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Q: C assigning string to another string results in realloc(): invalid next size I am trying to assign a string in a struct to the string of another struct:
func->parameters[func->parameter_amount].name = tokens[i+1].value;

this happens in a while loop:
while (true) {
    func->parameter_amount++;
    func->parameters = realloc(func->parameters, func-> parameter_amount*sizeof(struct parameter));
    if (func->parameters == NULL) {
        mem_error();
    }
    if ((tokens[i].token != symbol) && (tokens[i].token != comma)) {
        break;
    } else if ((tokens[i].token == symbol) && tokens[i+1].token == symbol) {
        func->parameters[func->parameter_amount].type = string_to_type(tokens[i].value);
        if (func->parameters[func->parameter_amount].type == -1) {
            printf("Error: Invalid type '%s' for parameter declaration in function '%s' on line %i\n", tokens[i].value, func->name, func->line);
            exit(1);
        }
        func->parameters[func->parameter_amount].name = tokens[i+1].value;
        i += 2;
    } else if (tokens[i].token == comma) {
        func->parameter_amount--;
        i++;
    }
}

after the assignment happens the program says:
realloc(): invalid next size
and aborts
the structures are defined as:
struct parameter {
    int type;
    char* name;
};

struct function {
    int line;
    int type;
    char* name;
    struct parameter* parameters;
    int parameter_amount;
};

typedef struct {
    int token;
    char* value;
    int line;
} token;

I can't figure out whats going wrong

A: There are multiple bugs in your code:
1) After realloc, the size of func->parameters array is func->parameterAmount. So that means that the last index you can use func->parameterAmount-1:
func->parameters[func->parameterAmount - 1]

2) For every element in func->parameters array, you have to allocate the string value (because at that moment value is just a pointer to a character):
int i = 0;
int n = 129; // n will be the max length (minus 1) of newly allocated string
for (i = 0; i < func->parameterAmount; ++i) {
    func->parameters[i].name = (char *) malloc(sizeof(char) * n);
    if (func->parameters[i].name == NULL) {
      // Handle alloc error
    }
}

Also, remember to allocate all string variables value inside token array.
3) In C, you can't assign a value to a string that way. You have to use strcpy() from string.h header:
strcpy(func->parameters[func->parameter_amount].name, tokens[i+1].value);


When, not if Maurizio Sarri is axed by Chelsea, many supporters wouldn't object if the legend that is Frank Lampard was given the chance to shine in the Stamford Bridge managerial hot-seat.
Lampard, Chelsea's all-time record goal-scorer, is currently in charge at Derby County, in what is his first year as a manager.
Under difficult circumstances, Lampard has steered Derby County to the edge of the Championship play-off places.
When pressed on the possibility of taking over at Stamford Bridge, Lampard has always insisted that he has a job to see to at Derby, the kind of response you'd expect from a gentleman like Frank.
However, it appears that all might not be well when it comes to the relationship between the Derby County owner, Mel Morris, and Frank.
Lurking in the pages of the Times, is the inference that Frank's future at the club could be in doubt after Morris, in order to cut costs, axed a recent proposed trip, for the squad, to Dubai, to take in some warm-weather training.
Morris, according to our quoted source, axed the trip to save costs as he prepares to sell the club, a move that wasn't well received by the players and Frank.
Whilst Frank may not have the managerial experience we'd expect for an incoming Chelsea manager, there's no denying that he knows the club inside out and would have the respect of everyone connected with the club.
My only fear is if he is appointed and it doesn't work out, would his reputation as a Chelsea legend be somewhat tarnished?
Your thoughts in the comment section beneath this article would be most appreciated.
As a Derby fan, I honestly wouldn't be too concerned if you take him. He's done OK, but in what has been a very poor championship this season a good manager would have had Derby comfortably in the playoffs, not in 8th and more than likely to miss out on a spot. Don't be blinded by a name – Derby wasted four years on Nigel Clough because as a club we're still obsessed with his Dad 45 years after he left – Lampard is not cut out for the Chelsea job as things stand.
No my brother. Sarri could stay there for 5 years and we wont improve. His decision making is atrocious. For instance, against Everton, any other sane coach would have started Giroud. He went with an Higuain that is still struggling for form. His players are frustrated with his stubborn ways. I like him because I want the best for him but not as a Chelsea coach.
Sarri is one of the worst what in heavens name motivated the club to appoint him unless it was only Marina who as a woman are generally easily impressed.


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Originally from London, I first visited Guernsey (British Channel Isles) in 1975. Since moving to the Island in 2006, I have been involved in Guernsey business and Bailiwick life, and completed and published two books.
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Fergus Dunlop as a writer
Fergus was born in London in 1958, so is now in his mid-sixties.
His passion for writing began in early boyhood. As a teenager, he edited his fortnightly school magazine, and in his final summer turned poacher by launching a competitor. That venture made a profit, and even broke the mould, but at the price of a lifelong caffeine aversion.
Fergus' undergraduate and postgraduate research (see below) again explored new ground. However, neither resolved the question of what to do for a job.
By the age of 29, Fergus had been gainfully employed in engineering, publishing and retailing. His roles had included production, sales and general management. The one constant was his writing – a manual in French on cutting up swarf, speeches for members of the British parliament, papers for political campaigns, and an award-winning FTSE 100 annual report.
Eventually, he headed to the City of London, because 'that was where the money was'. A decade passed, pitching to clients, planning expansions, designing sales databases and crunching asset risk models. Some of his best-sellers were multi-chapter, single-copy investment proposals.
Outside of work, the writing continued – his first travel journals date from this period: The Lady With No Name, about a circumnavigation of the Mediterranean Sea in his company car; and the trilogy from which it is drawn, Borderline Pass. These books provide a street-level view of European, Middle Eastern and North African life in flux, at the end of the Cold War.
The next decade passed in Germany, growing the businesses that had resulted from his spreadsheets. But he was still putting pen to paper, on the side, for example with a proposal in German for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's office, and the Finance Ministry, on pension reform.
Early in the new millennium, in parallel with his fund work, he launched an annual tome, German Institutional Investor Positioning. This was an in-depth asset allocation forecast for the year ahead, with English and German language editions, and won a following among pension funds, asset managers, stockbrokers and banks.
In 2006, Fergus took early retirement and his family moved to Guernsey. However, the break from writiing did not last long. He has since helped manage several stock exchange-listed and privately held investment companies. With prospectuses, take-over documents, annual reports and internal policies to plan, pen and/or sign off, finding the right words remains important.
In Guernsey, Fergus is active in the community. He served as Constable of his parish; chaired a campaign group in the referendum on electoral reform; and stood for the States of Deliberation, the bailiwick's parliament. He founded a consumer group, Bus Users Guernsey (BUG), and helps lead a church Sunday Club. The writing has never stopped – he has circulated pamphlets and research on Guernsey topics (see below), scripted and produced nativity plays and dashed off dozens of parish magazine articles.
So, with the publication of Borderline Pass (2020) and The Lady With No Name (2021), Fergus stays true to his longest-standing love, arranging a story on the page.
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Spinach might not contain as much iron as you think it does
Lydia RamseyJun 18, 2017, 12:49 IST
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If you have low levels of iron in the blood, you might have received the advice to eat more spinach as a meat-free method for raising your iron levels.
But here's the truth: spinach doesn't have much more iron than other leafy greens like broccoli and Brussels sprouts. One cup of raw spinach has .81 milligrams of iron, while the same amount of broccoli has .66 mg. Kale has .24 mg, and brussels sprouts have 1.2 mg per cup, even more than the cup of raw spinach.
There's even some evidence that spinach might inhibit iron absorption.
"Simply put, spinach should not at all be the first food choice of those suffering from iron deficiency," Ole Bjørn Rekdal, a researcher who analyzed how the spinach myth spread over decades wrote.
But the story of why the idea remains that spinach is an especially good source of iron is filled with myths and misconceptions.
Here's how it reportedly went down
As the story goes, in 1870, a German chemist named Erich von Wolf was researching the nutritional benefits of spinach. In his notes, he accidentally printed the decimal point in the vegetable's iron content in the wrong spot. Wolf accidentally increased the vegetable's iron level to 10 times the actual amount - 3.5 grams of iron suddenly became 35 grams, an extremely high amount of iron.
"Popeye became so popular with children in the 1930s that sales of spinach spiked dramatically across the US," Michael Aushenker, a Popeye-enthusiast and editor of The Argonaut wrote in 2014.
In fact, spinach growers credited Popeye with a 33% increase in U.S. spinach consumption and saving the spinach industry in the 1930s, according to Popeye's official website. One brand, Allens Vegetables, still uses the cleft-chinned character to sell its canned spinach.
Researchers recognized the fumble in 1937 and tried to correct it, but Popeye had already debuted four years earlier. The myth perpetuated in the comic stuck. People started to spread the idea that spinach contains just as much iron as red meat. Even today, many doctors tell their anemic patients to bulk up on the vegetable.
Finally, in 1981, Terry Hamblin, a hematology consultant at the Royal Victoria Hospital, spoke out about the typo in the BMJ, documenting the story of how spinach was discovered as a key source of iron in the 1980s - and how in the 1930s, researchers reportedly discovered that a typo had made the amount of iron in spinach ten-times more than it actually was.
But when Rekdal tried to find the original source of the decimal typo, he couldn't find it. "Nothing indicates that the decimal point error ever was made, but the account about it will most likely live a long and colorful life, just like its parent myth, the belief that spinach is a good source of iron," he wrote.
Long story short: eat leafy green veggies, which have varying amounts of iron. Just don't expect any Popeye-level strength to occur. And if you're looking to increase your iron intake, here are some options.
Christina Sterbenz contributed to an earlier version of this article.
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There are many forms of lotteries. They are used for a variety of purposes, from military conscription to commercial promotions to randomly selecting juries. In order to be legal, a lottery must require payment of a consideration. That consideration can be property, money, or work. This article will provide an overview of lottery laws and the types of lotteries.
The history of the lottery in the United States goes back to the seventeenth century. George Washington established a lottery in the 1760s to fund the building of the Mountain Road through Virginia. Other great Americans supported the lottery, including Benjamin Franklin, who helped fund the American Revolution with proceeds from the lottery. In the early nineteenth century, John Hancock started a lottery to fund the reconstruction of Faneuil Hall in Boston. However, the majority of colonial lotteries failed.
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\section{Introduction}
\label{SEC:Intro}

A \textit{cylindrical algebraic decomposition} (CAD) is: a \textit{decomposition} of $\mathbb{R}^n$, meaning a collection of cells which do not intersect and whose union is $\mathbb{R}^n$; \textit{cylindrical}, meaning the projections of any pair of cells with respect to a given variable ordering are either equal or disjoint; and, \textit{(semi)-algebraic}, meaning each cell can be described using a finite sequence of polynomial relations.
The original CAD by Collins \cite{ACM84I} was introduced as a tool for quantifier elimination over the reals.  Since then CAD has also been applied to problems including epidemic modelling \cite{BENW06}, parametric optimisation \cite{FPM05}, theorem proving \cite{Paulson2012}, motion planning \cite{WDEB14} and reasoning with multi-valued functions and their branch cuts \cite{DBEW12}.

\vspace*{10pt}

Traditionally, a CAD is built \textit{sign-invariant} with respect to a set of polynomials such that each one has constant sign in each cell, meaning only one sample point per cell need be tested to determine behaviour.  Collins' algorithm works in two phases.  In the \textit{projection} phase an operator is repeatedly applied to polynomials each time producing a set in one fewer variables.  Then in the \textit{lifting} phase CADs of real space are built incrementally by dimension according to the real roots of these polynomials.
A full description is in \cite{ACM84I} and \cite{Collins1998} summarises improvements from the first 20 years (\cite{BDEMW13} references more recent developments).

In 2009 an approach to CAD was introduced which broke with the projection and lifting framework \cite{CMXY09}.  Instead, a \emph{complex cylindrical decomposition} (CCD) of $\mathbb{C}^n$ is built using triangular decomposition by regular chains, and then real root isolation is applied to move to a CAD of $\mathbb{R}^n$.
We can view the CCD as an enhanced projection since gcds are calculated as well as resultants. It means the second phase is less expensive than lifting since case distinction can avoid identifying unnecessary roots.
We use \texttt{PL-CAD} for CADs built by projection and lifting and \texttt{RC-CAD} for CADs built with the new approach.
The initial work was improved in \cite{CM12b} by introducing purpose-built algorithms to refine a CCD incrementally by constraint whilst maintaining cylindricity and recycling subresultant calculations.
A modification of the incremental algorithm to work with relations instead of polynomials then allowed for simplification in the presence of \emph{equational constraints} (ECs): equations whose satisfaction is logically implied by the input.
The output was no longer sign-invariant for polynomials but \textit{truth-invariant} for a formula (the conjunction of relations).  Similar ideas had been developed for \texttt{PL-CAD} \cite{McCallum1999} but were difficult to generalise to multiple ECs.

In \cite{BCDEMW14}, a new variant of \texttt{RC-CAD} was presented.  Here, instead of building a CAD for a set of polynomials or relations we build one for a sequence of quantifier free formulae (QFFs) such that each formula has constant truth value on each cell: a \textit{truth-table invariant} CAD or TTICAD.  It followed the development of TTICAD theory for \texttt{PL-CAD} (see \cite{BDEMW13}, \cite{BDEMW14}) and combined it with the benefits of \texttt{RC-CAD}.
The CCD is built using a tree structure incrementally refined by constraint.  ECs are dealt with first, with branches refined for other constraints in a formula only if the EC is satisfied.
Further, when there are multiple ECs in a formula branches can be removed when the constraints are not all satisfied.  See \cite{BCDEMW14} and \cite{CM12b} for full details.
Building a TTICAD is often the best way to obtain a truth-invariant CAD for a single formula (if the formula has disjunctions then treating each conjunctive clause as a subformula allows simplification in the presence of any ECs) but is also the object required for applications like simplification of complex functions via branch cut analysis (see \cite{BD02} \cite{EBDW13}).
The implementation of \cite{BCDEMW14} in the \texttt{RegularChains} Library \cite{RC} (denoted \texttt{RC-TTICAD}) is our topic here.

\vspace*{10pt}

All CAD algorithms require the user to specify an ordering on the variables.  For \texttt{PL-CAD} this determines the order of projection and thus the sequence of Euclidean spaces considered en-route to $\mathbb{R}^n$.  For \texttt{RC-CAD} if determines both the triangular decompositions performed and the refinement to $\mathbb{R}^n$.
Depending on the application there may be a free or constrained choice.  For example, in quantifier elimination we must order the variables as they are quantified but may change the ordering within quantifier blocks.
Problems easy in one variable ordering can be infeasible in another, with \cite{BD07} giving problems where one ordering leads to a cell count constant in the number of variables and another to one doubly exponential (irrespective of the algorithm used).
Hence any choice must be made intelligently.
We write $y \succ x$ if $y$ is greater than $x$ in an ordering (noting that \texttt{PL-CAD} eliminates variables from greatest to lowest in the ordering).

We start in Section \ref{SEC:Existing} by evaluating (with respect to \texttt{RC-TTICAD}) existing heuristics for choosing the variable ordering.  Then in Section \ref{SEC:New} we suggest some extensions to improve their use before developing our own heuristic more closely aligned to \texttt{RC-TTICAD}.  We give our conclusions in Section \ref{SEC:Conclusions}.

\section{Evaluating existing heuristics}
\label{SEC:Existing}

In what follows we assume $f$ is a polynomial, $v$ a variable and $P$ the set of polynomials defining the input to \texttt{RC-TTICAD}.  Let $\texttt{deg}(f,v)$ be the degree of $f$ in $v$, $\texttt{tdeg}(f)$ the total degree of $f$ and $\texttt{lcoeff}(f,v)$ the leading coefficient of $f$ when considered as a univariate polynomial in $v$.  For a set let $\texttt{max}$ be the maximum value, $\texttt{sum}$ the sum of values and \texttt{\#} the number of values.
We start by considering two heuristics already in use for choosing the variable ordering in algorithms from the \texttt{RegularChains} Library \cite{RC}.
\begin{description}
\item[Triangular:]  Start with the first criteria, breaking ties with successive ones.
\begin{enumerate}
\item Let $v^{[1]} = \texttt{max}( \{ \texttt{deg}(f, v), \, | \, f \in P \} )$.
Then set $y \succ x$ if $y^{[1]} < x^{[1]}$.
\item Let $v^{[2]} = \texttt{max}( \{ \texttt{tdeg}(\texttt{lcoeff}(f, v)), \, | \, f \in P \mbox{ (containing $v$)}\} )$.  \\
Then set $y \succ x$ if $y^{[2]} < x^{[2]}$.
\item Let $v^{[3]} = \texttt{sum}( \{ \texttt{deg}(f, v), \, | \, f \in P \} )$.
Then set $y \succ x$ if $y^{[3]} < x^{[3]}$.
\end{enumerate}
\item[Brown:] Start with the first criteria, breaking ties with successive ones.
\begin{enumerate}
\item Set $y \succ x$ if $y^{[1]} < x^{[1]}$ (as defined in the heuristic above).
\item Let $v^{[4]} = \texttt{max}( \{ \texttt{tdeg}(t), \, | \, \mbox{$t$ is a monomial (containing $v$) from a}$ \\ $\mbox{polynomial in $P$} \} )$.
Then set $y \succ x$ if $y^{[4]} < x^{[4]}$.
\item Let $v^{[5]} = \texttt{\#}( \{ t, \, | \, \mbox{$t$ is a monomial (containing $v$) from a polynomial}$ \\
$\mbox{in $P$} \} )$.
Then set $y \succ x$ if $y^{[5]} < x^{[5]}$.
\end{enumerate}
\end{description}
These both involve only simple measures on the input.  The first was implemented as part of the work for \cite{CDLMXXX11} (although not formally defined there).  It is used for various triangular decomposition algorithms in the \textsc{RegularChains} Library (and is the default for \texttt{SuggestVariableOrder}). The second was developed for CAD as described in the tutorial notes \cite{Brown2004}.  In \cite{HEWDPB14} it was shown to do well in choosing a variable ordering for \textsc{Qepcad} (an implementation of \texttt{PL-CAD}).

The next two heuristics were developed for \texttt{PL-CAD} and work by running the projection phase for each possible variable ordering and picking an optimal ordering using a measure of the projection set.
Our implementations use the projection polynomials generated by McCallum's operator \cite{McCallum1998} on $P$.
\begin{description}
\item[Sotd:] Select the variable ordering with the lowest \emph{sum of total degrees} for each of the monomials in each of the polynomials in the projection set.
\item[Ndrr:] Select the variable ordering with the lowest \emph{number of distinct real roots} of the univariate projection polynomials
\end{description}
Sotd was suggested in \cite{DSS04} where it was found to be a good heuristic for both CAD and QE by CAD using \textsc{Redlog} (another implementation of \texttt{PL-CAD}).
Ndrr was suggested in \cite{BDEW13} as an alternative which would discriminate between differences in the real geometry.
These heuristics are clearly more expensive but note that the lifting phase does the bulk of the work for \texttt{PL-CAD}, with the projection phase often trivial (and if not then the lifting phase is likely infeasible).

To evaluate the heuristics we generated 600 random examples, each with two QFFs themselves a conjunction of two constraints.
There were 100 for each of six system types: \textbf{00}, \textbf{10}, \textbf{20}, \textbf{11}, \textbf{12}, \textbf{22}.  Each digit in these labels determines to the number of ECs in a QFF (with the other constraints strict inequalities).  The polynomials defining the constraints were sparse and in three variables, generated using \textsc{Maple}'s \texttt{randpoly} function.
\texttt{RC-TTICAD} was applied to build CADs for the problems using each of the six possible variable orderings.
A time out of 12 minutes a problem was used affecting only six examples (one with system type \textbf{20}, two with \textbf{10} and three with \textbf{00}).  For the others, the cell count and computation time (in seconds) for each CAD was recorded.

Table \ref{tab:All} summarises this data, showing the average and median values for each system.  First we see that (as expected) \texttt{RC-TTICAD} does better when a QFF has an EC.
Although, we note the anomaly between systems of \textbf{10} and \textbf{20}.  It seems the savings from truncating branches where ECs are not simultaneously satisfied are wiped out by the costs of doing this.  It is likely the savings would be restored in the QFFs contained further non-ECs which require more processing per branch.  This will be investigated further in the future.

Next we note that the median cell counts and timings are considerably less than the mean average for every system type, indicating the presence of outliers.  We provided a third piece of data: the median of the values for each problem when averaged over the six possible orderings.  This will still avoid outlier problems but not outlier orderings.  In every case this value is much closer to the mean average, indicating that most outlying data comes from bad orderings rather than bad problems, and thus highlighting the practical importance of the ordering.

\begin{table}
\vspace*{-10pt}
\caption{Comparing \texttt{RC-TTICAD} by system type.}
\label{tab:All}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{cllllll}
\multirow{2}{*}{\textbf{System}} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{\textbf{Cell Count}} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{\textbf{Computation Time}} \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-4}
\cmidrule(lr){5-7}
           & Mean  & Median     & Median of av. & Mean & Median & Median of av. \\
\midrule
\textbf{22} & 750.13  & \, 478    & \, 612.67            & 1.84    & \, 1.37   & \, 1.58 \\
\textbf{12} & 934.42  & \, 682    & \, 861.50            & 2.73    & \, 2.12   & \, 2.47 \\
\textbf{11} & 1355.45 & \, 839    & \, 1212.33           & 3.41    & \, 2.10   & \, 2.99 \\
\textbf{20} & 3271.51 & \, 2193   & \, 2918              & 8.90    & \, 6.02   & \, 7.92 \\
\textbf{10} & 2949.02 & \, 1528   & \, 2275              & 8.44    & \, 4.71   & \, 6.62 \\
\textbf{00} & 9838.76 & \, 4874   & \, 8566.67           & 34.46   & \, 17.05  & \, 29.88
\end{tabular}
\vspace*{-15pt}
\end{table}

We performed the following calculations for each problem and each heuristic:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Calculate the average cell count and timing for the problem from the six possible variable orderings.
\item Run and time each heuristic for choosing a variable ordering for the problem.
\item Record the cell count and timing of the heuristic's choice.  In the event that a heuristic cannot choose between multiple orderings we take the first of their choices lexicographically (equivalent to a random choice for these problems).
\item Calculate the saving in cell counts made by using the heuristic's choice compared to the problem average, i.e. $(1) - (3)$.
We calculate similarly for timings but include the cost of running the heuristic, i.e. $(1) - (2) - (3)$.
\item Evaluate the savings as percentages of the problem average (so all problems are on the same scale), i.e. $100(4)/(1)$.
\end{enumerate}
Table \ref{tab:PercentageSavings} (the first four rows) shows averages of the values in (5) over problems of the same system type and the whole problem set.  All four existing heuristics offer significant cell savings and so are making good selections of variable ordering.  Although Sotd offers the highest cell savings overall, its higher costs means the Triangular heuristic is the most time efficient.
The heuristic's costs decrease as a percentage of the CAD computation time for systems with less ECs and so Sotd can achieve a much higher saving for problems of type \textbf{00} than \textbf{22}.  But there are other differences between systems not explained by running times, such as Brown generally saving more cells than Triangular but not for systems \textbf{20}.

\section{Extensions, improvements and a new heuristic}
\label{SEC:New}

\subsubsection*{Combining measures}

In \cite{BDEW13} Ndrr was developed to help with problems where Sotd could not due to differences occurring in real space only.  Hence a logical extension is to use their measures in tandem.  We have used the same evaluation for heuristics \textbf{SN} (where Ndrr is used as a tie-break for Sotd) and \textbf{NS} (where Sotd is the tie-break) with results given in Table \ref{tab:PercentageSavings}.
In both cases the tie-breaker gives marginally higher cell savings than using the single heuristic, with NS giving the highest cell saving so far, but Brown remaining the most efficient for computation time.  The costs of running these heuristics will be higher than using the single measure (at least for problems where the first measure tied) but these extra costs are usually less than the extra time savings obtained.

\vspace*{-10pt}

\subsubsection*{Greedy heuristics}

A \emph{greedy} variant of the Sotd heuristic was also suggested in \cite{DSS04} with the variable ordering decided alongside the projection phase.  At each step the projection operator is evaluated with respect to all unallocated variables and the variable whose set has lowest sum of total degree of each monomial of each new polynomial is fixed in the ordering.  We denote this heuristic \textbf{GS}.  In Table \ref{tab:PercentageSavings} we see it offers less cell savings than full Sotd (while still competitive) but has lower costs and so gives more time savings (although not as many as the Brown heuristic).
The cost of Sotd will increase alongside the number of admissible variable orderings and so for such problems the greedy variant may offer the only sensible approach.
A greedy variant of Ndrr is not possible since that measure is on the univariate polynomials only.

\vspace*{-10pt}

\subsubsection*{Using information from \textbf{\texttt{PL-TTICAD}}}

The projection sets used so far are those for a sign-invariant \texttt{PL-CAD}, thus considering not the constraints in the input but the polynomials defining them.  Since \texttt{RC-TTICAD} is building a TTICAD (usually smaller for all except systems \textbf{00}), a sensible extension is to use the projection phase from \texttt{PL-TTICAD} \cite{BDEMW14}.  However, we cannot match the declared output structure exactly: \texttt{PL-TTICAD} uses (at most) one declared EC per QFF (with others treated the same as non-ECs).  Hence, for QFFs with 2 ECs we will run the projection phase with the first of these declared (so for example, systems \textbf{20} are treated the same as \textbf{10}).  We denote the heuristics applying Sotd and Ndrr with this projection set as \textbf{S-TTI} and \textbf{N-TTI}.  From Table \ref{tab:PercentageSavings} we see they offer substantially more cell savings than their standard versions.  They also achieves higher time savings: both due to the improved choices and lower running costs (since the TTICAD projection operator is a subset of the sign-invariant one).

We can also run the greedy variant of Sotd with the \texttt{PL-TTICAD} projection phase (denoted \textbf{GS-TTI}.  In Table \ref{tab:PercentageSavings}) we see this decreases the cell savings on offer by S-TTI (slightly) but that the decreased cost increases the time savings.

\subsubsection{Developing a new heuristic}

We now aim to develop a new heuristic, which considers more algebraic information than the input but is tailored to \texttt{RC-TTICAD} itself rather than a \texttt{PL-CAD} algorithm.
The main saving offered by the regular chains approach is case distinction meaning that not all projection factors are considered universally.  For example, the second coefficient in a polynomial is only considered when the first vanishes (and then only evaluated modulo that constraint).  Consider a set of polynomials consisting of the following:
\begin{itemize}
\item the discriminants, leading coefficients and cross-resultants of the polynomials forming the first constraint in each QFF;
\item if a QFF has no EC then also the (other) discriminants, leading coefficients and cross resultants of all polynomials defining constraints there;
\item if a QFF has more than one EC then also the resultant of the polynomial defining the first with that of the second.
\end{itemize}
Here the resultants, discriminants and coefficients are taken with respect to the first variable in the ordering.  We can observe that these polynomials will all be sign-invariant in the output.  See \cite{BCDEMW14}, \cite{CM12b} for the algorithm specifications and \cite{EBCDMW14} for a fuller discussion and examples of this (from a study in the context of choosing the constraint ordering).  This set of polynomials does not contain all those computed by \texttt{RC-TTICAD}.
Their importance is that they are considered in their own right rather than modulo others.

We define a new heuristic to pick variable orderings in two stages:  First the polynomials forming the input are considered and variables ordered according to maximum degree (as with Triangular and Brown).  Then ties are broke by calculating the set of polynomials described above for each unallocated variable and setting $y \succ x$ if the maximum degree in $y$ is less than $x$.  We denote this \textbf{NewH} and in Table \ref{tab:PercentageSavings} we see it achieves almost as many savings as S-TTI despite using a smaller set of polynomials to make its choice.

We could go further by including some more of the missing information.  For example, we can use the degree of the omitted discriminants, resultants and leading coefficients as a third tie-break.  This heuristic is denoted \textbf{NewH-ext} and the results of its evaluation are in the final row of Table \ref{tab:PercentageSavings}.  We see it achieves even higher cell savings (and the greatest time savings of any heuristic).

\section{Conclusions}
\label{SEC:Conclusions}

We have demonstrated that the variable ordering can have a great effect on \texttt{RC-TTICAD} and using any of the heuristics discussed is much better than a random choice.  Simple measures on the input can be effective, but more cell savings can be obtained by using information from the projection phase of \texttt{PL-CAD}.  This can be extended to time savings if we use a greedy variant or a projection phase more aligned to the system type.
We have also suggested a new heuristic aligned to \texttt{RC-TTICAD} which achieves similar savings with less information by identifying a set of polynomials of importance to the algorithm.  It was sufficient for allocating two variables (and hence ordering three) as required by our problem set.  Extending to problems with more variables is a topic of future work.

The heuristics performance varied with the system classes and so heuristics that changed along with this performed better.  The precise relationships at work here are not always clear to see.  Machine learning on the set of measures used by the heuristics may offer a meta-heuristic greater than the sum of its parts (as was found to be the case recently when choosing a variable ordering for \textsc{Qepcad} \cite{HEWDPB14}).
Finally, we note that when using \texttt{RC-TTICAD} there are questions of problem formulation other that the variable ordering to use.  As implied in Section \ref{SEC:New}, the order the constraints are presented affects the output.  Advice on making this choice intelligently was derived in \cite{EBCDMW14}.

\begin{table}
\vspace*{-15pt}
\caption{Comparing the savings (as a percentage of the problem average) in cells (C) and net timings (NT) from various heuristics.}
\centering
\label{tab:PercentageSavings}
\begin{tabular}{lllllllllllllll}
\multirow{2}{*}{\textbf{Heuristic}}
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{22}}
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{12}}
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{11}}
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{20}}
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{10}}
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{00}}
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{All}}  \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-3}
\cmidrule(lr){4-5}
\cmidrule(lr){6-7}
\cmidrule(lr){8-9}
\cmidrule(lr){10-11}
\cmidrule(lr){12-13}
\cmidrule(lr){14-15}
           & \,\, C & \, NT & \,\, C & \, NT & \,\, C & \, NT
           & \,\, C & \, NT & \,\, C & \, NT & \,\, C & \, NT & \,\, C & \, NT \\
\midrule
\textbf{Triangular}  & 32.6 & 33.9 & 33.9 & 34.0 & 40.9 & 41.3 & 47.9 & 46.8 & 47.7 & 47.2 & 56.0 & 58.8
   & 43.0 & 43.6 \\
\textbf{Brown}  & 37.6 & 39.1 & 39.3 & 39.8 & 45.9 & 47.1 & 45.0 & 44.3 & 51.6 & 50.9 & 61.9 & 64.5
   & 46.8 & 47.5 \\
\textbf{Sotd}  & 36.7 & 23.9 & 37.9 & 27.7 & 49.4 & 40.4 & 42.8 & 39.5 & 56.3 & 53.9 & 59.9 & 61.8
   & 47.1 & 41.0 \\
\textbf{Ndrr}  & 40.1 & 21.2 & 44.1 & 33.0 & 40.2 & 30.7 & 35.7 & 34.4 & 54.8 & 51.3 & 54.0 & 54.3
   & 44.9 & 37.4 \\
\midrule
\textbf{SN} &37.0 & 24.3 & 37.2 & 27.4 & 49.2 & 40.4 & 42.5 & 39.6 & 56.0 & 53.5 & 60.4 & 62.5
   & 47.0 & 41.1   \\
\textbf{NS} & 41.3 & 22.6 & 41.2 & 30.7 & 47.8 & 37.1 & 38.7 & 36.0 & 57.1 & 51.7 & 58.4 & 60.2
   & 47.3 & 39.6   \\
\midrule
\textbf{GS} & 35.0 & 32.7 & 33.7 & 32.5 & 49.5 & 46.5 & 39.8 & 38.9 & 52.3 & 52.1 & 52.5 & 55.9
   & 43.8 & 43.3   \\
\midrule
\textbf{S-TTI} & 42.7 & 40.4 & 46.4 & 43.2 & 55.0 & 49.1 & 48.4 & 48.1 & 61.2 & 60.2 & 59.9 & 61.7
   & 52.2 & 50.3 \\
\textbf{N-TTI} & 48.5 & 37.1 & 46.8 & 40.5 & 48.6 & 42.3 & 47.8 & 46.9 & 59.0 & 55.3 & 54.0 & 54.3
   & 50.7 & 46.0 \\
\textbf{GS-TTI} & 46.4 & 47.2 & 44.9 & 44.5 & 56.7 & 54.7 & 49.3 & 50.2 & 56.7 & 57.5 & 52.8 & 55.9
   & 51.1 & 51.6 \\
\midrule
\textbf{NewH}   & 45.9 & 45.5 & 41.8 & 43.5 & 51.4 & 50.8 & 48.2 & 47.6 & 56.4 & 52.4 & 67.0 & 68.5
   & 51.7 & 51.3 \\
\textbf{NewH-ext} & 46.2 & 45.9 & 42.2 & 43.3 & 51.6 & 51.4 & 49.3 & 49.5 & 55.9 & 52.0 & 67.0 & 68.5
   & 52.0 & 51.7
\end{tabular}
\vspace*{-30pt}
\end{table}

\subsection*{Acknowledgements}
This work was supported by EPSRC grant EP/J003247/1.  \texttt{RC-TTICAD} was developed by Changbo Chen, Marc Moreno Maza and the present authors.

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Jose Izquierdo will miss Saturday's game.
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Q: VS Code: "Unable to read file" after directory change After moving my project to another folder, the VS Code debugger tries to open the files in their old path when an exception is thrown, resulting in a "Unable to read file" error in VS Code. How to fix this?
This is my launch.json file:
"configurations": [
        {
            "name": ".NET Core Launch (web)",
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            "request": "launch",
            "preLaunchTask": "build",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/src/Project.Host/bin/Debug/netcoreapp3.1/Project.Host.dll",
            "args": [],
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/src/Project.Host",
            "stopAtEntry": false,
            "serverReadyAction": {
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A: I've noticed that there are some old breakpoints in my debugger so I removed them, without breakpoints the debugger worked just fine, but whenever I tried to add a new breakpoint it referred to an old cpp file location.
Ended up reinstalling vscode -_- it helped but I don't think everyone can just reinstall vscode when there's a problem. For some reason, some internal vscode settings didn't refresh when I moved the folder with the code to a new location.

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First, Barrack Obama was clearly an unbeliever in his early life. He had no religious training and no spiritual interest, at least of the Christian type. At a definite point in his life this all clearly changed. Conservatives have every reason to oppose Obama's political views. But his personal faith should not become an issue that impacts his campaign any more than Hillary Clinton's Methodism should be an issue to her campaign.
President George W. Bush appears to have a deep and personal faith but this, in itself, does not make him either a great or a terrible president. The Christian Right would often have us believe otherwise but this is not rocket science folks. I am sometimes led to believe that President Bush's faith might even impact some decisions adversely. At other times I am glad to know that we have a man of prayer and personal faith leading us. In the end, this is not why I support or oppose a candidate or a leader's decisions and policies. This confusion of "personal faith" (which I wrote about yesterday) with political realities and expressed positions is, generally speaking, a huge mistake. We are not selecting pastors to lead the nation, but people who can best lead us in our government.
Second, Barrack Obama strikes me as a man of true faith, at least from all that I have read and heard from people who know him. He sees his various positions on issues as an extension of that personal faith. I disagree with some of his interpretations regarding ethical issues and sincerely believe he could be better informed by biblical and historically Christian thought. But he is a man who openly professes faith in Christ, takes the church and the sacraments seriously, and practices his faith in a credible way. He is also a committed American and the reports from some in the Right about Muslim influences hindering his effectiveness as a leader are simply slanderous. Is he wrong in some of his views and how he relates them to his faith? I am quite convinced that he is wrong in several important cases. Again, and this is important to note: This is not, however, how we should evaluate him or his Republican counterparts. I will vote for a non-Christian in a heartbeat if I think she/he is the best person to lead this country. I will also make this decision with prayer and careful thought but "voting for the person who wins at proving to the Christian Right that she/he is one of us" is a non-issue so far as I am concerned. This, again, is a part of the problem with James Dobson's recent comments about Fred Thompson.
The subject of Trinity Church, and the Obama buzz, prompted Martin Marty to write a "Sightings" column this week (April 2) about Dr. Jeremiah Wright and his congregation. Martin Marty and I know one another and we have had serious conversations on several occasions. We do not always agree on issues, especially political and social issues, but his evaluations are generally fair and even-handed, even if they reflect his more liberal views. He is a scholar first, not a partisan for Obama. Marty has visited Trinity and wrote his column yesterday in order to make "comment" on what he knows. He definitely got my attention.
Trinity is the largest congregation in the UCC denomination. It's rubric is: "Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian." Marty writes: "Trinity's rubric shapes a kind of ellipse around these two 'centers,' neither of which makes sense without the other. This you would never know from the slanders of its enemies or the incomprehension and naivete of some reporters who lack background in the civil rights and African-American movements of several decades ago---a background out of which Trinity's stirrings first rose and on which it transformatively trades."
Trinity is "Africentric" and operates ecumenically within the heritage of the idea that "black is beautiful." Despite what people say this 8,000 member church brings together the disadvantaged and the middle class, along with a handful of real movers and shakers in the city of Chicago. If you live in the Chicago region you can watch Trinity's services and Jeremiah Wright on television. You will quickly discover that this church is not cultic or sectarian in any meaningful sense. Wright, in point of fact, preaches the biblical text quite powerfully. Marty suggests that at times he sounds "almost literalist about biblical texts when he preaches" the Bible. I would agree. The congregation is given large-print texts from Scripture so they can follow his sermons. He regularly preaches the good news of Christ. Marty adds, "He can be abrasive." Why? Because he resists the "shame" that he finds in the black community rooted in the legacies of segregation and racism. Marty adds, "Trinity reorients."
Oppose Obama if you will, but do it for the right reasons. And do not believe the lies that you hear about the man or his pastor. Seeking to undo his profession of faith and his personal integrity is raw politics. It is beneath the spirit of biblical Christianity, the kind of Christianity that treats personal profession and the story of adult conversion seriously. I pray for Barrack Obama. He actually offers a refreshing perspective for new discussion in this country. His record is slim and his views should be openly critiqued. I do not agree with his political positions on many social and economic issues, as I previously noted, but I refuse to attack him personally or his personal profession of faith. This approach is not only counter-productive, it clearly doesn't have the spirit of Christ about it. Maybe we can begin to resist this kind of rhetoric that flows from the Christian Right by actually having an honest debate about the types of political issues that are important to this nation and not about the personal faith of the candidates. One can at least hope for such a change, even if some in the Christian Right continue to promote the the destructive politics of personal slander.


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£15,150 after tax and National Insurance will result in a £1,153 monthly net salary in 2019, leaving you with £13,838 take home pay in a year. You will pay a total of £530 in tax this year, and you'll also have to pay £782 in National Insurance. Your hourly rate will be £7.28 if you're working 40 hours per week.
Now let's see how we've calculated your tax on your £15,150 income.
As your total yearly earnings of £15,150 are above this personal allowance, you will have to pay tax on the earnings that are above this sum - in your case, if we deduct £12,500 from your £15,150 income, we'll be left with a taxable amount of £2,650.
This means that out of your total earnings of £15,150, you will pay a total of £530 in tax this year, which amounts to £44 per month.
As your total yearly earnings of £15,150 are above this threshold , you will have to pay National Insurance on the sum that is above £8,632.
This means that a total amount of £6,518 from your earnings will be liable for National Insurance.
On this sum, you'll pay a total amount of £782 in National Insurance (or £65/month).
Your yearly gross salary before any deductions is 15,150. Now let's see a break-down of tax, NI and monthly net pay below.
Your monthly NET salary, will be £ 1,153 after you paid your tax and National Insurance. This is the money you'll receive in your bank each month.


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How to Fall in Love In & With Tokyo
Harish Pal Singh
Japan has the steepest population decline in the world, where a good 60% of unmarried women and 70% of unmarried men, are not in a relationship.
In a country where love and affection can be bought (or facilitated) with host/hostess bars, cuddle cafes, and 3D waifus (virtual wives), it isn't surprising that people just aren't falling head over heels for one another.
However, that should not be the case as Tokyo is fully-equipped with a plethora of sights and sounds to make every date the best you've ever had. Heart on my sleeve and sushi in my belly, here's my take on falling in love in Tokyo, and with that, falling in love with Tokyo.
Step 1: Finding beauty
While this varies from person to person, the first step is to being the right state of mind and secondly, understand what exactly it is you're looking for. Like any person/city, a sense of fondness and comfort has to be identified for you to come to grips with what you're feeling.
Now, on to the real bit. I headed out to see what I could find in Tokyo. I knew that Christmas was around the corner and love was in fact, in the air. People would flock to parks and picturesque spots in the city, and rationally, beauty attracts beauty. To successfully fall in love in Tokyo, I headed to Yoyogi Park to find a suitable romantic interest.
With its scenic views and general size (its super accessible too!), it's a no-brainer that one should frequent this park in search of their better halves. Even during winter, with the ground painted a lush yellow and orange mix, accompanied by the sounds of buskers playing traditional instruments, couples flock to Yoyogi park to be a part of the magic. I was left in awe of it's beauty before stumbling upon something a little prettier.
Photo Credit: Rainbowholic
A good alternative to Yoyogi Park would be the Meguro River which passes through the Meguro, Setagaya, and Shinagawa wards. Famed for the Nakameguro Sakura Festival (where the cherry blossoms are lit up in the evening), the Meguro River provides an array of colours throughout the season. Although cherry blossoms may give your ideal partner a run for their money in the appearance section, it is undeniable that the Meguro River possesses a hushed and chilled vibe.
My encounter was during winter, which evoked colour schemes and moods reminiscent of walkways along Amsterdam's canals. The array of flower and coffee shops that line the river make this the perfect spot to seek what you may, be it a soft, scrumptious bagel, or a soft, scrumptious bae(girl). And even though autumn has left the trees barren, these two locations are the perfect environments for love to blossom.
Song/Playlist of Choice: Ta-ku's Songs to Fall In Love To.
Step 2: Understanding Their Tastes.
Photo Credit: Danny Choo
Fast forward and I'm now on the verge of my first date. First dates are more of a hit-or-miss affair and one can never really prepare themselves for the unexpected. Nervous and slightly asthmatic, I was keen on coming off as smooth as James Dean, hoping this date goes as planned. The initial spark was amazing, it has to go great right? To pursue love in Tokyo, the first date should always include a visit to Tower Records in Shibuya.
Tower Records is the perfect spot to get a good gauge of your date's personality. Music is an essential part of life and a person's taste in music says a lot about their character (more than their Instagram follower count). Why'd you think Spotify teamed up with Tinder? Besides helping you figure out why your date listens Justin Bieber AND Led Zeppelin, Tower Records takes you back in time to when music was something tangible. CD's and tapes that you'd hold and pop into your Sony Walkman or Discman and bop down the streets with no care in the world, reminding you of times where relationships were a whole lot simpler too. Bonding over music and discovering each other's tastes are a surefire way of getting your date off on the right foot.
After an ear opening experience, dinner and drinks at Fred Segal Daikanyama would be a great way to start and end the evening. Flanked by a brewery and a cafe, this venue would set the perfect tone to the night, with warm lights bringing out her highlights and architecture that only accentuates her winged eyeliner. Everything in this area looks like it was torn out of a Pinterest page titled "Romantic First Date Spots", and that will definitely work in your favour. To add more discovery to the mix, Fred Segal has a male and female clothing store in the vicinity, so one can also gauge the other's fashion cues.
However, my experience was in the day but fortunately, everything went as planned. Fred Segal Daikanyama brought a little bit of Los Angeles to Tokyo and in turn, instilled a little bit of Los Angeles in our hearts. I believe that I'm falling, slowly but surely. Since we're being rather universal with this article, it was safe to say I ended this date quite French. Ladies and gentlemen, I am now in the ballgame and have reached first base.
Song/Playlist of Choice: Any Oldies Playlist that includes Bob Dylan, The Temptations, Queen, The Hollies, and Frank Sinatra.
Step 3: Captivating Their Senses.
The first date was a breeze, now I'm on to bigger things. Second dates should be about experiences, ones that'll make your date thank their lucky stars on agreeing to the first date and keep them guessing what's in store for the third. My take on the second date would be to see something that'll leave them in awe, which is why I chose the Mori Tower Observatory in Roppongi Hills, and Sumida Park in Asakusa.
Making your way up to the observatory is quite an experience, especially if you're terrified of heights like me. You'd hope that your date is as, if not more, afraid of heights as you are, so you'd be able to play it cool and collected. The view from Mori Tower is breathtaking to say the least, but then again, it could be my fear of heights getting the best of me. You can choose to show off your talents of Japanese geography here but it would be best to let the Tokyo skyline do the talking. You'll find that this observatory will facilitate physical touch and fizzle chemistry between the both of you as there'll be lots of moments that are along the lines of, "Hey! Look over there! Isn't it beautiful?".
Photo Credit: TeamLab
Also situated in the building is the Mori Arts Centre and Art Museum, where your inner Dali can be set free. During my date, I was lucky enough to witness an exhibition of The Universe and Art, which sparked deep conversations about space, the arts, and Star Wars (which was perfect!). The Mori Tower is the spot, for you to showcase how enlightened and cultured you are as a person (especially if you're not).
Follow that up with a stroll along the Sumida River Terrace in Sumida Park and you will find your date in a swoon. This walkway screams River Thames and if you're as lucky as I was, you'd find yourself with an elderly gentleman going ham on his saxophone. If you're a hopeless romantic like me, this is your chance to bust into a Bollywood sway while time slows down and the tides carry on through (Don't forget to tip the saxophonist!). This spot is as scenic as it gets along the river, with a view of the Tokyo Skytree and Asahi Beer Tower in the skyline. In conclusion, the second date propelled me in the Department of Feels and due to my successful slow dancing along the river, I eventually made it to second base.
Song/Playlist of Choice: BadBadNotGood's Album titled IV, Takk… by Sigur Rós, and The OST to Sleeping With Other People.
Step 4: Karting to the Finish Line.
The third date is when things become more of a physical experience, and no, we haven't made it to fourth base just yet. My take on a third date to fall in love in Tokyo would be to take on a physical activity (sort of), so we headed to Fuji Q Highlands to kick things off.
It took us two hours to get there by bus, but the mountains and Japanese countryside made it worthwhile. Upon arrival, we were graced with a chilly breeze and roller coasters zooming past at dizzying speeds. Theme parks are perfect for dates for various reasons, but mainly because they replicate the adrenaline rush you feel when you fall in love. Butterflies in your stomach, slight sweating, and a racing heart are all symptoms of you falling hard. Our goal for the day was to get on everything fun (to us), and to leave once the sun sets. From the Eejanaika to the Red Tower, we tried it all.
The roller coasters left us with smiles on our faces and as the golden hour came by, we managed to get on the Shining Flower ferris wheel and catch a glimpse of Ol' Fuji San during the sunset, which was spellbinding to say the least. Guards down and excitement in the air, we even took a stroll on the Merry-Go-Round for old times' sake. Fuji Q Highland also transforms into something rather Parisian as the sun sets. Warm lights and chilly weather complement each other perfectly, with accordions serenading us as we bought ice cream, reminding me a little of Bella Notte from Lady and The Tramp (although that was rather Italian).
Satisfied with the all-encompassing experience at Fuji Q, we headed back to the city for something that evoked our inner children, Go-Karting in costumes around Tokyo. Driving has always been therapeutic for me, but driving on the buzzing streets of Tokyo in a kart, was something else. Naturally, we got dressed in absurd costumes and made our way through the streets, often racing in the alleyways and even stopping to catch a quick snack at a convenience store.
Nothing can really prepare you for the countless photographs (and stares) you'd get while driving a neon-lit kart on the streets, but having someone special to do it with makes it all worthwhile. Needless to say, the drive got our pulse racing and we went to town (literally and figuratively) soon after it was over. Step aside fellas, I've now shifted into third gear.
Song/Playlist of Choice: Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1. and Bella Notte from Disney's Lady & The Tramp.
Step 5: You Have Arrived at Your Destination.
4 dates in and you're on the verge of a home run, we know this feeling all too well. But this time, I tried something a little different. Instead of putting pedal to the metal, I decided to slow things down. So instead of making a reservation at Park Hyatt Tokyo (aka Lost in Translation), lighting vanilla scented candles, and putting a Marvin Gaye record on, I decided that we visit places that were timeless. Being the old soul that I am, we set out to visit the Meiji Shrine. I mean, nothing says love like a Japanese equivalent of the Taj Mahal, right?
And lovely she was (I'm talking about the Meiji Shrine here). The shrine is situated in an evergreen forest and the walk was rather long, but who doesn't love long walks? There, we witnessed a wedding ceremony and spent some time indulging in this (almost) century old shrine. There were also Emas, votive tablets for special personal prayers and gratitude towards the deities enshrined in the Meiji Shrine. It was heartwarming to see the prayers and wishes of people fulfilled, almost allowing a tear to escape my eye.
An Instagram couple going at it in the palace grounds.
An alternative to this would be the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace. Another scenic spot on this guide, the East Gardens offers you hours of walking as there's plenty to check out in the grounds. If there was a Disney movie about falling in love in Tokyo, the East Gardens would definitely be featured. Providing you everything you'll need for the perfect Instagram couple shot, the park is usually patronised by older love birds.
The bevy of colours in the palace grounds.
These places are bound to induce positive thoughts to the person you're dating. It shows that you're not just in it for the short term or the good-bits of physical attraction. It shows that you're a mature being who understands their feelings, and approaches it with care. Needless to say, you'll eventually get your home run, but there's no point rushing it. As cliche as it sounds, it isn't the destination, but the journey that matters most.
Song/Playlist of Choice: John Mayer's Continuum, Mikhael Paskalev's Come On, and LANY's ILYSB (Stripped).
Through this step by step guide, I've realised that I've slowly fallen in love with Tokyo. In this tale, there wasn't a female protagonist to begin with, but I'm sure all of these steps would've worked on an actual person too, rather than a city. However, that's for you to find out. It's unfathomable that the youth in Tokyo and Japan generally aren't exploiting what their land offers in their quest for love. The parks, skyline, food, quirks, weather, culture, and people are an abundance of opportunities waiting to happen. But I guess that leaves room for people like us to come in and use it to its extent. And kids, that's how I fell in love with Tokyo.
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Harish is an occasional traveler, fueled by curiosity and Tinder matches. He aspires to become Buzz Lightyear but is willing to settle with the life and times of Tony Stark.
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Memo to the strategist: Islam is a religion, not a race. But Democratic standard operating procedure is as follows: Whenever possible, convert any issue someway, somehow, into an accusation that Republicans are "racist." The tepid economic recovery continues, most Americans believe our foreign policy is on the wrong track and only 21 percent of Americans support Obama's Iran deal. But hey, Republicans are racist.
By the way, when did calling someone a Muslim, whether falsely or not, become a slur? After all, isn't Islam a "great religion of peace," that's been "hijacked by a minority of extremists"? If so, how does calling someone a Muslim become the moral equivalent of hate speech?
According to the survey, only 45 percent of Democrats believe Obama is a Christian at heart, while 26 percent "don't know," 17 percent said he's "spiritual," 10 percent think he's Muslim and 2 percent believe he is an atheist. Added up, this means most Democrats doubt Obama's professed Christianity. Apparently, within the Democratic Party, many "racist bastards" reside.
Where was Anderson Cooper during the 2008 campaign? Then-Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign, as Politico's John Heilemann recently confirmed, stoked Obama-is-a-Muslim-rumors. On "60 Minutes," Clinton was asked whether she believed then-Sen. Obama was Muslim. She replied, "No," and said she takes Obama at his word. But then she slyly added, "There is nothing to base that on — as far as I know." Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
Speaking of "correcting" those who say false things, where were the media scolds when Hillary Clinton likened Republicans who want to defund Planned Parenthood to "terrorist groups"? Similarly, the media were AWOL when President Obama outrageously likened Republicans, opposed to the Iran deal, to "Iranian hardliners." You know, the ones who chant "death to America" and "death to Israel"?
When will the media get around to "correcting" those who still claim George W. Bush "lied" about Iraq War intel? The Associated Press's former Washington bureau chief, Ron Fournier, said President Bush "lied us into war in Iraq." The Associated Press?! About the Iraq WMD Intel, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., called Bush a "liar." New York Times columnist Frank Rich flatly claimed Bush lied about the Iraq war.
They must have forgotten about the Robb-Silberman report from the bipartisan Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction. It was set up by Congress to investigate the intelligence on which the Iraq War was based. Yes, the commission concluded that the intelligence reports were wrong, but found no deception. Silberman, in a Wall Street Journal piece, called the continued assertion that Bush misled the nation "not only false, but … dangerously defamatory. The charge is dangerous because it can take on the air of historical fact — with potentially dire consequences." Yet when pundits, Democrats and even "reporters" like Fournier say Bush lied — crickets from the media.
So let's put the Trump-didn't-correct-the-man-who-called-Obama-a-Muslim furor in context. This is merely the latest example of left-wing media hypocrisy, double standards and selective outrage.
Except Bush did lie about the Iraqi WMDs, and ruined Colin Powell's career in the process.
The truth is: 15 of the 19 twin tower hijackers were citizens of Saudi Arabia.
There were WMDs found in Iraq, It just wasn't reported widely because the news media hated Bush. Must remember that the propaganda machine is controlled by Soros. And, that it is ALL propaganda. There is a story and a side for everyone, so people can believe whatever they choose. Part of the fantasy of being free, LOL But, the issue here is their selective reporting to stir up racial hatred. Not necessary and not good for the country. I agree, the Saudis are behind all this terrorism, but again, we can't say that because they are our "allies." Check out the movie Lawrence of Arabia, made before the imposition of prejudiced reporting. It pretty well explains how and why the British screwed up the Middle East and why WE are blamed for it.


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We monitored the project over the winter to see how the stream enhancement design performed during storms. Stormwater from the I-5 freeway is directed to South Ash Creek just upstream of the project site. Even before the vegetation grew in, the stream handled a large amount of water during a heavy rain storm – as shown in the photo below.
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Questions: What does it take to build an institution? When is giving fun? What is the most important thing to remember? Can things still go wrong, even when doing God's work? What is the most precious offering we can give? When have we given enough? "Read More" to pursue answers.
And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These [are] the words which the LORD hath commanded, that [ye] should do them.
These chapters are mostly the implementation of the construction plans God commanded to Moses on the mountain. Since I've already talked about those, I plan to mostly zip through them here. However, there's a few highlights I did want to call out.
work therein shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
It seems paradoxical to start work by issuing such dire warnings against overwork. Then again, maybe that is the only way to sustain work over the long haul: by knowing when not to work. And — especially when working for the Lord — it is essential that we remember to 'rest to the LORD' rather than trying to do everything ourselves.
And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, [and] brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered [offered] an offering of gold unto the LORD. And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair], and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought [them].Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD'S offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought [it].
are arguably what I need in order to accomplish transformational change at work — though first I need to submit myself to God through non-work. Hmm.
Two more things that struck me from this passage — one about skill, the other about resources.
For a project this size, you don't just need a skilled craftsman in charge — you need a Master craftsman, one who can teach and direct as well as build. And I suspect even a Master needs a sidekick like Aholiab, so he has someone to bounce ideas off of and share accountability with.
Apparently it all worked, because the people responded eagerly — perhaps overly so!
Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
Though, I suspect many pastors would simply assume that their vision was too small, since the resources were more than sufficient!
What's going on here? In case you didn't know, ancient mirrors were typically made of brass or bronze. I'm sure women back then valued mirrors as highly as women do today. To give up one's only mirror — it seems unlikely they'd each have more than one — is a dramatic gesture. Why would they do that? Surely if the voluntary offering was so over-sufficient, such sacrifice would be unnecessary, right?
Here's my favorite hypothetical scenario.
The "assembling" presumably refers to a "ministry team" of women who have volunteered to serve at the door of the tabernacle — "greeters," if you will. They've recently come together, and are getting a tour of the tabernacle construction site. Along the way, they see the foreman of the laver project receive some bad news: he starts yelling at the messenger, and can barely restrain himself from cursing (hey, foreman are foreman, even in God's house, right?). The elder woman in charge, rather than rebuking him for his impiety, goes to inquire as to the source of his frustration.
It comes out that due to a logistical mixup (hey, nobody said the project managers were divinely inspired) his project's allotment of brass won't come for another month. He has the space, he has the workers, but he doesn't have the raw materials. If they miss this window, not only will his workers sit idle, but it'll throw off the entire tabernacle's completion date. And he certainly doesn't want to be the one to tell that to Chief Bezaleel, much less be there when Moses is told.
The woman discreetly inquires how much brass the man would need to complete his work. The foreman mumbles a number then wanders off to rant some more. She returns to her team and explains the situation. They are all appropriately distressed at the man's situation, so naturally they all stop to pray.
Except for one: the youngest woman, whose husband is a metalworker so she understand something of quantities and measures. While pretending to pray, she tries to visualize how much brass would be enough — to better pray, she rationalizes to herself. The largest piece of brass she owns is her mirror, so she uses that as her 'measuring stick'. She figures out how much brass that contains, and compares that to the amount the foreman requested. It comes out to about 40 times her mirror. Pleased with her math, she (somewhat guiltily) returns to praying, fortified with her new knowledge.
The next day, all the women return — each bearing their mirror! The foreman is stunned; he falls to his knees and repents of his unbelief. The women cry — partly for the loss of their mirrors, but more for the joy at knowing their sacrifice will be part of the house of God. Not even realizing that their tale would enshrined in holy scripture — forever!
Father God, I long to see your dwelling place established among men. I desire to submit to your commands, and to the authority of those you have charged with building your house. I pray that you would raise up skilled men, who are filled with wise hearts and the ability to teach, and that the full measure (and beyond) of resources would be released.
For myself, though, I pray that you would help me to give up my mirror. Not just the costly offerings of gold and jewels, but the cheap vanities of brass, that allow me to look upon myself — and look to myself. Help me to die to myself, and look only to you. May my sacrifice be melted, refined, and remade, that it may be a vessel for your blood to wash away the sins of many — and fit me for serving as a gatekeeper in the house of my god. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
Today's title is a play on the words "Building Fund", which anyone who's been part of a church for more than seven years must surely be intimately familiar with.


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2013 RDX Wins KBB 5 Yr Cost to Own Award
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Acura RDX Tops German Competitors for KBB.com 5-Year Cost to Own Award
Car buyers tend to fixate on the price tag when shopping, but Kelley Blue Book's KBB.com points out that a vehicle's total purchase cost usually accounts for less than half of its total cost of ownership during a 5-year period. The automotive site recently found that the redesigned 2013 Acura RDX offers the best long-term investment in its segment when all costs are considered, presenting the compact crossover with a 2013 KBB.com 5-Year Cost to Own Award.
KBB.com determines its 5-Year Cost to Own Awards by evaluating each vehicle on a broad range of criteria, including Kelley Blue Book Fair Purchase Price, projected depreciation and costs for financing, insurance, fuel, repairs, scheduled maintenance and state fees. Besting the 2013 Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class and 2013 BMW X3 in the Luxury Compact SUV/Crossover category, the Acura RDX is projected to cost $49,620 during the 1st 5 years of ownership, with KBB.com editors citing its combination of style, performance and fuel efficiency as reasons for its lasting appeal.
"To maintain value in a luxury segment, a vehicle not only has to be able to keep day-to-day costs down, but it needs to have a look and feel that won't lose their luster after a few years," said Joel Avery, general manager of Acura of Peabody, a Massachusetts Acura dealership. "The new Acura RDX is designed to meet both those needs; it has sophisticated style lines and a sportier ride, but it also maintains the brand's signature quality and reliability."
On sale since last spring, the 2013 Acura RDX boasts a sport-tuned suspension and a 3.5-liter V6 that outputs 273 horsepower, an increase of 33 horsepower compared to the previous engine. Even with that added responsiveness, the crossover can return up to 28 mpg on the highway with front-wheel drive, while an available all-wheel-drive system gives those in the Snow Belt added confidence on wintry roads. Outside, a sleeker design simultaneously improves aesthetics and aerodynamics.
The redesigned Acura RDX was attracting buyers to dealerships long before getting the nod from KBB.com, with nine straight monthly sales records through January. Last month, the RDX moved 2,489 units in the United States, a 182% sales increase year-over-year. Those strong results helped Acura's overall sales jump by 13% year-over-year in January.
"Acura's latest designs and drivetrains appeal equally to the heads and hearts of drivers, and buyers are responding," added Avery. "With the launches of other new models on the way, including the RLX flagship sedan in March, we expect sales numbers to further improve as the year goes on."
TSX69 Feb 14, 2013