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Concussion (2015) — Mike Webster
Glenn Kenny
Shanghai (2015) — Richard Astor
Nick Allen
Horns (2014) — Dale Williams
McCanick (2014) — Eugene 'Mack' McCanick
Matt Zoller Seitz
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) — James Green Sr.
Drive Angry 3D (2011) — Webster
Mother and Child (2010) — Tom
The Hurt Locker (2009) — Col. Reed
Hounddog (2008) — Daddy
Down in the Valley (2006) — Wade
16 Blocks (2006) — Frank Nugent
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005) — Palmer
Proof Of Life (2000) — Peter Bowman
Dancer In The Dark (2000) — Bill
Bait (2000) — Edgar Clenteen
Crazy In Alabama (1999) — Dove
The Negotiator (1998) — Cmdr. Adam Beck
Contact (1997) — Ted Arroway
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) — Luke/Daedalus
Extreme Measures (1996) — Frank Hare
The Rock (1996) — Major Tom Baxter
The Crossing Guard (1995) — John Booth
The Indian Runner (1991) — Joe
* This filmography is not intended to be a comprehensive list of this artist's work. Instead it reflects the films this person has been involved with that have been reviewed on this site.
AFI Fest 2015: "Concussion"
by Jana Monji | November 13, 2015 |
A report from AFI Fest on "Concussion" starring Will Smith.
2015 Fall Movie Preview
by Nick Allen | September 3, 2015 |
An overview of the films that will be theatrically released in the 2015 fall season.
New Season of "True Detective' Stands in Shadow of First
by Brian Tallerico | June 18, 2015 |
A review of the new season of "True Detective," starring Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch.
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by Marie Haws | February 28, 2013 |
Marie writes: Holy crap! THE KRAKEN IS REAL!" Humankind has been looking for the giant squid (Architeuthis) since we first started taking pictures underwater. But the elusive deep-sea predator could never be caught on film. Oceanographer and inventor Edith Widder shares the key insight - and the teamwork - that helped to capture the squid on camera for the first time, in the following clip taken from her recent TED talk." And to read more about the story, visit Researchers have captured the first-ever video footage of a live giant squid at i09.com
#133 September 12, 2012
by Marie Haws | September 6, 2012 |
Marie writes: As TIFF 2012 enters its last week and the Grand Poobah nurses his shoulder in Chicago (having returned home early for that reason) the Newsletter presents the final installment of Festival trailers. There was a lot to chose from, so many in fact there was no room for theatrical releases; they'll return next week. Meanwhile, enjoy!
#121 June 27, 2012
by Marie Haws | June 22, 2012 |
Marie writes: It was my birthday June 25th. Unlike Roger however, I'm a Crab not a Gemini. So to celebrate and with my brother's help (he has a car), I took my inner sea crustacean to Barnet Marine Park on the other side of Burnaby Mountain... and where our adventure begins....
A journey to the center of the mind
by Roger Ebert | December 28, 2011 |
Spoilers abound.
I watched Robert Zemeckis's "Contact" again a couple of weeks ago, so I could add it to the Great Movies Collection. In 1997 I had some questions, but this time it was even more clear that the movie ends in enigma and paradox. Like many movies, that has little bearing on its effect.
Questions introduced from near the beginning seem to find answers at the end, and most viewers are satisfied--even exhilarated. For me, too, there was uplift. No matter that the scientific establishment scoffs; Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) knows what she saw, and we saw the same things.
They should have sent a poet
by Pablo Villaça | March 23, 2011 |
May Contain Spoilers
Absolute silence while the Warner logo, the name of the production company and the title of the movie are displayed on the screen. Suddenly, we see ourselves orbiting the Earth while a cacophony of radio and television transmissions confuses us by their sheer volume and sound pollution they cause. Then, slowly, we begin a journey throughout the universe that will last for the next few minutes, taking us far from our old and familiar planet while we experience a kind of time traveling as sounds of our atmosphere become older and older - until, eventually, we are involved by an oppressive silence and we realize that we traveled further than our oldest sound emission. And when we begin to realize the dimension of our surroundings - that goes much beyond our capacity for abstraction -, we are back to the starting point, returning to Earth through the portal represented by the blue and young eyes of Ellie Arroway, our leading character.
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by Marie Haws | December 22, 2010 |
So, did you like what you got for Christmas..?
Grace Wang of Toronto discusses "The Hurt Locker"
by Grace Wang | February 10, 2010 |
I am a dreamer, a traveler, a student, a teacher, a friend, a stranger, an Asian, a Canadian, a daughter, a woman, a photographer, a model, an immigrant, a citizen, a writer...but these are all just labels, and they wouldn't begin to tell you why I have an infinite love for hole-in-the-wall bars and coffee shops and black & white everything, or why live music of any kind just captivates me, or how Chinese novels move me in a way so deep that I wish every person in the world could understand the language, or why I can never ever hold back a smile watching the sun rise on a different continent.
Traveling is a huge part of my life, as is writing. With a pen and a backpack, I've had some of the most memorable moments of my life at some of the most random corners around the world.
If traveling is how one experiences reality, then writing is how I weave my dreams. It has always been the most natural, intimate, and truest expression of myself. And we all just want to tell our own stories in this lifetime, don't we?
It's like breathing, and as clichéd as that sounds, how can you explain why you need to breathe?
Six from Sundance
by Roger Ebert | January 29, 2001 |
PARK CITY, Utah -- A jilted transsexual, a city priest, a rock musician, a man with no memory, a Jewish anti-Semite and a headless chicken. Six movies ranging from good to great. After two more days at the Sundance Film Festival, I review my notes.
Jack Nicholson: On aCollision Course with Fate
by Roger Ebert | November 26, 1995 |
I'm analyzing Jack Nicholson's career for him. He's frowning behind a cloud of cigarette smoke and trying to look interested. We're sitting in a room at the Excelsior Hotel at the Venice Film Festival, the day after the premiere of "The Crossing Guard," his new movie which was directed by his pal Sean Penn. Nicholson plays a man who wants to kill the drunk driver who ran over his little girl. The irony is, he's a drunk, too. It's a very serious picture.
Sean Penn moves around to other side of the camera
by Roger Ebert | September 29, 1991 |
Here is perhaps the finest young actor in American movies, and he says he's decided to say the hell with it, and walk away from acting, and direct films for a living. Did the gossip machine destroy Sean Penn, or is this just a phase he's going through?


Notes: Schaefer started this place in 1993 and lived here while it got off the ground. Then he went and started a bar in Ybor called The Bricks. Find him there and he'll most likely buy you a beer and then bus your table.


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I have come to find out as a parent that time and age are inversely proportional — it goes so much slower when you are younger.
A five-minute time-out for my daughter seems like an eternity to her, but only a moment for me.
Of course, she has absolutely no concept of time.
All she understands is that if it means having to wait, it means it is going to take forever.
She is already wishing time away so that she can turn 4 and have her next birthday party. I keep wishing time would slow down a bit so that I can keep her little for a little longer.
Time is an enemy to both of us, each in its own way.
This realization is more evident as Christmas creeps closer and closer.
For me, four weeks is barely enough time to get done what I need to get done, with all of the shopping, cleaning, cooking and baking that is on my list.
I know full well that I will be up Christmas Eve — long after my daughter is dreaming about sugar-plum fairies and that jolly old elf carefully placing what she wished for under the tree — wrapping gifts, cleaning and making sure that just the right amount of cookies and carrots are nibbled and milk is consumed.
Four weeks for me is torture because it just isn't enough time to get everything done. I know I should start earlier, and every year I say I am going to start sooner, but every year, I don't start with the shopping until after Black Friday. I am getting better, though. I used to do all of my shopping on Christmas Eve.
Right now, I am trying to figure out a good evening to put up our tree and am hoping that we get a chance to get some decorations on the house this year. A little side note: Decorating is not one of my strong suits, to say the least.
Four weeks for my daughter is sheer torture.
Why? Because I have too much to do and not enough time to do it. That's why.
I made the mistake of buying a pre-lit tree and bringing it in the house well before Thanksgiving.
My little ingenue has been eyeing up that box, trying to pry it open with her little fingers for a few weeks now. Even after explaining my very strict rule of "No Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving," she still tried to get into the box, evidenced by tiny little teeth marks that I at first thought were the dogs'.
For her, Christmas can't come fast enough. For her, the magic of Christmas is too far away.
For me, these next four weeks are a hectic and busy and go by way too fast. For my kid, it is the complete opposite.
My daughter may have something, though. It goes so very slow for her. The anticipation for Christmas day is nearly unbearable.
I hope that I can take a page from her book and slow it down a little and share in her anticipation.


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HDMI Forum Releases Version 2.1 of the HDMI Specification
A Huge Leap Forward Supports Resolutions Up to 10K and Dynamic HDR and Introduces New Ultra High Speed HDMI Cable
SAN JOSE, California – November 28, 2017 – HDMI Forum, Inc. today announced the release of Version 2.1 of the HDMI® Specification which is now available to all HDMI 2.0 adopters. This latest HDMI Specification supports a range of higher video resolutions and refresh rates including 8K60 and 4K120, and resolutions up to 10K. Dynamic HDR formats are also supported, and bandwidth capability is increased up to 48Gbps.
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Version 2.1 of the HDMI Specification is backward compatible with earlier versions of the specification, and was developed by the HDMI Forum's Technical Working Group whose members represent some of the world's leading manufacturers of consumer electronics, personal computers, mobile devices, cables and components.
"The HDMI Forum's mission is to develop specifications meeting market needs, growing demands for higher performance, and to enable future product opportunities," said Robert Blanchard of Sony Electronics, president of the HDMI Forum.
HDMI Specification 2.1 Features Include:
Higher video resolutions support a range of high resolutions and faster refresh rates including 8K60Hz and 4K120Hz for immersive viewing and smooth fast-action detail. Resolutions up to 10K are also supported for commercial AV, and industrial and specialty usages.
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The HDMI 2.1 Compliance Test Specification (CTS) will be published in stages during Q1-Q3 2018, and HDMI adopters will be notified when it is available.
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The HDMI Forum is an open trade association that guides the future direction of HDMI technology and develops new versions of the HDMI Specification. The HDMI Forum currently has a membership of 92 companies, and is actively inviting more companies to apply for membership and help shape the future of HDMI technology. There is also a focus to encourage more companies to participate as the global presence of HDMI-enabled products and solutions continues to grow.
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Decades ago, tens of thousands of elephants roamed the shores of East Africa. A wave of poaching in the 1970s and '80s wiped out many of the gentle creatures. And in 1991 Somalia collapsed into a bloody civil war that would grind on for 20 years.
The elephants that had survived in Somalia quickly fled to safer regions. Soon there were no elephants at all in Somalia.
But now, following successive foreign interventions and the establishment of a new government, Somalia is increasingly at peace. And the elephants are apparently beginning to figure that out. In February 2016, a male elephant marched more than a hundred miles from coastal Kenya to southern Somalia, following ancient pachyderm migratory routes that the 30-something bull either remembered from his youth or learned from other, older elephants.
The trekking bull, known to conservationists as "Morgan," was apparently looking for females to mate with — and for some reason Somalia struck him as just the place. "He obviously had something in his mind about where he's going," said Iain Douglas-Hamilton of Save the Elephants, a conservation organization.
Scientists had fitted Morgan with a tracking collar and could monitor his weeks-long trip to Somalia and back. The bull traveled only at night and hid in forest during the day, maintaining this pattern for 18 days. "He's adopted this extreme form of survival strategy to traverse one of the most dangerous places for elephants in their African range," Douglas-Hamilton said.
A recent wave of poaching, driven by Asian demand for ivory, has killed more than 100,000 of the world's roughly half-a-million elephants in the span of just five years. While better law enforcement has helped reduce poaching in the past year or so, poachers still strike in even the best-protected ranges. That Morgan survived his journey into unprotected territory is as remarkable as the unlikely destination is.
Morgan stayed in Somalia one day. As he was, at the time, the country's only elephant, he was obviously unsuccessful in finding a mate. Morgan turned around and marched right back into Kenya.
"No one has seen anything like this before," Douglas-Hamilton said. Scientists hope that more elephants make the long journey into Somalia and eventually re-establish permanent herds in the country.


Based in South Norwood, this stadium is home to Croydon Football Club and Corydon Juniors Football Club. Croydon Sports Arena works as a multiple-use sports venue which is used predominantly for athletic events in summer. Though a small stadium, it's one of the best places to watch the matches and events.


1. What caused the author to re-examine his use of time during Bible college?
a) He got caught cheating.
b) In order to complete a paper he broke the rules about lights out and was disciplined.
c) He read a book on time management.
2. What is the selfish goal of "saving time"?
a) To work more efficiently.
b) To make time for more work.
c) To gain more time for fun.
3. The author labels T.G.I.F. as one of the devil's slogans.
4. Lack of time is not really a problem because there is enough time for all God wants you to do.
5. Which Bible verse relates to your to-do list?
6. It isn't Christian to turn down other's people's requests.
7. What realization from Psalm 90:12 can help you maximize your time?
a) You can get more done if you move more quickly.
b) It's OK to get a good night's sleep.
c) Your days are numbered.
8. God isn't against you having fun but he wants you to gain mature judgment so that you value what is beneficial.
a) enjoy your work and work at your fun.
b) weigh your time to gain a balanced life.
c) push hard today because you don't know what tomorrow may bring.
10. Which verse tells us that Jesus did everything right on time?


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I'm starting this blog with a recipe that in many ways epitomizes what I love about Italian cooking: simple ingredients, careful preparation – yet without unnecessary fuss – and amazing flavours. In fact, it also epitomizes what I love about cooking: discovering a taste so fantastic that it makes you happy and smiley for the rest of the day. I have already shared this happiness with three other people so it is now time to start spreading it virtually!
When I first saw this receipe "Rigatoni with cauliflower, raisins and pine nuts" (in a book called "Oggi cucino io 4"), I was dubious. Combining cauliflower with pasta sounded very bland whereas raisins mainly reminded me of some less fortunate traditional Finnish dishes. Yet as one of my many desperate attempts to fight off the approaching middle-agedness, I decided to bravely step out of my comfort zone and give this dish a chance. And mamma mia, was it worth it!
I recently read in a foodie magazine that cauliflower is predicted to be the "It" vegetable of this year. Hence in addition to the culinaristic pleasure of this lovely dish, you will get the additional bonus of being all hip and trendy (another cure for that middle-agedness if needed).
Cook the cauliflower until it is al dente in a sufficient amount of boiling water and salt. Remove the cauliflower from the pot and keep the cooking water for later use (don't worry if you forget to do this; I've done it twice and the dish tastes still great without the cooking water…). Heat one half of the olive oil in a pan and add the onions. Let them cook gently for 5 minutes and season with salt and pepper. Add the saffron and water and stir well. Combine the cauliflower with the onions, cover the pan and let it cook for five minutes with a soft flame (which I presume means at low/ medium heat). Put the remaining olive oil in a small frying pan, add the anchovy fillets and stir until the fillets have "dissolved" in the oil. Pour the anchovy mix into the pan with the cauliflower and add the raisins and pine nuts. In the meantime, cook the rigatoni in the cooking water of the cauliflower until they are al dente. Combine the rigatoni with the sauce, add the basil and pecorino, mix gently and serve warm.


Barrington and surrounding communities are under a Winter Weather Advisory from 5 p.m. Saturday through 6 a.m. Saturday. As much as five inches of snow is in the National Weather Service forecast.
In preparation for the storm, PSE&G has issued a release noting it is preparing for potential widespread power outages around the state.
Downed power lines and outages should be reported to the utility's automated hotline at 1-800-436-PSEG.
Borough ordinance requires that all homeowners and business owners remove snow and ice from the public sidewalks bordering there properties within 12 hours of daylight after snow and ice have formed.
Vehicles should be parked off the street, if possible, to allow for plowing.
Vehicles on snow emergency routes may be towed to allow for snow removal.
The borough's Department of Public Works can be reached at (856) 547-2486.
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CHAMPS - Central Alberta player Tanner Fandrey is pictured at the Canadian Sledge Hockey Championships earlier this month.
Team Alberta wins second gold at Canadian Sledge Hockey Championships
Local player Tanner Fandrey eyes national team for the Paralympics
It's been an exciting month for Team Alberta as they won their second gold at the 2017 Canadian Sledge Hockey Championships held in Boucherville, Quebec. They won their first gold at the 2016 Canadian Sledge Hockey Championships held in Leduc.
"It's pretty awesome to go undefeated two years in a row with a program that's rather new compared to some of the eastern countries like Quebec and Ontario," said the team's defenceman Tanner Fandrey.
The tournament took place May 12th – 14th, and the team went undefeated with record of 4-0. The gold medal versus host Team Quebec had a final score of 3-0.
"There were a couple of new guys there that got to experience what it's like to have to push through all those games in one weekend so it's pretty cool," said Fandrey.
With six teams competing, they were all split up into two pools.
In one of the pools it was Team Alberta, Quebec and Manitoba and in the other, it was Team Nova Scotia, Ontario and B.C.
"So we played round robin against Quebec and Manitoba and then they did a quarter final and then a semi final after that, and then the actual final," he said.
For 21-year-old Lacombe native the sport of hockey has been in Fandrey's blood ever since he could remember.
In 2009 he was diagnosed with a bilateral condition called Avascular Necrosis and then Ankylosing Spondylitis in 2012. He was told he would never be able to play stand up hockey again. It was soon after that his father, who worked at the Dawe Recreation Centre had seen sledge hockey in action, telling his son to give it a shot.
"I went out, basically borrowed a sled, tried it out and then started going into camps during the summer, and then started playing full time from October of 2010," said Fandrey.
And he's been playing the sport ever since.
He said when it comes to sledge, the hockey itself is very similar to that of stand up hockey.
"The game is played the exact same way. It's just with skating you're in a bucket instead of standing up."
The rules, too, he said, are the same, including the use of the benches.
"The biggest difference that I see honestly is the physicality is quite high in sledge hockey. It's totally full contact, but we also protect ourselves by basically having this metal frame around our legs and body, so we hit crazy hard, so it's really exciting that way. It's definitely an adrenaline rush for me."
He first got into the sport of hockey in general, he said, because it's just Canadian.
"I've played hockey ever since I can remember honestly. Hockey's been a part of my life ever since I could walk and my dad's always been an operator in many different hockey rinks."
Fandrey said he will be hanging out for the summer, and then training to get ready for next year to eventually make the national team. He said trials will likely begin in August or September to train for the next national championships, which will be held the same time next year in Vancouver.
After being on the development team for sledge hockey this year with Hockey Canada, he said he hopes to continue playing with them and eventually making the national team for the Paralympics.
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MKT BAR BRINGS FLAVOR TO DOWNTOWN
Family-owned and operated Phoenicia Specialty Foods, Houston's premier, international food market, introduces MKT Bar, an eclectic wine and beer bar, that will open alongside Phoenicia Specialty Foods' new downtown location in September. Poised at the corner of Austin Street between McKinney and Lamar, MKT Bar will be open from breakfast through late-night, serving a variety of boutique wines and beers, gourmet pizza and signature fare, along with decadent coffee, gelato and pastries.
"In addition to the market, we wanted to create a fun, intimate atmosphere that encourages gathering," says Haig Tcholakian, Phoenicia Specialty Foods co-owner. "Bringing a new vibe to downtown, MKT Bar will be the perfect gathering spot for people to casually meet while enjoying flavorful international cuisine, beers and wine."
In the evening, MKT Bar will contribute to the energy of downtown Houston. It will feature an industrial chic atmosphere, but still warm and inviting, with the capacity to seat more than 250 customers. The space features vintage bar stools, antique mirrors, recycled glass light fixtures and a brick art wall inviting urbanites to settle in at the epicenter of Downtown happenings. Large 8 to 12 person tables made of metalwork and natural woods invite spontaneous group gatherings or planned out-of-office meetings, while cozy bench seating provides a hip and intimate escape for couples. MKT Bar has its own entrance, on McKinney Street and extended hours for late-night eating, drinking and entertainment. MKT Bar hours will be Monday-Wednesday 7 a.m. – 9 p.m., Thursday 7 a.m.2 a.m., Friday-Saturday 9 a.m.2 a.m., and Sunday 9 a.m. 8 p.m.
The new Phoenicia Specialty Foods Downtown is located in the heart of the city with neighboring, highly trafficked landmarks such as Discovery Green Park, George R. Brown Convention Center, and Minute Maid Park. Phoenicia will offer a delicious, one-stop shop stocked with all of the original market's signature food favorites. These include prepared meals, a sandwich station, salad bar, and a bakery with selections prepared daily by European and Mediterranean chefs. The market also will feature a fresh pizza corner, quality meats and cheeses, exotic seafood and gourmet gelatos. The market will be equipped with a 150-foot conveyor belt that will transport freshly baked pita bread from the market's mezzanine bakery to customers on the ground floor. Phoenicia Downtown will also feature a coffee house, a free, onsite-parking garage and catering and delivery to downtown neighbors. Phoenicia Specialty Foods Downtown will be located across from Discovery Green at One Park Place, 1001 Austin Street, Houston TX, 77010.
The market offers food lovers more than 6,000 products from more than 50 countries at down-to-earth prices. Phoenicia Specialty Foods is owned and operated by the Tcholakian family. In addition to the market, the family runs the three-decade successful Arpi's Phoenicia Deli. The West Houston Phoenicia Specialty Foods is located at 12141 Westheimer Rd. For more information, visit www.yumstop.com, call 281.558.8225 or email info@phoeniciafoods.com.
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Q: How to prove that the C statement -x, ~x+1, and ~(x-1) yield the same results? I want to know the logic behind this statement, the proof. The C expression -x,  ~x+1, and ~(x-1) all yield the same results for any x. I can show this is true for specific examples. I think the way to prove this has something to do with the properties of two's complement.  Any ideas?

A: I'm not certain you can prove this from any sort of useful axiom other than the rather trivial reduction back to the fact that we have defined negative numbers in modern integer ALUs to be in twos complement.
Computers don't have to be implemented with twos complement binary hardware, it's just that there are various attractive properties and almost everything is built that way these days. (But not floating point! Those are one's complement!)
So we build a machine that happens to represent negative numbers in 2's complement. Expressions that show negative numbers to be represented in two's complement are accurate, but only because we defined them that way. That's the axiomatic basis for negative integer numbers in modern machines.
Since we define negation in terms of two's complement, you are essentially referring to the axioms, although I suppose that's what all proofs ultimately do.
Maybe this is why I'm not really a theory guy. :-)

A: ~x+1 is equivalent to 2's complement + 1 (i.e. negative number) representations of -x, ~(x-1) also represents the same (consider the case where last bit is 1, ~(x-1) = ~(b1b2.b(n-1)1 - 0) = b1'b2'...b(n-1)'1 = b1'b2'...b(n-1)'0 + 1 = ~x+1. Similar case hold for last bit  is 0. ~(x-1) = ~(b1b2..bi100..00 - 1) = ~b1b2..bi011..11 = b1'b2'..bi'100..00 = b1'b2'..bi'011..11 + 1 = ~x + 1.

A: I'll try to present an intuitive explaination that everybody should find handy. If you insist we may try a more formal approach.
In two's complement representation, in order to have a unique representation of the zero element, we sacrifice one positive element. As a result, there is an extra negative number that has no positive mirror.
So, given 2 bits, we get: {+1, 0, -1, -2} which would be represented in binary as:
-2    10
-1    11
 0    00
+1    01

So, we may think of the zero as a mirror. Now, given an integer x, if we want to invert its sign, we can start by inverting all bits. This would have been enough if there was no zero between the positives and negatives. But since the zero makes a shift, in positives, we have compensate for that.
The two expressions mentioned in the question make this compensation before ~(x-1) and after ~x+1 inverting the bits. You can easily verify that using +1 and -1 in our 2-bit example.

A: Consider what you get when you add a number to its bitwise complement. The bitwise complement of an n-bit integer x has a 1 everywhere x has a 0, and vice versa. So it's clear to see:
x + ~x = 0b11...11 (n-bit value of all ones)
Regardless of the number of bits in x. Further, note that adding one to an n-bit number filled with all ones will make it wrap to zero. Thus we see:
x + ~x + 1 = 0b11...11 + 1 = 0
and ~x + 1 = -x.
Similarly, note (x - 1) + ~(x - 1) = 0b11...11. Then (x - 1) + ~(x - 1) + 1 = 0, and ~(x - 1) = -x.

A: In general this is not true, as the C standard doesn't require the use of twos complement to represent negative numbers.
In particular, the result of applying ~ to a signed type is not defined.
However, as far as I know all modern machines use twos complement for integers.

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Cycling events on Teesside
On Sunday 16th July I was spectating and supporting the BND team at the Stockton GP part of the British Cycling HSBC UK Grand Prix Series, the event forms part of the three day Stockton Cycling Festival. Brother/NRG/Driverplan had a seven man team signed on for the GP which is effectively the team's 'home' race so the riders were very motivated to put on a good show for our local sponsors NRG
The riverside at Stockton on Tees is an ideal venue for the cycling festival and for the finish of the GP. The race is over 110 miles on a tough rolling course. Ten laps of the main circuit are followed by a further six laps of a short town centre loop.
Brother/NRG/DriverPlan BND Team DS John Reeve discusses tactics with Charlie Tanfield before the start. Unfortunately Charlie was caught in a crash out on the main circuit suffering a nasty shoulder injury meaning he was unable to continue. In the background is another key member of the team our talented and hardworking photographer Dean Reeve. deanreevephotography
The Brother/NRG/DriverPlan team car in the convoy as the race passes through Thorpe Thewles.
Above the early break of eleven riders goes through the feed zone at the village of Carlton on the main circuit. Most of the big teams were represented in the break so the bunch were content to hold the gap at around three minutes. As the race approached the finishing circuit the dominant JLT/Condor squad closed the gap down to a managable one minute.
In a race like the Stockton GP the riders need to take on fluids and gels regularly. Above the Brother/NRG/DriverPlan support team prepare more bottles at the feed zone.
The peloton on the riverside at Stockton for the final six laps of the short circuit. All of the BND team apart from Charlie were still in the bunch and looking to set our sprinter Jake Tipper up for the finale.
Five times National Champion Dan Bigham makes a solo attack with two laps of the finishing circuit to go. But with JLT firmly in control at the front of the peloton the gap was closed down and the race was decided in a bunch sprint. Jacob Tipper was the team's best placed rider but it was JLT's Brenton Jones who took the win in a tight finish.
The second notable cycling event that I attended recently was my graduation ceremony at Teesside University. As regular blog readers will know I completed my cycling related PhD in January. After a succesful viva voce (oral defence) I had some minor corrections to complete, before being awarded my Doctorate in May. I have previously posted some research from my thesis here Strava and here Violence .
16th May 2017 - my first ever letter addressed to Doctor Rees
My thesis is a sociological examination of technology driven social change in cycling and is called 'The Race for the Cafe' which is where the blog name came from. It seemed appropriate then to be pictured with my theraceforthecafe.com branded bike at my graduation - I didn't take it in to the actual ceremony obviously, that would have been silly.
Above pictured with Mrs Rees, who knows how much my Doctorate means to me... and how hard I had to work to complete it, below, the acknowledgements page from my thesis.
This thesis was made possible by the encouragement, support and friendship of many people. Firstly, I would like to thank all of the racing cyclists who contributed to my research, and whose input into this ethnography has been crucial. Their honesty and openness took this work in a direction which I had not envisaged at the start of my research journey.
I am indebted to my supervisors, Dr Kevin Dixon, Dr Tom Gibbons and Dr Dave Morland whose suggestions, perceptive insights and attention to detail have been invaluable. Their confidence in me and enthusiasm for my project has been constant throughout.
I would like to thank my children Jack and Ellie for their belief in me, and for helping me to maintain perspective on the important things in life. Biggest thanks must go to my wife Sue for her seemingly limitless tolerance of my academic and athletic endeavours, and without whose unwavering support this project would not have been possible.
Completing my PhD was a test of endurance as much as anything else and was one of those challenges that became more and more difficult the closer I got to the finish line. In some respects it was a bit like completing an Ironman triathlon, my sport back in the day - see my posts here IM and here IM Lanza by the end you don't have much left to give. In my next blog I will be doing something a bit different and looking at the origins and history of Ironman triathlon (see what I did there?) Following that I will be posting a conversation with Ironman triathlete Craig Stevenson Ironman who (apart from being a really nice guy) just happens to be a sports physiologist, biomechanist and an expert coach - it should be an interesting read.


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Q: Execution failed for task ':app:validateSigningRelease'. > Keystore file not set for signing config release MacOS using VSCode executed: flutter build appbundle
I have previously published Flutter to android on another project without a problem (pre null safety).
I created a new keystore for this App. When I got this message I tried using the keystore from my App that is published to Android, no difference. I created a new keystore, no difference.
I have read all of the like errors solution and no change in results for me.
The maker of flutter_mailer says it is not from his software.
Tried to build as an APK instead of APPBUNDLE. the Java message warning disappears but the "app:validateSigningRelease" is still there so it will not build.
I tried from the internet: "flutter build appbundle --target-platform android-arm,android-arm64,android-x64". No Java error but here is still the "app:validateSigningRelease" error, so no build.
result:
Note: /Users/administrator/Developer/flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/flutter_mailer-2.0.0/android/src/main/java/com/dataxad/flutter_mailer/FlutterMailerPlugin.java uses or overrides a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:validateSigningRelease'.
> Keystore file not set for signing config release

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 52s
Running Gradle task 'bundleRelease'...
Running Gradle task 'bundleRelease'... Done                        53.6s
Gradle task bundleRelease failed with exit code 1

storePassword=xxxx1234
keyPassword=xxxx1234
keyAlias=key
storeFile=/Users/Administrator/upload-keystore.jks

*build.gradle:*
def localProperties = new Properties()
def localPropertiesFile = rootProject.file('local.properties')
if (localPropertiesFile.exists()) {
    localPropertiesFile.withReader('UTF-8') { reader ->
        localProperties.load(reader)
    }
}

def flutterRoot = localProperties.getProperty('flutter.sdk')
if (flutterRoot == null) {
    throw new GradleException("Flutter SDK not found. Define location with flutter.sdk in the local.properties file.")
}

def flutterVersionCode = localProperties.getProperty('flutter.versionCode')
if (flutterVersionCode == null) {
    flutterVersionCode = '1'
}

def flutterVersionName = localProperties.getProperty('flutter.versionName')
if (flutterVersionName == null) {
    flutterVersionName = '1.0'
}

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply from: "$flutterRoot/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/flutter.gradle"

   def keystoreProperties = new Properties()
   def keystorePropertiesFile = rootProject.file('key.properties')
   if (keystorePropertiesFile.exists()) {
       keystoreProperties.load(new FileInputStream(keystorePropertiesFile))
   }

android {
    compileSdkVersion 29

    sourceSets {
        main.java.srcDirs += 'src/main/kotlin'
    }

    lintOptions {
        disable 'InvalidPackage'
    }

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.geoffreylefavi.EasyList_Pro"
        minSdkVersion 23     //changed from 16, 21
        targetSdkVersion 29
        versionCode flutterVersionCode.toInteger()
        versionName flutterVersionName
    }

   signingConfigs {
       release {
           keyAlias keystoreProperties['keyAlias']
           keyPassword keystoreProperties['keyPassword']
           storeFile keystoreProperties['storeFile'] ? file(keystoreProperties['storeFile']) : null
           storePassword keystoreProperties['storePassword']
       }
   }
   buildTypes {
       release {
           signingConfig signingConfigs.release
       }
   }
}

flutter {
    source '../..'
}

dependencies {
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
}

I tried:
flutter build appbundle --debug --verbose
I do not see and error message at the end of the report.
No "release" file at [project]/build/app/outputs/bundle/release/app.aab
There is no release folder

A: I found the problem. I misspelled key.properties.
Sorry about taking up so much space.


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Frankie's life began in an Irish pub in Montreal's French east end. As she listens to her dad's band jam to the beats of life, the most unfortunate of coincidences happens and her life is changed forever.
Being a girl in the 1980s isn't easy. Frankie soon comes to see it as an impromptu jam session filled with unexpected beats. The beats she experiences in high school are filled with laughter, tears, love, anger, and hope. Dealing with bullies becomes a daily nightmare. Sex, drugs, and rock and roll become a big part of her struggles and healing process.
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<Attractions in Province-Alpes-Cote d`Azur
St.Tropez can be dated back to ancient times when it is believed to have been a fishing village established by the Phoenicians. The town took its name from Torpes, an important Roman nobleman who converted to Christianity and was later martyred in 68AD. His body came ashore here (accompanied by a rooster and dog, the rooster who flew off to give Cogolin its name, he gave the town and the bay a patron saint who is still celebrated in festivals to this day.From the middle ages to modern times, St.Tropez has produced fine sailors, navigators and naval strategists, it even had a French Naval Shipyard which produced one of the finest in the line.Perhaps this had something to do with the decision to populate and defend the town with people from the famous Italian maritime town of Genoa in the 16th century, a decision which was rewarded in 1637 when the small St Tropez army fought off a fleet of 21 Spanish galleons that tried to lay siege to the town. The Genoese built very sturdy defences, such as the Citadel, which remains standing to this day.The harbour here was also one of the safest in the area and often provided shelter in stormy weather.Despite being heavily bombed during World War Two, many of the town's buildings escaped serious damage,and in the latter years of the war it was used as an allied landing site
In 1892, Paul Signac moored in the harbour, taking shelter in bad weather and he was struck with the quality of the light and immediately fell in love with the town.He bought a house and opened the 'Salon des Independants', a gallery where every budding artist dreamed of exhibiting their paintings, and so it became 'THE' place to be in the artistic world. Unknown artists came and fell under the spell of Provence's quality of light, people like Henri Matisse, Louis Valtat, Albert Marquet, André Derain, Charles-Henri Person, Pierre Bonnard and many more . At the "Salon des Indépendants", the Parisian bourgeoisie who came to buy their works soon succumbed to the charms of the decors and life of leisure depicted by the young artists, and Saint-Tropez and the neighbouring Riviera towns rapidly became coveted by these wealthy visitors.
St.Tropez is not a large town, with a population of just under 6,000 people, however with its scenic setting and reputation for good living it is still a very popular tourist destination and in the summer months gets quite crowded as the influx of tourist swell the number of people wanting to be, and be seen, here, especially along the quayside where the large, luxurious yachts are berthed.On the opposite side of the road are a line of waterside cafes and restaurants where one can sit and watch the goings on in comfort. Behind the bustling waterside there are quaint, cobbled streets with picturesque buildings and lots of little shops to browse through.There are a number of historic landmarks around the town the 'Vieux Port' (old port), the Quai Jean Jaurès, the Place aux Herbes and Place des Lices. Boules are regularly played in the Place des Lices under its huge plane trees and the markets on the Place aux Herbes are interesting and lively
Tropezien beaches are located along the coast in the Baie de Pampelonne, also known by the residents as Grania ,which lies south of Saint-Tropez and east of Ramatuelle. Pampelonne offers a collection of beaches along its five- kilometre shore. Each beach is around thirty metres wide with its own beach hut and private or public tanning area. Many of the beaches offer windsurfing, sailing and canoeing equipment for rent, while others offer motorized water sports, such as power boats, jet bikes and water skiing, scuba diving. Some of the private beaches are naturist beaches.
Each year, in early October, a regatta is held in the bay of Saint-Tropez (Les Voiles de St. Tropez). This is a draw for many yachts, some up to 50 metres in length. Many tourists come to the location for this event or as a stop on their trip to Cannes, Marseille or Nice. In May there is the Fête de la Bravade, which was originally a procession in honour of the town's paro saint, nowadays it is a Provençal festival. A statue of the saint is carried through the town with plenty of Provençal music, singing and dancing .
There are several museums to be found in St.Tropez which offer information of the town's seafaring past, such as the Maritime Museum which is housed in a hexagonal-shaped citadel.
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Quirky Boots » Forum Rules » Introduce Yourself » Hello From Norfolk!
I'm Mags, I'm a very busy mum to 3 little ones, 4 yrs, 2 yrs & 4mths, so crafting time is very limited!
I live in Norfolk, & do a bit of everything craft wise,except scrap booking!
I love altered art, atc's etc.
I'll try& pop in when I can!
Looking forward to 'meeting' you!
Hi Mags nice that you are joining us. Look forward to seeing your work!
Welcome! Looking forward to seeing your work.
Hi Mags and a big warm welcome to Quirky Crafts from me too!
Hi Mags welcome to QC - hope to see your work soon. You must be kept very busy with all your little ones.
Nice to meet you Mags, you do have your hands full with three little ones. Welcome to the forum, you seem familiar so maybe I have met you in the past somewhere on a forum.
Hi Mags and welcome from me too (late as usual! ) Look forward to seeing your work and hope you'll join our ATC swap, especially as Spyder has now.
Gee, thanks guys for the warm welcome.
As I said, time is very limited for me, but I shall try very hard & join in when I can!
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Nanwang () is a town in Wenshang County in the prefecture-level city Jining city in Shandong province in China.

The area around Nanwang was the highest point for the historical Grand Canal, and with beginning 1411 the Nanwang water division system was created to control the water flow.

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I have been gluten free for a year now, been cross contaminated about 3 times. I instantly know because I get that pain in my gut.
So now my gut is so far damaged that it may take years to heal. I'm putting in as much probiotics as I can.
The good news is I don't live in that dizzy, anxiety ridden fog anymore. I've lost 40 pounds and I look and feel younger. I found a supplement that helps metabolize my estrogen and I don't have high blood pressure anymore either.
Part of me is really pissed that my 20's and 30's were robbed from me because I was so sick all the time. The good news is I'm rocking the 40's and I will HEAL!
Yes Kelly there is a light, it seems so far away some days. I've dealt with a lot more than I listed. My biggest problem right now is the severe bloating and gut damage.
Thank you Penny!!! It seems so slow going but when I look back to how sick I was a few years ago, there is great improvement.
I have similar experience, not being correctly diagnosed since childhood, now being 38 years old..
I have been de-glutening my life for few months now..
there is a great doctor on this gluten issue who literally saved my life..his name is Dr. Peter Osbourne, he says the whole truth about gluten and its damaging impact..
he recommends to go grain free and avoid corn to heal completely.. paleo diet is recommended..
ALL grains have glutenous proteins and corn triggers similar immune response as gluten (protein mazein)..after following this advice I am finally and truly healing..


R-Health, a leader in innovative healthcare solutions, today announced the company has expanded its value-based healthcare delivery collaboration with Aetna.
With a recent contract to provide Direct Primary Care services to Aetna members through the New Jersey Direct Primary Care pilot program for members enrolled in the State Health Benefits Program (SHBP) and School Employees' Health Benefits Program (SEHBP), R-Health now has four agreements with Aetna, each focused on patient-centered care. The New Jersey program is an enhanced benefit for the SHBP and SEHBP that provides members free access to an R-Health Direct Primary Care physician with no co-pays or deductibles.
R-Health began working with Aetna in 2014, through the company's accountable care organization, the Advanced Comprehensive Care Organization (ACCO). This started with a Medicare Advantage population and grew to include adult commercial and pediatric commercial populations. These programs deliver care to thousands of patients in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
These innovative collaborations are each focused on improving quality of care and reducing overall costs. This includes encouraging stronger patient engagement, sharing best practices across care teams, implementing evidence-based guidelines, and creating performance-based incentives.
Through the collaborations between R-Health and Aetna, the 195 providers in ACCO have consistently surpassed clinical quality benchmarks in areas such as patient access, control of chronic conditions, preventive cancer screenings, and vaccinations. For example, during the most recent performance year, 86% of ACCO's diabetic Medicare Advantage patients had HbA1c levels less than 9, and 96% of adolescents had proper immunizations.
R-Health's Direct Primary Care program in New Jersey is an innovative offering focused on drastically improving the primary care experience by providing unlimited access to a personal physician with no co-pays or deductibles. It offers same-day and next-day appointments, little to no time in the waiting room, evening and weekend hours, phone consultations, and digital access to the patient's personal doctor.
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R-Health, a leader in innovative healthcare solutions, today announced the company has appointed Nancy Meisinger BSN, CCP, MBA, PCMH CCE, as Vice President of Clinical Performance. Nancy is a recognized leader in clinical data and quality assurance and will lead R-Health's efforts to continue enhancing the clinical collaboration and sharing of best practices across R-Health's growing network of primary care providers throughout Southeastern PA and Southern NJ.
R-Health delivers more effective primary care and a better patient experience, while reducing the overall cost of healthcare. R-Health offers two value-based primary care solutions that serve employers, insurance companies, and TPAs: R-Health Direct Primary Care, an innovative membership-based approach to primary care, and R-Health Accountable Care.
Nancy joins R-Health after most recently serving as the Director of Practice Transformation for the Delaware Valley Accountable Care Organization, which consists of 700 primary care physicians and over 105,000 Medicare beneficiaries.
She is also an external reviewer and faculty member for the Patient Centered Medical Home Recognition Program through the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and has consulted with the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians. She was also an invited member of an expert panel with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation on their Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative. Nancy served on the Pennsylvania State Multi-region Steering Committee for the CMS Multi-Payor Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration.
Over the past few weeks, R-Health has been in the news on multiple occasions. From our announcement on our acquisition of ACCO to our thoughts on the rise of Direct Primary Care in Medical Economics.
You can read the full articles in our In the News section.


Based on results from the needs assessment, partners have designed a common curriculum for teacher training aimed at enhancing teachers' awareness of Roma students' educational situation and of ways to improve the relationship between schools and the Roma community. The curriculum includes different modules with specific goals and methodology.
The modules address among other issues: historical, cultural, and social issues pertaining to Roma; stereotypes and prejudices; school culture and ways to connect schools and Roma families; an action plan for class and/or school level; communication and counseling skills. Adaptations to the final English version of the curriculum were made in the various other language versions responding to specific local needs.
The finalized curriculum modules are included in the Handbooks published in all partner languages.


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Kovalev to fight Shabranskyy for vacant title
The retirement of Andre Ward in September left three of the four major light heavyweight world titles vacant. One of them will be contested by his greatest rival, Sergey Kovalev.
Kovalev is scheduled to face Vyacheslav Shabranskyy on Nov. 25 in the main event of an HBO-televised tripleheader (10 p.m. ET/PT) at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Main Events, Kovalev's promoter, petitioned the WBO to sanction the bout for the organization's 175-pound title left vacant by Ward's retirement. On Thursday, the WBO, during its annual convention aboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean, voted to sanction Kovalev-Shabranskyy for its vacant world title.
"We are very happy that Sergey will get the opportunity to begin winning his titles back in November," Main Events CEO Kathy Duva told ESPN. "Sergey was a great champion, taking on absolutely everyone who wanted to fight him during the over three years that he held the light heavyweight title. I have no doubt that he is anxious to get right back into it and continue to take on the toughest challenges he can find.
"The division is really interesting right now, and there are some terrific fights that can be made for Sergey with the line of young contenders that is forming. No matter how you look at it, Sergey is positioned to get right back into his position as 'the man' in the division. But first he must be successful on Nov. 25. This adds another dimension to what promises to be an exciting, crowd-pleasing night at Madison Square Garden."
Kovalev (30-2-1, 26 KOs), 34, a Russia native living in Los Angeles, is coming off back-to-back losses to Ward. Last November, Kovalev lost his three light heavyweight title belts and undefeated record by controversial decision to Ward. In the rematch in June, Ward knocked him out in the eighth round, though Kovalev and his team have complained bitterly that Ward repeatedly hit him low, including during the fight-ending sequence.
Shabranskyy (19-1, 16 KOs), 30, a native of Ukraine fighting out of Los Angeles, is a powerful puncher like Kovalev. He has won two fights in a row since suffering a seventh-round knockout loss to contender Sullivan Barrera in December and will be fighting for a world title for the first time.
"Great opportunity for both fighters," said Eric Gomez, president of Shabranskyy promoter Golden Boy Promotions.
The card will also include light heavyweight contender Barrera (20-1, 14 KOs) taking on former interim world titleholder Felix Valera (15-1, 13 KOs) in a scheduled 10-round fight — with the winner positioned to possibly challenge the main-event winner.
There also is a 10-round junior lightweight fight between former titleholder Jason Sosa (20-2-4, 15 KOs) and former title challenger Robinson Castellanos (24-13, 14 KOs), with the winner promised another shot at a world title.
There was other news out of the WBO convention on Thursday:
• Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) vacated his junior welterweight world title and was installed as the mandatory challenger for the sanctioning body's welterweight title currently held by Jeff Horn.
• England's Terry Flanagan (33-0, 13 KOs), who has been in talks for a lightweight title unification fight with Jorge Linares, instead vacated his 135-pound belt after five defenses and was installed as the mandatory challenger for the junior welterweight belt vacated by Crawford.
Flanagan likely will be ordered to face Dallas fighter Maurice Hooker (23-0-3, 16 KOs) for the vacant junior welterweight title. The WBO plans to order Mexico's Raymundo Beltran (34-7-1, 21 KOs) to face former lightweight titlist Paulus Moses (40-3, 25 KOs) of Namibia for the lightweight belt vacated by Flanagan.
• With junior featherweight titlist Jessie Magdaleno (25-0, 18 KOs) sidelined with a wrist injury that forced him to withdraw from a mandatory defense against Cesar Juarez (20-5, 15 KOs), which was scheduled to be on the ESPN Top Rank card on Nov. 11 in Fresno, California, the WBO ordered an interim title bout between Mexico's Juarez and Ghana's Isaac Dogboe (17-0, 11 KOs).
Magdaleno will be obligated to face the Juarez-Dogboe winner upon his return, although there is no deal in place or date for the interim title bout.
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Chapter 503 - Effect and Plan
Chapter 503: Effect and Plan
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The protector took everyone to another city on an aircraft. In the middle of the city was a skyscraper. Even in the iron city that was filled with buildings, the skyscraper stood out like a middle finger being pointed to the sky.
At the peak of the skyscraper was a helipad protected by a transparent cover. The cover gradually opened up, and the aircraft landed on the helipad. From the helipad to the interior of the building, numerous soldiers were lined up orderly by the side. Han Xiao and the others followed after the protector and entered the top level of the luxurious skyscraper.
A man was seated on the sofa with his back facing the crowd who had entered the room. He was looking at a wall of holographic screens with the scenes of the battlefield being displayed on them.
"Look at what you have done on my planet."
After pressing a button, the sofa turned around on its own to face Han Xiao. After seeing his appearance, Han Xiao felt that he looked extremely familiar. All of a sudden, Han Xiao remembered seeing a picture of this person before him.
A couple of days ago, he had still been playing a cat and mouse game with Aesop. Aesop had requested for him to steal an accessory. After he asked Phillip to make a search, Han Xiao had found out that the accessory was something that the head of the Noriosse financial group had purchased his wife. The person in front of him was the head of the financial group. Just what was he called again?
"Rockfess. I am the owner of this planet," the man said with a calm voice. "I know who you are. Nagakin from Godora, Wilsander from Floating Dragon, and Black Star also from Floating Dragon."
Because he belonged to Floating Dragon on the surface, the Black Star Mercenary Group was deemed a part of the Floating Dragon army. Han Xiao was not too bothered by this as the status of being part of Floating Dragon had always brought him more benefits than disadvantages. Allowing his mercenary group to be tied together with a gigantic faction was extremely helpful to the growth and fame of his mercenary group.
"I have roughly understood what happened, and I am uninterested in the battle between Godora and DarkStar. However, your actions have resulted in damage to my planet, and Godora has no rights to deploy their army in my territory. I require an explanation from all of you and suitable compensation. My subordinates are currently calculating the exact damage, and we shall negotiate the details after they are done."
Rockfess did not give the two a chance to interrupt and spoke without allowing anyone to refute him.
"I will report this matter to headquarters, and Godora will compensate your losses. Black Star is only a mercenary who I hired, and his actions were part of my request. Godora will never shortchange our friends, and Godora will compensate you on his behalf."
With Anur being killed, Nagakin was in an extremely good mood. For an official of his level, taking action would definitely result in destruction, and there would definitely be people to clean up after them. He had never thought about escaping from paying compensation before.
Because Rockfess had extremely good connections and had a pretty good relationship with a couple of civilizations in the Shattered Star Ring, Godora was not willing to offend him either.
"Don't worry, I never intended to seek compensation from him." Upon hearing that, Rockfess looked toward Han Xiao with a smile, and his tone became gentler. "Give my regards to Ames."
He actually isn't asking for compensation? Han Xiao immediately felt goodwill toward Rockfess, "You know Ames?"
"Hahaha, who in the Shattered Star Ring doesn't know of the Dragon Emperor?" Rockfess said with a laugh. "I have dealt with Floating Dragon a few times. I heard that Aesop wanted you to steal something of mine, but you caught him instead. Haha, well done."
Han Xiao came to a realization. It turned out that Rockfess knew Aesop. No wonder there was such a prank.
However, Han Xiao did not think that it was strange at all. After being alive for so many years, Aesop was a legendary figure, and his connections were extremely deep with his friends being scattered all over the universe.
With Aesop's abilities, the figures whom he befriended were naturally those with authority and power. Since Ames had taken Aesop back, Floating Dragon would definitely receive a huge boost, and their hidden forces would definitely be expanded.
In truth, Rockfess' warm attitude was not entirely because of Aesop. He had always been supplying resources to Floating Dragon but had rarely requested anything in return, treating it as a form of sponsorship. Rockfess was not the only financial group that was doing so, and there were at least twenty different financial groups sponsoring Ames. When Ames first built Floating Dragon Island, she had released a notice that she wanted money, and numerous financial groups had swarmed over to give her money immediately. After so many years, there were many financial groups that still maintained their sponsorship status. If not, with Floating Dragon's horrendous management situation, it would have been impossible for them to support all the maintenance, repairs, and other expenses.
Behind every one of the four beyond Grade A Supers in the Shattered Star Ring were numerous financial groups. A powerful organization would always draw a large number of willing sponsors; thus, these powerful beings never needed to be afraid of going broke. Many of the financial groups in the universe were past the stage of accumulating wealth, and if they were not able to convert their wealth into influence or something useful, their wealth was no more than a useless string of numbers. Investing their wealth into such organizations that housed powerhouses was the best option for them.
For someone like Ames, it was no longer her asking others for money but others taking the initiative to offer her money. Whether or not so wanted to accept the money was dependent on her mood.
As long as one became sufficiently powerful, many problems would be taken care of easily. At the same time, however, one's actions and words would also take on more responsibility.
In the later versions, a few unions would have the right to cooperate with the financial groups to obtain resources and funds. The impact of the players' presence in Galaxy became deeper and deeper, and there were more and more avenues for both parties to interact. The influence that they had on the world was extremely dynamic and realistic, thus allowing the players to remain passionate about the game.
"I heard about your arrival as soon as you stepped onto Noriosse. Meeting you in person, you are even more powerful than in the legends."
Rockfess took the initiative to reach out, and Han Xiao shook his hand. Smiling without saying a word, a thought suddenly surfaced in his head.
His plans for Version 2.0 would require a large amount of gold. To hold millions of players in his mercenary group, the hardware of his mercenary group must have an all-round upgrade, and all of that required money.
If he could mimic Ames and find sponsors, it may be much easier on his wallet.
Because Han Xiao was used to being a lone wolf in his previous life, he only had a vague understanding of deals between the guilds and NPCs. However, Han Xiao had never given it a try himself, and he needed to earn all of the money required for his plan. At this moment, a new idea sprung up in his mind. Perhaps the influence of a faction may be larger than I think.
Until then, Han Xiao's core business had been to earn the player's money to upgrade himself and his faction. However, could he improvise a little and get the NPCs to give him money while harvesting the money from players?
With this flash of inspiration, a new and exciting plan began to form in his head. While the plan was not feasible for the time being, it would greatly increase the benefits that the players could give him once Version 2.0 was unveiled. Of course, that was predicated on everything going according to his plan.
"Your Excellency Rockfess," Han Xiao said, "I actually have something that I wish to request and hope that we can find some time to discuss the matter."
"Alright, I will give you my personal number." Rockfess nodded. "After this matter is over, we can talk about it in detail."
A conclusion was made regarding the matter of compensation—Godora would be in charge of paying for all compensation. Rockfess then arranged for a completely safe stronghold for them to stay in. Before the reinforcements from Godora arrived, they were all required to stay there.
Aroshia met up with Alvin and the others. Alvin was extremely thankful that he had managed to escape death, and the Teleportation Mage left immediately after receiving his payment. He did not wish to have any relationship with those unlucky people.
Over the next few days, the news of this great battle began to spread rapidly, and the headlines of the various news outlets were getting more and more exaggerated.
The details of the battle were not leaked, and the various articles only reported a small portion of the battle and the outcome. While the infamous DarkStar was not the most powerful organization on the list of evil organizations within the Shattered Star Ring, it was the most radical one. It had destroyed many civilizations within the Garton Star System and caused countless citizens to lose their homes. However, there was rarely news of a head-on battle with DarkStar as they usually snuck into the various civilizations stealthily.
This time, a powerful member of DarkStar had died in the eyes of the public, and it was a truly joyous occasion.
With the news spreading, Han Xiao received multiple notifications of his Renown stat increasing on his interface. Just like before, his Renown stat increased in various Star Clusters, and his Renown level had reached [Slightly Famous] in most regions. In the Garton Star System, where he was most active, his Renown level had already reached the level of [Well Known].
In the eyes of most galactic residents, Ames' strength was the only supporting pillar for the whole of Floating Dragon. However, her subordinates did not have much fame and rarely took action outside of Floating Dragon. In this respect, Floating Dragon was far inferior to the powers of the other three beyond Grade A Supers. The other three beyond Grade A Supers all had numerous experts under their charge with their soldiers being the elites of the elites. However, Ames only had a couple of little cats as her subordinates.
For the organizations of the other three beyond Grade A Supers, even if they did not have their leader, their organization would still be a tyrannical existence.
During the previous incident when Ames smashed up DarkStar's mothership, the majority of the focus had been on Ames' strength as well as the new member of Floating Dragon, Black Star. However, the news this time had shown Black Star's strength, and many of the galactic residents and organizations had the same thought.
Ames finally has a capable officer. Sigh, it truly isn't easy!
Godora was clearer about the details of the entire event. According to Nagakin's report, the intelligence division of Godora's War Bureau immediately placed a greater importance on Han Xiao. Together with the incident when they captured DarkStar's mothership, this was the second time that Black Star had dealt a blow to DarkStar. Thus, he could be said to be on Godora's side. Furthermore, Han Xiao had also aided Nagakin in killing Anur and gave them a huge aid.
After fighting together with Han Xiao, Nagakin also treated him with great importance.
In those few days, Han Xiao had specially built up his ties with Nagakin. This was also the reason behind him accepting this mission. Building up ties with Nagakin meant that he would have a direct channel to the upper echelons of Godora.
After waiting for a few days, the Godoran fleet arrived at Noriosse, and the entire event was finally over. Nagakin took Alvin to the pier where Godora's gigantic fleet was waiting.
Before he left, Alvin took the initiative to shake hands with Han Xiao. "You saved my life, and I owe you a favor. If you need my help, I will definitely do my best to aid you."
Nagakin also expressed his thanks toward Han Xiao. "It is truly a pleasant experience to work with you, and the War Bureau will pay you your reward. I hope that we have the chance to work together again."
Han Xiao smiled. "Don't worry, we will meet again very soon."
Nagakin was stunned for a moment and thought that Han Xiao was only being polite. He then boarded the ship with Alvin, and the fleet quickly disappeared into space.
[Nagakin's request] has been completed.
You have received 5,800,000 Experience, 240,000 Enas, +850 Relationship with Godora Faction.
Godoran Civilization: Respect (3190/6000)
+30 Nagakin Favorability
+30 Alvin Favorability
Adding close to 2,000 points of faction favorability and raising my relationship with Godora to Respect. This isn't too bad.
Originally, Nagakin would have been crippled, and Alvin would not have survived. The fates of these two individuals had been changed by him, so DarkStar would definitely pay more attention to him. Who knew what kind of a reaction they would have?
"Where are we going?" Herlous asked, and everyone looked at Han Xiao.
Han Xiao stroked his chin. Before the new version was released, he had two targets. The first was his advancement. With his advancement being complete and him being freer, it was time to work toward his second target—prepare for Version 2.0. This was a huge project.
"Let me meet Rockfess first."


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Home/Featured/Letter written aboard Titanic sells for $200,000
Letter written aboard Titanic sells for $200,000
London: Sunday, 27 April 2014, 09:48 AM
A letter written by a passenger on the Titanic describing the "wonderful passage" — hours before the ship hit an iceberg — has sold at auction for 119,000 pounds ($200,000).
Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the handwritten note was bought by an anonymous telephone bidder at an auction in Devizes, western England.
The price, which includes a fee known as the buyer's premium, topped the pre-sale estimate of 100,000 pounds.
The letter was written by second-class passenger Esther Hart on April 14, 1912.
"The sailors say we have had a wonderful passage up to now," she said in the note to family in England.
Hours later the passenger liner described as "practically unsinkable" hit an iceberg and sank, killing more than 1,500 people.
Hart was among about 700 survivors.
Hart survived, and so did the letter, which is expected to sell for up to 100,000 pounds ($168,000) at an auction in England on Saturday.
The handwritten note on White Star Line notepaper was tucked inside the pocket of a sheepskin coat Hart's husband Benjamin gave her as he put Esther and their daughter Eva in a lifeboat. The family had been traveling from England to Canada, where they planned to settle.
The letter includes a postscript from Eva Hart, then aged 7: "Heaps of love and kisses to all from Eva."
Benjamin Hart was among passengers and crew killed when the ship sank. Esther and Eva were rescued, along with some 700 others.
Esther Hart died in 1928.
Eva Hart, who died in 1996, became a prominent Titanic survivor, critical of attempts to salvage the ship, which she considered a mass grave.
She described the voyage, and her mother's letter, in an autobiography, "Shadow of the Titanic."
Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the letter was "quite simply the jewel in the crown of Titanic manuscript ephemera."
Fascination with the Titanic remains strong a century after the disaster, and prices for memorabilia from the ship have soared in recent years. In October a violin believed to have been played as the doomed vessel sank sold for more than 1 million pounds.
London: Sunday, 09 May 2021, 12:43 AM


I'm so sorry, Matt. Even if you didn't know the person well, there's still an initial shock.
This is why I worry about how to raise a kid in the modern world. If a 140 character status update is how he finds out about all major happenings, is that really healthy?
I'm sorry for your loss. My mother found out about my sister-in-law's suicide while browsing Facebook in a public library, and I'm sure would have reacted in a similar fashion had someone spoken to her just then.
Sorry to hear that. I also found out about a friend's suicide through Facebook.


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A Mississippi lawmaker is trying again to pass his Internet gaming bill, just like he said he would. The plan could bring fully legal online poker to the Magnolia State.
Rep. Bobby Moak told Card Player in March 2012, not long after his three-week old web gaming bill hit the muck, that he would eventually bring up the issue again.
House Bill No. 254, also known as Mississippi Lawful Internet Gaming Act of 2013, would authorize the state's Gaming Commission to issue "permits" to existing gaming licensees. The state would also be charged with regulating the new industry.
With 30 commercial casinos, Mississippi is already one of the nation's most gambling-friendly states. Its gaming taxes are also some of the lowest. Running Internet games would cost casinos within the state five percent of gross revenue on the new business, per month.
While brick-and-mortar play is subject to an additional tax imposed by the municipality where the casino is located, Internet gaming would be excluded from this provision.
Moak wasn't immediately reachable Tuesday for comment on his latest attempt at a bill.
While Moak's plan was just resurrected, other states have made progress toward their own venture into the online realm. Nevada is close to kicking off its own intrastate online poker industry, an online gaming bill was still in the governor of New Jersey's hands as of Tuesday and some in California are looking to continue the fight.
In addition to Nevada, Delaware has legalized real-money wagering on the web.


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Q: How to handle firewall inactivity timeout to batch database during long running tasklet? I have a long running tasklet that takes hours to complete. There is a firewall between the box that  the batch job is running on and the batch database. The inactivity timeout on that firewall is two hours and our network team is unwilling to change that. So when the long running tasklet completes and Spring Batch goes to update the database with the status it fails because the firewall has already severed the connection due to inactivity. Any ideas on how to solve this?
Here is my DataSource:
<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close">
    <property name="driverClassName" value="oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver" />
    <property name="url" value="jdbc:oracle:thin@db_url" />
    <property name="username" value="username" />
    <property name="password" value="password" />
</bean>

Some more background information. This tasklet doesn't use this db connection. Only Spring Batch is using it. The tasklet job is to monitor a queue and complete to the next step once the queue is empty. This queue draining is what can take hours.
UPDATE: I tried adding the Oracle TCP keep alive but it still timed out.
<property name="url" value="jdbc:oracle:thin:@(DESCRIPTION=(ENABLE=BROKEN)(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=hostname)(PORT=port)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=sidname)))" />

Thanks.
Brian

A: Not sure if you really need a transaction for your tasklet, but in my case I was able to solve the issue by defining the transaction attribute:
@Bean
public Step myStep(StepBuilderFactory stepBuilderFactory, MyTasklet myTasklet) {
    return stepBuilderFactory.get("myStep").tasklet(myTasklet).transactionAttribute(new DefaultTransactionAttribute(TransactionAttribute.PROPAGATION_NEVER)).build();
}

A: If you want to kill the long running jobs, then there 2 ways:

*

*JobInterruptionPolicy

*CommandLineRunner

We can kill the job programatically using JobInterruptedPolicy or manually using CommandLineRunner by exceuting command to STOP.
JobInterruptionPolicy

*

*Use JobOperator.stop the job
 SimpleJobOperator jobOperator = new SimpleJobOperator();
 jobOperator.setJobRepository(jobRepository);
 jobOperator.setJobLauncher(jobLauncher);
 jobOperator.setJobExplorer(jobExplorer);
 jobOperator.setJobRegistry(jobRegistry);
 //If you know job execution id that you want to stop the job
 jobOperator.stop(exceutionId);

*You can simply use JobExceution.stop() method if you have jobExceution object.
Above both the method worked for me successfully.
BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION table of Spring batch
Batch status:  STOPPED
ExitStatus: STOPPED


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Q: Way to set the default precision for all ofstreams Hi I'm trying to find out if there is a way to set the default precision for ofstreams.
To clarify, I can set the precision of a ofstream I have defined without problem. I just cannot find a way to make it so when I create an ofstream it has this precision by default.
Thanks in advance.

A: Perhaps by deriving your own version of ofstream that sets precision in its constructor:
#include <fstream>

struct my_ofstream : std::ofstream {
    explicit my_ofstream(std::streamsize prec = 5)
    {
        this->precision(prec);
    }
};

int main()
{
   my_ofstream f1;  // default precision 5
   my_ofstream f2(10);
}