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Mopar and Dodge//SRT Roll Out New Challenger Drag Pak at 2019 SEMA Show
Introduction of the 2020 Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak marks the fourth generation of the modern-day drag race package car
The 2020 Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak delivers sportsman racers a new, turnkey package loaded with suspension and chassis upgrades and is certified for NHRA and NMCA competition
Body-integrated SFI-specification welded rollcage is certified for ETs as low as 7.50 seconds
The 2020 Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak is powered by the supercharged 354-cubic-inch HEMI® V-8 engine
Limited production of 50 serialized units
Fourth-generation Challenger Drag Pak builds on lessons learned from current Drag Pak which claimed NHRA and NMCA world championships in 2018
Ordering and pricing details to be announced in the future
November 5, 2019 , Las Vegas, Nevada - Mopar and Dodge//SRT took the wraps off a new, fourth-generation version of the factory-built, racetrack-only Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak car today at the 2019 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show.
The 2020 Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak is engineered for grassroots drag racers that compete in sportsman classes in events sanctioned by the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and National Muscle Car Association (NMCA).
Building on lessons learned with the third-generation Drag Pak, the new fourth-generation Challenger Drag Pak offers racers the choice of buying a complete, turnkey package ready for the track or a variety of modular kits to install on their own Dodge Challenger drag car.
"Mopar and Dodge//SRT collaborated to make this factory production-based Challenger Drag Pak not only a force to be reckoned with at the strip but also an instant collectable for Mopar enthusiasts," said Mark Bosanac, Head of Mopar Service, Parts & Customer Care, FCA - North America. "Our legacy has been won at the track by the women and men who pour all they have into being the best. This new Challenger Drag Pak gives them the tools to stay in front of the competition."
Production of the new Challenger Drag Pak will be limited to 50 serialized units. Ordering and pricing details will be announced in the future.
Heritage-inspired Graphics Signal Performance
Just as the modern Dodge Challenger turns heads with design cues that harken back to the original muscle car era of the 1970s, the red, white and blue color scheme on the fourth-generation Challenger Drag Pak displays a modern flavor, seasoned with nostalgia.
The graphics package is anchored by the blue Mopar logo and red "dragpak" badging on the quarter panels above the rear wheels. The red band wraps around the rear of the car, connecting the badges.
A wide blue stripe, with red tracers on each side, runs from the edge of the front fascia, over the roof and through to the rear edge of the decklid. The graphic highlights the width of the Challenger Drag Pak and complements the variety of stripe packages Mopar offers for the Dodge Challenger. A blue band runs along the lower quarter of each side of the Challenger Drag Pak, accented by a red tracer line.
"We want this to look so cool that when the customer buys a Challenger Drag Pak he or she wants to run these graphics because they are so iconic and stand out," says Mark Trostle, Head of Performance, Passenger Car and Utility Vehicle Design for FCA – North America. "Mopar people are proud of the heritage and the look and they want to show that off."
Four Generations of Track Experience
Construction of the Challenger Drag Pak begins with a standard-width Dodge Challenger Body-in-White (BIW) unibody built at the FCA Brampton Assembly Plant in Brampton, Ontario. An SFI-specification welded rollcage, rated for quarter-mile runs as fast as 7.50 seconds, is integrated into the body.
New for the fourth-generation Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak, the Strange rear axle assembly uses adjustable coilover shocks, four-link suspension with wishbone and an anti-roll bar. Wheelie bars and a parachute mount are integrated into the chassis and are standard.
Up front, a unique engine cross member lowers the center of gravity and improves weight distribution. The front also includes specific Bilstein double-adjustable struts.
The race-ready 2020 Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak, powered by the supercharged 354-cubic-inch HEMI® V-8 engine, is fitted with a T400 three-speed transmission with a Kwik-Shift manual shifter, lightweight driveshaft, front and rear racing brakes, Racetech seats, Racepak Smartwire fully programmable power distribution center and a new, exclusive Drag Pak lightweight wheel and tire package.
Also new for 2020, the Drag Pak hood mimics the design of the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, with intake and heat extractors. Front and rear fascias use the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat design.
Mopar and Dodge//SRT Package Car Heritage
The Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak's roots were firmly planted in the early 1960s with the factory production of Max Wedge package cars. In 1968, 426 HEMI-powered Dodge Dart and Plymouth Barracuda package cars were unleashed on the strip. Those vehicles continue to compete in the Super Stock/A-HEMI (SS/AH) class of NHRA Sportsman racing and the annual fan favorite Mopar HEMI Challenge, held during the NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Indiana, since 2001.
In 2008, Mopar announced the first drag race, factory-prepped package cars in 40 years – the first V-8 Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak. The 2009 program saw a first-year sell out of all 100 factory-built vehicles.
The 2010 Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak program offered racers an available 6.4-liter HEMI engine. Then in 2011, Mopar introduced a race-ready V-10 package car, becoming the first original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to offer a 500-plus cubic-inch V-10 drag package car.
The third-generation 2015 Challenger Drag Pak saw the introduction of the first supercharged 354 HEMI as well as a naturally aspirated 426 Gen-III HEMI and was capable of 8.0-second ETs out of the box.
Leah Pritchett captured the 2018 NHRA Factory Stock Showdown World Championship, collected three wins and recorded the first official 7-second run in the class with the third-generation Challenger Drag Pak. Geoff Turk drove his Challenger Drag Pak to the 2018 NMCA Factory Super Cars World Championship and also posted the first official 7-second run in the class.
DodgeGarage: Digital Hub for Drag Racing News
Fans can follow all the NHRA's action this season at DodgeGarage, the one-stop portal for Dodge//SRT and Mopar drag-racing news. The site includes daily updates and access to an online racing HQ, news, events, galleries, available downloads, and merchandise. For more information, visit www.dodgegarage.com.
@DodgeMoparMotorsports on Instagram
The @DodgeMoparMotorsports Instagram channel continues to share content capturing Dodge//SRT Mopar drivers on the track. Fans can see action from the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and NHRA Sportsman grassroots racers competing in classes such as Factory Stock Showdown, Stock and Super Stock, as well as additional motorsports series.
Official Driving School of Dodge//SRT
Dodge is the official sponsor of the Bondurant School of High Performance Driving in Chandler, Arizona, where guests get behind the wheels of the fastest street-legal cars in the world with professional instruction and time on the track. Customers who buy a new SRT model receive one full-day session as part of the Dodge//SRT Package and have the opportunity to learn how to get the optimum performance from their new vehicles in a controlled environment. For more information, visit dodgegarage.com/track-experience.
Mopar (a simple contraction of the words MOtor and PARts) is the service, parts and customer-care brand for FCA vehicles around the globe. Born in 1937 as the name of a line of antifreeze products, the Mopar brand has evolved over more than 80 years to represent both complete care and authentic performance for owners and enthusiasts worldwide.
Mopar made its mark in the 1960s during the muscle-car era, with Mopar Performance Parts to enhance speed and handling for both road and racing use, and expanded to include technical service and customer support. Today, the Mopar brand's global reach distributes more than 500,000 parts and accessories in more than 150 markets. With more than 50 parts distribution centers and 25 customer-contact centers globally, Mopar integrates service, parts and customer-care operations in order to enhance customer and dealer support worldwide.
Complete information on the Mopar brand is available at www.mopar.com. Mopar is part of the portfolio of brands offered by global automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. For more information regarding FCA (NYSE: FCAU/ MTA: FCA), please visit www.fcagroup.com.
2021 marks the year that Dodge is distilled into a pure performance brand, offering Hellcat-powered, 700+ horsepower SRT versions of every model across the lineup. For the 2021 model year, Dodge delivers the drag-strip dominating 807-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock, the new 797-horsepower Dodge Charger SRT Redeye, the most powerful and fastest mass-produced sedan in the world, and the new 710-horsepower Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat, the most powerful SUV ever. Combined, these three muscle cars make Dodge the industry's most powerful brand, offering more horsepower than any other American brand across its entire lineup.
In June 2020, Dodge was named the "#1 Brand in Initial Quality," making it the first domestic brand ever to rank No. 1 in the J.D. Power Initial Quality Study (IQS). Dodge is part of the portfolio of brands offered by global automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. For more information regarding FCA (NYSE: FCAU/ MTA: FCA), please visit www.fcagroup.com.
Follow Dodge, SRT and FCA news and video on:
Company blog: http://blog.fcanorthamerica.com
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BATMAN BEYOND: TS
Fan Made Web Series
Executive Producer: Rick Niedt; Written & Directed by: Nate Lyles
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In the year 2041 Bruce Wayne now mentors the new Batman, Terry McGinnis. While defending the people of Neo-Gotham from its most vicious villains, Terry struggles to maintain relationships with his family, friends and girlfriend Dana.
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Executive Producer, Story Editor
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Rick was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA and now lives with his wife and son in Overland Park, KS. An extreme Batman fan and aspiring screenwriter, Rick had just completed his own Batman Beyond feature-length script when he discovered Nate Lyles' BBTS project and approached Nate about becoming involved in the BBTS project. "I've been hooked on Batman for as long as I can remember. Once Batman Beyond came on the scene, I knew I was never going to grow out of it. I can't wait to see NaturNaL's final product!"
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This is a 100% NON-PROFIT fan-made web series. No one and no company will gain revenue from this project.
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Below is a statement from Warner Bros. Entertainment on the subject and state of fan films:
At this time, neither Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. nor DC Comics (collectively Warner Bros.) is prepared to launch a fan film program, which would be solely, or in part, managed by Warner Bros. Warner Bros definitely appreciates the enthusiasm and respect of its fans. We will continue to monitor the use of Warner Bros. properties as used in fan films. However, we will only consider taking action against such films that are either commercial in nature, are commercially exploited or otherwise engage in or depict inappropriate activity. Further, we will try to work with the comic book conventions, such as Comic-Con, to develop fan film screening programs that do not conflict with Warner Bros. rights in its properties.

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(International Journalism Festival)- More and more journalists are being asked to step into roles that previously were the sole domain of the business side. The Guardian's membership scheme is run by a journalist. More and more newsrooms are investing in audience development teams. And many journalists are moving into product or tech-related roles. Yet, journalists by and large rarely have the experience or training they need to fill these roles. This panel will offer practical tips and resources to allow journalists to get a solid footing and understand this new world.
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Songs Of The Day: New Music From CKay, Simi, Zinoleesky & More
New music for the weekend
Written by Wonu Osikoya - 03.Dec.2021
As the year winds down, the sheer number of music we receive at The NATIVE keeps growing at an exponential rate. With live shows back in full swing and Afropop hits such as Wizkid's "Essence" and CKay's "Love Nwantiti" climbing the charts both home and abroad, there has never been a more exciting time than the present for the ever-evolving sonic landscape. Through it all, we remain committed to the ideal of music discovery and sharing that is a big part of what we stand for.
That's where our Songs of the Day column comes in. We're doing the work to stay on pulse with all the music coming out from across the continent and beyond, bringing you exciting songs of tomorrow: today. Last time out, we had exciting music from Zinoolesky, Alpha P, Bryan The Mensah and more. Today, we bring to you new music from Simi, Lil Kesh, Joeboy, CKay, Blxckie and more
Simi – "So Bad" ft Joeboy
Following the reception of her latest hit, "Woman", Simi is back to end the year right with the Joeboy-assisted "So Bad". On the new track, both singers sing their hearts out about how their respective lovers are giving them mixed signals, expressing worry that their boo might be leading them on. Simi and Joeboy show great synergy on the party-ready track, bringing their different strengths together for a potential hit song.
CKay – "By Your Side" ft Blxckie
CKay seems to be the musical equivalent to Midas in these parts, as everything he has touched has turned into some manner of gold. He's had an amazing past few months atop several charts, thanks to "Love Nwantiti", released two years ago. Now, to bring us up to speed, and flex his star muscles a bit, he's released "By Your Side"', where he teams with SA's Blxckie. In his usual fashion, Ckay's infectious and melodies make the song what it is, coupled with his thoughtful lyrics about wanting to be by his lover's side.
Lil Kesh & Zinoleesky – Don't Call Me
Lil Kesh and Zinoleesky, two of Afropop's most prolific hitmakers have teamed up for "Don't Call Me". On the uptempo party track, both artists reminisce on how far they've come and the greater heights they still want to attain. On the pre hook of the track, Lil Kesh sings "I no go stop I no go settle, My light is never gonna die/Thunder go fire any devil, my light is forever going to shine",
Chrystel – "Temptation"
Ivorian Fresh meat alum and singer, Chrystel is back with an uptempo track "Temptation". On this track which has her speaking to her muse about being attracted to him but not wanting to give into temptation, she quips on the chorus of the track "We really shouldn't give into temptation, see what we make of the situation/Do it right make it right gyration".
Blackmagic – "Sorry"
Blackmagic is here with his latest project "Magic Republic (The Invitation)", a 12-tracker which sees the artist speaking on self growth, self elevation, leveling up and more. On the standout "Sorry", he lets his love interest know that he is sorry and is working on being a better version of himself; "I'm sorry that i made you cry, fking up all over again/Hoping and wishing that I could start all over again"
Afro B – "Shisha" ft Niniola & Busiswa
Someone on Twitter trolled Afro B about performing Joanna for the past three years, so he's responded to the troll with a new song featuring two of Afropop's most important women, Niniola and Busiswa. The amapiano-infused track with heavy kicks on the beat, each artist brings their a-game, delivering a great party-ready track.
Crayon – "Excuse Me (Rock You)" ft Toby Shang
Mavin signee, singer and songwriter Crayon, is here with the single "Excuse Me". For this track, he teamed up with popular Nigerian hype man Toby Shang to deliver the overly catchy single set to take over the clubs this Christmas. H
Ronehi – "Galactic" ft MOJO AF
For this track, record producer Ronehi has collaborated with rapper, MOJO AF to deliver the uptempo rap tune. Over the bouncy production of the beat, MOJO sings lyrics such as "Never surrender, I dey grind like pepper for blender, I dey pray like MFM member"
Azana – "Higher"
South African singer and Fresh Meat alum, Azana makes beautiful music that sees people at the base of their emotions. On her latest single "Higher," the singer melds beautiful melodies with thought-provoking lyrics creating a nostalgic, feel-good love song that deserves to be on your playlists. Over the percussive-led beat, she invokes nostalgic memories about peace and happiness, allowing listeners to disconnect from their present sorrows and lose themselves in the song's propulsive rhythm.
Ladé – "Hustle"
Fast rising newcomer, Ladé is insistent upon making her mark in the industry. Recently sharing her debut EP 'Olamade The EP,' the singer introduced listeners to her didactic-style of music making which finds her spinning her personal tales into poignant relatable lyrics. On "Hustle," one of the standout numbers on her debut, the singer paints a picture that visualises her experiences before she found her footing in the music industry.


Beautifully engraved certificate from the Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Railroad Company issued in 1888. This historic document was printed by American Bank Note Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of the Michigan State Seal. This item has the signatures of the Company's President, Jeptha Wade and its Treasurer, W. s. Jones and is over 118 years old.
Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids Railroad Company was formed on June 3, 1868, by consolidation of the Kalamazoo and Allegan Railroad Company and the Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids Railroad Company. Leased on September 21, 1869, to The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company for the term of 999 years. The Kalamazoo and Allegan Railroad Company was incorporated June 18, 1867. The Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids Railroad Company was incorporated January 3, 1868.
Jeptha Homer Wade (August 11, 1811-August 9, 1890) was an American industrialist, philanthropist, and founder of Western Union Telegraph.
Born in New York state, Jeptha Wade was a Cleveland, Ohio industrialist who was responsible for the consolidation of most of the telegraph industry by forming Western Union through a series of acquisitions and mergers.
By 1847, he became interested in the telegraph industry and worked as a sub-contractor. He constructed a telegraph line between Detroit and Jackson, Michigan, part of the Buffalo and Milwaukee Telegraph Company and the first line in operation west of Buffalo, New York. He moved to Milan, Ohio in 1849, where he established a telegraph office, organized the Cleveland Cincinnati Telegraph Company, and utilized the Morse telegraph system. Wade soon became an agent for the Morse system with an office in Columbus, Ohio, where he lived after 1850. Subsequently, Wade built telegraph lines through the midwest and west. He developed a network of telegraph lines known as "Wade lines" that stretched from St. Louis to San Francisco.
In 1857 he moved to Cleveland where he was a director of several railroad companies and an incorporator of banks and business enterprises. In 1861, Jeptha Wade joined forces with Benjamin Franklin Ficklin and Hiram Sibley to form the Pacific Telegraph Company. With it, the final link between the east and west coast of the United States of America was made by telegraph.
In 1866, he served as president of the Western Union Telegraph but after one year resigned for reasons of health.
Wade used his vast wealth to benefit his community of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1882, Wade donated 72 acres (291,000 m�) of land east of the city for purpose of creating a park, which was named Wade Park in his honor. Wade also was heavily involved with the formations and establishment of Hathaway Brown School, a private academy for young girls and women; he also co-founded the Case School of Applied Technology, now part of Case Western Reserve University. In addition, Wade served as the first President of the Board of Trustees for Lakeview Cemetery on Cleveland�s east side.
Mr. Wade also served as vice president or director of a number of public institutions such as the Workhouse and House of Refuge, the Homeopathic Hospital, and the Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum.
Jeptha Wade was instrumental in the founding of Case Institute of Applied Science in 1880. In 1881 Wade gave the City of Cleveland seventy-five acres of land near East 107th Street and Euclid Avenue for a public park. In 1882, it was deeded to the city.


The Edith O'Donnell Institute of Art History is pleased to present an exhibition of Dallas-based artist Carolyn Brown, featured in a retrospective look at a lifetime of documentary photography in the Middle East, Latin America, and Texas. Visit EODIAH for more events.
Opening Reception: January 19, 2019 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.


Looking for some wow factor? Walking through the front door of this home will take your breath away! Some of the included features include; 5" hardwood flooring, granite kitchen counters, two piece crown molding, chair rail with shadow boxing, Hardie Plank siding, Integrated pest management system, Anderson Low E Windows and so much more! Step inside and you're greeted by an elegant, two story foyer that leads into the large formal dining room. The huge kitchen will certainly be one of your favorite gathering spots with its large center island with seating and a massive granite top! Included are stainless appliances, tile backsplash and designer staggered cabinetry. The kitchen opens out to the expansive great room with a gorgeous fireplace that becomes the focal point of the space. The main level is complimented by a large bedroom, full bath and a large walk-in laundry room. On the second floor you will find the amazing media room with double door entry and two large bedrooms, both with walk-in closets. The owner's suite completes the second floor and is large enough for a sitting area and includes an elegant trey ceiling. The owner's bath is one of the largest that you will find with an expansive vanity that includes dual sinks, and a large shower and separate tub! The Longleaf Community is the talk of the town. Don't let this opportunity pass you by! Home and community information, including pricing, included features, terms, availability and amenities, are subject to change and prior sale at any time without notice. Square footages are approximate. Pictures, photographs, colors, features, and sizes are for illustration purposes only and will vary from the homes as built. D.R. Horton is an equal housing opportunity builder. Home Is Connected? includes programmable thermostat, Z-Wave door lock and wireless switch, touchscreen control device, automation platform, video doorbell, and Amazon Echo and Echo Dot. All home features are subject to change without notice. Internet service not included.
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While planning the travel to usa from abroad for the business or mainly for fun, you might require to apply for the visitor visa, mainly referred as the B-1 visa or the B-2 visa. While looking for the visitor visa, you might also be asked to always apply at the US embassy or you may also consulate in the home country.
There are mainly two kinds of visitor visas: such as B-1 visitor visa or even B-2 visa. Both such visas are mainly referred as the "Non-Immigrant Visa." Here, the visitor visa is mainly considered for the business travelers who are visiting this country for specific purpose like visiting with the colleagues or friends, traveling to the convention and even negotiating the contract.
Moreover, B-2 visa is mainly issued to the people who are planning to travel to the U.S. for complete pleasure or mainly for the medical treatment.
For being qualify for the visitor visa, you should meet a requirement which is laid out in the act of Immigration and Nationality. While you go for the biometric passport interview at nearest U.S. embassy and consulate, consular officer that interviews you agrees whether you qualify or not. Your purpose to visit the United States should be for pleasure, business and medical treatment, and so you should plan to stay for a particular and limited time period. You need to provide complete evidence of the funds to cover the stay, and also evidence of economic and social ties in the country of your citizenship.
To apply for the visitor visa, you should get started, as a process may even take time. You should apply at the embassy of the United States or consulate in the country citizenship. However, people who are applying for the B-1 or even the B-2 visa which is between ages of 14 – 79 need for scheduling the interview with the consular officer; when your application get process, you will need the fingerprint scanned for biometric passport. While applying for the visa, you may also look for the esta visa waiver system for eligible countries. Apart from paying visa application fee, you should also take a print and fill out of the online Form DS-160, and bring the valid passport, your resume and travel itinerary. If you already visited the United States before, you may be also asked to bring the dates of previous 5 trips to country.


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E3 2016 – Injustice 2 Hands-On Preview – The Gods Are Still Among Us (PS4)
Chandler WoodWednesday, June 22, 2016
I'm not a huge fan of fighting games in general, but I'm a sucker when it comes to anything by NetherRealm Studios. I'm not going to claim that I am actually good at them by any stretch of the term, but I find them immensely enjoyable regardless. When DC characters got a Mortal Kombat styled makeover with the original Injustice, I was happy to pit heroes and villains in matches against each other, and then do it all over again with the PS4 release.
Needless to say, I was pretty excited to get my hands on Injustice 2 at E3 2016. It's been a number of months since I last played Injustice, but the controls came flooding back the moment the controller was in my hand. I selected Supergirl to get a feel for one of the new characters, though they also had Superman, Batman, Aquaman, and newcomers Gorilla Grodd and the Red Lantern, Atrocitus.
NetherRealm has taken special care to keep the familiarity of the original going into Injustice 2. Even playing as a brand new character, I was able to get a handle on her fighting style and attacks fairly quickly. Clashes, environmental interactions, super moves, and stage transitions all make a grand return, with many of the animations being even more bombastic and over-the-top than they were before, like Superman punching his enemies into orbit or Batman running his opponents down by remote controlling the Batwing. I mean, if you're going to make a sequel, why not go all out, right? And it seems like they did. I can't wait to see all of the super moves, level transitions, and finishing moves for each character, though it's going to be hard to beat Aquaman calling a toothy sea creature to chomp on his foes.
More Than Injustice 1.5
So far this might seem like Injustice 1.5, with flashier moves and new characters, which itself wouldn't be a bad thing at all. But of course there's more. Let's get to the gear system, which takes a cue from loot based games like Destiny, The Division, and Diablo III, giving players drops of varying rarities and experience at the end of each battle. The new gear has different looks and statistics that can increase various character attributes like strength, defense, and overall HP. Gear is dropped on a random roll system for numbered stats, so though you may get aesthetic duplicates, the stat changes could be different.
Perhaps you want to use higher defensive gear to avoid getting beaten down, or maybe you want to focus on doling out more damage. Customizing a gear loadout will allow players to look unique and tailor their character to their specific fighting style, and NetherRealm promises that a short time after launch, it will be unlikely to see another character with the exact same look and attributes as your own, especially because there are color palette swaps to unlock that not only alter the color, but sometimes also change the material of different pieces of gear. Your DC heroes and villains will be specially your own.
Gear can also have extra modifiers like increasing the damage of environmental hazards, and character set bonuses will change some major visual feature about the character. The example I was given was Supergirl's eye lasers changing color when she obtains her complete set of legendary armor, including during her super move. The big concern is how balancing will work. Traditionally fighting games prowess and community is based on knowledge of each fighter, and gear offering varying stats across characters will throw a wrench in this. I was assured that they are addressing this concern, and they have a number of solutions in mind. The good thing is that NetherRealm knows their playerbase very well and while they want to innovate, they also don't want to alienate their core fans.
Based on everything I saw at E3, NetherRealm is going to have another knockout on their hands. They're experimenting with adding RPG-like elements to a fighting game to break the monotonous cliches of the genre. Like I said, I'm a big fan of Injustice, and the fact that NetherRealm spilled the mechanics from some of my favorite loot based games into a sequel that looks and plays like classic Injustice means that I'll likely find myself with a massive new obsession in 2017 when the game finally releases. I can't say that NetherRealm is back, because NetherRealm never left. The gods are still among us.
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10. август (10.08) је 222. дан у години по грегоријанском календару (223. у преступној години) До краја године има још 143 дана.

Догађаји

 955 — У бици на Лешком пољу, свети римски цар Отон I је поразио Мађаре, окончавши педесетогодишњу мађарску инвазију у средњој Европи.
 1519 — Магеланових пет бродова је испловило на пут око света.
 1628 — Шведски војни брод Васа је потонуо у стокхолмској луци после само 20 минута свог првог и јединог путовања.
 1792 — Париска руља је током Француске револуције заузела палату Тиљерије и масакрирала краљеву Швајцарску гарду.
 1793 — Музеј Лувр је званично отворен у Паризу.
 1809 — Кито, данас главни град Еквадора, је објавио независност од Шпаније.
 1821 — Мисури је признат као 24. америчка савезна држава.
 1878 — Српски кнез Милан Обреновић издао је указ о оснивању Војног музеја у Београду.
 1904 — Одиграла се битка у Жутом мору између руске и јапанске флоте током Руско-јапанског рата.
 1913 — У Букурешту су Грчка, Румунија, Србија и Црна Гора потписале с пораженом Бугарском уговор о миру, којим је окончан Други балкански рат и прецизиране границе Бугарске према Румунији и Србији.
 1936 — Почео је шаховски турнир у Нотингему, Енглеска. Победио је Михаил Ботвиник.
 1940 — Путнички брод РМС Трансилванија потонуо је након торпедовања одневши 36 живота.
 1948 — Премијерно је приказана на америчкој телевизији Еј-Би-Си емисија "Скривена камера" Алена Фанта.
 1990 — Свемирска сонда "Магелан" је стигла до Венере.
 2017 — Отворена прва Икеа у Србији, код Београда.

Рођења
 1729 — Вилијам Хау, британски генерал, врховни командант британских снага током Америчког рата за независност. (прем. 1814)
 1822 — Герман Анђелић, српски патријарх. (прем. 1888)
 1864 — Стеван Стево Калуђерчић, српско-босанскохерцеговачки писац и просветни, културни и политички радник. (прем. 1948)
 1865 — Александар Глазунов, руски композитор и диригент. (прем. 1936)
 1877 — Френк Маршал, амерички шахиста. (прем. 1944)
 1895 — Владимир Велмар-Јанковић, српски правник, психолог, драматург, приповедач, есејиста и критичар. (прем. 1976)
 1902 — Норма Ширер, канадско-америчка глумица. (прем. 1983)
 1909 — Лео Фендер, амерички конструктор електричне гитаре. (прем. 1991)
 1912 — Жорж Амадо, бразилски писац. (прем. 2001)
 1913 — Волфганг Паул, немачки физичар, добитник Нобелове награде за физику (1989). (прем. 1993)
 1926 — Марио Алинеи, италијански филолог и палеолингвиста. (прем. 2018)
 1959 — Розана Аркет, америчка глумица, редитељка и продуценткиња.
 1960 — Антонио Бандерас, шпански глумац, продуцент, редитељ и певач.
 1965 — Џон Старкс, амерички кошаркаш.
 1966 — Ханси Кирш, немачки музичар,  најпознатији као оснивач и певач групе -{Blind Guardian}-.
 1968 — Дејан Чуровић, српски фудбалер. (прем. 2019)
 1971 — Рој Кин, ирски фудбалер и фудбалски тренер.
 1971 — Џастин Теру, амерички глумац, сценариста, продуцент и редитељ.
 1972 — Енџи Хармон, америчка глумица.
 1973 — Хавијер Занети, аргентински фудбалер.
 1976 — Џон Роберт Холден, америчко-руски кошаркаш.
 1979 — Џоана Гарсија, америчка глумица.
 1984 — Донтеј Дрејпер, америчко-хрватски кошаркаш.
 1990 — Татјана Мирковић, српска атлетичарка (бацачица копља).
 1990 — Владимир Михаиловић, црногорски кошаркаш.
 1990 — Лукас Тил, амерички глумац.
 1991 — Пратиша Банерџи, индијска глумица. (прем. 2016)
 1993 — Дејан Видић, српски фудбалер.
 1993 — Андре Драмонд, амерички кошаркаш.
 1994 — Бернардо Силва, португалски фудбалер.
 1996 — Немања Мајдов, српски џудиста.
 1997 — Кајли Џенер, амерички модел.
 1999 — Џа Морант, амерички кошаркаш.
 2005 — Никола Топић, српски кошаркаш.

Смрти
 1915 — Хенри Мозли, енглески физичар. (рођ. 1887).
 1981 — Душан Попов, југословенско-британски обавештајни агент. (рођ. 1912)
 1981 — Бранко Стојановић, народни херој и потпуковник ЈНА. (рођ. 1923)
 1988 — Арнулфо Аријас, бивши председник Панаме. (рођ. 1901)
 2002 — Кристен Нигард, норвешки научник. (рођ. 1926)

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Исмаила Сар () е сенегалски футболист, полузащитник, който играе за англиския втородивизионен Уотфорд и националния отбор на Сенегал. Участник в Мондиал 2022 в Катар.

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Restaurants: Bring Back the Comment Card!
Online survey company cvent has a blog post about how restaurants can get a lot if they Bring Back The Comment Cards. They talk about printable comment cards for getting more customer feedback at your restaurant.
We here at Comment Box mostly agree with them, though we would add that if you are going to print out a restaurant comment card, why not get your customer comment cards delivered to you in a handy email summary?
Comment Box is a customer comments app that helps you get your customer feedback organized automatically! Check out the 29 second Comment Box overview for a quick overview.


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Q: R: pass a vector of symbols into a function instead of a long argument list I'm writing an R package that calls C code with the .C() function. I need to pass over 50 arguments into .C(), which seriously bloats my code and is prone to error. Rather than type
output <- .C("my_dynlib", arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, ..., arg53)

I would rather have a character vector myNames of additional arguments to send to .C() and do something like
f <- Vectorize(as.symbol, "x")
mySymbols <- f(myNames)
output <- .C("my_dynlib", mySymbols)

But this isn't quite what I want because mySymbols is a list. Is there a way to compactly pass a collection of arguments to a function that I don't want to rewrite?
Footnote: I'm guessing that some of you will suggest passing more complicated arguments with .Call, .External, or Rcpp, but that's more overhaul than I want to deal with right now.

Edit: what if I want myNames to point to slots in an s3 or s4 object?
Suppose I want to use symbols that refer to class slots in a data frame.
> y = data.frame(a = 1:4, b = 5:8)
> myNames = paste("y@", slotNames(y), sep = "")
> mySymbols = lapply(myNames, as.symbol)
> str(mySymbols)
List of 4
 $ : symbol y@.Data
 $ : symbol y@names
 $ : symbol y@row.names
 $ : symbol y@.S3Class

I use do.call like @josilber said, but do.call doesn't recognize the symbols
> do.call(print, mySymbols)
Error in (function (x, ...)  : object 'y@.Data' not found

even though I can use those symbols manually.
> y@.Data
[[1]]
[1] 1 2 3 4

[[2]]
[1] 5 6 7 8

A: If you have a list of objects that you want to pass to a function, you can do so with the do.call function. In your case, it sounds like the following should work:
do.call(".C", c("my_dynlib", mySymbols))

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Hijri New Year is called Islamic New Year. If you seek the starting day of the Arabic month in English calendar, then you will not find it. Al-Hijra Muharram or Muharram is called the first day of the Arabic year. This day is the very important day for the Muslim community. Many people keep fasting and pray in this day of the Month. Based on the Arabic month, all Muslim festival are held. This is why, the new get very importance among all Muslim community. According to the Islamic rules, a day is connected with sunset. If the Sunset and new moon lights, then new month starts.
All Muslims from different countries follow this calendar and they complete all ritual related to the new year Al-Hijra Muharram. However, Muslim people do not dance or sign for this day. They prefer to pray and asking forgiveness for their every sin. However, all of these rituals are not obligatory for the Muslim community. Some Muslim do all of these things for their own choice. They think if they pray, there is nothing harm. Some people among Muslim make a special dish for celebrating the festival. You can learn more about Al-Hijra Muharram from Wikipedia.


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Responding to Waldo fire, Coronado, Holmes try to make schools welcome places for victimized students, staff
Between them, Coronado High School and Holmes Middle School have 51 students who were displaced by the Waldo Canyon Fire. Four Holmes staffers suffered the same fate.
The schools' principals - David Engstrom at Coronado and Rob Utter at Holmes - don't take such statistics lightly. The attendance areas for both schools include the Mountain Shadows neighborhood, which lost 346 homes in all on the fire's worst day, June 26.
Holmes Middle School, 20 of whose students were displaced by the Waldo Canyon Fire this summer, held a barbecue before school Aug. 9 to honor emergency responders and build camaraderie among staff and students. Above, Station 5 firefighters (dark uniforms, from left) Becka Wisham, John Messersmith, Marvin Adams and Rich Renz sit on either side of Eleanor and her father Vic Malone, whose home was lost in the fire.
With the school year starting Monday, Aug. 20, both schools' leaders are taking steps to ensure their fire victims have the help they need to do well in school… and to keep their morale up.
Coronado began meeting with the affected families in July. Engstrom admitted that in all the hubbub and with other agencies helping out, at first "We didn't know quite what to do because we're a high school." But gradually, the physical needs at least became clear. Consistent with many of the families was the extensive loss of personal items. For the students, these included such school memorabilia as yearbooks, photos and awards. So the schools are working to replace as much of that as possible. There were also issues for the coming school year, with materials and equipment gone. This was where citizens have stepped forward, both principals reported.
"There has been an outpouring of people wanting to give in any way they can," Utter said. "We've gotten clothing, furniture, such a broad variety of offerings."
Most of the donations have come in quietly and anonymously. Engstrom identified one provider, a small Westside business, Colorado Technology Consultants, as particularly generous. He said he told owner Julie Yack that the school needed 25 calculators (at a cost of $100) each to replace ones that students had lost in the fire. "She did not bat an eye," Engstrom said, still amazed. "I said, 'You can't order all these,' and she said, 'I will. My heart is breaking.' "
Given the lead by Engstrom, Coronado's student government leaders have also stepped up, organized two fundraising efforts this summer - an ice cream social a few weeks ago (attended by more than 200 people) and the creation of a Tshirt to be sold (with "Cougar Nation Doesn't Burn" across the front).
Student government also plans a concert Friday, Aug. 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the school courtyard featuring performances by recent alumni Nick Pauley and Kellye Rather. The public is welcome, and all donations will go to a school fire relief fund set up under "Cougar Cares," a long-time school charity for needy students.
On Aug. 9, Holmes invited its school families, along with the Westside's Fire Station 5, to a barbecue at the school. During the event, four members of Station 5 wound up sitting with Vic Malone and his daughter Eleanor. The Malones' house in Mountain Shadows burned to the ground June 26. Malone, who is rebuilding, sought to downplay the disaster. "It could have been a lot worse," he said. "And it would have been if these guys [the firefighters] hadn't done the things they did."
Physical needs can be challenging, but it's the emotional needs that have the school leaders especially concerned. Even people whose homes weren't lost can suffer a kind of trauma, Utter noted, possibly feeling guilty at emerging unscathed when others did not or having to deal with a neighborhood that is no longer what it was.
The concern, as expressed by both principals, is the deep impact that such an event can have. "This is the type of trauma that will be with them for years, if not a lifetime," Utter said. "With other things, you might say, 'That was months ago, get over it,' but you can't say that about this."
Both schools have been getting training in how to work with people dealing with loss and grief. Even with that, Utter pointed out that each individual case will be different. "It's going to be case by case," he said. "We've thought of many things, but we're probably going to be surprised. It's a learning experience for all of us, but everyone I think is preparing to approach things with an open mind and a solution mindset."
Both Engstrom and Utter praised District 11 for being involved early on, trying to make sure no affected families are missed, seeking assistance through federal homeless legislation, offering transportation help and enlisting service providers where needed.
During the first week of school, D-11 will bring in Aspenpointe, a local nonprofit specializing in mental health and behavioral issues, to give assistance where needed.
In the end, though, Engstrom believes the greatest service the educational system can provide is a "predictable schedule" for students, saying the routine itself aids healing. "It's not going to be easy, but it will help them get through the school year," he said.


Extend Dell MD3000i Virtual Disk LUN Size - Blah, Cloud.
* Expanding the virtual disks on MD3000i's can only be done in CLI. First, add your new physical disks to the box and add them to the appropriate RAID volume group. Next, you will be presented your space as "Free Capacity" – copy down the size of this in GB.
Sorry to all my linux friends – Dell don't let you SSH into the box – you'll have to use a VM :( You can then go back to VSphere Client and choose your datastore – Right click, Properties -> Increase -> Choose the LUN you just expanded, expand VMFS to maximum size available, Finish, your datastore is now expanded.


I have fond memories of my Mom making Morning Glory Muffins for our family when I was a kid. I've missed having these muffins, so I recreated my Mom's recipe using grain-free ingredients!
These nutrient-dense muffins are packed with vegetables, fruits, nuts and spices. They're very filing and a nice treat for breakfast.
These muffins freeze well and I recommend reheating in the oven so you'll have that just-baked-in-the-oven texture.
Preheat the oven to 350ºF and adjust the rack to the middle position. Stir together almond flour, coconut flour, gelatin, baking powder, sea salt, cinnamon, carrots, apple, coconut, raisins, and pecans in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together the pineapple, eggs, palm shortening and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until incorporated. Spoon the batter into a muffin tin lined with baking cups. Bake for 30-35 minutes until golden brown. Serve warm.
Can coconut oil be subbed for palm shortening? If so, should it be in its liquid state?
I haven't tested the recipe with coconut oil, so I can't say for sure, but I think it might work.


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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has been instructed to give a deposition in Alphabet's lawsuit against Uber
Judge William Alsup told Alphabet attorneys that "he better show up."
By Johana Bhuiyan@JMBooyah Jul 26, 2017, 3:50pm EDT
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Alphabet's attorneys have been instructed to tell Google co-founder Sergey Brin "to show up" for a deposition in the company's lawsuit against Uber. Alphabet is suing the ride-hail company for misappropriation of trade secrets, alleging former Alphabet employee Anthony Levandowski stole documents to bring them to Uber.
Earlier this month, the ride-hail company was granted the right to depose Alphabet CEO Larry Page along with permission to question company chief legal counselor and former Uber board member David Drummond.
In a hearing on Wednesday in San Francisco, Judge William Alsup told Alphabet's attorneys to "go back and tell [Brin] he better show up."
Uber requested Brin's deposition from Alphabet last week, according to a spokesperson, but the company refused. The ride-hail company claims Brin may have specific information about circumstances around Levandowski's departure from Alphabet in addition to its policies on employees conducting side projects.
It's the ride-hail player's attempt to discern Levandowski's motivation for allegedly downloading these files from Alphabet. Uber has previously argued that Levandowski may have downloaded these files as leverage to receive bonus payments he was promised. The ride-hail company is claiming Alphabet was not paying them out on time.
In a letter dated June 30, Alphabet sought a protective order against the deposition of Brin saying he does not have unique knowledge of Levandowski's departure from the company or its self-driving division's policies on employees conducting side projects.
Alphabet says there are more than a dozen other people who may have similar knowledge of both of these things.
"Obviously other witnesses — and even Uber — have knowledge about these issues, and indeed dozens of the more than seventy-five witnesses disclosed on Uber's Initial Disclosures are identified as having similar or identical knowledge," Alphabet's June 30 letter reads.
The hearing was focused on hashing out looming questions about what evidence or arguments can and cannot be submitted to a jury during the trial.
"There is definitely enough evidence to justify the question [of] when he downloaded the 14,000 [files] did he plan to use that at Uber," Alsup said on Wednesday.
The judge also ruled the jury can use Levandowski's decision not to testify against him.
It'll play out something like this: Levandowski will take the stand. Alphabet will ask him things like whether he downloaded files from Alphabet and if he did so with the intention of bringing them to Uber. Levandowski will plead the fifth. The jury, then, gets to say that looks bad for Levandowski and hold it against him when making their decision.
But Alphabet wants to extend that assumption of guilt based on Levandowski's assertion of the fifth amendment to Uber — a move that the ride-hail company has unsurprisingly opposed.
"It's a separate question whether or not it's adverse to other parties in the case and that's for [the jury] to decide based on all the evidence [presented]," he said.
Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick — who has retained his own attorneys — is scheduled to give his deposition tomorrow. In question, is whether Kalanick knew about Levandowski's alleged possession of Alphabet files.
This is developing...
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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In October 2016, Saints Foundation launched the Premier League Primary Stars Programme, which specifically aims to increase the knowledge, skills and confidence of teachers, as well as increase young people's enjoyment , participation and skill in competitive and non-competitive sports and other physical activities in schools across Southampton to help improve the provision of PE and School Sport. The project will use PE, PSHE, Literacy and Numeracy to improve young people's resilience and emotional wellbeing.
Saints Foundation currently deliver the Primary Stars programme at the following core schools across Southampton – Bassett Green Primary, Harefield Primary, Swaythling Primary, Redbridge Primary, Weston Park Primary, Foundry Lane Primary, St. Patrick's Catholic Primary, Newlands Primary, Hightown Primary, Valentine Primary, Wordsworth Primary and Thornhill Primary, Mount Pleasant Primary, Ludlow Junior, Mason Moor Primary and Kanes Hill Primary.
For more information on Premier League Primary Stars, please contact our Schools and Community Senior Project Officer, Mike Dixon at mdixon@saintsfc.co.uk.


The morning sun peeks through gray clouds. The ground is muddy from several days of rain. Various greens poke their tender leaves through the wet earth of Tilden Park, a 740-acre oasis in the Berkeley hills, just east of San Francisco. I've been coming to this park for more than 15 years. I've watched my boys—four-year-old twins—take some of their first steps here, toddling off to see snowy egrets and blue herons diving for fish on Jewel Lake.
On a recent walk, one of my boys squatted down, transfixed by a plant with a long, reedy stem topped by a bright yellow flower. "What's this, Mama?" he asked. "A sour flower," I told him, the common name for oxalis, a plant that grows rampant all over the United States. "You can eat it," I added. He picked one for himself and one for his brother, and they both chomped down on the stems. Their lips puckered–very sour indeed. Utterly delighted, they asked me what else they could try. That, it turned out, was a very good question, and one for which I didn't have a ready answer.
I knew that many of the foods I buy from my local health food store—berries, dandelions and other wild greens, edible flowers, and even pine nuts—grow locally. I just wasn't sure where they grow or how to identify them. So the next time I returned to Tilden, I brought along a guide.
Joshua Muscat is an herbalist who uses wild medicinal herbs to create teas, oils, salves, and tinctures, which he uses to treat clients in his practice at the San Francisco Botanical Medicine Clinic. On this spring day, he hops out of his pickup truck, and we walk no farther than 10 feet before he points out two plants growing nearby: miner's lettuce and chickweed. I stoop down to pick them and notice how beautiful they are. Miner's lettuce has circular bright green leaves, and chickweed has tiny oval leaves clasping a thin stem. The ground is wet, and the plants yield easily. "Taste them," Muscat suggests.
Just before putting the greens in my mouth, I stop. What if they're poisonous?
I'm surprised by this reaction, especially since I'm with an experienced guide. But such fears are common, and they run deep. In our supermarket culture, we've come to trust only food that is wrapped in plastic or sold to us by a store or farmer's market. Noticing my hesitation, Muscat tells me to relax and assures me that foraging can be safe, fun, and even spiritual. I pop the chickweed in my mouth, and its greenness infuses my palate with a sweet sprightliness. But there's more. It also offers a kind of promise: Nature, it seems to say, is all around us and will provide us with what we need. Just open your eyes and start looking around.
I'm game. So after the last bite of chickweed, we move on. In the course of our hour-long walk, I see an enormous variety of foods and medicinal herbs: nettles, blackberry vines, plantains, mallows, geraniums, wild radishes, California bay, yellow dock, black sage, and many more. These are things I regularly buy, to cook with or use in teas. Why, I wonder, looking around at the remarkable variety of plant foods all around me, didn't I realize before that they grow wild here, to be had for free? Why did foraging become a lost art and acquire a distasteful reputation?
"Until World War II, people, particularly in rural areas, ate weeds regularly," says Peter Gail, Ph.D., author of The Dandelion Celebration: A Guide to Unexpected Cuisine (Goosefoot Acres, 1995). "Dandelions, lambs-quarters—all sorts of wild plants were part of their diets. The bias against wild edibles came only after World War II, in part because of pesticide company advertising. The pesticide industry got consumers to value uniform green lawns, and the way to get that green lawn was by killing weeds."
Killing weeds, Gail believes, is nothing short of a tragedy, for dandelions are among the most healthful plants on earth. Euell Gibbons, in his seminal work Stalking the Wild Asparagus, which was first published in 1962, refers to them by their classic label, Taraxacum officinale, which roughly translates to "the official remedy for disorders." Gibbons writes, "How the mighty have fallen! This herbal hero, one of the most healthful and genuinely useful plants in the materia medica of the past, is now a despised lawn weed."
It was Gibbons's book that first began to revive interest in foraging among Americans. It became the counterculture's back-to-the-land bible of the '60s and went on to become a best-seller.
of The Neighborhood Forager: A Guide for the Wild Food Gourmet (Chelsea Green, 2000). "People who foraged were perceived as illiterate, and foraging was regarded as déclassé."
Surprisingly, the best foraging is done in more densely populated areas. "Urban and suburban foraging yield an incredible variety of edible plants," Henderson says, "from wild plants that have succeeded and survived to landscape and ornamental plants that have been added."
"Start with just one plant," Gail recommends, "an easily recognizable one, like dandelion, purslane, violets, or lambs-quarters. Don't look for dozens of plants—just look for one or two species. Once you've mastered identifying it, it's yours forever."
Other rules apply: Use several respected guidebooks to double- and triple-check the identity of the food you're about to eat. And unless you're with an experienced mushroom forager or mycologist, avoid all mushrooms. It's easy to make a mistake, and with mushrooms, a mistake can be deadly.
Do not forage for any foods near heavily traveled roads, since they are likely to contain a high level of toxins from exhaust and may have been sprayed with pesticides. One way to tell if a plant has been sprayed is simply to see if it looks healthy; if it doesn't—if the leaves are shriveled or brown—then it might have been sprayed. If you are foraging in an urban area, rinse your edibles in a vegetable wash before you eat them.
There is also this bit of foraging etiquette, which mirrors the yogic principle of aparigraha (greedlessness): Take only what you need and what the plant can sustain. "It's a good rule of thumb for foraging and a good rule for life," Henderson says. "Learn about the plant's life cycle so you know how much harvesting it can take. Chicory, for example, is a perennial, so you should take only a quarter of the plants in a given patch so it can come back the next year. And never forage for ginseng or wild garlic. They don't reproduce readily and are almost extinct."
If food is so readily available in stores, why work to find it outside? Wild edibles are some of the most nutritious foods on the planet, Gail says. Rose hips, for example, are the world's best source of vitamin C. Violet flowers and violet leaves come in a close second, with 17 times as much vitamin C as oranges. And when you buy produce in a store, Gail adds, you can bet it's spent a week or two out of the ground and in transit. "By the time it gets there," he says, "that produce has lost up to 75 percent of its original nutritional value."
But there's more to it than that. As Gibbons so eloquently wrote, "We live in a vastly complex society which has been able to provide us with a multitude of material things, and this is good, but people are beginning to suspect that we have paid a high spiritual price for our plenty....Don't we sometimes feel that we are living a secondhand sort of existence, and that we are in danger of losing all contact with the origins of life and the nature which nourishes it?"
When you look for food in nature, you see where it grows, how it grows, and what it grows near. I will never see Tilden Park the way I did before I went foraging. I've learned that this place that holds many of my happiest memories can feed me in more than one way.
"Foraging connects you with all of creation," Gail says. "When you eat wild foods, you begin to realize what the source of all life and energy is, where it comes from, and how it works. You become more deeply connected to it, because you understand it. You have confidence that these plants will sustain you, which can give you a tremendous sense of steadiness and peace. People I teach say, 'I can't believe it—I've been walking over dinner all my life.'"
When my foraging walk at Tilden comes to an end, I thank Muscat for a truly eye-opening day. My pockets are filled with chickweed and miner's lettuce, which I'll prepare for tonight's dinner. I head home, already tasting them, fresh and sweet.
Want to try foraging? Follow these safety tips from Robert K. Henderson, author of The Neighborhood Forager: A Guide for the Wild Food Gourmet.
Don't eat any plant until you've positively identi½ed it by its botanical name. Common names change from place to place, and the confusion can be lethal.
Know which parts of edible plants are edible, and under what conditions. If you don't know for sure, don't eat any part of the plant at all.
Avoid plants growing on roadsides and in other high-traffic areas. They may be contaminated from automotive exhaust, motor oil, or other chemicals.
Spit the pits. Most fruit pits enclose a poisonous seed, so it's best to spit them out. Teach children to do so as well.
Remember: Any plant is poisonous to people who are allergic to it. That means, for example, if you're allergic to stone-bearing domestic fruits, you should consider chokecherries off-limits.
Observe the first-try protocol. When you have positively identified a new plant and its edible parts, take just a little taste and wait to see how you react before you dive in. Also, know that some plants that are perfectly fine in reasonable amounts can cause problems in people who gorge on them.
Eat wild foods only when they're in season. Know which time of year a plant is edible and eat it only then.
Follow the rules. It is illegal to pick plants in some state and national parks.


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Takuma Sato scored the fourth victory of his NTT IndyCar Series career at Barber Motorsports Park, surviving a major off-course excursion in the closing laps to hold off Scott Dixon and Sebastien Bourdais.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda driver Sato left everyone behind when it mattered, and had a comfortable lead and beat Dixon by 2.4sec at the checkered flag.
Bourdais got up to second running a brave two-stop strategy but he fell behind Dixon when everyone pitted simultaneously following a full-course yellow.
Championship leader Josef Newgarden saved a poor weekend for Team Penske with fourth ahead of the best Andretti Autosport driver, Alexander Rossi, while the Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports-Hondas of James Hinchcliffe and Marcus Ericsson claimed sixth and seventh.
Polesitter Sato made a strong start to lead the first lap by almost a second as teammate Graham Rahal was fully occupied keeping Dixon behind him. Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet driver Ed Jones made an astonishing start from 21st on the grid to sprint past 17 cars and briefly run fourth before he was unsurprisingly assessed a drive-through penalty for a jumped start.
That left Hinchcliffe's Arrow SPM-Honda holding fourth chased by Rossi's Andretti Autosport-Honda, the American having made a bold jump up to fifth from eighth, ahead of Bourdais (Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan), Spencer Pigot (Ed Carpenter Racing), Colton Herta (Harding Steinbrenner) and Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti).
Team Penske-Chevrolet's Will Power fell to 10th, but then managed to depose Hunter-Reay on Lap 6. His teammate Newgarden pitted on Lap 9 to change from new blacks to reds, while Power also stopped just a couple laps later, switching from used reds to new reds, and their teammate Simon Pagenaud went from blacks to reds.
By Lap 15, Power was 11th and leading the cars that had already stopped. His nearest competitors were Newgarden, Hunter-Reay, Ericsson in the second Arrow SPM car, Santino Ferrucci (Dale Coyne Racing-Honda), Pagenaud and Rosenqvist.
Two laps later, Sato pitted from the lead but had a long stop due to a sticking left-rear wheelnut and on Lap 18, Rahal and Dixon stopped, but RLLR had a disaster with Rahal's stop due to a sticking throttle. Sato had at least managed to remain in front of Dixon, but Rahal was now 12th.
Hinchcliffe got serviced on Lap 19, Rossi on Lap 20, leaving Bourdais up front in the DCR car with a 6.5sec lead over Pigot and 10.5 over Jack Harvey. Sato ran fourth with Dixon still filling his mirrors, both cars on black primary Firestones.
Rossi's stop for reds had slotted him in eighth between Power and Newgarden, and Rossi had to work his cold tires hard to keep Newgarden in his mirrors.
Sato and Dixon moved up to third and fourth ahead of Harvey on Lap 24, and ahead of Pigot on Lap 25, while on that same lap Rossi demoted Power to eighth using his much fresher reds to perfection. A lap later, Power spun exiting the penultimate turn, giving up several positions and necessitating a pitstop.
On Lap 29, Bourdais pitted from the lead on what was clearly a two-stop strategy, while Pigot and Harvey followed suit, but the Meyer Shank Racing SPM-Honda driver was assessed a drive-through penalty for speeding in pitlane.
Thus Sato moved into the lead, leading Dixon by 4.2sec, with Hinchcliffe the same distance further back but with Rossi up his tailpipe. Hunter-Reay claimed fifth from Newgarden around the outside of Turn 5 on Lap 32, and it prompted Newgarden to stop for a fresh set of primaries.
Herta, who had tumbled down the order with low fuel pressure, finally pitted on Lap 31 and retired.
Hunter-Reay, Rosenqvist, Pagenaud and Ferrucci stopped on Lap 36, while Sato pitted from the lead on Lap 37, leaving Dixon up front for one lap before he too was called in and handed the lead to Hinchcliffe who still had Rossi just one second away.
Ericsson deposed Newgarden and Power on successive laps at Turn 5 and moved the #7 into the top 10. Just three laps later he got past Pigot who was working to make a two-stop strategy work.
Hinchcliffe stopped on Lap 39, Rossi ceded the lead on Lap 40, and so Sato moved back into top spot, seven seconds ahead of two-stopping Bourdais who was just clinging on ahead of Dixon and the closing Hinchcliffe. On the outer fringes of the Top 10, Newgarden passed Power and Pigot on successive laps to take eighth, but he was 9sec down on the flying Ericsson.
Power, with eight laps older tires than Pagenaud, couldn't hold off his teammate and fell to 11th before stopping on what was now going to have to be a four-stop strategy.
Up front on Lap 53, Sato was leading Bourdais by seven seconds who was able to keep out of reach of Dixon, who was now under pressure from Hinchcliffe and Rossi. A further 13sec back, sixth-placed Hunter-Reay was being stalked by Ericsson.
Rahal suddenly ground to a halt on the back straight, while Tony Kanaan and Max Chilton collided as they came into the pit entrance, and it sent the Carlin Racing-Chevrolet into the tire barrier. Race director Kyle Novak delayed the full-course caution and allowed drivers to pit, negating Bourdais' two-stop strategy as everyone pitted together and he missed out on pitlane.
After the stops, Sato led Dixon, Bourdais who was on new reds and with 171 push-to-pass seconds left, Hinchcliffe, Rossi, Hunter-Reay, Ericsson, Newgarden (on new reds), Pagenaud and Power. Pigot was made to drop to the rear of the pack after an unsafe release in pitlane. The drivers behind had stopped again to top off before the restart on Lap 65.
The lapped Matheus Leist helped Sato escape at the front as he lay between the leader and Dixon and proved very reluctant to allow the pack through.
Newgarden, who had gotten around Ericsson on the restart, managed to pass Hunter-Reay for sixth around Turn 15, and Ericsson went around Hunter-Reay at Turn 5 to claim seventh and up ahead Newgarden pushed Hinchcliffe down to sixth.
On Lap 85, Sato outbraked himself at the Turn 8-9 chicane and went flying through the dirt, but held a comfortable enough lead over Dixon to retain the lead and he went on to complete the 90 laps without issue and to win by 2.3874sec.
Dixon worked hard in the closing laps to beat Bourdais by less than half a second.
On Lap 87, Newgarden made a tire-smoking pass down the inside of Rossi at Turn 5 to grab fourth in an excellent drive that keeps him 27 points ahead of Dixon in the championship.
Hinchcliffe closed on Rossi but fell half a second short, while Ericsson got a solid seventh ahead of Hunter-Reay and Pagenaud. Power ran out of fuel on the penultimate lap, handing 10th place to Rosenqvist.


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Basketball Sports Top Story
Penguins Invade Cleveland, Pillage Vikings
Posted By: Jambar Contributor 1717 Views
By Brian Yauger
The Youngstown State University women's basketball team closed their season out right, taking down in-state rival Cleveland State University 74-61.
"I thought our seniors stepped up, especially in the second half," Penguins coach John Barnes said. "Cleveland State did a great job of wanting to take away our post players. They didn't want to get beat inside so they were allowing us to get some open looks from the outside. For our guards to go 46 percent from three is a great performance from those guys."
Confidence was key for the Penguins after a two-game skid on the road. Getting their groove back for tournament time was huge for the team.
"I thought it was a great comeback win after those two losses we had," senior guard Alison Smolinski said. "I thought we all played very confidently, our mental toughness really was there as opposed to those other two games. It's always hard to play on the road regardless. It was a good win."
Mental toughness was a factor in the loss to Wright State University and played an even bigger factor Saturday for the team, just in the opposite direction.
"I think our mental toughness was a lot better in this game than in the past weekend," senior forward Sarah Cash said.
Smolinski led the team scoring 19 points and is one away from tying the Horizon League record for career 3-pointers. Smolinski finished the first half with 16.
Photos by Brian Yauger/The Jambar
She was one of five to hit the double-figure mark as Cash (13), McKenah Peters (12), Melinda Trimmer (11) and Mary Dunn (10).
Chelsea Olson was one-point away, but she was focused more on distributing, finishing with 12 assists.
Speaking of distributing, Trimmer flexed her scoring muscle, shooting 50 percent from behind the arc.
"I was begging her to shoot," Barnes said. "She was open a lot, she passed up a lot early and then took a bunch down the stretch and helped us build that lead to get the win."
Leading the Vikings were Savanna Crockett and Mariah Miller who each ended the game with 16 points.
The Wolstein Center was packed with Penguin fans. If it weren't for the green of the seats, there would have been significantly more red in the stands.
"We had a great crowd," Barnes said. "I think we had more fans than they did. They were loud and into it and cheering the team on and our players really appreciate that."
Beating Cleveland State going into the tournament will do wonders for the team's confidence, especially after dropping two-straight beforehand.
"It's definitely a good confidence booster," Smolinski said. "It gives us that good mentality heading into the tournament and like Mary [Dunn] mentioned [in the locker room] we've beaten everyone in our conference at least one time so that's a great thing too. We're ready to get the tournament started.
The win locks YSU in the third-seed for Wednesday's game at Beeghly Center. Their opponent will be the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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Q: Is there any default function/utility to prompt the user for yes/no in a Bash script? Sometimes I need to ask the user for yes/no to confirm something.
Usually I use something like this:
# Yes/no dialog. The first argument is the message that the user will see.
# If the user enters n/N, send exit 1.
check_yes_no(){
    while true; do
        read -p "$1" yn
        if [ "$yn" = "" ]; then
            yn='Y'
        fi
        case "$yn" in
            [Yy] )
                break;;
            [Nn] )
                echo "Aborting..."
                exit 1;;
            * )
                echo "Please answer y or n for yes or no.";;
        esac
    done;
}

Is there a better way to do it? Is this utility maybe already in my /bin folder?

A: Ah, there is something built-in: zenity is a graphical dialog program:
if zenity --question --text="Is this OK?" --ok-label=Yes --cancel-label=No
then
    # user clicked "Yes"
else
    # user clicked "No"
fi

In addition to zenity, you can use one of:
if dialog --yesno "Is this OK?" 0 0; then ...
if whiptail --yesno "Is this OK?" 0 0; then ...

A: That looks fine to me. I would just make it a bit less "do or die":

*

*if "Y" then return 0

*if "N" then return 1
That way you can do something like:
if check_yes_no "Do important stuff? [Y/n] "; then
    # do the important stuff
else
    # do something else
fi
# continue with the rest of your script

With @muru's select suggestion, the function can be very terse:
check_yes_no () {
    echo "$1"
    local ans PS3="> "
    select ans in Yes No; do
        [[ $ans == Yes ]] && return 0
        [[ $ans == No ]] && return 1
    done
}

A: As a conclusion I wrote this script:
#!/bin/bash

usage() {
    echo "Show yes/no dialog, returns 0 or 1 depending on user answer"
    echo "Usage: $0 [OPTIONS]
    -x      force to use GUI dialog
    -m <string> message that user will see" 1>&2
    exit 1;
}

while getopts m:xh opts; do
    case ${opts} in
        x) FORCE_GUI=true;
            ;;
        m) MSG=${OPTARG}
            ;;
        h) usage
            ;;
    esac
done

if [ -z "$MSG" ];then
    usage
fi

# Yes/no dialog.
# If the user enters n/N, return 1.
while true; do
    if [ -z $FORCE_GUI ]; then
        read -p "$MSG" yn
        case "$yn" in
            [Yy] )
                exit 0;;
            [Nn] )
                echo "Aborting..." >&1
                exit 1;;
            * )
                echo "Please answer y or n for yes or no.";;
        esac
    else
        if [ -z $DISPLAY ]; then echo "DISPLAY variable is not set" >&1 ; exit 1; fi
        if zenity --question --text="$MSG" --ok-label=Yes --cancel-label=No; then
            exit 0
        else
            echo "Aborting..." >&1
            exit 1
        fi
    fi
done;

Latest version of script can be found here. Fill free to change/edit

A: I'm using the following:

*

*default to no:

    read -p "??? Are You sure [y/N]? " -n 1
    if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
        echo "!!! Canceled by user."
        exit 1
    fi

*

*default to yes:

    read -p "??? Are You sure [Y/n]" -n 1
    if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Nn]$ ]]; then
        echo "!!! Canceled by user."
        exit 1
    fi

A:  read -p 'Are you sure you want to continue? (y/n) ' -n 1 confirmation
 echo ''
 if [[ $confirmation != 'y' && $confirmation != 'Y' ]]; then
   exit 3
 fi
 # Code to execute if user wants to continue here.


The rent is too damned high. New housing option, higher wages are part of the solution.
In the Greater Bangor market, nearly 60 percent of renters cannot afford to rent a two-bedroom apartment and nearly half of households can't afford a median-priced home without devoting more than 30 percent of their income to housing, according to 2017 Maine State Housing Authority data.
For years, we've heard about the affordable housing crisis in Portland. So, it was surprising to learn that Bangor is less affordable, in terms of housing, than the state's largest city.
A committee has already been established to look into Bangor's housing affordability problem; a subgroup has spent the past six months collecting data around the issue. It has a challenging task as affordable housing represents an intersection of many societal problems, including wage stagnation, poverty, substance abuse and a shortage of safe senior housing.
In addition, the conversation must be regional as people who live in Bangor don't just work within the city limits and people who work in Bangor often live outside the city.
As a consequence, we should not expect quick, simple solutions. Instead, this work will focus important conversations, many of which are already ongoing, about new housing options, economic development, social support services, among other topics. Solutions will be multifaceted and long-term.
By accepted state and federal metrics, housing is not affordable when it requires more than 30 percent of an individual's or family's income. In the Greater Bangor market, nearly 60 percent of renters cannot afford to rent a two-bedroom apartment and nearly half of households can't afford a median-priced home without devoting more than 30 percent of their income to housing, according to 2017 Maine State Housing Authority data.
In Bangor specifically, the median income is $36,044 per year. Using the 30 percent rule, the median Bangor family could afford a house costing up to $113,197. The median sales price for a house in Bangor in 2017 was $136,000, significantly above the affordability threshold. Looked at another way, the average Bangor family would need to earn an additional $6,300 per year to afford a home in the city.
According the Maine Housing analysis, 57 percent of Bangor households — more than 8,200 — are unable to afford a median priced home.
Veazie is the region's most unaffordable town, in terms of home buying. With a median annual income of $48,700, the average Veazie resident can afford a home selling for up to $161,837. The median home price in Veazie was $226,995 in 2017. Nearly 66 percent of that community's residents can't afford a median-priced home there.
Howland is the most affordable regional town for homebuying with a median home price of only $65,750. Of course, the low home prices are not a benefit when a homeowner wants to sell and relocate.
In Bangor 60 percent of apartment renters cannot afford monthly rent. The average rent in Bangor, for a two-bedroom apartment including utilities, is $791. But the median renter's annual income of $24,589 only qualifies them for an apartment costing $615 per month, a significant gap.
The problem is not spread equally across the city. Renters in the Capehart, Tree Streets and the city's West Side Village are most likely to pay unaffordable rent. These areas also have higher eviction rates.
Most affordable housing conversations focus on increasing the number of low-cost housing options, such using city ordinances to incentive the development of affordable housing and speeding the reuse of dilapidated housing. This is important and appropriate.
But that is only half the problem. New jobs and higher wages must also be part of the solution. Bangor's recovery from the 2008 recession has been slow. Job growth in Bangor has been relatively flat in recent years and the city remains about 900 jobs short of 2007 employment levels. Portland, which has a more diverse economy, has seen a more than 5 percent increase in jobs over that time.
Many of the high-paying jobs in the Bangor area, especially in manufacturing and construction, have not been replaced. The sectors where there are new jobs, food service and accommodations and education, for example, pay lower wages in Bangor than the state average.
These and other issues are on the minds of Bangor officials and the city's housing committee, which began meeting this week. They won't find easy answers, but their ultimate recommendations should improve Bangor for all its residents.


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People's War for Just Peace
Published on March 29, 2017 in Editorial
Peace talks between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and five Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) administrations since 1986 have gone on and off because of the unresolved protracted armed conflict between them.
By consensus of the parties, the sequential formal peace negotiations are aimed at ending the armed conflict—and attaining just and lasting peace for the Filipino people—by seriously addressing and resolving its root causes. Happily, this has been grasped and persistently supported by a growing network of peace advocacy formations and people's organizatio
ns. However, this consensual objective has yet to be deeply understood and appreciated by the general public.
Less comprehended still, outside the ranks of revolutionary forces, is this fact: The people's war, at bottom, is a struggle for a just and lasting peace. Yes, the people's war, led by the CPP-NPA/NDFP over the last 48 years, has pursued such peace "in the most comprehensive and strategic way."
No wonder the slogan, "People's war is for people's peace," was raised before a huge crowd during the unprecedented public celebration of the 48th founding anniversary of the CPP last December 26 in Davao City and in various regional commands of the NPA across the country.
For a deeper insight on this matter, Liberation readers may refer to the article, "NDFP Framework in Contrast with the GRP Framework", written, on May 15, 1991, by Jose Ma. Sison, founding chairperson of the reestablished CPP and chief political consultant of the NDFP negotiating panel. It is included in the first volume of his selected writings (1991-2009), titled For Justice, Socialism and Peace.
"The struggle for national liberation and democracy against US imperialism and local reactionary classes [embodied by the people's war] is a struggle for a just and lasting peace," Sison succinctly writes, "because it strives to solve the fundamental problems of the nation and people, fight and defeat the violence of oppression and exploitation, and bring about the basis for a just and lasting peace."
Correlating this to the peace negotiations, Sison points out: "The strategic line of the national democratic revolution is the NDFP's strategic line for a just and lasting peace. There is no other strategic line." To claim there is no strategic line or to replace it (in the peace talks), he emphasizes, "is to confuse the people and the revolutionary forces."
As regards struggling for peace in the most comprehensive and strategic way, he explains: "The struggle for a just peace entails as many specific forms of struggle as does the national democratic revolution. These include all legal and illegal forms of struggle." Armed struggle is the main form, he stresses, because it settles the question of power which is the principal question in any revolution. "No social revolution is possible without the prior change of political power."
In contrast, the GRP's strategic view is to preserve the oppressive and exploitative system and to defeat and pacify the revolutionary forces. Almost all the previous presidents demanded that the NDFP submit to the GRP constitution, which the latter consistently rejected. Given this GRP strategic view, why has the revolutionary movement persisted in pursuing peace negotiations? Sison explains:
"The NDFP has manifested its just and reasonable position by declaring that although the optimum condition for a just and lasting peace is the total victory of the people in their national democratic revolution, (it) is willing to engage in peace talks for several important reasons, including the promotion of national independence and democracy and a number of basic reforms, immediately beneficial to the people (emphasis ours).
While firmly holding fast to its fundamental principles and strategic line, the revolutionary movement has shown flexibility in talking peace. It makes readjustments in policy as the situation warrants and encourages the GRP to do the same regarding the armed conflict and related issues.
This flexibility has been amply shown in the current peace negotiations, enabling these to move forward relatively fast. That, until President Duterte irascibly cancelled the talks in February, then calming down, agreed to continue them as scheduled, in April. The CPP-NPA reciprocated the GRP's unilateral ceasefire declaration in August and (after two months of withdrawal) has acceded to restore it and to work on an interim bilateral ceasefire agreement for the duration of the peace talks.
These concessions to the GRP are based on carefully weighed expectations that the GRP will make good its repeated promise to release more political prisoners, in compliance with the Comprehensive Agreement on the Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL). More significant, the GRP has shown willingness to forge and sign a mutually acceptable Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms (CASER) within this year, and soon after that to begin implementing—along with the NDFP—some of its immediately doable provisions that will benefit the people.
These developments in the peace talks with the Duterte government have played out essentially as Sison envisioned in his 1991 article. Consider these passages:
"Revolutionaries determined to carry out the objectives of the (National Democratic Revolution) can logically and legitimately consider peace negotiations as a way of pushing forward the aforesaid objectives in the same way that the other side considers the same peace negotiations as a way of pushing forward its own objectives. Inevitably, the struggle across the table reflects, first of all, the struggle in the battlefield and then influences further developments in the battlefield."
"It takes the two basic parties in the armed conflict to agree on a truce and what national purpose is to be served. Even if the peace talks were to fail… the people can see who [of the two parties] has the just and reasonable position."
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In mid-November last year, President Duterte expressed openness to meet with two leading NDFP negotiating panel members about resuming the
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by Leon Castro Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) President Rodrigo Duterte announced last August 14 that


The product release schedule has developed a great deal over the last few years but the annual arrival of a Modular Building remains unchanged and is still one of the most anticipated events on the LEGO calendar. 10251 Brick Bank is the latest addition to the range and is the fourth corner building.
When the set was revealed in October the reaction was overwhelmingly positive, not only to the design of the set but also to the reduced price of £119.99 which is less than that of 10246 Detective's Office or 10243 Parisian Restaurant. Meanwhile, the US price has risen to $169.99 in accordance with the increased piece count of 2380. Hopefully the quality of the set has also improved, although the excellence of 10246 is difficult to better in my opinion.
The set will be released worldwide on January 1st but we have been lucky enough to receive one from LEGO so we can bring you an early review.


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Q: Solutions to equations involving hyperoperations Are there any texts on solutions to equations involving hyperoperations?
Let's define $H_n(x,y) : \mathbb{N}_0 \rightarrow \mathbb{N}_0 $ to  be the n-th hyperoperation, in particular:
$H_n(x,y)=\begin{cases}
y+1 & n=0 \\
x & n=1,y=0 \\
0 & n=2,y=0 \\
1 & n\geq3,y=0 \\
H_{n-1}(x,H_{n}(x,y-1)) & \text{otherwise} \\
\end{cases}$
This comes from Hyperopration article on wikipedia.
The particular problem I am looking at is for fixed $m, n.$ What inverses or other operations are required to give a closed form solution of $H_m(x,x)=H_n(x,x)$ for $x?$ I would expect these to be some generalizations of Lambert W function, but I cant find what are they called.

A: The special case of $H_m(x,x)=H_n(x,x)$ is remarkably simple to solve. Assuming $m<n$, one can easily verify that $x\ge3$ has no solutions since $H_m(x,x)$ will be significantly smaller than $H_n(x,x)$. One can then verify that all of $x=0,1,2$ are always solutions except for a small handful of cases when $m<2$.