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President Ramaphosa (left) visited parliament to inspect the damage
A man has been arrested after a large fire severely damaged the Houses of Parliament in the South African city of Cape Town.
A police spokesperson said the man was facing charges of arson, housebreaking and theft, and would appear in court on Tuesday.
Firefighters worked for hours to extinguish the blaze.
President Cyril Ramaphosa called it a "terrible and devastating event", as he vowed parliament's work would continue.
Footage from the scene on Sunday showed a plume of black smoke filling the sky, with huge flames coming out from the roof of the building.
Officials said the fire started on the third floor offices and quickly spread to the National Assembly (the parliament's lower house) chamber, reports the BBC's Nomsa Maseko in Cape Town.
The parliament is not currently in session because of the holidays, and no injuries were reported.
Brigadier Nomthandazo Mbambo said the suspect is also expected to be charged under the National Key Points Act, which protects sites of strategic importance. Further details were not immediately available.
In a statement on Sunday night, South Africa's parliament confirmed that there had been "significant damage" to the New Assembly Wing of the building, which includes the National Assembly chamber where lawmakers sit. It also said some offices had been "severely gutted".
The fire, which began shortly after 06:00 local time (04:00 GMT), came the day after Archbishop Desmond Tutu's state funeral at St George's Cathedral, near parliament.
Mr Ramaphosa, who visited the scene, said news of the fire was a "terrible setback to what we were basking in yesterday", and added that Archbishop Tutu would also have been devastated.
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He said the building's sprinkler system had not functioned properly, and praised firefighters for responding to the fire in minutes.
Jean-Pierre Smith, a member of the Cape Town mayoral committee for safety and security, told reporters that the roof above the old assembly hall was "completely gone" and further damage inside the old chamber had not yet been evaluated.
"It is not possible to see whether it's damaged. We hope it is not because it has so many historical artefacts, but you can't gain access to it without breaking the doors down and we don't want to do that," he said.
He also said that parliament's fire alarm only rang when firefighters were already on site.
Fire and rescue service officials earlier said it would take hours to put the fire out completely because of the carpets and wooden floors in the building.
The damage from the fire can be seen in this image made available by the city of Cape Town:
The Houses of Parliament in Cape Town are made up of three sections, with the oldest dating back to 1884. The newer sections built in the 1920s and 1980s house the National Assembly. Meanwhile, the government is based in Pretoria.
Mr Ramaphosa on Sunday spoke of his sadness at "this destruction of the home of our democracy".
Parliament, meanwhile, said "all efforts" would be made to limit any disruption to its work.
Cape Town's Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said the city's Council Chamber would be made available as an alternative place for parliament to meet.
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"We want to see parliament continue its important work, and we will do what we can to help," he said.
It was the second fire at the parliament in under a year. In March there was a fire caused by an electrical fault.
Last year, a fire ravaged part of the University of Cape Town's library, which was home to a unique collection of African archives.
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Clinical Decision Making: Integrating Advances in the Molecular Understanding of Spine Tumors.
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Risk factors for surgical site infection in elective routine degenerative lumbar surgeries.
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Muscle strength is associated with vitamin D receptor gene variants.
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Primary Spinal Tumor Mortality Score (PSTMS): a novel scoring system for predicting poor survival.
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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Hungarian version of the Core Outcome Measures Index for the back (COMI Back).
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — More than 56,000 people in Delaware signed up to get the coronavirus vaccine on the first day of a new online registration system.
The News Journal reports that the new system launched on Wednesday morning. Gov. John Carney's office said that 35,000 people had registered within the first two and a half hours. Some users said the website had also briefly crashed. The state of Delaware is expanding into its second phase of vaccinations for people over the age 65 as well as certain front-line workers such as police and school staff.
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LONACONING, Md. (AP) — The jackpot-winning Powerball ticket worth $731.1 million was sold in an old coal mining town in a remote corner of Maryland. Jobs are few in Lonaconing, the hometown of baseball Hall of Famer Lefty Grove. The Maryland Lottery says the ticket was sold at Coney Market. Owner Richard Ravenscroft told The Associated Press he hopes whoever won it will use it wisely and enable others to […]


So I guess it was only a matter of time before the old "jobs" debate got started in the fight over the proposed Kihei "mega malls." Earlier this month, the State Land Use Commission (SLUC) voted that the plan put forth by Eclipse Development Group and Honua'ula Partners for 700,000 square feet of retail and 250 affordable homes, respectively, in North Kihei violated various conditions imposed on the property back in 1995. I still can't believe it took four days before Pacific Business News reported that Goodfellow Brothers, which was slated to start construction on the malls, was not taking the SLUC decision well.
On Feb. 16, The Maui News published a story saying Eclipse President and CEO Douglas Gray agreed with Goodfellow.
The underlying point was clear: meddling environmentalists who had petitioned the LUC to stop the mega mall project because it bore no resemblance to the "light industrial" zoning given the land back in 1995 were putting a lot of locals out of a job.
We forget sometimes that, in America, "jobs" is often given as the reason we do everything. During the cold war, Washington loved to wave the jobs hammer around during Pentagon budget discussions. Liberals didn't much care for military superiority arguments, but even they backed off when faced with the government buying huge quantities of nuclear and conventional weapons (tanks, planes, ships, missiles, etc.). That meant a large segment of the American population were working very good jobs for defense contractors. In 1990, Secretary of State James Baker even tried to use "jobs" as a reason to liberate Kuwait after the Iraqi invasion that summer.
In this particular case, of course it's sad to see even more locals out of work. But to borrow a tired argument from those who oppose banning smoking in restaurants and bars, no one forced them to go work for an industry that, even when all permits and papers are in order, is highly cyclical. It's also hard to feel a lot of sympathy towards either Goodfellow boss Steve Goodfellow or Honua'ula Partners representative Charlie Jencks–in 2005, both men testified for their pal Everett Dowling's state legislation that would have eviscerated funding for Akaku, Maui's public access TV station (Dowling opposed the station because of its airing of hearings in which people opposed to his development projects often spoke).
But hey, all this is going to be academic soon. The LUC didn't kill the proposed mega malls, and will take up the matter again in a month or two. In fact, there's a great probability that the proposed Kihei mega malls will live again. There's too much power, money and, yes, jobs at stake for all that land to just go back to being zoned agriculture.
Of course, there still has to be reconciliation between both bills, and then Gov. Neil Abercrombie has to sign the thing, but given the enormous public opposition to state officials simply selling off public lands regardless of local zoning, I think passage is a safe bet.
WE GET A STATE MICROBE?
Like most people, I guess I thought Hawaii already had an official microbe. Because, well, legislators have nothing better to do on the public dime, right, except pass a bunch of toothless resolutions and hold self-serving hearings and so forth.
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Ok, legislator people: get cracking!
In our Feb. 14, 2013 story "Go Red Garden Party," we forgot to give photo credit to Natalie Brown. We regret the error.


26 July 2010. The Philippine Consulate General joined the Maui Filipino Community Council as the latter hosted the 51st United Filipino Council of Hawaii (UFCH)Annual Convention on 24-25 July 2010 in the island of Maui. More than 100 delegates representing the Community Councils of the Big Island, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai and Oahu attended the 2-day conference. The Convention tackled issues such as education and scholarship, Fiesta Filipina and social and political actions. Delegates also elected a new set of officers for 2010-2011. Ms. Lynne Gutierrez was elected President, taking over from fellow-Oahu delegate, Mr. Eddie Agas, Sr. who held the UFCH presidency for two terms.
Maui Community Council President Herman Andaya conveyed his appreciation to leaders and volunteers and to the County of Maui and its Mayor, Ms. Charmaine Tavares and her senior staff for all the help and support, including a grant, in the successful hosting of the event.
Dr. Belinda Aquino, Professor Emeritus at University of Hawaii at Manoa, delivered the Keynote address on the theme, "Political Empowerment: An Agenda for the UFCH." She traced the provenance of the UFCH on then Consul General Juan Dionisio's vision for a state-wide convention that would craft a new approach towards unity that transcends region, language or social status and enable the Filipino Community to be in the forefront in a new and multi-ethnic Hawaii aiming to be the 50th State of the United States of America. According to Dr. Aquino, the UFCH should continually empower itself by being engaged in community relations, in developing future leaders and in remaining dedicated to the vision of a united Filipino community in Hawaii.
The Convention also presented the Miss Hawaii Filipina Scholarship Pageant where four lovely Filipina university students vied for the crown. Ms. Oahu Filipina, Margaret Pascual, a nursing student at the University of Hawaii in Manoa, won the crown.


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Sri Lanka Rights Watch 102 – Civil Rights and sincerity
January 16, 2014 in Sri Lanka Rights Watch | Tags: Bishop Lakdasa de Mel, Bishop Lakshman Wickremesinghe, Bishop of Kurunegala, Church of Ceylon, Civil Rights Movement, CRM, Cyril Wickremesinghe, D R Wijewardene, D S Senanayake, Kandy, Kurunegala, Lakshman Wickremesinghe, Leo Nanayakkara, North Central Province, Prof Sarachchandra, SLFP
In the last column in this series, I will look at the Civil Rights Movement, which was founded in 1971. In discussing its contribution to Rights, and the manner in which Rights can be most productively promoted, I will also talk about one of its founding members, Bishop Lakshman Wickremesinghe, whose 86th birthday it would have been today.
Like his father, Cyril Wickremesinghe, who was the first Ceylonese Government Agent, he was a radical in his commitment to social equity. At least, I like to think this was his father's essential approach, though he was also a pillar of the establishment, a great friend of D S Senanayake and D R Wijewardene, whose eldest daughter married his eldest son. But, like DS, much of his working life was spent providing better opportunities to the peasantry, through the opening up of agricultural lands in the North Central Province.
Lakshman, as Bishop of Kurunegala, worked in what was seen as the rural diocese of the Church of Ceylon, and followed in the footsteps of another great visionary, Bishop Lakdasa de Mel. Both of them, unlike some of their elite brethren in Colombo, worked closely with the Buddhist clergy.
This included the politically radical clergy, and the founders of CRM included five monks as well as four Christian priests, including Leo Nanayakkara, the Catholic Bishop of Kandy. The founder Chairman was Prof Sarachchandra, whose sympathies, like those of Bishop Lakshman, were with the SLFP, but who also felt that the reaction to the 1971 insurgency had been too harsh.
In its opening statement of aims, CRM said its immediate task related to restoration of 'certain rights and liberties that have recently been suspended'. As we know from the reaction to 9/11 as well as in our own country, threats to the State lead to strong security measures. These are essential to deal with threats, but often they become an end in themselves and, unless they are subject to limitations and strict systems of oversight, they easily lead to repression that is unwarranted.
Dealing effectively with this, without threatening or even seeming to threaten national security, requires a clear objectivity of purpose. That is why it is important that supporters of government also subscribe to organizations such as CRM, and in asserting fundamental principles also try to understand the perspectives of those who see no harm in violating these. While many practitioners of violations have no regard for the principles, we must also recognize the genuine dilemma of those who have to lay down guidelines – and we need to show that violations can ultimately defeat the purpose in that they generate the state of anarchy that needs to be protected against.
The first problem to which CRM drew attention was the erosion of the right to freedom of expression and dissemination of information. That was a real problem in those days, when there were few media outlets and these all belonged to government or to corporate institutions with their own agendas. Given the preponderance of social media now, freedom of information is not such a problem, but we still have to deal with threats to individual journalists, because of the emotions of those they criticize. Again, the best defence against this, apart from swift investigation and a transparent judicial process, is clarity about how such threats in fact rebound on the perpetrators.
CRM then went on to talk about the rights of persons taken into custody, and the need to revoke the emergency regulations that permitted the disposal of dead bodies without inquests. These are areas which are still of concern, and perhaps the more so given the change in the international code of values, following 9/11. What hardy Cold Warriors did in secret is now justified on the grounds of national security, even by leaders who should know better. And the problem is compounded everywhere by the appalling conditions of prisons, and the absence of regular monitoring by the judiciary and other bodies that should be objective.
CRM's final point was the restoration of full trade union rights, a matter that was dear to Lakshman's heart, as was seen in his advocacy of the rights of those thrown out of work after the July 1980 strike, when the Jayewardene government first made clear its authoritarian outlook. By then Lakshman was Chairman of the Civil Rights Movement, which brought him into constant argument with his elder brother Esmond, who was a pillar of the government.
Lakshman's finest hour however was also his last, when he made valiant efforts at Reconciliation after the 1983 July riots. He had been in England when these took place, having taken a year's sabbatical, to write and also to recover from his first heart attack. I had a few words with him when I got there myself, and advised him to take things slow, and he assured me his doctors had made it clear that this was essential.
But the situation was so bad that he did not rest, from the moment he got back. He was the first national leader to go to Jaffna, and he provided comfort along with detailed analysis of what the nation was doing to itself. He had, from the time Esmond's great friend Cyril Mathew unleashed violence against Tamils in the early days of the Jayewardene government, told Esmond that they were provoking disaster. Even I had thought he was exaggerating, but it was clear by 1983 that he had underestimated the mayhem that was being let loose.
He had had another heart attack by the time I got back and, though he asked to see me, his mother thought it best that I should wait until he was better. But he died, three months after the riots began, and I fear that with his death, objective advocacy was immeasurably weakened. CRM continues, a pale shadow of what it was. Its sincerity should be supported, but that seems no longer at a premium.
Daily News 25 March 2013 – http://www.dailynews.lk/2013/03/25/fea02.asp
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static SUMMARY: &'static str = "Determine architecture name for current machine.";
static LONG_HELP: &'static str = "";

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I'll be launching the platform with my next novel, Walkaway, in late April, and gradually rolling out additional features, including a name-your-price system inspired by the Humble Bundle and the Ubuntu payment screen.
Selling your own ebooks means that you can have more than one publisher — say, a UK and a US one — and sell on behalf of both of them, meaning that readers anywhere in the world come to one site to buy their books, and the author takes care of figuring out which publisher gets the payment from that purchase.
It's all an idea whose time has come! My UK publisher, Head of Zeus, is just launched a very similar initiative for authors who don't want to host their own stores: BookGrail.
Buying an e-book from a website and sideloading it onto your Kindle will never be as easy as buying it from the Kindle store (though if the world's governments would take the eminently sensible step of legalizing jailbreaking, someone could develop a product that let Kindles easily access third-party stores on the obvious grounds that if you buy a Kindle, you still have the right to decide whose books you'll read on it, otherwise you don't really own that Kindle). But a bookstore operated by an author has an advantage no giant tech platform can offer: a chance to buy your e-books in a way that directly, manifestly benefits the author.
As an author, being my own e-book retailer gets me a lot. It gets me money: once I take the normal 30 percent retail share off the top, and the customary 25 percent royalty from my publisher on the back-end, my royalty is effectively doubled. It gives me a simple, fair way to cut all the other parts of the value-chain in on my success: because this is a regular retail sale, my publishers get their regular share, likewise my agents. And, it gets me up-to-the-second data about who's buying my books and where.
It also gets me a new audience that no retailer or publisher is targeting: the English-speaking reader outside of the Anglosphere. Travel in Schengen, for example, and you will quickly learn that there are tens of millions of people who speak English as a second (or third, or fourth) language, and nevertheless speak it better than you ever will. Yet there is no reliable way for these English-preferring readers, who value the writer's original words, unfiltered by translation, to source legal e-books in English.
Amazon and its competitors typically refuse outright to deal with these customers, unable to determine which publisher has the right to sell to them. Most publishing contracts declare these nominally non-English-speaking places to be "open territory" where in theory all of the book's publishers may compete, but in practice, none of them do.


Pope Francis will celebrate World Youth Day this week in one of the most religiously non-restrictive countries on the planet, according to a recent Pew Research study. It is a country also undergoing major religious shifts.
Among the 25 most populous countries, only four have low government restrictions on religion, with Brazil having the lowest of all (see chart). Brazil has lower restrictions, in fact, than the United States, where restrictions have been rising.
Religious freedom, however, is highly valued in Brazil. For instance, when Brazilians were asked in a 2006 Pew Research survey whether it was important to live in a country where there is freedom of religion for religions other than their own, nearly the same percentage of people indicated that this was important (95%) as indicated that it was important to live in a country where they can practice their own religion freely (96%).
An expression of such support for religious freedom occurred this spring when the government of São Paulo - Brazil's commercial center and the western hemisphere's most populous city at 20 million - declared that henceforth May 25th will be "religious freedom day." This declaration coincided with a multi-faith religious freedom festival that drew nearly 30,000 participants, including the participation of the Catholic archdiocese, leading politicians and celebrities.
Low religious restrictions and support for religious freedom are notable in a country that is undergoing what is perhaps one of the most dynamic religious shifts in the world today.
Since the Portuguese colonized Brazil in the 16th century, it has been overwhelmingly Catholic. And today Brazil has more Roman Catholics than any other country in the world – an estimated 123 million. But a recent Pew Research analysis finds that the share of Brazil's overall population that identifies as Catholic has been dropping steadily in recent decades, while the percentage of Brazilians who belong to Protestant churches has been rising. Indeed, much of the religious shift has been from Roman Catholicism to Pentecostal and Protestant denominations. For a historical overview of Pentecostalism in Brazil, see the Pew Research report Spirit and Power. Smaller but increasing shares of Brazilians also identify with other religions or with no religion at all.
The Pew Research analysis notes that from 2000 to 2010, both the absolute number and the percentage of Catholics declined; Brazil's Catholic population fell slightly from 125 million in 2000 to 123 million a decade later, dropping from 74% to 65% of the country's total population. The number of Brazilian Protestants (including Pentecostals), on the other hand, continued to grow in the most recent decade, rising from 26 million (15%) in 2000 to 42 million (22%) in 2010.
In addition, the number of Brazilians belonging to other religions – including Afro-Brazilian faiths such as Candomblé and Umbanda – has been climbing. In 2000, adherents of religions other than Catholicism and Protestantism numbered about 6 million (4% of Brazil's population), and as of 2010, the group had grown to 10 million (5%). Finally, the number of Brazilians with no religious affiliation, including agnostics and atheists, numbered 12 million (7%) in 2000 and 15 million (8%) according to Brazil's 2010 census.
Given the level of religious switching in Brazil, it is particularly notable that a separate Pew Research study finds that there have been no reported incidents of hostility over conversions or proselytism.
As the twentieth century progressed, however, laws were passed making proselytizing more difficult for new religious groups and, in the 1940s, the government stopped issuing visas for Protestant missionaries. These limits were short lived. After a period of military rule that ended in 1985, politically active Protestant denominations and minority religions worked to ensure that religious freedom became a defining characteristic of church-state relations. For more details, see The Price of Freedom Denied: Religious Persecution and Conflict in the 21st Century.
Brazil is among the 76% of countries recently identified in a recent Pew Research study with initiatives to lower religious restrictions and hostilities. For instance, on January 15, 2012, President Dilma Rousseff approved an agreement to include the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and other Jewish-related subjects, as well as racism, xenophobia, and intolerance, in the curricula of some schools, universities and other educational institutions.


* Additional sweepable high and low-cut filters for each channel remove unwanted frequencies e.g. floor rumble, hiss etc.
The FBQ Feedback Detection System lets you immediately recognize and eliminate feedback frequency.
The flagship of the entire FBQ series, the ULTRAGRAPH PRO FBQ6200 is an ultra-musical 31-band stereo graphic equalizer that goes the distance to offer a maximum in performance and flexibility in both live and studio applications. Start with the forward-looking, FBQ Feedback Detection System that instantly reveals feedback frequencies and also can be used as an audio analyzer. A whole battery of superb features makes the FBQ6200 score high on the ease-of-use scale: dedicated limiters with gain reduction meters for each channel protect your sound system from overload and distortion, and a pink noise generator provides test signals for equalizing your sound system to any room acoustics. A mono subwoofer output with dedicated level control and adjustable crossover frequency gives your music some extra verve.
Additional sweepable high and low cut filters for each channel remove unwanted frequencies such as floor rumble and tape hiss. Level setting is no sweat thanks to the highly accurate 8-digit LED input/output metering and input gain control. Top-drawer components such as the ultra low-noise audio operational amplifiers, servo balanced inputs and outputs with 1/4" TRS and gold-plated XLR connectors and the relay-controlled hard-bypass with an auto-bypass function offer outstanding audio performance.
Expect reliability in the long run with the high-quality illuminated 45-mm faders, detent potentiometers and illuminated switches. Any way you look at it, the FBQ6200 has all the right stuff to become a welcome addition to your touring rack.


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Barefoot at the Lake is Bruce Fogle's evocative account of one summer, in 1954, when his eyes are opened to the complexities of girls, adults and the natural world. Delightfully funny, with a moving wisdom at its heart.
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Every year in June, when school finishes, the summer people invade Long Point on Lake Chemong. It's 1954, and Bruce and his dog Angus are desperate to reach the lake – Angus to roll in dead fish, Bruce to count how many different birds he can see.
Barefoot at the Lake is Bruce's evocative account of this one particular summer, when his eyes are opened to the complexities of girls, adults and the natural world. He will introduce you to a cast of unforgettable characters and animals. His strong, handsome and taciturn father who works as a florist. His mother in short shorts and a tight shirt, unwittingly charming all the men. His heartbroken uncle, and a seagull called Popeye. And not forgetting Grace, with shiny brown hair and chapped knees.
Not only a beautifully written boy's-eye view of the landscape of his youth, Barefoot at the Lake is also delightfully funny, with a moving wisdom at its heart.
Read a sample: Barefoot at the Lake – sample chapters.
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To echo around an appliqué, the perimeter of the appliqué needs to be traced first.
Select Add Block then either trace on quilt or mark on quilt. I often take a short cut here and select trace on quilt, lift the motors then set my machine to regulated stitching and manually stitch in the ditch around the appliqué as I trace. If you do this, remember to touch 'start' on iQ before stitching. It's very frustrating to think you're tracing only to glance up at the screen and see nothing. Don't forget to touch stop at the end too.
The outline of the appliqué is now entered as a block on iQ but it needs to be a pattern in order to create echoes.
On the Add/Edit block page, select Block to Pattern. If you need to keep the original block to use as a no-sew zone or clipping block later, copy the block and move the copy to one side before you change it into a pattern.
On a quilt with many appliqués that all look the same, such as Sunbonnet Sue, it will be necessary to trace the outline of each appliqué because no two will be the same. It won't be possible to copy the first echoes created and use them for every appliqué. Although this does take a little time to set up, the results will be well worth the effort.


09.05.18 A new CD from Potter/Mouldycliff.
Over the past fifteen years Colin Potter and Phil Mouldycliff have, by chance or design, incorporated field recordings of birds into a large percentage of the pieces they have made. These have featured a wide variety of species from the Northern and Southern hemispheres both as soloists and as chorus. These four pieces span the complete time period of our continuing collaboration and reflect many of the changes in our working methodology. What remains constant throughout, is the intricacy and beauty of the birdsong.


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Q2 Weather: Heat and storm threat returns to Billings this week
Today's Weather Bobcast for May 18, 2020
By: Bob McGuire
BILLINGS — On Monday, Billings woke up to cloudy skies and warmer temperatures. In the early afternoon, the temperature in Billings was already up into the upper 60s.
Around the rest of the state, we see 50s and 60s in the west with most of the 70s back in the east. However, we do see places like Great Falls, Lewistown and Billings all in the 60s.
The big story Monday is the thunderstorm outlook. It shows a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms in west-central Montana between Missoula and Bozeman, all the way into Great Falls and Havre. On either side of that, we see non-severe thunderstorms possible.
On Tuesday, everything shifts a little bit with an elevated risk of severe storms in north-central Montana a marginal risk of severe storms all around that and isolated thunderstorms beyond that.
In the Billings area, we expect isolated thunderstorms with the severe stuff a little farther to the north and west.
The Doppler radar shows most of the rain continuing around Missoula up to Glacier National Park, with just light to moderate rain.
Later Monday night, the high-resolution forecast model shows the big stuff will to be moving into the Missoula area about 5:30 p.m. and then continue to track on in the Canada.
On Tuesday afternoon, we see more showers and thunderstorms stream into western Montana and heading into the north-central part of the state. Here in the Billings area, we are expecting mostly dry conditions, with most of the heavier storms out in the West.
Our temperature next hour gets back up into the mid-80s and stay there through 6:30 p.m. then cool back down into the 50s in the morning, then and back up to the 70s early Tuesday afternoon.
We will top out at 84 on Tuesday, then roll it back into the 70s on Wednesday Thursday and Friday and into the 60s over the weekend.
BILLINGS FORECAST
TONIGHT: Decreasing clouds and mild. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Low 54 degrees.
TUESDAY: Mostly sunny with a 20% chance for showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. West winds 5 to 10 mph the morning shifting to the East at 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon. High 84 degrees.
WEDNESDAY: Partly sunny with a 40% chance for showers and thunderstorms in the morning and then again in the afternoon. West winds 5 to 15 mph. High 76 degrees.


Besides showcasing bathroom fittings proposals by PORCELANOSA Group at the 21st International Exhibition, Noken has used this event to present its new Urban-c sanitaryware porcelain collection. This contemporary range can turn any bathroom into a practical and contemporary space.
Urban-c redefines the Urban collection's characteristic design of suggesting lines. Various wash basin models and toilets form this new series which unites straight lines with rounded shapes, creating its own personality.
The Urban-c wash basin collection by Noken comes in two different versions; a 60 cm version with a pedestal or semi-pedestal and another smaller 45 cm basin for confined spaces. There are also two different toilet options: a toilet model with a "back to wall" system and an Eco version with a 4.5 litre flush cistern, available in a horizontal and vertical water output. The last version saves water with a simple daily gesture.
Furthermore, an ergonomic seat with a slow-close system can be installed to avoid impacts and enhance the user's comfort which also contributes to the creation of a bathroom where wellbeing is at everyone's reach. An installed bidet completes the Urban-c collection by Noken.
In its commitment for classical design inspiration, Noken has expanded its Imagine collection with new sanitaryware and double washbasins that unleash exclusivity. This proposal is set to create different bathrooms where the time seemingly ceases to exist.


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Colin Kaepernick triumphs over NFL collusion
February 27, 2019 February 27, 2019 - by Jeffrey L. Boney - 2 Comments.
Eric Reid (l) and Colin Kaepernick kneel during a game // Getty Images
Former quarterback Colin Kaepernick has reached a landmark settlement in his collusion case against the National Football League (NFL) for a substantial amount of money. The settlement, announced Feb. 17, was the NFL's answer to a grievance Kaepernick filed back in October 2017 accusing NFL owners of working to deliberately keep him from playing in the league because of his much-publicized protest of racial injustice and police brutality by "taking a knee" during the national anthem of each game during the 2016 NFL season.
He has not played a game in the NFL since early 2017.
It was also reported that his former San Francisco 49ers teammate, safety Eric Reid, one of the only other players to consistently stand with him from the beginning of his initial protest, has also settled a collusion grievance against the NFL.
While details of both settlement agreements are undisclosed due to a confidentiality agreement, it has been reported that Kaepernick's settlement amount alone is somewhere in the ballpark of $60 to $80 million. Reid's settlement is reportedly significantly less.
The NFL and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) released this statement regarding news of the settlement:
"We continuously supported Colin and Eric from the start of their protests, participated with their lawyers throughout their legal proceedings, and were prepared to participate in the upcoming trial in pursuit of both truth and justice for what we believe the NFL and its clubs did to them. We are glad that Eric has earned a job and a new contract, and we continue to hope that Colin gets his opportunity as well."
If the NFL had been innocent of these charges and had the evidence to prove its innocence, it would have fought tooth and nail to crush Kaepernick and Reid. But Kaepernick and Reid came out victorious — not just because they received a financial settlement, but because they were able to stand up against the Goliath known as the NFL and show that you can't silence the voice of Black people.
There were several other NFL players who joined Kaepernick at the start of his protests, but the majority fell by the wayside. Reid not only stood with Kaepernick when he was his teammate, but he has also stood with Kaepernick after he got blackballed from the league.
When Reid played for the Carolina Panthers during the 2018 season, he claimed that he was being targeted by the NFL via its performance-enhancing drug testing program. After his December 17 game against the New Orleans Saints, he claimed that he had been "randomly" selected to take a drug test for the seventh time since joining the Panthers the year prior.
Reid strongly argued that there was nothing "random" about the drug tests he was being selected for and that he was being targeted simply because he joined in with Kaepernick to file a collusion grievance of his own against the league.
In a statement last month, the NFL Players Association said there was "no evidence of targeting or any other impropriety with respect to his selection for testing."
Reid may not have proven that these drug tests were far from "random," but he and Kaepernick were able to hold the NFL accountable for trying to bully them into submission, silence their voices, and make them compliant with its demands to stop their protests.
Kaepernick isn't the first Black person to have been vilified in this country for going against the grain, challenging the status quo, or taking a controversial stance on issues. If we look at the course of American history, we see that grassroots advocacy, like protests, has been around for a long time and has been used to bring about significant change in this country.
Both civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and boxing legend Muhammad Ali spoke out against the Vietnam War and were deemed traitors to their country. They were even called communists while they were alive.
After Dr. King's speech in New York criticizing the Vietnam War, other civil rights leaders who once stood with him began to distance themselves and he was heavily castigated in local and national newspapers. Very few people stood with him.
Ali was stripped of his heavyweight boxing title and sent to jail after refusing to join the U.S. Army to fight in the Vietnam War. He ignored requests to be inducted into the military at the Armed Forces Induction Center in Houston, Tex., and was eventually arrested, convicted of draft evasion, sentenced to five years in prison, fined $10,000, and banned from boxing for three years.
Interestingly enough, Dr. King now has a federal holiday in his honor and the legacy of Ali is revered today. As it has been with King and Ali, time will also be good to Kaepernick, and the history books will be even better to him for his bold and courageous act.
Many publications have chronicled Kaepernick's story and have been a part of ensuring he will be forever remembered for his legacy-defining act of strength and courage. He taught the nation how individuals can use the power of the platforms they possess, to be prepared to pay the price for the sacrifices they make, and to learn to endure the criticism they receive in order to be a true catalyst for change.
In spite of receiving pushback from those who disagreed with his stance; in spite of being blackballed from playing the game he loved; in spite of being vilified by countless people, including NFL owners — and even the president of the United States; in spite of everything that was thrown his way, Kaepernick proved that when you stand up for what you believe in, even if you have to stand alone, you can win.
More importantly, Kaepernick showed that you can motivate and inspire at least one other person to stand with you when the odds are stacked against you, and you can nevertheless make a major statement with significant impact.
Now the real question becomes, will the NFL allow Kaepernick to come back and play the game he loves without further collusion? Time will tell, and the nation will be watching.
Jeffrey Boney is an NNPA Newswire and BlackPressUSA.com contributor and the associate editor for the Houston Forward Times newspaper. Thanks to Boney and the NNPA for sharing this story with us.
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Shatona Kilgore-Groves says:
It takes true courage to fight for your beliefs. It doesn't always work out this way, but you have to have faith that it will.
Denise L. Smith says:
Thank you for writing this article. I am a 6/7 th grade English Reading Language Arts teacher. For the month of February I introduced my students to Marva Collins a internationally know Black Educator. In response the the injustice she believed black children were receiving, she began her own school. First in her home, then a preparatory school in Chicago. Eventually, a training school for educators.
I plan to use this article in my classroom. It provides evidence and an explicit example that speaks to the beginning of a popular written work penned by Marva Collins. It states: "Society will draw a circle that shuts me out, but my superior thoughts will draw me it." If Colin Kaepernick had not believed in what he stood for, he would not have endured the rejection from the NFL.
This story will allow my students to understand the meaning of Marva Collins Creed. It will also allow the. To recognize the continued injustce faced by their people. Thank you for sharing your voice and your talent. You may not have an article in the history books, but your story will livie within the hearts of my students.
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UK interest rate rises are a matter of when not if
We've become so used to low interest rates in the UK that the pre-credit crunch rates of around 5% seem more like science fiction than historical fact. Likewise, if you'd told even the most seasoned economist a decade ago that in 2017 the interest rate would have stayed at 0.25% for the whole year they'd have scarcely believed you.
However, as a nation it's important that we remember that these historically low rates are not the new normal; they are an exception and, what's more, they will rise. When they do, it's vital that UK businesses are prepared.
Late in August, after the Bank of England had voted once again to keep the rate at 0.25%, one member of its monetary policy committee, Michael Saunders, spoke publicly about why he was one of two committee members that had voted to increase rates. While acknowledging that Brexit is causing a large amount of uncertainty (which is something of an understatement) Saunders suggested that one consequence of fewer migrant workers is likely to be upwards pressure on wages; exactly the kind of inflationary pressure that a rate rise would be able to counter.
As Saunders said: "a modest rise in rates would help ensure a sustainable return of inflation to target over time."
Saunders is a clearly an expert and although recent inflation figures showed a surprise fall, which surely was one of the reasons why the Bank of England left the rate where it was, there's good sense in what he said. There's also some implied advice that business owners would be well-advised to listen to.
One of the common worries about interest rate rises is that homeowners may not have properly accounted for their arrival when planning their finances. In an economy in which low wage growth has been common, increases are going to hit pretty hard to monthly budgets.
The same will apply to businesses but with the consequences multiplied over a number of different areas. Higher interest rates will mean a squeeze on your customers' spending, increase monthly payments on commercial mortgages and you may find that your suppliers begin nudging their prices upwards too.
The good news is that with some sensible planning most businesses will have the ability to cope with a rate rise. As ever, cashflow is vital to every healthy business and so chasing suppliers for prompt payments is going to be even more important than ever. Also, ensuring that forecasts for next year make provision for a rise in interest rates will mean there will be no nasty financial surprises over the coming twelve months.
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I suppose I should celebrate the slight climb the US made, moving from #10 to #9 in terms of adoption of high speed broadband – but we've been alternating positions at the bottom of that list for a while. So it doesn't feel like a huge victory. And it's always disconcerting to see that Minnesota doesn't rank – at all. I am lifting by the mention of Melrose!
Although the states listed in the top 10 have some of the fastest Internet connections in the country, connectivity is improving gradually in other states as well. In July, a property management company announced that a new Chicago, Illinois rental community would offer 1 Gbps connectivity starting in September.24 Also in July, it was reported that the tiny town of Melrose, Minnesota will get 1 Gbps connectivity, though it would be priced at $300 per month, with 100 Mbps connections priced at $200 per month.
The tone seems to indicate that pricing is high. It's certainly not for run of the mill residential use, but $300 per month for Gig access doesn't seem terrible to me – especially if it's a business expense. Melrose also offers 20 Mbps for $20 per month, which sounds pretty affordable to me. In fact, $20 is exactly the price that Minnesota non-adopters said they would pay for broadband in a survey released by Connected Nation about a year ago (Dec 2012). Now if we can just get more of our "tiny towns" and outlying areas on board with access like Melrose, I think we can start finding Minnesota on the top of the Akamai charts!
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Hoping to capitalise on the growing thirst for magnums in the UK, Champagne Castelnau has launched a number limited edition magnums from its Oenothèque Collection in time for Christmas.
The limited release oenothèque magnums, from the 1995, 1996 and 1998 vintages, boast teardrop-shaped contemporary labels with a minimal aesthetic.
The magnums form part of Castelnau's wine library of "exceptional" vintages, which is home to over 50 years of back vintages.
The house's vintage releases are left on their lees for a minimum of 12 years in order to create the "generous, yet fresh and balanced signature style of the house", according to chef de cave Elisabeth Sarcelet.
"Magnums are the ideal format for enjoying these vintage Champagnes, which are now over 20 years old. We are delighted to have been allocated a limited number for sale in the UK as the festive season gets under way," said Fernando Guimarey, on-trade sales manager at Castelnau Wine Agencies.
"They are the ideal option for larger parties, and many restaurants offer Champagne by the glass from magnum, giving people the chance to taste it at its best whilst also adding theatre to the experience," he added.
Located in the heart of Reims, Castelnau's grape growers own almost 900 hectares of vineyards across so 141 different crus in Champagne.


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#ifndef litesql_expr_hpp
#define litesql_expr_hpp
#include <string>
#include <utility>
#include "litesql/utils.hpp"
#include "litesql/field.hpp"
/** \file expr.hpp
    Contains Expr-class hierarchy and operator overloadings for them.*/
namespace litesql {
using namespace std;
/** A base class for expression in WHERE - clause.
    See \ref usage_selecting_persistents */
class Expr {
protected:
    // extra tables to be joined
    Split extraTables;
public:
  /// constant for True expression
  static const char* True;
    // default expression is true
    virtual std::string asString() const { return True; }

    Split getExtraTables() const {
        return extraTables;
    }
    virtual ~Expr() {}
};
/** used to inject custom expression into WHERE-clause */
class RawExpr : public Expr {
    std::string expr;
public:
    RawExpr(std::string  e) : expr(e) {}
    virtual std::string  asString() const { return expr; }
};
/** used to connect two expressions */
class Connective : public Expr {
private:
    std::string op;
protected:
    const Expr &e1, &e2;

    Connective(std::string o, const Expr & e1_, const Expr & e2_)
        : op(o), e1(e1_), e2(e2_) { }

public:
    virtual ~Connective() {}

    virtual std::string asString() const {
        std::string res = "(" + e1.asString() + ") " + op
            + " (" + e2.asString() + ")";
        return res;
    }
};
/** connects two expressions with and-operator. */
class And : public Connective {
public:
    And(const Expr & e1_, const Expr & e2_) : Connective("and", e1_, e2_) {}
    virtual std::string asString() const {
        if (e1.asString() == True)
            return e2.asString();
        else if (e2.asString() == True)
            return e1.asString();
        else
            return Connective::asString();
    }
};
/** connects two expression with or-operator. */
class Or : public Connective {
public:
    Or(const Expr & e1_, const Expr & e2_)
        : Connective("or", e1_, e2_) {}
    virtual std::string asString() const {
        if ((e1.asString() == True)||(e2.asString() == True))
            return True;
        else
            return Connective::asString();
    }
};
/** negates expression */
class Not : public Expr {
private:
    const Expr & exp;
public:
    Not(const Expr & _exp) : exp(_exp) {}
    virtual std::string asString() const {
        return "not ("+exp.asString()+")";
    }

};
/** base class of operators in expressions */
class Oper : public Expr {
protected:
    const FieldType & field;
    std::string op;
    std::string data;
    bool escape;

    Oper(const FieldType & fld, const std::string& o, const std::string& d)
        : field(fld), op(o), data(d), escape(true) {
        extraTables.push_back(fld.table());
    }
    Oper(const FieldType & fld, const std::string& o, const FieldType &f2)
        : field(fld), op(o), data(f2.fullName()), escape(false) {
        extraTables.push_back(fld.table());
    }

public:
    virtual std::string asString() const {
        std::string res;
        res += field.fullName() + " " + op + " " + (escape ? escapeSQL(data) : data);
        return res;
    }
};
/** equality operator */
class Eq : public Oper {
public:
    Eq(const FieldType & fld, const std::string& d)
        : Oper(fld, "=", d) {}
    Eq(const FieldType & fld, const FieldType & f2)
        : Oper(fld, "=", f2) {}

};
/** inequality operator */
class NotEq : public Oper {
public:
    NotEq(const FieldType & fld, const std::string& d)
        : Oper(fld, "<>", d) {}
    NotEq(const FieldType & fld, const FieldType & f2)
        : Oper(fld, "<>", f2) {
    }

};
/** greater than operator */
class Gt : public Oper {
public:
    Gt(const FieldType & fld, const std::string& d)
        : Oper(fld, ">", d) {}
    Gt(const FieldType & fld, const FieldType& d)
        : Oper(fld, ">", d) {}

};
/** greater or equal operator */
class GtEq : public Oper {
public:
    GtEq(const FieldType & fld, const std::string& d)
        : Oper(fld, ">=", d) {}
    GtEq(const FieldType & fld, const FieldType& d)
        : Oper(fld, ">=", d) {}

};
/** less than operator */
class Lt : public Oper {
public:
    Lt(const FieldType & fld, const std::string& d)
        : Oper(fld, "<", d) {}
    Lt(const FieldType & fld, const FieldType& d)
        : Oper(fld, "<", d) {}

};
/** less than or equal operator */
class LtEq : public Oper {
public:
    LtEq(const FieldType & fld, const std::string& d)
        : Oper(fld, "<=", d) {}
    LtEq(const FieldType & fld, const FieldType& d)
        : Oper(fld, "<=", d) {}

};
/** like operator */
class Like : public Oper {
public:
    Like(const FieldType & fld, const std::string& d)
        : Oper(fld, "like", d) {}
};
class SelectQuery;
/** in operator */
class In : public Oper {
public:
    In(const FieldType & fld, const std::string& set)
        : Oper(fld, "in", "("+set+")") {};
    In(const FieldType & fld, const SelectQuery& s);
    virtual std::string asString() const {
        return field.fullName() + " " + op + " " + data;
    }

};
And operator&&(const Expr& o1, const Expr& o2);
Or operator||(const Expr& o1, const Expr& o2);
template <class T>
litesql::Eq operator==(const litesql::FieldType& fld, const T& o2) {
    return litesql::Eq(fld, litesql::toString(o2));
}
Eq operator==(const FieldType& fld, const FieldType& f2);
Gt operator>(const FieldType& fld, const FieldType& o2);
GtEq operator>=(const FieldType& fld, const FieldType& o2);
Lt operator<(const FieldType& fld, const FieldType& o2);
LtEq operator<=(const FieldType& fld, const FieldType& o2);
NotEq operator!=(const FieldType& fld, const FieldType& f2);

template <class T>
litesql::Gt operator>(const litesql::FieldType& fld, const T& o2) {
    return litesql::Gt(fld, litesql::toString(o2));
}

template <class T>
litesql::GtEq operator>=(const litesql::FieldType& fld, const T& o2) {
    return litesql::GtEq(fld, litesql::toString(o2));
}

template <class T>
litesql::Lt operator<(const litesql::FieldType& fld, const T& o2) {
    return litesql::Lt(fld, litesql::toString(o2));
}

template <class T>
litesql::LtEq operator<=(const litesql::FieldType& fld, const T& o2) {
    return litesql::LtEq(fld, litesql::toString(o2));
}
template <class T>
litesql::NotEq operator!=(const litesql::FieldType& fld, const T& o2) {
    return litesql::NotEq(fld, litesql::toString(o2));
}

Not operator!(const Expr &exp);
}

#endif


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Stalagmocroca sandycota är en fjärilsart som beskrevs av Edward Meyrick 1912. Stalagmocroca sandycota ingår i släktet Stalagmocroca och familjen vecklare. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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The Sampo gets great distance with minimal effort due to how smoothly it comes out of the hand and it's great glide.
The Sampo gets great distance with minimal effort due to how smoothly it comes out of the hand and it's great glide. The flight path is very neutral which makes it great for long, straight, low shots.


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Before Grant Sheen's late grandmother developed Alzheimer's disease, she was an accountant with an talent for memorizing mathematical formulas. Her mind was sharp and her spirit fiery. Sheen, a high school senior, says that the progressive brain disorder peeled away these aspects of her identity. To her grandson, she seemed like a shell of her former self.
Sheen is one of those extraordinary people who sees a problem and then actually fixes it. The 17-year old created a software that, when paired with a wireless electroencephalogram headset (as seen in the photo), can analyze brainwave recordings.
Alzheimer's disease causes the slow destruction of one's memory and thinking skills. It's the most common cause of dementia among older adults, and when it progresses into its most severe form, people can lose the ability to speak. Sheen says his tool can help these patients communicate their needs without speech.
It's easy to see Sheen's work as novel because of the technical breakthroughs that underlie it. He coded his own neural network, because standard deep neural networks — the type that classify images and text — in Sheen's opinion, don't perform well when classifying wireless brainwave data, the sort that he's pulling from the EEG.
Wireless bravewave data comes in a small amount and in low resolution, because the attention span of an Alzheimer's patient is short, and there's a limited number of sensors on a wireless headset. Deep neural networks, meanwhile, handle large amounts of high resolution data. So Sheen had to design his own algorithm and trained his own neural network.
He's also not planning on slowing down any time soon. Sheen wants pursue STEM through college and beyond, eventually pairing his socially conscious designs with entrepreneurship.


First it matches an opening parenthesis. Then it matches any number of substrings which can either be a sequence of non-parentheses, or a recursive match of the pattern itself (i.e. a correctly parenthesized substring). Finally there is a closing parenthesis.
This particular example pattern contains nested unlimited repeats, and so the use of a once-only subpattern for matching strings of non-parentheses is important when applying the pattern to strings that do not match. For example, when it is applied to (aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa() it yields "no match" quickly. However, if a once-only subpattern is not used, the match runs for a very long time indeed because there are so many different ways the + and * repeats can carve up the subject, and all have to be tested before failure can be reported.
The values set for any capturing subpatterns are those from the outermost level of the recursion at which the subpattern value is set. If the pattern above is matched against (ab(cd)ef) the value for the capturing parentheses is "ef", which is the last value taken on at the top level. If additional parentheses are added, giving \( ( ( (?>[^()]+) | (?R) )* ) \) then the string they capture is "ab(cd)ef", the contents of the top level parentheses. If there are more than 15 capturing parentheses in a pattern, PCRE has to obtain extra memory to store data during a recursion, which it does by using pcre_malloc, freeing it via pcre_free afterwards. If no memory can be obtained, it saves data for the first 15 capturing parentheses only, as there is no way to give an out-of-memory error from within a recursion.
(?1), (?2) and so on can be used for recursive subpatterns too. It is also possible to use named subpatterns: (?P>name) or (?&name).
If the syntax for a recursive subpattern reference (either by number or by name) is used outside the parentheses to which it refers, it operates like a subroutine in a programming language. An earlier example pointed out that the pattern (sens|respons)e and \1ibility matches "sense and sensibility" and "response and responsibility", but not "sense and responsibility". If instead the pattern (sens|respons)e and (?1)ibility is used, it does match "sense and responsibility" as well as the other two strings. Such references must, however, follow the subpattern to which they refer.
The maximum length of a subject string is the largest positive number that an integer variable can hold. However, PCRE uses recursion to handle subpatterns and indefinite repetition. This means that the available stack space may limit the size of a subject string that can be processed by certain patterns.
With the (?R) item you can link only to the full pattern, because it quasi equals to (?0). You can not use anchors, asserts etc., and you can only check that string CONTAINS a valid hierarchy or not.
The recursion in regular expressions is the only way to allow the parsing of HTML code with nested tags of indefinite depth.
It seems it's not yet a spreaded practice; not so much contents are available on the web regarding regexp recursion, and until now no user contribute notes have been published on this manual page.
I made several tests with complex patterns to get tags with specific attributes or namespaces, studying the recursion of a subpattern only instead of the full pattern.
The performances of a preg_match or preg_match_all function call over an avarage (x)HTML document are quite fast and may drive you to chose this way instead of classic DOM object methods, which have a lot of limits and are usually poor in performance with their workarounds, too.
"some text (aaa(b(c1)(c2)d)e)(test) more text"
Notice that the offset in the last index is one, not the twelve we expected. The best way to solve this problem is to run over the results with a recursive function, adding the parent's offset.
The order of non-mutually exclusive alternatives within a recursed sub-pattern is important.
You might expect that this pattern will match any IP address in dotted-decimal notation (e.g. '123.45.67.89'). The pattern is intended to match four octets in the following ranges: 0-9, 00-99 & 000-255, each separated by a single dot. However, only the first octet can include values from 200-255; the remainder can only have values less than 200. The reason for this is that if the rest of the pattern fails, recursion is not back-tracked into to find an alternative match. The first part of the sub-pattern will match the first two digits of any octet from 200-255. The rest of the pattern will then fail because the third digit in the octet does not match either '\.' or '$'.
Note that the first two alternatives are mutually exclusive so their order is unimportant. The third alternative, however, is not mutually exclusive but it will now only match when the first two fail.
Below are some reusable patterns. I used comments with the 'x' modifier for human-readability.
You can write also a function, that generates patterns for specified bracket/quote pairs.


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Frontier Developments have done a fantastic job with the Beyond series of free updates.
by	Adam Thomas	20/12/2018
Since Elite: Dangerous launched 4 years ago so many things have changed. Frontier Developments have been tirelessly working on adding and improving this Space Sim MMO of theirs. But until recently one aspect of the game that hadn't really seen any of that is mining. I wrote in a previous article about how much I enjoyed mining, it is incredibly cathartic when you are in the mood for it; it's easy to end up losing hours and hours chipping away at the seemingly endless space rocks without even realising. In the most recent update, Elite: Dangerous Horizons Beyond Version 3.3, mining has received a major overhaul alongside a whole raft of other changes.
Quite simply, they've added extra layers of gameplay onto what was already there. "Normal" mining consists of using a prospector limpet to see what is in a rock, using a mining laser to chip fragments off, having collector limpets collect the fragments, a refinery module to process them and placing the refined materials in your cargo space. Simple and either incredibly tedious & dull or calm & relaxing depending on your temperament. Now though, there are a lot more options in addition to this & some new tools to get to grips with.
Docking at a Spaceport in game
First up are surface deposits that you dislodge with an abrasion blaster. The abrasion blaster acts more like a shotgun than the normal mining laser, your shot needing to hit the spot bang on in order to dislodge the fragment. Second is the subsurface deposits and the missiles that you use to exploit them. This one involves a small mini-game of sorts. When you launch your missile into the deposit, keeping hold of the fire button, it starts to drill down and then it is a matter of timing. If you release the button when the moving bar is in the blue, you will dislodge a fragment for collection.
Before I move on to the biggest and best change the Developers have made to mining, I've a few details I want to pick up on. The addition of Night Vision is a brilliant move, now the "dark side" isn't so perilous – in planetary rings at least. The major disappointment though is the Pulse Wave Scanner (PWS), it works but it's under-utilised in its current incarnation. Currently when using the PWS, with its sonar reminiscent sound, highlights rocks of interest in a heat map style of colour gradient. By "of interest" I mean that it contains one of the new types of mining activity. There doesn't appear to be any other criteria at the moment which is a real shame. Ideally, I'd like to use the PWS to search for specific things that I can set myself. There are lots of criteria to search by; deposit type, rarity of composition, density of materials, by metal/mineral, mission relevance and so on. Basically what I'm saying is, it's a missed opportunity but one I'm sure Frontier will revisit in the future.
Now then, let's finish off with a bang. Quite literally in fact; because the third type of deposit is the Deep Core Fissures and the Seismic Charges that you use to exploit it. When you find a rock with a core, you can set charges in the fissures on its surface with the aim of breaking it open. When the first charge is set, a timer starts and a bar should appear on screen. The aim is to set the right amount of charges to maximise the yield. Too few and the detonation will fail, too many and you'll destroy the deposits you are looking to collect. You'll notice that I used "should" in there, that's because the bar doesn't always appear. There's a few inconvenient bugs like this one that still need to be ironed out; but even so, the reward is worth it.
Frontier Developments have done a fantastic job with the Beyond series of free updates. Elite: Dangerous is in its 4th year now, with only 1 paid for expansion (Horizons) and all this free extra content in Beyond. The changes have been incremental, take longer than most would like to implement and there is always something that could do with improvement. I'm so glad that the developers & the playing community are committed to it in the way that they are. It's a testament to both that even 4 years on, I'm still returning to fly around the Milky Way Galaxy in the year 3304. 1 Commander among thousands…
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The economic rebound has missed millions of working people, according to several reports released last week. Some 43.4 percent of the people nationwide who began receiving state unemployment benefits last year exhausted their benefits without finding new jobs, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) reported. That is the highest benefit exhaustion rate in more than 60 years. The reason for the high level of long-term unemployment is the lack of jobs, EPI said. In 2003, the share of the unemployed who had been seeking work for six months or more was 22.1 percent, the second highest share on record, EPI found. For more information, visit www.epinet.org. Meanwhile, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released two reports demonstrating the impact of companies exporting jobs. One report found increased losses in manufacturing jobs (2.7 million since George W. Bush took office in 2001) have stretched trade adjustment assistance (TAA) resources in the states to the limit, resulting in waiting lists. A second GAO report found exporting jobs is a growing trend that cannot be ignored and the agency plans another four studies of its impact on various parts of the economy. U.S. workers now can find out which employers in their communities or industries are shipping jobs overseas and speak out for saving good jobs with Job Tracker (www.workingamerica.org/jobtracker), an online interactive database created by WORKING AMERICA, the community affiliate of the AFL-CIO.


We are huge fans of RETNA's works, and have loved watching his rapid ascent in the contemporary art market and beyond.
Last year, he designed the artwork for Justin Bieber's latest album cover. Only recently, he featured in LA's video pitch to host the Olympic Games in 2024. Now, he has been named as the San Francisco Opera's newest artistic director. RETNA has been tasked with the production design of much-loved opera, Aida.
RETNA is better known as a Los Angeles-based graffiti artist, although his work takes him around the world. As well as street art, he now produces contemporary art pieces on canvas, some of which are on display in galleries and even homes of the rich and famous.
Marquis Duriel Lewis goes by his artistic name; RETNA. He headed up a graffiti crew and then a major art collective in LA. He chose not to attend art school as a result of these experiences. This choice clearly paid off, and RETNA soon became an international art sensation, working with major brands such as Nike, Louis Vuitton and Helmut Lang.
Now, he has the opportunity to branch out again into a new creative endeavour.
Aida is a tragic love story between enslaved Ethiopian princess and Egyptian army general. It was composed by Giuseppe Verdi in the 19th century for the opening of a new opera house in Cairo, and is now one of the most famous operas in the world.
The San Francisco War Memorial Opera House broke from tradition six years ago, when it put on a production of Aida designed by eccentric English fashion designer Zandra Rhodes. Earlier this year, San Francisco Opera's General Director David Gockley hinted that this season's rendition of Aida "will have an arresting new production design" once again.
Theatrical scenery is often a dramatic spectacle when it comes to operas, and introducing contemporary art into a more traditional discipline is a captivating concept.
Hieroglyphic artworks have an obvious connection to the setting of Aida. The ancient Egyptians developed hieroglyphs as one of the first known scripts, and the intricate designs appear to merge practical communications with complex aesthetic styles.
There are also numerous links between graffiti and hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphic graffiti has even been discovered within the walls of the Great Pyramid.
While graffiti is defined as "Writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly," it is a fascinating archaeological phenomenon. Today, it has also become a widely-accepted form of contemporary art, and RETNA is in high demand to decorate buildings around LA and elsewhere.
RETNA has previously credited ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics as inspiration for his art, as well as traditional Native American symbols, Arabic script, gothic blackletter and the Hebrew alphabet.
His unique mixture of scripts represents a kind of unity between cultures, and reflects the nature of LA as a cultural melting pot. Though his style resembles many different written languages, the writing does not belong to any one language.
We're proud to represent RETNA in the UK, and love to share his incredible works with the public. If you're eager to see his pieces in person, please visit us at Maddox Gallery, Mayfair, in the heart of London and only steps away from Oxford Circus.
Maddox Gallery welcomes visitors from around the world. If you're wondering how to buy contemporary art as an investment, our expert art consultants are always on hand to discuss any potential purchases.


' Southwest Florida Kerch recalled the intensity of Fort Rock fans and expects Southwest Florida fans to bring that intensity to the Estero concert.
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Shinedown joins other bands who formed in Jacksonville, most notably Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Allman Brothers Band, Molly Hatchet and .38 Special.
It only makes sense that the Florida-based rock band Shinedown begins its five-month North American tour in the Sunshine State, its drummer says.
Shinedown 'which formed in Jacksonville 2001 'perform Feb. 20 at Hertz before heading north to South Carolina, Tennessee and other states and Canada. The ends'in late July in Washington state. Papa Roach is joining Shinedown on part of the tour, including the Hertz show.
Multi-platinum rock band'Shinedown'has announced 'An Evening With Shinedown' live dates'-an intimate, limited'run of shows kicking off'May 6th'in'New Orleans.'These nine special shows will offer fans an exclusive, up-close-and-personal live experience amidst the 2019 ATTENTION ATTENTION World Tour, which will see Shinedown pack arenas backed by their biggest, most eye-popping production yet. Following the high demand for tickets to Shinedown's three intimate, year-end shows at the'House of Blues in Orlando on December 27-29, the band is thrilled to be bringing 'An Evening With Shinedown'to select cities around the country.
In the hours leading up to his set, festival-goers were treated to a day of blistering-hot sunshine and an array of top acts.
Wayward Sons were among those playing, as the five piece took to the stage at the packed-out Dogtooth tent. Temperatures may have been soaring, but lead singer Toby Jepson – formerly of Little Angels and Gun – gave an excellent performance with wonderful tone and range, as he and guitarist Sam Wood impressed with harmonic riffs alongside thrashing drum beats from the talented Phil Martini.
Taking to the main stage in the late afternoon was Florida rock band Shinedown, whose hour-long set was filled with rich harmonies, thrilling riffs, and a whole lot of love from the thousands-strong crowd.
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ARK Performance's aero-style lip kit for the 2010 Genesis Coupe brings an exclusive feel and unique styling. Available in high-quality fiberglass or carbon fiber materials, now you can completely customize your Genesis Coupe and transform it into an aggressively-styled road warrior. Available parts includes: front lip (FRP or CF), Sideskirts (FRP or CF), Rear Diffuser (CF only) and Front Grill (FRP or CF). These parts all bolt directly to the OEM bumpers or side panels--no modification is necessary. The rear diffuser is a full functional part which provides downforce to the rear of the car. This aids in keeping the rear tires stuck to the road during intense driving. The front grill is also functional in that it routes air directly into the intake.


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        Fake Brat: Part V

    March, 2015
      · Story Time
      · Gaia B.

"Jacobe Moorse and Cassandra Moorse instantly dead in a car accident seconds after their exit from the Royal Hotel." The reporter's voice played like a broken record in my head, as though it was taunting me. It couldn't be real; none of this wa...
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        It's Nuclear Fear Again

    March, 2015
      · Current Events - Global
      · Allegra de L.

"We are optimistic", or at least that is what we are being told by politicians for over 50 years. Attempts to get rid of nuclear weapons are always on the table, yet, now they seem more urgent as their threat to peace is more evident than ever....
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        From Bankrupt to Bankable

    March, 2015
      · Media
      · Maria T.

Marvel Studios is a major film studio that occupies a vast chunk in the motion picture industry-it's a money-making superhero industry that rakes in hundreds of millions of dollars annually. With an ever-growing quantity of superhero movies bei...
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        Europe Launches a Mini Space Plane, IXV

    March, 2015
      · Current Events - Global
      · Marta A.

First of all, what is a Space Plane?

A space plane is a vehicle that is able to operate like an aircraft and a spacecraft, so basically it can fly in the Earth's atmosphere as well as in space.

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        A First Glance at the Extended Essay

    March, 2015
      · Current Events - Local
      · Simone F.

Perhaps the most traumatic experience for every IB student is writing the extended essay, a compulsory piece of work, which contributes to 3 extra points on the final IB score. As a member of the Grade 11 class, I have recently had the opportun...
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        Women that Changed the World

    March, 2015
      · Current Events - Global
      · Sophie P.

There is no questioning the fact that women in society are undermined. All throughout history, women haven't enjoyed the same freedoms as men. For example, until recently, women weren't allowed to work, did not receive equal pay, and were not g...
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        Hydrogen for the Eco-Friendly Generation

    March, 2015
      · Science
      · Joseph Y.

Are you Eco-friendly? Environmental pollution has always been an issue in the 21st century. Ever since we noticed that we were running out of fossil fuel, there has been a need for a new energy source that does not run out and is reliable. Scie...
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        Ramzi S.

    March, 2015
      · Student Interview
      · Halla M.

Name: Ramzi S.

Nickname: Chabita

Grade: 12

Nationality: Canadian

Years at MMI: 7

Life motto: "I don't hate you 'cause you'...
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        Azzurra M.

    March, 2015
      · Student Interview
      · Halla M.

Name: Azzurra M.

Nickname: Zurrs, Azzi, Azz

Grade: 11

Nationality: British/Italian

Years at MMI: 3

Life motto: "Eat, Sleep...
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        Benches of an Author

    March, 2015
      · Current Events - Local
      · Francesco M.

"La panchina è un luogo di sosta, un'utopia realizzata. E' vacanza a portata di mano. Sulle panchine si contempla lo spettacolo del mondo, si guarda senza essere visti e ci si dà il tempo di perdere il tempo, come leggere un romanzo."
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        How Kanye West Became a Verb

    March, 2015
      · #POPCULTURE
      · Ramzi S.

Everyone remembers the 2009 VMA Awards as they would remember an extremely bad birthday party. Kanye West's brazen and aggressive interruption of Taylor Swift's speech, which merited national attention, inspired an insurmountable amount of meme...
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        Alexis Tspiras

    March, 2015
      · Politics
      · Lorenzo B.

There is so much wrong with Alexis Tspiras and Syriza that I'm afraid that this article won't be able to make you, the reader, understand why Tspiras and his radical left-wing party, Syriza, is the straw that will break Greece's back and conseq...
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