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The Air Force Is (Almost) Ready to Unveil Its Secret New Space Weapon
ASATs, Missile Defense, Space Weapons
By Kyle Mizokami,
Published by Popular Mechanics, 7 September, 2021
Soon, the U.S. Air Force will make its secret new space weapon public.
The unveiling will be a warning to other military space powers.
Air Force officials (and President Biden) must agree to the declassification first.
The U.S. Air Force has a top-secret space weapon and is preparing to show it to the world.
For months, the service has been preparing to declassify the "black" weapon, but wants to get the timing right, according to a Breaking Defense exclusive. For that to occur, Air Force leadership and President Joe Biden must sign off first. Key details of the unnamed weapon system remain unknown at this time.
According to Breaking Defense:
The system in question has long been cloaked in the blackest of black secrecy veils — developed as a so-called Special Access Program known only to a very few, very senior US government leaders. While exactly what capability could be unveiled is unclear, insiders say the reveal is likely to include a real-world demonstration of an active defense capability to degrade or destroy a target satellite and/or spacecraft.
The U.S. military already has several rudimentary anti-space weapons. The U.S. Navy, for instance, has the SM-3, a missile originally designed to shoot down incoming ballistic missile warheads. Ballistic missile warheads briefly travel the same general route as satellites in low-Earth orbit. That proved useful in 2008, when the Navy used an SM-3 to destroy USA-193, a non-functioning U.S. National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite trapped in a decaying orbit.
The SM-3 ballistic missile interceptor, here launched from the cruiser USS Lake Erie, has a limited anti-satellite capability. U.S. Navy photo
Other services have their own anti-space weapons, too. The U.S. Army's Ground-Based Interceptor, a land-based anti-ballistic missile, also intercepts missile warheads in the so-called midcourse phase, and theoretically has an anti-satellite capability. Meanwhile, the U.S. Space Force has the Counter Communication System, a truck-based jammer designed to prevent enemy forces from accessing their own communications and navigation satellites.
Nobody outside the U.S. government knows what the Air Force's space weapon looks like, but the system is reportedly not a kinetic anti-satellite system like SM-3 or GBI. One possibility is that the weapon is a ground-based laser designed to blind enemy satellites in space. This would be similar to the existing Russian Peresvet anti-satellite weapon, a satellite-blinding laser mounted on a heavy truck. Russia also has the Nudol ground-launched anti-satellite missile and the Burevestnik air-launched anti-satellite missile.
Originally, insiders believed the service would declassify the weapon in late August, but the report states that the Air Force did not want to announce the weapon while dealing with the current crisis in Afghanistan.
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Study shows we're more stressed at home than at work
New research into the stress levels of men and women has produced results which go against the common perception that we're our most stressed when at work.
According to the study, published in the Journal of Science and Medicine, both men and women who balance family life with their career find life at home to be more stressful than their working environments. Female participants were even found to be happier at work, while men were moderately happier to be at home, reports counselling-directory.org.uk.
The level of cortisol, a stress hormone, was examined in participants' saliva swipes from five points throughout each day. Beepers were also worn so that researchers could be updated on their moods.
Sarah Damaske, an author of the report and a sociologist and women's studies professor at Penn State University, told washingtonpost.com that the results are "mind-blowing" as the majority of people would cite work as their major stress source.
"I don't think it's that home is stressful. When you're home on Saturday, you're not working. You go to the park, catch up on laundry. The day goes at a slower pace," she said. "I think it's the combination of the two, work and home, that makes home feel so stressful to people during the work week."
Elevated levels of stress hormones like cortisol have been linked to many conditions and diseases including high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer.

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Prime Minister Ken Clarke and other absurd fantasies
By Peter Franklin
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Some historians get a bit sniffy about the great 'what if' questions of history: What if JFK had lived? What if the Germans had won the war? What if Britain had joined the Eurozone?
'Didn't happen; doesn't matter' is their dusty response. And maybe they're right for those scenarios that not only didn't happen, but couldn't have. In such cases, one might suspect an exercise in wish fulfilment rather than a serious historical thought-experiment.
For instance, in my idle moments I like to imagine an alternative Britain now nine years into the firm, though benevolent, rule of Ann Widdecombe. It's a thought guaranteed to provoke horror in all the right people – but, of course, the scenario is utterly implausible.
Blogging for the Economist, 'J.C.' explores the liberal mirror-image of this fantasy, in which it is Ken Clarke who becomes Prime Minister.
One could argue that in certain circumstances he could have done.
In the summer of 2005, David Cameron's leadership campaign was faltering. Serious consideration was given to giving up and joining forces with Ken Clarke. Such an alliance would have given Clarke a place on the ballot of party members – which he probably would have lost to David Davis, just as he'd lost to Iain Duncan Smith four years previously. But what if Michael Howard's plan to disenfranchise party members had gone through (which it was all set to do until a certain website kicked up a fuss)?
Assuming that Clarke would have beaten Davis in an MPs-only ballot, could he also have won the general election? The J.C. scenario gives him a little extra help:
"As opposition leader [in 2009] Ken Clarke had led the Conservatives to a solid victory in the European election on a 'pro-Europe, pro-growth' platform. The governing Labour Party had come second, but so dramatic had been its collapse that the foreign secretary, David Miliband, had resigned only hours after his cabinet colleague, James Purnell. Gordon Brown had quashed the rebellion, but his authority had been permanently damaged. His attempts to portray the Tories as 'posh boys' had fallen apart when Mr Clarke—speaking with a proud Nottinghamshire lilt—had pointed out that Labour's cabinet had more privately educated members than his shadow cabinet."
So Ken defeats Labour and becomes PM. But how does he deal with eurosceptic opinion within the Conservative Party and beyond?
Brace yourselves:
"When a group of backbenchers had risen up to demand a referendum on Britain's EU membership, the prime minister's passionately pro-European speech (delivered alongside Richard Branson in Birmingham) had been powerful enough to turn the media against them."
But, of course.
Then comes Ken's greatest triumph:
"When Russian agitation in Ukraine had given way to incursions into the Crimea, Mr Clarke had rapidly mobilised his colleagues in the European People's Party (EPP)… the European powers stood together and issued eye-wateringly tough sanctions against Russian officials. Mr Clarke's late-night cigar sessions with Angela Merkel—conducted in fluent German with the help of his Europe minister, Gisela Stuart—were later described as a decisive factor."
Where does one even begin with this? Let's leave the notion of Ken the Putin-slayer to one side and examine the smaller matter of Gisela Stuart as Europe Minister. Not only is Ms Stuart a Labour MP, she's also a principled opponent of federalism. The idea that PM Ken would have reached across party lines to recruit her to the EU portfolio is therefore absurd.
Just how seriously J.C. takes his scenario, I've no idea. But it reaches a climax with the counterfactual outcome of the 2014 European and local elections (another win for Clarke, naturally):
"Perusing the results tables in his morning copy of The Independent, Mr Clarke stumbled across the leader of a minor party that had won a few council seats in Kent. 'Is is pronounced like 'carriage'?', thought the prime minister, before flicking to the results of the Monaco Grand Prix"
So there it is. If only we'd had a "passionately pro-European" Conservative leader we'd never have heard of Nigel Farage. As unlikely as it may seem, you really can find intelligent, educated and otherwise sane individuals who truly believe that the rise of UKIP would not have happened had the Europhiles retained control of the Conservative Party.
Of course, if anyone could have made this fantasy real it would have been Ken Clarke – just about the only politician who can out-do the UKIP leader's bloke-y schtick. But, perhaps voters would still have recalled Clarke sharing a platform with Tony Blair and Charles Kennedy in support of Britain's membership of the single currency. If he'd become leader, how would he have explained such a monumental error of judgement?
Perhaps, in J.C.'s counterfactual, the Eurozone project worked like a dream. And maybe, in some alternate reality, the EU isn't a corrupt, over-bearing, bureaucratic nightmare. But in this universe, the EU establishment only has itself to blame for the voters' verdict.
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This is something of a rant; apologies. I've been asked to write on civic religion for an online journal, and so the question of ritual forms that perpetuate unifying ideals has been on my mind. What are they? Hopefully not this.


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Q: What might cause a memory error in haystack search when tried in python flask application? I have indexed around 1000 document in elastic search. When I try to query with haystack search it returns files as output but after continuously using for 5 times memory error occurs. and the execution of program stops. I have attached the code that have used here.
document_store = ElasticsearchDocumentStore(host="localhost", username="", password="", index="document")

json_object = open("doc_json_file.json")
data_json = json.load(json_object)
json_object.close()
document_store.write_documents(data_json)

retriever = TfidfRetriever(document_store=document_store)

reader = FARMReader(model_name_or_path="deepset/roberta-base-squad2", use_gpu=True)

pipe = ExtractiveQAPipeline(reader, retriever)

prediction = pipe.run(query=str(query), params={"Retriever": {"top_k": 20}, "Reader": {"top_k": 20}})

return prediction

Filename and file content are stored in a json file. Below one is the error log
OSError: [WinError 1455] The paging file is too small for this operation to complete
from .netcdf import netcdf_file, netcdf_variable
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 983, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 677, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 724, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 818, in get_code
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 917, in get_data
MemoryError
from pandas._libs.interval import Interval
ImportError: DLL load failed: The paging file is too small for this operation to complete.

A: If you're using ElasticsearchDocumentStore, better use BM25Retriever instead. TfidfRetriever is a simpler version that does not require an inverted index database like Elasticsearch.
As a downside it has to keep any index data in memory which can cause very high memory pressure. BM25Retriever in combination with ElasticsearchDocumentStore uses almost the same (but slightly superior) retrieval model and won't have that issue.

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New FeministFrequency "Damsel in Distress" video is out.
Anita Sarkeesian has created the second in her video series about the misogynist tropes found in games. It's quite good.
TRIGGER WARNING. Shows graphic violence against women.
Data-f-ing-bases
Man, I hate working with databases. MySQL, my ass. They're scary as Hell. I'm convinced at any single moment that I'm about to erase the entire membership list of the Horror Writers Association. Walking the crumbling edge of that precipice does not amuse me. I get grumpy, and then I get nasty, and then I take it out on innocent furniture.
For those who didn't notice,
it's Saturday. June 1. A great day for beginnings.
At midnight-ish, I launched the new layout of the Horror.org site that I put together for them. It was quite a feat that put my coding, design, and patience to the test, but I got it. And I'm proud of it. Used Wordpress, but I had to jigger it lots to get it just like I wanted it. I couldn't find the perfect theme, so I took one that was close enough and adjusted it. I stretched a few web design muscles I didn't know I had. And I discovered I'm a super-genius! Woot. That's good to know.
Started the day with an avocado/collard green/carrot/banana/blueberry/milk smoothie. I am LOVING my new blender more than is natural.
First on the agenda was a little HWA webmaster support. Folks needing stuff. Add me to this. Take me off that. There's a link broken here. A forgotten password there. The usual. Believe me when I say there's more to being a webmaster than just putting together some web pages, especially for an org with over 1000 members. I have a staff! o_O
Speaking of the HWA, there's only a week and a half until WORLD HORROR CONVENTION!! In New Orleans. Yup, going back to N'awlins. And I can't wait. Love that city, and I love WHC. It's gonna be a great time. I get to hang with my best buds E and Chris. And, this year, a close friend, Alison, is going too. Her first time. Gonna show her the ropes.
Sent Ms. Kiernan the list of questions I want to ask her when I interview her at the convention. She's the author guest of honor, so it's kind of a big deal. I remember the first time I ever saw her. I was at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, somewhere in the mid-90s. She was tall, beautiful, and regal, in a gothy sort of way, and was hanging with Poppy Z. Brite. I've heard she's less gothy these days, almost 15 years later, as am I. Hard to believe I ever was gothy, but it's easier to pull off when you're younger and cuter. These days I'm more inclined to go for comfort than cuteness, but what can you do?
Still reading? Please watch this. It'll make you laugh.
Brilliant. Just brilliant.
May 31st, 2013, 06:57 pm
I'm finding it hard to focus today. Maybe I need more caffeine. In 5 minutes, it's 7pm already. Day's almost done. Another one slides by. WTF.
Admittedly, I wasted a bunch of time at one of the celebrity gossip sites that have "lists" of things. Twenty ugliest celebrities. Fifteen worst sports injuries (don't look at that one!). Actually, don't look at either one of those.
Do, however, look at images of Emma Watson, who has grown up nicely. They led to images of Daniel Radcliffe who has also grown up quite nicely. (feeling pervy, changing subject)
So, there I was, watching Kitten Cam, when all of a sudden I remembered I had a workshop to plan.
Random Chunks of my Day!
My revised draft of the Narrative Design 101 book I'm writing is coming along great. I'm to the stage where I need to start shopping for agents or publishers. I welcome any suggestions. Now, I need to pull together materials for the Narrative Design Workshop I'm giving at World Horror Con. I plan to have handouts.
Blurbing someone else's book is awesome. I get an advance reader's copy, which makes me feel loved.
I am free! I finished the last of my kickstarter reward edits today. Happy dance.
Did I mention that Daniel Radcliffe is playing the lead role in the film adaptation of Joe Hill's HORNS? The novel is pretty damned…good.
And, I've discovered a new song I can't get out of my head.
Just got this from a total stranger on Facebook.
"When you care about someone you had to show your feelings even in a simple way like sending a Take Care Messages as I sent you my feelings to you through wind & asked the wind to deliver it to you… So when you feel the wind blowing against you that's my feelings,i am so happy to have you as a friend"
Urp.
Guess what? I joined a writers group. It's my first step toward reconnecting with the fiction writer inside. I've been so focused on editing the work of others that I got off-track.
Helping others—service—has been a huge focus for me over the last 8 years. It's important that we give back. It's why I volunteer for the Red Cross, why I started WilyWriters.com, and why I edit people's short stories.
I'll still be working on others' stories in the writers group, but I'll also get quid pro quo from them. And it's rather delightful. Tonight, they gave me three viewpoints worth of feedback on my short story "The Last Zombie," and it was awesome! I can't wait to sit down (tomorrow) and do one or two final revision passes on it.
The little fiction writer inside me has taken a breath again. Tomorrow, she stretches.
I've been reading and re-reading Caitlín R. Kiernan's novels lately because I'm interviewing her at World Horror Con, and once again, I'm blown away by her prose. She has a knack for evoking dread and wonder that I rarely see in the books I read. Going back through her bibliography in a relatively short time has also allowed me to see her growth as a writer. It's fascinating to see the stylistic changes she's made from book to book, and to examine her choices of character and voice. She's clearly someone who takes her art seriously and who has taken risks with her writing.
Day after tomorrow, I kick-off a 90-day push to finish a first draft of my novel. May the word gods have mercy on my soul.
Stuff Mom Never Told You
Just for fun, I discovered this awesome youtube series today:
Vanity Lost
It's been awhile since I journaled regularly, and I'm starting to think that was a mistake. It's tough to find time, but that's a lame excuse considering the consequences.
Have you ever become such a workaholic that your life begins to fly by you, and you can't remember what day it is anymore? You can't remember who you are or what you wanted out of life?
Last night, I watched an interview with the goddess Stevie Nicks in which she talks about journaling, and how she's done it every night since she was 15. She talks about how life fades from memory, and how she's trying to capture it.
The older I get, the faster the days, weeks, months, memories go. It's kinda uncool. It makes me feel like I'm dying. Worse, it makes me feel like I've lost my voice.
So many projects, so little time, and this week, I'm on vacation, which means I'm scrambling like crazy trying to finish up all the little tasks left over from last year so I can move forward on June 1 with a clear plate.
The Deep Cuts Kickstarter is still consuming large portions of my time. I promised, as one of the rewards, that I'd edit folks' short fiction. It's been an awesome journey doing that, and the writers have been wonderful. I now have one more to go. I'll finish that one tomorrow, and then that's the last of the Kickstarter rewards I have to fulfill!! Yah, mon!
I've also been evaluating my goals for the coming year, something I usually do on my birthday, but was too busy to bother at the last one. I have a spreadsheet of all my projects, and I've rated them by income potential, joy, and time commitment. And from all those subjective figures, I've created a rather beautiful chart of what I should be working on. A couple simple truths came very clear as a result. First, I'm wasting too much time on a particular project that gives absolutely nothing in return. Second, I've been neglecting a project that has great potential to give me a lot in return.
So, priorities shifting. Can you hear the scraping and grinding of these old gears?
LJ, I may only be back for this fleeting moment and grasping at memories, but it's a start.
I'm still in here somewhere. I'm pretty sure.
A Day at Arenanet
They've posted a bunch of photos taken at my workplace on Facebook. We're all working hard to get Guild Wars 2 ready to hit the shelves!
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Deep Cuts -- Look, Ma, we're doing a Kickstarter!
How do we pay writers more?
How can we do an anthology that shines a spotlight on women horror writers without leaving men writers behind?
These were the two big questions we asked ourselves when we were planning our anthology.
Oh, by the way, we're doing an anthology of short horror stories. It's called Deep Cuts, and we're having a blast with it. (See very unprofessional mock-up of the cover, at right; amazing art by German artist Anja Millen). We've put out the call for submissions (see link below), and we've kicked off our Kickstarter (link also below).
This whole Kickstarter thing is seductive. The more I pledge to projects, the more hooked I become.
Kickstarter is the answer to Question #1 above. If our Kickstarter is successful, we will increase how much we pay the writers we select for the anthology. Writers are notoriously underpaid, especially short fiction writers. The anthology will fly even if the Kickstarter tanks. Ah, but if it doesn't, then we'll do the anthology in style and set a new trend!
True Anecdotal Evidence
20 years ago, when I first started writing professionally, a pro rate was US$0.05 per word. For a 5k-word short story, that is $250. If you estimate that it takes about 24 total hours to do right by a story and produce something good, then you're getting a little over $10/hour. That was in 1992, when maybe some of you weren't even out of high school yet. Back then, that wasn't too shabby.
Now, it's 2012, and the pro rate is STILL THE SAME! It's the rare short fiction market that can afford to pay more than that, and if they can, they don't, because pro rates "are good enough."
Writers need to get paid for the amazing creativity and time spent creating fiction that curls your hair and makes your heart beat faster! If you'd like to help make that happen (it only takes $5 to be a superstar!), then visit our Kickstarter page. If nothing else, go see the silly video I made. LOL. I'm a book editor, Jim, not a film editor.
The book will come out during Women in Horror Month, so we're asking all submitters to include a recommendation for a short horror story by a woman writer that knocked their socks off.
This is the answer to Question #2. Any gendered or non-gendered person can submit to the anthology and get in (if the story is good enough and fits). But, each and every one of them must recommend a short story by a woman horror writer that floored them. In this way, we're not only giving readers a book full of terrific horror, but we're giving them a map to find the awesome stories they may have missed along the path (the deep cuts of the horror world).
I'll stop talking now, but come check out what we're doing! I welcome any comments and suggestions. If you feel like spreading this project around your social networks, I'll be ever grateful, and if you find it in your heart to help out these poor starving writers (of which I am not one, btw -- the editors will not have a story in the book), then I know they and I will be ever so grateful!
Our website and submission guidelines
Submit a story!
Check out our Kickstarter (and mock my video!)
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Police have named a woman found dead at a house near Selby after charging a man with her murder.
The body of Angela Rider was found in the property in Cawood in the early hours of yesterday (Monday).
North Yorkshire Police later arrested a 49-year-old man in the Hawkshead area of Cumbria.
A force spokesman said the man, who is from Cawood, had now been charged with murdering the 51-year-old.
He said: "Police are now in a position to name the woman who was sadly killed. She was Angela Rider, aged 51, from Cawood."
News of the latest development in the murder investigation came as Ms Rider's daughter Sara, mother Wendy Brown and sister Tracy Mills paid tribute.
In a statement, they said: "Angela was the most beautiful, fantastic mum; a wonderful daughter and the best sister anyone could have wished for.
Detective Inspector Steve Menzies, of the Cleveland and North Yorkshire Major Investigation Team, urged people not to speculate on social media.
He said he also wanted to reassure communities that Ms Rider's murder was an isolated incident.
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Tillage equipment can be powered by man, animal, or tractor. It can be as simple as a hoe or as complex as an implement with multiple tools, types oftools, and sections that can span 3-5 m in length and 20-30 m in width. The depth of tillage can be very shallow for some operations such as weeding or very deep for others such as plowing. The depth of moldboard plowing is normally 15-25 cm, but can exceed 40 cm. Tractor drawn equipment is normally operated at speeds of 5-8 km h 1, but can exceed 10 km h 1 (Table 1 ). All of these characteristics of the tillage equipment and its operation affect soil movement.


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MGM Resorts sues victims of Las Vegas massacre
July 18, 2018 News Room SA World 0
LAS VEGAS- MGM Resorts, owner of the Las Vegas hotel that was the scene of the worst mass shooting in modern US history, has sued victims of the massacre, triggering mass protest in that state.
However the suit does not seek for money but aims to force the 1000 people who are suing MGM over the October shooting that killed 58 people at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, to drop their suits on grounds that MGM Resorts is not liable.
The group of people who sued the hotel group o Friday in Nevada and in the federal courts in Los Angeles.
Stephen Paddock the man who executed the mass shooting fired countless bullets over a country music festival from the 32nd floor of the hotel with powerful rifles.
The savagery of the attack left 851 other people injured. Paddock, 64, killed himself in the room as police moved in.
According to the papers filed on Friday around 2500, some of them survivors of the gruesome attack and relatives who lost love ones during the attack at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, are suing MGM or have threatened to sue, MGM said in its filing, according to a AFP report.
MGM wants the suit dropped accusing them of negligence.
MGM argued that the case must be handled under a post-September 11 law called the Safety, the act provides incentives for development and deployment of anti-terrorism technologies.
The hotel group added that the security firm contracted for the concert, CSC, was approved by the Department of Homeland Security and is thus released from liability under the law.
MGM said that concert organizer entrusted security to CSC meaning the hotel group cannot be held liable for the massacre.
Route 911 a victims support group has called the law suit by MGM a "revictimizing" the victims.
Attorney Robert Eglet, representing one of the victims, said that "in my 30 years of practice, this is the most reprehensible behavior I have ever seen a defendant engage in."
"This is just OUTRAGEOUS & WRONG," tweeted JoAnn Smith, an employee of a security firm in Las Vegas and many others who are angered by MGM actions.
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EVE Forums » EVE Communication Center » EVE General Discussion » How its possible???
My sytuation... Docking at Jita 4-4 Caldari at Shuttle 0 km ... and after 1 seconds later i'm at pod and got kill rights... How someone can targetting me, locked and destroyed at one second. Someone can explain me this?
I believe the correct term is "blapped" or "alpha'd."
Basically: You're in a shuttle. Does it really seem so impossible to get instagibbed by literally anything else in the game?
How did you dock to 0? By warping to the station on your Overview?
Joffy Aulx-Gao for CSM. Fix links and OGB. Ban stabs from plexes. Fulfill karmic justice.
Sensor boosted ship with high alpha weapons (artillery) can one-shot low EHP ships like shuttles easily, with locking times as low as one second, with pre-loaded guns the damage is inflicted immediately after acquiring target lock.
If you were not a suspect or war target, it was most likely a cheap insta-Trasher.
And yes, it was a Trasher.
Right. Ping issues. The dock is not immediate as you still have to give the dock command after leaving warp. Thus, with unfortunate server ticks and delay from ping, a attentive ganker with one tick lock got you targeted and blapped before the server finally got your dock command, only to realise, the ship it was supposed to be docking is currently generating a wreck.
Someone knew you were coming and worth the shot. Check your friends.
You need to understand that the only way to guarantee you will be inside the 0KM 'bubble' of a station is to make a bookmark at 0KM and in future warp to that bookmark instead of warping to the station via overview.
When you warp directly to a station sometimes you will be dropped 1-2K off the station and the time it takes you to coast that 1-2K is enough time for any sensor boosted ship to lock and fire 1-2 volleys.
If you already have such a bookmark you should be clicking the dock button on selected item window before you even exit warp. Aside from this connectivity issues can cause such problems too.
Smart bombs are also a thing. But that's a story for another time.
You don't always land in docking range of stations from certain directions without an instadock bookmark, and can spend several seconds slowboating to docking range. See above.
I think she is saying she made a bookmark at 0, so Abrazzar is right..
Edit: I'll mention that every now and then I've seen a few seconds go by even after warping to zero and mashing dock while coming in from the same direction that's given me an instadock before.
It's possible because of what you had in your cargo. If there's will there's a way. Don't give them the will in something as simple as a shuttle.
yes, yes so if that is possible that is ok, yes i was at shuttle, yes that isin't smart - so any idea in future? ORCA and corporate array or something bigger will be enough? dominix for example?
Not moving them would be smart.
Ouch.*snip* Posting of kill reports outside of the Crime & Punishment forum channel is prohibited. ISD Ezwal.
so any idea in future?
Don't fly around with PLEX in your cargo. NEVER.
Doesn't matter, what you fly. Orca, Dominix, etc... With 11 PLEX in cargo, it will get ganked.
CovOps and always cloak. Don't tell anyone where you're going, what you're carrying and what you're flying until you are at your destination. Also fit a buffer on the CovOps so you can take a volley from a Trasher.
How do you have enough ISK to play PLEX games and yet lack the knowledge of how to move them safely?
i will back after 2 years... and forgotten many things. Other side many mechanics was changed at games.


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This combination model, which has plastic temples fitted on a metal front, is offered with multiple rim iterations rich in classic taste, from "cloisonné enamel wrapping" and "metal embedding" to "plastic wrapping".
As a metal, titanium is said to be the most suitable for eyewear given modern-day technology. By incorporating titanium in all of its components, PREMIUM successfully eliminates a number of issues.
With CELLULOID, BJ made it a strict point to utilize celluloid material in order to create genuine frames and mark a return to the roots of eyeglasses crafting.
In the 1950s, this eyeglasses model developed by AO took off around the world in an instant. The BROW series by BJ faithfully resurrects this model not only in form, but also in everything from approach to design details.
Over a period of 1,500 years, the traditional techniques and soul behind classic Echizen Urushi lacquerware have continued to be refined.
The celluloid frame, made by our best craftsmen, has a K10 Solid gold decoration, imagining the rising sun, on it. The land of the rising sun"Zipang"will never betray anyone in the world.


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Q: Mapbox marker clustering with JSON not GeoJSON I am trying to use marker clustering because I have over 2000 markers being mapped currently, but I am not sure how to implement it with the way that I am loading the markers. Do I have to use a GeoJSON in order to use marker clustering? I would prefer to not use GeoJSON if possible, I am using a JSON file at the moment and looping through the data stored on Firebase. I would like to use the supercluster library if possible (https://github.com/mapbox/supercluster) but I am not sure what to load into index.load(points). Is clustering possible the way I have my code at the moment?
    var markers = [];

    allMarkers();

    function allMarkers() {
        for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
            var marker = document.createElement("div");
                marker.className = "marker";
                marker.style.backgroundImage = "url(./icons/all.png)";
                marker.style.backgroundSize = "100%";
                marker.style.backgroundRepeat = "no-repeat";
                marker.style.width = "25px";
                marker.style.height = "25px";
                marker.style.filter = "drop-shadow(0px 5px 6px #000000)";

            new mapboxgl.Marker(marker)
                .setLngLat([data[i].Long, data[i].Lat])
                .setPopup(
                    new mapboxgl.Popup()
                        .setHTML(
                            ""
                        ).on("close", function() {

                        }).on("open", function() {
                            zoom = map.getZoom();
                            if (zoom < 17) {
                                map.flyTo({
                                    center: [this._lngLat.lng, this._lngLat.lat],
                                    zoom: 17
                                });
                            } else {
                                map.flyTo({
                                    center: [this._lngLat.lng, this._lngLat.lat]
                                });
                            }
                        }).setMaxWidth("400px")
                )
                .addTo(map);
            markers.push(marker);
        }
    }

A: The easiest way to do clustering in Mapbox-GL-JS is using a GeoJSON source with cluster: true as in this example. It doesn't matter that your data is being sent to the browser as some other format, you can convert it into GeoJSON easily and then add it.
Currently you are representing your points using Markers, rather than a layer within the map such as circle or symbol. That would be more complex to combine with clustering, as you would need to create and destroy markers on demand, as the user zooms in and out. It will be much simpler to manage with a map layer, although it will limit your ability to style the marker symbols.


TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp (6502.T) said it is in the final stages of nailing down a majority stake in a British nuclear power consortium after one of the joint shareholders agreed to sell the Japanese company its 50 percent stake.
Securing a long-awaited majority holding in the NuGen consortium would guarantee a $14 billion deal for Toshiba's Westinghouse unit to supply three reactors for the project, Toshiba's Chief Executive Hisao Tanaka told reporters in Tokyo.
A deal for majority control, including part of French utility GDF Suez's GSZ.PA 50 percent stake, could be in place as early as January, Tanaka said. That would allow Toshiba to kickstart an ambitious reactor building programme that stalled after countries around the world froze nuclear expansion plans and regulations were tightened in the wake of Japan's 2011 disaster at Fukushima.
Spanish utility Iberdrola SA (IBE.MC), which is selling assets to reduce debt, said on Monday it has agreed to sell its 50 percent stake in NuGen to Toshiba for 85 million pounds ($139 million), subject to final approvals, terms and conditions.
Tanaka refused to confirm the details of Iberdrola's announcement. But he said that he expected to strike a final deal with both the Spanish firm and GDF Suez.
Tanaka said that a majority stake was necessary to make progress on the project, where delays have frustrated the U.K. government, sources say, as it pushes through its own ambitious nuclear programme to replace new reactors.
A controlling stake would allow Westinghouse, 87 percent-owned by Toshiba, to supply three of its AP1000 reactors for the site, where NuGen is aiming for capacity to produce 3.6 gigawatts of power. After building the reactors, Toshiba would reduce its stake, Tanaka said.
"We are thinking about an exit, but we haven't decided anything yet. We will reduce our majority stake over time. We are a plant provider, not a nuclear power provider," he said. Tanaka said revenue from the project, including the reactors, was expected to be around 1.5 trillion yen ($14.4 billion).
Toshiba remains on the lookout for a buyer for 36 percent of Westinghouse, which would leave it with 51 percent control of the business. But Tanaka reiterated that Toshiba was in no rush to complete a sale, after previously stating that it was looking for an engineering company with expertise in building nuclear plants.


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FCC Releases Agenda for March Open Meeting
The Commission has released the following agenda for the March Open Meeting, scheduled for Thursday, March 22, 2018 at 9:30 am:
Accelerating Wireless Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment: The Commission will consider a Second Report and Order that would clarify and modify the procedures for NHPA and NEPA review of wireless infrastructure deployments. (WT Docket No. 17-79). FCC FACT SHEET AND DRAFT
Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls: The Commission will consider a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to address the problem of unwanted calls to reassigned numbers. (CG Docket No. 17-59). FCC FACT SHEET AND DRAFT
Location-Based Routing for Wireless 911 Calls: The Commission will consider a Notice of Inquiry examining location-based routing of wireless 911 calls to ensure that calls are routed to the proper 911 call center. (PS Docket No. 18-64). FCC FACT SHEET AND DRAFT
Amendment of Part 90 of the Commission's Rules: The Commission will consider a Sixth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to stimulate use of and investment in the 4.9 GHz band. (WP Docket No. 07-100). FCC FACT SHEET AND DRAFT
Streamlined Reauthorization Procedures for Assigned or Transferred Television Satellite Stations; Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to streamline the reauthorization process for television satellite stations that are assigned or transferred in combination with a previously approved parent station. (MB Docket Nos. 18-63; 17-105). FCC FACT SHEET AND DRAFT
Amendments of Parts 1, 2, 22, 24, 27, 90, 95 of the Commission's Rules to Improve Wireless Coverage Through the Use of Signal Boosters: The Commission will consider a Second Report and Order that would remove the personal use restriction for Provider-Specific Consumer Signal Boosters and a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks comment on ways to further expand access to Consumer Signal Boosters. (WT Docket No. 10-4). FCC FACT SHEET AND DRAFT
The meeting will be streamed at http://www.fcc.gov/general/live.


what to look for when buying a eyeliner?Let's see the 3 easy to use eyeliner !
Review by guitarzan: I must admit, I really really like this eyeliner. Works great, easy to handle, and I can get a thin or thick line, depending on the look I am after. But it is quite expensive. I am happy with the color Blueberry, since blue is my fave colour and black tend to look too harsh on me. I top the eyeliner off with blue/violet mascara and blue shadow, cool effect. I am contemplating whether I will buy this again or in any of the other shades-- but it is the best liquid liner I've used so far!
Review by runtagua: I like this eyeliner for 2 main reasons. The first being the packaging and ease of application. I love love love the felt tip and find it easy to do interesting effects with it. I also rarely have to go over a line again because the liner missed it or was thin, great consistency. The second reason is the color, I love the color. It is an intense navy and is the perfect alternative to black for someone who thinks brown eyeliners look strange on them.
Review by Suzy_h: Yes, this is expensive. I paid 28 for this in Sephora. It is the best liquid eyeliner I've tried though. I recently purchased this, Nars Stylo, and Urban Decay's liquid eyeliner. This one has the best applicator by far. UD's handle was too short to control the line, and Nars Stylo liner was an extremely fine felt point that made it difficult to get one smooth line.
The product itself also beat out UD for me because it dried much faster and didn't come out as goopey. The Nars product wasn't bad but the felt applicator was such a hassle that I couldn't deal with it. The artliner applies like a dream, stays on all day, and the dark navy color is a great daytime alternative to black.
Overall, I would def repurchase the artliner. Just wish it was cheaper. I justify it by telling myself that I use eyeliner everyday so its worth the cost.
Review by cloud0204: would I buy this product again? FRIG YES!!! I was scoping through the LM and stuff and noticed that the rating on this was low. I have been using this for the past 3 years, I am a makeup artist and I will tell you that I think this is amazing. I can make it look smoky and a perfect pigment rich, cat's eye in one. And it lasts! I cannot explain what an ingenious product it is. I also have in the chestnut but I found the pigment in that isn't as rich. I am going to get the black one next. The midnight shade however is perfect if you want dark and defined but not too dark.
Review by Dimitra: The color is absolutely gorgeous, a very dark blue/black shade. However, I will not purchase this product again because it's very hard to use. I used it both wet and dry and just couldn't get any pigment/color for the life of me to line my lids. I even used 2 different brushes. I will stick to using Bobbi Brown shadows as my liner.
Review by shelby1123: Can't say I love this like I love the black. This doesn't smudge out to the smokey line that the black does, nor does this look like the deep navy/black i was hoping for. The color is too denim-blue when smudged, not black enough, and for 22 I'd expect a prettier, more sophisticated shade of navy. Lined it doesn't show up as a deep navy either. The staying power didn't compare to the black either. I will blend this color over some other liners to add a blue depth, but thats more just so I feel like the color isn't just sitting there unused. Not worth the purchase and certainly would not repurchase. Disappointed cause I love LM.
Review by tambien: They are great!
They give a great colourful effect and they stay all day for me.
And like someone has already stated, at £3!? Could you really go wrong?
Review by cgosyne: I am an eyeshadow junkie! Despite what they say, your eyeshadow look is not complete without eyeliner. Enter: AVON Colortrends for top and bottom lids. I have bought this formula in Midnight Blue. As a professional makeup artist, I would only use this product if I knew a photo shoot would only last for an hour or two. The color runs! Nuff said. Its worth the price of .79 USD.The pigment and richness of the color is phenominal for the price. I just wouldn't buy it for any serious work, all day wear, or a night out.


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Individual Work
Radikal Karaoke
Radikal Karaoke by Argentine-Spanish artist Belen Gache, was originally made in 2011. This work presents a criticism of political speech by transforming it into a karaoke, consequently providing a critical view of stereotypes to current political practices. A karaoke is a popular form of entertainment, offered typically by bars and clubs, in which people take turns to sing popular songs into a microphone over pre-recorded backing tracks. In addition, Gache expanded the functions of regular karaoke—a vintage technology that had its heyday in the entertainment industry in the 70s, and which is gaining new popularity today—using other tools of present times such as the computer itself.
This interactive online device displays a video in loop while the user/reader speaks/shouts using a microphone and randomly pressing the keyboard. Specifically, the video shows people applauding, explosions, spectators watching a show, aliens, slaves, etc., and at the same time, the user/reader is pressing the keyboard following some instructions and reading a written text passing along the bottom of the screen. Depending on the volume of the voice and the use of the keyboard, the video will produce different images, colors and sounds.
Gache proposes three transcriptions—in Spanish or in English—we could perform to shake off drowsiness. With these speeches Gache´s work searches to denaturalize clichés and stereotyped phrases that circulate as meaningless slogans, while being uncritically received. The material of the poem (orality, writing, drawing), the performance of readers/users, the interaction, the generativity, the listening, the form acquired by the discourse point to a deconstruction of the entertainment industry used by politics. The author clearly marks a position related to the need of intervention of those who consume these speeches without playing any role but that of listeners. Karaoke forces you to say something with your own voice, using the same device you used before, when you were just a receptor. As a consequence, poetic language restores the possibility of political action through the same machinery that causes the rhetorical emptiness denounced before. In the repetition of those three discourses of the contemporary highly urbanized society, Gache recovers an organic form of language that allows the appearance of new senses and provides a place for a rebellious poetics. These speeches are pirated, showing how, once given, the giver of information loses control of the way it can be used by the performer.
As part of an artistic program, Gache restores its specific place for political action in a world overrun by automated discourses that function mechanically as machines. Gache´s work poses the question about the indiscriminate consumption of nonsensical political speeches and aims to involve us as part of this parody. Gache focuses on the rhetorical emptiness of hegemonic discourses renewing the debate about the connection between demagogic politics and automated society. There is a strategic use of this device to make people take on an active role in the execution of poetry through karaoke and to denounce the political use of propaganda through an excess of linguistic nonsense and over-saturation of media space.
Author statement:
Radical Karaoke is an online device intended to allow any user to enounce political speeches. Today, politics worldwide is almost exclusively devoted to rhetoric. Speeches are structured on emphatic and demagogic formulae and linguistic clichés reproducing themselves as viruses. By mechanically repeating slogans we have turned ourselves in zombie society. There´s not us who speak but others (power? market? language itself?) speaking through us. While in the early twentieth century, politics made extensive use of new technologies such as radio and speakers to reach the masses, today it uses teleprompters, podcasts and social networks to reach its goals. RK aims to interrogate hegemonic discourses. It works with the permanent contrast between utopia and commonplace; revolutionary spirit and scam. These sound pieces are constructed departing from a fixed verbal structure incorporating random texts. Nonetheless, voice and body are here inescapable. As traditional karaoke makes a singer of those who use it, anyone can have the illusion of being a political leader and guide the masses using RK. By reading the texts at the bottom of the screen using a microphone, and by pressing certain keys you´ll generate a series of visual and sound effects to accompany and emphasize your speeches.
Read the original work online here.
About this e-lit work
Belén Gache
Unspecified or unknown
Work language:
Publication type(s):
Procedural Modality(ies):
Mechanism(s):
Camera, Display, Keyboard, Microphone, Screen, Speaker
Audio, Image / Picture, Text, Video
Literary Qualities:
political criticism, reader engagement, Satire
This entry has been reviewed and approved by the Electronic Literature Organization.


Although game has a plain and basic structure; you can enjoy with your friends in this funny game. Game can be played alone, with "2 players" or with "4 players" as a tournament. Use "WASD" keys and "Arrow Keys" to play. We hope you have fun.


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By M.T.	Exterminate the brutes, Media Notes
TPM reports Iraq murders badly
From the Left. What's up at TPM? The usually spot-on blog already appears to have buried the story of the leaked Iraq video. Instead, the RNC's strip 'n spend scandal takes top spot on the site I'm sure, much to the delight of gleeful liberals for whom the RNC debaucheries, the Iraq war and other crimes often seem to be little more than sticks with which to beat the right-wing.
Even when the site did run the Wikileaks story, the headline–in a classic pseudo-objective tactic of mainstream media–used quotations around the term murder: "Wikileaks: Video Shows 'Murder' of Iraqis by U.S. Helicopters". I mean hello, what does it take to scream bloody murder? And by what logic does the murder of several people including two journalists–the details and video of which the military refused to reveal–become a less important story than the "sexy hotspots" that the Republican white male young things are attending?
I do think TPM generally does solid work, whether I agree with it or not, but I can't help but associate the absence of the Iraq story from the front page by late today with the relatively relaxed attitude of liberals over Iraq's occupation now that it has become Obama's project. It was they who swelled the numbers of the anti-war movement in the first years of the Iraq war: the war was bad; that Bush II was the man leading it was, for many liberals, worse. And those of us who argued in those days that the anti-war movement must make the case against the war on ethical grounds rather than tactical concerns about how to accrue the numerically largest protests were told that we were being too idealistic. The numbers game failed because those demonstrations were never backed by commitment. The American state knew that.
In the name of pragmatism which is always an ideology masquerading as technique, real fault-lines between a liberal view and an anti-imperialist leftist vision were papered over with slogans that said too little and agreements that compromised the movement too much. And here we are: the occupations rage on and multiply, the anti-war movement is leaderless and scattered and white men enjoy lap dances at the expense of the RNC whilst the liberals cheerily rattle on about the depravity of the Republicans all the while ignoring their own MAAF Obama's shockingly pathetic record (even by my rather low standards) on his campaign promises and his ratcheting up of the global war in Afghanistan and Pakistan –the only one he's kept whole-heartedly. [1]
A pox on both your bloody houses.
1. Another note on "MAAF": Cerise L. Glenn and Landra J. Cunningham. "The Power of Black Magic: The Magical Negro and White Salvation" Journal of Black Studies 2009; 40; 135 originally published online Oct 8, 2007.
Tagged american army, iraq, journalism, murder, tpm, wikileaks


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THIS IS A VOICE goes on tour to Australia
School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies news Tuesday 8 August 2017
Work by Sam Belinfante, Academic Fellow in Fine Art and Curatorial Practice, is part of a Wellcome Collection exhibition touring to Sydney this summer.
THIS IS A VOICE looks inside vocal tracts, restless minds and speech devices to capture the elusive nature of the human voice.
The exhibition originally opened at Wellcome Collection in London in April 2016. It moves to the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney from 11 August 2017 where it will be remain until the end of January 2018.
This immersive exhibition explores how the unique grain of our voice locates us socially, geographically and psychologically and how the voice is utterly flexible and can be altered with treatment and training.
Celebrating the aural and the oral, THIS IS A VOICE is designed as an acoustic journey of sound and film by contemporary artists and composers, punctuated by paintings, manuscripts, medical illustrations and ethnographic objects.
Blending theatre, video, visuals and sound, featured artists and vocalists include Sam Belinfante, Joan La Barbara, Marcus Coates, Enrico David, Mikhail Karikis, Meredith Monk, Emma Smith and Imogen Stidworthy.
The exhibition is presented in five sections, the second of which ― The strains of the voice ― investigates the mechanics and physiology of voice production and how the voice can be changed following disorder, trauma or training. In Focus (2012) by Sam Belinfante, vocalist Elaine Mitchener is shown exercising her voice before a performance revealing the ways that different physical techniques dramatically affect her sound. An excerpt from Focus can be viewed here.
Sam Belinfante joined the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies as a University Academic Fellow in September 2015. Having gained his first degree in Fine Art at Leeds, followed by a Masters at The Slade (UCL), Sam returned to Leeds to undertake a practice-led PhD.
Artist, cellist and vocalist, Sam's audio-visual films, scores, compositions and installations have earned him international recognition within the contemporary art world. He recently curated The Fold in the School's new Project Space, a programme of exhibitions by artists connected to the Fine Art PhD (past and present) that interrogated both theory/practice and audio/visual relationships in contemporary art practice.
Sam Belinfante said:
"For Focus I worked with the phenomenal vocalist Elaine Mitchener. Our collaboration grew out of a shared interest in 'exercise' as both a device to practise and test techniques and a repetitive activity that requires great physical effort.
"As an artist new to analogue film, I explored the limits and idiosyncrasies of my camera in a series of choreographed moves paced by each wind of the machine. Paralleling these movements, Mitchener engages in an intensive workout routine that has dramatic effects on her own (vocal) instruments."
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Breaching the fence for nuclear peace: the 1980s to the present day
School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies - Monday 16 December 2019
Many Interpretations: exhibitions by MA students celebrated at the University of Leeds
School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies - Thursday 12 December 2019


Lea Kapiteli claims to be regularly contacted by extraterrestrials.
It takes a bit of courage to do what 22-year-old Lea Kapiteli did on Saturday night. Far easier to stay at home.
She went public for the first time. The venue was the Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club. The organisers: UFO Research NSW.
Ms Kapiteli told the group that it has been happening since she was five. She sees things.
She says she has interacted with extraterrestrials on numerous occasions. She describes them, knows their names, culture and history. She creates captivating illustrations of what she has seen. There are even drawings of herself in what she describes as her astral body.
Then she goes further. She calls herself a Starseed, Homo Novis or "new human", said to be highly intuitive and possessing multidimensional abilities beyond the five senses.
"A new human is a hybrid of extraterrestrial and human, the type of person who has had a lot of ET or non-human experiences and who feels like they are not really from this place," she said.
A drawing by Lea Kapiteli, 22, of an ET she says she has encountered.
The first experience she says was at home in Melbourne. She woke up and said she knew it was time to leave. She saw a bright light through the window.
"We tend to stop when there is a physical object in front of us, but I didn't have any of that instinct. I just kept walking right through the window. I was in a bright bluish place and saw a woman at the end of a path. She was short, bald and with golden skin. She had a red robe and she was beckoning me to come.
She says she also regularly has experiences of astral travel, where the body is temporarily left behind, giving freedom to explore the solar system or different worlds. She said on one occasion she was grabbed around the leg and woke up to see a red imprint around her leg.
Of her decision to give her first public talk, she said: "I feel this is a very important topic to talk about. Very few people are exploring it. I'm not the only one who is experiencing this. There are people all around the planet who are having these encounters and not enough people are saying what is really going on.
A drawing by Lea Kapiteli, 22, of an ET contactee.
Her mother, Sanja Korlaet, said that in the beginning she was confused and worried there could be something wrong with her daughter.
A drawing of an ET encounter by Lea Kapiteli, 22.
UFO Research NSW president Mariana Flynn said she became aware of Ms Kapiteli through Mary Rodwell, the Queensland-based head of the Australian Close Encounter Research Network, who she said works with a lot of Starseeds and Star Children.
"I met Lea and asked her to talk to our group. I am always wanting to stretch minds and wake people up. I think the group will be fine when they see her energy, personality and [the] authenticity of her story. I had someone ask me if she's had medical tests to prove she has got extraterrestrial DNA. No. The tests are very expensive.


Some of the people who attended have written some great blog posts about the event.
Christian Heilmann, who spoke about how to inspire as a speaker and has summed up the event really well.
Suw Charman-Anderson, who attended and has done an amazing write up of the event — if you weren't there, this gives the definitive version, with all the questions as well.


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Q: Jedi-vim doesn't work correctly I have a issue with VIM. I'm trying to install jedi-vim with Vundle plugin, and typing this
"example":
import math
math.

after dot i get popup with autocomplete. Really not bad, but, i cant choose function/method/class/etc. what i want (arrows somehow doesn't worked, when show popup with autocomplete and preview of first function/method/class/etc. which automatically selected)
At my .vimrc file:
let g:jedi#popup_select_first = 0
let g:jedi#goto_command = "<leader>g"
let g:jedi#get_definition_command = "<leader>d"
let g:jedi#rename_command = "<leader>r"
let g:jedi#related_names_command = "<leader>n"
let g:jedi#autocompletion_command = "<C-Space>"

P.S. Maybe incompatible with some plugin, which installed also by Vundle:

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*NERDTree

*NERDCommenter

*TagBar

*minibufexpl.vim

*FixedTaskList.vim

*conque-term

*vim-snippets

*vim-snipmate

*vim-addon-mw-utils

*tlib_vim

*git-vim

*vim-gitgutter

*vim-airline

*python-mode

A: I came across the same problem as you. I am new to vim so I only use a few plugins:

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*nerdtree

*jedi-vim

*supertab

*taglist

*vimwiki

*minibufexpl

After trying and error, I found out jedi-vim is incompatible with minibufexpl. So I deleted minibufexpl and everything goes fine.

A: From jedi-vim documentation
Note that the python-mode VIM plugin seems to conflict with jedi-vim, therefore you should disable it before enabling jedi-vim.

A: Jedi-vim is autocomplete plugin. If you disable rope plugin in python-mode you can use this plugins together.
ll you need to do is add the plugin to the vundle list and turn off Rope by replacing the let g:pymode_rope = 1 with let g:pymode_rope = 0  --> http://unlogic.co.uk/2013/02/08/vim-as-a-python-ide/#python-mode


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Listings for Channel 4 on Thursday, July 18 2019
05:50 Countdown Nick Hewer and Rachel Riley host as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. Michaela Strachan is in Dictionary Corner with Susie Dent.
06:25 Cheers Sunday Dinner Cliff and Norm are hired to make a video recording of a family celebration at the bar. Frasier is invited to Sunday dinner with Shauna, his temporary secretary. (S11 Ep12/29)
06:55 Cheers Norm's Big Audit Sam panics when the gang try to watch one of his old baseball games. Investigated by the tax authorities, Norm flirts with an official to avoid an audit. (S11 Ep13/29)
07:20 The King of Queens Where's Poppa A cunning Doug does his best to palm Arthur off onto his cousin for a while.
07:45 The King of Queens Art House Doug and Arthur have a fight and Arthur moves out. Can Arthur maintain his independence?
08:10 Everybody Loves Raymond Fascinatin' Debra: A psychotherapist interviews Debra for an article on the American family but finds the rest of the Barones more interesting than her.
08:40 Everybody Loves Raymond Why Are We Here? Ray and Debra reminisce about more peaceful times in their first apartment and recall why they ended up living across the road from Ray's meddlesome parents.
09:10 Frasier How to Bury a Millionaire Niles has to move in with Frasier after his divorce leaves him strapped for cash.
09:40 Frasier The Seal Who Came to Dinner While hosting an exclusive dinner party for The Gourmet Society at Maris's beach house, Frasier and Niles have to deal with a smelly washed-up seal carcass.
10:10 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Gordon Ramsay tries to improve the Fiesta Sunrise, a Mexican restaurant in West Nyack, New York, where a cockroach-infested kitchen means that the guests have to leave for their own safety.
11:05 Undercover Boss USA The fourth series of the show in which US executives go undercover in their own businesses. Kat Cole, President of Cinnabon Incorporated, goes incognito among her own workforce.
12:00 Channel 4 News Summary Channel 4's midday news summary.
12:05 A New Life in the Sun B&B hosts from Wales prepare for VIP guests, new brewers in France try to keep up with demand, and two sailing instructors face a tide of competition. (S4 Ep4)
13:05 Posh Pawnbrokers At Nikolas Patrick in London, brothers Charlie and Patrick view a stunning emerald ring, and Elton John's tour jacket. In Sheffield, Dan deals on a vintage Bakelite radio.
14:10 Countdown Nick Hewer and Rachel Riley host as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. Rory Bremner is in Dictionary Corner with Susie Dent.
15:00 A Place in the Sun Paul and Clare are looking for a holiday home in central Portugal that could double up as a biker's retreat. With £120k and Jasmine Harman on hand, will they find what they're looking for?
16:00 The £100K Drop Davina is joined by Chris and Tanya, friends from Gloucester, and Karen and Jan, mother and daughter from Edinburgh. Will either pair win big on the rollercoaster that is The Drop? (S3 Ep4)
17:00 Kirstie's Celebrity Craft Masters TV chef Tony Singh and TV presenter Sophie Morgan go head to head, each paired with a professional crafter, who teaches them to create jewellery and cyanotype napkins. (Ep14)
18:00 The Simpsons Take My Life, Please Homer is annoyed when his old high school nemesis Vance Connor gets inducted into the Springfield Walk of Fame.
18:30 Hollyoaks Maxine feels like no one is on her side after discovering what Grace said behind her back. Harry begs Sadie to stay. And Tony makes a shocking discovery.
19:00 Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.
19:55 New: Moon Landing Live A daily mission update from the astronauts and Mission Control, as part of Channel 4's real-time live stream of Apollo 11's mission to the moon, in celebration of its 50th anniversary.
20:00 New: George Clarke's Old House... ...New Home: On Merseyside, George has some radical ideas to redesign an Edwardian home. In Surrey, he tackles a Victorian mishmash, some MDF, a quirky fireplace and a random room. (S4 Ep5)
21:00 New: Catch-22 Drama based on Joseph Heller's seminal novel. Reeling from a violent tragedy, Yossarian encounters incomprehensible darkness in Rome, and is faced with an impossible choice. (Ep5/6)
22:00 Celebrity Gogglebox From This Morning to 8 Days To the Moon and Back, what do Loyle Carner, Shaun Ryder, Bez, Chris Kamara, Olly Alexander, Oti Mabuse and other famous faces think of our top telly? (Ep5)
23:00 24 Hours in A&E Greg has been knocked off his motorbike and has critical injuries to his arm and leg. Cara, who's 11, has fallen from a human pyramid doing gymnastics and has a badly broken arm. (S18 Ep11)
00:05 The Invention of Boris Johnson This documentary sifts through Boris Johnson's archive interviews and newspaper columns to build a compelling picture of the man and his track record, largely in his own words.
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REVIEW / The Dwarves (PS4)
Tabitha Baker
Booting up The Dwarves for the first time, I had no idea what to expect. I still didn't really know what to expect after half an hour of gameplay, but once I got into the nitty gritty, the tactical RPG generally managed to overcome its flaws. For an experience that opens on a massive battle of dwarves vs orcs featuring explosive and dynamic combinations of special moves and a strong focus on tactical play, the main campaign is incredibly story focused. In a Dungeons and Dragons twist, your journey across this gorgeous world will be informed by whatever move you want to play. Sure, it's a restricted, console version of a Dungeons and Dragons framework, but it still feels damn good to maneuver.
Playing as a down and out dwarf named Tungdil, you take your baby steps into the great unknown with the task of returning some items to an old student of your professor and the aspiration of becoming a traveling warrior. I'm sure you know by now, it's the latter goal that will be accomplished throughout your journey. Your initial impressions of Tungdil and the world you inhabit is… disappointing.
A sticky overhead point of view makes your initial petty errands around the school of magic in which you make your living in the forge feel incredibly tedious. It's unfortunate that a world and story so elaborate and intricate as this would begin its main campaign with a dark, dingy top down corridor and a set of boring tasks. This is perhaps made worse by the sheer magnitude of the opening battle you have just completed.
The combat system on The Dwarves is deceivingly easy – some more pointers on how battles work in this initial tutorial would have led to a lot less button mashing and confused wiki searches on my end. Nevertheless, once I worked out that I was only in charge of special moves and actually moving around the battle, combat proved to be smooth and responsive, worthy of the blockbuster opening it inhabited. I was blown away by the graphical quality in this opening crusade. Snow seemed to glisten and textures were dazzling in the sunlight, and though camera movements were sometimes slightly lagging this proved no disadvantage to actual orc slaughter.
Completing this vivid and compelling opening battle and proceeding to plod around a dimly lit cave for half an hour somewhat bursts the bubble. Where on the outside interaction is tactile and meaningful, inside you can spend two minutes listening to some inner dialogue about the way an axe looks. Where visual splendor is abundant and crystal clear outside, indoor textures are blocky, crude, and at times even comically basic. It's obvious from the start that The Dwarves works much better on a macro scale than micro.
Nevertheless, we soldier on to greener pastures in the form of an innovative and effective map screen. In almost watercolor effect, your destination appears as well as certain waypoints, points of interest, natural landscapes, and settlements. Your route through this map is up to you, and whichever path you take will present its own decisions and situations allowing you to take the time and define just what kind of dwarf you want to be, all the while learning what kind of dwarf the world thinks you are.
Being accompanied by a second person narrator who delicately describes your every move and thought can become unsettling in a game that seems to allow you to define your own path, but it helps the Dungeons and Dragons aesthetic along nicely. Some voice acting falls flat on occasion, and the long atmospheric descriptions of your nameless narrator can become tiresome, however the storyline unfolds at a comfortable pace.
The developers seem to have found a sweet spot between letting you process the narrative at your own pace and keeping that pace up to suit the demands of the experience, and it works wonders in an environment that feeds off your imagination as much as this. Because so much emphasis is on what you fill in yourself, the narrative style can allow an incredibly rich plot without having to labor through lengthy cut scenes or pages of lore. After the initial battle, your exposure to combat wanes. So when things go full throttle and the axes come out, it's an energetic switch from story collecting and exploration.
You control each member of your party who can take care of themselves in battle and await your command for special moves. These moves vary in effectiveness, and the amounts of energy required, however they can often be specialized for certain types of enemy or situational factors which adds a welcome extra level of thought to the battle screen. To make room for all this strategizing, The Dwarves includes one of my favorite battle features – the ability to pause gameplay, assign movements, and watch it all unfold before you. With this system in place combat never feels frenzied, sure if you're running out of health and you have a whole new horde of orcs to contend with on no energy your heart rate might creep, but there's space to think and assign tactics which makes this a fresh yet lively experience not to be missed.
The clear and fair level up system allows for steady character progress and development without becoming convoluted and redundant. Confusing skill mechanics are nowhere to be found. Instead, we have a nicely compartmentalized skill tree with distinct and coherent moves up for grabs.
So, we have graphics that are brilliant when they want to be and dire when they drop, a combat system that's intuitive and fun to work with, and a storyline that's deep but also consumable to avoid confusion – what's the catch? Loading times. I thought we were beyond this, but the loading times in The Dwarves are considerably extensive. After a death in the heat of battle, you don't want to be sitting and checking your phone to pass the time while the game pieces together another try for you. Sometimes even map moves or simple action decisions earned me a lengthy look at the loading symbol.
While certainly not game breaking, The Dwarves is too fluid an experience to have to become so disjointed and, at times, frustrating. Long loading times may be a small price to pay for what is, on the whole, an incredibly captivating experience. But when captivation is eclipsed by confused silence, it's difficult to retain a sense of energy or intensity. The Dwarves is still a challenging and engaging RPG, especially if you like your skirmishes in "real time," just be prepared to wait between battlefield engagements.
This review is based on a retail copy of the game provided by the publisher.
Lord Of The Rings Meets Dungeons and Dragons With Some Loading Times Thrown In
Plot - 9/10
Design - 5/10
If you're looking for a good story to get your imagination fired up and a good battle to flex those tactical muscles then look no further than The Dwarves. There's even plenty of rest time between moves courtesy of your friendly neighborhood loading screen, and some graphical misfortunes for a chuckle among the otherwise magnificent landscapes.
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About the author: Tabitha Baker
Tabs is a student at the University of Exeter, England, studying English. After being handed the controller to Golden Eye on the N64 at around 5, much to her mother's distaste, she has spent her... Read more...


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Atalanta emerges as biggest threat to another Juventus title
Third-placed Atalanta, which boasts Serie A's best attack, will cut the gap between itself and Juventus to six points if it extends its remarkable run.
Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini reacts during a Serie A fixture against Valencia. - Reuters
Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini insists he is not thinking of the Serie A title but with nine successive league wins his hugely entertaining side has emerged as the most likely threat to leader Juventus.
The two sides clash on Saturday and third-placed Atalanta, which boasts Serie A's best attack with 85 goals scored, will cut the gap between itself and Juventus to six points if it extends its remarkable run.
With six matches left after that, it is still unlikely it could catch Juve, but it could certainly make the titleholder uncomfortable, especially following Tuesday's 4-2 defeat at AC Milan when coach Maurizio Sarri said his team suffered a blackout.
Juventus, with 75 points and chasing a ninth successive title, has a seven-point lead over second-placed Lazio. Atalanta follows on 66 and Inter Milan is fourth with 65.
Lazio, struggling with injuries and suspensions, has lost three out of five matches since the season re-started nearly one month ago and looked a spent force during its 2-1 defeat at lowly Lecce on Tuesday.
It hosts in-form Sassuolo on Saturday in the early kick-off where the high temperature is likely to add to its problems.
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Inter Milan, meanwhile, has made a habit of dropping points in games it should have won, including Thursday's 2-2 draw at Verona where it conceded an equaliser five minutes from time. Its exasperated coach Antonio Conte already appears to be planning ahead to next season.
"The title? It's not a word that is really buzzing around in my head, everything is still in the hands of Juventus," said Gasperini after his side beat Sampdoria 2-0 on Wednesday.
"It's clear that if you win all the games like we're doing, we'll make up ground - we want to make mathematically sure of qualifying for the Champions League, that is the first step."
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However, nothing can be completely ruled out where Gasperini is involved. The 62-year-old has overseen a remarkable transformation at what is usually a middle-of-the-table team.
"I'm sure he is really thinking of the title," said Verona coach Ivan Juric.
"He's been underestimated for years. We all steal ideas from him, including me and even abroad. He's had the courage to implant a different kind of football.
"He's one of the best. For me, it's (Jurgen) Klopp, (Pep) Guardiola, then him".


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Rothera Sharp welcomes three new trainee solicitors to the firm
Posted on 9th September 2019
We are delighted to announce the appointment of three trainee solicitors who are commencing their training contracts with us this autumn.
Joshua Morley, Jasmine Jackson and Joanne Derbyshire are the latest recruits for Rothera Sharp, which now has six members of staff completing their training contracts with the firm.
Joshua Morley will be completing his first seat in commercial property. He graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a first class LLB degree and obtained a Distinction on his LPC, which he attained at Nottingham Law School. Joshua has previously gained work experience at an East Midlands based firm and volunteered as a student legal adviser for Nottingham Law School's Legal Advice Centre. Before accepting his training contract offer at Rothera Sharp Joshua worked as a paralegal at another local firm in both its residential conveyancing and commercial property departments. Alongside his training contract Joshua is also currently completing his LLM degree.
Joanne Derbyshire will be completing her first seat in personal injury at the Lace Market office. Joanne has previously worked for a law firm in Derby as a trainee paralegal in their personal injury (RTA) department. She joined Rothera Sharp in September 2018 where she started as a receptionist at the firm's Beeston branch and progressed through the roles of legal secretary and family law legal assistant before starting her training contract this September.
Jasmine Jackson originally joined Rothera Sharp in June 2019 as a paralegal in the transport department. She will be undertaking her first seat in family at the Lace Market office in October. Jasmine graduated from Nottingham Trent University in 2017 with a first-class LLB degree whilst also undertaking a placement year in a national law firm. She is also currently studying for her LPC and LLM part-time, which she is due to complete in 2020. Since graduating in 2017 Jasmine has spent 10 months in Nottinghamshire Police as a Graduate Police Investigative Officer and a further 10 months working within family law as a paralegal.
Jasmine says: "I am really looking forward to starting my first seat in family law. Joining Rothera Sharp as a paralegal in the transport department means that I have been able to familiarise myself with other colleagues in the firm and it has really helped build up my confidence. I feel like I will be able to hit the ground running when I commence my training contract with the family team."
Rothera Sharp also has three other trainee solicitors currently completing their training contracts with the firm. Paige Regardsoe, who is in the second year of her training contract, joined Rothera Sharp in 2017 as a legal administrator before starting her training contract in April 2018. She has completed seats in dispute resolution, debt recovery and conveyancing. Billy Shaw, who joined the firm in September 2018 has completed seats in dispute resolution and debt recovery and is currently completing a seat in family. Christina Peck, who started her training contract in April 2019 has recently completed her first seat in the personal injury department. She is now based at our Beeston office to undertake a seat in wills and probate.
Rothera Sharp has also developed a Trainee Committee which is led by the firm's current trainees to provide support and guidance to the latest recruits.
Rebecca Emeleus, Talent and Resourcing partner at Rothera Sharp said:
"We are delighted to welcome Joanne, Joshua and Jasmine to the firm. A number of our staff have joined us as trainee solicitors and progressed their career through the firm and we are passionate about nurturing the skills of our staff and providing them with the tools they need to grow.
"We want to recruit and retain the best people. I think potential candidates can see that not only are we committed to the needs of our clients but we are also dedicated to investing in future talent within the firm, helping our staff develop and find their individual strengths. These appointments represent the changes, growth and innovation the firm is entering in to and are symbolic of the times and the firm's plans for its succession."
Applications for Rothera Sharp's training contracts will be open again in February 2020 with the assessment day due to take place late April. To view Rothera Sharp's current vacancies visit: https://rotherasharp.co.uk/about-us/careers/
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Sony Xperia C VS HTC Desire 500 Comparison Review
Sony took the veils off their latest smartphone in India, the Xperia C just a few days back. Something noticeable about the Xperia C is that it comes with budget manufacturers' favourite processor, the MT6589 from MediaTek. While the potential of the MT6589 is known well enough, it is a first to see a manufacturer as large as Sony adopting the processor. On the other hand, HTC's Desire 500 features the more popular and mainstream Snapdragon 200.
HTC Desire 500 dimensions: 131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm, weight: 123g
Sony Xperia C dimensions: 141.5 x 74.2 x 8.9 mm, weight: 153g
As expected, the Sony Xperia C is bigger and heavier thanks to the larger screen it comes with. The Desire 500 can be seen as a 'mini' device, whereas the Xperia C is just about the average sized device for this year.
Both devices should be fairly good in the hand, and due to it's smaller size, the Xperia C should be more pocket friendly.
Display and Processor
The Xperia C comes with a 5 inch panel with a qHD resolution of 960×540 pixels. This seems to be Sony's tactic to not make the MT6589 look like a slow processor, and we must say the idea does seem like a good one. On the other hand, the Desire 500 comes with a 4.3 inch WVGA (800x480p) screen, which is considerably smaller than the Xperia C's screen. You should go for the Desire 500 if you do not watch a lot of videos or play a lot of games on the phone, since the 4.3 inch screen won't really provide for a very enjoyable multimedia experience.
Coming to the processors, the Xperia C comes with MediaTek's MT6589 which everyone knows about, thanks to venturing domestic brands. The processor comes with 4 cores clocked at 1.2GHz. The Desire 500 comes with the older and less powerful Snapdragon 200 which runs at the same frequency and has the same number of cores.
Camera and Memory
Since both devices are seen as competing ones, the specifications carried on them are very similar too. Both devices come with 8MP cameras, and both manufacturers are known for their top-notch hardware quality which includes internal components like the camera sensors. Thus, it will be tough to choose one among the two on the basis of camera, but it will be safe to say that you cannot go wrong with either.
On the memory front, the devices again clash with exactly the same specifications. This includes 4GB of ROM and 1GB of RAM, along with a microSD slot for expansion.
Battery and Features
The Desire 500 comes with an 1800mAh battery, which we think is a little short of expectations. However, HTC's devices are known to give 10-15% of extra usage on the same battery size, which can be enough to overlook this shortcoming. On the other hand, Sony'x Xperia C comes with a 2390mAh unit which sounds a lot better. However, the device packs a 5 inch screen which definitely will be much more of a battery monger than the 4.3 inch unit on the Desire 500.
Even then, we expect both devices to have about equal runtime on a single charge. The Xperia C might turn out to be better on some occasions, we will have to wait and see.
Model Sony Xperia C HTC Desire 500
Display 5 inches, 960×540 qHD 4.3 inches, 800×480 WVGA
Processor 1.2 GHz quad core 1.2 GHz quad core
Internal Storage 4GB 4GB
OS Android v4.2.2 Android v4.1.2
Cameras 8MP/VGA 8MP/1.6MP
Price 20,500 INR 20,500 INR
Between the two devices, you should go for the Desire 500 if your usage involves reading mails, chatting, calls, etc. If you wish to play games and enjoy other forms of multimedia on your device, you should go for the Xperia C for two reasons: i. A larger screen, and ii. A newer, slightly more powerful processor and a bigger battery.
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I love the look of this wig. I can not wait until I get it so I can rock it out.


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Q: trying to use UseEffect in react for fetching new posts when the user reach at the bottom. but Problem is the app shows all posts from database I was trying to use UseEffect in react
for fetching new posts when the user reach at the bottom.
but Problem is the app shows all posts from database ! no matter what I do ,
I don't know where is problem , why it fetch all post instead of 5 or 6 . and when the user reach at the bottom shows more
but my code failed if possible can some one look at my code
Sorry for bad english if any one want edit my post it is ok
see this is my postlist.js file
I wrote the useEffect but it fetch all posts instead of just 5 or 6 or ..
import { nanoid } from "@reduxjs/toolkit";
import tw from "twin.macro";
import Advertise from "../../pages/PostPage/components/Advertise";
import Placeholder from "../Placeholder";
import Post from "./components/Post";
import rehypeVideo from "rehype-video";
import { useState, useEffect } from "react";

const [post, setpost] = useState(null);
useEffect(() => {
  window.addEventListener("scroll", handleScroll);
  return () => window.removeEventListener("scroll", handleScroll);
}, [post]);

const fetchagain = () => {
  if (post != null)
    fetch(post)
      .then((res) => res.json())
      .then((result) => setpost([...posts, ...result]));
};

const handleScroll = () => {
  const html = document.documentElement;
  const body = document.body;
  const windowheight =
    "innerHeight" in window ? window.innerHeight : html.offsetHeight;
  const docHeight = Math.max(
    body.scrollHeight,
    body.offsetHeight,
    html.clientHeight,
    html.scrollHeight,
    html.offsetHeight
  );
  const windowBottom = windowheight + window.pageYOffset;
  if (windowBottom >= docHeight) {
    console.log("we reached the bottom");
    fetchagain();
  }
};

window.EventBus.emit("reset-ads");
const PostsList = ({
  posts,
  filteredTag,
  toInvalidate,
  enableImages = true,
}) => {
  return (
    <Wrapper>
      {posts?.length > 0 ? (
        posts.map((post, i) => (
          <>
            <>
              <Post
                post={post}
                isFirstPost={enableImages && i === 0}
                filteredTag={filteredTag}
                key={nanoid()}
                toInvalidate={toInvalidate}
              />
              <Advertise />
            </>

          </>
        ))
      ) : (
        <Placeholder />
      )}
    </Wrapper>
  );
};

const Wrapper = tw.div`w-full`;

export default PostsList;

A: You are trying to implement an infinite loader.
Try using StickySectionHeader as a waypoint. Add StickySectionHeader as last element in your post list and fetch new posts in the callBack function. It is much better for performance as well.
<Wrapper>
    {
       post.map(...) {...}
    }
    <StickySectionHeader stick={false} callBack={()=>{/*fetch new posts here*/}} />
</Wrapper>

Checkout this repo. Here, a similar infinite loader is implemented using StickySectionHeader.


MCMASTER vs. QUEENS at Kingston, Ont.
2 08:21 Queen's - Dillon Wamsley 33 yd field goal.
2 07:18 McMaster - D. Vandervoort 73 yd pass from M. Ferguson. (Tyler Crapigna kick is good).
2 04:23 Queen's - Doug Corby 0 yd fumble recovery. (Dillon Wamsley kick is good).
3 13:04 Queen's - Dillon Wamsley 45 yd field goal.
3 03:25 Queen's - Dillon Wamsley 31 yd field goal.
3 00:01 McMaster - Tyler Crapigna 15 yd field goal.
4 07:57 McMaster - Michael DiCroce 5 yd pass from M. Ferguson. (Tyler Crapigna kick is good).
4 01:50 McMaster - J. Vandeweerd 13 yd pass from M. Ferguson. (Tyler Crapigna kick is good).


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package org.springframework.format.datetime.joda;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.Locale;

import org.joda.time.MonthDay;

import org.springframework.format.Formatter;

/**
 * {@link Formatter} implementation for a Joda-Time {@link MonthDay},
 * following Joda-Time's parsing rules for a MonthDay.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 4.2.4
 * @see MonthDay#parse
 */
class MonthDayFormatter implements Formatter<MonthDay> {

	@Override
	public MonthDay parse(String text, Locale locale) throws ParseException {
		return MonthDay.parse(text);
	}

	@Override
	public String print(MonthDay object, Locale locale) {
		return object.toString();
	}

}

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El Pi Rodó és una muntanya de 1.656 metres que es troba al municipi de Fontanals de Cerdanya, a la comarca de la Baixa Cerdanya.

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Muntanyes de Fontanals de Cerdanya

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Combine all the ingredients in the bowl of a stand type mixer fitted with dough hook.
Mix together and knead until the dough is smooth, about 10 minutes.
Roll out and cut using a pasta rolling machine.
to cook fresh pasta, bring 4 litres of salted water to a boil, add the pasta, and cook for 3-5 minutes, until the pasta is floating.
Strain and serve. It matches well with Gorgonzola cream sauce.