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Q: How to dynamically add components on a custom dialog? Let's say I have a listView with some formulas like this:
((A * 2 + B * 3 + PF * 5) / 10)

When I click on it I would like to change the letters to EditTexts, so I split this String then, if it is a letter I should replace it by an EditText, so, what should I use to make this happen? I mean, can I have an activity loaded on a "Dialog Style" window? Or I can make this work with Simple Dialog?
I've tried this, but it gets error when adding the view(NullPointerException)
lsView.setOnItemLongClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemLongClickListener() {

@Override
public boolean onItemLongClick(AdapterView<?> aView, View view,
            int i, long l) {
    Dialog dialogFormula = new Dialog(NotasActivity.this); //"Parent" activity

    dialogFormula.setTitle("Title");

    LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.DialogLayout);
    String[] lines = materias.get(i).getFormula().split(" ");
    for (String s : lines) {
        if (s.compareTo("PARTIC") == 0) {
            EditText edtPartic = new EditText(dialogFormula.getContext));
            layout.addView(edtPartic);
        } else if (s.contains("A") && s.compareTo("A") != 0) {
        } else if (s.compareTo("B") == 0) {
        } else if (s.compareTo("C") == 0) {
        } else if (s.compareTo("D") == 0) {
        } else if (s.compareTo("E") == 0) {
        } else if (s.compareTo("F") == 0) {
        } else if (s.compareTo("G") == 0) {
        } else if (s.compareTo("H") == 0) {
        } else if (s.compareTo("I") == 0) {
        } else if (s.compareTo("PF") == 0) {
    }
                }
    dialogFormula.setContentView(layout);
    return false;
}
});

dialog_formula.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:id="@+id/DialogLayout">

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/txtMateriaDialog"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="TextView" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/txtFormulaDialog"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="TextView" />

</LinearLayout>

A: I suggest you make a custom dialog class.
public class FormulaDialog extends Dialog {

    public FormulaDialog(Context c) {
        super(c);
        setTitle("Title");
        setContentView(R.layout.dialog_formula);
    }

    public void updateLayout(String[] lines) {
        LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.DialogLayout);
        for (String s : lines) {
            if (s.compareTo("PARTIC") == 0) {
                EditText edtPartic = new EditText(dialogFormula.getContext));
                layout.addView(edtPartic);
            } else if (s.contains("A") && s.compareTo("A") != 0) {
            } else if (s.compareTo("B") == 0) {
            } else if (s.compareTo("C") == 0) {
            } else if (s.compareTo("D") == 0) {
            } else if (s.compareTo("E") == 0) {
            } else if (s.compareTo("F") == 0) {
            } else if (s.compareTo("G") == 0) {
            } else if (s.compareTo("H") == 0) {
            } else if (s.compareTo("I") == 0) {
            } else if (s.compareTo("PF") == 0) {
            }
        }
    }
}

Then in your Activity all you have to run is
String[] lines = materias.get(i).getFormula().split(" ");
FormulaDialog mFormulaDialog = new FormulaDialog(this);
mFormulaDialog.updateLayout(lines);
mFormulaDialog.show();

A: findViewById() only returns views in the XML passed to the current Activity's setContentView(), typically this is your main.xml for your first activity. Since DialogLayout is in a different XML, this line returns null:
LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.DialogLayout);

You want to inflate dialog_formula.xml, modify it, and then pass this XML to your Dialog; like this:
View view = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.dialog_formula, null, false);

LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) view.findViewById(R.id.DialogLayout);
// Add your new EditTexts here

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
builder.setTitle("Title");
builder.setView(view);
dialog = builder.create();

To parse your formula, I have two different recommendations:

*

*Keep a count of user variables for each formula, rather than parse the same string over and over.

*If you must parse, test your string like this:
if("ABCDEFGHIPF".contains(s))
    // Add EditText
else if(s.contains("PARTIC"))
    // Do something special
// The rest are numbers or symbols

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Laurier Brantford hosts basketball tournament
Published on March 13, 2019 by Ryan Praught
Laurier Brantford hosted a men's and women's basketball tournament last Friday that featured 12 teams – four women's and eight men's – squaring off against each other. It was a hard-fought tournament that saw the men and women of Laurier work hard and do their best. Unfortunately, both teams fell short and couldn't win the tournament, but there was still plenty to be proud of.
Laurier vs. Humber North (Men)
The first matchup of the day was between the Laurier men's team and Humber North. It was very clear that these two teams were not fond of each other, so much so that the two teams continued to argue and push each other after the whistles were blown. Laurier fell behind by as many as 31 points and despite a solid effort, especially on the defensive end, the team ultimately lost the matchup 48-21.
Laurier vs. Humber North (Women)
Laurier women also played their first game against Humber North. Their game started off with plenty of scoring before both teams started missing some shots and they both went cold from the court. Humber was originally down early but they clawed their way back to tie and eventually take the lead. The highlight of the game (and maybe even the tournament) was when Laurier's Alexa Stucke blocked a shot attempt from a Humber player, grabbed the rebound and went coast to coast to finish the play with a layup. Despite their efforts however, Laurier fell to Humber 29-20 – a low-scoring game for sure.
Laurier vs. Lakehead Orillia (Men)
The Laurier men squared off against Lakehead Orillia in their second game and played much better in this one. They were very aggressive on defense, forcing many turnovers and even sometimes committing fouls due to their approach. Much like the first game, it was very hostile, and the two would have engaged in some fisticuffs had some of the Laurier and Lakehead teammates not broken it up. This game was very quick and fast, and another highlight reel play occurred when Laurier's Galio Fortunato broke a Lakehead defender's ankles with a sweet dribble move, but he couldn't hit the ensuing layup. After falling behind, the Golden Hawks fought back, but the comeback bid fell short and they lost 42-28.
Laurier vs. Fleming (Women)
The Laurier women won their second game against Fleming College 28-20. They played well enough to keep up in their first game, so it wasn't at all surprising to see them fight hard and win their second game.
Laurier vs. Seneca Newnham (Men)
The men played well in their first two games as well, especially on the defensive end, so it wasn't ridiculous to assume they could win their third game. However, Seneca Newnham ultimately won the game 49-28 and the Laurier men were done for the day.
Laurier vs. Lakehead Orillia (Women)
The Laurier women's final game was against Lakehead Orillia and with a win they could make their way into the final. Lakehead Orillia only had seven players and their coach appeared to be absent, but they were relentless nonetheless. Despite working incredibly hard and leaving it all on the court, Laurier couldn't prevail and keep their tournament hopes alive despite great plays from Chelsea Duckworth and Anita Asiama who led the way. They lost 46-33 and their tournament run ended.
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Through coaches' meetings, emails, clinics and content available in the coaches corner all coaches have been provided with a lot of information that can be used to prepare for a season/year. It is important to establish development goals for your team and players ahead of the year, in line with the age appropriate priorities worked out by the club. It is important to assess the needs of your players to ensure success when developing the players on your team. It is also very necessary to align with the professional trainer on all of this since they are responsible for the training during the week. The developmental goals should ensure the focus is on age appropriate topics in practice and should provide you with continuity when coaching your team on Sunday.
Why do you think I bring this up now we are about midway our soccer season?
Ahead of the season everybody is always on board when we ask coaches to focus on the process. Which means that we occasionally have to make short term sacrifices that can help our players become better players in the long run. Winning definitely can be a part of player development, but (IMHO) is a positive byproduct of player development. It is not always easy to focus on the process when your team is struggling to win game. Which can happen when you face opposition showing clearly that they are more concerned about winning their games. For that reason it is important to have a development plan worked out. This is your map as you work out your way to develop the players on your team. At times I do recognize coaches who change their habits and go of course, to ensure more success in the short term (win more games). We suddenly play with a set goalplayer; players are playing in set positions; we change our system of play after giving up a few goals the week before; the ball is played (launched) forwards through punts rather than trying to build out of the back and I can give you a few more examples that clearly show a change in the mentality of a coach to hopefully be a bit more successful (win games!!).
This is why it is so important to work out a development plan with your professional trainer. It is not always easy to stay on course, sometimes minor adjustments are needed, but a continued focus on the process is still better for our players than making changes at U9 or U10 that can have a negative effect on the development of the players you work with. These short term gains are not worth it.
I'm currently involved as a trainer/coach with several of our U9 boys travel teams. With 1 of the teams we have given up several comfortable leads the last couple of weeks, because we gave up a ball/made a mistake when we tried to play the ball out of the back. The goalplayers were instructed not to punt the ball. This means that we have to play the ball out of the back. In both games over the weekend we gave up at least 1 goal, because our opponents were coached to pressure us as soon as we put the ball back in play. To avoid that from happening we can ask our goalplayers to punt the ball so it is a lot harder for our opponents to pressure us and force a turn over near our goal. This might help us in the next few games, but it doesn't teach my players to play the ball out of the back. I know for a fact that in the next couple of weeks we will give up more goals because of mistakes made on our end trying to play the ball out of the back and/or the rotation of players in the goal. Does that mean I will coach my team differently the rest of the season? Absolutely not! I know that maybe next season, next year or in 2 years from now all these players will be comfortable on the ball and as a team we will be able to move the ball up the field. The opponents trying to force a turnover at U9 will end up chasing the ball when our boys are U11 or U12.
So, please stick to your development plan and stay on course. There is no need to change everything after, in your eyes, a couple of bad games. It might not be easy every Sunday, but the sacrifices you are making are definitely worth it in the long run.


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Hardware of the year awards 2018
By PC Gamer published 27 December 18
Here are our picks for the best hardware and peripherals released in 2018.
Every year, the hardware hivemind gets together and talks about what hardware releases made the most noise over the year. We take into account specs, affordability, comfort, reliability—everything we can think of that would make us give any one component the award to end all awards.
We've tallied the votes and came out with a few hardware and peripheral stand-outs. They all made our individual 'best of' lists, so it wasn't easy to come to a decision, but if you're curious as to what won a hardware of the year award, read on.
Best GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070
With the prices of both RTX 2080 Ti and GTX 1080 Ti cards hovering in the thousands—and the performance of some RTX cards being marginally higher than GTX 10-series cards—choosing our best GPU for the year came down to two main factors: price and ray tracing.
Nvidia's RTX 2070 offers a high-quality gaming experience that won't leave you on a Ramen budget until the end of the month. It might be a touch slower than the GTX 1080 Ti, but what it lacks in performance it makes up for in price and with the new ray tracing technology. At a more manageable $500 a piece, the RTX 2070 cards have the ability to make light, shadows, and reflections look more intense and realistic compared to the previous GTX series. They're also faster than the existing GTX 1080 and Vega 64 cards.
There may not be many games out yet that support ray tracing, but that doesn't mean they aren't coming. 9 have been announced so far, including games like Atomic Heart, Metro Exodus, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Battlefield 5, which has already been released, supports ray tracing as well. There are also 25 games slated to get DLSS support, though it's been slow to arrive for some reason. Regardless, if you want to find out what all the cool kids have been talking about, the RTX 2070 is your best bet.
Best CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
AMD's Ryzen 7 2700X may be slightly slower than Intel's Core i5 and i7 when it comes to games, never mind the Core i9-9900K, but a base clock of 3.7GHz and a boost clock of 4.3GHz is nothing to snark at, especially when it has 8-cores and 16-threads. It has the highest clockspeeds compared to its previous-gen CPUs too, and excellent multi-threaded performance. It also comes with a Wraith Prism cooler, amounting to even more savings—never a bad thing. And with prices starting at $300, AMD wins the value proposition hands down.
Both the Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 7 2700 made our best of list, and honestly this category could have gone either way between the two. If you're not interested in overclocking, the Ryzen 7 2700X has better stock performance for a minor increase in price, and includes a better cooler. But the processor itself is still unlocked, so there is some overclocking potential.
The second generation of Ryzen processors are a major improvement over the first-gen in just about every way you can think of. If you're looking for a processor that offers good gaming performance and excellent multi-threaded performance, Ryzen 7 2700X is arguably the best choice.
Best gaming headset: SteelSeries Arctis Pro + GameDAC
The SteelSeries Arctis Pro + GameDAC was created with audiophiles who want high-end sound in mind. It has a frequency response of 10Hz-40,000Hz—way beyond the usual for non-hi-res headsets—delivering lossless, crisp 24-bit sound even without a Tidal subscription. We loved its capability to handle high-res audio so much that we put it on our list of best gaming headsets. For everyday compressed audio usage, you'll still be able to hear the difference with this headset.
That sound quality improvement is due to the GameDAC box, a digital-to-analog converter and amplifier that off-loads the processing strain your PC would experience otherwise, bypassing the audio hardware built into your motherboard. The GameDAC box doubles as a control center and is small enough to sit on your desk without making it feel cluttered.
The SteelSeries Arctis Pro + GameDAC generally retails around $250, which seems a little steep for a headset, but considering you're getting the same audio quality as the wireless version for about $50 less, this wired headset is a more budget-friendly option for those who want to experience the sounds of their favorite band or game like they haven't before.
Best gaming keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Elite
In addition to fast actuation speeds, macro capabilities, pretty RGB lighting, and a sturdy design, the Razer Blackwidow Elite has a few notable upgrades from its predecessors. The 3.5 mm audio passthrough, for instance, is something that's rarely ever seen in high-end mechanical keyboards. Coupled with media controls, you don't have to worry about reaching for your mouse to pause your music or fumbling for the volume knob on your headset cord.
Where the Blackwidow Elite gets really fancy is with its onboard memory storage. Users don't need to save their personalized settings to the Synapse cloud anymore—the Blackwidow Elite can store then locally. In fact, you can still use the cloud if you want to, so you can still access your stored profiles no matter where you are.
And of course, there's Razer's super-comfortable magnetic wrist rest, which pretty much puts all other mechanical keyboard wrist rests to shame. With all that combined, it's easy to see why the Blackwidow Elite is our 2018 pick for best gaming keyboard.
Best gaming mouse: Logitech G Pro Wireless
The G Pro Wireless is not a flashy, ostentatious mouse. It has no gimmicky features, and was designed for (and with) esports pros who prioritize simplicity, weight, and performance above all else. And it is very, very good at all those things. The G Pro Wireless uses Logitech's 16,000 CPI Hero sensor, which is a bigger number than you'll ever need.
But the important thing is how well that sensor performs at any CPI setting, and how power efficient it is. The G Pro Wireless can run for days at a 1000Hz polling rate before it needs to recharge. There's no sacrifice in performance compared to a wired mouse (and in fact, most wired mice don't even have sensors as good as the Hero).
Thanks to Hero's efficiency, Logitech didn't have to weigh the mouse down with a bulky battery to still get great battery life, and it's unbelievably light as a result. A mere 80 grams. That's lighter than even most esports-focused wired mice, and the freedom of not having a cable makes it feel even lighter. I do personally prefer the slightly bigger shape of this mouse's predecessor, the G903, and some of its touches like a metal scroll wheel.
The G Pro Wireless is intentionally a very compact, lean mouse built for an active grip. It looks unassuming, but the confidence of that design, its battery life, and best-in-class sensor make it the best new mouse of the year.
Best gaming laptop: MSI GS65 Stealth Thin
As we said in our review, the MSI GS65 Stealth Thin might be the best gaming laptop ever made. It's light and thin enough to carry around anywhere like a notebook, yet still delivers some serious gaming PC performance. G-Sync is missing from its list of specs, but that translates into a lower price and a battery that can last all day while doing multiple simultaneous tasks.
But if you are looking for a upgrade, the Max-Q model is a few hundred dollars more than the base model and completely worth it. The Max-Q comes with a GTX 1070 instead of a 1060, which allows you play most games with maxed out settings at framerates above 60 fps. Disabling some of the more graphically demanding options will push that to 100 fps and above, and allow you to experience games on the GS65's 144Hz display.
The GS65 also has a mature design, thankfully foregoing some of the more stereotypical gamer aesthetics. It won't feel out of place in a board meeting or in another professional environment, serving a dual purpose: the ability to play hard after you've worked hard.
Best cooling: Noctua NF-A12
We usually don't give out a hardware award for fans at the end of the year, but this year there's a fan worth the praise. In 2017, I wrote about the years of ambitious R&D that went into Noctua's upcoming fans, and it took until mid-2018 for them to finally make it to market as the NF-A12. And while I don't have the hardware setup needed to measure exactly how good these new fans are, I can attest to the fact that they are very good.
In fact, I replaced the Corsair fan I was using to pull air over a 140mm radiator with the 120mm NF-A12 (Noctua includes an adapter for just this purpose), and am keeping my CPU just as cool, even with a smaller fan that should be working harder. That's a testament to the efficiency of Noctua's design, and it's impossible to hear inside my PC. I'd love a 140mm version, but the NF-A12 is a remarkably good and remarkably quiet fan for either general case airflow or cooling a radiator.
I also want to praise Noctua for sticking to its guns and ignoring the flash of RGBs in the NF-A12, or any of its other fans. The absolute best fan you can buy this year is brown and tan and has no lights on it, because those are distractions from its purpose: keeping your PC as cool and quiet as possible.
Hey folks, beloved mascot Coconut Monkey here representing the collective PC Gamer editorial team, who worked together to write this article!


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All seven members resign from Gordon College faculty Senate
By Michael Levenson Globe Staff,April 9, 2017, 6:22 p.m.
In February, Gordon College President D. Michael Lindsay (above) and a provost denied a professor's promotion, overriding the unanimous recommendation of the faculty Senate, according to the professor's complaint.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff/File 2014
All seven members of the faculty Senate at Gordon College resigned last week in an apparent show of support for a professor who claims that she was denied a promotion because she criticized the Christian school's opposition to same-sex relationships.
The resignations represented the latest rift to emerge between the faculty and the administration at the small evangelical school in Wenham, which forbids professors, students, and staff from engaging in "homosexual practice" on or off campus.
In a complaint to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Margaret DeWeese-Boyd, an assistant professor of sociology, asserts that the college president and provost denied her a promotion to full professor because she has openly criticized the policy since 2013.
DeWeese-Boyd says she has spoken against the ban at a faculty meeting, signed a petition opposing it, organized trainings and events related to gay rights, and directly addressed Gordon's president, D. Michael Lindsay, about the school's stance.
In February, Lindsay and the provost denied DeWeese-Boyd's promotion, overriding the unanimous recommendation of the faculty Senate, according to the professor's complaint.
On Wednesday, the members of the Senate announced at a faculty meeting that they had resigned, said Hillary Schwab, DeWeese-Boyd's lawyer.
Without naming DeWeese-Boyd, the faculty members cited the president's refusal to follow the Senate's recommendations for promotions, Schwab said. In addition to DeWeese-Boyd, Schwab said, another professor who has spoken out in support of gay rights was denied a promotion in February, disregarding the Senate's recommendation.
"For the Senate to take such strong action to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the way the president and provost are acting is very unusual," Schwab said. "It's my understanding the faculty responded to the resignations with sustained applause."
Paul Miller, a 2008 alumnus who help found OneGordon, a group that promotes gay rights on campus, says the professors who resigned from the Senate may hold varying views on the school's policy on same-sex relationships. But the action, he said, was further indication of the faculty's frustration with what he called Lindsay's top-down management style.
Rick Sweeney, a college spokesman, said that Gordon's provost, Janel Curry, addressed the resignations at Wednesday's faculty meeting.
"While this was a surprise, Dr. Curry offered a brief response at the meeting thanking them for their service [their work had concluded for the semester] and confirming that both she and the college leadership have a very different interpretation of the situation and that they should allow time to explore how to bridge the gap in perspectives," Sweeney said in a statement.
Sweeney added that the college has "strong and pointed disagreement" with the allegations made in DeWeese-Boyd's complaint to the state antidiscrimination agency, but will not comment further because the college does not discuss "personnel issues."
Gordon, home to 1,600 students, has been struggling with gay rights since 2014, when Lindsay and 13 religious leaders asked President Obama for an exemption from a planned executive order banning discrimination in hiring on the basis of sexual orientation.
The group argued the ban would "come at an unreasonable cost to the common good, national unity, and religious freedom."
But many faculty, students, and alumni denounced the request as discriminatory, and an online petition condemning it garnered more than 3,000 signatures.
Salem officials responded by ending a contract that allowed Gordon to manage the city's Old Town Hall, and the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School Committee voted to move the high school's graduation ceremony off Gordon's campus.
Last year, Lauren Barthold, a philosophy professor at Gordon, sued the college, alleging that Lindsay and the board of trustees retaliated against her after she wrote a letter to the Salem News and was quoted in a Globe article criticizing Lindsay's request to Obama.
Barthold alleged that, after threatening to fire her, the college denied her right to apply for a promotion and removed her as director of the gender studies minor.
Under the terms of a settlement reached last year, Barthold agreed to resign from the college, after completing a previously awarded research fellowship at the University of Connecticut.
Michael Levenson can be reached at michael.levenson@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @mlevenson.


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Q: Unexpected garbage value for some reason I am getting unexpected garbage values on a variable that has an assigned initialization.
#include <curses.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <time.h>
#include "fmttime.h"                    // Include for formattime interface
#include <strstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>

static int monthindex;                  // Lookup table index
static const int milli = 1000;          // Constant value for ms conversion
static const int epochyear = 1970;      // Epoch year 1970
static const int leapy = 4;             // Number of years for a leapyear
using namespace std;

struct Monthpairs                       // Fields for month & day lookup table
{
    const char* mon;                    // Months
    int day;                            // Days
};

Monthpairs months[] =                   // Lookup table for months & days
{
    {"Jan", 31},
    {"Feb", 28},
    {"Mar", 31},
    {"Apr", 30},
    {"May", 31},
    {"Jun", 30},
    {"Jul", 31},
    {"Aug", 31},
    {"Sep", 30},
    {"Oct", 31},
    {"Nov", 30},
    {"Dec", 31},
};

// Structure which will contain the human readable local
// time values
struct ExpandedTime
{
    int et_usec;        // Number of Milliseconds local time
    int et_sec;         // Number of Seconds local time
    int et_min;         // Number of minutes local time
    int et_hour;        // Number of hours local time
    int et_day;         // Day of the month local time
    int et_mon;         // Month of the year local time
    int et_year;        // Our current year (2013 present)
};

// Function prototype for Expanded time function
ExpandedTime* localTime(struct timeval* tv, ExpandedTime* etime);

// Expanded time will take the Epoch time and convert into days,
// months years, hours, minutes etc and then store this back into
// the Expanded Structure

ExpandedTime* localTime(
                        struct timeval* tv,     // Pointer to timeval struct
                        ExpandedTime* etime     // '' '' to expandedtime strct
                        )
{
    tzset();                                    // Corrects for timezone

    int epochT = (tv->tv_sec) - timezone;       // Epoch seconds with
    int epochUT = tv->tv_usec;                  // epochtime microseconds
    int edays;                                  // Days since epochtime
    int days4years = 1460;                      // Number of days in 4 years
    int fouryears;                              // Number of 4 year periods
    int remaindays;                             // Number of days leftover
    int tempdays;                               // Holds value of remaindays

    int monthtracker = 0;                       // Number of TOTAL months passed
                                                // since current 4 year period
    int daysgoneby = 0;                         // Number of days passed
                                                // since current 4 year period

    etime->et_usec = (epochUT/milli) % milli;   // Find the milliseconds
    etime->et_sec = epochT % 60;
    epochT /= 60;                               // Turn into minutes

    etime->et_min = epochT % 60;
    epochT /= 60;                               // Turn into hours

    if (localtime(&tv->tv_sec)->tm_isdst !=0)
        etime->et_hour = (epochT % 24) + 1;     // Hours with DST correction
    else
        etime->et_hour = (epochT % 24);

    edays = tv->tv_sec / 86400;                 // Turn into days since epoch

    fouryears = edays / days4years;
    remaindays = edays % days4years;            // Determines which 4 year perio
    tempdays = remaindays;

    for (monthindex = 0 ; tempdays >= 0 ; ++monthindex)
    {
        daysgoneby += months[monthindex].day;   // Keeps track of days passed

        tempdays -= months[monthindex].day;

        if (monthindex >= 11)                   // Resets counter for 12 months
        {
            monthindex = 0;
        }
        ++monthtracker;
    }

    etime->et_day = monthindex; // (tempdays + months[monthindex].day);

    // This will take the number of months passed in current 4 year period
    // and add it to the epoch year of 1970 to find the current year

    etime->et_year = (monthtracker / 12)  + (fouryears * 4) + epochyear;

    return etime;
}

// Formats epoch time passed from a main function to a
// human readable string
char* formatTime(
                 struct timeval* tv,     // Pointer to timeval struct
                 char* buf,              // Pointer to char buf
                 size_t len              // size of buffer
                 )
{
    struct ExpandedTime etime2;         // Struct object declaration

    if (len > 0)                        // Will only print to valid sized buffer
    {
        localTime(tv, &etime2);
        ostrstream oss(buf, len);

        // Prints the time and date into a human readable string and
        // places it in the supplied buffer from plot.cc

        oss << etime2.et_year << " " <<  months[monthindex].mon << " " <<
        etime2.et_day << " " << setw(2) << etime2.et_hour << ":"
        << setfill('0') << setw(2) << etime2.et_min << ":" << setfill('0')
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Basically tempday is evaluating to some large negative value -185338583 for example. Even though its assigned to an initial value of 1212, theres no reason for tempdays to even be in this area of magnitude. Im assuming i must have done something to the programs allocation of memory? This is something that I cannot figure out.
I will say that initially I had this code, then changed the for loop to a while loop. I then changed it back to the exact same for loop and thats when tempdays started to act odd. My assumption is some sort of garbage value is being output by tempdays....i have no clue why.


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IRISH EXILES AND THEIR VISION OF THE IRISH NATION: WILDE, SHAW, AND JOYCE
Author(s): Vladimir Lj. Stanković
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, Other Language Literature, Philology
Published by: Универзитет у Крагујевцу
Keywords: Ireland; Wilde; Shaw; Joyce; exile; England; colonialism
Summary/Abstract: In this work we analyze how Wilde, Shaw, and Joyce saw and presented Ireland in their works. In the introductory part, the history of Ireland is examined. More precisely, we concentrate on events that happened in Ireland during the 19th and the begging of the 20th century when Ireland was under the English colonial rule. Then, the work takes into consideration England's treatment of the Irish people and culture during the colonial era. The main part of the work deals with the works of the three exiles. First, Oscar Wilde's view on Ireland is explored. We will analyze his play The Importance of Being Earnest and we will see how it discusses various topics, including the Irish question, Victorian society, and the concept of the Other. Next, the work examines George Bernard Shaw and his play John Bull's Other Island. This chapter focuses on the play's main characters, the Irish stereotypes, and England's treatment of the Irish people. The last author which is analyzed is James Joyce. Both his critical and fictitious works will be taken into account. The latter encompasses Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man which reveal how Joyce managed to include his unique vision of Ireland into his works. The concluding chapter deals with some similarities and differences regarding Wilde's, Shaw's, and Joyce's view on Ireland. In that way we will be able to see different perspectives assembled in one place.
Journal: Липар - часопис за књижевност, језик, уметност и културу
Issue Year: XVIII/2017
The Lisbon Treaty - Institutional Changes And Unique Values The Lisbon Treaty - Institutional Changes And Unique Values 2011 РЕЛИГИЈСКИ ДИСКУРС И УМЕТНИЧКА ПРАКСА У РОМАНУ ПОРТРЕТ УМЕТНИКА У МЛАДОСТИ ЏЕЈМСА ЏОЈСА RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE AND ARTISTIC PRACTICE IN JAMES JOYCER'S NOVEL A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN 2016


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Two B-Quik employees were on duty at the time of the incident. It was reported to officers that a man entered the store as one of the clerks was behind the counter and the other was in one of the isles. The man, dressed in a camo jacket, blue jeans, gloves and a Halloween mask that resembled a scream mask, shouted to the clerk in the isle and demanded that she go behind the counter. The man reportedly had a large knife in his hand.
Once behind the counter the man told the cashier to open both registers and he took cash from the registers. When the masked man, demanding more money and appearing agitated that one of the registers was nearly empty, came around the counter brandishing the blade both victims fled the store. They ran to the business across the street and called 911.
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Ankeny Through the Decades
Historical Iowa Aerial Photos & Maps
Early Ankeny History
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Ankeny Fun Facts
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John Fletcher Ankeny was the founder of Ankeny.
John F. Ankeny bought the land that would become Ankeny on July 1, 1874 for $1,600 (about $50,00 in 2018 money). It was nearly one full year before he platted the town of Ankeny.
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John F. Ankeny and his wife never lived in Ankeny, but resided in Des Moines.
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The most crucial development in the northern areas of Polk County to the founding of Ankeny was the completion in 1874 of the narrow gauge railroad. This little railroad ran between Des Moines and Ames. The road was known as the Des Moines and Minneapolis, and was primarily the work of the Frederick Hubbell interests in Des Moines that financed the construction. The town of Ankeny was founded on the railroad by one of the railroad promoters.The Des Moines and Minneapolis railway fell on hard times and the company was not able to meet its obligations and went into receivership in 1876. Chicago & Northwestern bought the property in 1878.
The first passenger train rolled through Ankeny on the 11th of July, 1880. The fare from Ankeny to Des Moines was thirty-three cents (about $9.00 in 2018 money)
The First United Methodist Church was the first to establish a place of worship in Ankeny in 1881. Their first place of worship was at 315 Walnut Street. They then moved to the present site on the corner of Second and Walnut Streets in 1886.
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The first Ankeny Post Office was located in the General Merchandise Store and B.A. Lamason was the first postmaster in 1878. In 1898, the post office was in the H.E. Wagner General Store. In 1902, the post office was moved to Railroad Avenue around the corner from the Bank of Ankeny. A sub station was also established in the Woods Lumber Company.
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Younger field, longer calendar: Will 2022 be W Series' breakout year?
4th May 2022, 8:16 4th May 2022, 8:17 | Written by Hazel Southwell
W Series will have the honour of being the first championship to race on the new Miami International Autodrome when the all-female junior series begins its third season this weekend.
In retrospect, 2019 was a very difficult year for the new championship to launch. After that first, six-race season W Series was forced to put racing on hold for a year when 2020's Covid-19 pandemic hit.
It returned to racing last year, now elevated to the status of F1 support series. But the pandemic continued to have an effect and as the cancellations and postponements of grands prix meant the series was forced to rearrange or cancel some rounds.
But for its third season W Series will embark on its longest-ever championship. It also boasts a refreshed line-up of young talent looking to progress up the motorsport ladder.
They will have to measure themselves against Jamie Chadwick, who returns to the series to defend the two titles she has won so far. While she strives for a third crown which would underline her status as the top female single seater racer, for the others she represents a benchmark they will all want to beat.
W Series' 2022 driver line-up
Alongside several notable additions to the driving roster from last year many of W Series most famous names are still there. Beitske Visser, Alice Powell and Emma Kimilainen – the drivers who provided the strongest opposition to Chadwick in W Series' first two seasons – are also continuing.
Using a new selection process, including a test in Arizona this February, W Series looked to find candidates from backgrounds it has drawn few drivers from so far, and also to bring down the average age of its competitors.
W Series testing, Circuit de Catalunya, 2022
"When we set up a series in 2019 we invited applicants from all over the world," explained W Series CEO Catherine Bond-Muir during the Arizona test. "We had probably 100 fairly serious applicants and we took 68 of those applicants to do a four-day test in Austria.
"We feel as though we're beyond that now and what we want to do is find the drivers who are actually doing really interesting stuff. Inevitably, people are reaching out to us the whole time and trying to sell individual drivers. So I know that there was one driver who we hadn't initially chosen and that driver actually had a lot of very influential friends because they were calling us up saying 'actually, you should give her a second look.'"
That driver, Bianca Bustamante, was selected after the Arizona test and will become the first Filipino to compete in W Series. Juju Noda is another newcomer and the youngest-ever competitor, having turned 16 during the Arizona test, and is already a known name being the daughter of three-time F1 race starter Hideki Noda.
Juju Noda is the series' youngest ever competitor
The pivot towards youth is intentional, says Bond Muir. "What we've got to be is a series that is finding young talent, and that is why we have purposefully gone for a much younger profile because if we can get the really good ones who are naturally incredibly quick, what is happening is that people are all over the world is starting to look at W Series.
"If they can stay with us for two or three years or however long, if they are sufficiently quick, they are going to be picked up by other series, because that is what is happening already."
The Arizona test fell before Chadwick, unable to secure an FIA Formula 3 seat, announced her return. F3 CEO Bruno Michel told RaceFans last month he believed there had been no barriers to and several teams interested in signing her, while Chadwick blamed lack of funds. By necessity of being a junior series, W Series will have to demonstrate its top drivers can move up to the higher echelons to sustain its influx of new talent.
Hawkins is also a driver ambassador for Aston Martin
Nevertheless, some returnees are keen to start afresh. Jessica Hawkins is going into her third year in W Series off the back of a win in her first weekend of UK TCR.
"Obviously a TCR car and a W Series car are absolutely nothing whatsoever," she told RaceFans, "so I can't really take much in the driving way. But what [the win] has done is given me a boat load of confidence going into it, which is probably exactly what I need."
Hawkins, who is also an ambassador for the Aston Martin F1 Team, placed 11th in last year's championship with a best finish of fifth at Zandvoort. "It's no secret that W Series hadn't been for me what I'd hoped it to be last year, results-wise," she says. "But I come this year with a new me, a fresh outlook, a different attitude and we go again."
This year's line-up also features Abbi Pulling in a full-time race seat, after strong performances last year while standing in as a reserve driver. Pulling is an Alpine Academy associate driver, hoping to progress into a full academy role if she can show the same potential this season.
Abbie Eaton was the last drive confirmed to the grid, returning after suffering spinal injuries during the final round at COTA last year which required a long recovery. Ayla Agren, who drove during the 2021 season, will act as reserve in 2022.
10 Juju Noda W Series Academy
91 Bianca Bustamante W Series Academy
22 Belen Garcia Quantfury
32 Nerea Marti Quantfury
26 Sarah Moore Scuderia W
44 Abbie Eaton Scuderia W
4 Emely de Heus Sirin
95 Beitske Visser Sirin
8 Chloe Chambers Jenner
55 Jamie Chadwick Jenner
7 Emma Kimilainen Puma
63 Tereza Babickova Puma
21 Jessica Hawkins Bristol Street Motors
27 Alice Powell Bristol Street Motors
5 Fabienne Wohlwend CortDAO
19 Marta Garcia CortDAO
49 Abbi Pulling Racing X
7 Bruna Tomaselli Racing X
17 Ayla Agren Reserve
2022 W Series calendar
W Series will compete for track time with F2 and 3 in Barcelona
The 2022 season opens and closes on double-header weekends, after the success of the season-closing weekend at the 2021 US Grand Prix.
Beginning in Miami, there are three races in May, three in July and then a very sizeable gap in the calendar to reach the four races in a hectic November finale. While, arguably, it gives drivers the opportunity to take up racing in other series, other junior series have seen their drivers struggle with unfamiliarity after long gaps and especially with W Series' relatively short running per race weekend drivers will need to find ways to keep their skills sharp.
W Series' calendar follows Formula 1's, in the sense of being a support race to grands prix and so competes for space with Formula 2 and F3. At both Barcelona and Silverstone all three series will be running, creating serious risk of missed or delayed sessions if there are any issues.
However, W Series has also worked out a way to manage its fly-aways without the cost of air freight, meaning it can accompany F1 further afield. In order to accommodate the logistics of the calendar it will borrow the identical chassis used by New Zealand's Toyota Racing Series, meaning a switch from Alfa Romeo to Toyota power at the Barcelona and Suzuka rounds.
1 Miami International Autodrome 7th May
3 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 21st May
4 Silverstone 3rd July
5 Paul Ricard 24th July
6 Hungaroring 31st July
7 Suzuka 9th October
8 Circuit of the Americas 23rd October
9 Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez 29th October
10 Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez 30th October
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Posted on 4th May 2022, 8:16 4th May 2022, 8:17 Author Hazel SouthwellCategories 2022 F1 season articles, W SeriesTags alice powell, Catherine Bond Muir, jamie chadwick, Jessica Hawkins, Juju Noda, w series
36 comments on "Younger field, longer calendar: Will 2022 be W Series' breakout year?"
Biskit Boy (@sean-p-newmanlive-co-uk)
4th May 2022, 8:29
It's often debated who is the best racing driver ever, but have we ever debated who is the best female circuit racer ever?
UNeedAFinn2Win (@uneedafinn2win)
Define circuit. The fastest is Anita Mäkelä, multi-time, multi-class Drag Race Champion
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
LOL. Drag strips are about the furthest you could get from any definition of circuit.
@cairnsfella yes dear, hence the qualifier "define"
By the dictionary definition: A dragstrip is a straight, purpose-built racetrack
but that's not the discussion, it was I believe about female racers
She checks all the boxes:
Drives a specially built openwheeler, check
A Singleseater, check
Has aerodynamics, check
Insane amount of power, check
Superhuman reflexes, above even her peers in her field of motorsport, check
Champion.
She's a badass, and not once in her more than 30-odd years on the top of her field has she come across as anything but positive, humble and always supported and venerated by her peers as not just "one of us" but the best of us
Alan Dove
Biskit Boy did state 'circuit racer'. A drag strip isn't a 'circuit'. A circuit is defined as
"a roughly circular line, route, or movement that starts and finishes at the same place."
and a drag trip does not start and finish in the same place. As good as Anita Mäkelä, she wouldn't count as a circuit racer. :)
@uneedafinn2win
You seem to take an implication that I may not consider Anita Mäkelä worthy of consideration as one of the best female racers. I suggest you re-read as no such implication was made.
You can pull apart the term 'define' until the cows come home, but there really is no possible definition that would see a drag strip classified as a circuit.
If you are suggesting that the original definition should be opened up to include non circuit female racing drivers, then by all means make that suggestion, but your original premise remains flawed, and I am unsure why you have deflected by suggesting that the issue of being a circuit or not "is not the discussion" given that it is that very point you went on to discuss and that I specifically referred to.
Susanna Raganelli is the only woman to win an FIA World Championship, so by definition she is. Lotta Helberg is probably a close second. Amazingly quick in one of the most competitive race classes of all time – Formula Super A. Lorraine Peck had the potential to be great but she was unfortunately killed in 1975.
The fact these drivers aren't household names is very disappointing.
MattDS (@mattds)
Kart racers usually don't become household names, no matter how good they are in their disciplines. Probably because karting is seen as step up to single seaters, which all build to one specific goal which is F1.
Most people don't know about F4, F3 or even F2 racers. So let alone kart racers becoming household names.
Which is a shame because it's not the reality of the sport, though a perception which has increasingly entrenched itself in the sport over the last 2 to 3 decades. It's caused huge damage in my view. Karting should always have worked hard to remove itself from F1 influence and its got worse in recent years with the decimation of the single-gear categories to in effect be 'junior formulas' (it wasn't always this way).
However in 2020 the average age of the top 3 drivers at the KZ (gearbox category) world championship was HIGHER than F1. Top level KZ is more competitive than F3 and F2 (in some ways F1 too) and I say that with a tremendous amount of confidence as someone who's been fortunate to study this subject. Travisnuttu, Kremers, Pex, Inglesias, Puhakka… the lists goes on and on. but they really don't get the exposure they deserve.
That's just the reality of things, Karting is the stepping stone to F1, the south american football league to the top european leagues, if we lived in a world in which Karting was the top single seater category then for sure the KZ world championship would be filled with the same top F1 drivers we have today.
Gimi, the talent in KZ is equal to what we see in F1 bar maybe Verstappen. Getting to F1 isn't a measure of talent and skill in the same way as football. We do SEE top level talent in karts. Bas Lammers is one of the most remarkable drivers I've ever witnessed. I am happy to say that with confidence. The single-speed karting categories have certainly been demoted and no longer hold the same reverence as the Formula Super A days, but the gearbox stuff is different ball game.
Gimi, the talent in KZ is equal to what we see in F1 bar maybe Verstappen.
I'm sorry, I am fully in agreement if you say there is a lot of talent in karting, but a statement like this is simply impossible to make, and quite questionable. Lots of F1 drivers were karting prodigees. Look at Max's, his karting CV is stunning. See Lerclerc's. There's more.
Of course it's a more tedious work to go through karting results, but e.g. take the 2013 CIK-FIA World KZ.
Max, series rookie, #1.
Charles, series rookie, #2.
Bas Lammers, #6.
Now see their ages in 2013.
That's the big difference, isn't it? These F1 talents, they come into series like that at young age, they are immediately at the front, then they storm off to the next one and keep winning. Then they graduate into single seaters and they just keep winning.
Getting to F1 isn't a measure of talent and skill in the same way as football.
Not entirely, but it's not far off. Talents are spotted at a very young age and are propelled further up. They lose sponsorships when they stop performing. Not having enough sponsors to go further up often is not a sign of just not having enough sponsorship, but of not being good enough to attract them.
@MattDS If you just look at one google search, get told one story, but you don't know the whole thing. You might not know that Bas is deaf. So that's one extra hurdle you won't find on DriverDB (also Max wasn't a season rookie, he had a year of KZ2 under his belt which is the same karts).
Alas, a google search when you don't know the full context of the sport will yield this kind of thing. You don't the situation with engines and that kind of thing. You'll note that in my original comment I cited Max as an exception. But lets take Max. He lost the World Karting Championship in 2013 to…. Tom Joyner. Another astoundingly talented driver. However on the F1 grid only Max can be considered a karting prodigy really in the truest sense. The others didn't really do what he did. Karting politics and the movement of the pro drivers to the gearbox categories changes the value of various ]championships some F1 drivers won in terms of historical lineage.
I watched with my own eyes Bas make Schumacher, Buemi and Piquet Jnr look pretty average in Las Vegas in 2009 – https://www.superkartsusa.com/national/skusa-supernationals/results/855-supernationals-xiii-mylaps-results.html?mylaps=type,run,runid,1372883 . I was one of several people who was literally inside the circuit confines. Bas is an absolute beast especially in the 2009-2011 era. You really had to be there.
Drivers do come and go from karting, but the underlying talent there is monumental. Jack Doohan finished 16th in KZ at my local club race – https://www.apex-timing.com/goracing/results.php?path=/hkrc/2021/141121&group=4 Great driver, but it demonstrates the depth there.
What I find interesting, and maybe its rooted in sexism, but I find it very interesting how quickly people are willing to put down the achievements of women like Raganelli, Peck, and Helberg (there's loads more) because it's 'karting'. Helberg raced Formula Super A (the peak era for karting really) going up against the likes of Beggio, Orsini, Rossi, Gianniburti etc… Absolute giants of the sport and stupendously talented and Helberg was in that circle. The fact she isn't spoken about more is atrocious tbh.
But lets take Max. He lost the World Karting Championship in 2013 to…. Tom Joyner.
Max was 16, Joyner was 21, Max is still a kid, the other one is already a grown man.
I watched with my own eyes Bas make Schumacher, Buemi and Piquet Jnr look pretty average in Las Vegas in 2009
Schumacher was 40, a retired F1 driver at the time who last time he raced for real was in 2006 and last time did Karting seriously was in 1987, Bas was 24 and a current Karting driver.
You are comparing people who dedicate their entire career to Karting to guys who moved on and are just karting for fun, it's no different from putting current Alonso in Karting see him not reaching the top 10 and then talk about all the karting talent who would be great in F1 now.
Or a real example Alonso not winning the indy 500, does that make Indycar a far stronger single seater series? Sato won the 500, twice, was he secretly far better than Alonso?
What I find interesting, and maybe its rooted in sexism, but I find it very interesting how quickly people are willing to put down the achievements of women like Raganelli, Peck, and Helberg (there's loads more) because it's 'karting'.
Because karting is pretty much the EFL of single seaters, if you get stuck there is because you couldn't go up anymore, be it because of money or talent, that's how it has been for like 30 years.
@Alan Dove that wasn't just "one Google search", I am quite familier with driverdb and spent quite some time in it to try and get to the bottom of it and form an opinion. I am sorry my attempt to actually educate myself fall short of your vast experience, but at least I did a serieus attempt and it's a shame you discard it like that.
I think the gist of what I was saying, though, holds some good and valid points. We are talking about youngsters that rush through the series against, often, established veterans of the sport. Them being so highly competitive, even at such young age and little experience, should speak volumes for how good they actually are.
I have full respect for your opinion, I do believe there are far better drivers in there than most would believe, but the statement that talent is equal to F1, that's just taking things too far. It's your opinion and I respect it, but I don't see any actual argument that would prove it, and given the fact that the best drivers from young age are identified, groomed to steam through karting into single seaters, and are dropped if they don't perform at the highest level (except the real pay drivers, of which there are actually very few that reach F1 these days), I still fully believe the level of talent in F1 is extremely high, and on average the highest in the world.
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The lack of a proper steaming option seems a weird choice to me in these days. The younger generations are moving away from flow-TV, and the only other option to watch W Series where I live (Denmark) is to pay €60/month for Viaplay Sport – which for me personally has 98% content I have absolutely no interest in. With this in mind I don't see any chance of a breakout year. But who knows – maybe I'm alone on this.
I have no idea how W Series isn't streamed via F1TV. It should be a no-brainer. I know it's not a FIA organized series, but at least it's affiliated to some extent. Porsche SC also isn't a FIA organized series (as far as I know), and they're streamed via F1TV too.
If they really want to promote women racing, then put them on F1TV.
The W series is not owned by Liberty. It is effectively a competitor series.
Also remember that Liberty Media is an entertainment company not a sports company, true they own two (or maybe more) sports series, but they do so to have tv content.
Perhaps a good marketing pitch could convince Liberty that the W series viewer adds another demographic audience to the normal F1 audience and that the very little extra cost would be disproportionally beneficial to the tv viewing figures.
But that is why I also mentioned the Porsche Supercup. They are also not owned by Liberty. They are on F1TV though. As the W Series are already on the support programme, a deal like with the Porsche SC could be struck pretty easily.
Proesterchen (@proesterchen)
How is anyone supposed to break out of a series that got won twice by someone who couldn't even get a seat in Formula 3?
And how is a series supposed to break out that has a field that contains drivers several seconds a lap of the pace of said Champion?
@proesterchen she could get a seat in F3, she had offers, but decided to continue in FE.
As for the quality of the series, well, it's quite understandable. They have to field an entire grid from a much smaller pool of drivers. They have to go and find them literally everywhere in all kinds of series, in some cases series that would never feed into the classic single seater series. Some come straight from karts. Others have been in single seaters an age ago but ultimately couldn't make it a step higher up and dropped out (Visser and Powell – and it's quite shocking they're still competitive for the title).
With the teams being a W series franchise with sponsor names; no apparent connection or co-operation to serious motorsports teams in other fields such as F2, F3 or even F1 teams I think it is quite difficult to break out of it. Every top tier young potential driver is a junior driver of a big team from an early age. Somehow W Series doesn't provide this opportunity. I like the exposure it gives to the female drivers however it feels as compartmentalised as, if not less than Formula E to me. An example of it is Jamie Chadwick, I feel for her because despite winning it twice she still has no better option but to continue in this series for the 3rd time.
Well, the main problem is that the grid is fielded mostly by drivers that the big teams were never interested in, by having those drivers racing against each other you don't suddenly change that fact. Chadwick did get offers to drive in F3, but decided not to. Probably there was no top team giving her a seat and she declined for that reason.
But if you look at it, she has won two titles on the bounce, but before those years her achievements weren't that worthy of a top drive in F3? Looking at the single seaters she was midfield in British F3 (which usually does not get you a top F3 drive), she won the MRF Challenge against a pretty low-quality field, fourth behind Mazepin in F3 Asia and then ninth in FREC driving for Prema with her teammates placing first to third in the championship.
It's not a bad resumé, but not one that would get you top seats either, so the fact that she got some offers in F3 by not-top-teams sounds fair and reasonable, and is not a snub on the W Series per sé but rather a testament to the fact that performances outside of the W Series count for more, as the competition can be gauged much better and the grid is formed in a natural manner instead of purposely constituting a grid starting from a very limited pool of drivers that in turn often do not have the best CV's to begin with.
It's a shame that following the Miami slot supporting F1, W series couldn't have managed a deal with Indy Car to support the Grand Prix of Indianapolis a week later. I think doing that would have been good exposure in the American market, especially with paddock access being infinitely better at Indy Car events.
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While i agree with the fundamental concept and idea to provide a place where female racers can showcase their talent, the W Series needs a better / faster car. Somewhere in the region of 500 – 600 hp, in the same ballpark with Japanese Super Formula, Indy Lights and such and maybe just a tad below F2.
This then might attract some of the more established female drivers around, the likes of Catherine Legge, Simona De Silvestro, Pippa Mann etc which are a known quality and would be a good yardstick to compare the up-and-comers with. And it might then actually turn some heads in the F1 paddock too, so that some of these ladies get a proper shot at least in F2 and so prove their merit. Or the lack of.
None of those women you mentioned are quality and also they're very old for what it's supposed to be a Junior series, no F1 team is gonna take interest in some 30+ year old except for some PR test.
Chadwick is probably a far better yardstick too.
I'm not saying Legge, Mann, De Silvestro have a future in F1, but they have been around for quite a while and have been tested against competition in some pretty high profile categories. Their abilities (such as they are) are well known. I also agree that J. Chadwick is the best among the current W Series crop, but who are we actually comparing her to and how would she measure up against stronger opposition? Currently the W Series doesn't give us this answer.
So if we could get some of these more experienced female drivers who already raced previously against some quality competition (IndyCars, sportscars) into the series we might get an idea how the current field of youngsters compares.
And i do actually expect Chadwick would come out on top again. But maybe then someone would actually notice her.
I'm sure people have noticed Jamie Chadwick. It's just that there's no single-seater future in a driver in his/her mid-twenties who hasn't even made it to Formula 3.
Chadwick is going to be noticed from the moment she is consistently among the best of her peers. Which is pretty much how it works for most male drivers too.
Driving in a field of women drivers that are either unproven or have shown no good results in feeder series, or have gone through the ranks and before but were simply not good enough to make it to the higher up series… That is not going to help Chadwick up any further.
But the drivers you mention are too old, the youngest one is Simona and she is 33, Chadwick is 23, that's a ten year difference, Legge is 41 almost 18 years older.
Nobody is suprised when people easily beat Nissany in F2 and he's only 27, he's not a measuring stick not even to Poruchaire who is 9 years younger, no one in F1 would be impressed when Chadwick beats competition almost 20 years older.
If Chadwick wants to be in F1 she should go to F2 or F3 even if it's on a backmarker team and there show her talents, against the other drivers who are actually noticed by F1.
Those cars look so disgusting that I wouldn't want to look at them even if they ressurected Senna to race them.
I fully appreciate what W Series is trying to do, but… there's no way Jamie Chadwick 'couldn't get' an F3 seat. Of course she could. But why would she want one?
Unless you make it to the big leagues, the junior formulae are money pits and no one has a clue who most of the competitors are. They exist for the handful of talents who might make it to F1 and for wealthy kids who decide to have an expensive hobby before they have to enter adulthood. There's no prestige in being an also-ran F3 driver, and from what I've seen also-ran F3 driver is as far as Chadwick could go on her actual ability.
W Series, on the other hand… free. There's prestige and recognition for the winners. Press coverage, fans, income for the drivers (instead of paying to have a job), a boost to their personal brand, sponsorship. $500,000 for the winner, which I imagine puts the W Series champion above a few F1 drivers on income per race weekend. It's like a mid-tier racing series but right at the foot of the ladder.
From a purely rational viewpoint, if you're not good enough to get to F1 and you know it, you might as well stay in W Series. So unless a genuine, huge talent is unearthed at some point, I can't see any 'progression' into F3 any time soon.
If they wanted people to watch it they would make it more accessible. Practice on Youtube, Qualy on Fakebook and races on some other platform beinsports i've never heard of?
I watched the final races of 2022 at Austin last year and hardly anyone stayed to watch. One of the races was somewhat dramatic with interesting battles at the front if I remember correctly and we enjoyed them immensely, but it's just another F3 series but with very limited talent. Think bottom half of F3 Asia level talent.
If you are interested in open wheel single seaters you probably follow F1 and/or Indycar, then maybe super formula (second fastest series) or F2, maybe FIA F3 if you really have a lot of free time. What good reason to watch W series, especially if it is hard to follow? No. 2022 isn't go to be a breakout year.
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Simona tested very well for Sauber F1. A Swiss woman in a Swiss team, what could be better publicity and talent, but no we were denied again…
@dutchtreat as with Susie Wolff, way too much is being made of some random testing or free practice outing. As far as I know no times were ever released (but I will gladly be proven wrong!) and a team member said she was "solid". Make of it what you will, but it seems flimsy to conclude she tested "very well" based on that.
Simona went up against Robin Frijns in FE and was vastly outperformed by him. She didn't do well in Indycar, she didn't do well in Supercars. We weren't denied much.
Yes, she should. But is there any interest from F3 / F2 teams to pick her up, unless she brings a crapload of money – which she doesn't have?
This is the problem here. She needs to be noticed so that a team is willing to offer her a paid ride. Or to pick up a good sponsor willing to fund one. Competing against known racers, even if they're 10 or more years older than her, would help raise Chadwick profile much more than competing against a bunch of unknowns. That's what I've been saying.
And then maybe someone gives her a chance in F3 or F2 so that she can show what she really can do.
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Craig and Lamas got married to each other back in 2011 after only a few months of dating. The wedding ceremony took place in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
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Updated On : 05:58 PST, Jun 30, 2018
Lorenzo Lamas - who has been married five times before - is out to make a record it seems, especially when it comes to getting divorced. The 'Falcon Crest' actor has separated from his fifth wife, 'Second Wives Club' star Shawna Craig as per reports. According to the court documents obtained by US Weekly, the 60-year-old has already filed for divorce in Los Angeles on Friday, June 29.
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Actor Lorenzo Lamas and girlfriend Shawna Craig arrives at the showcase unveiling of 'Cosmic Harley' a one of a kind $1,000,000 Harley Davidson designed by artist Jack Armstrong at the Harley Davidson showrooms on October 21, 2010 in Marina del Rey, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Craig had married Lamas in 2011, only after a few months of dating. Their wedding ceremony took place in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Their relationship was subjected to public scrutiny, ever since Craig appeared on the first season of 'Second Wives Club' in 2017, where she opened up about their relationship and her husband's finances on television; something she believed could be more relatable to the audience.
She said, "I think the way that was put together, I didn't really say it exactly the way it came across. It is definitely an issue because he's got three kids that are still young and he's taking care of them… but I think a lot of people go through that. Sometimes finances are great, sometimes it's hard. I think that's really relatable. There's no shame in struggling… I think that's just life."
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Lorenzo Lamas (L) and his wife Shawna Craig arrive at the opening night of 'Wicked' at the Pantages Theatre on December 1, 2011 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty Images for Pantages Theatre)
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Actor Lorenzo Lamas and Shawna Craig (L) arrive at the opening night of 'HAIR' at the Pantages Theatre on January 6, 2011 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images)
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She also added, "So it would always make me sad that he struggled with his finances… I thought, 'I wish our lives had started off easier where we can have fun and enjoy each other' instead of, from the very beginning, be stressed with all the things that come along with being with Lorenzo. But that's something I've always struggled with. It has gotten better in the last year or so, but… I would get very sad about it and I cried. It was hard."
Shawna Craig and Lorenzo Lamas attend the premiere of Lionsgate And Roadside Attractions' 'Love & Mercy' at AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theater on June 2, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)
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Actor Lorenzo Lamas and Victoria Lamas attend the Premiere Of Red Bull Media House's 'On Any Sunday, The Next Chapter' at Dolby Theatre on October 22, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)


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By Abigail Abrams
November 2, 2017 7:52 PM EDT
If you watched all of Stranger Things season 2 in one sitting, you're not alone.
In fact, the show was such a big hit that Nielsen is reporting 361,000 Netflix subscribers binged all nine episodes within 24 hours of their launch, according to Entertainment Weekly.
A whopping 15.8 million viewers tuned in for the series' first episode within three days of its launch, according to the Nielsen data, and all episodes have gotten at least 4 million viewers.
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Write to Abigail Abrams at abigail.abrams@time.com.
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