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Q: how to make ID a random 8 digit alphanumeric in rails? This is something I am using inside my model
This is the URL that gets posted to another 3rd party website through API
Post Model (post.rb)
"#{content.truncate(200)}...more http://domain.com/post/#{id.to_s}"

The "id" is referring to the post id. How can I convert that into a random 8 digit alphanumeric?
Right now, it gets displayed as something that people can alter http://domain.com/post/902
I want http://domain.com/post/9sd98asj
I know I probably need to use something like SecureRandom.urlsafe_base64(8) but where and how can I set this up?
This is what I have in routes.rb
match '/post/:id', :to => 'posts#show', via: :get, as: :post

A: "Altering the primary key in Rails to be a string" is related to your question.
I would:

*

*Leave default ID on table

*Not define resources routes, writing the needed ones with match (like match '/post/:code')

*On controller#show, use Post.find_by_code(params[:code]).

A: You only need to add one attribute to post. The attribute name is permalink.
Try running:
rails g migration add_permalink_to_posts permalink:string
rake db:migrate

You have twoActive Record Callbacks you can choose from: before_save or before_create (review the difference between both). This example is using the before_save callback.
note : for Rails 3.x
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible :content, :permalink
  before_save :make_it_permalink

 def make_it_permalink
   # this can create a permalink using a random 8-digit alphanumeric
   self.permalink = SecureRandom.urlsafe_base64(8)
 end

end

urlsafe_base64
And in your routes.rb file:
match "/post/:permalink" => 'posts#show', :as => "show_post"

In posts_controller.rb:
def index
 @posts = Post.all
end

def show
  @post = Post.find_by_permalink(params[:permalink])
end

Finally, here are the views (index.html.erb):
<% @posts.each do |post| %>

<%= truncate(post.content, :length => 300).html_safe %>

   <%= link_to "Read More...", show_post_path(post.permalink) %>

<% end %>


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Q: conflicts between latest version of boost and boost geometry library (GGL) In the past, I use library GGL to write some programs. For example, the following code works well with GGL and old version of gcc. Now I update gcc to gcc4.7.1. my program appear errors during compiling. Thus, I update to the latest version of boost 1.52.1. there are still errors related to point_2d, polygon_2d etc. I found that some files like 'cartesian2d.hpp','c_array_cartesian.hpp' are missing in the latest vesion boost.
Could someone help me to analyze the following code and tell me what's the problem? Thanks a lot.
#include <iostream>

#include <boost/geometry.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/geometries/point_xy.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/geometries/polygon.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/algorithms/distance.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/geometry.hpp>

#include <algorithm> // for reverse, unique
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

typedef boost::geometry::model::d2::point_xy<double,
boost::geometry::cs::cartesian> point_2d;
typedef boost::geometry::model::polygon<point_2d> polygon_2d;
using namespace boost::geometry;

int main() {
         std::cout << "!!!Hello World!!!" << std::endl; // prints !!!Hello World!!!
         model::d2::point_xy<int> p1(1.0, 1.0), p2(2.0, 2.0);
         point_2d x(3.0,3.0);
         std::cout << x.x();
         std::cout << "Distance p1-p2 is: " << distance(p1, p2) <<std::endl;

         float width = 100;
         float length = 100;

         polygon_2d poly;
         {
            const float coor[][2] = {
            {-350.0,-500.0}, {350,-500}, {350, 0}, {width/2.0, 0}, {width/2.0, length},
            {350, length}, {350, 1000}, {-350, 1000}, {-350, length}, {-1*width/2.0, length}, {-1*width/2.0,0},
            {-350, 0}, {-350.0,-500.0} // closing point is opening point
            };
            assign(poly, coor);
         }
            correct(poly);

         return 0;
}

The errors are as following:
c:\program files\mingw64\bin\../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.7.1/
../../../../include/boost/geometry/core/point_order.hpp:1
57:12:   required from 'const boost::geometry::order_selector
boost::geometry::point_order<float [13][2]>::value'
c:\program files\mingw64\bin\../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-
mingw32/4.7.1/../../../../include/boost/geometry/algorithms/
assign.hpp:148:70:   required from 'void
boost::geometry::assign(Geometry1&, const Geometry2&) [with
Geometry1 =boost::geometry::model::polygon<boost::geometry::model
::d2::point_xy<double, boost::geometry::cs::cartesian> >;
Geometry2 = float [13][2]]'
..\src\test.cpp:47:44:   required from here
c:\program files\mingw64\bin\../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.7.1/
../../../../include/boost/geometry/core/point_order.hpp:95:5:
error: no matching function for call to
'assertion_failed(mpl_::failed************
(boost::geometry::core_dispatch::point_order<void, float [13]
[2]>::NOT_IMPLEMENTED_FOR_THIS_GEOMETRY_TYPE::************)
(mpl_::assert_::types<float [13][2], mpl_::na, mpl_::na,
mpl_::na>))'

A: Two changes are necessary:
1) include c_array.hpp, to adapt the 2D float array (used inside the const float[][2]) to the Boost.Geometry Point Concept:
#include <boost/geometry/geometries/adapted/c_array.hpp>

2) Use assign_points instead of assign.
assign_points(poly, coor);

Your code then compiles. Background: you were using a pre-release version (of course allowed), at release small changes were made in the interface. assign (with a range) is now called assign_points.

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She said it was the only unpaid role in the organisation and that she first raised the issue with management four years ago.
Sheffield Theatres which runs the Crucible, Lyceum and Studio theatres said the position was under review.
Miss Ensell, of Walkley, said: "I was a volunteer for eight years and when I started there I understood, rather naively, that audio describers were volunteers and I soon discovered that was not the case.
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Miss Ensell said she started volunteering after attending audio described performances in London.
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Miss Ensell added: "There are seven describers left now but some of my colleagues have been doing it for 25 years and it was a much more normal situation for it to be a charity or voluntary role but obviously times have changed.
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The 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production
10YFP
The 10-Year Framework of Programmes on
The multilateral cooperation framework for Sustainable Consumption and Production
The 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP) is a global commitment made by the 193 United Nations Member States to accelerate the shift to sustainable consumption and production in both the developing and developed world.
It is the product of decades of multilateral cooperation on sustainable development and reflects a broad, global consensus on the need to fundamentally change the way we produce and consume in order to achieve social and economic development within planetary boundaries.
Today, unsustainable patterns of consumption and production are the root causes of the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution that the world is facing, threatening the prosperity and peace of present and future generations.
Systemic and structural changes in the way societies produce and consume are imperative for overcoming these crises and achieving global sustainable development; and international collaboration and coordination is crucial if we are to achieve such change.
The 10YFP is the only universal multilateral cooperation framework adopted by the UN to support this shift to sustainable consumption and production, and is founded on the understanding that this requires cooperation amongst diverse actors from all countries, regions and sectors of society.
Implementing the Global Commitment
Since 2012, the intergovernmental mandate provided by the 10YFP has strengthened multi-stakeholder cooperation on sustainable consumption and production at international and national levels, and embedded the sustainable consumption and production agenda within relevant global and domestic institutions.
The framework anchors the sustainable consumption and production agenda within the United Nations system and engages all countries; developed and developing. One-hundred-and-forty Member States have nominated 10YFP National Focal Points to connect international cooperation with national action for sustainable consumption and production.
The One Planet network implements the 10YFP by catalysing multi-stakeholder cooperation amongst all sectors and actors, facilitating collaboration between governments, civil society and the private sector on sustainable consumption and production in order to achieve scale and increase impact.
The 10YFP and its One Planet network provide the foundations for extending, broadening and strengthening the action of the international community on sustainable consumption and production in a transformational way.
The 10YFP and its One Planet network
The One Planet network is a multi-stakeholder network that implements the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production.
It is a global community of practitioners, policymakers and experts, including governments, businesses, civil society, academia and international organisations.
Read more about the One Planet network
Establishment of the 10YFP mandate
Member States committed to the 10YFP at the Rio+20 conference on Sustainable Development in 2012 as a framework for achieving the goals and objectives of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and the Rio Declaration on Environment. The 10YFP was formally adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012.
In 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development named the 10YFP as an implementation mechanism for SDG 12 on Sustainable Consumption and Production and referenced the framework in SDG 8 on Decent Work and Economic Growth.
Target 12.1
"Implement the 10YFP, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries"
Target 8.4
"Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10YFP on sustainable consumption and production, with developed countries taking the lead"
This makes the 10YFP the only agreement of its kind to be embedded in Agenda 2030 and specifically mandated by UN member states to implement an SDG.
In 2018, the High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development recognised the 10YFP as a key implementation mechanism for Sustainable Development Goal 12.
In the 2021 High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development Ministerial Declaration, Member States of the United Nations committed to "intensify efforts by 2022 and beyond to scale-up the implementation of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production".
Principles of the global agreement
The global agreement of the 10YFP was written as an outcome of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012.
The text highlights that in the implementation of the 10YFP framework:
all countries should take action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries;
cooperation and networking is necessary among all stakeholders, including member states, relevant international organisations and UN bodies, the private sector and all major groups;
targets and goals agreed under relevant multilateral environmental agreements should be addressed;
scientific and policy knowledge-base and relevant international science-policy mechanisms should be used;
information about root causes of current consumption patterns should be considered, including new and emerging issues.
History of Sustainable Consumption and Production in Multilateral Cooperation
In 1972, the UN Conference on the Human Environment, the first ever UN conference on the environment, stated in its official declaration that:
"In our time, man's capability to transform his surroundings, if used wisely, can bring to all peoples the benefit of development and the opportunity to enhance the quality of life.
Wrongly or heedlessly applied, the same power can do incalculable harm to human beings and human environment."
The evolution of the 10YFP can be traced back to this first ground-breaking UN Conference on the Human Environment and its recognition of the need for international cooperation.
The 10YFP as it stands today is the achievement of the almost 50 years of international cooperation on protecting the environment and promoting sustainable development that has followed.
2021: High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development calls for implementation of the 10YFP beyond 2022
In the 2021, in the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Ministerial Declaration, Member States of the United Nations emphasised the need to intensify implementation of the 10YFP by 2022 and beyond.
"We call on all countries, with developed countries taking the lead, to intensify efforts by 2022 and beyond to scale-up the implementation of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production."
2018: High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development recognises 10YFP and One Planet network
In 2018, High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development recognised the 10YFP as a key implementation mechanism for Sustainable Development Goal 12.
"We acknowledge the midterm review of and progress achieved in the implementation of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, including the development of the One Planet network, which is an important implementation mechanism for Sustainable Development Goal 12. We will further accelerate action on the 10-Year Framework of Programmes."
2018: 10YFP Secretariat establishes One Planet network
The One Planet network multi-stakeholder network forms to implement the 10-year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production.
2015: UN Member States adopt Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 12 calls to "ensure sustainable consumption and production"
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. comprising 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
The goals recognise that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and protecting and preserving our environment and natural resources.
The 10YFP is named as an implementation mechanism for SDG 12 on ensuring Sustainable Consumption and Production, as well as referenced in SDG 8 on Decent Work on Economic Growth.
2012: UN Member States adopt 10YFP at Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - or Rio+20 - took place in Rio de Janeiro and resulted in a focused political outcome document containing clear and practical measures for implementing sustainable development.
It was at the Rio+20 conference that governments adopted the 10-year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP).
"In order to achieve the goals and objectives defined in chapter 3 of the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development on sustainable consumption and production, a 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production patterns covering the period 2012-2022, based on Agenda 21,b the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, should have the following vision, objectives and goals…"
2003: Launch of the Marrakech Process on Sustainable Consumption and Production
The Marrakech Process was a global multi-stakeholder process to support the implementation of sustainable consumption and production and to develop a Global Framework for Action on Sustainable Consumption and Production.
The Process responded to the calls from the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development to support the regional and national initiatives to accelerate the shift towards sustainable consumption and production patter patterns, thus de-linking economic development from environmental degradation.
The process resulted in the adoption of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production
2002: World Summit on Sustainable Development
The World Summit on Sustainable Development brought together tens of thousands of participants, including heads of State and Government, national delegates and leaders from non-governmental organisations, businesses and other major groups to focus the world's attention and direct action toward meeting difficult challenges, including improving people's lives and conserving our natural resources in a world that is growing in population, with ever-increasing demands for food, water, shelter, sanitation, energy, health services and economic security.
"Encourage and promote the development of a framework ... in support of regional and national initiatives to accelerate the shift towards sustainable consumption and production"
Sustainable consumption and production was recognised as "an overarching objective of and prerequisite for sustainable development"
1992: UN Conference on Environment and Development
Known as the 'Earth Summit', this global conference, held in Rio de Janeiro on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the first Human Environment Conference in Stockholm in 1972, brought together representatives from 179 countries to focus on the impact of human socio-economic activities on the environment.
The 'Earth Summit' concluded that the concept of sustainable development was an attainable goal for all the people of the world, regardless of whether they were at the local, national, regional or international level.
"The major cause of the continued deterioration of the global environment is the unsustainable pattern of consumption and production, particularly in industrialised countries…"
1987: UN World Commission on Environment and Development
In 1987, the World Commission on Environment and Development, which had been set up in 1983, published a report entitled «Our Common Future». The document came to be known as the «Brundtland Report» after the Commission's chairwoman, Gro Harlem Brundtland. It developed guiding principles for sustainable development as it is generally understood today.
"Perceived needs are socially and culturally determined, and sustainable development requires the promotion of values that encourage consumption standards that are within the bounds of the ecologically possible and to which all can reasonably aspire."
1972: UN Conference on the Human Environment
The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (also known as the Stockholm Conference) was an international conference convened under United Nations auspices held in Stockholm, Sweden in June 1972.
It was the UN's first major conference on international environmental issues, attended by 113 countries, 19 agencies, more than 400 intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations, and marked a turning point in the development of international environmental politics.
1972: Club of Rome publishes 'Limits to Growth' report
The groundbreaking 'Limits to Growth' report from the Club of Rome uses computer modelling to undertake systems analysis that demonstrates how current economic systems of production and consumption are impacting Earth's interlocking resources and threatening global system of nature in which we all live.
"To achieve this change would mean that the globe's people establish their status, derive satisfaction, and challenge themselves with goals other than ever- increasing production and ever-accumulating."


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Actor Ken Jeong, formerly a doctor, credits his first big break to the 2007 film Knocked Up, which led to his role in the Hangover series.
As part of a series called "My Big Break," All Things Considered is collecting stories of triumph, big and small. These are the moments when everything seems to click, and people leap forward into their careers.
Before Ken Jeong was an actor, he was a doctor.
"Internal medicine was my specialty," he says. "General practice with an emphasis on adult medicine."
After a long day at the office, Jeong says he would take to the stage and perform comedy routines as a way to blow off some steam.
"Most doctors have golf as a hobby," he says. "Mine was doing comedy."
And he kept his hobby a secret. Jeong says he never let on to his patients that he was funny.
"I was so super serious as a doctor," he says. "I would bark orders to my nurses, I was hardcore. I wanted to make sure I did my job right."
Meanwhile at the comedy clubs, Jeong was making a name for himself. He was invited to perform a set on BET's Comic View.
"I would just go to wherever they were filming in LA, and they would just record my set, and it was my introduction to television," Jeong says.
Before long, his patients started recognizing him.
"There was an elderly white lady in her late '70s, and she said, 'By the way, me and my husband loved you on BET Comic View,' " he says. "And that kind of blew my mind."
Jeong credits his first big break to a casting call for a character named Dr. Kuni in the 2007 film Knocked Up, written and directed by Judd Apatow.
"He was looking for an Asian actor with medical experience," Jeong says.
He got the part. With the advice of his wife, who is also a physician, Jeong decided to leave medicine. It was just in time for his second big break — when he was cast in The Hangover as the infamous Mr. Chow.
"That changed my life overnight," he says. "It changed everything for me. ... I always say Knocked Up opened the doors and The Hangover just burst it wide open."
Jeong says his transition into acting still feels surreal.
"My wife is a doctor, all our friends are doctors ... it's just that I have an odd job now," he says. "I'm like a doctor who had a detour."
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Smart TVs offer countless benefits such as Internet access, social media access, live streaming and communication with other similar devices; mobile phones and tablets.
It's the age of ubiquitous surveillance, driven by both Internet firms and governments. The Internet of Things is full of eavesdroppers who want to "listen". Newer cars contain computers that record speed, steering wheel position, pedal pressure, even tyre pressure and third party companies such as insurance companies want to listen. And, of course, your cell phone records your precise location at all times. Add security cameras and recorders, drones and other surveillance airplanes and we're being watched, tracked, measured and listened to almost all the time.
"Getting a second opinion on the health of your PC could save your data, your privacy and in many cases, your money", concludes Matthews.
Panda Security has found that malware designed to infect iPhones can also compromise the popular iPad.
Given the increasing popularity of Apple devices and their growing market share, malware designed specifically to target these platforms is beginning to attract more attention. Last year, Panda raised the alert about a worm, iPhone/Eeki, able to infect jailbroken iPhones (i.e. those that have been tampered with in order to install unofficial applications). The worm was also able to spread to iPod Touch.
Logically, all malware designed for iPhones will have the same ability to infect and spread to iPad devices. This is because the iPad and the iPhone share the same operating system, known as iPhone (v3), or iOS (v4) in the forthcoming version.
Despite the fact that Apple decided to totally close off the hardware (making it impossible to install peripherals) and the software (all applications are installed from the manufacturer's App Store) cyber-criminals have found a way to infect jailbroken devices with malware.
'With more and more proof of Apple being targeted, we advise all Mac users to follow the manufacturer's recommendations to increase security on their operating systems' concludes Matthews.
Since 1990, Panda's mission has been to detect and eliminate new threats as rapidly as possible in order to offer maximum security. To do so, PandaLabs has an innovative automated system that analyzes and classifies thousands of new samples a day and returns automatic verdicts (malware or goodware). This system is the basis of collective intelligence, Panda's new security model which can even detect malware that has evaded other security solutions.
Currently, 99.4% of malware detected by Panda is analyzed through this system of collective intelligence. This is complemented by the work of several teams, each specialised in a specific type of malware (viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, phishing, spam, etc).This translates into simple, secure and resource-friendly solutions for users.
For more information, visit http://www.pandasecurity.com/.
Panda Security has reported the appearance of a new worm, FTLog.A, which spreads through the popular Fotolog social networking site, a photo-blogging portal used by almost 30 million users around the world.
The worm spreads by inserting comments in the targeted user's page prompting them to click a link, supposedly pointing to a video. This comment reads as follows: "hey xxxxxxxxx, encontré este video tuyo acá" – hey xxxxxxxxx (user name), I found a video of you here. If the user clicks the link, the system will ask for permission to download a divx video codec, which is actually the worm.
Once installed, FTLog.A redirects the browser to a site with explicit content and a webpage that asks users for their data in order to claim a (false) prize. If the user clicks Get Free Access a setup.exe file is downloaded which, once run, installs the MediaPass Plugin.
It also changes the Internet home page and injects code into the browser to display pop-up ads, disrupting the user's browsing experience.
To prevent this type of infection it is important to remind users not to click suspicious links from unknown senders and keep an up-to-date antivirus solution installed on their computers.
More information is available at Panda's encyclopaedia.
For pictures of this infection, check out Panda's Flickr stream.
The worm, which has been around since last year, spreads through a hole in Windows systems, exploiting a vulnerability that Microsoft patched in October.
It also spreads via removable storage devices like USB drives, and network shares by guessing passwords and usernames, which is "causing it to spread like wild fire in the enterprise," Jose Nazario, manager of security research for Arbor Networks, wrote on a company blog.
The article estimates that 12 million PC users have been infected by the worm, highlightng the importance of having up-to-date antivirus installed on your PC.
The number of computers infected by the Conficker worm continues to surge, according to data provided by Panda Security, the global IT security vendor. A study carried out by Panda's malware detection laboratory revealed that almost 6 percent (5.77%) of computers worldwide are infected by this worm.
The study, involving almost 2 million computers, show that the infection, which originated in China, has now extended across 83 countries, and is particularly virulent in Spain, the USA, Taiwan, Brazil and Mexico. In Spain, Panda has identified more than 36,000 infected computers, although the real figure could be much higher.
Panda's researchers have also turned up new data on this dangerous worm. Some variants are launching brute force attacks to extract passwords from infected computers and from internal networks in companies. The frequency of weak passwords (common words, own names, etc.) has aided the distribution of this worm. By harvesting these passwords, cyber-crooks can access computers and use them maliciously.
"This highlights the need for users to establish strong passwords both on personal computers and corporate networks as, otherwise, an infection could spread across an entire company leaving computers at the mercy of attackers," says Matthews.
This worm also uses an innovative system of social engineering to spread via USB devices: in the Windows options menu that appears when inserting a USB device, it has disguised the option to run the program (activating the malware) as the option to open the folder to see the files – so that when users simply want to see the contents of a memory stick, they will actually be running the worm and infecting their computers.
You will find more information about this and other malware in the PandaLabs blog.


If your sophomore or junior enrolled in college classes for summer or fall, he/she will need to provide a copy of their college schedule to the high school counselor by Friday, May 10th.
Senior Awards Assembly will be Tuesday, May 7th @ 6:00 pm in the High School Commons. If you have a scholarship to present, please contact Patty Rowe, NHS Counselor. Deadline for inclusion in the program is Friday, May 3rd.
U.S. History Testing for Juniors will be April 15th and 16th. Please check with your student on which day they are testing. Testing sessions start at 8:00 a.m.
Attention Seniors: Deadline for Graduation Video is Monday the 15th. If pictures are not turned in you will only have panel picture for graduation video.


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The Basics of Mixed Game Poker ….
Mixed Poker Games are becoming very popular over recent years and are considered the true test of your poker skills. Players who perform well in mixed games are often held in high regard and well respected in the poker community.
It is one thing to become an expert in one particular variant of poker but it is very difficult to become an expert at all poker games. This is why playing mixed poker games is considered a big challenge because you have to play well at multiple poker games, some of which you will be more comfortable playing than others.
Playing mixed poker games will make you a more rounded poker player. If you current just play a single poker game such as Texas Holdem then you will find that learning other games required to take part in mixed poker games will actually help your Texas Holdem game.
It will also keep Poker fresh rather than playing many hundreds or thousands of hands of the same game, you can add variety into the mix.
Since you need to learn between 5 and 8 poker games to play mixed poker games, it really isn't a game that we recommend to you as a new poker player. Generally you want to learn and play some single games first to get some experience. The switching games and rules can get very confusing very quickly for a new poker player and mistakes can happen easily.
When you play a mixed poker game then you need to be able to play to your strengths. The first thing you need to do is to identify what your strengths and weaknesses are. The ultimate aim is to be able to play all the games involved well but in practise you will have certain games that you are more comfortable with and these are probably the rounds that you will excel in. You should make sure to focus on these rounds to maximise your profit and then tighten up your game in the rounds you are less comfortable to minimise any losses.
You'll also need to be able to switch strategies quickly as you will be changing games on a regular basis and each game will require different strategies. If you try to play all the games with the same strategy then you will not be very successful as a mixed poker game player.
It is very difficult to multi table with mixed poker games so this is not something we would recommend to start with. Since there are multiple games rotating then if you play on multiple tables at the same time, then you will be playing different variants on different tables which unless you are very focused is bound to lead to unintentional mistakes.
The standard of player at the mixed poker tables is usually very high. Most players are regular players that have plenty of experience playing the individual games and the competition will be quite tough, but that is part of the attraction of mixed poker games, it is a challenge.
Mixed Poker Games are great ways to break up the monotony of playing many hands of a single game throughout a poker session. We encourage you to give it a try after you have played some of the individual games first.
A great and inexpensive way to try out mixed poker games is to play in a low stakes mixed poker online tournament. You can find these for a few dollars buy in and can give you a great taste of the games without much financial risk.
We recommend that you head over to our Play Poker section where we can recommend to you an online poker site that is trusted and also offers Mixed Poker games.


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Silver runs at Cobre's cross country meet
SILVER CITY >> Cobre High School held its annual cross country meet out at Fort Bayard.
Silver runs at Cobre's cross country meet SILVER CITY >> Cobre High School held its annual cross country meet out at Fort Bayard. Check out this story on scsun-news.com: http://scsun.co/1Ktgjfw
Danny Udero, Silver City Sun-News Sports Editor Published 11:02 a.m. MT Sept. 22, 2015
SILVER CITY >> Cobre High School held its annual cross country meet out at Fort Bayard, and the Silver High boys' squad took third, while the Indians were seventh. In girls' action, Cobre was third, while Silver was fourth.
Onate High won the boys event with 25 points, while Centennial High was second, at 54. Silver compiled 98 points, while Santa Teresa was fourth, with 103. Cobre had 147 points.
Onate also won the girls meet, with 21 points, while Centennial was second, at 45. Cobre had 95, while Silver tallied 96 points.
Isaiah Soliz of the Indians was the top finisher for both schools in the boys' event. He came in 12th with a time of 18 minutes and 49 seconds. Other runners for Cobre saw Rudy Madrid, 28th, at 19:52; Jose Luis Delgado, 31st, at 20:03; John Gonzales, 41st, at 21:35; Thomas Gonzales, 43rd, at 21:35; Benito Osuna, 46th, at 22:29; and Nick Martinez, 47th, at 23:03.
Triston Saavedra was tops for the Colts, as he crossed the finish line in 14th place, at 18:53. Other runners included Brady Thompson, 16th, at 18:59; Randal Maynes, 21st, at 19:22; Oscar Lopez, 22nd, at 19:25; Eddie Misquez, 25th, at 19:39; Ethan Lucero, 26th, at 19:44; and Everett Tester, 27th, at 19:45.
In girls' action, Cobre's Skylar Jones was sixth, at 21:28 to finish tops for the Lady Indians. Other runners included Isa Lee, 19th, at 23:27; Cecilia Osuna, 29th, at 25:41; Diamond Rivera, 32nd, at 26:48; and Ashley Elliot, 35th, at 28:13.
Samantha Larisch was the top performer for the Lady Colts. She was 16th, at 22:53. Jade Gutierrez followed in 23rd, at 24:14, while Desirae Taylor was 25th, at 24:51, and Shainanne Aguirre was 26th, at 25:10. Ava Bjornstand took 26th (25:10), while Kaitlynn Taylor was 31st (26:40) and Alexis Lopez was 36th (28:22).
"We felt like we ran hard and our placement was much better than it had been," Silver head coach Dan Osuna said. "Our kids are getting on the starting line and running aggressive. They boys and girls are running consistently at practice and they have good attitudes. Things are only going to get better for us."
Both teams will be back in action at a meet in Las Cruces this weekend.


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Doctors Announce They Have 'Cured' a Second Person of HIV Infection
by Ruby West
in Health Care
— Mar 5, 2019
Steven Deeks, an HIV researcher at UCSF, says the results could also boost cure efforts to cripple CCR5 "without the need for heroic interventions such as in the Berlin and London cases". But doctors cautioned against calling the patient's results a cure for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Doctors said a London man with HIV has become the second known adult in the world to be apparently cleared of the infection since the global epidemic began decades ago, giving hope for a potential cure for AIDS.
The first man called the "Berlin patient" was later revealed to be Timothy Ray Brown, the Washington Post reported.
What Antiretroviral Therapy offers drugs that have made it possible for HIV patients to live a long life, a cure is still elusive. About 37 million people worldwide now have HIV, and the AIDS virus has killed about 35 million since taking off in the 1980s.
Nearly 1 million people die annually from HIV-related causes.
In some of the past transplant failures, the donor did not have a mutated CCR5, but the conditioning regimen seemed to have significantly reduced the "reservoirs" of cells in the recipient that have latent HIV infections, invisible to the immune system.
But a second case of remission and likely cure following such a transplant will help scientists narrow the range of treatment strategies, he and others said.
Royal family warns social media trolls: We'll report you to police
Kensington Palace staff tasked with moderating comments will likely delete any posts that break the rules. More than 7 million follow the Kensington Royal Instagram account, which is spruiking the new guidelines.
Miami vs. Duke Basketball Highlights (2018-19)
Anthony Lawrence II and Ebuka Izundu scored 15 points apiece for Miami (12-16, 4-12), which dropped to 0-8 in ACC road games. Joey Baker made his Cameron Indoor Stadium debut, he did not score, but did grab one rebound in the winning effort.
Ilhan Omar's contentious comments prompt Democrats to craft anti-Semitism measure
She apologized , but affirmed her concerns about the role lobbyists, including the pro-Israel AIPAC, play in the government process.
"Finding a way to eliminate the virus entirely is an urgent global priority, but is particularly hard because the virus integrates into the white blood cells of its host", Gupta explained.
"This research further confirms the promising HIV curative effects of bone marrow transplantation from the relatively few persons who have the HIV-resistant cells known as CCR5/delta32 hematopoietic stem cells". Later, he was diagnosed with advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma. The donor had this double copy of the mutation. He added that it could lead to a simpler approach that could be used more widely. Beforehand, each had been treated with toxic chemicals in a "conditioning" regimen meant to kill off their existing cancerous bone marrow cells.
But replacing immune cells with those that do not have the CCR5 receptor appears to be key in preventing HIV from rebounding after the treatment.
For this reason, he's often described as being the first patient "cured" of HIV, although technically that's incorrect, since remission and cures are not the same thing (as sometimes remissions are not complete, if the viral load stages a resurgence).
Timothy Ray Brown, 52, formerly referred to as the "Berlin patient", also underwent a bone-marrow transplant to treat his Leukemia.
Sharon Lewin, an expert at Australia's Doherty Institute and co-chair of the International AIDS Society's cure research advisory board, told Reuters news agency the London case points to new avenues for study. The patient was receiving the bone marrow transplant for cancer.
Sixteen months after the procedure (which notably didn't include radiotherapy, unlike the Berlin patient), the London patient discontinued ARV drugs (aka ART therapy), and has now been in HIV remission for over 18 months.
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Trevor Noah slammed for making fun of Indo-Pak tensions
While he mimed Indian soldiers shooting, singing and dancing, Noad said "It would also be the longest war of all time". A dogfight ensued, with the countries offering conflicting reports over the skirmish and casualties on both sides.
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He is expected to speak on Wednesday before the House of Commons Justice Committee, which is looking into the matter. Today Wilson-Raybould returned the support. "It doesn't help anyone to be in denial", she said then.
Surgical strike 2.0: Kangana Ranaut says it's a beginning of new India
One such topic was about Ranbir Kapoor , whose statement the actress termed "irresponsible". She said an actor's responsibility does not end with featuring in a film.
Honda Classic: Brooks Koepka two shots off midway lead in Florida
He mirrored his second-round score of 3-under 67 after firing off six birdies, five of which came on the front nine. Sungjae Im shared the 36-hole lead with Mitchell but shot a 77 on Saturday and was 1 over.
Victor finally claims $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot
While lottery experts say it is prudent not to immediately claim the prize, waiting this long could cost millions in interest. He added: "What we're hoping is that, through the taxpayer rebate, all taxpayers in this state will also benefit as a result".
Say 'aloha': Southwest to start offering flights from Phoenix to Hawaii
The Dallas Morning News reports the first flights will take off on March 17 and are now listed as cheaply as $49 one-way. There are few dates available in April and May, and flights were being sold fast for those months as well.
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Boylen had subbed Shaquille Harrison for Robin Lopez , hoping for a different outcome. "It should make us feel more hungry". This was adjudged to be taunting, and Young was ejected for collecting his second technical foul of the game.
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FinanceMalta and Blockchain Malta have again come together to organise two seminars devoted to the financial opportunities and applications from the emerging technologies pertaining to Blockchain and cryptocurrency. The first event entitled BlockFinance: Opportunities in the Banking Sector will be held on the 11th October, while the second entitled BlockFinance: The Financial Instrument Test in the context of the VFA Act will be held on the 19th October; both at the Corinthia Palace, Attard.
The BlockFinance: Opportunities in the Banking Sector seminar will seek to explain how banks are affected by Distributed Ledger Technology and recognise the challenges and opportunities for incumbent banks. The seminar will kick off with a welcome address by FinanceMalta Chairman, Kenneth Farrugia followed by a presentation and a panel discussion entitled 'The Distributed Ledger: A Bankers' SWOT'. This will be followed by a presentation by Daniel Grech, CEO of WYZER entitled 'How Blockchain is reshaping the banking sector' and a panel discussion on Regulation, Banking and the Blockchain. The event is being sponsored by Camilleri Preziosi Advocates.
The BlockFinance: The Financial Instrument Test in the context of the VFA Act seminar will discuss the Act and Malta as a regulated virtual currency and ICO centre. Following an introduction by Christopher Buttigieg, Director at the MFSA, Joe Saliba, Partner at SalibaStafrace and Andrew J Zammit, Managing Partner at GVZH Advocates will discuss 'The Meaning of a Transferrable Security and The Meaning of a CIS'. Other presentations include, 'The Importance of the Correct Classification of a DLT Asset' by Josef Cardona, Tax & Fintech Consultant at GVZH Advocates; 'The FI Test' by James Farrugia, Partner at GANAD Advocates; 'How to Complete the FI test excel sheet' by Luciano Brincat, Analyst (Fintech & Virtual Currencies) at MFSA, and 'A Brief Primer in Product Creation' by Patrick Young from Blockchain Malta Association. The event will be sponsored by GVZH Advocates.
The seminar will come to an end with the concluding remarks of FinanceMalta Chairman, Kenneth Farrugia.


Curiosity is usually the driving force behind checking out a new place to eat.
Ivan Shane the proprietor of Burgers Plus, is also the owner of Dynamyc Family Restaurant. He does a lot of the cooking there. While he doesn't own the building that houses his new restaurant, he anticipates his new burger business will be there for the long haul. The restaurant is open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week.
Shane said he started cooking in 1981 at the Altamira Truck Stop in Iron Bridge and has been cooking ever since. At Burgers Plus, the business day is split into two shifts. There are four people who work in the morning and part of the afternoon, and four people who handle the evening shift. The majority of evening workers are students, who have never cooked or handled a cash register. Shane does lament that the basic skills are no longer being taught at home. However, patience is also something he practices. He says it helps to remember all of the food he burned when he was just starting out.
Burgers Plus opened up on Nov. 19 and already word of mouth is getting them a fast growing clientele. Shane, who also doubles as cook, at least until they are fully staffed, says the key is to provide fresh homemade ingredients and serve the customer within 10 minutes of them walking in. The staff will be looking at cutting that time frame down to five minutes in the coming months. He is offering takeout but not delivery as most people prefer to add their own toppings to their burgers and fries.
The menu is limited at Burgers Plus but it is pretty varied. There are many different types of fries, including sweet potato, beet and turnip. Shane mentioned that deep fried root vegetable are surprisingly good. There is a base price for the fries with no additional charge for the toppings.
Besides the fries, there are homemade burger patties, fish burgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, sausages, meat ball subs and onion rings. Those who like their burgers stacked also have that option available to them. The basic burger is one patty. The food containers used are biodegradable.
The restaurant is set up to be mostly self-serve, with customer's numbers being called and pick-up at the counter. There is a wide variety of sauces available for toppings as well as a veggie cooler. Shane says they can handle large orders. There are two deep fryers in the kitchen that can cook eight different items at a time. There are two baskets per fryer, so if a lot of orders are for the same item, he could handle 20 orders at a time. All of them would be ready within 10 minutes.
Beside food, the coffee used is freshly ground, from local supplier Dan Massicotte.
The idea behind the fresh and fast menu is catering to people who don't have a lot of time for a meal, such as students and business people.
At the moment, Shane says he has 12 staff and is looking to have a full staff of 20. The people he hires are trained to handle all of the work stations. He prefers handling the cooking part of the operation, at least until more cooks are hired.
In the spring, he says he will expand the business to include homemade desserts and ice cream.


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International consortium The Research on Research Institute launched
RoRI wants to enable more strategic, open, diverse and inclusive research.
The Research on Research Institute (RoRI) is an international consortium of research funders, academic institutions and technologists working together to champion the latest approaches to research on research.
RoRI has been co-founded by the Wellcome Trust, Digital Science and the universities of Sheffield and Leiden. It will undertake research on research (also known as meta-research, science of science or meta-science).
RoRI has five objectives:
Support, expand and build capacity for interdisciplinary, mixed-methods research on research
Connect academic capabilities to the data and analytical resources of Wellcome, Digital Science and RoRI's wider consortium of strategic partners
Co-design and apply new tools, indicators, funding modes, evaluation frameworks etc
Evaluate RoR methods and support engagement with data and evidence about research systems by decision makers and society
Create an independent space for learning, networking and collaboration between researchers, policymakers, funders and technologists
The full press release is available here http://researchonresearch.org/rori-lanches
For more information, see the RoRI website http://www.researchonresearch.org/


I am creating an app in html5 for mobile, and I have all the information of the items inside an array with 887 entries. Each entry have 32 key with values, some with more than one value.
I am using a for loop to iterate the array, and when I find the entry that match the html element it shows the item information with a html block.
So when I use a code like this:

 it should retrieve the item information without the need to loop through the array.
Below is an example code I wrote to represent the situation, with a short array of items. In the real app, the main array which holds the items information is 887 items long. And I do some for loops inside the other for loop to retrieve informations like stats and the used in example.
So, it's a for loop inside a for loop.
The question is, there's a more efficient way of doing this? Because some pages that display one category of items, with aproximatedely 100 items taks 5, 6 seconds to load, and I need it to be more faster.
There're a lot of things you write them better, In my answer I'll write some of them.
Don't compare with undefined simply you can write this if(used_in) instead of this if(used_in != undefined).
You can use ternary operator.
you can use const if your variable won't change through your app, and let if it'll change.
You also can iterate through your array using map instead of for loop.
The reason for the slow down is not looking up the items but rather your method of creating the HTML.
Adding markup to the page via the innerHTML property is VERY slow. You should never add content that way.
Add content to a document fragment. When all the content has been created then add it to the page.
To help, create functions to approximate the declarative style of a HTML document.
In the example I create two helper functions.
tag(type, properties) that creates an element adds properties and returns it.
To help the declarative style the second and above arguments of append are indented one extra step.
Adding content this way will give a noticeable performance increase.
The code formatting for the example stuffed up and If I use the one in the editor it makes a total mess of it so will have to make do with it in at least a readable format.


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Ministry U-turns on plan to remove force as rape conviction requirement
China's smartphone maker Xiaomi to invest $10b in electric vehicles
Published : Mar 30, 2021 - 21:13 Updated : Mar 31, 2021 - 09:11
The logo of Xiaomi is seen inside the company's office in Bengaluru, India in 2018. (Reuters-Yonhap)
BEIJING (AFP) - Smartphone maker Xiaomi on Tuesday became the latest Chinese company to enter the burgeoning electric vehicle industry in the world's largest car market, as it announced a $10 billion investment over the next decade.
The company, which is already among the biggest smartphone makers in the world, said in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange that it will set up a subsidiary for its smart electric vehicle business, with a 10 billion yuan ($1.52 billion) initial phase of investment.
Sales of new energy vehicles are expected to make up half of overall new vehicle sales in China by 2035, according to a roadmap an industry group released last year.
Global carmakers are pegging hopes on an increasingly electric future, with China at the forefront as a customer base and manufacturing hub.
On Tuesday, Xiaomi said its chief executive officer Lei Jun will also serve as head of the new electric vehicle business.
The firm is the latest Chinese company to make a foray into smart mobility, with search engine company Baidu announcing in January it had entered a partnership with auto manufacturer Zhejiang Geely Holding Group to produce intelligent electric vehicles.
Already, Chinese brands have seen a surge in interest from investors, with XPeng and Li Auto both going public in the US last year.
Established international players in the auto industry including Volkswagen and BMW have also made commitments to their electric future, with all-electric models to be produced in China.


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Q: php Building inbox chat i'm Building inbox chat And I have a little problem
It's my DB
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `chat` (
  `cfrom` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `cto` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `message` text NOT NULL,
  `sent` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `recd` int(11) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

And my code:
$from=$_GET['MyUserId'];
$chat_all_query=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM chat WHERE cfrom='{$from}' OR cto='{$from}'")or die(mysql_error());
while($chat = mysql_fetch_array($chat_all_query)){

    if($chat['cfrom']==$from){
        echo $chat['cto'].'
';
    }else{
        echo $chat['cfrom'].'
';
    }

}

The problem it presents me the users have a conversation with a double amount of times sent him a message or I sent him
It seems to me that if there is an option to group by to if it would be good Or otherwise does not appear to me the few times
Can you help?


The Lansing Area Safety Council was organized on December 1, 1939 by a group of local business people, Chamber of Commerce officials, City Council members, and Police & Fire officers who felt that Lansing had some safety needs that were going unmet. The first meeting was held at the Hotel Olds in downtown Lansing. One hundred people were in attendance for a $1.25 a plate dinner! On that evening, the Safety Council was formed.
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There is a lot of pogies right off the beaches from New River Inlet all the way to the Shoals. The spainsh and blues are ruling the Wrightsville area beaches right now and a few kings were caught last week off Ocean Crest Pier. A few nice kings were caught down off the shoals on Friday and Saturday. Find your favorite rock and let the troll begin. There have been several Cobia spotted in the 5-10 mile range and we got some AJ's to the boat about 8miles off New River Inlet last week but the really did not want to play. The real Cobia blast happened off Cape Lookout last week. Lots of COBIA following the pogies. There were many fish caught in the 40-50lb range one reporter told me. The inshore bite has been with drum and trout starting to bite well in the Cape Fear River from Snow's Cut to Southport. If shad fishing is our thing Lock-n-Dam#1 is still holding some fatty shad and some nice Cat's are just down river.


WASHINGTON/OTTAWA, Sept 14 (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Friday warned the Trump administration that NAFTA should be maintained as a trilateral pact between the United States, Mexico and Canada and not just as a U.S.-Mexico arrangement.
Pelosi's remarks are significant because whatever deal to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement is ultimately reached will be reviewed by the next Congress that convenes in January. Pelosi could be the speaker of the House if Democrats win this November's congressional midterm elections.
Talks to update NAFTA, which U.S. President Donald Trump says is unfair to the United States and must be radically revised, have been bogged down amid disagreements between Canadian and American negotiators.
Trump last month announced a side deal with Mexico and has warned Ottawa that he is prepared to leave Canada out if it fails to accept terms more favorable to the United States.
As House speaker, Pelosi sets the legislative agenda, and often has the political muscle to assure passage or defeat of initiatives.
"I think it should be trilateral," she told reporters, adding she did not think it would be "in the interest of this hemisphere" to turn NAFTA into a bilateral deal.
The U.S. administration wants the text of a deal ready by Oct. 1 but Canadian officials say they are not rushing, given the remaining differences. The two sides are arguing over dispute settlement mechanisms and a U.S. demand that Canada open up its protected dairy market.
Canadian officials say privately that some concessions will be needed on dairy, an approach that has alarmed the politically influential farming community.
Most Canadian dairy farmers live in the populous provinces of Ontario and Quebec, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's ruling Liberal Party needs to do well if he is to retain power in an election set for October 2019.
Pierre Lampron, president of the Dairy Farmers of Canada lobby group, planned to meet Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland on Friday to ask her about NAFTA. The DFC said it had asked for the meeting.
Freeland's office did not respond to a request for comment.
Trudeau said on Thursday he wanted a good NAFTA deal as soon as possible, but did not answer directly when asked if he felt the end of September was the final deadline for talks.
Mexico said on Wednesday it had to be ready to pursue a bilateral deal with the United States if Ottawa and Washington did not come to terms.
But Pelosi said she was seeking more details on the results of the U.S.-Mexico negotiations, adding she had instructed aides to set up briefings for rank-and-file lawmakers.


In a previous column, I registered my joy in finally participating in a presidential primary that would matter, but as Indiana's vote draws near, I find myself more uncertain than ever. I must admit that - as usual - it strikes me as a choice between lesser evils.
As a conservative Democrat, I see enough in John McCain to give him serious consideration come November. But there are strong reservations, too.
McCain is simply too old for the presidency. I just don't see anyone performing that high-stress, high-tempo job in his or her late 70s, which McCain would hit in a second term. And, no, Reagan's last years give me no comfort in this regard.
I also worry greatly about McCain's temperament. I travel a lot in government and political circles, and it never ceases to amaze me how so many of his acquaintances will so readily volunteer a tale of his stunning capacity for anger, vendetta and self-destructive combativeness.
I had an old friend, as mild mannered as could be, once tell me that the only fist fight he's ever engaged in across his years was in first grade with John McCain!
That, my friends, is consistency.
Finally, as a child of World War II, I'm deeply concerned that McCain views the world primarily in terms of conflict and opposing ideologies. I simply find that vision both antiquated and highly unwelcome after eight years of Bush-Cheney.
I'm not looking to lead a league of democracies to combat China and Russia in their "rising" phases.
Instead, I'm a lot more interested in making sure America's rising anti-globalization sentiment doesn't trigger some self-destructive bout of trade protectionism.
Oddly enough, that's where I find McCain most appealing. His lack of interest in and knowledge of economics plays well with me because he seems to harbor no ambition to turn back the clock on the North American Free Trade Agreement or to start voting down free-trade agreements, unlike the Democrats running for the presidency.
Toss in the fact that both houses of Congress will likely feature stronger Democratic majorities after November, and I am highly attracted to the notion of split power.
But I'm just as convinced that McCain will be unable to go even four years without starting a war with somebody, especially Iran, and so it would be really hard for me to pull that lever in November, which gets me back to the Dem duo.
I've been drawn to Barack Obama from the beginning, primarily because of his age, which should be a weak attractor, but it isn't. I think the Boomers have produced the worst generation of national leaders this country has suffered since the late 19th century.
All the real talent of that demographic cohort went into business and technology, leaving the weakest links for politics, which is why it's so hard to name any truly significant legislation this crew has passed so far during their years in power.
But Obama does strike me as unseasoned on national security, meaning I'd instinctively like to see him as vice president for eight years because, after that, there'd be no issue about his experience base. Beyond that deficit, Obama's language so far on trade and economics scares me plenty.
With global food prices skyrocketing, we should be talking about making the Doha Round happen in the World Trade Organization, not revisiting NAFTA.
Real change would entail dismantling America's disastrous and unnecessary agricultural subsidies, not raising the capital gains tax.
So I find myself moving toward the middle ground of Hillary Clinton as the primary draws near.
I know that bringing that bunch back means we'll all be trapped in pointless Boomer fisticuffs for another four years, but strangely enough, Clinton would probably be just as good as McCain in reining in a Democratic Congress, and there's no arguing the Clinton record on trade and globalization, meaning there'd be adjustments but nothing stupid or self-destructive. Plus, there'd be little chance of America starting another war it can't afford right now.
I realize that's not much of an endorsement, but that's par for the course in this age. Clinton is a known commodity in that many Americans already dislike her intensely. You just don't know how scary McCain or how overwhelmed Obama could end up being, so you go with the candidate who presents the least overall potential downside.


Recently I bought a microphone pole. Unfortunately, although it was a known brand, I had to return it to the store.
The pole was advertised as a professional, but it turned out that it was not.
First of all, it creaked even when it was not completely spread.
The cable inside was flying, generating clicks.
The cable output from the pole was placed at the very end. It does not allow you to put the pole on the ground without damaging the cable.
I am asking for the recommendation of poles, which are checked and do not have any defects I wrote about. The price has a second meaning.
Re: What microphone pole you recommend ?
Haven't had much time with it yet but it seems it doesn't have the problems you're describing.
That's how I heard a lot of good about k-tek. For now, this is the only interesting proposal I've found.
It's a good solution but maybe better than k-tek.
The pole buys to the company, so the price is not the most important.
According to the B&H and Adorama websites that model is no longer available.


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Q: Get data from multiple tables mySQL i've got 3 tables:
Men; with the following columns: image_id, filename
Women; image_id, filename
Couples; imagemale (to which corresponds image_id from male table),imagefemale,votes
basically the users are shown randomly pictures of men and women and they decide if they would be a good match by voting yes or no, and the table "couples" resumes all this with the votes and the ranking.
I'm trying to display the first 25 in number of votes, but in order to show the pictures i need the filenames and not the image id which is all i have.
How can i do it? this is the syntax of the top25 page:
include('mysql.php');

// Get the top25
$results = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM couples ORDER BY votes DESC LIMIT 0,25");
while($row = mysql_fetch_object($results)) $top_ratings[] = (object) $row;

// Close the connection
mysql_close();

and then in the html:

Top 25

            <?php foreach($top_ratings as $key => $filename) : ?>
         <img src="imagesmale/<?=$filename->imagemale?>" />
         <?php endforeach ?>

            <?php foreach($top_ratings as $key => $filename) : ?>
         <img src="imagesmale/<?=$filename->imagefemale?>" />
         <?php endforeach ?>

Thank you!

A: You only really need to do #2, but I highly suggest doing #1 as well.

*

*Restructure your tables to only have a single table named "people". This table will have another column with "gender", most likely an int(1)

*To then grab the image file name from the id, you need to INNER JOIN the people table from the couples table as such (using your old structure):

SELECT
    Men.filename AS manfile ,
    Women.filename AS womanfile,
    couples.votes
FROM couples
INNER JOIN Men on couples.imagemale = Men.image_id
INNER JOIN Women on couples.imagefemale = Women.image_id
ORDER BY votes DESC
LIMIT 25


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Los Fresnos High School (Grades 11-12)
Los Fresnos United (Grades 9-10)
8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m. (First Bell 8:25 a.m.)
First Period: 8:30-10 a.m. (90 minutes)
Second Period: 10:05-10:55 a.m. (50 minutes)
Third Period A: 11-11:45 a.m. (45 minutes)
Lunch A: 10:55-11:25 a.m. (30 minutes)
Third Period BC: 11:30 a.m.-1:05 p.m. (95 minutes)
Lunch B: 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (30 minutes)
Third Period C: 12:20-1:05 p.m. (45 minutes)
Lunch C: 12:35-1:05 p.m. (30 minutes)
Third Period AB (Block): 11 a.m.-12:35 p.m. (95 minutes)
Fourth Period Block: 1:10-2:40 p.m. (90 minutes)
Fifth Period: 2:45-4:15 p.m. (90 minutes)
Grades 6 to 8
8:25 a.m.-4 p.m. (First Bell 8:20 a.m.)
Lunch A
First Period: 8:37-9:32 a.m.
Second Period: 9:36-10:31 a.m.
Third Period: 10:35-11:30 a.m.
Fourth Period Grades 7-8: 11:34-12:29
Lunch Grades 7-8: 12:29-1:03
Lunch Grade 6: 11:30-12:04
Fourth Period Grade 6: 12:08-1:03
Fifth Period: 1:07-2:02 p.m.
Sixth Period: 2:06-3:01 p.m.
Seventh Period: 3:05-4 p.m.
Lunch B
Fourth Period: 12:02-1:07 p.m.
Lunch B: 1:11-1:41 p.m.
Sixth Period: 2:54-4 p.m.
Grades PreKindergarten to 5
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Reduced speed limits – Effective January 2020
Texas Highway 100 (Ocean Boulevard)
Lopez-Riggins Elementary: 7:30 to 8 a.m., 2:45 to 3:15 p.m.
Los Fresnos Elementary, Los Cuates Middle School and Resaca Middle School: 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., 2:45 to 4:15 p.m.
FM 1847 (Arroyo Boulevard)
Los Fresnos High School: 7:45 to 8:30 a.m., 4 to 4:45 p.m.
FM 803 (Olmito North Road)
Los Fresnos United: reduced speed from 55 to 45 mph at all times


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The Cities of Fremantle, Melville, Cockburn and Kwinana partnered with BirdLife Australia and Beyond Gardens delivered four workshops (one each in each local government) to raise community awareness of the value of remnant bushland, wetlands and native vegetation in public open space, on verges and in gardens using birds as a focus. 100 participants were expected at each workshop and the workshops ran for three to four hours.
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A number of years ago a furious woman called our office. An HVAC contractor had just installed a new motor in her home's furnace. Then he turned the unit on. Dirt and dust blasted out of the registers. All over her beautiful carpet. All over her paintings. All over the grand piano.
She collected $25,000 from her insurance company, and they went after the HVAC contractor.
Hers was not the first such call we had received. In fact, this is an occasional error among even the most competent HVAC contractors. He installs a new or more powerful motor. Or perhaps he fits a new air handler onto existing ductwork. The ducts get banged and shaken during the installation process. Maybe the duct interiors were already laden with dirt the old unit was too weak to blow out.
We've seen these dust explosions occur in houses, in operating rooms, and in the president's office of the largest medical center west of the Mississippi—all over the boss's $2000.00 suit.
Installing a stronger motor or blower.
Retrofitting a new air handler onto existing ductwork.
Old ductwork is exposed to substantial jarring or shaking.
A duct system has been dormant for two years or more.
Converting return ductwork to supply ductwork.
Of course, common sense should be used. If the ducts are relatively new (less than 5 years old) or are visibly clean, you probably won't have a problem with them.
Some contractors try to economize by taping cheesecloth over the registers to catch the initial blast of dirt when the unit is turned on. This might work or it might not. It depends on how dirty the ductwork is and how much particulate is loose (and how fine your cheesecloth is). Sometimes only a one-time burst of dust occurs, and sometimes it just keeps coming.
Even without being disturbed, HVAC systems can start discharging debris. In fact, our surveys have shown that "dirt blowing out" is one of the top reasons commercial building owners call for duct cleaning.
Most experienced contractors have walked into offices where employees have taped file folders or cardboard over the registers above their desks to prevent the dust spray when the air conditioning kicks on.
We had a client, a college, which experienced the shower of particles every Monday morning after the HVAC system had lain quiet -over the weekend.
has built up so much dirt that it begins to discharge it, there's no real cure except a thorough cleaning.
One Japanese study showed that dirt begins to blow out of ductwork once it reaches a depth of .8 millimeters. This may not be true in all cases. Factors such as adhesion (how easily the dirt sticks to the duct) or fan power can determine how much the particles stack up in the ductwork before they come out. Most experienced contractors have seen dirt in ductwork an inch deep or more.
Although much is said about indoor air quality these days, complaints and causes of poor indoor air can often be vague. Often duct cleaning may not help.
But when an A/C contractor sees desks and window ledges layered with particles and the office workers point to the dirty diffusers and complain of "dirt blowing out," the problem is fairly obvious. And so is the cure: Clean the system and investigate for causes.
And when it's time to install a new blower or new air handler during a retrofit, give a second thought to those ducts. A cleaning could make the difference between a satisfied client and a sour one.


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"A New Law Governing the Use of A.I. in Hiring May Trigger Lawsuits," Fortune
There may be more discrimination-related lawsuits coming in the near future thanks to a recently passed New York City bill governing the use of artificial intelligence in hiring.
One of the major implications of the bill, which New York's city council passed in November and has now "lapsed" into law, is that companies will be required to disclose to job candidates whether they used A.I. in the recruiting process. This means that job recruits will now be able to learn whether companies they applied to used A.I.-powered hiring software that study people's facial movements or analyze voices during job interviews, among other tasks.
This is a big deal because it could provide people some transparency when it comes to learning why they weren't hired, explains Christine Webber, a civil rights attorney for plaintiffs' firm Cohen Milstein. She believes that there haven't been many A.I.-related employments lawsuits filed against companies because people are typically unaware that the technology may have been used on them.
"People don't know what's going on," Webber said. "They don't come and complain, 'Hey, a computer denied me a new job.'"
For people of color, knowing whether A.I. was used to determine if they were a good fit for the job could be revelatory. After all, facial recognition software is widely known to not work as well on women and people of color as white men.
Webber brought up the scenario of a company using A.I.-powered facial recognition software that looks for facial cues and "micro expressions" during job interviews that could lead hiring managers to believe a person is deep in thought and therefore may make a better candidate than others. An example may be a person furrowing their brow, creating a little crease in their forehead.
Putting aside whether or not it's even possible to deduce a person's fit for the job by using A.I. to scan their face (there are many critics of this kind of use of the technology), Webber noted the potential problem that such a task would pose for people of color.
"It's really important to be able to see the crease in everybody's forehead," she said.
In the chance that a company does use such technology during the hiring process, people of color will finally get more details about why they may have been overlooked for a role, at least those who live in New York City.
The A.I.-related hiring law isn't expected to come into effect until 2023, which gives companies some time to evaluate the technology they currently use. But other states could pass similar laws, Webber said, also noting that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is also taking a tougher look at this kind of hiring software.
Either way, Black and brown people in New York City have something to look forward to: more information about how A.I. is used on their communities.
"New York is a large city, it's a diverse city, so there's a chance that somebody is going to be turned down for a job and thinks it's discrimination and now they know there's A.I.," Webber said.
"I feel like it gives us a chance whereas before, there just wasn't opportunity," Webber said regarding people bringing up A.I.-related hiring lawsuits.
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This week has been full of non-stop reading & since the weather is so nice, why not read/explore the beach? I live so close to Sunset Beach, that it's just ridiculous to read inside the house, when ten feet away is the ocean!
I will post an update on my TBR later on this week once I've hit the 5 book mark!! SO many great reads this month so far! Can't wait to finish them all. Other than reading every book on the shelf, this week has been full of some amazing Photo-Shoots as well as some major book-shelf organization. All in all a very solid week. I've also finally jumped on the "Outlander" bandwagon, and I can officially say I am now obsessed with the show. I really need to get all of these books, like yesterday!
My Book-Shelf is currently exploding as you can see in this photo here. I need to get a few more white Ikea "Billy's" for my opposite facing wall. It's the only way to accommodate this addiction I'm afraid, haha.