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Marshall Space Flight Center Small Business Specialist David Brock Addresses SBELT at All Points Offices in Hunstville, Alabama
By Space Coast Daily // August 20, 2019
SBELT is comprised of small businesses having direct contracts at Marshall Space Flight Center
David Brock, Marshall Space Flight Center Small Business Specialist at NASA, addressed the All Points Huntsville office on the Small Business Executive Leadership Team (SBELT), which is comprised of small businesses having direct contracts at MSFC, excluding Small Business Innovation Research and construction contracts.
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA – David Brock, Marshall Space Flight Center Small Business Specialist at NASA, addressed the All Points Huntsville office on the Small Business Executive Leadership Team (SBELT), which is comprised of small businesses having direct contracts at MSFC, excluding Small Business Innovation Research and construction contracts.
Brock provides strategic guidance and direction in the planning, coordination and implementation of the NASA Small Business Programs at Marshall Space Flight Center and to industry.
He entered the Federal sector in December 1984 when he joined the NASA family as a Procurement Analyst assigned to the Office of Procurement. Brock has been actively involved in the NASA Small Business programs for more than 30 years.
The Small Business Executive Leadership Team is composed of Small Businesses with Prime Contracts at MSFC and represents, protects and grows the interests of Small Business in the Marshall Space Flight Center procurement process.
"The Small Business Executive Leadership Team inspires local and regional small businesses to play a vital role in the future of space exploration and specifically develop services, technologies and manufacturing in support of the Marshall Space Flight Center mission," said President and Chief Executive Officer Phil Monkress.
The Small Business Executive Leadership Team is comprised of small businesses having direct contracts at MSFC, excluding SBIR and construction contracts.
The Team has a chair, vice chair, and secretary who are contractor employees and conducts bi-monthly and several half day off-site meetings, and assists the MSFC Small Business Specialist in the planning and coordination of Marshall Small Business Alliance outreach events.
David Brock, Marshall Space Flight Center Small Business Specialist at NASA, addressed the All Points Huntsville office on the Small Business Executive Leadership Team (SBELT), which is comprised of small businesses having direct contracts at MSFC, excluding Small Business Innovation Research and construction contracts. (NASA image)
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America is poised for the next wave of human exploration into our solar system, and Marshall Space Flight Center's capabilities and experience are essential to nearly every facet of NASA's mission of exploration and discovery.
Marshall has been solving complex technical problems for almost six decades, advancing technologies and developing science instruments and complex space systems.
Founded July 1, 1960, Marshall is one of NASA's largest field centers with a total workforce of nearly 6,000 employees and an annual budget of approximately $2.8 billion. Through leadership in complex engineering, technology development and scientific research, Marshall makes human space exploration possible.
All Points Celebrates Expansion In Huntsville's Cummings Research Park With Ribbon Cutting
All Points, based on the Space Coast of Florida, recently celebrated the expansion of the company's presence in Huntsville in the Cummings Research Park with the added 12,000 square feet to include additional executive offices to accommodate support staff to better serve All Point's Redstone Arsenal and NASA customers.
All Points started as a business protégé to Boeing in Huntsville and grew to become a mentor to a high technology Huntsville company, Mission Multiplier, a growing cybersecurity company.
"All Points has been in Huntsville for the last 15 years providing outstanding engineering and technical services," said Monkress.
"We have grown from about 20 jobs to more than 250 over those 15 years – more than a tenfold increase."
Since 1997, All Points has earned a stellar reputation for providing superior customer service to its clients, who have recognized the company again and again for outstanding dedication to excellence and innovation on vital missions.
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Merritt Island, Florida-based All Points recently celebrated the expansion of the company's presence in Huntsville, Alabama, in the Cummings Research Park with a Ribbon Cutting event. In addition to Huntsville and Merritt Island, All Points has offices in Reston, Virginia and Houston, Texas.
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"All Points is a prime information technology contractor at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and have also worked at MDA," said Randy Kline, a 39-year U.S. Army civil servant at Redstone Arsenal, and All Points' General Manager for Huntsville Operations.
"We have built our business on partnerships with major contractors like Boeing and Jacobs, with major Huntsville government organizations NASA and MDA, and as a member of the Space & Rocket Center Foundation and the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce," said Kline.
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Also on the All Points leadership team in Huntsville is Senior Vice President of BD for Capture John Hall, a native of North Alabama with 30 years in Aerospace and Defense; and Kurt Weidenthal, a retired U.S. Army Colonel who has made his home in the Huntsville area since 2005.
All Points employees are proud members of the Board of Directors for AUSA and the Huntsville/Madison Chamber of Commerce. The company is also a corporate member of the National Space Club Huntsville Chapter.
In addition to Huntsville, All Points has offices in Merritt Island, Florida; Reston, Virginia; and Houston, Texas.
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ALL POINTS PROVIDES FULL RANGE OF TECHNOLOGY, MISSION-CRITICAL SERVICES
All Points is a rapidly growing CMMI-DEV Maturity Level 3 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, providing products and services to a diverse set of Federal Government and Civilian agencies.
All Points provides a full range of technology and mission-critical services within the firm's core competencies including Systems Engineering and Technical Services; Information Technology and Cyber Security; Program Management Support; Software Development, Test, and Verification; Life-Cycle Logistics; Intelligence Services; Warfighter and Mission Support; and Hardware and Software Integration and Solutions (VAR).
For more information, contact All Points Chief Operating Officer Tom Niemeyer at tniemeyer@allpointsllc.com
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ALL POINTS RIBBON CUTTING GALA PHOTO GALLERY:
The All Points team celebrates the company's recent expansion in Huntsville, Alabama, in the Cummings Research Park.
All Points President and Chief Executive Officer Phil Monkress, left, with Kim Lewis, HSV CEO, during the ribbon-cutting festivities in Huntsville, Alabama, in the Cummings Research Park.
Steve Lloyd, left, All Points Chief Development Officer; and Cliff Orr of Battle Investments during the ribbon-cutting festivities in Huntsville, Alabama.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Ed Scarborough, All Points Vice President and General Manager; Glenn Sain; and John Hall, All Points Senior Vice President of Business Development and Capture Management during the ribbon-cutting festivities in Huntsville, Alabama.
Randy Kline, All Points' General Manager for Huntsville Operations, left, and Dan Rhodes, Deputy Program Manager of MITS, center, greets a guest during the ribbon-cutting festivities in Huntsville, Alabama.
All Points recently celebrated the expansion of the company's presence in Huntsville, Alabama, in the Cummings Research Park with a Ribbon Cutting event.
Kurt Weidenthal, left, All Points Vice President of Integrated Logistics, greets a guest during the ribbon-cutting festivities in Huntsville, Alabama.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Kim Whitson, Shawn Neumann of Bastion and John Hall, All Points Senior Vice President of Business Development and Capture Management.
All Points' Robyn Smith Chief Administration Officer had the honor of cutting the cake during the company's ribbon-cutting festivities in Huntsville, Alabama.
Randy Kline, All Points' General Manager for Huntsville Operations, greets the many guests and dignitaries that attended the expansion of the company's presence in Huntsville, Alabama, in the Cummings Research Park
All Points celebrated the expansion of the company's presence in the Cummings Research Park with a Ribbon Cutting event on March 27. All Points, a resident of the research park for 10 years, has added 12,000 square feet to include additional executive offices to accommodate support staff to better serve All Point's Redstone Arsenal and NASA customers.
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The Pleasures of Abstinence
Roger Shattuck
We must beware of standard accounts. In tracing the development of the novel, or perhaps its fall, from idealized romances to particularized realism, literary historians have too often overlooked one of the most significant and enthralling novels of the seventeenth century. Madame de Lafayette's La Princesse de Clèves was published in 1678, halfway between Don Quixote and Robinson Crusoe. Abstract terms like duty, gallantry, and esteem, which characterize its formal style, make the novel sound more like an episode from King Arthur's court than like the investigation of everyday life it really undertakes.
We know that it was written by an enthusiastic Sunday novelist and salon hostess linked to the court of Louis XIV. Having borne two children, Madame de Lafayette settled in Paris in 1659. Her husband remained in distant Anjou. At age twenty-five she considered herself exempt from the inconveniences of love and gallantry. Yet she had an enduring fondness for the great composer of maxims, the duc de La Rochefoucauld. He probably helped her write the novel. It appeared anonymously with a note saying "he" (the author) would reveal himself if the book succeeded with the public. It made a great splash, both before and after publication, but the author clung to anonymity.
Behind its historical façade, La Princesse de Clèves explores an eternally contemporary subject: love fright, wariness of deep emotion and of its expression in sexuality. The heroine lives through the essential saga of forbidden knowledge in the domain of romantic love.
Ian Watt in The Rise of the Novel has a lame explanation for why he fails to discuss this French novel. He acknowledges its "elegance and concision" and goes on to say: "French fiction from La Princesse de Clèves to Les Liaisons dangereuses stands outside the main tradition of the novel; we feel it is too stylish to be authentic." It is precisely because her stylishness accomplished an authentic portrayal of the women and men of her milieu that we should be impatient with Watt's summary dismissal.
One further reason why a history of the novel is incomplete without Madame de Lafayette's masterpiece lies in its challenging action. Every detail and digression in La Princesse de Clèves helps explain how a woman's aching indecisiveness about her life moves gradually toward the resoluteness she finally achieves. Carefully trained and educated before being presented at court at age sixteen, the Princesse de Clèves marries an excellent man who loves her very much and wins her esteem, not her love. Later she meets the Duc de Nemours, the most gifted and attractive nobleman in the King's entourage. Though they barely exchange a word during the balls, jousts, and salon gatherings of life at court, these two paragons fall in love "by fate." In a scene that has become famous, the Princess brings herself to confess her love to her husband without naming its object. One implausibility is matched by another: the Duc de Nemours himself is eavesdropping outside the window. Great tension builds up on…
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But anyone who's watched Brazil lately will have the disturbing feeling that watching Brazil these days just isn't much like "watching Brazil." Actually, it's more like watching Italy: The new Brazil keeps possession at all costs, and won't risk turning the ball over to the opposition by gambling on skill and flair — it was noticeable in today's warmup against Tanzania that when the Brazilian player on the wing got the ball at his feet in a one-on-one situation with the fullback, even on the 18-yard line, he always turned and passed it back to his midfield.
Dunga's system features two holding midfielders (Silva and Melo), and relies on the full backs raiding while Gilberto drops back to make the extra defender. A team featuring Kaka , Robinho and Luis Fabiano has plenty with which to punish opponents, but "punish" — on the lightning break — will be the operative word. Samba soccer it isn't, although with the modern game's packed and very physical midfields this may be what it takes to win the World Cup. Remember, the last great Samba soccer team — Socrates' 1982 side — may have given us some of our most memorable World Cup goals (see youtube clip below), but they got done by the more disciplined, if dour Italians.


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Meeting Report Archive
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Reopening of Household Waste Recyling Centres in Hampshire
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VE Day 75 Commemoration – Friday 8th May
As you are probably aware, before the arrival of Covid-19, we were planning several events in Upham to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of WW2 in Europe, VE Day, on the weekend of the 8th – 10th May. Obviously, these plans have had to be put on ice, but we will definitely still...
Upham Update – April 2020
The April 2020 issue of the Upham Update (PDF) is out. The update is the work of the Communications Group and is part of their strategy to improve communication in the village. The aim is to produce updates every two months, initially distributed on paper but moving towards online publication via email and this website....
Important Update from Hampshire County Council
Everybody in Hampshire has been affected by Coronavirus (COVID-19). We have all been asked to play our part in slowing the spread of the disease to protect frontline services, shield the most vulnerable and ultimately save lives. The County Council is no exception and has been working around the clock, with their partners, to make...
Winchester District Citizens Advice Bureau
Whilst they cannot deliver face-to-face services the Citizens Advice Winchester District is directing all their efforts into delivering telephone and e-mail advice. If you need to contact the CAB then call the adviceline on 03444 111306 (open 9.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. and Saturday 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m.) Alternatively e-mail advice@winchesterdistrictcab.org.uk There are also...
Updated on 23rd November 2020. Hampshire County Council advice For the latest on Coronavirus from Hampshire County Council, click here. Community cohesion If you would like to talk to someone from the Upham Community Group, contact Janet Dunford – Tel: 01489 860579 Jane Beloe – Tel: 01489 860452 email: commshub@uphamvillage.org.uk Councillor Details: Gwyn Halsall: 860258...
Upham Update – February 2020
The February 2020 issue of the Upham Update (PDF) is out. The update is the work of the Communications Group and is part of their strategy to improve communication in the village. The aim is to produce updates every two months, initially distributed on paper but moving towards online publication via email and this website....
Register your car to access Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs)
Hampshire County Council has announced that it will introduce a resident permit system at its household waste and recycling centres (HWRCs) later this year, which will see those from outside the county charged to use them. Residents in Hampshire, are now being asked to register their vehicles in order to avoid a £5 per visit...
Upham Update – December 2019
The December 2019 issue of the Upham Update (PDF) is out. The update is the work of the Communications Group and is part of their strategy to improve communication in the village. The aim is to produce updates every two months, initially distributed on paper but moving towards online publication via email and this website....
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from __future__ import absolute_import
from . import GithubEvent

"""
Triggered when a user is added or removed as a collaborator to a repository,
or has their permissions changed.
"""

class MemberEvent(GithubEvent):
    def process(self, request, body):
        sender_link = body.get('sender', {}).get('html_url').replace('https://github.com/', '')
        user_link = body.get('member', {}).get('html_url').replace('https://github.com/', '')

        params = {
            'username': body.get('member', {}).get('login', ''),
            'user_link': self.build_redirect_link('github', 'member', user_link),
            'sender_name': body.get('sender', {}).get('login', ''),
            'sender_link': self.build_redirect_link('github', 'member', sender_link),
            'org_name': body.get('organization', {}).get('login'),
        }

        message = "[{username}]({user_link}) joined the {org_name} organisation"

        action = body.get('action', 'added')
        if action == 'edited':
            message = "[{sender_name}]({sender_link}) edited " \
                      "permissions from [{username}]({user_link}) at {org_name}"

        if action == 'removed':
            message = "[{sender_name}]({sender_link}) removed " \
                      "[{username}]({user_link}) from {org_name}"

        message = message.format(**params)

        return {"default": str(message)}

    def get_redirect(self, request, event, params):
        redirect = {
            'meta_title': '',
            'meta_summary': '',
            'poster_image': '',
            'redirect': 'https://github.com/' + params,
            'status_code': 404
        }
        return redirect

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Lions vs Leopards | Do Lions eat Leopards?
Yes! Leopards may be eaten by lions.
As you are all aware, lions, the heads of the wild, have emerged in various forms due to their status as huge predators. It makes the Lions come to life. They've become used to it. They like eating meat.
They devour a variety of species known as "prey." Both are required to consume up to 15% of their body weight at a special supper. That's the equivalent of seventy cat food holders for a guy!
Not only because lions eat zebras, wildebeest, crocodiles, pythons, baboons, monkeys, hippopotamuses, porcupines, and ostriches. It is not surprising that lions are carnivores, devouring flesh in general.
They join birds, rabbits, turtles, mice, reptiles, wild assembles, wild dogs, elands, primates, monkeys, cheetahs, buffalo, jaguars, crocodiles, baby elephants, rhinoceros, hippopotamuses, and impossibly tall giraffes on a piece of such prey!
Keep in mind that lions have been known to pursue and kill leopards. Leopards are very strong for their size, having short, superb legs and long, powerful bodies.
Males are up to 50% bigger than females and have been known to murder small giraffes and drag their bodies into trees. We considered some intriguing true facts about lions in this piece, regardless of whether you were surprised after learning them.
Lions Devour Cheetahs And Leopards.
What Causes Lions To Attack Leopards?
Is It True That Lions Eat Leopards?
Do Lions Prey on Cheetahs?
Will A Cheetah Be Killed By A Lion?
Do Lions Despite Cheetahs?
What Animals Consume Cheetahs?
What Animals Are Capable of Killing a Lion?
What Is The Purpose Of Lions, Despite Leopards?
How Can Lions Annihilate Leopards?
Is It Possible For Lions And Leopards To Coexist?
Leopards Are Frightened Of Lions. Do Lions And Leopards Fight?
Is It Possible For A Leopard To Kill A Lion?
Lions are carnivores, which means that they only consume meat. Birds, rabbits, turtles, mice, reptiles, wild hoards, wild dogs, elands, cheetahs, bison, leopards, crocodiles, child elephants, rhinoceros, hippopotamuses, and remarkably tall giraffes are among the prey they catch.
On the other hand, lions loathe leopards when they detect them approaching or straying near their territory. They attack leopards to keep them away from their opponents.
For the most part, the male lion seems to attack and kill the young leopards' fledglings to keep them away from future competition. Leopards are eaten by lions and tigers. Lions are dominant flesh-eating predators that are top hunters in every climatic zone they inhabit.
Few creatures in the outdoors will resist the wilderness rulers. To maintain their top hunting position, lions kill their relatives, leopards. Even though lions attack and kill leopards, they will sometimes consume them.
Lions vs Leopards | Do Lions Eat Leopards
Leopards may be killed by lions, hyenas, or painted canines in Africa and tigers in Asia. Leopards make every effort to avoid these hunters, pursuing prey several times and frequently tightening their grip on the game compared to their opponents, as well as resting in trees to avoid being seen.
However, according to other essayists, tigers do not consume leopards except to kill them at any point when there is a potential to lessen competition for food. Lions, like tigers, are hyper-carnivores that do not prey on other hyper-carnivores.
Leopards, hyenas, wild canines, and cheetahs are seen as violent relatives and competitors for their realm and food. However, similar to how canines murder, lions would not hesitate to kill their relatives for regional power and reduce food competition if given the opportunity.
They can also consume hypo-or meso-carnivores like monkeys, bears, humans, and dogs.
Lions, tigers, leopards, and other members of the Felidae family have long adapted their bodies to swallow supplements of certain prey. Furthermore, the parasitic and photosynthetic features of hyper-carnivore tissue make it unpalatable. It is also gritty and hard due to the owners' sturdy construction.
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Lions and cheetahs are two of the most recognizable beasts in the world. Regardless, despite their celebrity, their eating habits remain a well-guarded secret.
While we know that lions are predatory predators, no one expects them to go after their feline cousins. Nonetheless, reports of lions killing and devouring cheetah cubs are not uncommon at this time.
Lions can, in fact, eat cheetahs, but only in exceptional circumstances when they are really hungry and have no other option.
As you are probably aware, Lions are among the top hunters in the natural pecking order—the summit hunters. As a result, it's not uncommon to see lions pursuing other hunters, such as cheetahs, with their pups.
The most intriguing aspect is that lions seldom consume them after attacking and killing cheetahs and other canines.
Lions are very territorial species, and they often attack and kill other large felines to protect their territory rather than kill them for food. One of the reasons lions live in groups is to defend their territory.
A lion can successfully kill a cheetah because it is larger, more grounded, and spectacular. Lions are summit hunters, which means they may kill any species underneath them throughout their natural existence.
Although animal experts have yet to determine the underlying rationale for lions' killing of cheetahs and other smaller hunters, many believe it has something to do with the regional power.
According to a 2014 study, cheetahs are under threat, with lions regularly attacking and murdering cheetahs and their cubs. It's perplexing that cheetahs don't compete directly for food with lions. In reality, larger cats outnumber cheetahs by stealing and digging through their prey.
Lions vs Leopards
It is difficult to tell if lions are cheetahs because wild animals do not have complicated sentiments like humans, such as scorn or sympathy. Lions are said to hate cheetahs because of their aggression against them.
Lions are not mocking cheetahs but rather envious of them since they are slower than their more humble brethren. Because of their lethargic temperament, they can't track down speedy prey like cheetahs, who usually chase them without issue.
Lions are always at odds with cheetahs due to their hostility to food since lions may believe no food is left for them. As a result, lions will typically attack cheetahs to reduce the opposition.
Regional dominance is another fundamental reason why lions seem to detest cheetahs. Lions are "rulers of the wilderness," and they are willing to go to any length, even attacking other animals, to protect their "reign."
Despite their large size, cheetahs are vulnerable to a variety of animals. Carnivores such as leopards hunt spotted hyenas while lions hunt cheetahs. Predation is extremely dangerous for adolescent cheetah cubs.
There are several cheetah hunters. In any event, it's worth noting that the majority of these hunters don't kill cheetahs for food.
Overall, they attack and kill cheetahs to protect their homes and territories. Greater felines, like lions, will typically attack and kill cheetahs to preserve their environment. If they are hungry, they may end up devouring the cheetah.
Vultures, wild canines, hyenas, jackals, and other species that hunt for food may consume a dead cheetah. Lions detest leopards for what reason?
For two reasons, leopards are despised by lions. The major reason has to do with a culinary competition. Leopards would usually carry their kills up the tree, making it impossible for lions to follow and steal the meal.
Because leopards are excellent trackers, lions often see them as a threat to their food source. As a result, to avoid competition, lions often attack leopards and other more modest hunters.
Also Read: Do Lions Eat Giraffes?
Another reason lions despite leopards is that the latter poses a threat to their young. As a result, lions would continually attack leopards to protect their realm.
Lions and leopards are formidable foes that will always fight to the death if they come into contact.
Even though lions are excellent hunters, they are defenceless and may be killed by various predators, especially while pursuing.
Elephants, bison, and giraffes can kill a lion with a single in-number kick.
Hippos, for example, have large and powerful teeth that can rip a lion apart with a single bite. Crocodiles have razor-sharp teeth and a massive tail that tears a lion apart with a single stroke.
Leopards are not universally despised by lions. The lions that reside in such areas with extra leopards will often exhibit abhorrent behaviour toward leopards.
Leopards are often great trackers due to the capabilities of their bodies. They have a single life and are often observed pursuing one another.
On the other hand, lions pursue after their prey in a mass attack, as they are often observed preparing their assault purposefully to kill large-sized animals for their pride. They may, however, pursue each other.
Leopards' pursuit methods are distinct and superior to those of lions. If they are allowed to do so, there will be a short prayer for them.
As a result, lions despise leopards when they observe them approaching or loitering near their realm. To avoid the opposition, they attack leopards.
To avoid future competition, the male lion allegedly attacks the leopards and kills the progeny of the young leopards.
Leopards may easily kill and consume a lion's young hidden while the mother lion is out pursuing them. Another reason lions despise leopards is that leopards are regularly spotted attacking and murdering lion cubs when no adult lion is around to protect them.
For the most part, lions live in pride, which comprises some young cubs and a few mature lions. Each pride has two lionesses. The male lions' grave duty is to protect their whelps from being slaughtered.
Along similar lines, lions despite leopards attack them if they get too close.
Lions can, in fact, kill leopards. Leopards have been reported to be chased and killed by lions when they try to invade their realm or when they are seen attacking their pups.
The male lion is often observed defending and indicating his territory. As a result, if a leopard enters the lion's area searching for food or a region, the lion might become highly strong and potentially attack and kill the leopard.
The lioness is larger, heavier, and more powerful than the male leopard. On the other hand, the male leopard is more grounded and substantial than the lioness. As a result, it becomes the male lion's most extreme necessity to attack the leopards.
Male and female leopards are not like adult male lions since the lion may become much more grounded than leopards.
As a result, he could easily attack and kill the leopards. Although male lions do not nurture the young whelps, they protect the whole pride against other male lions and leopards that approach their territory. As a result, lion cubs are incredibly safe as long as their father is responsible for the fulfilment.
Similarly, we know that leopards would normally haul and store their kills above the trees for security reasons, keeping them away from the disturbing influence of lions and hyenas, who typically seek to steal their carcasses.
Nonetheless, male lions are said to scale the tree from time to time to steal the kill from leopards. If the leopards attempt to defend their prey in this situation, the lion will most likely kill them.
Also Read: Can Lions Eat Humans?
A lion and a leopard don't usually get along, much alone have a friendly relationship; the two are thus incompatible; they get enraged when the lions observe a leopard invading their territory, stealing their prey, or even murdering the lions' cubs.
Leopards have been recorded fleeing when a strong man approaches them. However, it has been observed that a male leopard may attack a lonely female lion if he follows her down alone.
Leopards often flee as quickly as possible, usually towards the safety of the treetops, where adult lions are unlikely to attack them. The leopards' feast consists mostly of medium-sized animals such as pronghorn, gazelles, impalas, mandrills, monkeys, and so on.
For the most part, lions like to eat large, measured prey since they are typically seen in large groups of at least five individuals in a pride.
In general, the two species may cohabit peacefully since the leopards graze on medium-sized prey and the lions on large amounts of estimated game.
Regardless, according to research conducted in South Africa's Greater Kruger Park, lions are responsible for around 20% of leopard fatalities.
As a result, one may argue that lions are the most steadfast hunters, capable of outlasting other huge felines like leopards. Both animals will try to avoid each other as much as possible, but if they happen to run across each other, the lion will kill the other.
Along these lines, if the leopards can dwell in a location that is far from the lion's range and avoid fighting with him, then they can coexist happily in their living environment.
Leopards are indeed terrified of lions. Male lions are far more grounded than highly evolved male leopards.
In a nutshell, unlike male lions, leopards cannot stand in contrast to males.
Male leopards, on the other hand, are more grounded than lionesses. Along similar lines, it has been observed that male leopards may assault but never kill a female lion.
Leopards are solitary species, so they usually try to avoid fights with lions since lions are often observed in pride with multiple lions and lionesses.
In the wild, it has also been observed that if a male lion seeks to ascend and grab a leopard's prey, the leopard will endeavour not to fight the lion and will step backward, allowing the lion to retrieve its victim.
Lions, hyenas, and gangs of wild canines have also been witnessed attacking leopards. Furthermore, while in solitary, leopards usually walk backward.
Following a successful hunt, leopards would pull their prey up a tree branch that could be more than 15 metres off the ground to protect it from foragers such as lions, cheetahs, wild canines, and hyenas.
Leopards are genuinely proficient at avoiding lions in this manner, and they are unlikely to be fearful.
It's exceedingly rare to observe a fight between a lion and a leopard since leopards always try to avoid the lion and flee from it.
Regardless, leopards may kill and consume lion cubs, pulling them up the tree if no adult lion is around to protect them. Leopards are sometimes spotted attacking helpless and elderly lions and stealing their prey, but no instances of a leopard killing a lion have been documented.
Lions are the most dominating of all hunters. It anticipates that the leopards will follow their prey and then attack the leopards to take away the chased victim.
Lions may weigh between 160 and 230 kg, whereas leopards can range between 17 and 90 kg. Lions are much more stable and grounded than leopards. As a result, a leopard will never kill a lion until the lion is completely wiped out and too elderly to fight the leopards.
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Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, driest (yes!), most remote continent on the Earth. Even in these seemingly impossible conditions people survive and explore; and even this far from centres of population and industry the environment is under threat. Discover why, and what is being done to protect one of the last few relatively unspoilt places on the planet.
The Antarctic Treaty
Climate change / Hole in ozone layer
Exploiting Antarctica's resources
Further links and teaching resources
This six-minute time-lapse video shows all aspects of life in Antarctica over the course of a year: [embed]https://www.youtube.com/embed/TemK6CF6lF0[/embed]
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="150"] Emblem of the Antarctic Treaty[/caption]
This treaty, in force from 1961, currently has 53 signatories. It sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, establishes freedom of scientific investigation and bans military activity on that continent. This is an unusually successful example of international cooperation and efforts to protect the environment; you could get students to think about why the treaty has succeeded when so many other attempts to work together internationally fail. Read more on the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat website and on the Wikipedia Antarctic Treaty System page. The Antarctic Emblem – can students come up with an explanation for its design? Or come up with a better one?
"I am just going outside and may be some time." These are the famous last words of Lawrence Oates, a member of Scott's expedition team, as he left their tent to die from cold and hunger. They seem to encapsulate the spirit of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Roald Amundsen and his crew looking at the Norwegian flag at the South Pole, 1911[/caption] The first attempt to find a route from the Antarctic coastline to the South Pole was made by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott on the Discovery Expedition of 1901–04. Scott, accompanied by Ernest Shackleton and Edward Wilson, set out with the aim of travelling as far south as possible, and on 31 December 1902, reached 82°16' S. The first humans to reach the Geographic South Pole were Norwegian Roald Amundsen and his party on 14 December 1911. Scott had also returned to Antarctica with his second expedition, the Terra Nova Expedition. Scott and four other men reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, 34 days after Amundsen. On the return trip, Scott and his four companions all died of starvation and extreme cold. This tragedy has resulted in Scott's Terra Nova Expedition being viewed as a 'heroic failure' but the 'race to the pole' was not the overall aim. The expedition had the largest team of scientists that had ever visited the Antarctic continent, and the specimens they brought back and the scientific studies they made are still consulted to this day. Ernest Shackleton returned south in 1914 to tackle another challenge, crossing the whole Antarctic continent from coast to coast via the South Pole. However his ship Endurance became trapped in the ice and crushed. Thus began an incredible tale of heroism and leadership. After months on the drifting ice, Shackleton led his party of 28 men to the uninhabited Elephant Island, then with five companions undertook an 800-mile journey in an open boat to South Georgia. It took them 15 days. Once landed they set off on a gruelling 36-hour march across the island's mountains and glaciers to reach the whaling station where they could set about organising a rescue operation. It took four attempts before Shackleton was able to return to Elephant Island and rescue all his men, four months after leaving them there. They arrived back in Britain in 1916, and tragically, after surviving so many dangers with Shackleton, some of his men were killed in action or wounded in the First World War.
The centenary of the 1910-13 Terra Nova Expedition is being marked by a series of events across the globe: visit the Scott 100 website to find out if there are any events happening near you.
Diaries, letters and poems from Antarctic explorers can be found on the Discovering Antarctica website.
This BBC News Magazine article Stark images of Shackleton's struggle features photos taken by the expedition's photographer Frank Hurley.
See inside Shackleton's hut, where an expeditionary team spent an entire winter in 1908. See also these Google Antarctic Panoramas
You could use these alongside some fantastic images and video to inspire student's creativity (see resources section at the bottom of the page for suggestions)
Why do some people want to journey to previously unexplored places, and push the boundaries of what has been achieved? What are the characteristics of people like Shackleton and Scott and could students learn from them?
Antarctica has the lowest naturally occurring temperature ever recorded on the ground on Earth ?89.2 °C (Gavin Hudson, The Coldest Inhabited Places on Earth) The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest single mass of ice on Earth. It covers an area of almost 14 million square km and contains 30 million cubic km of ice – accounting for around 90% of all fresh water on the Earth's surface. This ice plays a vitally important role in influencing the world's climate, reflecting back the sun's energy and helping regulate global temperatures. (WWF) Students could study maps and images of the continent alongside data to explore the evidence for climate change - patterns are much less clear there than in the Arctic. Some fairly complicated maps and data can be found on the AMRC / AWS website. The Warnings from the Ice section of the PBS website has some detailed interactive material including what we can learn about the history of our climate from ice cores and what would happen if all the ice were to melt... In 1985 British Antarctic Survey scientists discovered a 'hole' in the ozone layer over Antarctica. The ozone layer is vital to life on Earth because it absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun's rays. Ozone-depleting chemicals (such as CFCs) had been released, mainly in the northern hemisphere, and had travelled south through global atmospheric circulation. It was Antarctica's unique climate that had caused the hole to form over the continent, and it served as a warning that the whole ozone layer was under threat. International agreements led to a reduction in the emission of ozone-depleting chemicals, but the original compounds are so long-lived there will be an ozone hole each Antarctic spring for at least another 50 years.
Read more on the British Antarctic Survey website
Cool Antarctica also has a page on the Antarctic Ozone Hole
See also Discovering Antarctica (secondary)
Exploiting Antarctica's resources
It is known that there are minerals, coal and possibly oil on and around the Antarctic continent, but commercial mining of such resources is completely banned under the terms of the Antarctic Treaty. The conditions are really too hostile for any commercial exploitation to be viable, but this may change if/when technology improves and the oil price increases.
The Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica is one of the largest marine ecosystems in the world. The upwelling of deep water brings nutrients near to the surface, enabling phytoplankton to flourish and form the basis of a rich food chain.
Fisheries in the Southern Ocean are managed in a unique way - scientists can limit catches to levels that leave the ocean's unique ecosystem in a sustainable state of health. However, the vast size and harsh conditions of the Southern Ocean make it hard to police, and conservation efforts are being thwarted by illegal fishing. With some fish now being threatened there are implications up the food chain for penguins and other animals.
The Patagonian toothfish is one of the species hardest hit by the pirates. A pretty fearsome-looking fish (try doing an internet image search!) it is marketed as 'Chilean seabass' to make it more appealing to upmarket restaurants. The use of longline fishing for species like this has also resulted in the death of substantial numbers of albatross, who dive for the bait, get caught by the hooks and drown.
Around 50,000 tourists visit Antarctica every year - far more tourists visit than scientific staff. There are environmental implications of this tourism but if done responsibly people can learn from the continent's unique environment. The Cool Antarctica website uses the following quotes to demonstrate the different views on the benefit or otherwise to Antarctic tourim - what do your students think?
"You can't protect what you don't know." Lars-Eric Lindblad, leader of the first commercial Antarctica cruise in 1966
"We should have the sense to leave just one place alone." Sir Peter Scott, Founder of the WWF and son of Robert Falcon Scott
How would your students prepare for a trip and what could they do to limit the impact they had? The International Association of Antarctic tour Operators is a membership organisation promoting safe and environmentally responsible travel to the Antarctic- have a read through their guidelines.
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="280"] Emperor penguins by Sandwich Girl - click to view on flickr.com[/caption] Scientists have recently discovered there are twice as many penguins living in Antarctica as they previously thought, thanks to satellite mapping. They were the chosen animal for the publisher, Penguin, as they were a 'dignified but flippant' symbol. The ARKive Education website has a fun Penguin Mask Making activity for 5-7 year olds, which helps them learn about the different species of penguin and how they are adapted to their different habitats. The film March of the Penguins has been used by teachers to draw comparisons with the difficulties and dedication involved in raising a family. Film education also has some primary worksheets around this film. But they're not always so friendly, as this BBC clip will show...
The following days provide good opportunities to explore Antarctica in your lessons
International Mother Earth Day - 22 April
World Environment Day - 5 June
World Oceans Day - 8 June
Ozone Day - 16 Sept
World Maritime Day - 27 Sept
Antarctica Day - 1 Dec
The Atlas of Climate Change £12.99, all ages
Who Will Save Us? £6.99, Primary
Free / online
Celebrating Antarctica - the Antarctic Treaty in book form, with illustrations by children
The British Antarctic Survey website has a range of useful teaching resources for schools
A geography lesson with some excellent links and resources on Antarctic drilling
You could use the film Encounters at the end of the world to get some insight into the lives of the scientists living in Antarctica.
The Unlocking the Archives website uses the archives of the Royal Geographical Society to develop teaching resources. They have a section on Antarctica - Extreme Wilderness, plus activities for Geography (ages 7-11) and Geography (ages 11-16)
The Discovering Antarctica website has been created for schools with support from the British Antarctic Survey - everything you could possibly want including curriculum links, activities, quizzes, images, video and audio – for all ages but with a separate section for KS5
Classroom Antarctica is an online teaching resource produced by the Australian Antarctic Division. It is particularly aimed at grades 5 to 8, roughly ages 10-14.
The BBC's Frozen Planet series (this covers the Arctic as well but generally the Antarctic was the second half of the episodes)
National Geographic's interactive map of Antarctica with images and video clips
Cool Antarctica – brings together information on climate, human activity and history
Antarcticimages - has some great images and video of Antarctica
The MapCrunch website has 360 degree images of Antarctica, including all the tourists!
The Exploring Antarctica online exhibition on the Washington Post website is interactive with some good images.
The photo at the top of the page is of the Shackleton Range in Antarctica, taken by Michael Studinger/NASA and is used under a Creative Commons licence.


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package BIDMach.networks.layers

import BIDMat.{Mat,SBMat,CMat,DMat,FMat,IMat,LMat,HMat,GMat,GDMat,GIMat,GLMat,GSMat,GSDMat,SMat,SDMat,TMat,FFilter,Filter,GFilter}
import BIDMat.MatFunctions._
import BIDMat.SciFunctions._
import BIDMach.datasources._
import BIDMach.updaters._
import BIDMach.mixins._
import BIDMach.models._
import BIDMach._
import edu.berkeley.bid.CPUMACH
import edu.berkeley.bid.CUMACH
import jcuda._
import jcuda.runtime._
import jcuda.runtime.JCuda._
import jcuda.jcudnn._
import jcuda.jcudnn.JCudnn._
import scala.util.hashing.MurmurHash3
import java.util.HashMap
import BIDMach.networks._
import java.util.Arrays

@SerialVersionUID(100L)
class ConvLayer(override val net:Net, override val opts:ConvNodeOpts = new ConvNode ) extends ModelLayer(net, opts, 2) {
    var filter:FMat = null;
    var ffilter:Filter = null;
    var updateFilter:FMat = null;
    var updateFFilter:Filter = null;
    var bias_mat:FMat = null; // it should be size (channel_out*1*1*1), to better broadcast?
    var update_bias_mat:FMat = null;
    var inputDim:IMat = null; // Should be three numbers
    var backwardfiltertime = 0.0;
    var backwarddatatime = 0.0;
    var bwdFilterWS:Mat = null;
//    var outputDim:IMat = null; //Should be three numbers

  var cudnnMainHandle:cudnnHandle = null;
  var cudnnMainStream:cudaStream_t = null;

  def initHandles() = {
    cudnnMainHandle = new cudnnHandle;
    cudnnMainStream = new cudaStream_t;
    var err = cudnnCreate(cudnnMainHandle);
    if (err == 0) err = cudaStreamCreate(cudnnMainStream);
    if (err == 0) err = cudnnSetStream(cudnnMainHandle, cudnnMainStream);

    if (err != 0) throw new RuntimeException("Error in CUDNN ConvLayer creation %s" format cudaGetErrorString(err))
  }

  def initModelMats = {
    initHandles();
    inputDim = inputData.dims;
    val channel_in = inputDim(0);
    val filter_h = opts.kernel(0); // 3;0
    val filter_w = opts.kernel(1); // 3;
    val npad = opts.pad(0); //1;
    val nstride = opts.stride(0); // 1;
    val channel_out = opts.noutputs; // actually # of filters;

    val hasInitData = modelmats(imodel).asInstanceOf[AnyRef] != null;
    modelmats(imodel) = if (net.opts.useGPU && Mat.hasCUDA > 0) {
      val x = GFilter.GFilter2Ddn(filter_h,filter_w,channel_in,channel_out,nstride,npad,modelmats(imodel).asInstanceOf[GMat]);
      x.setTensorFormat(Net.getCUDNNformat(opts.tensorFormat, net.opts.tensorFormat));
      x.convType = Net.getCUDNNconvType(opts.convType, net.opts.convType);
      x;
    } else {
      FFilter.FFilter2Ddn(filter_h,filter_w,channel_in,channel_out,nstride,npad,modelmats(imodel).asInstanceOf[FMat]);
    }
    filter = modelmats(imodel).asInstanceOf[FMat];
    ffilter = modelmats(imodel).asInstanceOf[Filter];
    updatemats(imodel) = ffilter.copy.asInstanceOf[FMat];

    if (!hasInitData) opts.initfn(filter, opts.initv);

    val outDim = Filter.getOutputDims(inputData.dims, ffilter.inDims, ffilter.outDims, ffilter.stride, ffilter.pad, ffilter.outPad);
    val biasDim = irow(outDim(0), 1, 1, 1);

    if (opts.hasBias) {
      if (modelmats(imodel+1).asInstanceOf[AnyRef] == null) {
	    modelmats(imodel+1) = modelmats(imodel).zeros(biasDim);
	    opts.initbiasfn(modelmats(imodel+1), opts.initbiasv);
      }
      updatemats(imodel+1) = modelmats(imodel).zeros(biasDim);
    }
    bwdFilterWS = modelmats(0).zeros(filter_h\filter_w\1\channel_out);

    if (lr_scales.asInstanceOf[AnyRef] != null) {
    	lr_scales(imodel) = opts.lr_scale;
    	lr_scales(imodel+1) = opts.bias_scale;
    }
    if (output.asInstanceOf[AnyRef] == null) {
    	val outputBatchDim = Filter.getOutputDims(inputData.dims, ffilter.inDims, ffilter.outDims, ffilter.stride, ffilter.pad, ffilter.outPad);
    	output = filter.zeros(outputBatchDim);
    };

    updateFilter = updatemats(imodel).asInstanceOf[FMat];
    updateFFilter = updatemats(imodel).asInstanceOf[Filter];
    if (updateFilter.asInstanceOf[AnyRef] != null) updateFilter.clear;

    bias_mat = modelmats(imodel+1).asInstanceOf[FMat];
    update_bias_mat = updatemats(imodel+1).asInstanceOf[FMat];
    if (opts.hasBias && update_bias_mat.asInstanceOf[AnyRef] != null) update_bias_mat.clear;
  }

  override def forward = {
    val start = toc;
    // Create filter model, filter update and bias model if needed
    if (inputDim.asInstanceOf[AnyRef] == null) initModelMats;
    inplaceNoConnectSetupDerivs(true);

//    val workspace = if (Net.getPlacing(opts.inplace, net.opts.inplace) == Net.InPlace) deriv else null;
//    ffilter.convolve(inputData, output, true, workspace);
//    if (Net.getPlacing(opts.inplace, net.opts.inplace) == Net.InPlace) deriv.clear;
    ffilter.convolve(inputData, output, true, null);

    if (opts.hasBias) {
      applyBias(bias_mat, output);
    }
    forwardtime += toc - start
  }

  override def backward = {
    val start = toc;
    inplaceNoConnectGetInputDerivs();

    if(opts.hasBias){
      updateBias(deriv, update_bias_mat);
    }

    updateFFilter.convolveMfork(inputData, deriv, false, bwdFilterWS);
    backwardfiltertime += toc - start;

    if (inputDeriv.asInstanceOf[AnyRef] != null) {
//      val workspace = if (Net.getPlacing(opts.inplace, net.opts.inplace) == Net.InPlace) output else null;
//      ffilter.convolveT(deriv, inputDeriv, false, workspace);
      ffilter.convolveT(deriv, inputDeriv, false, null);
    }
    backwarddatatime += toc - start;

    updateFFilter.convolveMjoin;

    inplaceNoConnectReleaseDeriv()
    backwardtime += toc - start;
  }

  override def clear = {
    clearMats;
    filter = null;
    ffilter= null;
    updateFilter = null;
    updateFFilter = null;
    bias_mat = null;
    update_bias_mat = null;
    inputDim = null;
    cudnnMainHandle= null;
    cudnnMainStream = null;
  }

  def applyBias(bias:Mat, output:Mat) = {
    (bias, output) match {
      case (gbias:GMat, goutput:GMat) => applyBiasGMat(gbias, goutput);
      case (fbias:FMat, foutput:FMat) => applyBiasFMat(fbias, foutput);
      case _ => throw new RuntimeException("ConvLayer applyBias matrix type not matched");
    }
  }

  def applyBiasFMat(bias:FMat, output:FMat) = {
  	val dims = output.dims;
  	val n = dims(3);
  	val h = dims(2);
  	val w = dims(1);
  	val c = dims(0);
  	if (getTensorFormat == Net.TensorNCHW) {
  		var hw = h*w;
  		var i = 0;
  		var iptr = 0;
  		while (i < n) {
  			var j = 0;
  			while (j < c) {
  				val vout = bias.data(j);
  				var k = 0;
  				while (k < hw) {
  					output.data(iptr) += vout;
  					iptr += 1;
  					k += 1;
  				}
  				j += 1;
  			}
  			i += 1;
  		}
  	} else {
  		var hw = h*w;
  		var i = 0;
  		var iptr = 0;
  		while (i < n) {
  			var j = 0;
  			while (j < hw) {
  				var k = 0;
  				while (k < c) {
  					output.data(iptr) += bias.data(k);
  					iptr += 1;
  					k += 1;
  				}
  				j += 1;
  			}
  			i += 1;
  		}
  	}
  }

  def applyBiasGMat(bias:GMat, output:GMat) = {
  	val dims = output.dims;
  	val blen = bias.length;
  	var dataType = cudnnDataType.CUDNN_DATA_FLOAT;
  	val tformat = Net.getCUDNNformat(opts.tensorFormat, net.opts.tensorFormat);

  	val adesc = new cudnnTensorDescriptor;
  	cudnnCreateTensorDescriptor(adesc);
  	val astatus = cudnnSetTensor4dDescriptor(adesc, tformat, dataType, 1, blen, 1, 1);
  	if (astatus > 0) throw new RuntimeException("Error %d creating A tensor for forward bias computation" format astatus);

  	val bdesc = new cudnnTensorDescriptor;
  	cudnnCreateTensorDescriptor(bdesc);
  	val bstatus = cudnnSetTensor4dDescriptor(bdesc, tformat, dataType, dims(3), dims(0), dims(2), dims(1));
  	if (bstatus > 0) throw new RuntimeException("Error %d creating B tensor for forward bias computation" format bstatus);

  	var err = cudnnAddTensor(cudnnMainHandle, GFilter.ONE, adesc, bias.pdata, GFilter.ONE, bdesc, output.pdata);

  	cudaStreamSynchronize(cudnnMainStream);
  	if (err == 0) err = cudaGetLastError();
  	if (err > 0) throw new RuntimeException("Error in forward convolution bias: %s" format cudaGetErrorString(err));

  	cudnnDestroyTensorDescriptor(bdesc);
  	cudnnDestroyTensorDescriptor(adesc);
  }

  def updateBias(deriv:Mat, updateBias:Mat) = {
     (deriv, updateBias) match {
      case (gderiv:GMat, gupdateBias:GMat) => updateBiasGMat(gderiv, gupdateBias);
      case (fderiv:FMat, fupdateBias:FMat) => updateBiasFMat(fderiv, fupdateBias);
      case _ => throw new RuntimeException("ConvLayer updateBias matrix type not matched");
     }
  }

  def updateBiasFMat(deriv:FMat, updateBias:FMat) = {
  	val dims = deriv.dims;
  	val n = dims(3);
  	val h = dims(2);
  	val w = dims(1);
  	val c = dims(0);
  	if (getTensorFormat == Net.TensorNCHW) {
  		var hw = h*w;
  		var i = 0;
  		var iptr = 0;
  		while (i < n) {
  			var j = 0;
  			while (j < c) {
  				var vsum = 0f;
  				var k = 0;
  				while (k < hw) {
  					vsum += deriv.data(iptr);
  					iptr += 1;
  					k += 1;
  				}
  				updateBias.data(j) += vsum;
  				j += 1;
  			}
  			i += 1;
  		}
  	} else {
  		var hw = h*w;
  		var i = 0;
  		var iptr = 0;
  		while (i < n) {
  			var j = 0;
  			while (j < hw) {
  				var k = 0;
  				while (k < c) {
  					updateBias.data(k) += deriv.data(iptr);
  					iptr += 1;
  					k += 1;
  				}
  				j += 1;
  			}
  			i += 1;
  		}
  	}
  }

  def updateBiasGMat(deriv:GMat, updateBias:GMat) = {
  	val dims = deriv.dims;
  	val blen = updateBias.length
  	var dataType = cudnnDataType.CUDNN_DATA_FLOAT;
  	val tformat = Net.getCUDNNformat(opts.tensorFormat, net.opts.tensorFormat);

  	val adesc = new cudnnTensorDescriptor;
  	cudnnCreateTensorDescriptor(adesc);
  	val astatus = cudnnSetTensor4dDescriptor(adesc, tformat, dataType, dims(3), dims(0), dims(2), dims(1));
  	if (astatus > 0) throw new RuntimeException("Error %d creating A tensor for backward bias computation" format astatus);

  	val bdesc = new cudnnTensorDescriptor;
  	cudnnCreateTensorDescriptor(bdesc);
  	val bstatus = cudnnSetTensor4dDescriptor(bdesc, tformat, dataType, 1, blen, 1, 1);
  	if (bstatus > 0) throw new RuntimeException("Error %d creating B tensor for backward bias computation" format bstatus);

  	var err = cudnnConvolutionBackwardBias(cudnnMainHandle, GFilter.ONE, adesc, deriv.pdata, GFilter.ONE, bdesc, updateBias.pdata);

  	cudaStreamSynchronize(cudnnMainStream);
  	if (err == 0) err = cudaGetLastError();
  	if (err > 0) throw new RuntimeException("Error in backward convolution bias: %s" format cudaGetErrorString(err));

  	cudnnDestroyTensorDescriptor(bdesc);
  	cudnnDestroyTensorDescriptor(adesc);
  }

  override def toString = {
    "conv@" + Integer.toHexString(hashCode() % 0x10000)
  }

}

trait ConvNodeOpts extends ModelNodeOpts {
  var noutputs:Int = 0
  var hasBias:Boolean = true
  var pad:IMat = null
  var kernel:IMat = null
  var stride:IMat = null
  var dilation:IMat = null //was dilation:List[Integer] = Arrays.asList(1)
  var convType:Int = Net.UseNetConvType;
  var initbiasfn:(Mat,Float)=>Mat = Net.constant;
  var initbiasv:Float = 0f;

  def copyOpts(opts:ConvNodeOpts):ConvNodeOpts = {
  		super.copyOpts(opts);
  		opts.noutputs = noutputs;
  		opts.hasBias = hasBias;
  		opts.pad = pad;
  		opts.kernel = kernel;
  		opts.stride = stride;
  		opts.dilation = dilation;
  		opts.convType = convType;
  		opts.initfn = initfn;
  		opts.initv = initv;
  		opts.initbiasfn = initbiasfn;
  		opts.initbiasv = initbiasv;
  		opts;
  }

}

@SerialVersionUID(100L)
class ConvNode extends ModelNode with ConvNodeOpts {

  def copyTo(opts:ConvNode):ConvNode = {
    this.asInstanceOf[Node].copyTo(opts);
    copyOpts(opts);
    opts
  }

  override def clone:ConvNode = {
    copyTo(new ConvNode ).asInstanceOf[ConvNode]
  }

  override def create(net:Net):ConvLayer = {
    ConvLayer(net, this)
  }

  override def toString = {
    "conv@" + Integer.toHexString(hashCode() % 0x10000)
  }

}

@SerialVersionUID(100L)
object ConvLayer {

  def apply(net:Net) = new ConvLayer(net, new ConvNode);

  def apply(net:Net, opts:ConvNodeOpts) = new ConvLayer(net, opts);

  def fieldArray(a:FMat, m:Int, n:Int, scale:Float = 100f, border:Int=1, isNCHW:Boolean = true):FMat = {
    val c = a.dims(0);
    val w = a.dims(1);
    val h = a.dims(2);
    val nn = a.dims(3);
    val aa = if (isNCHW) {
      FMat(a).fromNCHWtoNHWC;
    } else {
      FMat(a);
    }
    val bb = aa.reshapeView(c,w,h*n,m).transpose(0\1\3\2).reshapeView(c,w*m,h*n,1) * scale + 128;
    val hinds = (irow(0->(w*m)).reshapeView(w,m) + irow(0->m)*border)(?);
    val vinds = (irow(0->(h*n)).reshapeView(h,n) + irow(0->n)*border)(?);
    val out = zeros(c\((w+border)*m)\((h+border)*n)\1);
    out(?,hinds,vinds,?) = bb;
    out;
  }

}


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Trump: North Korea's missile tests not 'breach of trust'
"They're short-range and I don't consider that a breach of trust at all," Trump said in an interview with Politico. (File photo: AFP)
AFP, Washington Saturday, 11 May 2019
US President Donald Trump said Friday that North Korea's recent missile tests were not a "breach of trust."
"They're short-range and I don't consider that a breach of trust at all. And, you know, at some point I may. But at this point no," he said in an interview with Politico.
"These were short-range missiles and very standard stuff. Very standard."
Pyongyang fired two short-range missiles Thursday following an earlier drill on Saturday. The North had not launched any since November 2017, shortly before leader Kim Jong Un embarked on diplomatic overtures.
Trump, who has said that he and Kim have a good relationship, added that he might eventually lose faith in the North Korean leader.
"I mean it's possible that at some point I will, but right now not at all," he said.
Kim declared an end to the testing of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles during a rapid rapprochement last year, paving the way for his first summit with Trump in Singapore in June.
But a second summit between the two mercurial leaders in Hanoi in February broke up without a deal after they failed to agree on what Pyongyang would be willing to give up in exchange for sanctions relief.
Since then Kim has accused Washington of acting in "bad faith", and given it until the end of the year to change its approach.
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Finally. The real NHL season. Let's take a look at what will happen over the next few weeks in Round One.
Good or bad, it feels like the final chapter is about to be written for this group of players and coaches in Washington. The Capitals have used the 2010-2011 season to institute a defensive style they believe will help them win playoff games. If they aren't successful this spring you can expect changes to be made, with Bruce Boudreau's job likely in jeopardy. Yet, despite a slow start to the season, Washington has probably been the best team in the Eastern Conference since March 1st . For that matter, no team in the East has more wins against Conference opponents than the Capitals. They enter the playoffs relatively healthy.
If any team has backed into these playoffs it's the New York Rangers, who needed help from the Tampa Bay Lightning to finally eliminate the Hurricanes on Saturday. It's been an up and down season for the Rangers. While a young core has developed (Marc Staal, Brandon Dubinsky, Callahan, Michael Sauer, Derek Stepan, Artem Anisimov), the team's veterans have struggled. Marian Gaborik in particular has looked less threatening than in years past. They enter these playoffs without their second-leading goal-scorer, Ryan Callahan, who's probably out for the rest of the year with a fractured leg. That being said, Chris Drury has returned to the lineup, and is known for being one of the great crunch-time players in the NHL. In contrast to the Capitals, the Rangers have the worst Conference record amongst all the Eastern playoff teams.
Ovechkin, long criticized for poor crunch-time performances (individual and team), has a lot to prove. A dominant performance against the Rangers would be a good start to fixing the lone blemish on his reputation. Conversely, Lundqvist is entering the playoffs having played his fewest games since 2005-06. One of the best goalies in the game, a rested King Henrik could prove deadly to Washington's playoff hopes.
Talk about a tale of two seasons – last year Philadelphia made the playoffs on the last day of the regular season. This year there wasn't another team happier to see the back of game 82, as the Flyers went 3-4-3 in their last 10. Despite the struggles, the Flyers still finished the year as the only Eastern Conference team to average more than 3 goals-per-game. There's no question this team can score – it's on the defensive side of the ledger where real issues have emerged. Chris Pronger, the team's best defenseman, is questionable for the first round. Meanwhile, the Flyers annual struggle in goal has continued, with last year's playoff hero Michael Leighton recalled from the minors this week.
With a record of 15-4-4 since February 23rd, the Buffalo Sabres have peaked at the right time. Losing first-line centre Derek Roy to injury actually turned into a bit of a blessing. Rookies Tyler Ennis and Nathan Gerbe have played well with additional responsibility, sparking a formally-dormant offense. Thomas Vanek has also been terrific in Roy's absence, with 32 points in 31 games since the All-Star Break. He'll play with Tim Connolly and Jason Pominville, giving Buffalo a solid, experienced top-line. Ryan Miller and Tyler Myers have rebounded from poor starts, and Miller should be healthy to carry the load in the first round. If not, Jhonas Enroth has been more than capable, having not lost in regulation so far in 2011.
There are more famous forwards on the Flyers, but Claude Giroux has become the true offensive force, finishing the year as Philly's top scorer. Meanwhile, Tyler Myers has already earned comparisons to a young Chris Pronger in his career. A strong, physical first-round effort against Giroux and the Flyers by Myers could swing the series Buffalo's way.
Given the drama that has involved these two teams this winter, it makes sense for the Bruins and the Habs to play in the first round. The 2010-11 campaign has seen the return of the Big Bad Bruins, who finished the year second in the league in fighting majors. Milan Lucic fulfilled his potential as the "next Cam Neely" with his first 30-goal season. Meanwhile, Brad Marchand eclipsed the hyped Tyler Seguin as the team's best rookie, scoring 21-goals and playing every game with a physical edge. The Bruins can afford to play a physical style with likely Vezina candidate Tim Thomas in goal. Thomas finished the year with the highest single-season save percentage (.938) of all-time.
If the Bruins are big and bad, the Canadiens are the little engine that could. Just like the team that went to the Conference Finals last year, this Canadiens team may be small but it's quick, with a strong hockey IQ. While the offense has been hard to come by, the emergence of goalie Carey Price has kept Montreal comfortably in a playoff spot for most of the year. However, he's played more games than ever before – in fact, it's more games in one season than any other goalie in Montreal history. P.K. Subban has had a flashy rookie season, but his high-risk, high-reward style seems in contrast with the way Jacques Martin prefers to have his team play. One thing to point out when it comes to these two teams – historically Montreal is 24-8 against Boston in the playoffs.
Given the defensive styles both teams employ, whoever wins the goaltending battle should win the series. Price has lost his last eight playoff decisions. Meanwhile, in losing to the Flyers in the second round last year, Boston became the first team in 35-years to do it after starting with three straight wins. However, Tim Thomas didn't play in the 2009-10 post-season.
Without Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin for most of the year, the Pittsburgh Penguins still won the most games in franchise history since 1995-96. They did it through defense, as the Penguins placed first overall in penalty killing, seventh overall in goals against, fifth overall in shots allowed this year. Alex Kovalev and James Neal have been disappointments, but Jordan Staal and Tyler Kennedy have picked up the scoring slack. Kennedy in particular has been surprisingly good, with 13 goals since the All-Star Break. The 2010-11 Penguins ice a better group of defensemen then either of their two most recent Cup Finals teams. And Marc-Andre Fleury has played himself into the Vezina discussion.
The Lightning have been near the top of the Conference all year, and the arrival of Dwyane Roloson has solidified their greatest weakness – goaltending. While Martin St. Louis has been the team's most valuable forward, Steven Stamkos has disappeared after a lot of early-season hype. He has just three goals since March 1st. A couple of key veterans have picked up the slack though – Vincent Lecavalier is playing his best hockey in years, while Simon Gagne has found his game after a brutal first-half. Their strong play gives the Lightning two good offensive lines. The 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs represent the first test of coach Guy Boucher's infamous 1-3-1 system, which attempts to outnumber the opposition in the defensive zone. While it's hard to argue with a 100+ point season, Tampa Bay had one of the worst records in the league when leading or tied after two periods.
Orpik, the classic stay-at-home, punishing defenseman, can expect a lot of ice-time against the pairing of St. Louis and Stamkos. Keeping these two off the score sheet will be integral for the Penguins to go beyond the first round.


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TRESPASS, ENCROACHMENT, AND ADVERSE POSSESSION: A client of ours has a home that dates from the 1800s, and it was built right next to the street with no driveway. They built a driveway off the side yard and connected with their neighbor's driveway and thus to a public road. About 25 years later, our client's neighbor tried to stop our client's access to this public road. We produced results by helping our clients prove, assert, and preserve their right to access that public road.
REAL ESTATE SETTLEMENTS: Within the HUD-1 pages, that twelve to fifteen page Agreement of Sale, and the sixty-plus page set of Mortgage Documents, there are a lot of details and interests that an attorney ought to look after for you. We have been to numerous settlements where the sellers 'sort of' promised to take care of matters as serious as septic systems, well water problems or some lien. The results we produce for you also include making sure promises are reduced to writing and seeing to the enforcement of those promises.
You own real estate, you desire income, you want to profit and you want the leasehold occupied by tenants. You want the leasehold occupied under the most attractive terms negotiable. You need an enforceable lease. Though this seems like a truly simple concept, you would be amazed at how little time is spent on the creation of the lease document. If the attorney who drafts your next lease is also the attorney who will enforce it, consider the inherent strength. If the attorney who drafts the lease also customizes it to the tenant by asking the right questions (of the landlord or tenant), many potential problems may be uncovered. This will help you avoid costly evictions, and if eviction is finally needed, this will be a factor in your success.
I produce results for my clients by assisting with any and all of these steps.
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Philadelphia Landlord Tenant Court is usually held in Courtroom 3, on the 6th Floor of the Widener Building located at 1339 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia PA, 19107.
FIRST:	The landlord or their lawyer will contact you and demand payment of rent, or the landlord will accuse you of breaking a condition of your lease.
NEXT:	Court documents will arrive, usually by process server, often posted for all to see, instructing you where and when to appear.
THEN:	Your case will be heard in Municipal Court.
4)	Optimally, you should be acquainted with the attorney for the landlord.
Since 2009 I have had the duty and the privilege of defending more tenants than any other attorney in Philadelphia. My work has made me very knowledgeable and very current with Landlord Tenant Court, and has acquainted me with most of the landlords' attorneys.
I produce results for my clients by trial work but I also produce results in what is called "Dispute Resolution." This is a form of judgment by negotiated settlement.
1)	Very often the landlord will be willing to set up a plan where the tenant will "Pay to Stay" by paying off back rent in time installments.
2)	Very often a landlord will agree to grant a tenant more time to vacate.
3)	Very often a landlord will agree to accept less rent than is claimed in his complaint to settle the matter.


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A: I'm going to interpret your question as "How can I find a packet capture with $protocol". I created a searchable pcap database that you can find protocols with, including ZigBee: https://tshark.dev/search/pcaptable/

To find ZigBee pcaps, search with [zbee in the protocol filter to find pcaps, where

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*[ indicates a protocol. Without this, you'll search pcap descriptions as well.

*zbee is the wireshark display filter family for the ZigBee protocol.

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Jimbaran (oude spelling Djimbaran) is een plaatsje helemaal in het zuiden van het eiland Bali in Indonesië. Het is een vissersplaatsje met stranden en werd door het toerisme veranderd en uitgebreid. Het ligt in het regentschap Badung.

Het ligt pal ten zuiden van Ngurah Rai International Airport op de landtong met het schiereiland Nusa Dua. Er staan luxe hotels, villa's en op het strand zijn (vooral 's avonds) veel visrestaurants.

Op 1 oktober 2005 werden hier en in het ernaast gelegen Kuta door islamitische extremisten aanslagen gepleegd met vele doden. Na beide aanslagen was er een grote dip in toeristenaantallen te zien.

Jimbaran staat internationaal bekend als een van de meest exclusieve plaatsen van Bali. In Jimbaran, op het AYANA resort, staat de Rockbar Bali die door CNN en the New York Times als een van de beste barren van de wereld bekroond is.

De universiteit van Bali, genaamd Universitas Udayana, is hier gelegen.

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Re-reading it another month later. Not sure any of us expected 7-1, ranked in top 5 going into NOV and Bama? Maybe @six pack dan , lol?
Ryan Theriot picked 10-2 before the season started. But Friday he picked Moo.
I bet the over in reno before the season started for a 100.00 So I am feeling pretty good as I got it at 7.5 wins I also bet 50 on LSU winning the National Championship in Levis's Stadium. Man that would be something as its 25 miles from my house. I passed by it today and couldn't help but dream.
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I'm not into predictions (except that we gonna beat the piss out of Bama this year).
@tirk check out your boy!
That was jut one off vs Izzy's 3.
Seriously, that was for tirk cuz he likes to razz Izzy about his prediction reliability.
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Six arrested for rape, theft and assault in Nyanga
Western Cape / 27 December 2018, 6:44pm / Songezo Ndlendle
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Cape Town - Six suspects were arrested for rape, theft, assault and illegal possession of a firearm in separate incidents in Nyanga, outside Cape Town, Western Cape police said on Thursday.
Police spokesperson, Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana said three suspects, aged between 21 and 25, were arrested for three different cases of rape which occurred in Browns Farm in Phillipi, while other suspects were arrested for the possession of an illegal firearm and ammunition, murder and possession of a stolen vehicle.
Rwexana said one suspect, aged 22, was arrested by members of Operation Thunder for being in possession of an illegal firearm and three cell phones. He was unable to give a satisfactory explanation for how he had obtained these.
She added: "Meanwhile, a 22-year-old man was also arrested after he assaulted a 33-year-old man with a blunt object which led the victim succumbing to the injuries in Crossroads.
"The last suspect, 35 was also arrested after members were tipped off about a suspect busy stripping a vehicle which was reported stolen in Mitchells Plain. The members pounced on the suspect whilst he was busy and arrested him."
Two suspects appeared in Wynberg Magistrates' Court on Thursday morning on rape charges and the remaining four suspects are expected to appear in the Athlone, Wynberg and Philippi magistrates' courts respectively on charges of murder and illegal possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, rape and possession of a stolen vehicle.
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David Bates is a St. Louis native and hockey enthusiast. Skating lessons from Frank Hanley started for David at age 8, and his hockey career began two years later as a Pee Wee for St. Louis Country Club. His first coach was Cliff Behan. The rink was close enough that he could walk to practice, and he helped assemble the rink each year on the practice green. David's fondest hockey memories are the people he has met and friends he has made, including wonderful mentors like Sel Khors. He slide into the net as a Pee Wee to score his first goal at Steinberg. He saw Bobby Orr during the Blue's inaugural season. He was captain under Eddie Olson for the Championship SLCC midget team. He played against the St. Louis Blue's rookie line with Marl Kohrs and Mark Smith and later tried out for the London Knights, OHA. In 1973-4 he was captain of the St. Louis Blazers Junior B team coached by Lou Struckman. Two years later, David was rooming with Jim Neilson at the California Seals Training Camp and was called up once because of injuriess and experienced the speed of NHL hockey.
A graduate of De Smet High school, class of 1972, David is an electronics technician/computer consultant, when he isn't focused on hockey. His best hockey moment is a tie between his work with the Seals and tonight's honor. "Ice hockey is the ultimate sport, St. Louis is an awesome hockey town and I am blessed to have gotten in on the ground floor."


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Taiwan grabs gold in taekwondo at Summer Universiade
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Taipei (CNA) – Taiwanese Su Po-ya (蘇柏亞) beat a South Korean rival to capture gold in the women's
Taiwanese taekwondo star Su Po-ya. (By Central News Agency)
taekwondo under-53 kilogram division at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples on Friday (July 12).
Su overwhelmed Ha Min-ah of South Korea with a series of punches and kicks to win by a final score of 10-4 and claim gold, the sixth won by Taiwan at the Universiade thus far.
The final was a repeat of the gold medal bout in the same weight division at the Asian Games in Jakarta in 2018, when Su defeated Ha 29-10.
Friday's battle was a far more defensive affair, with the two athletes tied 1-1 after two rounds in the three-round bout. But Su, currently ranked seventh in the world in her weight class, finally pierced the defenses of her opponent in the final round to cruise to victory. [FULL STORY]
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California Sex Educator, Ashley Manta, began her career as a rape crisis counselor, victim advocate, and violence prevention educator just after graduating college in 2008. After years of listening to and absorbing trauma from victims, by 2011, she felt burned out with direct service and sought to find the joy of her own sexuality. "After […]
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California Sex Educator, Ashley Manta, began her career as a rape crisis counselor, victim advocate, and violence prevention educator just after graduating college in 2008. After years of listening to and absorbing trauma from victims, by 2011, she felt burned out with direct service and sought to find the joy of her own sexuality.
"After networking with other sex and relationship educators, I cultivated a greater body of knowledge about sexuality, and these newfound realizations helped me to come out publicly about my own sexual trauma and contracting genital herpes, with the intent of decreasing the stigma of Sexually Transmitted Infections, or STIs."
The Pennsylvania transplant said once arriving in California shortly after her epiphany, she experienced cannabis in a whole new light after visiting a legal dispensary.
"Walking into a dispensary and seeing all those cultivars and methods of consuming was magical," she swooned. "Someone sent me a link to a news article about Foria, the company that makes Pleasure, THC-infused [tetrahydrocannabinol] coconut oil spray for sex, and I remember thinking, 'This could be my thing!'"
Ashley, combining her interest in anatomy and physiology, dived vulva first, so to speak, into the world of stimulation and relaxation via cannabis paired with sex.
"As a sexual trauma survivor, using cannabis infused products on my genitals has allowed me to have penetrative sex without pain for the first time in a decade," she shared. "Cannabis enhances the capacity for sustained clitoral stimulation and multiple orgasms."
Wake, Bake and Sleep
In spite of her late night schedule, either for work or play, Manta said her inner-clock wakes her up at five in the morning, often keeping her from falling back to sleep.
"My brain is still tired, but my body is awake, so I'll take a few hits of a calming cultivar, like Gorilla Glue," she explained. "Smoking allows me to fall back to sleep until around nine-thirty, and then I'll have some fruit or make myself some scrambled eggs before catching up on industry news, correspondence and social media posts."
If she wakes up sore or has a headache, she'll use a full-spectrum CBD (cannabidiol) rich tincture from cannabis, as needed.
Depending on the maker, the difference between CBD from hemp or cannabis is the percentage of CBD in the plants to begin with. A CBD product from industrial hemp is typically taken from stalk, then made into an isolate or powdered concentrate – often testing at a mere two percent CBD, with other trace beneficial compounds; as compared to CBD from cannabis purposefully hybridized for higher percentages, often testing between 12 to 14 percent. It's the difference between using CBD as a supplement or a remedy for healing.
"I'd take the tincture daily if my budget allowed, to prevent headaches in the first place, but I'm a working girl on a budget," she laughed.
The average cost of a bottle of tincture in a dispensary can cost upwards of $60, with some patients likening use to shopping at a high-end organic market – you need to have money to eat clean or purchase cannabis product regularly for prevention, or to treat ailments.
"A favorite flower to smoke, once I get my work squared away for the day, is Connect from Canndescent. Their branding is fantastic, it's sophisticated and clear, and they name their cultivars based on effects rather than antiquated strain names. Connect has a neutral head (not particularly cerebral) but an uplifted body, which for me makes it great for sexy times," she explained.
If she's in her moon cycle and is suffering from cramps, she'll use a Foria suppository, vaginally, for relief.
"I'll also use Foria's suppositories for fun times, for increasing pleasure and decreasing discomfort for anal play," she winked with a giggle.
Manta's day includes coaching calls, helping clients improve their sex lives, with cannabis as an optional tool, charging upwards of $200 an hour, with micro-sessions in ten minute increments at $30 a pop.
The bad-ass in me recognizes the bad-ass in you…
On days where she's facilitating a workshop, she may travel, with a favorite coming up in Joshua Tree National Park this spring.
"I've facilitated several workshops a year for Glowing Goddess Getaways, which is a favorite," she added. "It's a private membership social club for women, and anyone identifying as a woman is invited to join. The workshop lasts three days and two nights, with wonderful food and all the edibles, dabs, and cannabis you can consume."
One might easily imagine her workshops are one big old-fashioned orgy, but Manta's focus is on partners relating to each other, using cannabis as a communication tool and for helping everyone find their inner Sex Goddess.
"Each workshop begins with an exercise to promote connection, honoring yourself while honoring another person," she explained. "It's an eye gazing exercise, or as I explain it, care-bear staring with love and respect. It's more than Namaste – I like to say, the bad-ass in me recognizes the bad-ass in you."
Manta said she encourages the partners to really look at each other with love and kindness, honoring everything it took to get to this place, together.
"Think about the last time you looked in the mirror and were loving to yourself, in spite of the earthly things you struggle with every day," she waxed poetic. "We are so understanding of others struggles, but can be so self-critical. We need to love ourselves, then we can take care of the people we love. This leads to a more pleasurable experience together, and also a more fulfilling solo-sex practice."
The workshops include product education and how to incorporate cannabis in sexual pleasure with or without the high, via topical use.
Manta practices what she preaches with her boyfriend, "B," who will remain anonymous. The two have been together for four years, and their comfort level allows Manta the ability to experiment with different products and techniques.
"B's tolerance for THC is much lower than mine, so he makes a good example for the many clients I help who may just be entering into the cannabis space," she said. "If I have a new product, we'll try it together."
To prepare, Manta sets the stage with candles and incense. She fills her automatic lube warmer, Touch, from a company called Warm with her favorite lube, Silver by Sliquid; brings out her favorite vibrator, Tango, by We-Vibe; lays out her water proof blanket; and hits a dab to get in the mood.
She also commands her Amazon Echo to play their favorite mood music, set an alarm, if need be; and activates an electronic do not disturb on all her devices – with the goal of never picking up her iPhone, which can be a huge distraction.
"I have an extremely high-tech sex life," she laughs.
Another favorite flower, Create by Candescent, is often enjoyed, as Manta said it gives a slight head-high without feeling overly stoned and a more tactile, overall body high.
"I'll put on his favorite lingerie and apply Foria's Pleasure to my vulva 25 minutes prior to his arrival – as it takes time to marinate," she further educates. "I want him to feel that I took the time and effort in creating a space for him. I want him to walk into my lair and be transported to a place that is sensual and safe for all his desires to be realized and strengthen our connection"
Great expectations can hinder any situation if anything goes awry, and Manta shared, even with all her experience and their experience together, things can go wrong.
"Someone might ingest too much or have a bad reaction to a certain cultivar. The most important thing is to support each other, and be there for each other – that's the goal, and that's what I teach my clients."
Too much THC happens, Manta said, and she typically has a good CBD tincture as remedy, a whiff of freshly ground pepper, or cup of chamomile tea to help calm the central nervous system.
"Cannabis opens up your third eye, allowing wonderful things to happen, but you must give yourselves permission when it doesn't work out the way we planned. Even my boyfriend and I have had times where everything shuts down and we stop and pop in a movie and cuddle – and that's perfectly fine and part of the dance."
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LEGO Lets Fans Build Their Own NES to Celebrate Console's 35th Birthday
By Phillip Martinez On 7/14/20 at 10:31 AM EDT
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LEGO and Nintendo's partnership is starting to ramp up with a new 2,600-piece set that lets fans build and play—to an extent—their very own Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
To celebrate the NES' 35th anniversary, LEGO is releasing this 2,646-piece set that authentically reproduces the original console. You'll build and plug in controllers to the console, insert a game cartridge and even build your own old-school television.
The retro TV will feature a flat 8-bit Mario figure on a scrolling screen. If fans scan the LEGO Mario figure from the previously released Super Mario Starter Course set onto the retro tv, the 8-bit Mario on the screen will react to enemies, obstacles and power-ups that appear on the screen, just like Mario would in Super Mario Bros.
Check out the trailer for the LEGO NES set and see it in action below.
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The LEGO NES' purpose is, according to the official LEGO site, "to recreate the experience" of playing the NES when it was released back in 1985.
Now, you're probably wondering about the price. The official LEGO site has the set at $229.99. It'll be exclusive to LEGO retail stores and LEGO.com when it's released on August 1, but other retailers will have the set starting in 2021.
In case you were curious (because I was), the original NES system cost $199 back in 1985—that comes to $487 when adjusted for inflation.
If you're still wary about the price, LEGO sells a ton of sets for over $100, like the Avengers Helicarrier, a 1,200-piece set, for $119.99. You could build Old Trafford, the home stadium of the Manchester United football club—a nearly 4,000-piece set—for $299.99, or Hogwarts Castle, which has more than 6,000 pieces, for $399.99.
With that in mind, the price for the LEGO NES set seems on par with its other models.
Of course, the NES LEGO building set is not the first collaboration between the popular building block company and Nintendo. As mentioned above, earlier this year, the two companies put out the Super Mario Starter Course set that brought an exclusive LEGO Mario figure to life.
Considered an "entry point" into the LEGO Nintendo world, the Super Mario Starter Course was followed up in May with a series of Power-Up Packs that feature more obstacles and enemies to help creators build their own Super Mario levels.
What do you think of the new LEGO NES set? Do you believe it's too expensive? Let us know in the comments section.


Video by National Geographic – 7 Billion (the population of the planet by the end of this year if you'd not guessed already).
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One day with the Stanley Cup could tell you all you need to know about Beau Bennett's priorities.
Bennett became the first California-born and –trained player to be part of a Stanley Cup champion when the Pittsburgh Penguins vanquished the Sharks in Game 6 in San Jose on June 13.
He and Stanley started their day together on July 1 at a gym, continued to the Toyota Sports Center for pictures before heading to the beach for the afternoon. At a party that night at the family's Gardena home, the first person Bennett introduced Stanley to was his 95-year-old grandmother, Ann Bennett.
He put an exclamation point on his statement day came when posing for pictures with anyone who wanted one – all while wearing not a Penguins jersey, but one of the Tidal Waves, his first competitive roller hockey team from the late 1990s.
To summarize those priorities: Family, friends, hard work and fun.
"Beau is a rare breed – he's one of those guys who doesn't make it about him, even on one of the biggest days of his life," said Brett Beebe, a lifelong friend and former Tidal Wave player himself. "He goes out of his way to make sure everyone his having a good time.
The second oldest of the four hockey playing children of Kirk and Louanna Bennett, Beau enjoyed a day in the sun with Stanley after an injury-challenged season. It was fitting he held the Cup aloft in the state where he and his peers have fiercely promoted the sport.
In the process, he has added another compelling chapter to a growing story about hockey's growth in the Golden State.
Even though injuries limited him to 33 regular-season games and one playoff appearance, Bennett said the experience taught him a great deal.
"Things might not always go your way, you might not feel your best, but you can still work hard and still be a part of something big," he said.
That approach comes as no surprise to Beebe, a former Western Michigan University player who will coach the California Titans' 16U AAA team this season.
In addition to being a standout roller hockey player, the 24-year-old Bennett played with an elite group on the ice. His L.A. Selects Pee Wee team included four other players who have reached the NHL – former Anaheim Duck Emerson Etem, Matt Nieto with San Jose, Matt Konan with Philadelphia and Jason Zucker with Minnesota. Several more are playing professionally.
Bennett said his turning point came in 2008 when he was heading into his second year of 18U AAA hockey with the L.A. Jr. Kings.
"My first year of 18 AAA (2007-08), our team had more than 20 guys on it and I didn't put up big numbers," he said. "A lot of other players were at the forefront. That summer, I went to a (USA Hockey) Select Festival in Minnesota and just tore it up. I also grew three or four inches (to 6-foot-2) and felt better about my skating.
Another year of experience and maturity helped Bennett, Bowkus said.
Bennett put up 58 points in 46 games that season and moved onto the radar of college and junior scouts with a performance against the Chicago Mission at a Tier 1 Elite Hockey League showcase.
Junior teams in three leagues – Penticton (BCHL), Tri-City (USHL) and Calgary (WHL) – were salivating, and Bennett eventually chose Penticton. The move worked as he piled up 120 points in 56 games, including 41 goals, and added 14 more in 15 postseason games.
That season included a commitment to the University of Denver and was followed by him becoming the highest-picked California-born and –trained player (20th overall) at the 2010 NHL Draft at the Staples Center on June 25.
Bennett's resilience was tested again six years to the day when on Day 2 of the draft and 12 days after their Cup triumph, the Penguins traded him to the New Jersey Devils for a third-round draft choice.
"It wasn't a surprise at all," Bennett said. "I had a feeling.
In New Jersey, he will be reunited with the general manager, Ray Shero, who drafted him, and a coach, John Hynes, for whom he's played for in the American Hockey League.
Shero told NHL.com that Bennett's upside (he has 45 points in 129 NHL games) is appealing.
Gasseau is another who's seen it, and he believes Bennett's drive will help him thrive.