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using std::vector;

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

NgramLMBase::NgramLMBase(size_t order)
    : _pModel(new NgramModel(order)), _order(order),
      _probVectors(order + 1), _bowVectors(order + 1) {
}

void
NgramLMBase::LoadVocab(ZFile &vocabFile) {
    _pModel->LoadVocab(vocabFile);
}

void
NgramLMBase::SaveVocab(ZFile &vocabFile, bool asBinary) const {
    _pModel->SaveVocab(vocabFile, asBinary);
}

void
NgramLMBase::SaveLM(ZFile &lmFile, bool asBinary) const {
    if (asBinary) {
        WriteUInt64(lmFile, MITLMv1);
        Serialize(lmFile);
    } else
        _pModel->SaveLM(_probVectors, _bowVectors, lmFile);
}

void
NgramLMBase::Serialize(FILE *outFile) const {
    WriteHeader(outFile, "NgramLM");
    _pModel->Serialize(outFile);
    for (size_t o = 0; o <= order(); ++o)
        WriteVector(outFile, _probVectors[o]);
    for (size_t o = 0; o < order(); ++o)
        WriteVector(outFile, _bowVectors[o]);
}

void
NgramLMBase::Deserialize(FILE *inFile) {
    VerifyHeader(inFile, "NgramLM");
    _pModel->Deserialize(inFile);
    SetOrder(_pModel->size() - 1);
    for (size_t o = 0; o <= order(); ++o)
        ReadVector(inFile, _probVectors[o]);
    for (size_t o = 0; o < order(); ++o)
        ReadVector(inFile, _bowVectors[o]);
}

void
NgramLMBase::SetOrder(size_t order) {
    _pModel->SetOrder(order);
    _order = order;
    _probVectors.resize(order + 1);
    _bowVectors.resize(order);
}

Mask *
NgramLMBase::GetMask(vector<BitVector> &probMaskVectors,
                     vector<BitVector> &bowMaskVectors) const {
    return NULL;
}

bool
NgramLMBase::Estimate(const ParamVector &params, Mask *pMask) {
    return true;
}

void
NgramLMBase::SetModel(const SharedPtr<NgramModel> &m,
                      const VocabVector &vocabMap,
                      const vector<IndexVector> &ngramMap) {
    for (size_t o = 1; o <= _order; ++o) {
        size_t len = m->sizes(o);
        NgramModel::ApplySort(ngramMap[o], _probVectors[o], len, (Prob)0);
        if (o < _order)
            NgramModel::ApplySort(ngramMap[o], _bowVectors[o], len, (Prob)1);
    }
    _pModel = m;

    // Fill in missing probabilities with backoff values.
    for (size_t o = 1; o <= _order; ++o) {
        IndexVector        hists(this->hists(o));
        const IndexVector &backoffs(this->backoffs(o));
        const ProbVector & boProbs(_probVectors[o-1]);
        const ProbVector & bows(_bowVectors[o-1]);
        ProbVector &       probs(_probVectors[o]);
        MaskAssign(probs == 0, boProbs[backoffs] * bows[hists], probs);
        assert(!anyTrue(isnan(probs)));
        assert(!anyTrue(isnan(bows)));
    }
}

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

void
ArpaNgramLM::LoadLM(ZFile &lmFile) {
    if (ReadUInt64(lmFile) == MITLMv1) {
        Deserialize(lmFile);
    } else {
        lmFile.ReOpen();
        _pModel->LoadLM(_probVectors, _bowVectors, lmFile);
    }
}

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

// This is broken out to make initialization easier
void NgramLM::initializeReadVocabulary( const char *vocab, bool useUnknown ) {
    // Read vocabulary.
    if (useUnknown) {
        Logger::Log(1, "Replace unknown words with <unk>...\n");
        UseUnknown();
    }
    if (vocab) {
        Logger::Log(1, "Loading vocab %s...\n", vocab);
        ZFile vocabZFile(vocab);
        LoadVocab(vocabZFile);
    }
}

// This is broken out to make initialization easier

void
NgramLM::initializeRest(const char *vocab, bool useUnknown,
                        const char *counts,
                        const char *smoothingDesc, const char *featureDesc, string corpusFile) {

  if (counts) {
    vector<string> countsFiles;
    trim_split(countsFiles, counts, ',');
    for (size_t i = 0; i < countsFiles.size(); i++) {
      Logger::Log(1, "Loading counts %s...\n", countsFiles[i].c_str());
      ZFile countsZFile(ZFile(countsFiles[i].c_str()));
      LoadCounts(countsZFile);
      if (corpusFile.length() == 0) corpusFile = countsFiles[i].c_str();
    }
  }

    // Process n-gram weighting features.
    if (featureDesc) {
        vector<string> feats;
        trim_split(feats, featureDesc, ',');
        vector<vector<DoubleVector> > featureList(feats.size());
        for (size_t f = 0; f < feats.size(); ++f) {
            char feature[1024];
            sprintf(feature, feats[f].c_str(), GetBasename(corpusFile).c_str());
            Logger::Log(1, "Loading weight features %s...\n", feature);
            model().LoadComputedFeatures(featureList[f], feature);
        }
        SetWeighting(featureList);
    }

    // Set smoothing algorithms.
    vector<string> smoothings;
    trim_split(smoothings, smoothingDesc, ',');
    if (smoothings.size() != 1 && smoothings.size() != order()) {
        Logger::Error(1, "Inconsistent number of smoothing algorithms.\n");
        exit(1);
    }
    vector<SharedPtr<Smoothing> > smoothingAlgs(order() + 1);
    for (size_t o = 1; o <= order(); o++) {
        const char *smoothing = smoothings.size() == 1 ?
            smoothings[0].c_str() : smoothings[o-1].c_str();
        Logger::Log(1, "Smoothing[%i] = %s\n", o, smoothing);
        smoothingAlgs[o] = Smoothing::Create(smoothing);
        if (smoothingAlgs[o].get() == NULL) {
            Logger::Error(1, "Unknown smoothing %s.\n", smoothing);
            exit(1);
        }
    }
    Logger::Log(1, "Set smoothing algorithms...\n");
    SetSmoothingAlgs(smoothingAlgs);
}

void
NgramLM::Initialize(const char *vocab, bool useUnknown,
                    const char *text, const char *counts,
                    const char *smoothingDesc, const char *featureDesc) {
  initializeReadVocabulary( vocab, useUnknown );
  string corpusFile;
  if (text) {
    vector<string> textFiles;
    trim_split(textFiles, text, ',');
    for (size_t i = 0; i < textFiles.size(); i++) {
      Logger::Log(1, "Loading corpus %s...\n", textFiles[i].c_str());
      ZFile corpusZFile(ZFile(textFiles[i].c_str()));
      LoadCorpus(corpusZFile);
      if (corpusFile.length() == 0) corpusFile = textFiles[i].c_str();
    }
  }
  initializeRest( vocab, useUnknown, counts, smoothingDesc, featureDesc, corpusFile );

}
void
NgramLM::Initialize(const char *vocab, bool useUnknown,
                    ZFile & textCorpus, const char *counts,
                    const char *smoothingDesc, const char *featureDesc) {
  initializeReadVocabulary( vocab, useUnknown );

  string corpusFile;
  Logger::Log(1, "Loading cached corpus [%d] ...\n", textCorpus==NULL);
  LoadCorpus( textCorpus );
  Logger::Log(1, "Loaded cached corpus ...\n");

  initializeRest( vocab, useUnknown, counts, smoothingDesc, featureDesc, "cachedCorpus" );
  // Read language model input files.
  Logger::Log(1, "Done Initialize");

}

void
NgramLM::LoadCorpus(ZFile &corpusFile, bool reset) {
    _pModel->LoadCorpus(_countVectors, corpusFile, reset);
}

void
NgramLM::LoadCounts(ZFile &countsFile, bool reset) {
    if (ReadUInt64(countsFile) == MITLMv1) {
        if (!reset)
            throw std::runtime_error("Not implemented yet.");
        VerifyHeader(countsFile, "NgramCounts");
        _pModel->Deserialize(countsFile);
        SetOrder(_pModel->size() - 1);
        for (size_t o = 0; o <= order(); ++o)
            ReadVector(countsFile, _countVectors[o]);
    } else {
        countsFile.ReOpen();
        _pModel->LoadCounts(_countVectors, countsFile, reset);
    }
}

void
NgramLM::SaveCounts(ZFile &countsFile, bool asBinary) const {
    if (asBinary) {
        WriteUInt64(countsFile, MITLMv1);
        WriteHeader(countsFile, "NgramCounts");
        _pModel->Serialize(countsFile);
        for (size_t o = 0; o <= order(); ++o)
            WriteVector(countsFile, _countVectors[o]);
    } else {
        _pModel->SaveCounts(_countVectors, countsFile);
    }
}

void
NgramLM::SaveEffCounts(ZFile &countsFile, bool asBinary) const {
    vector<CountVector> effCountVectors(_order + 1);
    for (size_t o = 1; o <= _order; ++o) {
        effCountVectors[o].reset(sizes(o), 0);
        const Smoothing *smoothing = (const Smoothing *)_smoothings[o];
        effCountVectors[o].attach(smoothing->effCounts());
    }
    if (asBinary) {
        WriteUInt64(countsFile, MITLMv1);
        WriteHeader(countsFile, "NgramCounts");
        _pModel->Serialize(countsFile);
        for (size_t o = 0; o <= order(); ++o)
            WriteVector(countsFile, effCountVectors[o]);
    } else {
        _pModel->SaveCounts(effCountVectors, countsFile);
    }
}

void
NgramLM::SetSmoothingAlgs(const vector<SharedPtr<Smoothing> > &smoothings) {
    assert(smoothings.size() == _order + 1);
    _smoothings = smoothings;
    for (size_t o = 1; o <= _order; ++o) {
        assert(_smoothings[o]);
        _smoothings[o]->Initialize(this, o);
    }

    // Allocate and initialize variables.
    Logger::Log(1, "Allocate and init smoothing\n");

    for (size_t o = 0; o < _order; ++o) {
        size_t len = _pModel->sizes(o);
        _probVectors[o].reset(len);
        _bowVectors[o].reset(len);
    }
    _probVectors[_order].reset(_pModel->sizes(_order));

    // Compute 0th order probability.
    Logger::Log(1, "Compute 0th order\n");
    if (vocab().IsFixedVocab())
        _probVectors[0][0] = Prob(1.0 / sizes(1));
    else
        _probVectors[0][0] = Prob(1.0 / sum(_countVectors[1] > 0));

    // Compute default parameters.
    Logger::Log(1, "Compute Default Parameters\n");
    _paramStarts.reset(_order + 2);
    VectorBuilder<Param> builder;
    for (size_t o = 1; o <= _order; ++o) {
        _paramStarts[o] = builder.length();
        builder.append(_smoothings[o]->defParams());
    }
    _paramStarts[_order + 1] = builder.length();
    _defParams = builder;
    Logger::Log(1, "Done Smoothing\n");

}

void
NgramLM::SetWeighting(const vector<FeatureVectors> &featureList) {
    // NOTE: Remap featureList[f][o] to _featureList[o][f].
    if (featureList.size() > 0) _featureList.resize(featureList[0].size());
    for (size_t o = 0; o < _featureList.size(); ++o) {
        _featureList[o].resize(featureList.size());
        for (size_t f = 0; f < featureList.size(); ++f) {
            assert(featureList[f].size() == _featureList.size());
            _featureList[o][f].attach(featureList[f][o]);
        }
    }
}

void
NgramLM::SetOrder(size_t order) {
    NgramLMBase::SetOrder(order);
    _countVectors.resize(order + 1);
    _featureList.resize(order + 1);
}

Mask *
NgramLM::GetMask(vector<BitVector> &probMaskVectors,
                 vector<BitVector> &bowMaskVectors) const {
    // Copy prob and bow masks.
    NgramLMMask *pMask = new NgramLMMask();
    pMask->ProbMaskVectors = probMaskVectors;
    pMask->BowMaskVectors  = bowMaskVectors;

    // Let each smoothing algorithm update filter (in reverse).
    pMask->SmoothingMasks.resize(_order + 1);
    for (size_t o = _order; o > 0; o--)
        _smoothings[o]->UpdateMask(*pMask);
    return pMask;
}

bool
NgramLM::Estimate(const ParamVector &params, Mask *pMask) {
    NgramLMMask *pNgramLMMask = (NgramLMMask *)pMask;
    for (size_t o = 1; o <= _order; o++) {
        Range r(_paramStarts[o], _paramStarts[o+1]);
        if (!_smoothings[o]->Estimate(params[r], pNgramLMMask,
                                      _probVectors[o], _bowVectors[o-1]))
            return false;
    }
    return true;
}

void
NgramLM::SetModel(const SharedPtr<NgramModel> &m,
                  const VocabVector &vocabMap,
                  const vector<IndexVector> &ngramMap) {
    _pModel = m;
    for (size_t o = 1; o <= _order; ++o) {
        size_t len = m->sizes(o);
        NgramModel::ApplySort(ngramMap[o], _countVectors[o], len, 0);
        for (size_t f = 0; f < _featureList[o].size(); ++f)
            NgramModel::ApplySort(ngramMap[o], _featureList[o][f], len, 0.0);
    }
    SetSmoothingAlgs(_smoothings);
}

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Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday that the trade exchange between his country and Slovenia rose from 571 million to 1.3 billion Euros in the last ten years, what, as he put it, showed the relations between the countries were significantly better, the Beta news agency reported.
Borut Pahor, the President of Slovenia, is in Belgrade for a two-day visit to discuss bilateral relations, the situation in the region and Serbia's European path with Vucic.
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"I would not exclude that, but would be extremely cautious," he said.
Pahor added he did not think that Serbia was in any political crisis due to the anti-government protests across the country, but that he would not interfere into domestic politics.
"We look at Slovenia as an honest friend, we are building good relations of mutual respect, and I believe those links could improve further," Vucic told reporters.
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"I believe we will have Slovenia's support in searching for a possible solution (concerning Kosovo)," Vucic said, adding any solution was far away right now due to Pristina's 100 percent import tariffs on goods from Serbia and Bosnia introduced last November.
Pahor is due also to address Serbia's Parliament and attend a meeting of the Serbia – Slovenia Economic Forum.
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Q: delegates across different machines it seems like it should be dead easy, but i couldn't find anything in google on it:
I have a video store server, and it has multiple client applications, installed on users' machines, communicating via (let's say) web services.
When a DVD is returned, I'd like to be able to notify useres that have been waiting for that DVD.
When dealing with a single application, then that's no problem using delegates.
my question is- can this approach work with remote clients as well?

A: You can use a duplex WCF service for that.
But if it really is a DVD handling service where the user doesn't need to be notified immediately, I would recommend a solution where the users' clients poll the server every say 10 minutes. It is far more simple to implement.

A: Yes - you can use .NET remoting.  See this article for a simple example:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/remotingandevents.aspx

A: If you want to have a client application that will provide a delegate that people can wire up to, then yes.   You would use .net remoting for that.
I used this example: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/DotNetRemotingEventsExpl.aspx
Basically what you are going to do, is to expose a remoting server that publishes a known object.  The trick with events, is that the server has to know about the type that the client is wiring the event handlers to. So what you do in that case is that you also provide an abstract class as an event sink.
Basically that class will look something like this:
public abstract class MyEventSinkClass : MarshalByRefObject
{
   public abstract void MyAbstractEventHandler(string arg1, string arg2);

   public void MyEventHandler(string arg1, string arg2)
   {
       MyAbstractEventHandler(arg1,arg2);
   }
}

Then on the client side they would create a class, and inherit from MyEventSinkClass.  They put their logic for handling the event in the override for MyAbstractEventHandler.  When they wire up the instance that they are using remoting for, instead of wiring like you normally would, they need to wire to their instance of the class that inherits MyEventSinkClass to the MyEventHandler Method.  Then when the event fires, it will eventually call into the overriden method and execute their code.
You can find the details of how to setup a remoting server and client in the link I gave, it isn't difficult.

A: If you don't want to invent the wheel, Use a Message Queuing tool.
Then, when a dvd is return you post a message on some queue. The users are registering to the queues of the DVDs they are interesting in.
Then the communication is persistent and async. the users are getting notifications even if they are offline (they'll get it once they connect and poll the queue)

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Mexican action star Rene "El Bravo" Tellez Giron will meet Puerto Rican upstart Luis Melendez in a 10-round junior lightweight showdown Saturday, Jan. 29 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.
Giron-Melendez will serve as the co-feature to the 10-round WBC junior lightweight title eliminator between former title challenger Robson Conceição and undefeated contender Xavier Martinez. Both bouts will air live on ESPN & ESPN Deportes (simulcast on ESPN+) at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
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Giron (16-1, 10 KOs), a 22-year-old rising star from Queretaro, Mexico, emerged from relative obscurity with his December 2019 knockout victory over then-unbeaten 2016 U.S. Olympian Karlos Balderas. He has won two fights since the Balderas triumph, including a seventh-round knockout over Eduardo Garza last September on the Oscar Valdez-Conceição undercard in Tucson, Arizona. Melendez (17-1, 13 KOs), winner of 15 straight fights since a controversial split decision loss, had a busy 2021. He picked up seven victories in three months in Colombia, then returned to the States with a flourish. Melendez won an eight-round decision over Thomas Mattice at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas last November, a career-best victory that earned him the co-feature slot against Giron.
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"The Real Mainstay Of The Future Roberts Court": Samuel Alito, More Than Just A Face In The Conservative Crowd
In an important piece today that's worth reading and remembering, the New York Times' Linda Greenhouse profiles Samuel Alito–beginning his tenth year on the Supreme Court–as the true conservative titan of the U.S. Supreme Court, more so than the unreliable Roberts and Kennedy, the erratic Scalia or the eccentric Thomas.
[T]o the political right, and to a degree that has escaped general attention, Sam Alito is much more than just a face in the conservative crowd. He's something special. He is a rock star — and not only for his headline appearances at gatherings of the conservative Federalist Society. He is the redemption of the promise that failed a quarter-century ago, when John H. Sununu, chief of staff to President George H.W. Bush, assured worried conservatives that the president had selected a hole-in-one Supreme Court nominee: David H. Souter.
Greenhouse does well to remind us of the Souter nomination, a grievous "stab in the back" to conservatives for which the Bush family has been doing penance ever since.
In the November issue of the religious journal First Things, Prof. Michael Stokes Paulsen, describing Justice Alito as the "man of the hour," accurately labeled him "the most consistent, solid, successful conservative on the court," adding: "There are louder talkers, flashier stylists, wittier wits, more-poisonous pens, but no one with a more level and solid swing than Justice Samuel Alito…."
He delivers: not only in the big cases, like Hobby Lobby last June, in which he wrote the majority opinion upholding the right of a corporation's religious owners to an exemption from the federal mandate to include contraception coverage in their employee health plan, but also in less visible moves that don't get much public attention but that speak powerfully to the base.
It sounds discordant to suggest that a Supreme Court justice has a base, but Sam Alito has one. One of several recent hagiographic articles in the right-wing press was one in the American Spectator back in May, describing Samuel Alito as "one of the noblest men in American public life today."
Greenhouse goes on at some length to document Alito's ideological consistency, and also his strategic savvy, particularly in signaling which kind of cases might offer the conservative bloc on the Court to undo some key progressive precedents. Indeed, the more you read about Alito, the more you can see him becoming the fulcrum of a future Roberts Court that's been supplemented by another conservative appointment or two from a Republican president. He's only 64, a relative youngster in the SCOTUS context. So he's biding his time until the Court has been turned crucially in his direction. It's all a bit chilling.
By: Ed Kilgore, Contributing Writer, Political Animal Blog, The Washington Monthly, January 9, 2015
January 12, 2015 - Posted by	raemd95 | Conservatives, Samuel Alito, U. S. Supreme Court	| David Souter, George H. W. Bush, Hobby Lobby, Republicans, Roberts Court, SCOTUS


There's no shortage of movies set in hotels. From 1932's Grand Hotel all the way up to this week's Hotel Artemis, the setting has been a ripe source for drama, comedy, violence, and everything in between. Bad Times At The El Royale looks to provide with you all of the above, and then a little more for good measure.
Sure, there are a lot of big names involved with this project. Chris Hemsworth, Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson, Jeff Bridges, Nick Offerman, and more all play roles in the film, which takes place in the title location, a run-down way station in Lake Tahoe that's half in California and half in Nevada. Each of its guests comes with secrets, and over the course of one very unusual evening, everything goes a little bananas. The trailer is sleek and appealing, promising mystery, mayhem, and Hamm doing what appears to be a daffy turn as a wannabe-slick hotelier. There also seems to be a dark side to the El Royale, with the implication of one-way mirrors, hidden passages, and a few of the guests engaged in some very illegal activities.
All of those mysteries and dark machinations are areas of expertise for writer-director Drew Goddard, helming the follow-up feature to his cinematic debut The Cabin In The Woods. That gleeful exercise in horror deconstruction and an unstable situation exploding in the most impressive possible way should prove excellent prep work for this film's noir-meets-insanity vibe. Now that we have a strong trailer to back up the promise of all that talent behind and in front of the camera, this just entered the ranks of our most anticipated films of the year. Bad Times At The El Royale comes out October 5, 2018.


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Q: Can the magnetic field of the earth be utilized in a manmade craft? What if there was a magnetic ring around the craft on a gimbal that could freely rotate from positive to negative, then could the craft utilize the magnetic field of the earth without flipping the craft? The actual craft could be in the center as long as the ring was long enough to rotate around the center compartment.?

A: In short the answer is theoretically yes,practically no. You should refer to newton's bullet diagram,which explains about the necessity for a certain velocity to keep rotating in earth's orbit and today spacecrafts use it for revolving around earth at an altitude where air resistance is almost zero and that 'weak force' is enough to drive the satellite around the earth. You are probably imaging a magnetic path around the earth which absolutely is but is too weak to be of any significant use,plus high air resistance makes the idea worthless, but it is theoretically possible.


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Baroness Rebuck to receive The London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award 2016
9th March 2016 11th October 2016
London, Wednesday 9 March 2016: The London Book Fair will present the LBF Lifetime Achievement Award 2016 to Gail, Baroness Rebuck, DBE, Chair of Penguin Random House, UK.
Gail Rebuck is a towering figure of British and international publishing, who has contributed much to the industry both as a business leader and through her passionate support for reading and literacy. As Chair and Chief Executive of Random House UK for over 20 years, Gail Rebuck built a formidable international publishing house with a hugely influential and successful author list. Together, authors published by Random House have included numerous international and UK bestsellers and have been awarded 32 Nobel Prizes, 18 Booker Prizes and more than 100 Pulitzer Prizes.
Gail Rebuck remains an influential figure within the publishing industry, as Chair of Penguin Random House UK, and she also provides an important voice speaking on behalf of arts, culture and education in the House of Lords, since she joined in 2014.
She has been a driving force and tireless ambassador behind many of the most influential reading and book campaigns in the UK; from foundation of World Book Day Charity in 1998, as Chair of Quick Reads adult literacy, to helping create Books Are My Bag, the recent campaign to promote bookshops.
Gail was awarded a CBE in 2000, voted Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year in April 2009 and awarded a DBE in the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours list.
Gail, Baroness Rebuck, DBE, said: "I am so thrilled to receive this award which is such an honour as it comes from the industry I have loved for nearly 40 years. I humbly follow in the footsteps of many friends and colleagues, including inspirational publisher Sonny Mehta and much missed agent Deborah Rogers.
Being a publisher has never simply been a job for me but a passionate vocation. It has been a privilege to work with many of the most talented publishing teams in the industry and there can be no job in the world to match the excitement of being one of the first to read a great author's new work, discover a new voice or be stimulated by a new idea. Curiosity and a love of books drive everyone in this industry. It is all about the authors.
This year the LBF have put story-telling at the heart of their activities and, as publishers, we need to continue to campaign for the importance and creativity of telling stories but also for 100% literacy to ensure that the truly transformative power of books is available to all."
Robert Harris, author, said: "Gail is a unique combination: she has helped shape British publishing at the highest level for almost a quarter of a century, yet has never lost her passionate enthusiasm for individual books, or ceased to care about her authors. Over the years, many of us have become her good friends, and I am proud and delighted to salute her on behalf of all the writers she has published so brilliantly."
Ed Victor, Ed Victor Literary Agency, said: "In American football, a player who can run, pass and kick is known as a "Triple Threat". Gail Rebuck is a Triple Threat in publishing terms because she can edit, publish and manage — all with consummate skill and grace. Such a well-deserved award!"
Tim Godfray, Chief Executive of the Booksellers Association said: "The Lifetime Achievement Award is richly deserved. Gail is unbelievably busy, and yet she still gives her time to industry initiatives that promote books and encourage reading, like Books Are My Bag and Quick Reads".
David Roche, Non-Executive Chair of The London Book Fair Advisory Group said: "Gail Rebuck is a once in a generation publishing giant – a force of nature who has driven herself, her publishing companies and her authors to enormous global success. With her involvement in World Book Day, Quick Reads and the National Literacy Trust, Gail has always been a passionate leader and advocate for literacy for all. I am delighted that London Book Fair can recognize the breadth and distinction of her contribution with this Lifetime Achievement Award."
The London Book Fair's Advisory Board, under the chairmanship of David Roche, Non-Executive Chair, The London Book Fair, voted for Gail Rebuck from a shortlist of international publishing figures.
The Lifetime Achievement Award recognises an individual who has made a truly significant mark in the sphere of global publishing. It is open to publishers, agents, editors, scouts and anyone else involved in international publishing from any country in the world. Last year the award was presented to Peter Usborne. Previous recipients include Deborah Rogers of Rogers, Coleridge & White, Sonny Mehta of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., Lord Weidenfeld, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Christopher MacLehose, now of MacLehose Press, John Lyon of Little, Brown (posthumously), Lynette Owen of Pearson Education, Peter Mayer of The Overlook Press/ Duckworth Publishers, Drenka Willen, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Antoine Gallimard, Éditions Gallimard, Jorge Herralde of Editorial Anagrama and Michael Krüger of Hanser Verlag.
The Lifetime Achievement Award in International Publishing will be presented at the International Excellence Awards, an invitation-only event on Tuesday 12 April 2016, 6.30pm in The Conference Centre, Olympia, London.
Media enquiries: Please contact Dani Freeman or Edwina Boyd-Gibbins at Midas PR, Tel: 020 7361 7860,
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THE LONDON BOOK FAIR, OLYMPIA, LONDON:
Tuesday 12 -Thursday 14 April 2016
THE LONDON BOOK FAIR (LBF)
The London Book Fair (LBF) is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. Taking place every spring in the world's premier publishing and cultural capital, it is a unique opportunity to explore, understand and capitalise on the innovations shaping the publishing world of the future. LBF brings you direct access to customers, content and emerging markets. LBF 2016, the 45th Fair, will take place from Tuesday 12-Thursday 14 April 2016, Olympia London. LBF's London Book and Screen Week will run for the third year, with the book fair as the pivotal three day event within a seven day programme. London Book and Screen Week will begin on Monday 11 April. For further information, please visit: www.londonbookfair.co.uk
THE LONDON BOOK FAIR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING
The London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award in International Publishing celebrates an individual's career dedication to breaking down borders in international publishing. Anyone involved in international publishing, from any country in the world, can be nominated. The award is judged by The London Book Fair Advisory Board, made up of senior figures in the international publishing industry.
PREVIOUS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS: 2015 – Peter Usborne, Usborne, UK
2014 – Deborah Rogers, Rogers, Coleridge & White, UK
2013 – Michael Krüger, Hanser Verlag, Germany
2012 – Jorge Herralde, Editions Anagrama, Spain
2011 – Sonny Mehta, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., US
2010 – Antoine Gallimard, Éditions Gallimard, France
2009 – Drenka Willen, Harcourt, USA
2008 – Peter Mayer, Overlook Press and Duckworth, UK & USA
2007 – Lord Weidenfeld, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, UK
2006 – Christopher MacLehose, MacLehose Press, UK
2005 – Lynette Owen, Pearson Education, UK
2004 – John Lyons, Little,Brown, UK & USA
About Gail Rebuck
Baroness Rebuck, DBE is Chair of Penguin Random House, UK, and sits on the company's Global Board of Representatives. She also sits on the Group Management Committee of the Board of Bertelsmann, the majority owner. Prior to this, from 1991-2013, she was Chair and Chief Executive of The Random House Group, one of the UK's largest trade publishers with subsidiary companies in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India.
Born in London Gail Rebuck was educated at the Lycée Français de Londres and took a degree in Intellectual History at the University of Sussex in 1974. She has a diploma from The Wharton Business School, honorary doctorates from the Universities of Sussex, Exeter and Oxford Brookes and she is an Honorary Fellow of the London Business School.
She started her publishing career as a Production Assistant, moving on to become an Editor and in 1979 joining the Hamlyn Group as non-fiction Publisher to launch a new mass-market paperback list.
In 1982 she became a founder director, of Century Publishing and as a Publishing Director of their non-fiction list was instrumental in the rapid growth of the company. Century merged with Hutchinson in 1985 and was acquired in 1989 by Random House Inc. In 1991, Gail was appointed Chair and Chief Executive of Random House UK with overall responsibility for the publishing company, its distribution centres and overseas subsidiaries in Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa.
In 1998, Random House was acquired by the Bertelsmann international media group, uniting all the Random House imprints with those of Transworld Publishers to create The Random House Group Ltd with Gail as Chair and Chief Executive.
Gail was a member of COPUS 1995-97, on the Creative Industries Task Force, chaired by Chris Smith, 1997-2000; a Trustee of the Institute for Public Policy Research 1993-2003; on the Advisory Board of the Cambridge Judge Institute 2004-2008; Non-Executive Director of the Work Foundation 2001-2009 and head of their Nominations Committee; member of the Government Panel for Fair Access to the Professions 2010; Director of Skillset 2009-2011 and currently a Patron.
Gail was a Non-Executive Director of BSkyB from 2002-2012 and a member of the Audit Committee for 10 years. She chaired BskyB's The Bigger Picture Committee. Gail is currently a Non-Executive Director of Koovs Plc, a fashion etailer aimed at the Indian market, Belmond Ltd., the hotel group and Guardian Media Group.
Gail also chairs the Council of the Royal College of Art (Trustee 1999 – 2014 and Chair from 2015); the Cheltenham Literature Festival (2013-;) and sits on the Board of Cheltenham Festivals; she is a former Trustee of the National Literacy Trust (2007-2014, now patron;). She chairs the Quick Reads adult literacy initiative (2006-;), part of the Reading Agency and founded the World Book Day Charity in 1998 on behalf of the Publishing industry.
Gail was awarded a CBE in 2000, voted Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year in April 2009 and awarded a DBE in the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours list. She was appointed to the House of Lords in 2014.
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Substitution and pooling in crowding
Jeremy Freeman, Ramakrishna Chakravarthi, Denis G. Pelli
Unless we fixate directly on it, it is hard to see an object among other objects. This breakdown in object recognition, called crowding, severely limits peripheral vision. The effect is more severe when objects are more similar. When observers mistake the identity of a target among flanker objects, they often report a flanker. Many have taken these flanker reports as evidence of internal substitution of the target by a flanker. Here, we ask observers to identify a target letter presented in between one similar and one dissimilar flanker letter. Simple substitution takes in only one letter, which is often the target but, by unwitting mistake, is sometimes a flanker. The opposite of substitution is pooling, which takes in more than one letter. Having taken only one letter, the substitution process knows only its identity, not its similarity to the target. Thus, it must report similar and dissimilar flankers equally often. Contrary to this prediction, the similar flanker is reported much more often than the dissimilar flanker, showing that rampant flanker substitution cannot account for most flanker reports. Mixture modeling shows that simple substitution can account for, at most, about half the trials. Pooling and nonpooling (simple substitution) together include all possible models of crowding. When observers are asked to identify a crowded object, at least half of their reports are pooled, based on a combination of information from target and flankers, rather than being based on a single letter.
Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics
Mixture modeling
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Freeman, J., Chakravarthi, R., & Pelli, D. G. (2012). Substitution and pooling in crowding. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 74(2), 379-396. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-011-0229-0
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In: Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, Vol. 74, No. 2, 02.2012, p. 379-396.
Freeman, J, Chakravarthi, R & Pelli, DG 2012, 'Substitution and pooling in crowding', Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 379-396. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-011-0229-0
Freeman J, Chakravarthi R, Pelli DG. Substitution and pooling in crowding. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics. 2012 Feb;74(2):379-396. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-011-0229-0
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"Online Home Cash", by Bobbie Robinson and found at onlinehomecash.com, is a new twist on the swindle known as the link posting scam.
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The Taiwanese courts have handed down a death sentence to a man found guilty of the murder of a four year old child, whose care was entrusted to the man and his mother. A court in New Taipei City sentenced Zhuang Chia-yi to death for the murder of a four year old girl who was the daughter of a woman that had been cohabitating with Zhuang and his mother. The mother received a sentence of life imprisonment.
The girl's mother, surnamed Qiu, was involved in drug use and sent to jail in October 2017. She entrusted Zhuang, with whom she was cohabitating, and his family with the care of her young daughter.


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Man sells women's plea shirts on video
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A Seattle woman who allegedly used a racial slur defended herself by yelling and saying "I have a black husband" in a video that has gone viral. The man who accused the woman of calling it a racial slur announced "Karen" shirts citing the video in a matter of hours.
Karlos Dillard shared a video of the incident on his Instagram and Twitter and said he was driving when the woman cut him off. She allegedly turned it off and called it the n word, before following him in her car.
There was no evidence that the woman used the racial slur, and the man's Twitter feed contains at least one other video accusing a woman of callous behavior. Her Instagram announces T-shirts printed with the cry of the distressed woman.
In the video, Dillard follows her home to confront her and says, "Karen, you won't sit there and kick me out."
She gets out of her car and says, "I have a black husband," "You are totally calling me for something I am not," and "You are attacking me."
As Dillard shows his badge and the apartment building on camera, he bends down to hide his badge while crying.
There is no video of the woman using the racial slur. She later apologizes to Dillard for interrupting her, but says she didn't turn her down. Passers-by in the video also said they witnessed her interrupting him, though Dillard also mentions that he may have indicated it too late.
Dillard tells passers-by several times that the woman called him the n-word, but when he confronts the woman, he only accuses her of cutting him off.
In this photo illustration, the logos of the messaging apps, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and Facebook are shown on the screen of an Apple iPhone on March 15, 2019 in Paris, France. A woman accused of using a racial slur has gone viral due to her reaction to being called Karen.
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According to a passerby who saw the incident, the crying woman said, "Do you know how many Black Lives Matter marches I have been to?" to which the passerby says: "That does not matter if this is how you act when you are alone."
After Dillard saves his phone but continues to record audio, the accused woman apologizes and says, "My heart is about this movement" and "My heart is breaking right now because you don't know how much I love humanity."
Then he says, "You are not going to be on Instagram, I am not going to ruin your life."
The video has more than 120,000 views on Dillard's Instagram account and a shorter clip of the incident has more than 2 million views on Twitter at the time of writing.
Another video on Dillard's Twitter page sees him accuse an Asian woman of being racist for asking to see his phone to prove he's a delivery driver when picking up an order from Postmates.
Similar to the last viral video, he confronts the woman for saying the word "whatever" and says she is racist for asking to see her phone. She also tells restaurant workers that they will be on the news.
However, he tells people outside the restaurant that she said "whatever" and used a racial slur, despite failing to confront restaurant workers for the racial slur.
About an hour after sharing the latest viral video on his Instagram, Dillard announced three T-shirts with quotes from the video on his Instagram account.
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FGMK Tax Alert – The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
Posted by : Daniel F. Laughlin on : August 10, 2022 | 3:41 pm
On Sunday, August 7, 2022, the United States Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the "Act") in a 51 - 50 vote with Vice President Harris providing the tie-breaking vote. The House of Representatives subsequently passed the legislation on Friday, August 12, 2022 in a 220-207 vote, with no Republicans joining Democrats in supporting the Act. The President signed the legislation into law on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. The Act allows Medicare to negotiate prescription drug pricing and extends health insurance premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. This FGMK Tax Alert provides a summary of some of the key tax provisions in legislation.
Tax Items Not in the Legislation
While the Act contains several tax provisions, it does not include many of the provisions that appeared in recent legislative proposals. The Act does not modify existing individual and corporate income tax rates. It also does not make any changes to the net investment income tax or self-employment tax. Further, it does not include any modifications to trust and estate tax provisions. Notably, the Act also does not change the current $10,000 limit on the state and local tax deduction for individual income taxpayers, which applies through 2025.
The Act also does not include any changes to the taxation of carried interests. While an initial draft of the Act contained modifications to Internal Revenue Code Section 1061, which governs the taxation of certain carried interests defined as applicable partnership interests, the proposed changes were removed from the final version of the Act.
Key Corporate Provisions in the Act
The Act reintroduces a minimum tax for C corporations (not applicable to S corporations, REITs, or RICs) by applying a 15% tax rate to adjusted financial statement income. This applies to those companies with adjusted financial statement income over $1 billion (based on prior 3-taxable year average). The tax also applies to U.S. entities with adjusted financial statement income in excess of $100 million (based on prior 3-taxable year average) if the entity is part of foreign-parented multinational group where such group has global book income of $1 billion or more. Aggregation rules apply in determining whether these thresholds are met. The final version of the Act does provide for accelerated depreciation and expensing in the computation of adjusted financial statement income. The tax applies to tax years beginning after December 31, 2022.
In lieu of the initial proposed changes to Section 1061, the final version of the Act includes a new 1% excise tax on the fair market value of stock repurchased by a domestic corporation whose stock is traded on an established securities market. The tax, which applies to stock repurchased after December 31, 2022, is not deductible. However, the tax does not apply in the following situations:
Stock repurchased as a part of a corporate reorganization where no gain or loss is recognized by the taxpayer on the stock repurchase;
Repurchased stock (or an amount equal to such repurchased stock) contributed to an employer-sponsored retirement plan;
Repurchase by a RIC or REIT;
Repurchase by a dealer in securities in ordinary course of business;
Any case in which total value of stock repurchased during taxable year does not exceed $1,000,000; and
To the extent that the repurchase constitutes a dividend.
Energy Related Tax Incentives
The Act includes the extension and modification of several existing energy-related incentives and introduces new energy-related credits. The following provides an overview of some of the changes provided in the legislation.
Section 179D Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction
Modifies the maximum deduction computation by replacing the statutory $1.80 per square foot as adjusted for inflation (currently $1.88) with an applicable dollar value per square foot. The applicable dollar value equates to $0.50 with a sliding scale up to $1.00. However, the applicable dollar value may increase to $2.50 (with a sliding scale up to $5.00) if certain wage and apprenticeship requirements are met.
Eliminates the partial allowance deduction currently available for interior lighting systems, HVAC and hot water systems, and building envelope.
Adds a new alternative deduction for energy efficient building retrofit property.
Reduces the reference period for determination of reduction of the deduction for prior tax year deductions with respect to the building from all prior taxable years to the three taxable years immediately preceding the tax year (four years if deduction allocated to a designer).
Modifies the efficiency standard required for deduction benefits by decreasing the requirement for reduction of annual energy and power costs from 50% to 25%.
Expands the opportunity for the allocation of the deduction to designers from building property installed on property owned by a federal, state, or local government to such property owned by tax-exempt entities.
Clean Vehicle Credits
The Act amends the credit currently available under Section 30D for the purchase of a new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle. The legislation, which relabels the credit as a clean vehicle credit, still provides up to $7,500 of potential credit for the purchase of a qualified vehicle, but it establishes new requirements for the credit. The maximum credit amount consists of $3,750 if the vehicle meets certain requirements as to the percentage of the value of certain critical minerals contained in the vehicle's battery (percentage increases from 40% if vehicle placed in service before January 1, 2024 to 80% if placed in service after December 31, 2026) and another $3,750 if the vehicle meets certain requirements as to the percentage of the value of the components contained in the battery that are produced in North America as exceeds an applicable percentage (increasing from 50% if vehicle placed in service before January 1, 2024 to 100% if placed in service after December 31, 2028).
The credit is not available if modified adjusted gross income ("MAGI") exceeds certain thresholds. The limitation applies to extent that the lesser of the MAGI for the taxable year or the MAGI for the preceding taxable year exceeds the threshold amount of:
$300,000 if married filing jointly (or surviving spouse);
$225,000 if head of household; and
$150,000 in all other cases.
The credit is not available where the manufacturer's suggested retail price exceeds defined thresholds ($80,000 for vans, SUVs, and pick-up trucks; $55,000 for all other vehicles).
The credit is available for vehicles purchased through December 31, 2032.
In providing this extension, the legislation eliminates the current phase-out that occurs once a manufacturer's vehicle surpasses the 200,000-limitation for vehicles sold for use in the United States. However, while the elimination of the limitation benefits certain automotive manufacturers that have already passed the limitation, e.g., Tesla, the new critical mineral and North American production requirements present significant challenges for all automotive manufacturers. Following the release of the initial version of the legislation, automotive manufacturers lobbied for changes to the provision noting that it may take a couple of years to produce vehicles that can meet the credit requirements. Despite the lobbying effort, the Act passed without any modification to the proposed changes to Section 30D.
The Act also introduces a new tax credit through December 31, 2032 (under new Section 25E) that provides a tax credit equal to the lesser of $4,000 or 30% of the sale price to a qualified buyer who places a previously-owned clean vehicle in service during the taxable year. The vehicle would have to be purchased from a dealer for a sales price that does not exceed $25,000 and would need to meet several of the requirements under the amended Section 30D, as well as constitute a model that is at least two years earlier than the calendar year of acquisition. Further, the credit is only available to taxpayers with MAGI that equates to 50% of the MAGI thresholds listed above for the Section 30D credit.
Both the modified Section 30D credit and new Section 25E credit allow for the transferability of the respective tax credit to the selling dealer. The payment or credit resulting from the transfer would not be included in the buyer's income, and the dealer would not receive a tax deduction.
In addition to the above tax credits available to individuals, the Act also includes a new general business credit for qualified commercial clean vehicles under new Section 45W (again through December 31, 2032). The credit equates to the lesser of 15% of the basis of such vehicle (30% if the vehicle is not powered by a gasoline or diesel internal combustion engine) or an amount equal to the excess of the purchase price of such vehicle over the purchase price of a comparable vehicle which is defined as a vehicle powered solely by a gasoline or diesel internal combustion engine and which is a comparable size. The credit for any vehicle cannot exceed $7,500 if the vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rate of less than 14,000 pounds, or $40,000 in the vehicle exceeds such weight. To qualify, the vehicle would have to meet certain requirements, such as being manufactured for use on public streets, roads, and highways or constitute mobile machinery as defined by the tax code, as well as meet certain energy requirements (e.g., vehicle propelled by an electric motor which draws electricity from a battery which has capacity of not less than 15 kilowatt hours and is capable of recharge from an external source of electricity).
Additional Energy Incentives
The Act modifies and extends several energy production and energy investment incentives under Section 45 and Section 48, respectively, as well as creates new tax credits. Among the tax incentives that are extended and expanded are the following (not an exhaustive list):
Individual tax credits under Section 25C and Section 25D that provide incentives for energy efficiency improvements;
Section 45L new energy efficient home credit;
Section 45Q credit for carbon oxide sequestration; and
Section 48C advanced energy project credit.
For certain energy-related credits, the Act also provides for transferability of credits as provided by new Section 6418. Specifically, the following credits are transferable (NOTE: For certain taxpayers, e.g., tax-exempt entities, the below credits, as well as the above-mentioned Section 45W credit, are also be eligible for direct payment from the government under new Section 6417):
Section 30C alternative fuel vehicle refueling property;
Section 45(a) renewable electricity production credit;
Section 45Q carbon oxide sequestration credit;
Section 45U zero—emission nuclear power production credit;
Section 45V production of clean hydrogen credit;
Section 45X advanced manufacturing production credit;
Section 45Y clean electricity production credit;
Section 45Z clean fuel production credit;
Section 48 energy credit;
Section 48C advanced energy project credit;
Section 48E clean electricity investment credit.
For those taxpayers who make capital investments in partnership entities in exchange for the receipt of energy-related tax credits, the ability to purchase tax credits (likely at a discount) may provide an alternative investment option.
Additional Tax Items of Note
The Act extends the excess business loss limitation under Section 461(l) through 2028. The extension of the limitation, which was set to expire at the end of 2026, resulted from last minute amendments to the legislation that eliminated a provision that would have exposed smaller portfolio companies to the 15% minimum tax on C corporations. However, some debate remains in the tax community as to whether the amendment completely insulates such portfolio companies from the tax.
The legislation also doubles the amount of the research and development tax credit that can be used against payroll tax liability by a qualified small business, increasing from $250,000 to $500,000 for tax years beginning after December 31, 2022. However, the legislation does not include any modification or delay to the new amortization requirement under Section 174 for research and experimentation expenditures, which includes any amounts paid or incurred in connection with the development of software. This provision, which requires amortization of such expenditures over five years for domestic activities and over 15 years for foreign activities beginning with the midpoint of the taxable year in which the expenditure is paid or incurred, took effect as of January 1, 2022, as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Republicans and Democrats have expressed support for the retroactive delay or elimination of the updated language of Section 174, which previously allowed current expensing of such expenditures. Future legislation could still address this issue.
Additionally, the legislation reinstates another dormant Superfund tax for hazardous substances. The tax applies to crude oil received at a U.S. refinery and petroleum products entered into the U.S. for consumption, use, or warehousing at a rate of 16.4 cents per barrel. The tax takes effect January 1, 2023.
Finally, the Act provides for nearly $80 billion of investment in the Internal Revenue Service over the next ten years, including funding for taxpayer services, enforcement (more than $45 billion), operations support, and business systems modernization.
FGMK continues to monitor new tax law changes. Please contact your FGMK professional for additional information.
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Lev Parnas To Remain On House Arrest While He Awaits Trial
Prosecutors had asked a judge to revoke Lev Parnas' bail.
Article by Katherine Biek
A judge has denied a request by federal prosecutors to revoke bail for Lev Parnas — an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani.
Those prosecutors argued Parnas should be sent to jail pending trial, saying he made false or misleading statements about his finances — including not disclosing a $1 million transfer from a Russian bank account that he received in September.
But the judge disagreed, saying that while the money transfer may be "suspicious," it did not amount to "intentional misstatements warranting the revocation of bail."
Outside the courthouse on Tuesday, Parnas' attorney Joseph Bondy told reporters: "We're happy we got a fair audience in court. We believe that the judge came to the right result."
The judge's decision means Parnas will now remain on house arrest until his criminal case is over. He was indicted in October for allegedly funneling foreign money into U.S. elections. Parnas has pleaded not guilty.
Why are retail thefts on the rise?
It's organized retail crime — where the thefts are planned, and part of organized rings.
By Michael Macor / AP


ProSportsDaily.com > Basketball > NBA > League Pass: Which 5 Teams to Watch?
View Full Version : League Pass: Which 5 Teams to Watch?
I'm thinking of getting League Pass Broadband and wanted some insight on which teams to watch. I'm not super big on teams like the HEAT or the Celtics. Which 5 would you watch (excluding your favorite team)?
Clippers, Bulls, Thunder, Lakers and Grizzlies... Unless you live in LA lol.
I'm not sure if I'm going to do LP this year but if I do, it's definitely for the full package because TV, Mobile, and all teams are included and it's really not much more than the 5 team broadband.
Is that how it works you pick 5 teams?
^You can pick 5 or the whole league.
just get the league wide one if you cant decide.
I haven't ever gotten League Pass before, but was considering it this year. You can actually get a package that limits the number of teams you can watch? I've always thought it would be cool if Sunday Ticket did that. I realy only want to watch my team, so if I could save some money I would do it that way.
I don't want the temptation of wasting my time with that many games.
how much is this btw?
Bulls, Clippers, Thunders, Wizards, Pacers.
Depends upon whether you get it for t.v. or internet and 30 teams or 5. It's $109 for 5 team full season broadband.
I would get it if they streamed it through xbox live or PS3. Okay, I still might get it, but that would be awesome.
any clue if you can watch preseason with nba league pass?
$169 for it all. I'm doing it, best value.
crazy how CP3 just made the Clippers the most exciting team.
Heat, Clippers, Warriors, Nuggets and Bulls.
How is the quality? Real HD?
And that was only because they were playing the Lakers.
And I did not watch them in the finals.
You are lying to yourself. I have no interest in watching them play except when its against the Celtics.
Before CP3 we were the most exciting team in the league. We had like the 4th or 5th best road attendance, most highlights on ESPN/NBA obviously. Not to mention many people love watching the Clippers as a second team. Now with CP3 that puts us over the top though. One of the top 5 most watched teams in the L this year no question. Season tickets sold out within 30 mins of trade. Partial packages sold out. Almost all home games COMPLETE sell outs.. meaning at full capacity.
How much does it cost for the 5 team package?


TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) – An Afghan soldier started shooting at NATO troops Mon. killing one of them, and wounding two other service members.
A NATO soldier was killed and two service members wounded after an Afghan soldier turned his weapon and fired against them on Monday, the NATO-led coalition said, according to Chinese Xinhua news agency.
The shooting took place in Herat province today, a statement released by Resolute Support Public Affairs said.
The initial reports indicated that the attack was committed by a member of the Afghan security forces, the statement added.
Local media reported that the shooter was arrested by the coalition troops.
The statement added that further details will be shared after the appropriate national authorities have followed their processes for releasing information.


@SoReady is the birthday party this weekend? Today? How did it go? Did you tell everyone? Has your bump popped more?
Hey minib, yes it was today and I'm exhausted! It was a great day and the little man had such a blast and got spoilt rotten. Yep belly is very obviously a round baby bump so there was no hiding it from anyone. We have to tell dh parents tomorrow, they live o/s. I'm anxiously awaiting Tuesday's OB check up and nipt test though then I will feel better about it.
@SoReady that's great. Now it's out in the open now. Only a couple more days to ob appt but I'm sure it will all be good.
I'm going well. 18 weeks now. Big belly haha and feel great. Don't really feel nausea anymore. I think I almost feel normal yay!
How are you going minib? Are you feeling Bub move yet?
Also thinking of you Heyside, how is your tww?
I am not sure @SoReady sometimes I feel like flutters but I could be imagining things. I'm almost 19 weeks so can't be far away. Can't believe I'm almost halfway through. So excited.
@mags83 oh bummer hopefully you won't have to throw up soon. I don't anymore but still have yucky taste in my mouth and have dry wretch everyday lol. Not bad though. Can't complain.
Mags83 I'm glad your scan went well! I hope you feel better soon. I'm stopping the progesterone this week and am feeling pretty much back to normal.
Minib they say flutters as the first thing you feel. I had my placenta across the front last time so didn't feel anything til about 24 weeks when they were definite kicks strong enough for me to feel. I hope I feel them earlier this time. Great that you are almost half way!
I'm 11 weeks today and look about 20 weeks!
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Melbourne man scores division one TattsLotto prize!
A man from Melbourne has started his week more than $700,000 richer after he was told the incredible news that he'd won a division one prize in the weekend's TattsLotto draw!
The regular online customer purchased a System 9 marked entry which meant he won a division one prize as well as additional divisional prizes totalling $714,227.04!
The winner from Melbourne, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased his System 9 marked entry online from theLott.com – Australia's official online lottery.
Tatts spokesperson Elissa Lewis said while TattsLotto customers dream of starting their week with a TattsLotto bonus in their pay packet, each week the dream becomes a reality for some Tatts customers.
"We speak with winners every day and while most winners dream of winning big, many don't ever expect it will happen to them," Ms. Lewis highlighted.
"In fact since July 1 this year there have already been 58 division one winning entries purchased by Tatts customers - that's a lot winning smiles on the faces of Tatts players.
How would you react to the life-changing news you'd won division one in TattsLotto?
Throughout Australia, there were six entries that won a first division prize of $686,391.84 in the weekend's Saturday Gold Lotto draw.
Along with the winning entry purchased online in Melbourne at theLott.com, there was another first division winning entry purchased at theLott.com from Victoria and two each from New South Wales and Queensland.
The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 3683 on Saturday 5 November 2016 were 34, 24, 38, 9, 43 and 23 with the supplementary numbers 37 and 13.
The weekend's winners take the Lott's division one winning tally to 163 so far this financial year, including 58 from Tatts.
More chances to win big this week!
There are more chances to win big this week with Oz Lotto offering $10 million for tonight's draw and Powerball has $6 million up for grabs on Thursday. Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot prize has also climbed to more than $6.2 million for draw 1045 and the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot prize has reached $3.1 million for draw 10112.
Tickets can be purchased at any Golden Casket outlet or online from thelott.com.


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Dr RP Raath
International collaboration eases SA woman's unbearable pain
5th Feb 2018 19th Jun 2021 Dr RP Raath
Team undertakes advanced pain management procedure locally
Monday, February 5 2018
Specialists in the field of pain management from Belgium and South Africa have teamed up to help a 29-year-old Johannesburg woman who has suffered unbearable facial pain for a decade.
In a landmark procedure performed at Netcare Jakaranda Hospital on Sunday, 17 December 2017, anaesthetist, Dr Jean-Pierre Van Buyten of the Multidisciplinary Pain Centre in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, and local chronic pain management practitioner, Dr Russell Raath, implanted specially designed neuro-stimulating electrode leads into Crystal Riekert's face in an attempt to relieve her facial pain.
Pic: Crystal Riekert (left) suffered unbearable pain for almost a decade before local chronic pain management practitioner, Dr Russell Raath (centre), and Belgian anaesthetist, Dr Jean-Pierre Van Buyten of the Multidisciplinary Pain Centre in Sint-Niklaas (right), teamed up to implant specially designed neuro-stimulating electrode leads into her face during a procedure at Netcare Jakaranda Hospital. A month after the procedure, Crystal reports that her pain has been substantially reduced
"Crystal endured 10 years of excruciating pain, which different specialists have attributed to various conditions and for which she has had a number of treatments but, unfortunately, none of these have brought her relief. Her pain level was considered to be 10, the maximum on the pain level scale and which most of us could not even begin to imagine living with," Dr Raath explained.
Dr Raath is one of the few full-time pain management practitioners in South Africa and focuses on the alleviation of pain that has no apparent, medically defined cause. "For many of my patients, including Crystal, pain itself is the ailment they are living with, rather than the pain being a symptom of a defined medical condition that can be treated to relieve the pain," he adds.
"Crystal underwent several major surgeries through the years in an attempt to resolve her severe facial pain. She has had open cranial surgery twice and had her temporomandibular joint, which connects the lower jaw to the skull, replaced in the hope that this may bring her relief."
"She has also had radiofrequency treatment on the trigeminal ganglion, which is a cluster of nerve cells on the trigeminal nerve that controls sensation in the face. All of these interventions were unsuccessful in relieving the pain she has been living with for so long, and this is when Crystal came to consult me at the pain management clinic at Netcare Jakaranda Hospital," explains Dr Raath.
Speaking before the procedure, Crystal described her facial pain as debilitating. "It affects every aspect of my life. I cannot drive, I don't have much of a social life and thank goodness I work for my dad because it would be very difficult to hold down a job otherwise with my condition," she says.
"I have been using pethidine to control the pain, but it can be addictive and I don't want to be on heavy pain medication for the rest of my life. The painkillers make me feel sleepy and slow, but without them I am in agony."
Dr Raath believes that Crystal's pain stems from neuropathy, and he proposed implanting a neuromodulator to stimulate the affected nerve ganglion with electrical impulses. Several months ago, Dr Raath performed this procedure and Crystal's pain was significantly reduced, but not entirely resolved, and he remained determined to find a lasting solution for Crystal.
Dr Raath contacted Dr Van Buyten, who is a leading international expert in neurostimulation for treatment of facial pain. The Belgian anaesthetist has designed and custom-made a new type of lead for the neuromodulator that Dr Raath believed could bring lasting relief for Crystal's chronic pain.
Crystal says she was amazed to hear that Dr Van Buyten had agreed to fly to South Africa to perform her procedure with Dr Raath.
"I had heard of Dr Van Buyten through a neuropathy support group on Facebook, and I had been in contact with one of his patients in Holland who had undergone a similar procedure and had a positive outcome."
Dr Raath explains that the procedure to implant the new electrode leads into Crystal's face was not a major operation, and was performed using a surgical needle and x-ray control. "We were hopeful that once the procedure was completed and the neuromodulator activated, she would experience the anticipated pain relief."
Dr Van Buyten, who flew to Johannesburg on 16 December 2017 to consult with Dr Raath and examine Crystal as well as another patient suffering facial pain, concurred, saying that he fully expected the new implant to provide Crystal with substantial relief and meaningfully improve her quality of life.
"Accurately diagnosing and treating such cases of facial pain is critical and requires a high degree of specialisation and expertise," noted Dr Van Buyten, who was visiting South Africa for the first time.
A month after the procedure, Crystal says that her pain has been dramatically reduced. "I am now able to drive myself, I am back at work and I am feeling so much better than I have in almost a decade – this procedure has already made an enormous difference to my quality of life."
"I am no longer in constant pain and I am not so reliant on pain killers anymore, although I have to gradually wean off the pethidine because I had been using it for so long," she adds.
"For various reasons we are seeing an increased number of these kinds of patients internationally, and I believe that it is important that globally we train more pain specialists and establish more dedicated centres that can diagnose and effectively treat them," noted Dr Van Buyten, who has years of experience in the field.
"It was good to collaborate with a South African specialist such as Dr Raath, whom I met many years ago at a medical congress in Turkey and who has a special interest in this highly complex but increasingly important field of medicine."
Asked about the neuromodulator lead that he had custom-made and used in Crystal's case, Dr Van Buyten said that he had done this with the help of an engineer two years ago. "I wanted to develop leads that would be implanted more securely and we have achieved good results with them over the last couple of years," he related.
Crystal expressed her gratitude to the doctors and the teams of healthcare professionals that assisted them in their efforts to relieve her of the pain.
"I would like to thank Dr Jaco Jurgens, of Krugersdorp, who has been my general practitioner since I was born. He has taken care of me as if I was his own child, and I don't know what I would have done without him," Crystal says.
"Thank you so much to Dr Raath at Netcare Jakaranda Hospital and his team for sticking with me for so long. It has been an extremely trying time for me, and Dr Raath has really stuck with me and gone out of his way to help me. I am very grateful for all that he and Dr Van Buyten have done for me," she concluded.
Source: https://www.netcarehospitals.co.za/News-Hub/News/international-collaboration-eases-sa-womans-unbearable-pain
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