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Friedman, Jane. "New packages, new channels." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 21 Dec. 2012. Web. 19 Apr. 2019.
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Senior Year Timeline
CFHS Class of 2022
Senior Presentations for parents and students. If you were not able to attend one of the meetings, please check out this recording of the Senior Meeting.
Senior START Survey
Sign up for October 23rd ACT by September 17th.
Seniors meet individually with school counselors. Credit check/planning and Xello tasks.
Sign up for JOB SHADOW by October 1st.
College Application Week: September 28th to October 1st. Get help with college applications from college representatives. Also, get signed up for your FSA ID.
Early Graduation Applications Due: October 1st. Pick up paperwork at the senior individual meeting with your school counselor.
Complete FAFSA starting October 1st. Help will be available at Cedar Falls High School on the following dates: Tuesday, October 12th from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Monday, October 25th from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Continue exploring and filling out college applications
Sign up to take the ASVAB on December 19th at 8:45 a.m. in the library.
YEARBOOK PICTURES NEED TO BE TURNED IN BY: NOVEMBER 23rd TO MR. WINKEL. We need just one digital file or print. Digital is actually the easiest. The submission should be a vertical portrait (head and shoulder), color, and have no special effects (colorization, unnatural lighting, etc.) or props (vehicles, toys, hats, sports equipment, etc.) If a print is submitted, it should be 4×5 inches approximately. If a digital file is submitted, it should also be 4×5 inches and at least 300 dpi resolution. Digital files can be e-mailed to Mr. Winkel at brian.winkel@cfschools.org. All pictures must be submitted by the day before Thanksgiving break, Tuesday, Nov. 23rd.
FAFSA Help will be available on Monday, November 8th from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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All School Awards Assembly-April TBA
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Everything seniors need to know including dates, information, and details to get to 2022 graduation!
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Rapporteur of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Ali Najafi Khoshroudi underlined the need for taking practical measures by international bodies and world countries in the ongoing combat against terrorist groups in the Middle East region.
"Preventive mechanisms will allow countries to stop the emergence of terrorism and extremism at the national level," Najafi Khoshroudi said while stressing the important role of the parliaments in drawing up and approving relevant laws and proper punitive measures in this respect.
The senior Iranian lawmaker pointed to Iran's contributions fight terrorism and terrorist groups, and pointed to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's proposal for the World Against Violence and Extremism (WAVE) resolution which was endorsed by the UN General Assembly, as well as the country's cooperation with Syria, Russia and Iraq in combating terrorism and extremism.
Najafi Khoshroudi underlined that Iran has played a prominent role in fighting terrorism and if it were not for Iran's contributions, "today the ISIL terrorist group would have taken control of a large part of the Middle East region."
In relevant remarks on Tuesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a meeting with new Dutch Ambassador to Tehran Jacques Werner called on the European states to prosecute the terrorists living in Europe, including the masterminds of the recent terrorist attack in Southwestern Iran.
"Unfortunately, a number of individuals who have admitted responsibility for the terrorist attack (in Ahwaz) are living in Europe and we hope that the European countries adopt the necessary measures in this regard and undoubtedly, such a move will be highly effective in mutual confidence-building and more intimacy between the two sides," President Rouhani said during the meeting in Tehran.
He underlined the necessity for all-out campaign against terrorism, and said, "Today, terrorism is not only a big problem for the region but also a problem for the world and therefore, all states are necessitated to make serious efforts against it after understanding the dangers of this big problem."
Werner, for his part, submitted his credentials to President Rouhani, and said, "The Dutch government fully supports implementation of the 2015 nuclear deal and is determined to enhance banking ties with Iran, along with strengthening the EU's financial institutes, and does not allow the sanctions to leave negative impacts on economic relations between the two countries."
He said that the Dutch government strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Southwestern Iran, and added, "We, in Europe, will also take action to chase the culprits behind the terrorist act."
26 people were killed and 69 others were wounded in an attack by al-Ahwaziya terrorist group, whose leaders live in a number of European states, during the nationwide military parades in the Southwestern city of Ahwaz on September 22.
General Hajizadeh announced later that the missile and drone strikes against the terrorist targets in Syria killed 40 ISIL commanders and smashed all targets.


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Independent living residents at Garden Plaza of Aurora, Colorado, enjoy an active life set in a resort-style community. Surrounded by friendly staff and peers, residents are encouraged to live life to the fullest, enhanced by convenience, fun, luxury and kindness.
Aurora is the ideal city for seniors who enjoy the outdoors. A view of the Rocky Mountains is a feature at Garden Plaza, and there are multiple adventures waiting to be had. Located just outside Denver, the area also provides multiple shopping, dining and entertainments options.
While there are many attractions located near Garden Plaza, the retirement community features its own set of services and amenities that may make you never want to leave.
The restaurant-style dining program offers a wide variety of meal options for residents. Activity staff keep the social calendar full of fun entertainers and educational events, and the billiards room and putting green encourage friendly competition. And, forget the tedious aspects of owning a home - we'll take care of maintenance and upkeep for you!


Senior physician Ihsan Georgy drafted Mubarak's latest medical report on Tuesday confirming that the former president does not need to be transfered to intensive care, but will require medical attention or else his life will be put in danger.
Mubarak suffers from a coronary heart disease, low blood pressure and experiences occasional fainting. He is also required to stay in a sitting position to avoid vertigo.
The medical report stated that theTora hospital was sufficiently equipped for Mubarak's health needs, and that he would not need to be transferred to a military hospital or an international medical center. It, however, clarified that the former president needs direct medical supervision.
According to the report, Mubarak's condition is not so serious to the extent that he cannot recognise people well, talk with them or stay focused.
The former president has been moved back and forth from prison to military hospital a number of times. In recent days, he had been residing in Tora hospital.
Mubarak is currently facing a prison sentence on charges of participating in the killing of protesters during the 18 days which led to his ouster.


Will you buy Girl Scout cookies this year?
They're not organic or locally made, but you can accomplish some good by buying them — even if you don't eat them yourself.
January 21, 2011, 9:08 a.m.
It's that time of a year again, when my friend's Facebook statuses read something like this.
Last year, I wrote about homemade versions of Girl Scout cookies, and people responded both positively and negatively to the post. Many people were glad to have healthier versions of the cookies, but some people railed against the ingredients and the fact that the girls are asked to sell something so unhealthy.
Then there was one commenter, Tiffany, who felt that it was more important to support the organization than make your own.
I don't remember learning any of that when I was a Girl Scout. I remember occasionally standing outside the JC Penney at a strip mall with my friends to sell cookies, but my mom took care of the rest of it, including a lot of the selling. My mom didn't have Facebook to hock the cookies on, either.
I suppose that there are parents who hold their girls responsible for the cookie-selling process, and that's a good thing. So is sending cookies to soldiers overseas.
Last year, Girl Scouts in the Atlanta area (pictured above) collected more than 10,000 boxes of donated Girl Scout cookies to give to soldiers. Some were handed out at the airport to returning and departing soldiers. Some were sent to soldiers in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Pepsi Refresh Project awarded $5,000 last year to the Military Connections Corporations, money to be used as postage to ship donated Girl Scout cookies to soldiers.
So while, yes, the cookies aren't particularly environmentally friendly or healthy, they do some good for the girls selling them and the soldiers who receive a familiar piece of home. So don't feel guilty about buying a box or two. And if you still aren't comfortable buying the cookies, make them yourself and donate a few dollars to the Girl Scouts so they can continue to do good.
I'm sure I'll end up with a couple of boxes of Thin Mints this year (just a couple). Are you planning on buying any Girl Scout cookies this year?


Experience a true culinary delight in the heart of The Magnificent Mile! Taste the mouth-watering dishes that Chef Paul Katz has created for this 5-course beer dinner while he educates you on each dish. Sip on one of the many craft beers that Sweetwater offers as you make your way through each course. The beer selection has been paired to each dish accordingly by James Miller, a Certified Cicerone, who will guide you through the flavor profiles of each.
There are only 20 spots available, so call 312-698-7111 to reserve with your MasterCard today! The price is $125, tax and gratuity is included. Must be 21 or older to participate.


Rowley's Auction Service was honored to liquidate the lifelong collection of Rob and Shari Burda which included a 1960 Corvette, Ford Roadster, 2003 50th Anniversary Corvette, large Petroleum and advertising collection, ATV's, tools and much more!
As a long time buyer and seller, Rob was more than willing to chat about his recent experience with our auction team.
Q. Why did you choose Rowley's Auction Service to sell your car collection?
A. I know you guys have a big following, and not to mention your outstanding reputation. I've also been a longtime buyer as well.
Q. Why do you think Rowley's Auction Service is the best specifically for cars? In terms of other competitors in Michigan.
A. Rowley's is the only company in this area that actually handle cars. They conduct large car auctions a few times a year and have been selling cars for 15 years. There's no other auction company that has that experience and expertise.
Q. How easy was the auction process?
A. It was honestly quite easy and pretty much trouble free for me. I felt kind of guilty actually, like I didn't help enough.
Q. What would you tell other people about Rowley's who are thinking about selling their cars the auction way?
A. I would recommend Rowley's over any other auction company in Michigan. It's always been easy working with Rowley's, in all the years I've worked with your team. If any of my family or friends are ever in need of an auctioneer, I always point them to Rowley's Auction Service.
Q. Only a scale of 1-10 how satisfied were you on your recent car collection auction?
A. I would have to say a 12! I ended up with more money than I expected. I had a number in my head and it was beat by $35,000. What more could I ask for?
Q. Would you have another auction in the future?
A. As good as that auction went, I keep trying to come up with more stuff. I don't think I could have done it myself and made more money. Even after all the fees were paid, it was a great deal.
Q. You talked about getting $35,000 more than you expected. What do you think this was due to?
A. Honestly it was probably the fact that we started adverting and promoting it earlier enough. The auction was in June and we started advertising in April. Rowley's does a great job promoting and getting the word out in a timely manner. It was all planned very well.
Q. How long after the auction did it take for everything to be cleaned up?
A. The day after the auction everything was cleaned-up except for a mower and a van. Pretty much that same evening everything at the auction had been picked-up and sold.


The Tip Box that you see at the right and top of the page has been a moderate success. Thanks to its simplicity, even the most dense of you can send us information that could prove useful for a story worthy of these pages. And make no mistake, we do appreciate the dense messages; not only does it give everyone at Team GC a good chuckle but also a snapshot into your lives as stewards of the capital markets.
The downside is that some tipsters treat it as virtual porcelain god that acts as a receptacle for their verbal projectile vomit because something has irked them well past the point of silence. Earlier this year, Adrienne tried to dispense some advice on how avoid that but, as you might expect, it still happens.
PwC just rolled out Aura 4 this past weekend and I've spent the last 30 minutes or so playing with it. Needless to say, it's a huge step back from the last version. They decided it was necessary to make it all pretty by iconifying and coloring everything. Not to mention breaking simple organizational functions like collapsing controls. The firm invested a lot of money in this program, and all they've done is made it harder for us.
No! Not "needless to say." It's quite the opposite, in fact. No one – save PwC employees that also must deal with this new Aura 4 – knows what you're talking about, but at least it's CLEAR that you're peeved and felt compelled to share your annoyance with the group and that's important. Getting something off your chest will certainly help you feel better whether or not anything really changes and now that it's out there people can agree with you or call you and the other rubes out for not appreciating the more subtle things about Aura 4.
Anyway, since we don't have much to go on, we're sure you'll adapt. Or you won't. Whatever.
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Derived from the classic BlasTech 98, the BlasTech 98 Karbine version is a shorter and much improved version of the earlier rifle's success. It served the StormElite up to the end of the Thrawn era, even when much more practical rifles were in the field.
The rifle was developed by Moff Adrian Kr?el, commander of StormElite Field Operations Headquarters on Coruscant. It was built around the complaints of Shock Troops in the field, saying how it lacked the stopping power necessary to bring down most modern opponents.
The 98k blaster rifle looks and operates a lot like older generation weapons, such as its predecessor the 98a. The rifle is loaded by pulling back the blast bolt on top of the weapon and inserting a blast clip. Once the bolt is pushed forward again, the weapon is ready for firing. The weapon is semi-automatic, so every time the trigger is pulled, a shot is fired.
Once all 50 shots have been expended, the bolt on top slides back automatically, and sends the expended clip flying out of the chamber. This makes the reloading process very easy for the soldier at hand.


Phoebe Green. Photo courtesy of the artist.
The intimate solo recitals at the Old Fire Station have become a BIFEM tradition. The prestigious afternoon and late-night slots are a recognition of a performer's unique contribution to new music in Australia. Violist Phoebe Green has been commissioning new work from some of the most distinctive voices in Australian music since 2005. She marked a decade of commitment to new music with a dynamic program of new works and modern masterpieces for her instrument.
Violists also have a way of adding an extra dimension to their performances, whether it's Alexina Hawkins performing an arrangement of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" in her recent ANAM recital or, in this case, performing one of Iannis Xenakis's athletic works while eight-and-a-half months pregnant. The extra dimension in question here has heard every moment of Green's concert preparation, from the whispering bows of Luke Paulding's Repose and Vertigo in Diluvial Light to the metallic churning of Pierluigi Billone's Iti Ke Mi. Green is definitely the queen of multitasking.
The Melbourne-based composer Luke Paulding is known for his complexly sensuous palette. It was therefore surprising to hear the stripped-back second outing of his viola work Repose and Vertigo in Diluvial Light. The work's electronic part has been removed, leaving only the viola's breath-like muted bowing and vertiginous harmonics. Variations of bow pressure save the piece from being entirely schematic. The performer must still lean in to certain delicious tones, like a distant memory of human feeling after the flood. The piece is a hushed song at the end of the world, a faulty remembrance of things past.
Standing imperious, proud, and definitely pregnant, Green launched into the muscular double-stops of Xenakis' Embellie. Embellie is a unique work within Xenakis' output, being his only solo viola work and his last solo piece. Embellie also exhibits the folksong-like quality of parts of his later works. Green brought out the lyricism of Xenakis' bespoke microtonal mode, a difficult feat given the work's proliferation of double-stops and leaps.
Dialling Xenakis' elemental energy down a notch, Green was joined on stage by percussionist Leah Scholes for the première of Juliana Hodkinson's touching and humorous Harriet's Song. The piece seems to be a musico-theatrical meditation on familial relationships. Scholes and Green play ethereal, almost inaudible tones on vibraphone and viola. Then suddenly, Scholes darts out a pair of scissors at one of the many objects dangling by fishing wire from a microphone stand. A bell clashes to the ground, or a feather lightly floats away. At one point Scholes sharpens a knife and cuts three objects off at once. One's eye lingers expectantly on the small glass hanging precariously from the fishing wire. The process could continue until all of the objects have shattered on the ground, but Green saves us from this antagonistic fate. Green detaches a music box from the stand and starts humming along to its tune. The piece concludes with Scholes gently accompanying the lullaby on the vibraphone and the rest of the hanging objects.
Green swapped violas for Pierluigi Billone's Iti Ke Mi. Played with sweeping circular bows that pass from the fingerboard, past the bridge, and onto the tailpiece, the piece therefore requires a tailpiece without fine tuners. Green conjured incredible, shifting tones out of the viola. The wood of the bow on the fingerboard sounds metallic, while the tailpiece emits a deep groan. These sounds are not clearly delineated, but swept up in a whirling timbral vortex. Making broad circles with her arm across the whole instrument and sliding her left hand up and down the fingerboard, the piece begins completely fluidly. There are no static pitches or timbres, only movement. As the piece progresses, the performer's movements slowly become tighter. Very slowly. The piece is extremely long and I fail to see the waypoints that justify it being so. Eventually the sounds occasionally stop "in the throat" of the instrument and about ten minutes later the piece ends with a whimper.
I am a viola convert. With its larger dimensions and deeper range, the viola is an ideal instrument for extended techniques. Creaks, scratches, and harmonics resonate that little bit longer and are that little bit richer than the violin. After Green's recital I questioned why anyone would ever again write an extended-techniques work for the violin.
I am enjoying this blog immensely. I have discovered a new music event I must get to next year, I now know who created the first prepared piano and why, and I've been exposed to the work of new composers, ensembles, performers and thinkers it might have taken me years longer to discover. The best of writing about music puts me in a different relationship to time. Thank you Matthew, Real Time, Delia, Angus, Simon, Jaslyn, Charles.


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By Jeff Niesel
FRIDAY, OCT. 27
Disco of the Dead/The Werks/Mark Farina/Gibbz/Wanyama
Each Halloween, jam bands across this fine nation put a twist on their shows. Here in Cleveland, the Werks will host their second annual Disco of the Dead. It's a night of funk-fueled groove rock with Mark Farina, Gibbz, Wanyama and others in tow. Bring your dancing shoes and wear the weirdest costume you can imagine. (Eric Sandy), 9:30 p.m., $20. The Agora Theatre.
SATURDAY, OCT. 28
Gabriel Alegria's Afro Peruvian Sextet
As far-fetched as it might seem, the Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet that performs at the Bop Stop tonight has ties to Ohio. Band leader Gabriel Alegria was born in Lima in 1970. His father, the playwright Alonso Alegria, was a visiting professor at Kenyon College, and while Gabriel Alegria was there in the mid-'80s, he attended high school in the area. Alegria then studied at the National Conservatory in Lima and at Kenyon College. He earned his Master's in jazz studies at City College in New York and completed his doctorate in jazz studies at the University of Southern California. Twelve years ago, while at USC, he formed his sextet. Tonight's Bop Stop performance will celebrate the release of the band's sixth CD, Diablo en Brooklyn. (Niesel) 8 p.m. Bop Stop.
Barb Wire Dolls/Svetlanas/57
Shortly after forming in Greece, the hard rock act Barb Wire Dolls received a little help from the influential L.A.-based DJ Rodney Bingenheimer, who played the band's music on his radio program and built a stateside buzz for the indie act that had only self-released its albums at that point. Thanks to some very supportive fans, the band self-funded its first few releases and even managed to record its debut album, 2012's Slit, in Chicago with engineer extraordinaire Steve Albini (PJ Harvey, Bush). When it came time to record their latest album, Rub My Mind, band members decided to work with Jay Baumgardner, the guy who produced their previous effort, 2016's Desperate. It's their best effort to date. The Green Day-inspired "If I Fall" features a rolling bass riff and hiccupping vocals while "Desert Song," a track that includes a mix of acoustic and electric guitars, comes off as a classic power ballad. Significantly, the current U.S. tour features support from Russia's controversial rock band Svetlanas and South Korea's 57. (Niesel) 9 p.m., $8. Musica.
When the local metal act Mushroomhead first formed in 1993, few critics imagined the group would still be going at it in 2017. And yet the masked band is now more popular than ever. Their most recent album, 2014's The Righteous & the Butterfly, embraces a wide range of musical styles, including hip-hop, electronica and hard rock. Recorded at the band's studio in North Royalton and mixed by long-time collaborator Bill Korecky, the disc is arguably the band's most polished effort to date. Expect to see an elaborate set and crazy costumes at tonight's annual Halloween bash. (Niesel), 6 p.m., $29.99 ADV, $35 DOS. The Agora Theatre.
SUNDAY, OCT. 29
Tori Amos - Native Invader Tour
Singer-songwriter Tori Amos's 15th album, Native Invader, an "intense feast of melody, protest, tenderness and pain," as it's put in a press release describing it, stems from a road trip she took through the Smoky Mountains. She wanted to reconnect with her mother's family, who were from the area. Shortly after taking that trip, Amos's mother Mary suffered a debilitating stroke and lost the ability to speak or communicate in any fashion. And then, the election happened. All these things inform the tunes that Amos and her husband, multi-instrumentalist Mark Hawley, recorded at Hawley's Cornwall, England studio. Though the album features string arrangements and dense layers of synthesizers and electronic instrumentation, Amos says she and Hawley played most of the instruments themselves. With distorted bluesy guitars and a bit of old school organ, "Broken Arrow" possesses a great roots rock feel. It's one of many highlights on another solid effort. (Niesel) 7:30 p.m., $45-$70. State Theatre.
Shawn Colvin and Her Band: A Few Small Repairs 20th Anniversary Tour/Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
A little more than 20 years ago, breathy singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin released an album about heartbreak, bravery and divorce. "Sunny Came Home," the biggest and sunniest hit off A Few Small Repairs, not only got in everyone's head that summer, but it also garnered the artist a pair of Grammys. And while Colvin is celebrating her seminal record with an anniversary tour, including a stop on the Kent Stage this weekend, don't expect her to sound exactly like the album. Her vocals are more grounded and mature, her vibrato a little wider. But that's what you should expect from a musician who's been at this for more than 30 years. (Laura Morrison), 7:30 p.m., $40-$125. The Kent Stage.
NRBQ/Cats on Holiday
NRBQ may exist outside of time and space. Fans already know that the band's stunning catalog sounds like a collection of Top 40 singles from another universe, flourishing outside of mainstream recognition and traditional success. But what they may not know is that even with the major changes in member alignment in recent years, the band is as tight and passionate as it has ever been. The current tour supports the band's new EP, Happy Talk. (Emily Votaw), 8 p.m., $20. Beachland Ballroom.
Snow Tha Product/Mz Crazy Tee/Bre Vibez/2Shots/Halley East Coast
L.A.-based Snow tha Product (Claudia Alexandra Feliciano) raps in both English and Spanish. Born in San Jose, Calif., to undocumented Mexican immigrants, she's been an outspoken political activist for the Latin-American community for years now. Voto Latino used her track "Despierta (Wake Up)" as the official theme for its "27 Million" voter turnout campaign, and Snow recently spoke at the annual Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute in Washington D.C. Her breezy new single, "Nuestra Cancion Pt. 2" features a compelling mix of rapid-fire raps and rattling percussion. (Niesel) 8:30 p.m., $10-$60. Grog Shop.
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In-hye is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 29 hanja with the reading "in" and 16 hanja with the reading "hye" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

People
Queen Dowager Inhye (1445–1499), second wife of King Yejong of Joseon
Lee In-hye (born 1981), South Korean actress
Oh In-hye (1984–2020), South Korean actress

Fictional characters
Lee In-hye, played by Han Yeo-woon in 2005 South Korean television series My Lovely Sam Soon
In-hye, the sister of the main character in 2007 South Korean novel The Vegetarian
Park In-hye, played by Kim Ga-yeon in 2008 South Korean television series Working Mom
Yoo In-hye, played by Kim Hee-ae in 2011 South Korean television series Midas
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Q: C# : Fastest way to remove duplicates point3D linked to indices Sorry for my bad english.
When you use MeshGeometry3D, you must specify :

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*MeshGeometry3D.Positions : Collection of Point3D

*MeshGeometry3D.TriangleIndices : Collection of int

Each indices in TriangleIndices points to a Point3D in Positions. The TriangleIndices.Count is a multiple of 3 because you must specify triangle indices (so 3 indices by triangle).
The struggle is : In Positions, you can have duplicate points if you put them without checking if they already exists in Positions.

Here you can see that Positions[ 2] and Positions[3] are equals.
If you have 1 or 2 triangles, it's ok. But if you have 20000 triangles, it can be a waste of space + it takes longer to process large Collection (add items take longer, get item, remove item, ...).
So a solution is to remove duplicates Point3D in Positions. But if you do that you must change indices in TriangleIndices. If I take my previoux exemple, this will give :

One way to remove duplicates items in Positions is by using Distinct().
But if I use it, I don't know where he deleted the duplicates and so I cannot modify the TriangleIndices collection.
Another way is : When I add Point3D in Positions, I check if the Point3D (to Add) exists in the Collection and if so, I don't add it and I add the indices of the existing Point3D in TriangleIndices. But it requires that I use IndexOf which is slow... really slow.
So my question is : Do you know the fastest way to remove duplicates Point3D linked to indices ?
Thank you.

A: The MeshGeometry3D class is defined with a set of Positions, Normals and TriangleIndicies. By definition, these three lists have the same dimensions.
If you need to save space, you could create a list of Positions without repetitions and a list of ints to store all the references to them for each facet.

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…and justice for all. (1979)
Date: 28 June , 2019 Author: movierob	Category: 1970's, 1979, Crime, Drama, Globe worthy
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Number of Times Seen – Twice (2 Apr 2000 and 24 Jun 2019)
Brief Synopsis – A idealistic lawyer does all he can to stay sane while fighting against the way that the judicial system works.
My Take on it – This is a film that has a few scenes that have become quite iconic and many other forms of media use the quotes from this film both correctly and incorrectly.
The overall premise of this film about the corruption of the judicial system and the way that the system doesn't work well is great even if things are shown in a very over the top fashion.
The stiry line starts off really good and then things get crazier and crazier as the story moves along.
Al Pacino is really good in the lead role and I can completely understand how he could get an Oscar nomination for hos work here.
He can always be counted on to take a character and making that character become an advocate for some kind of cause even when things get taken a bot too far.
In addition to Pacino, the supporting cast is also stellar with lots of familiar faces in the mix that helps the story move forward.
Christine Lahti, Jack Warden, Lee Strasburg, John Forsythe and Jeffrey Tambor all are very helpful in making the story feel like it has an ensemble cast even if there is no question about the fact that Pacino is the true star here.
This film's biggest issue is the fact that it tries much too hard to cram into two hours so many side stories that try to help the cause of the story yet it actually makes it feel more overburdened and unrealistic that all these things can be happening at once due to the heavy weight of all of these story lines woven together like patchwork.
Bottom Line – Good idea that is taken a bit over the top because the story line gets crazier and crazier as things move along. Pacino is great in the lead and I can understand how he could get an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for this role, especially since he has always been great at taking a character and showing that he is dealing with an important cause even when he takes things too far. The supporting cast is also great and its fun seeing well known actors in small roles that help the story along. Lahti, Warden, Strasburg, Forsythe and Tambor all help make this feel like an ensemble cast even if it's clearly Pacino's show here. The biggest problem with this film is the fact that it tries to cram too many side stories into the plot and in the end it feels unrealistic due to the weight of all of these threads woven together. Recommended!
MovieRob's Favorite Trivia – During filming, actor Al Pacino frequently ad libbed and improvised. Pacino like to do this because he was slow learning lines as well as to be spontaneous. This however can interfere with another actor's performance. Reportedly, Pacino's mentor, Lee Strasberg, said "Al, learn your lines, dollink!". Pacino years later recognized that this was good advice. (From IMDB)
Rating – Globe Worthy (7/10)
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Spotify Ramps Up Its Podcast Acquisitions
The popular audio streaming platform beefs up its podcast arsenal, despite posting a loss at its recent earnings call.
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Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) is not only a huge name when it comes to music, but also in relation to podcasts. The streaming services provider recently announced its acquisition of The Ringer, Bill Simmons' sports and culture site, as it expands its podcast pool. The news was revealed ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings call on February 5, with the music streaming business reporting a 200% year over year jump in podcast hours streamed.
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The Ringer will join an extensive list of other podcast-centric acquisitions. Last year, the company paid $340 million to take over Gimlet, one of the fastest-growing podcast production studios. In addition, Spotify acquired Anchor, which is another podcast production and hosting studio. It last spent $56 million on Parcast, which is a story-based studio and it also has a joint partnership with the Wall Street Journal to co-produce the podcast, 'The Journal'.
What does The Ringer add to Spotify?
It's hard to believe that podcasts are only a recent trend and the CEO of Spotify, Daniel Ek, is positive that a lot of streamers will want to hear the content on The Ringer. At its earnings call, he said, "What we really did with The Ringer I think is we bought the next ESPN. We think that's going to be a tremendously valuable property as we look at the development of sports over the next decade."
The deal with Simmons is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020 and the terms are yet to be revealed.
Spotify Slips on Recent Earnings Call
The streaming platform's stock dropped 5% on the afternoon of its recent earnings call. This came from losses per share of -$1.25, which is worse than Wall Street's prediction of -$0.25 cents. The company did generate $2.04 billion of revenue, but this was also lower than analysts' estimates of $2.09 billion.
By the end of the 2019 period, more than 16% of Spotify's 271 million monthly active users (MAU's) were listening to podcasts, which equates to around 43 million users. Europe and North America make up more than 60% of the platforms current subscribers. CEO Ek continues to remain positive about the future of the company, with the streaming service expecting to add around 207 million premium subscribers in the first quarter of 2020 and post smaller operating losses. This year, the company expects to make revenue ranging from $8.88 billion to $9.32 billion.
Beating the Competition
Spotify remains the biggest of all the music-streaming platforms, but the competition is growing. Last month, rival Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), revealed 55 million users for the subscription music service. Meanwhile, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported last summer that it had more than 60 million paying users and TikTok is also preparing to launch a music streaming service. Internationally, the competition grows even stronger with Gaana in India obtaining 152 million MAU's in that country alone. This is a huge threat, as Spotify hopes to grow its subscription numbers in that market.
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya's central bank will start loosening its monetary policy if the government sustains efforts to cut a gaping budget deficit, the bank's governor said on Tuesday.
The finance ministry has set a fiscal deficit of 5.9% for this fiscal year (July 2019-June 2020), which will be lower than the actual deficit of 7.6% in the 2018/19 financial year, Governor Patrick Njoroge told a news conference.
"If this continues there will be scope for monetary accommodation, so a sort of loosening of monetary policy as fiscal policy tightens," he said.
President Uhuru Kenyatta's government has been criticised for increasing borrowing since coming to power in 2013. Total public debt stands at 55% of GDP, up from 42% when he took over.
The envisaged rebalancing of fiscal and monetary policy would stabilise the management of the economy and give authorities room to manoeuvre in case of unforeseen shocks in the future, Njoroge said.
"Fiscal (Treasury) had its foot flat out on the accelerator and we as monetary authorities, in order for the thing not to crash, we had our foot firmly on the brake," he said.
"The car obviously was struggling…you can't continue like that for too long."
Policymakers held the benchmark lending rate at 9.0% on Monday, saying inflation was well anchored within the government's preferred band.
The oil price spike caused by an attack earlier this month on Saudi Arabia's largest oil processing facility would have little impact on inflation, the governor said.
"It won't have a significant impact on inflation," he said.
The central bank still expected the economy to grow by 6% this year, Njoroge said, citing good performance in the tourism sector, a top hard currency earner and employer for Kenya.
The bank was set to review that growth forecast when the statistics office issues growth numbers for the second quarter at the end of this month, he added.
He warned, however, that there were significant risks, including the U.S.-China trade war and the ensuing softening of the global economy.
"The external sector is worsening dramatically," he said.
"On top of that there is uncertainty about the policy response to the things that are happening in the global environment."
On the banking sector, Njoroge said he expected recent consolidation in the sector to continue.
"We are not done yet," he said, adding that the market-driven consolidation was working.
There has been significant deals among lenders since two mid-sized lenders were closed in 2015/16 due to liquidity problems. The most recent major transaction was the acquisition of National Bank of Kenya by KCB Group.
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Dodgy iPhone purchases see Apple apologize over $100M Japan tax bill
By Heath Rivera On Dec 27, 2022
Apple has been forced to file an amended tax return in Japan to the tune of 13 billion yen ($98 million) after authorities discovered bulk sales of iPhones and other products that were incorrectly exempted from Japan's consumption tax.
Nikkei Asia reports that Apple has filed the amended tax return after it emerged that customers had been making bulk purchases of devices like the iPhone 14 in order to resell those handsets.
Japan allows tax-free shopping for visitors who spend less than six months in the country on items including electronic goods. However, the 10% consumption tax still applies to devices bought for resale purposes.
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In a statement, the company confirmed it no longer offers tax-free shopping in its stores and apologized for the inconvenience. The Nikkei Asia report highlights the "unusually large" back tax charge "underscores a glaring loophole in Japan's unique tax-free shopping rules."
"Tax-exempt purchases of consumables such as cosmetics or pharmaceuticals are limited to 500,000 yen, but no cap exists for general goods like home electronics," the report explains. "Stores are responsible for covering unpaid taxes on any purchases failing to meet the requirements that slip through the cracks."
Nikkei reports that tax authorities have pulled in 86.9 billion yen in back tax consumption payments in the year through June. The total levied from Apple represents a huge portion of that (more than 15%).
As the report notes, Japan's tax exemption system is unique in that it offers tax reductions to customers at the point of purchase. Elsewhere in the world, customers are usually required to reclaim their taxes when they leave the country by filling in paperwork.
Apple operates 10 retail stores in Japan, including five in the capital, Tokyo. Earlier this year Apple announced it was demolishing and relocating its historic Apple Store Ginza in Tokyo. The Ginza store was Apple's first retail location outside of the U.S.
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January 14, 2021 January 14, 2021 CPE	0 Comments	1619 Project, 1776 Commission, American exceptionalism, Civics, Daniel Immerwahr, democracy, Donald Trump, history, Make America Great Again, Teaching American History, The New York Times, Washington Post
Many Americans like to believe that America is exceptional. Oddly, the ones who believe most strongly in an idealized history of this country also seem to understand that history the least. One reason for this is that many of those people don't understand how to study history or why we learn it in the first place. As a country, we should feel some urgency to do better teaching the study of history to better prepare future generations.
History Isn't Just For Patriots
We teach students how to understand the U.S., not to love it — or hate it
The point of history is not to list all the good things or bad things that have happened, nor to strike some desired balance between them. It's to understand origins, persistence and change.
By Daniel Immerwahr
"A good history class….doesn't treat the United States as an unvarying force for freedom or oppression but as an arena where worldviews compete. Students learn that different people had…clashing understandings of what made their country 'great.' They learn that history is messy."
Is the United States the world's greatest country? When asked that question eight years ago, 70 percent of American citizens surveyed said yes. Now, a recent study by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs shows that only 54 percent answer affirmatively. Democrats are likelier to see their country as normal and Republicans are likelier to see it as uniquely great, but the decline is bipartisan. It's also age-based: A similar Pew study found that respondents under 30 were markedly less enamored of their country than those over 50. Across the board, U.S. exceptionalism is faltering.
Maybe that's okay. Achieving a more perfect union requires confronting dark truths — such as the centrality of slavery to U.S. history, the subject of the New York Times' 1619 Project. These make flags droop but promise that an unvarnished accounting will aid the cause of progress. Not everyone agrees, though. President Trump tried to counter the 1619 Project with his own 1776 Commission, which would defend the "nobility of the American character," he explained. ("We want our sons and daughters to know that they are the citizens of the most exceptional nation in the history of the world.") Here, too, the ambition is understandable: A proud citizenry will more readily uphold the country's institutions, respect its laws and do so with a sense of shared purpose.
"We want our sons and daughters to know that they are the citizens of the most exceptional nation in the history of the world."
These are the contours of the battle over patriotism in the curriculum: Should students learn of their country's virtues or shortcomings? Should they leave class feeling proud or ashamed?
I teach history, and such questions have always struck me as odd, for two reasons. First, we design curriculums around what students will learn rather than how they'll feel. The aim of a geometry class is not for students to love or hate triangles but to learn the Pythagorean theorem. Similarly, the point of U.S. history isn't to have students revere or reject the country but to help them understand it.
The second reason is that, by imagining history class as a pep rally or a gripe session, we squeeze the history out of it. The United States becomes a fixed entity with static principles, inviting approval or scorn. And that makes it hard to see how the country has changed with time.
Typically, the debate about American exceptionalism has a left/right split, with progressives seeing the values of the country as aspirational and conservatives seeing them as achieved. The left focuses on deficiencies, asking how an imperfect country might better realize its ideals; this spirit animates progressive movements like those for civil rights and broader access to health care. The right, by contrast, focuses on what works and regards persistent faultfinding as ingratitude that might undermine the national mission; this spirit animates the patriotism behind civil or military service.
But plunge into the past, and the idea that the United States has an enduring mission becomes harder to defend. The 18th-century founders inhabited a world that seems, from our vantage, almost impossibly strange.
But plunge into the past, and the idea that the United States has an enduring mission becomes harder to defend. The 18th-century founders inhabited a world that seems, from our vantage, almost impossibly strange. It was an honor society, where leading politicians responded to slights by fighting fatal duels. It was a hierarchical society, where, according to the Articles of Confederation, "paupers" and "vagabonds" weren't due the protection of the law. And it was, of course, a slave society, where the national bank issued loans using human captives as collateral.
If you're inclined, you can feed these facts into an indictment. The country's distinct lack of greatness, the argument goes, is not a matter of unrealized ideals. It's rather that the United States, sited on stolen lands and built by enslaved workers, was founded on rotten principles. Its Constitution was not framed for "we the people" but to secure the interests of the "fifty-five privileged white males who wrote it," the late historian Howard Zinn argued, adding that the government has served "the wealthy and powerful" ever since. In his view, the problem isn't that the dream was deferred but that it was a nightmare from the start.
Yet reading the country's character from its origins can lead to a flat interpretation. Such an indictment makes little room for the possibility that things might have changed in the past two and a half centuries.
And things have changed. The most compelling case for national greatness, if you're playing that game, is that the country is ironically great, in that it started with dubious ideals but, fortunately, failed to realize them. The reason it failed is that people argued against, fought and ultimately defeated dominant 18th-century values, often overcoming serious entrenched interests to do so. They're the ones we should thank for the fact that, when men and women have sex outside of marriage, the men can no longer be sued by the women's fathers for "loss of services."
It's not just laws that have changed but principles, too. Consider how 21st-century politicians brag about their country. It is the greatest because it has the "greatest employment numbers," as Trump has said, or because its "cars and movies and technologies" are the "envy of the entire world," as Mitt Romney has declared. For Barack Obama, it's the tolerance and opportunity that allowed a man whose father grew up in a "tin-roof shack" in Kenya to achieve any dream he wanted. Today's politicians take evident pride in the United States' small businesses, large military and middle class. Such boasts would have baffled the founders, though. They thought little about providing jobs or creating an entertainment empire. For them, the "pursuit of happiness" emphatically did not imply a Black man becoming president. When Thomas Jefferson was pressed to defend the virtues of his country, he pointed to the large size of its quadrupeds. Greatness, in other words, is a moving target.
A good history class helps students see that. It doesn't treat the United States as an unvarying force for freedom or oppression but as an arena where worldviews compete. Students learn that different people had irreconcilable dreams, clashing understandings of what made their country "great." They learn that history is messy.
It is this appreciation for change and multiple perspectives that makes the U.S. history classroom a poor place to inculcate or beat back patriotism. "How great are we?" is simply not the question history seeks to answer. "How did we get here?" is closer to the mark.
The point of history is not to list all the good things or bad things that have happened, nor to strike some desired balance between them. It's to understand origins, persistence and change. We teach it because we hope that knowing how slavery ended or the Second World War began will equip students to think intelligently about the present. History helps them to see why and by whom their world was built. It shows them how visions have had consequences — sometimes far-reaching, sometimes unintended. It gives them the intellectual tools to act on their society: a complex, dynamic place that is theirs to change or conserve.
"We teach it because we hope that knowing how slavery ended or the Second World War began will equip students to think intelligently about the present. History helps them to see why and by whom their world was built. It shows them how visions have had consequences — sometimes far-reaching, sometimes unintended."
The aim of history class isn't to get students to love or loathe their country. It's to prepare them to live in it.
Daniel Immerwahr teaches history at Northwestern University and is the author of How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States.
Donald Trump and the Irony of American Exceptionalism
Trump's campaign was based on the idea of unique American superiority, but it showed that the USA is actually no different than any number of other countries — democratic or totalitarian — that can be manipulated by a clever demagogue.
By Milton J Bennett
As a US American who spends a lot of time in Europe, I have apparently picked up a tendency to appreciate irony. So along with other Europeans (and even a lot of Americans) I was struck during the US presidential campaign by the irony of a proudly rich and pathetically wannabe elitist guy claiming to speak for downtrodden workers, of a shady global businessman arguing for trade restriction, and of an aggressive bully crying his tweets out.
A really serious irony of the Trump triumph, though, concerns the myth of American exceptionalism. Trump's campaign was based on the idea of unique American superiority, but it showed that the USA is actually no different than any number of other countries — democratic or totalitarian — that can be manipulated by a clever demagogue.
Trump's successful slogan, "Make America Great Again," is clearly an appeal to exceptionalism. It is no accident that Trump speaks of "America" and not "USA." The term "USA" or "US American" denotes nationality and thus membership in the global family of nations. On the other hand, "America" is an appeal to the substantial portion of the population who don't just think that the United States is unique (as famously noted by Alexis de Tocqueville), but who hold that American ideals are the acme of political development and the God-given perfection of society. This utopian belief in exceptionalism makes people vulnerable to a narrative in which the perfection must be protected from nefarious outside forces. Thus, ironically, exceptionalism breeds conventional compliance to authority.
President Obama once had a more nuanced view of exceptionalism, expressed in a 2009 Financial Times interview: "I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism." This slight nod to cultural relativity generated a firestorm of protest from American nativists, and among a string of corrections was his 2014 statement to the US Military Academy, "I believe in American exceptionalism with every fiber of my being." I suspect that Obama knows better, but at least in his presidential role he also knows better than to go against this strongest of American myths.
"The belief that there is only one truth, and that one's self is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world."
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The Nobel Laureate physicist Max Born, himself a victim of Nazi persecution, said "the belief that there is only one truth, and that one's self is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world." No matter how good an idea seems to be – freedom, or human rights, or divine obedience – an unquestioned belief in it carries the seeds of intolerance and worse. In this case, the true believers in American exceptionalism have spawned President Donald Trump.
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Jayden Resources
TSXV: JDN
Audit Committee Charter
News Release: January 15, 2021
Jayden Closes 2nd Tranche of Private Placement
Vancouver, B.C., January 15, 2021; Jayden Resources Inc. ("Jayden" or the "Company") (TSXV:JDN) is pleased to announce it has received final approval from the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") to close a unit offering (the "Offering") previously announced on September 9, 2020.
Jayden Receives TSXV Approval for Harry Acquisition
Vancouver, B.C., January 12, 2021; Jayden Resources Inc. ("Jayden" or the "Company") (TSXV:JDN) is pleased to announce that it has received final acceptance from the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") for the acquisition of the Harry and Outland Silver Bar properties (the "Property") from Teuton Resources Corp. ("Teuton") (TUO:TSXV) as announced on September 4, 2020.
News Release: December 9, 2020
Teuton Samples 7.8 oz/ton over 2 Metres on Harry Property
Vancouver, B.C., December 9, 2020; Jayden Resources Inc. ("Jayden" or the "Company") (TSXV:JDN) is pleased to announce that Teuton Resources Corp. ("Teuton") (TUO:TSXV) has discovered a new zone of mineralization on its Harry property averaging 7.86 ounces/ton gold (269.5 g/t) across a 2 metre width (see Teuton news release dated December 9, 2020). The full width of the zone has not been defined due to overburden cover.
News Release: November 5, 2020
Jayden Receives Conditional Acceptance for Harry Acquisition
Vancouver, B.C., November 5, 2020; Jayden Resources Inc. ("Jayden" or the "Company") (TSXV:JDN) is pleased to announce that it has received conditional acceptance from the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") for the acquisition of the Harry and Outland Silver Bar properties (the "Property") from Teuton Resources Corp. ("Teuton") as announced on September 4, 2020.
Pursuant to the terms of the option agreement entered into between the Company and Teuton, the Company may acquire an initial 55% interest in the Property by making aggregate cash payments totaling $180,000 ($25,000 in the first year) and incurring $2,000,000 ($100,000 in the first year) in exploration expenditures over the course of 5 years. An additional 20% interest in the Property can be acquired by Jayden taking the Property into commercial production on or before the 15th anniversary date of final acceptance by the Exchange. Teuton will retain a 2% net smelter royalty on the Property.
Final acceptance of the acquisition is subject to the Company meeting certain filing requirements with the Exchange including but not limited to providing an updated NI43-101 Report on the Property which is currently underway.
For further information about this news release or the Company contact info@jaydenresources.com, visit our website at www.jaydenresources.com or call us at 604-688-9588.
On Behalf of the Board:
"David Eaton"
© 2021 Jayden Resources


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Torneos privados
Torneos profesionales
Sobre D&B
Santander Golf Tour
HA RANG LEE FROM CANTABRIA, CHAMPION OF THE FIRST TEST OF THE SANTADER GOLF TOUR IN PEDREÑA
By Dacil
/ Santander Golf Tour
With a result of minus six total he took his first triumph as a professional
Luna Sobrón, second solo with a result of minus five total
Marta García Llorca, best amateur when finishing in third position (-4)
For the first time in Spain, the electronic card has been used in a professional tournament
Official website of the circuit
Interview with Ha rang Lee
The Cantabrian Ha rang Lee has managed to win the trophy thanks to a spectacular return of 66 strokes (-5) and has thus achieved her first victory as a professional at the age of 24. Lee started the second round four strokes behind the leader, but it was no impediment to quickly get to the top, thanks to four birdies in the first nine holes.
The classification underwent constant changes thanks to the number of birdies and eagles that were seen throughout the second round. Luna Sobrón, second with a result of minus five total, and Silvia Bañón and Marta García Llorca third with minus four total, constantly stalked the leadership.
For the second nine holes, the fight for the lead was still very much alive. Silvia Bañón took the lead thanks to three consecutive birdies on 10, 11 and 12. Luna Sobrón recovered from the errors of the first round with three birdies, but the strength and solidity of Harang Lee, with another three birdies for the nine seconds holes, decided the triumph for the player of Korean parents but born in Cantabria.
At the end of the test, Ha rang claimed to have been very comfortable throughout the tour: "I felt super comfortable, I had not competed for a long time and the truth is that I had a great time on the field, I had two very good games and I was very happy and that was the key ".
In addition, she was very happy to achieve her first victory as a professional and nothing more and nothing less than in one of the courses that has seen her grow: "I feel super happy, because it is one of my favorite courses, it is super beautiful, greens perfect and it's great to be able to win my first title here ".
All the players highlighted the good condition of the field, and especially of the Pedreña greens, "fast and very homogeneous".
The Santander Golf Tour ranking after this first round of the year is headed by the Cantabrian Harang Lee, followed by Luna Sobrón.
The next stop on the Santander Golf Tour will be at the Lerma Golf Club, where the Santander Golf Tour Letas Burgos will be held from October 15 to 16.
Classification Day 2
Facts about the field
The Real Golf de Pedreña was founded on December 29, 1928, the date on which the purchase of the 274 farms that initially formed the course was agreed. The initiative of the construction corresponded to H.M. Queen Victoria Eugenia.
Throughout all these decades the Cantabrian club has been a source from which dynasties have sprung up that have written the history of Spanish golf: Bedia, Carriles, Cayarga, Roqueñi, Rozadilla, Sierra, Sota and, of course, Ballesteros. The unforgettable Seve has made the tour a place revered by lovers of this sport, since every fan knows that the Cantabrian genius was forged in Pedreña.
The course, of course, has undergone modifications throughout all these years, and currently has 5,764 meters, par 70, but it has always been ensured by the commitment that the course is played as Harry traced. Colt in 1927. In recent times the club has added a short game area that includes a pair of bunkers and two greens.
About the circuit
The Santander Golf Tour is a firm commitment by Banco Santander to professional women's golf and has the support of Santander Private Banking as a sponsor. Wilson Golf, Addictive and Estrella Damm are preferred suppliers. The Royal Spanish Golf Federation together with the rest of the territorial Federations through which the circuit passes add the rest of the essential support for the celebration of this tour.
The Santander Golf Tour has its own app and website: santandergolftour.es. For more information: prensa@deporteandbusiness.com
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YouTube & Google: In the dirty business of manipulating "likes" & "dislikes"
Updated: Apr 4, 2021
April 3, 2021: By now, most people should know that YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter are all equally disreputable, unethical, and corrupt companies led by management teams who oppose free speech and ethical business practices. These tech-tyrants all have a rich tradition of manipulating and influencing the minds of millions of their users by altering facts and dishing out unrelenting psychological head-games (via products and services aimed at advancing the ideologies/cults of global technocracy and progressive scientism). The headline that YouTube is advancing to the next stage of censorship and information manipulation (by "selectively canceling" its already useless practice of "likes & dislikes") should not come as a surprise to anyone.
What makes the most recent YouTube news of special interest is the selective and biased cancelation of dislikes where it best suits their ideological pursuits. Similarly, the company is selectively hyperinflating likes wherever the topic and videos in question support the company's ideological profile. Nowhere did we see these manipulative dynamics of selective and biased censorship and manipulation of likes and dislikes in play than the months just before, during, and after the 2020 US federal election – a timeframe where every YouTube effort was geared towards cheating in favor of Joe Biden and angling against President Trump and the MAGA populist movement. Anyone with eyes, ears, and a reasonably functioning brain has seen this play out blatantly and in perpetuity.
To add some perspective to the comments made above, consider the news confirming that YouTube deleted 2.5 million 'Dislikes' from Biden's White House videos in one giant purge (Epoch Times – Petr Svab; April 2, 2021) The purge comes on the heels of reports indicating that YouTube is seriously considering a policy that would remove visible dislike counts altogether. However, true to YouTube's deceitful and manipulative ways, the company decided to "selectively" remove millions of dislikes exclusively aimed at the incompetent fool occupying the White House today.
The Google-owned video platform has always incorporated a policy to remove likes and dislikes at its own "discretion" and in a so-called effort to remove what it considers to be spam. Google CEO Sundar Pichai's vague definition of this outrageous policy of censorship suits his technocratic and globalist interests perfectly. By way of example, YouTube considers likes for President Trump and anything MAGA related to qualify as spam and, therefore, worthy of "sweeping elimination". Similarly, any dislikes for Biden and his illegitimate team are spam and purged from the platform. To reiterate, the most recent purge of "damning dislikes" for Biden's pathetic and cringeworthy video collection resulted in the arbitrary removal of over 2.5 million dislikes. This is egregious censorship is unlike anything ever seen. It is also a perfect example of why nobody should consider YouTube a credible source of information nor an accurate portrayal of public sentiment – the information is a collection of lies manipulated by an unethical company full of liars and led by a pathologically corrupt CEO.
According to the Epoch Times, a spokesperson for YouTube claimed, "We have policies and systems in place to ensure that the engagement on YouTube is authentic – and we remove any fraudulent metrics." (Epoch Times – Petr Svab; April 2, 2021) When asked to provide specific examples of the "policies" in place, the YouTube spokesperson refused to offer a response. We have all seen this sort of behavior in the most recent Tech-Tyrant US Senate hearings where the same arrogance has repeatedly been on full display by Google/YouTube CEO Sundar Pichai – Pichai's brand of absolute arrogance clearly spills over to his senior executives and management team. In this world of two-tier business ethics and class structure, scumbags like those found in YouTube's senior management operate in an insulated bubble where the rules of engagement for the rest of society are absent by design.
According to website 81m.org, Biden's White House channel posted more than 300 videos that earned an aggregate total of over 3.7 million dislikes of which over 2.5 million were removed. (81m.org; April 2021) As an aside, anyone interested in a fascinating independent tracker of YouTube's systematic manipulation of data should get to know the 81m.org website, bookmark it, and make it a practice to review their visual dashboards – the information is excellent and visually impactful. The 81m.org website indicates that YouTube is deleting an average of approximately 8,000 'dislikes' per White House video with not a single 'like' removed. Even after the intervention and manipulation by YouTube, Biden's White House videos have nearly six times more dislikes than likes on average. Prior to YouTube manipulation and "selective" purging, the ratio of dislikes-to-likes for Biden's White House videos is 17:1 – in other words, each Joe Biden White House video has an average of 17 'dislikes' to 1 'like'.
The pattern of YouTube dislike purging occurs either once per hour in smaller batches or in massive "batches" all at once – in the case of Biden's White House videos, YouTube has incorporated both techniques to mislead its user base. It is well worth noting that website 81m.org lists a wide range of results for other major YouTube channels with large followings - none of them are remotely close to the pattern of dislike removals seen on the Biden White House website. (81m.org; April 2021)
According to a YouTube spokesperson, the corrupt video streamer is testing and considering the launch of a new platform design that maintains the dislike button, however, will no longer display the number of dislikes. The spokesperson said, "This is a test for a small group of users and is a response to creator feedback that the visible count may impact their wellbeing". (Epoch Times – Petr Svab; April 2, 2021) Talk about a shameful and business-immoral excuse to hide their manipulative ways.
Despite Google and YouTube's insistence that they offer their services in a politically neutral format and spirit, employee whistleblowers and leaked internal materials constantly indicate that Pichai and his senior management thugs continue to pound their cult-like ideology that is steeped in technocracy, scientism, and transhumanism (please refer to the Extremely American website for multiple articles on these globalist-related terms). During a November 24, 2020 interview with Tucker Carlson, Robert Epstein (world renowned research psychologist) confirmed that "Google search results are strongly biased in favor of liberals and Democrats. This is not true of [competitors] Bing or Yahoo." Beyond the research capturing and quantifying the degree of manipulation and bias by techno-rogues like YouTube and Google, common sense is all that is needed to understand that YouTube is a radioactive cesspool of cult-like technocracy, scientism, and AI-based transhumanism."
So, what does all this mean? Hopefully, most people have already arrived at a place where they know that (1) YouTube censors videos by banning anything not "qualifying" for their brand of technocracy and progressive socialism, (2) the like & dislike figures reflect meaningless and fabricated data, and (3) YouTube's lack of integrity and business ethics is intentional and targeted at its users to win over their minds by using pure deception and manipulation techniques. For many people, these traits are known all too well through their own personal experiences with these toxic mainstream social platforms. It also explains why millions have left the major tech tyrants in the hope of finding more ethical and unbiased social media platforms. It is worth noting that there are great alternatives to the YouTube video "outhouse". Excellent alternatives include Rumble, BitChute, Frank, PeerTube, and Dtube (for more detailed information about these alternative social app platforms please refer to www.extremelyamerican.com/post/eight-alternatives-to-the-technology-oligarchs). In summary, it is critical to ensure you "purify" your intake of news and information by leaving YouTube and disregarding anything reflecting "dashboard data" on that site – the site and its unethical CEO Pichai are out to censor, manipulate and deceive its user base. By: Extremely American Colin Wright
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Biden's 1st Annual News Conference: "Proof of the world's most ignorant & delusional political hack"


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S Korea prepares message boards for North
PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE:The bulletin boards, which resemble electronic boards at sports stadiums, have previously carried slogans such as 'North Korea is a difficult place'
Reuters, SEOUL
South Korea is preparing to escalate its psychological warfare against North Korea in response to its latest nuclear test with giant electronic message boards along the border.
South Korea has already set up walls of loudspeakers on the border that have been blaring bursts of anti-North Korean slogans and "K-pop" music since Friday last week, a tactic the North considers insulting.
The South Korean Ministry of Defense yesterday said that it was preparing to install the old electronic bulletin boards, which media said were last used in 2004.
"It takes some time to arrange them because the electronic bulletin boards that were used before were dismantled or old," ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said.
However, Kim said that no final decision had been made on whether to go ahead with the installation.
The bulletin boards in the past carried slogans such as "Come over to the Republic of Korea," and "North Korea is a difficult place."
The screens resemble electronic scoreboards at sports stadiums, another military official said.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday said that the loudspeaker broadcasts against the North were "the most effective and certain tool for psychological warfare."
The last time the South used the speakers, in August last year, it led to a standoff that included an exchange of artillery fire.
Park said the tactic had an impact in the North.
"According to defectors who served on the North's front line, they first did not trust what loudspeakers broadcast, but they came to believe it then crossed the border, risking their lives," Park said in a televised speech.
"The power of truth is the strongest threat to a totalitarian regime," she said.
South Korea's loudspeakers were Seoul's initial retaliation for North Korea's fourth nuclear test, on Wednesday last week, but Park has also called for "bone-numbing" international sanctions.
North Korea appears to have responded with its own psychological operations. It is suspected of sending hot air balloons dropping leaflets critical of the Seoul government into the South on recent nights.
The North is also using its own loudspeaker broadcasts, although South Korean officials say those appear intended to muffle the broadcasts from the South.


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Q: What is the difference between a hard and a soft reboot? Often I hear doing a hard reboot (completely powering off a computer and restarting it) as opposed to a soft reboot (restarting by some command in the operating system).
What, exactly, are the differences between them? And why is a hard reboot sometimes necessary? Is there a difference depending on OS such as Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X?

A: A "power-off-on-reset" may affect your hardware negative (e.g. HDD) if you do it very often or don't wait some seconds before switching on again (may affect your power supply).
In general the major difference is that each and every component of you computer is getting resetted on a power-off-on-reset. Making a reboot via software or reset-switch only affects those devices that in some way are getting informed about the restart by a bus system or a reset-signal.
If a component is in a state where it hang so badly that it is not even able to process this reset signal that there is a difference. I had the case of an USB powered smartcard reader with badly programmed Win7 drivers that requires a power-off-on for working again. Of course you don't have to power down the whole PC for resetting an USB device...
Another difference you will get on devices that are only connected to power and to not get any reset-signal. I have the case e.g. with a SATA2IDE bridge that is not fully stable when running 24/7. Every two or three weeks I power it down for making to work stable.

A: In another question posted today (03 April, 2016) user @Celeritas posted an almost identical question. The last answer to this question was posted almost 4½ years ago, so I believe an update is warranted.Back in 2011 most HDDs parked their heads in the so-called landing zone. Today most HDDs park their heads completely off the drive (I've take enough apart to know this), so there is little difference between shutting down a HDD via a cold boot and a warm boot, as the heads in today's HDDs never contact the disks' surfaces.I can't enumerate all the difference between a cold and warm boot, but a couple of big ones are the system and graphics RAM. Unless the graphics driver is specifically designed to do so, its RAM is not cleared during a warm boot. Whatever was there before the reboot will be there after the reboot, unless the video RAM gets overwritten during the reboot, which is probably 99.99% of the time, but that .01% can cause endless headaches. (On another machine I used to see bits and pieces of whatever was in my graphics RAM during a warm boot after the machine had shut down.) This can also be true of system RAM. At work before I retired, if we had problems with our servers (multiple app and database servers) and needed to restart them, we often could not clear the trouble without shutting down the machine for at least thirty seconds or more.So if you're having problems with a computer that seems to be RAM related, the best advice is to shut down the computer for at least twenty, if not thirty, seconds and then start.