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Q: OAEPWITHSHA-256ANDMGF1PADDING unavailable with RSA I am getting the following error while decrypting the response coming from the server. The BouncyCastle has been configured in Security providers list. Also I have included bcprov-jdk14-155.jar in libs inside my application.  The Same lib is not included in the ext folder in JRE7.
javax.crypto.NoSuchPaddingException: OAEPWITHSHA-256ANDMGF1PADDING unavailable with RSA.

    javax.crypto.NoSuchPaddingException: OAEPWITHSHA-256ANDMGF1PADDING unavailable with RSA.
    at org.bouncycastle.jcajce.provider.asymmetric.rsa.CipherSpi.engineSetPadding(Unknown Source)
    at javax.crypto.Cipher$Transform.setModePadding(Cipher.java:377)
    at javax.crypto.Cipher.getInstance(Cipher.java:670)
    at javax.crypto.Cipher.getInstance(Cipher.java:596)
    at in.gov.uidai.auth.aua.helper.DataDecryptor.decryptSecretKeyData(DataDecryptor.java:262)
    at in.gov.uidai.auth.aua.helper.DataDecryptor.decrypt(DataDecryptor.java:134)
    at in.gov.uidai.auth.aua.httpclient.KycClient.performKyc(KycClient.java:231)
    at in.gov.uidai.srdh.aua.ws.impl.KYCServiceImpl.authenticateKycRequest(KYCServiceImpl.java:305)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at org.apache.cxf.service.invoker.AbstractInvoker.performInvocation(AbstractInvoker.java:173)
    at org.apache.cxf.service.invoker.AbstractInvoker.invoke(AbstractInvoker.java:89)
    at org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.JAXRSInvoker.invoke(JAXRSInvoker.java:167)
    at org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.JAXRSInvoker.invoke(JAXRSInvoker.java:94)
    at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor$1.run(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:58)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at org.apache.cxf.workqueue.SynchronousExecutor.execute(SynchronousExecutor.java:37)
    at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor.handleMessage(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:106)
    at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:263)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.ChainInitiationObserver.onMessage(ChainInitiationObserver.java:123)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.AbstractHTTPDestination.invoke(AbstractHTTPDestination.java:207)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invokeDestination(ServletController.java:213)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invoke(ServletController.java:154)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.CXFNonSpringServlet.invoke(CXFNonSpringServlet.java:126)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.handleRequest(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:185)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.doPost(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:108)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:650)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.service(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:164)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
    at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:218)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:505)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:169)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:958)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:452)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1087)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:637)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:316)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
java.lang.Exception: Failed to decrypt AES secret key using RSA.
    at in.gov.uidai.auth.aua.helper.DataDecryptor.decryptSecretKeyData(DataDecryptor.java:273)
    at in.gov.uidai.auth.aua.helper.DataDecryptor.decrypt(DataDecryptor.java:134)
    at in.gov.uidai.auth.aua.httpclient.KycClient.performKyc(KycClient.java:231)
    at in.gov.uidai.srdh.aua.ws.impl.KYCServiceImpl.authenticateKycRequest(KYCServiceImpl.java:305)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at org.apache.cxf.service.invoker.AbstractInvoker.performInvocation(AbstractInvoker.java:173)
    at org.apache.cxf.service.invoker.AbstractInvoker.invoke(AbstractInvoker.java:89)
    at org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.JAXRSInvoker.invoke(JAXRSInvoker.java:167)
    at org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.JAXRSInvoker.invoke(JAXRSInvoker.java:94)
    at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor$1.run(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:58)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at org.apache.cxf.workqueue.SynchronousExecutor.execute(SynchronousExecutor.java:37)
    at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor.handleMessage(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:106)
    at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:263)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.ChainInitiationObserver.onMessage(ChainInitiationObserver.java:123)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.AbstractHTTPDestination.invoke(AbstractHTTPDestination.java:207)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invokeDestination(ServletController.java:213)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invoke(ServletController.java:154)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.CXFNonSpringServlet.invoke(CXFNonSpringServlet.java:126)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.handleRequest(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:185)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.doPost(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:108)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:650)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.service(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:164)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
    at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:218)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:505)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:169)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:958)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:452)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1087)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:637)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:316)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: javax.crypto.NoSuchPaddingException: OAEPWITHSHA-256ANDMGF1PADDING unavailable with RSA.
    at org.bouncycastle.jcajce.provider.asymmetric.rsa.CipherSpi.engineSetPadding(Unknown Source)
    at javax.crypto.Cipher$Transform.setModePadding(Cipher.java:377)
    at javax.crypto.Cipher.getInstance(Cipher.java:670)
    at javax.crypto.Cipher.getInstance(Cipher.java:596)
    at in.gov.uidai.auth.aua.helper.DataDecryptor.decryptSecretKeyData(DataDecryptor.java:262)
    ... 46 more
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at in.gov.uidai.srdh.aua.ws.impl.KYCServiceImpl.authenticateKycRequest(KYCServiceImpl.java:308)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at org.apache.cxf.service.invoker.AbstractInvoker.performInvocation(AbstractInvoker.java:173)
    at org.apache.cxf.service.invoker.AbstractInvoker.invoke(AbstractInvoker.java:89)
    at org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.JAXRSInvoker.invoke(JAXRSInvoker.java:167)
    at org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.JAXRSInvoker.invoke(JAXRSInvoker.java:94)
    at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor$1.run(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:58)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at org.apache.cxf.workqueue.SynchronousExecutor.execute(SynchronousExecutor.java:37)
    at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor.handleMessage(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:106)
    at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:263)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.ChainInitiationObserver.onMessage(ChainInitiationObserver.java:123)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.http.AbstractHTTPDestination.invoke(AbstractHTTPDestination.java:207)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invokeDestination(ServletController.java:213)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invoke(ServletController.java:154)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.CXFNonSpringServlet.invoke(CXFNonSpringServlet.java:126)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.handleRequest(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:185)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.doPost(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:108)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:650)
    at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.service(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:164)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
    at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:218)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:505)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:169)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:958)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:452)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1087)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:637)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:316)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

A: I think it is the configuration mismatch. I tried the same code in jboss and it worked flawlessly. There is some problem in the loading of bouncycastel jar in Tomcat 7.


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Q: Minimize risk and add rejection to Gaussian model I want to minimize the risk of a Gaussian model with a cost for false negatives and false positives. The model uses Naive Bayes algorithm and solves a binary classification problem.
Also, with that, I would like to add the rejection option given P(C|x), but how to define the limits where rejection is defined?
# Train
average_0 = np.average(X_train[Y_train=0], axis=0)
average_1 = np.average(X_train[Y_train=1], axis=0)

cov_0 = np.cov(X_train[Y_train=0], rowvar=False)
cov_1 = np.cov(X_train[Y_train=1], rowvar=False)

prob_0 = Y_train[Y_train==0].shape[0] / Y_train.shape[0]
prob_1 = 1.0 - prob_0

dist_0 = multivariate_normal(average_0, cov_0, allow_singular=True)
dist_1 = multivariate_normal(average_1, cov_1, allow_singular=True)

# Test
preds = []
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History of Movie Games – The Very first Video clip Recreation Ever Manufactured?
As an avid retro-gamer, for quite a extended time I've been specifically fascinated in the historical past of video clip games. To be much more specific, a subject matter that I am extremely passionate about is "Which was the first video clip match ever created?"… So, I started an exhaustive investigation on this subject (and generating this article the 1st one particular in a collection of articles or blog posts that will cover in element all online video gaming heritage).
The query was: Which was the very first online video recreation ever made?
The response: Properly, as a lot of factors in life, there is no effortless response to that concern. It relies upon on your own definition of the expression "online video game". For case in point: When you speak about "the initial online video match", do you indicate the initial video clip game that was commercially-produced, or the first console recreation, or possibly the 1st digitally programmed sport? Due to the fact of this, I manufactured a list of 4-5 video game titles that in one way or one more had been the newbies of the online video gaming sector. You will observe that the first movie video games were not created with the concept of receiving any revenue from them (back in people decades there was no Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Sega, Atari, or any other online video sport business all around). In truth, the sole notion of a "video clip sport" or an digital system which was only created for "playing game titles and getting entertaining" was above the creativity of over ninety nine% of the populace back again in people days. But many thanks to this modest team of geniuses who walked the initial measures into the movie gaming revolution, we are ready to appreciate numerous several hours of fun and amusement these days (keeping apart the creation of millions of employment throughout the previous four or five decades). Without additional ado, below I current the "initial movie sport nominees":
nineteen forties: Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device
This is regarded as (with official documentation) as the 1st digital game system at any time created. It was designed by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann. The recreation was assembled in the nineteen forties and submitted for an US Patent in January 1947. The patent was granted December 1948, which also can make it the initial digital game gadget to at any time obtain a patent (US Patent two,455,992). As explained in the patent, it was an analog circuit system with an array of knobs employed to go a dot that appeared in the cathode ray tube screen. This sport was influenced by how missiles appeared in WWII radars, and the object of the sport was basically managing a "missile" in purchase to strike a focus on. In the nineteen forties it was incredibly challenging (for not stating extremely hard) to show graphics in a Cathode Ray Tube show. Due to the fact of this, only the true "missile" appeared on the display. The concentrate on and any other graphics were showed on display overlays manually positioned on the show display. It truly is been stated by many that Atari's well-known video match "Missile Command" was created following this gaming unit.
1951: NIMROD
NIMROD was the identify of a electronic pc gadget from the 50s 10 years. The creators of this laptop had been the engineers of an United kingdom-primarily based company underneath the identify Ferranti, with the idea of exhibiting the gadget at the 1951 Festival of Britain (and later on it was also confirmed in Berlin).
NIM is a two-participant numerical match of method, which is considered to arrive initially from the ancient China. The guidelines of NIM are effortless: There are a specific quantity of groups (or "heaps"), and each group is made up of a specific variety of objects (a widespread starting up array of NIM is 3 heaps made up of three, 4, and five objects respectively). Every player consider turns taking away objects from the heaps, but all removed objects need to be from a one heap and at least a single object is removed. The participant to just take the previous object from the final heap loses, however there is a variation of the recreation exactly where the participant to just take the final item of the last heap wins.
NIMROD employed a lights panel as a display and was planned and manufactured with the distinctive purpose of taking part in the game of NIM, which helps make it the very first digital personal computer unit to be exclusively designed for actively playing a game (however the primary idea was displaying and illustrating how a electronic computer operates, instead than to entertain and have exciting with it). Simply because it does not have "raster video products" as a exhibit (a Tv set established, monitor, and so on.) it is not deemed by a lot of folks as a actual "online video game" (an electronic match, yes… a movie match, no…). But after again, it genuinely relies upon on your point of view when you chat about a "video clip sport".
1952: OXO ("Noughts and Crosses")
This was a electronic edition of "Tic-Tac-Toe", developed for an EDSAC (Electronic Hold off Storage Automated Calculator) computer. It was developed by Alexander S. Douglas from the University of Cambridge, and a single more time it was not made for leisure, it was portion of his PhD Thesis on "Interactions between human and computer".
The policies of the match are these of a normal Tic-Tac-Toe recreation, player from the personal computer (no two-participant option was accessible). The enter strategy was a rotary dial (like the ones in previous telephones). The output was showed in a 35×16-pixel cathode-ray tube screen. This sport was never extremely well-liked because the EDSAC personal computer was only obtainable at the University of Cambridge, so there was no way to put in it and play it anyplace else (until a lot of many years later when an EDSAC emulator was produced accessible, and by that time several other superb movie video games where obtainable as well…).
1958: Tennis for Two
"Tennis for Two" was produced by William Higinbotham, a physicist operating at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. This recreation was created as a way of enjoyment, so laboratory guests had anything funny to do throughout their wait on "site visitors working day" (last but not least!… a video match that was created "just for exciting"…) . The recreation was quite effectively created for its period: the ball conduct was modified by a number of factors like gravity, wind velocity, position and angle of speak to, etc. you had to avoid the web as in true tennis, and many other things. The video game components integrated two "joysticks" (two controllers with a rotational knob and a press button every single) related to an analog console, and an oscilloscope as a display.
"Tennis for Two" is considered by a lot of the initial video clip recreation at any time created. But as soon as once again, many other individuals differ from that thought stating that "it was a pc game, not a video clip sport" or "the output display was an oscilloscope, not a "raster" video clip exhibit… so it does not qualify as a video recreation". But well… you cannot remember to absolutely everyone…
It is also rumored that "Tennis for Two" was the inspiration for Atari's mega strike "Pong", but this rumor has always been strongly denied… for apparent motives.
1961: Spacewar!
"Spacewar!" video match was created by Stephen Russell, with the support of J. Martin Graetz, Peter Samson, Alan Kotok, Wayne Witanen and Dan Edwards from MIT. By the 1960s, MIT was "the appropriate option" if you wanted to do personal computer study and growth. So this 50 % a dozen of modern guys took advantage of a manufacturer-new laptop was ordered and anticipated to arrive campus quite soon (a DEC PDP-1) and commenced pondering about what variety of components tests applications would be made. When they found out that a "Precision CRT Exhibit" would be installed to the program, they immediately made a decision that "some sort of visual/interactive match" would be the demonstration software of option for the PDP-1. And full game download free download after some discussion, it was quickly decided to be a area struggle game or some thing equivalent. After this determination, all other ideas arrived out rather swift: like rules of the recreation, developing principles, programming suggestions, and so forth.
So soon after about 200 gentleman/hrs of function, the 1st version of the sport was at very last all set to be examined. The match consisted of two spaceships (affectively named by players "pencil" and "wedge") taking pictures missiles at every other with a star in the center of the show (which "pulls" the two spaceships because of its gravitational drive). A set of management switches was utilized to control every spaceship (for rotation, speed, missiles, and "hyperspace"). Each and every spaceship have a constrained amount of gasoline and weapons, and the hyperspace choice was like a "stress button", in scenario there is no other way out (it could either "preserve you or crack you").
The laptop recreation was an instantaneous accomplishment amongst MIT students and programmers, and quickly they started producing their personal changes to the sport plan (like true star charts for qualifications, star/no star alternative, background disable option, angular momentum alternative, amongst others). The recreation code was ported to many other personal computer platforms (given that the game needed a video clip screen, a hard to find selection in 1960s techniques, it was primarily ported to more recent/cheaper DEC methods like the PDP-ten and PDP-11).
Spacewar! is not only deemed by numerous as the 1st "actual" video clip match (since this recreation does have a movie screen), but it also have been proved to be the real predecessor of the authentic arcade recreation, as properly as becoming the inspiration of numerous other movie video games, consoles, and even movie gaming companies (can you say "Atari"?…). But which is yet another story, arcade online games as effectively as console video games have been prepared in a distinct webpage of the heritage of movie online games (so stay tuned for long term posts on these topics).
So right here they are, the "Very first Movie Match" nominees. Which one particular do you believe is the 1st video game ever produced?… If you request me, I believe all these video games have been groundbreaking for its era, and must be credited as a whole as the beginners of the online video gaming revolution. Instead of hunting for which one particular was the initial online video match, what is really critical is that they ended up designed, time period. As the creator of "Spacewar!", Stephen Rusell, after mentioned: "If I hadn't done it, somebody would have accomplished anything similarly fascinating or even far better in the next 6 months. I just transpired to get there 1st".
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All About Reflections
The comfort zone is a place of refuge for many of us. What happens when we step out and take a risk? Consider this story written by Jenny Ralston.
Instead of assisting me through the delivery of our second daughter, my husband should have been at home battening down the proverbial hatches. To say she had a strong personality would be a vast understatement. Even during our nearly week-long hospital stay after her birth, the staff in the hospital nursery would call over the intercom and ask if we would like to come get our baby. She was being thrown out of the nursery!
Our trip home from the hospital was a major challenge. She began crying just as soon as her 7 pound body was placed in the car seat and kept it up until she was lifted out and introduced to her sister and her new home.
From that point on, travel with her was a study in patience and the ability to equip the back seat with a traveling road show. Her sister, a grandparent, a friend, a hitch-hiker (just kidding there) had to ride in the back seat with this strong-willed infant and sing, gesture, quack, crow, juggle. . . just to keep her entertained because when the "show" stopped, the crying began! There is no use to even pretend the driver was relaxed, enjoying the ride. It was always a frantic dash to an appointment and back again. It was never a meandering, relaxing ride!
However, through some means of growth coupled with a miracle, this infant grew into a beautiful, self-assured, capable, bright young woman. She is a college graduate, is engaged to be married soon, and holds a position of responsibility at a local hospital.
Still, given her own way as an infant, she would have never left the launch pad, so to speak. She would have spent her life in the same hospital where she was born. She would have never traveled, never known what was outside those walls because she didn't want to be in an infant seat and confined in a car!
We are often like that with God. He has a plan, but we don't want to stop being an infant. We don't want to leave the place where we are at to go to the place we need to be in order to grow. Change frequently is uncomfortable, but if we would just look up, God often provides entertainment along the way and a wonderful promise of success at the end of the journey. So step outside those walls of comfort and be prepared to grow!
We have all sinned and deserve God's judgment. God, the Father, sent His only Son to satisfy that judgment for those who believe in Him. Jesus, the creator and eternal Son of God, who lived a sinless life, loves us so much that He died for our sins, taking the punishment that we deserve, was buried, and rose from the dead according to the Bible. If you truly believe and trust this in your heart, receiving Jesus alone as your Savior, declaring, "Jesus is Lord," you will be saved from judgment and spend eternity with God in heaven.
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Brokerage firm asks Reserve Bank of India to be transparent after the Yes Bank-Rana Kapoor instance
Mumbai: There is a need for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to be more transparent on decisions like curtailing the term of Yes Bank's managing director and chief executive Rana Kapoor, a foreign brokerage said on Friday. This comes two days after the private sector lender reported that the RBI had not find any divergence or under reporting of non-performing assets for fiscal year 2017-18.
"..the question of why the RBI ordered Kapoor to go remains unanswered. We believe it is time for the RBI to increase transparency on decisions that have a significant impact on minority shareholders," Jefferies, the brokerage, said in a note. The brokerage pointed out that the Yes Bank stock, which gained since the zero divergence news, had lost 30 per cent following the RBI curtailing the term of Kapoor in September last year.
It can be noted that the terms of both Kapoor as well as Shikha Sharma, the head of its larger rival Axis Bank, were curtailed by the regulator. At the time of announcing these decision, the regulator failed to communicate the reason for these actions. Both the banks were found to have under reported their stock of NPAs by a cumulative Rs 10,000 crore each for two consecutive fiscal years by the RBI, leading to a wide speculation if this was the reason for the removal.
The brokerage said it thought the refusal to allow the reappointment of Kapoor by the RBI was taken by it as a "black swan" event. "However, with the RBI's audit report now citing 'nil' NPA divergence, we seem to have mistaken a mere crow for a swan," it said. It added a divergence number higher than last year's would have been a worry, but the latest disclosure of zero divergence has come as a "shock". According to earlier reports, sources had said the RBI had cited "serious lapses" in governance and a "poor compliance culture" at Yes Bank as reasons for its "regulatory discomfort" in allowing Kapoor to continue to head the lender.
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Composer, pianist and Belfast Music Laureate Brian Irvine joins the players of Red Note and our cast of actors for a night of improvised contemporary music theatre.
Composer, pianist and Belfast Music Laureate Brian Irvine joins the players of Red Note and our cast of actors for a night of improvised contemporary music theatre. Past years have seen trips to Mars, the French revolution, the banking crash and an unlikely romance in Paisley…who knows what 2015 will hold?!


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Skyfall review (spoiler free)
David Leigh | 7 November 2012 | Follow: @007dossier
Since I attended the World Premiere of Skyfall at the Royal Albert Hall on October 23rd you may have expected me to write this review sooner, and in fact I had planned on producing something immediately after seeing the film. However, events worked out differently to planned and so it is only now, the day before Skyfall is released in IMAX theatres in the United States that I am able to get the job done.
First off I'll start with lavish praise for Roger Deakin's cinematography, which makes the film look superb. Sam Mendes also did a good job getting the best performances out of all the actors ever seen in a Bond movie; from that point he really has upped the standard a notch or two. The actors themselves too, obviously; Daniel Craig was once again superb as James Bond and the supporting cast all did a great job.
Also, the pre-titles sequence is fast, furious and exciting, and although I didn't go much on the actual title sequence itself, Adele's song fits well; and the humour is done well and will make you genuinely laugh.
However, after that first viewing I felt more disappointed in Skyfall than any previous James Bond film; that I did not expect.
The problem is, I didn't really know why I felt so disappointed and therefore unable to write a review; I'll do my best to express my feelings now, but I'm not entirely sure I can express myself fully.
Since then I've seen Skyfall a second time and did enjoy it more. But I still feel it is a long was from being anywhere near, as has been trumpeted by various reviewers, the best Bond film ever. I am in the extreme minority and so it is almost certain you will disagree with what I have to say. That's okay, and I hope you enjoy it more than I have done so far; perhaps it will grow on me and I will only appreciate it on DVD release.
On a small level Skyfall failed for me by including a number of things I definitely did not want to see in a Bond movie. I'm on record as saying, before the press conference last November, that if they brought back Q he should be completely different to Desmond Llewelyn's portrayal, and they got that right; but I also said that I didn't want to learn the backstory of any of the secondary characters, and they failed there. Small matter, I can live with it.
Slightly more frustrating is the amount of screen time given to such secondary characters; M has been seen more and more in each of the Daniel Craig films, until Skyfall, in which she plays a major role instead. Q and other characters are also overused.
However, there are some larger issues, which are related to the story. First, with Bond drowning his sorrows in whisky and pills after going MIA I got little feeling for any kind of crisis in his life; the scenes moved too quickly as if they needed be be done and out the way. When he returned to London there was little evidence either beyond being shaky with his PPK; what was filmed showing Bond getting back into shape seems to have largely ended up on the cutting room floor.
Second is the villain. Although Javier Bardem is a good actor, his entrance is too late and when he is introduced it is as if Bardem arrived by accident on the set of an entirely different film; the film until this point has been fairly serious, but his character is not at all. I don't really believe in his motivation either and when all is said and done he is more of a henchman figure than a true Bond villain anyway.
Third is the story structure. It feels like the filmmakers have gone back to creating a story out of a series of set action pieces with a thin story binding them together. At times this moves the story on well, such as when Bond goes to Shanghai and the Macau casino scenes with the komodo dragons (and a nice nod to Live And Let Die), but the London scenes in particular seemed to drag and not really what I want from a James Bond film. The scenes set in Scotland are good too, with the preparations done well.
There is also, for the second film running, no real Bond girl, although it has been pointed out that perhaps M is both Bond girl and villain in one package in Skyfall. And while one of the gadgets was applauded (including by me), its appearance in the film actually makes no sense at all when you consider the series has been rebooted. And, as is often the case when computers are shown in the movies, it just wasn't done right.
Daniel Craig was quoted as saying that on the first day of filming he noticed it didn't seem like a James Bond film, which he considered a benefit; to me it didn't feel like a James Bond film either, but makes me fear for the direction of the series once again. After all, the series was radically reinvented with the Casino Royale reboot; the direction of the Bond films doesn't, and shouldn't, need to be reinvented with each film and I for one want to see Daniel Craig in a James Bond film in which he is sent on a mission and just gets on with it just like the good old days.
My sense of disappointment is relative to the massively positive reviews that were published when it was first screened; Skyfall does have some truly great moments but overall, for me at least, adds up to less than the sum of its parts.
6 Responses to "Skyfall review (spoiler free)"
Gypsy King
November 7th, 2012 at 17:52
Totally agree with you. Also bond fails completely in his mission. Too much influence from the Nolan Batman films. Feel free to check my review on my blog – we hold similar views!
I just checkout out your review – yes, we do hold very similar views on Skyfall.
Excellent review.It's now been one day since I've seen SKYFLL, at it's opening in Pennsylvania, and I'm still digesting it all. Quite a complex film,IMHO. Soooo many things going on. Almost like 3 films in one, or at lest the film seems to be divided in 1/3's.
Next time I've got to remind myself not to check out the trailers ahead of time (just try to do that!) because, of course, you're anticipating certain scenes ahead of time and you wonder when they'll show up. That being said, I loved the final 3rd of the film, which was totally unanticipated, to me at least, and it's the first time since OHMSS that I actually shed a tear or two watching a Bond film. As you said, excellent performances by the leads.
Final thoughts. Are we ever going to get the opening gun barrel sequence back? Will we ever see the return of SPECTRE? How many Aston Martin DB-5's are there left in England? (so many fine machines "damaged" out in "the field", you know!)
I'm going to have to see it a second time before I can place it in it's rating amongst the other Bond films. Right now, I would rate it as a runner-up to FOR YOUR EYES ONLY as the most beautiful looking one in the series. David Arnold's score, excellent as usual. Acting – top marks for the leads.
One last thought. Is it me or are the fighting/chase sequences getting too damn brutal and long? Some of them can be pretty exhausting for this old viewer. When you find yourself thinking, "oh, come on…who could survive that fall?" for the 3rd or 4th time during the movie…
December 4th, 2012 at 21:29
A Bond film is probably the hardest to write a review about, especially if like me, you're an avid Bond fan. I rate Bond films by the best ones being ' the ones with least things to complain about ' Therefore by using that rationale "Die Another Day" would come in as my least favourite Bond film. I don't like to pick at the films too much because I understand how difficult it must be to come up with an original plot, especially in the 'espionage' genre.
Traditionally a Bond film should feel like it takes you on a journey full of exotic locations and different forms of transport over a period of at least 140 minutes. Skyfall does this all be it some of those locations being London and Scotland. I think the importance of so much of it being set in London was relevant to the 50 year anniversary.
As one would expect, the cinematography was incredible especially the filming in shanghai and Scotland. The acting also was of he highest quality.
The praise for Bardem's portrayal of the villain is completely justified but I can't seem to figure out why. He brings a real lifelike 'nastyness' to the role without being too brutal. A very modern bad guy.
I too left the cinema feeling a little disappointed, not really knowing why. Like everyone else, I've waited so long for the next Bond film and tried sooooooo hard to not watch trailers or read articles about the story that it's no wonder my expectations exceed what the film delivers.
After the reboot of Casino Royale I've had a hard job watching any pre Craig Bond film because for me, that film hit the nail on the head.
I just hope that Daniel Craig's Bond does just get to do a run of he mill 'mission' before he's deemed to old for he part and is put out to grass.
All in all Skyfall was magnificent the second time around in the cinema. The film of the year for me and deserves all and any awards that is gets over the coming months. I hope that the franchise continues to go in the right direction in the hands of the right director.
Skyfall has all the right ingredients just in different quantities from other Bond films.
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I also concur with the review and the comments. I had no desire to see it again, a forgettable action film was my thought as I exited the theater. Taking the three Craig films as a whole, as a movement towards a more masculine assertion seems valid. I wish they got a bit deeper into the mommy issues. The death scene and Bardem's lines, "you have to pull the trigger" (?) to M. I will see it again just to review that section. Hitchcock's Psycho is the definitive mommy issue film. I did like the line, "what do you know about fear?" and his reply. That is thought provoking. What do we know, or should? It brings to mind, in FRWL the book, "I like strong emotions", what most people find frightening. Shaken, not stirred regarding Skyfall.
Noel Thomas Simpson
March 15th, 2022 at 21:22
I find Skyfall to be a powerful movie. That doesn't mean to say I love it but it does have an emphatic confidence in its execution which audiences picked up on. It is a movie constructed of long sections which I could almost bullet point on one hand. The finale itself must be close to 35 minutes long, the London sequence takes up about 20 minutes. These are huge stretches of the film. Much of he film is about the lead up to meeting Silva. Once that's done the film starts to head for the end credits. I personally would've liked to see a bit more variety in terms of narrative and incident. I like films which allow characters and scenes to breath but Skyfall's pacing often resembles Craig's performance: strutting, cocky and suiting itself. On my first viewing I audibly groaned with exasperation when the camera cut to London at one point (the scene where Mallory is chastising M) as I felt the film was coasting too much and needed to go up a gear. I also noticed that many of the film's scenes are built around 2 people talking; Bond and M in her house, Bond and Q, Bond & Eve, Bond & Severine, Bond & Silva and then Silva & M. This peculiar fact has lead me to christen the film Skychat. These scenes reflect the film's submersive approach where it's about the scene itself and not how it's supposed to propel things along.
Action wise it's not too memorable. I love well constructed action set pieces with imaginative stunts. Again I find that the movie relies on submersing the audience into these slowly unfolding long sequences rather than a dedicated 5 minute hit of excitement. Skyfall's positive regard from the audience does come from the interactions of the characters and an introduction of care and warmth into the Bond movies. I responded to that too but similar to what David said in his review, maybe there's not much more to develop with these characters beyond banter and a quip. Flash forward nearly 10 years(!) to No Time To Die, Fukunaga tries to stick a mini Skyfall remake smack bang into the middle of the movie where all the characters hang out in London. It's warm and fuzzy but such a waste of film time.
Similarly maybe Bond himself might not warrant an enormous amount of psychoanalysis. Fundamentally it's what he does and the world he exists in which excites us, not why he does it. Still, Skyfall has a wonderful theme song, a great Bond and a mimicable Javier Bardem. Its existential undertones certainly hit a note with me in particular the revelation of Skyfall itself with Thomas Newman's accompanying cue. And Bond and M driving off in the Aston is an invite to the audience to express their love for 007 and these movies. The movies were 50 years old, I think they deserved to get a bit touchy feely but after that it's back to work!


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The new Veronica Mars trailer has us fizzed for the new season
After 12 years away from TV, of course Veronica Mars has an explosive return.
Veronica Mars is back in Neptune (she returned in the movie continuation that fans helped fund in 2014) and working as a private eye. But the death of her best friend, a bus crash and a serial rapist may be small potato mysteries compared to what she's about to tackle now: a serial bomber.
"It's possible that these bombings are part of a campaign to destroy this town," Veronica says.
The new season of Veronica Mars will stick to what worked with the original series, but the character has aged. She's not a high school kid anymore.
"It's different when she's an adult," Bell said. "The world is bigger, it's sort of darker and dirtier, but she still has her moral compass, her sass and her wit. It's still very much a show about the haves and the have nots and Veronica fighting for the underdog. It made me so happy to do it again."
New episodes of Veronica Mars are coming this July.


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This is the price we pay for the AVF. By forcing the military to compete for labor on the open market, the military is forced solicit volunteers.
A central maxim of advertising is that it sells lifestyles, rather than products. But I submit a 30-second ad spot is enough to sell a lifestyle compatible with a $1.25 choice. If you want someone to sign away years of their life to potentially fight and die for their country, you might need a little more air time to sell that myth.
I'm not sure I follow, byt "OTHER end of the spectrum" do you mean Social Security and Medicare?
Coincidentally, last night my university (OU) hosted one of 15 pre-screenings across the country.
Taken on its own merits, its not bad. It's nice to see a film show that combat can be depicted in a-more-or-less realistic manner and still be exciting (although the shaky-cam is overused, as in every other action movie coming out these days). The acting, while not great, was better than I expected, although the rhythm of the SEAL banter felt off. I was also surprised at how much I cared about what was happening onscreen, in spite of the sparse and cliched script. However, my impressions were probably buoyed by seeing the film in a crowded theater with a receptive audience.
I agree that the Navy actively soliciting filmmakers was probably a bad idea, and could be the start of a unfortunate trend. However, this movie, again taken on its own merits, seems pretty harmless (albeit toothless), and perhaps in some ways even beneficial. The personality of the SEALs is barely sketched out, limited to banter about children and narration describing the importance of 'honor' and how the SEALs live by an 'ethos' – no real exploration of the stress involved in going back-and-forth between intense special operations and life with one's family. The motives of the villains are explained even more cursorily. Okay, that's about what we expected, as a glorified recruitment video we don't expect deep exploration of the psychological toll of being an operator, or thoughtful rumination on the causes of terrorism.
On the other hand, where the movie really shined for me was when we saw a CIA agent interrogating a captured terrorist collaborator. Previously, the narrator had told us that he "wouldn't want to get questioned by" the agent, which in this day and age seems to imply torture. However, when the interrogation took place, the agent didn't raise a hand against the prisoner, though there was some use of implied threats and bargaining. The agent stressed how he could help the prisoner, and worked to build a positive relationship with him. Some might argue that this whitewashes the real use of torture conducted by the CIA, or at least with its knowledge ('extraordinary rendition', etc.). However, I thought it provided a very useful and overdue counterpoint to the Jack Bauer-style use of torture in 'ticking time-bomb' scenarios depicted by Hollywood, that hopefully can be held up as an example of how interrogation can work just fine without sacrificing the interrogator's honor.
Thanks, Ian. Your description matches up with what I anticipated from the film. I'm actually looking forward to seeing it so that I can comment on it directly.
I am glad to hear that the interrogation portion was handled with a higher level of realism. For all the (justifiable) attention placed on 'enhanced interrogation,' over the years, what you described sounds much closer to reality for the vast, vast majority of interrogations.
On the issue of interrogation, I'd like to see a film that made the point that beating, threatening, and torturing your prisoner actually harms your goal of gathering information, as it gives him a direct, personal reason to both resist and lie to you. Not to say I'd expect that point to be made in this movie, but for a film to make it would be gratifying.
I don't have the cites on me, but I seem to recall that Navy recruitment was positively affected by "Top Gun" (1986). Anyone care to compare/contrast "Top Gun" and "Act of Valor"? Seems a potentially more useful case study than "Navy Seals" (1990).
No love for Jag? And why limit it to the Navy. Go all out special forces. The Green Berets with John Wayne is a very interesting example. Is it propaganda? Was it trying to sell a war? Things are different now, but not unrecognizable.
To wrap one's head around this watch two films back to back: Oliver Stone's "Born on the 4th of July" and John Wayne's "The Green Berets." Wayne made his film for the same reason "Acts of Valor" we're made. Oliver made his film because films like Wayne's are made. The annual ratio of Afghan/Iraq Vet to civilian suicide in the US today is roughly 20:1, according to the DoD (search "veterans suicide site:.gov). These films dupe youth into believing crap that many films and books debunk: Johnny Got His Gun; Apocalypse Now; White Man, Black War; Waltz with Bashir. There are many, many examples.
The last number I heard from an advocate on vet issues was 18 suicides by veterans a day. The military is well aware of that, has no intention of doing anything to stop it, so instead they'll make stuff like this.
I wonder if you could clarify the basis of your objection.
Are you taking exception with the fact that Naval Special Warfare — as an institution — would see some kind of tactical advantage in the bureaucratic (i.e., budget) battle in cooperating with the film?
Or are you concerned more generally that, by shining a spotlight on NSW (and presumably glorifying it — not that it needs Hollywood for that) NSW will take pride of place in the Special Operations community, draining resources from Army or Air Force SOF?
I ask because you state you are *not* troubled by Defense Department cooperation with "obviously" fictional stories like "Transformers" or by DoD cooperation on "historical" pictures — the 3rd Special Forces Group, for example, provided extras and technical advice for the 1968 David L. Wolper production, "The Devil's Brigade," a picture about the First Special Service Force in Italy in 1943.
Something about the contemporary nature of "Act of Valor" and currently-serving SEALs would seem to be at issue for you. Is this an ethical objection?
In an interview with "Mother Jones," Robb objected to this practice because, "People are going off to war and getting killed, in part because of some movie that they saw that was adjusted by the military." As proof, Robb claims that "Top Gun" boosted Navy recruiting inquiries by 500%.
Even if that were the case — he cites a recruiting command official but no raw data — we obviously don't know what percentage of those inquiries became successfully closed recruiting contracts, nor do we (or can we) know what percent of those successful recruiting contracts would *not* have otherwise been recruits in the absence of the picture.
While "Mother Jones" was sympathetic to his objection, it was empirically baseless; all else being equal, one is just as likely to be inspired by a recruiting poster (as I was, of a jungle-fatigue-wearing Army Ranger in 1982) as by a movie.
I am increasingly interested in these kinds of cultural-strategic interactions, so if you could clarify the basis for your objection I'd be grateful.
I hope not to offend here, but of course it's propaganda. Do you think the Chiefs of Staff just woke up one day and said to themselves, "You know what? Let's get into the movie business!"? Recruitment is down, citizens are clamoring for military cuts, people want the wars to end and there is serious discussion along the fringes of the Beltway crowd (sites like The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, Slate) about pulling back our military deployments around the world as well. Mainstream journalists from NPR to the Washington Post have spent the last 5 years writing exposes about how terrible the military treats the injured, the disturbed, and veterans in general. This movie is unquestionably being made for the direct purpose of trying to boost recruitment and slow down or stop the erosion of support in the United States for the military as an institution.


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Q: Write a macro function to change the case of a string? // I tried this code
 #include<iostream>
 using namespace std;

// Function to convert characters
// of a string to opposite case
#define case_change(str)\
{\
    int ln = str.length();\

// Conversion according to ASCII values
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A: You appear to have got if and ifdef confused. ifdef is used to test whether a macro has previously been defined, and enable functionality based on that definition. See this question: The role of #ifdef and #ifndef
Instead, you are trying to execute a particular piece of code based on a runtime test. For that, you want if instead.
As mentioned in comments, it generally considered bad practice to write a macro when you should be writing a function. Macro vs Function in C

A: #ifdef (str[i]>='a' && str[i]<='z')

should be
if (str[i]>='a' && str[i]<='z')

#ifdef doesn't make sense becausestr[i] must be evaluated at run time and the macro preprocessor only works at compile time.
Also #elifdef is not a legal token. For similar reason to above this should be else if.

A: You can use this code. I think it will help you
#include <iostream>
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define CASE_CHANGE(str) ({        \
    int i = 0;                     \
    string op = "";                \
    while (str[i] != '\0') {       \
        if (isupper(str[i])) {     \
            op += tolower(str[i]); \
        }                          \
        else {                     \
            op += toupper(str[i]); \
        }                          \
        ++i;                       \
    }                              \
    op;                            \
    })

int main() {
    cout << CASE_CHANGE("babu");
}


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//==============================================================================
//! Uncorrelated angle-energy distribution. This corresponds to when an energy
//! distribution is given in ENDF File 5/6 and an angular distribution is given
//! in ENDF File 4.
//==============================================================================

class UncorrelatedAngleEnergy : public AngleEnergy {
public:
  explicit UncorrelatedAngleEnergy(hid_t group);

  //! Sample distribution for an angle and energy
  //! \param[in] E_in Incoming energy in [eV]
  //! \param[out] E_out Outgoing energy in [eV]
  //! \param[out] mu Outgoing cosine with respect to current direction
  //! \param[inout] seed Pseudorandom seed pointer
  void sample(
    double E_in, double& E_out, double& mu, uint64_t* seed) const override;

  // Accessors
  AngleDistribution& angle() { return angle_; }

private:
  AngleDistribution angle_;               //!< Angle distribution
  unique_ptr<EnergyDistribution> energy_; //!< Energy distribution
};

} // namespace openmc

#endif // OPENMC_SECONDARY_UNCORRELATED_H

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I've been talking a lot lately about mental health. Nobody is immune to the possibility of having a mental health issue. It can creep up on anyone. Never be complacent about mental health and always seek help, preferably at an early stage, whenever you are struggling.
It helps to nip issues in the bud quickly so they don't fester. I realise this is not always possible but for many things it is. I see a lot of children in my work for issues such as anxiety, confidence, fears and phobias, health issues and self harm. We must do our very best to look after their mental health. Keep the dialogue open with them.
Schools too have a part to play in this which I know is a big ask because they have so much on their plates. I had a conversation today with an employee at a local school regarding one of their pupils I was working with and I was very impressed with her attitude towards helping. This is what we need.
The dialogue is the most important thing because it is when children shut down that it becomes more difficult for parents and teachers to understand what is happening. They may also become reluctant to interact with a therapist.
I like to make therapy a positive experience for adults and children alike. I love getting to know people. I love that my studio has a calming and friendly ambience with my gorgeous Colour Mirrors bottles. Adults love these bottles and children are mesmerised by them. So therapy feels like fun. Children do great with the therapies I use.
One of the things most people don't recognise in themselves is how amazing they are. We need to ensure that today's children know they are fab so we can build a society where people believe in themselves. Far too many people doubt themselves. If they are self-assured, have self-belief and confidence it goes a long way to not letting life's challenges become the very events that hold them back.
Where parents are separated it is important to put the child first and the parental differences aside. Children feed off the vibe of parents.
Bullying can still be a problem issue in society but, as I've said before, it is important to understand the person doing the bullying as well as help the person who has been bullied. When someone bullies, there is usually a reason behind this.
When a child expresses anger then talk to them. Find out why they are angry. Most importantly listen. If a child has behaviour issues, there would be a reason for this.
When I started this post, I wasn't sure exactly what I was going to talk about but perhaps because I've worked with a fair few youngsters this I put the focus on children. But it goes to show that mental health is an issue for all and not just adults.
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Barbuise és un municipi francès situat al departament de l'Aube i a la regió del Gran Est. L'any 2007 tenia 402 habitants.

Demografia

Població
El 2007 la població de fet de Barbuise era de 402 persones. Hi havia 144 famílies de les quals 36 eren unipersonals (20 homes vivint sols i 16 dones vivint soles), 48 parelles sense fills, 48 parelles amb fills i 12 famílies monoparentals amb fills.

La població ha evolucionat segons el següent gràfic:

Habitants censats

Habitatges
El 2007 hi havia 190 habitatges, 153 eren l'habitatge principal de la família, 22 eren segones residències i 15 estaven desocupats. 184 eren cases i 1 era un apartament. Dels 153 habitatges principals, 128 estaven ocupats pels seus propietaris, 19 estaven llogats i ocupats pels llogaters i 6 estaven cedits a títol gratuït; 2 tenien una cambra, 4 en tenien dues, 22 en tenien tres, 42 en tenien quatre i 83 en tenien cinc o més. 118 habitatges disposaven pel capbaix d'una plaça de pàrquing. A 48 habitatges hi havia un automòbil i a 91 n'hi havia dos o més.

Piràmide de població
La piràmide de població per edats i sexe el 2009 era:

Economia
El 2007 la població en edat de treballar era de 263 persones, 195 eren actives i 68 eren inactives. De les 195 persones actives 188 estaven ocupades (106 homes i 82 dones) i 7 estaven aturades (totes dones). De les 68 persones inactives 27 estaven jubilades, 21 estaven estudiant i 20 estaven classificades com a «altres inactius».

Ingressos
El 2009 a Barbuise hi havia 160 unitats fiscals que integraven 409 persones, la mediana anual d'ingressos fiscals per persona era de 19.406 €.

Activitats econòmiques
Dels 14 establiments que hi havia el 2007, 2 eren d'empreses extractives, 3 d'empreses de fabricació d'altres productes industrials, 1 d'una empresa de construcció, 3 d'empreses de comerç i reparació d'automòbils, 1 d'una empresa d'hostatgeria i restauració, 1 d'una empresa financera i 3 d'empreses de serveis.

Dels 3 establiments de servei als particulars que hi havia el 2009, 1 era un taller de reparació d'automòbils i de material agrícola, 1 paleta i 1 restaurant.

L'any 2000 a Barbuise hi havia 11 explotacions agrícoles.

Equipaments sanitaris i escolars
El 2009 hi havia una escola elemental.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

 Résumé statistique Fitxa resum de dades estadístiques de Barbuise a l'INSEE.
 Évolution et structure de la population Fitxa amb el detall de dades de Barbuise a l'INSEE
 France par commune  Dades detallades de tots els municipis de França accessibles a partir del mapa.

Municipis de l'Aube

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2007 & earlier
News for October 24, 2002
Edited by Jeff Jones
Cipollini vs. Horse
World Champion Mario Cipollini has expressed a desire to challenge Italian race horse Varenne in a classic man vs. beast celebrity deathmatch. "I would like to beat Varenne," said Cipollini. "I have done 1'03 for the kilometre, he has done a time slightly inferior, I think. I've been compared to him, but his current life, which where he is a stud for wooden horses, is not for me!"
Cipollini will take the challenge after he returns from holiday in mid-November and begins his preparation for 2003. The details of the sprint match have yet to be decided, but the mayor of Novi Ligure has expressed a strong interest in hosting the event on the Romanengo race track.
It wouldn't be the first time that a cyclist has raced against a horse. In 1924, Proprio Girardengo beat Rodi Ward in the Stadium Marengo in Alessandria. On another occasion in 1952, three time World Champion Rik Van Steenbergen beat Nunzio, one of the top racehorses of the period.
Gonzalez and Botero to ride in Criterium de la ACP
Vuelta winner Aitor Gonzalez and World Time Trial Champion Santiago Botero will be two of the 40 professional cyclists taking part in this Sunday's 9th edition of the Criterium de la ACP, held in Tres Cantos near Madrid. The race will also feature Fernando Escartin (Team Coast), Joseba Beloki (ONCE), Oscar Sevilla (Kelme), Felix Garcia Casas (BigMat) and Francisco Mancebo (iBanesto), and retiring cyclists Melchor Mauri and Abraham Olano, who will be honoured at the event.
The racing will take place around the centre of Tres Cantos and will be shown live on Spanish television from 15:00.
Saeco finish season in Japan
Simoni goes to Paris
Fabio Sacchi and Igor Astarloa will lead the Saeco-Longoni Sport team in this Sunday's Japan Cup, the final race for the team in 2002. With 24 wins already this season, Saeco will be hoping to make it 25 as they race around 10 laps of the Utsunomiya circuit. The other riders of the team are Damiano Cunego, Leonardo Bertagnolli and Juan Fuentes, with Giuseppe Martinelli as directeur sportif.
Meanwhile Giro 2001 winner Gilberto Simoni has flown to Paris today for the presentation of the 2003 Centenary Tour de France, which will see a host of past and current stars of the sport in attendance. Simoni missed the 2002 Tour after testing positive for cocaine during the Giro this year. Although he was later cleared of any wrongdoing, the Tour de France organisers chose to exclude Saeco from this year's race. Now they want more than ever to be there in 2003.
"Everybody in the team and Gilberto in particular are very keen to see the route of the Tour de France," said team manager Claudio Corti. "We want revenge for what happened this year. We were hoping to do well at the Tour but our exclusion � which turned out to be unjustified, affected a large part of our season. As a result the Tour is already one of our major objectives for the 2003 season."
ABX to choose between three teams
The logistics arm of the Belgian postal service, ABX, will decide over the next three weeks which team they wish to co-sponsor next season. The reaction came after a story in Het Laatste Nieuws yesterday which reported that ABX was a possible co-sponsor for Lotto-Domo, which is in need of more cash to guarantee its salaries and operating costs for 2003.
A spokesman for ABX told Het Laatste Nieuws today that "We had a choice of 12 teams. We have cut it down to three. Lotto-Domo is one of the three. The question of how much sponsorship money we will bring depends on which team we choose to work with."
Boonen by the end of the week
US Postal's Tom Boonen has still not announced whether he will stay and honour his contract with the team for 2003, or whether he will leave for Quick Step-Davitamon. He says he will make his decision by the end of this week, as he wants to make sure of his team for 2003 before he goes on holiday next week. However he doesn't want to cause too many waves: "I don't want to take the risk that US Postal will blame me for the contract breaking," he told the Belgian press.
If Boonen can find an easy and cheap way out of his contract then he will do so, however it seems more probable that he will stay with USPS at this point.
Dutch U23 TT champ to Van Hemert Groep
Dutch U23 time trial champion Stef Clement has signed a one year contract for the Van Hemert Groep cycling team.
CSC Classic upgraded
The Danish CSC Classic, which takes place on May 4, 2003 in Århus, has been upgraded by the UCI to a Category 1.2 event, making it the highest ranked one day race in Denmark. The upgrade means more UCI points, more prize money, and more organisational resources for the event which should equate to a better quality starting line up.
In conjunction with the CSC Classic, there will be a cyclosportif event held a few hours before the main race. It will be the third edition of the cyclosportif event, which will feature two courses of 50 or 100 kilometres.
Tour de Georgia sanctioned
The Tour de Georgia has announced that it has received official status from the UCI, which has given the six day stage race a 2.3 classification. The inaugural race is scheduled to take place between April 22-27, 2003.
Amherst International Cyclo-Cross preview
Round 3 of the Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series takes place this Sunday, October 27 on the campus of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. The race was first promoted 12 years ago by UMass undergrad Adam Hodges Myerson and has since grown to be a UCI Category 2 event.
This year's race looks to have the strongest field yet, featuring the first 2002 New England matchup between Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series leader Marc Gullickson (Mongoose/Hyundai) and his rival, New England native Tim Johnson (Saturn). Johnson just made his return to the US cyclo-cross scene this past weekend in Delaware, finishing second to Gullickson on Saturday, and following up with a fine win at the Monkey Hill Cyclo-Cross on Sunday. Gullickson has been the dominant cyclo-cross rider in the country for the first part of October, missing out on a chance at another UCI win this past Sunday due to a first lap crash and a mid-race mechanical that left him in third. He has won the first two rounds of the 2002 Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series handily.
Both Gullickson and Johnson will have teammates at the Cycle-Smart Amherst International. Johnson will have his Saturn teammate, former US National Champion Mark McCormack. Mark is the defending 2001 overall Verge Series champion, as well as the defending 2001 Amherst International winner (over Gullickson). The current US National Champion will also be in attendance, in the form of Gullickson's Mongoose/Hyundai teammate Todd Wells. Wells won the UCI category 3 Central Mass Cyclo-Cross To End Homelessness two weeks ago, and was second in Verge Series #2 in Gloucester the same weekend, and just won the Portland International this past weekend.
They'll all be challenged once again by Jonny "The Cat" Sundt (K2 Bikes), the reigning (and 5 time) Canadian National Champion Peter Wedge (Kona), U.S. U23 National Cyclo-Cross Champion Adam Craig (Giant), and the Clif Bar team of Jackson Stewart, Dave Wyandt, and Andy Jacques-Maynes, and Justin Robinson (Bullion Stil/Santa Cruz Spokesman).
Mary McConnelough (Seven Cycles) still wears the jersey of the Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series Leader, although she was bested in Gloucester by the flying Carmen D'Alusio (Clif Bar). D'Alusio looks to be laying claim to the title of top US Cyclo-Crosser, winning the Gloucester race over McConnelough, then beating 2001 'cross phenom Lyne Bessette both days this past weekend in Delaware. Cyclocrossworld.com's Bessette is, along with her fianc� Tim Johnson, just back from road world championships in Belgium. She took her two second places in stride, crediting D'Alusio with superior technical skills. Bessette won the 2001 Amherst International, as well as the overall 2001 Verge Series, and is looking to be on the top podium spot again in Amherst.
D'Alusio's teammate Gina Hall took last weekend's Portland International, making it a clean sweep of North American UCI races for team Clif Bar. Hall will be on hand in Amherst as well, along with New England Series stalwarts; Canadian National Champion Shauna Gillies-Smith (SRP-Gearworks-Spin Arts), U.S. Masters Champion Jodi Groesbeck (Putney/WestHill), and US collegiate and U23 champion Alicia Genest (Richard Sachs).
The Cycle-Smart Amherst International gets underway at 10AM on the campus of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Race sponsors include Cycle-Smart Coaching, Promotions, & Management, Inc., Serotta Cycles, local Serotta dealer Laughing Dog Bicycles, Pure Rock - Laser 99.3, The Valley Advocate, Maplewood Farms Restaurant, Brewery, and Bakery, Thai Corner, Integrity Builders, Litmus Designs, Florence Savings Bank, and PB Computing Services.
For information about registration, log onto www.necyclocross.com.
Remaining rounds in the 2002 Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series
Round 3 - October 27: The 12th Annual Cycle-Smart Amherst International, UCI Category 2
Round 4 - November 24: ChainBiter Cyclo-Cross, UCI Category 3
Round 5 - December 1: W. E. Stedman Co. Grand Prix of Cyclo-Cross, UCI Category 3
Round 6 - December 8: American Express Financial Advisors Cyclo-Cross, UCI Category 3
(All rights reserved/Copyright Knapp Communications Pty Limited 2002)


Loren Connell has served the Williamsburg Independent School District as Director of Instruction since January 2003. He is a 1987 graduate of Williamsburg High School. Loren received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1991 and Master of Arts degree in 2000 both from the University of the Cumberlands. In 2003, he earned his Rank I in Education Administration from Union College and has completed post graduate work from the University of the Cumberlands.
An employee of the district since 1996, Loren taught High School Business and Math until 2003. He was active in Jacket athletics before moving to administration. His coaching roles included working in the Yellow Jacket baseball program in 1995 as an assistant coach. Loren became the head baseball coach in 1998 and remained through the 2003 baseball season, winning one SEKC Championship and made one appearance in the All "A" State Baseball Tournament. He was an assistant boys' basketball coach and was on the bench for Williamsburg's last 50th District championship in 1998 and worked from 1995-97 in the girls' basketball program that won over 40 games during those two years.
During his tenure as Director of Instruction, the district has received recognition as a "Super District" by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools/AdvancEd, named an "Outperforming District" by Standard and Poors, and named multiple times as a Top American Public School by U.S. News and World Report.
Loren has served on the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Association of Education Supervisors since 2009, on the Graduate Education Advisory Committee at the University of the Cumberlands, and a member of the Kentucky Association of Assessment Coordinators. He has been selected by AdvancEd to chair two quality assurance review committees and was requested by the national AdvancEd office to serve on an initial district accreditation review committee for a school division in Virginia.
Loren is married to Paula Connell, who teaches Family and Consumer Science at Williamsburg City School. They have one daughter, Kelsey, who is a student at Williamsburg City School. He is a lifelong resident of Williamsburg and he and his family reside in the Sunshine Valley development.


The answer to who will be the new Man Without Fear was answered this afternoon on G4's Attack of the Show: "Fresh Ink" host Blair Butler announced that Marvel's Daredevil will end in November with Issue 512 -- of course, we already knew that -- to be replaced with Black Panther: The Man Without Fear.
The title, which picks up in December with Issue 513, spins out of the "Shadowland" event, and finds Black Panther as the new guardian of Hell's Kitchen, "living outside of his kingdom and rebuilding his life" without the aid of advanced Wakandan technology.
Black Panther is written by award-winning novelist David Liss, who penned last year's Daring Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special for Marvel, and penciled by Francesco Francavilla (Zorro), who drew those "Man Without Fear" teasers.
Daredevil returned to its original numbering a year ago with Issue 500. The continuation of that numbering under the new name, a la Incredible Hercules, suggests we'll see a return to plain ol' Daredevil before too long. Meanwhile, the four-issue Daredevil: Reborn, by Andy Diggle and Davide Gianfelice, will launch in January.


Experience driving perfection in the 2018 Chevrolet Spark. With less than 20,000 miles on the odometer, this vehicle proves competitive in its price class based on its condition and value. It features an automatic transmission, front-wheel drive, and an efficient 4 cylinder engine. All of the following features are included: 1-touch window functionality, a trip computer, air conditioning, front fog lights, tilt steering wheel, remote keyless entry, and a split folding rear seat. Storage solutions are integrated throughout the interior, demonstrating thoughtful attention to detail. Audio features include an AM/FM radio, and 6 speakers, providing excellent sound throughout the cabin. Chevrolet ensures the safety and security of its passengers with equipment such as: dual front impact airbags with occupant sensing airbag, head curtain airbags, traction control, brake assist, a security system, onStar, and ABS brakes. With electronic stability control supplementing mechanical systems, you'll maintain precise command of the roadway. It also arrives with a Carfax history report, providing you peace of mind with detailed information. Our knowledgeable sales staff is available to answer any questions that you might have. They'll work with you to find the right vehicle at a price you can afford. We are here to help you.


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Medelby Kirke er en kirke beliggende syd for den dansk-tyske grænse i Medelby i Sydslesvig i den nordtyske delstat Slesvig-Holsten. Kirken er viet til apostlen Matthæus. Medelby Kirke er sognekirke i Medelby Sogn.

Kirken er opført i anden halvdel af 1100-tallet af granitkvadre. Sydportalen samt enkelte romanske rundbuevinduer er bevaret. Nordportalen er derimod tilmuret. Over den rundbuede sydportal ses en tympanon fremstillende en siddende Kristus, der overrækker nøgle og bog til Peter og Paulus (traditio legis). I 1709 blev kirken udvidet mod vest. 1793 kom våbenhuset til. Tagrytteren med monogram af Frederik 5. er opført i 1765. Samme år blev det romanske kor afløst af et større alterrum. Den romanske granitfont fra højmiddelalderen har ranker på kummen, højt skaft med vulst og firkantet fod. Den trefløjede sengotiske altertavle fra 1400-tallet viser korsfæstelsen i midterpartiet, nadveren i topfeltet og apostelfigurer i sidefelterne. Tavlen blev senest renoveret i 1998. Alterbordsforsiden (antemensale) er fra 1580. Prædikestolen er sammensat af en prædikestol fra 1581 og en fra 1631. Krucifiksgruppen på skibets sydvæg fra omkring 1500 viser symbolerne af evangelisterne, Jomfru Maria og Johannes Døberen. Pulpituret fra 1734 er illustreret med 32 malerier, der fremstiller bibelske scener fra skabelsen til himmelfarten. Orglet er udført af Marcussen & Søn i 1895, seneste renoveret 2011.

Kirken nævnes i et lokalt folkesagn, som omhandler to kæmper, som var i færd med at bygge kirkerne i Medelby og Store Vi. Da de kun havde en hammer, kastede de den skiftevis til hinanden. Derved kom de til at beskadige kirken i nabobyen Valsbøl. I årene før den 2. Slesvigske krig var kirkesproget blandet dansk-tysk. Menigheden hører nu under den nordtyske lutherske kirke.

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Hotel Haritha Kakatiya, Warangal, Telangana, India.
International conference on Materials and Energy focus on "Recent Achievements in Materials Engineering and Energy basis Materials". All the researchers are welcome to participates in this conference and requesting you to be a part in discussion on Research related to Materials and Energy based topics.
Full papers: The original full length papers must be submitted for consideering to review.
Authors are suggested to visit the https://aip.scitation.org/apc/authors/preppapers for paper template.
The conference will be at: Presentation Venue: Hotel Haritha Kakatiya, Warangal, Telangana, India.


Lining the Murrumbidgee Corridor, Tuggeranong is the southernmost town centre in Canberra. The region remained a rural retreat right up until the first residents moved into Kambah in 1974.
Highlighted by the valleys, ridges and hills of the adjoining Namadgi National Park, Tuggeranong features some of Canberra's most spectacular views as residents look out to the nearby mountains.
The Tuggeranong Town Centre has a variation of cafes and restaurants lining the streets, as well as many others throughout suburbs in the region.
There is always plenty to do in Tuggeranong. The Hyperdome Mall houses the Limelight Cinema, and there is ten-pin bowling down the road from there. The indoor trampoline centre and paintball are always popular activities for all ages. Pine Island and Point Hut Pond are both popular places to get outside in the warmer months for swimming. If you're happy to go for a short drive, past the last houses in Gordon, the Lanyon Homestead is a great day out for the family and feels like it's hours out of town. Namadgi National Park is a short drive from Tuggeranong, and has many different walks to try, each with spectacular views.
Tuggeranong is home to many local sports teams and clubs, including netball, hockey, rugby swim and archery, and there are facilities for all. There is a leisure centre in the town cnetre, and a BMX Track in Kambah.
The Tuggeranong Arts Centre is an institution in the Tuggeranong region, focusing on using artistic mediums to improve wellbeing, increase community involvement and educate through cultural programs, collaborated with the Ngunnawal people.
Tuggeranong has many public and private schools, as well as a CIT Campus.


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Translnk going green with new buses ordered for Craigavon fleet
Translink is going green with the announcement of a new fleet of buses for the Craigavon area.
Friday, 16th July 2021, 3:59 pm
As part of its ambitious plans to achieve Net Zero Emissions by 2040, Translink has announced it will introduce a number of new, modern low emission buses to its fleet to support the green recovery.
The order includes 20 single deck buses delivered by local manufacturer Wrightbus that will be used on the popular 39 service, replacing older fleet vehicles.
The new buses will support the goals within Translink's Climate Positive Strategy to deliver a 50% reduction in Greenhouse Gas emissions by 2030 and a long-term vision to be Climate Positive by 2050.
[L-R] Lord Mayor of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council Alderman Glenn Barr and Translink Service Delivery Manager Gerry Darcy unveiling Translinkâ€TMs new Low Emission buses in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area / Photo by Aaron McCracken
Announcing the latest additions to the local fleet, Translink Service Delivery Manager, Gerry Darcy, said: "This is good news for our customers as we continue to invest in our fleet and enhance the journey experience with more comfort, convenience and service performance.
"These buses are extremely fuel efficient, making them among the most environmentally-friendly in the region, and help improve local air quality.
"The vehicles are fully accessible and deliver the highest standards in bus innovation and safety with USB charging, free WiFi and a new camera-mirror system which replaces external mirrors for better visibility in all conditions.
"Translink is leading a transport transformation in Northern Ireland and is committed to supporting a green recovery by creating advanced public transport services and integrated networks which connect people and communities, support the economy and improve health and wellbeing for everyone.
"As we emerge from these challenging times, we look forward to welcoming more people on board public transport and have been ensuring robust safety measures are in place to protect and reassure our customers as they travel with us."
Welcoming Translink's announcement, Lord Mayor of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council Alderman Glenn Barr said; "This is an exciting announcement for the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon borough and we are delighted to see these low emission vehicles join Translink's fleet in our area. Translink is working towards a cleaner, greener economy and we fully support this – our council area has a strong climate plan and these new vehicles complement our own activity and will benefit both public transport users and the environment alike."
To find out more about Translink's Climate Positive Strategy visit www.translink.co.uk/climate
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The Abe government continues to demand that the refugees of Fukushima and their children return to Fukushima because it has supposedly been "decontaminated". This is not true and the government is still trying to remove the melted rods that were created by the earthquake and loss of energy. There continues to be radioactive contamination and the number of cancer cases is rising according to public hospital reports. October 11th is also the day for girls worldwide and the girls from Fukushima should not be faced with getting cancer by being forced to return. The Abe government in fact is pushing to restart even more nuclear plants in highly dangerous areas. Japan is in what is called the ring of fire because of the dangerous earthquakes but this does not matter to these government officials.
At the same time, the Abe government is repressing anti-nuclear activists including Fukushima refugees and even arrested one women at Hiroshima in August that was alerting the public about the danger of radiation in Japan. She was held without charges for ten day and is with the group GoWest.
Increasingly repressive laws have been passed by the racist and reactionary Abe government including the Secrecy Act and Conspiracy Act that are aimed at silencing journalists and whistleblowers.
The government also continues to imprison anti-war activist Fumiaki Hoshino who has been imprisoned for more than 43 years for protesting against the US-Japan military treaty which allowed the US to bring weapons including nuclear weapons into Okinawa and other US military bases. His conditions are very difficult with extreme heat and cold temperatures in the prison that threaten his health as well as the health of other prisoners. The Abe government is also driving to remove Article 9 in the constitution so that they can rebuild the military and move toward war.
Come speak out to defend the people of Fukushima, Japan and the world.


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Für die Gegnaz! ist das zweite Soloalbum des deutschen Rappers Tony D. Es wurde am 11. September 2009 über Universal Music Group veröffentlicht. Das Album stieg nicht in die Charts ein, womit es im Verhältnis zu Tony Ds Debütalbum Totalschaden, das Platz 21 der deutschen Hitparade belegen konnte, als Misserfolg gewertet werden kann.

Hintergrund
2007 erschien Tony Ds erstes Soloalbum Totalschaden über das Berliner Label Aggro Berlin, bei welchem er zwei Jahre zuvor einen Vertrag unterschrieben hatte. In der nachfolgenden Zeit trat der Rapper hauptsächlich als Gastmusiker auf Alben anderer Hip-Hop-Musiker in Erscheinung. Das zweite Album von Tony D wurde ursprünglich unter dem Titel Die Gegnaz für den 8. Mai 2009 angekündigt. Nachdem Aggro Berlin am 1. April 2009 seine Schließung bekannt gegeben hatte, verlor Tony D seine Labelplattform und die Veröffentlichung seines Albums wurde zunächst auf den 28. Mai und letztlich auf den 11. September 2009 verschoben. Die Plattenfirma Universal Music Group, die die vorherigen eineinhalb Jahre mit Aggro Berlin kooperiert und bei der Vermarktung der Tonträger unterstützt hatte, übernahm die Veröffentlichung des Albums Für die Gegnaz!. Im Gegensatz zu Kitty Kat, die ebenfalls einen Vertrag mit Aggro Berlin gehabt hatte, wurde Tony D als Künstler nicht von Universal übernommen. In einem Interview äußerte sich der Rapper zu seiner Situation: "Ich verstehe […], warum ich für Labels wie Universal nichts bin. Die glauben nicht an mich und ich nicht an die. Aggro war zwar ein großes Label, hatte aber immer ein Herz für Untergrund-Künstler wie mich. Deswegen ist es auch schade, dass sie nicht mehr da sind."

Titelliste

Intro – 0:34
Hundert Metaz – 3:16
Jackpot – 3:19
Keine Gegnaz (feat. Sido) – 2:51
Meine Gang (feat. TMR und BC) – 5:00
Bäm Bäm – 3:02
Zehn – 3:05
Paff Paff (feat. B-Tight und Freddy Cool) – 4:16
2 krasse Rapper (feat. Kitty Kat)
Für die Sekte (feat. Die Sekte) – 3:22
Schlachtschiff (feat. B-Tight) – 3:33
Kommst nicht klar (feat. Freddy Cool) – 3:20
Voll daneben – 2:52
Hundert Metaz RMX – 3:19
Outro – 4:37

Gastbeiträge
Für Für die Gegnaz! arbeitete Tony D mit einer Vielzahl an Rappern aus seinem direkten Umfeld zusammen. So entstanden Lieder mit Sido, Kitty Kat und B-Tight, die zuvor gemeinsam mit ihm bei Aggro Berlin unter Vertrag gestanden hatten. Auf zwei Stücken ist Freddy Cool vertreten. Dieser ist Mitglied der Gruppe Grüne Medizin und ebenso wie die meisten Mitglieder von Die Sekte beim Independent-Label Sektenmuzik unter Vertrag. Darüber hinaus kann der Titel Meine Gang hervorgehoben werden, für welchen er mit den Gruppen TMR und BC zusammengearbeitet hat. Zu Beginn seiner musikalischen Laufbahn war Tony D unter dem Namen Drell One der Gang TMR beigetreten. Dadurch entstand der Kontakt zur Gruppe BC, die von den Hip-Hop-Musikern Frauenarzt, MC Basstard und MC Bogy gebildet wird, und schließlich die Mitgliedschaft bei dem Label Bassboxxx.

Vermarktung
Am 21. August 2009 wurde der Titel Jackpot als eSingle veröffentlicht. Zu dem von Flashgordon produzierten Lied erschien auch ein Video, in dem Tony D verschiedene Computerspiele spielt und in diesen auch als Figur zu erkennen ist. Des Weiteren wurde ein Snippet veröffentlicht, in dem die Lieder von Für die Gegnaz! angespielt werden.

Ein weiteres Video erschien zum Stück Hundert Metaz, das am 4. September 2009 als zweite eSingle veröffentlicht wurde. Der Titel war zuvor bereits auf dem Labelsampler Aggro Anti Ansage Nr. 8 erschienen und war im Zuge der Vermarktung teilweise in einem sogenannten "Split-Video" zu sehen, in welchem neben Sequenzen des Videos zu Hundert Metaz auch die Titel Fünf krasse Rapper von Sido, Tony D, Kitty Kat, Fler und B-Tight sowie So ist es von Sido und Fler verarbeitet worden waren.

Kritik
Die Redaktion der E-Zine Laut.de bewertete Für die Gegnaz!, wie bereits das Vorgängeralbum Totalschaden, negativ. In der von Dani Fromm verfassten Rezension erhielt die Veröffentlichung zwei von möglichen fünf Bewertungspunkten. Tony D könne nur in einer Tonlage brüllen und beherrsche nichts darüber hinaus. Inhaltlich drehen sich die Texte um "pubertäre Sauf-, Kiff-, Prügel- und Fickphantasien". Zudem wiederhole sich der Rapper "inhaltlich wie in Ausdrucks- und Wiedergabeweise" über das gesamte Album. Für den Zuhörer scheine Tony D jedoch Spaß an der Musik zu haben, was Fromm auf den "zelebrierten Dilettantismus" zurückführt, der den Zuhörer dazu bringe, in Frage zu stellen, ob Tony D seine Musik ernst nimmt oder nicht. Positiv äußert sich Fromm zum Booklet, das mit seiner Bebilderung den "comichaften Charakter" des Albums unterstreicht. Auch die Produktionen der Titel werden in der Kritik gut aufgenommen. Die Gastrapper hinterlassen einen guten Eindruck, was die Redakteurin damit begründet, dass auch wenig talentierte Hip-Hop-Musiker neben Tony D einen guten Eindruck hinterlassen.

In einer Kritik des Hip-Hop-Magazins Juice erhielt Tony Ds zweites Album dreieinhalb von möglichen sechs "Kronen". Aus Sicht eines anspruchsvollen Rap-Hörers sei Tony D zwar ein Gimmick, dennoch habe er sich durch seine bisherige Arbeit "Daseinsberechtigung und Fans […] inzwischen erbrüllt." Die Texte des Albums behandeln auf nahezu jedem Titel die Bedrohung und Ausradierung von "Gegnaz". Trotz dieses Kritikpunktes funktioniere das Album, dank eines "durchgehend hohem Energielevels" und der zu Tony Ds Stil passenden Produktion, "ganz okay."

Eine verhältnismäßig ausführliche Rezension erschien auf der Internetseite Rappers.in. Nach Ansicht des Redakteurs könne Tony D nicht mit anderen deutschen Rappern verglichen werden, da ihm die meisten Eigenschaften eines talentierten Rappers fehlen. Der "fast kindliche Charme" des Albums werde bereits an den comichaften Liedtiteln wie Bäm Bäm oder Paff Paff deutlich. Positiv werden etwa die Direktheit sowie die "nur scheinbar unfreiwillig komische Note" gelobt. Dennoch stellt der Redakteur in Frage, dass es viele Zuhörer gibt, die sich über einen längeren Zeitraum die thematische Einfachheit ("Explosionen, Verfolgungsjagden und Gewaltexzessen") anhören wollen. In einem Absatz stellt der Kritiker einen Bezug zwischen der Idee zur Figur Tony D und der Rap-Szene her: "So weit, Mohamed Ayads Kunstfigur zur bewussten Überspitzung der letztendlich allgegenwärtigen Substanzlosigkeit zeitgenössischer Rapmusik hoch zu stilisieren, möchte ich an dieser Stelle nicht gehen, aber denkbar wäre es doch…"

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Album (Hip-Hop)
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