account need not be converted into INR. This facility allows NRIs to mitigate the risk of foreign currency rate fluctuations and the resultant reduction in deposit value.
Attractive Returns
NRIs can earn interest income at attractive rates by investing in NRI accounts such as NRE FDs or FCNR-B deposits. Interest rates in India have been higher than in many western countries for many years.
No Tax Liability
Interest income on NRE and FCNR (B) accounts does not have any tax liability under the Income Tax Act 1961.
Loan Facility
The authorized bank/ FI can sanction loans in India to the NRI account holder or any third party against the security of the money deposited in the NRI account. The term 'loan' would include all types of fund-based/non-fund-based facilities.
Some Banks that offer NRI Accounts
Before choosing a bank to open an NRI account, one of the primary factors to consider is whether it can be operated from the country of residence of the NRI. We highlight below features of products offered by five banks that are considered to be the best NRI banks in India:
NRE/ NRO Savings Account in INR
The monthly average balance of Rs. 10,000/-
Interest rates at 2.70% p.a. for balances equal to or above Rs.1 lakh and 2.70% p.a. for balances below Rs.1 lakh.
The account can be jointly opened by NRIs/ OCIs /PIOs with resident Indians on a "former or survivor" basis.
Multi-city cheque book facility
Debit Card for use in India
Internet banking facility
The facility of INR loan against NRO deposits
Interest rates on deposits < Rs.2 Crore (depending on the tenure)
NRE Deposits: 5.00% to 5.40% p.a.
NRO Deposits: 2.90% to 5.40% p.a.
The monthly average balance of Rs. 10,000
Interest rates at 3.00% p.a. for balances below Rs.50 lakhs and 3.50% p.a. for balances equal to or above Rs.50 lakh
One can use the account to repatriate outside India.
One can also transfer money to the NRE account under current income under the 1 million USD scheme.
Transfer funds from the overseas account in foreign currency
Deposit cash or traveler's cheques in foreign currency
Easily withdraw cash or carry out payments in India with a debit card.
Facility to get Add-on debit card for a mandate for POA holders
Repatriate up to USD 1 million in a financial year
The monthly average balance of Rs. 10,000 at the account level or Rs. 25,000 for multiple accounts in a single Customer ID
Interest rates at 4% p.a. for balances equal to or above Rs.50 lakhs and 3.50% p.a. for balances below Rs.50 lakhs
International Debit card
24x7 phone and internet banking
Free money transfers at competitive exchange rates
Free cheque book and mandate card for the family resident in India
Monthly average balance requirement of Rs. 25,000
The interest rate on Savings accounts: up to 3% p.a.
Daily Cash Withdrawal of Rs. 40,000
Shopping Limit of Rs. 2 Lakh (NRE) and Rs. 1 Lakh (NRO)
Visa Platinum Debit Card with Free Personal Accident cover of Rs 2 lakhs (NRE) and Rs. 1 Lakh (NRO)
Unlimited free transactions at Axis Bank ATMs and 10 free transactions at other bank ATMs.
Low Average Monthly Balance of Rs. 10,000/- only
Interest on daily closing balance @ 3.5% p.a. and paid quarterly
Competitive foreign exchange rates for transactions above USD 10,000/-
Free repatriation of deposits, including Interest
International Debit Card with anytime access to the bank account both in India and abroad
At Par Cheque book facility
24/7 phone banking access
Sweep-in & Sweep-out facility
NRIs or PIOs can jointly open this account with Resident Indians
Investment advisory facility
Easy remittances into India by wire transfer or cheque
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On Friday, the company Dyn, Inc. was hit by a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, and for hours, parts of the internet were inaccessible to millions of people. Basically, the way it worked was this: whoever or whatever was responsible for the attack roped millions of devices around the world into all trying to access Dyn's servers at the same time. This is a problem because Dyn is one of the big "address books" of the web, and tells everyone trying to get to, say, reddit, Twitter, or the BBC, that reddit.com, twitter.com, and bbc.co.uk aren't actually where they want to go, and instead direct that traffic to a unique but completely imemmorable string of numbers (their IP addresses) that are the sites' real addresses. These kinds of attacks are common, and are often used as a (definitely illegal) tool in things like arguments over block size in the Bitcoin ecosystem. The difference this time was the scale. It looks as though someone used a piece of malware to infect millions of "internet of things" devices — everything from webcams to routers to dishwashers — and convinced them all to have an abiding interest in knowing what Dyn, Inc. was up to on Friday, which temporarily broke the internet. You can direct a DDoS attack at anything online, but targeting a DNS like Dyn is basically targeting one of the internet's weak spots. But until someone finds a way of giving everyone an up to date copy of the internet's address book, this kind of attack can be expected to continue. Krebs has more (if you can get to his site… somoene's in the habit of DDoSing him these days, too).
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After its visit to Pluto in July of last year, NASA's New Horizons craft still had some juice left in its steering thrusters, so while it piped back the most beautiful photos of Pluto ever taken (and a massive amount of scientific data that we'll be poring over for years) the team at the helm found somewhere new to send it. About a billion miles past Pluto is a Kuiper Belt Object called 2014 MU69, and while it'll take until 1 January 2019 for New Horizons to reach it, we just got our first real data about it thanks to a peek taken by the Hubble. The big news is that it's red, maybe even moreso than Pluto, which out there in the deep dark of the outer solar system almost certainly means tholins. Tholins are a class of organic chainlike molecules formed when UV radiation interacts with things like methane, ethane, and nitrogen. They're pretty scarce in our part of the solar system, but they might be some of the building blocks of life, so finding out that the outer solar system is full of them could tell us a lot about where we came from. But as I said, it'll be a bit of a wait until New Horizons gets there, so by the time it does (if all goes the plan) the James Webb Space Telescope will already have launched (that's October 2018) and maybe it'll get a chance to take a peek just ahead of time as well. You can read more about 2014 MU69 over at NASA.
If you haven't been playing along at home, there's still time to catch up: it's this week's In Case You Missed It roundup. Here's what we got up to:
Monday was the latest update on the Impossible Drive (the "EmDrive" or "Cannae Drive")
Tuesday was on the intersection of patriotism and skepticism
Wednesday was the breaking news about the arrival of ExoMars at the red planet
Thursday was about how electric cars could really hit the oil industry hard if they don't prepare, and
Friday was about people that are actually upset that a pokemon is too "feminine." Really.
If you missed any of those stories, now's your chance!
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The ISS got three new crew members
China launched two astronauts into orbit for a full month (their longest yet!)
Orbital ATK returned to flight this week with a shipment of supplies to the ISS
A coroner's report indicates that chiropracty killed a playboy model by precipitating a stroke
Nintendo launched the Switch, its next gaming platform, and
Tesla reports that from now on, all its cars will have the hardware built in for full self-driving
That's it for this week, but before we go, here's a great video of a weatherman who is totally unphased by the impending demise of half a dozen towns.
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Many Android and Apple apps record people's location data unless this is disabled. While it can raise privacy concerns, the data – when anonymized and aggregated – can provide information about physical distancing during the pandemic. (© Richard McGuire Photo)
As B.C. and other jurisdictions around the world begin to lift physical distancing measures, how will we know how well it's working?
Human behaviour never exactly mirrors the measures implemented by governments. Some people defy guidelines to stay at least at least two metres apart in public. On the other hand, just because a nail salon or gym opens again, it doesn't mean people will return in pre-Covid-19 numbers. The public makes its own judgments about what is safe.
In a previous article, I talked about how geography can be used to understand the spread of the novel coronavirus. In this article, I'll talk about how cellphone data can be used to estimate people's movements and adherence to social distancing guidelines.
Most people are somewhat aware that cellphones track their moves unless location data is disabled. Tracking can be done either through triangulation from different cell towers, from GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite data, or both.
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"How to turn your iPhone's location tracking on or off" – The Verge
If I look in my Google Maps Timeline, for example, I can see red dots all over a map of the world indicating the places I've been and when I was there. This very personal information is normally only available to me, but if I were being investigated for a crime, law enforcement agencies could access to it.
Many phone apps from third parties also track users' location data, even when the apps aren't being used. Typically, companies only receive the data in anonymized form, often aggregated with millions of other users. This means they can see where people go without identifying the individual.
Privacy advocates have concerns, and there is great potential for abuse. But such data in anonymized and aggregated form provides a valuable tool in understanding where people are going during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Google regularly publishes a Covid-19 Community Mobility Report showing over time how visits to certain types of businesses or facilities have increased or decreased during the pandemic.
The most recent one for Canada, with data up to May 9, shows that use of transit stations in B.C. is 45% lower than the baseline. At the same time, use of parks is up 84% from the baseline. Not surprisingly, attendance at workplaces is down 35%, while time at people's residences is up 10%. Retail and recreation is down 39%, but visits to grocery stores and pharmacies are up 3% from the baseline.
These numbers vary greatly from province to province depending on the severity of the outbreak and physical distancing measures imposed. In Ontario, where there's a far higher infection rate, park use is down 32% and time at grocery stores and pharmacies is down 14%.
The numbers also change over time. In most jurisdictions, the peak time for physical distancing was late March and early April. Since then, it has been returning in fits and starts toward normal.
B.C. park use, for example, was well below the baseline in late March when many people took the order to "stay home" too literally, thinking that meant stay inside. When B.C. Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry started emphasizing the need to get outdoors and exercise, park use started increasing.
Provincial parks were closed between April 8 and May 13. The May 9 data doesn't reflect the reopening, but subsequent reports should.
As usual, much more detailed data and maps are available for the U.S.
A company called SafeGraph is using data from third-party apps to track county-level data of Americans' movements over the course of the pandemic. This includes analyses of foot traffic to various businesses as well as mapping of the geographic response to shelter in place.
The company uses a "Shelter In Place Index" to show in percentage terms how much people are staying home in every U.S. county as compared to a baseline of the seven days ending Feb. 12.
Not surprisingly, the highest compliance is in hard-hit urban counties and the lowest compliance is in low-density rural counties in states that saw few or only mild restrictions.
Topping the list is Queens, NY, with 26.83. Queens has one of the highest rates of Covid infections and deaths in the country. At the bottom of the list is McCone, MT, with -4.82 – suggesting even more people are out and about than in the February baseline period.
There are some surprises. Trousdale, TN currently has the highest infection rate on a per capita basis in the entire U.S. due to a major prison outbreak. Yet its score of -2.65 suggests fewer people are staying home – although the prisoners may have little choice.
Another measure, percentage staying home, also shows Queens at the top with 54.1%. At the bottom of the list is Lamar, AL, with 17.5%.
The date when the highest number of Americans stayed home was April 7 at 43.80%. The latest figure is from May 16 when 36.70% stayed home nationally. This suggests that while more people are getting out, there is still a lot of caution and many remain off work.
Georgia is the American state that was one of the last to close and first to open, even prompting a rebuke from President Donald Trump. Yet the peak of 41% staying home on April 9 in that state has only declined to 31.2% as of May 16 – suggesting that many Georgians are more cautious than their governor, Brian Kemp.
The SafeGraph data also looks at foot traffic to such businesses as movie theatres (way down) and supermarkets (close to normal except for a spike in late March when there was some panic buying).
Mississippi is that state with the closest-to-normal foot traffic. Not surprisingly, New York has seen the second biggest decline in foot traffic. The state with the highest decline is Hawaii, though the reason isn't explained.
Foot traffic to bars is closest to normal in Montana, while Nevada's bars have seen the biggest impact. Bars and casinos were closed in that state.
The Washington Post has used SafeGraph's data to map the time people spent at home on various dates in every U.S. county. Four maps show the seven-day periods ending on March 1, April 1, April 7, and April 30.
The changes between the maps are dramatic. On March 1, the country was mostly wide open. A month later, the change was significant except in a few less populated states. April 7 reflects the peak of stay-at-home. The April 30 map more closely resembles the April 1 map, suggesting fewer staying at home, but still far from normal.
Researchers in the U.S. have also used the SafeGraph data, as well as data from Veraset, to determine which types of businesses are safest to visit. Their analysis looks at such factors as visitors per square foot, how long they stay, when they turn up and how much physical contact there is.
See "Is it safer to visit a coffee shop or a gym?" – New York Times
See "Researchers use smartphone data to determine which businesses are potential Covid-19 'superspreaders'" – CBC
Golf courses are relatively safe because people are outdoors and can easily keep a distance from each other.
Gyms and fitness centres are much riskier because there are many visitors who stay for extended periods, often touching many surfaces and using the same equipment as others.
Businesses where people make a quick in-and-out tend to be safer than those where people stay longer. And of course businesses with tightly packed customers or where there is physical contact have added risk.
The SafeGraph tracking even looked at visits to specific brand stores in the U.S. Not surprisingly, as home-bound people took on reno projects, visits to Home Depot were considerably higher than the other stores measured. At the bottom of the list was Starbucks, where many states don't allow sit-down service. Target and Walmart did better than Costco. McDonalds was around the middle of the pack most recently.
Interestingly, Starbucks and McDonalds topped the list in late February and early March. In mid-March, as people grasped the reality of the pandemic and decided to stock up and hunker down, Costco saw a surge.
Cellphone data also provides insight into what happens when one jurisdiction opens up more aggressively than its neighbours.
A week after Georgia opened sit-down restaurants, hair salons and other businesses on April 24, visitors flooded in from neighbouring states at a rate of around 62,000 additional trips per day.
Travel between different states and provinces can spread the virus, so this result concerned researchers.
See "The limits of smartphone data are on display as the country seeks to reopen" – Washington Post
These types of uses of cellphone data that deal with anonymous aggregate information can provide important insights on public movement during the pandemic.
But privacy concerns are likely to increase as various options are discussed for contact tracing of individuals infected or exposed to the virus. That's a topic for a future article.
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Baté Kaposvártól 15 kilométerre keletre, a Kapos-völgy szívében fekszik, a 61-es főút mentén; Igal felé itt ágazik ki a főútból a 6503-as út. Közlekedése kitűnő, a községen naponta mintegy 46 autóbusz-járatpár halad át, ezért a közeli megyeszékhely könnyen elérhető. Batén keresztül nemcsak Kaposvár és a 14 kilométerre fekvő Dombóvár felé indulnak autóbuszok, hanem a Balaton irányába is. Megállási pontja van a (Budapest-)Dombóvár–Gyékényes-vasútvonalnak is, ahol nagy a személy- és a teherforgalom; Baté vasútállomáshoz négy sínpáros rakodó-pályaudvar is csatlakozik.

Története
A település a középkorban, egészen 1696-ig Tolna vármegyéhez tartozott. A legrégebbi irat Batéról a 14. századból maradt fenn, az oklevelek tanúsága szerint akkoriban Batejnek hívták. A község környékén már az időszámításunk előtt is éltek emberek, amit a falu közelében talált neolit kori csiszolt kőeszközök és fémkarikák bizonyítanak. A tárgyakat a Nemzeti Múzeumban őrzik.

Baté a 16. században Bati, majd háromszáz évvel később Bathé néven szerepelt. 1343-ban a Dersfi család, majd 1452-től az Esterházy család és a Festetics család birtokában volt, 1733-tól a második világháború végéig a Gyulai-Gaál család volt a terület birtokosa. A török uralom alatt csaknem teljesen elpusztult a falu, 1686-ban mindössze öt család élt itt. Jelentős helytörténeti eseményként tartják számon a krónikák az 1848-as esztendőt, amikor a jobbágyok önkényesen földet foglaltak az uraságtól, amelyet ő később az 1848–49-es forradalom és szabadságharc leverése után visszavett.

A településnek, amelynek első iskoláját 1768-ban létesítette a római katolikus egyház, a 19. században használt pecsétjén az S. A. monogram látható. A múlt század első évtizedeiben több mint hatszázan laktak itt, ebben az időben már vasútállomása, postája, telefonja volt Baténak. 1990-ben 804 fő, 2006-ban pedig már csaknem 900 fő volt a településen élők száma.

Az elmúlt években jelentős fejlődésen ment át a falu: gázrendszer épült, megszépültek a közterek, emlékművet állítottak, s kicsinosították a közintézményeket, sportcentrum épült. Emellett jelentős összegeket fordított az út- és járdahálózat karbantartására.

Közélete

Polgármesterei
 1990-1994: Horváth Zoltán (független)
 1995-1996: Horváth Zoltán (független)
 1996-1998: Zsalakó Ernő (független)
 1998-2002: Zsalakó Ernő (független)
 2002-2006: Zsalakó Ernő (független)
 2006-2010: Zsalakó Ernő (független)
 2010-2014: Zsalakó Ernő (független)
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 2019-től: Zsalakó Ernő (független)

Baté azon települések közé tartozik, ahol az 1994. december 11-i önkormányzati választás után, a polgármester-választás tekintetében nem lehetett eredményt hirdetni, szavazategyenlőség miatt. A négy induló közül a két független (Fonai Jenő és Horváth Zoltán) a két pártjelöltet (a Fideszes Gyenes Jenőt és az MSZP-s Kárnyáczki Lajosnét) messze megelőzve egyaránt 130-130 szavazatot szerzett. Az emiatt szükségessé vált időközi választás a hivatalban lévő településvezető, Horváth Zoltán győzelmét hozta.

A településen 1996. április 14-én újabb időközi polgármester-választást kellett tartani, ennek oka még tisztázást igényel.

Népesség
A település népességének változása:

A 2011-es népszámlálás során a lakosok 77,8%-a magyarnak, 0,8% németnek, 5,4% cigánynak mondta magát (21,7% nem nyilatkozott; a kettős identitások miatt a végösszeg nagyobb lehet 100%-nál). A vallási megoszlás a következő volt: római katolikus 55,9%, református 2,4%, evangélikus 0,5%, felekezet nélküli 8,8% (31,5% nem nyilatkozott).

Nevezetességei
 Gaál-kastély

Batéi tó
2005-ben kezdődött meg a magán horgásztó építése (horgászat áprilistól szeptember végéig péntektől vasárnapig 8 - 19 óra között). A helyére eredetileg az önkormányzat 15 hektáros csónakázó tavat tervezett.

Halak: ponty, amur, keszeg, kárász, csuka, süllő, harcsa. A tónak mindkét oldalán lehet horgászni a falu felőli oldalon az utolsó stégig, a másik oldalon pedig a V alakú fáig. A rendezett tóparton stégeket, ülőhelyeket és tűzrakóhelyeket alakítottak ki.

Jegyzetek

További információk
 Baté település honlapja
 A batéi tó honlapja

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Q: where are the .cs files stored in the virtual os? I'd like to modify my source code of asp.net project directly in the virtual os on Azure platform, but I cannot find the C# files.
Can anyone help?

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Louis C.K. Reportedly Joked, "I Like To Jerk Off And I Don't Like Being Alone"
During a Wednesday night set in California attended by the Daily Beast, the comedian joked about his sexual misconduct controversy.
By David Mack
David Mack BuzzFeed News Reporter
Last updated on January 18, 2019, at 11:03 a.m. ET
Posted on January 17, 2019, at 11:23 a.m. ET
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Louis C.K. reportedly opened a comedy set in San Jose, California, on Wednesday night by making a joke about the sexual misconduct controversy that led to his downfall in 2017.
"I like to jerk off," he told the crowd, "and I don't like being alone."
According to a Daily Beast reporter who was at the show, the joke received "a good laugh" from those in attendance.
The sold-out performance at the San Jose Improv was also met with protests by demonstrators outside the venue, some of whom held signs reading, "Sexual harassment is no joke."
Demonstrators were also protesting the venue for offering C.K. a slot after he admitted to masturbating in front of two women without their consent, masturbating while on the phone with another unsuspecting woman, and committing other acts of sexual misconduct.
Representatives of the comedy club told the San Francisco Chronicle that they respected C.K.'s right to perform, as well as the demonstrators' right to protest.
"We see comedy as the final frontier and we don't censor artists," they said. "We want them to perform without scrutiny. We trust that our audiences can decide for themselves what their limits are."
According to multiple reporters on the scene, one man protesting against the comedian was punched in the face by a C.K. supporter. San Jose police spokeswoman Officer Gina Tepoorten told BuzzFeed News a man shouting through a bullhorn was physically assaulted by another man, resulting in minor injuries. The victim sustained minor injuries, she said, and did not want to press charges.
Peter Hartlaub @peterhartlaub
About 30 protesters came out in the rain to protest Louis CK at the San Jose Improv. Chanting "Shame!" "San Jose, not Man Jose" and other slogans as ticket-holders walk in.
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"Book C.K. and you'll go broke!" shout protesters. They're also yelling "Shame" in direction of the event organizers and attendees.
The show came after audio leaked last month of the comedian performing a set in which he joked about survivors of the 2017 school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
"You didn't get shot — you pushed some fat kid in the way, and now I've gotta listen to you talking?" the comedian said.
On Wednesday night, C.K. also addressed that controversy.
"If you ever need people to forget that you jerked off, what you do is you make a joke about kids that got shot," he told the crowd, according to the Daily Beast.
Attendees at Wednesday's show were required to leave their phones in sealed cases in the lobby, per a sign placed outside the venue.
A representative for C.K. didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
C.K. first returned to the comedy stage in August with a surprise set at the Comedy Cellar in New York City.
"There were at least four to five females that I could see [in the crowd]," a woman audience member told Vulture at the time, "and three or four of them were not having it. They were just looking at him, deadpan, straight, not having it."
Several women comedians, in particular, came out strongly against C.K.'s apparent redemption tour, which began just 10 months after he stepped out of the limelight.
"I'm still on the same shampoo bottle as when Louis C.K.'s time out started," tweeted New York comedian Sarah Lazarus in August.
But it was his December jokes about the Parkland shooting that drew the most criticism.
Parkland shooting survivor Aalayah Eastmond, who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee and shared her experience of watching her classmates die, responded to C.K.
"Hey Louis CK - since you like making fun of me and other Parkland survivors behind closed doors, I'm right here if you want to talk," she tweeted on New Year's Eve. "Just try to keep it in your pants, ok?
Former Saturday Night Live star Sasheer Zamata also mocked C.K. during a recent set that was recorded by Vulture:
He says that the survivors of the shootings shouldn't be spending their time talking to Congress about gun control. Instead they should be "finger-fucking" each other. But who's to say they're not? They could do both! They're teenagers — of course they're finger-fucking each other! ... They just know how to separate sex from work, which I understand is a hard concept for Louis to grasp. Which is ironic, because we all know how much Louis loves to grasp hard concepts.
Jan. 18, 2019, at 16:03 PM
This story has been updated with information from San Jose police.
Louis C.K. Mocks Parkland Shooting Survivors, Asian Men, And Nonbinary Teens In Leaked Audio Patrick Smith · Dec. 31, 2018
Louis C.K. Performed At A Comedy Club For The First Time Since Admitting To Sexual Misconduct Krystie Lee Yandoli · Aug. 28, 2018
Louis C.K. Is Back Doing Stand-Up. Some Comedians Don't Want Him. Krystie Lee Yandoli · Aug. 29, 2018
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Q: Minimal number of (Dehn twists) generators of the mapping class group of a marked sphere Let $\Gamma_{g,n}$ denote the mapping class group of an oriented surface of genus $g$ and with $n$ marked points. We assume that elements of $\Gamma_{g,n}$ are not allowed to permute the marked points. I am interested in the case $g=0$.
In Farb & Margalit, on page 114, it is claimed that $\Gamma_{g,n}$ can be generated by $2g+n$ Dehn twists along the curves drawn on Figure 4.10. I was wondering if this statement is also true in the case $g=0$.
In math/9912248, Wajnryb exhibits a family of generators for $\Gamma_{0,n}$ in Lemma 23. The curves $\alpha_{i,j}$ illustrated on Figure 12 are a family of $n(n-1)/2$ generators.
My questions are the following:

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*Is the minimal number of Dehn twists generators of $\Gamma_{0,n}$ known ?

*What would be the $n$ generators of $\Gamma_{0,n}$ if the construction of Farb-Margalit cited above applies in the case $g=0$ ?

A: The minimum number of Dehn twist generators (and in fact the minimum number of generators of any kind) for $\Gamma_{0,n}$ is ${n-1 \choose 2} - 1$. Here's why.
A presentation for $\Gamma_{0,n}$ is known, and can be found in Lemma 4.1 of this paper by Rebecca R. Winarski and myself. In the paper, $\operatorname{PMod}(\Sigma_0,\mathcal B(n))$ is the group $\Gamma_{0,n}$.
Number the $n$ marked points. The generators $A_{i,j}$ are Dehn twists about curves that surround only the $i$th and $j$th marked points (see Figure 3 from the paper). These are essentially the same curves in the paper by Wajnryb that is linked in the question.
The generating set used in our paper is the set $\{A_{i,j} \mid 1 \leq i < j \leq n-1\}$, and one of the relations (relation (5)) is $$(A_{1,2}A_{1,3} \cdots A_{1,n-1})\cdots(A_{n-3,n-2}A_{n-3,n-1})(A_{n-2,n-1}) = 1. $$ In this relation, each $A_{i,j}$ appears exactly once, so you can use a Tietze transformation to eliminate one of the generators. We are now left with a generating set consisting of ${{n-1}\choose{2}} - 1$ Dehn twists.
The other 4 relations are all commutation relations (that is, of the form $[W,X] = 1$), so we can conclude that the abelianization of $\Gamma_{0,n}$ is a free abelian group of rank ${n-1 \choose 2} - 1$. Therefore $\Gamma_{0,n}$ cannot be generated by less than ${n-1 \choose 2} - 1$ elements.
I guess this also answers your question 2, in the sense that the result stated in Farb & Margalit does not hold for genus 0.


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New York Knicks fined $50,000 for violating NBA's media policy when they banned newspaper from press conference
The Knicks did not allow the New York Daily News to attend their post-draft press conference
by Jack Maloney
@jackmaloneycbs
Jun 24, 2019 at 3:12 pm ET • 2 min read
Early on Monday afternoon, the NBA announced they have fined the New York Knicks $50,000 for violating the league's media policy last week following the 2019 NBA Draft.
The NBA announced today that the New York Knicks have been fined $50,000 for violating the NBA's rules regarding equal access for media.
The Knicks did not allow the New York Daily News access to their post-draft press conference on Friday, June 21 while allowing all other credentialed media who cover the team to attend.
The organization has agreed to comply with NBA Media Access Rules moving forward.
After the draft, it's typical for each team to hold a press conference to allow media to ask questions to the head coach or a member of the front office. The Knicks held their press conference as expected, but did not allow anyone from the New York Daily News to attend.
The Knicks released a statement regarding the fine through their PR department:
"The Knicks acknowledge that we did not comply with the NBA's media policy, and made an error in interpreting Friday's announcement as an invite only event. As we do throughout the year, we have and will continue to provide access to credentialed media as per the League's policy."
This is not the first time that the Knicks and owner James Dolan have had problems with the press, specifically the Daily News. Back in March, Dolan prevented writer Stefan Bondy from calling into a conference call, as well as attending a press conference.
At the time, Dolan said:
There are certain journalists, right, that, you know, actually wish ill will towards the team. They don't want to see the team win. They don't want to see the team be successful. They have their own personal axes to grind. They come in with the intent of, I mean, they've never written a positive story about the team. They see, I mean, like, the Porzingis trade. Those guys are like, they were -- another horrible thing has happened. It actually wasn't a horrible thing, and they knew it. They don't care.
"I just don't get the bad optic thing. The reporters that hate the team -- hate the team, I mean, I'm literally, it's not just me, they hate the team, and by the way the team doesn't really love them either, why do they come?"
Digging into the specifics of the various petty feuds Dolan has with the media isn't worth anyone's time, but suffice it to say that banning publications from press conferences isn't acceptable. Hopefully the Knicks follow through with their pledge to follow the league's media guidelines.
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South Carolina punter Sean Kelly has applied for a pre-trial intervention program on a charge of public disorderly conduct while a second charge of malicious injury to property was dismissed by a municipal court Wednesday.
Kelly was arrested and charged earlier this month. Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp said at the time he would handle Kelly's discipline within the team and that the senior would not miss any time.
Kelly apologized in a statement for his behavior and said he was committed to regaining the trust of his coaches, teammates and fans.
NOTRE DAME: Coach Brian Kelly said that four of the five players he disciplined in light of weekend arrests are back practicing, but their playing status is in the university's hands.
Sophomore linebacker Te'Von Coney, freshman receiver Kevin Stepherson, redshirt freshman Ashton White and sophomore running back Dexter Williams were arrested Friday night on misdemeanor marijuana charges. Stepherson and Williams were also charged with possession of a handgun without a license, also a misdemeanor. The fifth player, senior safety Max Redfield, was dismissed from the team. He was also charged with marijuana possession and handgun possession.
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Q: How does Java distinguish between libraries and applications? Windows applications make a distinction between libraries (DLLs) and applications (EXEs). Does Java make an equivalent distinction?

A: Kind of.
Most Java programs are stored in a .jar file.
If the .jar has a main method specified, it can be called similarly to a .exe where it starts the program execution.  You can do this with java -jar program.jar.
But any .jar file can be loaded from another one and the code within it loaded, similarly to a .dll.  This can be done even if the 'library' jar has a main method, it just won't be called automatically.

A: The question is nonsensical.  Java compiles into bytecode class files which are interpreted by a virtual machine.
You can throw a bunch of class files inside a zip file and call it a jar, but Java has no analogue of an exe or dll.

A: Java has jar files (Java ARchive).  This can run as the main program or as additional libraries.

A: You could say that an "executable JAR" (which has a main class declared in its manifest) is the Java equivalent of an EXE, while other JARs are more like DLLs.
The similarity is probably closer than you realize since AFAIK, in Windows the difference is rather small as well, the file formats largely the same and you can execute code from a DLL via the command line.

A: Java's equivalent of a library is a jar file where you can package code together.
In addition you can package a manifest file into the jar called META-INF/manifest.mf with a directive that says run this class when the jar is invoked by the java runtime in the following way:
java -jar MyApp.jar
This gets you the equivalent of libraries and executables.


text:
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <title>React [RU] Tutorial</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/app.css">

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