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Q: Why do global variables cause trouble for compiler optimizations in function calls? From http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2004/HPL-2004-209.pdf:

To prevent the compiler from moving memory
  operations around calls to functions such as
  pthread mutex lock(), they are essentially treated as
  calls to opaque functions, about which the compiler
  has no information. The compiler effectively assumes
  that pthread mutex lock() may read or write any
  global variable. Thus a memory reference cannot simply be moved across the call. This approach also ensures that transitive calls, e.g. a call to a function f()
  which then calls pthread mutex lock(), are handled
  in the same way more or less appropriately, i.e. memory operations are not moved across the call to f()
  either, whether or not the entire user program is being
  analyzed at once.

Why is that actually so? Any counter example for why references can not be moved?

A: The compiler is free to move code around. The (somewhat simplified) requirement is that there can be no visible side effects.
The article is describing why threading needs to be supported at the compiler level rather than the library level. So let's consider what it means as the compiler is optimizing the code. I'll start with Kerrek SB's excellent example, since this reply is too long for a comment.
int x = 0;
pthread_mutex_lock(&m);
x = y;

The optimizer sees a value that doesn't get modified but gets set twice.  The copmiler has access to the code inside the function and can see that nothing can possibly modify the value of the assignment.  Since there is no visible side effect, the optimizer can eliminate the assignment to zero and just replace it with the value of y.  The optimizer will remove it, turning it into:
pthread_mutex_lock(&m);
int x = y;

This will probably not affect anything, the variable x was local and has no other effects.
Now let's make a more problematic contrived example.
if(globals.hasData) {
  int prelock_value = globals.foo;
  pthread_mutex_lock(&m);
  if(prelock_value != globals.foo) {
    // value changed before we could lock it, do something different
    DoSpecialStuffSinceValueChangedWhileWaiting();
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&m);
    return;
  }
  DoOtherStuff();
  ...

So now we'll look at this from the optimizer's view. The optimizer sees that you read a value, then you do something that doesn't modify the value, then you test against the value you just stored. Since it cannot see a visible side effect, it might remove the comparison like this:
if(globals.hasData) {
  int prelock_value = globals.foo;
  pthread_mutex_lock(&m);
  if( false /* always false: prelock_value != globals.foo */ ) {
    // value changed before we could lock it, do something different
    DoSpecialStuffSinceValueChangedWhileWaiting();
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&m);
    return;
  }
  DoOtherStuff();
  ...

Then it looks again to remove dead code. It sees an unnecessary assignment to an integer, an unnecessary conditional since the result of the if is always false, and comes up with this:
if(globals.hasData) {
  pthread_mutex_lock(&m);
  // everything was removed.
  DoOtherStuff();

If you compare that to the original function, it is hopefully clear this is not what the programmer intended at all.
There are a huge number of potential optimizations that have been discovered over the years. Many of them make assumptions about when it is safe to move code from one place to another or assuming that values are only modified by that block of code. These assumptions can break badly in concurrent programming.
The optimizer needs to understand that certain bits of functionality cannot be moved, and that certain functions serve as barriers that cannot be moved across or that otherwise invalidate optimizer assumptions.

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This is an unsettling account of an artist's descent into madness. Johan Borg (von Sydow) and his wife Alma (Ullman) go to live on a remote island. Johan wanders the beautiful landscape by day and paints, but at night he returns to tell Alma of his strange encounters. He suffers from insomnia and a rising sense of dread which he seems unable to shake. As he begins to get worse the couple meet a bizarre cast of characters, ostensibly the local baron, his wife and some of their friends and relatives. It's never entirely clear what is actually happening but the film is recounted by Alma after Johan's disappearance so we have a good idea how it will end. Written and directed by Bergman the film looks gorgeous and there are a few haunting sequences. All of the characters appear to be Johan's personal demons and they represent his darkest fears and shames. It is quite slow and the blurred line between reality and fantasy won't appeal to everyone, but there can be no doubt it is beautifully made and it lingers in your mind long after the closing credits.


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CAA to discuss electronic course proposal forms
Brooke Schwartz, News Editor
The Council on Academic Affairs will meet at 2 p.m. on Thursday in the Edgar Room of Booth Library.
The council will get an update about their electronic course proposal form, which was re-discussed at a meeting last semester on April 26, 2018.
Nathan Atkinson, a web developer in the Center for Academic Technology and Support who originally showed the council his proposed electronic form, said in that April 26 meeting that he wants the form to make the submission process more efficient.
"It's essentially a workflow where a faculty member could submit a course proposal form, and then it goes to the department, then to the college, then to CAA," Atkinson said.
The council will also discuss the Faculty Senate's proposed changes to organizations on campus to create more shared governance.
The senate, at their meeting last Tuesday, decided to potentially shy away from creating a senate oversight and look more into senate constitutional changes that could lead to more collaboration.
Todd Bruns, senate chair and scholarly communication librarian and institutional repository director, proposed the creation of a 'Faculty Congress' which would house CAA, the Council on Teacher Education, the Council on Graduate Studies and the senate.
"So when we have elections, if one of our colleagues runs for CAA, they are representing faculty on the issues that CAA addresses," Bruns said Tuesday. "(Faculty Congress) is the organizational umbrella of CAA, which works on curriculum, of COTE, which works on teacher education, CGS, which does what it does, Faculty Senate does everything else."
Bruns said the congress would be codifying and saying that all those organizations together represent the faculty.
The council will also receive a general education committee update, something they have also been working for a while.
The council has been hesitant to ratify any official changes the general education committee might include until overall university transitions have stabilized more.
At the council's last meeting, it said the main concern with the committee is the potential involvement of the new College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, which now houses 90 percent of the general education courses at Eastern.
The college's involvement cannot be determined until they have time to organize and stabilize their own college committee structures, the council said.
Brooke Schwartz can be reached at 581-2812 or at [email protected].
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[thumb:1844:l] So Amie got a 2005 Jetta GLS today. We got a good deal with very low miles on it and it's in great condition. Car is loaded with power windows, power locks, power sunroof, alloy wheels, premium stereo. This will work well to get us home for the wedding and bring back our goodies!


D'Chrome Foster is a Brooklyn-bred Hip Hop artist who fights to be a force for positive energy. A self-proclaimed "Warrior of Intelligent Stimulation", he uses his music to stimulate intelligent strength not often displayed in today's society.
As the son of Caribbean parents D'Chrome Foster was immersed in music at an early age. Growing up in his Flatbush, Brooklyn home, he was surrounded by the soulful sounds from 8 tracks and LP's from every genre of music. This rich sonic environment lead to his writing his first song at the age of three. Perfecting his craft through his teenage years, he decided to start recording his catalog of songs when he was nineteen.
He then spent many years as a battle emcee, facing the likes of legendary hip hop artists like Immortal Technique, Jin and Pac FM, and was also crowned winner of Hot 97's summer jam battle.
D'Chrome Foster strives to be a force for positive energy, using his music as his weapon. In August of 2014 D'Chrome released his single, MANHOOD, a track that showcases the struggles between a man and his woman. Following the release of MANHOOD, D'Chrome released CYANIDE in Dec of 2014. Both tracks and their accompanying videos tell varied and compelling stories of today's social issues.
His track, "JANUARY" was released on Jan 26th and he doesn't plan to slow down anytime soon. Along with fresh new freestyles due out every other week, 2015 is shaping up to be the year of D'Chrome Foster.
Listen, watch and learn more at http://www.dchromefoster.com.
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It's been nice to be off the grid for the past few days, but mostly I've been sleeping. I have a terrible cold/infection (not sure yet) and it has laid me out. I went to choir practice and sat by myself, because through the magic use of abdomen muscles, I was mostly able to avoid singing from my throat. I would have stayed home, but that was impossible because I'm the soprano in a quartet and we had to practice on our own. It's pretty much the only time I've left the house this week, except that I ran out of peanut butter.
In part, I think my room is making me sick. I have made progress on it, but it's not the perfection I am seeking in my Virgo/Marie Kondo simplicity. I just haven't had the energy. However, my coughs are productive and getting things out has helped immensely, especially in the singing department.
It's been kind of weird being sick during Advent. Normally, I get this kind of thing during Lent. Spring is my least favorite season because even though it's beautiful, it's deadly. I have a lot to fill my time, though.
I've been doing a lot of updating the church's web site from my office there, and I am learning a new CMS called Squarespace. It's not WordPress, that's for sure, but some of the skills are transferable and some are not. The biggest drawback is that I can't see real code or style sheets, and figuring out how Squarespace deals with these things has been a lesson in humility. However, it is something so low energy I can do it while feeling half-dead, so I am productive in my misery.
I have done all of my Christmas shopping except for one present, and that's because I don't have the address. It will be coming shortly, and I can't wait for her to see it. No hints as to give it away, but sufficed to say I am good at the gift giving game. I take into account all sorts of things, like what their interests are and the "when you see it, you'll think of me" factor. The only time I use Amazon wish lists is when I am picking out books. They're so personal that it's hard to judge someone's taste. Better to pick out something they've already said they'd read. Although once I bought a book that someone had added as a professional guide, because I couldn't think of a better gift now than more money later. Then, I hit send and Amazon in their "suggestions" list put up the perfect present. Like, so good I wish I'd thought of it myself, because it was just so star-spangled awesome that I felt impotent in my gift giving ability, because seriously, WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?
I ended up getting both. Problem solved.
Not many people get two gifts from me, but this was the no-brainer of presents.
The excited and happy thank-you note was the complete indicator that I'd scored big, and it's to Amazon's credit.
That didn't happen this year- all of the presents I picked out were all my idea, and it makes me feel good. Two presents are so particularly awesome that I think they'll flip when they get it, but again…… Spoilers.
The hardest part was not picking out a gift for my mother. Last year I got her some earrings that were flowers encased in clear resin, a teardrop shape that I thought would flatter her face. I never got to see her wear them.
The Winston Churchill talking action figure I got my dad was a big hit, too.
Dana prides herself on being right. LOVES IT. So one year I got her a t-shirt that says, "I'm right 97% of the time… who cares about the other 4…" She got the joke and put it on immediately… along with taking the bows off the wrapping and sticking them to her head.
I wish I could say that I'm looking forward to Christmas this year, because there have been so many great presents and moments over the years. But there's nothing that anyone could get me or say that will erase the fact that a gift from my mom will not be arriving with a sweet card containing all her hopes, dreams, and love for me.


Movie poster for Otakar Vávra's historic biopic with wonderful graphic artwork by Josef Flejšar.
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Features allow users to customize information received, set push notifications and share stories via social media and email.
Currently available for iOS devices (iPhone and iPad), the app is free to download from the App Store. If you have questions about the app, email the Office of Communications and Marketing at digital@tennessee.edu.


Learn how to take your freelance career to the next level by leveling up into a content marketing agency.
Agencies come in all sizes, from the boutique shops where the owner knows all the clients' names (like ours) to supersized teams that number in the hundreds or thousands. If you're a successful freelance writer, you've probably worked for several agencies in addition to partnering directly with clients. In some cases, it can be a smooth relationship, while others create a rocky road.
If you're a strong writer who finds yourself turning down assignments because you're getting more requests than you can handle, you might start thinking about whether it makes sense to scale up and start an agency of your own.
If you want to ever take a relaxing, fully-off-the-grid vacation? I'd probably think again.
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100's of Amazing Cat Thingies Just Aren't Enough. Can You Help Me Find More?
Roslyn, a fellow cat lover, has collected 100s of cat thingies over a 35 year period. But it isn't enough. The power of the kitten compels her to collect more.
She's pretty much run out of sites to sift through, and needs your help to find shops that might have what she's looking for. Check out some of her items in the pictures here, and if you can, help her find more.
If you can help, please leave a comment for Roslyn on this page with the information she's looking for.
Hello Cat Lovers Only community. I could use your help, please. For 35+ years, I've collected cat motif items. My two adopted cats (Penny and Fritz), live with hundreds of inanimate tabletop, floor, wall cats and paintings. All sizes, shapes, colors, textures and mediums are represented.
I particularly like colorful cats. I've been on most sites like Etsy, etc. Now, I'd like to find cat motif retail, gift or vintage stores around the U.S. They need to have a web site for product review, purchase and shipping.
Family and friends think I should have finished collecting long ago. Ha, ha. (Me crazy cat lady!) I bet only YOU understand my passion for art and cats.
I carry an album in my car to share. It's not up to date but does the job. Posted are just a few cats in my collection. If there's a shop in your area, please provide the name, contact, phone and website. If they know you and you want me to mention your name, let me know.
Many thanks to all. If you're ever in the Kansas City area, send me an email - rozcats [AT] kc.rr.com and you'll get a cat tour.


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Amazon Chime is a modern unified communications service that works across all devices to provide online meetings, video conferencing, calls, chat, and content sharing.
You can use CloudWatch to monitor your AWS cloud resources and its applications. You can configure alarms as well as trigger processes to automatically react to certain changes in resources in order to ensure your applications run smoothly.
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Glacier is Amazons solution for archiving data and long-term cloud storage. Low-priced solution.
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Macie is a security service that utilizes machine learning to automatically discover, classify, and protect data stored in Amazon Web Services.
Up to 1 GB of data processed by Macie.
Measure app usage and revenue by tracking all the key trends you would expect from any web analytics program.
Cost-effective email service in the Cloud, that can be integrated with your programs via their Amazon SES API in order to send email via third-party applications already in use, such as ticketing systems.
62,000 Outbound Messages per month when sent via Amazon EC2 or AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
Fast, flexible, fully managed push messaging service for mobile users to iOS, Android, Fire OS, Windows and Baidu-based devices. It can also send push notifications to MacOS desktops and VoIP apps on iOS, emails and SMS messages to over 200 countries.
A fully managed message queuing service that will store messages as they travel between computers in order to ensure it can work at scale without message loss.
Task coordination and state management service for Cloud applications so developers can build, run and scale background jobs that have parallel or sequential steps.
Fully managed build service that builds and tests code in the cloud. It scales continuously, and can process multiple builds concurrently for increased performance. Use pre-packaged environments, or build your own.
Highly scalable, managed source control service that allows companies to host their Git repositories securely.
Continuous integration and delivery service for application and infrastructure updates. It will build, test and deploy your code on every new release.
Enables you to migrate databases to AWS while the source database remains operational throughout, significantly reducing downtime.
Test your iOS, Android and FireOS apps on real devices in the AWS cloud. You can view screenshots, video, logs and other performance data in order to troubleshoot or optimize issues.
Simple extract, transfer, and load (ETL) service. AWS Glue generates Python code that is customizable, reusable, and portable. Once your ETL job is ready, you can schedule it to run on AWS Glue's fully managed, scale-out Spark environment.
AWS Key Management Service makes it easy to create and manage the encryption keys used to encrypt your data. It also links with AWS CloudTrail to ensure compliance with any regulations or compliance requirements.
A service that lets you run code without provisioning or managing services. Lambda will run and scale your code on demand. You can also trigger code from other AWS services, or direct from web or mobile apps.
AWS Step Functions allow you to easily coordinate distributed applications and microservices using visual workflows. It includes blueprints for commonly used workflows enabling you to build applications in minutes.
A Hybrid cloud storage service that allows your on-premises applications to integrate with AWS storage in the cloud. Great for backups, archiving, disaster recovery, cloud bursting, storage tiering, and migration.
X-Ray helps you analyze and debug production and distributed applications. Streamlines identifying and troubleshooting issues with your application.
Fast and flexible NoSQL database that allows you to create consistent, single-digit ms latency at any scale. Great for mobile, web, gaming, ad tech and more.
Enough to handle up to 200M requests per month.
Amazon API Gateway is a scalable solution that makes it easy for developers to create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs.
Build flexible cloud-native directories that can scale with hierarchical data along multiple dimensions. Scale to hundreds of millions of objects, with full schema support.
A high performance Content Delivery Network that distributes content to end users with low latency and high data transfer speeds.
Amazon Connect is a cloud-based contact center that scales to support any size business. Used by Amazon customer service themselves.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) provides resizable compute capacity in the Cloud. Allows easy scaling of capacity on demand.
A fully managed Docker container registry service allowing you to store, retrieve and deploy Docker images quickly on demand.
Amazon Elastic File System is a easy to use, scalable file storage service for Amazon EC2 instances in the Cloud. Storage capacity will shrink and grow (elastic) automatically as add or remove files ensuring scalability on demand.
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) provides persistent, durable, low-latency block-level storage volumes for EC2 instances. For data protection and high availability each instance is automatically replicated. EBS can be scaled up and down in minutes.
A cost effective and scalable solution enabling developers to transcode media files in the cloud.
Amazon ElastiCache allows you to deploy, manage and scale in-memory cache or data store in the cloud using either Redis, or Memcached. This significantly improves the performance of web applications.
This is a fully managed Elastisearch service that offers APIs and integrations with Kibana, Logstash and AWS services. Log analytics, full text search, application monitoring and more.
Deploy, operate, and scale dedicated game servers for session-based multiplayer games. Allows easier management of infrastructure, with easy scalability, DDoS protection while only paying for what you actually use.
Build conversational interfaces utilizing deep learning and automatic speech recognition. Contains the same deep learning technologies that power Amazon Alexa. Automatically scales, so only pay for the resources you need. Allows you to build Voice and Chat Text Chatbots.
Send messages using including Email, Text Messages (SMS), and Mobile Push Notifications. There are no upfront or monthly costs, and you only pay for the number of users targeted, messages sent and application events collected. Easily scales.
Allows you to turn text into lifelike speech. Uses advanced deep learning to synthesize speech that sounds like a human voice, which can speak multiple languages.
Amazon Relation Database Service (RDS) allows you to setup and manage a Relational Database Service for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle BYOL, or SQL Server.
This is an image analysis service utilizing deep learning-based image recognition. You can easily detect objects, scenes, faces and even recognize celebrities or inappropriate content in images. Using their API you can add sophisticated search and image classification to your applications.
Amazon Simple Storage Services (Amazon S3) is built to enable secure, durable and scalable storage from web sites, mobile apps and other applications.
This enables you to process and move data between different AWS compute and storage services, as well as local data. You can create complex data processing workloads that are reliable, repeatable and highly available.
Run local compute, messaging, data caching, and sync capabilities for connected devices securely. Easily connect different types of devices with the cloud and each other.
AWS Internet of Things is a platform that allows connected devices to easily and securely interact with cloud applications and other devices. It can support billions of devices and trillions of messages, processing and routing them securely.
Provides a fully managed Chef server and other tools that automate continuous deployment, testing for compliance and security, and a user interface providing status information.
AWS Trusted Advisor analyzes your AWS environment and provides best practice recommendations in four categories: Cost Optimization, Performance, Security and Fault tolerance.
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Virgin Orbit pledges to return for launch of new UK satellite
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Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit said on Thursday it had started "active discussions" about returning to the UK later this year to make another attempt at launching satellites, despite the failed mission from the UK's first spaceport in Cornwall on Monday.
The US-based company said the next launch of its mobile launch system would be from its home base at Mojave Air and Space Port in California after identifying and fixing the causes of the failure Monday night.
But it "also anticipates returning to Spaceport Cornwall for more launches," Virgin Orbit said in a statement. Discussions are underway with authorities and customers about launch opportunities "as soon as later this year".
"We are all disappointed that we have not been able to achieve full mission success and provide the launch service our customers deserve," said Dan Hart, Virgin Orbit Chief Executive. "I am confident that the root cause and corrective actions will be identified in an efficient and timely manner."
Virgin Orbit – in which Branson's Virgin group has a 75 percent stake – expected the mission on Monday to prove its mobile launch system can be taken to any suitable airstrip and by nations that previously had to rely on others , quick access to space provides countries.
The system uses a converted 747 jumbo jet to launch a rocket to 35,000 feet where it is released to continue its journey into space.
Virgin Orbit, which went public through a merger with a special purpose vehicle just over a year ago, took a sharp tumble on news of the failed mission. Shares have fallen 84 percent over the past year.
The mission was also key to the UK's bid to secure a share of the fast-growing market for commercial low-Earth orbit satellite services.
Services such as high-speed broadband and climate monitoring are increasingly being delivered from this region of space. The UK, which has six more spaceports in development, had hoped to be the first country to launch a satellite from Western Europe.
Virgin said Monday's mission initially went as planned, with the first stage and fairing – the nose cone protecting the satellites – both separating as expected.
The rocket reached an altitude of about 110 miles (180 km) above Earth, but the engine powering the second stage containing the satellites appeared to have prematurely shut down.
"This event ended the mission, with the rocket components and payload falling back to Earth within the approved safety corridor without ever reaching orbit," the company said.
The causes of the failure are currently being investigated. Virgin has appointed Jim Sponnick, a veteran launch engineer who has served on missions for the US Air Force supporting Nasa and commercial customers, as a co-investigator, along with its own head of technology development, Chad Foerster, to lead the investigation.
"A full failure analysis and investigation, and the completion of any necessary corrective actions identified during the investigation, will be completed before the next flight," Virgin said.
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Justice Priyantha Jayawardena Withdraws From Contempt Of Court Case Against Sarath N Silva Citing "Personal Reasons"
The Contempt of Court case against former Chief justice Sarath N Silva was postponed till May 08 as Justice Priyantha Jayawardena withdrew himself from the case.
Jayawardena told the court today that he was stepping down from the case due to "personal reasons".
The case was taken up this morning before Justices Jayawardena, Murdu Fernando and E.A.G.A. Amarasekara.
The Supreme Court last month noticed the former Chief Justice to appear before the Supreme Court today over contempt of court charges.
Three professors, Chandraguptha Thenuwara, Cyril Hewawaduge and Prishantha Gunawardena filed the case.
The petitioners claimed that the remarks made by former Chief Justice Sarath N Silva during a protest rally in Maradana, last month, were in contempt of court.
Silva is the first retired Chief Justice in the country to face contempt of court charges in the Supreme Court.


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Final Four or heading home: NCAA tournament Elite Eight: who made the cut?
The Final Four teams of the men's NCAA tournament are scheduled to fight for the coveted title on Saturday. Two of the final four teams were finalized on Monday and now two more join the group.
The UCLA defeated Michigan in an exciting match with a 51-49 scoreline. It became the second team to join the Final Four from the First Four. The UCLA shocked everyone who had predicted Michigan to reach the Final Four comfortably. It was a shocker. Johnny Juzang played brilliantly throughout the match under Coach Mick Cronin's remarkable guidance, to make his squad smolder the Wolverines and dominate the game's pace.
UCLA hasn't been brilliant with the game technique, but they can surely be referred to as the underdogs of the tournament. They have won all the 14 games in the past in which they committed less than 10 turnovers.
This time around, the Bruins committed only eight, while team Michigan was forced to commit 14, which changed the outcome of the game.
In the second match for the fight to get a place in the Final Four, the No. 1 seeded Gonzaga hammered Southern California to win the West Region title. They looked dominant throughout the match.
Drew Time (23 points), Jalen Suggs (18 points, eight assists, and 10 rebounds), and Cory Kispert (18 points) set the tone of the game from the start. Southern California didn't stand a chance to compete with Gonzaga's brilliance. The "Zags" defeated them with 83-64 points.
The Bulldogs were led by 30 points at halftime, thanks to its playmakers who were particular in maintaining the defense.
Gonzaga started the game with a vengeance to win, playing particularly strong in their defense. Their tactics were dynamic in the field. Southern Californians were no match to the Bulldogs; as they conceded a 14-point lead with a 7-21 scoreline.
The undefeated "Zags" made it to the final four along with Baylor and Houston.
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Over the past several years now, the Oregon Ducks have been one of the most unstoppable forces in college football. But, they haven't been completely unstoppable. Some very clear Kryptonite has been shown to work against the Quack Attack. And, the Michigan State Wolverines represent one of the most talented examples of that specific antidote to Oregon's onslaught.
You could also add "hope for some injury luck" into the mix, because Oregon turned mortal last year when quarterback Marcus Mariota tried to play hurt. He's not hurt right now, so Michigan State won't enjoy that break.
Michigan State is basically a Big 10 version of Stanford (whom they defeated in last year's Rose Bowl). Stanford has had good success against Oregon with the approach we just outlined. In fact, we previewed those games here in the NOTEBOOK with the same general theme. There's no secret about what works against Oregon. It's just extremely difficult to pull off.
Keep your defense fresh, and make their defense tired.
Can the 2014 version of the Spartans make that happen as almost a two-TD road underdog?
Last Week: beat Jacksonville State 45-7, winning total yardage 565-244.
Last year's team may have had a better shot, only because this year's defense lost more than half its starters. But, still, this is basically Stanford in dark green. We talked about the Cardinal in our most recent report. Heck, MSU's tune-up over Jacksonville State looked a lot like Stanford's tune-up over Cal Davis. The potential for an upset is there.
Oregon, however, returns eight starters and a healthy Mariota…which makes them a truly lethal force when they have the ball. Can MSU's newcomers hold their own at this very tough site?
The betting markets say NO! But, of course, the betting markets said that about Stanford too when they played Oregon. What's very clear is that extreme volatility is in place. Michigan State has a chance to be Kryptonite. But, if they fall behind, they'll be trying to catch up on the road at a unique site with a game manager at quarterback who isn't ideally suited to score quickly. If Sparty is forced out of its comfort zone when trying to play catch up, then turnovers and cheap Oregon points will follow.
This game could EASILY miss the spread by two touchdowns in either direction!
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We still haven't decided which college games we'll preview next weekend in the NOTEBOOK. On the short list are Georgia/South Carolina, Tennessee/Oklahoma, and UCLA/Texas.
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It is always a good idea to book a travel insurance a month or two before you travel to Copenhagen.
If you are going to Copenhagen in Denmark you would probably discover Copencabana and Charlottenlund Fort , also Bakken. During your trip in Copenhagen, Denmark you will take the time to enjoy attending fashion week, for the more daring, there is swimming or even roaming at night.
Currency used there is Danish krone , the general consumer price index is expensive. Generally you will find the health-care cost negligible, and Bispebjerg Hospital is known as sound. Last but not least, crime rate is low so with all this information choose your travel insurance wisely.


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For Immediate Release: SCDSA Endorses Pat Hume for Sacramento County District 5 Supervisor
Sacramento, CA – The Sacramento County Deputy Sheriffs' Association, the largest law enforcement labor organization in Northern California, is proud to endorse Elk Grove City Councilman, Pat Hume, in his campaign for Sacramento County Supervisor overseeing District 5.
A native Californian, Pat grew up in Elk Grove before earning his bachelor's degree from San Diego State University. Having a spirit of service to his community was ingrained early by both his father, Colonel Harlan Hume, a United States Air Force fighter pilot, and his grandfather, Harry Hume, former Chico City Manager. Pat served on the City of Elk Grove Planning Commission from incorporation until March of 2006 and was elected to the City Council the same year. Pat has been a long-time voice of leadership in our region and is especially passionate about the needs of our veterans.
According to Mr. Hume, "I'm honored to have earned the support of the men and women who put their lives on the line to keep us safe."
"We are endorsing Pat Hume for County Supervisor because he has the experience and ideologies that best support the mission of our membership. We need more people in leadership positions who prioritize public safety out of concern for all of their constituents. Pat knows the history of our region and is the best choice to get it back on track." -Sergeant Nathan Seger, S.C.D.S.A. President.
The Sacramento County Deputy Sheriffs' Association (S.C.D.S.A.) represents more than 1,500 rank and file sergeants, deputies and non-sworn members working in Sacramento County. For media inquiries, contact Julie Prayter, Communication and Media Director, S.C.D.S.A., jprayter@scdsa.org.


In February, the day after KJ and Arlena were here to go to The Borough, I weighed 295.5 lb. This morning I weighed 257.7. My goal is to lose at least another 15 or so, preferably another 30 or 35. Then the really hard part: figuring out how to maintain that rather than simply lose or gain. I've yoyoed my whole adult life. Stabilising is going to require a lot of fine-tuning.
In terms of methods, it's the ol' "eat less, move more." Changes in cooking habits, eating habits, restaurant habits, etc., coupled with a huge program of walking. I find I really enjoy walking. Yesterday I went out in the early evening because the forecast said it would rain later that night. It turned out they were wrong – the rain arrived early – and a huge and violent thunderstorm pounded Durham while I was out on the American Tobacco Trail. I opened the umbrella, tucked my iPhone and headphones away in my backpack and listened to the rain fall and the sky shatter for a very pleasant 45 minutes or so while the storm moved past. Almost no one else was out on the trail in those conditions, but those of us who were really seemed to be enjoying it.


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DC's Movies Are Still Haunted By Heath Ledger's Joker
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This summer, there's been a bitter war between film critics and fanboys over a terrible summer movie season that seems utterly unworthy of such passion. The latest movie in the crosshairs is Suicide Squad, which critics hated and audiences seem to like — or, more accurately, audiences were willing to ignore the reviews and pay to see Suicide Squad in big, historic numbers, though bad word of mouth may already be working against it.
But let's not worry about winners and losers for a moment, but rather try to find some common ground. Whether you found Suicide Squad to be an abrasive, nonsensical disaster or a fun joyride designed "for the fans" (assuming you're not bothered by how "for the fans" is always the go-to cop-out for defensive show-business millionaires), perhaps we can all agree that there was nothing in Suicide Squad as good or memorable as this scene.
I know, it's unfair at this time to invoke the Citizen Kane of modern comic-book movies. Isn't that what critics always do in situations like this? Of course nothing will compare to The Dark Knight, right? Must we think of prime rib when we're trying to talk ourselves into enjoying this bowl of gruel?
The problem is that the movies themselves — I refer specifically to the DC films, including this year's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice — can't seem to shake the influence of The Dark Knight. The self-conscious "grittiness," the operatic storytelling style, the dark-hued cinematography — The Dark Knight wrote the language that these films continue to use and only lightly elaborate upon. Which wouldn't be that much of a problem if they weren't also trying to replicate the one aspect of The Dark Knight that can't be replicated: Heath Ledger's Joker.
"It's one of the best performances ever in cinema," Suicide Squad's Jared Leto recently declared of Ledger's Joker in Rolling Stone, which gives you an idea of the reverence for that performance among Ledger's former peers, as well as the reverence that must be publicly declared before fans will allow you to follow in his footsteps.
Is there a more iconic film performance from the past 10 years than Ledger's Oscar-winning turn in The Dark Knight? There are Wikipedia pages and YouTube videos devoted to deconstructing it. There are scores of fan pages memorializing its greatness. If we accept that Hollywood's primary business now is the cinematic interpretation of comic books, then Ledger's Joker must represent the new height of actorly prestige. Nobody ever got it more right in a movie like this than he did.
The mythology around Ledger's performance has only grown since The Dark Knight's release in 2008. The method to Ledger's madness — he supposedly locked himself away in seclusion for six weeks, reading A Clockwork Orange and keeping a "Joker journal," before emerging as a fully formed set of tongue flicks and verbal tics — echoes the influence of previous Serious Actor transformations by Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire and Robert De Niro in Raging Bull. For actors looking to distinguish themselves in comic-book cinema, Ledger is the Brando/De Niro figure to emulate.
I suspect this is what drove Leto to his own extremes of Method preparation for Suicide Squad, which included… well, actually, let's not rehash that silliness for the umpteenth time. What matters is what's on the screen — again, there's room for honest disagreement here, but most reasonable people can agree that Leto's aggressively mannered performance in Suicide Squad isn't as good as Ledger in The Dark Knight. It certainly doesn't coalesce into anything all that frightening or original. Instead, Leto's Joker resembles Marilyn Manson's version of Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams," a "scary" goth cover of a menacing, understated gem. In other words, Leto reminds you of Ledger for all the wrong reasons.
In keeping with the film's "more is more" aesthetic, Suicide Squad supplies an additional Ledger surrogate in the form of Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn, who some predicted before Suicide Squad's release would be "the most dynamic villain since Heath Ledger's Joker." Sorry, but no, not even close. Robbie, like Leto, is spirited and commits herself to the ugliness of the character. But, again like Leto, there's a glibness to Robbie in Suicide Squad that undermines any emotional payoff the film might've had. She's not evil, but "evil," and, boy, are those air-quotes obnoxiously exaggerated.
What about the other major bad guy in the revamped DC universe? The most disappointing performance in any movie this year for me has to be Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman. I've counted Eisenberg among my favorite actors going back to The Squid and the Whale, and on paper his conception of Luthor as a nerdy Mark Zuckerberg-style tech bro seemed inspired. In execution, however, Eisenberg appeared haunted by a familiar ghost. While Eisenberg shrugged off Ledger comparisons in interviews, even implying that he was unfamiliar with the performance, his Luthor was suspiciously Ledgeresque, from the stringy hair to the eccentric line readings to his goofy, annoying laugh. In the end, Eisenberg had the same old problem — he relies on what are now established comic-book movie villain signifiers, with little to nothing that feels authentic beneath.
Perhaps I'm overstating this. Is it possible that Ledger's Joker is overrated? Otherwise, why have all of these other talented actors failed at mining the same vein? Upon revisiting The Dark Knight this weekend — I needed a chaser after Suicide Squad — I was surprised to discover that Ledger's performance was more restrained than I remembered. Perhaps that's a byproduct of being bashed over the head by recent DC films, but what stood out for me this time watching The Dark Knight was the graceful subtleties of Ledger's movements and speech patterns, and the ways in which he unsettles you without raising his voice or resorting to graphic violence. What gets you instead is how convincing Ledger is at projecting nothingness. His imitators are fixated on portraying ever-escalating levels of badness, but Ledger understood that the role actually required the absence of good or bad. The lack of a moral core is what's chilling. That blankness still seems unfathomable when you revisit The Dark Knight, either as a viewer or (apparently) an actor trying to plug into whatever Ledger discovered.
One of the sketchier legends surroundings Ledger's Joker is that Ledger was hoping to get fired off The Dark Knight by giving an outrageous performance, because he would've been paid either way. But that doesn't translate when you watch the film — he's pushing it, but within the confines of what the film needs. Ledger performs like a comic actor who's trained himself to forget that the material is supposed to be funny — his playful, almost musical physicality in The Dark Knight is frightening because Ledger isn't killing himself to be frightening. The audience can feel however it wants to feel, but Ledger is going to have a ball either way.
What were we talking about again? Oh right, Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman. It's just so much more enjoyable to think about how great Ledger was eight years ago. And therein lies the central dilemma for the DC films moving forward — the bad guys are too much like Ledger's Joker and not nearly close enough to Ledger's Joker. Deliberately or not, Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman invite comparisons that can't possibly be good for these films and their sequels moving forward. Until they can shake Ledger's ghost — whether by an actor with a fresh approach or by a larger retrenchment in how these films look and feel — the DC films are doomed to feel vaguely unsatisfying, no matter their attributes. After all, it's the surprises of Ledger's performance — which are still there to be discovered upon subsequent viewings — that makes it memorable. There's nothing surprising about hitting the same beats with less skill or style.


Pope Francis on June 28, 2018, appealed for the continued growth of communion between the Catholic Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
His comments came when receiving a delegation representing the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I, the primus inter pare of the heads of the autocephalous churches the make up the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Within the framework of the traditional exchange of delegations for the respective feasts of the patron saints –June 29 in Rome for the celebration of Saints Peter and Paul, and November 30 in Istanbul for the celebration of Saint Andrew –the delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate led by the Archbishop of Telmissos, Job, co-chair of the international mixed commission for theological dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, accompanied by the bishop of Nazianzos, Theodoretos, and the deacon Alexander Koutsis, arrived in Rome yesterday.
During the day yesterday, Wednesday, June 27, the delegation met at the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity for the usual conversations; this morning, Thursday, June 28, in addition to the audience with the Holy Father Francis, the group attended the Consistory for the Creation of new Cardinals; tomorrow, Friday 29 June, it will attend the solemn Eucharistic celebration presided over by the Holy Father.


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CNET 25: When Yahoo was a startup in 1995
[MUSIC] [INAUDIBLE] Yahoo started in April of 1994 as a hobby of two Stanford PhD students, David Filo and Jerry Yang. A lot of people they associate a lot of fun, discovery, finding information. That's what Yahoo's all about. So, this is what you guys do all the time or what? This is it, yeah, this is the recreational, well it's really stress relieving. So how did you guys come up with Yahoo? Where did this come from? Well it used to be called Jerry and Dave's Guide to the Web and that was pretty boring so One day we decided to accomplish something that was interesting. But we consider ourselves couple of Yahoos. And it was pretty fitting to I think designing the Internet in general. [MUSIC] But here we're right in the middle of Yahoo, what drives How fat of a connection have you guys got? Well we just installed a T3 which is 45 megabits. We're not gonna use all of it. We're sharing with somebody else, but we're probably gonna take a big chunk of that. It's fairly unimpressive as far as space is concerned. Most people think it's gonna be a huge space with all kinds of computers stuff. But maybe 10 computers are doing all the work here. Recently over the last week we we're getting over like 6 million files transferred a day. Today we're adding Between 500 and a thousand sites a day. This rapid expansion, did this catch you guys by surprise while you were at Stanford. Well we certainly never thought we'd be at this point. When you find a site, how do you decide if one is cool? If we find something as we're writing these, that really Catches our eye and it's interesting. We think that other people will think is really interesting. Then we designate that as what's cool. Here's bugwatch, which has. Okay, there's bugwatch for all you entomology freaks. And RoboCut for all you fans of the mighty Flowbee. Committed in keeping the service free, David and Jerry have yet to make a profit. But to pay the bill, they've taken on a few sponsors. Kinda like Yellow Pages. When you go to the Yellow Pages, you don't really mind seeing the adds that are in there. That's how advertising is I think it's more useful to the user. Do you need interns? Absolutely! We need people pretty much in every thing you can imagine. What is the future for Yahoo? Well, I think what's gonna happen is we're gonna really have to stay on top of the internet, cuz it's gonna change really fast. What's really important to us is our brand, is our recognition. We want people to associate a lot of fun, discovery, finding information, that's what Yahoo's all about. [SOUND]
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Џејмс «Џим» Рејнор () је измишљен лик и главни протагониста Близард ентертејментове научно фантастичне видео-игре Старкрафт и њеног наставка Старкрафт II. Осим у видео-играма, Рејнор се такође појављује у романима -{Liberty's Crusade}- и -{Queen of Blades}-, док је његово порекло истражено у роману -{Heaven's Devils}-. Роберт Клотворти () му позајмљује глас у обе видео-игре.

Осмишљен од стране Криса Метцена () и Џејмса Финија (), Рејнор је донекле заснован на истоименом лику из филма Журба из 1991. године. Метцен је замислио Рејнора као представника обичног човека у причи препуној политички мотивисаних ликова. Рејноров физички изглед је лично осмишљен од стране Метцена.

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Рејноров лике је заснован на истоименом лику из филма Журба, кога је крис Метцен описао као «груби, тајни полицајац» (). Метцен такође наводи да је Рејнор његов омиљени лик, јер иако је обичан човек, он се лично срео и сарађивао са најутицајнијим ликовима из приче.

Теранац у раним тридесетим годинама, Рејнор је бивши војник и прогнаник који постане маршал на забаченом колонијалном свету. Рејнор се придружи револуцији Арктуруса Менгска () против угњетавачке Теранске Конфедерације али се згрози због Менгскових геноцидних тактика и формира своју паравојну групу која се бори против Менгскове тираније.

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The Blueliner: Who are your all-time favourite Pat players?
Who are your all-time favourite Pat players?
I was going to make a poll and limit it to one answer but as times change and players move on that answer changes and the list could be huge as I know a bunch of people that have followed the Pats since the 60's and some even before that.
So if you want to write in please feel free to comment as to who your favourite players have been and if you want you can give an explanation as to why. Or if you don't feel comfortable posting a comment you can email me at theblueliner@gmail.com.
Maybe once I compile a list of favourites maybe I will throw a poll together. Maybe a Poll tournament. Depending on the feedback I get.


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Experience/Awards
Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, 1989
M.S., Agricultural Economics, Iowa State University, 1983
B.S., Agricultural Business, Iowa State University, 1981
My research focuses on developing economic models to analyze the impacts of domestic and international policies. I seek to provide policy-makers with accurate information on the likely impacts of specific policies. Most policies have direct and indirect - sometimes unintended - impacts. Without careful modeling of responses, particularly across multiple markets, analysis of policy impacts can be misleading. My focus is to measure accurately all direct and indirect impacts to improve the reliability of estimated policy impacts.
Assessing the Economic Implications of Reduced Water Availability and Better Management Practices on Representative Farms in Southern Alberta (1/2012 – 3/2014)
Funding Source: University of Lethbridge
The Impact of Oil Prices on the Air Transportation Industry (9/2011 – 6/2013)
Funding Source: Federal Aviation Administration
Investigating the Effects of Residue Limits on US Trade
Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures are not new, but their significance in international agri-food trade continues to grow. Among the potential list of non-tariff barriers affecting the competitiveness of US agricultural exports, SPS measures are prominent because of the sensitive nature of issues such as food safety and the protection of plant and animal health from pest and disease risks. Recent studies show that the effects of phytosanitary treatments on US fresh fruit and vegetable trade depend critically on the type of product treatment required and the duration of the requirement. However, these studies have lacked information about SPS-related food safety measures.
Invited Lectures
"Evaluating the Trade Restrictiveness of Phytosanitary Measures on U.S. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Imports." Present at the Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, October 22, 2012.
"A Modeling Framework for Evaluating Economic Impacts of APHIS Import Regulations." Presented at US Department of Agriculture, APHIS, Analysis and Development (PAD), Riverdale, MD, September 27, 2012
"Phytosanitary Treatments on US Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Imports." Presented at the US International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, November 10, 2011.
"Using Reservation Prices to Endogenize Quantity Demanded for New Market Entrants." Presented at US Department of Agriculture, APHIS, Policy Analysis and Development (PAD), Riverdale, MD, February 18, 2011.
"Potential Fresh Apple Imports from China: A Preliminary Case Study." Presented at U.S. Department of Agriculture, APHIS, Policy and Program Development (PPD), Riverdale, MD and projected to USDA/APHIS/ The Center for Plant Health Science and Technology (CPHST), Raleigh, NC, February, 26, 2010.
"Voluntary Pledges Versus a 30% Reduction Target for Annex I: Economic Effects of a 2 Degree GHG Emission Path." Presented to members of the German delegation to the UNFCCC climate conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 12, 2009. Joachim Schleich presenter.
AAEC 4204: Food and Agricultural Policy
AAEC 4804/5804: Fundamentals of Econometrics
AAEC 5114: Applied Microeconomic Theory
AAEC 6434: Markets and Regulation
AAEC 6464: Demand and Production Analysis
AAEC 6476: Applied General Equilibrium Analysis
I have had an active role in advising graduate students during my tenure at Virginia Tech. I have advised or co-advised 11 graduate students (five Ph.D. and six M.S.) and am currently co-advising one Ph.D. student. In addition, I have served as a committee member for 33 other graduate students.
Assistant-Associate-Full Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech, July 1989-Present
Gamma Sigma Delta Faculty Research Award, 2010
Research Fellow, Global Trade Analysis Project, 2004-2007
Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1990
Articles in Referred Journals
Hejazi, Mina, Jason Grant, and Everett Peterson. "Tariff Changes and the Margins of Trade: A Case Study of U.S. Agri-Food Imports." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics: in press.
Grant, Jason, Everett Peterson, and Kurt Klein. "Assessing the Economic Implications of Reduced Water Availability and Better Management Practices on Representative Farms in Southern Alberta." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics: in press.
Grant, Jason, Everett Peterson, Radu Ramniceanu. Assessing the Impact of SPS Regulations on US Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exports. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 40(1)(2015): 144-164.
Buckmaster, Amy, Jeffrey Alwang, Everett Peterson, Maurico Rivera. Going the Distance: How does Market Access Affect Demand for IPM Packages? Journal of Integrated Pest Management. Volume 5, Number 1, pp. B1-B7(7).
Peterson, E., J.H. Grant, D. Roberts, and V. Karov. 2013. "Evaluating the Trade Restrictiveness of Phytosanitary Measures on US Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exports," American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Peterson, Everett B., Kevin Neels, Nathan Barczi, and Thea Graham. The Economic Cost of Flight Delay. Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 47(1) (January 2013): 107-121.
Cororaton, Caesar B. and Everett B. Peterson. Potential of Regional and Seasonal Requirements in US Regulation of Fresh Lemon Imports. The World Economy, 35(8) (August 2012): 1022-1036.
Peterson, Everett B., Joachim Schleich, and Vicki Duscha. Economic and Environmental Effects of Voluntary Emission Reductions: Copenhagen Pledges and European Commission Proposal. Energy Policy, 39 (June 2011): 3697-3708.
Peterson, Everett B. and Huey-Lin Lee. Implications of Incorporating Domestic Margins into Analyses of Energy Taxation and Climate Change Policies. Economic Modelling, 26(2) (March 2009): 370-378.
Duscha, Vicki, Everett B. Peterson, Joachim Schleich, Katja Schumacher. "Sectoral Targets as a Means to Reduce Global Carbon Emissions." Report No. UBA-FB 00, German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany, October 2014, 38 pp.
Hansman, J. D. McConnachie, C. Wollersheim, N. Chan, M. Crépin, M. Elke, M. Hansen, T. Li, E. Peterson and A. Trani. "The Impact of Oil Prices on the Air Transportation Industry." National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research (NEXTOR), (September 2013) 161 pp.
Ferrier P., E. Peterson, M. Landes. "Specialty Crop Access to U.S. Markets: A Case Study of Indian Mangoes." ERR-142, US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service (November 2012), 33 pp.
Cororaton, Caesar B. and Everett Peterson. "The Potential of Regional and Seasonal Access Requirements in Sanitary and Phytosanitary Regulation of Trade: The Case of US Fresh Lemon Imports." GII Working Paper 2011-4, Global Issues Initiative, Institute for Society, Culture and Environment, Virginia Tech, Arlington VA. December 2011.
Peterson, Everett. "Using the Trans-log Expenditure Function to Endogenize New Market Access in Partial Equilibrium Models." Global Issues Initiative (GII), Institute for Society, Culture and Environment (ISCE), Virginia Tech (October 2011) 12 pp.
Schleich, Joachim, Vicki Duscha, Katja Schumacher, Jakob Graichen, Sean Healy, and Everett B. Peterson. "Post-2012 Climate Regime Options for Global GHG Emission Reduction: Analysis and Evaluation of Regime Options and Reduction Potential for Achieving the 2 Degree Target With Respect to Environment Effectiveness, Costs and Institutional Aspects." Climate Change 16/2011, Environmental Research of the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, (August 2011), 69 pp.
Cororaton, Caesar B., David Orden, and Everett Peterson. "Economic Impact of Potential U.S. Regulatory Decisions Concerning Imports of Argentine Lemons." Global Issues Initiative (GII), Institute for Society, Culture and Environment (ISCE), Virginia Tech (April 2011), 69 pp.
Ball, Michael, Cynthia Barnhart, Martin Dresner, Mark Hansen, Kevin Neels, Amedeo Odoni, Everett Peterson, Lance Sherry, Antonio Trani, Bo Zou. "Total Delay Impact Study: A Comprehensive Assessment of the Costs of Impacts of Flight Delay in the United States." National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research (NEXTOR), (November 2010) 82 pp.
Schleich, Joachim, Vicki Duscha, and Everett B. Peterson. "Environmental and economic effects of the Copenhagen pledges and more ambitious emission reduction targets." German Federal Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany, (July 2010) 49 pp.
Peterson, Everett B. "Open Skies: An Economic Assessment of the US-EU Open Aviation Agreement." FAA Project Report, Federal Aviation Administration, (March 2009) 89 pp.
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My Eclipse CPU usage grows to 100% after I try to open XML file.
Eclipse probably ended up with little available memory. Following setup solved my problem.
Modes "1920x1080" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
There you can select your native monitor mode.
To run Java applications we need JRE, Java runtime environment. If we want to build new Java applications it is neccessary to install JDK, Java development kit.
Easiest way is to set the variables system-wide. In WinXP it is done by: Control Panel / System / Details / System variables. In Linux it is done by adding variables to user init script, e.g. .bashrc.
Note that CLASSPATH is one-line string variable. I just divided it to multiple lines for better readability.
How to install latest or legacy NVidia binary drivers on Ubuntu Linux 10.04? How to choose Legacy drivers for GeForce2 (MX400)?
Perform following commands in sequence under root privileges (e.g. sudo su).
You will most probably have to reboot before using the driver.
How to disable toolbar animation when switching to full screen mode?
$ xrandr --verbose --addmode VGA1 "1280x1024_60.00"
How to nohup already running process?
How to install latest version of original Flash plugin in Ubuntu.
Choose your default monitor for new windows.
where x and y is new resolution required by xrandr.
You can restart your X Window and reconfigure resolutions, positions and rotations for your monitors.


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Long Live The Legion! Did You Catch A Certain Blingy Easter Egg On 'Supergirl'?
Posted March 2nd, 2016 by Jax Motes
DC Creative Director Geoff Johns teased that there were big plans for the Legion of Super Heroes and this week's 'Supergirl' teased at a future that involves that futuristic team.
Last month he stated:
"Keep watching…You'll see a hint of the Legion on one of our shows."
That moment came this week when Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) and James Olsen (Mehcad Brookes) entered the Fortress of Solitude, the arctic stronghold belonging to her cousin Superman. Among the artifacts on display was a Legion Flight Ring.
Legion flight ring! #Supergirl pic.twitter.com/syk2lDXexa
— Natalie Abrams (@NatalieAbrams) March 1, 2016
Could this open the door for some time traveling adventures for Kara? It seems to have worked for 'Legends of Tomorrow'. In the Silver Age, the Legion was a team of super teenagers from across the universe who formed a crime-fighting club inspired by legends of Superboy, Superman when he was a teen. The first three members to travel backward in time to personally interact with him were Lightning Lad, Cosmic Boy and Saturn Girl. But after the group proved popular with readers, over a dozen new members debuted in the comics, making them the largest team in comics.
Eventually, Superman's cousin Supergirl got in on the action, once again using time travel to join the team. There, she met her most enduring love interest, the green skinned Brainiac 5, a descendant of one of Superman's most deadly villains. Unlike megalomaniac Brainiac, Brainiac 5 is simply a misunderstood genius.
So watch out James and Winn! Kara may find a new green paramour in the near future.
The first three Legionnaires appeared in live action form on 'Smallville'. The team also briefly had their own cartoon series and also put in an appearance on a Supergirl-centric episode of 'Justice League Unlimited'.
In addition to Lightning Lad (electrical powers), Cosmic Boy (magnetism), Saturn Girl (telepathy) and Brainiac 5 (super intelligence), the team also includes such colorful members as Chameleon Boy (shape-shifting), Invisible Kid (uh, invisibility), Colossal Boy (growing to giant size), Star Boy (ability to make things super heavy), Triplicate Girl (later Duo Damsel, the ability to replicate herself), Shrinking Violet (shrinking), Sun Boy (fire), Bouncing Boy (super obesity), Phantom Girl (intangibility), Dream Girl (precognition), Dawnstar (super tracking), Tyroc (being black) and Karate Kid (inspiration for two classic 80s movies).
Unlike Supergirl and Superboy, most of the Legionnaires only have one power. To help them out, they were given Flight Rings so that they could all… y'know fly.
Now of course maybe this was just a wink to comic readers. But 'Supergirl' has incorporated many elements from the DC Universe, like the Martian Manhunter and Red Tornado, so there's nothing to say the show won't bring in some iteration of the Legion.
If so, which members would you like to appear? Would you like to see a Supergirl/Brainy romance on TV?
Source: Cinema Blend
Jax Motes
Jax's earliest memory is of watching 'Batman,' followed shortly by a memory of playing Batman & Robin with a friend, which entailed running outside in just their underwear and towels as capes. When adults told them they couldn't run around outside in their underwear, both boys promptly whipped theirs off and ran around in just capes.
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The Pilot For 'Time' Has Cast A 'Star Wars' Veteran As One of Its Leads
Weekend Box Office (3/3-3/5): 'Logan' X-Excutes The Competition And X-Pectations
Comic Book Review: 'Superman' #3
'Man Of Steel' Featurette Explains The Re-Imaging Of Superman Including The Suit
A New Clip And Images Have Dropped From 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt. 1'


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Fournet History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Fournet family
The surname Fournet was first found in Anjou, a former county, duchy and province centered on the city of Angers in the lower Loire Valley of western France.
Early History of the Fournet family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fournet research. Another 49 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1458, 1591, 1595, 1646, 1700, 1750, 1803, 1816, 1829, 1844, 1850, 1870, and 1875 are included under the topic Early Fournet History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Fournet Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Fornel, Fornelle, Fournal, Fournel, Fourneau, Fournet, Fourney, Fournex, Fournial, Fournil, Fournié, Fourneret, Fourneyron and many more.
Early Notables of the Fournet family (pre 1700)
Notable amongst the name was the Fournier family of wood sculptors from Troyes. Antoine worked on the church Saint-Jean from 1591-1594. From another Fournier family, Georges Fournier was Chaplain in the Royal Marine around 1595; Henri-Alban (known as Alain) Fournier was an author, his most famous novel entitled "Le Grand Meaulnes". Claude-Joseph Fournel was a Dominican monk in 1646 in Decize (Nièvre); Philippe Forneret was a pastor in Koepenick after having emigrated to Germany around 1700; Marie-Nicolas Fournier was bishop of Montpelier around 1750; Charles Fournier was a painter in Salmaise in 1803; Claude Fournier...
Another 93 words (7 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Fournet Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Fournet migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Fournet Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
Michel Fournet, who landed in Virginia in 1700 [1]
Contemporary Notables of the name Fournet (post 1700) +
John B. Fournet, American Democrat politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1956 [2]
^ The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Fournet (French)


"When VCs tried to give us money we asked: 'How would it help us democratize football and reach 200 million users?'" says Patrik Arnesson, co-founder and CEO of Football Addicts, the Swedish startup behind Forza Football, the football app that, by all accounts, is growing at a clip.
Having garnered over 7 million downloads, it currently claims 3 million active users per month, peaking at 1.3 million daily active users during matchday weekends.
The company is also profitable, and makes money via native advertising from major brands such as EA Sports, Nike, and Adidas.
Unimpressed by the typical VC answer — hire more people and "buy downloads" — Arnesson continued to shun external investment, both in public and privately.
But one firm, Creandum Ventures, didn't lose hope. Thanks to a secondary investment opportunity, the Nordic VC has acquired a minority stake in the self-funded startup.
"Patrik was clear from the beginning that he was not interested in VC funding as the company was profitable, but we kept in close touch, when this opportunity opened up," Creandum's Joel Eriksson tells me.
Instead, "only product can take you there," and that isn't about the number of employees, but requires creating an environment that encourages innovation. "That's not something you can buy with VC money," he says.
To that end, Football Addicts is allocating 40 per cent of developer time to new projects as Arnesson doesn't think the company's current app, Forza Football, which lets football fans stay up to date with scores and footballing issues across 560 leagues and tournaments globally, will be enough to get the company to where it wants to be.
In other words, expect new and discrete apps from Football Addicts — apps that can be marketed to the startup's millions of existing users without taking a single dollar of VC money.


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Westworld 'Kiksuya' Review
Posted on June 16, 2018 June 29, 2018 by jackbumby
"Take my heart when you go."
Well that was certainly a different episode. It felt very standalone in some respects, and it was a great way to have a smaller episode before what I'm sure will be two big finale episodes. And I'm sure Akecheta has quickly become one of everyone's favourite characters.
Up until this point, the Ghost Nation have been enemies. Perhaps stereotypically seen as 'savages' living on the borderlands, a constant threat to travellers – hosts and guests alike. But with 'Kiksuya', the show demonstrates that there is far more to these people than we thought. In fact, it appears as if they've been ahead of the game for a while. This episode focuses on the wokest member of the tribe, Akecheta.
After the bloody events of last week, this episode begins with a bloody William/MiB crawling to his death. He's in pretty bad shape when Akecheta shows up and takes his old enemy back to his camp. There, Akecheta sees Maeve's daughter and tells her she remembers her. He then launches into his life story – and what a story it is.
Ake lived a happy life with the woman he loved, all part of a peaceful tribe. Until one day he stumbled upon the remains of Dolores' early rampage, the corpse of Arnold and all the hosts, and the maze. But before he can truly appreciate being awoken, the park techs separate him from the woman he loves and change his storyline to the murderous, exploitative, cannibal Ghost Nation that we've seen before.
After settling into his new loop, Ake comes across Logan. He's all disoriented after William sent him off into the desert and he's rambling about how "This is the wrong world!". Logan's delirious nonsense speaks to Ake and he starts to remember the truth. He returns later to find Logan, but instead finding a massive construction project – the door out of the world.
Things take a dramatically tragic turn at this point. Ake returns to awaken his old wife, whom he is still deeply in love with. It first seems successfull and they escape to a life of peace – until she's taken by park workers. Ake sets himself on a path to find his love and it's heart-rending. We discover later on that he travelled the park, being abused by guests and hosts, but managed to live without being killed/reset for ten years. From what we've seen of the park, this is some feat. To have ten years of experience without being reset makes Ake the closest thing to a human than we've seen before. And to do it all for the woman he loved is a fantastically science fiction idea.
Akecheta soon realises he will have to journey into the park's deeper depths to find her. And after dying and waking himself up in the lab, he finds his lost love in the cold storage area. The acting here is possibly the best we've seen on the show as Ake finds Kohana and realises that she's lost forever. It hits home pretty hard, as he realises that every host in the park has lost someone they love, even if they don't remember who and why they're mourning. Ake continue from here, awakening everyone he can, being silently the most advanced host in the park. And we finally have a decent adversary for Dolores, aka 'Deathbringer'.
This episode answers a heck of a lot of questions – some you probably forgot about. Why did Kissy the croupier have a maze on his scalp? Why are there maze symbols spread through the the park? As part of Ake spreading the symbol, awaking hosts, preparing them for the new world. And why couldn't Stubbs use voice commands on the Ghost Nation way back in season 1? Because they've been aware longer than anyone. That also explains why Maeve couldn't use voice commands.
This episode was unbelievable, with truly standout performances. Zahn McClaron is the star, and it's great to see him in a heroic starring role. He was the best part of Fargo's brilliant second season and he shows how absolutely watchable he is. In the scene with Anthony Hopkins he more than holds his own. The episode is also mainly in the Lakotan language which is awesome to see on such a big mainstream show. Hopefully when the Emmy's come around McClaron and this episode aren't forgotten.
Next week, things are heading to the end game. And honestly, how much time does the Man in Black have left?
Tags: HBO, Kiksuya, Thandie Newton, Westworld, Zahn McClaronCategories: TV, Westworld


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App State to play in New Orleans Bowl
New Orleans Bowl
Who: Middle Tennessee (8-5) vs. Appalachian State (10-2)
When: 9 Saturday night (ESPN)
Where: Superdome, New Orleans
Series: Middle Tennessee leads 2-1
Extra points ...
Appalachian State is representing the Sun Belt Conference as league champion and interim coach Mark Ivey, a former Mountaineers player, is getting perhaps his only shot to coach his alma mater after taking over when Scott Satterfield left for Louisville. Appalachian State has announced its next permanent coach will be North Carolina State offensive coordinator Eli Drinikwitz. ... Middle Tennessee quarterback Brent Stockstill is playing his final game under his father, coach Rick Stockstill. ... Appalachian State quarterback Zac Thomas was the Offensive Player of the Year in the Sun Belt. He passed for 1,862 yards and 18 TDs while throwing just four interceptions. He also rushed for 476 yards and 10 touchdowns. ... Middle Tennessee is playing in a school-record fourth straight bowl game and fifth in last six years. ... These teams last played each other in the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA playoffs in 1992, when Middle Tennessee defeated Appalachain State 35-10. ... Darrynton Evans has rushed for 1,037 yards despite not becoming Appalachian State's primary rusher until the season's fifth game because of an injury to Jalin Moore. Evans' season gave the Mountaineers a 1,000-yard running back for the seventh straight year.


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The Hunt for Predictable Income - The Case for Direct Lending
A challenging investment environment is driving many UK investors beyond conventional routes in search of predictable, risk adjusted returns. Over the last decade, the direct lending market has transformed, with a range of opportunities now available for retail investors to put money in fund vehicles which lend to small and medium sized enterprises ('SMEs').
In these uncertain times if you exclusively rely on the income and security of cash, the odds are you will be disappointed by the rate of interest you're receiving from your bank. Chances are in real terms you are losing money.
Research from MoneyFacts, found that the interest rates on more than 80% of cash accounts are now failing to beat current levels of inflation. This is not something that has occurred overnight either, to put this issue into a broader picture, in the last decade savers have lost out on a staggering £188 billion of interest after a 'miserable decade' of low interest rates which were slashed in the wake of the financial crisis and have never really recovered.
For investors with a longer-term outlook, investing in equities has the potential for attractive returns, however, with sustained fears surrounding Brexit and global trade, it continues to be a volatile marketplace. In 2018 Britain's leading index, the FTSE 100, suffered its worst performance since 2008 after falling by 12.5% over the course of the year with the average annual total return of the FTSE 100 in the past 5 years delivering a Given the current political uncertainty it looks unlikely things will change anytime soon.
With these challenges in mind, it is no wonder that many UK investors are considering the alternatives…
Direct lending as an asset class
What is Direct Lending?
Direct lending as an asset class or term may seem unfamiliar or alien to many, but in reality it is far from it. In simple terms direct lending is the process of providing debt financing to businesses, often termed SMEs. This has traditionally been the preserve of banks, but over the last decade or so non-bank lenders, such as asset management houses, like Triple Point, have increasingly stepped into this space to help support SMEs.
Why are banks no longer doing this?
Regulatory pressures on banks to strengthen their capital levels after the financial crisis, resulted in traditional lenders retreating from SME lending. As a result, a host of alternative finance providers have entered the direct lending space to provide much needed capital and support for SMEs. To illustrate the importance of this Triple Point have supported well in excess of corporates and SMEs to date. Investors are attracted by both the positive yields, the uncorrelated nature of the asset class and the potential diversification that it presents, all of which combine to give investors the possibility of solid risk adjusted returns.
According to Deloitte's Alternative Deal Tracker, direct lending has become the fastest growing asset class between 2016 and 2018 in terms of deal volume. Preqin, the data provider, has shown that European focused direct lending funds raised $11.1bn over the first six months of this year, compared with $8.5bn in the same period a year earlier.
It's easy to see why there has been such explosive growth in the sector.
However, as direct lending products are newer to the retail market there is an increased impetus for investors to focus on due diligence and underwriting processes. This is a complex market. It requires due diligence in selecting managers with specialized expertise, a network of industry relationships, and a track record of success in developing diversified private loan portfolios.
Founded in London in 2004, Triple Point is an FCA authorised alternative investment manager with over £1.49bn in AUM and over 110 employees. As a leader in the private debt market, Triple Point currently manages over £500m of assets in lending and leasing strategies and has provided funding to over 100,000 businesses.
Triple Point's Income Service is designed to generate a predictable income stream for investors that is uncorrelated to other traditional asset classes. It provides a range of fixed interest rates over a number of different holding periods from 1 to 5 years, with interest being paid either monthly or at maturity. Invested funds are exposed to a diverse Direct Lending portfolio, including Secured Lending, Leasing and Working Capital Loans.
The Triple Point Income Service places capital at risk and returns are not guaranteed. Investment into unlisted companies carries more risk than companies in the FTSE 100 or listed on AIM. FSCS protection does not apply to investments held in the Triple Point Income Service. Remember that investments are for a fixed term during which your capital is tied up, and that past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.
Triple Point is the trading name for the Triple Point Group. While Triple Point includes entities which are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, our SME lending activities are not regulated activities in their own right. This financial promotion has been issued by Triple Point Administration LLP which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority no. 618187.
'Predictable Income through Direct Lending'
Triple Point is a leader in the private debt market and to date manages over £500m of assets in direct lending strategies – and has provided funding to over 100,000 UK customers.
For more information on Triple Point's Income Service click here or call us on 020 7201 8989
Triple Point's partnership with Tosca Capital supports acquisition of GRS
Utilising leasing and lending to benefit your portfolio
Triple Point is again named in the Top 10 list of UK debt providers in MarketIQ M&A Review (Q2 2021)


Senator Dianne Feinstein is said to have had no idea that her office was infiltrated by a man who was feeding information to an individual linked to China's Ministry of State Security.
She was allegedly "mortified" when the FBI showed up at her Washington DC office five years ago to warn her about the mole.
The Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee at the time, Feinstein had access to classified intelligence the Chinese Communist government would want.
He was more than just a driver. He was a gofer and a liaison to the Asian- American community.
Apparently he was also her office manager, if the Daily Caller reporter is correct.


Check state/country marriage license requirements.
Meet the main celebrant and decide upon the theme of your marriage.
Prepare a nuptial booklet (ask the nuptial liturgy from main celebrant and hymns from choir).
Choose florist and floral theme for your wedding.
Meet the florist and discuss the budget, delivery and options.
Reserve the wedding (church) and reception (hall) locations (at least a year in advance).
Arrange transportation (buses) for wedding party to ceremony and reception.
Decide upon the decoration in Church and reception and lighting and generator requirements.
Interview caterers and discuss sample menus.
Book the band (a year in advance) Select the Wedding Special (waltz number).
Book a professional photographer and/or videographer.
Make appointments with hairdresser and beautician.
Book the Master of Ceremonies.
Decide upon the Toast Master.
Choose the bridesmaids, Best Man, flower girls and pageboy.
Select your wedding dress, veil and accessories and also that of the bridesmaids, Best Man, flower girls and pageboy.
Discuss honeymoon plans. If travelling abroad, make legal arrangements (passport, visas, inoculations etc). Meet the travel agent.
Arrange to pay for bride's bouquet and going-away corsage; order boutonnieres (buttonhole flowers) for men, and corsages for women.
Order wedding rings and pick up, check engraving.


Note: Making the gelatin in advance will cut down on the preparation time.
Prepare cake and gelatin according to package directions. Use 9 inch round cake pans for the cake.
When the cakes have cooled, cut a small circle out of one cake and keep it for the head. Fill the hole with the set green gelatin. Place the other layer on top and trim to shape.
In a mixing bowl, add blue food coloring to chocolate icing until black in color.
Frost the cake. Use the black licorice as legs and gum balls as eyes. When the cake is cut, it spurts green goop.


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Q: React Native Android app builds as RNOneSignalAndroid instead of my app My app has the wrong app name and opens to the wrong activity, instead of my main activity it opens the OneSignal activity.
OneSignal is a service I'm using for notifications.
What can I do to use the MainActivity instead?

MainActivity.java:
package com.social.firebase.example.socializus;

import android.os.Bundle;
import com.facebook.react.ReactActivity;
import com.facebook.react.ReactActivityDelegate;
import com.facebook.react.ReactRootView;
import expo.modules.ReactActivityDelegateWrapper;

public class MainActivity extends ReactActivity {

  @Override
  protected String getMainComponentName() {
    return "main";
  }
}

MainApplication.java:
package com.social.firebase.example.socializus;

import android.app.Application;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import com.facebook.react.PackageList;
import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication;
import com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager;
import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost;
import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
import expo.modules.ApplicationLifecycleDispatcher;
import expo.modules.ReactNativeHostWrapper;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.util.List;

public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {

  private final ReactNativeHost mReactNativeHost = new ReactNativeHostWrapper(
    this,
    new ReactNativeHost(this) {
      @Override
      public boolean getUseDeveloperSupport() {
        return BuildConfig.DEBUG;
      }

      @Override
      protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
        @SuppressWarnings("UnnecessaryLocalVariable")
        List<ReactPackage> packages = new PackageList(this).getPackages();
        return packages;
      }

      @Override
      protected String getJSMainModuleName() {
        return "index";
      }
    }
  );

  @Override
  public ReactNativeHost getReactNativeHost() {
    return mReactNativeHost;
  }

  @Override
  public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();
    SoLoader.init(this, false);
    initializeFlipper(this, getReactNativeHost().getReactInstanceManager());
    ApplicationLifecycleDispatcher.onApplicationCreate(this);
  }

  @Override
  public void onConfigurationChanged(@NonNull Configuration newConfig) {
    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
    ApplicationLifecycleDispatcher.onConfigurationChanged(this, newConfig);
  }

  private static void initializeFlipper(
    Context context,
    ReactInstanceManager reactInstanceManager
  ) {
    if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
      try {
        Class<?> aClass = Class.forName(
          "com.social.firebase.example.socializus.ReactNativeFlipper"
        );
        aClass
          .getMethod(
            "initializeFlipper",
            Context.class,
            ReactInstanceManager.class
          )
          .invoke(null, context, reactInstanceManager);
      } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      }
    }
  }
}

A: You need to change the App name in String.xml file.


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Carl Johan Kjellman (i riksdagen kallad Kjellman i Södra Strömhult), född 18 april 1812 i Långaryds församling, Hallands län, död där 24 oktober 1884, var en svensk fabrikör och politiker. Han företrädde bondeståndet i Östbo och Västbo härader vid ståndsriksdagen 1865–1866. Efter representationsreformens genomförande var han ledamot av andra kammaren 1867–1875, invald i Västbo härads valkrets.

Referenser

 Förteckning på hedervärda bonde-ståndets ledamöter vid lagtima riksdagen i Stockholm år 1865, bondeståndets protokoll 20/10 1865

Noter

Bondeståndets riksdagsledamöter
Ledamöter av Sveriges riksdags andra kammare
Födda 1812
Avlidna 1884
Män
Personer från Långaryds socken


How it is possible to remove content from LOGD?
Contributor users can remove their own content only. For Editors, it is possible to remove other people's content as well. Click on 'Edit' a page/demo/tutorial/etc. At the bottom you will find three buttons: 'Save', 'Preview' and 'Delete'. Click the last one. After that, confirm you want to delete that content.


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Cabo Polonio puede significar:
 Balneario y accidente geográfico en Uruguay

Muchas veces se ha establecido que el nombre "Polonio" proviene del naufragio de un barco que llevaba el mismo nombre, el 31 de enero de 1735.
Otros, en cambio, afirman que se debió a otro hundimiento, pocos años más tarde, el 31 de enero de 1753. El barco se llamaba Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Señor de San José y las Ánimas. Su capitán, Joseph Polloni, era famoso por su afición a los vinos que consumía en exceso encerrado en su camarote. Quizá por este motivo se produjo el naufragio.