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He glowered at her silently until he saw her blush. Good. Let her remember her worldwide travels to unheated ramshackle apartments on her own.
"Go to hell," she said, and left him. But she'd barely gone three steps back into his office before he caught her unhurt hand.
"Tell me, or I'll beat it out of Sinistyn. Or maybe I'll just ask Cooper to track down Natalie. I doubt she's gone far."
"Please don't." She lowered her gaze to her clasped hands, then sank slowly into the hard wooden chair by his desk. "All right. I'll tell you. We're in debt."
She took a deep breath, still unable to meet his eyes. "It was six million, but now it's four." She suddenly gave a hysterical laugh and leaned forward, rubbing her temples. "It's at a thirty-five percent interest rate and compounding daily. That's why we were at my great-grandmother's palace, trying to get it into decent shape to find a buyer. But the palace needs a fortune in renovations to make it livable."
"You should have asked me for the money."
"You think I'd sell myself for a palace?"
"Anna!"
"Thank you for your kind offer, but we found a buyer already."
"For the palace, or for you?" he asked, trying to spur her into energy. Anything to make her eyes look less dead and defeated than they did at this moment. But she didn't even rise to his bait.
"Both, I think," she said dully. "Victor bought the palace from my mother for two million dollars. That's why we only owe him four million instead of six. He's planning to raze the palace and build a new house as a wedding present to me."
"What?" he exploded.
"Victor has wanted me for a long time." Rubbing the back of her neck wearily, she rose from the chair and started to pace. "He's been lending my parents money over the years because he knew that eventually we'd default. I think it was his way to…to back me into a corner."
Rage went through Nikos. Looking at the circles under her eyes, he wanted to rip the other man apart. "I'll kill him."
She shook her head. "No. I can handle him. I'll talk to Victor, make him understand that I don't love him and I'll never be his wife. If you want to help me, there's just one thing you can do. One thing that would really, really help me."
"What's that?" Nikos asked, relieved at her admission that she had no intention of marrying Victor Sinistyn.
She looked at him with a painful expression of hope in her lovely almond-shaped eyes. "Hire me back as your secretary so I can pay back our family's debt."
"I told you. You don't have to worry about the debt. I'll handle it," Nikos said. And I'll start by destroying Sinistyn, he vowed privately.
"Please, just hire me back," she begged—Anna the proud, who never begged for anything.
He took her hand. He wanted to cover her with kisses, let her know that she was safe, let her know that he'd never let anyone hurt her again. "I'll keep you safe, and your family, too. I swear to you on my life."
"I just need a job." She licked her lips nervously—full pink lips that were made to be kissed. For a moment he couldn't stop looking at her mouth. Why hadn't he bedded her yet? Why hadn't he kissed her every hour, every moment? He tried to remember as she continued desperately, "I'll work from home so I can still take good care of the baby. And you'll be glad to have me back in your office, I promise. I'll make you so glad—"
"No," he said harshly, furious at how tempted he was to give in to her. Hell, he'd love to have her as his secretary again. His life was so much easier with Anna by his side. And it was hard for him to deny her anything when he wanted to kiss her so badly. But he couldn't be selfish. Not now. "I don't want you as my secretary. I want you as my wife."
"Nikos, please," she whispered, with those full pink lips. She crossed her arms over her chest, pushing her breasts upwards beneath her slim white shirt. "I need this so badly—"
So did he.
Taking her in his arms, he kissed her.
ANNA could not even try to stop him. His kiss was hot, demanding. She felt his fingers run down her neck and along her back, and her whole body seemed to relax like a sigh. For a brief moment she thought she could put all her cares and worries aside. She was safe in his arms. Maybe Nikos could protect her, care for her. Love her…
His tongue brushed against hers as he deepened the kiss, caressing her in an erotic dance that left her breathless. She leaned against him with a sigh.
"Anna," he whispered, so softly that the words were a mere breath against her skin. "You belong with me. Always."
He pressed her against the desk, kissing the vulnerable spot between her neck and shoulder until prickles of longing spread across her body. He ran his hands through her hair, causing bobby pins to scatter to the floor and her hair to tumble out of its chignon around her shoulders. She braced herself with an unsteady hand against his muscled shoulder. His fingers played with the waistband of her black pencil skirt, then moved beneath her fitted white shirt. A gasp escaped her as she felt his wide fingers splay lightly against the skin of her belly.
Without warning he lifted her up on the desk, crushing papers beneath her weight, cradling her to his body. He spread her legs to wrap them around him. Through his finely cut trousers, she could feel how badly he wanted her.
She wanted him too. But she was afraid. Afraid to trust too much, to give too much. What if she let herself depend on him and he crushed her?
She couldn't let herself give in to her desire. If she agreed to be his wife it would mean disaster. She couldn't give herself away to a man who didn't love her!
He drew away. "You're trembling."
Grasping at straws, she indicated the résumés, their laptops, the appointment calendars spread across his large mahogany desk. "We can't do this," she panted. "There's too much at stake—"
With an angry growl, he swept everything on the desk to the floor. Not even seeming to notice the crash of the laptops as they hit the carpet, he pushed her backward against the glossy wood of the desk. "Here. Now."
He leaned forward, pressing his body against hers. His face inches from hers, his dark eyes pierced hers as he looked into her own searchingly. "Tell me that you don't want this. Tell me you don't want me."
Licking her lips, she tried to speak the words. But the lies could not form themselves on her mouth when all she wanted to do was kiss him all over and feel his naked skin against her body.
She closed her eyes as she felt him slowly unbuttoning her shirt. He kissed her bare skin with each newly revealed inch until he finally pulled the shirt off her body. Without even knowing what she was doing, she whispered, "Please."
He stopped. "Please what?"
Please hurry.
Please make love to me now.
Please love me…
"Wait," she gasped. To her surprise, he released her, and, bereft of his touch, she opened her eyes.
He pushed himself up on one arm, looking down at her, and the expression on his face was one she'd never seen before. No, that wasn't true. She'd seen it once. The night they'd conceived Misha. Nikos Stavrakis, the ruthless billionaire, was watching her with a vulnerable light in his dark eyes. As if she alone had the power to hurt him. Or save him.
"What is it, zoe mou?" he asked softly.
"I'm afraid," she blurted out, then stopped, aghast.
"I'm afraid you'll hurt me," she whispered.
A smile suddenly curved his lips, softening the hard angles of his handsome face as he gently brushed her cheek with his hand. "I would never hurt you, agape mou. Never."
And at that moment she believed him.
"I will be gentle. I swear to you on my life." With two easy movements he pulled off her skirt, murmuring with awe, "You are so beautiful."
She reached up for him, unbuttoning his crisp linen shirt. Unlike his easy removal of her clothes, her fingers felt clumsy. They trembled in excitement, until finally she gave up on the last button and ripped off the shirt in her impatience.
"That was my favorite shirt," he said, amused.
"Stupid of you to wear it today," she murmured.
Growling under his breath, he braced himself with his knees on the desk over her and slowly stroked down her full breasts, beneath the lacy fabric of her bra, until the only sound she could make was a moan.
He unhooked the front clasp of her bra and pulled the fabric off her body, tossing it to the floor. "Beautiful," he breathed again, cupping them in his hands, and she arched her back against the desk, straining to bring him closer to her. He lowered his head to taste her breasts. Then abruptly stopped.


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Land Scam Elvington Lane Hawkinge.
Posted on December 13, 2016 by shepwayvox in Shepwayvox // 0 Comments
A Land banking scam has taken place at Elvington Lane, Hawkinge, Kent .Mr Barry Paul Osborn & Kay Elizabeth Osborn were directors in England & S.V.I Partnership Limited and Directors in ELVINGTON GREEN PLOT HOLDERS LTD . England & SVI sold plots of land at Elvington Lane; which had been sub-dived into plots and sold to unsuspecting Investors. Barry & Kay were directors and shareholders between 22 October 2004 – 13 August 2008.
One of the buyers of Plot 50 & 51 at "Churchill Views Elvington Lane Hawkinge was caranikian-ltd-belize registered at 1 Mapp Street, Belize City, Belize,. This address appears four times in the Panama Papers.Investors were approached and informed that England & SVI was selling plots of land with the potential that, if planning permission was later granted on it, it will soar in value. England & SVI, the owner unbeknownst to the investors, failed to inform investors that there was no chance of building on the land at Elvington Lane.
There is a formation company by the name of International Corporate Service at 1 Mapp Street Bleze City Belize. Who the owners of Caranikian are is not known, for now, but what we do know is they were sold and own two plots by England & SVI.
Now Barry & Kay got involved with a company called TOWERS PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED. Barry according to whois is owned the website. They owned between them as Shareholders, 50% of the Company. Towers Property Development Ltd has 2 separate sites, at which it had subdivided the land into hundreds of notional "plots", these were:
"Belmont Views" at Rocklands Lane, Hastings, East Sussex
"Roundstone Heights" at Littlehampton Road, Ferring, Worthing, West Sussex
Prices for the plots ranged from £11,950 to £18,950 apiece. It is not known how many plots were sold
After an investigation into the company's selling methods for the "plots" at "Belmont Views" and "Roundstone Heights", Brighton & Hove City Council Trading Standards obtained injunctions in the High Court against Towers Property Development Ltd in October 2011 and December 2011. Towers Property Development Ltd and its sole director, Carlos Amaya Torres, were also ordered by the High Court to pay the Council's costs amounting to £92,000. Brighton and Hove City Council v Towers (unreported): The High case was about "land banking" and was brought under Part VIII of the Enterprise Act 2002.
Carlos Alesandro Paul Amaya-Torres, the Director of Towers Property Development Limited, (and 25% shareholder) has been disqualified as a director for 14 years after his company sold overvalued land. causing or allowing the company, by its employees or agents, to cause customers, to purchase land at an overvalue by making misleading statements and/or by failing to provide complete information to those customers.
Mr Amaya-Torres was the sole director of the company from 29 January 2007 until it ceased trading, going into Liquidation on 5 December 2013, with an estimated deficiency of £2,167,388.
If you or anyone you know purchased land from either Towers Property Development Ltd or England & SVI at any of the aforementioned sites, you should contact the Solicitors' Regulation Authority and report the solicitors involved. This is especially so if you were asked by the solicitors' firm in question to send them your passport/ photo ID, utility bills, National Insurance Number etc under the misleading premise of "Money Laundering Regulations compliance".
We do not intend to suggest or imply that any persons, companies or other entities included in this blog post have broken the law or otherwise acted improperly, unless proven so by a court of law in the UK
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Q: Create job dependency dynamically between jobs I'm trying to figure how to dynamically create a dependency and run the job based on the condition.
Here is the structure of my pipeline:
main.yaml:
stages:
- stage: build
  jobs:
  - template: build.yaml

- stage: deployDev
  dependsOn: build
  jobs:
  - template: deployApp1.yaml
    parameters:
      environmentName: Dev
  - template: deployApp2.yaml
    parameters:
      environmentName: Dev

- stage: deployQA
  dependsOn: deployDev
  jobs:
  - template: promote.yaml
    parameters:
      environmentName: QA
  - template: deployApp1.yaml
    parameters:
      environmentName: QA
  - template: deployApp2.yaml
    parameters:
      environmentName: QA

promote.yaml

jobs:
- job: copy
  steps:
  - task:

deployApp1.yaml

jobs:
-job: deployApp1
 steps:
 - task:

deployApp2.yaml

jobs:
- job: deployApp2
  steps:
  - task:

In deployQA i have a separate job which copies the build artifacts and the next two jobs (deployApp1 and deployApp2) will fail without the copy step in deployQA.
I would like to create a conditional dependency on job: copy for job: deployApp1 so that it should be able to skip if i'm deploying to Dev which doesn't have this dependency. I already tried different solutions from different posts without any luck.
I know if i can add additional stage for the copy that would solve my problem but i would like to have the copy as part of the QA stage.

A: You want deployApp1 to depend on copy when running in stage deployQA and not depend on anything when running in stage deployDev?
You could add a dependsOn parameter to your template and use it to control job's dependencies:
stages:
- stage: build
  jobs:
  - template: build.yaml

- stage: deployDev
  dependsOn: build
  jobs:
  - template: deployApp1.yaml
    parameters:
      environmentName: Dev
  - template: deployApp2.yaml
    parameters:
      environmentName: Dev

- stage: deployQA
  dependsOn: deployDev
  jobs:
  - template: promote.yaml
    parameters:
      environmentName: QA
  - template: deployApp1.yaml
    parameters:
      environmentName: QA
      dependsOn: copy
  - template: deployApp2.yaml
    parameters:
      environmentName: QA
      dependsOn: copy

# promote.yaml

jobs:
- job: copy
  steps:
  - task:

# deployApp1.yaml

parameters:
- name: environmentName
- name: dependsOn
  default: []

jobs:
- job: deployApp1
  dependsOn: ${{ parameters.dependsOn }}
  steps:
  - task:

# deployApp2.yaml
parameters:
- name: environmentName
- name: dependsOn
  default: []

jobs:
- job: deployApp2
  dependsOn: ${{ parameters.dependsOn }}
  steps:
  - task:

A: I was able to figure out the solution for my scenario from below post however to be able to achieve the answer to my specific use-case i had to set the makeExplicitDependency parameter to false.
${{ if eq(parameters.makeExplicitDependency, true) }}:
dependsOn: Test
thanks to below post:
How to dynamically reference previous jobs in Azure Pipelines if there are any in the current stage

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Starbucks' real estate broker finds new jolt in men's jewelry
Ryan Deffenbaugh
Buck Ennis
Firestein seeks to get in on the ground floor with men's jewelry, as he did with Starbucks.
DAVID FIRESTEIN
BORN Upper West Side
RESIDES Northern Westchester
FIRST GIG After graduate school, Firestein opened a restaurant and retail shop on the island of St. Martin—which he ran for several years.
UP-AND-COMING Rents on Lafayette Street at the eastern end of SoHo are typically half that of the rest of the neighborhood, where retail space goes for around $600 per square foot, Firestein said.
NOT FORGOTTEN The original Starbucks in Manhattan relocated across Broadway a decade after it opened. "If it were up to me, they would have landmarked it," Firestein said.
FAMILY BIZ Firestein's daughter, Léla Sophia Benhammou, is owner and manager of Safire Homme. She says the store caters to men who "say they want jewelry as another form of expression."
David Firestein is not among Starbucks' more than 5,000 New York City employees, but he is as tied to the brand as they are.
Firestein brokered the first deal to bring the Seattle-based coffee giant to West 87th Street and Broadway 26 years ago, and he has brokered every Manhattan deal since in its steady takeover of the borough.
"I have been with them probably longer than anybody else has represented a retailer in this city," said Firestein, who drinks Starbucks flat whites daily and gets honks from fellow drivers for his vanity license plate, SBUX 1. "There were 300 Starbucks in the world when they arrived here. Now there are more than that just in New York City."
Nonprofit head helps residents uncover New York's inner workings
Former professor adds tech, glitz to car-for-hire business
He helped Starbucks secure its 23,000-square-foot "roastery" in Chelsea in 2016. This year he closed the deal for its 1,000-square-foot, mobile-only kiosk in Penn Plaza, a new concept for the brand.
Firestein learned the business working for Vornado Realty Trust and then AMC Theaters, where he helped open the 25-screen megaplex in Times Square. He struck out on his own shortly before Starbucks arrived in the city, launching the New York branch of brokerage Northwest Atlantic Real Estate Services. SCG acquired Northwest Atlantic in 2012.
Along with Starbucks, he has represented Whole Foods, Taco Bell, REI and other retailers. He has been able to pick out growing brands as many others have shrunk or gone out of business. He said the key is staying alert as an everyday shopper, eyeing trendy new spots such as Sweetgreen.
"You need to be on the customer side and have that experience," he said. "That helps me choose the best site, helps separate what is right from wrong."
Now he is seeing the other side of retail. With his family, Firestein has opened Safire Homme, a men's jewelry store, on Lafayette Street. Firestein was marketing the 800-square-foot space when he began talks with his wife and children about starting a business there. He says the men's jewelry market is growing but underserved.
"For men of my generation, jewelry might just be a watch and a ring," Firestein said. "Yet my sons wear a lot of jewelry. I'm comfortable now wearing a bracelet or a ring in a business environment."
The store, which opened late last year, sells items priced between $150 and $10,000. Firestein serves as an adviser and very much plans to keep his day job among the city's top dealmakers.
Men's jewelry "is not like opening a third-wave coffee shop, where you can say, 'Starbucks has done it, so we can too,' " Firestein said. "This concept is more of a leap of faith."
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Q: How to test mouse scroll event on flutter widget tests? I've wrapped up PageView widget inside a Listener widget. There I check in onPointerSignal property if pointerSignal is PointerScrollEvent to detect if the user used the mouse wheel to scroll on the widget. Then instead of doing the weird behaviour it produces I animateToPage and I set physics property of the PageView to NeverScrollableScrollPhysics() so it does not interfere with animateToPage transition.
That is working really cool! It jumps from one page to another with a smooth animation by moving mouse wheel.
But fun comes when testing the behaviour through widget testing. Does someone know how to emit/dispatch a PointerScrollEvent? I've tried the following without any success.
void main() {
  testWidgets(
    'when mouse wheel moved forward then next page is shown',
    (WidgetTester tester) async {
      await tester.pumpWidget(
        Test(
          child: PointerAwarePageView(
            children: [
              Text('1'),
              Text('2'),
            ],
          ),
        ),
      );

      expect(find.text('1'), findsOneWidget);

      tester.dispatchEvent(
        PointerScrollEvent(scrollDelta: Offset(0.0, 1.0)),
        HitTestResult(),
      );
      await tester.pump(Duration(seconds: 3));

      expect(find.text('2'), findsOneWidget);
    },
  );
}

A: Finally, I found a way to do it. This flutter test inspired me:
https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/packages/flutter/test/widgets/scrollable_test.dart#L316
We need to create a TestPointer with mouse device kind and perform scroll. Then send the event though WidgetTester.
I will write down here my working resulting test:
void main() {
  testWidgets(
    'when mouse wheel is scrolled then next page is shown',
    (WidgetTester tester) async {
      await tester.pumpWidget(
        Test(
          child: PointerAwarePageView(
            children: [
              Text('1'),
              Text('2'),
            ],
          ),
        ),
      );

      expect(find.text('1'), findsOneWidget);

      final Offset scrollEventLocation = tester.getCenter(find.byType(PointerAwarePageView));
      final TestPointer testPointer = TestPointer(1, PointerDeviceKind.mouse);
      testPointer.hover(scrollEventLocation);
      final HitTestResult result = tester.hitTestOnBinding(scrollEventLocation);
      await tester.sendEventToBinding(testPointer.scroll(const Offset(0.0, 1.0)), result);
      await tester.pumpAndSettle();

      expect(find.text('2'), findsOneWidget);
    },
  );
}


I am trying to write a test class for a Comparable Wrapper with little success. The wrapper class pulls in two objects to make one single list.
I have looked at other posts, and cant make sense of them relating to my attempts, any help would be appreciated!
Execute code within unit test context.
Validate results by making assertions.
Validate that behavior is correct when initializing with Remittance_Advice__c.
Validate that behavior is correct when initializing with Delivery_Note__c.
Validate that different collections (List<Wrapper>) of Wrapper objects are correctly sorted. Because your wrapper sorting is pretty simple and relies on the data population in the constructors to calculate a comparison date, your sorting test can also be pretty simple - just populate a List with several wrappers that are not in order, sort it, and assert that the results are as expected. Make sure your list contains items that will compare to one another as greater than, less than, and equal so that you can validate all comparison cases and obtain full coverage.
You're explicitly setting notDue and other properties rather than calling the getter method (by accessing the property) and validating the results. This means you get coverage on the set synthesized setter, but not on the getter, where your actual logic lives. Call the getter in test context after creating and initializing a controller, with known test data, by accessing the property. Then, write assertions to show that the returned sObject data is as expected given the data setup.
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Vickers joins Quilter's platform distribution team as senior manager of business development and will report to UK distribution managing director Scott Goodsir.
Vickers joined SEI in August last year to manage its sales team after ten years with Old Mutual Wealth in various positions, including as head of business consolidation and as operations executive.
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In 1990 a group of riders from Paragould, Arkansas called the Ridge Riders joined with Chapter D. The nickname Ridge Riders was very appropriate for Chapter D so it was adopted and has remained our nickname. The Chapter Patch to your left was drawn by Jackie James and adopted as our official Chapter Patch.
The Crowley's Ridge runs through Northeast Arkansas is why we are appropriately called the Ridge Riders. Crowley's Ridge has been named a National Scenic Byway and just happens to run right through our area. It is one of our favorite places to ride because of its scenic beauty and good motorcycle riding.
In 2009 it was decided that we need a Chapter Mascot and due to the fact that we live in Northeast Arkansas and have a large population of mosquitoes that would be our mascot. The next problem was where to find one; no problem, Arleen Webb offered her services to make the mascot. We named our mascot Skee D. Below are pictures of Skee D, our Banners with Skee D on them and our Scrapbook with Skee D. on it. All the items are the creation of Arleen Webb.
Come join in the fun as the Chapter D Ridge Riders take to the road and live the GWRRA motto: "Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge"
This is a ride that Chapter "D" of Jonesboro, AR took to Corinth, MS March 17th 2012. The Destination was Lake Hill Motors. Then we went on a small ride on Mississippi Hwy's 2, 4 and 5. We had 4 motorcycles and 2 Trikes go on the ride.


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#ifndef MEMORY_POSITION_SEARCH_H
#define MEMORY_POSITION_SEARCH_H

#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include "thc.h"
#include "ProgressBar.h"
#include "ListableGame.h"
#include "MemoryPositionSearchSide.h"
#include "PatternMatch.h"

// For standard algorithm, works for any game
struct MpsSlow
{
    int total_count_target;
    int black_count_target;
    int black_pawn_count_target;
    int white_count_target;
    int white_pawn_count_target;
    uint64_t *slow_rank8_ptr;
    uint64_t *slow_rank7_ptr;
    uint64_t *slow_rank6_ptr;
    uint64_t *slow_rank5_ptr;
    uint64_t *slow_rank4_ptr;
    uint64_t *slow_rank3_ptr;
    uint64_t *slow_rank2_ptr;
    uint64_t *slow_rank1_ptr;
    uint64_t *slow_rank8_target_ptr;
    uint64_t *slow_rank7_target_ptr;
    uint64_t *slow_rank6_target_ptr;
    uint64_t *slow_rank5_target_ptr;
    uint64_t *slow_rank4_target_ptr;
    uint64_t *slow_rank3_target_ptr;
    uint64_t *slow_rank2_target_ptr;
    uint64_t *slow_rank1_target_ptr;
    uint64_t slow_white_home_mask;
    uint64_t slow_white_home_pawns;
    uint64_t slow_black_home_mask;
    uint64_t slow_black_home_pawns;
    char     slow_target_squares[64];
    uint64_t slow_rank8_mask;
    uint64_t slow_rank7_mask;
    uint64_t slow_rank6_mask;
    uint64_t slow_rank5_mask;
    uint64_t slow_rank4_mask;
    uint64_t slow_rank3_mask;
    uint64_t slow_rank2_mask;
    uint64_t slow_rank1_mask;
};

// This part is used for fast re-initiation at the start of each game
struct MpsSlowInit
{
    MpsSide sides[2];
    thc::ChessRules cr;
};

// For quick (or fast or accelerated) algorithm, use for games without promotions
struct MpsQuick
{
    int black_dark_bishop_target;
    int black_light_bishop_target;
    int black_rook_target;
    int black_queen_target;
    int black_knight_target;
    int black_pawn_target;
    int white_dark_bishop_target;
    int white_light_bishop_target;
    int white_rook_target;
    int white_queen_target;
    int white_knight_target;
    int white_pawn_target;
    uint64_t *rank8_ptr;
    uint64_t *rank7_ptr;
    uint64_t *rank6_ptr;
    uint64_t *rank5_ptr;
    uint64_t *rank4_ptr;
    uint64_t *rank3_ptr;
    uint64_t *rank2_ptr;
    uint64_t *rank1_ptr;
    const uint64_t *rank8_target_ptr;
    const uint64_t *rank7_target_ptr;
    const uint64_t *rank6_target_ptr;
    const uint64_t *rank5_target_ptr;
    const uint64_t *rank4_target_ptr;
    const uint64_t *rank3_target_ptr;
    const uint64_t *rank2_target_ptr;
    const uint64_t *rank1_target_ptr;
    uint64_t rank3_target;
    uint64_t rank4_target;
    uint64_t rank5_target;
    uint64_t rank6_target;
    uint64_t rank7_target;
    uint64_t rank8_target;
    uint64_t rank1_target;
    uint64_t rank2_target;
    char     target_squares[64];
};

// This part is used for fast re-initiation at the start of each game
struct MpsQuickInit
{
    MpsSide side_white;
    MpsSide side_black;
    char squares[64];
};

struct DoSearchFoundGame
{
    int idx;            // index into memory db
    uint32_t game_id;
    unsigned short offset_first;
    unsigned short offset_last;
};

class MemoryPositionSearch
{
public:
    MemoryPositionSearch()
    {
        Init();
    }
    void Init();
    bool TryFastMode( MpsSide *side );
    bool SearchGameOptimisedNoPromotionAllowed( const char *moves_in, unsigned short &offset_first, unsigned short &offset_last  );    // much faster
    bool SearchGameSlowPromotionAllowed(  const std::string &moves_in, unsigned short &offset_first, unsigned short &offset_last  );          // semi fast
    bool PatternSearchGameOptimisedNoPromotionAllowed( PatternMatch &pm, bool &reverse, const char *moves_in, unsigned short &offset_first, unsigned short &offset_last  );    // much faster
    bool PatternSearchGameSlowPromotionAllowed( PatternMatch &pm, bool &reverse, const std::string &moves_in, unsigned short &offset_first, unsigned short &offset_last  );          // semi fast
    int  GetNbrGamesFound() { return games_found.size(); }
    std::vector< smart_ptr<ListableGame> > *search_source;
    std::vector< smart_ptr<ListableGame> >  &GetVectorSourceGames()   { return *search_source; }
    std::vector<DoSearchFoundGame>          &GetVectorGamesFound() { return games_found; }
    int  DoSearch( const thc::ChessPosition &cp, ProgressBar *progress );
    int  DoSearch( const thc::ChessPosition &cp, ProgressBar *progress, std::vector< smart_ptr<ListableGame> > *source );
    int  DoPatternSearch( PatternMatch &pm, ProgressBar *progress, PATTERN_STATS &stats );
    int  DoPatternSearch( PatternMatch &pm, ProgressBar *progress, PATTERN_STATS &stats, std::vector< smart_ptr<ListableGame> > *source );
    bool IsThisSearchPosition( const thc::ChessPosition &cp )
        { return search_position_set && cp==search_position; }

public:
    std::vector< smart_ptr<ListableGame> > in_memory_game_cache;

private:
    thc::ChessPosition search_position;
    bool search_position_set;
    std::vector<DoSearchFoundGame> games_found;
    MpsSlow      ms;
    MpsSlowInit  msi;
    MpsQuick     mq;
    MpsQuickInit mqi_init;
    MpsQuickInit mqi;
    uint64_t white_home_mask;
    uint64_t white_home_pawns;
    uint64_t black_home_mask;
    uint64_t black_home_pawns;
    void QuickGameInit()
    {
        mqi = mqi_init;
    }
    void SlowGameInit()
    {
        thc::ChessPosition *cp = static_cast<thc::ChessPosition *>(&msi.cr);
        cp->Init();
        msi.cr.squares[ thc::c1 ] = 'D';     // Impose the distinct dark squared bishop = 'd'/'D' convention over the top
        msi.cr.squares[ thc::f8 ] = 'd';
        msi.sides[0] = mqi_init.side_white;
        msi.sides[1] = mqi_init.side_black;
    }
    thc::Move UncompressSlowMode( char code );
    thc::Move UncompressFastMode( char code, MpsSide *side, MpsSide *other );
};

#endif // MEMORY_POSITION_SEARCH_H

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Bugsnax
Bugsnax Review
Pokemunch Snax
By Simon Cardy
Yes, it is indeed time to talk about Bugsnax. Young Horse's oddball odyssey into the world of edible critters is jam-packed full of charm and humour that almost always prevents its sometimes repetitive, challenge-free gameplay from becoming a slog over the course of its 9 or 10 hours. It's been difficult to tell by looking at its trailers, but this is a story-driven first-person adventure game with light puzzling and a surprising amount of emotional depth and character development and manages to tell a solid story, complete with twists and turns, along the way. And while not being much of a technical showcase for the PlayStation 5's launch, Snaktooth Island is definitely a place worth visiting for the wildlife on show alone – just try not to eat too many.
As has been evident from the start, Bugsnax is a game that revels in its own complete absurdity. As an intrepid news reporter you've been lured by the famous explorer Elizabert Megafig to cover Snaktooth Island's unique wildlife, Bugsnax: walking, talking food that mutates the consumer's body parts upon consumption. Nothing about this is normal. Things get weirder still when you arrive and are thrust into an investigation of a mysterious disappearance.
Oh, by the way, both you and other villagers are grumpuses, a race of colourful, fur-covered bipedal mammals that walk and talk like humans. Again, nothing about this is normal.
Whether you find 'em hiding in the sand or tearing up a ketchup patch, though, it's clear that each Bugsnak has been lovingly designed. There's a distinct range in appearances and behaviours from flying pizzas to swimming soda cans and a personal favourite of mine the Spuddy, a tin-foil encased potato with a slice of butter on his head that loves nothing more than to charge foil-first and send you flying.
Whether you find 'em hiding in the sand or tearing up a ketchup patch, though, it's clear that each Bugsnak has been lovingly designed.
The main mission strand consists of getting the dozen or so residents of the island's capital, Snaxburg, back home so they can be interviewed for information. The problem is that each grumpus has scattered to a different corner of Snaktooth and inevitably requires you to perform tasks for them in order to return. With Bugsnax being the only real sustainable food source on the Island, but not one that is overly easy to obtain, most missions follow a similar pattern: Locate the desired Bugsnak, catch the desired Bugsnak, then deliver the desired Bugsnak to the mission-giver. It's a process that can become a little tired after a while, but never enough to the point of boredom. This is largely down to the excellent writing and voice performances throughout, and to the fact that each grumpus is very much their own character with their own beliefs and problems to solve.
For example, the slack-jawed Wampus is a farmer who sees Bugsnax purely as a food source, so will naturally ask for you to gather them to plant in his garden. This puts him at odds with the well-intentioned Gramble, who is more at one with the 'snax and keeps them as pets. It's these sort of power struggles and relationships that really help flesh out the cast of characters and lead you to learn a lot about them in a relatively short amount of time. It's safe to say that by the end of the story I held much more of a connection to Snaktooth's inhabitants than I ever imagined I would when I first stepped onto the island.
Bugsnax Screenshots - 4K
A large amount of this has to be credited to the writers and the realistic conversations created in the context of a wholly unrealistic environment. It would be very easy at first glance to dismiss Bugnax as a gimmick-filled children's game with nothing to say, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Much like the Pixar movies have mastered, there's moments for all ages alike here. There are melancholic moments and serious subjects such as relationships, mental health, and loss broached in a delicate manner, as well as more overarching issues like climate change that are raised. These never feel forced or heavy-handed, however, and all serve the story and its characters in overwhelmingly positive ways.
Much like the Pixar movies have mastered, there's moments for all ages alike here.
That's not to say there aren't a whole lot of laughs to be had as well, and Bugsnax is genuinely funny on many occasions. It's absurdist to the extreme at times, but what do you expect from a game that's home to a tornado-conjuring flapjack with bacon for legs? Although a lot of my amusement did admittedly come from the various Bugsnax and the way they mutter their own names to themselves, the grumpuses have their moments to shine as well. Among my favourite cast members are the excellently named Cromdo Face, a surly red grumpus who seems to be possessed by the soul of Danny DeVito in Matilda, and Beffica Winklesnoot, who wouldn't feel out of place by Rachel McAdams' side in Mean Girls. If you can look past the purple fur and the hotdog for a leg, that is.
"But how do you actually catch Bugsnax," I hear you ask? Oh, if only it were that simple. There are over 100 different species of Bugsnax and a plethora of different methods of catching them. Your first step will always be to scan them by looking through your camera and pressing down on R2 to snag a snap of a 'Snak. Incidentally, that's a specifically satisfying button press if using the DualSense and its adaptive triggers, which imitate the clack of a camera's shutter beautifully. The parallels between this and Pokemon Snap are easily drawn, but from there on Bugsnax becomes its own beast.Once scanned, a Bugsnak's likes, dislikes, and movement patterns will be revealed and you'll have all the info you need to catch the kinda bug, kinda snack in your trap – but not necessarily all of the equipment. Bugsnax offers light metroidvania elements in that regard, by which I mean that there will be tools (a launch pad to catch flying Bugsnax, for example) that you'll get later on and will have to return to previous areas to catch a Snaquiri that had been out of reach. Other solutions revolve around the use of various condiments like hot sauce or ranch dressing, to name a few. In order to catch a Bunger, for example, you'll have to stun it first; luckily these angry whoppers charge at anything coated in ketchup, so slingshot a serving onto a couple of them and watch them knock each other out.
On the whole, catching Bugsnax revolves around the same half-dozen different mechanics that you'll have to use in different ways. This is just about enough variation to keep the quests from becoming stale, although admittedly by the time I reached the end of the story I had become a little tired of the gameplay loop. It ended just in time for me not to get full on Bugsnax. It takes around six or seven hours to mainline the story missions with another couple of hours added on if you choose to complete all of the side objectives. This is something I'd recommend doing, though – although some side missions are a series of dull fetch quests, others result in the most spectacular encounters Bugsnax has to offer. Without spoiling anything, the culmination of both Wiggle's and Cromdo's quests were, for me, a particular highlight that changed up the routine Bugsnax-catching gameplay significantly.
That was a badly needed refresh because Bugsnax catching is what you'll be doing 90% of the time. Thankfully there's just about enough variety on offer even if I did yearn for a bit more of a challenge at times. Though it was rare that a moment gave me pause to think and work out how I was going to approach the puzzle, some did take a bit of ingenuity. The first time I caught a Cinnasnail was a particular moment that maybe shouldn't have taken as long as it did.
Thankfully there's just about enough variety on offer even if I did yearn for a bit more of a challenge at times.
Overall it's the unabashed nonsense of Bugsnax that kept me interested throughout though. Without the great writing and constant joy of finding something you just haven't seen before, it could so easily have been a stodgy, repetitive drudge of repetitive actions without any desire to see where it all leads. Fortunately, Bugsnax stays true to its principles throughout and just when you think you've worked it out its story, throws another left turn your way and lands an ending after a fantastic action-packed last 30 minutes.
Bugsnax is a light-lifting puzzle adventure that is elevated by its strong story and characters that I enjoyed until the very end. Despite some simple mechanics, the laughs outnumbered the groans significantly as I found myself surprisingly invested in the events of the island and its inhabitants. With over 100 Bugsnax to discover and catch there's plenty here to entertain the completionists, alongside those just looking for a well-told six-hour mystery that will keep you guessing until after the credits roll. All of this while making you feel emotionally connected to the characters, something you previously might have thought sounded impossible. Until you saw a carrot crawl, that is.
We are what we eat. Bugsnax takes you on a whimsical adventure to Snaktooth Island, home of the legendary half-bug half-snack creatures, Bugsnax.
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Suggestive Themes, Fantasy Violence, Crude Humor, Animated Blood
Young Horses, Inc.
Adventure, RPG, Simulation, First-Person
Bugsnax is a puzzle-adventure packed full of charm, mystery and a surprising amount of emotional depth.
PCPlayStation 4PlayStation 5
Have you played Bugsnax?
More Reviews by Simon Cardy
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package nl.jqno.equalsverifier.internal.util;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;

/** Helper functions for building lists with examples. */
public final class ListBuilders {

    private ListBuilders() {}

    /**
     * Builds a list with at least one example.
     *
     * @param first The first example.
     * @param more Zero or more additional examples.
     * @param <T> The type of example.
     * @return A list with at least one example.
     */
    @SafeVarargs
    public static <T> List<T> buildListOfAtLeastOne(T first, T... more) {
        if (first == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("First example is null.");
        }

        List<T> result = new ArrayList<>();
        result.add(first);
        addArrayElementsToList(result, more);

        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Builds a list with at least two examples.
     *
     * @param first The first example.
     * @param second The second example.
     * @param more Zero or more additional examples.
     * @param <T> The type of example.
     * @return A list with at least two examples.
     */
    @SafeVarargs
    public static <T> List<T> buildListOfAtLeastTwo(T first, T second, T... more) {
        if (first == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("First example is null.");
        }
        if (second == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Second example is null.");
        }

        List<T> result = new ArrayList<>();
        result.add(first);
        result.add(second);
        addArrayElementsToList(result, more);

        return result;
    }

    @SafeVarargs
    private static <T> void addArrayElementsToList(List<T> list, T... more) {
        if (more != null) {
            for (T e : more) {
                if (e == null) {
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("One of the examples is null.");
                }
                list.add(e);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Builds a list from the elements of an Iterable.
     *
     * @param iterable The iterable containing the elements.
     * @param <T> The type of the elements.
     * @return A list with the elements of the Iterable.
     */
    public static <T> List<T> fromIterable(Iterable<T> iterable) {
        List<T> result = new ArrayList<>();
        for (T t : iterable) {
            result.add(t);
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Determines whether a list contains the same example more than once.
     *
     * @param list The list that may or may not contain duplicates.
     * @param <T> The type of example.
     * @return Whether the given list contains duplicates.
     */
    public static <T> boolean listContainsDuplicates(List<T> list) {
        return list.size() != new HashSet<>(list).size();
    }
}


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How to Gain Advertising Sponsorship
By Michelle Barry
How to Drum Up Business for Your Home Window Treatment Business
How to Start a Face-Painting Business
Grand Opening Promotions for a Restaurant
Attracting Corporate Sponsors
How to Determine Sponsors
Corporate sponsorship is key to funding low-budget organizations and events. A small coffee shop or bistro, for example, may sell advertising space on menus or place mats to help fund their business. In return for sponsoring the small business, an advertiser receives promotional space in their establishment to market their own business. When reaching out for sponsorships, follow-up is key. Even if you do not receive an answer after your initial call or email, check back with the business at a later date until you get a clear response from the decision maker. When looking for sponsorships, typically you will want to speak to the business owner or the marketing manager.
Reach out to area businesses and business owners to request sponsorship. Compile a list of companies in the area you will target, paying special attention to those that relate to your organization. For example, if you run a bakery, target businesses whose target audience would coincide with your consumers. For example, a wedding vendor may want to advertise in your bakery since a bride may approach you to provide her wedding cake. A tent rental company, wedding venue or bridal salon could benefit from adverting in your storefront and exposure to potential clients. Businesses whose sponsorships are more likely to lead to sales are more likely to participate. When you pitch the sponsorship opportunities be sure to include what's in it for them, in this case, consumer market exposure.
Establish Sponsorship Levels
Different businesses will have different levels that they are comfortable giving. Develop a wide range of sponsorship opportunities that businesses can participate in. For example, a $50 donation can earn a business a business card sized ad in a small jewelry store's product brochure or in a bakery's menu while a $5,000 donation could denote a large banner hung in the store or bakery. For a sponsoring company, this gives them a variety of options to test the market and see if your consumer base is an appropriate fit for them. If they acquire leads off of a small advertising sponsorship they may be more inclined to invest more advertising dollars next time.
Promote Loyalty
Encourage repeat sponsorships by promoting sponsorship loyalty programs. When pitching a sponsorship to a business, especially to a business that has sponsored your organization in the past, outline the opportunities for repeat sponsors. For example, choose one sponsor each month, regardless of their donation amount, to be "sponsor of the month." This sponsor will receive additional promotion; for example, a copy of their business card stapled to each receipt you provide or a designated space in your storefront where they can display a small sampling of their products.
Provide Additional Publicity
The more publicity opportunities you offer to sponsors the more likely they are to want to participate. Create advertising campaigns that you can use to both promote your event or organization and also highlight sponsoring companies. For example, if you are running a special event such as a cookie sale to benefit a local school, send press releases that detail your event to local newspapers and news stations. Include a blurb in the press release on the businesses who sponsor you. Send out e-newsletters, for example, to those on your bakery mailing list and include business names and business profiles of sponsoring companies. Include all of these additional advertising opportunities when pitching sponsorship to companies to help encourage participation.
Entrepreneur: How Do You Obtain a Sponsorship?
ASM International: Advertising/Sponsorship
Michelle Barry graduated from Salve Regina University with a Bachelor of Arts in English. Since then, she has worked as a reporter for the Wilbraham-Hampden Times, an editor for Month9Books and Evolved Publishing, editor and has spent the past seven years in marketing and graphic design. She also has an extensive background in dance.
How to Sell Business Card Advertising Space
Cute Ways to Advertise Offline
5 Tips on How to Promote Your Business
How to Promote My Bakery Business
How to Get Companies to Help a Charity Organization
Ways to Advertise a Direct-Sales Business
How to Market Candy to Retailers
How to Look for Sponsors to Sponsor an Event
Lawn Care Advertising Ideas
1 How to Sell Business Card Advertising Space
2 Cute Ways to Advertise Offline
3 5 Tips on How to Promote Your Business
4 How to Promote My Bakery Business


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Q: Преобразование элементов списка(строки) в ВЕРХНИЙ РЕГИСТР python Есть следующий список:
['фыа','ер','ук','рпап','прооп','фывф','уркпра','ыаываы','титит']

Значения в нём при каждом запуске будут разными
Как мне перенести строки в верхний регистр?

A: Вам необходимо применить метод строк upper к каждому элементу, попутно добавляя его в новый список. Удобнее всего сделать это с помощью генератора.
Код:
li = ['фыа', 'ер', 'ук', 'рпап', 'прооп', 'фывф', 'уркпра', 'ыаываы', 'титит']

new_li = [x.upper() for x in li]
print(new_li)

stdout:
['ФЫА', 'ЕР', 'УК', 'РПАП', 'ПРООП', 'ФЫВФ', 'УРКПРА', 'ЫАЫВАЫ', 'ТИТИТ']

Замеры производительности
import random
from string import ascii_lowercase
import timeit

li = [''.join(random.choice(ascii_lowercase) for _ in range(32)) for _ in range(1000)]

print(timeit.timeit(lambda: [x.upper() for x in li]))   # 69.81857771100022
print(timeit.timeit(lambda: list(map(str.upper, li))))  # 49.37236840500009

Способ с использованием map в среднем на 30% быстрее, чем способ со списковым включением

A: a = ['фыа','ер','ук','рпап','прооп','фывф','уркпра','ыаываы','титит']

a = list(map(str.upper, a))

print(a)


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Internet gun sales in Oregon creating dangerous, unregulated market, report claims
Updated: Apr. 07, 2015, 10:42 p.m. |
Jeff Mapes | The Oregonian/OregonLive
firearms.jpg
A large number of firearms are being sold by private individuals in Oregon using interenet sites, according to a new report.
(Jamie Francis/The Oregonian/2013 file photo)
A national group seeking to tighten Oregon gun laws released a report Tuesday saying that the state has developed a large market for unregulated firearms sales on the Internet.
The report from Everytown for Gun Safety said sellers using just four popular websites may be transferring as many as 25,000 guns a year in Oregon without conducting criminal background checks.
Everytown also conducted a sting-like operation by posting 17 ads that had inquiries from 11 people with criminal records who are legally prohibited from buying firearms. Among them were two felons with a record of methamphetamine use as well as two others with domestic violence convictions.
Ted Alcorn, the group's research director, said in a statement that the report shows the need for the Legislature to pass a bill expanding background checks to cover these gun transactions in Oregon.
The state now has a "vast, dangerous marketplace, where convicted felons and domestic abusers can buy guns with no questions asked," Alcorn said.
The group, which gave $200,000 to Democratic legislative campaigns last year, has been a major political force behind the background-check measure.
Senate Bill 941, which is headed for the Senate floor, would require that transactions between private sellers be conducted in the presence of a licensed dealer who would do a background check through the Oregon State Police.
Currently, those who buy firearms from dealers or at gun shows have to submit to background checks, but those who transfer guns can skip the checks.
More than 270,000 background checks a year are conducted for Oregon gun purchases, and there has been debate about how many unchecked sales are conducted using the Internet.
Everytown's report says that a higher percentage of the prospective buyers who responded to their ads had criminal convictions than those who try to buy guns through licensed dealers and at gun shows.
However, the prospective buyers attracted by the Everytown ads may not be a representative sample of Internet buyers. For one thing, the guns listed were relatively cheap, going for $130 or less in the examples given in the report.
Kevin Starrett of the Oregon Firearms Federation questioned the seriousness of the group's research and said it's structured to make a political point.
"It's a distraction. It doesn't mean anything to me," said Starrett, who opposes SB 941 because it would expand a background-check system he believes is seriously flawed.
Everytown released a similar study this year for Vermont, which is also considering legislation on background checks. Everytown has received major funding from billionaire Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York.
Under federal law, people are not allowed to buy firearms over the Internet without going through a licensed dealer who can conduct a background check.
However, sellers and buyers from the same state can meet on the Internet and complete their transaction in person without a background check.
Supporters of tighter gun laws say the growth of the Internet over the past two decades opened many opportunities for unregulated gun transactions.
Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, told the Legislature last week that his group found one Internet ad for an Oregon seller offering a Ruger 10/22 for sale with "no background check."
"All a criminal needs is an email and cash," Gross said.
Starrett said he doesn't think the Internet has opened up a large new gun market.
"I think there have always been plenty of opportunities" for private buyers and sellers to meet, he said, whether in newspapers or on bulletin boards at gun ranges.
-- Jeff Mapes
jmapes@oregonian.com
@Jeffmapes


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Amanda M. Lancaster: Lexington to Lexington
Posted on October 1, 2020 October 2, 2020 AuthorjmenascoLeave a comment
Image 1 – Photo of Amanda M. Lancaster, ca. 1888
My second great-grandmother, Amanda M. Lancaster (see Image 1)[1], began and ended her life north of Lexington. However, these two life events did not happen in the same states. She was born in Owen County, Kentucky, sometime in May 1828[2] to James Lancaster (1805-1875) and Ann Nelson (1808-1891). She was the oldest of their eleven known children.[3]
Although Amanda was likely born in Owen County, the 1840 U.S. census records her family living in Scott County[4] where she spent her childhood growing up about 30 miles north of Lexington, Kentucky. One might assume that the family had moved from their original home to another location. However, it was the boundary between Owen and Scott counties that had shifted. Today, this area of Kentucky is commonly referred to as the Bluegrass Region (see Image 2).[5]
Image 2 – Regions of Kentucky
Kentucky childhood
Records show that her father's family settled in the northern portion of the Inner Bluegrass Region as early as 1800.[6] The area has been described as a "picturesque part of northern Scott County"[7] where small creeks that begin in the area's rolling hills drain into Ray's Fork Creek and then into the much larger Eagle Creek.[8] Several census records indicate that Amanda's extended Lancaster family lived in the same area. As such, it's likely that her family home could have looked very similar to that of her father's brother Jonathan Lancaster (see Image 3) who lived nearby.[9]
Image 3 – Johnathan Lancaster house in Scott County, Kentucky.
Like the house shown above, her home might also have been a two-story structure with floors made of ash and poplar and stone chimneys on its ends.[10]
Life with William
When Amanda was fifteen years old, she married William T. Hughes (1821-1875) on 20 December 1843 in Scott County.[11] [AUTHOR'S NOTE: I was born on this same date 108 years after my 2nd great-grandparents were married.] Although I don't know exactly how and when the young couple met, I do know their two families lived near each other. Two entries in the Owen County Court Order records support this statement. On 09 July 1827, John Guill proposed building a road "from the Mountain Island road … toward Cincinnati near James Lancaster's."[12] In September of the same year, surveyors who had been appointed to lay out the road reported that it would be for both public and private use and was to "run through the lands of John White, Gideon Woods, John Davis and Nathan Hughes."[13] Nathan was William's father which places the land that belonged to both families in proximity to each other.
William and Amanda spent the first twenty-five years of their marriage living and farming in the same area surrounded by both the Hughes and Lancaster families. During those years, their family of four daughters (Mary Ann, Susan E, Elizabeth J, and Dora) and six sons (Evan Davis, John Andrew, Reuben L, Jedediah Foster, Lewis Lancaster, and Samuel Pence[14]) were born.
Sometime after the Civil War, William and Amanda unexpectedly moved their family from Kentucky to Missouri. The 1870 census recorded the family as renting a farm outside Jefferson City, in Marion Township, Cole County, Missouri.[15] The reason for this unexpected departure is unknown. Typically, as free or cheap land became available, families would migrate together in groups that genealogist, Elizabeth Shown Mills, refers to as FAN (Friends, Associates, Neighbors) clubs.[16] However, analysis of the family's known residences in both the 1860 and 1870 census records has revealed no obvious FAN connections and requires additional research.
Eventful 1870s
While living in Missouri, several events changed Amanda's life dramatically. During this time, another daughter was born. Later records indicate that this last known child, appropriately named Missouri Ellen Hughes, was born about 1871.[17]
Sadly, sometime between 1871 and 1876, William must have died suddenly leaving Amanda a widow with at least seven of her younger children to support. This estimated timeframe for William's death is based on the 1871 birth of their last child (Missouri Ellen) and on a deed that was recorded in Moniteau County, Missouri in 1876.[18] On the deed, Amanda appeared as the wife of her second husband and noted the sale of 120 acres "between Joshua Gouge and his wife Amanda M…" to Evan D. Hughes, her son.[19] A Commissioner's Deed[20] recorded in Owen County, Kentucky, lends support to the 1871-1876 estimated timeframe for William's death. This deed conveyed property "on behalf of the heirs of William Hughes dec'd," and was recorded 20 November 1877.[21]
How did Amanda meet Joshua? Well… in 1872, her daughter, Mary Ann Hughes, married Joshua's son, Julius Gouge in Moniteau County[22] and they became in-laws.
Before the end of the decade, Amanda's life would change dramatically again. Joshua and Amanda's large and blended families all had moved to Collin County, Texas by 1880. The census record from that year recorded three separate Gouge families that were all living next to each other (Dwelling nos. 136,[23] 137,[24] and 138[25]). All members of the three households were either Joshua's or Amanda's children, stepchildren, or grandchildren.
North of Lexington, again
By 1890, Amanda would have been about sixty-two years old. By this point in her life, she had married twice and had moved the family two times to two different states. So, you might think that Amanda would look forward to staying where she was and not ever move again. Nope. Not her.
About 1890, Amanda once again found herself widowed and on the move. Together, she and six of her children along with their families relocated to the young and booming Oklahoma Territory. In November 1893, Amanda purchased 80 acres (see image 4) located a few miles northeast of Lexington, Cleveland County, O.T.[26]
Image 4 – Amanda's 1893 federal land certificate
Although this move took her to new territory, Amanda had chosen to settle once again near Lexington. Perhaps, by settling near this young Territory's first established town,[27] Amanda felt like she was returning to her Kentucky roots. After all, this Lexington had been founded and named by pioneer entrepreneurs who had come from Kentucky.[28]
Amanda spent the rest of her life there. A 1905 news item in the Lexington Leader described a gathering of all nine of her living children and their families at her home to celebrate her seventy-seventh birthday.[29] I haven't been able to establish exactly when or where Amanda died. However, the last record I have found is her signature as a witness[30] to her daughter Missouri Ellen's marriage in 1907. Because she does not appear in the 1910 census, it's likely that she died sometime between the date of her daughter's marriage (11 February 1907) and April 1910.
Recently, I discovered that Amanda's move to Oklahoma Territory qualified her as a nominee for inclusion in the Pioneers of Cleveland County, O. T. Registry. In writing this story, I've started the process of collecting the documents needed to prove that she resided in the county between 1889 and 1907. By adding Amanda M. Lancaster's name to this registry, I hope to honor this pioneer woman's life that began and ended north of two Lexingtons.
[1] Amanda M. Lancaster, photograph, ca. late 1880s; digital image ca. 2018, privately held by Nina Clark Smith, [Address for Private Use], Conway, Arkansas. The current owner inherited this original 4″ x 4" photo from Daisy Mae Hughes Clark (1906-1986), her mother, in 1986. The photo is somewhat worn and faded, but in reasonably good condition.
[2] "1900 U.S. Census," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 Sep 2020), image #23 of 34, entry for Amanda Hughs [Hughes] (age 72), District: 0028, p. 12, Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma Territory; citing FHL microfilm: 1241336 and "NARA microfilm publication T623.
[3] Scott County (Kentucky) Will Book, Vol R-S, 1874-1896, Will of James Lancaster, 19 December 1853; "Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 22 September 2020); the James Lancaster entry is found in vol R, p 186-187; image #125-126 of 555.
[4] 1840 U.S. census, Scott County, Kentucky, no township, p. 75, (no stamp), line 29, for James Lancaster; online image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 September 2020); image #61 of 118; citing both NARA microfilm roll: M704, roll 123 and FHL film: 0007832.
[5] Lamontacranston at English Wikipedia – Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by byankno1 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5227710 : downloaded 23 September 2020), "Regions of Kentucky"; Public Domain.
[6] Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801, 1800 entry for Reuben Lancaster; "Second Census" of Kentucky, online image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 23 September 2020), image #182 of 348.
[7] Ann Bolton Bevins, A History of Scott County: As Told by Selected Buildings. (Georgetown, Kentucky: Creative Grafiks, Fourth Printing, 2005) p. 54.
[11] Scott County, Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, William Hughes-Amanda M Lancaster, 20 December 1843; online image, "Marriage Records, 1837-1953," FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8937-LYXJ?i=44&cc=1804888&cat=269450 : accessed 23 September 2020) citing "Scott County; FHL microfilm 005685959, image #45 of 383.
[12] Owen County (Kentucky), Order Books, Vols. A-D, 1819-1845, p. 231, Proposed Road from Mountain Island, 09 July 1827; online image, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PK-DH15?i=122&cat=434603 : accessed 23 September 2020) citing "Owen County Order books; FHL microfilm 007646969, image #123 of 750.
[13] Ibid., p. 237; image #126 of 750.
[14] Samuel Pence Hughes is the author's great-grandfather.
[15] 1870 U.S. census, Cole County, Missouri, population schedule, Marion Township, p. 291, (stamped), dwelling 73, family 73, William and Amanda Hughs [Hughes]; online image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 September 2020); image #11 of 28; citing both NARA microfilm roll: M593_771 and FHL film: 552270.
[16] FamilySearch Wiki contributors, "Elizabeth Shown Mills," FamilySearch Wiki, rev 02 June 2020, 09:09 UTC, (https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Elizabeth_Shown_Mills : accessed 22 September 2020).
[17] Cleveland County, Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995, Henry Anthony-Missouri E. Hughes, 11 February 1907; online image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 23 September 2020); citing "Cleveland County, 1904-1912, p. 57, image #67 of 712."
[18] "Deed records, 1845-1895; indexes to deed records, 1845-1912," images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C39L-R94M-T?i=222&cat=220065 : accessed 23 September 2020), Joshua Gouge and Amanda M. Gouge to Evan D. Hughes, deed, vol. V, p. 425; citing "Moniteau County, Missouri, Deed records, v. V-W, 1877-1881, FHL microfilm 008483728, image #223 of 651."
[20] "Commissioner's Deeds, 1877-1930," online images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C37X-6CKG?cat=788698 : accessed 30 September 2020), William Hammond v. Amanda Hughes, commissioner's deed, vol. A, p. 11; citing "Owen County, Kentucky, Clerk of the County Court, Commissioner's deeds, v. A-D, 1877-1930," FHL microfilm 008577521, image #49 of 1326.
[22] Moniteau County, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, Julius Gouge-Mary A. Hughes, 01 August 1872; online image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 23 September 2020) citing "Record images for Moniteau, 1855-1887"; p. 309, image #168 of 541.
[23] 1880 U.S. census, Collin County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 1, enumeration district (ED) 019, p. 76C (stamped), dwelling 136, family 150-151, Joshua Gouge and Hughes; online image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 September 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, image #19 of 30.
[24] 1880 U.S. census, Collin County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 1, enumeration district (ED) 019, p. 76C (stamped), dwelling 137, family 152, Julius Gouge; online image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 September 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, image #19 of 30.
[25] 1880 U.S. census, Collin County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 1, enumeration district (ED) 019, p. 76C (stamped), dwelling 138, family 153, James Gouge; online image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 September 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, image #19 of 30.
[26] Bureau of Land Management, "Land Patent Search: Patent Image," image, General Land Office Records (https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=OK0200__.400&docClass=STA&sid=ngvigunc.ye1#patentDetailsTabIndex=1 : accessed 21 July 2020), Amanda Gouge (Cleveland County, Oklahoma), certificate no. 831.
[27] "Lexington," article, GreaterOklahomaCity.com (https://www.greateroklahomacity.com/communities/communities/lexington/#:~:text=Unique%20History,center%20of%20southern%20Cleveland%20County : accessed 30 September 2020), para. 3.
[28] Larry O'Dell, "Lexington," at Oklahoma Historical Society (https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=LE015 : accessed 23 September 2020), "The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture."
[29] "Family Reunion," Lexington(Oklahoma) Leader, 07 July 1905, p. 1, col. 4; image copy, The Gateway to Oklahoma History (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ : accessed 23 September 2020).
[30] Cleveland Co., Okla., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995, Anthony-Hughes, 1907.
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MOVE FOR AIDS launched in New York City in October 2006 with an exhibition and book signing at MILK Gallery. The event was hosted by Hugh Jackman, who also wrote the book's foreword. A screening of the documentary film on 'the making of MOVE' was also debuted. The launch was a great success and raised money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The strong publicity received in New York set the stage for the following launches in London and Sydney.
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Les Bandits solitaires () est le  de la saison 5 de la série télévisée X-Files. Cet épisode en forme de flashback revient sur les origines des Lone Gunmen et leur première rencontre avec Mulder.

L'idée d'écrire un épisode centré sur les  s'est imposée car David Duchovny et Gillian Anderson étaient à cette époque très pris par le tournage du premier film dérivé de la série. C'est d'ailleurs l'un des rares épisodes où Gillian Anderson n'apparaît pas. L'épisode est par ailleurs un crossover avec la série télévisée Homicide puisque l'inspecteur John Munch y apparaît. Il a été accueilli plutôt favorablement par la critique.

Résumé
En 1989, à Baltimore, une équipe du SWAT fait irruption dans un entrepôt et y trouve Mulder, nu et totalement désorienté. Trois autres hommes, les Lone Gunmen, se trouvent là et sont arrêtés. L'inspecteur John Munch interroge Byers, qui commence à lui raconter ce qui s'est passé.

Byers, qui est alors un employé de la FCC, tient un stand dans une convention sur l'informatique et l'électronique. Subjugué par la beauté d'une femme mystérieuse, il la suit. Après être passé devant des stands tenus par Frohike et Langly, qui vendent tous deux des décodeurs pirates de chaînes câblées, il la perd de vue puis la télescope. La femme se présente sous le nom d'Holly et lui explique qu'elle est à la recherche de sa fille, qui a été enlevée par son ex-petit ami. Holly montre à Byers un bout de papier sur lequel est inscrit un nom de dossier informatique ARPANET. Byers découvre que ce dossier est relié au département de la Défense. Holly le persuade d'y accéder illégalement, et Byers trouve un dossier crypté au nom de Susanne Modeski, le nom de la fille d'Holly. Juste après, Holly se cache car elle a aperçu son ex petit-ami, lequel s'avère être Mulder.

Incapable de décrypter le fichier, Byers fait appel à Frohike mais ce dernier propose plutôt, malgré les objections d'Holly, de s'en prendre à Mulder. Frohike et Byers suivent Mulder mais décident de ne pas l'attaquer quand il se présente à eux comme un agent du FBI. Commençant à se poser des questions, ils demandent à Langly de s'introduire sur le site informatique du FBI. Ils accèdent au dossier de Mulder, ne trouvant rien d'anormal, puis découvrent que Susanne Modeski est en fait le véritable nom d'Holly et qu'elle est recherchée pour avoir fait sauter un laboratoire d'armement. Susanne leur avoue ne pas avoir de fille mais nie être une terroriste. Elle leur explique qu'elle sert de bouc émissaire car elle a découvert, alors qu'elle travaillait dans ce laboratoire sur la conception d'un gaz ergotamine histaminique provoquant un état paranoïaque, que le gouvernement a l'intention de tester ce gaz sur la population civile de Baltimore.

Pour vérifier son histoire, les  décryptent le fichier et découvrent qu'elle leur a dit la vérité, ainsi que l'adresse de l'entrepôt où est stocké le gaz. Accompagnés de Susanne, ils pénètrent dans l'entrepôt mais sont surpris par Mulder. Alors que celui-ci les met en état d'arrestation, deux inconnus font à leur tour irruption pour enlever Susanne et une fusillade éclate entre eux et Mulder. À l'issue de celle-ci, Mulder est exposé au gaz et a des hallucinations à propos d'extraterrestres, alors que Susanne abat les deux inconnus avant de prendre la fuite. Monsieur X arrive peu après à la tête d'une équipe qui nettoie les lieux. Il intimide les , puis repart juste avant l'arrivée de la police.

L'histoire racontée par Byers à Munch est en partie confirmée par Mulder, et les  sont relâchés. Ils retrouvent Susanne, qui n'a pas réussi à convaincre la presse de publier son histoire. Après avoir embrassé Byers et enjoint aux  de lutter pour que la vérité soit dévoilée, elle est capturée et emmenée dans une voiture, à bord de laquelle les  aperçoivent Monsieur X. Plus tard, Mulder vient trouver les  afin d'avoir des explications et ceux-ci commencent à lui raconter toute l'histoire.

Distribution
 David Duchovny : Fox Mulder
 Bruce Harwood : John Fitzgerald Byers
 Tom Braidwood : Melvin Frohike
 Dean Haglund : Richard Langly
 Richard Belzer : l'inspecteur John Munch
 Signy Coleman : Susanne Modeski
 Steven Williams : Monsieur X

Gillian Anderson est créditée au générique mais n'apparaît pas dans l'épisode.

Production

Écriture du scénario
Alors que le tournage de la cinquième saison de  doit commencer à Vancouver, les deux acteurs principaux de la série sont retenus par le tournage de The X-Files, le film (1998) à Los Angeles. L'équipe de production décide donc de consacrer un épisode aux Lone Gunmen, Vince Gilligan étant chargé de le scénariser. Gilligan écrit un premier brouillon sur une histoire autour de la nanotechnologie mais Chris Carter le rejette, lui commandant plutôt une histoire sur les origines du trio.

Vince Gilligan, qui aime beaucoup ces trois personnages, saisit la chance qui lui est offerte de développer leurs personnalités afin de les rendre plus intéressants. Le scénario met particulièrement en avant le personnage de Byers, interprété par Bruce Harwood. Celui-ci déclare qu'il n'aurait jamais pensé . Harwood pensait aussi que son personnage faisait plutôt quelque chose comme  avant d'être un membre du trio, et Gilligan se montre particulièrement satisfait du travail effectué sur son personnage. Il affirme qu'il aime par-dessus tout l'idée que Byers soit au départ un fidèle employé du gouvernement et que les événements lui font prendre un virage à 180 degrés.

Gilligan fait des recherches afin de rendre le contexte temporel aussi authentique que possible. Il charge Ken Hawryliw, le responsable des accessoires, de dénicher , recherche qui aboutit au Motorola utilisé par Mulder dans l'épisode. Gilligan rencontre par ailleurs un groupe de hackers qui publie le magazine 2600: The Hacker Quarterly afin de se renseigner sur la terminologie spécifique aux hackers. Holly, le prénom donné initialement par Susanne Modeski à Byers, est celui de la petite amie de Gilligan.

John Shiban aide Gilligan à mettre en place le storyboard et, quand tous les deux se demandent pourquoi le chef des Men in Black ne se contente pas de tuer les , c'est lui qui a l'idée de faire revenir Monsieur X, personnage tué au début de la saison précédente. Shiban raconte qu'il s'est tourné vers Gilligan en disant : .

Choix des interprètes et tournage
En se rendant compte que tout l'épisode tourne autour de l'histoire racontée par Byers à un inspecteur de la police de Baltimore, Gilligan fait le lien avec la série Homicide, qui se déroule également dans cette ville, et décide de faire appel à Richard Belzer, qui interprète l'inspecteur John Munch dans cette série. Malgré les hésitations des conseillers juridiques de Fox, la chaîne entre en contact avec Tom Fontana, le producteur d'Homicide, qui donne tout de suite son accord pour autoriser Belzer à jouer son personnage dans une autre série.

L'épisode est réalisé par Kim Manners, qui se déclare très satisfait du résultat final. Manners déclare qu'il a pris beaucoup de plaisir à diriger Bruce Harwood, Tom Braidwood et Dean Haglund, qui étaient tous les trois très nerveux car c'était la première fois qu'ils devaient porter un épisode sur leurs épaules. La scène dont Manners est le plus fier est celle où Susanne Modeski fait irruption dans la chambre d'hôtel des  et où ceux-ci se recroquevillent dans un coin de la pièce. Le réalisateur affirme s'être inspiré du Magicien d'Oz, quand l'épouvantail, l'homme en fer blanc et le lion peureux tremblent devant Dorothy.  Les scènes impliquant David Duchovny sont filmées quelques semaines après le tournage principal de l'épisode. Une suite de l'épisode, intitulée Brelan d'as, lui est donnée lors de la saison suivante de .

Accueil

Audiences
Lors de sa première diffusion aux États-Unis, l'épisode réalise un score de 13 sur l'échelle de Nielsen, avec 19 % de parts de marché, et est regardé par 21,72 millions de téléspectateurs.

Accueil critique
L'épisode a reçu un accueil plutôt favorable de la critique. Erin McCann, du Guardian, le classe parmi les 13 meilleurs épisodes de la série. Pour Todd VanDerWerff, du site The A.V. Club, qui lui donne la note de A-, l'épisode, , est  même s'il ne faut pas le prendre au pied de la lettre mais plutôt comme la façon dont les  se voient. Le scénario structuré à la façon d'un film noir est  mais fonctionne bien dans l'ensemble. Paula Vitaris, de Cinefantastique, lui donne la note de 3/4, estimant que c'est un épisode  et mettant en avant l'interprétation de Signy Coleman et le  de Monsieur X. Le site Le Monde des Avengers évoque un hommage aux Lone Gunmen  dont le  est d'arriver à maintenir un parfait équilibre .

Dans leur livre sur la série, Robert Shearman et Lars Pearson lui donnent la note de 3/5, évoquant un épisode  et regrettent que la conspiration gouvernementale soit réduite au rang de cliché. Pour John Keegan, du site , qui lui donne la note de 6/10, l'épisode est  mais l'histoire n'est pas très plausible et .

Commentaires
Le titre original ainsi que la structure de la narration sont un clin d'œil au film Usual Suspects.

Lors de la scène où Richard Langly joue à Donjons et Dragons avec des amis, la version française fait mention de la banque du « centre de la Terre ». Il s'agit en réalité d'une traduction erronée de la Terre du Milieu (), référence à l'univers de Tolkien.

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Liens externes

Épisode de X-Files
Épisode crossover