Join us for a week of pre-season training in preparation for your high school soccer season.
WAIVER INFORMATION - Prior to submitting your childs camp registration you will need to complete the online waiver form. If your child has previosly submitted a waiver for a clinic or indoor league roster information during the 2018-19 season you will be able to go ahead with camp registration. Once this form is complete you will be able to register for any 2019 Camp.
FACILITY: FSA's High School Prep Camp will be held at FSA Park, our outdoor soccer complex. Restrooms will be available at the outdoor concession building along with water and gatorade vending machines.
WHAT TO BRING: Soccer ball, Water bottle (we will have coolers onsite that we will replenish during the day); All players must wear shinguards; In the event we move indoors due to weather please be prepared with indoor shoes or sneakers.
REGISTRATION - Registration can be done through our website (preferred), front desk or via phone. All registrations must be accompanied by the $125 fee. Please be aware that camps could sell out prior to the deadline. Late registrations will be accepted on a case to case basis provided there is room remaining in the camp of interest. All registration is first-come, first-served. Registration for all camps will close after the second day is complete.
PAYMENT - We accept cash, check or charge. Accepted credit cards include VISA, MasterCard and Discover. The $125 fee is due with your registration. No partial payments will be accepted. Those opting to pay by check will still need to register online. Upon exiting your registration without making a credit card payment your child will be dropped into the waiting list for the group. Once your payment is received we will move your child into the officially registered group and confirm by e-mail.
REFUND POLICY - Full refunds will be given in the event that a program does not have enough participants enrolled to occur which will result in cancelation of that a program. We will attempt to process all refunds within 2 weeks of the cancelation date. Refunds will not be given to teams/individuals withdrawing on or after the posted registration deadline for the program of interest.


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The problem is that clicking different buttons quickly triggers the click on the first button but not the current button being clicked. How do I fix this?
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I recently launched the 2015 edition of the European Commission's report on Policy Coherence for Development — or PCD — that shows that the European Union remains a PCD-frontrunner on the international stage, having made good progress over the past two years.
"What is Policy Coherence for Development?" you may ask. In short, it is about taking account of development objectives in all of the EU's policies that are likely to affect developing countries. We have to minimize contradictions and build synergies between different EU policies to benefit developing countries and increase the effectiveness of development cooperation. Policy coherence currently focuses on five strategic areas: trade and finance, food security, climate change, migration and security.
We take this work seriously. Not just because it is an obligation under the Lisbon Treaty, but even more because policy coherence for development matters — for the future of our partner countries and for global sustainable development. In recent years, both the EU institutions and the member states have made great efforts to strengthen procedures, instruments and mechanisms for PCD at all levels.
On trade, which is crucial for economic growth and sustainable development, the EU remains the most open market in the world for developing countries, with total exports from least developed countries to the EU currently worth over 35 billion euros ($37.5 billion) annually. In order to assist developing countries to benefit from this huge trade potential, the EU and its member states also remain the most important aid for trade donor in the world, providing a total of 11.7 billion euros in 2013. Africa is the biggest recipient.
On climate change, in October 2014, the EU agreed to reduce within its own borders greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent compared to 1990 levels by 2030, increase energy efficiency by at least 27 percent and the share of renewable energy to at least 27 percent. In addition to the positive impact of such reductions within Europe, policy coherence on climate change also means that the EU is supporting climate-related actions in developing countries, for example, having recently launched a new phase of the Global Climate Change Alliance — known as GCCA+ — to foster effective dialogue and cooperation on climate change, in particular with least developed countries and small island developing states.
On migration, in 2013, 232 million people were considered international migrants, with almost half living in developing countries. The EU's external migration policy — the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility — helps ensure policy coherence between migration and development policy.
Finally, on peace and security, a new EU Conflict Early Warning System was rolled out globally in September 2014. The system looks at long-term risks for the emergence or escalation of violent conflict and is designed to close the gap between early warning and early action.
These are just a few examples of the progress that has been made on policy coherence. However, that is not to say that we have achieved our goals in this area. I know that more can and should be done. The ongoing migration crisis is one clear example of a challenge for policy coherence in many areas.
Policy coherence for development must also be responsive to the prevailing international environment. In this respect, the recent adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals offers the opportunity for governments, institutions and organizations to examine more comprehensively the ways in which they formulate and implement policies across the board.
For its part, the European Commission has adopted its work program for 2016, with the clear statement that it is "no time for business as usual." We will bring forward an initiative that will set out a new approach to ensure Europe's economic growth and social and environmental sustainability beyond the 2020 timeframe, taking into account the Europe 2020 review and the internal and external implementation of the United Nations SDGs.
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Greg Avera, Vice President, Global Sales for Kensington Computer Products Group
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Recognized as one of UBM Tech Channel's CRN 2013 Channel Chiefs
Kensington, a worldwide leader in delivering smart. safe. simple.™ mobile device accessories, today announced today that Greg Avera, has been named one of UBM Tech Channel's CRN 2013 Channel Chiefs. This prestigious list of the most influential and powerful leaders in the IT channel recognizes those executives directly responsible for driving channel sales and growth within their organization, while evangelizing and defending the importance of the channel throughout the entire IT Industry.
Since joining Kensington in 2010, Greg has been instrumental in increasing Kensington's focus and presence in the channel. In addition to invigorating its core security business, Greg guided the introduction of a portfolio of new products engineered to support the explosive growth and use of tablet computers for the education, enterprise, SMB, and hospitality markets. The products which include several point-of-sale (POS) combo stands and enclosures featuring trademark SecureBack™ technology, were designed specifically for single purpose/multi use environments that will greatly improve security policies, benefit point of sale opportunities and enhance the user experience.
Kensington will also be introducing an Education Partner Program in 2013, offering increased sales support to its channel partners in the New Year including several new products for the education market. The company will ensure that channel partners and resellers are given the tools and collateral needed to increase sales via special pricing discounts, loyalty programs and dedicated partner portals, just to name a few.
"Our channel partners can expect to see some exciting things from Kensington in 2013 and the continued integration of hardware, software and security products that we believe will help each partner with continued growth and drive sales," said Avera. "We look forward to another year of helping them achieve their profitability and success."
For over ten years, Channel Chiefs were selected by the CRN editorial team based on channel experience, program innovations, channel-driven revenue, and public support for the importance of IT Channel Sales.
"The 2013 Channel Chiefs list recognizes vendor executives dedicated to driving channel programs in the IT marketplace," said Kelley Damore, Senior Vice President, Editorial Director, CRN. "Our annual Channel Chiefs issue is a must-read for IT solution providers evaluating new vendors or looking to expand solution offerings. These are the people, the products and the programs that any savvy solution provider needs to know. We congratulate this year's Channel Chiefs for their stellar record of business innovation and applaud them for their continued dedication to the partner community."
Selected by CRN's editorial staff, the 2013 Channel Chiefs list is featured in the 2/25/13 issue of CRN Magazine and will be featured online at www.crn.com.
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Horse racing will increase traffic congestion
By Letter to the editor Friday, Sep 20, 2019 Letters	3
Everyone loves Great Barrington, but finding a place to park can oftentimes be a challenge. Additionally, traffic congestion has steadily been on the upswing. Sometimes you'll need to plan for a delay of up to 30 minutes in order to reach your destination on time.
It has been in the news that the town of Great Barrington is entertaining the idea of bringing back the horse racing business to the fairgrounds. Horse racing at the fairgrounds will dramatically increase traffic congestion at the southern end of Great Barrington, where Guido's, Big Y, the Great Barrington Bagel Company, the Mobil gas station, Aubuchon Hardware and a number of other stores reside. Horse racing events will make it difficult for emergency vehicles to reach accident victims or others in need of emergency services. Additionally, it's likely going to be a nightmare for shoppers attempting to enter jammed up Route 7 when horse racing events occur.
We need to repair the bridges in Great Barrington that have been closed due to structural failures BEFORE we consider any roadwork enhancements to service a horse racing business.
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To sign up to the doctor has always been very problematic for the residents of Perm. Had to stand early in the morning in a very long line at the registry and, as a consequence, to be late for school or work. And young mothers and the elderly to sign up to the doctor in Perm was almost impossible. Fortunately, now in Perm the Internet-the portal www.k-vrachu.ru with the help of which you can make an appointment to see any specialist at any clinic. Need only a computer with Internet access.
To sign up to the doctor to Perm from the comfort of home using a computer and the Internet, you should go to the website www.k-vrachu.ru.
Further to this portal need to register, i.e. fill in all the fields located on the page of the site, namely the username and password for future access to the website, a valid email, full name and date of birth of the registered person.
Then you definitely need to read the rules of use of the medical portal, and put a tick in the little window, signifying the acceptance of all the clauses of instructions.
In the window "Code from the image must be depicted on a blue background letters and numbers.
Further, in the lower right corner of the page click "OK", confirming the correctness of the entered data.
After that the specified email address will receive an email containing a link to activate your account. By clicking on it and clicking on the opened page, the "OK" button, you must log on to the website, ie enter in the appropriate fields your username and password.
On the next page-the files click the "Add person".
Next you need to make in the appropriate fields all necessary data: name, gender, date of birth, phone number, current address, and the serial number of the medical insurance policy. And again to rewrite it in a window "captcha" numbers and letters shown on a blue background. You should then click on the "Add"button.
After some time, the site administrators check the data entered and approve them. Usually this occurs the next day after sending the information to check.
To make a file Cabinet can not only their data but also their family, friends and work colleagues who do not have access to a computer.
To sign up to the doctor to Perm, you must choose from filing for the right person interested in specialist and specific medical institution.
Then choose the name of the specialist from a list of doctors.
Then choose the day of the week and a convenient time for a visit to the doctor. Clicking on the selected cell will pop up a window with recording options. If all details are correct, click "Correct" if something is wrong, click "Cancel".
Information about the records to the doctors you can always see in the "My notes".
The system of appointments in a clinic Perm via the Internet. The system is designed to record patients on a SCHEDULED appointment with the doctors of polyclinics in Perm region. If necessary, emergency treatment, contact your doctor directly in the clinic by place of residence.


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Maccabiah: U.S. Wins Five Basketball Medals
August 7, 2013 by Amir Shoam Leave a Comment
— by Amir Shoam
The U.S. won five medals — four golds and one silver — in the Maccabiah basketball tournaments last week. The open men's team won the gold after beating Argentina 87-76. Daniel Robin scored 25 points for the winners, and Philadelphia-born Bryan Cohen added 14. The win marked a great year for Head Coach and Former Philadelphia 76ers General Manager Brad Greenberg, who also won the Israeli championship this year with Maccabi Haifa, and will coach Hapoel Jerusalem in the coming season. "It was an outstanding tournament, and our U.S. open team was really special," he said to the Philadelphia Jewish Voice.
It was an honor to coach some of the finest young men I have ever been around: hard working, unselfish, intelligent and emotionally mature. Lasting friendships were formed, and a love for Israel was enhanced. Next year in Jerusalem — for me it's true!
More after the jump.
In the open women's tournament final, the U.S. defeated Israel 72-56. Jacqui Kalin finished with 22 points, including 6 three-pointers, 7 assists and 6 rebounds. Alyssa Baron contributed 16 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists. Next year, Kalin will play professionally in Israel with S.A. Ramat Hasharon. Head Coach Jamie Shadian said:
The Games as a whole were a once in a lifetime experience. I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to coach players who are unbelievable people as well as talented athletes. Sharing such an emotional and inspirational month with this team will remain one of the most special experiences of my life.
The under-18 men's team also beat Israel in the game for the gold medal, 78-62. The two standouts of the final game were Spencer Weisz (19 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists) and Anthony Firkser (19 points, 7 rebounds, 5 steals). Head Coach Jamie Chadwin said:
The trip was tremendous. Not only for the basketball competition but for the cultural, emotional connection we all felt. The young men on the Youth Team were special in the way the competed, learned, and represented their country.
The under-18 women's team cruised to the gold medal, beating Canada 77-26 (!) in the final game. Tournament MVP Drew Edelman, who will play for the University of Southern California in the coming season, scored 30 points and added 14 rebounds. Shelby Zucker finished with 13 points and 6 rebounds. "I could not be more proud of the team," said Head Coach Sherry Levin.
Our dominant performance was a product of their hard work, dedication and unselfish team work. On the court it, was amazing to see them come together and execute the game plan against Australia, Canada and Israel. Off the court, we all experienced the wonders of Israel along with the meaningful connections to our heritage, which made the Maccabiah Games a lifetime experience to remember.
The under-16 boys team won the silver medal after losing to Israel in the final. The team was led in scoring throughout the tournament by Spencer Freedman, Corey Sherman and, specifically in the final game, Jacob Orender. Jordan Baum led a long list of assist providers. Sam Fieldman and Michael Hayon were the team's top rebounders. Orender was also the team's best defensive player.
"It was an awesome and surreal opportunity to participate in the 19th Maccabiah," said Head Coach Barry Kleiman. "The opportunity for my wife and me to visit Israel for the first time while representing the USA as a coach was beyond a life's dream."
As a competitor, one can never be "happy" with a silver medal, but as a coach of many years and games, one learns that there is always a team at the end of a game with fewer points than the other, and in this case that was our team.
I commend the Israeli team for their fabulous effort and great sportsmanship; their win had nothing to do with luck. I commend our team for refusing to give in and continuing to compete until the final buzzer.
Michael Jordan once said, "I've never lost a game, I just ran out of time." We simply ran out of time that day, and remain grateful for the opportunity we had to compete.
Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Baron, basketball, Baum, Chadwin, Cohen, Fieldman, Firkser, Freedman, Greenberg, Hapoel, Hasharon, Hayon, Israel, Kalin, Levin, maccabiah, Orender, Robin, Shadian, Sherman, Shoam, sports, Weisz
Occasional PJVoice Contributor Arrested At White House Protest
March 31, 2013 by PJV Contributor Leave a Comment
— by Rabbi Arthur Waskov
Along with 14 other religious folks, clergy and committed "laity," I was arrested for standing at the White House with signs and songs, reciting the names of more than one hundred people who had been killed by one result of the climate crisis — Superstorm Sandy.
Among those arrested alongside me were Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, who teaches on social justice at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and is a member of The Shalom Center's Board; Lynne Iser, a member of the Board of Isabella Freedman retreat center; and Freyda Black, a cantor, farmer, and member of P'nai Or Fellowship in Philadelphia.
We were calling on the President to act swiftly to heal our Mother Earth from the climate crisis, from the plagues that modern Pharaohs — Big Oil, Big Coal, Unnatural Gas — have brought upon us.
As you see on the faces of two of us actually in the prison wagon after our arrests, the arrest itself — paradoxically — felt like a step into freedom, a continuation of, rather than a break from, both our joy in singing and our sorrow at the deaths we had recited. What is the Freedom of Passover? Freedom to grieve our wounds, Freedom to celebrate our covenant for action with YyyyHhhhWwwwHhhh, the Holy One who is the interbreathing of all life.
These are the Ten Plagues I recited, and below them, "Ten Healings" that accompanied the blessing of our Globe.
Ten Plagues
Undrinkable water poisoned by fracking. (Sorrow!)
Asthma: Lungs suffering from coal dust and gasoline fumes. (Sorrow!)
Suffering and death for fish, birds, vegetation, and human beings from the oil upheaval in the Gulf of Mexico. (Sorrow!)
Smashed mountains and dead coal-miners in the lovely hills of West Virginia. (Sorrow!)
Unheard-of droughts in Africa, setting off hunger, starvation, civil wars and genocide. (Sorrow!)
Drought in Russia, setting off peat-bog fires and scarcity of wheat. (Sorrow!)
Summer-long intense heat wave in Europe, killing thousands of elders. (Sorrow!)
Unheard-of floods in Pakistan, putting one-fifth of the country under water. (Sorrow!)
Superstorm Sandy, killing hundreds in Haiti and America. (Sorrow!)
Years of drought and fires in Australia. (Sorrow!)
Parched corn fields and dead crops in the US corn-belt. (Sorrow!)
Ten Healings
Creating organic farms in countrysides and cities. (L'chayyim, To life!)
Wind-based energy: Purchasing home & company electric power from wind-based suppliers. (L'chayyim, To life!)
Hybrid or electric cars. Families buy them; convince cities, government agencies, & businesses to switch their auto fleets. (L'chayyim, To life!)
Use public transportation. (L'chayyim, To life!)
Family & congregational education/ action to heal the Earth: At Bat/Bar Mitzvah time and teen-age baptisms/ confirmations, "turning hearts of children and parents to each other, lest the Earth be utterly destroyed" (Quote from last passage of Malachi, last of the classical Hebrew Prophets). (L'chayyim, To life!)
Vigils, picketing, civil disobedience at sites of mountain destruction by coal companies. (L'chayyim, To life!)
Prevent the Tar Sands Pipeline. (L'chayyim, To life!)
End fracking: Insist on moratoriums or prohibitions. (L'chayyim, To life!)
Divestment by colleges, pension funds, religious communities, etc from investment in fossil-fuel companies, shifting investment to renewable, sustainable energy. (L'chayyim, To life!)
Carbon pricing: Insisting that Members of Congress put prices on carbon-fuel production and pay dividends from the incoming fees to American families. (L'chayyim, To life!)
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Hazon and Isabella Freedman Announce Merger
January 3, 2013 by PJV Contributor Leave a Comment
New York City, NY / Falls Village, CT
Monday, December 3, 2012 / 19 Kislev 5773
The boards of Hazon and the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center are today announcing the anticipated merger of the two well-respected Jewish non-profits. Both organizations are rooted in the New York area; have national impact; are known for providing transformative experiences; and in particular play a leading role in the Jewish Food Movement and Jewish environmental movement.
Board chairs Richard Dale (of Hazon) and Mark Russo (of Isabella Freedman) said, in a joint statement,
we're proud of the accomplishments of each of our organizations, and we hope and intend that the merger will enable the combined entity to grow more strongly, to expand and enrich its programming, and to have a more significant human and communal impact, than either could by itself.
David Weisberg, currently the Executive Director of Isabella Freedman, and the CEO of the new organization, said,
People love being at the Isabella Freedman campus, and many find a spiritual home-away-from-home here, but we also wanted to have a more direct relationship with people in New York City and across the country. Meanwhile Hazon has had a huge impact on people's lives, has been at the forefront of re-connecting American Jews with the natural world, but has lacked its own physical base. The merger is intended to bring more people to the existing Freedman site, and to enable us together to have a greater impact across the country. We're excited that the merged entity will have a wide range of programs, great staff and volunteers in California, Colorado and elsewhere, and the opportunity to grow strongly in the future.
Nigel Savage, the founder of Hazon, a longtime Isabella Freedman board member, and the President of the new organization, added,
The strong growth of Hazon in the last decade is testament not only to our incredible staff, board members, volunteers, participants and funders; it's also a reflection of the remarkable growth of the wider Jewish Food Movement and Jewish environmental movement. Both Hazon and Freedman have become known for launching new programs that bring Jewish tradition to life in incredible ways, and we see on a daily basis that our ideas resonate with growing numbers of people. In the next decade we need to take this work to scale, so that we and our partners not only renew and strengthen Jewish life, but also enable the American Jewish community to play a distinctive role in creating a more sustainable world for all. That's what this merger aims to achieve.
The merged organization is also expected to include the Teva Learning Alliance, which began in association with Isabella Freedman in the 1990s, but which until now has formally been a program of Surprise Lake Camp. Jordan Dale, the Executive Director of Surprise Lake, and Nili Simhai, the Director of Teva, both expressed strong support for the merger:
We're incredibly proud of Teva, and of the impact that a growing number of Tevaniks are having around the country. We've worked closely with Hazon and Isabella Freedman over the last decade, and we hope and believe that the merger will enable the work of Teva and of our partners to grow in the future.
The new group will be called Hazon, will be headquartered at Falls Village, CT and New York City, and will have offices in California and Colorado. The retreat center will continue to be known as Isabella Freedman, which will be one of several "sub-brands" that are intended to grow in the future, including:
Adamah (the award-winning Jewish farming program),
Elat Chayyim (spirituality-based retreats),
the Jew & the Carrot (the Jewish Food Movement blog),
the Jewish Greening Fellowship (leadership and organizational transformation),
Makom Hadash (supporting second-stage non-profits),
Shmita Project (a multi-organization partnership to renew awareness of the shmita cycle),
Siach (strengthening ties between American, European and Israeli environmental and social justice leaders) and
Teva (focusing on environmental education for children and educators).
The chair of the new organization will be Richard Shuster, an Isabella Freedman board member for many years (and a passionate cyclist and skier). He said,
I believe in both constituent organizations, I'm impressed by David and Nigel, and I think that the opportunity-to create something that can touch people's lives, for years to come, in powerful ways — is well-worth the challenge.
Isabella Freedman is a long-standing network agency of UJA-Federation of New York, and for the past several years, UJA-Federation has also provided various programmatic grants to Hazon. John Ruskay, Executive Vice President & CEO of UJA-Federation said,
UJA-Federation's tagline is 'Good Together' and we think that Hazon and Isabella Freedman coming together and sharing each other's strengths will have a lasting impact on the renewal of Jewish life in New York, nationally, and with deepened connections to Israel. We're proud to have supported each organization in the past, and look forward to seeing how together they will strengthen our Jewish future.
The merger has been similarly endorsed by significant leaders in the foundation world:
Felicia Herman, of New York's Natan Fund, a longtime supporter of Hazon, said,
Funders who support innovative young organizations have been wrestling with 'what's next' for these groups. Bikkurim's recent Abundant Harvest report articulated some of the key issues and urged us all to think of new approaches to those struggles. In addition to its own important programmatic work, Hazon has also always worked to address systemic issues in both the Jewish environmental sector and the innovation ecosystem, and this merger is another example of that creativity. We need multiple approaches to strengthening the Jewish people, but each of those approaches doesn't need to be a standalone nonprofit.
Lisa Farber Miller of Denver's Rose Community Foundation said,
We're proud to be a significant stakeholder in Hazon's work in Colorado, and/but we've seen in general how important it is for second-stage non-profits to develop sustainable business strategies. Hazon and Freedman should be commended for getting to this point. I very much hope that the new merged entity grows and thrives." Dana Raucher, the Executive Director of The Samuel Bronfman Foundation concurred: "Second-stage growth requires nimbleness on the part of funders and organizations. We applaud Hazon and Isabella Freedman for thinking creatively about their sustainability.
Similar support came from leading figures in the field. Adam Berman, who at different times directed Teva and Isabella Freedman, founded Adamah, and was a board member of Hazon for seven years, is now the founder and director of Urban Adamah, in Berkeley, CA. He said,
My own experience mirrors, in a way, that of many of the younger Adamahniks and Tevaniks, or the people who've done Hazon rides or retreats at Freedman. We don't want to separate or hive off our identities; on the contrary, we want to grow as Jews and as human beings, to learn, to celebrate, to find new ways to give back. The growth and partnership of Urban Adamah, Wilderness Torah and Hazon in the Bay Area is a good example of how we can renew Jewish life in incredibly profound ways. I'm excited for this merger, and I send love and blessings to everyone in the Hazon and Isabella Freedman families.
Merger discussions between the two organizations have been in process since the beginning of the year, and the merger is now contingent only on final due diligence, formal board authorization and the receipt of any necessary regulatory approvals.
Staff from both organizations, who have worked closely together in the past, are already planning the detailed integration of the two organizations. Over the Labor Day weekend, Hazon's New York Ride was back at Freedman for the first time in five years; and Hazon's sold-out Food Conference, taking place at Freedman at the end of this week, will see the first public celebrations of the merger. As David Weisberg put it,
The two organizations are like friends who've known each other a long time and one day realize they should get married. We already know each other and have shared values. Now that our engagement is public, we're excited to start to weave a new enlarged Hazon that honors our history and the people who brought us here, while envisioning and creating a dynamic and exciting future.
For more information, please visit the FAQ on their websites.
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 author.
[Ottawa, Ontario, Canada] : University of Ottawa Press, 2017.
Both Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) and his wife Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya (1844-1919) were prolific letterwriters. Lev Nikolaevich wrote approximately 10,000 letters over his lifetime - 840 of these addressed to his wife. Letters written by (or to) Sofia Andreevna over her lifetime also numbered in the thousands. When Tolstaya published Lev Nikolaevich's letters to her, she declined to include any of her 644 letters to her husband. The absence of half their correspondence obscured the underlying significance of many of his comments to her and occasionally led the reader to wrong conclusions. The current volume, in presenting a constantly unfolding dialogue between the Tolstoy-Tolstaya couple - mostly for the first time in English translation - offers unique insights into the minds of two fascinating individuals over the 48-year period of their conjugal life. Not only do we 'peer into the souls' of these deep-thinking correspondents by penetrating their immediate and extended family life - full of joy and sadness, bliss and tragedy but we also observe, as in a generation-spanning chronicle, a variety of scenes of Russian society, from rural peasants to lords and ladies. This hard-cover, illustrated critical edition includes a foreword by Vladimir Il'ich Tolstoy (Lev Tolstoy's great-great-grandson), introduction, maps, genealogy, as well as eleven additional letters by Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya published here for the very first time in either Russian or English translation. It is a beautiful complement to My Life, a collection of Sofia Tolstaya's memoirs published in English in 2010 at the University of Ottawa Press.
Moskva : Agraf, 2016. Москва : Аграф, 2016.
Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom : Alma Classics, 2015.
On a train journey, Pozdnyshev tells his story to a stranger: how his relationship with his wife gradually deteriorated from one of love and passion to jealousy and resentfulness, culminating in a mad act of desperation while she practised Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata with her violin teacher. An uncompromising examination of lust, suspicion and infidelity which was once forbidden by censors in Russia and banned in the US due to its shocking content, Tolstoy's controversial novella - here presented in a new translation, along with 'The Prisoner of the Caucasus', 'Master and Man' and 'After the Ball' - is now considered one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy's late period.
Ershov, A. I. (Andreĭ Ivanovich), 1834 or 1835-1907, author.
Ершов, А. И. (Андрей Иванович), 1834 or 1835-1907, author.
Moskva : Gosudarstvennai͡a publichnai͡a istoricheskai͡a biblioteka Rossii, 2015. Москва : Государственная публичная историческая библиотека России, 2015.
Book — 193 pages ; 21 cm.
Tolstoĭ, Lev Lʹvovich, graf, 1869-1945, author.
Толстой, Лев Львович, граф, 1869-1945, author.
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 author, addressee.
Moskva : VK, 2010. Москва : ВК, 2010.
Moskva : AST : Zebra E, 2009. Москва : АСТ : Зебра Е, 2009.
Book — 219 p.,  p. of col. plates : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
[Ratingen] : Arthaus Musik, c2009.
Video — 2 videodiscs (289 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Moskva : OAO "Moskovskie uchebniki", 2009.
Book — 172 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Kaznʹ Pugacheva : poėma na slova A. Pushkinna iz "Istorii Pugacheva" = The execution of Pugachev : poem to words by A. Pushkin from "The history of Pugachev"
T͡Sarskai͡a kravchai͡a : po motivam russkoĭ khorovoĭ opery " Boi͡aryni͡a Morozova" = The royal carver's wife : after Russian choral opera "Boyarina Morozova"
Ėpigraf Grafa Tolstogo k romanu "Anna Karenina" = Epigraph by Count Tolstoy to the novel "Anna Karenina"
Ave Maria / J.S. Bach ; Ch. Gounod ; transcription by R. Shchedrin.
Moskva : Flinta : Nauka, 2008. Москва : Флинта : Наука, 2008.
Book — 176 p. ; 17 cm.
Anna Karenina (Motion picture : 1967) Polyglot.
N.Y., N.Y. : Kino, c2006.
"In pre-revolutionary Moscow, Anna (The Cranes Are Flying's Cannes award-winning Tatiana Samoilova), a beautiful young aristocrat, languishes in a loveless marriage to Karenin, a powerful politician and highly visible public figure. When her brother Stiva invites scandal in an impetuous affair with his children's governess, Anna sympathizes with Stiva's faithful wife Dolly. But when Anna's head is turned by the dashing Count Vronsky (Vasili Lanovoy), she finds herself risking her marriage, her family, and her husband's career in pursuit of a romance as self-destructive as it is passionate. The suffocating hypocritical social order that imprisoned Anna in her marriage won't permit her to leave it without paying a tragic price"--Container.
Tula : I͡Asnai͡a Poli͡ana", 2003.
Book — 438 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, c2003.
Video — 1 videodisc (1 hour, 39 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
A Russian army patrol is ambushed by Caucasian rebels and two survivors are taken prisoner, by a local patriarch who is hoping to barter them for the release of his captured son. A bond of understanding develops between the soldiers and their captors, but it is broken when plans for their release go awry and a chain of violence and retaliation is precipitated.
Ratingen, Germany : TDK Mediactive, c2003.
Ottawa : Slavic Research Group at the University of Ottawa and State L.N. Tolstoy Museum, Moscow = Gruppa slavi͡anskikh issledovaniĭ pri Ottavskom universitete i Gosudarstvennyĭ muzeĭ L.N. Tolstogo, 2003.
Book — 2 v. (lxii, 1079 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Ti͡utchev, F. I. (Fedor Ivanovich), 1803-1873.
Moskva : Russkoe slovo, 2003.
Book — 2 v. (xiv, 584, 301 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm.


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Turkey: Parties make joint declaration against war in Ukraine
'We will not be silent in the face of such threats.' Photo: Katie Godowski/Pexels
Seven political parties, meeting on February 26 in Turkey's capital Ankara to discuss the creation of a democratic front, released a joint statement on the war in Ukraine.
The parties include the pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), which initiated the meeting, the Labour Party (EMEP), the Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP), the Labour Movement Party (EHP), the Social Freedom Party (TÖP) and the Federation of Socialist Assemblies and People's Houses.
The statement said: "The capitalist system is not concerned with the welfare of humanity. It is likely to open the gates, for the interests of energy and arms monopolies, to a new war that will pitch people against each other in a fierce fight.
"This is actually what is behind the war and invasion that followed the rising tensions in the Donbas between Ukraine and Russia.
"We are not a party of the expansionist policies — the policies that defy peoples' will — of Russia, or NATO, led by the United States.
Europe's left confronts the challenge of Putin's Ukraine war
Asian socialists condemn Russia's war on Ukraine, NATO expansionism
"We reject the unjust wars and the calls for recruiting people to become parties in such wars. We are the parties of peace. We are on the same side with the people who have stood against war all over the world."
The statement urged the Turkish administration not to be party in a conflict that is likely to trigger a "third world war".
"We warn the administration of the AKP [Justice and Development Party] which has been acting aggressively in recent years against neighbouring peoples and which has been in armed conflict with them," it continued. "Turkey cannot be recruited to the war camp of either NATO nor Russia."
The statement called upon the warring parties in Ukraine to cease armed conflict, and the forces of the invasion to draw back, adding:
"The instructions issued by the parties of the war show that they have actually reached a level of insanity even to have their nuclear weapons ready for use. Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Vietnam and Halabja are the historical scenes of such brutality. We will not be silent in the face of such threats."
[Abridged from Medya News.]
Ukraine-Russia war
People's Democratic Party (HDP)
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yeah in Q2 he also spun and nearly kaput his car. then yea i dont recall but yellow flag was raised when he was doing his lap later on, but he just pulled off the throttle enough not to take advantage in yellow flag.... was marginal but was enough.
yeah .... he is already known for a good starter, being in pole i think he will just pull away from the rest.
since it was raining a lot , drivers all wanted to go out all of sudden and put as much lap as possible before it rained more. so most of them has not saved enough tires. that could come to haunt them.
it is forecast to rain the whole race but little bit of mix weather will let us see the drama people gambling from full wet to intermediate. or if the racing line is dry enough who knows, put the hard tires.
there's been much critcism over the pirelli tires. Tho I think, from an entertainment perspective, we should all hail it!!!!
I'm hoping for an all-out wet race!
However its constantly wet, then Alonso's got this!!!!!!
wow, track is bone dry, weather is great!!! if it doesnt rain for those who are at the back mclaren, rosberg of mercedes they could suffer a long race.
alonso might probably win this now he is in perfect position.
also alonso is the only driver so far to have won twice.
btw very mix tires choice... look for some excitements... softs and hards..
appalling race for Mclaren and Mercedes.... hamilton 8th ... button 10th... schumacher 7th ... rosberg 15th.
great day for red bull ferrari and lotus renault having their both cars in top 6th, hence constructors standing is justified, on how good their cars are.
whoever started from hard tires it was a mistake thinking they could take advantage of long stint and could hold on with soft.
From a strategic point of view Ferarri won this race by a margin.Yellows were never tested this weekend and no one knew how they worked.So in theory,they should have been much faster than silvers.Alonso should have just increased his 5 second lead he had over Webber when he did his last pit.
more like Adrian Newey the legend!!! taking nothing away from Webber great race and his race engineer Ciaron Pilbeam for good strategy.
ADRIAN NEWEY has revealed the top secret world of Formula One espionage — complete with double agents and candid photographs.
He has designed EIGHT world championship-winning cars.
And that includes the Red Bulls which have picked up the last two drivers' and constructors' championships.
Unsurprisingly, then, his designs are the ones his rivals try to copy — and some teams have gone to extreme lengths to get their hands on the information.
But the engineering genius from Stratford upon Avon, who has also worked for Williams and McLaren, says he takes that as a compliment.
He said: "I suppose it is a form of flattery, but it doesn't matter to me.
"At the last race in Monaco, the floors of the cars, which are the most sensitive bits, were kept above the garage and had to be passed down.
"The cameramen know that and they are there taking pictures because we cannot cover them. It is all part of the game.
"Perhaps the most outrageous example of gamesmanship I came across was when a team planted an engineer at one of my former teams for a year.
"He was a mole and then the other team took him back, and I am even told that during that time he was getting two salaries.
Espionage in F1 hit the headlines in 2007 when McLaren were slapped with a $100million fine for their part in the "Spygate" saga with Ferrari.
But despite all this, Newey, 53, hopes F1 rulemakers do not try to clamp down on the copycats.
For now though, he is focused on helping Red Bull retain the constructors' title.
put in soft first and get rid of that phase, and going with hard hard... so 2 stop strategy.. i guess.
yeah i think so too. i think ferrari seems to have done pretty well with their both qualy and race pace being very impressive.
red bull is obviously very fast in corners not good in straight line however there was some paddock rumour that , remember, in free practice lotus were trying their own interpretation of so called- double DRS and red bull is thought to bring their own by next race or within 2-3 races.
my feeling is that in wet alonso is not that good because i heard him complaining of aquaplaning a lot in team radio but the car is incredibly balanced also in wet.
but in dry , if alonso get free air then he will probably win this again. vettel knows well that he cant allow alonso to raise championship points anymore..
well i think its going to be dry race... is the forecast rain???
looking at yesterday free practice the lotus interpretation of their double DRS im no expert but i m quite impressed that it looks so not complicated but straightforward design yet feels like it would be more effective DRS than that of Mercedes.
The FIA has referred Red Bull to the stewards of the German Grand Prix for a suspected breach of Formula 1's technical regulations.
A statement released by FIA Formula 1 technical delegate Jo Bauer said that the matter related to the engine torque maps on both Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber's cars.
The FIA highlighted that the reduced torque in the mid rpm range on both cars was a breach of the regulations in itself, but also because it could offer an illegal aerodynamic benefit as well.
This suggests that the FIA suspects that there could be a benefit related to the exhaust blown diffuser technology that was effectively curbed at the start of the season through a package of regulations that included those covering engine mapping.
"Having examined the engine base torque map of car numbers 01 and 02 it became apparent that the maximum torque output of both engines is significantly less in the mid rpm range than previously seen at other events," said Bauer in the statement.
"In my opinion this is therefore in breach of article 5.5.3 of the 2012 Formula 1 technical regulations as the engines are able to deliver more torque at a given engine speed in the mid rpm range.
"Furthermore this new torque map will artificially alter the aerodynamic characteristics of both cars which is also in contravention of TD 036-11. I am referring this matter to the stewards."
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner told AUTOSPORT: "I'm not aware of any irregularities. The result was declared after qualifying."
Although about that lap I was sure I saw Kimi on option,but the graphics and the commentary said prime tyre.
Edit: So the Red Bulls could be sent to the back of the grid? If that's the case and Alonso bags a win,title is pretty much in his hands.


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The New Workplace: A Millennial Designer's Perspective
MKDA's Emma Tessler on the open office, generational differences and the coolest new products at this year's NeoCon.
What Boosts Appetite for Mixed-Use
Metro Commercial Real Estate's CEO Tom Londres makes the case for mixed-use in today's dynamic, tech-infused market. He also touches on the challenges in finding tenants.
How Will Retail Perform This Holiday Season?
A new JLL survey predicts the main trends that will define holiday spending this year, when people may spend as much as 5 percent more than in 2017.
Millennial-Focused SoCal Retail Development Opens
Lewis Retail Centers introduced the first phase of the 430,000-square-foot Renaissance Marketplace in the city of Rialto, eyeing shoppers ranging from 22 to 37 years of age.
Inland Empire 17 August 2018 12:31
Will Millennial Homeownership Impair Multifamily REITs?
The U.S. homeownership rate increased in 2017 for the first time in 13 years, indicating Millennials may be returning to the single-family market. Fitch Ratings Managing Director Steven Marks delves into the impact of this trend reversal.
National 21 March 2018 13:37
Hospitality Gains Momentum in 2018
Uncertainty about the federal government's tax and fiscal policy slowed hotel transaction velocity in 2017, but sales activity is expected to increase this year, according to Marcus & Millichap's 2018 Hospitality Investment Forecast.
TD Bank's Hugh Allen Names Hot Southeast Zip Codes
Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., and Charleston, S.C., are among the most popular metros for commercial real estate growth and expansion, according to TD Bank's regional director of CRE for the Carolinas.
National 03 January 2018 13:29
How Does the Live/Work/Play Shift Impact Office Trends?
So-called "urban-suburban" submarkets that offer mixed-use developments are in the best position to capture demand from occupiers and investors looking to leave CBDs, according to the latest CBRE market report.
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Keeping Millennials in the Workplace
Blurring the boundaries between home and work environments helps employers cater to the restless Millennial workforce, keeping them engaged longer.
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Economy Watch: Millennial Impact on Urban Markets Could Fade Soon
Professor Dowell Myers of the University of Southern California argues that U.S. cities reached "peak Millennial" status in 2015.
Transwestern Negotiates 59 KSF Lease in Houston
CAM Integrated Solutions is the new tenant of a 175,000-square-foot office building within the Park Ten Office Park complex in the city's Energy Corridor submarket.
Brookfield to Redevelop 4.2 MSF Houston Center
The company, which acquired the four-building office campus for $875 million in late 2017, plans to launch a major upgrade of the property next month.
Kingsbarn Realty Capital Sells CA Asset
Boyd Watterson Asset Management purchased the 77,790-square-foot office building located in Camarillo for $15.6 million. The fully occupied asset came online in 1985.
San Diego Office Complex Trades for $51M
Parallel Capital Partners bought the two-building asset in the Kearny Mesa submarket from Blackstone affiliate EQ Office. The seller had acquired the property as part of a $3.3 billion portfolio deal.
HBC Plans $1.5B Sale of German Retail Holdings to JV Partner
The deal comes as HBC and other shareholders, including WeWork Property Advisors, offered a plan to take the Canadian-based retail company private.


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The trip also includes daylong stops in the city of Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii, the whaling village of Lahaina of the island of Maui, the state capital, Honolulu, and the culturally diverse island of Kauai.
Ports visited include Ensenada, Mexico; Hilo, Hawaii; Kona, Hawaii; Kauai, Hawaii; Maui, Hawaii; and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The historic district of Hilo on the eastern side of the main island offers an assortment of cultural and scenic places.
Cruisers will be able to tour Hilo, Honolulu and Lahaina during the two-month long voyage across the Pacific Ocean.
Hilo, on the island's east coast, is a quieter, more traditional part of the big island of Hawaii.
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The Invention of Air Revisited
Recent upheavals in the Middle East remind me of an interesting non-fiction book, The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson that came out several years ago. The protagonist, Joseph Priestly was a brilliant scientist, a dissenting Christian minister, a questioning philosopher, and a friend and supporter of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and democracy. Besides discovering that plants make oxygen (called "good air" at that time), one of his other great accomplishments was writing about science and scientific experiments in vernacular narratives instead of stilted Latin treatises. Making new scientific ideas into lucid stories immediately engaged the imaginations of non-scientists, so challenging ideas spread much faster than previously.
But the main reason I've returned to The Invention of Air now is that the similarities of the mid-eighteenth century and the early twenty-first century bring me up short. Extreme and rapid change are hallmarks of both times: revolutionary politics (and in particular an inexorable march toward personal freedom by unlikely and, according to some observers, unworthy people), and scientific awakenings leading to breathtaking changes in the way men view themselves, their spirits, and the way they live. Who could have guessed at the independence of thought and entrepreneurial innovation set in motion during The Enlightenment? Who could have predicted the physical and mental mobility they would make possible? Who doesn't empathize with the feelings of destabilization endured by those who were, or thought they were, left behind?
Because as we all know, change, even change for the better, creates fear. I imagine it terrified many when upstart British colonials dared to declare war on a divinely chosen king. They must have felt even worse when the French, emulating them, but going a step further, turned to the guillotine. I remember my shock when a fellow member of The Keeler Tavern Preservation Society in Connecticut, a group that celebrated the success of the rebels in the Revolutionary Battle of Ridgefield in 1777 told me she would have been a Tory had she been around for the battle itself. I realized for the first time that what we value in the present is often built on a scary past. Priestly was a member of the Royal Society and a winner of its highest honor, the Copley Medal, yet he was roundly vilified as "an evil man" by many of his fellow Englishmen when he publicly supported the American cause and questioned the Church of England. And although he had explained the positive and negative charges of electricity, put forward the first inklings of the chemical and biological interconnectedness of all living, earthly things, (and invented soda water!) his house, library, records and laboratory were burned and he was driven out of the land of his birth.
"Free thinker" became a toxic term when Priestly became a founder of and an apologist for Unitarianism. The creation of capital and larger scale industry caused generational strain and social fracture. Who knew what would happen next? People were often at each others' throats in the late seventeen hundreds. I returned to The Invention of Air to remind myself that mankind's basic nature changes very little and very slowly while the things mankind discovers and makes can become radical and rapid indeed. We are creatures who cling to old habits. We hold on for dear life (or death) to the devils we know. Today, methods of communication fly forward; people stuck in abusive, and/or static situations demand freedom and better lives, sometimes violently. We feel we're standing in sand. But as Johnson's book makes clear, we've been here before and we've made it through. Two hundred years later, we even commemorate it. Let's thank God (or The Organizing Principle) we weren't around to experience the rise of agriculture, which must have been so dislocating that many of our hunter-gatherer forebears probably retreated to the darker corners of their caves and sucked their thumbs.
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Q: Passing null pointer to placement new The default placement new operator is declared in 18.6 [support.dynamic] ¶1 with a non-throwing exception-specification:
void* operator new (std::size_t size, void* ptr) noexcept;

This function does nothing except return ptr; so it is reasonable for it to be noexcept, however according to 5.3.4 [expr.new] ¶15 this means that the compiler must check it doesn't return null before invoking the object's constructor:

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  [Note: unless an allocation function is declared with a non-throwing exception-specification (15.4), it indicates failure to allocate storage by throwing a std::bad_alloc exception (Clause 15, 18.6.2.1); it returns a non-null pointer otherwise. If the allocation function is declared with a non-throwing exception-specification, it returns null to indicate failure to allocate storage and a non-null pointer otherwise. —end note] If the allocation function returns null, initialization shall not be done, the deallocation function shall not be called, and the value of the new-expression shall be null.

It seems to me that (specifically for placement new, not in general) this null check is an unfortunate performance hit, albeit small.
I've been debugging some code where placement new was being used in a very performance-sensitive code path to improve the compiler's code generation and the check for null was observed in the assembly.  By providing a class-specific placement new overload that is declared with a throwing exception-specification (even though it can't possibly throw) the conditional branch was removed, which also allowed the compiler to generate smaller code for the surrounding inlined functions.  The result of saying the placement new function could throw, even though it couldn't, was measurably better code.
So I've been wondering whether the null check is really required for the placement new case. The only way it can return null is if you pass it null. Although it's possible, and apparently legal, to write:
void* ptr = nullptr;
Obj* obj = new (ptr) Obj();
assert( obj == nullptr );

I can't see why that would be useful, I suggest it would be better if the programmer had to check for null explicitly before using placement new e.g.
Obj* obj = ptr ? new (ptr) Obj() : nullptr;

Has anyone ever needed placement new to correctly handle the null pointer case?  (i.e. without adding an explicit check that ptr is a valid memory location.)
I'm wondering whether it would be reasonable to forbid passing a null pointer to the default placement new function, and if not whether there is some better way to avoid the unnecessary branch, other than trying to tell the compiler the value is not null e.g.
void* ptr = getAddress();
(void) *(Obj*)ptr;   // inform the optimiser that dereferencing pointer is valid
Obj* obj = new (ptr) Obj();

Or:
void* ptr = getAddress();
if (!ptr)
  __builtin_unreachable();  // same, but not portable
Obj* obj = new (ptr) Obj();

N.B. This question is intentionally tagged micro-optimisation, I am not suggesting that you go around overloading placement new for all your types to "improve" performance. This effect was noticed in a very specific performance-critical case and based on profiling and measurement.
Update: DR 1748 makes it undefined behaviour to use a null pointer with placement new, so compilers are no longer required to do the check.

A: While I can't see much of a question in there except "Has anyone ever needed placement new to correctly handle the null pointer case?" (I haven't), I think the case is interesting enough to spill some thoughts on the issue.
I consider the standard broken or incomplete wrt the placement new function and requirements to allocation functions in general.
If you look closely at the quoted §5.3.4,13, it implies that every allocation function has to be checked for a returned nullpointer, even if it is not noexcept. Therefore, it should be rewritten to

If the allocation function is declared with a non-throwing exception-specification and returns null, initialization shall not be done, the deallocation function shall not be called, and the value of the new-expression shall be null.

That would not harm the validity of allocation functions throwing exceptions, since they have to obey §3.7.4.1:

[...] If it is successful, it shall return the address of the start of a block of storage whose length in bytes shall be at least as large as the requested size. [...] The pointer returned shall be suitably aligned so that it can be converted to a pointer of any complete object type with a fundamental alignment requirement (3.11) and then used to access the object or array in the storage allocated (until the storage is explicitly deallocated by a call to a corresponding deallocation function).

And §5.3.4,14:

[ Note: when the allocation function returns a value other than null, it must be a pointer to a block of storage in which space for the object has been reserved. The block of storage is assumed to be appropriately aligned and of the requested size. [...] -end note ]

Obviously, a placement new that just returns the given pointer, cannot reasonably check avilable storage size and alignment. Therefore,
§18.6.1.3,1 about placement new says

[...] The provisions of (3.7.4) do not apply to these reserved placement forms of operator new and operator delete.

(I guess they missed to mention §5.3.4,14 at that place.)
However, together these paragraphs say indirectly "if you pass a garbage pointer to the palcement functions, you get UB, because §5.3.4,14 is violated". So it's up to you to check the sanity of any poitner given to placement new.
In that spirit, and with the rewritten §5.3.4,13, the standard could strip the noexcept from placement new, leading to an addition to that indirect conclusion: "...and if you pass null, you get UB as well". On the other hand, its much less likely to have a misaligned pointer or pointer to too few memory than having a null pointer.
However, this would remove the need for checking against null, and it would fit well to the philosophy "don't pay for what you don't need". The allocation function itself would not need to check, because §18.6.1.3,1 explicitly says so.
To round things up, one could consider adding a second overload
 void* operator new(std::size_t size, void* ptr, const std::nothrow_t&) noexcept;

Sadly, proposing this to the committee is unlikely to result in a change, because it would break existing code relying on placement new being ok with null pointers.


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Book reviews. Restaurant reviews. Hotel reviews. Product reviews. Even "Rabbonim" reviews. At what point do any of these one-or two-star ratings veer into the territory of lashon hara (slanderous talk)?
The halachos prohibiting lashon hara allow reporting lashon hara l'toeles (with a purpose), i.e. passing on information to safeguard a third party. This exemption requires a number of preconditions, which must be accounted for when reviewing another's business or product negatively.
It's the truth: The negative information must be verified for accuracy; no embellishment is permitted. It must also be objectively true, for example: calling a product "expensive" if its price is competitive is a subjective judgment. The same would apply to a book or a meal that did not bring one consumer enjoyment, but may appeal to others. There is no sanction to negatively impact the author's or restaurateur's parnassah (livelihood) on account of personal taste.
It provides genuine protection: The reviewer's sole intention is to protect others from harm, and this is the only means available. It must be preceded by reasonable effort (and perhaps a warning that a negative review is forthcoming) to allow the supplier to rectify the wrongdoing. It must also present protection from real damage, physical, emotional, financial or even spiritual—such as a book that misrepresents Torah or a rav who takes a position contrary to halachah.
The benefits outweigh the loss: The damage averted by the negative review has to prevail over the potential injury to the supplier. "The fries were too salty!" may lead to a recipe adjustment; it may also scare off potential patrons who assume the food is sub-par, causing great—and unwarranted—loss to the restaurant owner.


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November 28, 2017 The Canadian Press
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The former New York City High School singles champion found herself in a bit of unfamiliar territory as she dropped the first set of the championship match. But she rallied to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 and win the title.
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Q: How to indent a selection in gVim (Win32) I'd like to indent a block of text.
I am able to do this in the Linux build of gVim.
I do this in the state of gVim where I'm not in the insert or visual mode. The bar at the bottom is blank on the left, and the line number and percentage are showing on the right hand side.
Then I perform the following procedure: I select a block of text via click and drag. Then I hit Shift + .. After that, I hit Esc and the block of text will move over a tab.
If I do this in Windows however, it just replaces the block with >.
I am just running the stock Windows rc file and version 7.1 of gVim.

A: Related to this, I use a handy remap for visual mode that allows indenting the text multiple times while keeping your text selected.  Similar to how visual studio lets you select and hit tab (or shift-tab) to indent.
Add the following to your .vimrc
" Pressing < or > will let you indent/unident selected lines
vnoremap < <gv
vnoremap > >gv

Also you can use == to have vim try and determine the correct indenting automatically.  It will work on any line buy just placing the cursor there and pressing == or you can do fancy stuff like select the entire file and press == to fix all the indenting (works wonders on html generated by wysiwyg editors).

A: Esc -> Shift+V -> Select Lines -> > >

A: If you first enter SHIFT-V, and than shift+arrows to select the text, it will indent.
You can also use SHIFT-V, and use 'hjkl' to select the block.
If you use shift+arrows or the mouse to select a block of text, it does not work and the selection will be replaced with a '>'. This can be changed when you change selectmode;
set selectmode=mouse,key

*

*default setting after behave mswin

set selectmode=key

*

*now you can select with the mouse and press '>' to indent

set selectmode=

*

*now you can select both with the mouse and shifted arrow keys and press '>' to indent

If you add this to your vimrc, do it after behave mswin

A: You need to change behave mswin to behave xterm in your vimrc file.

A: You can use text objects if you want to avoid visual mode entirely.  For example >ap in Normal mode indents one paragraph, >aB indents one curly-brace block, etc.  See :h text-objects.


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Clinical trials are a key reason why childhood cancer treatments and survival rates have improved significantly in recent years.
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Collected last week from a patient with late-stage ovarian cancer, these are not ordinary T cells; they have been altered and multiplied in the hope that when they are given back to her, they will launch a devastating attack on her cancer cells.
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Q: htaccess redirect to a directory I'm facing a htaccess poroblem which I can't figure it out by myself.
Let's say I want to host two websites under the same hosting plan. The main website is a Prestashop eCommerce website. The other is a placeholder for another domain name.
For example, there is the main www.myshopdomain.com in the root and www.myutilitydomain.com in a directory called Utility.
Currently, all traffic to www.myutilitydomain.com is redirected to www.myshopdomain.com. What should I do to redirect all traffic for www.myutilitydomain.com to the Utility directory, preferably without any reference to www.myshopdomain.com in the redirected URL? Is it even possible? I know I can create a subdomain, but I need the myutility domain to be accessible directly.
I tried a few approaches and managed not to break the eCommerce site, but for www.myutilitydomain.com I always get Internal Server Error.
My final attempt was this:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.myutilitydomain.com
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^www.myutilitydomain.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /Utility/

A: Your RewriteCondition is not right.
You can only match against URL path in a %{REQUEST_URI} RewriteCond not the host header.
Change it to
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/Utility [NC]


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