Louis A. Sass has strong interdisciplinary interests involving the intersection of clinical psychology with philosophy, the arts, and literary studies. His publications include critical analyses of psychoanalytic theory; phenomenological studies of schizophrenia; and articles on notions of truth and of the self in psychoanalysis, hermeneutic philosophy, and postmodernism. He is the author of Madness and Modernism: Insanity in the Light of Modern Art, Literature, and Thought and The Paradoxes of Delusion: Wittgenstein, Schreber, and the Schizophrenic Mind. He also co-edited Hermeneutics and Psychological Theory. Dr. Sass has been a member of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton, N.J., and was awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Fulbright Foundation. Currently he is a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities and a research associate in the history of psychiatry at Cornell Medical College. He is also a research associate in the Center for Cognitive Science and serves on the faculty of the Program in Comparative Literature, both at Rutgers.
Lisa Mikesell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication. She investigates the communication and social practices used to negotiate interactions in a variety of health and mental health contexts. Her work consists of three intertwining threads. The first examines the situated interactional practices of individuals diagnosed with neurological and psychiatric disorders and their carers in community contexts to provide a grounded perspective on competence, everyday functioning and patient engagement. Examining individuals' involvements in community contexts informs the second thread of her work, which identifies best practices in clinic contexts, providing an ecologically sensitive lens on applications of patient-centeredness, shared decision-making and the use of decision support strategies in clinic communication. The third thread highlights patient engagement in the collective sense by exploring the practices, perceptions and ethics of community-engagement and community-based participatory research (CBPR) in public health research. Collectively, her work informs our understanding of best practices, intervention development and implementation and contains a strong applied component, particularly to inquiry in health services.
Joanna Kempner, associate professor of sociology at Rutgers University and affiliate member of Rutgers's Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, works at the intersection of medicine, science, gender, and the body. Her research investigates knowledge production as cultural work, inscribed with and shaped by tacit assumptions about social relations across gender, race, and class. Her first book, Not Tonight: Migraine and the Politics of Gender and Health (Chicago 2014), examines the social values embedded in the way we talk about, understand, and make policies for people in pain. She has also written extensively on the formation of "forbidden knowledge," which are the boundaries that form around what we think is too dangerous, sensitive, or taboo to research. Kempner is currently working on several projects related to the politics of disease, pharmaceutical development, and health care delivery, including a new book manuscript on underground psychedelic drug research.
Professor Kempner received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, participated in the Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Program and worked as a Research Associate at the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University. She has won several awards for her research, including the 2016 American Sociological Association's Eliot Freidson award for Outstanding Publication in Medical Sociology and the 2016 Eileen Basker Memorial Prize from the Society for Medical Anthropology. She writes for a wide variety of audiences, publishing in journals like Science, Social Science & Medicine, Gender & Society, and Public Library of Science Medicine.
James Walkup is a Professor in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. His early training was in philosophy, first at Yale University (BA), then at St. Andrews University in Scotland (M.Litt.). After receiving his Ph.D. degree in clinical psychology, he held a postdoctoral fellowship in inpatient psychiatry, was awarded an NIMH postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers, and, since 1994, he has been a core faculty at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology. He now serves as department chair, and director of clinical training in the PsyD clinical psychology department. His empirical research has focused on care patterns in public insurance programs (e.g. Medicaid) for marginalized groups, particularly those with serious mental illness and HIV. He chaired an NIH study section on AIDS and related research integrated review group, and is currently conducting archival research on the development of community based mental health services for people with HIV in the early years of the epidemic.
Catherine Lee is associate professor of sociology and faculty associate at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University. As a political sociologist, she examines how meanings of race and ethnicity shape social relations and inequalities across three critical sites: immigration; science and medicine; and law and society. Catherine is the author of Fictive Kinship: Family Reunification and the Meaning of Race and Nation in American Immigration and co-editor of Genetics and the Unsettled Past: The Collision of DNA, Race, and History. Her new book project examines how American biomedicine is responding to ideas of growing diversity in the U.S. population.


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カリフォルニア州ロングビーチとシカゴで7年間を過ごす。
コロンビアカレッジ・シカゴ 写真学部卒。
日本に帰国後、フォトグラファー Miko Lim氏に師事。
2017年~2022年、オーストラリア(メルボルン)にてフォトグラファーとして活動。
2022年、拠点を東京に移す。
Yuji Murakami was born in Tokyo, Japan.
He lived in both Long Beach, California and Chicago in The U.S. for 7 years.
After completing his B.A. degree with a photography major at Columbia College Chicago,
he assisted for Miko Lim from N.Y. as a photo assistant and interpreter for 4 years.
After the disaster that hit Japan in 2011, he had been working as a studio photographer until 2016.
He moved to Melbourne Australia in 2017, and had been working as a photographer for Factory X until 2021.
He became a freelance photographer in 2022.
He is pursuing his career in fashion and advertisement photography with his documentary style of portrait photography.
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We're thirteen days into the New Year now, but I wanted to jump in with this any way. The big trend right now is to find "Your Word" for the year. Something that gives you focus for what lays ahead of you. Resolutions now in bite-size.
I thought that Compassion Wednesday would be the perfect time to share, and I hope you'll see why.
This encapsulates so much that I am facing and so much that I want to finally wrap my head and heart around. I'm almost 40, so it's about time I "get it".
Enough means everything to me that the three young ladies sing in the song above.
God is more than enough for me, in every way. Jesus is sufficient. Not religion, not my striving to "be a good person", nor any other criterion I may place on myself or others. He is enough. Enough to save. Enough to transform. Enough to motivate. Enough to sustain.
I am, probably like most of us, constantly striving to "better myself". I want to be a better husband, a better father, a better neighbor, a better human being. All of those are great desires, and things I should always continue to search and strive to become, but they are not my end. They are not my means. They are not my essence.
Jesus is. He is the reason I want to be a better husband, father, human being. There are lots of great reasons for any of us to be "better and kinder and more loving", but none will sustain me as deeply and as surely as Jesus. Some days I don't want to be so kind. Some days I don't want to show grace to so-and-so that cut me off in traffic. Some days I want to find justification or retribution for whatever perceived wrong that was done to me. Jesus shows me another way, a better way, a way that I cannot live out without his sufficiency. I know I'll mess up, I'll lose my patience, I'll get angry, I'll be the complete opposite of "better and kinder and more loving", but I know he'll be sufficient to help me overcome those days. He'll be more than Enough to help me mend those relationships I've wrecked.
This is still a strong struggle of mine, honestly. I think a lot of us struggle with self-esteem in one form or another. The constant comparison games we play day-in-and-day-out make us believe that we are lacking in some way. Sometimes, in ways that we believe we will never overcome.
I will constantly strive to learn, to gain knowledge and wisdom. That's not what I'm talking about.
What I mean is that I don't have to improve myself in order for feel validated or loved.
My wife loves me. My children love me.
That sounds like platitudes, maybe a little childish to some, but it's the truth.
And He loved me not because of who I could be. Not because of the changes that will be wrought throughout my life. Not because of anything I will do or say or how many lives I will affect positively or how "good" my life is.
He loves me because I am me. Warts and all. Inside and out.
Now, you might say that this goes back to my first point, about His sufficiency. It does. But that's how much that first point affects everything else. I've had a long, hard battle in loving or even liking myself. Still not too keen some days. But I am sustained on the simple truth that Jesus loves me. And if the Creator of everything thinks I'm lovable in some way, then there just might be something there for me to love as well.
And that means You're Enough, too.
What I don't mean is that I'm going to be static. This doesn't mean that I won't be open to doing more to make this world a better place.
It does mean that even though I can't do everything, and sometimes that rips at me in ways I can't explain, what I do is enough. I cannot do everything. I cannot help everyone. I want to. I really want to. But I can't.
However, when I don't give money or aid in one form or another to someone, it doesn't mean I'm numb to them or their need. Even if I can't do everything, I can do something. And that's Enough.
Everything little thing that I do, or You do, is enough to change that one small portion of the world. The hurt and pain of this world can be overwhelming. We want to heal everyone and everything, but we find ourselves unable. Sometimes, that can be paralyzing.
So, taking the small bites is Enough. I have to remember that. It may seem small and trivial to me at times, but it is Enough. Those small bites build on each other. And I may take a small bite, and You might take a small bite, and someone else may take a small bite. With all of those small bites, it quickly becomes more than enough.
So, I'll stop being overwhelmed and paralyzed. I'll stop blaming myself for "not doing enough". I'll keep doing what I am doing. Now and then I will do more.
And this, too, reaches back to my first point. I can't change the world, but Jesus can. He is sufficient. And, He will one day restore the world to what He has planned. Without pain and suffering and anguish and blame and evil.
Until then, by His strength, what I do is enough. For today. And it will be for tomorrow.
What I have is more than Enough.
My family. My job. My life.
My family has never been a question. They are more than I deserve, and to express my thankfulness to them and to God for them seems a task I cannot ever complete.
My job is something I am more than thankful for. It's a great job, but I haven't always had the greatest attitude toward it. With the desire to be a full time author, I've seen it as everything from a stepping stone to an obstacle. From writing to ministry, I've felt hindered because of my job. This is an attitude I need to step away from and never look back. My job may not be my dream. I'm not giving up on my dreams. However, my job is where I am in the here and now. It has provided everything I and my family have needed and so much more. And yes, I really do have an incredible job. I've learned that if I'm not satisfied now, I won't be satisfied in anything I do. One day things may change, for good or for bad, but this is where I am and I will make the best of it. Here lies my ministry and here my dreams can flourish with an incubation of security for my family. It does not hinder me. Only I do that, and only I can undo that.
My life. Where do I start? I'm always looking for the "next big thing", the next step, the next adventure. They never come. Not when I'm expending so much energy looking for them. They usually happen in the places I'm not looking anyway. If I pour all of my energy into looking for the next adventure, I miss the one that's happening around me right now. I mentioned my family above. Believe me, every day is an adventure.
Life happens now, not tomorrow, not yesterday.
So, my word for the year is Enough. So many facets that I don't think I've scratched the surface for what it will and does mean to me. However, I've rambled on too long. And I think this is Enough.
This is a beautiful post. I haven't given my word tons of thought yet, but I think it would be TRUST. More trust in God, more trust in things to work out well through the will of God. Thank you for such a thought provoking post. God bless you and your family in 2016 and always.


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THE HOPE OF JEMIMA: The Joy of African American Cooking
by Toni Tipton-Martin | Jan 27, 2015 | Featured, Uncategorized
This will be the last regular post for The Jemima Code — a blog that turned the spotlight on America's invisible black cooks and their cookbooks, grew into a traveling exhibit and book available now via the University of Texas Press and spawned a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Three new initiatives, inspired by current events, will take its place.
Over last year's Thanksgiving weekend, an MSNBC segment with Melissa Harris-Perry shifted attention from outrage and protests over racial profiling in Ferguson, Mo. to racial stereotyping in the food world. The topic of discussion: food, race and identity. Using Jim Crow era imagery and ignored culinary history as the backdrop, a panel of experts introduced viewers to a surprisingly academic food justice dialogue, raising a question black food professionals wrestle with all the time:
What we can learn about who we are when we shake off the shame about how or what we eat?
The gathering included Psyche Williams-Forson, author of Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs: Black Women, Food, & Power, and directed some much-needed attention to the idea of reclaiming ancestral foods as a source of cultural pride. Williams-Forson, whose illuminating scholarship examines the complex relationship between racist and realistic characterizations of our food traditions, acknowledged the destructive legacy associated with negative images of African American food choices. The insightful scholar also pointed to positive aspects of her affirming work that encourage black women to embrace the myriad ways our foremothers used food for economic freedom and independence, community building, cultural work and to develop personal identity.
Take watermelon and fried chicken for instance. Some black folks feel demonized when they eat these foods in public, while chefs in trendy restaurants all around the country earn high dollars for watermelon salad and gluten-free gospel bird. And don't even get me started talking about the book and blog that made white authors household names when they capitalized on the label "thug" and its new meaning — symbolizing "a slice of the African American urban underclass by others privileged to define them, label them, and take their lives…," as Michael Twitty stated, while black authors struggle to secure publishing contracts. (You'll have to read his blog post and the comments about Thug Kitchen on Afroculinaria.com to get the scoop.)
Even with evidence pointing to valuable African American foodways, the discussion ended with frustration as MHP exclaimed: "I feel like we just need to bring joy to eating all of it."
It was as if "nerdland's" exasperation (MHP's self description) parted the Red Sea, offering freedom to culinary history's slaves through new projects for The Jemima Code.
The first is a follow-up cookbook that Rizzoli will publish in 2016. The Joy of African American Cooking features 400 to 500 recipes tested for today's home kitchen, tracing the history of dishes created by African American cooks over three centuries, including influences of Africa, the Caribbean, and the American South.
The John Egerton Prize I received from Southern Foodways Alliance inspired what came next. On Juneteenth weekend 2015 we held the first symposium dedicated exclusively to African American foodways in Austin, Texas. The event gathered scholars, researchers, students, journalists, authors, restaurateurs, farmers, chefs, activists, and anyone interested in exploring issues of social injustice through the lens of food for Soul Summit: A Conversation About Race, Identity, Power and Food.
The activities began on Emancipation Day (June 19) with a reception hosted by Leslie Moore's Word of Mouth Catering with wines by Dotson-Cervantes and the McBride Sisters. We spent the next day and a half eating and drinking together on the grounds of Austin's Historic Black College Huston-Tillotson University, while discussing the complex intersection of African American foodways traditions and how they have been used to define culture. Well-known and respected African American food industry experts including Jessica B. Harris, Twitty and the soul food scholar, Adrian Miller challenged our thinking about the foods that comprise the traditional African American diet, the ways those foods and the people who prepared them have been characterized and the impact of those representations on our communities. We explored the ways food continues to shape economic opportunities and community wellness and what some folks are doing about it. Renown African American chefs and mixologists, including Bryant Terry, Todd Richards, Kevin Mitchell, BJ Dennis and Tiffanie Barriere excited our palates with traditional, modern, and vegan fare. You can hear highlights, recorded in part, by a grant from Humanities Texas and Imperial Sugar, on SoundCloud.
Finally, I know that everyone can't open the doors to a restaurant honoring the food and memory of a fabulous cook and relative the way that chef Chris Williams does every week with upscale, bowl-licking shrimp and grits at Lucille's in Houston. So instead, I hope to reduce food shaming and "bring joy" to cultural eating through an online living cookbook and public archive that also picks up where The Jemima Code's expanded history leaves off.
It is under construction now, but when business and sociology students are done with it this summer, the website will invite people of every culture to log-in, share recipes, photos, and stories about their favorite invisible cook. In my vision, this diverse group of "Jemimas" will turn the spotlight onto individuals so we can begin to embrace one another without prejudice or as members of a group associated with a particular race or food tradition.
If that's not enough to spur joy in African American cooking, the comment section will remain open for other suggestions.
DOLLY, LIZZIE, ZEPHYR: The Cooks Behind White House Hospitality
by Toni Tipton-Martin | Jun 20, 2014 | Featured, Kitchen Tales
What do you do when you discover something unknown to most people? You make a documentary, of course. At least that's what my friend Adrian Miller has decided to do, and I hope you will support his very special project.
In my February 28th post, I introduced you to Adrian and urged you to read his book Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time. Since then, Soul Food won the 2014 James Beard Foundation Award for Reference and Scholarship, and just this week, Addie Broyles interviewed us for an Austin-American Statesman feature story about Juneteenth foods, including red soda water. In September, Adrian and I will share the stage at the Eat. Drink. Write. Memphis., in Tennessee, and we're hoping to tell the story of America's invisible black cooks next spring in Washington, D.C.
But today, I want to tell you about Adrian's next important work: a television documentary about African American presidential chefs.
While writing Soul Food, he discovered that every U.S. president has had an African American working in their kitchen, and he's got their stories and recipes. Adrian will profile several women (pictured above) who cooked for Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison (Dolly Johnson, circa 1887, left), Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt (Elizabeth "Lizzie" McDuffie, maid and part-time cook), and Lyndon Johnson (Zephyr Wright). (You can read more about these cooks in an essay Adrian wrote for our friend Ramin Ganeshram's America I Am Pass It Down Cookbook.)
It's no surprise to me that the Jemima Code runs through the White House basement!
Adrian has an active Kickstarter campaign for this documentary, tentatively titled, The President's Kitchen Cabinet. His idea is to film a trailer that can be used to pitch the show to television network executives. He's already raised more than 75% of the $10,000 goal, and now the campaign is in its final days (ends at midnight on June 26th).
Ordinarily, it is enough for me to share the stories of amazing women (and a few men) and their gifts to American cuisine on this blog. And, I might even give you a cute little red sticker, emblazoned with the declaration "Bringing Back the Bandana" as your badge of ambassadorship when you attend a Jemima Code talk and are moved by its hopeful message of racial reconciliation at table.
But this week, as we celebrate Juneteenth and its promise of a better tomorrow, I'm asking that you please take a moment to check out Adrian's Kickstarter campaign, make a donation (no matter how small), and share it with others.
Together, we can help get this important work on the air in time for President's Day 2016!
CARRIE ALBERTA LYFORD: SPIRIT THAT FOSTERS COMMUNITY
by Toni Tipton-Martin | Jun 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Today is Juneteenth, the day Texas slaves learned of their freedom. It is also the last day of the exhibit I co-curated at Project Row Houses in Houston as part of a fundraising effort I lead. The schedule of events is not a coincidence; it is one more example of the renewed spiritual presence of the women of the Jemima Code who are beginning to change lives one person at a time.
Last week, friend and colleague MM Pack visited 2515 Holman for a story she is writing for Gastronomica about the installation, Round 34: Matter of Food. We agreed not to talk about the project before she went, leaving the door open for her to have her own personal experience with the women and the space. Shortly after MM's visit, I received this text: "I sure felt a strong spirit of your ladies in that house…"
Before MM, there was another text from journalist Bob Jensen. Bob is a radical writer, who turns scrutinizing observations into provocative articles that mix questions about women's rights, public policy with admonitions for social accountability. He had been working on a piece about my advocacy and proudly reported the title he planned to pitch to internet publishers: "The Haunting of Toni Tipton-Martin." He admitted that during our hours together, he had been "touched" too. (Bob shared his revelation shortly after we wrapped up installation of the screenprints of the women, when, as I wrote several blogs back, my image mysteriously appeared superimposed in the enlarged photograph of the exhibit's main character, The Turbanned Mistress.)
Between texts, there were other spooky bursts including a report from a sharp graphic designer who noticed that my initials match the abbreviation we routinely use for The Turbanned Mistress — TTM.
All things considered, I suppose I am not surprised.
Twenty years ago, when I left a prestigious job at the Los Angeles Times to begin researching the women who cooked in America's kitchens, my then editor and friend Ruth Reichl challenged me to stand unflinchingly on the work — however unpopular or controversial. Her advice made me feel like a rabble-rouser from the 1960s — the kind of person neo-soul crooner Jill Scott calls "the queen with the nappy hair raising a fist."
In truth, steadfast activism was essential to liberty for American slaves and each of us practice it every time we resist the black cook stereotype with our embrace of uncomfortable feelings that tear down barriers.
The subject came up again last week when I introduced a Mid-Atlantic audience in Philadelphia to home economics instructors, like Carrie Alberta Lyford. As director of the Home Economics School at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia, and a former specialist in Home Economics for the U.S. Bureau Of Education, Lyford instilled confidence and self-determination in her students in the early 20th century and she left behind several cookbooks and leaflets to prove it.
She inspired and influenced young women while advancing the University's mission: "…to train selected Negro youth who should go out and teach and lead their people first by example…to teach respect for labor, to replace stupid drudgery with skilled hands, and in this way to build up an industrial system for the sake not only of self-support and intelligent labor, but also for the sake of character." But, Lyford did more than just contribute to racial uplift.
When she created curriculum and textbooks for Hampton's Home Economics students, she left a signature on the domestic science movement that was sweeping the nation at the time. Her work reveals exactly what she valued as important lessons for students, simple advice that emphasized freshness, seasonality and quality.
To my delight, Lyford worked hard as a health and nutrition activist, with complex health insights that told former slaves that steaming vegetables is preferred to boiling to retain nutritive value, that beans provide a good meat substitute, and that raw tomatoes are most attractively served washed and skinned, without scalding. She suggested economizing with attractive cream soups made from leftover vegetables. Devoted several sections to preparing, seasoning, and garnishing meats as well as the best way to make leftovers appetizing. She recommended adding onions and spices to parboiling water to improve flavor. And, her scientific directions for properly mixing batters and doughs were thorough and easy to understand.
You could say that Lyford epitomizes what happens when community-building, and fostering self-esteem are priorities provoked in individuals first.
I love that.
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Q: Algorithm for packing time slots I have a set of events with start and end times. I want to render them as long boxes in a series of rows with no overlap, something like this
00:00    01:00    02:00    03:00    04:00    05:00    06:00    07:00    08:00
--|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--
      AAAAAAAAAAAA  BBBBBB        CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC       DDDDDDDDDDDD
--|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--
         EEEEEEEEEEEEEE      FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
--|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--
            GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG           HHHHHHHH        IIIIIIIIIIIII
--|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--

The assignment of any particular box to any particular row isn't important. What I want is an algorithm which will pack these boxes into the smallest number of rows.
Is there a known algorithm for this?

A: I've solved identical problem with the following solution:

*

*Find LB = min(startTime) and RB = max(endTime).

*Add empty row with length LB to RB;

*For each "free time" sector in the row (initially there will be only one sector: LB to RB):

*

*3.1 Find the longest element that will fit in the sector;

*3.2.1 If there is such element - embed in in the line;

*3.2.2 Otherwise it's obvious that this free sector is unusable;

*If there are still elements left after all current free sectors have been tested, go to 2.

Be aware, that when inserting an element (step 3.2.1), the set of free sectors being enumerated (step 3) will change.

A:
The International Timetabling Competition 2007 had a lesson scheduling
  track and exam scheduling track. Many researchers participated in that
  competition. Lots of heuristics and metaheuristics were tried, but in
  the end the local search metaheuristics (such as Tabu Search and
  Simulated Annealing) clearly beat other algorithms (such as genetic algorithms).
Take a look at the 2 open source frameworks used by some of the
  finalists:
JBoss OptaPlanner (Java, open source) Unitime (Java, open source) -
  more for universities

-- Geoffrey De Smet : Algorithm for creating a school timetable
Reference:

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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_annealing

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabu_search

A: I would just pack them greedily (proceed from left to right and add an event to the first track in top-down direction where it fits). It's fast and it's deterministic and most likely produces in practice good results.

A: This is known as Interval Partitioning. The greedy algorithm that assigns boxes in order of starting time and puts a box into the first row where it fits (or opens a new row if it fits nowhere) gives an optimal result. See for example Kleinberg&Tardos: "Algorithm Design".

A: If I understood your problem correctly, it is most important to find out, which dates overlap. You did not say, if the algorithm should be really efficient, or if it should work for really large data. Therefore I would recommend the following steps:

*

*Find out which dates overlap with each other. Maybe in a map, where you map each entry to a list of entries that overlap with it.

*Sort the element by there starting time.

*As long, as there is space in one row pick the element with the element with the closest starting time to the end time of the last element.

*From all elements that overlap with this one, choose the one with the most overlaps, that does not overlap with the previous one and add it to your row.

*If a row is full, check for the biggest gap and look if a element fits into it; else move on to the next row.

Maybe the weighting of the elements by overlaps and this final check in step 5. could help to improve a normal greedy approach.

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"How are you?" It's the tiny question that I get asked numerous times a day at SNU, and it's the only question people seem to know how to ask these days without squirming in their seats. I know it is part of the culture of SNU to speak these three words to every person you come into contact with and that everyone means it when they say it. Also, I know that no one ever gets tired of replying with a one-word answer because it's too much trouble to explain how elated or depressed you are without taking up the other person's whole day. No, I think everyone agrees that "How are you?" is pretty much the greatest question ever invented because it requires you to listen to two or three sentences at most about the other person.
1) Want to conform with the rest of the world? Then just answer with the classic adjectives "Good" or "Fine." If you say it in a convincing way (or even if you don't), people won't pry.
2) To ensure no one ever asks you this question again, simply whine for five or ten minutes about the most boring thing in your life. For example, you could talk about how every time you go home, your pet fish ignores you. This subject is highly likely to bore the person to death, securing your safety from the generic conversation-starter.
3) Hate talking about your personal life? When a friend asks you how you're doing, just evade it. Pick your friend's favorite topic to steer them clear from life questions. Of course, this could cause them to ask you the question again; just avoid it until they catch on that you'd rather not talk about that subject.
If these three suggestions don't work for you, you can always just tell a person, in an angry manner, not to ask you that question . Yes, this might lead to people thinking you have anger management problems or are certifiably insane, but if it solves this terrifying conversation problem, who cares?


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by Stavros Atlamazoglou Nov 24, 2018
Junaid Hussain, a British citizen of Palestinian origin living in Birmingham, had one talent: Hacking. And when that special gift was coupled with radical ideology, it produced one of the most dangerous terrorists to emerge during the Global War on Terror. Because of his technological genius and strategic mind, Hussain quickly rose through the ranks of the terrorist organisation, becoming the No. 3 leader of ISIS. The 21-year-old hacker became one of the most wanted men in the world. The U.S. government put Hussain on its most wanted list because of his ability to encourage homegrown lone-wolf attacks in the West.
According to John P. Carlin, a former Assistant Attorney General for National Security under the Obama administration, Hussain was responsible for countless attack plots against the United States. In a book describing the fight against foreign cyberwarfare threats called Dawn of the Code War: America's Battle Against Russia, China, and the Rising Global Cyber Threat, Carlin says that "Nearly every week of 2015 brought a new Hussain-inspired plot against the United States; FBI surveillance teams were exhausted, chasing dozens of would-be terrorists at once."
Hussain was responsible for tweeting a kill-list containing the names and information of 1,351 U.S. military or government personnel. His threat, however, stemmed from his ability to motivate and coordinate aspiring terrorists on American soil. He communicated with multiple individuals — many who attempted terrorist attacks — and advised them. For example, he instructed and helped, by providing addresses, Munir Abdulkader, a 21-year-old from Cincinnati, to abduct and behead U.S. soldiers stationed in Ohio.
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Tottenham new stadium latest: Cheese room update as VIP fans face 'disappointment'
Tottenham's new stadium will cost in excess of £750m, but is yet to open
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Tottenham's new stadium has been beset by delays and in a further blow to supporters, the 62,000-seater venue will not have a VIP cheese room.
The prospect of a cheese-dedicated lounge at the north London ground - which will cost in excess of £750million and is widely regarded to be one of the best in Europe - was initially mentioned at a preview for the 'H Club' in January 2017.
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Tottenham's new stadium has been hit with several setbacks (
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They threw the doors open to the new venue this month to host around 1,000 people in the East Stand to watch the Super Bowl for an NFL event.
The stadium, however, is almost ready to host football (
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package com.datastax.driver.core;

import com.datastax.driver.core.utils.CassandraVersion;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import static com.datastax.driver.core.Assertions.assertThat;
import static com.datastax.driver.core.DataType.cint;
import static com.datastax.driver.core.DataType.custom;
import static com.datastax.driver.core.TestUtils.serializeForCompositeType;
import static com.datastax.driver.core.TestUtils.serializeForDynamicCompositeType;

/**
 * Test we "support" custom types.
 */
public class CustomTypeTest extends CCMTestsSupport {

    public static final DataType CUSTOM_DYNAMIC_COMPOSITE = custom(
            "org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.DynamicCompositeType("
                    + "s=>org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.UTF8Type,"
                    + "i=>org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.Int32Type)");

    public static final DataType CUSTOM_COMPOSITE = custom(
            "org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.CompositeType("
                    + "org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.UTF8Type,"
                    + "org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.Int32Type)");

    @Override
    public void onTestContextInitialized() {
        execute(
                "CREATE TABLE test ("
                        + "    k int,"
                        + "    c1 'DynamicCompositeType(s => UTF8Type, i => Int32Type)',"
                        + "    c2 'ReversedType(CompositeType(UTF8Type, Int32Type))'," // reversed translates to CLUSTERING ORDER BY DESC
                        + "    c3 'Int32Type'," // translates to int
                        + "    PRIMARY KEY (k, c1, c2)"
                        + ") WITH COMPACT STORAGE",
                "CREATE TABLE test_collection("
                        + "    k int PRIMARY KEY,"
                        + "    c1 list<'DynamicCompositeType(s => UTF8Type, i => Int32Type)'>,"
                        + "    c2 map<'DynamicCompositeType(s => UTF8Type, i => Int32Type)', 'DynamicCompositeType(s => UTF8Type, i => Int32Type)'>"
                        + ")"
        );
    }

    /**
     * Validates that columns using custom types are properly handled by the driver in the following ways:
     *

     *

     *
The column metadata appropriately represents the types as {@link DataType#custom(String)}

     *
ReversedType is appropriately detected and the clustering order of that column is marked as descending.

     *
ColumnDefinitions for a column in a {@link Row} matches the custom type and that inserted data is read back properly.

     *

     *
     * @jira_ticket JAVA-993
     * @test_category metadata
     */
    @Test(groups = "short")
    public void should_serialize_and_deserialize_custom_types() {

        TableMetadata table = cluster().getMetadata().getKeyspace(keyspace).getTable("test");

        assertThat(table.getColumn("c1")).isClusteringColumn().hasType(CUSTOM_DYNAMIC_COMPOSITE);
        assertThat(table.getColumn("c2")).isClusteringColumn().hasType(CUSTOM_COMPOSITE).hasClusteringOrder(ClusteringOrder.DESC);
        assertThat(table.getColumn("c3")).hasType(cint());

        session().execute("INSERT INTO test(k, c1, c2, c3) VALUES (0, 's@foo:i@32', 'foo:32', 1)");
        session().execute("INSERT INTO test(k, c1, c2, c3) VALUES (0, 'i@42', ':42', 2)");
        session().execute("INSERT INTO test(k, c1, c2, c3) VALUES (0, 'i@12:i@3', 'foo', 3)");

        ResultSet rs = session().execute("SELECT * FROM test");

        Row r = rs.one();

        assertThat(r.getColumnDefinitions().getType("c1")).isEqualTo(CUSTOM_DYNAMIC_COMPOSITE);
        assertThat(r.getColumnDefinitions().getType("c2")).isEqualTo(CUSTOM_COMPOSITE);
        assertThat(r.getColumnDefinitions().getType("c3")).isEqualTo(cint());

        assertThat(r.getInt("k")).isEqualTo(0);
        assertThat(r.getBytesUnsafe("c1")).isEqualTo(serializeForDynamicCompositeType(12, 3));
        assertThat(r.getBytesUnsafe("c2")).isEqualTo(serializeForCompositeType("foo"));
        assertThat(r.getInt("c3")).isEqualTo(3);

        r = rs.one();
        assertThat(r.getInt("k")).isEqualTo(0);
        assertThat(r.getBytesUnsafe("c1")).isEqualTo(serializeForDynamicCompositeType(42));
        assertThat(r.getBytesUnsafe("c2")).isEqualTo(serializeForCompositeType("", 42));
        assertThat(r.getInt("c3")).isEqualTo(2);

        r = rs.one();
        assertThat(r.getInt("k")).isEqualTo(0);
        assertThat(r.getBytesUnsafe("c1")).isEqualTo(serializeForDynamicCompositeType("foo", 32));
        assertThat(r.getBytesUnsafe("c2")).isEqualTo(serializeForCompositeType("foo", 32));
        assertThat(r.getInt("c3")).isEqualTo(1);
    }

    /**
     * Validates that columns using collections of custom types are properly handled by the driver.
     *
     * @jira_ticket JAVA-1034
     * @test_category metadata
     */
    @Test(groups = "short")
    public void should_serialize_and_deserialize_collections_of_custom_types() {
        TableMetadata table = cluster().getMetadata().getKeyspace(keyspace).getTable("test_collection");
        assertThat(table.getColumn("c1")).hasType(DataType.list(CUSTOM_DYNAMIC_COMPOSITE));
        assertThat(table.getColumn("c2")).hasType(DataType.map(CUSTOM_DYNAMIC_COMPOSITE, CUSTOM_DYNAMIC_COMPOSITE));

        session().execute("INSERT INTO test_collection(k, c1, c2) VALUES (0, [ 's@foo:i@32' ], { 's@foo:i@32': 's@bar:i@42' })");

        Row r = session().execute("SELECT * FROM test_collection").one();

        assertThat(r.getColumnDefinitions().getType("c1")).isEqualTo(DataType.list(CUSTOM_DYNAMIC_COMPOSITE));
        List<ByteBuffer> c1 = r.getList("c1", ByteBuffer.class);
        assertThat(c1.get(0)).isEqualTo(serializeForDynamicCompositeType("foo", 32));

        assertThat(r.getColumnDefinitions().getType("c2")).isEqualTo(DataType.map(CUSTOM_DYNAMIC_COMPOSITE, CUSTOM_DYNAMIC_COMPOSITE));
        Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> c2 = r.getMap("c2", ByteBuffer.class, ByteBuffer.class);
        Map.Entry<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> entry = c2.entrySet().iterator().next();
        assertThat(entry.getKey()).isEqualTo(serializeForDynamicCompositeType("foo", 32));
        assertThat(entry.getValue()).isEqualTo(serializeForDynamicCompositeType("bar", 42));
    }

    /**
     * Validates that UDTs with fields using custom types are properly handled by the driver in the following ways:
     *

     *

     *
The {@link UserType} metadata appropriately represents the types of fields with custom types as {@link DataType#custom(String)}

     *
{@link TableMetadata} with a column having a {@link UserType} is properly referenced.

     *
ColumnDefinitions for a column in a {@link Row} matches the {@link UserType} and that inserted data is read back properly.

     *

     *
     * @jira_ticket JAVA-993
     * @test_category metadata
     */
    @Test(groups = "short")
    @CassandraVersion("2.1.0")
    public void should_handle_udt_with_custom_type() {
        // Given: a UDT with custom types, and a table using it.
        session().execute("CREATE TYPE custom_udt (regular int, c1 'DynamicCompositeType(s => UTF8Type, i => Int32Type)', c2 'LongType')");
        session().execute("CREATE TABLE custom_udt_tbl (k int primary key, v frozen<custom_udt>)");

        // When: Retrieving User Type via schema metadata.
        UserType custom_udt = cluster().getMetadata().getKeyspace(keyspace).getUserType("custom_udt");
        assertThat(custom_udt.getFieldType("regular")).isEqualTo(cint());
        // Then: The fields with custom types should be appropriately represented with their defined types.
        assertThat(custom_udt.getFieldType("c1")).isEqualTo(CUSTOM_DYNAMIC_COMPOSITE);
        assertThat(custom_udt.getFieldType("c2")).isEqualTo(DataType.bigint());

        // When: Retrieving Table via schema metadata.
        TableMetadata table = cluster().getMetadata().getKeyspace(keyspace).getTable("custom_udt_tbl");
        // Then: The column with the user type should be represented and match the type previously retrieved.
        assertThat(table.getColumn("v")).hasType(custom_udt);

        // Given: Existing data in table with a UDT with custom types.
        session().execute("INSERT INTO custom_udt_tbl (k, v) VALUES (0, {regular: 5, c1: 's@hello:i@93', c2: 400})");

        // When: Data is retrieved.
        Row row = session().execute("select * from custom_udt_tbl").one();

        // Then: The resulting row's column definitions should match the table definition.
        assertThat(row.getColumnDefinitions().getType("k")).isEqualTo(cint());
        assertThat(row.getColumnDefinitions().getType("v")).isEqualTo(custom_udt);

        // And: The column values should represent what was inserted.
        UDTValue value = row.getUDTValue("v");
        assertThat(value.getInt("regular")).isEqualTo(5);
        assertThat(value.getBytes("c1")).isEqualTo(serializeForDynamicCompositeType("hello", 93));
        assertThat(value.getLong("c2")).isEqualTo(400);
    }
}


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Q: Is there any restriction about the compare function used in qsort() I wrote this code snippet to sort an array of strings into an order that minimises their concatenation:
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<stdlib.h>

int cmpstr(const void* p1, const void* p2){
    int p1l = strlen((const char*)p1);
    int p2l = strlen((const char*)p2);
    int r = strncmp((const char*)p1, (const char*)p2, p1l<p2l?p1l:p2l);
    if(r == 0 && p1l != p2l){
        if(p1l < p2l){
            return cmpstr(p1, (const char*)p2 + p1l);
        }
        return cmpstr((const char*)p1 + p2l, p2);
    }
    return r;
}

int main(){
    const char* arrstr[] = {"93", "936", "15", "152", "946"};
    int num = sizeof(arrstr) / sizeof(char*);
    qsort(arrstr, num, sizeof(char*), cmpstr);
    for(int i = 0; i < num; i++){
        printf("%s\n", arrstr[i]);
    }
}

These strings should sort in the order 15 152 936 93 946.  We want 93 to be between 936 and 946 because 936 93 < 93 936 and 93 946 < 946 93 (ignoring the spaces added for clarity).
But the code didn't work as expected. The array didn't get sorted at all, although my tests of cmpstr() worked exactly as I expected.
What did I get wrong?
I noticed that when I change the cast part of the cmpstr() from *(char* const*) to (char*), qsort() doesn't work as well.  Why is that?

A: The comparison function passed to qsort receives the address of the two array elements to compare.  Since each array element is a char *, the address of each of these elements is a char **.  So you're missing one level of indirection.
You need to cast each parameter to a char * const *, then dereference to get the pointer to the string:
int cmpstr(const void* p1p, const void* p2p){
    char *p1 = *(char * const *)p1p;
    char *p2 = *(char * const *)p2p;
    ...
}

EDIT:
Because you want to call this function recursively, you need a non-recursive wrapper function around your recursive function since the parameters they take are not the same:
// internal recursive function that takes two strings
static int cmpstr_int(const char* p1, const char* p2){
    int p1l = strlen(p1);
    int p2l = strlen(p2);
    int r = strncmp(p1, p2, p1l<p2l?p1l:p2l);
    if(r == 0 && p1l != p2l){
        if(p1l < p2l){
            return cmpstr_int(p1, p2 + p1l);
        }
        return cmpstr_int(p1 + p2l, p2);
    }
    return r;
}

// comparison function that extracts desired datatype from void * params
// and passes them to recursive function
static int cmpstr(const void* p1p, const void* p2p){
    const char *p1 = *(char * const *)p1p;
    const char *p2 = *(char * const *)p2p;
    return cmpstr_int(p1, p2);
}

A: Your comparison function receives pointers to the elements of the array.  Each element is a pointer to char, so you'll get a pointer to a pointer to char.
The comparison logic is also somewhat over-complicated; here's a working version:
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<stdlib.h>

int cmpstr(const void* a_, const void* b_)
{
    const char *const *a = a_;
    const char *const *b = b_;
    int la = strlen(*a);
    int lb = strlen(*b);

    if (la == lb) {
        /* same length - sort lexicographically */
        return strcmp(*a, *b);
    }

    if (la < lb) {
        /* a is shorter */
        int result = strncmp(*a, *b, la);
        if (!result) {
            /* a is a prefix of b */
            result = strcmp(*a, *b + la);
        }
        return result;
    }

    /* else, b is shorter - re-enter with arguments swapped,
       and negate the result */
    return -cmpstr(b_, a_);
}

int main() {
    const char* arrstr[] = {"93", "936", "15", "152", "946"};
    const size_t num = sizeof arrstr / sizeof *arrstr;
    qsort(arrstr, num, sizeof *arrstr, cmpstr);
    for (size_t i = 0; i < num; i++) {
        printf("%s\n", arrstr[i]);
    }
}

Output:
15
152
936
93
946

If you think that my cmpstr() above deviates too far from the original, consider this less intrusively-modified code, which uses the recursive comparison that you intended, with a separate wrapper to adapt it to fit qsort():
int compare_strings(const char *a, const char *b)
{
    int la = strlen(a);
    int lb = strlen(b);
    int r = strncmp(a, b, la<lb?la:lb);
    if (r == 0 && la != lb) {
        if (la < lb) {
            return compare_strings(a, b + la);
        }
        return compare_strings(a + lb, b);
    }
    return r;
}

int compare_strings_qsort(const void* a_, const void* b_)
{
    const char *const *a = a_;
    const char *const *b = b_;
    return compare_strings(*a, *b);
}

I still had to change your variable names, as I find p1l and the like hard to read.  I could simplify a bit further, which I think is clearer than both the original function and my first attempt above (but probably needs some comments):
int compare_strings(const char *a, const char *b)
{
    const int la = strlen(a);
    const int lb = strlen(b);
    const int r = strncmp(a, b, la<lb?la:lb);

    return (la == lb || r)
        ? r
        : (la < lb)
        ? compare_strings(a, b + la)
        : compare_strings(a + lb, b);
}


aww. I have to check out queen Kylie's new smashes.
Actually no, That's what i like peaked at #12 although it had a much stronger chart run compared to 24k magic despite the latter having a higher chart peak. Both balance each other out whilst Versace on the floor has quite comfortably been Bruno's biggest track off the album.
Ah - whoops! We've had pretty similar experiences with the album otherwise, though: "That's What I Like" also peaked lower but lasted longer than the title track here, while "Versace" has enjoyed the strongest run of all.
Aw, that midweek peak is such a tease - but at least you know to take it with a (pretty massive) grain of salt. Officially up to No. 14 now, though!
I'd warm even more up to Liam if he stopped trying to be a wannabe american and actually released a genuinely good song. I still regard For you as a Rita Ora song. Hmm i suspect Liam was credited first purely for chart purposes, so his record label can say he got two UK top 10 singles - although so far its peaked at #11. I'm sure it'll repeak when the music video is released.
The way its going i'm never gonna see The greatest showman. Aah so you're a Netflix and chill kinda guy, eh?
Aww, poor Hailee. :( So am i right in guessing this was heading for #1 until Kylie overtook all the competition in the final hours of the tracking week. This also enters my chart but not quite as high as this.
Hailee's chances were looking really good (especially since I saw her in Pitch Perfect 3 last Saturday, which put her on my mind even more)...until Kylie waltzed in.
"My My My!" really is poptastic <3 and he is absolutely OWNING it in that video!
You absolutely do ;) What are some of your all-time-favorite Kylie classics?
o In a Hayley VS Hailee showdown, "Curious" forces "Capital Letters" to settle for second place once again. Meanwhile, Camila exceeds expectations with her surprisingly-satisfying debut album.
o Hayley's curiosity kills Zedd's hopes for a No. 1 debut, while Grammy performances fuel a few re-entries further down.
Hmm...I'm not sold on "Curious" after the first play, but I've added it to my Spotify library anyway because it might end up being a grower.
Nice to see "Better Man" as one of the beneficiaries of the Grammy Awards. It is such a beautiful song...and better than any of Taylor's singles of this Reputation era actually!
• SZA successfully snags her first-ever Paulboard No. 1 with "Prom", while also occupying the Top 2 for the first time since Dua did with "Hotter Than Hell" and "Room For 2" back in early December.
imagine my disappointment in not seeing any JT love here.
Anyway, Joanne is a fantastic song. I love the Gaga slayage.
Though, if my chart had existed during the FS/LS era, some of those singles would've smashed. I'm glad the Joanne re-entires were a pleasant sight, at least! Her performance at the Grammys (and the release of that new version of the title track) really put that album back on my mind.
• SZA maintains her grip on the Top 2 as "Prom" and "Love Galore" both hold tight, marking the first time the Top 2 have stayed immobile since Hailee Steinfeld's "Let Me Go" and Maroon 5's "What Lovers Do" (fittingly featuring SZA) kept those spots on lock for two straight weeks last September.
Whoa at the SZA dominance! I know you mentioned you were enjoying six tracks from Ctrl, but this is a lot more than I expected! Great to see!
Nice to see the VÉRITÉ remix of "Casanova" here, too, but of course the highlights for me are "Pray for Me" and "All the Stars". I'm looking forward to seeing the latter climb next week.
bluecherry deserves a lot of credit for encouraging me to give her a chance back in late October, at which point my only exposure to her had been "Consideration" and "What Lovers Do." Of the three tracks he recommended, "Garden (Say It Like Dat)" was the only one that really stood out to me at the time...then during the Grammys, they kept playing a clip of the "Love Galore" video each time she was nominated for (and subsequently denied) one of the televised awards, and that really drew me into finally giving the full album a try.
• True to its title, "Alone" stands apart from the rest of Hopeless Fountain Kingdom and debuts right at No. 1, granting Halsey her first chart-topper (as the lead artist) since "Colors" in 2016.
• Delta's dirty thoughts conjure up another No. 1 for her, as "Think About You" outperforms both "All The Stars" and "Make Me Feel" by a single play.
Ahh so Delta really did fend off all the competition then. As i mentioned in my chart thread, i do like this song but i personally think Delta has released much better in the past. Still, a #18 peak in my chart is a chart entry nonetheless.
Ohh nice to see Kendrick & SZA holding up well in your chart. I have to admit, whilst the music video is visually striking i felt like i was getting over the song, and not even a glossy video could really help keep my interest levels high for a longer period.
Whereas Janelle has just got everything spot on with Make me feel. Absolutely incredible package, both song and video. A winning combination and i'm hoping this song will eventually become a massive worldwide hit.
The ultimate slow burner of 2018 so far. I never thought this would make my top 10 in the end, but its been very consistent so far. Not bad for a single that's so far peaked at #10.
Aww i suppose it's a good result that Sigala managed to scrape into your top 30. It's not quite as solid as Came here for love but i still love this song enough to make my top 3.
It's funny because I was listening to a string of Janet songs and queued "Think About You" to play afterward, and had to check Spotify to make sure it wasn't Janet I was listening to. "Think About You" is more sensual than Delta's ever ventured, I'd say (at least from the Delta songs I know). It sounds okay on the first listen. I'll have to give it a few more spins.
Happy to see that not only has "All the Stars" leapt to #2, it's managed to hold on to the runner-up spot, too! And yay at the debut for "Make Me Feel". Save for the new Delta song that I'm not totally sold on, you have a fantastic Top 4! Marvel could never!
Ah, kudos to bluecherry for putting you on to SZA! Admittedly, her music wasn't instant for me (save for "The Weekend"), but I'm growing to appreciate a lot of her Ctrl songs. Her Grammy performance helped to sell me on the beauty of "Broken Clocks" actually.
I feel you there. Even among the very few Delta singles that I've heard, I wouldn't put this above "Heart Hypnotic" or "Sitting On Top Of The World" if I had to rank them - but it's still SUCH cheeky fun! A light, breezy, flirty good time - and I've DEFINITELY done what she's describing throughout the track The whole scenario really speaks to my shy, lustful side.
I'm glad it had you hooked for at least a little while ;) It looks like we were drawn to opposing Black Panther singles: with me being much more captivated by "All The Stars", while "Pray For Me" clicked with you in a BIG way! It definitely helped "All The Stars"s case that I was pretty high on SZA after checking out her own album.
Yes. PLZ! It's at least dented the Hot 100 (No. 99) and official UK chart (No. 74), which is already a rare feat for her material, but it deserves SO much more! It seems to be pretty universally liked (if not LOVED) around UKMIX, so surely at least a decent chunk of the public would feel the same...? Her name has been out there even more than before thanks to the success of Hidden Figures, so I really don't get why a song like this still won't take off.
Phew! I was a little worried that you'd let me have it for letting "All The Stars" get blocked by two different (and arguably far more "basic") entries.
• Mass is in session as CHVRCHES bless the chart with their latest lead single and entries from their last divine LP.
• Nothing could stop Kylie from collecting her ninth Paulboard No. 1 with the latest offering from her upcoming country-inspired collection: "Stop Me From Falling."
• Without any particularly strong new competition, Kylie avoids falling at all and enjoys her first multi-week No. 1 since "Crystallize" in 2014.
Yay at the Janet entries! When I played All for You, "Truth" sounded so familiar that I must have heard it on radio at some point in my childhood.
I have to admit that I'm not really sold on "Stop Me from Falling". Kylie's capable of so much better, and I really hope this new album isn't a disaster because I'm getting the vibe that it could be, to be honest.
Hope to see "Butterflies" climb next week. It's definitely superior to "Space Cowboy" for me.
Yeah, even though "Touch My Body" is meh when you compare it to MC's catalogue, as a standalone song, it really is solid.
Am I really that harsh these days?


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Hotspot Shield VPN Review
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A good mid-grade service with proprietary security
by Coletta Teske
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Netflix and P2P support on all servers
Must buy a three-year subscription to get a reasonable price
Extremely limited features
Uses proprietary encryption protocols; not open source
Some user logging concerns
Hotspot Shield ranks high on encryption protocols and speed, but its questionable data-gathering practices may not be comfortable for some people.
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Read our full VPN methodology to see how we tested and rated each service.
Hotspot Shield was developed by AnchorFree, which is located in Silicon Valley, California. AnchorFree started its business in 2005 as a free sponsored Wi-Fi hotspot provider. They've grown this initial idea into apps that protect privacy and provide secure access to the internet. Their flagship product, Hotspot Shield, is used by over 650 million people worldwide. Hotspot Shield is just one of the virtual private network (VPN) created by AnchorFree.
Hotspot Shield supports Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and Chrome. It uses it propriety Catapult Hydra protocol, so there's no way for advanced users to set it up manually on other platforms, routers, or smart devices using open-source software.
We tested Hotspot Shield to see how it performed and how easy it was to use. We also researched its cost, features, and encryption protocols to determine if it's worth the investment. Read on to see what we thought of the service.
Setup Process: Quick and easy
Downloading and installing Hotspot Shield follows standard installation methods from Windows installer, Google Play, and the App Store. It only takes minutes to get up and running.
Hotspot Shield is ready to shield your privacy as soon as you turn it on. There are only a few settings that can be customized. Hotspot Shield can be set up to automatically launch on startup, prevent IP leaks, disconnect the VPN when there's no internet connection, and automatically turn on when connecting to Wi-Fi hotspots. On Android, there's also an option to turn off the VPN when the device is in sleep mode.
Design: Only the basics, but easy to use
The Hotspot Shield app is best described as minimalist. The Windows app has a connect button, a server list, data transfer size, and the virtual address. The Android app has all these plus settings to automatically choose the optimal server, close apps, and delete junk files. The Android app can also be set up to start Hotspot Shield automatically when selected apps are launched.
The Hotspot Shield app is easy to understand and use, even if you've never used a VPN before. Just click the On and Off switch to hide your browsing activity. It's also easy to choose a different browsing location. Hotspot Shield only lists countries, so it isn't possible to choose a server based on city location.
If you want to learn how to use the Hotspot Shield VPN, you'll find help inside the apps. Select a help topic to display instructions or to open a web page with more information.
Hotspot Shield uses the proprietary Catapult Hydra protocol that connects a device to multiple servers simultaneously
Performance: Good speed with some connection problems
One thing that seemed different about Hotspot Shield is that it's only possible to change countries, and not choose specific servers or even cities. The app doesn't list server locations within a country. The reason for this is that Hotspot Shield uses the proprietary Catapult Hydra protocol that connects a device to multiple servers simultaneously. AnchorFree claims that this makes Hotspot Shield connections stronger and faster over long distances.
We measured download and upload speeds with six different online bandwidth testing tools. The maximum download speed we were able to achieve was 321.68 Mbps on our 1 Gbps connection, which makes Hotspot Shield one of the fastest VPNs we've tested.
During regular use, like browsing the web, sending e-mail messages, and other online tasks, we didn't notice any slowdown or lag compared to other VPNs that we've tested.
We did run into one problem while testing Hotspot Shield on Windows. Something went wrong with the VPN, and it took more than a few seconds to resolve. After waiting a few minutes, restarting the computer resolved the issue.
We also encountered connection issues on our Android tablet. During our testing, we were unable to connect to the VPN. We clicked connected, but the button just spun in circles. After reading through the in-app help files and performing some troubleshooting, we determined that the problem was because another VPN app was installed on the tablet. Removing the other VPN app resolved the problem, and we were able to connect.
Streaming: Works with multiple streaming services
Hotspot Shield doesn't have dedicated streaming servers, but we had good luck getting various streaming services to work on the normal servers. We were able to connect to Netflix in Japan, the US, and the UK, Hulu in the US, and even BBC iPlayer in the UK.
Privacy Policy: Not as private as it should be
Even though Hotspot Shield uses high-level encryption, there have been concerns of undisclosed and unclear data sharing and traffic redirection in the free version. In 2017, the Center for Democracy and Technology filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commissions about these undisclosed practices and asked that these practices be considered unfair and deceptive.
In 2018, there was another report by the National Vulnerability Database of leaks in user data that identified the names and locations of its users.
There have been concerns of undisclosed and unclear data sharing and traffic redirection
After these complaints were expressed, AnchorFree updated their privacy policy. They no longer store, log, or share users' IP addresses, and they delete IP addresses after each VPN session is closed. They also no longer share personal information with unaffiliated third parties. However, they do share this information with service providers they use for internal technology and business operations.
Security Features: Uses a proprietary protocol
AnchorFree used to use the industry standard OpenVPN protocol, but they have switched Hotspot Shield over to their own proprietary Catapult Hydra protocol. They claim that this protocol is faster than OpenVPN, and just as secure, but it's impossible to verify that due to the proprietary nature of the technology.
We hesitate to recommend a VPN that's this opaque, because you can't rely on third party experts to look at how the system works and provide assurances that there isn't anything fishy going on. While it's true that Hotspot Shield is quite fast, anyone who is truly concerned about security will want to look for a service that provides OpenVPN as an option.
Torrenting: No dedicated servers
Hotspot Shield allows torrenting on their service, although they don't have servers that are set up for it specifically. We didn't run into any peer-to-peer issues during our testing, and the VPN also includes a kill switch to safeguard your identity in the event that your connection is interrupted with a torrent running.
Ad Blocking: Not included
Hotspot Shield doesn't include any kind of ad blocker. Some VPN services include this feature as an extra layer of protection, and it's especially useful when the VPN is able to cut off ad trackers and malware at the DNS level before requests are made. If you're interested in that type of feature, you'll have to keep looking.
Customer Service: Difficult to locate
Hotspot Shield has a support center where you can find answers to common questions, troubleshooting information about common problems, and view guides on each app, but locating actual customer support is somewhat difficult.
If you follow some of the troubleshooting guides to the end, you'll eventually find a link to submit a support request. This is Hotspot Shield's ticket-based support system, which should really be a whole lot easier to find than it is.
Price: Subscriptions plans offer the best price
Hotspot Shield offers a free plan and premium plans. The premium plans offer significantly more benefits than the free plan. The premium plans cover up to five devices, have access to all virtual locations, have unlimited data bandwidth and access to all sites, are add-free, and come with a dedicated customer support team. The free plan has access to U.S. locations only, supports a single device, is limited to 500 MB bandwidth per day, is add-supported, and displays a Premium Payment Wall when accessing streaming content such as Netflix.
The price for Hotspot Shield is comparable to other VPN service providers when you subscribe to a one-year or three-year plan. Paying for Hotspot Shield monthly can be expensive. The monthly price is $12.99 per month. A one year plan is $72 or $6 per month. The three-year plan is $108 or $3 per month.
Hotspot offers a 45-day money-back guarantee. Hotspot also offers a free seven-day trial but requires a credit card or PayPal account to process the trial. The seven-day trial automatically renews at the one month price of $12.99 and is billed monthly after the trial. To get a better price, you'll need to update your subscription to either the one-year or three-year plan.
There are other VPN services available with Hotspot Shield. However, these services come with an added price.
Device Boost adds five more devices to an account (for a total of 10 devices) and costs an extra $8.99 each month.
Dedicated Ultra Servers provide access to dedicated servers that are only available to limited users. These servers provide faster service and are a cool feature for those who want a faster way to stream content. This service is also $8.99 per month.
Competition: Hotspot Shield vs NordVPN
Hotspot Shield is a strong contender when comparing the size of its server base to other VPN providers. Hotspot Shield has 3,200 server locations in 70 countries compared to NordVPN's 5,770 servers in 60 countries. With this large number of servers, Hotspot Shield can provide fast and stable service that compares to other VPN services.
Hotspot Shield differs from NordVPN and other competing VPN services in the encryption side of its security protocol. Nord and most other popular VPN services use OpenVPN and IKEv2, with some including or L2TP/IPSec and others; Hotspot Shield uses its proprietary Catapult Hydra technology. Catapult Hydra is based on TLS 1.2 with AES-128 encryption, which is as secure as the competition.
The problem with using proprietary software is that it's not easy to see what is going on. With OpenVPN, it's possible for experts to look at the system and see that it's really secure, which just isn't possible with Catapult Hydra.
Speedy but not without drawbacks.
Hotspot Shield is a strong performer among VPN service providers, but our experience with connection problems and the high prices make this VPN less than desirable. However, if speed is your major criteria, Hotspot shield is one of the fastest VPNs we've tested.
Product Name Hotspot Shield
Speed (Fastest Observed) 321.68 Mbps (Tested on a 1Gbps connection)
Operating systems Windows, macOS, Android, iOS
Devices Five devices at a time
Server Locations 70+ Countries
Number of Servers 3200+
Streaming Yes, tested Netflix (US, UK, Japan), Hulu (US), BBC iPlayer (UK)
Torrenting Yes, including kill switch
Encryption Proprietary (catapult hydra)
Jurisdiction USA
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