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Q: How To Call my Qt/C++ Dylib from Objective C? I've compiled a dylib in Qt/C++. I created a simple class method called test() that reads a string input and returns a string output with "-response" back. Now how do I load that inside Objective C in XCode 7 (a default Cocoa application) and make it emit test() via NSLog()?
This is what my build folder looks like in Qt/C++.

A: You need to use an Objective-C++ class, which is a hybrid of Objective-C and C++.
The greatest challenge using one or more Objective-C++ classes in a largely Objective-C project is avoiding exposing C++ classes to the Objective-C classes.  Therefore you need to avoid C++ in the Objective-C++ header file and just include the C++ in the implementation file.
For example:
CppWrapper.h:
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

@interface CppWrapper : NSObject
- (BOOL)callCppMethodA:(int)param;
@end

CppWrapper.mm:
#import "CppWrapper.h"
#import "cppclass.h"    // C++

@interface CppWrapper()
{
    cppclass *_cppclass;    // C++
}
@end

@implementation CppWrapper

- (id)init
{
    self = [super init];
    if (self) {
        _cppclass = new cppclass();    // C++
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)dealloc
{
    delete _cppclass;    // C++
}

- (BOOL)callCppMethodA:(int)param
{
    return _cppclass->methodA(param);    // C++
}

@end

Use it like this:
CppWrapper *cppWrapper = [CppWrapper new];
[cppWrapper callCppMethodA:123];

A: Another approach would be to not use Qt/C++, but create C++ classes inside of Objective C and avoid Qt altogether, opting for these includes to make life a whole lot easier in C++:
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sqlite3.h>
#include <Foundation/Foundation.h>

string docs
stdio docs
stdio notes
sqlite3 docs
Apple Foundation Class docs
Also, one can (and actually must) mix a little Objective C in their C++ code in order to make life easier. Here's a sample .mm file, which is the file type that lets you mix C++ and Objective C:
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sqlite3.h>
#include <Foundation/Foundation.h>

class Testlib {

public:

  std::string test(std::string sIn) {
    sIn = sIn.append("-response");
    return sIn;
  }

  NS_RETURNS_RETAINED NSString *test2(NSString *sIn) {
    // note [[funky Objective C syntax]]
    NSString *sOut = [[NSString alloc] init];
    sOut = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@-response", sIn];
    return sOut;
  }

};

In order for me to call this from my main.m file, I had to rename it to main.mm and then do something like:
#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
#import "testlib.mm"

int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {

  // demo Testlib out to the debug log
  Testlib *o = new Testlib();
  std::string s = "";
  s = o->test("request");
  NSLog(@"Result=%s",s.c_str());
  NSLog(@"Result2=%@",o->test2(@"request"));

  // load our GUI
  return NSApplicationMain(argc, argv);
}

So, for the most part, it gives the ease of use of C++, but makes it powerful with the SQLite3 and Apple Foundation Class stuff to do pretty much what one would have used Qt for (without having to include very large Qt runtime framework libraries). However, for the GUI -- Cocoa is pretty sparse on options (dare I say fascist) compared to Qt, which is why I opt to use Mac native WebKit inside Cocoa, which opens up a vast array of GUI styling. Also, by using Mac native WebKit instead of Qt's embedded WebKit, you can decrease the .app size by about 30MB.


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Q: Selecting a block of members in PDS directory for editing I want to select a group of members in a PDS for editing but unlike in SDSF, putting // in the beginning and end of block doesn't work.
Does anybody know how can I do that? For viewing a range of PDS members! is that even possible??
I appreciate your opinion on this.
This is what I mean of selecting a block of members

A: Edit the dataset via option 3.4, the DSLIST command or the ISPF Workplace (usually option 11 and the best option).
Make sure that the 'Enhanced member list for Edit, View, and Browse' option is selected. This can be found in the 'options -> DSLIST' menu.
Enter 'e' against multiple members or use e * to select all members or e abc* to select all members beginning with abc and press 'enter'.
When you press PF3 to finish editing one member, you will be taken straight into edit on the next member.

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BMW shows off new solar charging station for your electric car
BMW have just unveiled the curtain on their new Solar Carport concept - a solar charging station for your electric car. It was showed off as part of the media launch of the BMW i8 in Los Angeles, a plug in hybrid sports car being readied for the market.
[Image Source: BMW Design Works]
The concept is quite simple; an open style garage to park your car underneath with solar panels on the roof. With the first deliveries of the BMW i3 underway, it's clear to see that BMW is making a stance for its green credentials. This can be seen further more in the details of the Solar Carport concept which comes from the BMW Group DesignworksUSA in California. The upright supports are made from bamboo which with its quick growing nature is considered a rather sustainable resource. The rest of the frame is composed of carbon fibre parts, sticking with the same theme as the new i3 and i8 vehicles.
Tom Allemann, of BMW Designworks USA explains, "With the solar carport concept we opted for a holistic approach: not only is the vehicle itself sustainable," he said, "but so is its energy supply."
The Solar Carport is set to work alongside the BMW i Wallbox Pro that charges much quicker than the charging cable provided as standard, offering a charge to 80% in less than two hours. Not only that, any surpluss energy produced from the solar panels can be diverted to power the owner's home if the car becomes fully charged. Although unless you live in a consistently sunny country, we expect you'll be plugging the car into your home's supply anyway.
"This is therefore an entirely new generation of carports that allows energy to be produced in a simple and transparent way," Allemann continued. "It renders the overarching theme of lightweight design both visible and palpable."
A fully charged high-voltage battery running the i8 plug-in hybrid sports car has a range of about 22 miles in all-electric mode, according to BMW. But then again, it is a hybrid and not designed to run on electricity alone. Unlike the Tesla Model S which offers a full electric range of 265 miles.
BMW's electric vehicle lineup launched in July starting with the full electric i3, worth about $41,350, with a 22 kWh lithium-ion battery for a range of 80 to 100 miles. The i8 is obviously expected to be a little more pricey at $135,925 and is expected in the fall this year. This new theme from BMW is demonstrating a focus on green, premium vehicles with modern, eco-friendly design.
Watch the video: BMW 330e review DrivingElectric (January 2023).
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Chinese Treebank 7.0
Item Name: Chinese Treebank 7.0
Author(s): Nianwen Xue, Zixin Jiang, Xiuhong Zhong, Martha Palmer, Fei Xia, Fu-Dong Chiou, Meiyu Chang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35111/gs8j-tv18
Data Source(s): web collection, newswire, news magazine, broadcast conversation, broadcast news
Application(s): parsing, natural language processing, machine translation, linguistic analysis, information extraction
Language(s): Mandarin Chinese
Language ID(s): cmn
Citation: Xue, Nianwen, et al. Chinese Treebank 7.0 LDC2010T07. Web Download. Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, 2010.
LDC2001T11 Chinese Treebank 2.0
LDC2013T13 Chinese Proposition Bank 3.0
Chinese Treebank 7.0, Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC) catalog number LDC2010T07 and isbn 1-58563-542-1, consists of over one million words of annotated and parsed text from Chinese newswire, magazine news, various broadcast news and broadcast conversation programs, web newsgroups and weblogs.
The Chinese Treebank project began at the University of Pennsylvania in 1998, continued at the University of Colorado and is now at Brandeis University. The projects goal is to provide a large, part-of-speech tagged and fully bracketed Chinese language corpus. The first delivery, Chinese Treebank 1.0, contained 100,000 syntactically annotated words from Xinhua News Agency (Xinhua) newswire. It was later corrected and released in 2001 as Chinese Treebank 2.0 (LDC2001T11) and consisted of approximately 100,000 words. The LDC released Chinese Treebank 4.0 (LDC2004T05), an updated version containing roughly 400,000 words, in 2004. A year later, the LDC published the 500,000 word Chinese Treebank 5.0 (LDC2005T01). Chinese Treebank 6.0 (LDC2007T36), released in 2007, consisted of 780,000 words. Chinese Treebank 7.0 adds new annotated newswire data, broadcast material and web text to this effort.
This release consists of 2,448 text files, 51,447 sentences, 1,196,329 words and 1,931,381 hanzi (Chinese characters). The data is provided in UTF-8 encoding and the annnotation has Penn Treebank-style labeled brackets. Details of the annotation standard can be found in the enclosed segmentation, POS-tagging and bracketing guidelines. The data is provided in four different formats: raw text, word segmented, word segmented and POS-tagged and syntactically-bracketed formats.
Chinese Treebank 7.0 includes text from the following genres and sources:
Genre # words
Newswire (Agence France Presse, China News Service, Guangming Daily, Peoples Daily, Xinhua News Agency) 260,164
News Magazine (Sinorama) 256,305
Broadcast News (China Broadcasting System, China Central TV, China National Radio, China Television System, New Tang Dynasty TV, Phoenix TV, Voice of America) 287,442
Broadcast Conversation (Anhui TV, China Central TV, CNN, MSNBC, New Tang Dynasty TV, Phoenix TV) 184,161
Newsgroups, Weblogs 208,257
This work was supported in part by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, GALE Program Grant No. HR0011-06-0022. The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the position or the policy of the Government, and no official endorsement should be inferred.
For an example of the data in this corpus, please review the sample file.
No updates have been issued as of this time.
Contact: ldc@ldc.upenn.edu © 2010 Linguistic Data Consortium , Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania . All Rights Reserved.
Portions © 2006 Agence France Presse, © 2006 Anhui TV, © 2005 Cable News Network, LP, LLLP, © 2000-2001 China Broadcasting System, © 2000-2001, 2005-2006 China Central TV, © 2000-2001 China National Radio, © 2006 Chinanews.com, © 2000-2001 China Television System, © 2006 Guangming Daily, © 2006 National Broadcasting Company, Inc., © 2006 New Tang Dynasty TV, © 2006 Peoples Daily Online, © 2005-2006 Phoenix TV, © 1999-2001 Sinorama Magazine, © 1996-1998, 2006 Xinhua News Agency, © 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania


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Home / Business and Money / Jet It Dominates Q4 2020 With $36M+ Investment in HondaJet Acquisitions
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Jet It Dominates Q4 2020 With $36M+ Investment in HondaJet Acquisitions
Leading private aviation company expands sales efforts to West Coast and Canada
Private Aviation company Jet It, founded by industry veterans Glenn Gonzales and Vishal Hiremath in 2018, continued its rapid growth with the delivery of six new HondaJets during the final quarter of 2020. The investment is valued at over $36 million, and with the delivery of the additional six aircraft, the young company more than doubled its fleet in 2020 and met its goal of ten aircraft in operation.
In response to market demand, Jet It has also expanded its sales and service operations to the West Coast. Along with several new West Coast owners, Jet It has onboarded top aviation sales veteran Gino Jooyan as Director of Sales, Western USA. Jooyan will manage and direct the Jet It business development strategy to secure new owners in the Western US.
"Gino is a servant leader with 20+ years of successful business aviation sales experience in the Western US at industry benchmarks FlexJet, Jet Aviation, and Executive Jet Management. He is a perfect fit for our culture, and we are very excited to have him formally introduce Jet It to a market that frequently inquired about our Westward expansion," says Jet It's CEO Glenn Gonzales.
Jet It has also launched sales and operations of its innovative business model in Canada. According to Gonzales, "The Canadian market has expressed a high level of demand for Jet It. The need for autonomous, efficient regional travel in Canada is very strong, as it is in the US with Jet It, or for Europeans flying with our sister company JetClub. Our growth in the States has generated awareness in Canada for so many interested in Jet It providing cost-effective private travel. Whether from Toronto to Montreal, Calgary to Vancouver, or from remote access communities, Jet It can connect you throughout Canada and the US."
According to Jooyan, "Jet It has been the best-kept secret in private aviation, and I look forward to kicking off 2021 by delivering the ultimate customer experience with a first-class team of extraordinary pilots and operations staff, for customers in the Western US, Canada, and beyond!"
Finance Reporter
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Tag: National School Choice Week
This National School Choice Week has been one of hope for West Virginia
Editor's note: The following represents an excerpt of remarks delivered by Garrett Ballengee, executive director for the Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy, at the closing celebration of West Virginia's National School Choice Week festivities at the state Capitol. First, I would like to thank everyone who attended today's closing[Read More…]
School choice is making public education more diverse
Editor's note: This commentary from Danielle Gregory-Williams, a magnet recruitment specialist in New Haven, Connecticut, makes the point that education choice is alive and well in public schools, too, rounding out our coverage of National School Choice Week. It appeared this week on the New Haven Register. National conversations about[Read More…]
Time to celebrate Florida's commitment to human dignity, subsidiarity, common good, solidarity
Editor's note: In today's post, Michael Barrett, Associate for Education for the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops, celebrates National School Choice Week by explaining why education choice is important on many fronts. To hear a 2021 podcast with Barrett and Step Up For Students' president Doug Tuthill, click here. I recently[Read More…]
As we enter Year 3 of COVID, learning is everywhere this National School Choice Week
Editor's note: This commentary from Andrew Campanella, president of National School Choice Week, answers the question: Do we need to keep talking about education choice? During the pandemic, learning pods took place in the strangest places, like roller skating rinks and karate studios. Today, many parents are still using learning[Read More…]
National School Choice Week 2022 sees a changed and changing K-12 sector
National School Choice WeekThe year 2022 arrived just after the second anniversary of the first American COVID-19 case being announced. A great deal has changed over the last two years, including a very large rise in multi-vendor education in the form of pods and tutors: This is very significant and[Read More…]
January 24, 2022 by Matthew Ladner
Nearly half of all Florida students attended a school of choice in 2020
Editor's note: reimaginED kicks off National School Choice Week with an update on education choice enrollment across the state of Florida. Patrick Gibbons, a member of Step Up For Students' policy and public affairs team, produces this post annually, along with the changing landscapes document that accompanies it. Nearly 1.6[Read More…]
School choice options are changing in Kissimmee, Fla., across the country
Editor's note: This commentary from Andrew Campanella, president of National School Choice Week, appeared Thursday in the Osceola News-Gazette. If you're reading this, chances are you're a parent, or have friends or neighbors who are. Baby Boomer, Gen X, or Millennial— the K-12 school scene has changed so much since[Read More…]
Parent demand for school choice surges
Editor's note: This report from the organizers of National School Choice Week found that nearly 52% of parents in the United States have considered, or are considering, finding new schools for their children. Frustrated by COVID disruptions to their children's schooling and seeking higher-quality education environments, nearly 14% of U.S. parents are[Read More…]


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Q: Bernoulli Experiment- why is the pressure on the left greater?
Is the Pressure $P_2$ caused by a reaction force to the fluid-fluid collision, or is it the result of the collisions of the water molecules with the walls at the neck of this experiment. The part which confuses me is that $P_2$ needs to be less than $P_1 $but $P_2$ is exerted over a longer distance and the pressure exerted by fluids is calculated by $hdg$. Is there a reason why $P_2$ is less than $P_1$?

A: Because the pipe on the right is smaller, but the same amount of mass flows per second through both sides, the flow on the right side is faster.
For the velocity of a bit of fluid to change as it moves, there must be a net force on it.
That net force come from the difference in pressure.


Mitch McConnell: IRS scandal can't be tied to Obama.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker John Boehner, and Vice President Joe Biden look on during a dedication ceremony for the new Frederick Douglass statue at the U.S. Capitol on June 19, 2013.
Brian Beutler reports from Mitch McConnell's speech to AEI, and quotes a line about the endless IRS scandal that wasn't in his prepared remarks.
There might be some folks out there waiting for a hand signed memo from President Obama to Lois Lerner to turn up. Do not hold your breath.
Finally, it's catching on. Some conservatives, starting with Rep. Raul Labrador, have cautioned their comrades from hoping that the IRS story will find a direct Obama link, a smoking gun. The debate is over whether to expand the critique to cover the growth of liberal bureaucracy, not Obama; or whether Obama uses mental powers to encourage the bureaucrats to sic his enemies. That's basically the Peggy Noonan argument: "Nobody imagines the White House picked up a phone to tell IRS workers in Cincinnati to target their enemies. That, as they say, is not how it's done." It's an undebunkable argument!
Bonus feature: McConnell slapping around AEI's resident moderate conservative Norm Ornstein, and Ornstein responding by trapping McConnell in his contradictions.


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Has the Daily Star decided to back the English Defence League?
Front page suggests paper wants to bring far-right party into mainstream
Thursday 10 February 2011 01:00
"Front page", boasted the Facebook page of the right-wing English Defence League yesterday as it triumphantly linked its followers to a headline in Richard Desmond's Daily Star that noted that the anti-Islamic organisation was to become a "political party".
It's a rare thing for the Star to "splash" on politics. And although the coverage referred to the EDL as being a "far-right group", it reported its activities in an uncritical manner and noted that, in a phone poll of readers the previous day, 98 per cent of respondents had "said they agreed with the EDL's policies".
The media website Engage immediately asked "Is the EDL the Daily Star's New Friend?" A day earlier the newspaper had run a story saying that the EDL would "fight for heroes" and claiming that two Muslim councillors had "snubbed" a soldier by not rising to their feet when he was being given a standing ovation for winning a George Cross.
Yesterday's story carried the headline "EDL Chief: Vote Us Into Parliament!" It reported the wish of the group's leader – who uses the pseudonym Tommy Robinson – to appear on the BBC's Question Time.
"The EDL boss said that, unlike bumbling BNP leader Nick Griffin, 51, he would be a surefire hit on the show," the paper said. The article appeared alongside the Star's coverage of upheaval in Egypt, a piece that began: "Thousands of illegal immigrants will flee riot-torn Egypt and flood to Britain."
The paper's report that the EDL was preparing to field MPs was accompanied by Mr Robinson's observation that the group's 74,000 following on Facebook would exceed the online support of the three main political parties by the end of the year.
Among those Facebook followers yesterday, the Daily Star's apparent warmth to the group and a lead editorial headlined "Don't dare ignore EDL", was a source of pride and exhilaration.
Stephen Martin, who uses the slogan "British by Birth, English by the Grace of God", described his morning commute. "TODAY i sat there with my daily star with PRIDE, the pictures and banners were fair, the write up was fair, the Star comment was fair and 98 per cent back us (including everybody sat with me)," he wrote. "We have a voice now, 25p a day, if they have 74,000 new readers, we have a BIGGER voice."
Tom Evans ("English and Fuckin' Proud of It") agreed. "i think everyone should support the daily star and buy it a couple times a week at least lol... they are the only one to stand up for the EDL." He said other EDL followers were thrilled at the "awesome" and "amazing" 98 per cent approval rating from Star readers.
The newspaper's long-standing editor Dawn Neesom is one of Fleet Street's stalwarts. A proud East Londoner and keen kickboxer, she follows West Ham United home and away and prides herself on being in touch with the instincts of the Star's working-class readership.
The EDL draws much of its support from football followers. Sources said it was Ms Neesom's decision to give the group such a high profile, and not that of the paper's owner Mr Desmond.
Ivan Lewis, shadow Culture secretary, said: "Newspapers have a right to cover whatever they want in a democracy within the constraints of the law and their code of practice."
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'use strict';

var sinon = require('sinon'),
    R = require('ramda'),
    chai = require('chai'),
    expect = chai.expect,
    spriteGenerator = require('../../lib/spriteGenerator'),
    providedLayouts = require('../../lib/layout'),
    providedStylesheets = require('../../lib/stylesheet'),
    stylesheetUtils = require('../../lib/utils/stylesheet'),
    sinonTest = require('sinon-test').configureTest(sinon);

chai.use(require('sinon-chai'));

describe('spriteGenerator', function () {
    var defaultFilename = 'test',
        defaultFileContent = {
            path: defaultFilename,
            data: 'test'
        };

    function mergeDefaultOptions(options) {
        return R.merge({
            src: [ defaultFileContent ],
            compositor: { readImage: sinon.stub().resolves({}), render: sinon.stub().resolves() },
            layout: sinon.stub().resolves([]),
            stylesheet: sinon.stub().resolves()
        }, options);
    }

    function buildDefaultDependencies() {
        return {
            readFile: sinon.stub().rejects(),
            writeFile: sinon.stub().rejects(),
            glob: sinon.stub().rejects(),
            mkdirp: sinon.stub().rejects(),
            providedCompositors: {}
        };
    }

    it('should pass on default options to compositor, layout and stylesheet', function () {
        var options = mergeDefaultOptions({});

        return spriteGenerator(buildDefaultDependencies(), options).then(function () {
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledOnce;
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledWith(defaultFileContent);
            expect(options.compositor.render).to.have.been.calledOnce;
            expect(options.compositor.render).to.have.been.calledWith([], null, { filter: 'all', compressionLevel: 6 });

            expect(options.layout).to.have.been.calledOnce;
            expect(options.layout).to.have.been.calledWith([ {} ], { padding: 0, scaling: 1 });

            expect(options.stylesheet).to.have.been.calledOnce;
            expect(options.stylesheet).to.have.been.calledWith(
                [],
                { spritePath: null, nameMapping: stylesheetUtils.nameToClass, prefix: '', pixelRatio: 1 }
            );
        });
    });

    it('should pass on custom options to compositor, layout and stylesheet', function () {
        var options = mergeDefaultOptions({
            compositorOptions: { filter: 'none' },
            layoutOptions: { padding: 50 },
            stylesheetOptions: { spritePath: 'abc', prefix: 'test' }
        });

        return spriteGenerator(buildDefaultDependencies(), options).then(function () {
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledOnce;
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledWith(defaultFileContent);
            expect(options.compositor.render).to.have.been.calledOnce;
            expect(options.compositor.render).to.have.been.calledWith([], null, { filter: 'none', compressionLevel: 6 });

            expect(options.layout).to.have.been.calledOnce;
            expect(options.layout).to.have.been.calledWith([ {} ], { padding: 50, scaling: 1 });

            expect(options.stylesheet).to.have.been.calledOnce;
            expect(options.stylesheet).to.have.been.calledWith(
                [],
                { spritePath: 'abc', nameMapping: stylesheetUtils.nameToClass, prefix: 'test', pixelRatio: 1 }
            );
        });
    });

    it('should use default compositors, layout and stylesheet functions', sinonTest(function (done) {
        const dependencies = buildDefaultDependencies();

        dependencies.providedCompositors.canvas = {
            readImage: sinon.stub().resolves([]),
            render: sinon.stub().resolves()
        };
        this.stub(providedLayouts, 'vertical').resolves({ width: 0, height: 0, images: [] });
        this.stub(providedStylesheets, 'stylus').resolves();

        spriteGenerator(dependencies, { src: [ defaultFileContent ] }).then(function () {
            expect(dependencies.providedCompositors.canvas.readImage).to.have.been.calledOnce;
            expect(dependencies.providedCompositors.canvas.render).to.have.been.calledOnce;
            expect(providedLayouts.vertical).to.have.been.calledOnce;
            expect(providedStylesheets.stylus).to.have.been.calledOnce;
        }).nodeify(done);
    }));

    it('should pass the relative sprite to the stylesheet if it is not set manually', function () {
        var dependencies = buildDefaultDependencies(),
            options = mergeDefaultOptions({
                spritePath: 'test/sprite/path/sprite.png',
                stylesheetPath: 'test/styl/sprite.styl'
            });

        options.stylesheet.resolves('my data');
        options.compositor.render.resolves('my sprite data');
        dependencies.mkdirp.withArgs('test/styl').resolves();
        dependencies.writeFile.withArgs('test/styl/sprite.styl', 'my data').resolves();
        dependencies.mkdirp.withArgs('test/sprite/path').resolves();
        dependencies.writeFile.withArgs('test/sprite/path/sprite.png', 'my sprite data').resolves();

        return spriteGenerator(dependencies, options).then(function () {
            expect(options.stylesheet).to.have.been.calledWithMatch([], {
                spritePath: '../sprite/path/sprite.png'
            });
        });
    });

    it('should create stylesheet path and write stylesheet if specified', function () {
        var dependencies = buildDefaultDependencies(),
            options = mergeDefaultOptions({
                stylesheetPath: 'test/styl/sprite.styl'
            });

        options.stylesheet.resolves('my data');
        dependencies.mkdirp.withArgs('test/styl').resolves();
        dependencies.writeFile.withArgs('test/styl/sprite.styl', 'my data').resolves();

        return spriteGenerator(dependencies, options).then(function () {
            expect(dependencies.mkdirp).to.have.been.calledOnce;
            expect(dependencies.writeFile).to.have.been.calledOnce;
        });
    });

    it('should create sprite path and write sprite if specified', function () {
        var dependencies = buildDefaultDependencies(),
            options = mergeDefaultOptions({
                spritePath: 'test/sprite/path/sprite.png'
            });

        options.compositor.render.resolves('my sprite data');
        dependencies.mkdirp.withArgs('test/sprite/path').resolves();
        dependencies.writeFile.withArgs('test/sprite/path/sprite.png', 'my sprite data').resolves();

        return spriteGenerator(dependencies, options).then(function () {
            expect(dependencies.mkdirp).to.have.been.calledOnce;
            expect(dependencies.writeFile).to.have.been.calledOnce;
        });
    });

    it('should use a builtin compositor, stylesheet and layout when specified', sinonTest(function (done) {
        const dependencies = buildDefaultDependencies();

        dependencies.providedCompositors.jimp = {
            readImage: sinon.stub().resolves([]),
            render: sinon.stub().resolves()
        };
        this.stub(providedLayouts, 'horizontal').resolves({ width: 0, height: 0, images: [] });
        this.stub(providedStylesheets, 'css').resolves();

        spriteGenerator(dependencies, {
            src: [ defaultFileContent ],
            compositor: 'jimp',
            layout: 'horizontal',
            stylesheet: 'css'
        }).then(function () {
            expect(dependencies.providedCompositors.jimp.readImage).to.have.been.calledOnce;
            expect(dependencies.providedCompositors.jimp.render).to.have.been.calledOnce;
            expect(providedLayouts.horizontal).to.have.been.calledOnce;
            expect(providedStylesheets.css).to.have.been.calledOnce;
        }).nodeify(done);
    }));

    it('should use a provided string for stylesheet as a template', sinonTest(function (done) {
        var options = mergeDefaultOptions({ stylesheet: 'test template' });

        options.layout.resolves({ images: [] });

        spriteGenerator(buildDefaultDependencies(), options).spread(function (stylesheet) {
            expect(stylesheet).to.equal('test template');
        }).nodeify(done);
    }));

    it('should pass all directly passed in data to compositor', function () {
        var options = mergeDefaultOptions({
            src: [{path: 'somefile.png', data: 'somdata'}, {path: 'otherfile.png', data: 'otherdata'}]
        });

        return spriteGenerator(buildDefaultDependencies(), options).then(function () {
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledTwice;
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledWith(options.src[0]);
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledWith(options.src[1]);
        });
    });

    it('should pass all directly passed in source data to compositor', function () {
        var options = mergeDefaultOptions({
            src: [ { path: 'somefile.png', data: 'somdata' }, { path: 'otherfile.png', data: 'otherdata' } ]
        });

        return spriteGenerator(buildDefaultDependencies(), options).then(function () {
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledTwice;
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledWith(options.src[0]);
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledWith(options.src[1]);
        });
    });

    it('should glob for passed in source strings', function () {
        var dependencies = buildDefaultDependencies(),
            options = mergeDefaultOptions({
                src: [ 'glob1', 'glob2' ]
            });

        dependencies.glob.withArgs('glob1').resolves([ 'path11', 'path12' ]);
        dependencies.glob.withArgs('glob2').resolves([ 'path2' ]);
        dependencies.readFile.withArgs('path11').resolves('data11');
        dependencies.readFile.withArgs('path12').resolves('data12');
        dependencies.readFile.withArgs('path2').resolves('data2');

        return spriteGenerator(dependencies, options).then(function () {
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledThrice;
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledWith({ path: 'path11', data: 'data11' });
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledWith({ path: 'path12', data: 'data12' });
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledWith({ path: 'path2', data: 'data2' });
        });
    });

    it('should support mixed string and buffer sources', function () {
        var dependencies = buildDefaultDependencies(),
            options = mergeDefaultOptions({
                src: [ 'glob1', { path: 'foobar.jpg', data: 'fob' } ]
            });

        dependencies.glob.withArgs('glob1').resolves([ 'path11', 'path12' ]);
        dependencies.readFile.withArgs('path11').resolves('data11');
        dependencies.readFile.withArgs('path12').resolves('data12');

        return spriteGenerator(dependencies, options).then(function () {
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledThrice;
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledWith({ path: 'path11', data: 'data11' });
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledWith({ path: 'path12', data: 'data12' });
            expect(options.compositor.readImage).to.have.been.calledWith({ path: 'foobar.jpg', data: 'fob' });
        });
    });

    it('should go through the pipeline correctly', function () {
        var sources = [
                { path: 'test', data: '1' },
                { path: 'test2', data: '2' }
            ],
            readResults = [
                { path: 'test', data: '1', width: 10, height: 30 },
                { path: 'test2', data: '2', width: 10, height: 30 }
            ],
            layoutResult = {
                width: 20,
                height: 30,
                images: [
                    { path: 'test', data: '1', width: 10, height: 30 },
                    { path: 'test2', data: '2', width: 10, height: 30 }
                ]
            },
            stylesheetResult = 'my stylesheet',
            renderResult = new Buffer('render result'),
            options = mergeDefaultOptions({
                src: sources
            });

        options.compositor.readImage.withArgs(sources[0]).resolves(readResults[0]);
        options.compositor.readImage.withArgs(sources[1]).resolves(readResults[1]);
        options.layout.withArgs(readResults).resolves(layoutResult);
        options.stylesheet.withArgs(layoutResult).resolves(stylesheetResult);
        options.compositor.render.withArgs(layoutResult).resolves(renderResult);

        return spriteGenerator(buildDefaultDependencies(), options).spread(function (stylesheet, sprite) {
            expect(stylesheet).to.equal(stylesheetResult);
            expect(sprite).to.equal(renderResult);
        });
    });
});

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Globalisation and global citizenship has made the world a better place.
Theresa May, Britain's new prime minister, declared recently in a speech that "if you believe you are a citizen of the world, you are a citizen of nowhere". Her views have been echoed across the Atlantic, where GOP candidate Donald Trump has vowed to erect a wall between the US and Mexico and "get the Mexicans to pay for it".
Suddenly, the benefits of the post-war world, in particular the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union, are in danger of being lost. Nationalism is the new order of the day, it appears, with individual countries and citizens having fenced borders and restricted movement.
What is a citizen of the world anyway? Global citizenship can be best defined by two main principles: the freedom of mobility and a plurality of places to call home. A vote for Donald Trump on November 8 would turn both of those principles on their head.
He would take us back on an inward-looking trajectory, where borders would not only be better defined but fortified. Where everyone should live in their own "home", where just through an accident of birth, they happened to be born.
In one sense, May was correct, as the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah pointed out in this year's Reith Lecture. "Citizenship is a relationship between a person and a state. Given the absence of a world state, there is, strictly speaking, nowhere for a citizen of the world to be a citizen of," he said.
However, he added: "Real cosmopolitanism is not a privilege; it is an obligation. It does not belong to the rarefied circles of some frequent-flyer upper class. It belongs to anyone who cares about global justice, about the environment, about the alleviation of strife and carnage beyond our immediate national borders. A disease that starts, unnoticed, in an African forest can devastate a Manchester family; CO2 emissions from India can derange the weather around the Gulf Stream; an ideological pathology that incubates in schools halfway around the world can bring down jets and skyscrapers."
Like Uber or Airbnb, immigrant investor programs are disruptive in a good way.
In other words, a global citizen is not to be feared. Globalisation has become an integral part of modern day society, politics and economics. Millions of people have been raised out of poverty as a result. People, businesses and governments are unlikely to want to give up global mobility after decades of reaping its benefits. I suspect that while some countries will trumpet the need for border controls, others will need to remain open, because openness is one of their key commodities.
Not only do we succeed by being open, but all the major issues of today, such as climate change, terrorism, water and food security are cross border challenges. Water does not suddenly stop at an arbitrary border, drawn by a whim some hundred years ago. Growing crops to feed an increasing world is not achieved by turning inward, but by global trade.
My own story shows some of the benefits of being a global citizen. Born in Eastern Europe to Armenian parents, I was educated in North Africa, France and North America. Today I am a global citizen by choice. In Canada I launched the business that I run to this day, which helps people gain citizenship of other countries, thus allowing them access and freedom to travel.
My life under these new proposed changes of May and Trump would no longer be possible. In a Trump world, for example, immigrant investor programs, which encourage the inflow of qualified, skilled or rich immigrants, will be discouraged. This is regrettable, because not only do immigrants bring new ideas and energy, they also bring money to regions that sorely need it.
"Make America Safe Again" is a catchy slogan. But safe for who? And at what cost?
Like Uber or Airbnb, immigrant investor programs are disruptive in a good way. In the eastern Caribbean, for example, people who can afford either a real estate investment or donation can acquire citizenship. In the past ten years more than 10,000 people have become citizens of St Kitts & Nevis, in the process transforming its economy.
On the EU periphery, there may be a benefit. With a less accessible core in the face of an alienated Britain, and an increasingly nationalistic France, Germany and Central Europe, countries such as Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria and Portugal may turn into a very convenient gateway to the new world. The keen eye of the European Commission, however, will not rest. Pressure is likely to increase for programs of EU member states to become lengthier, costlier and more selective.
"Make America Safe Again" is a catchy slogan. It does hold electoral potential and flies well with the average voter. But safe for who? And at what cost? When it comes to global citizenship, it would mean an America with fewer talented, skillful individuals building its economy and keeping it at the forefront in the majority of sectors. Albert Einstein was an immigrant, as was Christo the artist, and Steve Jobs' father. Can you imagine an America without Apple?
Armand Arton is the president of Arton Capital, and an ambassador of the global citizen movement. He is about to embark on a year-long quest to discover what it means to be a global citizen.
This article was amended on November 2.


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Beauty : Discovering Belif's Prime Infusion Repair Program Ampoule | It's my life.
When it comes to skincare regime, we are indeed blessed that these days we can be spoilt for choices. There are a myriad of products of different functionality with each of these boasting specific features that our skin may need. Just as we familiarise ourselves with skincare essences, serums and creams are, we're hit with another new type of beauty product – the ampoule.
The ampoule has been quite a thing in Korea for awhile now. It is a potent, viscous fluids, sometimes packed in vials or dropper-type bottles, which are said to produce almost instant results on the skin. You should think of it as a booster shot. These ampoules often contain a higher number of active ingredients and are used for a finite amount of time. Although this have been already been introduced in Korea, there is little exposure on the usage benefits in our regions.
I've been introduced to these wonders by one of my favourite Korean skincare brand, belif which have recently launched their Prime Infusion Repair Program Ampoule. This is a customised 6 weeks Special Program Ampoule which is designed to deliver maximized anti-aging effects through phased intensive care based upon belif Prime Infusion Range's superior regenerative properties.
How it works is through a six-week intensive care program, you'll be using a step-by-step ampoules. Each bottle of ampoule is considered as a step and with each step taken, it helps to hydrate, nourish, and return the rough skin to resilient skin. It's formulated with Mountain Daisy, a traditional English medical herb that was loved by the British royal family and also fondly known as 'the healing herb". It is a medical herb that is known for its purifying and regenerating effect.
This Reset ampoule helps to turn uneven skin texture into silky and soft, with its soft, non-irritating old dead skin cell removal properties. In addition, there are also added marshmallow root as one of its main ingredient. This root consists of mucilage, thick, gluey substance produced by the marshmallow root which helps to soften and remove old dead skin cells.
My thoughts on it was that it was actually a lot thicker than I initially thought it would be. But this is due to the how rich the product is packed with, hence that would explain its thickness. belif has placed emphasis on their use of natural herbs for their products, this I have discovered from using some of their Signature products prior to this. As with all their products, the scent has always been pleasant and one that I grew fond of.
So much so that I often look forward to the application of the ampoule on my skin everyday. When I started using it, my face's condition certainly was nowhere near ideal, I had some bumps and some odd pimples over it. One of the purpose of this ampoule is to improve my skin's condition to a silky smooth condition, which I found to be true. From the period of two weeks, I was able to notice the improvement in using the product. I regret not taking a before picture for comparison but I can assured you, it works amazing for me.
A good benchmark on how effective this product is for me is when the huge pimple near my cheek bone have started shrinking after the usage of the ampoule. It was noticeably less inflamed and red compared to the time before I started on the product. As always, I would like to highlight that it's not a miracle product but one that would need time for the results to show. So, be patient and diligent in using the products for it to take effect.
The Recover ampoule is formulated with various types of natural moisturizing agents that provides long-lasting moisturizing solution without the stickiness than most of these creams or other products has. Specifically for this ampoule, Grape Vine's sap has amazing antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and astringent properties.
Among one of the main benefits of the sap is that it contains a potent natural substance which can restore radiance to one's skin. How this ampoule is designed to work is for it to softly embraces the skin and penetrates deeply into the skin and leave both moisturizing and firming effects after application. As each step takes two weeks to complete, I'm now beginning this second step. So, while I cannot go in depth on the results, what I can share about is my initial thoughts and impression based on the product.
This ampoule has a cloudy appearance, in comparison with the earlier step of Reset which is clearer and almost see-through like. In terms of consistency, it is more watery and was easier to absorb after massaging it thoroughly on the face. Just as what the product description have stated, it's true that there is barely a hint of sticky feeling after application.
The final ampoule of the this intensive program which spans over a period 6 weeks, is also a highly concentrated, rich formula that can penetrates deeply into the skin. This Reactivate ampoule will help to improve skin elasticity and leave skin with smooth, radiant finish. With lotus being one of the main ingredients for this ampoule, it will help to detoxify your skin especially since it has strong anti-oxidant effects.
Similar to the earlier Reset ampoule, this one almost has cloudy appearance but it has a thicker consistency as compared to the previous ampoule. In terms of the scent, I loved this one the most because it has floral notes as well as some mild fragrant smell of herbs too. As expected, it was easy to absorb by the skin with no hint of residue sticky feeling.
Besides sharing my initial thoughts on the belif's Prime Infusion Repair Program Ampoule, I wanted to take this opportunity to share that there will be a roadshow in Mid Valley Megamall. This roadshow is held in conjunction with the Prime Infusion Repair Program Ampoule as the main theme. But the highlight of it would be the 10% discount code of purchases made during the roadshow.
The set of ampoule is priced at RM 525 for all three of the bottles. Hence, if you are planning to get these ampoules, there is never a better opportunity to do so now. Hurry on over today, 30 April 2018 till 6 May 2018 to catch the roadshow. Note: The miniatures are not included in the prices of the ampoules above.
Do check the roadshow out and share with me on your purchases made! Plus, I'm sure there would be various activities held during the roadshow which can help you understand better about the brand as well as their wide range of products which would cater to each and every different needs any ladies can have!


We all have a role to play to keep Olathe a beautiful city. Everything from parked vehicles to lawn maintenance has an effect on the look and feel of our city. Here are some reminders about common issues that will help ensure we are all doing our part to be #OlatheProud!
Vehicles must be street-operable and properly registered. Tarps may not cover any vehicle.
RVs must be parked in garage, side or rear yard if there is reasonable access.
Only one RV may be parked on the driveway if there is NOT reasonable side/rear yard access.
Vehicles/motorcycles may not be parked in any portion of the yard or walkway.
Grass and weeds may not exceed eight inches in height.
Property owners must maintain adjacent rights-of-way and easement areas within property lines.
Severely damaged, dead or diseased trees must be removed.
Limbs hanging lower than 13.5 feet over a street or 10 feet over a sidewalk must be trimmed.
Smart carts must be placed at the curb after 5 p.m. the day before trash pick-up and brought back before 5 p.m. the next day.
Carts must be stored indoors or beside the residence.
Spare materials, furniture, trash, etc. may not be stored on the exterior of the property.
To schedule a bulk pick-up, call 913-971-9311 at least one day prior to the pick-up date.
All building structures must be completed and maintained in good condition, including roofs, exterior surfaces, gutters, doors and windows.
Driveways and public sidewalks must be safe and clear of debris, snow, etc.
Permits are required to have farm animals on the property. Roosters are prohibited. Call 913-971-8972 for further information.
Call 913-971-9880 for additional information. View the entire Olathe Municipal Code.


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Your exclusive pass to the non-exclusive 'Shagger' party of the year
August 20, 2014 by Luke McCaul
A group of yachties who are big on fun but low on pretence are turning the traditional notion of snooty bricks and mortar yacht club membership on its head with a club motto of 'exclusively non-exclusive' and a nick name widely known as 'The Shaggers'.
The Shag Islet Cruising Yacht Club (SICYC) is a virtual yacht club which has stripped away the traditional yacht club hierarchy and with it, the connection to a physical clubhouse. Created to maintain a network for cruising yachties, every member is a vice commodore and represents an individual nautical location (an island, islet, river or bay) about which they have some knowledge and a willingness to share advice or assistance with other vice commodores. The SICYC has just reached 3,200 members which spread across 13 countries.
The Club is named after Shag Islet, which is situated in the Gloucester Passage in the Whitsundays in North Queensland, and home to the Club's annual SICYC Rendezvous at which hundreds of vice commodores gather on the last weekend in August.
This year, close to 1000 cruisers are expected to converge on the tiny islet from August 28 to 31, for a three day festival of boating, music, and a good dose of over indulgence. Up to 240 yachts are expected to converge on the rendezvous point this year which is bigger than any other sailing regatta or rally in the country.
But while the Shag Islet yachties are united in their desire to not take life too seriously, they are also deeply passionate about using their collective enthusiasm and personal good fortune to help important causes.
This year, as part of their three day celebrations, they will create 'hands across the blue' where participating boats will form in the shape of a blue ribbon to represent the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia logo. Prostate Cancer is the charity of cause for the SICYC with many charity events run throughout the country by various members to raise awareness and funds for research. The club has raised $80,000 over the past three years through its social events.
Shag Islet vice commodore and Rendezvous organiser Ken Thackery said having a good time in the name of the good cause was representative of the culture of the Club.
"Our members come from all over Australia and all walks of life – but most have got to a point in their life where they have achieved their own personal goals, they are in a position to enjoy life to the fullest – but at the same time want to contribute something back. Prostate cancer is something that has touched the lives of many of our vice commodores and supporting the Foundation to continue with research allows us to feel we are having a meaningful contribution.
"Clearly the annual Rendezvous is an opportunity for us all to let our hair down, socialise and let loose in a magical location – but do it with a good cause in mind makes it all the more enjoyable for us," Ken said.
In fact, letting their hair down is yet another way the group raise funds for the Foundation, with haircuts on the beach for prostate cancer also available on the Friday morning, for those vice commodores who may have spent a bit too long at sea and require a spruce up before the festivities really get underway!
The meaningful contribution of this great event has definitely not been unnoticed with a host of high profile dignitaries attending the rendezvous to throw their support behind the great cause including:
Hon Peter Dutton MP Federal Minister for Health and Sport and Mrs Dutton
Professor Christian Gericke (Professor of Medicine) The Wesley / St Andrews Medical Research Institute
Professor Jelle Barentsz from the Netherlands, World Leader in prostate MRI, co-author of a recent paper published with Doctor Les Thompson.
Doctor Les Thompson, Urological Surgeon (Leading International Prostate Cancer Researcher)
Mr Jim Hughes AM Deputy Chair Prostate Cancer Foundation Australia National Board
Jason Costigan MP State Member for the Whitsundays
Cr Jennifer Whitney Mayor of Whitsunday Regional Council
Danial Rochford CEO Whitsunday Marketing and Development Limited
With support from leading health and medical representatives and main sponsors Coral Sea Marina Resort and Ocean Marine Risk, the Shag Islet Cruising Yacht Club would like to set the challenge to other yacht clubs and groups around Australia to rival this great event in order to raise awareness and money for the Prostate Cancer Foundation Australia.
Media are invited to attend the 'hands across the blue' which will be held on Saturday 30th from 11.30pm to 12.30pm.
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Q: Why am I getting a return value 3221225477? I am trying to implement stack in C. I am not getting any compilation error but I am getting the return value as 322122547 without any error. What should I do ?
Here is my code
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

struct stack
{
    int size;
    int top;
    int *arr;
};

int isEmpty(struct stack * ptr)
{
    if (ptr->top == -1)
    {
        return 1;
    }
    else
    {
        return 0;
    }
}

int isFull(struct stack * ptr)
{
    if (ptr->top == ptr->size - 1)
    {
        return 1;
    }
    else
    {
        return 0;
    }
}

int main()
{
    struct stack *s;
    s->size = 10;
    s->top = -1;
    s->arr = (int *)malloc(s->size * sizeof(int));

    if(isEmpty(s)){
        printf("The stack is empty");
    }
    else{
        printf("The stack is not empty");
    }
    return 0;
}

If I use a struct stack pointer I do not get any output. Should I consider changing the pointer part

A: Turn on your compiler errors and it will tell you right away what's wrong.  For example if I compile your code with gcc -Wall -Werror it says:
error: 's' is used uninitialized [-Werror=uninitialized]
    s->size = 10;
  | ~~~~~~~~^~~~

A: Problem origin
struct stack *s; is defining a pointer that is expecting an instance of your structure. Now by default, that expected structure is not initialized and therefore the pointer points to a random location in memory.
You can visualize this error by using gcc -Wall -Werror the compiling and you get:
error: 's' is used uninitialized [-Werror=uninitialized]
    s->size = 10;
  | ~~~~~~~~^~~~

Since the location the pointer is pointing to is random, you will get random values from your pointer depending on what that memory location contains.
A solution
A way to fix this is to initialize the structure your pointer is expecting to point to in order to allocate this structure. You can do this in two way:

*

*Static allocation: you can create a structure and then point to it using:

    struct stack s_static;
    struct stack *s = &s_static;

The final code would be:
int main()
{
    struct stack s_static;
    struct stack *s = &s_static;
    s->size = 10;
    s->top = -1;
    s->arr = (int *)malloc(s->size * sizeof(int));

    if(isEmpty(s)){
        printf("The stack is empty");
    }
    else{
        printf("The stack is not empty");
    }
    return 0;
}

*

*Dynamic allocation: you can dynamically allocate your structure in memory by using malloc. You can allocate your stack instance s by doing struct stack* s = (struct stack*) malloc(sizeof(struct stack));. This is a big line. What's happening? struct stack* s tells the compiler this is a pointer that is pointing to a memory location. (struct stack*) is telling the malloc that the new memory location we're about to allocate has type struct stack. Finally, malloc creates some space on the heap for our instance and sizeof(struct stack) simply tells the malloc command how much memory we need to allocate. After putting this line, the code will compile without errors.
BUT WAIT! If you use dynamic allocation, you need to also free the heap once you finish, otherwise the memory location will leak. Therefore, before your return 0, you need to free that memory location. You can do so by using free(s)
The final dynamic allocation approach will look something like this:

int main()
{
    struct stack* s = (struct stack*) malloc(sizeof(struct stack));
    s->size = 10;
    s->top = -1;
    s->arr = (int *)malloc(s->size * sizeof(int));

    if(isEmpty(s)){
        printf("The stack is empty");
    }
    else{
        printf("The stack is not empty");
    }
    free(s);
    return 0;
}


MIAMI – June 27, 2016 – BURGER KING® restaurants and the CHEETOS® brand have collaborated for the first time to introduce new Mac n' Cheetos™, making for a very cheesy summer. The new snack mashup is a portable combination of creamy mac n' cheese covered with crispy CHEETOS® flavor. Mac n' Cheetos™ are a tasty reimagination of classic mac n' cheese that the CHEETOS® brand and BURGER KING® restaurants boldly dare to offer, starting June 27 for a limited time at participating restaurants.
For anyone who ever wished they could eat warm mac n' cheese like they do a bag of chips, Mac n' Cheetos™ make the previously unthinkable a reality. Now with this cheesy treat, everyone can snack on-the-go whether en route to the beach or during a summer road trip.
Mac n' Cheetos™ come in an order of five pieces at the recommended price of $2.49 and will be available for a limited time at participating BURGER KING® restaurants.
Founded in 1954, the BURGER KING® brand is the second largest fast food hamburger chain in the world. The original HOME OF THE WHOPPER®, the BURGER KING® system operates more than 14,000 locations in approximately 100 countries and U.S. territories. Almost 100 percent of BURGER KING® restaurants are owned and operated by independent franchisees, many of them family-owned operations that have been in business for decades. The BURGER KING® brand is owned by Restaurant Brands International Inc. (TSX,NYSE:QSR), one of the world's largest quick service restaurant companies with more than $23 billion in system sales and over 19,000 restaurants. To learn more about the BURGER KING® brand, please visit the BURGER KING® brand website at www.bk.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
CHEETOS® is one of many Frito-Lay brands in North America - the $14 billion convenient foods business unit of PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), which is headquartered in Purchase, NY. Learn more about Frito-Lay at the corporate website, http://www.fritolay.com, the Snack Chat blog, http://www.snacks.com and on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/fritolay. Learn more about Cheetos by visiting www.facebook.com/Cheetos.


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The 2019 Umberleigh Garden show will be held on Saturday 3rd August 2019 – starting at 2.30 pm.
The 97th Umberleigh Garden Show held on 4 August 2018 was a great success, reports Show Secretary David Hawkings.
In the Garden Show (supported by Winson Fuels) there were more than five hundred entries across six categories, ranging from fruit, vegetables and flowers to photography. In the Children's section, more than forty pupils from Umberleigh Academy submitted entries. The village hall was packed with visitors admiring the exhibits of produce and crafts. Despite the long spell of dry weather, the judges described the produce entries as being of a "very high standard".
Outside, the crowds enjoyed a wide range of trade stands, children's activities, and traditional games such as Coconut Shy and "Splat the Rat" and Umberleigh's famous "Human Fruit Machine", as well as enjoying cream teas in the warm sunshine. Music was provided by the smooth jazz outfit the O.N.O. Band. Unfortunately, on advice from the Kennel Club judge, the Dog Show was cancelled due to the forecast hot weather.
'The continuing success of the Umberleigh Garden Show lies in the tireless support from many local people who give freely of their time and talents to create this great local event' added David Hawkings.


The theme for CMC-AP 2017 will be Learning for Understanding the World and Ourselves. With the development of technology and society, processing but not owning, memorizing, or being able to access information becomes essential. Similarly, e.g., in mathematics, doing arithmetic or more advanced integrations or differentiations is becoming less important than describing the world with mathematical concepts and abstracting mathematical concepts from the world. Meaningful learning is the key to understanding, and concept mapping helps to develop the ability to learn meaningfully.
The 1st Asian Pacific Conference on Concept Mapping is a regional extension to the worldwide Concept Mapping Conference (CMC), and follows on the success of the first seven CMC Conferences held in Pamplona (Spain), San José (Costa Rica), Tallinn (Estonia) & Helsinki (Finland), Viña del Mar (Chile), Valletta (Malta), Santos (Brazil) and Tallinn (Estonia) in bringing together from all over the world scholars and practitioners interested in concept mapping. Considering the recent boost in number of users in the Asian and Pacific region, CMC-AP 2017 will be a chance to share thoughts and ideas on concept mapping for all users and researchers especially in the Asian and Pacific region. It is being organized by Beijing Normal University, Beihang University and the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, USA. (Follow these links for the Academic Program and links to papers from cmc2004, cmc2006, cmc2008 and cmc2010, cmc2012 , cmc2014 and cmc2016. All Proceedings can be downloaded from the CMC Proceedings Page).
CMC-AP2017's official language is English. However, some sessions will include simultaneous translation of oral presentations between Chinese and English. CMC-AP2017 offers the opportunity, both oral and posters, for presentations in English and Chinese. However, it will be the presenters' job to communicate with their visitors for the poster sessions and for the sessions of micro-analysis and discussion of lecturing videos.
Oral Presentations with Research Paper: Full papers are reports of completed research accepted by a panel of experts and peers (the Program Committee) and will be published in the conference proceedings. There are three categories for papers: (a) empirical research, (b) model or theory development, and (c) theorizing from the literature. The time allotted for each session is 45 minutes (30 minutes presentation/15 minutes discussion). Audience participation, as a principle of adult education, is stressed. Full papers submissions have a length of up to 10 pages. Authors of accepted Oral Presentations with Paper are expected to physically attend the conference to present their paper in order for the paper to be included in the Proceedings and as part of the Program. Papers submitted but not accepted for Oral Presentation may be recommended accepted as a Poster Presentation with Paper. We recommend that a concept map summarizing the paper be included as part of the paper.
Poster Presentations with Paper: The posters will form a visual display prepared by conference participants describing a research initiative, program, pedagogical model, and/or best practice on how concept mapping is applied in a variety of settings. Poster presentations serve as an effective forum for the exchange of information and a means to communicate ideas, research, and programs. Poster papers should have a maximum length of 4 pages and will be published in the conference proceedings. Authors of accepted Poster Presentations with Paper are expected to attend the conference to present and explain their poster. We recommend that a concept map summarizing the poster be included as part of the paper and in the poster.
Innovative Experiences: These sessions will include several presentations, each 15 minutes, on Innovative Experiences in the use of concept mapping, whether it's in the classroom, in industry, in organizations, or personal uses. Teachers are encouraged to share innovative ways of introducing or using concept mapping with their students, for curriculum design, etc. Practitioners are encouraged to present innovative uses of concept mapping in organizations, corporations, industry, consulting, etc. Measured, quantitative or qualitative results are not needed, as the focus is on sharing experiences, not research results. Authors need to submit a two-page description of their Innovative Experience. Authors of accepted Innovative Experiences are expected to physicaly attend the conference to present their work. If necessary, Innovative experiences presentations can be accompanied by one or more Micro-analysis presentations from the same author or authors from the same team. In that case, please make us aware of so in submitting the papers and videos. We recommend that a concept map summarizing the Innovative Experience be included as part of the paper.
Micro-analysis and discussion of activity videos: These sessions will be 60 minutes long split between 30-minute videos of activities and 30 minutes audience participation. The conference will arrange an expert host for each of these discussions to organize discussion and also to comment on the activities. Submissions to these sessions are required to provide a video file, together with a paper to explain the central message of the video and intension of the author in presenting such an activity video. The paper can have maximum length of 4 pages. We recommend that a concept map summarizing the video be included as part of the paper. It is encouraged that the authors submit their videos and paper in a concept map form, ie. attach the edited/separated video files and the paper file to a concept map and upload the map to the Beijing Normal University Cmap Server, which can be accessed easily via CmapTools.
Authors of all accepted submissions need to pay the corresponding conference fee for the submission to be included in the Proceedings and included in the Academic Program of the conference.
All submissions (except videos) will be done electronically through the CMC-AP2017 submissions webpage.
The Proceedings of the Conference will be published as a book and posted on the Conference web site. A selected number of English-written papers will be included in the CMC2018 special volume book, while a selected number of Chinese-written papers will be recommended to be published separately. Template of oral presentation papers (in doc format) is provided here.
CMC-AP2017 includes an Early Submission date for authors that need an early response to their paper submission. Authors who require a longer period of time to obtain financial support to participate in the conference should consider the Early Submission. Proposals accepted during the Early Submission process don't need to submit again during the regular submission process.


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Joel Angeles Named Vice President, Network Engineering at ECS
By ECS PROctober 2, 2018May 16th, 2022No Comments
FAIRFAX, Va. – October 2, 2018 – ECS, a leader in advanced technology, science, and engineering solutions, announced that Joel Angeles has been named vice president of network engineering. Angeles will lead the company's architecture, engineering and implementation teams in providing network infrastructure and security for enterprise and government networks.
For 10 years, Angeles has served as chief architect of the US Navy's Public Safety Network (PSNet), providing communication for the Navy's public safety operations. In his new role, he will continue to lead ECS' network, field, systems and operations engineering groups in the design, implementation and operation of PSNet. Angeles brings more than 20 years of experience in network and systems engineering to the role.
"Our goal is to bring carrier-class engineering solutions and practices to our customer's networks," said Angeles. "Together, we hope to continually innovate and find effective solutions for our customers' communications challenges."
"Joel's insight and leadership are critical to our strategy for building our network engineering practice and serving customers at the highest level," said George Wilson, president of ECS. "We are looking forward to more successful outcomes for our company and clients."
ECS, a segment of ASGN, delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, science, and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships withs leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 2,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years. For more information, visit www.ECStech.com.
About ASGN
ASGN Incorporated (NYSE: ASGN) is one of the foremost providers of IT and professional services in the technology, digital, creative, healthcare technology, engineering, life sciences, and government sectors. ASGN and its divisions are viewed as best in class across multiple industries and have built an outstanding reputation for excellence over the past 33 years. ASGN is based in Calabasas, California, with multiple offices throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. To learn more, visit www.asgn.com.
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This collar was inspired by the magnificent Peacock. Peacocks are one of the most colorful and strikingly adorned birds. Let your pup proudly display their colors wearing this collar.
The width of this collar is 1.5" wide with a hand-stitched lambskin lining in turquoise. Each Peacock feather is drawn directly on the leather, stamped and painted in bright blues, greens, yellows and oranges. The plumage is represented by free hand scroll work with a swivel knife and then accented with an antiquing gel to bring out the patterns.


Saraswati Puja was observed with much pomp and splendor by people of the state of Assam, yet a hint of gloom marred the celebrations due to the threat of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016. Students of Cotton University, who have been most vocal against the Bill, used the occasion of Saraswati Puja to spread a message of awareness against the Bill.
The students of Cotton had adopted the Bill as the theme of their Saraswati Puja celebrations and an image of the Northeast, plastered with the message 'We Oppose Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016' was kept on display at the University premises.
The students of the college also expressed dismay over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's firm stance on the Bill.
The students of RCC 2 Boys' Hall hostel of Gauhati University also held a similar protest.


Madison Robertson's class at Moriches Elementary School during Career Week.
Students in Ms. Robertson's class participated in Career Week at Moriches Elementary School. They welcomed many special guests who spoke to the students about their career. They had visits from a Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice, a police officer, a firefighter and more!
Mrs. Robertson's class with Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice The Honorable Jeffrey Arlen Spinner.


Mexico City is a great place to just walk, eat, drink and repeat all day and you will not run out of options to try and you will most likely leave with unfinished business. In this post, I'll share where we ate and drank and share some observations about personal safety and some tips for you.
What We Ate: Here is where we ate and drank on our very quick trip to Mexico City.
Tacos: We tried tacos at 3 very different establishments to essentially see how some of our favorites stacked up in Mexico City.
1) Jardin Chapultepec, Roma Norte: Jardin Chapultepec combines a beer garden atmosphere with craft beer and freshly grilled to order tacos and other food. The premise here is to enjoy in a comfortable and casual setting with good local craft beers paired with traditional-style tacos done in a modern way. The tacos were grilled over charcoal and cost 30 pesos each; we ordered 2 arrachera (steak) and 2 chorizo tacos which came with avocado and cheese and could be garnished at with salsa from the salsa bar. Essentially, you don't need to sit on a curb in the street while trying to hold and eat your taco plate here and everything was delicious.
2) El Turix, Polanco: Just two blocks away from the Louis Vitton store in Polanco, is El Turix Tacos. El Turix focuses on the Yucatan specialty of cocinita pibil, slow roasted pork with citrus (lime and orange) and achiote paste (made from annatto seeds). We ordered 2 tacos and a beer each. If we went back, we'd order the panuchos, a bean smeared tostada instead because it's easier to eat and garnish with salsa. I'll be honest and say that I wasn't keen on using my hands to eat messy and wet tacos and wish I had a plastic fork, which was not available. While it may look spicy, cochinita is quite mild and the pickled red onions add crunch and zest to the tacos. Since it was so messy, we didn't use any of the salsas but the tacos were still good. This is your quintessential order inside and sit on the curb kind of place.
3) El Tizoncito, Condesa: Since we love al pastor tacos, we decided to try El Tizoncito, who claim to have invented the dish in 1966. The offer the traditional pork pastor tacos, as well as pollo pibil and while we didn't order any, their pozoles looks quite good. When you arrive, someone will guide you to a seat, either indoor or outdoor and take your order. I wasn't very hungry to I had 2 tacos and ordered a 3rd. Overall, this was a decent and affordable place to enjoy a few tacos and beers comfortably.
Seafood: We decided to try a renowned Mexican seafood restaurant in Rona Norte for lunch, Contramar.
Contramar, Roma Norte: While we wanted to have dinner here, it is only open for lunch so that wasn't an option (usually open from 12:00-18:30 or 20:00). We arrived around 14:00 and it was quite busy and so we were only able to get a table at the bar but shortly after, we were offered a table outside which was what we initially wanted in the first place. Contramar was one of those places where we pretty much knew what we wanted to eat prior to even arriving, the whole fish grilled contramar style with half with red chilli adobo rub and half with parsley rub, and the pulpo (octopus) tacos. The smallest fish we could get was 900 grams which was quite a lot for 2 people but so delicious. The pulpo was not very spicy but so tender and well prepared and with the fresh tortillas and salsa, really hit the spot. While we were excited to have desert, we were too stuffed and had to forgo. This is a higher-end place and more of a splurge, nonetheless, we'd love to come back and try other items such as the tuna tostada and the tiritas de Zihuatanejo.
Snacks: We had churros and ice cream in Mexico City.
Churreria El Moro, Condesa: El Moro is the renowned churro chain with a few locations across the city. As locals say, you cannot have good churro if there isn't a lineup so we ended up spotting at a lineup at the location in Condesa around 22:00 and lined up for some churros. Most people order the churros with chocolate but we were approaching a food coma by that point so we kept it light by ordering the smallest size of churros tossed with canela (cinnamon) and azucar (sugar).
Helado Obscuro, Roma Norte: We decided to have a nightcap at Helado Obscuro since it was only a few blocks away from our hotel, Ignacia Guest House. Helado Obscuro mixes ice cream with alcohol to create delicious creamy-boozy concoctions like this pina colada ice cream with rum. Don't worry, the alcohol is not that strong or overpowering!
Where to Drink: There are a lot of bars to drink at in Mexico City but with cocktail hour at our hotel and the altitude, we kept it in check.
Tasting Room MX, Roma Norte: We did tons of research to find places to sample Mexican craft beer, and it wasn't until we walked by it that we discovered Tasting Room MX a few blocks from our hotel. They charge about 90 pesos per pint which is lower than a lot of other places and have a great selection that you can look up on UnTappd. They also offer flights and have outdoor covered seating near the sidewalk and indoor seating as well, but it's a garage style door setup so it's pretty open air. One thing that is missing from this place is more information about the flavor profiles of the beer but this seems common in Mexico.
Jardin Chapultepec, Roma Norte: While they have craft beer here on tap, it is quite limited but they have a good selection of bottles. Of all the beers we had in Mexico, Piedra Lisa by Colima was our favorite.
Fiebre de Malta, Polanco: We decided to stop here as we made our way back to Roma Norte from Polanco to rest as it was getting quite hot. Fiebre de Malta is also popular for lunch but we just wanted cerveza de barril (draft beer). What we really liked about this place as opposed to most we've visited in Mexico is their beer menu with flavor profiles. Pints here vary from 90-140 pesos so it is a little more expensive but they have a nice outdoor patio, good service, and clean bathrooms.
What We Did to Stay Safe: In a city with a bad reputatrion like Mexico City, you may feel discouraged from visiting or even venturing out on foot. While I am not saying nothing bad will happen, overall, we felt very safe walking around in the morning and after dark in Polanco, Condesa, and Roma Norte but we did exercise a high degree of caution and took some strategies to minimize potential issues.
Attire: Mexico City is a city and people tend to dress well. As tourists from colder climates, we tend to want to wear shirts and tank tops with running shoes, but this will really make you standout. Jason wore a casual button down short sleeved shirt with jeans and casual loafer shoes and I wore a short sleeved shirt with a black cardigan, black skirt, and casual but dressier sandals during the day. At night, Jason wore a long sleeve button shirt with jeans and casual loafers and I wore dress pants, a casual short sleeved top with a black cardigan. I also never wear any jewelry or carry on a fancy handbag and opt for a tote bag and wear a money belt for valuables. When we go out at night, we usually carry a decoy wallet with about $20USD and small local currency in it. While you may disagree with this, that's fine but it's a matter of what you're comfortable with.
Electronics: We usually tend to feel a little more overconfident because most people have nicer phones than we do, but it doesn't mean we won't get pickpocketed or have our phone stolen. As we use our phone for Google Maps, we try to memorize the route and only take the phone out at certain spot, not usually corners or hidden spots.
If you have any questions or want more information, let us know.
What are your favorite places to eat at in Mexico City? Did you feel safe in Mexico City? Do you have any safety tips to recommend?


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Jail for role in bloody attack
By palin November 22, 2018 December 29, 2018 News
"IT'S Sven". This is what former Nomad bikie Sven Christian Kelly told occupants of a Gold Coast home before a group of balaclava- wearing Pacific Islander men armed with machetes burst through a door and hunted occupants down like animals in August 2016.
Kelly was yesterday sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison over his involvement in the bloody home invasion which left a man in intensive care. The 46-year-old father was given a parole eligibility date of February 21, 2020 after he pleaded guilty in Southport District Court to grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning bodily harm while armed in company and entering a dwelling with intent. The court was told Kelly did not inflict any actual physical harm during the savage attack at a Bayrick St home in Pacific Pines.
Kelly arrived at the house to buy cannabis and amphetamines before the group of men arrived unhappy about a drug debt, the court was told. When the group of six to eight men burst through the front door of the house, occupant Werner Hayton was stabbed so viciously he spent nine days in intensive care. Fellow occupants Christian Maunder and Keiran Patrick Gray hid behind the door of a room in the house when the group entered and one of the men, Taylor Ruatara, forced the door open and punched one of the men in the face. One of the occupants had his kneecap cut so badly it was "effectively severed in two". Ruatara pleaded guilty in the Brisbane Supreme Court this year to the murder of Gold Coast Nomads associate Jason Boyd.
He was also dealt with in relation to the Pacific Pines home invasion this year. After Mr Boyd's death in December 2016, Kelly was granted bail so he could attend the 41-year-old's funeral. In court yesterday, defence barrister Nick McGhee said Kelly had an excellent work history which included an eight-year stint as a security manager in Surfers Paradise. Mr McGhee said Kelly attended the house to buy drugs on the day of the bashing because he had turned to drugs after being unable to work because of an injury. Judge Richard Jones said the level of violence exhibited in the house was "extraordinary" but Kelly should not be sentenced as the principal offender. "It's a disgraceful example of violence," Judge Jones said. "(The men inside) have effectively been sought out and hunted like animals."
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• To encourage singing the parts proper to the Mass, Canta la Misa contains Entrance and Communion antiphons for Sundays of the entire liturgical year set to simple chant melodies. These antiphons are simple enough for a cantor, choir, and even the entire congregation to sing!
• Mass settings in Spanish and in Latin, music for the sprinkling rite, and other service music.


The theosophical movement was introduced by Madame Blavastsky in India in 1882 with its headquarters at Adyar in Madras. The supporters of the theosophical movement claimed that theosophy embodied in itself the truths which underlay all religions. Annie Besant came to India in 1893 and became the leader of the movement. She devoted herself to the revival of Hindu religion with its philosophy, rituals and modes of worship. Though her ideas were used by those who were opposed to social reforms in their conflict with the reformers she helped to impart to the educated Indians a sense of pride in their own country.


TAKE NOTICE that Brazeau County Council has given first reading to Bylaw 869-15 to change the designation of Lot 2, Block 1, Plan 132 1035 within SE 1-50-9-W5M [38.8 acres (15.7 ha)] from Agricultural District (AG) to Recreation District (R) as shown on the accompanying map. If approved, the change in designation will accommodate the operation of an RV park and campground.
FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Brazeau County Council will hold a Public Hearing at which any person claiming to be affected by the proposed redesignation may ask questions or make their views known. The Public Hearing will be held on July 7, 2015 at 10:15 a.m. or as soon thereafter as possible in the Council Chambers of Brazeau County office at 7401 Township Road 494, Drayton Valley, Alberta, T7A 1R1.
Any written submission mailed or delivered to Brazeau County, Box 77, 7401 Township Road 494, Drayton Valley, Alberta, T7A 1R1 or faxed to 780-542-7770 by 4:30 p.m., June 19, 2015, will be included in the Council Report. Written and oral submissions may also be made at the Council meeting without prior notification to Brazeau County. If you make a written submission, the information you provide may be made public subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
A copy of Bylaw 869-15 and the Recreation District (R) are available for public inspection at the Brazeau County Office between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. For further information, please contact Planning & Development by telephone (780) 542-2667 or by e-mail at .