Day 1: I am about to perform my seasoned ritual of swiping crimson across my lips.
My lips feel like dried prunes as I remove last night's smudged tips.
But I power pose with shuddering arms.
Day 2: My lips part, the crevices still tainted with last night's lipstick.
My shivering hands smudge Vaseline to conceal the acid's mystique.
I silently pray for a hasty revival.
Day 3, 4, 5 and 6: Four days of solitary confinement I have spend since the term was out.
No one could fathom what was going on barring the toilet flush's shout.
If only it spoke the alien tongue of voluntary purging.
Day 7: I finally notice the paramount contrast between my rotting teeth and red flower mask.
Day 8: My chapped lips giveaway, even before the faux, blood laced power pose.
Day 9: The stench thrives like a malignant tumor; cancer of my throat, my soul.
Tender crescents I loved dearly, abused unabashedly. Roll sound; lights, camera, action.
Welcome to the ruination of my best asset.
Find hope for your darkest days at the School of Recovery!
Day 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15: Dehydrated yet damp, is my wine covered marsh of acid burns.
What caused it, what's happening, what it'll result in.
Day 16, 17, 18, 19: Still trying to balance my arms on my hips, my legs apart like I love myself.
Attempting to capture and mask the streaks past my chin like unwanted dust on a shelf.
Prisoner in a haven that is not home.
Day 20: In public- "Are you tired?" and "You should see a doctor" are the welcome greetings.
Day 21: "You have lost too much weight!" "Are you dying?" yet I knew no one was bothered.
Day 22: It was time, I finally decided, the ruby sword is no longer my shroud but my weapon.
Day 23, 24, 25, 26: It is the first time I revealed my freshly formed fetus visage to the world.
Sans the burgundy or mahogany, "It'll be fine, I'll be fine" in my head swirled.
I null over my grief; lighting flashes my eureka moment.
Day 27, 28, 29: I have been through the worst and nothing worse will hoarsely caress me; I exhale negativity.
The hex of perplexity unshackled; sniffing the presence of love, to howling on the toilet; I inhale positivity.
I was hungry for 28 days. But on the 29th day I was neither hungry nor foolish.
Day 30: I realize red lipstick is not a mere mask for my flaws but defines my shade; my individuality.
It outlines my mistakes, ideas and decisions. It is a part of me, a reflection of my mentality.
I lift the fork and have my first meal in a month.
Tingles past my oesophagus. I feel tingles in my heart.
Once again I power pose; confidently, genuinely.
Take care of YOU at the School of Recovery!


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BISHOP F.D. WASHINGTON
ELDER R. L. MADISON
1372 Bedford Avenue
1734 Brentwood Road
Brentwood, NY 11717
© 2019 by WASHINGTON TEMPLE COGIC
Bishop Frederick Douglas "F. D." Washington
(January 1, 1914 - January 12, 1988)
Founder of Washington Temple Church of God in Christ (COGIC) in Brooklyn, New York.
Madame Ernestine B Washington
Song Bird of The East
July 16, 1914 - July 1, 1983
Born Frederick Douglas Washington on January 1, 1913 in Arkansas. He later served as a pastor for a church in Montclair, New Jersey. With his wife, Madame Ernestine Beatrice Washington, who was called "The Songbird of the East," Washington moved to Brooklyn New York to set up a tent at 966 Fulton street. This ministry was known as "The Sawdust Trail".
From there his ministry grew until he was able to purchase the old Loew's Theatre that stood at 1372 Bedford Avenue. Eventually, Washington Temple COGIC, with about 3,000 members, became one of the largest congregations of any denomination located in Brooklyn, NY. Washington served as assistant Jurisdictional Prelate to the late Bishop O. M. Kelly before finally succeeding him in 1983. He also served on the General Board of the Church Of God In Christ as Second Assistant to Bishop J.O. Patterson, Sr.
In addition to his early work with Sharpton, Washington also served as a mentor and spiritual father to many COGIC pastors. Included among these are Bishop Norman L. Prescott, the prelate of New Jersey's Third Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and pastor of Washington's former Montclair church; Superintindent Robert L. Madison of Washington Temple; Elder Bernard Alexander, First COGIC of Staten Island, NY, Elder TJ Williams Jr. of First COGIC of Bridgehampton, NY; (the late) Rev. Timothy Wright, world famous gospel singer, Elder Stanley Williams of Grace Temple COGIC in Westbury, NY; Elder Odolph Wright of City Of Faith COGIC (New York and Georgia and Elder Michael Collymore (North Carolina).
After the passing of Bishop Washington in January 1988, He was succeeded as Prelate by Bishop Ithiel Clemmons and as pastor by Elder Robert L. Madison.
MADAME ERNESTINE B. WASHINGTON
Madame Ernestine B Washington Song Bird of The East July 16, 1914 - July 1, 1983 On June 6th, 1934, Elder Washington married Ernestine B Thomas. This dynamic team began a world wide gospel ministry that reached the uttermost parts of the world, with Sis Ernestine Washington's melodious singing and this gospel preaching giant. She was the faithful the devoted wife of our late Founder Bishop Frederick D Washington for forty-nine years.
During her life time she traveled cross the country to churches and auditoriums Through her singing many souls were brought to Christ. She was the recipient of numerous awards and recognition. After coming to Brooklyn in 1951, she traveled less and remained home to work along with her husband to build the Ministry of Bethel temple later named Washington Temple. She was an outstanding mother, teacher, woman of great wisdom,and truth supporter of the gospel vision.she had courage, character, patience, and perseverance. She had a great smile and was always available to sing a song of praise. She left a legacy of a lifetime of meaningful Christian experiences to be cherished for generations to come.
After forty-nine years of joint service in ministry and marriage, the beloved Song Bird of the East, went on to view the Her Lord and Savior on July 1 1983. references: "A Decade of Service", Women's Department Journal 1990 thru 1999 a decade of service, Washington Temple COGIC, 1990 "Service of Triumph Right Reverend Frederick Douglass Washington Friday January, 15 1988, Washington Temple COGIC, 1988.

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Here are the some of the laws and regulations that we are able to implement and adhere to for your business:
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What is PCI-DSS?
PCI is a certification required by Visa, MasterCard and other major credit card processors for ensuring data security and privacy. PCI certification protects a company from liability if credit card data is stolen or compromised. For more information, visit: https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/.
Who is required to adhere to PCI-DSS?
Any company (merchant or service provider) that stores, transmits, records, or acts as a gateway for credit card information is required to become PCI-DSS compliant.
How does Mitel comply with PCI-DSS?
Mitel is fully compliant with the 12 Security Domains of PCI-DSS Level-1 service provider. Compliance is audited and certified yearly by an independent 3rd party, Qualified Security Assessor.
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The following components have been certified for use with PCI-DSS related data:
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Mitel's data centers located in the United States, Australia and Europe
Enacted in 1996, HIPAA regulations require companies to adopt policies and procedures to protect the privacy and security of Protected Health Information (PHI). Covered Entities, as defined in the regulations, which include health insurers and billing processors, must fulfill the requirements defined under HIPAA's privacy and security rules. These rules define administrative, physical and technical safeguards for PHI. For more information, visit: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/.
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The right tone between being an authority & relating to your consumer is a fine line. It's different for every brand and will be informed by your target audience. People prefer to buy from people (and brands) they relate to. Communicating on the basis of truth and honesty sets that as the baseline and helps to establish trust with your users. This can be done when introducing new policies or when there is a problem, making sure your straight forward. Your voice should always align with your brand promise.
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There is enough brand variety worldwide to make any consumer happy. Only your relationship with each individual will set you apart. When a customer can leave your app experience unsatisfied but connected to your narrative, they will return and tell their friends about their experience. This is one of the most powerful byproducts of brand transparency.
A huge part of brand loyalty lies in consumer's values. Do they value ethical or domestic manufacturing practices? Or perhaps they care about charity commitments and want to feel like their money is going towards something altruistic. Social listening & focus groups can tell you specific language that highlights the most important values to focus on.
Being transparent means that not only are consumers reading your side of things but are able to see how other consumers are interacting with the brand and what their peers are saying. This can be done with accessible reviews, comments, or by integrating a social aspect that gives an authentic narrative that isn't controlled by your company's agenda.
Pushing relevant content adds value to how consumers interact with your brand which is important considering 41% of consumers admitted to unfollowing brands who fail to. Apps with utility should organically foster brand loyalty. Featuring things such as care tips for products or recipes shows that you're considering their daily life and how your brand or products are a part of that.
Show users the content they want to see and retarget them later with push notifications. It doesn't always make sense to go straight to the call-to-actions even if that is the ultimate goal. Consumers are increasingly sensitive to feeling locked into actions falling into pushy marketing schemes.
No matter what you're saying, it should always support the core vision of your brand. Every communication touchpoint matters, which means a brand's sense of self must shine through all of them.


Chinese gradual and piecemeal reform has generated dual labour market sectors: the state sector vs. the non-state sector. One important feature of reforms in the state sector is that balancing the objective of maintaining social stability against that of improving productivity is highlighted. In this thesis I suggest that this trade-off is inherent in the policy of xiagang which allows state owned enterprises to layoff workers but forces them to continue providing some wages and non-wage benefits. The aim of this thesis is to examine the relationship between social stability and a range of variables such as wages, effort levels, employment, output, productivity and profitability. To fulfill it, this thesis builds a theoretical model that extends the Shapiro and Stiglitz no-shirking efficiency wage model to include characteristics of the Chinese context. The most important innovation in this model is the introduction of a social stability parameter that reflects some key features of xiagang such as a low likelihood of workers being laid off. The likelihood of layoffs could be lowered in the interest of social stability. A comparative static analysis is undertaken on this model. It shows that with an increase of this social stability parameter, the overall wages, unskilled worker's effort levels and their employment tend to rise, but the overall profit levels and skilled worker's effort levels tend to decline; Skilled worker's employment, the overall output and productivity may either increase or decrease. This implies that profitability may be improved by lowering the social stability parameter, but that improvement is more likely to be realised through cutting labour costs at an expense of shifting more workers into xiagang rather than through improving the overall productivity.


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Constructed and dedicated in 2002, the museum was entirely achieved by donations of material and labor. The Museum is owned by the City of Manton and the Museum Board. It is run and managed by volunteers. The Veteran's Memorial Museum Project was recognized as #1 in the nation by the Veteran's of Foreign Wars.


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A$AP Rocky Will be Detained for Two Weeks in Swedish Jail On Assault Charge
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A$AP Rocky is going to be kept in a Swedish jail for at least two weeks while police do further investiate into his involvement in an alleged assault. The Hollywood Reporter reports that the order was given from prosectors during a court date on Friday, July 5.
A$AP was arrested alongside two members of his entourage and a security guard employed by A$AP on Tuesday following an alleged incident with two men who A$AP claims were following them, and on drugs. The security guard, whose name has not been given, was released on Thursday while the two other men who are apart of A$AP's entourage are awaiting hearings.
Swedish prosecutor Fredrik Karlsson said, "after the hearing at the Stockholm District Court that Rocky will be held on an assault charge rather than the aggravated assault charge he was initially given." A$AP's defense lawyer Henrik Olsson Lilja, said he plans to appeal the decision and insists that his client was acting in self-defense of the two men.
As a result of A$AP being arrested, Pretty Flacko Jody has had to cancel numerous performances across Europe. He will also be forced to cancel his headlining performance at the Wireless Festival in London, which was scheduled to take place on Sunday, July 7.
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Q: Как решить эту задачу программным путем(Python)? Из пункта A в пункт B одновременно стартовали два лыжника. Скорость первого x метров в секунду, скорость второго y метров в секунду. Известно, что x>y. Одновременно с ними, из пункта B им навстречу стартовал третий лыжник, который движется со скоростью z метров в секунду. В какой-то момент третий лыжник встретил первого, а ровно через t секунд после этого встретил второго.
Требуется выяснить, через сколько секунд после встречи со вторым лыжником третий прибудет в пункт A.
Input format
В одной строке через пробел записано четыре числа x, y, z, и t.
x строго больше y, все числа целые из отрезка от 1 до 1000.
Output format
Вывести одно вещественное число - ответ на задачу с точностью не меньше трёх знаков после десятичной точки.
Примеры:
Input
5 4 10 100
Output
600
Input
342 221 2 747
Output
234669.12397

A: задача на уровне 6-7 классов :)
пусть расстояние между пунктами L, тогда

*

*надо найти через сколько встретятся x и z

*узнать какое расстояние будет между x и y к этому времени

*зная это расстояние, узнать через какое время встретятся z и y

*поскольку это время известно, то через него и 1) - 3) выразить L

*а зная расстояние уже несложно вычислить и искомое время как
 Tитог = Tz - Tвстр - t

где Tz - время за которое z проёдёт все расстояние, Tвстр - время встречи с x, а t - время встречи с y после этого
Итоговый код:
t_res = ? * ? * (? + ?) / (? * (? - ?))
print(t_res)

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James O'Reilly (6 de octubre de 1855—19 de diciembre de 1934) fue un clérigo católico irlandés que, después de llegar en los Estados Unidos y sirviendo como sacerdote, el papa Pío X lo ha nombrado como el segundo Obispo de Fargo (1910–1934).

Nació en el Condado Cavan, estudió en una Universidad en Dublín, donde fue ordenado al sacerdocio el 24 de junio de 1882. Estuvo presente en el seminario de la Archidiócesis de St. Paul donde sirvió como el pastor de las parroquias en Goodhue Condado, Belle Riachuelo, Ciudad de Lago, Condado de Washington y en Stillwater. En 1886  esté escogido como pastor de la iglesia de St. Anthony de Padua en Minneapolis

El 8 de diciembre de 1909, O'Reilly fue nombrado como el segundo Obispo de la Arquidiócesis de Fargo, por el papa Pío X. Recibió su consagración episcopal el 19 de mayo de 1910, por el arzobispo John Irlanda, los Obispos James McGolrick y James Trobec fueron los co-consagrantes. O'Reilly fue Obispo de Fargo hasta su fallecimiento, el 19 de diciembre de 1934.

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Obispos católicos del siglo XX
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Cette page concerne les événements qui se sont déroulés un 15 octobre dans les chemins de fer.

Événements

1897. France Ligne Paris - Saint-Germain-en-Laye : ouverture de la Gare des Vallées.

1909. France Métro de Paris : la station Boulevard Barbès change de nom, elle devient Barbès - Rochechouart.
 1957. Italie-Autriche-Allemagne : mise en service du TEE Mediolanum entre Milan et Munich.
 1965. Japon : la ligne de métro Meijō ouvre à Nagoya.
 1998. Grande-Bretagne : début des travaux de la ligne à grande vitesse (CTRL) devant relier le tunnel sous la Manche à la gare de Saint-Pancras à Londres.
 1998. France : Inauguration de la ligne 14 du métro de Paris entre les stations Madeleine et Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand

2010 : Fin du percement de la première galerie du tunnel de base du Saint-Gothard.

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Daniel Edward Dugdale (October 28, 1864 – March 9, 1934) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the 1886 Kansas City Cowboys and 1894 Washington Senators in the National League. He continued to play ball in the minor leagues through 1897, primarily in the Western Association. He managed in the minors with the Peoria Distillers (player/manager) in 1896-97, Seattle Chinooks (1903), Portland Browns (1904), Seattle Siwashes (1907–08) and Seattle Giants (1911).

He became involved in Seattle's real estate market and became fairly wealthy. He used his wealth to build several baseball stadiums in the Seattle area. The main stadium in Seattle bore his name until it was destroyed in 1932.

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USDA tells states to shut down food stamp program until deal reached
October 16, 2013 | Michael Dorstewitz | Print Article
If Congress doesn't reach a deal on the debt ceiling to the president's liking by the end of the month, the Obama administration has ordered states to withhold food stamps.
A letter from the Department of Agriculture has directed the states to suspend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for the month of November, according to Salt Lake City Fox10 News.
Crossroads Urban Center, a private social services organization, posted a copy the letter it received from the USDA on its Facebook page, with the following message:
This letter appears to tell states to hold Food Stamp benefits for November pending further notice. Hopefully Congress will make a deal on the national budget and debt soon so people get their benefits next month!
"In the interest of preserving maximum flexibility, we are directing states to hold their November issuance files and delay transmission to state electronic benefit transfer (EBT) vendors until further notice," the Oct. 11 letter says.
More federal money is being spent to keep parks and monuments closed than it would take to keep them to remain open. In some cases, the government even losing income by doing so.
Veterans' survivor benefits were even withheld from the families of fallen service members even though a new federal law provided for them. Finally a private foundation, the Fisher House, had to step in.
The Amber Alert system for missing children was even suspended, but the first lady's "Let's Move!" program is still running.
Watch the news report from Fox13 Salt Lake City.
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Jim Tartaglia is an internationally recognized vaccine R&D leader with over 30 years of experience in industry, including exposure to partnerships with private sector, government and international agencies. He is respected for creating and leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver business objectives and address complex problems, especially towards developing and licencing products in the veterinary and human vaccine areas. Jim is recognized for strong leadership, stakeholder engagement and team management skills within matrix organizations, with a proven track record in vaccine R&D, general management, project leadership, strategic planning and execution, and stakeholder relationship management.
Jim is currently Global Head of Development for Sanofi Vaccine and is based in Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, USA. In his over 30-year tenure with Sanofi, Jim has held positions of site head for R&D at the Toronto site and various portfolio leadership roles.
Before joining Sanofi Pasteur-Canada in 1999, Jim was Executive Director of Research at Virogenetics Corporation of Troy, New York, a former subsidiary of Sanofi Pasteur. At Virogenetics, he helped develop the poxvirus vector technology as an immunization vehicle for both veterinary and human application, including HIV and cancer.
Prior to joining Virogenetics in 1990, Jim worked as a research scientist with the New York State Department of Health and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology in Nutley, New Jersey. He holds a PhD from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Albany Medical College and a BSc in biology from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
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One of the important things for West Coast Swing beginners to know are core patterns. The core patterns of WCS (side passes, push breaks, and whips) use leverage and compression in fairly straightforward ways. In intermediate-level patterns, these same connection concepts are used; however, because the moves look different, it can be hard to see how those connections work. These drills aim to help you apply the basic connection principles to higher-level moves.
These drills can be done either by yourself or with a partner. If you are with a partner, actually dance the move up to the connection that is being focused on, and experiment with changing the connection at that time to feel what makes the move easier and clearer. If you are doing the drills on your own, think about where you are located relative to your partner and where the follower is being asked to move next, and position your body so that you are able to create the appropriate kind of connection.
So, let's take a more complicated move: the basket whip. On this move, the leader does whip footwork. He is holding both hands of the follower and leads her down his right side, looking at his left wrist on 2 like an underarm turn. Because the follower's arms are crossed, she continues straight and ends up going into whip rhythm when she feels the leader step across on 4, creating her coaster step.
Walk through this move and stop right before count 4. What kind of connection should the partners be in? The answer, surprisingly, is leverage. Even though she is facing away from the leader, the follower's next step is going to be towards the leader. How do you create leverage in this position? Well, both partners' centers must be further away from each other than their feet. So, the leader's center should be behind his feet, like they normally are for 4 of a whip. But, the follower actually needs to move her center forward—which is away from the leader, because she is facing away from him—in order to create the leverage connection.
If you are doing this drill with a partner, this would be a great time to dance two version of the basket whip. In the first version, have the follower take her center further forward than normal on count 4, so she is leaning further away from the leader. In the second version, have the follower leave her center directly over her feet. The first version should feel more connected because the partners' centers are in the correct relationship.
Bonus Variations: Walk through your pattern repertoire and identify moments in which the follower is moving towards the leader. Ask yourself where you need to position your center in order to establish a leverage connection at that moment. If you have a partner, also try dancing through the pattern and test whether that connection makes the move work better.


In the history of delish food duos, some pairings reign supreme: Mac and cheese, pancakes and maple syrup, and—of course—peanut butter and chocolate. We swapped almond butter for peanut and used raw cacao honey in place of sugary chocolate to create cups that deliver in flavor, healthy fats, and antioxidants, minus the refined-sugar crash.
Whether you're pot-lucking, packing your kids' lunch, or just trying to calm an insatiable sweet tooth, make these morsels your go-to.
Combine raw cacao honey and coconut oil in a saucepan. Place over medium-low heat and cook, stirring often, until melted and well combined. Stir in a pinch of salt.
Pour half of mixture into 6 mini silicone cupcake molds. Freeze until firm, 5 to 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare filling: Combine almond butter, another pinch of salt, and 20 sprays of Bee Propolis, if using. Stir until well mixed. Add a dollop of filling to center of each chocolate base. Freeze 15 minutes.
Rewarm remaining chocolate mixture, if it has firmed up. Divide among cups, covering filling. Freeze until firm, about 15 minutes.


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31 Days of Revolutionary Women, #01: An Introduction by Hanako O'Leary
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By Hanako O'Leary
In honor of Women's History Month, we'll be posting one story each day of March written by local citizen journalists about a revolutionary woman from history or today who has inspired them as women.
Starting as a weeklong celebration in the Sonoma, California school district, March officially became National Women's History Month in 1987. Each day for the next 30 days, we feature these stories of 30 women from history as we know them.
While a single month cannot cover all that came before, I am proud of the work put forth by the women who came before me. As today marks the 29th anniversary, now is a good time to reflect upon it.
History has always left women in the shadows, leading us to feel anger, frustration, and more than anything, heartbreak. We navigate through a world which often devalues our love and labor.
Drawing by Hanako O'Leary
We still fight daily for reproductive rights, equal wages, and safety on the streets. We live in constant fear on college campuses, and under the stress of being compared to commercially manufactured constructs of desire. While conditions are improving, they are far from equal, whether that be in the workplace, education, healthcare, politics or the justice system. Our social, political, and economic rights have yet to catch up with those of our male counterparts.
In silent battles we take on the world, ourselves, and sadly each other. This month we will take a moment to look around and understand the layers of misunderstanding that exist between ourselves and others. Society continues to break bonds of sisterhood through stratifications of race, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, and body politics.
With that in mind, we find room to celebrate the battles fought. This month is to honor the women who came before us. While we are still challenged by the inequities of this world, let us take a moment to breathe and appreciate the women who have brought us this far. Despite an entire world history built upon the oppression of women ‐ from Babylon to Trump, from the Old Testament to HBO – we continue to move forward.
This month I will nurse my hope that our bonds are there and strong: we as sisters and mothers, fathers and brothers, are in it together. And together we will not only raise our social, economic, and political consciousness, we will teach it to future generations as well.
Hanako O'Leary (aka HannyaGrrrl) is an artist and arts administrator. She is on the brink of receiving her MFA in Arts Leadership from Seattle University. Most of her time is spent thinking about social equity. Otherwise, she is busy acting upon her thoughts, creating art and engaging in conversation. Her current obsession is in Japanese wood block prints and comic books.
Feature image drawn by Hanako O'Leary
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16-year-old migrant boy dies in government custody in Texas
Nation May 2, 2019 10:33 AM EST
WASHINGTON — A 16-year-old unaccompanied migrant boy from Guatemala fell ill after he was transferred to a government shelter in Texas and later died, officials said Wednesday.
The boy crossed the border near El Paso, Texas, on April 19, and was taken to a shelter in Brownsville a day later, according to Guatemala's Foreign Ministry.
He did not appear ill when he was transferred to the care of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to a statement from the Administration for Children and Families, the division within HHS that cares for migrant children who cross the border alone. But the next morning, he had fever, chills and a headache and was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released that day.
When the teen didn't recover, he was taken to a second hospital and transferred to a children's hospital. Guatemalan officials said he had a severe infection in his brain and had emergency surgery, but never stabilized and died Tuesday. The cause of death was under review, as was the incident. His name was not released.
The boy's brother and Guatemalan consular officials visited him while he was hospitalized, and hospital staff frequently updated his family in Guatemala, according to Evelyn Stauffer, a spokeswoman for the Administration for Children and Families.
It was the third death in government custody since December, as the U.S. deals with a surge of unaccompanied children and Central American families arriving at the southern border. Two other children died while in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody shortly after they arrived at the border.
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Trump administration officials have said the surge has strained resources beyond the breaking point, but immigrant advocates and some Democrats say part of the crisis is due to President Donald Trump's own hardline rhetoric and failed border policies.
The 16-year-old was from the municipality of Camotan in the eastern area of Chiquimula. The Guatemalan Consulate in McAllen tried to get humanitarian visas so the parents could be with their son, but they were too old to travel, the foreign ministry said. The boy's body will be repatriated, but it's not clear when.
In December, 8-year-old Felipe Gomez Alonzo died on Christmas Eve from influenza and a rapid, progressive infection that led to organ failure shortly after crossing the border. His death was two weeks after that of 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin, who also had a bacterial infection that quickly led to sepsis and organ failure.
Both of those children were also from Guatemala but arrived with a family member and were in Customs and Border Protection custody, not the care of Health and Human Services, which is tasked with dealing with the care of migrant children who arrive at the border alone. The agency also managed the children who were separated from their parents by the Trump administration last summer.
The last time a child died in the custody of Health and Human services was 2015.
The teen's death comes as the Trump administration asks for $4.5 billion in supplemental funding for the border mostly for humanitarian aid. The official request said Health and Human Services will exhaust its resources by June. The funding request includes $2.8 billion to increase shelter capacity to about 23,600 total beds for unaccompanied children.
There were 50,036 unaccompanied children encountered during the last budget year, and so far this budget year there have been 35,898 children. The highest number was in 2014: 57,496.
Their average length of stay in a government shelter is 66 days, up from 59 during fiscal year 2018 and 40 in 2016's fiscal year.
Associated Press writer Sonny Figueroa in Guatemala City contributed to this report.
READ MORE: A second migrant child died in U.S. custody this month. Here's what we know
Left: A U.S. border patrol agent walks along the border fence separating Mexico from the United States near Calexico, California, on Feb. 8, 2017. Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters
White House wants $4.5 billion in emergency border funding
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U.S. to give immigrants DNA tests at the border to check for fraud
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Driving insight of the new 2016 BMW 7 Series
7-series | April 20th, 2015 by Nico DeMattia	0
With the recent announcement of news about the upcoming G11/G12 7 Series, and all the excitement which surrounds it, it seems as if we've been …
With the recent announcement of news about the upcoming G11/G12 7 Series, and all the excitement which surrounds it, it seems as if we've been getting very caught up in all of the technical specs and not the way it drives and feels. The 7 Series was always the car for BMW enthusiasts who've grown up and decided to buy a luxury car, but still long for that great driving experience. In recent iterations, the 7er seems to have gotten away from the driving experience being the main priority, even Project head Walter Schindlbeck acknowledged so. This time, however, BMW is putting the Ultimate Driving Experience back into the 7 Series.
In the comment section of most of the features we did on the 7 Series, many readers and fans were concerned about the perceived lack of focus towards driving feel, handling and performance. Many claimed that BMW was more concerned with gesture control and adaptive cruise control than actual driving. And while BMW has been focusing quite a bit on those things, it has to in this segment after all, the Bavarians have been working steadfast on making sure the new G11/G12 drives like a proper BMW.
According to some recent circuit test drives in Miramas, France, Car and Driver reports that the new 7 Series drives with the verve and enthusiasm as BMWs of yore. The folks at C&D seem optimistic that this new 7er will return BMW to the top of the luxury-yacht segment. Some of the notable driving dynamics reported were the ride, steering and performance. According to multiple accounts, the new 7 Series rides like a dream, thanks in part to the as-standard air suspension. Bumps and cracks are soaked up with nary a murmur. The 7 just steamrolls the road imperfections without the slightest upset in the chassis, just smooth and confident progression.
The new engine seems to be quite a gem too. With similar feel and response to the outgoing N55, which is quite the compliment actually, the new B58 turbocharged straight-six engine can motivate the Big 7 with all the enthusiasm one will need. Obviously, there will be an eight-cylinder engine and a diesel available in the future, but the baseline six will do just fine. Plus there's something special about a 7 Series with a straight-six, it just seems right. The B58 is technically an elongated version of the engine in the MINI Cooper S and, being part of BMW's new modular engine line, shows promise for the future of BMW engines.
An important part of the drive that C&D reported was about the steering. They felt that the steering was back to business as usual for BMW, as it was accurate and properly weighted. They did complain about the level of feedback, or lack thereof, but noted that this is done purposely. Apparently, according to engineers for BMW, it's quite easy for them to tune in steering feel with the electric power steering, but the customer base for the 7 Series don't seem to enjoy it. So by demand, BMW must give the 7 Series, and most likely all luxury cars, slightly vague steering. Damned if they do, damned if they don't, it seems.
But despite any lack of steering feedback, the G11/G12 seems to be the 7 Series we've all been waiting years for. One with athletic driving dynamics reminiscent of 7 Series past, such as the E38. The 7 Series was never meant to be a boring luxo-barge like some of its competitors are. The 7 is meant to give its driver all the comfort and luxury they could desire when they want it, but be able to tackle a canyon road like a sports car when asked to. While the previous 7er was a competent dance partner, this new 7 Series seems to be a willing one. And that's more exciting than any techno-features in the world.
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As an expectation from the current trend, there will be nearly 2.5 billion smartphone users on the globe by 2019. So, the demand for apps is inevitable and rises bar-by-bar each year. There is almost everyone familiar with apps and its functionalities on daily basis.
Nowadays, the modern business environment adopting Software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps to provide uninterrupted on-demand service for its customers. However, there are a lot companies running their business entirely using apps. The operations like project tracking, collaboration with co-workers, hiring, managing, communication with employees, and almost every process are running through apps.
So, the apps are becoming more prominent solutions for solving any type of problems. To solve the problems and replace the manual operations process in the organizations, apps are becoming the go-to tools. To take advantage of apps in this app-centric world, businesses are shifting to low-code development platforms.
What is low-code development platforms?
Low-code developments allow the developers to quickly design, build, customize, and deploy business apps with little to no coding. It provides customizable tools that help the users to develop the apps according to their requirements. The tools are incorporated with interfaces that offer drag-and-drop facilities for building highly functional and operational apps. This will facilitate businesses to build and deploy apps within hours.
Appian is a low-code and Business Process Management (BPM) platform that helps various business to quicken their operations. The platform makes simple and faster business innovations, therefore it is known as digital transformation jet fuel. It uses low-code capabilities and features to process the innovative business applications.
Mendix is founded in 2005, known as one of the leading low-code software platforms. Mendix integrates all the tools at one place to build, test, deploy, and iterate applications. The platform is based on visual and model-driven software development. Recently, the platform performed enhancements for multi-channel app development and mobile application development.
Outsystems is also a low-code platform that allows users to build applications visually, integrate to existing software, and to add code when needed. The platform is built in a way that users can develop apps within minutes. With the help of Outsystems, the users can build native mobile service apps, B2C mobile banking apps, web portals, and sales & service field apps. This platform also rated as #1 low-code development platform due to Unbeatable speed, Integration with everything, Great UX by default, Built-in security and a lot.
Quick Base stepped into low-code development with the aim to save time and get more done. It leverages developers to build the applications smarter, faster, and simpler. More importantly, Quick Base automates and continuously improve business processes. Not only this, it also solves complex business challenges, saves time and accelerates innovations. Quick Base makes work better with dashboards, workflows, collaboration, customization, and integrations.
Salesforce is a cloud computing platform, recognized as #1 Customer Relationship Management(CRM) platform. Forrester names Salesforce as the leader of low-code app development platforms. This platform evolved over years as a customer-centric platform that is constantly innovating new ways to the customers. Developments like Lightening, Salesforce1, mobile SDKs, and Heroku all help customers connect with their customers using mobile apps. Salesforce also adopting the technologies like AI, IoT, and blockchain to integrate with its low-code development platforms to drive more innovative solutions.
Thanks Arvind. Have you looked further than the usual suspects? Linx (https://linx.software) is pretty impressive too.
Yes, Linx is also pretty impressive – Thanks for mentioning here!


Andhra Pradesh Commercial Tax Department (APCTD) is the nodal agency for the administration and collection of various taxes in the State of Andhra Pradesh. This regulatory body is engaged day in and day out, in managing revenue regulation combined with best practises to run a progressive tax administrative system.
With an endeavour to transform itself into an enterprise friendly entity and a progressive tax administrative system, the department's prime focus remains on bringing in greater transparency, fairness and firmness to achieve highest tax efficiency through the use of information technology.
Like every other government and public sector agency, APCTD was under pressure to perform faster and better with constrained resources. The department turned to solutions from SAS to improve business processes, detect fraudulent activities, track commodities, perform internal audits and keep a tab on business and dealers. These solutions essentially deal with better processing, aligning, administering and monitoring of information that flows in the department on a daily basis.
APCTD uses solutions from SAS to correct, align, de-duplicate and verify accurate data. Data can now be taken data from multiple, disparate operational systems and then formatted, cleansed, transformed and stored in a central data warehouse, thus allowing standardization while updating or upgrading new information related to an existing or new entries.
Limited empirical methods made it hard to find the right individuals or businesses to audit. Using enterprise-grade and user friendly solutions from SAS, hidden complexities and relationships in the disparate data, could now be aligned and made sense of. A single, comprehensive view of data across departments, functions and agencies across more than 3 lakh cases is available. APCTD is now in a position to gather and validate more relevant, predictive and forward-looking data to better target tax gaps and make more accurate revenue projections.
APCTD's collaboration with SAS successfully helped in identifying linkages among seemingly unrelated individuals, entities and activities with the unique network visualization interface. Collection and analysis of performance measurements across key important metrics like sale to purchase ratio, turnover versus returns etc. added further intelligence. The selection of audits is automated based on the possible cases identified by the analytics solution. Analytically risk profiling of the businesses based on various KPIs guides the department to drive focussed attention towards customers prone to commit fraud.
The Commercial Taxes Department of Andhra Pradesh has started using SAS software to detect tax evasion in various forms and arrest the revenue leakages because of fraudulent dealer. Many dealers engage in various malpractices like engaging in circular trading, issuing invoices without exchange of goods and conducting business in the names of drivers, cooks, among the others.
SAS links all the data of various dealers in one place. The software examines the data given by a dealer in different formats at different times and highlights discrepancies. There is also a mechanism in place to integrate and analyse the data from other departments like public distribution system to identify possible cases of tax evasion. In the first phase, fraudulent transactions are detected and then the software further helps in identifying the dealers associated with such transactions. Using this data, the authorities plan to issue notices, initiate recovery and levy double penalty on the fraudulent dealers.


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This American Journey (2013)
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rmargaux27 September 2013
The Real American Viewpoint
I am not a film critic, but like most people, I do have an opinion, I can reflect and have a reaction to something. I therefore will not judge any technique, dialogue or wardrobe choices, but I will share how it made me feel, what it made me think and what I took away from it.
This American Journey is a series of unplanned, random interviews post 2008 elections from everyday Americans and their thoughts on the country, politics, the economy, energy policies, religion and how these matters currently effect their lives. The only thing planned was the route - over three thousand miles by car beginning in New York City to Southern California through the deep South, the Mid and Southwest.
Some amazing stories were shared by an eclectic range of people including: a 'practically' homeless musician, a gas station attendant, a Wall Street insider, a Marine, a cowboy Preacher, a wise women of Taos, Judges, store owners, store clerks, nurses, and a gun buyer.
Over all, I was definitely left with a feeling of hope and a belief that the typical folk of the U.S. do have it. I was also often reminded that appearances are misleading as nearly all of the participants clearly expressed their disappointments with the state of the Country, could acknowledge that we are losing our way but that they understood change requires all of US to make it happen.
Interjections and reactions from the filmmakers frame and complement the experience for viewers, giving me a sense of their involvement - they really did want to know, it wasn't just a project for them.
It's a quest of sorts to rediscover the America as Blackthorne & Basqaili knew it long ago. The results? In spite of the cold weather, eating on the road, the wonderful motel accommodations and the fact that these two were perfect strangers just a couple weeks before they ventured out across the country, they collected over eighty interviews, gleaned some life lessons, a puppy they named Bodhi and then put together a film you SHOULD SEE.
And their adventure did make me think, what answers would I have given if these two strange men and their camera approached me?
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henjon724 October 2013
I am not a documentary person. If you've never watched a documentary, this is a good one to start with. Everyone will find something in it they can relate to given the range of people and views. It avoids being overly preachy, sappy or angry while engaging in conversations touching on the economy, religion, politics, and solutions for the future from everyday people. It is must-see for anyone who is discouraged by the dumbing down and polarization of Americans through sound-bites and political generalizations. You will laugh and smile and think. You might even find some people who think like you do. Having spent numerous childhood vacations packed in a station wagon with up to six siblings, a car top carrier full of camping gear for 4,000+ mile trips to visit family (our version of an American Journey) I can honestly say I would drive across the country to buy these gentlemen a cup of coffee and talk about the world. And I will definitely watch this again.
LisaRhyne8 February 2020
A heartfelt journey to the heartland
What happens when a love affair starts to lose its heart? How you do decide when to fight for a love affair or just walk away? This heartfelt journey to America's heartland is the result of one man's quest to rekindle his love affair with a country he feels he has lost touch with.
This handsome Brit first fell in love with America as a young child while visiting family in New York. Over the years his work in the entertainment industry had him spending time between New York and Los Angeles. But, as many know, there is much more to America than just Hollywood and Manhattan. Paul decided to rent a van, load it up with the gear, grub and his pals then they set off on a quest to reconnect with and rediscover his beloved America.
They are spontaneous and go where their instincts and interviewees lead them. Fortunately, they get to talk with a wide variety of people that makes for an engaging, entertaining and enlightening watch. People from varied walks of life share their experiences and views on America and where they believe it is headed as a nation. It leads to fascinating insights, an interesting conclusion...and a surprise companion.
America is a big beautiful country filled with fascinating diverse characters and breathtaking landscapes. Paul is an acclaimed photographer in addition to his acting, writing, directing and producing. All of these skills come together to create a beautiful and informative documentary. I believe it is just as timely today as it was when they filmed it - perhaps even more so. Definitely worth a watch.


With a versatile clutch, the CrossClef piece works as both a lapel pin and a tie tack — whichever suits your style best. Makes a wonderful gift for choir members, worship leaders or anyone who sings, plays or simply appreciates Christian music.
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    // The yellow team just scored a goal.
    // For information only.
    // For rules compliance, teams must treat as STOP.
    GOAL_YELLOW = 14,
    // The blue team just scored a goal.
    GOAL_BLUE = 15,
    // Equivalent to STOP, but the yellow team must pick up the ball and
    // drop it in the Designated Position.
    BALL_PLACEMENT_YELLOW = 16,
    // Equivalent to STOP, but the blue team must pick up the ball and drop
    // it in the Designated Position.
    BALL_PLACEMENT_BLUE = 17
};

std::string stringFromCommand(Command c);
}

/**
 * @brief A packet we received over the network from ssl-refbox
 *
 * @details Contains the protobuf packet from the refbox and a timestamp of when
 * we received it.
 */
class NewRefereePacket {
public:
    /// Local time when the packet was received
    RJ::Time receivedTime;

    /// protobuf message from the vision system
    SSL_Referee wrapper;
};

/**
 * @brief The ref module listens to a port for referee packets over the network.
 *
 * @details Referee packets are sent out from the
 * [ssl-refbox](https://github.com/Hawk777/ssl-refbox) program.
 * You can see the [protobuf
 * packet](https://github.com/Hawk777/ssl-refbox/blob/master/referee.proto) for
 * full details,
 * but the packets contains info about which stage of the game it is, team
 * scores, yellow/red cards, etc.
 *
 * Each time a new packet arrives, the ref module updates the GameState object
 * with the new information.
 */
class NewRefereeModule : public QThread {
public:
    NewRefereeModule(Context* const ctx);
    ~NewRefereeModule();

    void stop();

    void getPackets(std::vector<NewRefereePacket*>& packets);

    bool kicked() { return _kickDetectState == Kicked; }

    void useExternalReferee(bool value) { _useExternalRef = value; }

    bool useExternalReferee() { return _useExternalRef; }

    void blueTeam(bool value) { _blueTeam = value; }

    bool blueTeam() { return _blueTeam; }

    NewRefereeModuleEnums::Stage stage;
    NewRefereeModuleEnums::Command command;

    // The UNIX timestamp when the packet was sent, in microseconds.
    // Divide by 1,000,000 to get a time_t.
    RJ::Time sent_time;
    RJ::Time received_time;

    // The number of microseconds left in the stage.
    // The following stages have this value; the rest do not:
    // NORMAL_FIRST_HALF
    // NORMAL_HALF_TIME
    // NORMAL_SECOND_HALF
    // EXTRA_TIME_BREAK
    // EXTRA_FIRST_HALF
    // EXTRA_HALF_TIME
    // EXTRA_SECOND_HALF
    // PENALTY_SHOOTOUT_BREAK
    //
    // If the stage runs over its specified time, this value
    // becomes negative.
    RJ::Seconds stage_time_left;

    // The number of commands issued since startup (mod 2^32).
    int64_t command_counter;

    // The UNIX timestamp when the command was issued, in microseconds.
    // This value changes only when a new command is issued, not on each packet.
    RJ::Time command_timestamp;

    TeamInfo yellow_info;
    TeamInfo blue_info;

    void updateGameState(bool blueTeam);

    void spinKickWatcher();

protected:
    virtual void run() override;

    volatile bool _running;

    void ready();

    typedef enum {
        WaitForReady,
        CapturePosition,
        WaitForKick,
        VerifyKick,
        Kicked
    } KickDetectState;
    KickDetectState _kickDetectState;

    Geometry2d::Point _readyBallPos;

    // Time the ball was first beyond KickThreshold from its original position
    QTime _kickTime;

    QMutex _mutex;
    std::vector<NewRefereePacket*> _packets;
    Context* const _context;

    NewRefereeModuleEnums::Command prev_command;
    NewRefereeModuleEnums::Stage prev_stage;

    bool _useExternalRef = false;

    bool _blueTeam = false;

    float ballPlacementx;
    float ballPlacementy;
};


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New Simulation Shows Superconductivity Could Be Turned On And Off in Some Materials
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Superconductivity (passing charges through materials without losing heat) promises to revolutionise electronics and power, if we can get it working at reasonable temperatures – and scientists just reported a big step forward in our understanding of the phenomenon.
The new discovery centres around the Hubbard model: a maths model of conduction and insulation in materials, which scientists have for decades thought could unlock some of the secrets of superconductivity.
Researchers have been looking for proof that this model applies to a type of high-temperature superconductivity since the 1980s, and now they have it. Simulations run by a team from Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory show that superconductivity could be toggled on and off in copper-based materials called cuprates.
Further down the line, we might be able to control and produce superconductivity in cuprates on demand by "tweaking their chemistry", according to the team's findings.
"This has been a major unsolved problem in the field – does the Hubbard model describe high-temperature superconductivity in the cuprates, or is it missing some key ingredient?" says materials scientist Hong-Chen Jiang, from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
"Because there are a number of competing states in these materials, we have to rely on unbiased simulations to answer these questions, but the computational problems are very difficult, and so progress has been slow."
Getting materials to act as superconductors at temperatures above ultra-cold is a hugely tough challenge, not least because we're talking about materials in a quantum state here, where the behaviour of electrons is very difficult to predict.
The Hubbard model might give us that predictive framework we need, for understanding how high-temperature superconductors act as both conductors and insulators under very similar conditions – it's a map to navigate this quantum state maze.
By streamlining an algorithmic approach known as a density matrix renormalisation group (DMRG), the researchers finally overcome some of the existing computational problems to effectively simulate the Hubbard model in a virtual cuprate system.
This was all happening in a simulation, but the researchers saw a link between charge stripes (higher and lower electron density patterns) and superconductivity. The path that electrons took, either horizontally or diagonally across a lattice, had a bearing on whether the material became a superconductor or not.
That's a lot of high-end physics, but it essentially suggests that the Hubbard model does indeed give us a way to better understand superconductivity and to toggle it on and off by tweaking the chemistry of the materials involved.
Or at least, in simulated cuprate-based systems of this limited size – more research will be needed to confirm this happens in the real world, and on larger scales, but scientists are now well on the way.
What's more, their long-standing faith in the Hubbard model has been justified. The findings might not sound all that dramatic to those outside this field of research, but they could one day lead to perfectly efficient electric power lines and modes of transport that don't lose any energy to heat.
"The big thing you want to know is how to make superconductors operate at higher temperatures and how to make superconductivity more robust," says materials scientist Thomas Devereaux, from Stanford University in California. "It's about finding the knobs you can turn to tip the balance in your favour."
"We now have a fully interacting model that describes high-temperature superconductivity, at least for systems at the sizes we can study, and that's a big step forward."
The research has been published in Science.
This article was originally published by Sciencealert.com. Read the original article here.
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Boyfriend/Dating No
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Favourite Actor Will Smith
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I have all but stopped sleeping…I go to sleep but dream of being on the floor, bruised and battered…every time I try and get up I am kicked in the face until finally left for dead…I hear whispering, giggling and kissing as I lie there…Is it better awake or asleep? Both seem equally unbearable at the moment.
A chink of light though. Those of you who know me will be aware that I am the only person anybody knows who applies annually in the Wimbledon ballot and never gets tickets. It has started to become a joke yet somehow, I apply, with the same excitement and sense of anticipation each year…for the past 16 years! Well…to my astonishment – my cousin Joanne has managed to get me 2 tickets to Centre Court tomorrow…the forecast is for a fine, sunny day and I hope to get there in one piece and enjoy the day. What could possibly go wrong? Thank you Joanne.
Oh! lucky girl going to Wimbledon! You may be seeing Australia's one and only hope (young Nick K….something Greek sounding). He is only 19 and has just beaten Raffers!!! We are all glued to the Box looking like stunned mullets not believing that at last an Aussie has got a chance.
How are you feeling? Are you alone at home or is your son with you? I cannot bear the thought that you are in an empty house. That in itself is depressing….
Enjoy Wimbledon Wendy, will be looking for you on the box!
Sending you very much love, and wishing you a fab day at Wimbledon.
At least you apply. I forget every year! I'm green with envy although I am writing from Malta. Not seeming to complain but I will miss my hero Roger hopefully booking his place in final on Sunday. Have a great day, and let's hope it doesn't rain!
Hi Wendy I'm impressed that you apply for tickets every year. I forget every year even though I love the tennis and Wimbo I have just learned that my hero, Roger, is through but I'll miss the semi as I'm in Malta (very nice).
Hope you're having a great day. (I gave up applying years ago). Lots of love.


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Q: How does OpenMP reuse threads I assume thread creation and deletion could be costly. Does OpenMP try reuse existing threads? For example,
#pragma omp parallel sections num_threads(4)
   {
    #pragma omp section
    { ... worker A ... }
    #pragma omp section
    { ... worker B ... }
   }
   #pragma omp parallel sections num_threads(4)
   {
    #pragma omp section
    { ... worker C ... }
   #pragma omp section
   { ... worker D ... }
  }

In execution, does OpenMP allocate 5 threads or 3 (in which C and D reuse the threads that A and B used)?

A: In your example, a team of 4 "working" threads will be created/activated upon entry of your first parallel section, and 2 of them will be doing some work: one doing A and another doing B. The 2 others will be waiting idle at the end of the section. The 4 threads are then destroyed/deactivated upon exit of the section. Then a new team of 4 threads will be created/activated upon entry of the second parallel section and the same will happen... Now I said created/activated because since as you guessed, creating threads is costly, the standard allows compilers to create threads once and to only put threads to sleep between parallel sections if they want. But this is an implementation detail that should be transparent for the programmer.
At the end of the day, there's no way of knowing which thread will deal with A, B, C and D... You can only be sure that A and B will be handled by 2 different threads and that C and D by two different threads as well.


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Bible > Commentaries > Deuteronomy 17:10
◄ Deuteronomy 17:10 ►
And you shall do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall show you; and you shall observe to do according to all that they inform you:
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EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)
Benson Commentary
Deuteronomy 17:10-12. Thou shalt do according to the sentence — He speaks, 1st, To the inferior magistrates, who, in the suits here referred to between man and man, were to give sentence in their lower courts, according to the decision of the great council, or of the supreme judge, and were to take care that that sentence should be carried into execution; and, 2d, To private persons, who, in such cases, are required to acquiesce in the judgment of those whom God had made the supreme interpreters of his law, and to conform themselves to the sentence passed. The man that will do presumptuously — If an inferior judge should presume to contradict the sentence of the higher court, given according to God's law, and would not execute the orders of it; or if a private person should refuse to conform himself to their sentence, that contumacy was to be punished with death, though the matter were ever so small in which the opposition was made. For unless the parties concerned had been strongly bound to obey the definitive sentence of the judge, priest, or great council, in such matters, there would have been no end of strife. And thou shalt put away the evil —
The evil thing, that scandal, that pernicious example.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
17:8-13 Courts of judgment were to be set up in every city. Though their judgment had not the Divine authority of an oracle, it was the judgment of wise, prudent, experienced men, and had the advantage of a Divine promise.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The cases in question are such as the inferior judges did not feel able to decide satisfactorily, and which accordingly they remitted to their superiors (compare Exodus 18:23-27).
The Supreme court Deuteronomy 17:9 is referred to in very general terms as sitting at the sanctuary Deuteronomy 17:8. "The judge" would no doubt usually be a layman, and thus the court would contain both an ecclesiastical and a civil element. Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 19:4-11 organized his judicial system very closely upon the lines here laid down.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
De 17:8-13. The Priests and Judges to Determine Controversies.
8-13. If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment—In all civil or criminal cases, where there was any doubt or difficulty in giving a decision, the local magistrates were to submit them by reference to the tribunal of the Sanhedrim—the supreme council, which was composed partly of civil and partly of ecclesiastical persons. "The priests and Levites," should rather be "the priests—the Levites"; that is, the Levitical priests, including the high priest, who were members of the legislative assembly; and who, as forming one body, are called "the judge." Their sittings were held in the neighborhood of the sanctuary because in great emergencies the high priest had to consult God by Urim (Nu 27:21). From their judgment there was no appeal; and if a person were so perverse and refractory as to refuse obedience to their sentences, his conduct, as inconsistent with the maintenance of order and good government, was then to be regarded and punished as a capital crime.
Matthew Poole's Commentary
Thou shalt, i.e. thou shalt pass sentence; for he speaks to the inferior magistrates, as was before noted, who were to give sentence, and came hither to be advised about it.
Thou shalt observe to do. It is very observable that this place doth not speak of all controversies of faith, as if they were to believe every thing which they should teach; but only of some particular matters of practice and strife between man and man, to which it is plainly limited, Deu 17:8. And they are not here commanded to believe, but only to
do, which is thrice repeated.
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
And thou shalt do according to the sentence which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall show thee,.... The judges of the inferior courts were to return and proceed on the difficult case according to the judgment of the great court at Jerusalem, and follow the directions and instructions they should give them:
and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee; not only observe and take notice of what they say, but put it in practice, and not in some things and some circumstances only, but in all and everything they should give them information about relating to the case in question.
And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall show thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:
EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
10. tenor] Heb. mouth; see on Deuteronomy 1:26; Deuteronomy 1:43, Deuteronomy 9:23.
observe to do] See on Deuteronomy 5:1.
Pulpit Commentary
Verses 10-12. - This sentence, being founded on the Law, the suitors were to accept and implicitly obey. If any through pride or arrogance should refuse to accept the interpretation of the Law given by the priests, or to submit to the sentence pronounced by the judge, he was to be regarded as a rebel against God, and to be put to death, that others might be deterred from the like presumption (Deuteronomy 13:11). The sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall show thee; rather, which they shall declare to thee from that place which the Lord shall choose. According to the sentence of the law; literally, according to the mouth of the Law; i.e. according as the Law prescribes, according to the purport of the statute.
If such a case should occur, as that a man or woman transgressed the covenant of the Lord and went after other gods and worshipped them; when it was made known, the facts were to be carefully inquired into; and if the charge were substantiated, the criminal was to be led out to the gate and stoned. On the testimony of two or three witnesses, not of one only, he was to be put to death (see at Numbers 35:30); and the hand of the witnesses was to be against him first to put him to death, i.e., to throw the first stones at him, and all the people were to follow. With regard to the different kinds of idolatry in Deuteronomy 17:3, see Deuteronomy 4:19. (On Deuteronomy 17:4, see Deuteronomy 13:15.) "Bring him out to thy gates," i.e., to one of the gates of the town in which the crime was committed. By the gates we are to understand the open space near the gates, where the judicial proceedings took place (cf. Nehemiah 8:1, Nehemiah 8:3; Job. Deu 29:7), the sentence itself being executed outside the town (cf. Deuteronomy 22:24; Acts 7:58; Hebrews 13:12), just as it had been outside the camp during the journey through the wilderness (Leviticus 24:14; Numbers 15:36), to indicate the exclusion of the criminal from the congregation, and from fellowship with God. The infliction of punishment in Deuteronomy 17:5. is like that prescribed in Deuteronomy 13:10-11, for those who tempted others to idolatry; with this exception, that the testimony of more than one witness was required before the sentence could be executed, and the witnesses were to be the first to lift up their hands against the criminal to stone him, that they might thereby give a practical proof of the truth of their statement, and their own firm conviction that the condemned was deserving of death, - "a rule which would naturally lead to the supposition that no man would come forward as a witness without the fullest certainty or the greatest depravity" (Schnell, das isr. Recht).
(Note: "He assigned this part to the witnesses, chiefly because there are so many whose tongue is so slippery, not to say good for nothing, that they would boldly strangle a man with their words, when they would not dare to touch him with one of their fingers. It was the best remedy, therefore, that could be tried for restraining such levity, to refuse to admit the testimony of any man who was not ready to execute judgment with his own hand" (Calvin).)
המּת (Deuteronomy 17:6), the man exposed to death, who was therefore really ipso facto already dead. "So shalt thou put the evil away," etc.: cf. Deuteronomy 13:6.
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