(Family Features) Have you ever beaten yourself up over a broken glass or a spill on your dining room chair? Life is full of "oops moments," which is why Glad® ForceFlex® Black Bag has teamed up with the Picker Sisters - best friends and interior designers Tracy Hutson and Tanya McQueen - to celebrate and cleanup life's wild moments, and then find ways to reuse discarded items.
"We live by the saying, 'one person's trash is another's treasure.' In fact, on our television show, we travel across the country to find reclaimed trash to turn into treasure for our store," said Hutson. "However, you don't have to travel far to find items worth transforming into beautiful pieces."
Frame it - Are you holding onto old magazines, books or maps because they're too interesting or appealing to toss? Or, perhaps, they're items of sentiment. Instead of keeping them stuffed away in a desk drawer, showcase the items on your wall or mantel by framing them, which is also a great preservation tactic.
Don't trash the glass - Leftover wine bottles after a dinner party? Remove the labels and wash the bottles and they can quickly be transformed into a water carafe. Or cluster several bottles together with fresh cut flowers and candles and you have an eye-catching centerpiece. Keep the corks too and throw into a spare vase for a table or countertop display.
Reuse old towels - Did you buy new bath towels and don't know what to do with the old ones? Cut them into squares for dish rags or the size of a hand towel to store in the garage to dry your car after a wash. If you're super handy, you can stitch the ends with a needle and thread. Otherwise, leave them undone and they'll do the job.
Create place cards - Create color coded place cards from old greeting cards for dinner parties by cutting 4 x 3-inch sections and folding horizontally. Write guests' names in a metallic pen or add your own stickers or flare to personalize them.
Refresh key pieces - Looking to freshen up your dining room chairs because they've endured their fair share of spills? Don't throw them out. It may be easier than you think to reupholster the cushions with a fresh, new print, or perhaps something spill-proof. With just a few key tools - such as an electric staple gun, pliers and screw driver - and you can have a fresh-looking dining set.
Upcycle old luggage - Do you have old, trunk luggage you don't know what to do with? Before purging it, consider using it to decorate your home by creating unique statement pieces.
Stacking three or four suitcases to make a retro nightstand is just one of many ways to upcycle these old gems.
Keeping with the theme "trash to treasure," Glad has worked with Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanupstm across the country to collect unique items to turn into works of art by San Francisco-based mosaic artist, Jason Mecier. In addition, they've collected wild life remnants from Hollywood stars, such as actress Amy Smart, actor Jesse Eisenberg, reality star Lauren Conrad, actress Emmanuelle Chriqui of "Entourage," and "iCarly's" Nathan Kress to be incorporated into the unique works of upcycled art. The four pieces of art are being auctioned off during the Mess to Masterpiece Auction, Presented by Glad® Black Bag on eBay April 16-26, with proceeds benefiting Keep America Beautiful. To learn more about Keep America Beautiful or to find a Great American Cleanup near you, visit www.kab.org.
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LinkedIn video is pretty new. It's not like everyone is posting videos of themselves to LinkedIn yet. It's a big opportunity to connect with people instantly and grow your brand.
I wanted to find examples of people who use LinkedIn video and really rock it! But… I googled it and nothing came up on the first page of results. Nobody had curated a list of people yet.
So, I did a little digging.
I found a few examples of LinkedIn professionals who use video really well. If this is helpful to you, please comment and let me know!
1. The Editor-in-Chief of WIRED, Nicholas Thompson, posted a 49-second video to discuss a new article on WIRED. Watch it here.
You can tell he just propped up his smartphone to film it – easy!
He tells a story! It's interesting to listen to! An amazing teaser for the article he's pushing people towards.
2. Entrepreneur Naomi Simson posted a 23-second video to discuss a topic and ask viewers to join the discussion. Watch it here.
She had someone film her really quickly – that's easy to do!
3. TrackMaven CEO Allen Gannett posted a 30-second video casually announcing his new Facebook page. He also posts 60-second interviews with industry leaders that are so insightful! You've got to check him out. Watch it here.
He uses video to announce something big for his brand: his new Facebook page!
He is taking a selfie video and it's quite casual – however, the video quality is still top notch! You can be casual, but you still have to have super video quality.
4. Goldie Chan posts a video every DAY on LinkedIn! She posts on all kinds of topics.
She uses her iPhone to shoot and edit!
Goldie always finds something to say. She is proof that you CAN make a video every day, even if you think you have nothing to say!
It's not just about green hair. She is informative, friendly, and warm on camera!
That's all for now! Do you know anyone I can add to this list? Please comment!


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Marvel Just Released One of Avengers: Endgame's Best Posters 3 Years Later
By Pierre Chanliau Posted: December 05, 2022
Marvel Comics has just announced the release of several new variant comic covers based on The Infinity Saga, including Avengers: Endgame.
The comics division of Marvel announced a number of variant covers last year to celebrate the legacy of the MCU. So far, every film from Phase 1 & 2 has been turned into a variant cover, marking the first dozen MCU films that have gotten this treatment.
Now, Marvel Comics aims to finish its tribute to the MCU with variant covers of Phase 3 by the end of next year, and it's already given fans possibly the best poster for Endgame over three years after its April 2019 release.
Variant Cover Shows Off Portals Scene from Avengers: Endgame
Marvel Comics announced that it would begin releasing new installments of its variant comic covers based on The Infinity Saga in February.
The variant based on Avengers: Endgame is illustrated by Mark Brooks and will be released with "Avengers Forever" #14. Acting as its own poster for the film, it shows Iron Man wielding the Nano Gauntlet with the iconic Portals scene depicted below him.
For comparison, here is the official poster accompanying the release of Avengers: Endgame.
Another poster titled "From The Ashes" was released shortly after the film's release finale but avoided spoiling the big portal scene like this upcoming comic cover.
One cover for "Avengers" #65 will be based on Avengers: Infinity War and illustrated by Leinil Francis. Thanos is front and center with a fully assembled Infinity Gauntlet on the cover, backed by his loyal children.
Finally, "Wasp" #2 will have a variant cover based on Ant-Man and the Wasp illustrated by Dike Ruan. More simplistic than the other two, this one gives Ghost an overpowering presence on the cover.
Hopefully, these covers will eventually be released without the intrusive border around them.
Expect Eight More MCU Covers
After February, fans should expect eight more variant covers based on the last remaining movies of Phase 3, which are:
Not only will fans be getting artwork from various high-profile artists at Marvel Comics, but they'll also essentially be getting new posters for the films years after their release in theaters. It'll certainly be exciting to see what the Black Panther variant cover will look like, especially after the critical praise Wakanda Forever has received.
These posters should only grown in scale as the MCU continues into Phase 5 and Phase 6, with two new Avengers movies and countless other new characters on the way as well.
Avengers: Endgame is available to stream on Disney+.
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Video: The Most Sampled Loop in Music History – HUH.
YouTube channel Great Big Story has shared a 4-minute video educating us on the world's most sampled loop in music history. The 4-bar drum solo, named the Amen break, has been used by everyone from NWA to Skrillex and David Bowie, changing the course of music forever.
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System Customized for Off-Shore Syrian Chemical Weapons Elimination
Field Deployable Hydrolysis System. Trained personnel inspect the FDHS. Each $5M system is capable of processing between 5 to 25 metric tons of material daily. Credit: CBARR
A system developed by the U.S. military to neutralize deadly chemical warfare agents was deployed earlier this year to the Middle East to assist efforts to eliminate Syria's stockpile.
The Field Deployable Hydrolysis System (.pdf), or FDHS, was originally intended for use on land. But due to the nature of the conflict on the ground in Syria, designers from the U.S. Army's Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (ECBC), working with Ryan Madden, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) FDHS program manager, redesigned FDHS into a ship-based system.
FDHS was installed on the U.S. ship, the MV Cape Ray, a 650-foot long vessel headed for the Mediterranean Sea, and will be able to neutralize about 700 metric tons of mustard gas and the nerve agent sarin.
The system uses a tested method of adding water and neutralizer to a chemical to remove its effectiveness, a process already used by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in its own chemical weapons elimination program, to destroy hundreds of tons of deadly mustard and nerve agents. While the process does produce a caustic effluent, comparable to a powerful drain cleaner, the chemical agent is rendered basically useless and impossible to reconstitute as a deadly weapon again.
DoD officials estimate the system can process from five to 25 metric tons per day. The beauty of the system is it is capable of being loaded onto a ship where security and control of the process is better assured, than trying to carve out a section of potentially hostile land in a country torn by civil war. In addition, because FDHS can use a variety of water sources, such as fresh, brackish, or seawater, the ship has the potential to pump almost limitless amounts of seawater into the system, sparing the use of precious freshwater supplies … all in a predominately arid region of the world. In addition, the FDHS includes a bladder system to capture any residual toxic waste.
Putting a proven land-based system into a field-deployable shipboard format was a major challenge for the DTRA CB ECBC team. About a year ago, long before diplomatic efforts resulted in the current agreement where the Syrian government is allowing for the destruction of its chemical warfare capability, the team was asked to find a solution. Within six months, the DTRA-backed team successfully produced a field-deployable prototype that fits in a series of standard shipping containers, directly leading to the Cape Ray solution.
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With a membership that spans the entire Bay Area and the ability to hold meetings from San Jose to San Francisco, the Bay Area useR Group is in the very fortunate position of being able to attract world-class R speakers on a regular basis. Meetings that feature multiple speakers often attract 80 to a 100 or more attendees and generate the excitement and feel of a "mini-conference". Our recent January meeting set a new benchmark for this kind of event. Not only did we have three excellent speakers: Ryan Hafen, Hadley Wickham and Nick Elprin, but through blind luck there turned out to be some considerable synergy among the talks. Moreover, through the generosity of Mozilla, our host for the meeting, we have a video of the event to share.
Each speaker was allocated about 20 minutes to present. It is extremely challenging to give an informative, technical talk in this limited amount of time. However, as you will see, even though they express dismay at being pressured by the clock all three speakers do a superb job. From the audience's point of view, I think 20 minutes is just about right though. An intense twenty minute talk holds the audience's attention and is enough time for a speaker to convey the main points and present sufficient detail for motivated people to follow up on their own.
In the video below, the first speaker, Ryan Hafen presents an overview of the Tessera project supported by Purdue University, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Mozilla. Ryan first explains Bill Cleveland's Divide and Recombine strategy and describes the underlying architecture (a key value store that supports the use of Map Reduce or Spark to implement the divide and recombine steps for large data sets). He then goes on to explain the use of Tukey style cognostics (metrics for each panel in an array of plots that indicate how important it is to look at a particular panel) and shows examples of interactive trellis visualizations using the latest ggvis technology.
Last in the line up, and not at all fazed about following Hadley, Nick Elprin presents a tutorial on parallelizing machine learning algorithms in R. He begins by emphasizing that he is targeting applications where the data will fit into the memory of a robust machine, and presents a strategy for parallelizing code that emphasizes understanding your code well enough so that you can employ parallelism where it will do the most good, and taking care to parallelize tasks to match your resources. After spinning up a server using the Domino platform that allows running R code from an Ipython notebook (See Nicks recent post on R Notebooks for details.) Nick runs through a series of thoughtful examples emphasizing different aspects of his parallelization principles. The following example contrasts execution time of a simple Random Forests model with a parallel version built around a foreach loop.
The video is well worth watching all the way through. (Well, maybe you should skip the first 20 seconds.) Here are some additional resources for all three presentations.


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9 Bollywood movies that stood up against domestic violence
Posted on September 12, 2022 Author Edward V. Panos Comments Off on 9 Bollywood movies that stood up against domestic violence
Bollywood is home to 100 genres and all kinds of movies. Some of them are quite different from each other and have a unique background story. While the whole world thinks movies are just a source of entertainment, some movies set boundaries and are just exceptional at conveying social messages.
For example, let's take Koi Mil Gaya of Rakesh Rohan with his son Hrithik Roshan. The sci-fi movie turned out to be such a great movie that it was a box office success. There are movies that show patriotism and passion for the country like Kesari which is based on real events.
Autobiographies like MS Dhoni The Untold Story was a film loved by everyone, the film was also a turning point for the career of the talented actor, Sushant Singh Rajput. sports movies like chak of india proved to be an inspiration to many. Although these films were successful, some films presented the reality of life.
Today, we're here to talk about 9 inspiring movies that stood against domestic violence:
1. Mehndi (1998)
Of a very violent husband and violent in-laws, the film Mehndi is a nightmare. This movie is the worst possibility of what a woman can face in her marriage. The film mainly focuses on the dowry part. This film shows that when the dowry is not paid to the family, then how it will be abused. Pooja (Rani Mukerji), the protagonist has suffered a lot, but with the tragic death of her husband, she returns with her in-laws and makes them realize their mistake. It is a real revelation.
2. Provoked (2006)
With Aishwarya Rai Bachhan, Provoked is a film shot entirely in London. This Jag Mundhra film was a revelation for many people. Based on a real incident where a woman kills her husband. The husband tortures and mistreats her. After 10 years of physical torture, the wife kills her husband. This film ends on a happy note where the actress asks the public for help and finally gets out of the justice system.
3. Khoon Bhari Maang (1988)
With Kabir Bedi (Sanjay) and Rekha (Aarti) in the lead. At Rakesh Roshan Khoon Bhari Maang is a cinema with a wonderful story and a lesson to learn. Rekha, widow and mother of two children, falls in love with Kabir Bedi who is a swindler. Kabir Bedi then leaves Rekha in a lake full of crocodiles and tries to steal all her possessions. However, the leader, Rekha, returns to take revenge on him and makes him pay for his sins. Absolutely wonderful work by Rakesh Roshan and his team.
4. Agni Sakshi (1996)
Starring Nana Patekar and Manisha Koirala, this film showed everyone the meaning of the line, "Hadh se zyada kuch bhi acha nahi, Pyar Bhi Nahi". In this movie, Nana Patekar was shown to have a lot of affection and love for his wife Manisha Koirala aka Madhu. But later, as the mad love increases, Nana Patekar loses her mind and starts torturing his wife. Nana Patekar was shown to be extremely aggressive and possessive in this film. Both actors were highly praised for this film.
5. Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (1997)
Judging by the title of this movie, it's not what you think. Well, everyone expects a strong and loving groom who arrives at the wedding on horseback and the wedding goes off in a grand way. In this movie Rani Mukerji, the lead role has to marry the man who raped her. Mala (Rani Mukerji) thought her life would go well and easily. Well, she was wrong as things go wrong. Her husband begins to torture and abuse her. Not only the man but also the in-laws torment her. But in the end, Mala with her love and affection makes her husband fall in love with her.
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6. hyrax (2001)
Raveena Tandon plays the lead role in this movie, Daman – A victim of domestic violence. Durga Saikia falls into an abusive marriage and is mentally and physically tortured by her husband. One fine day, she decides to run away with her children and later is found by the same person and is finally killed by him. It's a Kalpana Lajmi masterpiece, and lead actress Raveena Tandon won the National Best Actress award.
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seven. Thapad (2020)
This movie was hyped before its release and after its release, different people had different reactions. The film starring Taapsee Pannu showed us that whatever the reason, physical abuse is bad in every way. The message the film gives us is loud and clear. All it says is "A wrongful act is not a justified act".
8. darlings (2022)
A film by Jasmeet K. Reen, darlings features the struggles of an abusive marriage. It shows how casual sexism is seen as normal in society and how silence is practiced against entrenched patriarchy. The plot of this new Bollywood movie starring Alia Bhatt is brutally honest and real.
9. Akash Vani (2013)
Akash Vani, directed by Luv Ranjan, deals with marital rape and the fate of a woman after a marriage against her will. It gives us insight into how parents push their daughters into abusive marriages due to societal pressure and fail to support and help them out.
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The 10 best Bollywood movies of 2021
Posted on December 16, 2021 February 21, 2022 Author Edward V. Panos
It was only after the state government of Maharashtra announced the opening of theaters on October 22, 2021, that theatrical release announcements of some of Bollywood's most anticipated and big budget films have started to follow one another. After all, its capital Mumbai is home to the Hindi film industry. While the rest of the […]
Zaira Wasim shares her first photo, 2 years after leaving Bollywood
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Zaira Wasim has posted her first photo on social media in two years. The actress stopped posting her photos after leaving Bollywood in 2019. Former actress Zaira Wasim shared her photo (right) on Instagram. Zaira Wasim shared her first photo on social media after leaving Bollywood in 2019. The actress said acting interfered with her […]
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Both the Acura MDX and the Acura RDX are luxury crossover SUVs; however, while the RDX is a small crossover, the MDX is a midsize crossover. If you want a crossover that's smaller and more maneuverable in tight areas, with two rows of seating, the RDX will be right up your alley. However, if you're looking for a larger crossover with more seating, the MDX (which has three rows) is perfect for you. Inside, you'll find that both vehicles bring you high quality, luxurious spaces that ensure you and your passengers will be comfortable.
When it comes to performance, you'll find lots to love about the Acura MDX and the Acura RDX. Both are available as either front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive vehicles. Both are also powered by 3.5-liter i-VTEC V6 engines. The engine in the RDX is slightly more fuel efficient (the front-wheel drive model gets 29 highway mpg**, compared to the 27 highway mpg** that the front-wheel drive MDX gets), while the engine in the MDX is slightly more powerful (it generates 290 horsepower, compared to the 279 horsepower of the RDX engine). **Based on 2016 EPA mileage ratings. Use for comparison purposes only. Your actual mileage will vary, depending on how you drive and maintain your vehicle, driving conditions battery pack age/condition (hybrid models only) and other factors.
Both the Acura MDX and the Acura RDX come with an amazing number of safety and convenience features which make driving them enjoyable and comforting. Both are equipped with features like advanced airbags, 3-point seatbelts, vehicle stability assist, and a body structure design that emphasizes protection and safety. In addition, they're both outfitted with great convenience features, such as heated front seats.


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Q: Rails 4 automatically display values when changes are made in the database I have this simple Rails app that connects to a MySQL database locally.
I have separate Ruby application that runs on its own (the Rails app does not know of the Ruby app's existence) and makes changes to that same database.
Currently, the home page of the Rails app displays the contents of a single table statically.  Is there a way to display the contents dynamically? Where as the Ruby application is doing its own thing and Rails just sits there displaying everything that is currently happening within the database without refreshing or clicking any button.
Edit: My intent for the Rails app is to create a custom Web Interface for the database.  If possible, I am trying to avoid SSEs since I've read that SSEs are not compatible with IE.

A: You can build the dynamic portion of the display as an Ajax-oriented display, and then in javascript use a timer to regularly kick off an Ajax-based update to the form information.
How to do this is highly dependent on what you're displaying and how your data is structured.  You will want to have a way to identify time-based changes to the data, in order to tell when the last update happened, so that you don't send all of the form data when nothing has changed.
A complete solution is fairly complicated, and far beyond the scope of what can be covered in a SO answer.  If you're learning, it's a good exercise for design and developing some great Rails skills.  However, if it's a pressing need for an existing system, you might want to consider finding a freelancer to help develop it.

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PBV may refer to:

Transportation and vehicles
 St. George Airport (Alaska) (FAA airport code: PBV), St. George, St. George Island, Aleutians West, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA
 Porto dos Gaúchos Airport (IATA airport code: PBV); see List of airports by IATA airport code: P
 Pbv, a prefix code for armored combat vehicles; see List of modern armoured fighting vehicles
 PBV, a model prefix used by Canadian Vickers

 post-boost vehicle, a component of a ballistic missile

Groups, companies, and, organizations
 Peace Boat Disaster Relief Volunteer Centre (PBV)
 Pacific Baseball Ventures (PBV), the organization for creating the baseball team Yakima Valley Pippins
 Publishing and Broadcasting Video (PBV), former name of Communications and Entertainment Limited

Voting systems
 Party block voting (also known as the 'general ticket')
 Preferential block voting

Other uses
 Pnar language (ISO 639 language code: pbv)
 price-to-book-value ratio (P/BV), a type of financial ratio

See also

 Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso flying boat
 CYTH2 (aka 1PBV), the cytohesin-2 gene

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Riverbed announced that Mark Jopling has joined Riverbed as Senior Vice President (SVP) Sales for EMEA region and will be reporting to Andy Elder, Senior Vice President and Chief Sales Officer at Riverbed.
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Leviton today announced the appointment of Shady Youssef as the new Managing Director for Leviton Middle East. With this appointment, Shady succeeds Aldo Strawbridge, who will be retiring effective 31st December 2018 to ensure a smooth transition.
Razer unveiled its new high-performance WiFi router, Razer Sila that is designed for home users requiring WiFi service optimized for high-performance gaming, streaming and downloading multimedia content.


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Thrive Causemetics' $10 Million Beauty Product Donation
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Socially conscious, vegan cosmetics company Thrive Causemetics will make $10 million worth of product donations in celebration of their recent launch launch of Brilliant Eye Brightener shades Mieko (Soft Pink Shimmer) and Emma (Copper Shimmer). The donations will go to over 50 nonprofit organizations across the country supporting women overcoming remarkable challenges, including cancer, domestic abuse, homelessness, and more.
This campaign follows three major donations from Thrive Causemetics, including: a partnership with She's the First on International Women's Day, a $25 million product donation to over 50 nonprofits across the US in honor of the brand's fourth anniversary, and a $250,000 monetary donation to support those affected by the California wildfires in November 2018.
Speaking about the recent donation, Thrive Causemetics CEO and Founder Karissa Bodnar said, "When I started Thrive four years ago, I knew I wanted to create a business that went beyond just making money; I wanted to create a brand that was known for doing good and making a difference in the world … For me, giving back to help others is not a choice, it's a way of life and a concept that was instilled in me when I was a kid. Philanthropy has been woven into our business and daily operations since day one, and our incredible community (aka our Thrive Tribe) has championed our mission in a way I never anticipated. As we roll out this $10 million product donation, I am so proud to share our eye brightening products with over 50 organizations so that we can brighten the eyes and the lives of women all over the country."
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In Northern Ireland, 42% of people are on the NHS Organ Donor Register. Now the Department of Health has launched a consultation on a draft policy in a bid to get families discussing donations.
But what is it really like to know you are alive because of someone else's choice? Or to wait by the phone for the call that could save you? What is it like to talk about what will happen if tragedy strikes your nearest and dearest?
Five-year-old Erin Bonar died suddenly in March 2014, but before her death she told her mum that she wanted to be an organ donor.
"We were watching TV and the ad campaign came on, Erin asked me what it was all about it and I explained it to her," Susan Bonar said.
"She told me that if anything happened to her she would want to give her whole body to help other children."
Now, the family are advocates of talking about organ donation with everyone, no matter their age.
Mrs Bonar has worked with the NHS to help medical staff approach grieving families.
"You hear so much about the recipient, but not so much from the donor family," she said.
"We have found it particularly healing and it gives you something good to say about what would otherwise just be a horrible tragedy.
"It is useful to explain to people how much it has helped our family.
"Medical staff can sometimes be reluctant to approach families who have already been through so much.
"At least give the family the opportunity to make the decision because it has helped us."
Mrs Bonar has heard from one of the three children who are alive because of her daughter's decision and keeps a photograph of him in a frame with a picture of Erin.
Rory Rafferty, 31, needs a heart transplant and will most likely need a new liver too.
He was born with a degenerative condition known as hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, but was not diagnosed until his late teens.
He has been waiting for a new heart for three years and looks at the future with stark practicality.
"It would be best if I could get a liver and a heart from the same person because it reduces the risk of complications," said Mr Rafferty.
"There are just so many variables - the person has to be a blood match and a bone marrow match.
"You are on the list, but you are dealt with in terms of priority.
"You have to be in a position where you are very ill in hospital around the same time when someone who is a match has had a terrible accident and they have to have told their family they want to donate.
"You're more likely to win the lottery."
Mr Rafferty said that while the opt-out system was controversial, it is something he supports.
"I have been brought up with a waste-not-want-not approach to life," he said.
"If you are wholly opposed to it, you can still opt out.
"The reality is most people are caught up in their own lives and maybe don't think about it until tragedy strikes their front door or they meet someone like me."
Lucia Quinney Mee has had three liver transplants and views each of them as "a gift" from the donor.
She had her first transplant when she was eight-years-old.
"For me, it has always been a special thing to know that the decision has not been made for someone but has been a gift from each person or their family," said Ms Quinney Mee.
"Whatever system we have in place it is more important in my view that it operates alongside education and conversation.
"The family has the final say regardless, and so the opt-out system doesn't really address the problem.
"There is not enough evidence that the opt-out system results in more organ donations if it is done without education."
Miss Quinney Mee has written to two of her organ donors but has not heard anything back from them.
Her most recent liver transplant has been a success and she is finishing up her studies at Cross and Passion School in Ballycastle, County Antrim.


Scotty McCreery is a victim of a home invasion.
The tenth-season American Idol winner and several of his friends were robbed at gun point on Monday morning, TMZ reported.
Three gunmen in dark clothing reportedly broke into an apartment near North Carolina State University and stole wallets, cash and electronics among other valuable items.
The website has obtained the actual 911 call, however, it's unclear whether McCreery was the one to place the call since North Carolina state law requires the distortion of voices on the tape. The person on the tape claims the apartment was broken into when he was asleep and the others were in the living room.
"They took everything we had," the voice explained to authorities, adding that they had been instructed to get face-down on the floor and cough up all their belongings.
McCreery was crowned the winner of Idol's tenth season back in Spring 2011 after defeating runner-up Lauren Alaina for the title.


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Capcom released a new trailer for Remember Me showcasing tons of new gameplay and the game easily comes off as one of the potential new successors of the Assassin's Creed open-world genre. We get a lot more action-oriented gameplay and a sprawling, futuristic city working as the virtual playground in Capcom's new franchise.
One of the things I'm curious about is whether this game should have been withheld for the next generation of consoles? I mean, we know all the technical limits of open-world games for today's generation of consoles and they're limits that you can't really get around unless you gimp a game's visual, on-screen presence. Judging by the trailer below, though, Remember Me certainly isn't giving an inch in regards to graphics fidelity.
I don't know about anyone else, but the fighting, the city-scaling and the general theme of something larger going on involving a smaller character that plays a role in the outcome of the big picture, seems to mirror the sort of Assassins versus Templar arc in Assassin's Creed, especially with players taking on a character trying to fight against something so much larger than himself (or herself).
The RPG-esque mechanics also help to branch the game out beyond the typical combat-grind, so each player will be able to play and sculpt their experience the way they want, which could seriously give the game some replay-value legs to stand on.
You can keep up to date on Remember Me by paying a visit to the game's official website. You can look for Remember Me to launch in May later this year for Xbox 360 and PS3.


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Sir George Iacobescu On Canary Wharf's New 5M SF Tech Hub
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10 October 2018 Mike Phillips, Bisnow London
Sir George Iacobescu knows a thing or two about building a new district of a city during a time of uncertainty.
"When we launched Canary Wharf [in 1991], it was a time of great political instability," the Canary Wharf Group chairman and chief executive recalled. "A Labour opposition was calling for a general election. The Tory party was split over Europe. And England was celebrating reaching a World Cup semi final. Sound familiar?"
There are some similarities between the period when Canary Wharf was commenced and today, as the developer formally launches its new 5M SF Wood Wharf development, but there are also big differences, all of which highlight how new urban districts are being built today and who they are trying to attract.
Couresy of Canary Wharf Group
Wood Wharf, with the original Canary Wharf estate in the background
One major similarity is the ambition.
"When we built Canary Wharf, we wanted to build a district which reflected and catered for where financial services was heading and where firms wanted to be in the future. Today, it is no longer financial services which is driving London, but tech and the creative sector. We are taking the best of the city and adapting it for the digital era," Iacobescu said.
At 5M SF across 23 acres it is similar in size and scale to Battersea Power Station or Kings Cross Central, and the scheme aims to attract companies employing 20,000 tech and creative workers. The whole project will cost about £4B.
Perhaps the biggest difference with Canary Wharf v1.0 is the way the development has been conceived to attract those companies and workers. Canary Wharf when it was first built was homogeneous, just offices, and only big glass towers at that. The first building built, One Canada Square, was the tallest in the U.K.
Wood Wharf will be a mixed-use scheme, with 2.8M SF of offices but also 330K SF of shops, cafés and restaurants, and a hotel. The remaining space will be given over to 3,600 residential apartments, 25% of which will be affordable, and around 1M SF of which will be retained as private rented sector units, a decision partly driven by the fact that Canary Wharf Group is today owned by a joint venture between Brookfield and the Qatar Investment Authority, both of whom are significant investors in the rented residential sector.
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Sir George Iacobescu admires a puppy at Bisnow's London State of the Market event
The scheme will feature about 9 acres of public space, including areas given over to fitness like running tracks and outdoor gyms. There will also be a GP surgery and a two-form primary school for 420 children.
Then there is the type of buildings being built. There will be some towers, including the 57-storey One Park Drive designed by Herzog & de Meuron, which is under construction.
But the scheme will be split over 25 buildings, giving an average size of around 200K SF. One of the first, mixed-use buildings being built is made of brick, very different to the original glass, steel and concrete aesthetic of Canary Wharf.
While it is not quite the former warehouses of Shoreditch, the tech and creative heartland, it is a nod to the fact that the businesses Wood Wharf is targeting do not favour glass boxes. Architects working on the scheme include Allies and Morrison, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Pilbrow & Partners and Heatherwick Studios.
Courtesy of Canary Wharf Group
Wood Wharf will include 9 acres of public space
That brick building, the 180K SF 15 Water St., is part of the first phase. It is under construction and was the first to secure commercial tenants. Hotel group Ennismore, which owns the Hoxton and Gleneagles, has leased 100K SF for a 312-room hotel under a new brand called NoCo, which it describes as having honest pricing.
Flexible office company The Office Group has leased 45K SF in the building, and the remainder of the space in the building is likely to be taken by luxury health club Third Space.
The need to offer flexible space will be a major part of the leasing strategy at Wood Wharf, given the fact the target tenants will be tech and creative companies looking to grow quickly. With that in mind, the second commercial building to be commenced, 20 Water St., will see Canary Wharf Group's tech accelerator, Level39, occupy around 80K to 100K SF. The accelerator is home to around 1,250 members, and companies it has housed include Revolut, the U.K.'s most recent tech unicorn.
While it will have that space for startup and scale up firms, the likely occupiers of the majority of the office space will be more established tech businesses.
Construction of the core of that building has commenced, and overall, Canary Wharf has committed to starting more than 600K SF of offices, 235K SF of retail and restaurant space and three apartment buildings by the end of next year. The first buildings will be delivered in 2019 and 2020 and the whole scheme is due to be completed by 2023.
Courtesy of Pilbrow & Partners
The Market Building, a mixed-use building at Wood Wharf
One big difference between Wood Wharf and the original Canary Wharf is the infrastructure needed to make it a success. Canary Wharf needed the Jubilee Line to connect it to central London. For Wood Wharf, digital connectivity is key, and the U.K.'s first 5G trial was recently conducted at the site.
"We live in an interdependent and interconnected world," Iacobescu said. "Despite Brexit, the world will always be connected by digital channels, and we are future proofing Wood Wharf with this in mind."
Although, great WiFi speed is not always a good thing, he said.
"It makes me cringe to think how many tweets President Trump would be able to send using 5G. I think Taylor Swift was right."
A senior figure in the U.K. tech sector has backed the project's ability to attract employees.
"We are creating more jobs than we can fill in the tech sector in the U.K. and if it is to grow as it should we will need tens of thousands of new people," techUK President Jacqueline de Rojas said. "Schemes like Wood Wharf will help in that process of attraction and retention of talent. Also, it is right next to the money men, and when tech and money come together there is the opportunity for an explosion of growth."
The first iteration of Canary Wharf was financially ruinous for its owner, Olympia & York, being a scheme aimed at the future of financial services when the sector was on its knees after the early 1990s recession. It is again a time of great uncertainty, but the strength of the tech sector in spite of this uncertainty, and the radically different nature of the scheme, suggest history won't repeat itself as far as Wood Wharf is concerned.
Contact Mike Phillips at mike.phillips@bisnow.com
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Lately, I've been hearing more and more about cassava flour as a fantastic gluten free flour alternative. Now, those of you who know me know that I don't do much (or any) baking. Ever. Something about all the precise measuring just really doesn't appeal to me; that's just not the way I operate in the kitchen. (Incidentally, the more recipes I come up with, though, the better I'm having to be about measuring ingredients.) So I wasn't sure that I would actually use the Cassava flour to its full potential.
But I was finally persuaded to buy some Otto's Cassava Flour because I was wanting to try a new tortilla recipe that I saw online at forkandbeans.com.
The recipe I found online is also the recipe on the bag of Cassava Flour, so I figured that it had to be good. It only has 3 ingredients and was super quick and easy to make. That being said, the texture of the tortillas wasn't quite right for the enchiladas that I planned to make with them, so instead, I decided that they were flat bread and served them with an amazing Rosemary Chicken & Potato Soup that I made last night, the recipe for which will be up soon.
The flat bread was absolutely delicious; Mike ate it with butter, and it was a perfect accompaniment to the soup.
I have plans to create a gluten free Naan out of this flour, so stay tuned for that as well.
And before you go, here are a few fun facts about cassava.
*Cassava is also referred to as Yuca.
*It is a root vegetable that, in its raw form, actually contains the toxin, cyanide. Take home lesson: don't eat raw cassava.
*Cassava flour is made by peeling, drying, and grinding the cassava root. Tapioca flour is also made from the cassava root, but it is made by a different process that involves washing and pulping the root. Tapioca flour and cassava flour are NOT interchangeable.


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Q: DNS performance: Does having multiple secondary NS servers improve performance? When some domain have primary NS, and several secondary NSes, will clients ask them randomly to reduce the load, or they will hit primary NS only, and proceed to secondary only when primary fails?

A: IPv4 resolvers will typically use the servers in the order they get them in the packet, with the first one most often succeeding.  The order is typically randomized by the DNS server to spread the load.  IPv6 will change this, as it requires the IP with the most common topmost bits to be the one contacted first.  This will make randomization of the DNS replies meaningless.

A: As far as DNS recursive servers are concerned, there's no difference between "primary" and "secondary" name servers - technically they're both just "authoritative" servers.
The only things that make any difference to the effectiveness of the load balancing are:

*

*the order that the list of NS records is returned by the servers themselves

*whether the client then picks one at random anyway

*whether the client uses other heuristics (i.e. round-trip time - RTT) to pick the "fastest" server

Of those factors, the first is the least important.  Picking at random and using RTTs is much more common.

A: I will reuse the example from here https://serverfault.com/questions/130608/when-is-a-secondary-nameserver-hit/130625#130625
Basicly it depends on resolver implementation. Some resolvers hits the first server, other resolves will randomly pick a server from those availible. To get around this most DNS servers randomize the order of the replies.
If you ask for google.com you get the following answer:
#dig NS google.com
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;google.com.            IN  NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
google.com.     297286  IN  NS  ns3.google.com.
google.com.     297286  IN  NS  ns2.google.com.
google.com.     297286  IN  NS  ns4.google.com.
google.com.     297286  IN  NS  ns1.google.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.google.com.     297067  IN  A   216.239.32.10
ns2.google.com.     297074  IN  A   216.239.34.10
ns3.google.com.     297074  IN  A   216.239.36.10
ns4.google.com.     297067  IN  A   216.239.38.10

And then we do it again:
#dig NS google.com
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;google.com.            IN  NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
google.com.     297249  IN  NS  ns3.google.com.
google.com.     297249  IN  NS  ns2.google.com.
google.com.     297249  IN  NS  ns1.google.com.
google.com.     297249  IN  NS  ns4.google.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.google.com.     297030  IN  A   216.239.32.10
ns2.google.com.     297037  IN  A   216.239.34.10
ns3.google.com.     297037  IN  A   216.239.36.10
ns4.google.com.     297030  IN  A   216.239.38.10

Notice here how they change the order of the nameservers in the reply to spread out the load.

A: They will hit the primary one first then proceed to the secondary NS, so having multiple nameservers will only increase redundancy.
In order to increase performance you would need anycasted nameservers, though implementing this on your own will cost a lot of cash, and won't offer a substantial enough improvement to warrant the cost.

A: If you're talking about dns servers, rather than dns caches then it will ask a server at random. The master server is merely the source of the dns records for other servers that are authoritative for the domain. It's also probably true that this is only relevant if you're using axfr as a method of replicating your dns, when consulting a backend such as a database or ldap directory with other forms of replication it's even less meaningful as to which record goes in the SOA. There is one exception to this and that is that if you're using dynamic dns updates then dhcp clients will contact this server with updated info on their ips.

A: Based on empirical data on our DNS servers, it seems that primary and secondary are hit with about the same number or requests, i.e. the resolvers will use both, either by random selection, round robin or other.
Adding more servers may definitely improve performance.

A: The only real way to improve DNS performance over the whole internet is to use an anycast address.
If you just add a bunch of addresses, you still have no control over which address some remote user is actually going to use because the OS of the client decides what to do with the list of DNS servers it gets.  A clever client would try to figure out which is the fastest, but that's not something the DNS admin has control over.

A: Windows clients will use the primary DNS unless the primary cannot be contacted, then it will switch to the secondary.  I don't think there's a way to change this behavior.


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I spotted some ads for this one and Googled it.
The 9th China Guangzhou International Investment and Finance Expo will invite people from different fields including government officials, business leaders (CEOs, Presidents, COOs, CFOs, and VPs), institutional and general investors. They come from all over China. the 9th China Guangzhou International Investment and Finance Expo will attract hundreds of state-owned or private companies with excellent business prospects, and thousands of professionals and investors to participate.


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\section{Introduction}

Electroweak baryogenesis (EWBG) \cite{krs} is an attractive scenario for
the generation of the baryon number of the Universe.  It requires the
existence of a relatively strong first order thermal electroweak phase
transition.  As the Universe cools down from temperatures above the
electroweak scale $T\approx T_{\rm EW} \sim 100$\,GeV, the
metastability associated with first order transitions leads to thermal
non-equilibrium, which is one of the necessary Sakharov conditions for
successful baryogenesis.  The other conditions (C, CP and baryon
number violation) exist in the Standard Model (SM) and its simple
extensions.  Therefore, it is well motivated to study the
thermodynamics of the electroweak ``symmetry breaking''
phase transition in these theories.

It was established already more than 15 years ago,
however, that actually the
SM does not have a strong first order phase transition.
Indeed, in a series of lattice simulations
\cite{endpoint}--\cite{buwu}
it was unambiguously shown that the transition is a smooth cross-over at
Higgs masses larger than about
72\,GeV.  This value was well below the LEP limits of the time.  Thus,
it was necessary to look beyond the SM for possibilities for EWBG.

A strong first order phase transition is possible in several
extensions of the SM, in particular in the Minimal Supersymmetric
Standard Model (MSSM) if the right-handed stop, the scalar partner of
the top quark, is sufficiently light and the left-handed stop is heavy
\cite{Carena:1996wj}--\cite{mlo2}.
Although tightly constrained, perturbative analyses of phase
transition properties as well as of current LHC bounds indicate that
the parameter space for MSSM EWBG may still be open
\cite{Carena:2008vj}--\cite{new3}.

However, the accuracy of perturbative analyses of phase transition
properties is limited by the infrared singularities inherent to
thermal field theory \cite{linde}: the physics of the momentum scales
$p~\!\!\sim~\!\!g^2 T / \pi $ is non-perturbative, even at weak coupling $g
\ll \pi$.  For reliable results it is thus necessary to use numerical
lattice simulations.  A striking example of these problems is provided
by the phase transition in the SM: perturbation theory predicts that
the transition becomes weaker but remains of first order as the Higgs
mass increases, in contrast to the lattice results mentioned above
which indicate that the transition ceases to exist for $m_H >
72$\,GeV.

Three-dimensional (3d) dimensionally reduced {\em effective theories}
provide for a particularly convenient and successful tool for studying
the thermodynamics of weakly coupled theories on the lattice.  The
effective theory is derived from the original four-dimensional (4d)
theory using perturbative methods, in a computation which suffers from
no infrared problems. The infrared sector of the original theory is
fully transferred to the effective theory where it can be studied by
lattice simulations (just in three dimensions and thus less demanding
than in four, particularly recalling that both light and heavy chiral
fermions are present in the SM and its extensions).  Most of the above
results concerning the SM phase transition were obtained using the
effective theory approach \cite{endpoint}--\cite{Gurtler:1997hr}.
It has also been
successfully applied to high-temperature QCD
(cf.\ e.g. refs.~\cite{Kajantie:1998yc,Hietanen:2008tv}), although in that case
the accuracy is limited by the larger gauge coupling.

The effective theory approach was used to study the phase transition
in the MSSM in a series of papers in 1998--2001
\cite{mssmsim}--\cite{cpsim}.
The parameters used in those
computations were chosen following the ever increasing LEP bounds,
eventually extending up to
$m_H \sim 115$\,GeV.
The experimental discovery of the Higgs particle at
$126$\,GeV thus motivates us to revisit the MSSM phase transition on
the lattice. This was recently
achieved in ref.~\cite{own}, whose results we review here.

The results obtained should, however, be more generic than just for
the specific case of MSSM. Indeed, we expect that {\it (i)}
the electroweak phase transition is stronger than perturbatively
estimated in a broad neighbourhood of the effective-theory parameter
point analyzed here, and that {\it (ii)} several 4d theories with phase
transitions driven by light colored (SU(3)$_c$ triplet) scalars can
fall into this neighbourhood. Trivial examples are non-minimal
supersymmetric models with a light scalar sector consisting of two Higgs
SU(2)$_L$ doublets and a right-handed stop.

\section{Effective theory}

Dimensionally reduced effective theories are by now well established
as reliable tools to study weakly coupled field theories at high
temperatures.  Starting from the original 4d theory at finite
temperature, the momentum modes $p \sim \pi T$ and $p \sim gT$ are
integrated out in stages.  The resulting theory contains only the
non-perturbative soft sector $p\sim g^2 T / \pi$.  Because all
non-zero Matsubara modes have $p \sim \pi T$, all fermion modes are
integrated out and the resulting theory lives in 3d (dimensional
reduction).  The parameters of the effective theory depend on the
parameters of the 4d theory, which in turn are set by physical
observables (e.g. pole masses).

We consider a 4d theory with weak SU(2)$_L$ and strong SU(3)$_c$ gauge
fields, two colorless Higgs SU(2)$_L$ doublet scalars, $H_1$ and
$H_2$, and an SU(3)$_c$ triplet scalar which is SU(2)$_L$ singlet. The
masses of the scalars are at the electroweak scale.  The 3d Lagrangian
describing this theory has the most general form allowed by
symmetries:
\begin{eqnarray*}
\label{effLagr}
{\cal L}_{\rm 3d} & = &
 \frac12 \tr G_{ij}^2 + (D_i^s U)^\dagger (D_i^s U) +
 m_U^2\, U^\dagger U
 + \lambda^{ }_U\, (U^\dagger U )^2 \\
 & + &
 \gamma^{ }_1\, U^\dagger U H_1^\dagger H^{ }_1 +
 \gamma^{ }_2\, U^\dagger U H_2^\dagger H^{ }_2
 + \Bigl[\gamma_{12}\, U^\dagger U H_1^\dagger  H^{ }_2+\Hc\Bigr] \\
& + &
 \frac12 \tr F_{ij}^2
 + (D_i^w H^{ }_1)^\dagger(D_i^w H^{ }_1)
 + (D_i^w H^{ }_2)^\dagger(D_i^w H^{ }_2) \\
& + &  m_1^2\, H_1^\dagger H^{ }_1 +  m_2^2\, H_2^\dagger H^{ }_2
 + \Bigl[ m_{12}^2\, H_1^\dagger  H^{ }_2 +\Hc  \Bigr]  \\
& + &  \lambda_1\, (H_1^\dagger H^{ }_1)^2 +
 \lambda_2\, (H_2^\dagger H^{ }_2)^2 +
 \lambda_3\, H_1^\dagger H^{ }_1 H_2^\dagger H^{ }_2 +
 \lambda_4\, H_1^\dagger  H^{ }_2  H_2^\dagger H^{} _1 \\
& + & \Bigl[ \lambda_5\, (H_1^\dagger  H^{ }_2)^2 +
 \lambda_6\, H_1^\dagger H^{ }_1 H_1^\dagger H^{ }_2 +
 \lambda_7\, H_2^\dagger H^{ }_2 H_1^\dagger H^{ }_2 + \Hc\Bigr]
 \;.
\end{eqnarray*}
Here $G_{ij}$ and $F_{ij}$ are the SU(3)$_c$ and SU(2)$_L$ field strength
tensors, respectively, and the parameters $g_w^2,\, g_s^2,\, m_i^2, \,
\lambda_j$ and $\gamma_i$ have a
well-defined dependence on the original 4d parameters (including the
temperature $T$).

Had we added further particles in the 4d theory that are Boltzmann
suppressed during the transition, or extra light fermions that do not
become strongly coupled in either of the phases,
then the 3d Lagrangian would
still be the same and only the relations between 3d and 4d parameters
would change. An example of a theory leading to the above
${\cal L}_{\rm 3d}$
is the MSSM when both Higgses and
right-handed stops are light (to a good approximation, further MSSM
scalars could be light too if weakly coupled to the light stop-Higgs
sector). In such a case the 3d and 4d parameters are related as
described in refs.~\cite{own, cpdr}. We focus on this model
in the following.

We fix the parameters so that the masses of the lightest CP-even Higgs
and right-handed stop are $m_H \approx 126$\,GeV and $m_{\tilde t_R}
\approx 155$\,GeV, respectively. Other squarks are heavy, $m_Q \gsim
7$\,TeV. For the remaining parameters we refer to ref.~\cite{own}.
The large scale $m_Q$ may induce large logarithms that have to be
resummed for precise relations between 4d parameters and physical
observables~\cite{Carena:2008rt}. We do not perform this
refinement here and uncertainties of several GeV may be present,
especially in $m_{\tilde t_R}$. This ambiguity could be reduced with
full 2-loop dimensional reduction, as was done for the SM
\cite{generic}. To be reminded of the uncertainties we label
the 4d parameters with an asterisk (*).

It should be stressed, however, that
the ambiguity affects only 4d parameters.
The theory we analyze by 3d perturbation
theory and by 3d lattice simulations, although it might correspond to
slightly different 4d observables than anticipated,
is exactly the same. The
comparison of perturbation theory and lattice results is therefore
unambiguous within the effective theory.

\section{Simulations and results}

The lattice discretization of the theory is described in
ref.~\cite{cpsim}.  Because the effective theory is super-renormalizable
and all counterterms are known, the lattice parameters
do not require any tuning and in the continuum limit the
results can be directly compared with perturbative ones.

\begin{table}
\centerline{\begin{tabular}{cl}
\hline
${\beta_w = 4/(g_w^2 T^* a)}$ & volumes \\
\hline
~8     & $12^3$, $16^3$ \\
10     & $16^3$  \\
12     & $16^3$, $20^3$, $32^3$, $12^2\times 36$, $20^2\times 40$ \\
14     & $24^3$, $14^2\times 42$, $24^2\times 48$ \\
16     & $24^3$, $16^2\times 48$, $20^2\times60$, $24^2\times 72$ \\
20     & $32^3$, $20^2\times 60$, $26^2\times72$, $32^2\times64$ \\
24     & $24^3$, $32^3$, $48^3$, $24^2\times78$, $30^2\times72$ \\
30     & $48^3$ \\
\hline
\end{tabular}}
\caption[a]{Lattice spacings and volumes used in the simulations
of ref.~\cite{own}.}
\label{volumes}
\end{table}

The lattice spacing $a$ is parameterized through the SU(2)$_L$
gauge coupling: $\beta_w = 4/(g_w^2 T^* a)$.
The simulation volumes are listed in table \ref{volumes}.
Because the theory is fully bosonic, the simulations are inexpensive
and we can access a range of almost four in lattice spacings.
The update algorithm is a combination of heat bath and over-relaxation
updates.

\begin{figure}[t]

\centerline
\includegraphics[width=0.42\textwidth]{fields_cont.eps
\qquad\includegraphics[width=0.42\textwidth]{hg.eps
}
\caption[a]{Left: continuum-extrapolated expectation values of
$\langle H_2^\dagger H^{ }_2\rangle$
and
$\langle U^\dagger U\rangle$, both renormalized
in the $\msbar$ scheme,
as functions of the temperature.
Right: the probability distribution of
$\langle H_2^\dagger H^{ }_2\rangle$ at $\Tc^*$ using
different volumes. Both plots are from ref.~\cite{own}.}
\label{fig:condensates}
\end{figure}

In \fig\ref{fig:condensates}(left) we show a temperature scan of
the continuum-extrapolated  $H_2$ and stop condensates. ($H_1$ is
much heavier and in practice inert in the transition.)  The
first-order nature is evident, as is the fact that the stop
field responds to the jump in the Higgs condensate.

Most of our simulations are performed at the critical temperature,
employing multicanonical techniques as described in ref.~\cite{cpsim}.
Some of the resulting probability distributions
of $\langle H_2^\dagger H^{ }_2\rangle$
are shown in \fig\ref{fig:condensates}(right).  These distributions
enable precise measurements of the critical temperature (equal
area of the peaks), Higgs condensate discontinuity $v(\Tc^*)$, the
latent heat of the transition and the tension of the interface
between the symmetric and broken phases.  The continuum extrapolations
of the critical temperature and the Higgs condensate are
shown in \fig\ref{fig:extrap}, using a linear + quadratic fit.
At $\beta_w = 4/(g_w^2 a T^*) \ge 14$ the cutoff effects are small
and a robust continuum limit can be obtained.  At coarser lattice
spacings the cutoff effects are sizable, which can be attributed
to the rather heavy mass of the $H_1$ field.

\begin{table}[t]
\centerline{
\begin{tabular}{lll}
     &   lattice & 2-loop \\
\hline
Transition temperature  {$\Tc^*$/GeV} & 79.17(10)  &  84.4   \\
Higgs discontinuity   {$v/\Tc^*$}   & 1.117(5)   &  0.9    \\
Latent heat          {$L/(\Tc^*)^4$}   & 0.443(4)   &  0.26   \\
Surface tension      {$\sigma/(\Tc^*)^3$} & 0.035(5) & 0.025  \\
\hline
\end{tabular}}
\caption[a]{Comparison of lattice and perturbative results,
 both for the same 3d effective parametrization~\cite{own}.}
\label{table:comparison}
\end{table}

The numerical results are compared with 2-loop perturbative
ones in table~\ref{table:comparison}.
The transition is significantly stronger than indicated
by the perturbative analysis.  This is also evidenced by the Higgs
condensate discontinuity shown in \fig\ref{fig:compare}:
the transition becomes stronger as we go from 1 to 2 loops and then to
lattice, and the transition temperature is simultaneously decreased.
This is in line with the previous experiences at $m_H \lsim 115$\,GeV
\cite{cpsim}.

\begin{figure}[t]

\centerline
\includegraphics[width=0.42\textwidth]{Tc.eps
\qquad\includegraphics[width=0.42\textwidth]{delta.eps
}
\caption[a]{Continuum extrapolations for the critical temperature (left)
  and the Higgs condensate (right), the latter defined on the lattice
as $v^2 \equiv 2 \Delta \langle \sum_{i=1}^{2} H_i^\dagger H^{ }_i \rangle$.
Both plots are from ref.~\cite{own}.}
\label{fig:extrap}
\end{figure}

\section{Conclusions}

By means of dimensional reduction and 3d lattice simulations, we have
studied the finite temperature phase transition in models with two
Higgs SU(2)$_L$ doublets and a SU(3)$_c$ triplet as light scalar
degrees of freedom. In the parameter region considered, the transition
on the lattice is stronger than indicated by 2-loop perturbation
theory. In particular, it is strong enough for EWBG: as confirmed by
real-time simulations within the SM~\cite{db}--\cite{mdo} the
sphaleron rate is strongly correlated with $v/T$ and for the value
quoted in table~\ref{table:comparison} so suppressed that (if no
sizeable magnetic background is
present~\cite{Comelli:1999gt,DeSimone:2011ek}) it does not erase any
baryon asymmetry generated. A strong transition also implies
significant supercooling and non-trivial dynamics, leading to a
gravitational wave signal~\cite{Hindmarsh:2013xza}, although probably
not large enough to be observable in the foreseeable future.

Our result applies to any model with the above light scalar fields
participating in the transition, but in particular it
covers many supersymmetric
frameworks. Within some ultraviolet uncertainties, it
shows that there seems to be room for EWBG in MSSM with $m_H\approx
126\,$GeV and $m_{\tilde t_R}\lesssim 155\,$GeV. If the latter bound
were confirmed by more precise analyses, MSSM baryogenesis would be
less in tension with LHC data than previously estimated, with
$m_{\tilde t_R}\lesssim 110\,$GeV~\cite{cnqw}. Indeed, constraints
from Higgs searches would relax as stop enhancement in Higgs gluon
fusion would reduce, and loopholes in LHC stop analyses \cite{cnqw}
might open up.

\vspace{2mm}
{\em Acknowledgement:}
K.R acknowledges support from the Academy of Finland project
1134018.

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The Social Network: Cease and Desist Letter
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cease and desist letter
Eduardo discovers a cease and desist letter that Mark received from the Winklevoss twins that suggests he stole the idea of Facebook from them. Eduardo acknowledges the seriousness of the letter, while Mark doesn't seem to think it's much of a concern. Mark then argues over the rights to Facebook with the Winklevoss twins.
Crash Course: Intellectual Property: The DMCA
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criticisms of copyright
Stan explores how the owners of websites and Internet Service Providers can be held liable if they don't do enough to combat their users' infringement of copyrighted works. It also explains the purpose, criteria, and criticism of the DMCA, and how ISPs deal with copyright violation.
Crash Course: Intellectual Property: History of US Copyright Law
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Stan explains the origin of modern copyright laws in the United States, starting with the Statute of Anne.
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This clip explains the fair use doctrine of copyright exception in greater detail, including its "transformative" aspect, using the case of Google Books as an example.
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An explanation of what copyright law intends to protect (doctrine of "originality"), and some things copyright does not protect (like names or slogans).
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package jetbrains.exodus.core.dataStructures.hash;

import java.util.AbstractSet;
import java.util.Iterator;

public class IntHashSet extends AbstractSet<Integer> {

    private Entry[] table;
    private int capacity;
    private int size;
    private final float loadFactor;
    private int shift;
    private int mask;

    public IntHashSet() {
        this(0);
    }

    public IntHashSet(int capacity) {
        this(capacity, HashUtil.DEFAULT_LOAD_FACTOR);
    }

    public IntHashSet(int capacity, float loadFactor) {
        this.loadFactor = loadFactor;
        init(capacity);
    }

    public boolean contains(final int key) {
        final Entry[] table = this.table;
        final int index = HashUtil.indexFor(key, table.length, shift, mask);

        for (Entry e = table[index]; e != null; e = e.hashNext) {
            if (e.key == key) {
                return true;
            }
        }

        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean contains(final Object key) {
        return contains(((Integer) key).intValue());
    }

    public boolean add(final int key) {
        final Entry[] table = this.table;
        final int index = HashUtil.indexFor(key, table.length, shift, mask);

        for (Entry e = table[index]; e != null; e = e.hashNext) {
            if (e.key == key) {
                return false;
            }
        }

        final Entry e = new Entry(key);
        e.hashNext = table[index];
        table[index] = e;
        size += 1;

        if (size > capacity) {
            rehash(HashUtil.nextCapacity(capacity));
        }
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean add(Integer key) {
        return add(key.intValue());
    }

    public boolean remove(int key) {
        final Entry[] table = this.table;
        final int index = HashUtil.indexFor(key, table.length, shift, mask);
        Entry e = table[index];

        if (e == null) return false;

        if (e.key == key) {
            table[index] = e.hashNext;
        } else {
            for (; ; ) {
                final Entry last = e;
                e = e.hashNext;
                if (e == null) return false;
                if (e.key == key) {
                    last.hashNext = e.hashNext;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        size -= 1;
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean remove(Object key) {
        return remove(((Integer) key).intValue());
    }

    @Override
    public Iterator<Integer> iterator() {
        return new HashSetIterator<Integer>() {
            @Override
            public Integer next() {
                return nextEntry().key;
            }
        };
    }

    @Override
    public int size() {
        return size;
    }

    private void allocateTable(int length) {
        table = new Entry[length];
        shift = HashUtil.shift(table.length);
        mask = (1 << shift) - 1;
    }

    private void init(int capacity) {
        if (capacity < HashUtil.MIN_CAPACITY) {
            capacity = HashUtil.MIN_CAPACITY;
        }
        allocateTable(HashUtil.getCeilingPrime((int) (capacity / loadFactor)));
        this.capacity = capacity;
        size = 0;
    }

    private void rehash(int capacity) {
        final int length = HashUtil.getCeilingPrime((int) (capacity / loadFactor));
        this.capacity = capacity;
        if (length != table.length) {
            final Iterator<Entry> entries = new RehashIterator();
            allocateTable(length);
            final Entry[] table = this.table;
            final int shift = this.shift;
            final int mask = this.mask;
            while (entries.hasNext()) {
                final Entry e = entries.next();
                final int index = HashUtil.indexFor(e.key, length, shift, mask);
                e.hashNext = table[index];
                table[index] = e;
            }
        }
    }

    private final class RehashIterator extends HashSetIterator<Entry> {
        @Override
        public Entry next() {
            return nextEntry();
        }
    }

    private static class Entry {

        private final int key;
        private Entry hashNext;

        private Entry(final int key) {
            this.key = key;
        }
    }

    private abstract class HashSetIterator<T> implements Iterator<T> {

        private final Entry[] table = IntHashSet.this.table;
        private int index = 0;
        private Entry e = null;
        private Entry last;

        HashSetIterator() {
            initNextEntry();
        }

        @Override
        public boolean hasNext() {
            return e != null;
        }

        @Override
        public void remove() {
            if (last == null) {
                throw new IllegalStateException();
            }
            IntHashSet.this.remove(last.key);
            last = null;
        }

        protected Entry nextEntry() {
            final Entry result = last = e;
            initNextEntry();
            return result;
        }

        private void initNextEntry() {
            Entry result = e;
            if (result != null) {
                result = result.hashNext;
            }
            final Entry[] table = this.table;
            while (result == null && index < table.length) {
                result = table[index++];
            }
            e = result;
        }
    }
}

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Q: What's the difference between 'create_engine' and 'app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI']'? The create_engine function and app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] configuration key look like they do the same thing. Are they just 2 different ways to connect to a database?
I found this in the SQLAlchemy docs for connecting using create_engine:
from sqlalchemy import create_engine
from sqlalchemy import text

engine = create_engine("postgresql+psycopg2://scott:tiger@localhost:5432/mydatabase")

with engine.connect() as connection:
    result = connection.execute(text("select username from users"))
    for row in result:
        print("username:", row["username"])

But the web app that I just completed connects this way:
app.py
from project import create_app

app = create_app()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run()

init.py
from flask import Flask
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy

db = SQLAlchemy()

def create_app():
    app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] =
    'mysql+pymysql://username:password@server/db'

    db.init_app(app)

    with app.app_context():
        from .views import views
        from .auth import auth
        from .models import users

        app.register_blueprint(views, url_prefix="/")
        app.register_blueprint(auth, url_prefix="/")

        db.create_all()

        return app

A: your app config setting is just storing a string variable in an environment variable. This is useful for cases where the db connection checks environment variables to find connection strings (production deployments do this, for instance, in many cases). create_engine just happens to also take a connection string, which is why you see a similarity. But that is an in memory object to use with sqlalchemy in the application, not merely a string variable! Per the sqlalchemy docs, the most basic function of the Engine is to provide access to a Connection, which can then invoke SQL statements - see working with engines and connections
Indeed it looks like your web app handles the db connection by using the environment variable. To be honest, you must have two different ways of connecting to your database, one for "local development work" and one for "deployed web app".


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Forensic Nurses: Fighting Sex Crimes
Young, Black and Not Voting
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1 minute of footage I filmed at a camp in Jos, Nigeria that at one point had over 800 women and children who had been displaced by the terrorist group living in an old school building, without furniture or proper bathrooms, built for max 300. They have volunteer teachers for the kids in classrooms without electricity, and are working to reintegrate the women back into society through menial jobs like selling food at the market, but they're struggling, even to buy permanent decent housing for the camp.
Won Student Award at the 2018 Amnesty International Media Awards.
Won Steve Harris Award for Best Original Story at the 2017 Broadcast Journalism Training Council Awards.
Shortlisted for the 2017 One World Media Awards.
Published in The Guardian.
A film on Forensic Nurses who assist victims of sexual crimes in South Africa, through counselling, physical examinations and testifying against perpetrators.
Despite their high success rate in successfully convicting rapists and abusers, in a country where only 14% of them go to jail, Forensic Nursing as a profession faces extinction.
This film was made with support from One World Media.
It was shortlisted for a One World Media Award 2017.
It has won the Steve Harris Award for Best Original Story at the Broadcast Journalism Training Council Awards 2017.
It has also been published in the Guardian as part of the international 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, available to read here: 'The nanny realised something was wrong': South Africa's rape crisis
A growing number of young people in the UK are becoming less and less interested in political matters.
With the EU Referendum around the corner, it's predicted that the turnout of voters will be an imbalanced representation of the UK's population.
Only less than half of 18-25s are predicted to turn up to the polls, even though they will be most affected by Britain's decision to remain in or leave the EU.
Women of an ethnic minority group are also less likely to vote, so as a young lady of African descent myself, "statistically" I fall into the category of non-voters, but I did vote in the 2015 elections and am already registered to vote in the referendum.
In this short documentary, I spent the day with a group of young people and experts to figure out why all this is so, and what can be done about it.


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She was taken before any of us, this girl that smelt like rosewater and powdered sugar, the girl that said nothing to anyone else, and her lips were constantly moving, reciting something to herself like all our lives depended on it. We thought that in this at least, all women were equal: everyone here would die by blade. So when she came back alive, after the first night, it was as if the floodgates had broken, that we had finally found respite in this oasis of bloodshed.
Her stories flowed back to us, night after night, and we all wondered how someone so small could contain so much magic. Every night we waited for bad news, and each dawning morning was a small victory as we watched her walk through the courtyard back to our rooms, unable to do anything but put all the strength in our hearts behind her.
After the first few weeks, the girls started going home, but a few of us remained, to take care of her each morning, to watch over her as she slept and to make sure that she ate, for she came back drained every night, sleeping like the dead until late afternoon, when the whole cycle would begin again. We made up a tightly-run little household, taking care of her every need without malice=. Each night, we bathed and perfumed her, wrapping her tightly in cooling silks and tying her hair back from her face. Plied her with honeyed drinks to soothe her throat, this voice that had saved a thousand girls, and then sent her off like sending a lover to war, watching her disappear into the Sultan's bedchambers.
Once, I asked her if it got easier, knowing that she would be invited back the next night, if she was feeling any more certain about her position with the Sultan. She looked sad, and asked me if sticking your head in the mouth of a tiger every day made it any less certain that the tiger would not simply tear into your skull.
Finally, as dawn broke on the thousandth day, she told us that the Sultan planned to marry her. That she had finally run dry, the endless flow of stories stemmed by the fact that she could just remember no more of them, and the tiger had not bitten, because he wished to keep her as a pet. I gathered her into my arms to try and stop the trembling, pressed my burning mouth against her soft hair that smelled like peaches and fear.
I could take it no longer. I have always preferred slaughter over singing, and I had not done either since my arrival at the palace. My father had always wanted a son, so we bonded instead over our love for the shiny glint on the edge of a blade, and the elegance of different sword forms. I knew twenty-seven different ways to kill a man, but I only needed one to kill the Sultan.
On their wedding night, it was easy to drug the guards, who were already drunk on their own importance anyway—and I was singing when I slit his throat, the ruler of my country and my life. Singing a song my mother taught me, that her mother had taught her, passed down in a long line of female anger and sadness. We watched the blood drain from his face together, her eyes terrified but determined, pinning him down with so much strength that when I turned back for one last glimpse, his arms were black and blue, dark clouds in a growing sea of red. We ran away hand in hand, and finally, I felt the graveyard of girls rise up in an overwhelming rush of euphoria in my ribcage, before falling to a gentle buzz beneath my skin.
We rushed through the open palace gates with the girls of the household, into the unknown and the free.
Now, we listen to her stories under the moonlight of the sands, and my sword lies still.
Kwan-Ann Tan is a writer from Malaysia and a student of English at Oxford University. She edits for Rambutan Literary, and her work has been published or is forthcoming in places such as The Poetry Annals, Porridge Magazine, Crab Fat Magazine and The First Line. You can find her on Twitter at @KwanAnnTan and more of her work at kwananntan.carrd.co.