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Revisiting Ryan Pace's offseason moves now that training camp has begun
Bryan Perez
The Chicago Bears had a busy offseason, even if it didn't include the star power of a first-round pick of an elite unrestricted free agent. General manager Ryan Pace spent a considerable amount of money in free agency to upgrade the team's pass rush and doubled-down on tight end in the open market and NFL draft.
Now that training camp has kicked off, let's take a look at Pace's big offseason moves and how they look with the team's 80-man roster (for the most part) is in place.
Bears trade fourth-round pick for Nick Foles
This was the headline-grabber, and for good reason. Foles' addition means the Bears' passing game should improve by default in 2020. It has to. There's nowhere for it to go but up after ranking dead last in yards per attempt (6.2) behind a middling Mitch Trubisky who seemed to lose his confidence somewhere between his second and third seasons in the league.
Was Foles the type of quarterback Bears fans were hoping for? Would a Cam Newton addition have sparked more intrigue and excitement around this team? Sure. But Foles is a more exciting quarterback than he appears. Over 45% of his career touchdown passes have been longer than 20 yards, and his familiarity with Chicago's coaches and system makes him an unusual newcomer; even without any prior experience with the Bears, he joins the roster ready to start in Week 1.
Robert Quinn signed to add more QB sacks and pressures
There were more than a few pundits surprised by the Bears' decision to sign Quinn to a five-year, $70 million deal considering his injury history since 2015. But he's fresh off an 11.5-sack season in Dallas and has the kind of pass-rushing pedigree to suggest he can be a terror opposite Khalil Mack.
And here's the other thing: the odds that Quinn actually gets paid $70 million by the Bears are slim to none. Don't be fooled by flashy contract amounts; instead, focus on the guaranteed money. Quinn's deal calls for $30 million in guarantees and gives the Bears a possible out in 2022.
Jimmy Graham and the Fountain of Youth
The most shocking decision by the Bears in the offseason was the decision to sign Graham to a two-year, $16 million deal after several seasons of regression from the one-time Pro Bowler. Chicago is confident Graham will return to his dominant ways in Matt Nagy's offense, but it's hard to trust a player who hasn't had more than 636 receiving yards in any of the last three seasons (and he was playing with Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers).
Germain Ifedi gets a prove-it deal to start at guard
Ifedi, a former first-round pick of the Seahawks, was miscast at offensive tackle for most of his career in Seattle and will kick inside to guard for the Bears in 2020. Ifedi isn't the first collegiate tackle to struggle on the edge in the pros; he just doesn't have the footspeed to hang with NFL pass-rushers. And that's OK. The Bears don't need him to play tackle.
Instead, he'll be coached up by Juan Castillo at guard and Chicago is excited about his upside. He'll be the only new starter up front for the Bears in 2020 in what should be a much-improved offensive line.
Ifedi signed a one-year deal, so he's a low-risk, high-reward addition. If he struggles early in the season, Chicago can turn to Rashaad Coward as they did after Kyle Long's season-ending injury.
Cole Kmet and Jaylon Johnson headline Bears' draft class
Kmet was the Bears' first pick in the 2020 NFL draft at No. 43 overall, while Johnson was selected at No. 50. Kmet is expected to contribute in the tight end rotation behind Graham, while Johnson is in a training camp battle to start opposite Kyle Fuller.
It looks and feels like a promising draft haul for Pace, but we've been down this road before.
What's the one thing that most of the Bears' offseason moves have in common? They've all been predicated on cleaning up Pace's past mistakes.
Foles was targeted because Trubisky, the second overall pick of the 2017 draft, is teetering on becoming the Bears' biggest bust in franchise history.
Quinn is in Chicago because Leonard Floyd, the team's 2016 first-round pick, failed.
Graham and Kmet were added because Pace can't get the tight end position right. First, it was Dion Sims. Then it was Adam Shaheen and Trey Burton. There's been a massive investment in the position under Pace and the returns have been laughable.
The secondary has had way too much turnover despite fielding some pretty good players who should've been retained (like Adrian Amos, for example). While not mentioned above, the Bears added names like Tashaun Gipson and Artie Burns in what feels like dollar-store shopping for one of the most important position groups in today's NFL. Johnson has to hit, otherwise, it's fair to question why the Bears didn't invest more in the secondary instead of an aging tight end.
Assuming the 2020 season kicks off (and plays out), Pace's 2020 free-agent and draft classes will go a long way in deciding whether he's back in 2021. If his attempts to fix his past mistakes also fail? There's nothing much left to do but move on.
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Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort's successful completion clears way for crewed flights
Theresa CrossJanuary 19th, 2020
SpaceX successfully completed yet another milestone under NASA's Commercial Crew Program to send astronauts to the International Space Station - the In Flight Abort Test.
SuperDraco engines set to be tested during SpaceX in-flight abort
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- With the in-flight Crew Dragon abort test set to launch in less than an hour, let's take a look into the incredibly powerful and spacecraft specific SuperDraco engine.
SpaceX, NASA monitoring weather ahead of in-flight abort test.
Sean CostelloJanuary 19th, 2020
CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. — As the sun rises and the shorelines of the Space Coast communities fill with eager spectators, SpaceX and NASA engineers have their attention focused on the early Sunday morning weather systems.
SpaceX poised to take large step toward human space flight
Cullen DesforgesJanuary 17th, 2020
SpaceX is ready to check off another box on the list of requirements that need to be completed before the company can send crewed missions to the International Space Station.
NASA graduates its newest class of Astronauts
As NASA prepares to send astronauts to destinations far beyond Earth, a new breed of space flyers has joined the elite cadre of the agency's astronaut corps.
New Year, new headquarters for Blue Origin
Laurel KornfeldJanuary 9th, 2020
With Blue Origin opening its new headquarters, 2020 appears to be a year of further expansion for NewSpace.
SpaceX starts 2020 with Starlink launch
Patrick AttwellJanuary 6th, 2020
SpaceX's Starlink constellation just got a major boost.
What's in a name? Mars 2020 wouldn't know, it doesn't have one – yet
James RiceDecember 30th, 2019
NASA's Mars 2020 rover is on the verge of traveling to the Red Planet and beginning its search for evidence of Martian life. But it's missing something very important.
Launch of Shijian 20 lights up Chinese skies and exploration ambitions
SpaceFlight InsiderDecember 28th, 2019
China has big plans for its space program. But before it can achieve them, it needed to make sure a key launch vehicle was up to the task. A recent mission suggests that it is.
Russia launches final Rockot with trio of communications satellites
Russia launched its final mission on the nation's 2019 manifest when it sent three communications satellites to orbit on Friday, Dec. 27. The flight marked the close of a vehicle designed for violence.
Boeing Blunder! Starliner timing failure prevents ISS rendezvous
"Unplanned but stable." That's how Boeing referred to the first flight of its Starliner "space taxi." In layman's terms, the spacecraft was placed in the wrong orbit and won't be going to the International Space Station.
Boeing's Starliner capsule begins much-delayed first flight: UPDATE
Cullen DesforgesDecember 20th, 2019
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – After almost a year of continued delays, Boeing's CST-100 Starliner has finally launched. It is the culmination of years of development, but there's still a ways to go before astronauts will be soaring aloft in the vehicle.
Launch of JCSAT-18 / Kacific-1 furthers SpaceX's reusability program
SpaceX's domination of the launch services market continues with Monday's launch of a Boeing-built satellite for SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. and Kacific Broadband Satellites.
Mars 2020 rover's protective cover arrives at KSC
Space is a pretty wicked place. Fortunately for the Mars 2020 rover, NASA has the robot detective covered.
First fight of OmegA rocket to carry SSN payload
Jason RhianDecember 12th, 2019
Move over SpaceX, you're not the only launch service provider who'll be flying out of Kennedy Space Center.

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While voters will take to the polls in Pinellas, Manatee and Polk counties to cast ballots for mayor and/or various referendums, the big race in the area is in St. Pete: Rick Kriseman, the mayor of St. Petersburg versus the former mayor Rick Baker taking back the office.
The two candidates have raised $2.6 million to battle in St. Petersburg's most expensive mayoral contest. The most recent poll has the race as a toss-up, within margin of error.
In Polk County, a quartet of candidates are seeking the mayor's office. Bill Mutz, Jim Green, Patrick Shawn Jones and Chris Diaz.
Seats are also up for grabs in Auburndale and Winter Haven, and voters in both cities will weigh in on a number of charter amendments.
In Manatee County, commission seats will be decided in Anna Maria, Bradenton Beach and Holmes Beach, and either John Chappie or Bill Shearon will be voted Brandenton Beach's mayor.


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JNN 29 May 2014 Moscow : Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has threatened to replace US dollar with Russian ruble as its currency for global trade, citing US-led Western sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine tensions.
"Trading for rubles – this is a definite priority," Medvedev said in an interview published on Saturday.
"This, in fact, should ultimately move the ruble from the cohort of freely convertible currencies into the ranks of reserve currencies," the premier added.
The Russian government is reportedly considering plans to oblige state-owned companies to receive payment for key exports in rubles, rather than in dollars as at present.
"Of course, the more we sell, for example, our products, including oil, gas, machine-building, defense products for rubles, the more we will encourage such a quality for our currency," Medvedev said.
The United States and its Western allies accuse Russia of destabilizing Ukraine and have slapped a number of sanctions against Russian and pro-Russia figures.
Russia, however, rejects the accusation, saying the pro-Russia protests in Ukraine began spontaneously against the new government in Kiev.
Tensions between the two countries heightened after Crimea declared independence from Ukraine and formally became part of the Russian Federation following a referendum in March.
Russia has warned that it will take retaliatory measures if the West continues its policy of sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine.
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Chateau Gloria
CHAT-GLOR-2018
CHAT-GLOR-2018-12-750-IB
12 x 750ml
Framed and focused.
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot
A vineyard covering 50 hectares, with an average vine age of 40 years, spread across three areas, in the middle of Beychevelle and then in the west and the north of the appellation (bordering Pauillac) on soil made up of Gunzian gravel covering a layer of clay and sand. The grapes are 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot.
Once the grapes have been picked by hand andpends 14 months being aged in casks, with an average of 40% of them being replaced every year.
"The 2018 Gloria is deep garnet-purple colored and gives up expressive notions of warm red and black currants, black cherries and boysenberries with hints of spice cake, cedar chest, pencil lead and menthol. Full-bodied with a firm texture of ripe, grainy tannins, it has a lively line cutting through the dense, savory layers, finishing on a lingering spicy note. The blend is currently 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc. Anticipated aging is for 14 months in oak barriques, 40% new." 92-94/100, Lisa Perrotti Brown, Wine Advocate
"Gloria is fast becoming one of the most exciting insider wines of the entire Bordeaux region, and that rare species of a non-classified St-Julien. The fruit here is brambly, textured and autumnal, and again the alcohol seems generous but balanced, with plenty of St-Julien finesse. It has a feeling of not needing to go too far to convince anyone. This is some austerity here but there's a bounce to the tannins through the mid-palate, while the alcohol is clearly there but not dominant, helped I would expect by relatively generous yields of 46hl/ha. Very good quality. 5% Cabernet Franc makes up the blend. 50% new oak." 93/100, Jane Anson, Decanter
"Readers looking for an estate on the uptick need to check out the 2018 Château Gloria, which is up with the finest vintages I've tasted from this Saint-Julien estate. Deeply colored with terrific cassis and blackberry fruits as well as ample leafy herbs and sappy flower notes, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, has polished, elegant tannins, and a great finish. It's a juicy, fruit-forward effort with good concentration and lots of class. Drink it over the coming 25 years or more. The blend is currently 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, and the balance Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc, from a selection of 65% of the total production, that's currently resting in 40% new French oak." 92-94/100, Jeb Dunnuck
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Young estate in Saint-Julien that has caught up quickly
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ON THE PATH OF HOPE: TOWARDS PROSPERITY
DEVELOPMENT OF ASIA: THE STUNNING TAPESTRY
HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD? Reflections from Estoril Conferences 2017
WORLD WITHOUT POVERTY. WHAT BRAZIL CAN TEACH US ABOUT POVERTY?
Martin Burt on IS POVERTY IN OUR MINDS?
After our own genetic evolution nothing is more fascinating in human civilization than the path towards prosperity. Progress is ultimately driven by this intrinsic human urge to succeed that seems to be encoded in our DNA since the day we were born. Indeed for centuries generations of human beings have gathered their efforts to improve their lives and systematically have tried to do better than their parents and generally to have a better life than their ancestors. This need of surpassing and overcoming our expectations from one generation to another is what has led to an extraordinary process of improvement of living standards throughout the years.
In history we have found several moments where progress was remarkable. During the XV century navigation around the World has created progress in countries such as Holland, Portugal and England and spread technological innovation into colonies. One of the most life-changing periods was surely the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain during the XVIII century. It has dragged out of deprivation an unprecedented and gigantic amount of people putting the western world into a new trajectory through what was called the Great Divergence. It has definitely shaped the world relations with the UK, Western Europe and USA leading the way in a divergent path from the rest of the world. Other decisive events such as inventions and technologies, for example the discovery in 1900 that germs kill along with vaccines and antibiotic have determined global human mortality making people live not only better but also longer lives.
In these waves of progress one result is for sure not all people escapes poverty at the same time, so progress is always associated with some kind of inequality. For centuries aristocratic societies were structured by a group of rich and poor people but what progress has done throughout years was to democratize prosperity by building a ladder that poor people could progressively climb to evade from poverty and have better living conditions. What we have witness in the XX century was precisely the creation of what was called the middle class that illustrates this powerful ongoing social and economic transition. However this evasion out of poverty was never easy, in fact it is one of the most hazardous journeys in human lives. It is jeopardized by conflict, disasters, accompanied sometimes by social unrest, or blocked by institutions, infrastructure, and culture or even by their counterparts that have just climbed the ladder but assure that no one else does!
But let`s stay positive: we have witnessed a staggering progress in poverty reduction in recent decades. The post-war growth has promoted a significant poverty reduction based on the optimistic feel of development sharing with the underdeveloped regions. This modernisation theory based on a western vision of development would prevail up to the 70`s with the USA at the center as the model of modern economy. But the greatest evasion out of poverty since the 80`s was driven by China and India dragging a billion people out of poverty. The Millennium consensus endorsed by the international community through the MDGs has also contributed to a staggering progress in poverty reduction never witnessed before in human history. The proportion of people living in extreme poverty has been halved at the global level with this indicator being achieved five years before deadline.
Now the global goal is to eradicate poverty. With the impressive poverty reduction of recent decades the mantra is now to reach the extreme poor that were not yet capable to evade from the dark reality of deprivation. But how can we do this? We will need to be more precise than ever, be bolder and try something new. What if we push the existing debate into a new perspective and instead of looking at the poverty condition we focus now on the transformative change from poverty to prosperity? We now know everything about poor and we are now able to describe poverty better than ever, but most methodologies tend to be absent about the path out of poverty. The necessity to identify the poor along with the technical difficulties to monitor it made us all treat poverty mostly as a status or a condition, but less as the enduring small changes that take them out of poverty. Addressing poverty as a combination of specific functionings and dysfunctional deprivations with multiple dimensions is a considerable change of approach, it means that we are changing the focus on poverty and instead see it as a special case or dysfunction that blocks the path out of poverty.
In order to understand the transformative change towards prosperity we need to analyse how poor people think or choose, providing a poverty diagnosis with specific data on how poor functions, what they use and what is blocking the take-off towards prosperity. In other words we will be at the starting point of the transformative path towards prosperity where poverty can be addressed as the root level or the foundations of transformative change.
How can this help us understand better poverty? The first obvious contribution is the change of approach and mindset. Most poverty methodologies are as trapped in poverty as poor themselves because their focus is to obsessively describe poverty instead of tackling what goes going beyond poverty or ultimately what it takes to become prosperous. Additionally by drawing this path we are identifying the sequencing which provides the fundamental line or rational from one metamorphosis to another. This is crucial for policy targeting because it provides a guide that allow us to understand in what stage a poor is and what we should promote to trigger the next metamorphosis. But it also provides something more subtle but with great proportions which is to suggest what drives a transformational change. This is a very complex question that has been avoided for decades, but no matter how daring we need to answer it if our goal is to eradicate poverty globally.
The objective is to considerably add texture to poverty analysis by including motivational frameworks that will help understand how poor behave and make choices but also infer if what is blocking prosperity is personal attitude or behaviour or instead constrains such as the system or culture. It also complements the study of poverty as a function providing insights on what lies behind most actions of poor and showing how different dimensions are functionally integrated. This also has conceptual consequences as we treat poverty as a Functional Integration of internal and external components. In terms of poverty diagnosis these have serious policy implications as it allows to decode poor`s motivations and guide them into more successful choices out of poverty.
This evasion out of poverty is probably the most successful self-fulfilling journey that humans pursuit since ancestral times. For those that are fascinated to this tricky path towards prosperity (as it is my case) the proof that this is a serious business is that for poor this is ultimately a path of hope that we should not dare to disappoint.
By vsampaio in Uncategorized on September 12, 2016 .
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HBO's True Detective: Season 3
February 28, 2019 by natewatchescoolmovies, posted in Film Review
In season 1 of HBO's True Detective, Matthew McConaughey's Rust Cohle observed that in a battle between light and dark, it looked to him as if the light appeared to be winning. The spectacular third season has has come to a close and without any spoilers it felt to me like that sentiment has never been more apparent in the series. The first story was a brilliantly existential gothic folk horror show gilded by unsettling conspiracies that went who knows how high up and permeated by the eerie, lived-in grottos of rural Louisiana. The second story was a brilliantly deep, dark, Byzantine labyrinth of California corruption, noir laced nihilism and fatalistic angst. The third story, no less phenomenal, sees a more intimate, emotional tale unfold against the mysterious backdrop of the Arkansas Ozarks, revolving around a crime the mechanizations of which gradually, steadily unfold in ways we both expect and also don't. There's a directness and fortitude to the story here where in the past seasons things could be a little more ambiguous and opaque, something I was fascinated by. Every season relies heavily on setting to make the case something you both remember and care about, from the sweaty bayous along the coast to the seedy industrial hum of Vinci. The Ozarks are considerably more picturesque with craggy mountains and thickets of boreal forest, but the atmosphere is no less portentous, the musical cues no less unnerving and the the clues embedded with no less regularity or tact.
One Arkansas evening, young Will and Julie Purcell (Lena McCarthy and Phoenix Elkin) disappear from their neighbourhood while riding bikes, prompting a statewide, decades long search that will go on to greatly affect the lives of everyone involved, especially those of the two lead detectives. Mahershala Ali is a pure sensation as Detective Wayne 'Purple' Hays, a haunted yet stalwart Viet Nam vet who can't let the case go, Ali is a wonder whose eyes, physical mannerisms and tone of voice gravely and soulfully reflect a mystery that has entwined itself into his very essence. Stephen Dorff has been taking it easy for some years now, but casting him as gruff, take-no-shit Detective Roland West has proved a stroke of genius. Dorff has dimension and depth in the role, obstinately turning a somewhat second fiddle character into a complete scene stealer and fleshed out human being who is utterly compelling to watch and listen to. They are surrounded by a pitch perfect supporting cast that all turn in fantastic work. Scoot McNairy and Mamie Gummer are both knockouts as the parents of the missing children, underrated Carmen Ejogo gives a career best as Wayne's wife and true crime author Amelia Hays, while captivating turns are observed from Brett Cullen, Michael Greyeyes, John Tenney, Ray Fisher, Steven Williams, Lauren Sweetser, Sarah Gadon and a welcome appearance from the legendary Michael Rooker.
'Time takes everything but the truth', we see emblazoned on the posters, something that goes from promotional slogan to sediment truth once we see how the show plays out in the unique fashion of three separate timelines unfolding simultaneously in a rhythmic dance that takes time getting used to but is such a fascinating way to tell this tale. We join our detectives in 1980 as the initial disappearance happens, in 1990 as the seemingly wrapped up case is reopened and again in 2015 when new facts come to light and the mystery approaches a conclusion that's always just around the corner. Hays suffers from dementia in the third timeline and we see how this has affected his memory of the case, relationship to his family and his own familiarity with a psyche that is slowly fragmenting. Such a scattered trio of narratives could have proved too tough to fluidly impart, but there's a remarkably steady hand in editing, direction and performance that makes the story as a whole, and each circling chapter really shine and come across clearly. Both time and memory are essential in not just understanding this story, but feeling your way through intuitively, because as Wayne's mind starts to go, that in a sense is all he can do anymore in some instances. This is in many ways a departure from the two other seasons even though on the surface it appears to be very similar to the first. This i believe is a smokescreen of sorts and by every episode we see a unique story unfold that's filled with secrets and explores obsession, heartbreak, violence, mental illness, the sad plight of Viet Nam vets, corruption, love, family, friendship and the darkness that ever dwells on the fringes of human society, always just a step outside our brightly lit towns, be it in a ghostly fog filled cave or mysterious grove of trees. A story worth telling, and a story worth hearing. Bring on season four please, I don't see this hot streak stopping anytime soon.
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Your cleaning routine already includes cleaning the grease off kitchen appliances, counters and the walls around your stove, but grease builds up on ceilings, too, and requires removal. Ceilings often are painted with flat paint, which covers imperfections well but requires very gentle scrubbing, and may show stains and water marks more than glossier paints. Clean grease from your kitchen ceiling as soon as you can to prevent stains or damage from heavier scrubbing, but don't drag out a ladder and rags just yet.
Cover your floors with a tarp or trash bags under the area you are cleaning to protect it from the inevitable dripping that comes from cleaning overhead.
Fill a bucket with a mixture of 2 tablespoons of vinegar per 1 quart of hot water. Vinegar is a natural degreaser, but adding more vinegar to the water solution can damage flat paint.
Add a squirt of dishwashing soap -- the kind you use for hand washing your dishes, not in the dishwasher. Most dish soap is formulated to remove grease from dishes, so it adds extra cleaning power to your ceiling degreasing solution and is gentle enough not to ruin your paint.
Dip the sponge mop into the cleaning mixture. Squeeze out excess water.
Lift the mop overhead and gently press onto the ceiling as you move the mop back and forth over the greasy area. If you have very high or vaulted ceilings, you will need a ladder to reach the ceiling, even with a long mop handle.
Dip the mop into the bucket to remove grease from the mop and to reload the cleaning solution frequently. Squeeze out excess water every time.
Work in small sections, removing as much grease as possible from each section before continuing.
Fill a bucket with clean hot water after you are done cleaning the ceiling.
Dip the mop into the clean hot water to rinse, then squeeze out excess water.
Press the clean damp mop onto the ceiling and move it back and forth to remove soap or vinegar residue from the clean ceiling. Repeat until the ceiling is only damp and no soap residue remains.
Scrubbing stubborn stains will likely damage flat paint on your ceiling, so be prepared to paint over grease spots that remain after a gentle cleaning.
Garay, Ashley. "How to Clean Grease From a Kitchen Ceiling." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/clean-grease-kitchen-ceiling-92879.html. 17 December 2018.


I am trying to use user defined functions to set dynamic contact angle at a wall boundary condition for a droplet impingement problem. It is a Volume of Fluid, multiphase model with air as the primary fluid and water as the secondary fluid. The model is a 2D axi-symmetric model which is basically modeled using a rectangular meshed surface. The rectangular interior surface is surrounded by wall boundary condition, but the wall at which the droplet impingement happens is set to have dynamic contact angle using DEFINE_PROFILE. I need to calculate the Y-velocity at cells one cell layer away from this wall boundary. I use DEFINE_ADJUST to do this. I mark a region (in the setup, using mark/adapt cells) and note the zone ID for the interior for this zone. Then I use the code below to extract the Y velocity in each cells. This code works fine if I try to extract density from the mixture domain or the volume fraction of the secondary phase (from the secondary phase domain). I use two different threads, 'thread' for mixture domain and 'subthread' for secondary phase domain.
I tried to extract the velocity using both the mixture level domain and secondary phase domain threads but both results in crashing the program with the same errors.
If it is a cell zone ID define a udm and assign it the velocity value first.
It works, thank you very much for your help.
I was using the zone ID (for the interior zone separated to a cell zone using mark region) from the boundary conditions but when you suggested 'cell zone ID' to define a udm, I just used used the cell zone ID and it worked.
Mark my answer as the solution so that others might take benefit of it.


A popular rastafarian slang for the Police force (or, more generally, the Establishment).
For some reasons why, check out the great track Callacop by Deep Space Network, which appears on the fantastic DJ Kicks album by Rocker's Hi-Fi (file somewhere between dub and drum and bass).
A night club located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Best known for their Friday night "rave parties", First Friday. From 1994 to 2000, Babylon was the epicenter of techno-music in mid-North Carolina until the tragic, gruesome murder of Ed LeBrun, the coordinator and promoter for First Friday's.
After Ed's murder, the scene in Greensboro collapsed within months. Others attempted to take up the task, but were lacking in something as they couldn't succeed.
We love and miss you, Ed!
Babylon was a city located on a branch of the river Euphrates. The language was a form of Akkadian, and written in the cuneiform script developed by the Sumerians.
The oldest settlement date is uncertain; in the 3rd millennium, while Sumer was at its peak, and while Nineveh and Ur were active on the international scene, it was nothing more than a farming community. It was at the end of that millennium that Babylon overtook a major role, due to a happy coincidence of a power vacuum and trade, taking advantage of its location at the spot where the Tigris and Euphrates came closest together.
Around the time of the king Sargon, shortly before Hammurabi, it codified its laws and began to organize the settlements around it and the labour necessary to irrigate the dry but fertile soil. Soon after Hammurabi, the southern states revolted, and after several years of turmoil was given the final blow by Hittite raiders, around 1500 B.C. A Dark Age followed, where little is written and thus even less known.
Babylon never again gained political importance, which was assumed in turn by the Kassites, the Assyrians, the Persians, and the Greeks. During that whole time, though, Babylon remained a cultural center. Its gods, most notably Marduk, were held in high esteem, and Assyrian kings tried to portray themselves as friendly to the Babylonian temples. In addition, it kept its language and writing, and was viewed as a source of learning. It was this legacy, of systematized education, literature, trade, and religion, that preserved the city until the end of the first millennium.
Oates, J. Babylon. (London 1986).
Oppenheim, A.L. Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilisation. (Chicago 1964).
I suspect that Robert Graves was older than the lad of one-and-twenty of which he speaks in this poem. Looking back on both from a position of greater wisdom, when rhyme, at least, still flows.
Babylon, before being blown to bits, is the memory all poets, musicians, and other creative persons strive to resurrect--it is a testimony to Graves power, if not the catalogue he presents, that we remember ours.
Editor's note: Poem was first published in Fairies and Fusiliers, 1918 and a public domain work. CST Approved.
The name of Babylon is Greek for the Akkadian name "Bab-ili". The city was originally called "Pabili", a foreign word (whose etymology is unknown). Akkadians changed this to "Bab-ili", which means "gate of the god" (Marduk) ("Bab-ilani" means "gate of the gods"). This is called folk etymology.


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#ifndef Object_h
#define Object_h

#include <cstddef>

namespace bmalloc {

class Chunk;
class SmallLine;
class SmallPage;

class Object {
public:
    Object(void*);
    Object(Chunk*, void*);
    Object(Chunk* chunk, size_t offset)
        : m_chunk(chunk)
        , m_offset(offset)
    {
    }

    Chunk* chunk() { return m_chunk; }
    size_t offset() { return m_offset; }
    char* address();

    SmallLine* line();
    SmallPage* page();

    Object operator+(size_t);
    Object operator-(size_t);
    bool operator<=(const Object&);

private:
    Chunk* m_chunk;
    size_t m_offset;
};

inline Object Object::operator+(size_t offset)
{
    return Object(m_chunk, m_offset + offset);
}

inline Object Object::operator-(size_t offset)
{
    return Object(m_chunk, m_offset - offset);
}

inline bool Object::operator<=(const Object& other)
{
    BASSERT(m_chunk == other.m_chunk);
    return m_offset <= other.m_offset;
}

}; // namespace bmalloc

#endif // Object_h

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package com.capitalone.dashboard.datafactory.versionone.test;

import static org.junit.Assert.*;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.AfterClass;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.Ignore;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import com.capitalone.dashboard.datafactory.versionone.VersionOneDataFactoryImpl;

/**
 * Tests all facets of the VerisonOneDataFactoryImpl class, which is responsible
 * for handling all transactions to the source system, VersionOne.
 *
 * @author KFK884
 *
 */
public class VersionOneDataFactoryImplTest {
	private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory
			.getLogger("VersionOneDataFactoryImplTest");
	protected static String queryName;
	protected static String query;
	protected static String yesterday;
	protected static DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(
			"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
	protected static Map<String, String> auth;
	protected static VersionOneDataFactoryImpl v1DataFactory;

	/**
	 * Default constructor.
	 */
	public VersionOneDataFactoryImplTest() {
	}

	/**
	 * Runs actions before test is initialized.
	 *
	 * @throws java.lang.Exception
	 */
	@BeforeClass
	public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
		logger.info("Beginning tests for com.capitalone.dashboard.datafactory.versionone.VersionOneDataFactoryImpl");
		auth = new HashMap<String, String>();
		// TODO:  Include your own company proxy
		auth.put("v1ProxyUrl", "");
		// TODO:  Include your own base uri for VersionOne
		auth.put("v1BaseUri", "");
		// TODO:  Include your own v1 auth token
		auth.put("v1AccessToken", "");
		Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
		cal.add(Calendar.DATE, -3);
		yesterday = dateFormat.format(cal.getTime());
		yesterday = yesterday.replace(" ", "T");

		query = "from: Story\n" + "select:\n" + "  - Number\n" + "filter:\n"
				+ "  - ChangeDate>'" + yesterday + "'\n"
				+ "  - (IsDeleted='False'|IsDeleted='True')\n";
		v1DataFactory = new VersionOneDataFactoryImpl(auth);
	}

	/**
	 * Runs actions after test is complete.
	 *
	 * @throws java.lang.Exception
	 */
	@AfterClass
	public static void tearDownAfterClass() throws Exception {
		v1DataFactory = null;
		auth = null;
		yesterday = null;
		query = null;
	}

	/**
	 * Performs these actions before each test.
	 *
	 * @throws java.lang.Exception
	 */
	@Before
	public void setUp() throws Exception {
	}

	/**
	 * Performs these actions after each test completes.
	 *
	 * @throws java.lang.Exception
	 */
	@After
	public void tearDown() throws Exception {
	}

	/**
	 * Test method for
	 * {@link com.capitalone.dashboard.datafactory.versionone.VersionOneDataFactoryImpl#buildPagingQuery(int)}
	 * .
	 */
	@Test
	public void testBuildPagingQuery() {
		v1DataFactory.setPageSize(1);
		v1DataFactory.buildPagingQuery(30);
		assertNotNull("The basic query was created",
				v1DataFactory.getPagingQuery());
		assertEquals("The page size was accurate", 1,
				v1DataFactory.getPageSize());
		assertEquals("The page index was accurate", 30,
				v1DataFactory.getPageIndex());
	}

	/**
	 * Test method for
	 * {@link com.capitalone.dashboard.datafactory.versionone.VersionOneDataFactoryImpl#getPagingQueryResponse()}
	 * .
	 */
	@Ignore
	@Test
	public void testGetPagingQueryResponse() {
		v1DataFactory.setPageSize(1);
		v1DataFactory.buildBasicQuery(query);
		v1DataFactory.buildPagingQuery(0);
		try {
			JSONArray rs = v1DataFactory.getPagingQueryResponse();

			/*
			 * Testing actual JSON for values
			 */
			JSONArray dataMainArry = new JSONArray();
			JSONObject dataMainObj = new JSONObject();
			dataMainArry = (JSONArray) rs.get(0);
			dataMainObj = (JSONObject) dataMainArry.get(0);

			// number
			assertTrue("No valid Number was found", dataMainObj.get("Number")
					.toString().length() >= 7);
		} catch (NullPointerException npe) {
			fail("There was a problem with an object used to connect to VersionOne during the test");
		} catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException aioobe) {
			fail("The object returned from VersionOne had no JSONObjects in it during the test; try increasing the scope of your test case query and try again.");
		} catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException ioobe) {
			logger.info("JSON artifact may be empty - re-running test to prove this out...");

			JSONArray rs = v1DataFactory.getPagingQueryResponse();

			/*
			 * Testing actual JSON for values
			 */
			String strRs = new String();
			strRs = rs.toString();

			assertEquals(
					"There was nothing returned from VersionOne that is consistent with a valid response.",
					"[[]]", strRs);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			fail("There was an unexpected problem while connecting to VersionOne during the test");
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Test method for
	 * {@link com.capitalone.dashboard.datafactory.versionone.VersionOneDataFactoryImpl#VersionOneDataFactoryImpl()}
	 * .
	 */
	@Test
	public void testVersionOneDataFactoryImpl() {
		assertEquals("The compared contructed page size values did not match",
				2000, v1DataFactory.getPageSize());
	}

	/**
	 * Test method for
	 * {@link com.capitalone.dashboard.datafactory.versionone.VersionOneDataFactoryImpl#VersionOneDataFactoryImpl(int)}
	 * .
	 */
	@Test
	public void testVersionOneDataFactoryImplInt() {
		v1DataFactory.setPageSize(1000);
		assertEquals("The compared contructed page size values did not match",
				1000, v1DataFactory.getPageSize());
	}

	/**
	 * Test method for
	 * {@link com.capitalone.dashboard.datafactory.versionone.VersionOneDataFactoryImpl#buildBasicQuery(java.lang.String)}
	 * .
	 */
	@Test
	public void testBuildBasicQuery() {
		v1DataFactory.setPageSize(1);
		v1DataFactory.buildBasicQuery(query);
		assertNotNull("The basic query was created",
				v1DataFactory.getBasicQuery());
		assertEquals("The page size was accurate", 1,
				v1DataFactory.getPageSize());
		assertEquals("The page index was accurate", 0,
				v1DataFactory.getPageIndex());
	}

	/**
	 * Test method for
	 * {@link com.capitalone.dashboard.datafactory.versionone.VersionOneDataFactoryImpl#getQueryResponse(java.lang.String)}
	 * .
	 */
	@Ignore
	@Test
	public void testGetQueryResponse() {
		v1DataFactory.setPageSize(1);
		v1DataFactory.buildBasicQuery(query);
		try {
			JSONArray rs = v1DataFactory.getQueryResponse();

			/*
			 * Testing actual JSON for values
			 */
			JSONArray dataMainArry = new JSONArray();
			JSONObject dataMainObj = new JSONObject();
			dataMainArry = (JSONArray) rs.get(0);
			dataMainObj = (JSONObject) dataMainArry.get(0);

			// number
			assertTrue("No valid Number was found", dataMainObj.get("Number")
					.toString().length() >= 7);
		} catch (NullPointerException npe) {
			fail("There was a problem with an object used to connect to VersionOne during the test");
		} catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException aioobe) {
			fail("The object returned from VersionOne had no JSONObjects in it during the test; try increasing the scope of your test case query and try again.");
		} catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException ioobe) {
			logger.info("JSON artifact may be empty - re-running test to prove this out...");

			JSONArray rs = v1DataFactory.getQueryResponse();

			/*
			 * Testing actual JSON for values
			 */
			String strRs = new String();
			strRs = rs.toString();

			assertEquals(
					"There was nothing returned from VersionOne that is consistent with a valid response.",
					"[[]]", strRs);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			fail("There was an unexpected problem while connecting to VersionOne during the test");
		}
	}

}


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San Antonio Spurs 2019-20 Betting Predictions, Odds and Expert Best Bets
Best Bet – San Antonio Spurs Over 45.5 wins (-110)
Worst Bet – San Antonio Spurs to Win the NBA Championship (+6600)
To no surprise, the Spurs had another successful season in 2018-2019. They made the playoffs again as the 7th seed in the West and took the Denver Nuggets to the wire before losing in game seven in the first round. They won game one of this series, but shockingly failed to win the home games necessary to win the series. This was another early exit in the playoffs for the Spurs, as they have been bounced two years in a row in the first round.
Some notable stat lines include LaMarcus Aldridge, who led the team in scoring last season with 21.3 points per game. DeMar DeRozan was right behind him an averaged 21.2 points per game. Aldridge also led the team in rebounds per game at 9.2 per game, while DeRozan led the team in assists with 6.2 per game. Some other notable contributors are Rudy Gay, who averaged 13.7 points per game and Bryn Forbes, who averaged 11.8 points per game.
To recap the 2019 draft for the Spurs, they picked Luka Šamanić and Keldon Johnson in the first round. In the second round, they selected Quinndary Weatherspoon. Šamanić was drafted out of Europe and played for FC Barcelona B and Olimpija. Reports have said that he was evaluated by Tim Duncan, so he obviously has shown some promising talent. He is 6'11 and plays power forward. He also is only 19 years old, so he will have plenty of time to develop under one of the best head coaches of all-time. Keldon Johnson went to the University of Kentucky. He averaged 13.5 points per game under Coach Cal in his one year with the program. Weatherspoon also attended a SEC school, Mississippi State, but he attended college for four years. In his four-year career, he averaged 15.4 points per game. Both guys are guards and could help bolster an already young backcourt.
San Antonio Spurs Win Total: O/U 45.5 Wins
The Spurs easily hit this number last season, winning 48 games on the year. This was only good for the 7th in the West, so if the Spurs want to extend their streak of making the playoffs, they pretty much are required to win more than this number. They still have DeRozan an added some promising young talent. Lonnie Walker IV is looking to be ready for the season after only playing 17 games last season due to an injury. Also, note that the Spurs have been so good at home, so even if they go slightly below .500 on the road, they will still easily cover this prop.
I would lean towards the over for this prop because somehow the Spurs just always find a way to win. The last time they won less than 45 games was in 1998, so the over just feels like the better play.
Odds to make the playoffs: Yes -200, No +170
The Spurs continue to make the playoffs year after year even though they do not have the strongest lineup. They do have DeMar DeRozan, who is their leader now. They still have LeMarcus Aldridge and some other young players who are developing very nicely. The West is extremely strong in the top half, but near the bottom they are very manageable to overcome. This play is banking on the fact that the Spurs will have to beat out teams like the Timberwolves, Pelicans, Kings, an even the Thunder, who are looking to be in the early stages of a rebuild after trading away both Westbrook and George.
I would lean towards the "Yes" in this prop. Even having to lay -200, the Spurs have enough talent to sneak in as one of the lower seeds. Greg Popovich is still a Hall of Fame coach, so regardless who is on his roster, he will have his guys ready to play come this season.
Odds to win Southwest Division: +400
The main problem with this prop is the Houston Rockets are in their division. Obviously, the Rockets added Russell Westbrook making them a very dangerous team. However, we are talking about the Spurs here, who have been incredibly consistent for more than a decade now. They were within five games of the Rockets last season an even though the Rockets look like a better team, the Spurs just find ways to win. There is also the fact that the Rockets may be one of those teams that will rest their guys when the season is close to ending. Either that or the Rockets will likely have some tension in the locker room since both Harden and Westbrook are going to want the ball. Westbrook has said that sacrifices might have to be made, but it has been years since these guys have played together every night, so I just do not see them meshing as well as everyone thinks.
If you do not want to lay -250 on the Rockets, the Spurs are a decent value play to win the Southwest.
Odds to win the Western Conference: +4000
The Western Conference has clearly improved, making the Spurs a second-tier team so to speak. They just do not have the talent to compete with the top of the West. Even though they took the Nuggets to seven games last season, the Spurs will not be a team that makes it deep into the playoffs.
Even at +4400, this would be a dumb bet given that the Clippers have Kawhi Leonard and Paul George now.
Odds to win the NBA Championship: +6600
The time for the Spurs to win another championship has passed for the time being and they will be lucky to make it into the second round of the playoffs.
Betting the Spurs to win the NBA title would not be very smart considering they have not fared well in the playoffs in recent years.
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