"Yearning for something doesn't prove that it exists."
If it did, then unrequited love would never happen, and poetry would never have been invented.
A man's physical hunger does not prove that man will get any bread; he may die of starvation on a raft in the Atlantic. But surely a man's hunger does prove that he comes of a race which repairs its body by eating and inhabits a world where eatable substances exist.
In the same way, though I do not believe (I wish I did) that my desire for Paradise proves that I shall enjoy it, I think it a pretty good indication that such a thing exists and that some men will. A man may love a woman and not win her; but it would be very odd if the phenomenon called "falling in love" occurred in a sexless world.
Other skeptics' fiskings of the argument here and here.
Dang. Forgot to mention. The post in question is this one.
"There's plenty to yearn for right here."
I agree. There is so much mystery, wonder, and amazement in this world, so many yet-unaccomplished possibilities, that this world is wonderful enough, even if it is the only one that exists.
Thank you for another wonderful post, Greta.
I think the supposed need for god is a leftover emotion. Before science, god (or gods) were needed to explain the world. As science began to rise, god became more and more abstracted. Unfortunately, while all this was going on, god was becoming completely ingrained into the culture. Now some think that the need for god is a "natural" yearning because they believe god is a "natural" part of the world.
I like the restless heart argument. I've always thought of the "yearning for something greater" as an outgrowth of the fact that humans evolved to be self-conscious and aware of the fact that we, and those we love, will die. While animals are surely aware of death and develop strategies to avoid it, only humans are heir to the existential angst of contemplating the possibiliy this this really is all there is. But I think the restlessness argument adds yet another explanation for the seemingly unquenchable thirst many people seem to feel for the supernatural. As for why some people have it and some don't, I suspect that's probably like sexual orientation, or the "maternal urge" -- a matter of nutural individual variation.
I have a bit more pedestrian take on this restlessness. I suspect even that springs from our instinct to survive. We're hungry to know because the more we know the better prepared we are to deal with situations that might threaten us. Granted, the lust to know and experience with which Nature equipped us can take us far beyond what Nature "intended." But I suspect that's fundamentally why the yearning lies within us.
"But surely a man's hunger does prove that he comes of a race which repairs its body by eating and inhabits a world where eatable substances exist.
In the same way, though I do not believe (I wish I did) that my desire for Paradise proves that I shall enjoy it, I think it a pretty good indication that such a thing exists and that some men will."
He uses a sleight of hand here- the first part is correct, of course: our desire for food or love is caused by living in a world where these things exist. Our ancestors experienced them and passed on a tendency to seek them; most of us have personally experienced these things and have a memory of them; and we've observed other humans enjoying these things. But none of these reasons should apply for the supposed desire for Paradise even under the Christian scheme, so it does not make sense to say that the desire for Paradise came about "in the same way".
"And those impulses aren't limited to survival. Like so many of our evolutionary strategies, they're deeply rooted in our psychology, and they spill out into every area of our experience: into art, science, friendship and love, philosophy."
You raise wonderful points Greta, but I find them incompatible with reality. Contrary to what you said about finding fulfilment in 'seeking, exploring, inventing etc.' I can find a good number of philosophers, businessmen, artists, scientists etc. who have spent their whole lives doing and doing, and yet find that at the end of the mountain climb they are no better off from when they started.
If what you're saying is true, we've evolved ourselves into unfulfilment!
Well, yes. Evolution doesn't give a damn whether we're happy, or comfortable, or fulfilled. Evolution cares only and entirely about whether we survive and produce fertile offspring who also survive. Thus making it a somewhat harsher hypothesis than the hypothesis of the loving God... but one that's a lot more consistent with reality.
But I don't agree that this means we've evolved into unfulfillment. It's just that we often make the mistake of thinking that fulfillment comes with the achieving of goals... rather than the act of the work itself, and the experience of losing ourselves in it.
" It's just that we often make the mistake of thinking that fulfillment comes with the achieving of goals... rather than the act of the work itself, and the experience of losing ourselves in it."
Yeah, evolution IS a pretty depressing theory. I always thought the word evolution had a positive connotation -- like we were evolving towards something better, more adaptive, more intelligent. I guess not.
If evolution was geared towards making us more able to survive, why didn't evolution stop at cockroaches though? They seem to display a better survivability than us. They don't get a lot of predators, and they can take a lot of damage from nature. Also, they don't band together and start wars with one another, a tendency human has that doesn't speak well of our "survivability".
What's the link between survivability and our existential awareness? In other words, using your very definition of evolution -- "Evolution cares only and entirely about whether we survive and produce fertile offspring who also survive" -- how does becoming aware of our own existence make us more evolved?
Evolution concerns not the survival of the fittest, but the survival of the sufficiently fit.
As for awareness, the answer really depends on how you would answer this question: is it possible to create something with the processing power of the human mind without producing consciousness? If you answer yes, then you are a dualist of some kind, and I have no idea of how dualists approach the evolution of awareness. If you answer no, then any evolutionary increase in brain complexity would result in greater awareness as a natural consequence.
If evolution was geared towards making us more able to survive, why didn't evolution stop at cockroaches though?
That's a misunderstanding of evolution. In the theory of evolution, there's no peak or pinnacle or stopping place. As long as the conditions continue to change, living things will continue to adapt to the changed conditions... and will continue to speciate (i.e., divide into different species) to fill newly available evolutionary niches.
We have an evolutionary niche that is heavily based on exploration, discovery, and invention. Consciousness seems to help with that.
And while evolution is in some ways a harsher hypothesis than theism (I did say "harsh" and not "depressing," btw), at least with evolution we don't have to be wondering why a god who supposedly loves us has created us in such a way that our terrible suffering is inevitable. I'm not just talking about human- caused suffering: I'm talking about floods and famines, Alzheimer's and pediatric cancer. With a naturalistic explanation of the world, we don't have to contort and torment ourselves trying to figure out why God wants us to suffer do horribly... or why he doles out suffering and happiness more or less at random.
More importantly: Evolution is consistent with reality, while theism is not. The most uplifting and inspiring hypothesis in the world isn't going to do much good if it isn't, you know, true.
Finally: Experiences of transcendence and losing one's self in one's work and activities are not necessarily religious. They don't require a belief in the metaphysical or supernatural, and many atheists have them.
I think that a major flaw in the 'god shaped hole' argument is that a belief in god does not fill this hole. If it did, religious people would not be unsatisfied or yearning for more.
Check out below site, which contains a paper on self-trancendence and damage to the parietal occipital cortex.
The main point is, the feeling of being one with the cosmos (or god) emanates from a specific portion of the brain, no supernatural or external stimulus required.


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Boys track and field: Shelton High boasts strong lineup
Andy Hutchison
Published 1:43 pm EDT, Thursday, April 5, 2018
Shelton High boys track and field coach Mike Gambardella is optimistic for a successful campaign and believes his team can be among the best in the Southern Connecticut Conference one again.
Captains are Eddie Radzion, Dave Samedi and Matt Bean.
Radzion is a standout shot-put and discus competitor, who took home a Class LL state shot-put title last spring.
Samedi primarily participates in the high jump, long jump and hurdling events.
Bean runs sprints and relay events and throws the javelin.
All of the captains should be competitive in SCC and/or state competitions, Gambardella said.
Radzion said hard work and improving technique are keys to getting back to the top.
Robert Dillon, an All State cross country runner, will compete in the mile and two-mile events, "Robert has a good chance to qualify for the New England championships in the two-mile run," Gambardella said.
Cameron Gumbs is a strong sprinter, who also runs relays.
Josh Sacoto and Zachary Muller are top mid-distance runners.
Nick Andrade is an integral part of the 4x100 and strong in the long jump.
Matt Richard runs the mile and two mile.
Last year, the Gaels captured the Southern Connecticut Conference's Housatonic Division, came in first in the SCC East Sectional meet, and finished runner-up to Hand of Madison in the conference championships.
Shelton placed sixth in last year's Class LL state championships and finished 26th in the State Open.
"The goal is to win the SCC Housatonic Division again, which is not going to be easy because Lyman Hall is very good this year. They're probably the favorite," Gambardella said. "We should be very competitive at the East Sectional and SCC championships."
Amity of Woodbridge, Hand of Madison, Hillhouse of New Haven and Hamden should also provide strong competition in the SCC, the coach anticipates.
Another goal is for a top 10 placement in states.
Gambardella said the Gaels stand to be strong in a variety of areas, particularly in throwing and sprinting events.
"If everything falls the right way and we don't have many injuries and they peak at the right time we can be right there," he said.
Last year, Shelton's coach, also a physical education teacher at the school, suffered a knee injury demonstrating during class, and missed a good portion of the track campaign. He's thrilled to be back to see what the Gaels can do.
"I'm looking forward to watching the team the entire season this year," Gambardella said.
Assistant coaches Mike Barone and Tony Branca will help lead the way.
"I think I have two of the best on my staff," Gambardella said.

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Q: How to check if my ball stopped rolling? I want to check when my ball stopped rolling (moving) for more then 5 seconds and then execute some code. I'm working on an android game and sometimes the ball gets stuck, the ball should be moving constantly so I want to check if it's moving and if it's not I need to respawn it.
What is the best way to do this?

A: Each time Update is called, you could check the magnitude of the object's velocity. If it's lower than a small amount (say 0.1 or something depending on your game's scale), add Time.deltaTime to a member variable, otherwise, set that variable to 0. If that variable is ever over 5, you know your object has been not moving (or close) for 5 seconds. Then execute your code.

A: You can create a simple counter for count 5 seconds and check the gameObject.getComponent.velocity.magnitude;
And create a if and check this magnitude is smaller than your wanted level

A: Put this as a C# script component onto your ball gameobject.
    public class MyBall : MonoBehaviour{
       private Transform _myTransform = null;
       private Vector3 _lastPosition = null;

       private void Awake(){
          _myTransform = transform;
          _lastPosition  = _myTransform.position;
       }

       private void Update(){
          if(_lastPosition == _myTransform.position){
             Debug.Log("Did not move");
          }else{
             Debug.Log("Moved");
          }
          _lastPosition = _myTransform.position;
       }
    }

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For some dumb reason Tiger is favored at every major this year because the public are morons.
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Welcome to Moxie Sports 2019 PGA Tour season preview. Although the season has started already, I like to think the season really turns up during and after the Waste Management Open. A place that I love and have been to the past two years, will be going again this year with some friends (look for the guys in the Hawaiian shirts on Friday). The tournament is unlike any tournament and I'd say the majority of people that are there on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to just party.
With this preview we are gonna take a look at some of the bigger story-lines in golf this year including Tiger, schedule changes, first time major winners, rule changes, and a few players who could make a big splash this year.
In part two of the preview we'll take a look at some betting odds for tournaments, who I think can win, and who has some good value for specific tournaments.
Biggest Story-Lines
1. Tiger Woods
This is the obvious number one story in all of golf. Tiger made a full recovery last year and made it through without re-injuring himself and played great at the end of the year. A lot is going to be expected of Tiger this year to win at least one major. If he is in contention during a final round in a major this year, I don't know if the pressure will have even been as big on him. For some dumb reason Tiger is favored at every major this year because the public are morons. Hi is a +900 bet for every single major this year, the best odds of anybody in any of those tournaments (odds from MyBookie). In 2018 Tigers finished T32 at the Masters, CUT at the U.S. Open, T6 at The Open, and 2nd at the PGA Championship.
So lets look at Tigers major chances this year. He has won four times at the Masters. Augusta will probably always be his best chance to win his first major since 2008. He does have some other good shots during the year though, Pebble Beach is a place he's won at twice and is hosting the U.S. Open this year. Bethpage Black he won in 2002 at the U.S. open will be hosting the PGA Championship this year. So, three out of the four major courses he has won at. The Open is a wild card because Royal Portrush (main picture) hasn't hosted the Open since 1951. Where do I like him to win this year? I think he wins multiple tournaments this year including the The Open.
Tiger is still the biggest draw in golf also and one of the biggest in all of sports. As long as he is healthy and playing, everyone who even remotely enjoys golf is going to tune in on Sunday afternoon if he is in contention.
2. Schedule Changes
Lots and lots of schedule changes that could affect who wins what tournament. Lets start with the two major ones.
The PGA Championship is moving from August to May. The PGA Championship will no be played May 13-19 at Bethpage State Park's Black Course. So what does this mean? Well the PGA is no longer the final major at a time when most casual viewers are all golfed out. It will now be the second major played after the Masters in April and before the US Open in June. The Open (or British Open) will now be the final major of the year and I love it. Cap off the final major.
Because the PGA has moved to May, golf's "5th Major" The Players will now be played March 11th-17th. This was a good move to move it to this date in March. Although conference tournaments will be going on in college basketball, this is the weekend before the NCAA tournament 1st round. I also like that we now have another big tournament the month before the Masters. Before this, the only "big" tournament would get the WGC-Dell Match Play.
The FedEx Cup playoffs will just be three events now, instead of four which means it will now end in August instead of September. Those three tournaments will include The BMW Championship, The Tour Championship, and the Northern Trust which will rotate between TPC Boston and New York City every year.
Some good news for those Midwestern folks, who tournaments have been added in Michigan and Minnesota. The Rocket Mortgage Classic will be played in Detroit, MI from June 24th-30th and The 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities will be played from July 1st -7th in Blaine, MN. The 3M Open used to be a PGA Tour Champions tournament and is the first one to make the jump to a PGA event.
Some other various tournaments have moved around: WGC-Mexico Championship moves from March to February, the Texas Open moves to before The Masters instead of after, The RBC Canadian Open moves from July to June, and The Houston Open and The Greenbrier will be played during the fall.
3. Will Any Majors Be Won by First Timers Again?
Since 2015, Brooks Koepka and Jordan Spieth are the only two players to win a major that won one previously. There are some big name out there that do not have a major win that will be favorited in all of these majors. Guys like Rickie Fowler, Jon Rahm, Tony Finau, Xander Schauffele, Cameron Champ, Paul Casey, Bryson Dechambeau, and Tommy Fleetwood are the biggest names that have yet to win a major.
All of these guys have a great shot but some will have more pressure to win one sooner than later. We are looking at Rickie Fowler for the guy who hasn't won one with the most pressure. In 2015 Rickie finished T5 or better in every major, finished T5 in the U.S. Open and PGA Championship in 2017, and finished second at the Masters last year. More and more you are going to hear how Rickie is a good player but hasn't gotten that Major win from commentators. There are a lot of older players who don't have one, but Rickie is a young gun who has been around for awhile and is considered one of the best. The other young guys like Reed, Speith, Thomas, Koepka, and DJ have all found a way to win one, the pressure on Rickie is only going to grow with every tournament. Historically he's played well at every major tournament. He's only missed one cut at the Open Championship, PGA, and the Masters, he's finished top 2 in each of the them but the PGA, and has finished top 5 in all four multiple times.
The other big three I would take from that list are Jon Rahm, Bryson Dechambeau, and Xander Schauffele. Rahm was a hot pick last year to win a few tournaments and only managed to in the CareerBuilder Challenge in the fall but did finish 4th at the Masters and T4 at the U.S. Open. The other two majors, he missed the cut. Dechambeau on the other hand didn't do well in Majors last year but he did win the Northern Trust and Dell Technologies Championship in August, and already has one win this year at the Shrines Hospitals for Children Open. Dechambeau is coming into 2019 hot and will be looked at as a guy to do well at majors even though he only has three top 25s in six major appearances. Finally, Schauffele will be another name you'll be hearing a lot of this year. He already has two wins on tour in 2019 at the World Golf Championship – HSBC Champions and Sentry Tournament of Champions. Schauffele in majors has been good – in six appearance he has finished T5, T6 at the US Open, and in 2018 finished T2 at the British Open.
Xander Schauffele
The guy I like to win a major first is Tommy Fleetwood who, fun fact, hasn't even won a PGA Tour event. Fleetwood has played great these past two years on the PGA but hasn't been able to finish a tournament win. Fleetwood played great at the U.S. Open the past two years, finishing 4th in 2017 and 2nd in 2018, he will be hot pick to win it this year behind two-time champ Brooks Koepka. Fleetwood played well at the end of 2018 finishing T12 at the Open, T6 Canadian Open, T8 BMW Championship, T11 Tour Championship, and in the Ryder Cup paired with Francisco Molinari ,they became the first ever pair to win all four of their matches. I like Fleetwoods confidence coming into this year, and I think he wins multiple tournaments including a major.
Tommy Fleetwood
4. Rule Changes
Golf changes rules every year and there are tons to sift through so I'll try to narrow down some of the major ones here. I have no doubt some odd new rule will come to play in a big moment that nobody has heard of.
You now have to drop the ball from knee height, instead of shoulder height. This would seem like a good rule change for the majority of people, no more watching Phil Mickelson bend over 5 different times re-dropping his ball because it moved too much when dropped it from shoulder height. This rule has already come into play this year, Bryson Dechambeau is not a fan of it saying "I think that you should be able to go from knee height to shoulder height. There should be no issue with that, whatever you want to do, honestly. There's a lot of questions about that." I agree with him.
Another important one is if you accidentally move your ball or ball marker on the green, there is no penalty stroke. This rule also applies while looking for a lost ball, if you accidentally kick it while searching for it, the ball goes back to its original location. So something like the video below with Dustin Johnson in 2016, wouldn't have cost him a stroke.
Players can now leave the flagstick in the hole while putting, from anywhere on the green. Going back to Dechambeau, he has said he may leave the flagstick in on short putts too because he believes he has a better shot of making a putt with it in. Other players have said the flagstick may help some putts not go racing past the hole.
There is no longer a double hit penalty. If you accidentally hit your ball twice on the same short, you are not subjected to adding another stroke to your score.
Players can use range-finders or GPS systems unless a specific tournament bans them.
No more water hazards, everything is now penalty areas. In these areas players can move loose impediment/obstructions and ground their club. However you still cant user your club to improve conditions around your ball, or touch the sand in a bunker with your club.
Players only have three minutes to try a find a lost ball.
Players get relief from an embedded ball anywhere but the sand.
Once a player takes their stance for a stroke, their caddie cannot stand behind them.
Players should make their shots within 40 seconds to keep up on pace of play. Players can also play "ready golf." Meaning playing out of turn: if player A is closer to the hole than player B, Player A can hit their ball first if Player B is not ready for their next shot. This should have been adopted long ago. We'll see how many guys actually stick to the 40 seconds rule.
5. Can Golf's Two Other Big Stars, Rory McIlroy & Jordan Spieth Get Back on Track?
Behind Tiger Woods, Rory and Spieth and golfs two biggest names and both had sub-par years in 2018.
Rory played in 18 events last year on the PGA tour, made 14 cuts, winning the Arnold Palmer Invitations, took second at The Open, and had a handful of top 10's also. However, Rory is one of the best players in the world. He has not won a major since 2014. He has played awful in the U.S. Open, a tournament he won in 2009, missing the last three cuts. He has also played poorly at the PGA since winning it in 2014 finishing 17th, CUT, T22, and T50. The one major that has eluded Rory is the Masters. He's been close the past five years but last year may have been his best shot ever. He entered the final round in the final pairing three shots back of Patrick Reed. Rory shot a two over 74 and ended up finishing T5. Not the best performance from him. It's time for Rory to win another major if he wants to be considered one of the greats, he needs to end his four year major drought. Maybe Rory needs to go back to being out of shape-curly haired Rory.
Out of Shape-Curly Haired Rory McIlroy
Jordan Spieth had a down 2018 also, more so than Rory. Although Spieth had some good performances, a 3rd place finish at the Masters, T9 at The Open, and also had four other top 10 finishes. However Spieth missed cuts at big tournaments such as the Waste Management Phoenix Open and shooting 9 over in two rounds at the U.S. Open. Spieth finished 31st in the FedExCup standings. Just like Rory, fans expect better performances out of Spieth. For the first time in his professional career, Spieth has gone an entire calendar year without a win. So what has been the issue? His putting. Last year he ranked 123rd in putting stats and missed the Tour Championship. Many people have pointed out that Spieth has the yips. Just awful, he has the yips just like all us average golfers out on the course. If Speith gets back to his winning ways, his putting will be much better this year.
If Rory, Spieth, and Tiger all have above average years in 2019. This will be the best PGA Tour season in a very long time.
Look for tournament previews starting with the Waste Management Open every week coming out on Wednesday or Thursday mornings.
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Background: Cesarean Section is the most commonly performed abdominal operation in women all over the world. Variable rates of cesarean section are reported between and within countries. Cesarean section at full cervical dilatation with an impacted fetal head can be technically difficult and is associated with increased trauma to the lower uterine segment and adjacent structures, as well as increased hemorrhage and infection.
Methods: This is a comparative cross-sectional study comparing maternal and neonatal outcome between first stage and second stage cesarean section performed at Govt Medical College Thrissur.
Results: In present study out of 90 cesarean sections 30 were performed in second stage and 60 in first stage.74 % were primigravida in second stage cs group. Arrest due to malposition was major indication for second stage (76% of cases). The most important complication among second stage cs group was PPH (76.7%) and majority of them needed blood transfusion. These complications were less in first stage cs group. Other Complications like increased duration of surgery (mean=53.3 min), post op fever (36% post op Wound infection (13.3%) was seen in second stage group. Fetal complications like low APGAR scores were seen in 16.7% of cases compared to first stage group and most of them needed resuscitation.
Conclusions: Women undergoing cesarean section in second stage of labour had increased maternal and fetal morbidity. They required special care and hence Operation should ideally perform and supervised by an experienced obstetrician. Timely decision for cesarean section should be made especially when risk factors for failure to progress are present.
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Sucak A, Çelen Ş, Akbaba E, Soysal S, Moraloglu O, Danışman N. Comparison of nulliparas Undergoing cesarean section in first and second stages of labour: a prospective study in a tertiary Teaching hospital. Obstetrics and gynecology international. 2011; 2011.
Landon MB, Hauth JC, Leveno KJ, Spong CY, Leindecker S, Varner MW, et al. Maternal and perinatal outcomes associated with a trial of labor after prior cesarean delivery. New Engl J Med. 2004;351(25):2581-9.
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Alexander JM, Leveno KJ, Rouse DJ, Landon MB, Gilbert S, Spong CY, Varner MW, Moawad AH, Caritis SN, Harper M, Wapner RJ. Comparison of maternal and infant outcomes From primary cesarean delivery during the second compared with first stage of labor. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2007;109(4):917-21.


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Q: Can @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition handle mutable variables? There are a few times in our codebase where we use mutable boolean variables to control whether asynchronous tasks have been aborted mid-flight. Here's a trivial example:
async function doTask(task: number) {
 // Do some work
}

class TaskRunner {
    isRunning = false

    stopRunning = () => {
        this.isRunning = false
    }

    runTasks = async () => {
        this.isRunning = true
        await doTask(1)
        if (!this.isRunning) return // <-- Unnecessary conditional, value is always falsy.
        await doTask(2)
    }
}

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PKG_NAME:=exfat-nofuse
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PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=a4d3cdab4b7043aa4c9275835123f0471fa1526f
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define KernelPackage/fs-exfat
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  TITLE:=EXFAT filesystem support
  DEPENDS:=+kmod-nls-base
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endef

define KernelPackage/fs-exfat/description
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define Build/Prepare
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MAKE_OPTS:= \
	ARCH="$(LINUX_KARCH)" \
	CROSS_COMPILE="$(TARGET_CROSS)" \
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define Build/Compile
	$(MAKE) -C "$(LINUX_DIR)" \
		CROSS_COMPILE="$(TARGET_CROSS)" \
		ARCH="$(LINUX_KARCH)" \
		SUBDIRS="$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)" \
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1 Best FM Transmitters 2019
1.1 Nulaxy Wireless In-Car Bluetooth FM Transmitter Radio Adapter Car Kit
1.2 Sumind Bluetooth FM Transmitter
1.3 VicTsing Bluetooth FM Transmitter
1.4 Otium Wireless Radio Adapter FM Transmitter
1.5 JETech Wireless FM Transmitter Radio Car Kit
1.6 AMIR Criacr Bluetooth FM Transmitter
1.7 Comsoon Bluetooth FM Transmitter
An FM transmitter is a small, portable device that users can hook directly up to their musical devices and utilizes an FM signal to broadcast their music out on an FM radio frequency. Typically how it works is that the user simply hooks the device straight up to their audio device such as an iPhone and then selects an unoccupied FM station not being used in your local area.
The main purpose of an FM transmitter is for users to be able to utilize better quality speakers to hear their music on larger devices or provide portability for your music that might be attached to a device like a computer that is not as portable. In addition, many individuals can use an FM transmitter to broadcast their music through their car radio when either their car or their device does not come equipped with an appropriate jack for direct connection. A nice feature of an FM transmitter is that they usually cost significantly less than an aftermarket stereo system and still come with some of the features that users are looking for in those units. Some users have also been known to use an FM transmitter to do local radio broadcasting to very small regions.
In this blog, we are going to discuss several of the top-rated FM transmitters on the market today. The information provided will allow you to make an informed decision about what FM transmitter might be right for you if you are currently in the market.
Nulaxy Wireless In-Car Bluetooth FM Transmitter Radio Adapter Car Kit
The Nulaxy model comes equipped with a 1.44 inch display and a USB car charger that allows users to plug the device into their cigarette lighter. The added USB functionality provides an older vehicle with an USB port for newer iPhone and Android devices. This model also comes equipped with Bluetooth connectivity and is compatible with iPhone, iPad, iPod, newer tablets, MP3 players, and most other smart phones.
Since this device can utilize Bluetooth connectivity, it is capable of displaying the number of incoming calls, which is a nice hands-free feature to have. In addition, it comes equipped with an SD card slot which individuals can use to play their music if another device is not handy. When using the SD card option, the Nulaxy will display the current song that is playing. Another nice feature is that it has is a built-in microphone that allows for hands-free talking when connected to a smart phone. This model has decent sound quality by utilizing noise cancelling technology as well.
This unit had high marks amongst consumers with many noting it had good sound quality with little to no static. However, some buyers complained that it would cut in and out of the signal on them. It also does not come equipped with a power button and has to be unplugged when not in use.
Sumind Bluetooth FM Transmitter
The Sumind FM Transmitter comes with a 1.7 inch display and dual USB ports via a cigarette lighter jack. It also comes equipped with an AUX input and output along with TF/Micro SD card slot for MP3 players. It is compatible with both iPhone and Android smart phones.
A nice feature of this unit is the double USB ports for multi-device hook-up. It includes Bluetooth functionality that is compatible with iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Android devices. It has a rotating arm that allows users to move the device into a position that allows for the best, undistracted viewing. It also has a power on/off option that allows you to continue charging your USB devices while it is off. The Sumind model also uses noise cancelling technology to provide clear, crisp sounds. It will display incoming calls and the latest song on the LCD backlight display.
This is another highly rated unit amongst consumers especially for ones who did not have Bluetooth connectivity in their vehicles. Several common complaints for this model included poor connection design and loss of Bluetooth connectivity. The power cable does not fit snugly into the cigarette lighter jack and can become dislodged during driving. In addition, users reported poor connectivity with the Bluetooth signal dropping in and out.
VicTsing Bluetooth FM Transmitter
This particular model comes with a 1.44 inch LCD backlight display. It comes in several different colors to appeal to buyers and is compatible with many current Bluetooth-enabled devices such as the iPhone or Samsung Android. It has a built-in USB port on the cigarette lighter plug jack, which allows smart device charging and connectivity.
The VicTsing comes equipped with a built-in microphone that aids hands-free calling, an added safety feature. It also has a TF/Micro SD for listening to MP3 type music. It has a fast charge capability and supports AUX input and output devices. As with the other models, it also uses noise cancelling technology to provide a clear sound quality with relatively little static. The VicTsing can also display the phone number of the person calling and the latest song playing when a device is hooked directly to the USB port.
This model is unable to read USB memory sticks, which could be an issue if you play your MP3 music that way and do not have an SD card slot on any of your devices. In addition, users complained that the Bluetooth was intermittent and that they had a lot of static outputted when they were able to connect via the Bluetooth option. However, this model also had mostly high marks amongst consumers.
Otium Wireless Radio Adapter FM Transmitter
The Otium Wireless Radio Adapter FM Transmitter comes equipped with a USB port built into the cigarette lighter jack. It has a 1.44 inch LED display and can even display your current car battery voltage when the car is turned on. It comes with a music tuner dial and Bluetooth connectivity. It is also compatible with most smart phone and USB devices including MP3 players. It costs about $16-$40 depending on sales.
A major pro of this device is the built-in microphone that allows for hands-free calling and maintains safety functionality for a driver. Its built-in USB can charge any USB-enabled device when plugged into the power jack. The Otium can also display phone numbers, current songs playing, and the FM channel and stereo volume.
This unit had slightly lower marks than our previously mentioned FM transmitters, but it was still amongst the best consumer rated devices. A common complaint for this model was that it did not have an on/off switch and that the hands-free microphone did not always do the best job of picking up a user's voice while making phone calls.
JETech Wireless FM Transmitter Radio Car Kit
The JETech FM Transmitter comes with a smaller display and a 3.5mm audio plug to connect directly to audio devices such as smart phones and MP3 players. It comes equipped with a cigarette lighter car jack with a built-in USB port. It can play audio files and books from compatible devices. It has a simple display and basic button functionality for ease of use.
This particular model comes with a lifetime warranty card. If the device stops working at any time, JETech will replace it free of charge. It has easy to use functionality and is not overly complicated for users who just want a simple device to listen to music and audio books within their car. The added USB port allows users to charge their smart devices while driving as well. In addition, it comes in a variety of colors.
The JETech Wireless FM Transmitter is not Bluetooth capable so users can not use it for hands-free calling and display. Consumers also complained that this model did not last very long and many times the wires connecting the device to the charger or audio device started to fray.
AMIR Criacr Bluetooth FM Transmitter
The AMIR model is quite different from the others model we talked about up to this point. It plugs directly into the cigarette lighter jack and has two USB ports on the front display unit. It does not come with extra wires that can become tangled or dislodged. It is Bluetooth-enabled and is compatible with most new smart phones. It also utilizes noise cancelling technology such as the other models to provide a crisp sound quality.
The AMIR Criacr received high marks amongst consumers for good sound quality. Users also appreciated the dual USB ports for multi-device charging and the fact that it did not have extra wires that could dislodge the device during charging. The Bluetooth feature automatically connects to a device it remembers making it easy to use for hands-free calling. In addition, it also has a wider FM range than other models so that users can find an uninterrupted frequency.
As we mentioned, this was a popular model, but it did have some complaints similar to other models. Users did not like that it did not have an on/off feature. It also had issues with static and intermittent interference, which can be common in metropolitan areas. It also does not have the capability to display phone numbers or current songs as it has a small screen that only displays the FM frequency.
Comsoon Bluetooth FM Transmitter
This model is similar to the AMIR Criacr and plugs directly into the vehicles cigarette lighter jack. It uses noise cancelling technology and allows for hands-free calling via the Bluetooth functionality. It also has dual USB ports for multi-device charging.
A nice pro of this model is that it actually accepts USB flash devices where other models do not. This allows users to play MP3 type files when they do not have a smart device handy. In addition, the Comsoon is compatible with Bluetooth smart devices such as Android smart phones, iPhone, iPad, and iPod. This model also comes equipped with easy to use button functionality such as pause and play, previous or next song, volume control, answer/deny call, and redial last number. Comsoon states that this model can also go back and forth between incoming calls and playing songs without interruption.
The largest con of this device is the display. As with the AMIR model, it does not display the current song playing or the incoming phone call telephone number. It only displays the current FM frequency being utilized. Common complaints for this model included static sound quality, failure to tune to FM frequencies that are available, and non-compatibility with some vehicles. Some users found that it had a lot of interference and that calls were hard to hear using the Bluetooth functionality.
We have provided you with quite a few different FM transmitter options that can be used mainly in your vehicle, but some that can also be used in conjunction with your mobile devices. Some options were Bluetooth capable, while others only had Aux input and output functionality or SD card slots. Some units featured one USB port while others featured two. Most of these models are under $20, which makes them extremely affordable. Make sure to read our pros and cons listed above and review online comments about any of the models you might be interested in.
If you own an older model vehicle, an FM transmitter might just be the device you can use to hear your smart device music if you do not have the capability to buy or install a larger aftermarket stereo system. Since most of these models allow for hands-free calling, they offer a nice safety feature that is becoming more commonly required across the US. However, keep in mind that a common complaint of FM transmitters is that they can produce a rather static sound quality and that in some larger metropolitan areas; it may be hard to find an open FM frequency. These devices might be better suited for less populated areas or you need to look into ones that have a larger FM frequency range.
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Dr. Ranjan Kumar Akhaury (31/12/1949 – 23/01/2015) is well known as an Eye – Specialist in Bihar & Jharkhand and is Director & Honorary Consulting Eye- Specialist of "Drishti Eye Care & Research Centre". He is widely acclaimed for his services in the field of different kinds of Eye- Surgery & especially for his efforts to make the state "Cataract Free". He is spurred by his mission to get people of Bihar rid of poor vision due to Cataract by doing surgery with modern method of IOL implantation, at his Centre and also by Organizing Camps at remote areas with the help of various Social Organizations.
Born at Patna on 31 December 1949 Dr. Akhaury has natural talent and a brilliant academic career. He attained heights in Clinical and academic fields by his devotion and constant desire to learn. Having obtained M.B.B.S. and M.S. (Eye) from Rajendra Medical College & Hospital, Ranchi (undivided Bihar) he did D.O. and MRC (Ophthalmology) from London. After working for 10 years in various hospitals of U.K. like Chester Royal Infirmary, London and Birmingham Midland Eye Hospital, he returned to India in 1989. Since then he has been serving the ailing humanity with dedication and sincerity as a senior Eye Surgeon. He is actively associated as honorary consultant with Red Swastik Society, Rotary Club, Lions Club, Rehmani foundation (Munger), Bharat Vikas Parishad and Netraheen Parishad. He runs a free Rotary Eye Clinic for poor people at his center in Patna. He has been honorary consultant to Honorable Governor of Bihar also.
His Work & Life
Dr. Akhaury founded "Drishti Eye Care and Research Centre" in 1989. For the first time in Bihar he performed Cataract surgery with Intra Ocular Lens implant (IOL) method and this initiated the new era of treatment for eye-disease in undivided Bihar. He is also credited with doing LASIK Laser Surgery for the first time in Bihar-Jharkhand. With his continuous effort to improve academic training for young doctors his institute is recognized by National Board of Examinations,(NBE) New Delhi, for post graduate course, Diploma of National Board (DNB) in ophthalmology. He has Trainer for Federation of Ophthalmic Research & Ophthalmic Assistant Nalanda Open University .He has attended most of the Annual Conferences of All India Ophthalmological society (AIOS) and has been acclaimed for his research papers. He has also contributed to almost all ophthalmological Indian journals and some International journals. Dr. Akhaury has been pioneer in establishing IOL, Phaco-emulsification, LASIK and Retina & Glaucoma Surgeries in Bihar-Jharkhand & is working whole heartedly to improve Eye Care Services in Bihar.
He has been instrumental in bringing latest method of treatment for eye-ailments for the people and his institute organizes National and State level workshops and conferences at regular intervals. He has been awarded various citations by All India Ophthalmological Society, Lens Implant Society of India and Bihar Ophthalmological Society.
Dr. Akhaury has also been actively associated with various social and philanthropic organizations. He is associated with Rotary International and has been serving the society as a Rotarian in different capacities for more than twenty two years as a member of Rotary Patna Mid town. He has been awarded 'Four Avenues of services citation to Individual Rotarian', 'Certificate of Appreciation', 'Personal letter of Appreciation ' by Rotary International President in 2009, he was awarded citation for meritorious services by Rotary foundation, Rotary international. He was also awarded for his services to the society by Lions Club, Red Swastik Society, Indian Red Cross Society, Takht Sri Harmandir Sahib Prabandhak Committee, Patnacity Vikas Manch and Rehmani Foundation (a minority organization).
Dr. Akhaury has been associated with Bihar Netraheen Parishad since 2005 and is its President since 2009. This Parishad is dedicated for the upliftment of blind population in Bihar & runs a free residential school in Patna for Blind Girls for last 15 yrs. He works for vocational training of blind and arrangements have been made for Computer Teaching also in this blind school. In his ancestral village (Etwarpur Pakri) in Vaishali District he is running a free medical centre in which specialist Doctors of State provide their services from time to time. In this village he also runs a free School "Ganesh Datavya Vidhaylya" in his residence for slum children. He is also associated with "Kishore Dal" an orphanage for deprived children.
He has done more than 50,000 Cataract Surgeries with IOL method in camps organized by various social organizations in village of Vaishali, Munger, Patna and around. He is dedicated to make his panchyat "Etwarpur Pakri" village free of cataract and determined to extend this service in other areas also.
For his professional excellence and social commitments Dr. Akhaury was honored by the Indian Medical Association, and was awarded "Dr. Swami Nandan Award" for outstanding contribution in Medical field. For his contribution to improve Ophthalmological services in Bihar he was awarded by His Excellency the Governor of Bihar Mr. R. S. Gawai in 2008 during Annual conference of BOS in Patna. Dr. Akhaury is credited with doing highest number of Cataract surgery in Bihar and Jharkhand. He is also a Past President of Bihar Ophthalmological Society.
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An account of an Italian-American family caught up in contemporary events'school violence, racial clashes, and corporate downsizing—becomes an impassioned wake-up call demanding social change. Although set deep within the awkward and maudlin frame of what are said to be Johnny Panuzio's last thoughts, Del Vecchio's (Carry Me Home, 1995, etc.) story, however melodramatic, is clearly rooted in the real world. Johnny Panuzio lives in a lakeside Connecticut city that has an inner-city slum, white suburbs, a manufacturing plant, and teenagers in trouble. Here, Johnny alternates his accounts of the events that occur in the fall and winter of one year with memories of his childhood in a closeknit Italian family. In September, as school opens, Johnny is worried about his job as marketing director (in a corporation that's just been taken over), about his wife Julia (who's more and more preoccupied with her publishing job), about his old father Rocco (who seems depressed), and about his second son Jason, a junior in high school. Johnny shares his concerns with his old friend Mitch, a black co-worker whose son Aaron (a gifted student and athlete) is also Jason's friend and classmate. Events gather momentum as three of Jason's classmates are killed in a car accident, Aaron is shot to death in the woods, Mitch's home is firebombed, and Jason almost kills an opponent in a soccer match. In the meantime, Aaron has written a controversial (anti-affirmative action) term paper that Johnny has published, bringing a strongly negative response in the community and among the traditional black leadership. And as a consequence—depressed by this mistake (as it seems to him) and heavily in debt—Johnny attempts suicide by jumping into a lake. After he's rescued by Mitch and his wife, though, a new Johnny is born—a Johnny who, regaining his forebears' courage and perseverance, is determined to fight for justice and to live simply. Raw fiction that engages, despite some rough edges and workmanlike prose.


WCF RIA Services makes it easy to concentrate on the data and business logic rather than worrying about creating multiple layers. Besides that it also simplifies querying, updating, validation and authentication among other features.
WCF RIA service design pattern has three main aspects. These reside between the DAL and UI Views.
Data Model - After the DAL is set up, RIA creates entity and metadata on the server side and entity proxies and metadata on the client side. A metadata file is added on the server side allows us to add, besides other things, validation rules to the entities.
DomainService - on the server side. Provides a way to add CRUD and custom logic. RIA architecture defines a stateless server.
DomainContext - on the client side. Provides a way to add methods to load and invoke server side functionalities. RIA architecture defines a stateful structure. This is to enable data caching on the client side.
EntityContainer - on the client side. To hold the entities since client is stateful. EntityContainer enables the client side data caching.
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Add DomainService on the server side.
Build adds a DomainContext and entity structure with metadata on the client side.
Use this DomainContext to create queries. Queries are of type EntityQuery.
To update data, use the DomainContext's SubmitChanges(), RejectChanges() methods.
To retrieve data, use the DomainContext's Load method to load queries.
Load method provides an important option called LoadBehavior which is explained further below.
For validation, it provides attributes such as Required, Range etc which can be put on data entities on the server side and they will propagate to the client side.
Queries in the Domain service follow some simple rules based on WCF, such as, they can return/take only primitive types. There can not be any overloads. These functions need to be public etc.
If needed, we can decorate these functions in domain service by Query attribute. It provides us options to further constrain the results. For ex.
IsComposable - if set to false, doesn't allow the client to put any more filtering on the client side. The query has to be used as it is and no further composition is possible.
ResultLimit - to limit the no. of instances that can be retrieved from the server.
HasSideEffects - to indicate that the query should be invoked via HTTP Post. HTTP Get is the default.
Calls from client are asynchronous so that the UI is not stuck. The callbacks can be implemented using various ways.
As soon as the client call is made, the function returns a LoadOperation object.
We can handle the callback by providing a LoadOperation.Completed event or providing a lambda expression/delegate inline.
Once some data is loaded on client side, its cached by the Domain Context to improve performance.
KeepCurrent - objects in the client cache are kept as it is. This is default.
RefreshCurrent - objects in the client cache are replaced by the objects on the server side when load is called.
MergeIntoCurrent - only updates the objects that have not been modified since the last time the cache was loaded. So all the client side objects which were modified remain the same. All client side unmodified objects are refreshed from the server.


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Bungling Bitcoin Thieves Foiled by Quick-Witted Trader
Last week mainstream media reported on Britain's first armed bitcoin robbery. Thieves were said to have broken into the home of a high profile trader, tied up his girlfriend, and forced him to transfer his vast cryptocurrency holdings. It turns out that the audacious thieves didn't get away with so much as a satoshi after the quick-thinking victim fooled them into believing he had transferred the funds.
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Bitcoin heists are different from conventional robberies in that there are no material goods to flee the scene with. In every other respect though they bear all the hallmarks of a classic heist: masked men, guns, the element of surprise, kidnapping, threats of violence, and actual violence. Last week's story of a city trader and crypto adopter was a familiar tale which may have been a UK first, but globally was nothing new. Thieves have been attracted to wealth since time immemorial, and whether those riches appear in digital or analogue form makes little difference. Crypto; gold; jewelry; it's all good.
There's a coda to this particular story though which makes it worthy of closer scrutiny: in the end the thieves – three black, one white – got away with nothing because the victim, despite having his partner tied up and their young child placed outside in a buggy, duped the attackers into thinking they'd received his crypto. Quite how he achieved this feat is a matter for debate; one possibility is that he set the fee too low for the transaction to be mined. The replace-by-fee option which some wallets offer, for example, also allows for the destination address to be changed after the fact. Brave or foolish, the move paid off and thus, if reports are to be believed, the victim still has his cryptocurrency riches while the thieves have nothing to show for their efforts bar a major police investigation.
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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures
Regardless of the wisdom of the 30-year-old's flash decision, it's paid off. The city trader still has his fortune and has hopefully since beefed up his op-sec, both in his $1.1 million rural home and in terms of securing his digital assets. While most cryptocurrency holders aren't likely to be threatened by armed gangs, the case illustrates the value of establishing security measures that can thwart a range of attack vectors. Any funds that are stored in a hot wallet – i.e one that can be accessed instantly by a single entity – are at risk.
That's what happened last week to Coincheck, when the Japanese exchange, having failed to implement multi-sig, had its NEM wallet relieved of $400 million of cryptocurrency. And it's what appeared to have happened to a resident of the upscale Oxfordshire village of Moulsford, until it emerged that the heist hadn't gone to plan. A local police spokesperson said: "It's correct to say that the attempted transaction of bitcoins failed."
Keep It Locked Down and On the Lowdown
The importance of being discreet when it comes to disclosing cryptocurrency involvement has already been drummed into most bitcoiners. This particular incident serves as a prime opportunity to reiterate a number of home truths. For one thing, crypto that is in cold storage – be it on a hardware wallet in a bank vault or under the control of multi-sig – is immune from opportunistic home invasions. In addition, Ledger and Trezor both offer advanced passphrase options. That way, even if forced to hand over your cryptocurrency, you can unlock a false address that contains mere shrapnel.
As for the victim, he may have won this particular battle, but now the whole world knows he's still sitting on a sizeable stash of cryptocurrency. If he's to win the war, he'll need to bolster his security and take measures to emphasize that he no longer has instant access to vast amounts of crypto. The Englishman got of lightly on this occasion. Next time he might not be so fortunate.
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Loving Vincent: first ever oil-painted animated film pays homage to Van Gogh
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Loving Vincent, to put it simply, is a work of art. Directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, the film advertises itself as "the world's first fully painted feature film." Each shot in the film was hand-painted in Vincent Van Gogh's style by a team of over 100 artists. A Polish-British co-production with a budget of US $5.5 million, $70,000 of which were raised in a Kickstarter campaign, the film succeeds as being the first of its kind, engaging viewers in its immersive, dramatic story.
The events of the film take place one year after Van Gogh's (Robert Gulaczyk) death. The postman (Chris O'Dowd) who collected Van Gogh's many letters, requests that his son Armand Roulin (Douglas Booth) personally deliver Van Gogh's last letter, written to his brother, Theo. On this journey, Roulin meets people who interacted with Van Gogh in different ways. Listening to all of them speculate on the cause of Van Gogh's alleged suicide, Roulin must distinguish fact from fiction in order to get to the truth.
The hand-painted nature of each still creates a distinct visual dynamism. The film finds its appeal not in a speedy plot, but in sequencing its 65, 000 meticulously painted stills. From European cafes to scenic backyards and starry nights, the film's scenery wonderfully replicates Van Gogh's aesthetic. The animation never comes across as abrupt or unpolished—even shots of clouds and cigarette smoke feel fluid and realistic. The project is ambitious, depicting a range of technical scenes, including distorted point-of-view shots, nightmares, and dramatic flashbacks.
Loving Vincent is reflective but also, surprisingly, investigative. Roulin's attempts to uncover the truth by retracing Van Gogh's steps could be straight out of an Arthur Conan Doyle mystery novel. The film's score (composed by Clint Mansell) employs string instruments and choir vocals to produce a mystical, curious mood. The balance between dialogue and music is highly effective; while the film does rely heavily on dialogue to develop its characters, the dialogue recedes in the more emotionally-charged scenes, which fittingly swell with cinematic music.
The actors' voice work breathes life into the characters. Jerome Flynn's stiff voicing communicates the sophisticated—at times arrogant—personality of Paul Gachet, Vincent's friend and psychologist. Eleanor Tomlinson's performance as Adeline Ravoux, the caretaker of the inn in which Vincent dies, is lively and charming.
The film develops an immersive narrative with a limited host of characters, but in doing so cannot create a complex plot. The movement from one scene to the next, especially in the first half, is predictable and repetitive. Over the course of his journey to deliver Vincent's letter, Roulin gets constantly redirected to different locations. The screenplay does not make this inconspicuous, perhaps for the worse; the turns in plot are very explicit, at times even on-the-nose. Nevertheless, this conventional structuring becomes less visible in the latter half, in which the suspense of the story culminates.
Loving Vincent successfully depicts Van Gogh as a likeable character, without romanticizing his mental state. The film praises Van Gogh's eccentric creativity, while also capturing the mistreatment he faced at the hands of those who saw him as a "nuthead."
Ultimately, Loving Vincent's storytelling is simplistic but charming, prioritizing characterization over development. With dynamic visuals and a palpable mood, Loving Vincent is a visually stunning and moving depiction of the complexity of human emotions and the difficulty of processing the death of a loved one.
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Q: Experimentally determined timing of function/method calls vs locks, signals. Anti-pattern name? Here is some pseudocode and paraphrased comments:
// Allow time for screen to start before content reset.
// Delay time determined by testing with platform version 5.
delayCall(0.01, contentReset())

Basically, the programmer figured out that on his specific test device after a dozen or so test runs that 1/100th of a second delay was just the right delay to accomplish what he wanted to have happen without causing any obvious problems for himself at the time.
Inevitably, this has led to occasional timing problems and instability.
Does this bad practice have a well known anti-pattern or code smell name?
What is the list of drawbacks for this practice?

A: This sort of thing is so blatantly fragile it probably doesn't need a name; anti-patterns typically get names as part of the effort to teach people to recognize and avoid them. But I think temporal coupling might be what you're looking for.
That term is normally used for things like "You must call init() before doStuff()", but it seems reasonable to extend it to "You must wait 0.01s before calling doStuff()" as well.


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Sophie Germain Primes
A prime number p is a Sophie Germain prime if 2p+1 is also prime. The list of Sophie Germain primes begins 2, 3, 5, 11, 23, 29, 41, 53, 83, 89, 113, 131, (A005384); it is not known if the list is infinite. Sophie Germain primes are named after the French mathematician Marie-Sophie Germain, who in 1825 proved Fermat's last theorem for such primes; thus, if p is a Sophie Germain prime, then there do not exist integers x, y and z not equal to zero and not a multiple of p such that xp + yp = zp.
One way to find Sophie Germain primes is to enumerate the primes p and check the primality of each 2p+1. That works fine for relatively small p. For larger p, amateur mathematician Harvey Dubner developed a sieve that speeds finding Sophie Germain primes:
Define the three polynomials fp(c) = c * 3003 * 10b – 1, fq(c) = 2 fp(c) + 1, and fr(c) = (fp(c) – 1) / 2. Choose b which is the approximate number of digits for the range of Sophie Germain primes you are searching.
Sieve each of the polynomials over the range 1 ≤ c ≤ m for some suitable m. Use as sieving primes the primes greater than 13 but less than some suitable f which is conveniently large but much less than the square root of fp(1). All three polynomials are sieved over the same sieving array. Sieving is done in a similar manner to sieving the polynomials in the multiple polynomial quadratic sieve.
After sieving is complete, apply a primality test to each fp(c) that survived all three sievings. If it is prime, check both fq(c) and fr(c) for primality. If fq(c) is prime, then fp(c) is a Sophie Germain prime. If fr(c), then fr(c) is a Sophie Germain prime.
Your task is to write a sieve that finds Sophie Germain primes as described above. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your own solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.


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GOP wants to get rid of overdraft fee limits
Mark Frauenfelder 9:38 am Thu Feb 9, 2017
A prepaid debit card company's lobbying efforts in Washington are paying off. Congressional Republicans are seeking to repeal limits to the amount banks can charge customers in overdraft fees. The company is Total System Services, and it stands to make tens of millions of dollars when the GOP starts letting it charge exorbitant overdraft fees. And Total System Services only had to spend $270,000 to make the GOP do its bidding. What a great investment!
Via Buzzfeed:
Last week, Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue introduced a resolution in Congress, alongside other Republicans including his fellow Georgian Johnny Isakson, to throw out a new package of rules for the prepaid debit card industry.
The rules, finalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in October, include limitations on overdraft fees, which have become a significant source of consumer complaints about the financial industry — and an important revenue stream for Georgia-based financial firm Total System Services, whose NetSpend unit is the country's largest manager of prepaid cards, according to a 2015 financial filing.
The vast majority of prepaid debit cards don't come with overdraft fees, but NetSpend's do, and the fees accounted for 10-12% of its overall revenue in 2016, or $80-85 million, the company told investors in October. Its parent has spent big on lobbying and political donations in a bid to kill the rules: in the last three months of 2016 alone, it spent some $270,000 lobbying Congress.
The company's political action committee has also given its home-state senators Perdue and Isakson $37,500 in campaign contributions since 2010, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics.
Image of Sen. David Perdue by Gage Skidmore
Why COBOL will never die
There are an estimated 240 billion lines of COBOL out there, and they're the backbone of your financial life — 95% of the time when you swipe your bank card, there's COBOL involved, and every night when the work-day is over, the massive mainframe farms of big banks leap into action, using COBOL to balance… READ THE REST
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Every day, people from all over New York travel to the ATM at the East 22nd Street branch of KeyBank in Manhattan and wait more than two hours for their chance at the machine. Why? One reason is to avoid the fees they'd get hit with by withdrawing their unemployment benefits from many other banks'… READ THE REST
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Last month the British Army caused traffic chaos in London by driving a replica First World War tank and a modern Challenger tank around Trafalgar Square. This impressive, yet slightly anti-social display was to commemorate one hundred years of tank service. Seeing these two goliaths of warfare side by side, it struck me that whilst major technological advances have been made over the past century, a modern tank still looks remarkably similar to its predecessor. It made me question whether tanks one hundred years on will still look so similar? Or whether in fact modern warfare no longer needs tanks? These are questions that are likely to be preoccupying the military vehicle manufacturers such as General Dynamics, BAE Systems and Nexter.
The last decade of counter-insurgency (COIN) warfare has led many soldiers of my generation to question the utility of the tank. In Afghanistan tanks were a hindrance rather than a help. They were too big to manoeuvre, their imposing presence terrified the local population and they were not appropriate firepower for taking on an enemy equipped mainly with small arms and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). COIN warfare demanded a new type of vehicle. The infantry needed to move at speed with protection from roadside bombs and so the new generation of Protected Mobility Vehicles (PMVs) such as the Jackal (SC Group) and Mastiff (General Dynamics) were born. Currently the British Army has 428 tanks compared to 1945 PMVs.
It is easy to forget however that COIN is not the only type of warfare and as General Sir Richard Barrons recently warned, we must remain prepared for other types of conflict.
RUSI estimates that there are approximately 108,000 main battle tanks in service globally, of which only ~18,000 belong to NATO. That leaves more than 90,000 that could be mobilized against us. The unstable geopolitical situation is such that there are any number of scenarios that could occur leading to warfare involving tanks, for example North Korea invading South Korea, China invading Taiwan and Middle Eastern war involving several Arab states and Israel or Pakistan attacking India to name but a few.
It is important to remember that tanks were not initially designed to counter tanks; they were intended to defeat the machine gun and penetrate layered defences in difficult terrain in order to restore mobility to the infantry. Therefore whilst you do not necessarily need tanks if your enemy has them (as the Taliban proved in Afghanistan), you do generally need them against an enemy with heavy weapons or fortified defences. In addition, anti-tank missiles have reached a level of sophistication such that tanks are vulnerable against any enemy with air power, as was the case for the Iraqis.
-	Stealth: This is already used widely in warship and military aircraft, but it has yet to be used operationally with ground assets. BAE Systems caused amusement in 2012 when it showcased technology that could cause a tank to emit the heat signature of a cow, but anti-radar materials and coatings along with stealth based design could improve the tank's survivability.
-	Electronic Countermeasures (ECM): Again these are widely used by military aircraft and by soldiers on the ground, but the tank has yet to be used as an ECM platform in order to detect and jam enemy systems.
-	Active countermeasures: During the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts static technology was developed which detected sniper or mortar rounds and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) as they are fired by means of radar and acoustic signatures enabling counter-strikes to be launched. Such technology could be developed for mobile use on tanks and integrated with an automatic defence system which could autonomously intercept and destroy hostile rounds.
-	Unmanned tanks: Drone technology is at the forefront of thinking about future warfare, but it has not yet been applied to armour. The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has stated it wants to develop tanks capable of going anywhere meaning they need to be lighter. It is therefore testing unmanned prototypes, as well as those which only need a two man crew (like an Apache helicopter) rather than the current standard four man crew.
So my reluctant conclusion, as COIN generation soldier who likes to dismiss tanks as a relic of the Cold War, is that tanks do have a future. However, in another hundred years I think they will be unrecognisable from those of today. They could well be smaller than Armoured Personnel Carriers and most likely without any soldiers inside. Crucially these innovations will only occur if the major defence superpowers of the US, UK and China as well as all NATO members, are forward thinking enough to acknowledge that armour still has a place in modern warfare and therefore invest in developing new technologies. The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) decided earlier this year to give the Challenger 2 a £700m upgrade to extend its life to 2035 rather than the more expensive option of purchasing a new tank. The US will be the real bellwether though when it reaches a decision point about its Abrams main battle tank.


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British journalist leaves BBC after discovery that he backed allegedly anti-Semitic rapper
By	Cnaan Liphshiz	 October 16, 2020 11:24 am
Wiley performs at O2 Academy Brixton hours after receiving his MBE from the Duke of Cambridge in London, March 2, 2018. (Ollie Millington/Redferns/Getty Images)
(JTA) — A journalist resigned from the BBC after a British Jewish paper revealed he had defended a rapper accused of anti-Semitism.
Nimesh Thaker, who worked at BBC World News until this this week, used an anonymous Twitter account to defend the rapper Wiley, who made a number of statements on Twitter this summer deemed anti-Semitic.
After a Jewish radio host named Emma Barnett referenced Wiley's remarks in speaking about her family's Holocaust history, Thaker wrote that she was "using the same old antisemitism excuse whenever people criticize Israel."
The Jewish Chronicle of London last month traced the account back to Thaler.
Over the summer, Wiley tweeted: "I don't care about Hitler, I care about black people" and "There are 2 sets of people who nobody has really wanted to challenge #Jewish & #KKK but being in business for 20 years you start to undestand [sic] why." He later apologized for the statements, but then made new ones deemed anti-Semitic.
Thaker had used his anonymous Twitter account to defend Jeremy Corbyn, the previous Labour party leader who has been describes as an anti-Semite by the current and previous chief rabbis of Britain.
The BBC declined to comment on Thaker, The Chronicle reported.


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Fans Happy To See Tigers Playing Game 3 At Home
Filed Under:ALDS, Cheli's Chili Bar, Detroit Tigers, Omar Mitchell, RUB BBQ Pub, Tigers fans, Tigers vs. A's
Tigers fan Vince DeSantis
DETROIT (WWJ) – While the Detroit Tigers are 1-and-1 in their ALDS division series against the Oakland A's, fans are glad to see them playing at home Monday afternoon in game 3 of their best-of-five series. But it's not just fans who are happy; the bars and restaurants are thrilled they have a couple of games at home, too.
That's because it means big business for places like Cheli's Chili Bar, which is right by Comerica Park. One of the managers, Katie Sperry, says they'd prefer a night game, but they'll still see a 20 percent spike in business.
"Every game is busy, but playoff games – no matter what day or what time they're at – they're always a lot busier," Sperry said. "So, we're really excited for that."
Omar Mitchell, manager, Rub BBQ Pub
The game also means a lot of food over at Rub Barbecue Pub on West Adams Street, according to manager Omar Mitchell.
"Regular games we order about 500 pounds worth of meat; playoffs, we double it – so between 1,000 and 1,200 pounds," Mitchell said.
Mitchell says they'll go through about 120 kegs of beer, too.
You can hear the game live on 97.1 The Ticket. First pitch is set for 1:07pm.


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258 --- Simplification of earthquake predictions and other quantitative matters.
central Chile: a new earthquake or the great 2010 Maule M8.8 aftershock?
3 --- Crustal oceanization in historical perspective.
69 --- Is tectonic tremor a precursor to earthquakes?
depression or on a domal uplift?
an Alaskan earthquake on June 9, 2014.
87 --- Rising sea level forecasts: fact or fiction?
2 --- Where are we now?
60 --- Want to know the truth about the Earth's climate?
19 --- Whence the Caribbean?
15 --- Financial cycles: A key to deciphering seismic cycles?
2 --- A new earthquake prediction center established!
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10 --- Cyclicity and cataclysms?
109 --- Why has plate tectonics become popular in the USA and Japan?
__74 --- Gulf of Mexico Basin – A collapsed Late Carboniferous mantle dome?
2 --- More earthquakes, more dead: Why can't we predict earthquakes?
82 --- Is IPCC Chief ignorant or conveniently silent?
18 --- Does cosmological expansion exist in smaller scale?
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--- Climate change is nothing new!
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Switzerland Has So Much Gold That It's Literally Being Flushed Down the Toilet
One thing is true: Switzerland is not short of gold and silver. Here's what's happening because the country has so much of the yellow metal.
TheStreet Guest Contributor
Switzerland is awash in gold and silver, so much so that they are flushing the precious metal down the toilet.
According to scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) about 43 kilograms of gold and three tonnes of silver pass through the nation's wastewater treatment plant every year. With gold prices hovering just below $1,300 and silver above $17 an ounce, that waste is worth around $3.4 million annually - in other words that is expensive poop.
However the Eawage scientists noted that despite all that gold dust, it would not be worth it to reclaim it.
"The concentrations measured do not pose risks to the environment - and recycling would not be economically worthwhile," the scientists said.
According to the report, the best place to find gold in the sewers is in certain plants in the Ticino region.
"This can be attributed to the presence of several gold refineries in the region," the report said. "The recovery of metals from wastewater or sludge is scarcely worthwhile at present, either financially or in terms of the amounts which could be extracted."
This is not the first time sewage waste has been looked at as the next potential gold rush. In 2015, Arizona State University said that effluent from a city with a million people could contain metals worth $13 million a year.
The University studied sewage from waste treatment plants from around Arizona and the U.S. and found gold ore grades ranging from 0.3 to 0.6 grams per tonne. The researchers hypothesized that, globally, about 360 tons of gold could be recovered from sewage sludge annually.
Professor Paul Westerhoff, the lead author of the research paper from Arizona State, told Kitco News in an interview two years ago that he published the paper as a way to get people to think about the value of waste.
"What ends up in our waste treatment plans is more than just what we poo. All this stuff gets integrated through society and wastewater carries all of it. This is an opportunity to see this as a resource than a waste," he said.
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Q: What is the best practice for handling multiple profiles in Spring with java config? On a project I'm currently working on we have the need for multiple profiles, i.e. "default" and "test". To solve this, we've implemented a main context class, ApplicationContext.java, with 2 public static inner classes: one of them defines the default profile, the other defines the test profile. Our web.xml is set to target ApplicationContext.java.
Code as follows:
@Configuration
//import common beans
public class ApplicationContext {

  @Configuration
  @Profile("default")
  public static class DefaultContext {
    //default beans
  }

  @Configuration
  @Profile("test")
  public static class TestContext {
    //test beans
  }

}

My problem with this is that the main context class, ApplicationContext.java, is in the production environment (i.e. src/main/java) with references to files in the test environment. If there is a better way to define these profiles without introducing this dependency from production code to test code, that would of course be preferable.
We`ve tested these cases with a jetty instance in a test class, started from a main method. This instance is run with the following command:
System.setProperty("spring.profiles.active", "test");

A: If all the beans are common between your profiles (that is, both DefaultContext and TestContext contains the same bean definitions), define an interface for the dependencies, e.g:
public interface SystemConfiguration {

    public DataSource getDataSource();
    public SomeService getService();

}

Then implement each profile with this interface:
@Profile("production")
@Configuration
public class ProductionConfiguration implements SystemConfiguration {
    public DataSource getDataSource() {
         // create and return production datasource
    }

    public SomeService getService() {
        // Create and return production service
    }
}

And then do the same for test.
@Profile("test")
@Configuration
public class TestConfiguration implements SystemConfiguration {
    public DataSource getDataSource() {
         // create and return dummy datasource
    }

    public SomeService getService() {
        // Create and return dummy service
    }
}

Then you can inject this into your main configuration:
@Configuration
public class ApplicationContext {
    @Autowired
    private SystemConfiguration systemConfiguration;

}

A: The solution we ended up with utilizes Spring`s @ComponentScan annotation. The various application contexts are defined in multiple maven modules. However, by sharing the same package naming (i.e. com.company.application.context) this annotation finds the contexts across both test and production directories.
The resulting code:
@ComponentScan("com.company.application.context")
@Configuration
public class ApplicationContext { }

All production contexts and test contexts are found automatically, assuming maven dependencies and package naming is correct. The production context looks like this:
@Configuration
@Profile("default")
//Import contexts from other modules
public class ProductionContext { }

Likewise for test context. Running Jetty from a main method with the following line correctly loads the test context and ignores the "default" beans:
System.setProperty("spring.active.profiles", "test");

This solution avoids any direct references from production to test code, although maven dependencies are necessary.

A: Use the features of Maven to seperate main and test application contexts.
For example if your main application context lives in

src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/myapp-config.xml

you can put a test application context in

src/test/webapp/WEB-INF/myapp-config.xml