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#include "MengeCore/Agents/Events/EventSystem.h"

#include "MengeCore/Agents/Events/Event.h"
#include "MengeCore/Agents/Events/EventEffectDB.h"
#include "MengeCore/Agents/Events/EventException.h"
#include "MengeCore/Agents/Events/EventTargetDB.h"
#include "MengeCore/Agents/Events/EventTriggerExternal.h"

#include <sstream>

namespace Menge {
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//          Implementation of EventSystem
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

bool EventSystem::CONSERVATIVE_SETUP = true;

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

EventSystem::EventSystem() : _events() {}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

EventSystem::~EventSystem() {
  for (size_t i = 0; i < _events.size(); ++i) {
    delete _events[i];
  }
  for (HASH_MAP<std::string, EventTarget*>::iterator itr = _targets.begin(); itr != _targets.end();
       ++itr) {
    itr->second->destroy();
  }
  for (HASH_MAP<std::string, EventEffect*>::iterator itr = _effects.begin(); itr != _effects.end();
       ++itr) {
    itr->second->destroy();
  }
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

void EventSystem::evaluateEvents() {
  for (size_t i = 0; i < _events.size(); ++i) {
    _events[i]->evaluate();
  }
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

void EventSystem::finalize() {
  HASH_MAP<std::string, EventTarget*>::iterator tgtItr = _targets.begin();
  while (tgtItr != _targets.end()) {
    try {
      tgtItr->second->finalize();
      ++tgtItr;
    } catch (Menge::EventFatalException& ex) {
      logger << Logger::ERR_MSG << "Fatal exception finalizing event target: ";
      logger << tgtItr->first << "\n" << ex._msg;
      throw ex;
    } catch (Menge::EventException& ex) {
      logger << Logger::WARN_MSG << "Removing invalid event target ";
      logger << tgtItr->first << "!\n" << ex._msg;
      tgtItr = _targets.erase(tgtItr);
    }
  }

  HASH_MAP<std::string, EventEffect*>::iterator effItr = _effects.begin();
  while (effItr != _effects.end()) {
    try {
      effItr->second->finalize();
      ++effItr;
    } catch (Menge::EventFatalException& ex) {
      logger << Logger::ERR_MSG << "Fatal exception finalizing event effect: ";
      logger << effItr->first << "\n" << ex._msg;
      throw ex;
    } catch (Menge::EventException& ex) {
      logger << Logger::WARN_MSG << "Removing invalid event effect ";
      logger << effItr->first << "!\n" << ex._msg;
      effItr = _effects.erase(effItr);
    }
  }

  std::vector<Event*>::iterator itr = _events.begin();
  while (itr != _events.end()) {
    try {
      (*itr)->finalize();
      ++itr;
    } catch (Menge::EventFatalException& ex) {
      logger << Logger::ERR_MSG << "Fatal exception finalizing events\n" << ex._msg;
      throw ex;
    } catch (Menge::EventException& ex) {
      logger << Logger::WARN_MSG << "Removing event " << (*itr)->_name;
      logger << "!\n" << ex._msg;
      itr = _events.erase(itr);
    }
  }
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

void EventSystem::finalizeException(const std::string& msg) {
  if (CONSERVATIVE_SETUP) {
    logger << Logger::ERR_MSG << msg;
    throw EventFatalException(msg);
  } else {
    logger << Logger::WARN_MSG << msg;
    throw EventException(msg);
  }
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

bool EventSystem::parseEvents(TiXmlElement* node, const std::string& behaveFldr) {
  // First test for "conservative" attribute
  int i;
  if (node->Attribute("conservative", &i)) {
    Menge::EventSystem::CONSERVATIVE_SETUP = i != 0;
  }
  const int TARGET_PASS = 0;
  const int EFFECT_PASS = 1;
  const int EVENT_PASS = 2;

  const char* tags[] = {"Target", "Effect", "Event"};
  for (int pass = 0; pass < 3; ++pass) {
    std::string TAG(tags[pass]);
    // then parse events
    TiXmlElement* child;
    for (child = node->FirstChildElement(); child; child = child->NextSiblingElement()) {
      if (child->ValueStr() == TAG) {
        if (pass == TARGET_PASS) {
          const char* cStr = child->Attribute("name");
          if (cStr == 0x0) {
            logger << Logger::ERR_MSG << "Event target on line ";
            logger << child->Row() << " requires a \"name\" attribute.";
            return false;
          } else {
            std::string name(cStr);
            if (_targets.find(name) != _targets.end()) {
              logger << Logger::ERR_MSG
                     << "Found multiple event targets with "
                        "the same name: "
                     << name << ".";
              return false;
            }
            EventTarget* target = EventTargetDB::getInstance(child, behaveFldr);
            if (target == 0x0) {
              return false;
            }
            _targets[name] = target;
          }
        } else if (pass == EFFECT_PASS) {
          const char* cStr = child->Attribute("name");
          if (cStr == 0x0) {
            logger << Logger::ERR_MSG << "Event effect on line " << child->Row();
            logger << " requires a \"name\" attribute.";
            return false;
          } else {
            std::string name(cStr);
            if (_effects.find(name) != _effects.end()) {
              logger << Logger::ERR_MSG
                     << "Found multiple event effects with "
                        "the same name: "
                     << name << ".";
              return false;
            }
            EventEffect* effect = EventEffectDB::getInstance(child, behaveFldr);
            if (effect == 0x0) {
              return false;
            }
            _effects[name] = effect;
          }
        } else if (pass == EVENT_PASS) {
          Event* evt = parseEvent(child, behaveFldr);
          if (evt == 0x0) {
            return false;
          }
          _events.push_back(evt);
        } else {
          std::stringstream ss;
          ss << "Found invalid child of EventSystem tag: " << child->ValueStr();
          ss << ".";
          if (CONSERVATIVE_SETUP) {
            logger << Logger::ERR_MSG << ss.str();
            throw EventFatalException(ss.str());
          } else {
            // only print the message on the first pass
            if (pass == 0) logger << Logger::WARN_MSG << ss.str();
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
  return true;
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

void EventSystem::addExternalEventTrigger(ExternalEvtTrigger* trigger) {
  if (_externalTriggers.find(trigger->getName()) != _externalTriggers.end()) {
    throw std::logic_error("BLECH!");
  }
  _externalTriggers[trigger->getName()] = trigger;
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

std::vector<std::string> EventSystem::listExternalTriggers() const {
  std::vector<std::string> names;
  for (auto pair : _externalTriggers) {
    names.push_back(pair.first);
  }
  return names;
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

bool EventSystem::activateExternalTrigger(const std::string& name) {
  auto itr = _externalTriggers.find(name);
  if (itr != _externalTriggers.end()) {
    itr->second->activate();
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}

}  // namespace Menge

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These days I downloaded the STS - SpringSource Tools Suite (http://www.springsource.com/products/sts) . Looks very rich editor at first sight, but still I had no time to investigate it properly.
About MyEclipse - again, not enough time to do that. But MyEclipse is a commercial product.
If I was going to choose an IDE, that I have to pay for, I guess I'd try IntelliJ. I've used it before Eclipse became popoular and it was amazing. They say that it still is.
Added the XSD mentioned here PLUS the XSD for my xml file. If I validate, I get SUCCESS with NO ERRORS although the xml is obviously faulty.
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Hangover Anxiety (Hangxiety): Definition, Causes, & Prevention
Published - December 1, 2021 Updated - December 2, 2021
Matt Glowiak
PhD, LCPC
What Is Hangxiety?Definition
What Causes Hangover Anxiety?Causes
How to Prevent Hangxiety Before It HappensPrevention
Hangover Anxiety Cures That WorkCures
How to Tell You Have a Drinking ProblemWhen It's a Problem
Final ThoughtsConclusion
Hangover anxiety, sometimes referred to as "hangxiety," is an anxious state one experiences after consuming large amounts of alcohol (relative to one's tolerance).1 Like normal anxiety, it is a negative emotional state—leading one to worry and experience stomach aches, gastrointestinal irritation and irritability. It adds to physical hangover symptoms by disrupting mental and emotional processes.
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What Is Hangxiety?
Hangxiety is defined by experiencing a hangover and anxiety symptoms at the same time. It oftentimes presents itself with feelings of anxiety, guilt, and shame after drinking. Hangovers are the unpleasant, unwanted signs and symptoms that occur after consuming too much alcohol or other substances of abuse in accordance with one's tolerance level.2
Factors contributing toward a hangover include the fact that alcohol causes one's body to produce more urine, triggers an inflammatory response from the immune system, irritates the stomach lining, reduces blood sugar, expands blood vessels, and leads toward exhaustion.2 For most, this experience is relatively uncommon. However, for those who chronically drink to excess or struggle with a diagnosable alcohol use disorder like alcoholism, it happens often..
Although alcohol and anxiety are connected with hangovers, not everyone experiences it.3 Studies found that 22.6% of people ages 18-30 experienced anxiety after drinking. Given the traditional symptoms of hangovers, in general, it makes sense that some would experience this, especially considering that excessive alcohol consumption speeds up heart rate and inhibits one's ability to focus.1 These symptoms are the ones that traditionally lead to discomfort, interpersonal struggles, et cetera.
Common symptoms of hangxiety include:1
Feeling on edge
Experiencing a sense of impending doom
Feeling panicky
Increased heart rate (tachycardia)
Rapid breathing (hyperventilation)
Although not all symptoms need to be present for one to experience the detrimental effects of hangxiety, the more that are present, the more significant the problem.
How Long Does Hangxiety Last?
The duration of hangover symptoms tends to vary depending upon how much alcohol or drugs one consumes as well as one's level of tolerance. Upon waking up, a hangover may last anywhere from a few hours to an entire day.1 In situations where one has consumed excessive quantities of a substance and/or has lower tolerance, the experience may last longer than 24 hours.
Although any experience with hangovers indicates problematic drinking, those lasting more than 24 hours and occurring more frequently warrant additional attention. The effects of anxiety stemming from this experience may be present for much longer.
What Causes Hangover Anxiety?
Research has identified a physiological link between the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and alcohol, which initially serves to lower one's inhibitions during active alcohol consumption.4 For some, the connection between GABA and alcohol is what ultimately leads toward excessive anxiety, fear, panic, stress, and other negative emotions.4
Beyond this physical connection, the following are potential causes of hangover anxiety: social anxiety, emotional withdrawal, alcohol withdrawal, regret, poor sleep, and others.
Approximately 15 million US adults, or 6.8% of the population, struggle with diagnosable social anxiety disorder.5 Whether struggling with a diagnosable form of SAD or social anxiety in general, it is a common experience for many to consume alcohol to lower inhibitions and feel more comfortable in the presence of others. Doing this, however, avoids the root cause of the issue and exacerbates problems over time.
For many of those struggling with social anxiety, individuals may experience a polar shift emotionally while under the influence of alcohol and not. For example, one may be the life of the party one night and feel great. When the individual wakes up the next morning, the euphoric effect of alcohol has subsided, a hangover is present, and a flooding of emotions occurs. In another example, one may have drank to the point of experiencing a blackout.
Here individuals may find themselves struggling to recall what happened the prior evening—drawing worst case scenarios, doom and gloom conclusions that the worst had happened, which can cause hangxiety.
Emotional Withdrawal
It is important to note that when consuming any substance, chemical alterations occur in the brain. Alcohol releases dopamine and endorphins, among others, which yield a euphoric effect. Once alcohol consumption ceases, the brain works toward resetting itself. During this time, one may experience emotional instability, including emotional withdrawal.
Emotional withdrawal might include bottling up emotions, disconnection from others, and reaching toward maladaptive measures of coping (i.e., continuing to drink more).6 Especially for those who choose to drink as an avoidant coping strategy, emotional withdrawal only serves to further intensify and exacerbate symptoms.
Alcohol Withdrawal
One's experience with alcohol withdrawal will vary depending upon one's tolerance and quantity consumed. Common symptoms in more serious cases of withdrawal include abnormal heart rhythm, agitation, anxiety, confusion, hallucinations/delirium tremens, high blood pressure, seizures, and tremors. Given the unpleasant experience of any of these, especially in combination, it makes sense that such discomfort will naturally yield anxiety.
It is important to note, however, that alcohol withdrawal, especially for those who are struggling with a severe alcohol use disorder, may lead to death without appropriate intervention. If it is believed that someone is struggling with alcohol use disorder, it is important to seek professional attention, which will likely include medical detox.
Regret is a common experience by many who experience hangxiety. Even accounting for lowered inhibitions, one does have the ability to control behaviors. But, it is too late the next morning. Worries involving things said and done accumulate while anxiety intensifies. When this becomes a regular occurrence, individuals may internalize feelings of regret by experiencing shame—believing that one is bad to the core.7
As this happens, people feel "less than" and "unworthy." Their self-concept is compromised, and they begin acting accordingly. Thoughts that "I am a screw up," or "I cannot do anything right," become the new internal self-talk, and the cycle tends to continue. If one does experience anything after drinking that yields feelings of regret, it is an indication to take pause and corrective action to ensure that mistakes are not repeated.
Poor Sleep
Poor sleep is another common side effect of excessive drinking. Although drinking may lead to blackouts or states in which one quickly "passes out" upon attempting to sleep, chemical processes within the brain compromise its quality. That is, one is never fully rested while sleeping off a night of heavy drinking.
It is also likely that an evening of heavy drinking was a late one, which minimizes time allotted toward sleep. Staying up until 3:00am drinking and having to wake-up for work at 6:00am becomes increasingly difficult over time (and with age), which leads to additional anxiety.
Research is continuing to uncover various reasons leading toward some experiencing hangxiety while others do not. A general consensus is that those with an anxious predisposition, along with those struggling with various diagnosable mental health and addiction disorders, are at greater risk. Escaping reality with alcohol may initially serve as an effective short-term avoidant solution; however, the problem is still there. Continued attempts to avoid a problem instead of addressing it head-on only makes matters worse.
How to Prevent Hangxiety Before It Happens
The best means of preventing hangxiety is to abstain from alcohol consumption. For those able to drink in moderation, it helps to remain mindful of how much one is consuming at any given time. For those who struggle with moderate drinking, particularly those with a diagnosable alcohol use disorder, professional help (i.e., residential treatment, IOP, outpatient counseling, support groups) is the best recommendation.
Ways to prevent hangxiety include:2
Avoiding drinking on an empty stomach.
Eating before and while drinking.
Sipping water between drinks.
Avoiding concurrent use of other drugs, prescribed or recreational.
Choosing beverages with fewer congeners (i.e., vodka, gin, light rum, white wine, light beer, champagne), as these are less likely to lead toward hangovers. Darker colored beverages tend to have more congeners.
Limiting drinks and consume within one's tolerance level.
Spacing beverages out at least one hour apiece, as this provides time for one's body to metabolize the alcohol.
Though by no means all-inclusive, the abovementioned list provides general recommendations for preventing alcohol overconsumption, hangovers, and hangxiety. Beyond these suggestions, it is important to consider and practice anything else healthy that helps.
Hangover Anxiety Cures That Work
At present, there is no known "cure" for hangovers or hangxiety. Like with many other things, time—particularly while sober—tends to heal a hangover. Ample sleep, consuming lots of fluids, and taking it easy tend to be among the most recommended "cures." In some cases, it may help to take light painkillers such as ibuprofen to help with a headache or vitamins and minerals to replace those depleted. As always, speak with a physician first to ensure the most appropriate course of action.
Specific to hangxiety, additional steps are recommended. It is important to name feelings for what they are and discuss them with others. Bottling these up not only intensifies hangxiety effects but contributes toward ongoing disruptions and potential pathology. Drinking or consuming other substances of abuse to reduce hangxiety effects is discouraged, as this furthers the chemical imbalance in one's brain while disrupting other systems.
How to Tell You Have a Drinking Problem
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention define heavy drinking as four or more drinks in a single session or eight or more in a week for females and five or more per occasion or 15 or more per week for males.8 Further considerations may include consuming more alcohol over longer periods of time than intended, spending considerable amounts of time drinking and thinking about drinking, disengaging from events where alcohol is not served, distancing from "sober" friends who do not drink, and experiences of emotional instability and negative self-talk.
When hangxiety is an indicator of alcoholism, it is important to get professional help immediately. Alcoholism, like other forms of addiction, are treatable but not curable conditions that tend to become worse over time without treatment. If you're ready to find a therapist, you can use an online directory where you can easily search by location and specialty.
Though many people experience hangxiety at least once in their lives, continued experiences are indicative of a potentially serious problem. Hangxiety is difficult to deal with, but there are ways to cope and prevent it in the future. Preventative measures such as abstaining from alcohol or consuming moderately while speaking directly to issues can go a long way. Help is available and recommended when alcoholism, hangxiety, and/or other problems exceed one's ability for self-control.
Choosing Therapy's Directory – Find a therapist that specializes in anxiety and substance use. You can search for a therapist by specialty, availability, and experience level. Profiles and videos provide insight into the therapist's personality. Find A Therapist
Coy, A., Houlis, A. (2021). Hangover anxiety (hangxiety). https://alcoholrehabhelp.org/treatment/hangover-anxiety/
Mayo Clinic. (2017). Hangovers. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hangovers/symptoms-causes/syc-20373012
Van Schrojenstein Lantman, M., Mackus, M., van de Loo, A.J.A.E., & Verster, J.C. (2017). The impact of alcohol hangover symptoms on cognitive and physical functioning, and mood. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical & Experimental, 32, 5. https://doi.org/10.1002/hup.2623
Georgetown Behavioral Hospital. (2021). GABA and alcohol: How drinking leads to anxiety. https://www.gbhoh.com/gaba-and-alcohol-how-drinking-leads-to-anxiety/
Anxiety & Depression Association of America. (2021). Facts & statistics. https://adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/facts-statistics<
Broadbent, E. (2021). ADHD, women, and the danger of emotional withdrawal. https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-emotional-withdrawal-rejection-sensitivity-women/
Johnson, S. J. (2016). Anger, shame, explosive rage and violence: When men act out their pain. http://www.drstephenjohnson.com/2016/07/11/anger-shame-explosive-rage-and-violence-when-men-act-out-their-stress/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Frequently asked questions. https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/faqs.htm#heavyDrinking
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Louis Theroux grapples with his own failure in new Jimmy Savile doco
by Diana Wichtel / 09 December, 2018
Louis Theroux: turning the camera back on himself.
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A chastened Louis Theroux sheds light on celebrity sex fiend Jimmy Savile's brazen cunning in a new documentary.
Louis Theroux has interviewed Nazis, paedophiles and Westboro Baptist Church nutjobs on our behalf. He's rapped, wrestled and been beset by former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton's terrifying wife, Christine: "Why shouldn't I sit here holding your knee?"
Say what you like about him (warning: I won't hear a word against the owlish, bespectacled searcher of the human soul), he makes a revealing documentary – even when he's making a documentary about how he once failed to make a sufficiently revealing documentary.
Prime's Louis Theroux: Savile revisits his 2000 BBC interview, When Louis Met … Jimmy. Jimmy Savile was an inexplicably popular fixture of British entertainment, host of such shows as Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It and a charity fundraiser. After his death in 2011, hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse over decades, many involving children, emerged. Some of the allegations occurred during Savile's work at the BBC. The BBC didn't come out of it well.
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Theroux has obviously been haunted by his failure to really see the man he befriended after that interview, and who let him sleep in his dead mother's weird, shrine-like bedroom. Louis Theroux: Savile – the title is like a reproach. This time it's personal, and penance of a sort.
So, Theroux interviewed a monster. Haven't we all? To his credit, he raised the rumours. He asked Savile about his claims that he didn't like children. "Because that puts a lot of salacious and tabloid people off the hunt," explained Savile blandly. "So tabloids don't pursue this 'is he/isn't he a paedophile' line?" said Theroux, sending Savile off on a disturbing riff. "How do they know if I am? … Nobody knows if I am or not … I know I'm not …" Theroux points out that this strategy sounds more suspicious, not less. Savile: "It's worked a dream."
Oh my God. The sequel reminds us that Savile was forever telling the world who he really was. It's just that no one wanted to listen.
Theroux asks some of Savile's victims what they thought of the 2000 show. "My actual reaction was, 'Poor Louis, he's really been hoodwinked here,'" said Kath.
Janet, Savile's PA for nearly 30 years until he dumped her, slowly reveals that she's deep in denial. "No, I don't believe it," she tells Theroux.
Louis Theroux: Savile has been criticised for interrogating only women. This might imply it was up to women to stop Savile. Fair point. Journalist Angela Levin, then with the Daily Mail, was the source of the Savile rumours Theroux first heard. He quizzes her about why she didn't push harder. "Don't blame this on me," she snaps back.
The weight of his judgment mostly falls on himself. Clips suggest that he was intrigued by Savile like an anthropologist encountering unfamiliar life on Mars. "Do you regard yourself as normal?" he asks at one point. This was a master class in how bullies and predators can get away with it by being not secretive but brazen. When Theroux found he'd somehow got hold of his private number, Savile said, "I can get anything and there's nothing I can't do." Theroux was possibly flattered. Savile possibly saw him as a useful idiot.
Normally, Theroux gets away with what can seem like a freak show by offering his more perverse subjects the opportunity to be better people. This time, it's the interrogator who wishes to be a better man. Sam, another former victim, throws a particularly perceptive question back at Theroux: "Do you feel like you were groomed?" she says. He demurs. He wasn't abused. "I feel a bit ashamed now," says Theroux, before echoing the words he's heard from others who were close to Savile. They are the words of many who have found themselves not able or sometimes not willing to recognise a monster hiding in plain sight. "I didn't see anything," he says.
This article was first published in the December 15, 2018 issue of the New Zealand Listener.


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2 Chainz Announces 'Pretty Girls Like Trap Music' Tour
Posted On June 7, 2017	 Jon Powell 0
Image Credit: Trouble Andrew (@troubleandrew)
On June 16th, 2 Chainz will be releasing his fourth studio album Pretty Girls Like Trap Music, which will feature appearances from Migos, Gucci Mane, Pharrell Williams, Nicki Minaj, Ty Dolla $ign, Trey Songz, Drake, Travis Scott and more.
Now, the Atlanta emcee will be heading out on tour in promotion of the album: he's announced a big North American tour set to kick off a little over a week later…that begins during BET Experience Weekend. Check out the dates below and pre-order Pretty Girls Like Trap Music via iTunes.
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June 25 – Los Angeles, Calif. – The Novo
Aug. 1 – Atlanta, Ga. – Tabernacle
Aug. 3 – New Orleans, L.A. – The Joy Theatre
Aug. 4 – Houston, Texas – House of Blues
Aug. 5 – Dallas, Texas – Gas Monkey Live!
Aug. 6 – Austin, Texas – Emo's
Aug. 9 – Tucson, Ariz. – Rialto Theatre
Aug. 11 – Anaheim, Calif. – House of Blues
Aug. 12 – San Diego, Calif. – House of Blues
Aug. 13 – Santa Cruz, Calif. – The Catalyst
Aug. 14 – Oakland, Calif. – Fox Theater
Aug. 16 – Sacramento, Calif. – Ace of Spades
Aug. 18 – Vancouver, B.C. – Commodore Ballroom
Aug. 19 – Portland, Ore. – Roseland Theater
Aug. 20 – Seattle, Wash. – Showbox SoDo
Aug. 22 – Salt Lake City, Utah – The Depot
Aug. 23 – Denver, Co. – Ogden Theatre
Aug. 25 – Saint Paul, Minn. – Palace Theatre
Aug. 27 – Kansas City, Mo. – Midland Theatre
Aug. 29 – Saint Louis, Mo. – The Pageant
Aug. 31 – Detroit, Mich. – The Fillmore Detroit
Sept. 1 – Cleveland, Ohio – Radio Show
Sept. 4 – Toronto, O.N. – Rebel Complex
Sept. 5 – Boston, Mass. – House of Blues
Sept. 6 – New York, N.Y. – Terminal 5
Sept. 8 – Cincinnati, Ohio – Ubahn Festival
Sept. 9 – Silver Spring, Md. – The Fillmore Silver Spring
Sept. 10 – Philadelphia, Pa. – The Fillmore Philadelphia
Sept. 12 – Raleigh, N.C. – The Ritz
Sept. 13 – Charlotte, N.C. – The Fillmore Charlotte
Sept. 15 – Saint Petersburg, Fla. – Jannus Live
Sept. 16 – Orlando, Fla. – Venue 578
Sept. 17 – Miami Beach, Fla. – The Fillmore Miami Beach
Sept. 22 – Las Vegas, Nev. – Life is Beautiful Festival
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4TEL HORUS - An Advanced Driver Advisory System
Since 2016, 4Tel Pty Ltd of Newcastle, Australia, has been investing in the development of artificial intelligence for application in the rail industry generally. As a part of this activity, 4Tel has a research and development contract with the University of Newcastle Robotics Laboratory known as NUBots, where 4Tel is their Platinum Sponsor. The work is being conducted under Project HORUS, which seeks to develop an Advanced Driver Advisory System (ADAS) using real-time sensors and software to assist a driver in the safe operation of a locomotive. As the technical basis to this work, 4Tel has selectively applied modern autonomous car technology to achieve very sophisticated artificial, intelligence based, ADAS functionality.
The HORUS System
For safe and efficient operations, a locomotive needs to know exactly where it is, recognise the objects around it, and continuously monitor the authorised route for normal operations. The HORUS system is being developed to fulfil this role by integrating multiple sensor data in real-time to allow a comparison with the previous record of any given track section using neural network processing in an on-board processor. HORUS then provides the functionality to apply software processes to conduct the computationally intensive algorithms for localisation, object detection, awareness, dynamics and route monitoring.
Figure 1 - Forward-looking imagery is analysed in real-time to identify infrastructure & hazards
The total system also requires a central data centre that collects as-run video, or sensor data more generally, that is then used to update the HORUS stylised track reference record called a "Master Sequence" for the route travelled. The overall process uses 'deep learning' techniques to 'learn' any objects or route changes and update the Master Sequence. On-board a locomotive, the differences allow the locomotive's HORUS processor to recognise both normal and abnormal operations for any given track location.
Deep Learning Processing Pipeline
Deep Learning plays a vital role through the entire HORUS processing pipeline. In this way, computers are not simply programmed on what to expect along a route, but also with processes for learning route knowledge enabling the 'artificial intelligence' system to become increasingly 'smarter' based on experience. The HORUS processing pipeline involves:
Detection. The detection process uses multiple sensors to understand the environment around the locomotive;
Localisation. The localisation process uses what's measured to create a detailed localisation map of where the locomotive is situated with regard to its surroundings;
Awareness. The awareness process interprets the real-time virtual 3D environment around the locomotive for hazards or differences as relevant to operations;
Dynamics. The dynamics process calculates how to drive smoothly and within movement authorities given the track infrastructure condition, the weather environmental conditions, and the dynamic characteristics of the train
Monitoring. The monitoring process continuously checks that the train is operating within authorised parameters of the locomotive's movement authority, that all alarms have been actioned, and that the locomotive is otherwise operating normally.
HORUS ADAS Capabilities
The HORUS processing pipeline allows many operational ADAS capabilities, including;
location definition to a specific rail line or place along a rail line
Signal Lamp Post recognition and reading of displayed aspect
Speed sign recognition and reading of speed
Detection of an unexpected object or hazard on or about the rail track
Monitoring of rail infrastructure
Unexpected rail geometry
Notwithstanding that the HORUS technology has been designed to evolve to more automation in the future, it is not currently configured to operate as a fully automated self-driving system. HORUS is in-effect currently configured as a very comprehensive driver advisory system with the purpose of moving routine route monitoring tasks to a computerised assistant.
However, the underlying technology being used by HORUS will allow evolution to autonomous operations on selected lines as more confidence is obtained in the technology. This is not simply a technical issue. The safety case needs to be made with extensive data and operational experience, which will come over time. Technology itself will also evolve, so an autonomous future is inevitable once the safety achieved with the technology exceeds that provided by a human driver.
The technology delivers some important business benefits:
Reduced Infrastructure. Users can identify their operating track and location with very high confidence, meaning that track-based location methods using track-circuit detection are no longer needed in all situations.
Improved Safety. Train operating safety is improved because HORUS does not get tired or distracted. It performs its set monitoring and train protection functions 24/7 relentlessly.
Continuous Improvement. With continuous machine learning, HORUS also improves in capability the more times a route is operated. The track and route data files are updated with every train movement. Such continuous learning does mean that HORUS needs a suitably scaled back-office computer centre to support network operations.
Shared Route Knowledge. HORUS can share any hazard or track difference with any other locomotive via communications, without that other locomotive having to operate the track first. All route knowledge is shareable in real time without further learning. This is an extremely efficient capability and differs significantly from human learning.
Separation of Train Control from Infrastructure. Because all track identification, hazard detection and operations monitoring is conducted on-board the locomotive using its AI Agent, a locomotive does not need to be restricted to a specific track area if it is loaded with the correct route data file for a given route. This method of on-board management allows a train to operate as per its movement authority controlled entirely by an above-rail process. In this manner, a movement authority has the potential to operate across different types of infrastructure. In essence, below-rail train control by track-side signalling is replaced by above-rail, on-board control as per a digital movement authority issued by the below-rail access provider.
While autonomous trains will certainly eventuate, probably on closed vertically integrated, access-limited systems first, the technology is currently focussed on improving safety. Detailed safety assessments based on extensive operational experience and data is needed to evolve to autonomous operations. Nevertheless, it is inevitable that autonomous trains are coming. AI and machine learning represent a cost-effective way for the rail industry to immediately obtain a safety benefit from current car-based AI technology while assisting in the development of corporate knowledge in the important field of AI and machine learning on rail generally. Operational data will be collected and compared to computerised models over time to establish the maturity of the technology for more advanced automated roles, but those roles and any safety case will be addressed in a future evolution of the technology.
- Derel Wust - Managing Director


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Skit makers can't run comedians out of business –Bash comedian
by Kehinde Ajose
Popular comedian and emcee, Bashiru Ahmed Adekunle better known as Bash has stated that skit makers cannot run comedians out of business. The Shomolu born entertainer in a chat with The Nation said: "We have witnessed some drastic changes in the comedy industry but I don't think the online skit makers can give stand-up comedians a run for their money because we are doing different genres of comedy. For example, outside Africa, we have people like Mr. Bean, who is not a standup comedian and we have people like Kevin Hart, Dave Chappelle that are standup comedians but the end product is to make people laugh but basically we are doing two different things so I don't think there's any need for a run. If you want a standup comedian you know what to do but if you want a skit maker, a content provider, we are two different people. You don't expect Broda Shaggi to be competing with Basketmouth because they are doing two genres of comedy so there is no competition at all".
Speaking further, Bash noted that he doesn't see any competition between skit makers and comedians.
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Popular comedian and emcee, Bashiru Ahmed Adekunle better known as Bash has stated that skit makers cannot run comedians out of business. The Shomolu born entertainer in a chat with The Nation said: "We have witnessed some drastic changes in the comedy industry but I don't think the online skit makers can give stand-up comedians a run for their money because we are doing different genres of comedy. For example, outside Africa, we have people like Mr. Bean, who is not a standup comedian and we have people like Kevin Hart, Dave Chappelle that are standup comedians but the end product is to make people laugh but basically we are doing two different things so I don't think there's any need for a run. If you want a standup comedian you know what to do but if you want a skit maker, a content provider, we are two different people. You don't expect Broda Shaggi to be competing with Basketmouth because they are doing two genres of comedy so there is no competition at all". Speaking further, Bash noted that he doesn't see any competition between skit makers and comedians. "It is very easy for a standup comedian to be a skit maker though it's all about ideas but it is very hard for skit makers to be standup comedian. I always told people that it is one of the hardest jobs in the world, so I don't see any competition. The environment is so big for everyone to perform".


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Rep. Charles Rangel paid no mortgage interest on a beach resort property for about 15 years, a lawyer for the powerful House committee chairman said Friday.
The New York congressman's lawyer, Lanny Davis, told The Associated Press that Rangel got his no-interest deal for the villa in the Dominican Republic because he was an original buyer in the resort development.
The Democratic chairman of the Ways and Means tax-writing committee has come under scrutiny for his vacation property and apartments he rents in his home district of Harlem.
Davis said Rangel failed to report rental income from the resort property on his taxes, but didn't realize it was necessary because of the way the deal was structured.
Davis said it is unlikely the congressman owes any back taxes under the federal tax code, although he may owe a small amount to New York State, on unreported rental income of about $75,000.
"It is my understanding that over the 20-year time period there is not likely to be federal tax liability by Mr. Rangel because of offsetting depreciation expenses and tax credits. Therefore, whatever amendments might be necessary do not involve the federal tax code," said Davis.
Republicans call Rangel ethically challenged and have sought to censure the 78-year-old lawmaker. Even an unintentional tax error is highly embarrassing for Rangel, since he chairs the committee charged with updating the nation's complicated tax code.
News of Rangel's no-interest mortgage comes on the heels of damaging reports that two other powerful figures in Congress, Senators Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Kent Conrad, D-N.D., got preferential mortgages with lower interest rates through a "VIP" program for friends of former Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo. Dodd heads the Senate Banking Committee.
Rangel bought the beach house 20 years ago for about $80,000, with a down payment of $28,000. Instead of making payments himself for the property, Rangel used his share of collective rental money generated by the resort to pay down the mortgage, according to his lawyer. But in an arrangement with the developer, Rangel and other early buyers, called "Pioneers," were not charged interest on such debt.
Rental income from the property was used directly to pay the mortgage, so Rangel never made any mortgage payments himself, Davis said. Only once, in 2001, did Rangel receive money directly, when the company mistakenly wired him $2,000 in rental income rather than applying that, as it had before and after, to the mortgage.
The mortgage debt of slightly more than $50,000 was paid off fully in 2003, Davis said, and rental income was also used later to pay for a $22,000 home improvement project. That second loan did include interest payments totaling about $1,100, the lawyer said.
The congressman's personal finances have come under scrutiny and spawned a House ethics committee inquiry, leading to a showdown last month on the House floor between Rangel and Republicans.
The ethics committee is examining Rangel's use of four rent-controlled apartments in Harlem, including one that was used for campaign work. This week, the New York Post raised questions about Rangel's beach villa, which it dubbed his "cash cow." The New York Times reported Friday that Rangel failed to report rental income on the property.
Rangel's lawyer said he received no sweetheart deal or favoritism in purchasing or renting out the beach house, because it was essentially a financial investment made in a real estate development project.
Currently, Rangel owes no money on the property and has about a $700 credit, Davis said.
"He invested $100,000 over 20 years with a net return of .7 percent as of June 2008," said Davis. "Some cash cow."
Yet by their accounting, Rangel parlayed a $28,000 down payment into a vacation home worth ten times that or more today – not unheard of over a 20-year period of real estate boom-and-bust cycles, but certainly very fortunate.
Article by Devlin Barrett
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Republican John McCain said Tuesday he's satisfied that Sarah Palin's background was properly checked out before the Alaska governor joined the Republican ticket. He predicted that public excitement about her candidacy will increase after her address to the GOP convention on Wednesday.
McCain visited fire houses in Ohio and Pennsylvania on Tuesday, and was due to arrive at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., on Wednesday.
Asked about whether Palin's background was thoroughly checked out before he selected her, McCain told reporters in Philadelphia: "The vetting process was completely thorough and I'm grateful for the results."
Later, after visiting a firehouse outside Cleveland in Brecksville, Ohio, McCain added: "I just want to repeat again how excited I am to have Sarah Palin, the great governor of Alaska, as my running mate."
"America is excited and they're going to be even more excited once they see her tomorrow night," he said. "I'm very, very proud of the impression she's made on all of America and I look forward to serving with her."
Questions about the review of Palin came up after news surfaced that her unmarried teenage daughter, Bristol, is pregnant, and that the Alaska governor has retained a private attorney to represent her in an investigation into the firing of the state public safety commissioner.
The lawyer who conducted the background review said Palin voluntarily told McCain's campaign about Bristol's' pregnancy, and about her husband's 2-decade-old DUI arrest during questioning as part of the vice presidential search process.
The Alaska governor also greatly detailed the dismissal of the state's public safety commissioner that has touched off a legislative investigation, Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr. told The Associated Press in an interview Monday.
Palin underwent a "full and complete" background examination before McCain chose her as his running mate, Culvahouse said. Asked whether everything that came up as a possible red flag during the review already has been made public, he said: "I think so. Yeah, I think so. Correct."
McCain's campaign has been trying to tamp down questions about whether the Arizona senator's team adequately researched his surprise vice presidential selection.
Since McCain publicly disclosed his running mate on Friday, the notion of a shoddy, rushed review has been stoked repeatedly.
First, a campaign-issued timeline said McCain initially met Palin in February, then held one phone conversation with her last week before inviting her to Arizona, where he met with her a second time and offered her the job Thursday.
Then came the campaign's disclosure that 17-year-old Bristol Palin is pregnant. The father is Levi Johnston, who has been a hockey player at Bristol's high school, The New York Post and The New York Daily News reported in their Tuesday editions.
In addition, the campaign also disclosed that Palin's husband, Todd, then age 22, was arrested in 1986 in Alaska for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Shortly after Palin was named to the ticket, McCain's campaign dispatched a team of a dozen communications operatives and lawyers to Alaska. That fueled speculation that a comprehensive examination of Palin's record and past was incomplete and being done only after she was placed on the ticket.
Steve Schmidt, a senior adviser, said no matter who the nominee was, the campaign was ready to send a "jump team" to the No. 2's home state to work with the nominee's staff, work with the local media and help handle requests from the national media for information, and answer questions about documents that were part of the review.
At several points throughout the process, McCain's team warned Palin that the scrutiny into her private life would be intense and that there was nothing she could do to prepare for it.
Culvahouse disclosed details of his examination in a half-hour interview with the AP.
First, a team of some 25 people working under Culvahouse culled information from public sources for Palin and other prospective candidates without their knowledge. For all, news reports, speeches, financial and tax return disclosures, litigation, investigations, ethical charges, marriages and divorces were reviewed.
For Palin specifically, the team studied online archives of the state's largest newspapers, including the Anchorage Daily News, but didn't request paper archives for Palin's hometown newspaper. "I made the decision that we could not get it done and maintain secrecy," Culvahouse said.
Article by Beth Fouhy and Liz Sidoti
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Blackwater Subject of Justice Department Probe
Half a dozen Blackwater Worldwide security guards have gotten target letters from the Justice Department in a probe of shootings in Baghdad that killed 17 Iraqis, The Washington Post reported.
The Blackwater guards are caught up in the investigation of shootings that took place last September when a Blackwater team arrived in several vehicles at an intersection in Baghdad where shooting erupted, leaving numerous Iraqis dead and wounded.
The Post described the six guards as former U.S. military personnel, but did not identify them by name.
Attributing its information to three sources close to the case, the Post said that any charges would be brought against the guards under a federal law used to prosecute cases referred to the Justice Department by the Pentagon for crimes committed by military personnel and contractors overseas.
Target letters often are a prelude to indictment.
The Post story appeared on the newspaper's Website Saturday night.
The shootings began when a Blackwater convoy, which was responding to a Baghdad car bombing, entered the Nisoor Square traffic circle.
Blackwater says the convoy was ambushed by insurgents, touching off a firefight. Iraqi witnesses, however, described an unprovoked attack in which security guards fired indiscriminately, killing motorists, bystanders and children in the square.
Article by Associated Press
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Case File for Missing Child Madeleine McCann Made Public
A Portuguese police file containing almost 30,000 pages of evidence from the investigation into the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann was made public Monday.
A court clerk in the southern Portuguese town of Portimao, near where the child vanished last year in the Algarve region, said the file was available to journalists who filed a written request and appeared in person at the court.
Officials would then copy the file onto DVDs, which journalists would have to provide, the clerk said on condition of anonymity in line with department rules.
She said the file is divided into 17 volumes and comprises close to 30,000 pages.
Madeleine McCann vanished May 3, 2007, a few days before her fourth birthday, from a hotel room during a family vacation in Praia da Luz, a coastal Algarve town.
Last month, Portugal's attorney general ordered police to halt their 14-month investigation because detectives had uncovered no evidence of a crime.
The case will remain closed unless new evidence emerges.
Portuguese lawyers acting for Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry, gained official access to the files last week. The McCanns have said they hoped to find leads that private investigators could follow up on.
The McCanns have waged a far-reaching international campaign to find their daughter, but there has been no reliable indication of what might have happened to her despite numerous reported sightings from around the world.
Article from AssociatedPress.com
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NBA's Biggest Nightmare
As David Stern stood surrounded near a loading dock at the Staples Center, with all the beautiful people waiting courtside, with the return of a glamour NBA Finals, the commissioner had to consider the possibility that he had delivered an invitation for Tim Donaghy to embarrass the NBA again, to usurp its starry stage.
"He picks his spots," Stern grumbled. "This guy is dancing as fast as he can to throw as much against the wall so his sentence won't be as hard."
There's a chance Donaghy's attorney, John Lauro, had long ago chosen to release wild stories of league corruption during the Finals, but there's a possibility, too, that the league needlessly provoked it. The NBA wanted this Donaghy circus on Tuesday night about as much they wanted the San Antonio Spurs back in the Finals.
Within the past week, the NBA filed a letter with federal probation officials calling for Donaghy to pay restitution of $1 million, a sum that the league says it invested in investigating the rogue ref. When the government asked the NBA – considered the victim of Donaghy's crimes – for a figure on its damages, the league should've shown restraint and taken a pass.
Donaghy is no sympathetic figure. He's a bad guy, but he is also a broken man who has lost his family and his career. Whatever his prison sentence, his life is in ruins. He deserves everything he gets, but make no mistake: The blood money is beneath the NBA.
Let it go. Just let it go.
So, Donaghy had one dart left for Stern before the felon's sentencing in July, and empowered with the feds requesting the judge grant Donaghy probation over prison because of his cooperation in the prosecution of his co-conspirators, Lauro fired on the commissioner who has trashed his client's credibility for months. What's more, Lauro tried to provide the judge details of disclosures that the feds didn't include in the recommendation letter.
Nevertheless, the timing seems more about exacting revenge on Stern and his league than leveraging the judge for a shorter sentence. The lawyer waited until there were suspicions of strange officiating in Game 2, until the series had moved to Los Angeles for Game 3, and let loose these sordid stories of NBA corruption, compromises and fixes.
Still, Stern is right when he says – so far, anyway – that, "Mr. Donaghy is the only one here that's guilty of criminal activity."
Did the league and referees conspire to get the Lakers past the Sacramento Kings and into the 2002 NBA Finals? Did Yao Ming get unfairly targeted in the 2005 playoffs at the behest of the league? Were NBA referees punished for throwing superstars out of games? Do relationships among team officials, coaches and players with refs compromise calls on the floor?
There's a chance there's some chards of truth on the smaller ones, but the biggies? Do you truly think league executives would expose themselves to criminal prosecution for better television ratings, better matchups?
Enough with the conspiracies, enough.
Within the NBA, there's a belief that Donaghy was always planning to file these papers in New York on Tuesday, but the recent timing of the league's demand of $1 million restitution makes it look like Lauro and Donaghy were furious and struck back.
For the league, the money isn't the issue. It can find that million between the cushions of couches in its midtown Manhattan tower. For the NBA, this was a self-defeating exercise, useless. And yes, Donaghy is responsible for his felony acts, for betting on games, providing gamblers inside information and, as Stern said, "a convicted felon who really violated probably the most sacred trust in sports." Nevertheless, Donaghy had been an employee with a pattern of disturbing behavior, whose acts should have invited a more probing league investigation into his double life.
Who has paid the price in the NBA? Who lost their job over Donaghy? Perhaps the NBA wouldn't have had to pay $1 million for this investigation – if it did spend that much – had it gone deeper in its original probes.
From the beginning, Stern engaged in a relentless campaign to isolate the corruption to Donaghy. He cast doubts on Donaghy's credibility with constant refrains that he's a "convicted felon." Stern started in the summer, calling him a "rouge, isolated official." All along, his instincts were right: As long as the scandal was contained to this creep, the sport could survive the scandal.
As it turned out, the story never had the legs that the NBA feared. The league was still moving quietly toward Donaghy's sentencing in mid-July, when it looks like it took a foolish risk.
Stern doesn't need restitution out of Donaghy. He needs him out of the news, out of his life. And how many millions of dollars would the NBA have paid for that crook to be out of sight, out of mind, on a night the starry Hollywood stage at Staples should've belonged to Kobe Bryant?
This was originally found @ Yahoo Sports
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Top Secret Documents Left On Train in London
Two secret government documents about al Qaeda and Iraq were left on a train. A police investigation was under way likely after a senior intelligence official left it on the train by accident. A citizen found the documents and gave them to a journalist who specializes in Intelligence and Government reporting. That reporter then turned them over to police.
In a statement, the government's Cabinet Office said that "two documents which are marked as secret were left on a train and have subsequently been handed to the BBC."
He said London's Metropolitan Police was investigating the security breach and confirmed it was making inquiries about the loss of documents on Tuesday.
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FBI Investigating Kidnapping For Ransom
The FBI is investigating an alleged kidnapping for ransom of a 26-year-old Florida private pilot who has been missing since April 1, an FBI spokesman told CNN Friday.
The bureau identified the man as Robert Arthur Wiles, of Lakeland, Florida, who runs his family's aircraft maintenance business, National Flight Services, at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport.
Wiles' parents first suspected something was wrong when they couldn't reach their son, whom they had visited a few days before he was reported missing, said FBI Tampa, Florida, spokesman Dave Couvertier.
"They were sent a ransom note," he said. "A threat was made. His parents were told to follow directions, but they heard nothing back."
For now, the bureau won't elaborate on exactly what the note said or how much money was demanded — only that the note was signed in a "unique" way, Couvertier said. It is not clear why Wiles would have been targeted, he said.
Agents believe that revealing specifics might compromise the investigation, he said.
Couvertier said that while the bureau has no evidence to indicate the kidnapping could have been staged, "we're exploring every lead, every possibility." But he added, "We're treating this as the real thing."
Investigators won't explain why they waited so long to go public with the case except to say the parents hope that talking about it now might generate new leads in the case, he said.
"The parents are offering a reward. They hope someone will be able to help them and come forward with information," he said.
At an FBI-organized news conference Friday afternoon in Tampa, the parents announced they are offering $10,000 to anyone who can provide them information.
"Our son knows how to reach us; he has our phone numbers," they said. "The only thing that matters to us is that our son comes home safely."
So far, the bureau has followed leads involving Robert Wiles' "activities and associations" in several Florida cities as well in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, he said. One friend was contacted in Thailand.
Kidnappings for ransom in the United States are considered rare, especially of adults.
The agency says it investigated 161 kidnappings in the nation last year involving custody disputes, cults, drug rip-offs and sexual assaults.
National Flight Services has other locations in Florida, Texas, Ohio — where its headquarters are — and in Toronto, Canada. A company Web site lists the owner as Thomas Wiles
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Q: Zod inferred union type does not work properly: 'hackerProfile' does not exist on type My Zod inferred union type does not work properly; 'hackerProfile' does not exist on type...
Typescript is telling me that hackerProfile, partnerProfile, and mentorProfile don't exist on my UpdateUserInput, which I inferred from Zod.
Even though I can see hackerProfile, partnerProfile, and mentorProfile in the type when I hoer my cursor over it in VS code. It doesn't seem to have a problem with userUpdate.
What's going on here?
server/src/utils/validators.ts
import { z } from 'zod';

const userUpdateValidator = z.object({
  firstName: z.string().optional(),
  lastName: z.string().optional(),
  website: z.string().optional(),
  rules: z.boolean().optional(),
  linkedin: z.string().optional(),
});

const ethExpValidator = z.union([
  z.literal('beginner'),
  z.literal('intermediate'),
  z.literal('advanced'),
  z.literal(''),
]);

const motiavtionValidator = z.union([
  z.literal(''),
  z.array(
    z.union([
      z.literal('workshop'),
      z.literal('resume'),
      z.literal('improve'),
      z.literal('jobOps'),
      z.literal('meetPpl'),
      z.literal('launchProduct'),
      z.literal('winPrize'),
      z.literal('other'),
    ])
  ),
]);

const textAreaValidator = z.union([
  z.string().min(250).max(500),
  z.literal(''),
]);

const updateHackerValidator = z.object({
  userUpdate: userUpdateValidator,
  hackerProfile: z.object({
    github: z.string().optional(),
    yearsOfExp: z.number().min(0),
    ethExp: ethExpValidator,
    motivation: motiavtionValidator,
    builtBefore: textAreaValidator,
    lookingToBuild: textAreaValidator,
  }),
});

const updatePartnerValidator = z.object({
  userUpdate: userUpdateValidator,
  partnerProfile: z.object({
    organization: z.string().optional(),
    telegram: z.string().optional(),
    twitter: z.string().optional(),
    otherEvents: textAreaValidator,
    reasonForSupporting: textAreaValidator,
  }),
});

const updateMentorValidator = z.object({
  userUpdate: userUpdateValidator,
  mentorProfile: z.object({
    telegram: z.string().optional(),
    twitter: z.string().optional(),
    yearsOfExp: z.number(),
    ethExp: ethExpValidator,
    otherEvents: textAreaValidator,
    reasonForMentoring: textAreaValidator,
  }),
});

// tried this as well
// export const updateUserValidator = z.union([
export const updateUserValidator = z.discriminatedUnion('userUpdate', [
  updateHackerValidator,
  updatePartnerValidator,
  updateMentorValidator,
]);

export type UpdateUserInput = z.infer<typeof updateUserValidator>;

export type UpdateMentorInput = z.infer<typeof updateMentorValidator>;
export type UpdatePartnerInput = z.infer<typeof updatePartnerValidator>;
export type UpdateHackerInput = z.infer<typeof updateHackerValidator>;

server/src/graphql/resolvers/mutations.ts
export const updateUser = async (
  _: undefined,
  // tried this as well
  // args: UpdateMentorInput | UpdatePartnerInput | UpdateHackerInput,
  args: UpdateUserInput,
  ctx: Context
) => {
  if (!updateUserValidator.parse(args)) {
    throw new Error('Invalid input');
  } else {
    console.log('valid input');
  }
  authRequest(ctx);
  console.log('args', args, Object.keys(args));
  const { userUpdate, hackerProfile, partnerProfile, mentorProfile } = args;
  // console.log('args', args);
  // console.log('here', userUpdate);

  const user = await ctx.prisma.user.update({

https://github.com/currenthandle/next-apollo/blob/working-state/server/src/utils/validators.ts#L76
https://github.com/currenthandle/next-apollo/blob/working-state/server/src/graphql/resolvers/mutations.ts#L28

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TCM's Essential movie for this week is the Best Picture Oscar winner of 1938, You Can't Take It With You, airing tonight at 8:00 PM ET. This is a movie that shows just what a good comedy should be.
Jean Arthur stars as Alice Sycamore, the granddaughter of a once-wealthy businessman, Martin Vanderhof (played by Lionel Barrymore). He decided to quit the rat race and devote his life to the things that really matter, and now lives in a big house with all his relatives, who have also (more or less) taken up his philosophy. Alice loves her family, but is working, as the secretary to banker's son Anthony Kirby, Jr. (James Stewart) The Kirbys are as well-to-do as the Vanderhofs used to be, and the father (Edward Arnold) is extremely concerned not only with his money, but also with his family's social status.
It should be obvious what happens next: Boy loves Girl, but is worried that the father won't approve of Girl's family. And Heaven knows that Girl has one warped family. Grandpa Vanderhof, despite having started it all, is probably (apart from Alice) the sanest of the bunch. There's daughter Spring Byington, who has become a writer despite the fact that nothing she writes ever gets published; her husband, a fireworks maker; granddaughter Ann Miller, a wild ballerina; her husband the xylophone player; and a cast of well-known character actors that includes Mischa Auer, Donald Meek, and Halliwell Hobbes. Amongst all this, the patriarch of the bohemians teaches the blue-blood banker a few things about life.
This is a great movie, largely because it's so outrageous in its characterizations. And despite the fact that Edward Arnold is portrayed as clearly being the bad guy here, caring more about his place in the world than his son's happiness, it's easy to understand his motivations. A family like the Vanderhofs may make for excellent viewing, but would you really want to live with such people? In reality, such a family would probably have a dynamic more like the first son Art Carney stays with in Harry and Tonto.
Needless to say, a movie as classic as You Can't Take it With You, having been made by a director as prominent as Frank Capra, is available on DVD. Still, it's just as much worth watching when it shows up on TCM as it is waiting for the DVD at the rental store.
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Women's Soccer: UConn drops one and wins one over the weekend
File- UConn's Sophia Danyko-Kulchycky pushes the ball upfield. (Nicholas Hampton/ The Daily Campus)
The UConn women's soccer team won one and lost one this past weekend when they traveled to Fayetteville to play Ole Miss and Arkansas.
Before the game UConn's head coach Margaret Rodriguez talked about the team and her belief in them.
"The team is a good group," Rodriguez said. "They just need to find the result. That's the one thing I'm taking from [this]. I believe in them and we have what it takes to get there. It's just a little bit of our youth and our immaturity that's ruining us at times."
On Friday, the Huskies beat Ole Miss 4-3. The win snapped UConn's three-game scoreless streak and tied for the most goals in a single game since Nov. 12, 2016.
The Huskies got off to a hot start with junior Erin Spillane giving the Huskies the lead in the fifth minute. The early goal was the first time UConn scored first this season.
In minute 17, freshman Izzy Lynch scored her first career goal to double the Huskies lead. Two minutes later Sophia Danyko-Kulchycky scored her third goal of the season.
Ole Miss did not give up however, and scored a goal before the end of the first half and another two minutes into the second half to make it a one-point deficit.
Spillane found the back of the net again at 51:33 to secure the win for UConn. Ole Miss scored another goal but was never able to tie it up and the Huskies walked away with the win.
The four goals scored in the game doubled the season goal total for UConn.
On Sunday, the Huskies lost to Arkansas 3-1. For the second straight game the Huskies scored first but they were unable to maintain the lead.
Junior Alexa Casimiro scored UConn's only goal for her first goal of the season and the fourth of her career.
The Razorbacks outshot UConn 25-8 in the match.
UConn's goalkeeper Randi Palacios recorded six saves.
The Huskies are now 2-6 on the season. The next game for UConn is on Friday, Sept. 14 against Eastern Michigan. The game will be played at home at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium.
Mariana Dominguez is a staff writer for The Daily Campus. She can be reached via email at mariana.dominguez@uconn.edu.
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iMore Editors' Choice: Endless Road, Episodes, Tripit, BabyBump, and more!
Every week, the editors at iMore carefully select some of our favorite, most useful, most extraordinary apps, accessories, gadgets, and websites. This week's selections include a few games, apps for tracking TV shows and pregnancy, and an app for travel planning,
Endless Road
Just when you thought the endless runner genre had been beaten to death, Endless Road sneaks up and makes a big splash. This sharply stylized game puts players in a car and pushes them along a road with a simple catch - the world is falling away behind you. In order to avoid untimely doom off an incredibly abstract cliff, you have to avoid crashing into other motorists, dodge incoming walls, and drive over speed boosts whenever you can in order to stay over 80 MPH. Although every run is broken up into separate stages, they're all randomized, making each play-through unique and interesting. Steering is dead simple, as there are only three lanes to switch between with left or right side taps, but the obstacles (and power-ups) come fast and furious. During their drive, players gather coins with which they can use to enable power-ups or unlock new rides. The icing on the cake is an absolutely cool soundtrack. Definitely pick this one up, either for iPhone or iPad.
Final Freeway R2
If you grew up in a time when Rad Racer was a game you played, you'll most certainly want to check out Final Freeway R2. It won't push your devices graphics processing to the limit but it sure is fun. Complete with an 80's soundtrack to keep you bopping along, you can enjoy 14 stages of old school racing with the option of 3 difficulty levels. Recent updates to the game have brought joystick support as well as full iPhone 5 support. You can pick up Final Freeway R2 in the App Store for only $0.99.
Episodes - Chris
This week's pick is for an app that I use to keep track of my TV shows and it has just received a fantastic new update too.
Say hello to 'Episodes', the most elegant way to keep track of the TV shows you love. Once setup with your favorite TV shows, Episodes will tell you when the next air date is via a notification so you never miss a show again. Even better, you can mark shows as watched so you always know what you have seen and what you've missed.
Digging a little deeper, you can see episode lists for all seasons of any particular show along with the synopsis too. Episodes covers TV shows from the US and the UK and is the perfect app for TV junkies like me.
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TripIt - Ally Kazmucha
TripIt for iPhone allows you to keep all your travel plans and arrangements in one place. You can save your flight, hotel, meeting, and dining information all within TripIt. It's a great way to keep track of confirmation numbers, reservation confirmations, and pretty much anything else having to do with your travel plans. With CES upon us, I was looking for a better way to organize all the events we've got going on and I remembered another one of our editors raving about TripIt. I can now understand why.
If you travel a lot and have a lot of data to organize, TripIt is the absolute best way to plan your trip, keep your friends and family up to date, and more. Pro TripIt subscribers can download a free version of the app but if you don't want to go Pro, there is a paid version you can use without the Pro subscriptions. It's what I've been using to plan and so far, it's worked wonderfully. I'd highly recommend any who travels quite often to check it out.
Conquist 2 - Joseph Keller
Conquist 2 is a turn-based strategy game for all iOS devices. If you've ever played RISK, you know how to play Conquist. There are four game modes, each with their own set of objectives, as well as eight different maps on which to play. There is support for single-player games against AI opponents with three difficulty settings, local multiplayer, in which multiple players use the same device, and online multiplayer. Gameplay is solid and well-paced, especially in single-player games. The AI players offer a decent challenge on medium and hard difficulties. Conquist 2 has a lite version, but it lacks online play. Both are available as universal apps. If you like turn-based, RISK-like strategy games, than Conquist 2 is the game you're looking for.
Global Video, CityTV Video, and CTV Video - Rene Ritchie
I cut the cable cord over a year ago, so now I watch almost all my TV on iPhone and iPad. Most major Canadian TV networks have apps now. The problem is, they're a mixed bag. The CTV app has just been updated, and now supports AirPlay Mirroring, but it doesn't yet support the 16:9 iPhone 5 or iPod touch 5 display. The Citytv apps has been updated for 16:9 but doesn't support AirPlay (it presents a screen saying they lack the legal right to provide AirPlay -- um, okay?). Likewise the Global Video app. Copy protection also hinders the apps, preventing them from using the much better, built in AirPlay media controls (that don't require mirroring), and encouraging them to make apps that are barely wrapped web pages than real native apps. It also causes a bunch of weird errors as they try to secure the video stream connection and insert ads into the stream.
But even though frustrating, even though less than they could be, they do work. I can watch almost every current TV show I want, almost always within days of them airing, and I can watch them at a time and place of my choosing. It's the closest thing I've found to video on demand.
Note: These apps are for Canadian TV networks. If you're outside Canada, check your local App Store for your local networks. You might just be surprised what you find.
Free - Global Video - Download now
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Free - Citytv Video - Download now
I'm currently 32 weeks pregnant and one of my favorite companions this pregnancy (and my last pregnancy) is BabyBump for iPhone. It recently received a very significant upgrade that includes iPhone 5 support and a fully revamped UI.
BabyBump makes it easy to track your pregnancy, store photos, and learn about the current developmental stage your baby is at. Every week, there will be new information about your baby, body, and a list of activities that are good to prioritize for the week (like choosing a pediatrician, registering for the hospital, etc). In addition to the weekly updates, BabyBump also gives daily tips the address a wide variety of topics.
Some of the other highlights of BabyBump including a shopping section, groups, messages, baby names, kick and contraction counters, and a birth planning tool.
Seriously, if you are expecting, I highly recommend BabyBump. It's my favorite pregnancy app.
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