The relationship between science and religion has often been a turbulent one. Historically, scientists have scorned the advent of religious ideas seeing them as in conflict with rational thinking. Much of this prejudice has stemmed from opposition by religious authorities to new scientific discoveries in the past. Christendom in particular displays a history of confrontations between the Church and scientists. This conflicting situation made the Bible subject to adulterations. The European Bishops mutilated its teachings, changed its concepts and beliefs and added philosophy to it. Scientific errors were also assorted in it. The Christian followers adopted that belief as their own, which in fact was not theirs but was an outcome of the wrong concepts added by the priests. When the scientists, after having researched, raised voice against such wrong concepts, the priests started thinking that the scientists were negating religion as against science. So they started giving the verdict of infidelity against such scientists. Scientists were tortured and tormented. Countless scientists were buried alive as a result of their prejudiced laws.
In the Sixteenth century the Polish philosopher Copernicus came to know of the Heliocentric Hypothesis, that the earth and other planets revolved around the sun, but was frightened to publish his findings for fear of Papal disapproval. However, it was Copernicus's successor Galileo who suffered the full force of the Church's disapproval. When he published his work "The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems", a masterful piece agreeing with the Copernican theory, Galileo was brought to trial by the Inquisition in Rome in 1632. He died in prison. These actions laid the foundations of a continuous struggle between scientific discoveries and church authorities. During the Renaissance period scientists inevitably took their revenge, which is still evident today.
The case with Islam differs. In the midst of ignorance and benightedness where scientific knowledge was scorned, the Qur'ān eloquently pointed out many new found facts with such remarkable accuracy that only the Creator of man could do. It has only been in the last three centuries with specific regard being given to the present century that scientific research has unfolded and clarified the workings of the universe. This has ranged from the development and function of our own bodies to the environment that we live in. Yet the Qur'ān has already described these natural phenomena to focus man's attention on the wisdom, benevolence and authority of the Creator. Such liberal and advanced thinking led the way to an entire host of Islamic academics and scientists between the 8th and 12th centuries' (A.D).
At a time when Christianity laid down heavy penalties on scientific development, Muslim scholars flocked to the University of Cordoba, the cultural center of Islam, making new discoveries. There is a long list of scientists and scholars who made remarkable contributions in different fields of science. Abul Qāsim az-Zahrawī was a renowned Muslim surgeon and physician. His fame rests in his book "al-Tasrīf". This was an amazing work on medical science which laid the foundation of the development of surgery in Europe. Abu Ishāq was a great philosopher and translator. He translated and wrote commentaries on the philosophical works of Aristotle. He was also a famous mathematician, astronomer, optician, physicist and pharmacologist. Abū Raihān al-Bayrūni was the first to discover that light travels faster than sound. He was also a learned philosopher, geographer and a physicist. Abul Wafā al-Buzajānī was a notable mathematician. His contributions to the development of Trigonometry are remarkable. Ibn al-Haytham was a prominent Muslim physicist who made the first significant contributions to the optical theory. Ibn Sinā, a renowned Muslim scientist, produced a book "Kitab-ush-Shifā'". It discusses the natural sciences including Metaphysics, Astronomy, Geometry and Psychology. Muhammad bin Mūsa al-Khawarzimī was a famous mathematician and astronomer. He accomplished the oldest works on Arithmetic and Algebra. He was the first person to use Zero. Al-Fārābī was a great Islamic thinker who transmitted the doctrines of Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle to the Arab world. And last but not the least Jābir bin Hayyān is recognised as the father of modern Chemistry. He introduced experimental research in chemical sciences.
In the eleventh and the succeeding centuries the Arabic knowledge gained popularity in the West. Since the twelfth century knowledge seekers from all over Europe traveled to the East and the Islamic West. The books of the Arab scientists were translated on a large scale in that era. The Christian rulers of Spain followed the footsteps of the Muslim sovereigns, opened the doors of their courts to scientists and scholars and patronized dissemination of intellectual and scientific learning. Al-Fanso VI occupied Teetlah (renowned cultural city of Islamic Spain) in 1085. This conquest opened the way for the promotion of Arabic culture in Europe. A centre named "Madrasa-tul-Mutarajjimīn" (centre of translators) was established in Teetlah to introduce Arabic science to Europe. Here, Jewish scholars were appointed to translate the Muslim authors' books on Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Philosophy, Logic and Politics. Educational centres were also set up on Islamic style in the twelfth and the subsequent centuries.
In fact the more, the modern science unfolds the reality of these phenomena, the more the truth of the Qur'ān becomes evident to us. At a time when scientific research did not even exist, let alone different fields of science, such precise knowledge could not come from any source but from the knowledge and wisdom of Allāh the Highest. For many this is a paradox, as religion has always been seen the bane of science, its antithesis. The legacy of Galileo has prejudiced the scientific community against religion, including the ambit of Islam. The following pages, therefore, present these scientific facts scattered through the verses of the Qur'ān for the benefit of Muslims and non- Muslims alike. These verses of the Qur'ān not only proclaim the truth of the book itself but also beautifully demonstrate that attribute of Allāh, the Blessed, the source of sustenance for everything in the universe.
Here I would like to clearly state my position that I do not justify changing the meaning of the Qur'ānic verses to bring them in line with scientific discoveries, nor do I regard the scientific interpretation of the Qur'ān as final, because scientific knowledge itself constantly changes and evolves. Science has very little in it, which can be called final and absolute. On the other hand the word of the Creator of the universe is not subject to any change; it is final and absolute. With these words of caution, however, I feel there are two important reasons to study the Qur'ān in the light of modern sciences.
Firstly, the Qur'ān is a supreme source of knowledge which is multidimensional, all-comprehensive and all-embracing. None of the revealed books has this unique characteristic of the Qur'ān. Science is nothing but an empirical interpretation of the Holy Qur'ān. Since the development of science is at its zenith in our times, when we correlate the Qur'ānic studies with man's own scientific discoveries and experiments, this opens up new avenues to strengthen the faith. Furthermore, this kind of rational thinking to enable better understanding of its verses, is also stressed by the Qur'ān itself.
Secondly, biological and physical facts of the universe, as described by the Qur'ān, could not be known before modern technological advancements. If these descriptions of the Qur'ān are proved beyond any doubt, then an unbiased person should not have any hesitation to accept the rest of the teachings of the Qur'ān, especially so when the clarity, simplicity and practical application of these teachings is superior to anything existing in the world.
These reasons necessitate the study of the Qur'ān in the light of science, of course keeping in mind the factor of probability and variant interpretations of scientific observations. Such differences are similar to those which arise in application of logic, grammar and other linguistic criteria.
With this introduction let us proceed to study the subject in question.


Chubby, round-faced British comedian, noted for his bawdy double entendres and outlandish comic sketches in which he either dressed in drag or was pursued by buxom women in scanty outfits. Described as "comedy of sexual regret" by novelist Anthony Burgess, Hill's cornball humor--a combination of expert mimicry and saucy music-hall sight gags--won him an international cult following during the 1970s and 80s as star of the popular syndicated Thames export, "The Benny Hill Show"; it also won him accusations of sexism which were partially responsible for the cancellation of his show in England in 1989.
Stage debut in "Stars in Battledress"
Feature acting debut, "Who Done It?"
Appeared in teleplay, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Played the Toymaker in film, "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
Starred in syndicated series, "The Benny Hill Show" in the U.K.
Leonard Hill. Deceased; wrote "Saucy Boy", biography of brother.


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Coal mines by country •
Mines in Mongolia •
Coal in Mongolia
Coal mines in Mongolia
Eldev Coal Mine
Eldev Coal Mine (Mongolian: Элдэвийн чулуун нүүрсний уурхай) is in Dalanjargalan sum (district) of Dornogovi Province in South-Eastern Mongolia. This mine is 21 km N from sum center (Olon Ovoo ra...
Erds coal mine
The Erds Coal Mine is a coal mine located in eastern Mongolia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 807 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. The mi...
Khotgor Coal Mine, Uvs
The Nuurst Khotgor Coal Mine (Mongolian: Нүүрст хотгор, Coal bowl) is an open-pit coal mine, located about 80 km west of the Uvs Province capital Ulaangom and 25 km south of Üüreg Lake i...
Tevshiin Govi coal mine
The Tevshiin Govi Coal Mine (Mongolian: Тэвшийн говь) is a coal mine located in the Saintsagaan sum of Dundgovi aimag in southern central Mongolia.The mine has coal reserves amounting to 923.2 mil...
Ulaan Ovoo coal mine
The Ulaan Ovoo Coal Mine Mongolian: Улаан Овоо, red mound) is a coal mine located in the Tüshig sum of Selenge aimag in northern Mongolia. It is located on the northern shore of the Zelter River a...
Nuurst Khotgor coal mine
Tugrugnuur coal mine
The Tugrugnuur Coal Mine is a coal mine located in eastern Mongolia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 3.12 billion tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world....
Ovdog Hudag coal mine
The Övdög Khudag Coal Mine (Mongolian: Өвдөг худаг, knee well, sometimes Ovdog Hudag) is a coal mine being developed in the Bayanjargalan sum of the Dundgovi in southern central Mongolia. The depo...
Nariin Sukhait Coal Mine
The Nariin Sukhait or Ovoot Tolgoi mining complex (Mongolian: Нарийн Сухайт / Овоот Толгой) is located in the Gurvan tes sum (district) of Ömnögovi Province in Southern Mongolia. The site is 25...
Khuut coal mine
The Khuut Coal Mine is a coal mine located in the Matad sum of Dornod aimag in eastern Mongolia.The mine has coal reserves amounting to 294.2 million tonnes of brown coal. The mine has an annual produ...
Saikhan-Ovoo coal mine
The Saikhan-Ovoo Coal Mine (Mongolian: Сайхан Овоо, beautiful mound) is an underground coal mine located near Saikhan-Ovoo in the Saikhan sum of Bulgan aimag in northern Mongolia, to the north of ...
Tsaidam Lake coal mine
The Tsaidam Lake Coal Mine (Mongolian: Цайдам нуур, swampy lake) is a coal mine being developed in the Bayan sum of Töv aimag in central Mongolia.The mine has coal reserves amounting to 6.8 billio...
Ovoot Tolgoi coal mine
Chandgana Tal
Chandgana Tal (Mongolian: Чандгана Тал, rigid-steel steppe) is a coal mine in the Mörön sum (district) of Khentii Province in eastern Mongolia.The Chandgana Coal Mine is a coal mine located in ea...
Aduunchuluun coal mine
The Aduunchuluun Coal Mine (Mongolian: Адуунчулуун, horses' rock) is a coal mine located next to Choibalsan city in Dornod aimag of eastern Mongolia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 423.8 ...
Khushuut coal mine
The Khushuut Coal Mine (Mongolian: Хушуут) is a coal mine located in the Darvi sum in the Khovd aimag of western Mongolia.The mine has coal reserves amounting to 460 million tonnes of coking coal,...
Uvdug Khudag coal mine
Uvdug Khudag coal mine - Wikipedia
Chandgana coal mine
Chandgana coal mine - Wikipedia
Tavan Tolgoi
Tavan Tolgoi (Mongolian: Таван толгой, also Tavantolgoi, Tavantolgoy, "Five Hill") is one of the world's largest untapped coking and thermal coal deposits, located in the Ömnögovi Province in sout...
Tavan Tolgoi - Wikipedia

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Visions and Birdsongs: José González Finds Inspiration for His New Album
Doug Schnitzspahn
Swedish singer, songwriter, and guitarist José González immersed himself in nature to find inspiration for Local Valley, his new album, which examines our precarious place in the natural world.
Born in Sweden of parents who fled the Dirty War and dictatorship in Argentina, José González writes songs influenced by both the pure beauty of the Scandinavian landscape and his scientific background in biochemistry. González burst onto the American indie music scene in 2005 with the album Veneer. In 2013, he collaborated with Ben Stiller to create music for the film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and the song "Stay Alive" from that film found new life during the pandemic on playlists of those seeking some solace in world that felt broken. González's latest, Local Valley, is as much an intellectual exploration as it is a collection of hauntingly lovely songs. González describes it as "a metaphor for both humanity stuck here on Earth—our local green valley in a vast, inhospitable universe—and also for two dogmatic tribes stuck in a state where they're unable to see things from the others' perspective, preventing them from establishing a more harmonic state." He took the time to talk more about his philosophy and songwriting.
DEEP CUTS: Local Valley dives into dogmatism in society.
Why did you decide to record this album in a home studio in your summer house?
I had been looking for a studio for forever, but I realized that I don't need to have a room and soundproof it in the city if I just have a summer house. So I wrote and recorded this album 45 minutes north of Gothenburg along the coast. The view from the house looks out on nothing but woods and rocks. It's been fantastic to have that view when I'm writing. Then, as soon as I have my demos, I go out for runs or walks or take a dip in the ocean. It's been a great switch for me in my life to be closer to nature.
And you included birdsong on some of the tracks.
When I was writing and recording the album, I was hearing birds all the time outside of the house. When I started recording, I couldn't hear them. So I set out to record them one evening, and I started using them on the songs. I wanted to use them on the whole album, but it was too much so I just used them on three songs.
Tell us more about the metaphor of the local valley from which the album gets its name.
I'm inspired by Carl Sagan and his book Pale Blue Dot. Even though we're a lot of people here, this planet is still this little rock out in a dark and uninhabitable space. Nature and the universe don't really care about us. We have to make this valley as good as possible for ourselves. So I really resonate with this metaphor of the pale blue dot, the local valley. More specifically, in terms of climate change, the last 10,000–12,000 years have been extremely stable. We've been in this global state that we seem to be destabilizing. So we need to get our shit together. I think science and research is the way to try to figure out how we can make a thermostat so we can continue living in a Holocene-like state.
What's giving you hope in the darkness and bad news in the world?
There's a book by MIT professor McAfee called More From Less. He talks about whales coming back. And there are good examples of us using less land and giving back.
How do you write songs with these ideas in them, but not make them too heady?
From song to song, I'm trying to strike a balance that's not too preachy, that's open-minded. With a song like "Visions," I've been pretty bold in my ambitions. But then I also have sillier songs that aren't really preachy. I'm opening myself up on this album in terms of what I'm thinking about, so I'm more direct than ever. In a way, it was easier to write. I don't feel like I need to hide behind an enigmatic stance.
When you make observations out in nature, what are you looking for?
I think I'm pretty good at switching between the romantic who just goes out at sunset and sits there with a beer and a scientist who goes down into the details about molecules and environmental issues and problems. It depends on what you want to do. But if we go down to the archipelago near Gothenburg, we can sit close to the water on one of the rocks and take a swim and enjoy a sandwich.
You stand against dogmatism of all kinds. How do you think we can move away from political polarization?
People may think of me as liberal, but I do my best to listen. For example, I have read a couple of right-wing economists. I've also read social psychologists like Jonathan Haidt who try to pinpoint differences in ways of thinking between left and right. Some of these ways of thinking may be rooted in our evolutionary psychology. I do my best to try to be anti-dogmatic, to be able to change my mind. I know it's an impossible mission to try to always change our mind toward the better, but if you have that ambition, at least you won't get stuck as often you would have otherwise.
Cover photo courtesy of José González
A Driver for the Dead
Straight Talk with Ryan Hudson: Star of TGR's New Film Mountain Revelations


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using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Web.Http;
using System.Web.Http.Description;
using Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Dialogs;
using Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Luis;
using Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Luis.Models;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System.Threading;
using Microsoft.Bot.Connector;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using TabiCierge.Helpers;

namespace TabiCierge.Dialogs
{
    [Serializable]
    public class TabiDaialog : IDialog
    {
        public int? selectNo1;
        public int? selectNo2;
        public int? selectNo3;

        public async Task StartAsync(IDialogContext context)
        {
            context.Wait(MessageReceivedAsync);
        }

        public async Task MessageReceivedAsync(IDialogContext context, IAwaitable<IMessageActivity> argument)
        {
            //挨拶
            await context.PostAsync("こんにちは!旅シェルジュです!貴方の旅行先を、心理学を用いて提案します。 ");
            await context.PostAsync("これから10個の画像を表示します。上から順にお気に入りの画像の番号を回答して下さい。");
            //PromptDialog.Confirm(context,
            //         WillStartAsync,
            //         "診断を希望しますか?(はい/いいえ)");
            //画像を出力
            var activity = (Activity) await argument;
            var reply = activity.CreateReply();
            var attachments = new List<Attachment>
            {
                new Attachment()
            {
                ContentUrl = "http://botscaffold20160927115107.azurewebsites.net/Images/imageSelect.jpg",//グローバル
                ContentType = "image/jpg",
                Name = "診断画像"
            }
            };
            reply.Attachments = attachments;
            await context.PostAsync(reply);
            await context.PostAsync("一番お気に入りの画像を選んで下さい。");
            context.Wait(this.FirstSelectAsync);
        }

        private async Task FirstSelectAsync(IDialogContext context, IAwaitable<IMessageActivity> result)
        {
            var activity = await result;
            var text = activity.Text;
            int selectNo = 0;
            if (!int.TryParse(text, out selectNo) || selectNo > 10 || selectNo < 0)
            {
                await context.PostAsync("回答は1から10の半角数字で回答して下さい");
                context.Wait(this.FirstSelectAsync);
            }
            else
            {
                selectNo1 = selectNo;
                await context.PostAsync("二番目にお気に入りの画像を選んで下さい。");
                context.Wait(SecondSelectAsync);
            }
        }
        private async Task SecondSelectAsync(IDialogContext context, IAwaitable<IMessageActivity> result)
        {
            var activity = await result;
            var text = activity.Text;
            int selectNo = 0;
            if (!int.TryParse(text, out selectNo) || selectNo > 10 || selectNo < 0)
            {
                await context.PostAsync("回答は1から10の半角数字で回答して下さい");
                context.Wait(this.SecondSelectAsync);
            }
            else
            {
                selectNo2 = selectNo;
                await context.PostAsync("三番目にお気に入りの画像を選んで下さい。");
                context.Wait(AnserAsync);
            }
        }

        private async Task AnserAsync(IDialogContext context, IAwaitable<IMessageActivity> result)
        {
            var activity = await result;
            var text = activity.Text;
            int selectNo = 0;
            if (!int.TryParse(text, out selectNo) || selectNo > 10 || selectNo < 0)
            {
                await context.PostAsync("回答は1から10の半角数字で回答して下さい");
                context.Wait(this.AnserAsync);
            }
            else
            {
                selectNo3 = selectNo;
                await context.PostAsync("回答ありがとうございます。貴方におすすめの観光地は");
                Thread.Sleep(1000);
                await context.PostAsync("・");
                Thread.Sleep(1000);
                await context.PostAsync("・");
                Thread.Sleep(1000);
                await context.PostAsync("・");
                Thread.Sleep(1000);
                await context.PostAsync("次の3つとなります。");
                await context.PostAsync("1位 "+ImageSelectHelper.MatchByImage(selectNo1));
                await context.PostAsync("2位 " + ImageSelectHelper.MatchByImage(selectNo2));
                await context.PostAsync("3位 " + ImageSelectHelper.MatchByImage(selectNo3));
                Thread.Sleep(2000);
                await context.PostAsync("如何でしょうか。興味がある観光地がある場合は、教えて下さい。おすすめの宿泊先を楽天トラベルより紹介します。");
                await context.PostAsync("以下未実装");
                context.Done((object)null);
            }
        }
    }
}

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I'd like to personally welcome you to the team. It's an exciting time for AirMason as we continue to grow, we strive to remain as adaptable, motivated and responsive to our new employees as we are to our customers. We pride ourselves on being customer-focused, relevant, and open to new ideas. We're glad to have you on board!
Before I finish, I'd just like you to know that you, as part of our team, are our most important and greatest asset. We could not accomplish what we do every day without our employees. I'm very pleased to welcome you to AirMason and look forward to working with you!
We have a lot of fun and work hard to fully deserve it.
We are extremely proud that within a month at AirMason, you can build and ship your own products. You'll be meeting with clients and joining in high-level meetings.
The first week is intensive training, with a couple weeks after for questions here and there. By the end of the first week, you should be fully prepared to do your job independantly.
You accrue 3 sick days per year. If you're sick more than that, you can probably WFH, but talk to your manager.
By nature, we deal with confidential and sensitive information about our operations and our clients. Everyone on the team is expected to keep these secure within the company. Please refer to our NDA for more information.
We work in an incredibly demanding service-based industry. We can't afford to spend our days watching cute cats. The occassional video is fine, but your focus at work should be work. If you do end up getting distracted for a minute, please do not let it distract others (ahem *use headphones*).
Please be in the office at 10am every morning for our daily standup.
We're super casual. Jeans, tshirts, running shoes are the most common. Sometimes people wear blazers if they are feeling fancy.
Snacks are currently provided through Snack Nation. These are meant to be enjoyed throughout the day as quick energy boosts, but are not a meal replacement. Please be courteous and do not use these as an alternative to lunch or dinner.
Yes. We have casual performance reviews every 3 months. These are just coffee chats with your direct manager.
Now the fun stuff! Everyone is paid on the 1st and 15th of every month. We pay via direct deposit. To set up your payments, talk to Jenn in HR.
If you want a promotion, contact Jenn in HR. Promotions are assessed on a case-by-case basis.


The Best of our Little Island Tour in less than a day! Begin with a memorable city tour of historic downtown Charlottetown followed by a stop at PEI Preserve Company in New Glasgow. Continue on to the coastal fishing village of North Rustico and the famous PEI National Park, home of Cavendish and Anne of Green Gables. You'll have more than enough time to sample homemade Island jams, visit the Anne of Green Gables homestead and stroll the boardwalk, overlooking the beautiful sandy beaches of our Island. Continue on to Rustico Harbour, where you will visit a traditional fishing village and learn about the history of the PEI fishery. Marvel at the red sandstone cliffs and sandy dunes at our next stop ~ world famous Cavendish Beach.
Spanning 12.9 kilometers, the Confederation Bridge is the world's largest multi-span bridge over a tidal current waterway stopping at Gateway Village, where you will learn a brief history of the bridge and a photo opportunity of the Confederation Bridge. By now, you might be hungry, where we can stop for lunch here, or grab something at the next stop (Victoria by the Sea). Visit the seaside promenade of Victoria by the Sea. Then travel along the scenic Blue Heron Drive passing through the heart of the South Shore, famous for its rolling hills, red cliffs and winding rivers. Relax and enjoy the picturesque landscape on the drive back to the city as your tour winds to a close.


As per reports, a blast that took place in a Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train at Jabari station on Tuesday morning, left nine people injured.
The blast took place in the last compartment of the train at around 9.50 am.
The reason of the explosion is yet to be ascertained.
Reports revealed that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley mentioned on Tuesday that the Finance Bill 2017 will be passed in the parliament before March ends. This Finance Bill will help in implementing all the financial proposals made by the Government of India, with ease.
Yesterday Ram Jethmalani cross-examined Jaitley in Delhi high court for his defamation suit against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal as well as other AAP functionaries.
Reports say, during the cross-examination, Jaitley remained calm and answered all the queries.


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Disney says 'no merit' to Malaysia resort company lawsuit
Thursday, 29 Nov 2018
1:54 PM MYT
Genting Theme Park is pictured at Genting Highland Resort in Pahang, Malaysia, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. Image: AP Photo/Yam G-Jun
KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Resort developer Genting Malaysia's lawsuit seeking $1bil (RM4.2bil) in damages from Walt Disney Co. and Fox Entertainment Group for alleged breach of contract related to a theme park, is "without merit," Disney said Tuesday.
The lawsuit filed Monday in the Central California District Court cites damages from Fox's withdrawal from an agreement set in 2013 to license its intellectual property for a Fox World theme park in Resort World Genting, a sprawling facility perched on a mountain in Malaysia.
The theme park would have been Fox's first. According to Genting's complaint, Fox issued a "notice of default" aimed at ending the agreement.
Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox apparently raised issues because Genting's resort includes a casino, which conflicts with Disney's stance against gambling.
"The claims made against Disney in this matter are utterly without merit," Disney said in an emailed statement.
Despite disagreements over the specific terms of the deal, Genting said Fox had no grounds to pull out.
The complaint also alleges that Disney and 21st Century Fox interfered with the contract and caused Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising, part of Fox Entertainment, to breach it.
Genting says it has invested nearly $180mil (RM754mil) in the Fox project.
Its most recent quarterly report said the group was focused on developing its resort and on preparing to roll out the "highly anticipated 20th Century Fox World Theme Park" as well as another attraction, the Skytropolis indoor theme park.
The opening of the Fox themed park had been planned for the first half of 2019. -AP
Genting Malaysia loses new theme park catalyst, shares tumble
Cancellation of Fox theme park likely to affect visitor arrivals
Genting Malaysia, Genting rebound from share selldown
Tags / Keywords: Disney , Malaysia , Fox , Genting


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The Assurance of Chemists
Are Gut Instincts Obsolete in Political Campaigns?
by Konstantin Kakaes | November 5, 2012
About a month ago, I received a letter from Mitt Romney's campaign addressing me as "one of America's most prominent Republicans." This was news to me. I can assure you that if I were one of America's most prominent Republicans, I'd be among the first to know.
But even if the Romney campaign's algorithms were flawed, Romney's path to the Republican nomination, and his late resurgence in the polls, turned on his ability to determine what people want to be told. Targeting specific voters, even in a country of more than 300 million people, is essential for candidates eager to form the appearance of a personal connection in an impersonal era.
At least they seem to think so. But how much do we really know about how and why victors win elections? These are the questions Sasha Issenberg sets out to answer in his new, thoroughly reported book, The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns. They are also questions without wholly satisfactory answers. The trivial answer—by getting the most votes—is the only one that is entirely accurate, and it is not very helpful. Issenberg chronicles the efforts of a small group of political insiders to figure out two things: the most efficient ways to boost their side's turnout, and the best ways to get swing voters to support their guy. These two goals are pursued through two methodologies that constitute the bread and butter of what Issenberg calls the new empiricism: the use of randomized field experiments to measure efficacy of campaign tactics, and the integration of demographic data from commercial databases with polling information to "microtarget" voters.
"The crucial divide," Issenberg writes, "is not between Democrats and Republicans, or the establishment and outsiders, but between these new empiricists and the old guard."
Hal Malchow, a Democratic consultant with a background in direct mail, is a pivotal figure in Issenberg's story. Malchow is an old-school operative who pioneered empirical techniques before they were in vogue. The old guard, in Issenberg's characterization, relied on political instinct. The empiricists, of whatever ideological stripe, rely on field experiments to learn what convinces the electorate to turn out for their candidates. The book opens with Malchow, and others, cajoling people into voting by sending them letters reminding them they had voted in the past—an approach Malchow found, via randomized experiment, to be more cost-effective per vote than other types of letters.
Issenberg traces the history of these empirical efforts back to Harold Gosnell, a University of Chicago political scientist who started writing in the 1920s. Issenberg quotes a review of Gosnell's first book, which asserted that it would soon be possible to "draw conclusions about elections 'with all the assurance of a chemist proving the quality of a new paint-remover.'" It is the thesis of Issenberg's book that, though the time was not ripe in 1924, political operatives today have the assurance of chemists.
But this raises two distinct questions. The first is whether the broad class of randomized statistical techniques that Issenberg describes is as effective as its proponents claim. The second is whether aspirants to high political office widely believe them to be effective.
The answer to the first question is that they are not all that effective; but this is, in a way, secondary. If candidates—and the small army of moneymen whose backing is vital to run for high office—believe that quantitative optimization is the key to victory, then only candidates who embrace such techniques will even have a shot. The necessity of the technique then becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. What does this do to our stock of aspiring politicians? This is a second-order effect, not itself amenable to randomized empirical study, and as such Issenberg does not address it in the book. But it is a vital question.
In an essay in The New York Times Magazine, Matt Bai expresses bafflement as to why Barack Obama has failed to, in the president's words, "tell a story to the American people." In Slate, Issenberg, in a sort of postscript to his book, explains how Obama outdid Romney in adopting empirical techniques. Neither Bai nor Issenberg makes the connection that Obama's failure to construct a narrative and his success in use of randomized experiments are intimately linked. Storytelling is too complicated to feel your way randomly around, constantly gauging the response of your audience. As E.B. White once said, "there are a thousand ways to express even the simplest idea … [writers] are constantly faced with too many choices and must make too many decisions."
A democratic leader has two conflicting tasks: shaping the will of the people and reflecting that will. This paradoxical tension is as old as democracy. More precise, granular information about the public's opinion shifts that balance. The capacity of a leader to bend the public's will to his own is one measure of greatness. But it is easier to build up a good model of what people think than a model of what will cause them to change their minds.
In principle, a candidate could use the techniques of the new empiricists to figure out how to best convince voters of something they did not already think—say that higher gasoline prices make economic sense, or that climate change should be a pressing concern. There is nothing inherent in random sampling to prevent its being so used. But in practice, as Issenberg narrates, the techniques are used to convince voters that the candidate already agrees with them, rather than to convince voters to agree with the candidate. Issenberg tells the story of John Kerry's 2004 victory in the Iowa caucuses as a cautionary tale against neglecting the lessons of data. Howard Dean, who had the early lead in Iowa, lost to Kerry, in Issenberg's telling, because the Kerry campaign successfully used Iowa as a "petri dish" of tactical optimization. Obama's strategists wanted to excite voters like Dean did but target them like Kerry did. Issenberg does not consider that though the petri dish might have helped win Kerry Iowa, it also helped lose him the nation, providing the kernel to which George Bush's charges of flip-flopping could accrete.
Ken Strasma, who worked for both Kerry and Obama, is one of the book's heroes. "Strasma wanted to create a model that would help Obama's advisers decide which topics they should use when communicating with its targets," Issenberg writes. When a mathematical model begins to stand in for moral and intellectual principle, it affects the precarious balance between the President as incarnation of the general will, and the President as a leader.
One needn't posit a fantastical past of noble Founding Fathers, above the fray (political infighting having been as alive and well in the 1790s as it is today), to take seriously the idea that contemporary empirical techniques make it harder to take a stand on unpopular issues. (Say, for instance, the closing of the extrajudicial prison on Guantanamo Bay.) The one outstanding virtue of a statesman, Hannah Arendt wrote, lies "in being able to communicate between the citizens and their opinions so that the commonness of this world becomes apparent." However much Issenberg's new empiricists may claim for themselves a sort of non-ideological methodological rigor, the nature of their work skews the politician towards the timid posture. The appearance of bravery is always easier to sell than bravery itself.
The great irony of Issenberg's book is that it is far from clear that many of the tactics he describes are as effective as they are made out to be. He mentions this in passing, quoting one of Rick Perry's number-men, who is questioning the claim that television advertisements have only a transient effect: "The real weakness of the study is it's a single ad, and you're extrapolating from that … you could make an argument that OK, there's a diminution of effects, but that's just because it's not a very memorable ad." This is but one of many examples in the book that fall prey to "overfitting" of data—even if a statistical model accurately accounts for a series of existing observations, that doesn't mean it will accurately predict the future, or be correct as a causal model, as Nate Silver explains in his recent The Signal and the Noise, which can usefully be read as a companion to Issenberg's book.
Issenberg concludes with Malchow wondering whether his get-out-the vote letters were so effective not because of what they said, but because of their packaging. "Malchow had spent a quarter century living off the mail, but not until his revelatory steakhouse dinner with Gerber did he give much thought to envelopes," Issenberg wrote. It turns out that the appearance of the letters—plain and official-looking, a contrast to the slick flyers of Malchow's past—may have played a bigger role than his phraseology.
As Arie Kopelman, one of Nixon's ad-men in the 1968 campaign, told the journalist Joe McGuiness, "If the advertising is too slick it's not then the communication of the man but the communication of the communication." Both Romney and Obama have fallen victim to this trap in the course of their campaigns. Much has been made in the punditocracy of the renewed importance of the ground game—getting out the vote on Election Day. To take the football analogy a bit further, a team's ground game will only be effective if it does, at least occasionally, go for the deep pass to the wide receiver. Otherwise, it'll just be an impasse of blockers and pass-rushers, entwined at the line of scrimmage, with no forward progress. Call it gridironlock.
Konstantin Kakaes, a former Economist correspondent in Mexico, is a Schwartz Fellow at The New America Foundation in Washington, D.C.
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module DomGlancy
  class AnalysisReporter
    @test_root
    @set_current_not_master
    @set_master_not_current
    @set_changed_master
    @changed_pairs

    def initialize(test_root, set_current_not_master,set_master_not_current, set_changed_master, changed_pairs)
      @test_root              = test_root
      @set_current_not_master = set_current_not_master
      @set_master_not_current = set_master_not_current
      @set_changed_master     = set_changed_master
      @changed_pairs          = changed_pairs
    end

    def create_diff_file
      filename = ::DomGlancy::FileNameBuilder.new(@test_root).diff
      svg = make_svg
      File.open(filename, 'w') { |file| file.write(svg) }
      save_set_info('current_not_master', @set_current_not_master)
      save_set_info('master_not_current', @set_master_not_current)
      save_set_info('changed_master',     @set_changed_master)
      save_set_info('changed_pairs',      @changed_pairs)
    end

    private

    def make_svg
      svg = ::DomGlancy::SVG.new(@set_current_not_master, @set_master_not_current, @set_changed_master)
      svg.generate_svg
    end

    def save_set_info(suffix, data_set)
      filename = File.join(::DomGlancy.configuration.diff_file_location, "#{@test_root}__#{suffix}__diff.yaml")
      File.open(filename, 'w') { |file| file.write(data_set.to_a.to_yaml) }
    end
  end
end


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North Texas apartment demand couldn't keep up with construction in the first quarter.
But that didn't mean renters caught a break.
Average apartment rents in the Dallas-Fort Worth were up 1.9 percent from first quarter 2017 to $1,081 a month, according to the latest data from RealPage.
The Richardson-based apartment industry service firm estimates that net D-FW apartment leasing totaled 1,721 units in the first three months of 2018.
That's an improvement from first quarter 2017 when there was a small decline in net leasing.
The early months of the year are typically the slowest period for apartment leasing.
Apartment demand fell way short of the 6,972 new rental units that opened their doors in the first quarter.
"As in the nation as a whole, Dallas-Fort Worth's performance got off to a rough start in 2018," RealPage chief economist Greg Willet said. "That seasonally slow leasing period is more difficult to deal with when the new product delivery volume is peaking."
With the surge in new apartments hitting the market this year, apartment rent increases in the area have dropped significantly from recent years where renters saw between 3 percent and 6 percent annual price hikes.
The first quarter year-over-year apartment rent increase was the smallest since 2010.
"With so many new units moving through initial lease-up, it's not surprising to see rents flatten in that top-tier product segment," Willett said.
Widespread apartment building across the country also curbed nationwide first-quarter rent increase. Countrywide rents were up just 2.3 percent – also the smallest gain since 2010.
"With so much new supply coming on stream, even a short period of sluggish demand can do some real damage," Willett said. "It's difficult to maintain pricing power in such a competitive leasing environment."
Because of the construction, D-FW average apartment occupancy fell to 93.9 percent – slightly below the national average.
Another 32,379 apartments are still under construction in North Texas.
"That future supply is by far the biggest block of product on the way nationally," Willett said. "Leasing activity naturally escalates during the warmer weather months, and the fact that Dallas-Fort Worth still is producing so many jobs will help boost the need for more housing.
"Still, with the apartment stock growing at such an aggressive pace, rent growth certainly isn't going back to the levels seen a bit earlier in this cycle."


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Multi-time league winner reportedly ready to wait for Chelsea to make their move
By George Blake
The Chelsea fans in the Transfer Tavern are loving life under Antonio Conte. The Italian has had a phenomenal impact at Stamford Bridge since moving to London, with their Premier League title win last season coming as a huge surprise to everyone in the pub. Recent reports from the Sun surrounding his future, then, have generated a lot of concern in the pub.
According to the Sun, Chelsea are already preparing for the manager to leave the club, and they are not expecting him to see out the rest of his contract. Instead, they are reportedly preparing for Carlo Ancelotti to return to the club, with the Italian having kept in contact with the Blues over the last few years. He is said to be ready to 'wait' for the call from Chelsea.
It's concerning, of course, that the Blues are preparing for that event, but it's no real surprise. When Antonio Conte agreed a new deal at Chelsea with no extension on its length, for many of the fans in the pub, the writing was on the wall. When combined with Chelsea's poor run of form, there has certainly been a lot of anxiety in the pub over the last few hours.
At present, this appears to be just a contingency plan, but there could be a real chance of it going one step further.
Landlord's Verdict
Ancelotti would be a great replacement for Conte, that much is certain. He has won it all in Europe, with many league titles under his belt, and he had so much success with the Blues during his last stint in London.
That said, Chelsea shouldn't even be thinking about moving Conte on right now. Results-wise, things aren't great, but given how much the Blues overperformed last term, he can surely be forgiven for that. With just under two years remaining on his current deal, barring any catastrophy, the Blues should at least try and see him through to the end of that tenure.
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Article title: Multi-time league winner reportedly ready to wait for Chelsea to make their move


What is the ultimate team sport?
However, the voters for The Associated Press Top 25 Poll decided that isn't the case for LSU.
When LSU coach Les Miles removed All-American and Heisman Trophy finalist, Tyrann Mathieu from the team for a reported third fail drug test, the Associated Press extended its deadline for its voters. The extension allowed the voters to rethink their consideration for LSU, and votes were changed.
Before Mathieu's dismissal, LSU had received 28 of the 60 first-place votes with Southern California ranked second with 22 first-place votes and Alabama was third with nine.
By extending the deadline, the voters dropped LSU to third with 16 first-place votes and moved USC to No. 1 with 22 first-place votes. Alabama is now second with 17 first-place votes.
Now, I don't care if LSU is ranked No. 1 or No. 1,000 at this point of the season.
It is a preseason polls, and as the season plays out, polls will change and the cream will rise to the top.
However, and I might be wrong on this, I never heard of the Associated Press ever extending its preseason voting deadline for any player, coach or team that was suspended, fired or put on sanctions.
What makes this a special case?
Yes, Mathieu was a dynamic player that had a special knack in turning the routine defensive play into a game-changing moment.
Also, his ability to return punts and make plays on special teams really separated him from others, and that is why he became a Heisman Trophy finalist.
Mathieu was special, but now he sits in rehab center trying to get his life together, and I for one hope he does.
But little did I know that Mathieu would have as much of an impact on LSU's season sitting in rehab as he did while roaming Tiger Stadium.
In the ultimate team sport, the Associated Press voters believe Mathieu's absence will put a dent in LSU's season.
His absence will have some impact as you can never replace experience, especially in college football.
It is hard for me to look at LSU's roster, filled with highly-touted players, and say that replacing Mathieu will be difficult.
Also, football games are won at the line of scrimmage, and the last time I looked at LSU's offensive and defensive lines, they are filled with preseason all-conference and All-American-type players.
If the Tigers win the battles up-front, then they will win most — if not all — of their regular-season games, putting them in the position to play for a national championship once again.
Like I said before, it doesn't matter where LSU is ranked today. It matters in December. It is obvious that the Associated Press voters believe their poll matters in August, and that one player does make an entire team.


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/* eslint no-constant-condition: 0 */
/**
 * Mnemonist Merge Helpers
 * ========================
 *
 * Various merge algorithms used to handle sorted lists. Note that the given
 * functions are optimized and won't accept mixed arguments.
 *
 * Note: maybe this piece of code belong to sortilege, along with binary-search.
 */
var typed = require('./typed-arrays.js'),
    isArrayLike = require('./iterables.js').isArrayLike,
    binarySearch = require('./binary-search.js'),
    FibonacciHeap = require('../fibonacci-heap.js');

// TODO: update to use exponential search
// TODO: when not knowing final length => should use plain arrays rather than
// same type as input

/**
 * Merge two sorted array-like structures into one.
 *
 * @param  {array} a - First array.
 * @param  {array} b - Second array.
 * @return {array}
 */
function mergeArrays(a, b) {

  // One of the arrays is empty
  if (a.length === 0)
    return b.slice();
  if (b.length === 0)
    return a.slice();

  // Finding min array
  var tmp;

  if (a[0] > b[0]) {
    tmp = a;
    a = b;
    b = tmp;
  }

  // If array have non overlapping ranges, we can just concatenate them
  var aEnd = a[a.length - 1],
      bStart = b[0];

  if (aEnd <= bStart) {
    if (typed.isTypedArray(a))
      return typed.concat(a, b);
    return a.concat(b);
  }

  // Initializing target
  var array = new a.constructor(a.length + b.length);

  // Iterating until we overlap
  var i, l, v;

  for (i = 0, l = a.length; i < l; i++) {
    v = a[i];

    if (v <= bStart)
      array[i] = v;
    else
      break;
  }

  // Handling overlap
  var aPointer = i,
      aLength = a.length,
      bPointer = 0,
      bLength = b.length,
      aHead,
      bHead;

  while (aPointer < aLength && bPointer < bLength) {
    aHead = a[aPointer];
    bHead = b[bPointer];

    if (aHead <= bHead) {
      array[i++] = aHead;
      aPointer++;
    }
    else {
      array[i++] = bHead;
      bPointer++;
    }
  }

  // Filling
  while (aPointer < aLength)
    array[i++] = a[aPointer++];
  while (bPointer < bLength)
    array[i++] = b[bPointer++];

  return array;
}

/**
 * Perform the union of two already unique sorted array-like structures into one.
 *
 * @param  {array} a - First array.
 * @param  {array} b - Second array.
 * @return {array}
 */
function unionUniqueArrays(a, b) {

  // One of the arrays is empty
  if (a.length === 0)
    return b.slice();
  if (b.length === 0)
    return a.slice();

  // Finding min array
  var tmp;

  if (a[0] > b[0]) {
    tmp = a;
    a = b;
    b = tmp;
  }

  // If array have non overlapping ranges, we can just concatenate them
  var aEnd = a[a.length - 1],
      bStart = b[0];

  if (aEnd < bStart) {
    if (typed.isTypedArray(a))
      return typed.concat(a, b);
    return a.concat(b);
  }

  // Initializing target
  var array = new a.constructor();

  // Iterating until we overlap
  var i, l, v;

  for (i = 0, l = a.length; i < l; i++) {
    v = a[i];

    if (v < bStart)
      array.push(v);
    else
      break;
  }

  // Handling overlap
  var aPointer = i,
      aLength = a.length,
      bPointer = 0,
      bLength = b.length,
      aHead,
      bHead;

  while (aPointer < aLength && bPointer < bLength) {
    aHead = a[aPointer];
    bHead = b[bPointer];

    if (aHead <= bHead) {

      if (array.length === 0 || array[array.length - 1] !== aHead)
        array.push(aHead);

      aPointer++;
    }
    else {
      if (array.length === 0 || array[array.length - 1] !== bHead)
        array.push(bHead);

      bPointer++;
    }
  }

  // Filling
  // TODO: it's possible to optimize a bit here, since the condition is only
  // relevant the first time
  while (aPointer < aLength) {
    aHead = a[aPointer++];

    if (array.length === 0 || array[array.length - 1] !== aHead)
      array.push(aHead);
  }
  while (bPointer < bLength) {
    bHead = b[bPointer++];

    if (array.length === 0 || array[array.length - 1] !== bHead)
      array.push(bHead);
  }

  return array;
}

/**
 * Perform the intersection of two already unique sorted array-like structures into one.
 *
 * @param  {array} a - First array.
 * @param  {array} b - Second array.
 * @return {array}
 */
exports.intersectionUniqueArrays = function(a, b) {

  // One of the arrays is empty
  if (a.length === 0 || b.length === 0)
    return new a.constructor(0);

  // Finding min array
  var tmp;

  if (a[0] > b[0]) {
    tmp = a;
    a = b;
    b = tmp;
  }

  // If array have non overlapping ranges, there is no intersection
  var aEnd = a[a.length - 1],
      bStart = b[0];

  if (aEnd < bStart)
    return new a.constructor(0);

  // Initializing target
  var array = new a.constructor();

  // Handling overlap
  var aPointer = binarySearch.lowerBound(a, bStart),
      aLength = a.length,
      bPointer = 0,
      bLength = binarySearch.upperBound(b, aEnd),
      aHead,
      bHead;

  while (aPointer < aLength && bPointer < bLength) {
    aHead = a[aPointer];
    bHead = b[bPointer];

    if (aHead < bHead) {
      aPointer = binarySearch.lowerBound(a, bHead, aPointer + 1);
    }
    else if (aHead > bHead) {
      bPointer = binarySearch.lowerBound(b, aHead, bPointer + 1);
    }
    else {
      array.push(aHead);
      aPointer++;
      bPointer++;
    }
  }

  return array;
};

/**
 * Merge k sorted array-like structures into one.
 *
 * @param  {array<array>} arrays - Arrays to merge.
 * @return {array}
 */
function kWayMergeArrays(arrays) {
  var length = 0,
      max = -Infinity,
      al,
      i,
      l;

  var filtered = [];

  for (i = 0, l = arrays.length; i < l; i++) {
    al = arrays[i].length;

    if (al === 0)
      continue;

    filtered.push(arrays[i]);

    length += al;

    if (al > max)
      max = al;
  }

  if (filtered.length === 0)
    return new arrays[0].constructor(0);

  if (filtered.length === 1)
    return filtered[0].slice();

  if (filtered.length === 2)
    return mergeArrays(filtered[0], filtered[1]);

  arrays = filtered;

  var array = new arrays[0].constructor(length);

  var PointerArray = typed.getPointerArray(max);

  var pointers = new PointerArray(arrays.length);

  // TODO: benchmark vs. a binomial heap
  var heap = new FibonacciHeap(function(a, b) {
    a = arrays[a][pointers[a]];
    b = arrays[b][pointers[b]];

    if (a < b)
      return -1;

    if (a > b)
      return 1;

    return 0;
  });

  for (i = 0; i < l; i++)
    heap.push(i);

  i = 0;

  var p,
      v;

  while (heap.size) {
    p = heap.pop();
    v = arrays[p][pointers[p]++];
    array[i++] = v;

    if (pointers[p] < arrays[p].length)
      heap.push(p);
  }

  return array;
}

/**
 * Perform the union of k sorted unique array-like structures into one.
 *
 * @param  {array<array>} arrays - Arrays to merge.
 * @return {array}
 */
function kWayUnionUniqueArrays(arrays) {
  var max = -Infinity,
      al,
      i,
      l;

  var filtered = [];

  for (i = 0, l = arrays.length; i < l; i++) {
    al = arrays[i].length;

    if (al === 0)
      continue;

    filtered.push(arrays[i]);

    if (al > max)
      max = al;
  }

  if (filtered.length === 0)
    return new arrays[0].constructor(0);

  if (filtered.length === 1)
    return filtered[0].slice();

  if (filtered.length === 2)
    return unionUniqueArrays(filtered[0], filtered[1]);

  arrays = filtered;

  var array = new arrays[0].constructor();

  var PointerArray = typed.getPointerArray(max);

  var pointers = new PointerArray(arrays.length);

  // TODO: benchmark vs. a binomial heap
  var heap = new FibonacciHeap(function(a, b) {
    a = arrays[a][pointers[a]];
    b = arrays[b][pointers[b]];

    if (a < b)
      return -1;

    if (a > b)
      return 1;

    return 0;
  });

  for (i = 0; i < l; i++)
    heap.push(i);

  var p,
      v;

  while (heap.size) {
    p = heap.pop();
    v = arrays[p][pointers[p]++];

    if (array.length === 0 || array[array.length - 1] !== v)
      array.push(v);

    if (pointers[p] < arrays[p].length)
      heap.push(p);
  }

  return array;
}

/**
 * Perform the intersection of k sorted array-like structures into one.
 *
 * @param  {array<array>} arrays - Arrays to merge.
 * @return {array}
 */
exports.kWayIntersectionUniqueArrays = function(arrays) {
  var max = -Infinity,
      maxStart = -Infinity,
      minEnd = Infinity,
      first,
      last,
      al,
      i,
      l;

  for (i = 0, l = arrays.length; i < l; i++) {
    al = arrays[i].length;

    // If one of the arrays is empty, so is the intersection
    if (al === 0)
      return [];

    if (al > max)
      max = al;

    first = arrays[i][0];
    last = arrays[i][al - 1];

    if (first > maxStart)
      maxStart = first;

    if (last < minEnd)
      minEnd = last;
  }

  // Full overlap is impossible
  if (maxStart > minEnd)
    return [];

  // Only one value
  if (maxStart === minEnd)
    return [maxStart];

  // NOTE: trying to outsmart I(D,I(C,I(A,B))) is pointless unfortunately...
  // NOTE: I tried to be very clever about bounds but it does not seem
  // to improve the performance of the algorithm.
  var a, b,
      array = arrays[0],
      aPointer,
      bPointer,
      aLimit,
      bLimit,
      aHead,
      bHead,
      start = maxStart;

  for (i = 1; i < l; i++) {
    a = array;
    b = arrays[i];

    // Change that to `[]` and observe some perf drops on V8...
    array = new Array();

    aPointer = 0;
    bPointer = binarySearch.lowerBound(b, start);

    aLimit = a.length;
    bLimit = b.length;

    while (aPointer < aLimit && bPointer < bLimit) {
      aHead = a[aPointer];
      bHead = b[bPointer];

      if (aHead < bHead) {
        aPointer = binarySearch.lowerBound(a, bHead, aPointer + 1);
      }
      else if (aHead > bHead) {
        bPointer = binarySearch.lowerBound(b, aHead, bPointer + 1);
      }
      else {
        array.push(aHead);
        aPointer++;
        bPointer++;
      }
    }

    if (array.length === 0)
      return array;

    start = array[0];
  }

  return array;
};

/**
 * Variadic merging all of the given arrays.
 *
 * @param  {...array}
 * @return {array}
 */
exports.merge = function() {
  if (arguments.length === 2) {
    if (isArrayLike(arguments[0]))
      return mergeArrays(arguments[0], arguments[1]);
  }
  else {
    if (isArrayLike(arguments[0]))
      return kWayMergeArrays(arguments);
  }

  return null;
};

/**
 * Variadic function performing the union of all the given unique arrays.
 *
 * @param  {...array}
 * @return {array}
 */
exports.unionUnique = function() {
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Cissia(, Kissia) was a very fertile district of Susiana in the Persian Empire, on the Choaspes. According to Herodotus, the inhabitants, Cissii, were a 'wild', free people, resembling the Persians in their manners.

Herodotus and other ancient Greek writers sometimes referred to the region around Susa as "Cissia", a variant of the Kassite name. However, it is not clear if Kassites were actually living in that region so late.

History
In ancient times Cissia was subjugated by Tiglath-Pileser III.

Once the Ionian Revolt was finally crushed by the Persian victory at the Battle of Lade, Darius began to plan to subjugate Greece. In 490 BC, he sent a naval task force under Datis and Artaphernes across the Aegean to subjugate the Cyclades, and then to make punitive attacks on Athens and Eretria. Reaching Euboea in mid-summer after a successful campaign in the Aegean, the Persians proceeded to put Eretria under siege. The siege lasted six days before a fifth column of Eretrian nobles betrayed the city to the Persians. The city was plundered, and the population enslaved on Darius's orders. The Eretrian prisoners were eventually taken to Persia and settled as colonists in Cissia, in the village of Ardericca.

Darius the Great, contrary to Eretrian expectations, treated them kindly, and gave them a village in the country of Cissia for their habitation, which was but a day's journey from Susa, where Apollonius of Tyana found some of their descendants 600 years afterwards.

Herodotus divided the Achaemenid Empire into 20 districts. According to him, Susa and the surrounding area, Cissia, paid 300 talents tribute.

Sources
Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

History of Khuzestan Province
Achaemenid Empire
Geographic history of Iran

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Artist Bizas John
Category Figurative sculptures
Technique Calacatta marble and resin sculpture
"My concept with the sharks series is to represent humanity as a hungry and aggressive shark, eating and destroying everything in its path. But whereas real sharks are doing that to survive, humanity is doing it for profit and pleasure".
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Born in 1980 and raised on the Greek Island of Chios, John Bizas has had a passion for marble and sculpture since childhood.
His work has been included in many books and catalogues, published in newspaper and magazine articles as well shown on the Italian TV. In 2015 his work was chosen as one of the Top 10 best contemporary art works by the Blooom Award and was exhibited at the Art Fair in Koln, Germany. John has exhibited and keep showing his work widely in Italy, Greece, France, Germany, Belgium, Russia and U.S.A., and has undertaken public commissions in Greece, Cyprus, Czech Republic.
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The notion of information originated in communication theory and deals with processing of messages in the transmission through channels. In biology, information has a much broader meaning and comprises its creation and maintenance in evolution. Biological information is intimately connected with genetics but other forms of information transfer, so-called epigenetic processes, are indispensable for the development of organisms from a single fertilized cell to adulthood. We shall present an illustrative introduction into modern molecular genetics and evolution. What makes biology unique and life pow-erful is the combination of self-organization and the genetic memory. Models based on simple mathematics provide insight into the creation of complex systems through adaptation. Finally, we shall try to address the question whether the increase in complexity is an inevi-table consequence of biological evolution.
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Cuca Gamarra: "In front of a paralyzed Pedro Sánchez, Pablo Casado has proposed initiatives such as the reform of the Euro-order and the closure of the so-called Catalan embassies" Cuca Gamarra, in Manacor
Criticizes that the violence that is being experienced in Catalonia is not counteracted by the acting Government led by Pedro Sánchez
It requires the Executive to take measures that return normality and coexistence in Catalonia, such as the application of the National Security Law
"In front of a paralyzed Pedro Sánchez, Pablo Casado has proposed initiatives such as the reform of the Euroorder and the closure of the so-called Catalan embassies"
Remember that the division of the center-right vote in the previous elections only benefited Sánchez, so "the recipe" in this new electoral call must be "to unite the vote to win and be able to govern"
"We propose to the Spaniards that they support a moderate party and that they want to continue carrying out reforms to unite Spain," he says.
Stresses that in the PP "we assume our responsibility, which is to work for people." Not so Sánchez, he adds, that he had the responsibility of forming a government, but since the electoral night of 28-A "he decided that he would summon all Spaniards to new elections"
Urges the PSOE of the Balearic Islands to break with the independence. "There will be the PP to strengthen what unites us, constitutionalism. We are a state party with one objective: to reinforce from the center the policies that benefit all citizens, wherever they live, "he adds
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Topotecan is a potent inhibitor of SUMOylation in glioblastoma multiforme and alters both cellular replication and metabolic programming.
Protein SUMOylation is a dynamic post-translational modification shown to be involved in a diverse set of physiologic processes throughout the cell. SUMOylation has also been shown to play a role in the pathobiology of myriad cancers, one of which is glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). As such, the clinical significance and therapeutic utility offered via the selective control of global SUMOylation is readily apparent. There are, however, relatively few known/effective inhibitors of global SUMO-conjugation. Herein we describe the identification of topotecan as a novel inhibitor of global SUMOylation. We also provide evidence that inhibition of SUMOylation by topotecan is associated with reduced levels of CDK6 and HIF-1α, as well as pronounced changes in cell cycle progression and cellular metabolism, thereby highlighting its putative role as an adjuvant therapy in defined GBM patient populations.


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It doesn't really matter whether you use the real one so make up a name that only you know. Watch your back Whenever you're about to post something online, pause and just imagine someone in authority, someone you respect, reading that post or looking at that photo. Several free services like or are ideal for this. It is very easy for someone to intercept the information that you are transmitting from your computer when you happen to be on open Wi-Fi, which means that you are vulnerable to that. There is a major hazard with public Wi-Fi because all the information that you are transferring is actually available to everyone who is on that network. Spam, like ads or harassing or offensive notes, is annoying. Remember, online comments can often be misunderstood so be careful what you say to people and how you say it.
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The Group has committed a further £200,000 loan to Social Impact Investor Big Issue Invest – an organisation that enables social enterprises to access finance to grow, develop and sustain social impact. Our third investment takes our total commitment to £625,000.
This additional commitment means that up to ten organisations will receive investment over the term of the loan. Big Issue Invest plans to market its loans in the Group's key regions, targeting social enterprises and profit-for-purpose businesses which support our customers and communities.
About Big Issue Invest
Big Issue Invest (BII) offers a range of social investment options to social enterprises and charities from £20,000 to £3 million. BII is leading social impact investors working across the UK with a range of funds and partners. Part of the Big Issue Magazine Group, BII tackles social issues including education, housing, employment and the environment.
Creating social impact
Our social value work aims to address four priority areas:
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sustainable and resilient communities.
Last year, the Group created over £280 million of social value through activities and initiatives across our businesses. We will continue to build on our strong track record of making a difference for customers and communities through all of our work over the coming year
"As a Group, we have a long-term commitment to help communities thrive. We are well placed to make an impact, so I'm happy we're building on our existing commitment with Big Issue Invest to use our resources to deliver more social value within our communities."
Marcus Hulme, Director of Places Impact
"Investment from Places for People allows us to extend our social reach, making social investment more accessible to smaller charities and social enterprises. We are committed to enabling communities finding enterprising solutions to pressing social problems through a hand up and not a handout. "This relationship builds on the ethos of our Group. Our focus coming out of Covid-19 is on helping communities build local economies, create jobs, and provide services to meet local needs. We are delighted to be working with Places for People in achieving that." In December, we released our first ESG report which showcases the Group's approach to the significant social, economic and environmental challenges faced today.
Danyal Sattar, Chief Executive Officer of BII
Environmental Social Governance Report (PDF, 4.5MB)
£1m of funding to help increase teenage girls' confidence and activity levels
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY CELEBRATES TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY
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(White Plains, NY) – International Transgender Day of Visibility is celebrated annually on March 31. It's a day dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by the transgender community globally.
This year, Westchester County Executive George Latimer, The LOFT and the County's LGBTQ Advisory Board is encouraging County employees and other local businesses around Westchester to continue to create a community of acceptance and support by asking them to add personal pronouns to their email signature and using them in other places when appropriate.
Latimer said: "Everyone deserves to have their identity and personhood respected in the workplace. This is a simple way to show we care about and respect others. When we can show up to work, especially in County government, and be who we are, with reasonable expectation of safety and respect, we are all better for it."
LGBTQ Advisory Board Chair Chris Oldi said: "The LGBTQ community is grateful to have a strong advocate in County Executive Latimer. By recognizing International transgender Day of Visibility, as well as recognizing the importance of including pronouns in email signatures for County employees, it signals respect for our community."
The LOFT Center Executive Director Judy Triolo said: "We are so thankful to County Executive Latimer for always being an ally to the LGBTQ+ Community and for making pronoun inclusion a priority. Pronoun inclusion matters; it's a small but meaningful way of being respectful towards others. It eliminates assumptions based on appearances and makes clear how a person wishes to be called. It also prevents someone from being misgendered, which can be a painful experience."
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Q: Delete some elements from List inside a List at Python The list:
L=[('true','500'),('false','600'),('true','6500'),('true','4567')]

I want to delete the True and False elements, so I have the list L like:
L=['500','600','6500','4567']

A: If True and False are always the first elements in the items of L you can do this:
mylist = [item[1] for item in L]

A: You can use a list comprehension for this
>>> [i[1] for i in L]
['500','600','6500','4567']

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David A. Allegar, 64, of Hartford Twp., OH, passed away in his home, following an extended illness on Sunday evening, February 3, 2019.
He was born in Mercer, PA on December 1, 1954 to the late Walter and Martha (Peters) Allegar.
Dave was a graduate of Sharpsville High School. In his earlier years, he worked with his brothers at the auto electric shop that his father owned, and more recently, he worked for Novelis in Warren, OH.
He loved helping with Special Olympics that his daughter participated in, and enjoyed riding his Harley.
Dave is survived by his wife at home, Elaine M. (Carl) Allegar. They were married on January 12, 1974. Also surviving are: a brother, William Allegar; three sister-in-laws, Janet Bednar and her husband, Ed, Linda Carl, and Angela D-Onofrio; several nieces and nephews, Brian, Christopher, Melissa, Shayne, Jenna, Ameila Mae, Billy, Jamie, and Albert.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by: his daughter, Jessica Ann Allegar; a brother, Allen Allegar; and a brother-in-law, Donald Carl.
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Are any of y'all going to hunt Saturday morning when the temp is low 20's????
flipper wrote: Are any of y'all going to hunt Saturday morning when the temp is low 20's????
I won't be able to hunt due to wife's work schedule. Will be in the woods Thursday am. They are predicting 16 here.
Chad, where do you live that it is going to be 16? It says you live in Alcorn Co., but I know you killed that nice buck up near the TN line.
Yep alcorn county. Just cked they've raised it to 19. High is 38 Friday.
We are gonna make hunting fun again for you in a few weeks.
I will be but wish the high was going to be 16. I am so glad. I almost shaved last week I have been cooking so bad in this heat. My wife might get her wish and I turn on the heat in the house for the first time this year .
I am going to go. My luck has to turn at some point.
That seems really cold for Mississippi! We are going to be experiencing some real cold temps up here in Michigan this weekend, calling high of 20's and low of single digits! Should be good hunting!
I'll be in the stand all day Saturday.
If you keep God first in your life everything else will fall into place.
Leaving in an hour. Will hunt until something hits the ground.
I'm hunting this evening and it's already cold. Wind making it really feel cold. I have got to go dig through storage and find my winter hunting clothes.


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He became a member of the company's board of directors. Words cannot describe how grateful I am for the love and compassion they have shown me. The Washington Post published a Spitzer opinion piece in November conveying his analysis of the financial crisis of and suggested remedies. The governor's resignation will have an effective date of Monday, March 17, one week after the case first became public knowledge. For this reason I am resigning from the office of governor, and at Lt.
Republicans on Tuesday threatened to impeach Spitzer if he didn't resign. David Paterson's request, the resignation will be effective on Monday, March 17, a date that he believes will permit an orderly transition. During Spitzer's first year the state payroll increased, aggravating the budget problem. I am deeply sorry I did not live up to what was expected of me. I cannot allow for my private failings to disrupt the people's work. Spitzer declined to comment on the issue. In the past few days I've begun to atone for my private failings with my wife, Silda, my children and my entire family. The remorse I feel will always be with me. Polls taken immediately after the revelation show that 70 percent of New Yorkers wanted him out of office. I have been given much — the love of my family, the faith and trust of the people of New York, and the chance to lead this state. The —09 budget includes measures to counter financial effects of the crisis in the financial sector starting in the second half of Over the course of my public life I have insisted, I believe correctly, that people, regardless of their position or power, take responsibility for their conduct. Speaking an hour before Spitzer's announcement, New York Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno said the governor "must deal with his own problems in his own way. The New York Daily News reported Spitzer had been accused of attacking the woman, who tried to kill herself by slitting her wrists after the incident. She had been Spitzer's spokeswoman during his run for comptroller. Paterson, who is legally blind, will serve out Spitzer's term, which ends on Dec. Spitzer was then allegedly caught on a federal wiretap. The accounts were traced back to Spitzer, prompting public corruption investigators to open an inquiry. The governor was criticized as unreasonable for admonishing the legislature when it took constitutional actions. They cited that no evidence of misuse of public funds was found and therefore it would not serve the public interest to press charges against Spitzer, who offered an apology for his conduct, saying "I appreciate the impartiality and thoroughness of the investigation by the U. Glynn — During the traditional midnight ceremony on January 1, , Spitzer was sworn in as Governor of New York. In an AP telephone poll, 49 percent of New Yorkers said that even if Spitzer resigns, he should face criminal charges. Travis subsequently recanted her accusations and no charges were filed. The two allegedly met at a swanky Washington hotel on the night before Valentine's Day. For this reason, I am resigning from the office of governor.
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As I leave public life, I will first do what I need to do to help and heal myself and my family, then I will try once again, outside of politics, to serve the common good and to move toward the ideals and solutions which I believe can build a future of hope and opportunity for us and for our children.
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Jugis says:
David Paterson, 53, now becomes New York's first black governor.
David Paterson, 53, now becomes New York's first black governor. I hope all of New York will join my prayers for my friend, David Paterson, as he embarks on his new mission and I thank the public once again for the privilege of service.


One easy way you can help create a family for teenage orphan girls in Asia is to show your support by wearing our new "Creating Family" t-shirt. The proceeds of the purchase will go to Josiah's Covenant. By wearing the shirt, more people will become aware of the work being done for these girls.
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