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Avengers Endgame: Cataline Recommends with Confidence
Posted on April 29, 2019 April 29, 2019 by Dark Herald
In case my beloved readers you have ever wondered about my ratings system it goes:
Recommends with Highest Enthusiasm
Recommends with Enthusiasm
Recommends with Confidence
Recommends with Reservations
Does NOT Recommend
So why am I giving Endgame a three star rating?
Have you ever had a bowl of chili that looked good and smelled great but when you had your first taste, you found there was almost no real depth of flavor? It was a competently prepared beef, tomato and bean stew and was certainly worth eating, but it had no real heat to it. You were kind of left taping the side of your empty bowl with your spoon thinking to yourself, is that all there is here?
That was how I felt when the credits rolled on Endgame.
It did the things it was supposed to but didn't do the things that would have made it great. After Avengers Infinity War this one felt much more like an anti-climax because that is effectively what it was. A three hour denouement for the ten years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
There were elements that I found aesthetically displeasing and I feel will be a problem for Marvel from here on out.
Spoilers below:
********** SPOILER ALERT **********
This film had many audience expectations going in. The snap would have to be undone if the MCU was going to continue at all. Chris Evans and Robert Downey had made it clear that they were ready to move on. So Stark and the Cap were going to have to tie up a lot of loose ends. There were other questions that the audience had. And this movie did indeed answer them. Whether that was a good idea or not.
The movie opens with Hawkeye on his farm with his family, enjoying domestic life. He is teaching his eldest daughter how to shoot a bow, while his wife sets up lunch on the picnic table. The camera briefly lingers on the house arrest tether wrapped around his ankle as a reminder as to why he wasn't in the last movie. His wife calls him to lunch he turns to his daughter and sees dust floating in the wind. He looks around with palpably rising panic and we know that his entire family has been dusted. Hawkeye is a dangerous man who now has absolutely nothing left to lose.
Tony and Nebula are on their way back from Titan in the Guardians of the Galaxy's ship. Tony records the message to Pepper we've seen in the trailers. The ship's power cells were damaged in the fight with Thanos and are irreparable. Tony will die in twenty four hours. He lays down on the ship's deck and goes to sleep. Nebula gently picks him up and carries him to Quill's captain's chair and cover's him with a blanket.
These scenes effectively set the tone of despair that will be felt through out the rest of the first act of this movie. It also shows that Nebula has changed.
Shortly afterward Captain Marvel deus ex machinas into being in front of them and carries the ship to Earth. Honestly, if this had taken place in the DCU and it was Superman showing up out of absolutely nowhere to save them I still would have groaned.
However, it's a superhero movie and there are times when you just have to say, "it's all good. I will ignore this. It's all good."
Regardless, the Avengers now have a starship. But Tony is too badly injured physically and emotionally. He is too angry with everyone over his failure and theirs. Ironman is out. He's going home to Pepper.
Nebula knows where Thanos is, so the Avengers set out to take the Infinity Gauntlet away from him and undo The Snap.
They find and defeat him with almost ridiculous ease. And it turns out it was all for nothing. Thanos has destroyed the Infinity Stones. His work can never be undone. In a rage, Thor beheads him.
The despair is complete.
The movie jumps five years ahead at that point. Which I found rather intriguing. We are barely at the fifteen minute mark and Thanos is dead. And we have vaulted into the future. This is the right way to subvert expectations.
Five years "After Thanos" people are trying to get on with their lives and are failing at it. It seems no one can move forward. The cities are turning into giant slums as people shuffle about wreckage of the world. Even the ultra optimistic Captain America can't pull himself out of the black pit.
And then a miracle happens. One of the Vanished returns. It's Antman and technically speaking he wasn't one of the Vanished. He was just trapped in the Quantum Realm for what was for him only a few hours.
That was one of the better scenes. Antman wandering around a Los Angeles where everything has fallen apart, wondering what has happened.
Anyway he has a solution. Use the Quantum Realm for time travel.
So yeah basically they are ripping of Michael Crichton. And besides everything is more sciencey if you put the word Quantum in front of it.
It's a superhero movie and there are times when you just have to say, "it's all good. I will ignore this. It's all good."
Now, this flick's Rules For Time Travel are set up. First there is only enough Magic Quantum Juice for seven people and a racoon to make one round trip. Second, there are no paradoxes. You can shoot your grandfather and you'll be just fine. You can even shoot yourself as it turns out because "the past you is no longer your past because you changed it." Except that they did have to get the Infinity Stones back to the exact point in time they took them from or there would…be…a…paradox?"
"It's all good. I will ignore this. It's all good."
And now an expedition into fan service begins. And this is the point where things got weak. Honestly this movie had been a Recommends with Enthusiasm up to this point but here is where things started to get a bit squishy.
The teams are divided up.
Fat Thor (which was hilarious by the way) and Rocket set off for Asgard to get whichever stone was injected into Natalie Portman. Not much happens here other than Fat Thor talking to his Mom for a bit.**
Captain America, Ironman, Antman and a now sapient Banner/Hulk set out for NYC during Loki's attack because there are three stones there at the same time.
Nebula and War Machine set out for the Stone from the start of Guardians of the Galaxy.
Hawkeye and BlackWidow, set out for the Soulstone. Well WE know the price tag but they don't. Redskull shows up and tells them the rules. They fight to decide who will commit suicide. It ends up being Natasha.
The scene was good drama but it violates the rules from the last movie. You have to kill that which you love the most in order to get the Soul Stone. You can't be passive in the process. Thanos could have simply let Gamora kill herself rather than bear the weight of murdering his daughter with his own hands, if that was how it worked.
Besides there's worse to come.
Nebula and War Machine arrive on Morag, knock out Quill with ridiculous ease and grab that Stone.
All too easy.
The problem is that Nebula starts live streaming to the Nebula native to this time. The Thanos native to this time is now read in on everything.
And here was another thing that I disliked. This time travel stuff started undoing a number of established character arcs. I HATE that in any movie. And there are three of those in this one. First up the Giant Purple People Eater himself Thanos. One of the things that made Infinity War such a great movie was that it was ultimately only about one character's story arc and that was Thanos. The rest of the Avengers didn't change because they didn't have to, it wasn't their story. Thanos gave up everything to get the Infinity Stones. He really suffered for it but now everything that Thanos did and went through just got wiped away and a younger Thanos without those experiences takes the stage. The developed character is gone.
Team NYC drenches the audience with fan service throw-backs from the first movie. Banner/Hulk has to reason with the Ancient One to get her to willingly give him the Time Stone. Cap, Ironman and Antman have to do a comedy sequence to get Loki's Scepter and the Tesseract.
Although, I freely admit to absolutely loving the scene where Captain America from the future gets on the elevator with the Hydra infiltrators who are now agents of SHIELD. He informs them that he is taking point on the security of the Scepter. The Hydra infiltrators are about to attack him. Yes, this yet another call back to Captain America the Winter Solider but when Cap leaned over and whispered conspiratorially, "Hail Hydra," and they let him walk out with it. It felt like such a slap in the face to this…
…that I forgave it for everything as that image is one of the most hated in the history of SJW Marvel.
Anyway, Stark and Antman have less luck with the Tesseract due to their comedy sequence and Loki ends up grabbing it and making an unscheduled escape to who knows where.
Now Loki's death is undone but also all of his character development over the course of the last few movies. Again, I don't like this as it feels like a very cheap half assed reboot of the character.
Antman heads up stream with the Scepter. Whereas Cap and Ironman head down stream to 1970, to some SHIELD base where they can get both an earlier version of the Tesseract and more Magic Quantum Juice. And also more fan service. Stark meets his heavily CGIed Dad and Rogers gets to see a reasonably hot for sixty version of Peggy Carter. This apparently got him thinking.
Anyway, they head upstream, build their own Infinity Gauntlet and Banner/Hulk does the snap though he was severely injured doing so. Normal people can't survive the Infinity Gauntlet and that comes up in a little bit. Evil Nebula turns on the time machine thingy and Thanos arrives with his entire army and all his minions, including a younger Gamora…apparently having no need at all for Magic Quantum Juice.
In an overblown but still pretty damn good fight scene, the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe fights the army of Thanos.
Part of what drags this fight on forever is keeping the Gauntlet away from Thanos. There is one fairly cringe inducing scene where the women of the MCU stop in the middle of the action to strike a heroic pose together.
Captain Marvel pops in and beats up Thanos' ship…which was utterly pointless since Ironman destroys the entire invading army three minutes later. She then wrestles with Thanos for possession of the gauntlet. When it looks like she is about to get it, Thanos tears the Power Stone out of the Gauntlet and pretty much literally punches her out of the movie with it.
Honestly, Carol Danvers could have been lifted completely out of this movie and no one would have noticed. I am now absolutely certain that there weren't any alternate scenes shot with her because the studio bosses clearly and obviously ordered the Russo Brothers to shoehorn her in where possible. She shows up for the first ten minutes then they get rid of her because she must protect other planets.
At the end of the battle Tony has to take control of the Infinity Stones, do a second snap that dusts Thanos and his army but at the cost of his life.
It was good death scene for a character that has up until now been the masthead of the MCU
Captain America is assigned the solo mission of returning all of the Infinity Stones to their respective times for reasons that don't matter unless they have to. But then rather than return to the present he makes a one way trip back to 1945 and the arms of Peggy Carter. Which hopefully means that the godawful Agent Carter never happened.
New and rebooted Gamora is now in play. She doesn't know or love Peter Quill. So now Quill will effectively be trying to romance an amnesiac. This is always terrible. However, Thor has now joined the Guardian's of the Galaxy which might be awesome.
Final score: Three of the old Avengers are gone for good and another is looking to be out of the picture as well.
Loki and Gamora are back but effectively mind wiped so they will have to have new story arcs. Their old characters and roles they played in the stories are gone.
Thor has taken off for the starry infinite leaving the Valkyrie Tessa Thompson as the new Thor. As expected, the new Captain America is Sam Wilson, even though Bucky is back and would have made more sense.
In summary Endgame is a good movie but not as good as the last one. It provides an excellent send off for some beloved characters whose actors had either had enough or were getting too old for the part.*
Of the Original Six only Hawkeye and Banner/Hulk remain. These new additions frankly aren't interesting as characters. They have nothing like the simplicity of Peter Parker's story. His drive came from his moral failure to capture a two-bit thug, who goes on to murder his Uncle Ben. What compels Parker isn't his spider powers, it is the fact that every time he sees Aunt May without Uncle Ben, he knows he's responsible for it.
Nope, these new characters have identity politics and that's it.
There is no putting lipstick on this pig, the additions of Captain Marvel, Sam Wilson as the new Captain America and Valkyrie Thor put the MCU well on track to becoming SJW Marvel.
People have been asking for years, why are superhero movies so big? Most will airily wave at 9/11 and say something about, in a world with actual super-villains it's nice to pretend that there are superheros. But memories of 2001 have faded and superhero flicks are clearly bigger than ever. So that isn't it. The real answer is this, superhero movies are the last refuge of the Alpha Male Hero in Hollywood. Everything else is dominated by Gamma Males triumphant over their Alpha villains and You-Go-Girl heroines showing the Patriarchy who's the new boss in town.
And the Marvel Cinematic Universe has just made them the New Avengers.
*Yeah that would be Widow. Johanson turns 35 this year and that is the blinking red palm crystal for actresses in Hollywood.
** Also, it has to be said, Hemsworth has a real gift as a comedic actor, glad they are finally using it.
4 thoughts on "Avengers Endgame: Cataline Recommends with Confidence"
Thanks, love the spoilers, the cheat codes to the nuances of a type of film that tries to get by with the BOOM and might be covering up decent writing.
As for the useful idiots the SJW their personal moral arc is as old as human DNA, women always will burn it all down, they're white phosphorous give em a bit of oxygen get hell fire.
To connect it to the MCU read that buffoon Chris Evans' twitter feed, a clueless alpha perhaps faux alpha piling up the faggots about himself while the wily women folk about him coo encouragement.
lensmanx says:
It was an excellent ending. From here on in, Marvel movies will be SJW garbage, some more than others. I'm done, and satisfied to be done. Every good epic has an end.
Chris Lutz says:
The film was definitely a step down from Infinity War.
– The Captain Marvel scenes brought the film to a halt both time. Her character is ridiculously OP. Thanos slugging her out of the film was the only good moment. Bringing in a new character at this point was stupid. There was no way to work her into the plot.
– I cringed at the You-Go-Girl scene during the big battle at the end. It was cheap looking and felt forced. The fight during Inifinity War where the female characters had too fight together was much more natural. This scene felt like another requirement.
– The support group with the homosexual guy was five minutes of screen time that could have been removed.
– SJ is definitely starting to show her age. I thought Evans was showing his age as well.
– It's downhill from here. The new characters are not going to attract people.
Robert Mando says:
even though Bucky is back and would have made more sense.
the downside to MCU Bucky becoming Cap is that he has spent decades mindwiped and being used as the assassination tool of Hydra / the enemies of the United States. which would virtually necessitate a heel turn somewhere down the road if he was the new Cap, in which he would say in all seriousness, "Hail Hydra", as the brainwashing is retriggered. which would be exactly what pissed you off in the first place.
Sam Wilson is also a long time friend of Cap ( 1969 in the comics ) … as well as being blameless in the Hydra sense.
it is stupid that old Steve didn't talk to his oldest friend at all and the only person he still knew from his childhood, though.
i was amused that Stark used a dexter / right hand path glove to undo the snap that Thanos had made with a sinister / left hand path glove.
i was not so amused by the totally homo sexualizing of Cap's ass. of course, we don't have to worry about Captain Marvel's ass being sexualized. Marvel hasn't got a butt double / CGI budget large enough to fake that.
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CAO offers variety of help
Published 9:57 am Monday, August 24, 2015
By Elizabeth Jackson
When it comes to finding jobs and transportation around the Tri-State, the Ironton-Lawrence Community Action Organization (CAO) aims to offer local residents the resources to do both. Through the Workforce Investment Program, the CAO provides job seekers with the resources to find new jobs or training. The organization's Public Transportation Program works to help residents travel where they need to go around the Tri-State.
The Workforce Investment Program focuses on helping clients find jobs or continuing education that is right for them based on their current job and family situations.
"They're placed with a case manager and discuss what's going on," said Jewell Hackworth, program director for Workforce Investment. "We do resumes and applications…for individuals."
When clients choose to pursue training, the program seeks to help clients in any field that is in demand, said Hackworth.
Program staff take a holistic approach when it comes to helping clients, said Hackworth. If clients have other needs that are not specifically career related, they are referred to other resources in the OneStop center where the program is housed.
"We want to make sure that needs are met," said Hackworth. "We try to address everything."
The program offers clients the opportunity to learn on-the-job skills by placing them in businesses that partner with the program. Hackworth said that job training is a way to meet the clients' and employers' needs.
While the program serves about 2,000 clients each month, Hackworth said the program wants to make each of them feel welcome.
"We want people to know that we care," said Hackworth.
"I feel it has a very positive impact and role in the community. We want to help people."
Like the Workforce Investment Program, the CAO's Public Transportation offers rides when needed.
"(We) wanted to provide a system that would help folks," said Mike Payne, director of Public Transportation. "We want to make an available choice inexpensive."
Forming a partnership with the Tri-State Transit Authority allowed the Public Transportation program to expand its reach throughout Lawrence County and the Tri-State.
"Lots of people rely on the system," said Payne.
Public Transportation Program's van service provides seniors transportation to medical appointments and area hospitals. Payne said that seniors enjoy the personalized experience of the van service that relies on CAO workers to come pick up seniors at their residences and drive them to their appointments.
In 2010 the program opened the Transit Center in downtown Ironton.
"It's become a central part of downtown," said Payne. "It allows the public access indoors if need be."
As part of the Transit Center, the Transit Café offers meals for local residents and individuals getting off the buses near the transportation center. The Transit Café provides an opportunity for the Public Transportation Program to partner with the Lawrence County Board of Developmental Disabilities (DD) and provide jobs for its participants.
"DD actually operates the Transit Center Café," said Payne. "You're basically supporting DD when you come to the Transit Café."
Payne said the partnership has been well received by various organizations.
"The health department was ecstatic about the partnership," said Payne.
Information about the CAO's programs can be found online at ilcao.org.
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Symmes Valley BOE members sworn in
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Q: Why Apache stops when file error.log doesn't exist Why Apache server stops work when the some path is set wrong or in my case - the file doesn't exist ? This is my configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName toma-coreshop.webbuild.com
    DocumentRoot /home/projects/toma/toma-coreshop

    <Directory /home/projects/toma/toma-coreshop>
        Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
ErrorLog /home/projects/toma/toma-coreshop/logs/error.log
</VirtualHost>

Now the error.log file doesn't exist and the whole server drops. The other domains also don't work. Why is this behavior ? Appreciating any useful links also. Thank you in advance!

A: First of all, if the directory path specified in errorlog directive exists, Apache 2.4 will create a log file.
The issue occurs only when the directory is missing.
During Apache (re)start, it checks configuration for errors. The same can be done manually, when the configuration was modified with errors, but Apache was not restarted, thus still running:
# apachectl -t
(2)No such file or directory: AH02291: Cannot access directory '/var/www/example.com/nologs/' for error log of vhost defined at /etc/httpd/conf/plesk.conf.d/vhosts/example.com.conf:10
AH00014: Configuration check failed

Strace shows that during the restart, Apache checks all specified error log directories:
# strace /usr/sbin/httpd
...
stat("/etc/httpd/logs/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
...
stat("/var/www/example.com/nologs/", 0x7ffff84f3140) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
write(2, "(2)No such file or directory: AH"..., 203(2)No such file or directory: AH02291: Cannot access directory '/var/www/example.com/nologs/' for error log of vhost defined at /etc/httpd/conf/plesk.conf.d/vhosts/example.com.conf:10
) = 190
write(2, "AH00014: Configuration check fai"..., 36AH00014: Configuration check failed
) = 36

It seems that being able to access the error log is pretty important for Apache to perform normally. At the same time, Apache does not take the liberty to create a full path to the log directory.
Other services, such as PHP-FPM, display the same behavior

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60 hours to go: ELITE game revival
There is a kickstarter project to revive the original ELITE game from 1984. If you remember this, you were part of the REAL pioneering times of PC gaming. If not, it's basically the space combat version of Minecraft with an endless, procedurally created universe. Here is a screenshot of the 1984 version:
The original designers work on it and it is looking great so far. They are short of just a couple of percent for their funding goal, but the end is approaching fast. I backed them already. If you are into space games, you should check this out by clicking on this banner:
For those who are wondering if I am spending the funds donated for the minecraft server for this: No, I do not. I pre-paid the server already for 2 full years since there is a huge discount for that. Whatever you donate now to me only helps to pay back whatever I paid already for the server.
8 thoughts on "60 hours to go: ELITE game revival"
azkedar on 2013/01/02 at 21:39 said:
I remember playing this game on my C64 when I was a lad. Good times. Played the sequels too… Frontier was pretty sweet. Gravity slingshot around white dwarf stars for no reason, woo! :)
Kieveli on 2013/01/04 at 01:55 said:
I too spent hours on the C64 playing this game. I wasn't quite old enough to understand the full concept of the game, so I would just take off, and start shooting, then try to blow up as many space ships as I could before I was brought down by the police. Hours of fun. Nothing came close until Terminal Velocity, and then X-Wing vs Tie Fighter. Good times!
Hiosa on 2013/01/02 at 22:47 said:
Oh god this game looks awesome
electrofuzz6 on 2013/01/03 at 01:10 said:
Groan…. I'm to young to know whatever this is…. But it looks cool! :)
Echo1608 on 2013/01/03 at 12:12 said:
This looks awesome, I'm crossing my fingers and hoping it will be on mac.
HoldenGs on 2013/01/03 at 12:45 said:
Is this anything like Eve Online?
Kevinpowellaz on 2013/01/03 at 14:18 said:
Eve is more of a job than it is a game. But without the paycheck.
kzr_nvd on 2013/01/03 at 12:46 said:
This seems like a nice bridge to Egosoft's X3 series (before X Rebirth comes out that is).


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Delegation of the European Union to Yemen
Consular support for EU citizens
EU Delegation to Yemen celebrates Europe Day
16.05.2022 Press and information team of the Delegation to YEMEN
The EU Delegation to Yemen organised a reception on Wednesday, 11 May in Amman to celebrate Europe Day, which was attended by Yemen's Ambassador to Jordan Ali al-Amrani, EU ambassadors accredited to Yemen, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg, diplomats and representatives of Yemen's civil society. In his remarks, Ambassador Gabriel Munuera Viñals underscored EU's commitment to advance peace in Yemen and the strong partnership between the EU and Yemen.
Ambassador Munuera Viñals noted that despite all the challenges to peace in Yemen there are signs of hopes and a window of opportunity at present that we must try to seize. He pointed out that the UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg has succeeded in brokering a countrywide truce and reiterated EU's strong support for the UN-led peace efforts.
In his remarks, Ambassador Munuera Viñals commended the crucial role played by Yemeni women and youth to promote peace and ensure that Yemenis can enjoy peace and the dividends of peace.
Pointing out to the fundamental role of the press in any democratic system, Ambassador Munuera Viñals reiterated EU's call for the immediate and unconditional release of detained journalists in Yemen.
Ambassador Munuera Viñals underscored that the EU and its Member States are truly united in their efforts to contribute to advancing peace in Yemen, alleviating the suffering of Yemenis and supporting long-term recovery.
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New Cast Projects
June 1st, 2003 by xoanon
Bruce Allpress (Aldor) joins Mimi Rogers (Ginger Snaps, TV's 'X-Files') in the familt action drama 'Cave In'. The film is set in New Zealand.
Ian Holm (Bilbo) joins Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal and Sela Ward in the Sci-Fi drama 'The Day After Tomorrow'. The story involves a climatologist (Quaid) who needs to figure out a way to save the world from abrupt global warming. He must get to his young son in New York, which is being taken over by a new ice age. The film is set for a May 2004 North American release.
Ian Holm (Bilbo) is also working with Natalie Portman and Zach Braff (who is also writing, directing and producing) in the comedy 'Large's Ark'.
Sean Bean (Boromir) lends his vocal talents and portrays 'Dark' in John Downer's first directorial effort 'Pride'. Bean stars alongside Helen Mirren, Robbie Williams, and Kate Winslet. The main story focuses on a pride of lions animals, who live in human-type set-ups. They defend each other and form allegiances. It will show how the lions cope when they come into conflict with other prides.
Marton Csokas (Celeborn) joins the cast of 'The Great Raid', a war drama directed by John Dahl (Rounders, Unforgettable).
David Wenham (Faramir) stars in a new caper comedy film 'Gettin' Square'. The film which recently wrapped shooting in Brisbane and the Gold Coast is directed by 'Better Than Sex' director Jonathan Teplitzky.
John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) is lending his voice to the animated film 'Catching Kringle', he stars alongside Danny DeVito and talk show great Larry King.
Bernard Hill (Theoden) can currently be seen walking the streets of Montreal while on hiatus from the film 'Gothika', his co-star Hallie Berry recently broke her arm during the production. The film is currently slated for an October 2003 release.


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Q: Database design: RBAC or ABAC? I have a SaaS service where multiple users can collaborate with each other. Till now users under the same subscription account could share the same database and view/edit/delete everything from each other.
Now I'd like to implement a permission system so users may be able to do only specific actions like viewing, editing, updating and deleting contents (on my SaaS system the content is primarily a list of client cards).
My first guess was to use the RBAC technique, defining roles and a bitmask of different operations, e.g.

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*viewing client cards

*updating a client card

*deleting a client card

*adding client cards

Those permissions are not tied to the single card instance rather than being generic actions users can perform. The first one (viewing) seems required in any case, as it would be impossible to use the system without being able to see any card.
Unfortunately I think I would also need some kind of per-card permissions. For example, an admin user may want to let a given user to view only a subset of the cards, not all of them. Or an admin user may allow a group of users to collaborate on a specific card (or specific cards), effectively partitioning the card list across the users. In any case, I never encountered a scenario where non-admin users can set such permissions for themselves or other users.
Is RBAC espressive enough to encode such requirement? Or do I need to switch to ABAC?

A: The rule of thumb is the following:

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*If you have relationships in your authorization requirements, then go ABAC.

Let me explain. With RBAC, you can do things like define roles, role hierarchies, and permissions. You can also do some level of static segregation of duty. For instance a user can be given the role manager and the role senior manager. That, as a whole, gives them the right to view client records. So far so good.
But... if you need to say things like:

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*you can view clients in your region only

*you cannot view a client you have a personal (parent-child) relationship with

Then you need more than just RBAC. You will need abac like you pointed out. ABAC does not fully replace RBAC. You still need users, user metadata (such as roles) and assignments from roles to permissions. Those assignments, though, rather than happening through a role management tool, will happen in the policies.
In alfa, this is what a policy would look like:
policy clientAccess{
    target
           clause action.name == "view"
           object.Type == "client record"
    apply firstApplicable
    rule managersCanViewAll{
        target clause user.role == "manager"
        permit
    }
    rule employeeCanViewSameState{
        target clause user.role == "employee"
        permit
        condition user.state == client.state
    }
}

This statement condition user.state == client.state is ABAC's secret sauce.
Of course there are other benefits to ABAC such as:

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*easier to grow and evolve

*easier to audit

*easier to reuse across apps and APIs...

Check out these resources for more information:

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*Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC)

*NIST's take on ABAC


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Geneva motor show 2019: latest news
The 2019 Geneva Motor Show is up and running and you've come to the right place for all the latest news
by: Jordan Katsianis
The Geneva motor show is now open to the public after a manic couple of days for press and industry. It's a show of contrasts in 2019, as major manufacturers continue to focus on electrification for their mainstream models while the luxury and supercar space continues to shock with incredible new models of all shapes and sizes, and all sorts of pricetags.
Below is a run down of the most interesting cars at this year's Geneva show, and it's a big one, with revitalised favourites, dramatic range expansions and a renewed focus on desirability and performance within a global car industry that continues to grow in ever more diverse directions.
Geneva Motor Show 2019: the star cars
Aston Martin Project 003: Aston Martin's mid-engined hypercar will slot in below the Valkyrie.
Aston Martin Vanquish Vision: This is the real show star, showing up to rival stalwart supercars, with a high-tech twist.
Ferrari F8 Tributo: Ferrari's new mid-engined V8 supercar borrows the 488 Pista's engine.
Pininfarina Battista: The Italian design house will launch its first ever self-branded car – with 1800bhp.
Honda Urban EV: Honda's EV hatchback aims to make electric cars cool.
Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Roadster: Just a 760bhp Lamborghini convertible
Geneva motor show 2019: A to Z of manufacturers
Aston Martin Lagonda 'All Terrain' electric concept
Aston Martin '003'
Aston Martin Vanquish Vision
Aston Martin might well have stolen the show, with not one, but two mid-engined supercars that the company plans on introducing between now and 2022. The AM-RB 003 is the first, and potentially a rival for McLaren's upcoming P1 successor as a wildly powerful, but still usable hypercar for the road. Aston insists this is very close to the car we'll see on the road, which will also share much of the more powerful Valkyrie's chassis development, if not its V12 engine.
But it was the Vanquish Vision concept that is the most exciting prospect here – previewing a future aluminium-chassis supercar to rival series-production supercar models like the McLaren 720S and Ferrari F8. It'll share its basic V6 powertrain with the 003, in both cases hybridised, but to differing levels.
Aston Martin's EV brand Lagonda also brought a Lagonda SUV concept to Geneva – with a clear look at what and how the British manufacturer foresees its luxury cars of the future. Not to be confused with the Aston Martin DBX arriving later this year, the Lagonda SUV's design is said to emphasise its electric underpinnings and have a distinct aesthetic from its internal-combustion siblings.
Audi's Geneva stand had a very clear EV-stance without any performance models on show, aside from a special edition Audi R8. The concept on show is its future MEB model in near-production form, a small SUV called the Q4 e-tron.
Bentley Continential GT No. 9 Edition
Bentley Bentayga Speed
Bentley is celebrating its 100th year with a special Continental GT No 9 edition featuring styling elements inspired from the "Blower Bentley" race cars of the early 20th Century. The hot Bentayga Speed is also on show, although we'll have to wait till later in the year to see the four-door Flying Spur.
Ferrari's surprise reveal of the new mid-engined V8 supercar might have come a little earlier than expected, but we're not complaining, as this Pista-engined model essentially replaces the 488 of all forms. Word has it more is in the pipeline for the prancing horse though, with a hybridised V6 supercar in the works too. Sound familiar?
Honda e Prototype
Honda's eagerly awaited Urban EV hatchback arrived in Geneva after wowing crowds in its concept form in 2017. Honda is calling it a prototype, but it should look very close to the production e Prototype we'll see later this year. It's not sporty, but the hatchback's charm and fascinating new interior should make it a highlight of the show once again.
Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Roadster
The mighty Lamborghini Aventador SVJ has gained a new open-topped family member at Geneva, the SVJ Roadster, which has the same 760bhp V12 as the coupe and is said to be good for over 217mph. In total the SVJ Roadster weighs 1575kg, just 50kg more than the coupe. The Huracan Evo Spyder was also on show.
Mazda's run of interesting and exciting new cars looks set to continue, teasing a new compact SUV crossover to join the recently revealed Mazda 3 hatchback. To be called CX-30, it'll sit between the CX-3 and CX-5, but will feature the brand's next-generation Kodo design language inside and out. It'll also feature Mazda's latest Skyactiv-X compression and spark ignition power unit that will be seen in the new Mazda 3 towards the end of this year.
Mercedes-AMG GT R Roadster
Mercedes has brought a mid-level GLE 53 AMG variant to the Geneva show alongside an expected mid-life facelift of the smaller GLC SUV. Mercedes also chose Geneva for the European debut of the new CLA, with the Shooting Brake variant also arriving, completing that little corner of the new A-class line up. Finally, Mercedes-AMG has finally combined the rip-snorting GT R with a convertible bodystyle, to create the GT R Roadster.
Peugeot 508 PSE
Peugeot's had a big Geneva motor show as its most important model, the 208 supermini, will be completely refreshed. Built on an all-new platform, with an all-new interior, styling and powertrains, the model is bound to be bookended by both a next-generation GTI, and a full EV model. Peugeot has also brought its next generation of hot Peugeot Sport models to Geneva, with the near-production 508 PSE, complete with over 400bhp from its hybridised powertrain.
The Italian design house brought its first ever self-branded car to the Geneva motor show, in the form of the Battista – an 1783bhp all electric hypercar. Bound to cost between €2-2.5M, the Battista will utilise a powertrain borrowed from Rimac, one of the industry's most impressive electric motor and battery developers. It's being shown in three very different versions at Geneva.
Polestar's second model, creatively called the Polestar 2, may lack the 1's headline power figures or svelte coupe body, but will doubtlessly be the most important new model for the brand as it aims its all-electric high production model directly at the Tesla Model 3 and more traditional compact executive offerings.
The all-new Renault Clio has already been revealed, and it too will launch with a new platform and ground-up design. The current Clio, despite the relative disappointment of the Renault Sport version compared to its wonderful predecessor, was actually a hugely successful model for the marque, so the exterior has changed little from the current generation. The interior has been completely reimagined though, centred around a new portrait-style floating screen that dominates the whole dashboard.
Skoda Vision iV
Skoda's tiny B-segment SUV, the Kamiq, is the marque's headline reveal, but the Czech brand is also revealing a coupe version of its upcoming all-electric SUV. Although a concept at this stage, it is a very good indication about what to expect when the production version arrives in showrooms in 2020. Skoda's future MEB-platformed electric SUV will also be on show in coupe and concept form. Expect a production model soon.
The new Supra is one of the real show stars, despite its reveal late last year. This is the first time the new sports car will have been seen in public in Europe, and represents what we're hoping is just the beginning of Toyota's renaissance. UK versions of the Corolla and RAV4 will also be on display, but both of which come with good reputations compared to their rather tepid predecessors. There are even rumours of a Gazoo Racing Corolla hot hatchback arriving, but it's still a way off according to Toyota insiders.
Volkswagen T-Roc R
Volkswagen brought the I.D Buggy concept to Geneva this year, one inspired by the 1970s Meyers Manx buggy, but powered underneath by an electric powertrain that will also be used under VW's forthcoming I.D range. The new Passat will also be in attendance, with its subtle tech and styling upgrades, but VW's big reveal, the next Golf, will arrive later in the year. VW's hot T-Roc R will also be in attendance, a Golf R with added height perhaps, but also scepticism.


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The album took second place on the Oricon daily and weekly charts, selling over 21, copies the first day. The tour, which began with the Osaka concert on March 14, has completely sold out tickets for the 12 hall concerts in six cities Osaka, Niigata, Fukuoka, Okayama, Shizuika, Hokkaido and four arena concerts in two cities Kobe, Tokyo , for a total of 16 concerts. He held his first special lectures in December Jang spoke his lines in English throughout the entire film, and Beyond Hollywood praised him as having "performed very well" in the role. He will serve as a social office worker following his diagnosis of bipolar disorder in , which classified him as ineligible for active duty in the military. At that time, Jang's parents were selling their house and the agent, who was a prospective buyer, saw Jang. Filmed in Jejudo Island , Camp captures events that occur during Jang's attempts to film wild animals in the mountains as a documentary director. He then continued to work in television as a child actor. He announced that he will be selecting an "aggressive" range of movies and TV series to work on in Comeback[ edit ] Jang made a successful comeback in with Mnet 's music survival show Produce , where trainee girls competing against each other for their debut. It debuted at No. Seeing his potential, the agent advised Jang's parents to allow him to try a career in modeling. The series gained a cult following, [16] and earned high ratings in Japan. It topped the weekly film section of the Oricon Chart. In , Jang volunteered at the said orphanage together with his fans. Festival of Music and Light". Jell, who falls in love with a fellow band member who is a girl pretending to be her twin brother played by Park Shin-hye. It was Jang's first solo concert in Korea in three years. He acts as the host and mentor of the show, making significant contributions in introducing the program to viewers and making the program more suspenseful. Overseas popularity[ edit ] Jang gained more recognition after starring in You're Beautiful , playing the leader of fictional K-pop band A. Final where he played the role of a deaf boy. Early life[ edit ] Jang started working as a child model at the age of five after he was discovered by a talent agent.
Filmed in Jejudo Island , Camp captures events that occur during Jang's attempts to film wild animals in the mountains as a documentary director. Jang spoke his lines in English throughout the entire film, and Beyond Hollywood praised him as having "performed very well" in the role. The tour, which began with the Osaka concert on March 14, has completely sold out tickets for the 12 hall concerts in six cities Osaka, Niigata, Fukuoka, Okayama, Shizuika, Hokkaido and four arena concerts in two cities Kobe, Tokyo , for a total of 16 concerts. He will serve as a social office worker following his diagnosis of bipolar disorder in , which classified him as ineligible for active duty in the military. The album took second place on the Oricon daily and weekly charts, selling over 21, copies the first day. Seeing his potential, the agent advised Jang's parents to allow him to try a career in modeling. The series gained a cult following, [16] and earned high ratings in Japan. He held his first special lectures in December In , Jang volunteered at the said orphanage together with his fans. He acts as the host and mentor of the show, making significant contributions in introducing the program to viewers and making the program more suspenseful. Comeback[ edit ] Jang made a successful comeback in with Mnet 's music survival show Produce , where trainee girls competing against each other for their debut. It debuted at No. Jell, who falls in love with a fellow band member who is a girl pretending to be her twin brother played by Park Shin-hye. He then continued to work in television as a child actor. Festival of Music and Light". Early life[ edit ] Jang started working as a child model at the age of five after he was discovered by a talent agent. At that time, Jang's parents were selling their house and the agent, who was a prospective buyer, saw Jang. It was Jang's first solo concert in Korea in three years. Final where he played the role of a deaf boy. Overseas popularity[ edit ] Jang gained more recognition after starring in You're Beautiful , playing the leader of fictional K-pop band A. It topped the weekly film section of the Oricon Chart. He announced that he will be selecting an "aggressive" range of movies and TV series to work on in
At that time, Jang's parents were selling their house and the agent, who was a prospective buyer, saw Jang. Filmed in Jejudo Island , Camp captures events that occur during Jang's attempts to film wild animals in the mountains as a documentary director. He acts as the host and mentor of the show, making significant contributions in introducing the program to viewers and making the program more suspenseful. Jang spoke his lines in English throughout the entire film, and Beyond Hollywood praised him as having "performed very well" in the role. In , Jang volunteered at the said orphanage together with his fans. The album took second place on the Oricon daily and weekly charts, selling over 21, copies the first day. He will serve as a social office worker following his diagnosis of bipolar disorder in , which classified him as ineligible for active duty in the military. He held his first special lectures in December He announced that he will be selecting an "aggressive" range of movies and TV series to work on in It debuted at No. Final where he played the role of a deaf boy. It was Jang's first solo concert in Korea in three years. Festival of Music and Light". The series gained a cult following, [16] and earned high ratings in Japan. Overseas popularity[ edit ] Jang gained more recognition after starring in You're Beautiful , playing the leader of fictional K-pop band A. Comeback[ edit ] Jang made a successful comeback in with Mnet 's music survival show Produce , where trainee girls competing against each other for their debut. Jell, who falls in love with a fellow band member who is a girl pretending to be her twin brother played by Park Shin-hye. Seeing his potential, the agent advised Jang's parents to allow him to try a career in modeling. It topped the weekly film section of the Oricon Chart. The tour, which began with the Osaka concert on March 14, has completely sold out tickets for the 12 hall concerts in six cities Osaka, Niigata, Fukuoka, Okayama, Shizuika, Hokkaido and four arena concerts in two cities Kobe, Tokyo , for a total of 16 concerts. He then continued to work in television as a child actor. Early life[ edit ] Jang started working as a child model at the age of five after he was discovered by a talent agent.
It debuted at No. Jang spoke his lines in English throughout the entire film, and Beyond Hollywood praised him as having "performed very well" in the role. In , Jang volunteered at the said orphanage together with his fans. Overseas popularity[ edit ] Jang gained more recognition after starring in You're Beautiful , playing the leader of fictional K-pop band A. The tour, which began with the Osaka concert on March 14, has completely sold out tickets for the 12 hall concerts in six cities Osaka, Niigata, Fukuoka, Okayama, Shizuika, Hokkaido and four arena concerts in two cities Kobe, Tokyo , for a total of 16 concerts. Filmed in Jejudo Island , Camp captures events that occur during Jang's attempts to film wild animals in the mountains as a documentary director. The album took second place on the Oricon daily and weekly charts, selling over 21, copies the first day. Seeing his potential, the agent advised Jang's parents to allow him to try a career in modeling. He held his first special lectures in December He acts as the host and mentor of the show, making significant contributions in introducing the program to viewers and making the program more suspenseful. Jell, who falls in love with a fellow band member who is a girl pretending to be her twin brother played by Park Shin-hye. It topped the weekly film section of the Oricon Chart. The series gained a cult following, [16] and earned high ratings in Japan. Final where he played the role of a deaf boy. It was Jang's first solo concert in Korea in three years. He will serve as a social office worker following his diagnosis of bipolar disorder in , which classified him as ineligible for active duty in the military. Festival of Music and Light". Comeback[ edit ] Jang made a successful comeback in with Mnet 's music survival show Produce , where trainee girls competing against each other for their debut. He announced that he will be selecting an "aggressive" range of movies and TV series to work on in Early life[ edit ] Jang started working as a child model at the age of five after he was discovered by a talent agent. He then continued to work in television as a child actor. At that time, Jang's parents were selling their house and the agent, who was a prospective buyer, saw Jang.
Jang spoke his lines in English throughout the entire film, and Beyond Hollywood praised him as having "performed very well" in the role. The series gained a cult following, [16] and earned high ratings in Japan. Festival of Music and Light". At that time, Jang's parents were selling their house and the agent, who was a prospective buyer, saw Jang. He announced that he will be selecting an "aggressive" range of movies and TV series to work on in It was Jang's first solo concert in Korea in three years. In , Jang volunteered at the said orphanage together with his fans. It debuted at No. Overseas popularity[ edit ] Jang gained more recognition after starring in You're Beautiful , playing the leader of fictional K-pop band A. He acts as the host and mentor of the show, making significant contributions in introducing the program to viewers and making the program more suspenseful. He then continued to work in television as a child actor. Comeback[ edit ] Jang made a successful comeback in with Mnet 's music survival show Produce , where trainee girls competing against each other for their debut. Jell, who falls in love with a fellow band member who is a girl pretending to be her twin brother played by Park Shin-hye. The tour, which began with the Osaka concert on March 14, has completely sold out tickets for the 12 hall concerts in six cities Osaka, Niigata, Fukuoka, Okayama, Shizuika, Hokkaido and four arena concerts in two cities Kobe, Tokyo , for a total of 16 concerts. He held his first special lectures in December He will serve as a social office worker following his diagnosis of bipolar disorder in , which classified him as ineligible for active duty in the military. It topped the weekly film section of the Oricon Chart. Filmed in Jejudo Island , Camp captures events that occur during Jang's attempts to film wild animals in the mountains as a documentary director. Early life[ edit ] Jang started working as a child model at the age of five after he was discovered by a talent agent. Final where he played the role of a deaf boy. The album took second place on the Oricon daily and weekly charts, selling over 21, copies the first day. Seeing his potential, the agent advised Jang's parents to allow him to try a career in modeling.
He acts as the host and mentor of the show, making significant contributions in introducing the program to viewers and making the program more suspenseful. Seeing his potential, the agent advised Jang's parents to allow him to try a career in modeling. Comeback[ edit ] Jang made a successful comeback in with Mnet 's music survival show Produce , where trainee girls competing against each other for their debut. He will serve as a social office worker following his diagnosis of bipolar disorder in , which classified him as ineligible for active duty in the military. He announced that he will be selecting an "aggressive" range of movies and TV series to work on in The series gained a cult following, [16] and earned high ratings in Japan. In , Jang volunteered at the said orphanage together with his fans. The tour, which began with the Osaka concert on March 14, has completely sold out tickets for the 12 hall concerts in six cities Osaka, Niigata, Fukuoka, Okayama, Shizuika, Hokkaido and four arena concerts in two cities Kobe, Tokyo , for a total of 16 concerts. Filmed in Jejudo Island , Camp captures events that occur during Jang's attempts to film wild animals in the mountains as a documentary director. Festival of Music and Light". Final where he played the role of a deaf boy. Jang spoke his lines in English throughout the entire film, and Beyond Hollywood praised him as having "performed very well" in the role. It debuted at No. It was Jang's first solo concert in Korea in three years. The album took second place on the Oricon daily and weekly charts, selling over 21, copies the first day. He then continued to work in television as a child actor. At that time, Jang's parents were selling their house and the agent, who was a prospective buyer, saw Jang. He held his first special lectures in December Jell, who falls in love with a fellow band member who is a girl pretending to be her twin brother played by Park Shin-hye.
Festival of Music and Light". The tour, which began with the Osaka concert on March 14, has completely sold out tickets for the 12 hall concerts in six cities Osaka, Niigata, Fukuoka, Okayama, Shizuika, Hokkaido and four arena concerts in two cities Kobe, Tokyo , for a total of 16 concerts. He announced that he will be selecting an "aggressive" range of movies and TV series to work on in He held his first special lectures in December Filmed in Jejudo Island , Camp captures events that occur during Jang's attempts to film wild animals in the mountains as a documentary director. Comeback[ edit ] Jang made a successful comeback in with Mnet 's music survival show Produce , where trainee girls competing against each other for their debut. Jang spoke his lines in English throughout the entire film, and Beyond Hollywood praised him as having "performed very well" in the role. Overseas popularity[ edit ] Jang gained more recognition after starring in You're Beautiful , playing the leader of fictional K-pop band A. It topped the weekly film section of the Oricon Chart. It debuted at No. At that time, Jang's parents were selling their house and the agent, who was a prospective buyer, saw Jang. It was Jang's first solo concert in Korea in three years. Jell, who falls in love with a fellow band member who is a girl pretending to be her twin brother played by Park Shin-hye. Final where he played the role of a deaf boy.
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There's A Japanese Game Show Where Contestants Try To Blow A Cockroach Into Each Other's Mouths
Japan FTW: Game Show Forces Girls To Blow Crickets Into Each Other's Mouths
AKBingo! is a Japanese variety show starring the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 and hosted by the comedic duo Bad Boys. The show is filled with pranks, bizarre competitions, and battles — like this one involving a cockroach.
Japan continues their run of, erm, extremely innovative game shows with a segment from a show called AKBingo!, which features girls…blowing on a transparent tube…that has a cockroach inside. The goal: to blow hard enough to force the cockroach into the other person's mouth, and in effect, to let the world know just how far Japan has gone off the rails.
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The show stars the Japanese idol group AKB48, featured in different activities—some of which involve the aforementioned force-feeding of gross insects. In this segment, it's Ryoka Oshima and Shinobu Mogi who took part in the blow-out to the death.
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Croatia's government pledged sweeping financial changes, but has so far only delivered pitched ideological debate. Culture Minister Zlatko Hasanbegovic has especially been thrust into the spotlight.
The past always catches up with Croatia. The Balkan nation's latest great ideological debate has to do with a hat. The problem was not the headgear itself, otherwise black and simple, but the shiny U sewn onto it. The letter is a symbol of the Ustasha regime, which allied with Nazi Germany during World War II to commit heinous crimes against Serbs, Jews and Roma.
The controversial cap in question appeared in an old black-and-white photo on the head of a young Zlatko Hasanbegovic, now Croatia's culture minister. The picture had originally been published in the 1990s by the right-wing magazine Independent State of Croatia. In several articles for the magazine, Hasanbegovic paid tribute to members of the Ustasha, calling them heroes and martyrs.
The picture was republished in the weekly newspaper Novosti, whose editor is on the National Council for the Serb minority in Croatia. High-ranking officials in the government, led by the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), have already accused the council of insulting the nation. However, Croatia's center-left has always seen Hasanbegovic as a Nazi sympathizer. Intellectuals see his appointment as culture minister as proof that Croatia's new right-wing government wants to settle the score with anyone who is less nationalist than the ruling politicians.


Project development and funding solutions specialist Morgan Sindall Investments Limited (MSIL) has contributed to preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2017 released today by Morgan Sindall Group plc, the construction and regeneration group.
The Group delivered a strong performance for the year with adjusted operating profit up 41 per cent to £68.6 million (FY 2016: £48.8 million) on revenues of £2,793 million, a 9 per cent rise on the previous year (FY 2016: £2,562 million). The reported operating profit was up 42 per cent for the year at £67.4 million (FY 2016: £47.4 million) with the Group ending 2017 with a net cash position of £193 million (FY 2016: £209 million). Adjusted earnings per share rose 43 per cent on last year at £121.1p (FY 2016: 84.7p). The dividend for the year is 45.0p, a 29 per cent increase from 2016's 35.0p per share. The Group's order book was also up 6 per cent to £3.8 billion.
•	Morgan Ashley: MSIL formed a new joint venture with health and community care developer Ashley House plc to develop extra care and supported housing called Morgan Ashley Care Developments LLP (MACD). MSIL acquired a 50 per cent stake in the joint venture (JV) for cash, with Ashley House transferring its pipeline of extra care, care and supported living schemes which have a developed value of £200 million. The support and broad capabilities of the wider Morgan Sindall Group will enhance the JV's capability to deliver this pipeline at an increased pace and scale.
•	SHIP: Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd (USS) and MSIL have formed a strategic joint venture, the Supported Housing Investment Limited Partnership (SHIP). It brings together USS, one of the largest pension schemes and real estate investors in the UK, with MSIL's market-leading expertise in social infrastructure development and investment. The partners have committed £100 million to SHIP, with USS providing 95 per cent of the capital and MSIL retaining a five per cent stake and acting as asset, property and portfolio manager. As the asset class matures, and provided that the market continues to offer suitable opportunities, the JV partners intend to increase the SHIP portfolio value to £200 million. SHIP will initially deliver over 500 new supported independent living apartments across the UK enabling vulnerable people with physical and learning disabilities to live as independently as possible.
•	HB Villages: In a joint venture with bespoke supported living developer HB Villages, MSIL continued to deliver new supported living apartments across the country. The company currently has 11 new schemes under construction and a further eight in the pipeline with many being sold to the Supported Housing Investment Limited Partnership (SHIP) joint venture with pension scheme and real estate investors Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). The company's first elderly care scheme, a £16 million development of 80 apartments, is under construction in Northampton.
•	hub West Scotland: As the main private sector shareholder of the public private joint venture organisation hub West Scotland, MSIL is delivering over £387 million of infrastructure projects for 15 public sector partners across the Greater Glasgow and Clyde region. MSIL's sister company Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure is currently on site with the Gorbals and Woodside Design Build Finance and Maintain projects and a Design Build Development Agreement contract for St Andrew's Primary School.
•	STRIDE Burton: The joint venture between MSIL's health brand Community Solutions and design and consultancy firm Arcadis, was appointed by Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as its Strategic Infrastructure and Efficiency Partner (SIEP) to deliver significant efficiency savings, infrastructure projects and refurbishment works, ranging from £50,000 to £50 million over a 10-year partnering agreement. In August 2017, the trust granted STRIDE a five-year option to develop a £55 million Health Care Village on the surplus land adjacent to its Queen's Hospital site in Burton (Outwoods site). STRIDE has submitted an outline planning application for the proposed village with a planning decision expected in April this year. The development, which is scheduled to provide GP and community services for about 30,000 patients, currently includes extra care residences, a step-down facility to mitigate delayed discharges, as well as accommodation for vulnerable adults and a 100+ place nursery. The health village will also benefit from the inclusion of a community hub that will support greater integration between the different users and the local community.
STRIDE is also reviewing a £4 million multi-storey car park for the trust on its Queen's site. Community Solutions will continue to develop these proposals to their completion once all necessary approvals are received.
•	The Oxleas Property Partnership (TOPP): a joint venture between MSIL's health sector brand, Community Solutions and design and consultancy firm Arcadis, was appointed by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in July 2017, as its Strategic Infrastructure and Efficiency Partner (SIEP) to deliver significant efficiency savings, infrastructure projects and refurbishment works, ranging from £50,000 to £50 million over a 10-year partnering agreement. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, a mental health and community health services provider based in south-east London, operates from over 60 sites. The partnership will help to optimise the estate, and develop surplus assets to help reduce costs and maximise revenue for the trust over the next 10 years. TOPP is currently undertaking a strategic estates review which will help determine the future efficiencies for the trust and new development opportunities for the partnership.
•	Slough Urban Renewal (SUR): this 50/50 joint venture Public Private Partnership between Slough Borough Council and MSIL is currently on site at its second residential development, Wexham Green, where 104 affordable two-, three- and four-bedroom homes will be built by Morgan Sindall's housebuilding business Lovell. SUR's first residential scheme, Milestone, a new development of 73 Lovell-built homes, has also been successful with all homes now sold.
SUR's second phase of Arbour Park Community Sports Facility was completed in May 2017 increasing the stadium's capacity to 1,950-spectators. Work also progressed on a number of education projects including the completion of three primary school extensions at St Mary's Primary School, Claycots Primary and James Elliman Academy. The Group's subsidiary Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure has started construction on two multi-million-pound schemes to build Special Education Needs units at Priory Primary School and an extension to Wexham School Sports College. Construction also continued on four new leisure projects: including a refurbishment of Slough's ice arena, a new wet and dry leisure facility known as The Centre, extension of Langley Leisure Centre, one of the town's prime leisure sites, and the creation of the Salt Hill Activity Centre, a new family leisure facility. SUR continued to progress with a portfolio of small housing sites that will provide over 120 much-needed new council homes across 24 infill sites.
The council has also appointed SUR to deliver a major mixed-use development on the former Thames Valley University site. The indicative plans include the provision of 1,400 homes, 270,000 sq ft of Grade A office space, 50,000 sq ft of leisure and retail facilities, and high quality public realm. SUR has submitted planning proposals for a mixed-use development on the former old central library site in Slough town centre. The development includes two Marriott International hotels (244 rooms) and 62 residential apartments. At Stoke Wharf, a major redevelopment of Slough Basin, the land assembly has been completed enabling the joint project team with urban waterfronts developer Waterside Places, to proceed with securing planning consent for residential development of around 240 new homes, adjacent to the Grand Union Canal.
•	Bournemouth Development Company is a 50/50 joint venture regeneration public private partnership between Bournemouth Borough Council and MSIL which is delivering the council's Town Centre Vision. The JV is currently on site at Berry Court, a 113-home private rented sector scheme - a redevelopment of a council-owned car park - being delivered in partnership with Radian. Planning has also been granted for the St Stephen's site, a council-owned car park set to be redeveloped through a £12.5 million scheme providing 46 apartments for private rent and also approved to be retained by the council as an investment.


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Justia Dockets & Filings Ninth Circuit Montana District Court Conner v. Kirkegard et al Filing 34
Conner v. Kirkegard et al
ORDER denying 32 Motion for Contempt. Signed by Magistrate Judge John Johnston on 10/5/2016. Mailed to Conner. (TAG, )
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA HELENA DIVISION ANDREW DAVID CONNER, CV 15-00081-H-DLC-JTJ Plaintiff, ORDER vs. WARDEN LEROY KIRKEGARD, et al., Defendants. Plaintiff Andrew Conner, an inmate proceeding in forma pauperis and without counsel, has filed a Motion for Contempt of Court. (Doc. 32.) The motion will be denied for two reasons. First, Mr. Conner failed to comply with Local Rule 7.1 which requires that when filing a motion, "[t]he text of the motion must state that other parties have been contacted and state whether any party objects to the motion." L.R. 7.1(c). Although Mr. Conner represents that Defendants told him there were no objections to anything he files, he is still required to contact counsel for Defendants to determine if they object to each specific motion he may file. Second, Mr. Conner has not met the standard for contempt. "Courts have inherent power to enforce compliance with their lawful orders through civil 1 contempt." Shillitani v. United States, 384 U.S. 364, 370 (1966). The legal standards for imposing civil contempt is as follows: Civil contempt in this context consists of a party's disobedience to a specific and definite court order by failure to take all reasonable steps within the party's power to comply. The contempt "need not be willful," and there is no good faith exception to the requirement of obedience to a court order . . . But a person should not be held in contempt if his action "'appears to be based on a good faith and reasonable interpretation of the court's order'" . . . "Substantial compliance" with the court order is a defense to civil contempt, and is not vitiated by "a few technical violations" where every reasonable effort has been made to comply. In Re Dual-Deck Video Cassette Recorder Antitrust Litigation v. Motion Picture Association of America, 10 F.3d 693, 695 (9th Cir. 1993) (internal citations omitted). The party alleging civil contempt must demonstrate the violation of a court order by clear and convincing evidence. Id. Therefore, Mr. Conner must show that (1) Defendants violated a Court order; (2) beyond substantial compliance; (3) not based on a good faith and reasonable interpretation of the order; (4) by clear and convincing evidence. Id. While Mr. Conner complains about a number of actions taken by counsel, he does not demonstrate that Defendants violated a court order. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Mr. Conner's Motion for 2 Contempt (Doc. 32) is DENIED. DATED this 5th day of October 2016. /s/ John Johnston John Johnston United States Magistrate Judge 3


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Errors and an offensive barrage knock Legion team out of tournament
The Lake City American Legion baseball team found the going tough in the East Sub-District 1 tournament last week. After their opening round 15-4 win over fourth seeded Chatfield last Monday, the Post 110 Tigers, the fifth seed, were defeated by top seeded St. Charles 10-4 last Wednesday, then in...
8th grade boys finish 2nd at Pacesetter state tourney
The eighth grade boys basketball team finished second at the 2016 Pacesetter Great Four-State Basketball Championships on July 16 at the Target Center in Minneapolis. The boys won Pacesetter Region 1 in Rochester in April out of 16 teams, then went on to win the Pacesetter Minnesota State...
Legion nine open tourney with 15-4 win
The Lake City American Legion baseball team split two games this week, dropping a well played 2-0 game at St. Charles last Thursday in the regular season finale, and then winning their first round District 1 tournament game 15-4 at Chatfield Monday. Lake City is the fifth seed in the tournament,...
Mayo to offer sports physicals
In preparation for the upcoming high school sports seasons, multiple sites within Mayo Clinic Health System will be offering pre-participation sports physicals for area high school athletes. Screenings will be held at the following Mayo Clinic Health System sites: Zumbrota: 1350 Jefferson Drive,...
12U baseball participates in state tourney
The Lake City Black 12 and under (12U) baseball team participated this past weekend in the 12A 40-team State Tournament held in Prior Lake on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 8-10. Lake City won their pool play by beating Eastview and Owatonna, and only losing to Mankato Gray. In bracket play,...
Hole-in-one lifts golfer to 10th in state tourney
Two local golfers, Lexi Geolat and Emily Schimbeno, competed in the 71st Minnesota Junior Girls' State Championship held at Chaska Town Course on July 5 and 6. Two-time defending Class AAA Individual State Champion Taylor Ledwein of New Prague won the title with rounds of 72-73 (145).Lake City's...
Local motocross brothers chase first win on home track
The 2016 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, will make its annual foray to Spring Creek MX Park in Millville on Saturday, July 16, for the La Crescent Wine and Spirit Spring Creek National, with a pair of local siblings headlining the eighth stop of the 12-round...
Junior golfers compete at Birnamwood
From left: McKenna Beltz, Morgan Wurst, Brooklyn Gulden, Jordana Windhorst-Knudsen and Emma Berge, five local junior golfers played in their first competitive Professional Golfer's Association (PGA) Beginners Tour event held at Birnamwood Golf Course in Burnsville on June 30. Brooklyn Gulden led...
Girls golf olds end-of-the-season awards banquet
The Lake City girl's golf team recently held their end-of-the-season banquet. Team awards included Hiawatha Valley League (HVL) champions, Section 1AA champions and State Class AA runner-up. The final stats for the seven letterwinners were: senior Emily Schimbeno 78.6 stroke average; junior Lexi...
Legion baseball team wins five inning game
The Lake City American Legion baseball team cruised to a 10-0 five inning win over Dover-Eyota (D-E) last Thursday, which raised their season record to 3-2.The main difference in the game was defense. Lake City played errorless ball, while the Eagles committed five errors which led to six...


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Multisport Coaches Gain Insight from the Best Minds in Sport at Art & Science Coaching Symposium
By USA Triathlon | Oct. 24, 2016, 2:29 p.m. (ET)
Nearly 200 triathlon and multisport coaches from across the United States converged on Atlanta, Georgia, over the weekend for the 2016 USA Triathlon Art & Science of Triathlon International Coaching Symposium, held at the Omni Atlanta Hotel at CNN Center.
For two days, multisport experts shared their knowledge and experiences with USA Triathlon Certified Coaches, covering topics such as nutrition and hydration, altitude training, heart health, open water swimming and coaching for youth and paratriathletes.
"I think hearing all the different speakers, it reminds me how much knowledge you need to do triathlon coaching," said Carrie Smith, who had coached for six years prior to taking a break to attend physical therapy school. "It's hard to have that on your own, so having all these different resources and kind of a community to pull from to help you coach is really important."
Smith was named the winner for her presentation during Friday's Tri Tank competition, based on the popular "Shark Tank" reality TV show. Coaches attending the symposium were invited to pitch their solutions to a particular case scenario in order to generate a thought-provoking discussion among the coaches in the room as a learning opportunity. The selected coaches, one for each scenario, were given 15 minutes to present on their solution to that particular scenario.
Smith presented on a scenario in which a 26-year-old elite athlete cramped on the run and did not finish the race. She focused on addressing nutrition of the athlete as well as any neuromuscular impairment that may have impacted performance. Stephanie Grasky claimed the second-place prize for a presentation on long-course racing, while Marry Ritter took third in a discussion on a youth triathlete.
The two-day event was packed with information on coaching swim, bike and run, but attendees also had an opportunity to hear about the state of the sport from USA Triathlon CEO Rob Urbach. Urbach spoke on Friday afternoon and highlighted top-line initiatives for the year ahead, including a renewed focus on youth participation, women in triathlon and short-course (sprint and Olympic-distance) racing.
"It was encouraging to hear Rob (Urbach) talk about there being an emphasis on short-course racing. That's pretty exciting," said Mike Jotautas, a swim coach turned triathlon coach from Louisville, Kentucky. "In Louisville, we coach a lot of beginners. Not everybody can come into this thing and jump right into a long-distance race."
Another highlight of the weekend for the crowd was the opportunity to hear from coaches at the highest level of the sport, including USA Triathlon's High Performance department and Jamie Turner, coach of 2016 Olympic Champion Gwen Jorgensen.
"[Jamie] lets Gwen be the driver in a lot of ways, and he's just there as a mentor and a guide for her," said Vickie Yeingst, a Level II Certified Coach who has been working in the sport for more than 10 years. "He lets her have the reins, and I like that about him. To me, that's the essence of a good coach, is when you let the athlete flourish, and you let them do the work, but you guide them. That makes a great coach."
After listening to a few of the key sessions, individuals like first-time symposium attendee Andrew Dollar planned to immediately apply what they had learned to the athletes they coach.
"It's a great collection of the intelligent minds behind our high performance teams, and wonderful presentations to allow all of us to learn a lot more," said Dollar, who is based in the Nashville area and has coached for nearly seven years. "There's been a good amount of information on nutrition strategies, looking at nutrition from an outside-the-box perspective. I think Dr. Lim provided some great information on hydration strategies that I think I'll be implementing tomorrow with some of my athletes."
The Art & Science of Triathlon International Coaching Symposium is held biennially, and it's a unique opportunity for coaches to expand their skill set while networking with others in the sport. Once the event ends, coaches leave armed with valuable knowledge to revitalize their coaching techniques for the upcoming season.
"I just enjoy coming to learn," Jotautas said. "It's something I almost wish was every year, just to get around the gurus and hear what's new."


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Q: IE9/IE 10 No Stylesheets I've run into quite a roadblock. While I believe I got IE10 to work, IE 9 will not for the life of me display any of my custom styles. It's defaulting to Foundation. And that ridiculous off-canvas will not be hidden even after applying custom CSS.
I have to say I'm at a complete loss. The site is working flawlessly in all other browsers and it was working fine previously. Somewhere along the way something drastic was changed.
Site is pro-gard.com
And I'm so grateful for any help and insight.

A: The site displays almost perfectly in Firefox, the navigation bar sits a pixel or two too high vertically. I can already see that you're using some CSS3 styles that may conflict with various versions of IE including your gradients / rounded corners.
Have you looked at Modernizr?
"Modernizr makes it easy for you to write conditional JavaScript and CSS to handle each situation, whether a browser supports a feature or not."

This may help resolve some of your non-compatible styles.
Also, you can check to see a full list of CSS compatibility with various IE versions here.
Edit: Based on your comment below, I've added the CSS limits for IE.
Internet Explorer 6-9
A sheet may contain up to 4095 rules
A sheet may @import up to 31 sheets
@import nesting supports up to 4 levels deep

Internet Explorer 10
A sheet may contain up to 65534 rules
A document may use up to 4095 stylesheets
@import nesting is limited to 4095 levels (due to the 4095 stylesheet limit)

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The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Card. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Travel Card (ABTC) facilitates short-term business travel within the APEC region by streamlining the entry process into APEC economies.... Source: CANSTAR Travel Money Card ratings. Whether you use a travel money card or a credit card may depend on how often you travel overseas, the cost of having the different cards, and whether or not you plan to withdraw cash from an ATM.
A dual card account. You get a backup in case your first card is lost or stolen. Security. Travel cards are CHIP and PIN protected. Prepaid accounts. Stick to your budget and top up your travel... No, it is a Visa Prepaid card, so you need to load money onto your card before you can use it. When you make a purchase or get cash from an ATM, the amount is deducted from your preloaded balance.
With the Everyday Orange account you can use any ATM in Australia or overseas for free (if you deposit $1000 your ING account during the month, and also make 5 purchases using your ING debit or credit card in the month) so you don't have to worry about trekking across town looking for an ATM.... The right debit card can help you save money on international transaction fees and foreign ATM fees. Aussie tourists have a number of travel money options to choose from.
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import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np

def linear_layer(x, w, b, input_size, output_size):
    """ (batch, data_length, input_size) * (input_size, output_size) -> (batch, data_length, output_size) """
    batches = tf.shape(x)[0]
    return tf.reshape(tf.matmul(tf.reshape(x, [-1, input_size]), w), [batches, -1, output_size]) + b

def split_output(final_output, total_classes):
    """ (batch, data_length, [one-hots, alpha]) ->  (batch, data_length, 1), (batch, data_length, one-hots)"""
    batches = tf.shape(final_output)[0]
    alphas = tf.slice(final_output, [0, 0, 0], [batches, -1, 1])
    logits = tf.slice(final_output, [0, 0, 1], [batches, -1, total_classes])
    return alphas, logits

def logit_to_label(logits):
    """ activated labels must be forced sparse! """
    return tf.nn.softmax(logits)

def make_prob(preAlphas):
    """ preAlphas will be normalized into range [0, 1] """
    return tf.sigmoid(preAlphas)

def build_shifting_graph(alphas, identity, shift_template):
    """ for both tensorflow and numpy tensors """
    return identity + (alphas * shift_template)

def build_step_output(shift, alphas, weights, classes):
    """ total_characters = true_character_number + 1, the last slot is for terminal penalty """
    """ true_labels of integer type can be expaned into [batches, total_characters, total_classes] via tf.one_hot """
    """ classes [batches, 1, total_classes] """
    """ weights [batches, total_characters, 1] """
    """ alphas [batches, 1, 1]  """
    """ shift [batches, total_characters, total_characters] """
    out = tf.multiply(alphas, tf.multiply(weights, classes))
    new_weights = tf.matmul(shift, weights)
    return new_weights, out

def build_shift_identiy_weights(start_weight, total_batches, total_characters, total_classes):
    r12340 = np.arange(1, total_characters + 1, 1, dtype=np.int32)
    r12340[total_characters - 1] = 0
    cpu_shift = -np.identity(total_characters) + np.identity(total_characters)[:, r12340]
    cpu_shift[0, total_characters - 1] = 0
    cpu_shift[total_characters - 1, total_characters - 1] = 0

    cpu_identity = np.identity(total_characters)

    cpu_weights = np.ones((total_batches, total_characters, 1)) * (1.0 - start_weight) / total_characters
    cpu_weights[:, 0] = start_weight

    return cpu_shift, cpu_identity, cpu_weights

def gen_output(alphas, classes, start_weight, total_batches, total_characters, total_classes, input_sequence_length):

    cpu_shift, cpu_identity, cpu_weights = build_shift_identiy_weights(start_weight, total_batches, total_characters, total_classes)
    shift = tf.constant(cpu_shift, dtype=tf.float32)
    identity = tf.constant(cpu_identity, dtype=tf.float32)
    weights = tf.constant(cpu_weights, dtype=tf.float32)

    z = tf.zeros([total_batches, total_characters, total_classes], dtype=tf.float32)
    for i in range(input_sequence_length):
        classes_i = tf.slice(classes, [0, i, 0], [-1, 1, total_classes])
        alphas_i = tf.slice(alphas, [0, i, 0], [-1, 1, 1])
        shift_mat = build_shifting_graph(alphas_i, identity, shift)
        weights, out = build_step_output(shift_mat, alphas_i, weights, classes_i)
        z = z + out
    return z

def gen_cpu_output(alphas, classes, start_weight, total_batches, total_classes, input_sequence_length):

    cpu_shift, cpu_identity, weights = build_shift_identiy_weights(start_weight, total_batches, input_sequence_length, total_classes)

    z = np.zeros((total_batches, input_sequence_length, total_classes), dtype=np.float32)
    for i in range(input_sequence_length):
        classes_i = classes[:, i:(i + 1), :]
        alphas_i = alphas[:, i:(i + 1), :]
        shift_mat = build_shifting_graph(alphas_i, cpu_identity, cpu_shift)

        out = alphas_i * (weights * classes_i)
        weights = np.matmul(shift_mat, weights)
        z = z + out
    return z

class Network:

    def __init__(self, data_shape, labels_shape, total_classes, lstm_size):
        self.sess = tf.Session()
        total_batches = data_shape[0]
        total_characters = labels_shape[1]
        input_size = data_shape[2]
        input_sequence_length = data_shape[1]
        self.gpu_inputs = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [None, None, input_size])
        self.gpu_labels = tf.placeholder(tf.int32)

        with tf.variable_scope("lstm"):
            lstm = tf.contrib.rnn.LSTMCell(lstm_size, num_proj=total_classes + 1, forget_bias=1.0)
            self.W = tf.Variable((np.random.rand(input_size, lstm_size) - 0.5) * 0.01, dtype=tf.float32)
            self.b = tf.Variable(np.zeros((lstm_size)), dtype=tf.float32)
            self.stacked_lstm = tf.contrib.rnn.MultiRNNCell([lstm] * 1)
            preLSTM = tf.tanh(linear_layer(self.gpu_inputs, self.W, self.b, input_size, lstm_size))
            output, state = tf.nn.dynamic_rnn(self.stacked_lstm, preLSTM, dtype=tf.float32, time_major=False, parallel_iterations=1, swap_memory=True)
            preAlphas, logits = split_output(output, total_classes)
            self.alphas = make_prob(preAlphas)
            self.classes = logit_to_label(logits)

        lstm_scope = tf.get_collection(tf.GraphKeys.TRAINABLE_VARIABLES, scope="lstm")

        z = gen_output(self.alphas, self.classes, 0.95, total_batches, total_characters, total_classes, input_sequence_length)
        y = tf.reshape(tf.one_hot(self.gpu_labels, depth=total_classes, dtype=tf.float32, axis=-1), [total_batches, total_characters, total_classes])
        size = [total_batches, total_characters, 1]
        mask = tf.where(tf.reshape(tf.greater(self.gpu_labels, 0), size), tf.ones(size, dtype=tf.float32), tf.zeros(size, dtype=tf.float32))
        self.overall_cost = tf.reduce_sum(tf.multiply(mask, -tf.multiply(y, tf.log(z))))

        """ out of many algorithms, only Adam converge! A remarkable job for Kingma and Lei Ba!"""
        self.training_op = tf.train.AdamOptimizer(0.001).minimize(self.overall_cost, var_list=lstm_scope)
        self.saver = tf.train.Saver(var_list=lstm_scope, keep_checkpoint_every_n_hours=1)

        # Before starting, initialize the variables.  We will 'run' this first.
        init = tf.global_variables_initializer()

        # Launch the graph.
        self.sess.run(init)

    def train(self, data, labels, session_name, batch_size, max_iteration, continue_from_last=False):
        if continue_from_last:
            self.load_session(session_name)

        for step in xrange(max_iteration):
            sum_loss = 0.0
            total_batches = data.shape[0] / batch_size
            for b in xrange(total_batches):
                db = data[(b * batch_size):((b + 1) * batch_size), ...]
                lb = labels[(b * batch_size):((b + 1) * batch_size), ...]
                _, loss = self.sess.run((self.training_op, self.overall_cost), feed_dict={self.gpu_inputs: db, self.gpu_labels: lb})
                sum_loss += loss
            print sum_loss / total_batches
            if step % 100 == 0:
                self.saver.save(self.sess, session_name)

        self.saver.save(self.sess, session_name)

    def load_session(self, session_name):
        print "loading from last save..."
        self.saver.restore(self.sess, session_name)

    def load_last(self, directory):
        self.saver.restore(self.sess, tf.train.latest_checkpoint(directory))

    def scan(self, data, total_classes):
        classes, alphas = self.sess.run((self.classes, self.alphas), feed_dict={self.gpu_inputs: data})
        out = gen_cpu_output(alphas, classes, 1.0, data.shape[0], total_classes, data.shape[1])
        return out, alphas

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Chelcee Grimes has teased a new collaboration with American singer/songwriter Kara DioGuardi and Danish producer Mich "Cutfather" Hansen.
"Back on the road. Travelling to Copenhagen in the morning to write with my faves @cutfather & Co & @kara_dioguardi for my album," the British singer/songwriter tweeted on Sunday (March 05, 2017).
DioGuardi previously teamed with Cutfather on tracks performed by Raven Symone / Peter Andre ("What is Love?), Olly Murs ("Unpredictable") and Matoma & Becky Hill ("False Alarm").
The former American Idol judge's songwriting resume boasts further works with Kelly Clarkson ("Heartbeat Song"), Melanie Martinez ("Pity Party"), Colbie Caillat ("Begin Again"), Hilary Duff ("Come Clean"), Katy Perry ("I Do Not Hook Up"), Christina Aguilera ("Ain't No Other Man") and Pink ("Sober").
Grimes, on the other hand, is expected to release her first studio collection later this year via Sony Music Entertainment / RCA Label Group UK.
As a songwriter, she has reportedly contributed to the next projects by Anne-Marie, Dua Lipa, Rita Ora, Sigma, Kesha, Imani Williams, Aston Merrygold, KStewart, Sigala, Mollie King, Becky Hill, Camden Cox, Karen Harding, Tamera Foster, Melissa Steel, and Calvin Harris.
Kara DioGuardi is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, composer and TV personality.
Her recent songwriting credits include Matoma & Becky Hill's "False Alarm" [Big Beat], Olly Murs' "Unpredictable" [Sony Music], Melanie Martinez's "Pity Party" [Atlantic] and Kelly Clarkson's "Heartbeat Song" [RCA].
DioGuardi's resume boasts further works with Ashlee Simpson ("Pieces of Me"), Christina Aguilera ("Ain't No Other Man"), Katy Perry ("I Do Not Hook Up"), Gwen Stefani ("Rich Girl"), Kylie Minogue ("Spinning Around"), Pink ("Sober"), Colbie Caillat ("I Never Told You") and Beyonce ("Beauty of Love").
Among the producers she frequently collaborated with are Dave Stewart, John Shanks, Cutfather, Scott Storch, Patrik Berger, Cory Rooney, Dan Shea, Mitch Allan, Greg Wells, Jonathan Rotem, Emanuel Kiriakou, and Steve Morales.
DioGuardi also teamed up with hitmakers DJ Premier, Will.i.am, Rich Harrison, Mark Ronson, Salaam Remi, Polow Da Don, Rick Nowels, Mike Spencer, Arnthor Birgisson, Harvey Mason Jr., Guy Chambers, Syience, Walter Afanasieff, Jason Evigan, Greg Kurstin, Bloodshy & Avant, Martin Harrington, Ash Howes, Christopher Braide, Sacha Skarbek, and James Poyser.
On the songwriting front, she has co-penned songs with Cathy Dennis, Michelle Bell, Evan Bogart, Kasia Livingston, Zukhan Bey, Audra Mae, James Fauntleroy, Chantal Kreviazuk, Balewa Muhammad, Shelly Peiken, Paul Barry, Danielle Brisebois, Jacob Kasher, Coco Morier, Mischke Butler, Corte Ellis, Michelle Lewis, Candice Nelson, and Jason Reeves.
Hope you enjoy the following playlist dedicated to DioGuardi's work!