Round Dancing is basically choreographed ballroom or couple dancing, with all couples dancing the same figures around the floor at the same time, similar to a formation dance team or to sequence dancing. Over the last 50+ years, thousands of routines have been choreographed to match specific music in almost every dance style imaginable. A routine done to a specific piece of music in Colorado USA is almost always the same routine you would do to that music in Japan or any other place worldwide at the same level of difficulty.
This formation-team type of dancing eliminates the traffic-jam feeling that you sometimes get while free-form ballroom dancing. Dancers are able to concentrate more on how they are executing figures and dancing as one coherent unit as opposed to trying to think about which figure or pattern to do next.
Dancers rely on an instructor to guide them through the figures in each routine, thereby eliminating the need to memorize. In an average evening session a couple typically dances 20-60 different routines.
Another distinguishing characteristic of Round Dancing is the use of a "cuer." Since there are far too many routines to memorize, a cuer calls out the name of each figure in the routine just before it is to be executed. If you have a memory lapse or are unfamiliar with a particular routine or figure, you can continue progressing with the dance flow until you get to a spot or a figure that you recognize.
Round Dancers learn from day 1 to associate each foot pattern with the figure name. This makes it easier to teach future routines since the dancer has a repertoire of figures at their fingertips (okay 'foottips'). The average dancer has a repitoire of hundreds of routines and will typically dance 20-60 of these routines during the average evening. Clubs and classes, in addition to putting on known routines, will also typically teach part or all of a new routine or work on figures each evening.
This is not to say that Round Dancing is better than conventional ballroom. Rather, the two complement each other. Round Dancing helps you strengthen your basic repertoire of ballroom figures and permits you to do some figures that you would not dare to try at a conventional ballroom dance. We find that each type of dancing reinforces the other and leads to greater enjoyment of dancing in general.
There are 6 levels of Round Dancing called phases. Phases 1 & 2 are "easy level" and include two step (similar to a type of country western dancing) and waltz (bronze figures - enough to dance at your daughter's wedding & elsewhere -- the basics). Phase 3 & 4 are the intermediate levels (bronze & silver figures) and include additional waltz figures, in addition to introductions to other rhythms in the International & American styles. Rhythms include: foxtrot, quickstep (similar to Arthur Murray foxtrot), International tango, American tango, Argentine tango, cha, rumba, bolero, mambo, jive, swing, west coast swing, samba, paso doble, slow two step (also called night-club two step), and others. Phase 5 & 6 (gold, star, & above figures) take dancers into the upper levels of dancing, including most of the figures you see at ballroom competitions. At the upper levels, many of the Round Dance instructors are trained by some of the best International & American ballroom teachers/competitors in the world.
On our links page, you can learn more about just what round dancing is and the history of dance in general. There are many sources to help you find where you can dance and where there are teachers to help you learn more. Several manuals, technique books & videotapes have been created by round-dance organizations and individuals around the world, and the cue sheets for individual dances are readily available. There are many sources for good dance music and for dance shoes. You need to have a good pair of dance shoes.
Round Dancing is good exercise and provides a relatively inexpensive evening's entertainment: the price for a typical club dance is about $10-$15 per couple for 1-1/2 to 3 hours. In addition, the social camaraderie should not be overlooked. Round Dancers tend to be extremely friendly, sociable, and helpful people.
Round Dance clubs & classes can be found in and around every major city in the United States & Canada, as well as many cities in Europe & Asia (especially Japan). There are also many weekend & week-long Round Dance festivals and conventions offered almost every week of the year. Many of these can be found in the DIXIE, ICBDA, and ROUNDALAB, Dance - Round Out Your Life websites & newsletters, and through local and international Round Dance organizations.
Colorado is very lucky to have a strong Round Dance organization, CRDA, and therefore a large number of Round Dance CLUBS & CLASSES and EVENTS. JOIN US and make Round Dancing in Colorado even better!


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"I Let My Husband Have An Affair In Our Home"
A game of poker gave Julie's* husband a chance to sleep with another woman – and she felt she had no choice but to go along with it.
"I got married at a young age and had my first child at 21, two years after tying the knot. A baby usually marks a new chapter in a couple's life, but for me, it marked the start of the end of my marriage.
One day in 2004, my husband Zach* told me that his friend, Lena*, would be staying with us for a while. She was going through a bad divorce and needed temporary shelter for herself, her elderly mother and two young children. Zach sympathised with her predicament and wanted to help her.
I don't know why I agreed to take Lena in, especially when Zach used to have a major crush on her in school – she was the one who got away, he once told me. Yet, I felt neither jealousy nor suspicion. I just wanted to support Zach's every decision.
We lived in a small flat – there was only one bedroom for us and our baby daughter – so Lena and her family slept on mattresses on the living room floor. Although our flat felt cramped, I didn't complain as I believed in good karma – if we helped Lena out, she might return the favour in future.
Lena and I became close friends. We treated each other like sisters, occasionally going on shopping sprees and indulging in girly talk. I even helped to look after her kids when she was at work. About three months after Lena moved in with us, Zach suggested a game of poker after supper, when the rest of the household was asleep.
The game started out harmlessly enough but after a few rounds, he cheekily proposed that the loser carry out a 'dare' thought up by the winner. It sounded exciting, so Lena and I played along. We played three more rounds, all of which Zach won, while Lena lost. I'm not sure if they rigged the game to ensure that the 'dare' stayed between the two of them. They might have, but I was naive enough not to suspect anything – I just laughed at Lena's bad luck.
Zach didn't issue the 'dares' immediately. It was quite late and he said he needed time to think up interesting things for Lena to do. "I'll let you both know once I have something in mind. I will collect the dares in stages," he teased.
Zach came up with his first dare a few weeks later. He wanted Lena to kiss him and asked me if I was comfortable with it. I wasn't, of course, but he assured me that it would just be a playful kiss and nothing more.
Zach called Lena into our bedroom, closed the door, and told her what she had to do. I felt so uncomfortable watching him snog another woman – as if I was invading their privacy. But I didn't stop them and they were done after a few minutes.
You would think that after kissing someone else's husband, Lena would feel sheepish around me. But she acted like nothing had happened. My husband, too, didn't seem to guilty – he was beaming from ear to ear for days after that kiss. I shrugged off the incident as something that was done as part of the game.
A few days later, Zach told me he wanted to have sex with Lena as her second dare. I was stunned and said no. Zach dropped the issue then but pestered me again over the next few days. He even threw tantrums and accused me of being a bad sport. Tired of his rants and our constant arguments, I gave in. My condition was that it had to be on a weekend afternoon when no one else was at home.
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The day came along and Zach got very excited, asking me to wait outside the bedroom as they did the deed. A part of me wondered if my spouse was testing me. Maybe he would just fool around with Lena – a kiss here, a touch there – and not go all the way. Maybe I had nothing to worry about, I thought. To erase any doubts, I peeked through the bedroom window, which faced the common corridor. When I saw their naked bodies, I knew I was wrong.
I found myself torn as to what to do next – a part of me was horrified and didn't want to watch my husband having sex with another woman, but another part of me couldn't tear my eyes away. Maybe if I stared hard and long enough, the naked figures would turn out to be figments of my imagination. But that was not to be, so I pulled myself away from the window and waited for them to finish. When Zach and Lena finally emerged from the bedroom, they again behaved as if nothing had happened.
I felt numb – everything was so surreal. But I didn't confront them as I had allowed the sex to happen. Besides, I didn't want to anger my husband. I was very insecure back then and since Zach was the sole breadwinner, I depended on him for a lot of things. I was afraid that if I denied him anything, he would walk out on me and our baby.
After their tryst, Zach and Lena became more open about their relationship. They went on dates and even spent nights at hotels, leaving me alone to look after the children. I felt like I was Lena's maid, yet I did it anyway, thinking that I had no choice.
Looking back, I blame my low self-esteem for making me so acquiescent. I suspected that Lena's mother knew her daughter was having an affair with my husband, but she either didn't care or preferred to ignore the matter.
One day, Zach told me that it was time for Lena's third dare. He asked me to join Lena and him in the bedroom for a threesome, as he'd always fantasised about that sexual experience. I hesitated at first, but desperate to remain in his good books, I agreed.
I regretted my decision immediately. Zach kept comparing my body and sexual know-hows to Lena's. He kept praising her sexiness and slim, taut body – he said I should lose weight if I wanted him to be as adventurous in bed with me as he was with Lena. He also said that Lena knew how to please a man more than I did, and asked me to 'learn' from her.
I felt ashamed and humiliated – how could my husband disrespect me like that? How could I let him get away with such brazenness? I couldn't wait for the 'session' to be over – I just wanted the dares to end so life could go back to normal.
But life didn't go back to normal. Zach and Lena continued their affair right under my nose – they were even proud of it. I put up with it as long as I could, but a year after Lena moved into our home, I decided to end my three-year marriage to Zach.
I had finally woken up to the truth that Zach was an awful husband. I hated the emotional roller coaster ride he had dragged me into – I kept alternating between guilt, depression, love, disgust, eagerness to please him… the list went on. I no longer wanted to accept his philandering ways, although I partly blamed myself for helping to orchestrate the situation.
I don't think I would have had the courage to walk away if not for my ex-schoolmate Jeff*, who is now my second husband. We had reconnected a few months before I'd asked my husband for a divorce.
I'd told him everything about the affair and how it started, and he gave me a shoulder to cry on. He reminded me that I shouldn't be living a lie and staying in a loveless marriage, and advised me to do what was right for myself. He encouraged me and never once criticised my looks or my capabilities.
Jeff built up my self-confidence and gave me the strength to finally end it with Zach. Jeff made me see that a man who truly loved me would never hurt me like Zach did. That's why I married Jeff about two years after my divorce. I fell madly in love with my knight in shining armour – he knew how to treat me right.
To this day, I can't really explain why I sanctioned Zach's affair with Lena. My mother is convinced that it was because I was under a spell, some form of black magic that Zach used to turn me into an obedient wife. But I don't think that was the case.
I think I was just a young, simple-minded girl with no confidence. I had been afraid that Zach would dump me for Lena and I would become a single mum to our baby girl. I had felt that I would rather share him than be left in the dark about his waywardness. If Jeff hadn't reappeared in my life, I probably would still be living the nightmare.
Thanks to my second husband, my children – my daughter from my previous marriage and the three children Jeff and I had – can grow up in a happy and healthy home, with an honest, trustworthy and loving dad. Thanks to Jeff, I found my independence and the motivation to upgrade my skills, which landed me a steady office job. It was also thanks to him that I managed to pull myself out of that silly stupor I must have been in when I allowed Zach to destroy our marriage. I now understand that my life is what I make of it, and never again will I let others control how it turns out."
*Names have been changed
Text: As told to Aslinda Said/Simply Her April 2014 Issue
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Trump Confirms New Social Media Platform, Names Several Republicans To Watch For 2024 Presidential Primary
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Former President Donald Trump confirmed news that he plans to launch his own social media platform in the near future, and he named several Republicans that conservatives should keep their eye on as potential 2024 presidential candidates.
Trump confirmed the claim made to Fox News on Sunday by one of his advisers that he was creating "the hottest ticket in social media" that is going to "completely redefine the game."
In a podcast interview, Trump told "The Truth with Lisa Boothe" with iHeart Radio and "Gingrich 360" that he is "doing things having to do with putting our own platform out there" that will be coming out "soon."
When asked about 2024 and viable Republican presidential candidates, Trump said people should keep an eye on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, Sens. Ted Cruz (TX), Rand Paul (KY) and Josh Hawley (MO), among "others."
Trump specifically referenced a straw poll that was conducted this year at CPAC that surveyed attendees on a wide range of issues.
The most noteworthy results from the poll included:
Thinking ahead, if the 2024 Republican primary for president in your state were held today among the following candidates, for whom would you vote?
Donald Trump – 55%
Ron DeSantis – 21%
Kristi Noem – 4%
Nikki Haley – 3%
Mike Pompeo – 2%
Now among a different list of candidates, which does not include Trump, if the 2024 Republican primary for president in your state were held today, for whom would you vote?
Kristi Noem – 11%
Donald Trump Jr. – 8%
Ted Cruz – 7%
"I mean, you know, there's a, there's a pretty deep bench," Trump added. "I'll make that decision sometime later, but there's a pretty deep bench. If you look at the polls, they love the job that I've done. We had a 97 percent approval at C-PAC, a 97 percent approval on policies and different things."
DeSantis is increasingly discussed as the emerging star of the Republican Party after the way that he navigated Florida throughout the coronavirus pandemic, which included outperforming many Democrat states that used strict lockdowns while he kept his state largely open.
Joe Gruters, a Florida state senator and chairman of the state Republican Party, said of DeSantis, "I think he's the odds-on favorite to be the next president."
Tony Fabrizio, Trump's chief pollster in 2016 and 2020, said of DeSantis:
When you look under the hood of those numbers, DeSantis garners a lot of support from Trump voters in the absence of Trump. As the media beat him up as the anti-Cuomo and DeSantis stood up for himself, voters liked that. They associate that type of scrappiness and speaking your mind with President Trump. He is inheriting a lot of that.
DeSantis has had very high poll numbers in the past with nearly every key demographic of voters and appears to appeal to both the Trump-wing of the GOP, and he appeals to the establishment-wing of the party.


This recipe comes from my maternal grandmother's recipe folder, a wonderfully retro piece of design, circa late sixties, early seventies. Bread and butter pudding has, I know, gone from stodgy disparagement to fashionable rehabilitation and back to not-that-again cliché-dom, but I am not prepared to let any of that bother me.
This version uses brown bread rather than white, and between the buttery sandwiches is heaped chunky-hot ginger jam, sometimes sold as ginger marmalade, but most usually, if quaintly, as ginger conserve; on top is sprinkled demerara sugar mixed with aromatically warm ground ginger, the spice of the old fashioned English kitchen.
My grandmother, more austerely, used milk; I go for mostly cream: nothing creates so well that tender-bellied swell of softly set custard.
2. Grease a pudding dish with a capacity of about 1.5 litres with some of the butter.
3. Put the sultanas in a small bowl, pour the rum over, and microwave them for 1 minute, then leave to stand. This is a good way to soak them quickly but juicily.
4. Make sandwiches with the brown bread, butter and ginger jam (2 tablespoons in each sandwich); you should have some butter left over to smear on the top later.
5. Cut the sandwiches into half triangles and arrange them evenly along the middle of the pudding dish. I put one in the dish with the point of the sandwich upwards, then one with the flat side uppermost, then with point-side uppermost and so on, then squeeze a sandwich-triangle down each side. - but you do as you please. Sprinkle over the sultanas and unabsorbed rum that remains in the bowl.
6. Whisk the egg yolks and egg together with the caster sugar, and pour in the cream and milk.
7. Pour this over the triangles of bread and leave them to soak up the liquid for about 10 minutes, by which time the pudding is ready to go into the oven.
8. Smear the bread crusts that are poking out of the custard with the soft butter, mix the ground ginger and demerara sugar together and sprinkle this mixture on your buttered smeared crusts and then lightly over the rest of the pudding.
9. Sit the pudding dish on a baking sheet and put in the oven to cook for about 45 minutes or until the custard has set and puffed up slightly.
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The way this 8-year-old feels about Beyoncé is the way all of us feel about Queen Bey.
Tuesday, redditor MattWalks shared a letter from his girlfriend's summer school student, who wanted to let Beyoncé — aka "a rare rose in a garden of blooming flowers" — know how much she means to them. After the BeyHive caught sight of the adorable, emotional ode to their fave, the letter went viral.
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Oops, I did not mention how you get to know you are underweight.???? Well, I guess it's a story for another day.


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Ponte a Mensola è una zona di Firenze a nord-est della città. Appartiene amministrativamente al quartiere 2 Campo di Marte.

Geografia fisica
Situata in zona collinare, si sviluppa principalmente lungo la via Gabriele D'Annunzio, tra il rione di Coverciano e Settignano. In prossimità della parrocchia di San Martino a Mensola è situato il confine comunale con Fiesole, nella zona di Vincigliata. Tale parrocchia afferisce infatti alla diocesi di Fiesole.

Fa parte dell ANPIL Valle del Mensola.

È servita dalla linea urbana nr. 10 delle Autolinee Toscane, comodo collegamento tra Settignano, lo stadio Artemio Franchi ed il centro cittadino.

Dintorni
Sebbene sia scarsamente abitata ed oramai inglobata alla periferia di Firenze, mantiene ancora alcune caratteristiche da paese, come il circolo con attività teatrali, un'osteria e alcuni servizi.
Dalla via principale partono alcune strade che si inerpicano sui colli. Su di esse si trovano alcune importanti ville, quali la villa il Cartone, Villa Il Querceto o Villa Strozzi e la villa Viviani, utilizzata spesso per feste e ricevimenti.

Note

Bibliografia
 AA.VV., Guida d'Italia, Firenze e provincia "Guida Rossa", Touring Club Italiano, Milano 2007.

Voci correlate
Villa il Cartone

Frazioni di Firenze

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Berenice often said "I can't imagine life without dingoes."
The first word she spoke as a toddler was 'doggy' and her childhood revolved around animals, particularly horses and dogs. A visit to the zoo only meant one thing - Dingoes. She was fascinated by them. In high school, when required to write an essay on any topic, she chose the subject of her passion - the Dingo. She soon discovered when researching her subject there was nothing available. Forty years later she stated, "and there's still nothing."
After she married in 1951 Berenice and her husband moved to Bargo and became leading breeders of Australian Cattle Dogs, a breed with Dingo infusion. They successfully competed in conformation shows as well as obedience and agility competitions, but Berenice never lost her love of Australia's native dog.
In the late 1960s she began requesting permission to keep a Dingo. She was faced with the fact that the Dingo was declared a noxious animal that had to be eradicated - keeping a Dingo was illegal.
She believed the Dingo could be trained in obedience, agility and tracking. Gathering likeminded people, she formed the Australian Native Dog Training Society who successfully trained several Dingoes. However, there were other battles to fight on behalf of the Dingo.
As Berenice came to know and understand the Dingo she began campaigning on its behalf. She fought and cajoled government authorities over the use of traps and poison in the cruel war aimed at its eradication; to have it acknowledged as a native of Australia, accepted as the national dog and allow Dingoes to be kept under a restricted permit scheme so the public could be educated about the Dingo.
Berenice convinced then Premier, Neville Wran as well as Senators Tony Mulvihill and Senator Neville Bonner to become the society's patrons.
As the focus of the society became one of conservation and understanding, it was renamed the Australian Native Dog Conservation Society.
Having gained government recognition and acknowledgement for the society Berenice transformed her property from cattle dog kennels into a Dingo Sanctuary where the public could visit and meet over 30 Dingoes. They also maintained a breeding program of purebred Dingo for zoos and participated in DNA research to develop a method of easily identifying purebred Dingoes.
Berenice successfully published three books about the Dingo and presented evidence to the Azaria Chamberlain enquiry.


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XCMG (Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co., Ltd.) (XCMG Group) (; Сюйгунцзитуань) — международная государственная компания, образованная в 1989 г.  Специализируется на  производстве спецтехники. Штаб-квартира находится в г. Сюйчжоу, провинция Цзянсу, Китай. Компания занимает первое место в китайской отрасли строительного машиностроения и 3-е место в мире согласно рейтингу производителей спецтехники. Объем продаж за 2020 год составил 15,1 млрд. долларов.

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Компания производит широкий ассортимент спецтехники: крановую, дорожную, пожарную, карьерную, санитарную технику, погрузчики, установки горизонтально-направленного бурения, оборудование для высотных работ, тоннелепроходческие комплексы, бетонное оборудование, экскаваторы, спецмашины.

XCMG в мире
Техника XCMG продается более чем в 180 странах мира. За двадцать с лишним лет активного развития компания сформировала  развитую транснациональную сеть продаж и обслуживания. В нее вошли 300 зарубежных дилеров, 40 представительств, 2000 пунктов сервисного обслуживания.

XCMG имеет собственные центры исследований, разработок и производственные базы в более чем 10 странах, включая Германию, США, Бразилию и Индию. Бренд приобрел три европейские компании, включая Schwing.

Производственная база XCMG в Бразилии стала образцом китайско-бразильского экономического сотрудничества. В настоящее время XCMG Brazilian Bank первый зарубежный банк обрабатывающей промышленности Китая.

История
До 1989 гг.

В 1943 году был основан один из предшественников XCMG Group, «Huaxing Iron Factory», который позже был переименован в Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Factory.

В 1957 году в Китае произведен первый башенный кран.

В 1960 году XCMG разработала первый в Китае 10-тонный паровой каток.

С 1963 по 1982 год компания разработала первый в Китае 5-тонный автокран, 16-тонный автокран с полным приводом и гидравлический виброкаток.

с 1989 по 2008 год

В 1989 году XCMG Group официально получает свое нынешнее название. В этом же году  разрабатывается первый китайский асфальтоукладчик.

В 1995 году XCMG разработала 160-тонный вездеходный автокран.

В 1996 году XCMG  регистрируется на Шэньчжэньской фондовой бирже.

В 1999-2000 году произошла смена руководящего состава. Обновленное руководство приняло к реализации новую корпоративную политику. В компании были проведены реформы и структурная оптимизация.

с 2011 г. по настоящее время

В 2011 году XCMG заняла 5-е место в мировой индустрии строительной техники.

В 2012 году компания XCMG разработала высокотехнологичный вездеходный кран XCA 5000 с самым большим в мире тоннажем, а также самый большой в мире карьерный самосвал DE 400.

В этом же году XCMG занимает первое место в мировой индустрии автокранов и приобретает German Schwing, мирового лидера в производстве бетонного оборудования.

2012 год ознаменован началом работы исследовательского института строительной техники в г. Сюйчжоу. Инвестиции в его строительство составили 1 млрд. юаней.

В 2013 году открыт Европейский исследовательский центр XCMG в Дюссельдорфе.

Первый в мире гусеничный кран на 4000 тонн, самостоятельно разработанный XCMG, приступил к работе.

В 2014 году в Бразилии запустили первое зарубежное производственное предприятие XCMG.

В 2018 году 700-тонный гидравлический экскаватор XCMG сошел с конвейерной линии.

В 2019 году внедорожный кран XCMG XCA1600 успешно завершил установку самой высокой в мире наземной ветроэнергетической установки высотой 140 метров.

В 2021 году XCMG занимает 3-е место среди 50 крупнейших компаний по производству строительной техники в мире.

XCMG в России

Продукция корпорации известна в России с 2000 г. Долгое время техника завозилась децентрализовано отдельными дилерами. С 2012 г. интересы XCMG начал представлять официальный дистрибьютор XCMG в России — «СюйГун Ру». Дистрибьютором осуществляются продажи и сервис через сеть дилеров и сервисных партнеров.

Ежегодный экспорт спецтехники в Россию превышает две тысячи единиц.

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Q: Inner immutable class with mapStruct We are using Immutables with MapStruct and ran into a problem while converting an entity to dto.
@Value.Immutable
public interface ProjectDto {
    String getId();
    String getName();
    //ProjectStatisticsDto getStatistics();
}

@Value.Immutable
public interface ProjectStatisticsDto {
    Long getCount();
}

@Immutable
public interface Project extends Serializable {
    @JsonProperty("_id")
    String getId();
    String getName();
    //ProjectStatistics getStatistics();
}

@Immutable
public interface ProjectStatistics extends Serializable {
    Long getCount();
}

The mapper class
@Mapper
public interface ProjectMapper {
    ProjectMapper INSTANCE = Mappers.getMapper(ProjectMapper.class);
    ImmProjectDto toDto(ImmProject project); // This works only when the inner model of project statistics is commented.
    //ProjectDto toDto(Project project); THIS DOES NOT WORK (Error 1)
    // ImmProjectDto toDto(ImmProject project); After I uncomment the inner class of project statistics then even this does not work (Error 2)

In the cases of error, the issue is exactly the same
Error 1: No implementation was created for ProjectMapper due to having a problem in the erroneous element com.xyz.ProjectDto.
Error 2: No implementation was created for ProjectMapper due to having a problem in the erroneous element com.xyz.ProjectStatisticsDto.

I checked the tests for mapstruct with immutables and there is nothing different I see https://github.com/mapstruct/mapstruct/blob/master/integrationtest/src/test/resources/immutablesBuilderTest/mapper/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/itest/immutables/Person.java.
I tried removing serialization statements but no luck. I added some verbose statements which say
Note: MapStruct: Immutables found on classpath
Note: MapStruct: Using accessor naming strategy: org.mapstruct.ap.spi.ImmutablesAccessorNamingStrategy
Note: MapStruct: Using builder provider: org.mapstruct.ap.spi.ImmutablesBuilderProvider
Note: MapStruct: Using enum naming strategy: org.mapstruct.ap.spi.DefaultEnumMappingStrategy

And this looks absolutely correct

A: Looking at the title of the question "Inner immutable class with mapStruct" I guess that your immutable classes are inside another class.
This is a known problem for MapStruct (see mapstruct/mapstruct#2198) that already has a PR for it and it will be fixed in the next non patch release.
In the meantime you will have to make your Immutable classes top level classes.

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Dusty Small, Project Manager – Industrial Sales for Thompson Electric, is on the advisory board for the Electrical Program and the new Robotics and Automation Program for Western Iowa Tech Community College (WIT) in Sioux City.
How has robotics & automation changed in the last 10 years?
What opportunities are available at your company for robotics and automation skills?
What is the ideal candidate for a low-voltage controls technician job?
What's your advice for people looking at a robotics and automation career?
What does the future look like in regarding robotics and automation?
These were just a sampling of the questions that were asked of Kent, Nick and Dusty.
Dusty's involvement on the advisory board gives him the opportunity to have influence over existing and new programs for WIT. These programs give young people the opportunity to explore different career paths in the electrical industry. Dusty's involvement also helps promote our industry and Thompson Electric.
Thompson Electric always encourages their employees to be active in their communities by serving on boards or donating their time. This is just another example of Thompson Electric employees being active in their community.


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Soldier Behind Kandahar Massacre Speaks Out For The First Time
Jonah Bennett Contributor
October 22, 2015 12:39 PM ET
America's most notorious war criminal, a man who killed 16 men, women and children in Afghanistan in what has become known as the Kandahar massacre, just stepped out of the shadows to give a full interview with GQ Magazine.
Staff Sergeant Robert Bales shot and killed those civilians in March 2012. Up until now, he's never spoken about the incident publicly.
"I want to say to those guys that I hurt—my guys, the patriot brotherhood—I want them to know I'm sorry," he told GQ Magazine. "I don't want nothing but good things for my soldiers. I hope that in some way they can understand how sorry I am. They're my family, and I love them."
Bales, an Army sniper with the 3rd Stryker Brigade out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, delivered the interview from the Disciplinary Barracks in Fort Leavenworth, where he's currently serving a life sentence with no possibility of parole. He has already apologized in court for his actions, but the appalling nature of the atrocity has left many observers stumped and wanting to know more about Bales' thought process and why he committed the worst war crimes in fifty years since Vietnam, when Lieutenant William Calley's platoon killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre in 1968.
Bales spoke about how the rage, the PTSD, the alcohol, the headaches, the sleep deprivation and the steroids kept him in autopilot mode during the massacre, which led him to shoot 22 people in two different villages in the Kandahar Province, killing 16. Of those 16, eight were children.
Another reason is that he didn't want to repeat a mistake which led to his friend losing a leg after a bomb went off—all because Bales hesitated and didn't take out an insurgent, who was carrying what appeared to be a detonation device.
Yet, he still maintains that the homes he entered were linked in some way to the Taliban and does not believe his actions make him comparable to school shooters. He pled guilty in 2013 to avoid the death penalty. He was unsuccessful in persuading the senior Army officer at Joint Base Lewis-McChord to reduce his life sentence.
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There is Another Way
by Ellen Miller Oct 24, 2007 12:36 pm
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and a bipartisan bloc of other senators have proposed a constitutional amendment that would overturn Buckley v. Valeo, the 1976 Supreme Court decision that is the superstructure of our current election law. Specifically, the court ruled that giving and spending money to influence elections is a form of constitutionally protected free speech. I find it interesting that Schumer and company would go down this route since the likelihood for success is very small. In order to become law, the measure would have to go through a gauntlet of debates and votes, including winning two-thirds of the votes of Congress, and winning ratification of three-quarters of the states within seven years. Not very realistic.
Let me be clear. I understand the motivation to overturn Buckley. It's long been the big maple tree in the middle on the campaign finance ball field. But most reformers have accepted that it's not going away anytime soon and they've learned to play around it. One way of doing that is to create a campaign finance system that offers a voluntary system of full public financing. When the process is nearly impossible to pass a constitutional amendment, why not consider that route, which is appearing more and more achievable.
The Fair Elections Act, which Senators Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) introduced this spring is the current public financing horse to ride. The Act, and a corresponding bill introduced in the House, would create a full voluntary system of public funding for Senate and House candidates. Candidates that can raise $5 contributions from a set number of in-state donors will show a threshold level of public support. And if the candidate swears off further private contributions, they qualify for public funding.
What makes this attractive to candidates is that they would have to spend much less time and energy raising money, and more time dealing with policy and meeting the voters. By using "clean money" to win an election, members of Congress would not be indebted to fat cat donors who financed their election.
And in the interim, transparency — immediate and online — of political contributions is key.
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Former FBI Chief Ted Gunderson makes a statement regarding the chemtrail "death dumps", otherwise know as air crap, on January 12, 2011.
Ted says the following: "The death dumps, otherwise known as chemical trails, are being dropped and sprayed throughout the United States and England, Scotland, Ireland, and Northern Europe. I have personally seen them not only in the United States, but in Mexico and in Canada. Birds are dying around the world. Fish are dying by the hundreds of thousands around the world. This is genocide. This is poison. This is murder by the United Nations.
This element within our society that is doing this must be stopped. I happen to know of two of the locations where the airplanes are that dump this crap on us. Four of the planes are out of the Air National Guard in Lincoln, Nebraska. And, the other planes are out of Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
There goes the food chain!
All the fish-birds! A fishermans nightmare! What a waste!
I agree with Ted Gunderson, BUT!
can the chemtrails be stoped?
that is the million dollar Question!......?


For a number of years now on x86 based machines it has been possible to double the bandwidth to the RAM by putting like memory modules in pairs of supporting RAM slots. I'm sure the Yonah based Macs also supported this. Now by putting a 2GB RAM module and 1GB RAM module in your iMac surely you are halving the memory bandwith over having 2x1GB (or 2x512MB) modules installed? And in the process, slowing down the Mac.
Surely a slight redesign of the iMac would have allowed it to take 2x2GB modules. Have Apple not done this because we may see a new style iMac in January?


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Q: What is the maximum value acceptable for xargs -P argument? In this answer they mention 10
I did man xargs and couldn't find what's the maximum limit.
Is it possible to send 10000 cURL requests per second?
How about 50000 cURL requests per second? I mean all 50000 executing at same time?

A: The maximum is implementation-dependent. You can show it by running xargs --show-limits (assuming Linux). There may also by (socket) limits by the OS or the user you're running this under.


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Stickers for white nationalist group 'Identity Evropa' found on campus
Courtesy of Mumbi Kanyogo
By Ben Leonard | @Ben___Leonard
November 23, 2018 | 6:32pm EST
Stickers for the white nationalist group "Identity Evropa" were found on campus by students Friday afternoon.
Stickers for Identify Evropa, which has been labeled a "white nationalist" group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, were found on a bench at the West Campus bus stop and a metal bench near Keohane Quadrangle, according to photos sent to The Chronicle by senior Connor King. By 4:00 p.m. Friday, the stickers at those locations were gone. An additional photo—showing a sticker plastered to a wooden swinging bench—was sent by senior Mumbi Kanyogo, a member of The Chronicle's independent editorial board, who said that she heard that two had also been found near Perkins Library.
King said that he spotted the flyers around 2:45 p.m. Friday, and that he pulled three down on West Campus. The senior, who found one of the stickers on the metal bench at Keohane Quad, said the location of the flyer near residential space was concerning to him.
"It's pretty upsetting," King said.
People's State of the University, an activist group that formed last semester, posted photos of the flyers on social media Friday afternoon, encouraging students to take photos of the stickers and take them down if they see any around campus.
According to the SPLC, Identify Evropa is one of the "alt-right's" recruiting mechanisms, aimed at pushing white, college-aged men towards white nationalism.
"Rather than denigrating people of color, the campus-based organization focuses on raising white racial consciousness, building community based on shared racial identity and intellectualizing white supremacist ideology," the SPLC website says.
On its Twitter account, the group frequently posts photos of their stickers around the country, and particularly on college campuses. From Nov. 21 to 23, the Twitter account showed photos labeled as being from the University of North Florida, University of Rochester, University of Montana, San Jose City College and De Anza Community College.
Friday evening, the group posted on their Twitter account with photos of the flyers.
Racially charged actions have occurred repeatedly on Duke's campus in recent months. Several weeks ago, a pumpkin with a swastika carved into it was found on East Campus, along with sheets of paper printed saying "It's okay to be white."
The flyers come just days after a swastika was painted over students' mural memorializing the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. In the wake of the swastika, President Vincent Price pledged that a security camera would be installed at the bridge, and increased levels of security would be maintained at the Freeman Center for Jewish Life and other parts of campus.
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Earlier in the year, "n*****" was written in place of the word "black" on a sign for the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture. In April, the phrase "n***** lover" was written on the apartment door of a 300 Swift resident during the night.
Editor's note: This article was updated at 10:30 p.m. Friday night to include that Identity Evropa had tweeted photos of the flyers at Duke.
Check back for updates to this developing story.
Bre Bradham contributed reporting.


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The first phase of the Lok Sabha 2019 elections was concluded on 11 April with reported violence and technical snags in the electronic voting machines (EVMs) reported at some of the booths. Tripura saw the highest turnout with 81.8 percent voters casting their vote whereas Bihar had the lowest turnout with 50 percent.
West Bengal, which voted in two seats, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar in North Bengal, saw the second highest turnout, which is 81 percent.
In Jammu & Kashmir, two seats went on poll, recorded 54.49 percent and 35.01 percent votes respectively. The two seats were Baramulla and Jammu in which the poll percentages were 35.01 and 72.16 respectively.
Andhra Pradesh completed voting for all the seats in the first phase itself. As per reports, there were technical glitches in the EVMs which delayed the voting process which continued till midnight. In Andhra Pradesh, the total voter turnout was 66 percent, which is around eight percent lesser than that of the Lok Sabha elections of 2014, which was 74.64 percent.
Also Read: How long will the largest democracy wait to go online for Voting?
Incidents of violence have been reported from several booths in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. In Andhra Pradesh, one worker each from Telugu Desam Party and YSR Congress were killed in a clash in a village in Anantapuramu district under Tadipatri Assembly constituency. Reports of attacks and vandalism also came from Eluru city Jammalamadugu in Kadapa district and Narsaraopet constituency in Guntur district.
In Maharashtra, Naxal infested areas of Waghezari, Gadchiroli district saw an IED blast while the polling process was underway. However, there was no report of casualties. Although later two police commandos were injured in another IED blast at Etapalli.
In the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, IED blast took place in Narayanpur. In the Bijapur district of the state, four guerrillas were arrested and firearms were seized during the poll process.
In Kairana district of West Uttar Pradesh, a BSF personnel fired in the air as some of the voters tried to forcibly enter the booth sans voter id cards. There were no casualties reported.
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According to the Election Commission of India, more than 1.70 lakh polling booths were set up for the first phase elections. The second phase of polling will be conducted on 18 April.


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Q: Can AWS Managed AD migrate from Standard Edition to Enterprise? Does anyone know if you can easily migrate from AWS Managed AD Standard Edition to the Enterprise Edition? It seems like this would be a logical option as standard is restricted to 30,000 objects, but I can't find confirmation anywhere on Amazon's sites. (Or elsewhere)

A: The Process can only be done by an AWS Support Engineer if you have access Developer Support plan or higher.
Submit a request through the support portal and they should assist with that.
Before considering upgrading the AWS Managed AD to Enterprise Edition, there will be some irreversible changes once the Managed AD is migrated from Standard to Enterprise.

A: The answer is yes it is possible.  The caveat: it's not self-service, you'll need to get support involved and it will potentially require an outage.
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Q: Какой паттерн проектирования выбрать? Занимаюсь разработкой небольшого клиент-серверного приложения. Использую многослойную архитектуру. В настоящий момент закончил реализацию слоя доступа к данным, при разработке этого слоя использовал паттерн Репозиторий. Теперь у меня есть своеобразный шлюз (интерфейсный класс), при помощи которого слой бизнес-логики может получать все необходимые данные из базы данных.
Посоветуйте, какие паттерны следует использовать в слое бизнес-логики, чтобы затем реализовать, скажем, сервисный слой. Какие есть варианты?
Поправьте меня, если я чего-то недопонимаю, или вопрос задан некорректно. Спасибо.

A: В сервисном слое (слой бизнес-логики) можно использовать многие паттерны, как ОО паттерны, так и другие паттерны более узкого или широкого профиля. Все зависит от того, какие у вас задачи в этом слое встречаются. Невозможно дать общий готовый список шаблонов, вот, мол, используй вот это и будет тебе счастье. Не-воз-мож-но. И не нужно.
Забудьте на время о паттернах. Они не самоцель. Сперва делайте так, как вам кажется правильным. И в какой-то момент некоторые задачи покажутся знакомыми и уже их при желании можно решить, применив тот или иной паттерн.
Еще лучше, забудьте о паттернах на годик. И вернитесь к ним после того, как получите чуть больше опыта. Тогда, я уверяю вас, вы совершенно по-другому на них взглянете, и более того, даже поймете, что использовали некоторые из них, не осознавая этого. Проанализировав свой опыт, поймете, где могли бы применить тот или иной шаблон. Еще раз повторюсь, вы неправильно понимаете для чего нужны паттерны, если отталкиваетесь от них. Шаблоны -- не самоцель, а лишь средство. Это как спрашивать "я хочу построить дом, какой кирпич мне взять?". Вы не с того начинаете, строитель!

A: Если в бизнес-логике находится неизменяемая часть программы, а реализация сервисов может меняться, то в такой ситуации сервисы надо определить как интерфейсы, и реализовать их в классах. При этом в бизнес-логику передается только интерфейс сервиса, а сами классы (т.е. реализация интерфейса) должна быть недоступной из бизнес-логики.
Это позволяет менять реализацию сервисов, не меняя бизнес-логику. Например, использовали сервис логирования, который выводил данные в файл, а позже решили выводить данные в облачный сервис. Для этого надо заменить только реализацию сервиса, а бизнес-логика остается без изменений.
Такой паттерн называется "Cтратегия" -- это изолирование изменяемой части посредством интерфейса.
Для передачи интерфейсов сервисов в бизнес-логику используется инъекция зависимостей (Dependency Injection, DI).
Для внедрения зависимостей используются разные способы и целые фреймворки, например, MEF.


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International Airport construction launched at Maasai Mara
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The Maasai Mara game reserve has received a major boost after the government launched the upgrading of Angama Airstrip to International Airport in a bid to directly connect foreign tourists to the world-famous game reserve.
Transport PS Solomon Kitungu during the launch of the construction of an international airport at the Maasai Mara. Photo by Ann Salaton
The rehabilitation sponsored by the Government of Kenya is expected to be carried out in three phases before becoming a fully operational international airport with the first phase costing Sh 278 million.
The ground-breaking ceremony held at Angama Airstrip was attended by three principal secretaries Tourism PS Sabina Kwekwe, Transport PS Solomon Kitungu and Youth Affairs PS Charles Sunkuli.
Also in attendance was Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) Managing Director Alex Gitari, Narok County Governor Samuel Tunai and Narok County Commissioner Evans Achoki.
PS Kitungu announced the first phase that will take 12 months will entail rehabilitating the existing 1260 meters long runway and expansion of the width from 18 meters to 25 meters to facilitate code C aircraft operations.
Also expected to be done in the first phase include repainting and fencing of the airport to boost security.
In the second phase, the existing runway will be expanded from 1260 meters to 2500 meters length and the width expanded from 23 meters to 30 meters. Also, the second phase will entail construction of a Very Important Person (VIP) lounge.
In the third phase, the government will construct a new runway of 3300 meters long, 45 meter wide and terminal points.
PS Kwekwe said Maasai Mara Game Reserve is an important tourist destination with 11 airstrips in the entire ecosystem.
She said the building of the airport will connect tourists all over the world to the popular game reserve as it will boost accessibility and be the most comfortable option for tourists.
"This development we have witnessed today will go along in promoting the brand Kenya. We wish to call upon KAA to continue with this job by opening airports in major areas where tourism is key so that they can be equally linked between themselves and other parts of Kenya," she said.
Kwekwe reiterated that the government had demonstrated its focus in improving infrastructure in the country adding that the ministry of Tourism and that of Transport were working together to promote tourism in the country.
KAA MD said in the last two years, his department has used over Sh 10billion to improve air connectivity in the country.
He cited some of the ongoing works in Migori, Kakamega, Nanyuki and Lamu saying they are expected to boost connectivity in the country.
Governor Tunai thanked the government for the project saying before visitors connecting to the Serengeti National Park in the neighbouring country Tanzania had to travel to Nairobi to get a plane to Tanzania.
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Die Federazione Sammarinese Pallavolo (kurz FSPAV) ist der nationale Volleyball-Verband in der Republik San Marino.

Geschichte
Der 1980 gegründete Verband ist Mitglied im Nationalen Olympischen Komitee von San Marino, der Fédération Internationale de Volleyball und der Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. FSPAV hat die Aufgabe, Volleyball und Beach-Volleyball in der Republik zu koordinieren und als Sportorganisation die Wettbewerbsaktivitäten der einzelnen Vereine zu fördern. Präsident ist zurzeit Gian Luigi Lazzarini, der Hauptsitz ist in der Stadt San Marino, die Trainingsanlage befindet sich in Serravalle.

Der Verband koordiniert auch die Aktivitäten der nationalen männlichen und weiblichen Sportler der einzelnen Vereine im Hinblick auf die Teilnahme bei den Spielen der kleinen Staaten von Europa. Der Verband ist auch an der Organisation weiterer Ereignisse mit internationaler Bedeutung beteiligt, z. B. Qualifikationen für Olympische Spiele und Weltmeisterschaften. Cheftrainer ist Stephen Mascetti.

1999, 2001, 2005 und 2011  belegte die Frauenmannschaft Nazionale di pallavolo femminile di San Marino den ersten Platz bei den Spielen der kleinen Staaten von Europa.

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1953 Alfa Romeo 1900C Coupe by Pinin Farina sells for $180,000
This 1953 Alfa Romeo 1900C is one of approximately 100 coupes built with Pinin Farina coachwork between 1952 and 1953. Chassis 01598 was one of three right-hand-drive examples delivered new to UK dealer Thompson and Taylor Ltd. The car was sold in the late 1970s by Brian Classic & Co. in the UK to an owner in Canada, where it was sold to its next owner in 1987 before being acquired by California collector Said Marouf. In 1990 it was sold to another California owner, who commissioned a two-year restoration that included fitting a replacement 1,975cc Tipo 1308 inline-four with twin Solex carburetors.
After spending time in Vermont and Kansas City, the car remained with a single owner in North Carolina from 1996 through 2019, and during that time garnered awards at Amelia Island and Radnor Hunt, among other concours events. It was acquired in 2019 by the seller, who has since had the carburetors retuned and the throttle linkage adjusted. Mechanical updates include Pertronix electronic ignition and an in-line electric fuel pump. This Alfa 1900C is now offered with owner's manuals, removed parts, magazine clippings from its show participation, photos from the 1990s restoration, and a clean California title in the seller's name.
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The World in One Campus ⠀ Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania ….what comes to your mind immediately? ⠀ Most likely, the world's continents. For some of us, now it means something more. We evolved in a way we never thought we would. ⠀ By embracing the differences and developing the cross-culture awareness through the small talks during the coffee-breaks and while waiting for a slice of pizza in the queue. ⠀ Other's commitment to acquire new skills even in their early 70's inspired us to be life-learners, as there is always room for improvement, right? ⠀ Our perception of the world has been broadened through the exchange of experiences and backgrounds, even the details of our personal stories and part of our daily routines contributed there a lot. ⠀ From being very all-or-nothing on certain things - to slowly learning how to believe in timing instead of trying to rearrange everything.How to be okay with things not being done on time, with delays and hurdles and starting all over again,how to let things expire. ⠀ There were the moments when the teen spirit stole the show with singing out loud songs from the early 2000s, capturing the videos,where the faces are hidden but familiar voices still make my heart melt. ⠀ I can't get enough. I will never have.
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November 3, 2019 / 11:58 PM / 3 months ago
Reaction to Lewis Hamilton's sixth Formula One title
(Reuters) - Britain's Lewis Hamilton won his sixth Formula One championship on Sunday. The following is some reaction to the Mercedes driver's achievement:
Nov 3, 2019; Austin, TX, USA; Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport driver Lewis Hamilton (44) of Great Britain celebrates winning his sixth world championship after the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
VALTTERI BOTTAS, race winner and team mate
"Big congrats to him. I personally failed on my target this year but there is always next year. He deserves it. He had a strong season."
TOTO WOLFF, Mercedes F1 team principal on future
"I think he's still very motivated and you can see that he wants to win every single race. As long as that is the case, I think he can go for more. We need to provide him with a good car and then I think there is no limit, personally."
PETER 'BONO' BONNINGTON, race engineer, over the radio
"Get in there, Lewis. What a drive mate, that is it. Champion of the world. Did it in style, mate, you did that in style."
Red Bull's MAX VERSTAPPEN, third on Sunday
"It's very impressive, what else to say? He's just doing phenomenally, has a great team behind him and I hope we can take the fight to them next year."
NICO ROSBERG, retired 2016 champion and former team mate
"Karting together who would have thought that we'd both be #F1 world champion one day. And you? You've achieved it for the sixth time – on your way to becoming the GOAT. Impressive! My greatest respect – enjoy these moments and celebrate. Well deserved." - on Twitter.
CHRISTIAN HORNER, Red Bull team boss
"That achievement is nothing short of outstanding. To have achieved six world championships is a phenomenal effort... An incredible score rate. I hope we can challenge him more before he achieves his seventh."
Father ANTHONY HAMILTON
"Unbelievable win. Six world championships. Who would ever have dreamed of it... it means the world to him."
Compiled by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Christian Radnedge


Recent reports have noted the embarrassing inability of Google's "Featured Snippets" to correctly answer basic financial questions based on simple math, or the propensity of Google Home to confidently provide ridiculous answers that are based on outdated, failed prophecies of conspiracy theorists recorded in the fringe section of its YouTube library of videos.
Most recently, Google's search results for a nature subject ("Great Barrier Reef") were found to be prominently linking to a factually false political column posted by Breitbart, which rather than offering any actual information, simply opines without any supporting logic that "we have got to the point where a large fraction of the science we see cannot be relied upon."
A day later, the "story" still appears in Google's top ten search results for "Great Barrier Reef," like Wikipedia vandalism slowly moving downward in an article rather than being removed by a human editor.
The reason Google links to a fringe political site for science-related search results appears to be due only to the fact that Google approved the entire site as a source of news in general, dramatically increasing the site's visibility and putting it on an equal standing with legitimate publishers in every subject.
It now appears Google has given up on its original mission, and now simply presents all information as equal regardless of its value or usefulness. Without human curation, and with the currently unimpressive ability of AI to distinguish between informative fact and low-value bloggeria, Google is devaluing its search results.
This is also resulting in blowback from many of Google's primary customers: its advertisers. By associating the brands of its customers with extremist videos and disturbing content, it is creating a brand crisis that's causing major ad buyers to pull their advertising dollars from Google, its network of web ads and its YouTube property. That shift began in the U.K. and most recently has erupted in the U.S., costing Google hundreds of millions of dollars while erasing its leverage to maintain control over how ads are placed.
As Google is forced to relinquish more pricing power and placement flexibility to its advertisers, it not only will become less profitable but also less competitive with other ad network competitors who can better target their audiences and promise less brand-embarrassment to ad buyers.
Google tries to better train its AI with human "quality raters"
"Quality raters do not have the power to alter Google's results directly," the report noted. "Instead, the data produced by quality raters is used to improve Google's search algorithms generally. In time, that data might have an impact on low-quality pages that are spotted by raters, as well as on others that weren't reviewed."
Google has been making some progress, particularly in cases where its false results have generated outrage. However, the vast scope of the information available on the web makes Google's task unbounded and essentially infinite. Unless it can figure out how to strike a better balance, Google may lose too much advertising revenue to continue its incremental "putting out fires" approach to fake news and false search results. That may require finding a new business model outside of paid placement search on the desktop, which the company still relies upon for the majority of its revenues.
Google's false answers and fake news results bring to mind the critical reception of Apple's iOS 6 Maps, which were lambasted for depicting 3D images of twisted piles of aerial highways and distorted buildings, as well as providing incorrect or incomplete directions and locations, an issue Google itself exaggerated and promoted even as its own Google Maps provided outdated, incorrect or even illegal directions itself.
Unless it better manages its crisis of information organization and brand safety, Google could find itself in the position of Microsoft in the days of Windows Vista: highly vulnerable to new competition just as the computing landscape shifts dramatically.
Voice-based search has gained escalated attention in the era of Siri and Alexa, and Google's own assistant not only doesn't work across all Android devices, but is also being aggressively challenged by Google's primary Android partner, Samsung, which now has its own voice search system to promote.
Outside of voice, Apple's iOS platform has also increasingly promoted universal search of the web and deep search of data within apps, with increasing ties to alternative search engines outside of Google's results.


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Only high-end hotels in Bissau are likely to have lifts or other amenities designed for travellers with disabilities. Streets and footpaths are potholed or uneven and ramps scarce. Accommodation at some budget hotels is on the ground floor; however, bathroom access can be difficult. Challenges like these are only partly offset by the fact that Bissau-Guineans are usually very accommodating and helpful.
As for local transport, none are wheelchair equipped. Pricey 4WD vehicles are available for rent in Bissau.


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Santa and his helpers have been working hard preparing to make this the best season ever. Until then please enjoy these lovely pictures of Koziar's Christmas Village.


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Q: collisions between two imageView Android I'm trying to detect collision between two ImageView components.
Here is the collision code I have written so far:
ImageView iconBall;
ImageView iconBloc;
Rect rectBall = new Rect();
Rect rectBloc = new Rect();

textCollide = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textCollision);
iconBall.getHitRect(rectBall);
iconBloc.getHitRect(rectBloc);
collision = rectBall.intersect(rectBloc);

textCollide = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textCollision);
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if (Rect.intersects(rectBall,rectBloc)) {
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Any advice?

A: You don't need this part of code:
textCollide = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textCollision);
iconBall.getHitRect(rectBall);
iconBloc.getHitRect(rectBloc);

What you have in the if condition is enough,
You can check pixels coordinates while running your app by enabling display touches on developer options in your phone.


allowed direct mounting of accessories, such as fore-grips and flashlights, with no rail interface needed.
The MOE system was never officially released as an open standard, and the requirement to have access to the back side of the mounting surface limited its application.
back side access to the mounting surface. Rather than documenting and publishing the existing MOE slot information and weld nut system, Magpul engineers used this opportunity to substantially improve the feature set of the MOE system. The result is the M-LOK.
Accessories are mountable directly from the front face of the slot. No access from the rear of the system is needed.
with the slot, and insert in the desired location. An initial ¼ to ½ turn of the screw for each T-Nut rotates the nut into engagement and then you may tighten normally.
The M-LOK slots require no special cutters or angle gauges in the manufacturing process. With injection molding, the lack of an undercut allows simple mold design. All of this results in the lowest manufacturing costs possible.
Accessories feature recoil mitigation lugs with full recoil lug support in all 4 axes of movement, preventing movement of the system under recoil or rough handling, allowing repeatable accuracy in removal and reinstallation.
M-LOK accessories can be direct mounted entirely within a slot or bridging between/across slots, making the adjustment interval smaller than the size of a single slot. (Intervals equal two Picatinny rail slots (20mm) of adjustment). Full, 4 axis recoil lug support is maintained at every interval.
Accessories can be mounted facing toward the front or the rear (180 degrees difference), with full recoil lug support—the system does not need to be oriented in a specific direction to function properly.
In addition to the soon-to-be released, dedicated M-LOK accessory line, current MOE accessories will work with the M-LOK slots via an adapter plate, giving the M-LOK system access to millions of accessories already fielded for the MOE system.


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The power of a parent's positive communication on a baby's brain shown by University of Cambridge research
By Paul Brackley
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It has long been known that emotional communication between parents and their children is important in early development, but little has been understood about what is happening in the brain during it.
Now University of Cambridge scientists have shown that a mother and baby's brains are more strongly in sync with one another when the mum expresses positive emotions.
Negative and positive object demonstration in the University of Cambridge research and the infant's interaction with objects. Picture: University of Cambridge (25450596)
It is thought this may help a baby to learn and his or her brain to develop.
The researchers in the Department of Psychology asked 15 mothers to express positive or negative emotions about a series of objects.
A method called dual electroencephalograhy (EEG) was used to monitor brain signals via a cap on the head of each mum and baby.
The study concluded that positive interaction, with lots of eye contact, enhanced the ability of mother and infant brains to operate like a single system, with brain waves synchronised.
This effect is known as interpersonal neural connectivity and was found to be prominent in the frequency of 6-9 hertz, the infant alpha range.
This synchronisation promotes efficient sharing and flow of information between mother and infant.
Dr Vicky Leong, who led the study, said: "From our previous work, we know that when the neural connection between mothers and babies is strong, babies are more receptive and ready to learn from their mothers.
"At this stage of life, the baby brain has the ability to change significantly, and these changes are driven by the baby's experiences.
"By using a positive emotional tone during social interactions, parents can connect better with their infants, and stimulate development of their baby's mental capacity."
Dual electroencephalograhy (EEG) was used to monitor brain signals via a cap on the head of each mum and baby..Picture: University of Cambridge (25450598)
The researchers used a mathematical model of network analysis to examine the qualities and structure of the interpersonal neural connectivity. This showed how information flowed within each brain and how the two brains operated together as a network.
The research also explains how babies of depressed mothers may face a weakened neural connection with their mum, and therefore show less evidence of learning.
It is known that mothers who experience a persistently low or negative mental state as a result of clinical depression tend to have less interaction with their baby, have less eye contact and use a flatter tone in their speech. They are also less likely to respond when their baby tries to get their attention.
Dr Leong said: ""Our emotions literally change the way that our brains share information with others - positive emotions help us to communicate in a much more efficient way.
"Depression can have a powerfully negative effect on a parent's ability to establish connections with their baby. All the social cues that normally foster connection are less readily available to the child, so the child doesn't receive the optimal emotional input it needs to thrive."
The research, published in the journal NeuroImage, is the first brain imaging study of two related individuals to investigate how the emotional quality of their social interaction affects their interpersonal neural connectivity.
Demonstrating how emotions change the connection between two individuals at a neural level. the researchers also say the findings could be applied to others who are in tune with one another, such as couples, close friends and siblings. The effect is likely to depend on how well the two people know each other and the level of trust between them, the researchers suggest.
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Home / Currents / Memorial Service for American Indian Film Institute Founder Michael L. Smith
Memorial Service for American Indian Film Institute Founder Michael L. Smith
by Nanette Bradley Deetz / Currents / 23 Mar 2018
Michael L. Smith at 42nd Annual American Indian Film Festival
In Memoriam: Michael L. Smith – August 29, 1951- February 14, 2018
Photographs by Nanette Bradley Deetz
OAKLAND – On March 9, 2018 the San Francisco Bay Area American Indian community gathered together for a memorial service honoring the life and legacy of Michael L. Smith who passed on to his next life on Feb. 14, 2018. He was 66 years old. The memorial was held at Merritt College in Oakland, and organized by the Spencer family. Mike Smith was the Founder and Director of the American Indian Film Festival and the American Indian Film Institute. His film festival became the oldest and most prominent showcase in the world for Native American talent.
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The heart and core of his long running film organization was to change racist stereotypes of the American Indian in media and help all our tribes transition from oral to visual storytelling. Central to this vision was his work to train youth through AIFI's Tribal Touring Program, teaching reservation youth how film and produce their own stories.
For 42 years the American Indian Film Festival has been the first to present feature length films, documentaries, music videos as well as an Awards Ceremony honoring directors, producers, actors, actresses, musicians involved in Native American media. The annual Awards Ceremony provides a stage to show talent in music, comedy, and storytelling from traditional indigenous performers to contemporary styles popular with today's urban and reservation communities.
Richard Trudell providing the obituary reading
Mike Smith received his B.A. in American History from the University of Washington, Seattle. While still a student he worked for the United Indians of All Tribes as a peer counselor, working with over 1,000 Indian families. He provided cultural activities by locating American Indians who could teach drum making, singing, dancing, and storytelling. It was in Seattle that he first met Chief Dan George, and Will Sampson ("One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest") and who both became his early inspiration. Mike Smith never lost his vision and dream, no matter how hard he struggled, to bring an authentic Native American presence into contemporary media.
After moving to California, Michael Smith met and married Lucinda (Cindy) Spencer of the Navajo and Laguna-Pueblo tribe. This marriage gave them a daughter, Mytia, who graduated from San Francisco State University in Journalism. In August of 2011 Mytia married Sebastian Zavala (Quechua) of Peru, and in 2016 Mayeux Red Eagle Zavala was born. Michael Smith loved his family very much, and cherished Mayeux.
Linda Lilly, (Spencer family) offering words of love and support
Noted actor and artist Michael Horse (Yaqui) served as master of ceremonies at the memorial service. Horse emceed for many years at the annual film festival, and credited Mike Smith with his success. The opening prayer was offered by Ron Spencer. The Obituary Reading was given by Richard Trudell, and the pianist was Valentino Spencer. An Honor song was offered by All Nations Drum Group. A beautiful video montage of Mike Smith's life was presented as part of the Memorial Service. Linda Lilly, the oldest member of the Spencer family, remembered Michael Smith as a devoted and loving husband, a good father who was always involved in his daughter's life, and a loving and proud grand father to Mayeux Zavala. Director Jack Kohler (Yurok) gave thanks to Smith for his help in creating a space for a documentary he premiered at the film festival. Janeen Antoine who sat on the Film Festival Board to choose films for several years remembered Smith as someone who believed that authentic films by and about Native Americans would surpass anything main stream media produced. The many tributes to Michael Smith acknowledged how much he loved his family, and the tremendous legacy and opportunities he created.
Janeen Antoine offering a tribute in honor of Mike Smith
Michael Smith's final wish was to come home and be buried next to his mother at the Red Eagle Cemetery in Fort Kipp, Montana.
Michael L. Smith is preceded in death by his parents, older sister Jennifer (Smith) Kingswan, aunt Joyce (Red Eagle) Tootoosis, uncle Jack Tootoosis, uncle Oliver Red Eagle, uncle Milton Red Eagle, maternal grandparents Lloyd and Jennie (Smith) Red Eagle, aunts Rita Belgarde, Catherine Blount, Alice Buck Elk, Cara Blount, and uncle Phillip Red Eagle.
He is survived by his wife Lucinda (Cindy) Spencer, daughter Mytia (Sebastian) Zavala, grand daughter Mayeux all of Oakland, CA, sisters Faye Smith of Grand Ronde, OR, Nancy (Jan) Burgess of Tacoma, WA, and four brothers: Gerald (Chief) Woodrow, Quentin and Marty all of Seattle, WA, aunts Reba Ogle of Poplar, MT and Gloria (Bob) Garcia of San Jose, CA, nieces Lisa Smith of New York, Rita Kingswan of WI, Gail and Tessa Grant of WA, Sarah Burgess of OR, Olivia Burgess of WA.
Nanette Bradley Deetz is Dakota (Crow Creek, S.D.) and Cherokee. She as a B.A. & M.A. from UCLA in Theater/Dance and has appeared in numerous plays and in the original film version of "Carrie" and in "1941" with the late John Belushi.
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