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/*
 * skeleton.c
 * author: Tahseen Mohammad
 */

/* This file depends on WORDS_BIGENDIAN being defined to 1 if the host
 * processor stores words with the most significant byte first (like Motorola
 * and SPARC, unlike Intel and VAX).
 * On little endian systems, WORDS_BIGENDIAN should be undefined.
 *
 * When using GNU Autotools, the correct value will be written into config.h
 * if the autoconf macro AC_C_BIGENDIAN is called in configure.ac.
 */
#include "config.h"

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#include <ogg/ogg.h>

#include "skeleton.h"

#ifdef WIN32
#define snprintf _snprintf
#endif

static  unsigned short
_le_16 (unsigned short s)
{
  unsigned short ret=s;
#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
  ret = (s>>8) & 0x00ffU;
  ret += (s<<8) & 0xff00U;
#endif
  return ret;
}

static  ogg_uint32_t
_le_32 (ogg_uint32_t i)
{
   ogg_uint32_t ret=i;
#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
   ret =  (i>>24);
   ret += (i>>8) & 0x0000ff00;
   ret += (i<<8) & 0x00ff0000;
   ret += (i<<24);
#endif
   return ret;
}

static  ogg_int64_t
_le_64 (ogg_int64_t l)
{
  ogg_int64_t ret=l;
  unsigned char *ucptr = (unsigned char *)&ret;
#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
  unsigned char temp;

  temp = ucptr [0] ;
  ucptr [0] = ucptr [7] ;
  ucptr [7] = temp ;

  temp = ucptr [1] ;
  ucptr [1] = ucptr [6] ;
  ucptr [6] = temp ;

  temp = ucptr [2] ;
  ucptr [2] = ucptr [5] ;
  ucptr [5] = temp ;

  temp = ucptr [3] ;
  ucptr [3] = ucptr [4] ;
  ucptr [4] = temp ;

#endif
  return (*(ogg_int64_t *)ucptr);
}

/* write an ogg_page to a file pointer */
int write_ogg_page_to_file(ogg_page *og, FILE *out) {
   int written;

   written = fwrite(og->header,1, og->header_len, out);
   if (written > 0)
     written += fwrite(og->body,1, og->body_len, out);

   return written;
}

int add_message_header_field(fisbone_packet *fp,
                                        char *header_key,
                                        char *header_value) {

    /* size of both key and value + ': ' + CRLF */
    int this_message_size = strlen(header_key) + strlen(header_value) + 4;
    if (fp->message_header_fields == NULL) {
        fp->message_header_fields = _ogg_calloc(this_message_size+1, sizeof(char));
    } else {
        int new_size = (fp->current_header_size + this_message_size+1) * sizeof(char);
        fp->message_header_fields = _ogg_realloc(fp->message_header_fields, new_size);
    }
    snprintf(fp->message_header_fields + fp->current_header_size,
                this_message_size+1,
                "%s: %s\r\n",
                header_key,
                header_value);
    fp->current_header_size += this_message_size;

    return 0;
}

/* create a ogg_packet from a fishead_packet structure */
int ogg_from_fishead(fishead_packet *fp,ogg_packet *op) {

    if (!fp || !op) return -1;

    memset(op, 0, sizeof(*op));
    op->packet = _ogg_calloc(FISHEAD_SIZE, sizeof(unsigned char));
    if (!op->packet) return -1;

    memset(op->packet, 0, FISHEAD_SIZE);

    memcpy (op->packet, FISHEAD_IDENTIFIER, 8); /* identifier */
    *((ogg_uint16_t*)(op->packet+8)) = _le_16 (SKELETON_VERSION_MAJOR); /* version major */
    *((ogg_uint16_t*)(op->packet+10)) = _le_16 (SKELETON_VERSION_MINOR); /* version minor */
    *((ogg_int64_t*)(op->packet+12)) = _le_64 (fp->ptime_n); /* presentationtime numerator */
    *((ogg_int64_t*)(op->packet+20)) = _le_64 (fp->ptime_d); /* presentationtime denominator */
    *((ogg_int64_t*)(op->packet+28)) = _le_64 (fp->btime_n); /* basetime numerator */
    *((ogg_int64_t*)(op->packet+36)) = _le_64 (fp->btime_d); /* basetime denominator */
    /* TODO: UTC time, set to zero for now */

    op->b_o_s = 1;   /* its the first packet of the stream */
    op->e_o_s = 0;   /* its not the last packet of the stream */
    op->bytes = FISHEAD_SIZE;  /* length of the packet in bytes */

    return 0;
}

/* create a ogg_packet from a fisbone_packet structure.
 * call this method after the fisbone_packet is filled and all message header fields are added
 * by calling add_message_header_field method.
 */
int ogg_from_fisbone(fisbone_packet *fp,ogg_packet *op) {

    int packet_size;

    if (!fp || !op) return -1;

    packet_size = FISBONE_SIZE + fp->current_header_size;

    memset (op, 0, sizeof (*op));
    op->packet = _ogg_calloc (packet_size, sizeof(unsigned char));
    if (!op->packet) return -1;

    memset (op->packet, 0, packet_size);
    memcpy (op->packet, FISBONE_IDENTIFIER, 8); /* identifier */
    *((ogg_uint32_t*)(op->packet+8)) = _le_32 (FISBONE_MESSAGE_HEADER_OFFSET); /* offset of the message header fields */
    *((ogg_uint32_t*)(op->packet+12)) = _le_32 (fp->serial_no); /* serialno of the respective stream */
    *((ogg_uint32_t*)(op->packet+16)) = _le_32 (fp->nr_header_packet); /* number of header packets */
    *((ogg_int64_t*)(op->packet+20)) = _le_64 (fp->granule_rate_n); /* granulrate numerator */
    *((ogg_int64_t*)(op->packet+28)) = _le_64 (fp->granule_rate_d); /* granulrate denominator */
    *((ogg_int64_t*)(op->packet+36)) = _le_64 (fp->start_granule); /* start granule */
    *((ogg_uint32_t*)(op->packet+44)) = _le_32 (fp->preroll); /* preroll, for theora its 0 */
    *(op->packet+48) = fp->granule_shift; /* granule shift */
    if (fp->message_header_fields)
      memcpy((op->packet+FISBONE_SIZE), fp->message_header_fields, fp->current_header_size);

    op->b_o_s = 0;
    op->e_o_s = 0;
    op->bytes = packet_size; /* size of the packet in bytes */

    return 0;
}

/* fills up a fishead_packet from memory */
static int fishead_from_data (const unsigned char * data, int len, fishead_packet *fp) {
    if (!data) return -1;

    if (memcmp(data, FISHEAD_IDENTIFIER, 8))
      return -1;

    fp->version_major = _le_16 (*((ogg_uint16_t*)(data+8))); /* version major */
    fp->version_minor = _le_16 (*((ogg_uint16_t*)(data+10))); /* version minor */
    fp->ptime_n = _le_64 (*((ogg_int64_t*)(data+12))); /* presentationtime numerator */
    fp->ptime_d = _le_64 (*((ogg_int64_t*)(data+20))); /* presentationtime denominator */
    fp->btime_n = _le_64 (*((ogg_int64_t*)(data+28))); /* basetime numerator */
    fp->btime_d = _le_64 (*((ogg_int64_t*)(data+36))); /* basetime denominator */
    memcpy(fp->UTC, data+44, 20);

    return 0;
}

/* fills up a fishead_packet from a fishead ogg_packet of a skeleton bistream */
int fishead_from_ogg (ogg_packet *op, fishead_packet *fp) {
    return fishead_from_data (op->packet, op->bytes, fp);
}

/* fills up a fishead_packet from a fishead ogg_page of a skeleton bistream */
int fishead_from_ogg_page (const ogg_page *og, fishead_packet *fp) {
    return fishead_from_data (og->body, og->body_len, fp);
}

/* fills up a fisbone_packet from memory */
static int fisbone_from_data (const unsigned char * data, int len, fisbone_packet *fp) {

    if (!fp) return -1;

    if (memcmp(data, FISBONE_IDENTIFIER, 8))
	  return -1;

    fp->serial_no = _le_32 (*((ogg_uint32_t*)(data+12))); /* serialno of the stream represented by this fisbone packet */
    fp->nr_header_packet = _le_32 (*((ogg_uint32_t*)(data+16))); /* number of header packets */
    fp->granule_rate_n = _le_64 (*((ogg_int64_t*)(data+20))); /* granulrate numerator */
    fp->granule_rate_d = _le_64 (*((ogg_int64_t*)(data+28))); /* granulrate denominator */
    fp->start_granule = _le_64 (*((ogg_int64_t*)(data+36))); /* start granule */
    fp->preroll = _le_32 (*((ogg_uint32_t*)(data+44))); /* preroll, for theora its 0 */
    fp->granule_shift = *(data+48); /* granule shift */
    fp->current_header_size = len - FISBONE_SIZE;
    fp->message_header_fields = _ogg_calloc(fp->current_header_size+1, sizeof(char));
    if (!fp->message_header_fields) return -1;
    memcpy(fp->message_header_fields, data+FISBONE_SIZE, fp->current_header_size);

    return 0;
}

/* fills up a fisbone_packet from a fisbone ogg_packet of a skeleton bitstream */
int fisbone_from_ogg (ogg_packet *op, fisbone_packet *fp) {
  return fisbone_from_data (op->packet, op->bytes, fp);
}

/* fills up a fisbone_packet from a fisbone ogg_page of a skeleton bistream */
int fisbone_from_ogg_page (const ogg_page *og, fisbone_packet *fp) {
    return fisbone_from_data (og->body, og->body_len, fp);
}

int fisbone_clear(fisbone_packet *fp)
{
    if (!fp) return -1;
    _ogg_free(fp->message_header_fields);
    return 0;
}

int add_fishead_to_stream(ogg_stream_state *os, fishead_packet *fp) {

    ogg_packet op;
    int ret;

    ret = ogg_from_fishead(fp, &op);
    if (ret<0) return ret;
    ogg_stream_packetin(os, &op);
    _ogg_free(op.packet);

    return 0;
}

int add_fisbone_to_stream(ogg_stream_state *os, fisbone_packet *fp) {

    ogg_packet op;
    int ret;

    ret = ogg_from_fisbone(fp, &op);
    if (ret<0) return ret;
    ogg_stream_packetin(os, &op);
    _ogg_free(op.packet);

    return 0;
}

int add_eos_packet_to_stream(ogg_stream_state *os) {

    ogg_packet op;

    memset (&op, 0, sizeof(op));
    op.e_o_s = 1;
    ogg_stream_packetin(os, &op);

    return 0;
}

int flush_ogg_stream_to_file(ogg_stream_state *os, FILE *out) {

    ogg_page og;
    int result;

    while((result = ogg_stream_flush(os, &og)))
    {
        if(!result) break;
        result = write_ogg_page_to_file(&og, out);
        if(result != og.header_len + og.body_len)
            return 1;
    }

    return 0;
}


If you are the sort of man or woman that notices the entirety it really is a touch one-of-a-kind at your nearby watering hole, you've got no doubt noticed a exchange as to what is on faucet in the back of the bar. Where once you noticed some of the biggest beer businesses on the planet, you currently see some slightly difficult to understand craft beer services. As you have processed those changes, you've got in all likelihood requested yourself one critical query – what's craft beer?
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Concealed weapon permits (CCW) are-shall issue and open carry is legal without a permit. Nevada does not ban 'assault weapons' and there is no magazine capacity limit. There are no purchase permits, gun registration, or gun-owner licensing. Blue cards are no longer required. There is no waiting period mandated for firearm purchases and private gun sales are okay. Local gun laws are prohibited. You do not have to "register" a gun to someone else.
You cannot carry in the secure area of airports (past TSA checkpoints) and concealed carry only is prohibited in public buildings where 'no guns' signs are posted or metal detectors are present at each public entrance. (NRS 202.3673). Open carry is not regulated in any non-school public building (except certain libraries).
No laws prohibit either concealed or open carry in churches or other houses of worship, but churches are private property and may restrict firearms. Churches are targets for violence just like any other place.
Signs do not have the force of law on private property. In public buildings, only concealed carry is banned where 'no guns' signs are posted or metal detectors are present at each public entrance (NRS 202.3673).
It is legal to carry concealed or openly in a bar or restaurant, even while consuming alcohol. One cannot possess a firearm if their blood alcohol content is more than .10 BAC (NRS 202.257).
It is legal to carry openly or concealed inside a casino, on the Las Vegas Strip, or at the Fremont Street Experience. Most casinos will ask you to leave or disarm if they observe you carrying firearms, but it is not a crime unless you refuse to leave or comply (only trespassing). You do not have to consent to any search.
Firearms are prohibited on K-12 school property, including child care facilities. This includes parking lots. Written permission from the principal is the only exemption, which is seldom granted (NRS 202.265).
Firearms are prohibited on college/university property, including in parking lots, except with written permission, which is seldom granted (NRS 202.265).
It is legal to have a loaded handgun anywhere in your vehicle, including in the glove box, as long the weapon is not concealed on your body without a permit. Rifles and shotguns cannot have a round in the chamber (NRS 503.165).
You cannot carry concealed without a permit at home or on your own private property. Concealed carry requires a permit anywhere in the state. Technically, a firearm, loaded or unloaded, carried in bag or case is illegal without a permit.
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1. Treat all guns as if they were loaded. 2. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot. 3. Never point at a gun at anything you are not willing to shoot. 4. Know your target and what lies beyond. 5. Keep weapons locked away from children.
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No. Under federal law, you are an unlawful user of a controlled substance. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld this rule. Marijuana in any form is illegal under federal law. Users of marijuana are prohibited persons. Checking 'no' on question 11(e) on the Form 4473 would be a lie if you use marijuana. See this ATF letter on the topic.
Effective June 2, 2016, Clark County's handgun registration system, 'blue cards' was eliminated by changes to state law. Blue cards are not required nor issued. You do not have to keep your blue cards. There is no gun registration in Nevada at all. All records have been destroyed. Ballot Question 1 did not create registration.
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VERMONA Vermona Random Rhythm Generator Module vinyl at Juno Records.
RandomRHYTHM is a random-based dual-channel trigger sequencer with a very unique concept. What you cannot do with it is manually setting steps or tapping-in a rhythm. Instead you have four sliders per rhythm-section to set the probability for the appearance of quarters, eighths, sixteenths and triplets to form sequences.
Each of the rhythm-section can work in realtime or dice mode.
Realtime means, that the module is continuously generating new random values for each note value whereas in dice-mode it generates them for a complete 3/4- or 4/4-bar. In both modes, even if a bar has been diced, the sliders still influence the resulting sequence.
Beside the sequence output of each rhythm-section there are individual outs for the quarters, eighths, sixteenths and triplets. You can use them with or without random. The latter makes RandomRHYTHM a precise tool to generate or multiply clocks.
Apropos clocks, the module can create its own or work with external clocks (per rhythm-section if you like).
Additional fun is guaranteed by the flexible RESET input that lets you mute the outputs or restart your diced bar. As with all parameters, the functionality can be set individually per rhythm-section.
RandomRHYTHM is a creativeness booster. It is easy to create complex rhythms or straight four-to-the-floor beats. Its fool proof user interface lets you play it without thinking about randomness and probabilities, although that's the fundamental concept of the module. You don't need to be a stochastic genius!
It doesn't matter if you use it as sole rhythm-base or as valuable addition to other sequencers. RandomRHYTHM gives you a different view to rhythms and the way to generate them.


Microsoft has made the final version of its latest web browser, Internet Explorer 9, available to download.
Internet Explorer 9 has been totally redesigned by Microsoft. The minimalist look, which is created by using a single bar for URLs and searches in a style similar to Google Chrome and by placing browser tabs in a single strip alongside the omnibar, gives the user more browsing room.
IE9 also fuses with Windows 7, allowing you to pin website shortcuts to the Windows taskbar and create lists of links from within those pinned sites. Users also benefit from a download manager and hardware acceleration for HTML5 video.
"The web can unlock the power and performance of the best PC hardware through Windows and Internet Explorer 9," said Dean Hachamovitch, corporate vice president, Windows Internet Explorer, at Microsoft.
"Websites can also act more like applications within Windows 7, with features such as Pinned Sites. In less than a year, Internet Explorer 9 went from early preview to final release with the help of hardware partners and the web community."
Microsoft said Internet Explorer 9 is the company's "most-downloaded browser beta of all time" having been downloaded more than 40 million times and is used n two percent of all Windows 7 PCs.


Kidney failure or end stage renal disease has become a major source of concern across the world. It is a dreaded and deadly disease. When it strikes, it comes with loads of complications. And it becomes a conduit-pipe draining the pocket of the patient, and could ultimately lead to death.
Formerly, kidney, heart-related diseases and high blood pressure or hypertension, were considered as exclusive disease for the elderly. That notion has been completely eroded because kidney failure has become an uninvited guest to the young, rich and the poor. Also kidney disease cuts across most ages, although prevalent in patients aged between 20 and 50 years. This means that a significant number falls within the working population and may pose a serious threat to the future of Nigeria's economy.
Although kidney is relatively small, it plays vital role, such as ensuring that the blood circulating in the body is free from harmful organisms, waste products and excess water. It also plays a major role in regulating levels of various minerals, such as calcium, sodium, and potassium in the blood.
Experts say kidney diseases often develop slowly and symptoms only appear at a late stage when the patients already has advanced kidney failure and may even need dialysis.
The kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs that lie on either side of the spine in the lower middle of the back. Each kidney weighs about one quarter pound and contains approximately one million filtering units called nephrons. Each nephron is made of a glomerulus and a tubule. The glomerulus is a miniature filtering or sieving device, while the tubule is a tiny tube like structure attached to the glomerulus.
The kidneys are connected to the urinary bladder by tubes called ureters. Urine is stored in the urinary bladder until the bladder is emptied by urinating. The bladder is connected to the outside of the body by another tube-like structure called the urethra.
The main function of the kidneys is to remove waste products and excess water from the blood. The kidney also plays a major role in regulating levels of various minerals such as calcium, sodium, and potassium in the blood. The kidneys process about 200 litres of blood every day and produce about two litres of urine. The waste products are generated from normal metabolic processes, including the breakdown of active tissues, ingested foods, and other substances.
The kidneys allow consumption of a variety of foods, drugs, vitamins and supplements, additives and excess fluids without worry that toxic by-products will build up to harmful levels. As the first step in filtration, blood is delivered into the glomeruli by microscopic leaky blood vessels called capillaries. Here, blood is filtered of waste products and fluid while red blood cells, proteins, and large molecules are retained in the capillaries. In addition to wastes, some useful substances are also filtered out. The filtrate collects in a sac called Bowman's capsule.
The tubules are the next step in the filtration process. The tubules are lined with highly functional cells, which process the filtrate, reabsorbing water and chemicals useful to the body while secreting some additional waste products into the tubule.
CausesThe major causes are diabetes and high blood pressure. Diabetes mellitus causes a condition called diabetic nephropathy, which is the leading cause of kidney disease in most countries. High blood pressure (hypertension), if not controlled, can damage the kidneys over time.
Findings by experts have also revealed that untreated microbial infections, especially urinary tract infections (UTIs), diarrhoea, malaria, hepatitis, Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), diabetes, hypertension, potassium bromate poisoning, teething powder, abuse of painkillers/analgesics especially Paracetamol are accountable for the increasing cases of kidney failure among Nigerian children.
It was gathered that other well-recognised risk factors for chronic kidney disease include increasing age; family history of kidney disease; cigarette smoking; exposure to heavy metals such as lead; long term ingestion of herbal concoctions; obesity; sickle cell; prostate problems and cancers.
According to a Public Health Physician, Kodjo Soroh Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is associated with high morbidity and mortality, more so in regions where there is dearth of resources, including renal replacement therapy.
According to a Nigerian-American physician, a professor in Medicine and Translation Research, Samuel Dagogo-Jack, "there are many identified factors causing chronic kidney disease. However, the prevalence of these factors differs to varying extent in different parts of the world. In Nigeria, some socio-cultural practices can lead directly or indirectly to the development of chronic kidney disease.
Recent studies have shown that hypertension is the leading cause of kidney failure in Nigeria across all ages, closely followed by diabetes and HIV/AIDS.
Burden and prevalenceRecent reports indicated that at least 40.7 million Nigerians (23 per cent) are suffering from various stages of kidney disease. Despite the severity of the disease, Nigerian patients are faced with many challenges in terms of treatment.
An estimated 20,000 new patients are diagnosed every year in the country. Experts and other Nigerians regretted that out of 50,000 patients who should ideally be on dialysis, fewer than 1, 500 are currently on dialysis as at today. Sadly, if one has kidney failure and do not undergo dialysis or transplant within few weeks, the individual will die.
Paediatricians from the Departments of Paediatrics, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL), Idi-Araba, Dr. Taiwo Ladapo, and her colleagues led by Prof. Afolabi Lesi in a study, noted that of all the children admitted between 2008 and 2011 in LUTH, kidney disease accounted for 8.9 per cent of paediatric admissions with prevalence of 22.3 admissions per 1, 000 child-admissions per year; and that yearly incidence doubled over the study period.
In the study entitled, "Paediatric kidney diseases in an African country: Prevalence, Spectrum and Outcome," they observed that the prevalence of AKI was higher than that reported from other parts of the country; late presentation, inadequate diagnostic and therapeutic facilities and financial constraints negatively impacted outcome; and disease-specific prevalence varied between geographic sections.
ChallengesThe disease is expensive to treat. Experts said the first dialysis section for people with chronic kidney disease costs about N50, 000 to N60, 000 for one and subsequently the patient should have it three times a week at the cost of about N30, 000 per session, a cost much more than the average Nigerian worker can provide.
KCI noted: "A kidney transplant provides the patient with a healthy kidney from a donor but it often requires a lot more in terms of finances. When a donor (which so far in Nigeria has been living relatives, spouses or friends) is found, their suitability for surgery is determined and they are tested to determine if their blood type and other issue factors match the patients. Some of these investigations are done abroad and this helps to compound the cost of the surgeries.
A Professor in Medicine, Sunday Angaya Bwala, frowned at the practice of people paying out of pocket to treat kidney disease, which he noted was no more obtainable in most parts of the world, adding that there should be a support from government, private sector and workable insurance scheme for those who cannot afford the treatment.
Way outTo prevent chronic kidney disease from continuously affecting people in their productive years and also to curb incessant deaths among patients due to their inability to sustain dialysis treatment, in view of the high cost, health workers agreed on the need for urgent and pragmatic steps to be taken by both policy makers and the people.
Some experts have recommended that pre-employment urine screening and health education will go a long way in educating, increasing awareness and preventing the deleterious complications of uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes and glomerulonephritis.
A professor in Medicine and a member of World Health Organisation (WHO) on cardiovascular disease, Oladipo Akinkugbe, declared the urgent need to implement prevention strategies that include health education policies geared towards adoption of healthy lifestyle measures that prevent or delay the onset of diabetes and hypertension, strengthening of the health care for people with non-communicable diseases and integration of non-communicable disease prevention in national programmes for sustainable development.
Many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on health care development, agreed that one of the things that needed to be done by all was to raise awareness about the increase in kidney disease in children and others, and also raise support for already affected patients who need dialysis.
Regular blood pressure monitoring, early diagnosis and active intervention are advocated by experts to delay progression to end-stage kidney disease especially in view of poor outcomes of renal replacement therapy in Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA) patients with nephropathy.
Government has been tasked to put policies and interventions in place to check the rising incidence of kidney diseases in the country. Experts have advised that government can provide specialized centres for free screening and treatment of kidney diseases and ensure that immunosuppressive drugs administered after a successful transplant are affordable to patients.
PreventionHowever, clinical experiments have shown that drinking large amounts of water will help to remove bacterium out of the urinary tract, which will lower the risk of developing kidney failure. Unfortunately, most Nigerians are still trivialising the need for proper hydration. Drinking much more water has been repeated by experts to be very beneficial in daily life.
Dagogo-Jack lamented that in Nigeria, nobody was screening anybody for anything, noting that that were infections that may affect the kidney. He submitted that some of diseases have been shown to actually start from childhood.
Drink plenty of fluidsIt is no longer news that drinking eight to 10 glasses of water each day promotes better health, but many do not know why. Although the kidneys act more as a filter than a reservoir, toxins can build up if there is not enough water pressure to push them through to the urinary tract for excretion.
Avoid multiple cups of caffeineDon't get hooked on drinking multiple cups of caffeine beverages each day. The kidneys will be forced to work harder and pump out fluid and a toxin when they become dehydrated by caffeine's purging effect and more active by its metabolism-boosting powers.


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Q: Class typed as object with properties from the constructor... without casting custom constructor signature? class __Constants__ {
  [key: string]: string;
  constructor(values: string[]) {
    values.forEach((key) => {
      this[key] = key;
    });
  }
}

const Constants = __Constants__ as {
  new <T extends readonly string[]>(values: T): { [k in T[number]]: k };
};

const __colors__ = ["BLUE", "GREEN"] as const;

const Colors = new Constants(__colors__);
// const Colors: {
//   BLUE: "BLUE",
//   GREEN: "GREEN",
// }

Is it possible to type the __Constants__ class so that it has the same return type as the cast but without using the custom constructor signature?
Edit: Note that I am working on converting a legacy JS codebase to Typescript and want to make as few JS code changes as possible. The real Constants class is more complicated, here I've isolated the current problem I was facing.

A: It works like this:
const Constants = class {
  [key: string]: string;
  constructor(values: string[]) {
    values.forEach((key) => {
      this[key] = key;
    });
  }
} as {
  new <T extends readonly string[]>(values: T): { [k in T[number]]: k };
};

const __colors__ = ["BLUE", "GREEN"] as const;

const Colors = new Constants(__colors__);

TypeScript playground
It makes use of so called "Class expressions"

EDIT: I've tried out something else. Why don't you just use a function instead of a class? This works:
function Constants<T extends readonly string[]>(values: T): { [k in T[number]]: k } {
  const obj: any = {};
  values.forEach((key) => {
    obj[key] = key;
  });
  return obj;
}

TypeScript playground
Of course you have to call it like a function, not create a class instance:
const __colors__ = ["BLUE", "GREEN"] as const;

const Colors = Constants(__colors__); // don't use "new" here

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A Gambler's Guide to UFC 199
RJ Gardner
Events, News, Promotions, Sports Betting, Spotlight, UFC
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On Saturday, July 5, the UFC hosted the weigh-ins for The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale which takes place Sunday, July 6, from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
In the night's main event, a pair of former champions will meet for a third time as former lightweight kingpin Frankie Edgar locks horns with former lightweight and welterweight title holder B.J. Penn. The pair served as coaches on the 19th season of the UFC's flagship reality series, The Ultimate Fighter.
Edgar and Penn have met twice before with the promotion's lightweight title on the line. Edgar bested Penn via controversial decision in the pair's first meeting at UFC 112 in 2010. Edgar then cruised to a lopsided decision win at UFC 118 later that year. Since then, both fighters have had mixed results inside the Octagon.
At UFC 162 in July, Edgar got back in the win column with a "Fight of the Night" battle against Charles Oliveira. Penn, meanwhile, moved back to welterweight following his losses to Edgar. The Hawaiian most recently fell short on the scorecards against Rory MacDonald. The former two-division title holder will drop to featherweight for the first time in his career for his trilogy with Edgar.
Also on the main card, the promotion will crown new TUF champions at middleweight and light heavyweight. In the 185-pound final, Eddie Gordon takes on Dhiego Lima, while the 205-pound final features Corey Anderson vs. Matt Van Buren.
The 11-fight event kicks off Sunday at 6 p.m. ET with two bouts streaming live on the promotion's digital network, UFC Fight Pass. Four additional bouts follow on Fox Sports 1 at 7 p.m. ET, with the five-fight main card beginning at 9 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1.
The fighters hit the scales at 4 p.m. ET. A video feed (courtesy of the UFC) appears above, while the results appear below.
Fox Sports 1 Main Card
Frankie Edgar (145) vs. B.J. Penn (145)
Corey Anderson (204) vs. Matt Van Buren (206) – light heavyweight tournament final
Eddie Gordon (186) vs. Dhiego Lima (185) – middleweight tournament final
Guto Inocente (232) vs. Derrick Lewis (264)
Dustin Ortiz (125) vs. Justin Scoggins (124)
Fox Sports 1 Preliminary Card
Kevin Lee (156) vs. Jesse Ronson (155)
Leandro Issa (135.5) vs. Jumabieke Tuerxun (136)
Adriano Martins (155.5) vs. Juan Manuel Puig (155)
Daniel Spohn (205) vs. Patrick Walsh (206)
UFC Fight Pass Preliminary Card
Alexis Dufresne (143)* vs. Sarah Moras (139)*
Keith Berish (203) vs. Robert Drysdale (202.5)
* – Fight is a 143-pound catchweight
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UFC Heavyweight Soa Palelei Suffers Fractured Rib, Out At Least Four Months
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Q: Extract date from URL link / random string I would like to extract dates from a column of URL links (5,000 rows of raw data).
Sample of the URL include:

*

*http://en/Pages/Introduction-More_Details-20191103.com

*http://en/Pages/United-Kingdom-Page1-EU-20190502.com

*http://en/Pages/France-2019-Description-20190612.com

*http://en/Pages/telephone-in-the-UK-and-USA-190405.com
Is there any R code that can learn the pattern and extract the date to another column?
Thank you.
The different length of text can be a problem...

A: At least from your sample it looks like the dates are the only numbers and they always follow a -. You could catch them with regex:
urls <- c('http://en/Pages/Introduction-More_Details-20191103.com',
          'http://en/Pages/United-Kingdom-EU-20190502.com',
          'http://en/Pages/France-20190612.com',
          'http://en/Pages/telephone-in-the-UK-and-USA-190405.com')

gsub('(.*)-(\\d{6,8})(.*)', '\\2', urls)
#[1] "20191103" "20190502" "20190612" "190405"

Or
gsub('(.*)-(\\d{6,8})(\\.com)', '\\2', urls)

Then you save that to a new column. Obviously, how easy it is to pick up all the urls depends on how many different formats you have.


Evolvr, the tool that aims to become the IMDB for productsThe Techzei team has been working on expanding over new areas for a while now and one thing we've been working on is to cover extensively about Startups. While working on various formats, one of the biggest problem we've faced is getting some actual data about startups and their products.
Would you recommend Evolvr.io to a friend?
Evolvr.io launching today inspired by IMDB aims to be the most comprehensive resource for information about a company ,its products and the makers behind them. See how each product has evolved over time, which companies or makers use a particular product and their reviews.
This is great! Early days but I'm curious to see more of this.
Obviously early days with only 88 companies when I checked just now - mainly ones that are hyped today e.g. Uber, but no listings for IBM or Cisco - but it is clear what you are aiming to achieve and I wish you luck. You might want to check out http://permid.org as a unique identifier for the companies as that would mean customers could concord your data with other datasets in the future.


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The Fox Says.....
Indie games are all the rage right now and here's one that pays homage to the classic era of the Super Nintendo. Fox N Forests looks, feels, and sounds like a classic Super Nintendo game and has a mechanic out of the Super Nintendo era where you play as a Fox named Rick who can change the seasons at the drop of a hat. You will need to master the seasonal change mechanic to make it through each stage and collect all the seeds hidden so you can discover everything.
You also have magical spells at your disposal as well and you will have to play stages over again because when you first play them, you probably won't have the right magic. For example, you can shoot different magical arrows to unlock entryways in each stage but like I said, during the initial playthrough of the stage, you probably won't have the right magical spell to do anything. The magical spells use the same power as the season changes so you will have to watch when you attack and use the change.
The meter does recharge over time during gameplay but that could be the different between you finding that special item. There are checkpoints during the levels but if you don't have the money to pay for them, you won't be able to activate them. They aren't expensive that shouldn't be an issue but if you keep dying, then you might have an issue on your hands.
You'll be able to check out the forest plaza to upgrade your Fox with different abilities and spells, not for free of course. You can spend your hard earned money on attacks and items from your smart mouthed bird friend, Patty, while in the forest plaza. You can also upgrade your health as well so make sure you collect all the money/coins as you can during gameplay. The music sounds just a Super Nintendo game and it would fit in perfectly in any Super Nintendo fan's collection.
Fox N Forests has a perfect amount of action music and cool tones that could be played during ice levels and it just so happens that the game does just that. The songs are catchy as well! The writing during the game is funny and well thought out as well. You have a Fox and bird thrown together to basically save the world and they both can't stand each other but they work it out. They have their banter, back and forth, and their relationship changes over the course of the adventure and you can see that through the story and the writing.
Innovative boss fights were another thing that stood out during gameplay and you needed to use the seasonal change to perfection. One battle had you fight a frog but you had to figure out how to use the seasonal change to hit him and in the Pax East demo, you fought a Bee and had to do the same thing with the seasonal change. It's games that go this extra mile that make show that the developers but time into their product. However, It felt like there was way too much to collect as well as the feel of repetition snuck into the game way too early into the adventure.
If you get the feel that you will need to replay levels during the first level and it's a hassle, then "replay" is going to be annoying when you have to do it later on in the game. The controls weren't as sharp/tight as they needed to be as simple jumps were tough and basic enemies were getting in the way. It's these reasons that I'm giving Fox N Forests for the Nintendo Switch a 7/10. I would like to thanks Eurovideo for the review code.
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The what, why and how of regulatory convergence
Regulatory convergence is real. But what is it, how does it affect organizations straddling multiple jurisdictions, and what can be done to navigate this most complex of modern phenomena? Chair of Grayling's Public Affairs network in Europe, Russell Patten explains.
The gradual demise of divergent national regulations is inevitable, as our economies, markets and societies globalize with exponential speed, and this is resulting in regulatory convergence. In short, this is where standards, policies and laws are aligned across different geographies.
As a global Public Affairs consultancy, we witness examples of this every day, bilaterally between countries, and at a regional and even global level. And there is evidence of it in multiple industry sectors, too from financial services to healthcare, energy to ICT.
What's driving regulatory convergence?
For regulatory convergence to begin – let alone succeed – there must be mutual benefit. We have identified seven key concerns are driving regulatory cooperation:
Clearly these factors vary between industry sectors, and there are different individual drivers and barriers within each, which we address in detail in our study.
Navigating the minefield
We advise some of the world's leading organizations on how to maximize the benefits and mitigate the risks of regulatory convergence, turning this phenomenon to their advantage, wherever possible.
Far from being a threat, regulatory convergence can offer substantial economic gains, such as opening up new markets and new types of customers, and reducing legal uncertainty and costs. But there are also risks – such as an adjustment of standards to a lowest common denominator, for example.
There are three key steps to reaping the benefits and avoiding the risks, which we explore in detail in our study:
Regulatory convergence is undoubtedly a minefield. By acknowledging that regulatory risks and opportunities are no longer confined to countries or regions, and placing convergence at the heart of business strategy, it is possible for organizations to take the lead on policy issues and positively impact not just their own futures, but their sector at large.
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Local council at Seal Rocks tells tourists to stay away due to heavy traffic
After multiple years of increasing tourist numbers, Seal Rocks' local council is now telling people to stay away due to extreme traffic.
Ross Cutsforth
After multiple years of increasing tourist numbers, Seal Rocks' local council is now telling people to stay away due to extreme traffic.
The beachside town of Seal Rocks, located on the New South Wales Mid North Coast, now has so many people visiting the location that visitors are being asked to stay away. The small coastal town only has one road in and out, which is causing the ever-increasing amount of tourists to overload the community's capacity.
"Please consider exploring other parts of our region over the coming days, as the amount of people in Seal Rocks is causing traffic and emergency access hazards," a council spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Paul De Szell, director of MidCoast Council of liveable communities, has advised that only locals and people with accommodation bookings should go to the area.
"We had issues particularly last year where we were so congested we had a gridlock situation," Mr De Szell said.
Because the town only has one road in and out and limited parking along said road, many visitors opted to illegally park on the sides of the road, effectively narrowing it down to a single lane.
"We couldn't get emergency vehicles in there, we couldn't get waste trucks in there, and we don't want it to escalate to that point again."
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"If people park on both sides of the road it [can] actually … reduce it to less than one lane so people then can't get in or out," Szell said.
"We also have issues with people who are camping unlawfully … from Harrington and Crowdy Head in the north, all the way down to Tea Gardens," he said.
The 2021 census reported that Seal Rocks had a population of 56 people, a factor that plays a significant role in the town's capability to provide suitable infrastructure.
Kimberley Hannaford, who works at the town's only store, said the conditions were "becoming steadily worse every holiday season".
"The road is the only road in and out of town," she said.
"It is barely wide enough for two cars to pass at one time anyway, and now we've got people parking along the foreshore."
"My parents are 80 and they're basically just hiding away in the house, they don't go out because there's just too many people around."
Hannaford also said that she was concerned about the road's condition after a recent geotechnical study found that sections of the Seal Rocks road and the nearby Kinka road were at risk of coastal erosion and succumbing to rising sea levels by the year 2060.
"They've got motorhomes and caravans parked along there, which is degrading the road even further," she said.


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def one_of_two_strings(stringa=None, stringb=None, desc="Input"):
    if (stringb and isinstance(stringb, six.string_types))\
            or (stringa and isinstance(stringa, six.string_types)):
        return
    else:
        raise Exception("No %s provided" % desc)

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This letter confirms that the original 'Grooming Gangs' report uploaded in December has not been tampered, altered, or changed since its initial upload on 11 December 2017 at 12:02.
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TUBA CITY, Ariz. — The Sacred Native Fashion Show celebrated a successful 10th anniversary runway at the Explore Navajo Museum in Tuba City.
In perfect weather in the front of the museum, a celebrity-filled guest list, over 400 guests in attendance and crowds of passersby enjoying the show, the event proved to be not only a success but an overall milestone in fashion history.
The show's producer and fellow artist, Troi Whitethorne, has been arranging the show since 2008 when the museum needed an attraction during the fair. It was not known then how the small show would cause a riot of inspiration in Native American fashion — a type of re-imagining of cultural representation.
Not since the 1970s when the Phoenix Indian School hosted shows for students in the boarding school did Native American fashion get such a reception to celebrate indigenous heritage.
Over the years, the Tuba City Fashion show began to have a reputation for launching new designers and aspiring seamstresses across reservations became couture designers overnight. Soon the old kitchen table became the new office desk and the world waited with baited breath to see what fresh designs would walk the runway next.
New to the Sacred Native Fashion show is world-renowned designer Belinda Daychief Bullshoe of the Blackfeet/Blood Tribe of Montana.
Bullshoe has been to New York, Paris, Malaysia and recently 'Fashion Speaks' in honor of missing and murdered indigenous women, where she gave a dress titled 'Walking in Two Worlds' to Mrs. Universe, Ashley Callingbull, who grew up on the Enoch reserve in Canada. Currently Bullshoe is planning for the runway of Milan, Italy — another milestone of Native fashion.
Bullshoe had been invited to Tuba City before but schedules and traveling expenses made it difficult. This year Bullshoe brought eight couture designs and presented it for the mostly Navajo crowd to see. The patrons of the show loved the art and couture of another tribe and how it proved all nations could have one resounding voice through the art of textiles. Local models represented her clothing with dignity and professional grace, which is also a huge reason for the shows' success.
"I had no idea how big it was and the fair going on too," Bullshoe said.
Bullshoe said they got to see the Hopi and Yei Bi Chei dancers at the fair. The parade and fanfare of the entire weekend was surprising to her and her husband Ronald, who travels with her.
"I am having fun, this is really neat. We are going home with good feelings from our hearts and big smiles in our souls. Thank you for welcoming [us]," Bullshoe said.
She added she might be coming back in November for the Red Nation Film Institute awards because of a nomination for best short documentary that reveals the origin of her journey to becoming a designer.
Premiere designer of the Sacred Native Fashion show was Pat Agustinez of the House of Whitehorse. She debuted a swimwear line that had the crowd and cars on the street stopping in their tracks. With the acceptance of modern Native beauty and the shedding of taboos, her the new line, the first ever, could forever erase cultural bias and self-imposed limitations of Native American stereotypes.
The swimwear collection consisted several pieces included with 20 other couture dresses, daywear and children's wear. The House of Whitehorse also re-imagined the long traditional skirt by shortening it and adding layers of petticoats while placing a fusion of Philippino side of her family. Her designs were made for all ages and are very unique to the Southwest, proving there is still plenty of room to raise the bar.
Jolanzo Goldtooth, of JG Indie, returned to support and collaborate as the last designer of the afternoon. JG Indie has also seen several international runways that have always included Native royalty.
"I try to use royalty because they are ambassadors of the people and I want to support them." Goldtooth said.
His line included a collage of pieces taken from the latest collections. He included his new line of accessories and jewelry to his runway walk. Goldtooth has become an icon of indigenous fashion as being one of the first Native American designers walk New York, Paris, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the list still grows. Goldtooth is currently planning a trip to Paris.
Jennifer James brought some of her fiercest looks to the runway. She had a blend of every style from the office to rock star gear and then from day wear to haute couture. The Shonto resident says she likes to inspire other people to follow their dreams and do what the love.
James is now producing shows of her own.
"I hope that I can influence others to do what they love to do, to follow their dreams. That is why I come back to this show," James said.
Cynthia Trujillo, from Farmington, New Mexico, showed her fresh looks that had people commenting out loud their appreciation. She had several looks that celebrated traditional and modern fashion with body hugging couture made from wool material. She spent the majority of her time backstage sewing the models into velvet dresses, which is par for the course and turned out to be worth the effort.
Trujillo collaborated some of her outfits with NativeEarthJewelry.com's — when her turquoise and black velvet dress hit the runway with the spike collar made with pearls, sleeping beauty turquoise and red coral — everyone turned to see it. Trujillo is the next up and coming designer who will be wowing the crowds this season.
Ten designers debuted their fall collections this year and include: Loretta Tsinijine Su, who debuted a beautiful collection showing major potential in the oncoming seasons; Paul Winston and her definitive long layered skirt collection made with different kinds of textiles; Shay Shay, who brought in a small collection of beautiful outfits that collaborated with the styles of several tribes in Arizona and made for all body types; Elizabeth Whitethorne Benally with her signature fun Bluebird Flour gear and Natalie Rivas with NativeEarthJewelry.com.
The guest list included Culture Connection from the Public Broadcasting Show (PBS) had a film crew on hand to do a documentary; Miss Alaska 2017 Alyssa London from the Tlingit Tribe; Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye; Wrytten (Keri Denny Flynn) poetess and Honey Daniels music lyricist and producer; Alexandria Rose Holiday, Miss Northern Navajo 2016, Ariana Roselyn Young, Miss Northern Navajo Teen 2016, meme star Zoel Zohnnie; Day One Productions; MC Cynthia Glasses of the Native Hoops Magazine and making his poetry debut Kobe Yazzie.


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Learn Everything About Samsung Galaxy Note 9
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 has been a talk of the towns amidst the company's poor performance in the smartphone business this year. Over a past few weeks, several rumors on the upcoming flagship phone of Samsung are doing the rounds of the internet, thanks to supply chain members and leaked renders.
The latest buzz on Galaxy Note 9 turns out to be on its availability. As widely known, the sales of Galaxy S9 and S9+ have not picked up as expected. The company is facing a tough competition from iPhone and Chinese phone makers Xiaomi, OnePlus, OPPO, Huawei, and Vivo. According to a Chinese source, the sales count of 2018 flagship phones will hardly reach 30 million units, allegedly the least quantity recorded for the S-series phone, cites Pocketnow.
That's why Samsung will reportedly make the new Galaxy Note available sooner than it scheduled and keep the momentum up, reports Digitimes based on Taiwanese information. The South Korean Conglomerate will unveil Galaxy Note 9 on this Aug 9. Correspondingly, it will force the rollout of the new device in the market at a rapid pace, while it initially planned to hand over the devices to customers during the second half of the next month.
Galaxy Note 9 Design
Yesterday, a trusted exposer, Evan Blass tweeted about color variants of the Samsung's new device as well as a new S-Pen. He posted three renders of Galaxy Note 9 comprising Blue, Black and Brown hues, each portrayed with its individual stylus. Earlier, a similar leak revealed Lilac hue for the new smartphone.
Note9 in (from L to R) black, blue, and brown. pic.twitter.com/Akr1tnrxiS
— Evan Blass (@evleaks) 24 July 2018
Galaxy Note 9 Specifications
With multiple cross-validations, it is confirmed that Galaxy Note 9 will integrate a battery of 4,000 mAh capacity and run on Android Oreo. Samsung will probably launch the basic model of the new smartphone with 6GB RAM, embedded with a microSD slot supporting 64GB and 128GB. The other variant of the Galaxy Note 9 may surface in the market with 512GB storage space.
Few more deets on Samsung's upcoming flagship arrived in the online world today. Techieworld got a hand on a leaked sheet which mentioned that the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 has been registered as the SM-N960N.
Further, the new smartphone will have a 6.3 inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1440 x 2960 pixels and an 18.5:9 aspect ratio. The sheet also revealed that the phone has dual 12MP rear camera composition and 8MP selfie lens.
So, the next question comes – what will be the price of such huge sized phones? The rumors are Galaxy Note 9 price range will set between $1,200 and $1,500.
Samsung Unbreakable Panel
Meanwhile, Samsung is also facing a lack of innovations at technological and design frontiers. The previous month Lets Go Digital revealed that the company has a filed patent for bezel-less and notch-less display designs.
Yesterday Samsung Display posted a fresh video of a new 'Unbreakable Panel' design that survived severe scrutiny. In a pro-glass market for Smartphone, Samsung engineers secured the OLED display with a thin, light-weight plastic membrane and thus embedded the screen with almost non-shattering properties.
Underwriters Laboratories has certified that the Samsung panel could survive military-level durability tests without any compromises on the screen. As seen in the video, the new unbreakable screen endured multiple hammer attacks with no damages or scratches. The screen even survived when dropped from a height of four feet for 26 consecutive times and subjected to extreme temperatures.
However, it is quite doubtful that the world will see this new display technology on Galaxy Note 9 models.
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Swam the second leg of the 200-medley relay team that set the school record at SEC Championships … Scored points in the 100 breast with a finish of 21st overall … Finished 29th in the 200 breast at conference … Finished second in the 100 breast and a part of the 200-medley relay team that finished second against Texas A&M … Tied for second in the 100 breast and finished fourth in the 200 breast against Missouri … A part of the Tigers' wins in the 200 medley and 400 medley relays against Virginia Tech and Kentucky … Touched the wall third in the 100 breast and fifth in the 200 breast against the Wildcats and Hokies … In the championship final at midseason, finished fourth in the 200 breast and fifth in the 100 breast … Took first in the 100 breast and second in the 200 breast against SMU … Finished second in the 50 and 100 breast against Wyoming … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Earned his third varsity letter.
A part of the 400-medley relay team that set the school record at SEC Championships ... Qualified for NCAA Championships as a member of the men's 200-medley and 400-medley relay teams ... Set personal bests in the 50 free, 100 breast and 200 breast during his sophomore season ... Made the 'C' final of the 100 breast and 200 breast where he finished fifth and third, respectively ... His time of 53.89 in prelims of the 100 was the sixth-fastest time in school history and the time of 1:58.80 in the final of the 200 was the ninth-fastest time in school history ... Competed in the championship final of both breast events at the Texas A&M Invite and finished second in the 100 breast and sixth in the 200 breast... Touched the wall fourth in the 100 breast against Alabama and Auburn... Finished fourth in the 100 breast against Florida and Texas A&M ... Finished first in the 100 breast in LSU's victory over SMU ... Earned his second varsity letter.
Quickly emerged as one of the team's top breaststrokers ... Swam the eighth-fastest 100 breaststroke and 10th-fastest 200 breaststroke in program history at the SEC Championships ... Reached the 'C' final of the 100 breast and 200 breast at the SEC's ... During his collegiate debut against Georgia, finished third in the 100 breast ... Finished seventh during the 100 breaststroke at the Texas A&M Invite ... Contributed a win in the 100 breast and third place in the 200 breast during a close win over Texas A&M ... Name the Most Improved Athlete on the men's side at the team's end of the year banquet ... Earned his first varsity letter.
A Louisiana state champion in the 100 breaststroke and 50 freestyle ... Holds the Division IV 100 Breast Record ... Named All-State in 2012 ... A part of the 2012 state championship team.
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White Dragon is the name of three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel comics.

Publication history
The first version of White Dragon first appeared in Iron Man #39 and was created by Gerry Conway and Herb Trimpe.

The second version of White Dragon first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #184 and was created by Marv Wolfman and Ross Andru.

Fictional character biography

First White Dragon

The origin of the original White Dragon is unknown. At some point in his past, he served as a scientist in a Chinese organization called the Council of Nine. While the scientists of the Council of Nine are known to be brilliant, his special scientific abilities were brought to question by the Council of Nine. The scientist lost face and went into self-exile until he can prove himself. He was joined by his lover Shara-Lee (who was also the daughter of the man who had denounced him).

Becoming White Dragon, he had his agents plant gas bombs in the car of Tony Stark. Tony succumbed to the gas and drove off the bridge where he was saved from drowning by White Dragon's agents. Tony Stark was brought into White Dragon's submarine where he was placed in the Transcriber, a device that enabled White Dragon to reprogram his mind. Upon being released by White Dragon, Tony Stark began making new weapons and called a meeting at the United Nations to discuss his plans. White Dragon planned to have Tony Stark create new weapons that would fail and disgrace the United States. All the weapons that would be made would be junked leaving the United States defenseless and enable White Dragon to infiltrate and destroy the United States' Department of Defense. Not much later, Tony Stark became Iron Man which weakened the transmission that White Dragon placed in his mind. Iron Man learned that he was manipulated and began tracking the transmission. When White Dragon detected the lost contact with Tony Stark and the approaching of Iron Man, White Dragon sent his armored agents to fight Iron Man. The armored agents defeated Iron Man, but were defeated when the Avengers arrived. The armored agents fled while Iron Man leaves to figure out what is wrong with him. When his efforts with Tony Stark is a failure, White Dragon initiated the self-destruct of the device he placed in Tony Stark's head. The device did not harm Tony Stark since the Iron Man armor only enabled Iron Man to be knocked unconscious. Upon crashing to the ground, he was rescued by his ally Kevin O'Brien. Upon viewing the footage of Iron Man crashing to the ground, White Dragon correctly reasoned that Tony Stark was Iron Man.

White Dragon had his agents plant a nuclear weapon on the East River near the United Nations where it would destroy the council that was present at Tony Stark's meeting. Tony Stark knew that there was something awry with the weapons that were produced which he had no memory of creating and cancelled the meeting. White Dragon tried to take control of Tony Stark, but he got into his Iron Man armor and the Transcriber's power has been drained trying to get through the Iron Man armor. White Dragon sent his armored agents after Iron Man again. When White Dragon's armored agents knocked Iron Man into the river, Iron Man had an advantage where he manages to disable them and their undersea crafts. Iron Man then destroyed the blast tanks of White Dragon's submarine causing it to sink to the bottom of the river. White Dragon was stunned by Iron Man's attack on the submarine, but Shara-Lee was fully conscious when Iron Man boarded the submarine. Shara-Lee revealed that she was in control the whole time and that White Dragon was a pawn. After Iron Man left to see if the Stark Industries plant had exploded upon the bombs that were sent there, White Dragon recovered upon hearing Shara-Lee calling him a dupe and activated the self-destruct sequence which destroyed the submarine that he and Shara-Lee were in.

White Dragon II

The origin of the second White Dragon is unknown. He is the leader of the Dragon Lords in Chinatown where they tried to force Philip Chang (who had owned a restaurant in New York City with his aunt and uncle) to join them. Philip was rescued by Spider-Man who then defeated White Dragon and handed him over to the police.

A gang was started in Chinatown where White Dragon has killed the leader of the Tiger's Claw gang (which also wanted Philip Chang to join up with them). White Dragon then smoked Philip and his uncle out of his restaurant. In the nick of time, Spider-Man arrived with Moon Knight to help Philip. White Dragon then beat up Philip when he refuses to fight back and Spider-Man prevented the bombing of his restaurant. White Dragon was then defeated by Moon Knight who discovered that White Dragon was working with Kingpin to seize control over Chinatown.

In Hogan's Alley, Prowler worked with his brother Abe into fighting a gang of criminals that were attacking homeless people. Abe took a knife to the leg protecting Prowler and sent him after the last gang member. White Dragon stepped out of the shadows and attacked Abe. When White Dragon was about to use his fire breath on Abe, he is shot in the arm by a homeless man named Shark. White Dragon dropped his mask and ignited an incendiary device in it which caused a diversion enough for him to escape.

During the Dark Reign storyline, Mister Negative killed some of White Dragon's men in Sunset Park to gain control of Chinatown. Shortly after that, White Dragon joined up with Hood's crime syndicate where Hood sent him to supervise all operations there with his Dragon Lords including Mister Negative's business. White Dragon had a meeting with Mister Negative stating that Hood is going to take over his business and that Mister Negative was going to pay 65% of all his earnings to Hood. White Dragon was surprised that Mister Negative agreed to it, but then Mister Negative shook White Dragon's hand to corrupt him. Upon being sent back to Hood, the corrupted White Dragon attacked Hood's allies Bloodshed, Lightmaster. Spot, Squid, and White Rabbit while informing Hood that all Tong stood behind Mister Negative to keep Hood out of Chinatown. Hood then shot White Dragon several times and the seemingly-dead White Dragon returned to his uncorrupted state.

A character that resembles White Dragon's corrupted appearance was sent by Mister Negative to kidnap Boomerang from prison. The villain was defeated by Jackpot.

White Dragon shows up alive in London, where he becomes embroiled in a conflict with the local triad leader Skull-Crusher. He sends Razor Fist to kill Skill Crusher's lover and undercover MI-6 agent Leiko Wu, in Chinatown. When Leiko's ex-lover Shang-Chi arrives in London to investigate her murder, White Dragon sends his assassins to kill him, only to be repeatedly thwarted by the Master of Kung Fu. During his skirmishes with White Dragon, Shang-Chi, with the help of Skull-Crusher, the Daughters of the Dragon and the Sons of the Tiger discover that White Dragon has access to the Mao Shan Pai, a powerful Chinese black magic. When Shang-Chi and Skull-Crusher arrive at White Dragon's estate to fight him, they are captured by Shang-Chi's brother, Midnight Sun, who reveals himself to be the true mastermind behind White Dragon's actions. Midnight Sun plans to use the Mao Shan Pai to gain power and influence over the triad clans and since the ritual requires the heads of the clan leaders, White Dragon willingly offers his life to Midnight Sun, who then proceeds to decapitate him and Skull-Crusher.  However the ritual becomes botched as Skull-Crusher secretly made Leiko the leader of his clan, which resurrects Leiko from his blood. Leiko uses her newfound powers to summon the spirits of the dead triad leaders, including White Dragon, to drag Midnight Sun into their realm. White Dragon's men and Razor Fist are arrested by Black Jack Tarr and MI-6 when they storm White Dragon's estate to rescue Shang-Chi.

White Dragon III
A third White Dragon appeared where he led his henchmen into a gunfight with Owl's gang. White Dragon and Owl were brutally beaten up by the Superior Spider-Man (Doctor Octopus' mind in Peter Parker's body). The remainder of White Dragon's gang that evaded capture were recruited by Goblin King to join the Goblin Nation.

Powers and abilities
The first White Dragon was a talented inventor and scientist with a genius-level intellect.

The second White Dragon is an expert martial artist. He can also shoot gas or fire through the nostrils of his dragon mask. His costume also contains steel claws.

References

External links
 White Dragon I at Marvel Wiki
 White Dragon II at Marvel Wiki

Marvel Comics supervillains
Marvel Comics martial artists
Fictional inventors
Spider-Man characters
Triad (organized crime)

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Selling my ps3 and ps3 game collection most games are JRPGS including Xillia one and two in English, Xillia 2 Japanese, Vesperia ps3, Graces f Japanese and English, contact me through pm if you are interested.
I think I got cheated. I didn't get a figure. I got the box edition: collectors i think.
and i never even knew you could get a figure with this, i never did!
Ishy (hace 5 años) #1971616Yeah. That's the case with all of the Japanese media entries. The content is basically the same, it's just the different language.
I figured. So far, I have only added games that are actually JP releases. I still have several to add to the database.


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MOSTLY FOOTBALL: Huge battle awaits in Clones
Saturday, 22nd June, 2019 10:56am
Mickey Graham with Donegal boss Declan Bonner.
Donegal's superiority may not be as pronounced as we think. They are on the right track alright but so are Cavan, writes Michael Hannon.
First, the obvious: Donegal are favourites to beat Cavan on Sunday. In fact the team who plied their trade in Division 2 over the Spring are overwhelming favourites with the bookies to beat the team who played in Division 1.
This will be Donegal's eighth final appearance in nine years while Cavan are making their first trip to Clones on the big day in 18. When you look at it from that perspective you can understand why the bookies have priced Cavan at 3/1.
The old cliché of how sometimes you have to lose a few finals before you actually win one is often times true. On top of that, what is preying most heavily on the mind of the bookies and obviously the punters too is Donegal's victory over Tyrone in their semi-final.
It's a funny thing, but when you go back and watch a game, with the commentary off, a few days after it has happened and the hype and hysteria has all died down, then you can sometimes re-assess it in a very different light.
Take the Roscommon-Mayo game this year. Mayo were much the better team when those two sides met.
Upon re-watching it, I came to the conclusion it was actually a freak result, such had been James Horan's sides superiority. A few individual errors proved costly as can happen in any game but the rush to write off Mayo in the national papers was completely at odds with what my eyes were seeing.
On the following Wednesday in the Irish Times, four days after the game, Darragh Ó Sé's column echoed my sentiments and remains the only piece of measured commentating I've so far seen on that particular game.
Now, think back to the reporting on the Donegal-Tyrone match. It would seem that Mickey Harte's men were appallingly awful and that Donegal made them so with their utter brilliance. Upon second viewing this week for the purpose of researching this column, I found the opposite to be the case.
Don't get me wrong, Donegal were better, but not by some astronomical distance. In summation some of Donegal's tactics worked a little bit better than some of Tyrone's.
On top of that Tyrone had a poor eight minutes at the end of the first half when their own kick-out malfunctioned. If the two teams meet again later on in the year I think I might be backing Tyrone provided they arrive with a game plan that has been tweaked ever so slightly.
Here are the facts. Donegal won all bar one of their own kick-outs and they almost broke even on the Tyrone kick-out. That means from contests for primary possession they enjoyed close to 75pc of possession and yet entering injury time there was only three points between the sides.
What caught Tyrone on the hop was Donegal's use of Hugh McFadden as a sweeper. Cathal McShane loves attacking crossfield ball rather than ball out in front. The sweeper made sure to cut out the crossfield pass and force McShane to make his runs out towards the ball, and across the body of the defender, something he's just not that comfortable at doing.
McShane still played okay though; it was just that Tyrone never looked like getting the goal they needed from runners coming off his shoulder. We'll come back to that in a moment.
Can Cavan win?
What I'm trying to do here is make the argument for Cavan winning. The easiest thing to do would be to say Donegal will win and why, but from a Cavan perspective, it's more interesting to tease out how the upset could play out.
Tyrone were caught a little bit by surprise with Donegal's use of a sweeper. But they shouldn't have been.
The Division 2 final between Donegal and Meath saw the Royal county race into a 1-6 to 0-1 lead thanks in large part to the exploits of Mickey Newman in the Royals' full-forward line.
What was Donegal's response? They whipped off full-back Brendan Cole, replacing him with Neil McGee.
They then rotated between Paddy McGrath and Stephen McMenamin to sweep in front of Newman.
So, we can say with a measure of confidence that if a full-forward is causing trouble, the Declan Bonner/Stephen Rochford management team will double up on him.
Thereafter, Newman, who had been winning ball out in front and favours that type of run, only ever won ball that was floated crossfield to the back post. Notice the choice of sweeper.
For McShane it was McFadden, a midfielder who is good in the air and would be able to attack high ball sent in crossfield. For Newman, it was guys who are good on the ground and looking to sweep in front for all the low ball that was being sent in.
Both Tyrone and Meath stuck with the same full-forward line throughout their games. Cavan don't do that.
Mickey Graham allows the forward line to rotate constantly. Gearoid McKiernan (pictured), despite being a big man, plays like a small man in that he tends to move towards the ball, which is also the way Dara McVeety tends to play when in there.
Conor Madden loves the crossfield ball with the majority of his scores this year coming from crossfield passes, as does Martin Reilly, who has played inside recently.
And it's that constant rotation of a combination of those four that could cause difficulty for any Donegal defensive strategy. All you need is for a mismatch to happen, like McFadden sweeping on McVeety, or McGrath sweeping on Martin Reilly, and the likelihood of a goal chance being created increases.
Tyrone, for all their supposedly poor play, managed to take five shots for goal against Donegal the last day, of which only one yielded a score, flying just over the crossbar.
Yes, you couldn't really say that any of them were clear-cut because Donegal had so many men back. However, if the three chances they created in the first half, all of which could've been fisted over the bar, had been, then we would've had a very different contest in the second half.
So that's going to be key from Cavan's perspective - game management. If Donegal opt to crowd things out with a blanket at the back then Cavan have to keep the scoreboard ticking over.
A goal will obviously be crucial but a couple of fisted points when angles are tight, and options are scarce, could be just as critical. Michael Murphy hit a point and also missed a 45 off the turnovers that came from those missed goal chances of Tyrone's in that first half, so forcing chances that aren't on will end up a poor outcome for Cavan.
The kick-out strategy adopted by both sides will be interesting. Tyrone tried a man-to-man press but Donegal's half-back line pulled in, leaving space either side for midfielders and half-forwards to move into.
This allowed Shaun Patton to go long and yet also be very secure with so many of his restarts hitting men running into the spaces. Cavan could adopt a zonal press and have players hold their positions.
Against Monaghan, Cavan dropped off, preferring Beggan to go short rather than allow him bypass so many of the team with a booming kick-out.
They might look to replicate this approach as it will slow down ball being sent into Jamie Brennan and Paddy McBrearty. I actually wouldn't be surprised if we see them mix it up at different stages of the game.
Between McGee, Langan, Murphy and Thompson, Donegal have lots of men capable of doing damage on kick-outs. And most of those players are in their forward line.
Therefore, the more interesting thing might be how will Cavan approach their own kick-out. They won't want medium length kick-outs being attacked by this quartet and easy scores being tapped over by Donegal as a result.
This was a pattern that emerged in those eight poor minutes of football Tyrone produced that essentially lost them the game. Fermanagh, it was noticeable, went long with nearly every single one of their own kick-outs against Donegal in their quarter final, dragging their half-forward line back behind midfield and having nine players between the goalkeeper and wherever the ball landed, with about six of those players fighting for breaks. It was chaotic, but it did mean that if they didn't win the ball they were set up defensively, and if they did, Donegal had shifted their half-back line out of place.
From Fermanagh's point of view, they didn't have a ball-winner ahead of the ball to release it to any time they did win a break, unlike Cavan who will have McVeety (pictured) in such a scenario, but as I watched the game I totally understood why Rory Gallagher had chosen to adopt this tactic.
Donegal did not score off the Fermanagh kick-out. They did, though, score off the Tyrone one and Cavan if they are to win, they will need to make sure they don't score off Raymond Galligan's restarts.
If Donegal drop off and allow Cavan to go short with a spare man, then cutting out the solo and moving the ball quickly up the field will be key to generating a better scoring option up front.
And all of this is before we mention the key match-ups. Who will pick up who? Who will mark Jamie Brennan? Michael Langan? Paddy McBrearty? Michael Murphy? Ryan McHugh? Get one of those decisions wrong, like James Horan did when he assigned Keith Higgins and not Brendan Harrison to man-mark Cathal Cregg, and it can change a game in an instant, regardless if you manage to get everything else right on the day.
And all of this assumes that everything else is equal. Which it can't be. One team has to be hungrier. One team has to be possessed. One team has to have manic levels of intensity in the tackle, for breaking ball, in tracking runners and in supporting the play. That team has to be Cavan with their first appearance in 18 years in an Ulster final.
I just can't get away from the nagging feeling that Cavan are going to take another big scalp before the year is out. Donegal are favourites but I don't think they're as good yet as people have made them out to be.
Undoubtedly they're on the right path, but so are Cavan.
I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if this one ended in a draw.
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Q: What style do you use for exception messages? In writing the code that throws the exception I asked about here, I came to the end of my message, and paused at the punctuation.  I realized that nearly every exception message I've ever thrown probably has a ! somewhere.
throw new InvalidOperationException("I'm not configured correctly!");
throw new ArgumentNullException("You passed a null!");
throw new StupidUserException("You can't divide by 0!  What the hell were you THINKING???  DUMMY!!!!!");

What tone do you take when writing exception messages?  When going through logs, do you find any certain style of message actually helps more than another?

A: A conversational tone in system messages makes the software look unprofessional and sloppy. Exclamation points, insults, and slang don't really have a place in polished exception messages.
Also, I tend to use different styles in Java for runtime exceptions and checked exceptions, since runtime exceptions are addressed to the programmer that made the mistake. Since runtime exceptions might be displayed to end users, I still "keep it clean," but they can be a little more terse and cryptic. Checked exception messages should be more helpful, since it may be that the user can fix the problem if you describe it (e.g., file not found, disk full, no route to host, etc.).
One thing that is helpful, in the absence of a specific field on the exception for the information, is the offending data:
throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("offset < 0: " + off);

A: Just be matter of fact. Include all the information you're likely to need when debugging, but no more than that.
The only time I'd include an exclamation mark in an exception message is if it indicates that something really, really bizarre has happened. Most errors aren't really bizarre, just the product of an incorrect environment, user error, or a simple programming mistake.

A: I try to mirror the tone, grammar and punctuation style of the framework against which I'm coding. You never know when one of these messages might actually make it out in front of a client or user, so I keep everything professional, non-judgmental and specific enough for troubleshooting -- without being so specific as to give away any security issues in the code.
I avoid exclamation marks in all strings (UI and exception) like the plague, except (ocasionally) in my unit tests.

A: Taking responsibility, even when it really was the user's fault, is the best option I've seen.
Things along the lines of "I can't find the file you wanted, would you check to see I have it correctly?" or "Something went wrong. Dunno what, but the only way I can get fixed is by stopping. Please restart me."

A: Concise, detailed and little redundant information (i.e. ArgumentNullException obviously involved a null).
But here's the best i've read for a while, first answer to this.

A: I wouldn't use exclamation marks too much. They express too much, think about the fact that "No disk in drive!" can be read as "No disk in drive you crazy user." ;)
I think that it's wise to throw exceptions that contain internationalized text. You never know who will use your code, catch your exception and display the text to the user.
So that would be:
throw new MagicalException(getText("magical.exception.text"));

I also recommend wrapping the underlying exception (if you have one) when throwing it. It really helps debugging.
Don't think that runtime exceptions won't be seen by the user. If you are logging to a file appender some curious user might just open the log and peek into your dirty secrets.

A: I find the most helpful messages provide:

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*A consistent format that makes it easy to understand what they're telling you.

*A time stamp, so you can get a feel for the dynamics of your program.

*A terse summary of the error.  If you provide tech support, add an error code for quick identification.

*An explanation of what went wrong, differentiating between an invalid user input and a coding error.

*Detailed information, including the line of code or values involved.

And most important:

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*They tell the user how to fix the problem.
Example:  Error 203 (Timeout) in commit.c line 42:
Unable to save salary data for user 'Linus' to database at '10.10.1.21'
after 1500ms.  Verify database address and login credentials.
One of the hardest lessons to learn is that your users are far less interested in the internals of your code than they are in getting their jobs done.  Make it as easy as possible for them to do their jobs, and you've added tremendous value to your software.

A: I tend to work my exception messages into the exception themselves. E.g. a file_not_found should say "file not found". Specific data should only be included if the user can't figure it out; in this case, the user knows the filename, so I don't add that data. Formatting can be done by whatever outputs the information if necessary, so I try to make them as friendly to reformatting as possible.

A: Polite, terse, simple, specific. Often, including state values in message is helpful.