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State of the City returns to Dickinson
Mayor Scott Decker and other community leaders address the community and issues facing the residents of Dickinson in the 2021 State of the City Thursday, May 20.
Mayor Scott Decker addresses a crowd at the 2021 State of the City Thursday, May 20, 2021, at the Dickinson Public Schools North Campus. (Jackie Jahfetson/The Dickinson Press)
By Jackie Jahfetson
Community leaders from the City of Dickinson to Rep. Mike Lefor, R-Dickinson, and those of Dickinson Public Schools convened for the 2021 State of the City Luncheon Thursday, May 20, at the DPS North Campus — also known as the former Halliburton Complex.
Mayor Scott Decker provided an opening address to a full crowd, updating the audience of Dickinson leaders, business owners and community members of the city's initiatives to create a better tomorrow. Projects include the Dickinson Downtown Square, library expansion and moving into the new city hall building, which is tentatively set for this fall.
"This is going to be a great addition to our downtown," Decker said. "But beyond the downtown, we're going to continue to work on other quality of life projects."
Decker also advocated that the city needs to become a regional training center, and the first step in doing that is to launch the Southwest Career and Technical Education Academy that will be a part of DPS. He said he hopes in the future that there will become a public safety center training site for police, firefighters and other emergency responders.
"What excites me the most is participation. When I go out and I see individuals constantly participating on a daily basis in all of these different committees and the passion that you have, be it for public events such as this or public schools or Trinity Catholic Schools or any of the other facilities that provide education — Dickinson State," Decker said. "I'm excited every day to be part of this great organization."
From left, Dickinson Public Schools Interim Superintendent Marcus Lewton, Dickinson Parks and Recreation Executive Director James Kramer, Rep. Mike Lefor and City Administrator Brian Winningham discuss upcoming plans for Dickinson at the 2021 State of the City Luncheon Thursday, May 20, 2021, at the Dickinson Public Schools North Campus. (Jackie Jahfetson/The Dickinson Press)
Rep. Mike Lefor, R-Dickinson, speaks at the 2021 State of the City Luncheon Thursday, May 20, 2021, at the Dickinson Public Schools North Campus. (Jackie Jahfetson/The Dickinson Press)
Hosted by the Dickinson Area Chamber of Commerce, the annual State of the City also featured a panel of Dickinson and Stark County leaders that weighed in on different community projects. Those included in the panel were recently appointed DPS Interim Superintendent Marcus Lewton, Dickinson Parks and Recreation Executive Director James Kramer, Lefor, City Administrator Brian Winningham, Ryan Jilek of Stark Development Corp. as well as DeAnn Scheeler who is the director of Mission Advancement for Trinity Catholic Schools.
Winningham provided an update on the new City Hall, with a hope to close bids by May 27 and begin remodeling this summer.
"... It's an aggressive timeline to do this remodeling. It's pretty busy within the area," Winningham said. "This is one of those projects that some may not be willing to tackle, but I think it is really a touchstone for the city for the future to be able to be a part of putting our hands to work in something that's going to be around the city for a long, long time."
1/3: From left, Dickinson Public Schools Interim Superintendent Marcus Lewton, Dickinson Parks and Recreation Executive Director James Kramer, Rep. Mike Lefor, City Administrator Brian Winningham and Ryan Jilek of Stark Development Corp. discuss upcoming plans for Dickinson at the 2021 State of the City Luncheon Thursday, May 20, 2021, at the Dickinson Public Schools North Campus. (Jackie Jahfetson/The Dickinson Press)
2/3: Dickinson Public Schools Interim Superintendent Marcus Lewton voices his thoughts for the city and school district at the 2021 State of the City Luncheon Thursday, May 20, 2021, at the Dickinson Public Schools North Campus. (Jackie Jahfetson/The Dickinson Press)
3/3: City Administrator Brian Winningham (right) speaks to a crowd as Rep. Mike Lefor, R-Dickinson, listens on at the 2021 State of the City Luncheon Thursday, May 20, 2021. (Jackie Jahfetson/The Dickinson Press)
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Jackie Jahfetson is a former reporter for The Dickinson Press.


This is the last of the major samples we write in this book. We have shown the major infrastructure required to implement an ecommerce application, including the management of products, users, and shopping carts. With a few missing pieces, we could have a complete working online store in short order.
With this last sample, we have completed our journey through web application writing using PHP5. We have covered a mountain of material, and it is unrealistic to expect anybody to absorb all of it quickly. Therefore, we hope that you will take the opportunity to play with the samples and code snippets provided, write some samples of your own, and even take on some projects you have had in the back of your mind for some time as a way to learn more about the platform.


The CW has released the Official Synopsis of The 100 episode "God Complex" (4.08) that will be aired on Wednesday, March 29 at 09:00-10:00 PM.
After a disappointing discovery, Clarke (Eliza Taylor) and Abby (Paige Turco) question how far they're willing to go. Meanwhile, Jaha (Isaiah Washington) finds a lead to the mysterious Second Dawn.
Bob Morley, Marie Avgeropoulos, Devon Bostick, Lindsey Morgan, Christopher Larkin, Richard Harmon, Zach McGowan and Henry Ian Cusick also star.
"God Complex" (#408) was written by Lauren Muir and directed by Omar Madha.
The series stars Eliza Taylor as Clarke, Paige Turco as Abby, Thomas McDonell as Finn, Eli Goree as Wells, Marie Avgeropoulos as Octavia, Bob Morley as Bellamy, Kelly Hu as Cece, Christopher Larkin as Monty, Devon Bostick as Jasper, with Isaiah Washington as Chancellor Jaha, and Henry Ian Cusick as Kane.


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Until Tonight: Cubbage's Layup Seals Victory Over VMI
by Amelia Nick
The Red Foxes hadn't won a season opener since 2007-08. Until tonight.
The Keydets hadn't lost a home opener since the 2005-06 season. Until tonight.
The Red Foxes never led the game, but tied it up three times, only pulling ahead during the final three seconds. Marist beat Virginia Military Institute (VMI) by a final score of 58-56 at Cameron Hall in what was a very tight game.
The game began in Marist's favor as they won the tip-off. But soon after a turnover, sophomore center Jake Stephens got the first point of the game for the Keydets. During their season opener at East Carolina University on Tuesday, he tallied a total of 10 points. Needless to say, he was a concern for the Marist defense.
Junior forward Zion Tordoff, a transfer from Casper College who's new to Marist this year, nailed the first of many free throw shots for the Red Foxes. The Keydets led the game in fouls, allowing Marist to capitalize on free throws, of which Marist took 13, nailing 10 as opposed to VMI's eight, on which they only scored on three.
Though it was a relatively back and forth, minorly chaotic half, the first 20 minutes ended with VMI in the lead by nine points, 38-29.
"We got all our jitters out in the first half," said Marist head coach John Dunne. Dunne is in his second season with the Red Foxes and has brought with him this season an unprecedented 10 new players to his scheme and roster. "When you have so many new guys, [it's] understandable to be nervous at the start of a game."
The Red Foxes really came alive in the second half behind a very strong performance from Michael Cubbage. The redshirt junior guard was the standout player, leading the game for points with 19, 15 of which he tallied during the second half. VMI's Stephens was the player to come closest to him in the points count with 12, trailing behind Cubbage by seven.
With a little under 10 minutes left in the game, Marist freshman guard Tyler Saint-Furcy found his way hopping off the court on one foot. Saint-Furcy had been a high-scorer for the Red Foxes, finishing his evening with 10 points. Luckily for Marist, he was able to be back on the court with a little over seven minutes left in the game.
With one minute left in the second half and Marist trailing by two, Cubbage tied the game, keeping Marist in it with a score of 56-56. The Keydets then regained possession and called a timeout with 37 seconds left. The Red Foxes, however, regained control once again and – shocker — it was Cubbage with the layup that would win them the game. Just three seconds remained. It was all but over.
"In the second half, we got more of a handle on the game," said Dunne. "We didn't play tentatively. We were much more aggressive."
The Red Foxes hope to take this momentum with them to their next game On Tuesday, November 12, against Hartford in the McCann Arena.
"We understand we have a really long way to go to get where we want to be," Dunne continued. "But for right now, we'll take it."
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Serving no less than seven splendid courses of phenomenally good food, ChefGary catered a fabulous gourmet dinner party in Portchester this Saturday. Utilising the very best of local produce and lovingly prepared ingredients, each plate on the night warranted the very special occasion for Helen and her friends.
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5 Djs You Won't Believe Aren't In The EDM Hall Of Fame
With the EDM of Fame set to induct a new class on Friday (April 8), it's a great time to play everyone's favorite parlor game, "Who Got Snubbed by the EDM Hall?"
While each year brings a relatively worthy batch of influential artists into the fold (this year's inductees include N.W.A. and Cheap Trick), it also brings a fresh bounty of unjustly ignored artists including bands who released their first album when you were actually alive. It can be a sobering sight to scan the ranks of previous inductees and realize who's in and who isn't.
According to the EDM Hall, performers are eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first record and they're judged on "the influence and significance of the artists' contributions to the development and perpetuation of rock and roll." Meanwhile, Linda Ronstadt and Hall & Oates are firmly in the Hall of Fame, while your own favorites might still be standing scruffily in the doorway waiting to be ushered in.
So let's take a look (in the gallery above) at some of the more inexplicable exclusions from the Rock Hall, including both those who have been on the block for a good, long while and those who have only recently become eligible. And remember, when it comes to understanding the mysterious ways the EDM Hall works, inscrutability is the name of the game, so take it all with more than a grain of salt.
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David Harlan fulfilled a life long dream after moving to Santa Fe in the early eighties to become a full-time painter and currently resides in Prescott, Arizona. Harlan's impressionistic landscapes, rich in color and texture, are reduced to certain simplicity; his compositions have emotional impact that cuts across many categories of definition. As a landscape painter, he feels he has a lot of freedom to interpret, but he thinks his basic responsibility as a painter is to reflect not only what is there, but to go beyond. The going beyond is the emotional impact - how light alters shape, casts shadow, brings up detail, and gives definition.
Harlan, a Kansas Native, is a graduate of Wichita State University and is a Signature Member of The International Society of Marine Painters. Harlan has exhibited internationally and is in corporate collections throughout the country.


Ian Gorton, Fundamental & Computational Science Directorate, has been elected a Senior Member of the IEEE Computer Society, the world's leading professional association for the advancement of computer technology. With nearly 85,000 members, the IEEE Computer Society is the world's leading organization of computing professionals. Founded in 1946, and the largest of the 39 societies of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Computer Society is dedicated to advancing the theory and application of computer and information-processing technology. Members rely on IEEE as a source of technical and professional information, resources and services.
Ian, Associate Division Director in the Computational Science and Math Division, was inducted as an IEEE Senior Member in June. The program includes members with at least 10 years of professional experience who have demonstrated performance that sets them apart from their peers through technical leadership and technical or professional contributions. IEEE Senior Member status recognizes the top 12 percent of IEEE's Professional Members for their demonstrated excellence in their respective field. IEEE's Senior Members join a distinguished list of colleagues to whom IEEE and its members look for guidance and leadership in computing and information technology.


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4 February 1988 Plasma X-Ray Sources For Lithography Generated By A 0.5 J KrF Laser
F O'Neill; G M Davis; M C Gower; I C E Turcu; M Lawless; M Williams
F O'Neill,1 G M Davis,1 M C Gower,1 I C E Turcu,1 M Lawless,1 M Williams1
1SERC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (United Kingdom)
Proceedings Volume 0831, X-Rays from Laser Plasmas; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965042
Event: 31st Annual Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, San Diego, CA, United States
Laser-plasma X-ray sources suitable for lithography with silicon-substrate masks are generated by focusing 2a low energy, repetitive, commercial KrF laser onto targets at irradiances 101N/cm2. Conversion efficiency to X-rays at hv m 1 keV has been measured as a function of target irradiance and target atomic number. The best quantitatively measured conversion efficiency of 0.3% is obtained using a Ni target (Z = 28). A repetitive (2Hz) Ag target X-ray source is used to demonstrate microlithography by printing 0.5 pm lines and spaces into EBR-9 resist.
F O'Neill, G M Davis, M C Gower, I C E Turcu, M Lawless, and M Williams "Plasma X-Ray Sources For Lithography Generated By A 0.5 J KrF Laser", Proc. SPIE 0831, X-Rays from Laser Plasmas, (4 February 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965042
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High power excimer laser generated plasma source for x ray...
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High Brightness Laser Plasma Source For High Throughput Sub Micron...
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F O'Neill, G M Davis, M C Gower, I C E Turcu, M Lawless, M Williams, "Plasma X-Ray Sources For Lithography Generated By A 0.5 J KrF Laser," Proc. SPIE 0831, X-Rays from Laser Plasmas, (4 February 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965042


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The Environmental Protection Agency released details today of its plan to replace the Obama-era rules governing carbon emissions from power plants. This proposal gives a lot of concessions to the coal industry and is a step toward ending what the president calls the "war on coal." But even if this plan makes it through the long, dirty fight to become law, how much difference can regulatory changes make to the coal industry in the face of rapidly evolving market forces? Also on today's show: You guessed it, tariffs. We get insight on steel tariffs from industry insiders. Later in the show, we talk about immigration south of the border. Many migrants cross through Mexico hoping to enter the United States, but Mexico's incoming president has a plan to curb the flow.
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Alumni Oktoberfest didn't get the draw it needed
By Owen Lee, Staff Writer
On October 12, the Alumni Association attempted their own Oktoberfest celebration, opening the Student Prince in Springfield, Mass., to UMass students for Oktoberfest 2017, but it was unfortunately unattended.
The party was billed as an informal networking opportunity for UMass alumni to reunite and make connections, with plenty of beer and food.
It was a part of the alumni cycle where each alumni board member, in this case Carl Sittard of the class of '87, proposes and hosts a networking reception. This event followed another successful Student Prince Oktoberfest celebration, one that was open to the general public as opposed to just students, running for three days from October 5.
We spoke to Katherine Pappas, UMass's Assistant Vice Chancellor for Alumni & Donor Engagement and a collaborator on the event along with Sittard.
"There weren't a lot, there were about six [people]," she says. "We didn't have the alumni that we wanted to go to it, and we haven't really had events in the western part of the state. I thought we were going to have about thirty or forty people."
For those unfamiliar with the Oktoberfest tradition, it is a massive public festival centralized in Munich, Germany, involving music, parades, and tons of food and alcohol of course.
It's been celebrated since 1810, making it a time honored-tradition.
The modern Oktoberfest is a day especially for great music, great beer, and great memories.
For those unfamiliar with the Student Prince, it is a German food bar and grill located in Western Mass.
"Well, if you don't try it, you never know," Pappas admonished. The idea is good, at least, and there are plenty of upcoming alumni events that are likely to be as promising.
A similar networking event is taking place at the Stoneforge Grill on November 16, and a reconnection event for retired Mechanical and Engineering alumni on November 4.
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Diving into this album, one is hit with a wall of sound that comes in hard and doesn't let up. The first tones of the song I see through you harken back to the overly-artificial synthesizers found in the introductions of 1980's educational science videos." . Arts and Entertainment: Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats: a first reaction, by Sawyer Pollitt (Link in bio)
UMass Dartmouth senior Tom Sheran won the Great Northeast Atlantic Conference Championship in commanding fashion over the weekend by carding a two-day total of 145, topping runner-up Claudio Soukamneuth of Johnson & Wales by seven strokes. Sheran fired an even par round of 72 on Saturday at Blackstone National Golf Club in Sutton, MA, and then closed out the tournament with a one-over par 73 on Sunday. The senior putted well over the weekend and distanced himself from the field by carding 9 birdies. He also took advantage of the par 5s, playing them in 3-under overall. This is the second time in Sheran's career that he has earned the title of GNAC Player of the Year." Sports: Sheran wins GNAC Championship to earn Player of the Year golf honors. By Greg Estabrooks. (Link in Bio)
"One of the most noticeable winners of the night was the Nobel Prize for Physics recipient Donna Strickland. As the first woman to win the award in fifty-five years, and third in general, the win seemed like a grand statement towards women in the science field. Strickland, alongside her co-inventor Gérard Mourou, developed a method of "generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses" according to the Nobel Prize website. In a subsequent NPR interview, Strickland gushed about the honor, proclaiming, "I feel unbelievably honored to be, you know, with Marie Curie and Goeppert Mayer. It's like, how can I be in the same breath as those three?" Arts & Entertainment: Women make a strong impact on the Nobel Prizes. By Seth Tamarkin. (Link in Bio)
"The Corsairs traveled up to Castleton, Vermont this weekened to take on the Castleton Spartans. In what proved to be a very competitive match, the Corsairs would eventually pull away with a win. A heroic 59th minute goal from Joe Morehead would be the game winner for UMass Dartmouth in their 2-1 men's soccer victory during the Saturday evening match in Castleton Vermont." • Sports: Men's soccer takes home a win from Castleton, Vermont. By Elijah Santos (Link in Bio)
"The crowd's energy was electric, unlike anything I had experienced at a UMass event thus far. It was packed. By the time the show started, there were people already content with standing in the back instead of hunting for the sparse free seats in the establishment. When the curtains opened, the clamoring crowd fell silent. Complete Destruction sauntered to the stage in full drag, dressed as a wicked witch. Well-worded, with clipping tones and clearly well-accepted banter, they started the performances off with introductions." Arts & Entertainment: LGBTQ fundraiser drag show awes crowd. By Eric Sousa (Link in Bio)


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To ensure that the risk of manual handling is minimised in your organisation, the Manual Handling Course. Identifies the factors involved in the assessment and control of the risks associated with manual handling.
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Alaskan residents anticipate the State Fair every year and the time had finally arrived for the residents of Wasilla Primrose to participate and enjoy the festivities!
We were personally invited by the fairgrounds to enjoy Senior Day.
We started the day off with a positive attitude, because we weren't going to let a little rain stop us hardened Alaskans!
First off, we visited King Tutankhamun's Exhibit, which included all sorts of interesting and intriguing artifacts from the Pharaoh's Tomb. This Exhibit was world-class, and included more than 130 Replicas of King Tut's most sacred treasures and personal possessions; items such as his golden shrine, state chariot, and golden jewel encrusted sarcophagus. The sarcophagus contained a replica mummy depicting what King Tut's mummified body looked like.
These items have never been seen outside of Egypt except this year at our very own Alaska State Fair!
Our next stop was Fred Sheer's Lumberjack Show, where we got to see the Lumberjacks from Wisconsin. The Lumberjack Show is a blend of sport, comedy, and even history. "Yo-Ho!" The residents sat front row to enjoy these talented world champion lumberjacks.
Finally, we ended the day with eating a variety of all the interesting and delicious food, ranging from Alaska-grown fruits and vegetables, to funnel cakes and chocolate-covered bacon. All in all it was a fantastic day for the residents of Wasilla Primrose, we will definitely be visiting the Alaska State Fair again next year.
To find out more about the touring lifestyle at Primrose, please contact your nearest Primrose Retirement Community today to see more of our fun and social living. We'll happily answer all your questions and show you around our beautiful communities. Come see why we say, THIS IS LIVING!


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Wood moves most across the grain when environmental changes cause a change in relative humidity. A table top or, in this case, a desk top, must be allowed to move when environmental changes take place; if movement is restricted, cracking can result, and often does. Two common ways to allow movement of a large chunk of wood such as a desk top are buttons, and figure 8s.
Figure 8s go on these blocks.
Position the figure 8s on the recesses in the blocks, and screw them semi-tightly, so they won't rotate or move easily.
Place the desk top on the base, measure all overhangs, and remember them.
Using a fat maker, mark dots on the underside of the desk top using the holes in the figure 8s.
Take off the top, and place it on the workbench upside down.
Use an egg beater drill with a suitable drill bit and pre-drill the holes for the screws.
Test at least one hole, to ensure relatively easy entry of the screws.
Loosen the figure 8s slightly, until they move under slight pressure.
Place the top back on the base, registering opposite (drilled) corner holes with their respective figure 8 holes.
Proceed to attach the top to the base using the figure 8s.
It really is that simple. Try it sometime. Another (free!) tip from Sandal Woods!
Putting the figure 8s on standoffs is an excellent idea. Even with a regular, non-powered, screwdriver (stubby little thing), you would have wanted more room.
Yet another illustration of how handy Forstner bits are. The nice fellow who owns and operates the local hardware store (small village, small store) has never heard of Forstner bits. "Thirty years of drilling holes and I never needed anything like that." I think his 30 years were as a house framer.
Beautiful work, as always. I'm really liking that desk!
Thanks, Bob. I wish I had taken a photo of my client trying out the desk two days ago – he loved it!


Blackburn and Darwen has an abundance of cafes, restaurants and bars, serving every type of cuisine. Whether you are looking for a quick bite while out shopping or a fine dining experience there are lots of options available to you. Use the search box at the right side of the page if you have something specific in mind or look for inspiration in the sections below.
Blackburn and Darwen has some fantastic restaurants and pubs. Use the search or click through for a list of establishments to eat at!
There are a whole host of cafes and tea rooms in Blackburn and Darwen whether you want a quick bite or relaxing afternoon tea.
Whalley Range Bazaar is Blackburn's vibrant and historic Asian quarter. It has a thriving food and drink scene and enough authentic restaurants, cafes and food shops, specialising in cuisine from the Sub-Continent, to rival Manchester's famous 'Curry Mile'.


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Q: Fastest way to get BoundingBox in a list of Points which is converted into a float array I have a very very long list of Points (up to 10,000,000), which is then transformed into List for faster performance.
The structure goes like this {p1_x,p1_y,p1_z,p2_x,p2_y,p2_z,p3_x,p3_y,p3_z...etc}
I need to find the BoundingBox for all these points in the fastest way possible:
This is how I did it:
            var xList = new List<float>();
            var yList = new List<float>();
            var zList = new List<float>();

            for (int i = 0; i < Vertices.Length; i++)
            {
                if (i%3==0) //X
                {
                    xList.Add(Vertices[i]);
                }
                else if(i % 3 == 1) // Y
                {
                    yList.Add(Vertices[i]);
                }
                else if (i % 3 == 2) // Z
                {
                    zList.Add(Vertices[i]);
                }
            }
            var xMax = xList.Max();
            var yMax = yList.Max();
            var zMax = zList.Max();
            var xMin = xList.Min();
            var yMin = yList.Min();
            var zMin = zList.Min();

Every ms in this process matters because it is being run alongside with the application everytime the viewport updates.
May I know if this process is the fastest possible way already?

A: Pretty much what @pneuma said, plus you can do much better than having to check the modulo each time too:
        float
            xMax = float.MinValue,
            xMin = float.MaxValue,
            yMax = float.MinValue,
            yMin = float.MaxValue,
            zMax = float.MinValue,
            zMin = float.MaxValue;
        for (int i = 0; i < Vertices.Length; i += 3)
        {
            xMax = Math.Max(xMax, Vertices[i]);
            xMin = Math.Min(xMin, Vertices[i]);
            yMax = Math.Max(yMax, Vertices[i+1]);
            yMin = Math.Min(yMin, Vertices[i+1]);
            zMax = Math.Max(zMax, Vertices[i+2]);
            zMin = Math.Min(zMin, Vertices[i+2]);
        }

Performance-wise this will be an improvement, albeit probably not dramatic. You're saving yourself the unnecessary overhead of building those three lists, which consumes RAM (up to 40MB it sounds like, since floats are 32-bit) as well as time. Aside from that (pretend you had those 3 arrays already sorted out), this will do at least as well as the 6 .Max()/.Min() calls since those are basically doing the exact same thing we are here, just for one variable at a time.
Unless you know something about the order of the points in that initial list that could help you narrow down the search, assuming they're randomly distributed I can't think of anything more efficient in C# alone (maybe shaders and a GPU could do it faster?) but happy to be proven wrong!


So I had the urge to eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I have to say that for a long time I was not a fan. I didn't grow up eating it like a lot of kids in the United States. But now with a 4 year old that LOVES peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, I've learned to live with it, eat it, and actually enjoy it.
I decided to make mine inspired by The King. It has been known that Elvis Presley loved peanut butter and banana sandwiches. My version replaces the sandwich bread with a whole wheat tortilla and adds jelly……..and here comes absolute joy in my mouth.


Officials contend free meals, drinks and lodging helped to create a conflict of interest.
A Maple Grove real estate agent accepted free meals, drinks and lodging in exchange for steering more than two dozen clients to Liberty Title for insurance, a "quid pro quo" arrangement that violated a federal law against kickbacks, according to an enforcement action announced this week by the state Department of Commerce.
Liberty Title officials and the real estate agent, Brandon Doyle, said they dispute the allegations, but they agreed not to challenge the findings and to avoid any similar violations in the future. Liberty Title will pay a $45,000 fine and Doyle will pay a $5,000 fine.
Jeff Zweifel, co-owner and vice president of Liberty Title, said he disagrees with the department's characterization of the relationship, but he said he feels his Anoka-based company was treated fairly.
"It was a learning experience for us and the industry," Zweifel said.
Doyle, who strongly denies the allegations, said he regrets signing the consent order.
"I'm getting hit for having a cheeseburger with a friend," said Doyle, 31, noting that he and the Liberty employee who repeatedly bought him lunch co-authored a book published in 2016.
That book, "Mindset, Methods & Metrics: Winning as a Modern Real Estate Agent," has sold more than 3,000 copies on Amazon, Doyle said.
This is the second time in recent years that the Commerce Department has taken action against a title company for engaging in alleged kickbacks. In 2015, TitleSmart agreed to a $45,000 fine for allegedly hosting boat cruises and giving away free meals to nearly 250 real estate professionals in exchange for insurance referrals. In that case, company officials also denied wrongdoing, saying they had engaged in routine networking opportunities.
According to the most recent consent order, Doyle accepted nine free meals from Liberty Title in 2014 from such restaurants as Houlihan's, Granite City and Cheesecake Factory. Liberty also provided free hotel accommodations while Doyle attended a real estate conference in San Francisco, and the company covered $980 in beverage costs when Doyle and some of his clients attended a Minnesota Wild game in 2014.
After receiving the perks, Doyle's real estate customers suddenly started doing a lot more business with Liberty, according to the Commerce Department. In 2013, before the arrangement began, Liberty provided title insurance on none of the 20 real estate transactions Doyle handled. But in 2015, 20 of Doyle's 23 deals went through Liberty, according to the department.
"In this instance, there was a clear pattern with things of value being given and received, followed by a very dramatic change in business referrals as a result," Commerce spokesman Ross Corson said.
Doyle, who has been selling real estate for five years, said there is a far less sinister explanation for the increase in referrals to Liberty. In 2015, Doyle and his father, Michael Doyle, left Edina Realty and began working for Re/Max in Maple Grove. As part of the switch, the Doyles said they stopped using Edina's title company and started sending some of their clients to Liberty, which was about $50 cheaper per transaction.
Michael Doyle said the Wild game was a joint marketing event in which his company covered the $3,000 to $4,000 cost of renting the suite and Liberty paid for the drinks.
Michael Doyle said he and his son agreed to go along with the consent order to make sure his son retained his real estate license, and to avoid an expensive legal fight. But he said he now regrets the decision and worries about the impact on his business.
Zweifel said his company did not knowingly break the rules.


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Panic on the Pacific: How America Prepared for a Japanese West Coast Invasion after Pearl Harbor
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The aftershocks of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor were felt keenly all over America—the war in Europe had hit home. But nowhere was American life more immediately disrupted than on the West Coast, where people lived in certain fear of more Japanese attacks.
Today I talk with Bill Yenne, author of "Panic on the Pacific." He describes how from that day until the end of the war, a dizzying mix of battle preparedness and rampant paranoia swept the states. Japanese immigrants were herded into internment camps. Factories were camouflaged to look like small towns. The Rose Bowl was moved to North Carolina. Airport runways were so well hidden even American pilots couldn't find them.
We talk about the panic on the Pacific coast and fear the Japanese were coming. As a result the most notorious events of World War Two in America—namely the internment of American citizens of Japanese ancestry—took place. It is a cautionary tale about how hysteria can cause leaders to seize on political issues in the name of public safety that may cause much more harm than good.
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8 Themes of "Purposefulness" That Successful Leaders Follow
Dale Buss
The survey of more than 500 global business leaders conducted by the Springfield, Pa.-based consulting firm found a similar thread in the way successful leaders think: High-performing executives are focused less on themselves and more on external motivations, including the greater purpose of their work and the success of other people within their organizations.
"Their mindset any moment impacts their mood, their clarity of thinking, their sense of strength and wellbeing, and their capacity to influence others and accomplish great things," the report found.
Specifically, eight themes executives most frequently correlated with extraordinary results, in order of importance, were:
Maximize possibilities
Growth/Evolution
Me with me
Experience of life
"Purposeful" included subthemes in which the business chiefs expressed the importance of having an "impact on the world," as well as spirituality, while "other people" included subcategories such as "helping others," "collaboration" and "connection."
Leadership development consultant Lolly Daskal's recipe for leadership success follows a similar pattern. She says the best way to be recognized as a leader is to let your leadership speak for itself, and that traits such as character, virtue, integrity and trust, for example, will automatically put a leader on the right path. She also says that "the best leaders get what they have by giving."
Pontish Yaramyan, president and CEO of Gap International, says "It makes sense that to achieve exceptional thinking, strong leaders are thinking about how to make a difference in the world, while also considering other people, because oftentimes, to achieve great things, the contribution of others are required."
Read the full Gap International report: Tapping Into Genius.
Dale Buss is a long-time contributor to Chief Executive, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and other business publications. He lives in Michigan.
Resilience 2021: 'Adapt, Improvise And Overcome'
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This case study experiments with an extreme case of mediated touch, that is, bio-sensing as digital touch, in the context of parent-infant interaction. The study emerged out of a recognition that a set of digital touch technologies are beginning to reshape how parents are able to interact with their babies through a form of touch, starting in the womb. Be it the idea that touching a virtual 3D model of one's unborn baby could alleviate maternal anxiety (FeTouch) or that a bio-sensing monitor could enable tracking baby's health in and beyond the womb (Bumpe). A new wave of baby smart monitors caught our attention as having the potential to both complement and disrupt existing parent-infant touch practices, the ways in which parents know their babies, and make sense of their health and wellbeing through touch.
We connected with Owlet, a baby smart monitor provider, who shared with us the reasoning and design decisions behind the Owlet Smart Sock (OSS), and lent us four OSS units to explore the monitors with parents in the UK. Beyond our interactions and interviews with the Owlet team, the case study comprised of focus group research with parents (accompanied by their babies), home visits with video re-enactments of 'bedtime routines', and the in-situ use of the OSS by four families over the course of one to three weeks, followed by reflective interviews post use. We employed the Owlet as a form of technological 'probe', in the context of an ethnographic intervention that allowed us to understand how bio-sensing technologies like the Owlet might enter the space of parent/infant touch interaction within the contexts of the home as a research site and touch as part of a set of parenting practices.


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An acclaimed multidisciplinary artist with more than three decades of experience in media arts, Herman Kolgen lives and works in Montreal. An audio-kinetic sculptor, he draws his raw material from the intimate relationship between sound and image. Kolgen creates pieces that take on the form of installations, video and film works, performances and sound sculptures. He works in a constant cycle of exploration, at the crossroads of different media, to conjure up a new technical language and a singular aesthetic. The impact of territories on human life lies at the heart of his conceptual pursuits. The resulting brutal tensions as well as the interplay between various elements constitute the epicenter of his practice. His multifaceted work is characterized by a radiographic approach. It's this x-ray effect, with its immaterial quality, that allows the invisible to be seen. Initially associated with the digital and electronic realms across an assortment of highly sensitive works, his approach then takes a sharp turn towards increasingly hybridized forms. His installation practice also integrates an important spatialisation component, most notably regarding the field of sound. the design and application of random systems of autogenerative image/sound also allow for the creation of audiophonic spaces marked by their immersive quality. Herman Kolgen's works have most notably been presented at the Venice Biennale, Ars Electronica, international digital arts Montreal and Paris, Berlin's Transmediale, ISEA, the Georges Pompidou Centre, Cimatics, Dissonanze, Mutek, Elektra, Sonar, Taipei digital arts and shanghai e-arts. he has also performed with paris' ensemble intercontemporain and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Herman Kolgen has been awarded many prestigious prizes, including Ars Electronica, Qwartz and the New York and Los Angeles independent film festivals' best experimental film. From 1996 to 2008, he devoted much of his creative output to the skoltz_ kolgen duo.
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Q: Run local Selenium Tests via Jenkins/Hudson I would like to run local Selenium test script written in Java, via Jenkins/Hudson. Is it possible to run scripts from my local windows machine? So far I have written some simple Selenium tests in Java, which run perfectly if I execute them via Eclipse IDE. I would be thankful for an in-depth explanation.

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*Selenium test in Java: assuming them  to be laid out as unit tests (junit or testng), second assumption is that project is governed by either ant or maven, so there is some test (or rather integration-test) target or phase being present and be running smoothly when invoked from IDE.

*When such tests are launched, they hit to a running selenium server (remote-control) which in turn launch a browser and runs its magic. Here are options: selenium server might be running in background (and be always available), or it might be started right before that testing and shut down afterwards. The latter is a common case for maven: pre-integration-test phase is configured to launch selenium rc, (then integration-test phase runs the tests against it), post-integration-test shuts selenium rc down.
So up to this moment we might want to learn what targets (ant) or phases(goals) your IDE invokes when it launches your tests successfully (also, what variables it sets or what profiles it enables).
If you invoke the same command from cmd (like 'mvn clean integration-test') and it runs successfully (same as IDE), then just instruct jenkins to run the same goals/targets (I assume that jenkins is running on the same machine, at the same user session).
If cmd doesn't do the trick (and you've looked quite well into what IDE does for you when it launches your tests), then I'd asked for more details.
So, involved participants are: 0. ant/maven that run your junit tests 1. selenium rc that should be running in bg or launched by ant/maven first 2. browser (path to browser executable) 3. jenkins (which was assumed to be running in the same environment).
If any of the assumptions are false, please come up with more details of your setup.


It's been five years since Instagram launched, successfully and intrinsically merging the worlds of photography and social media. Its success has not only changed the way we share photos but also shaped the way we take them. Social savvy superstars are now always on the lookout for good photo opportunities and ways in which they can leverage their lives to propel their own personal brand and social media presence.
Half a decade after its launch, Instagram is still the fastest growing social media platform in existence. This year it went past 400 million users adding an average of 10 million users every month.
There are roughly 926 photos uploaded to Instagram PER SECOND…That's more than 80 million a day, more than 5 BILLION a week! That's a heck of a lot of breakfast pics, dogs and all manner of selfies. So in five years what are the top Insta posts of all time?
From least popular to most popular, these are the five best performing Instagram photos of all time.
We're going to flag this early, the stars of Keeping up with the Kardashians are going to dominate this list.
One of the things that makes this photo so successful is that it is sharing such a significant and relatable life moment with the audience.
We're not going to lie, given the popularity of both Kim and Kanye we're surprised this isn't number one.
Kimye may have missed out by using a side on photo. Photos with visible facial features get 38% more engagement on Instagram.
Another celebrity power couple combines to rule Insta likes.
Tay Tay has built a brand around being super relatable; she's the Jennifer Lawrence of the music world, and at least part of the appeal of this photo.
I'ma let you finish, but Taylor Swift has one of the best Instagram photos of all time.
Again, there is something incredibly fun and relatable about this photo (or as relatable as a photo of Taylor Swift getting a big bunch of flowers from Kanye can be). She owns the awkward and isn't afraid to have fun with the situation.
The third Keeping up with the Kardashian feature in the top 5, Kendall's hair broke the Instagram.
Kendall is the least profilic Instagrammer on the list mounting a case for quality not quantity on the social site. The photo is face focused which we've already established is a huge Insta win.
Audiences want to connect with the people behind the posts, featuring faces is a great way to make your brand relatable, knowable and likable.
3 of the top 5 Instagram photos are significant moments that most people can relate too, weddings, graduations and holiday bliss. Give your audience content they can see themselves in and share.
That's it for now; we need to take a selfie.


"These guys are great. Super friendly, straight honest, and incredibly helpful. I always dread going to an auto mechanic shop because I feel like I'm going to get screwed- not here. I will absolutely not go anywhere else now that I found this shop."
Todd went to work for Del Mar Automotive in 1989 and purchased the business in 1992 with Al's help. First handling just the accounting, Al became a partner and full time service writer in 1998.


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Tour de F#©k-It-I-Got-This
Texan Lawson Craddock was ready for a breakout Tour de France—the notoriously grueling three-week race in July. But a first-day crash left him with a broken shoulder blade and a new goal: just finish the damn race.
—As told to Sam Schube
By Sam Schube
Team Education First Drapac Cannondale rider Lawson Craddock of US in action after crashing during the 1st stage of the 105th edition of the Tour de France cycling race over 201km between Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile and Fontenay-Le-Comte, France, 07 July 2018.Tour de France 2018 - 1st stage, Fontenay-Le-Comte - 07 Jul 2018Kim Ludbrook/Shutterstock
I've been watching the Tour since I was 8, and I swear, every single year, in the feed zone, someone crashes and breaks something. So heading into the feed zone on that first day, I was quite nervous. I made sure I was in good position. And then I hit a water bottle, and it shot me off the road. Most of the time, when you hit a bottle like that, it will explode. But if you hit it just perfectly, it can be catastrophic, which is what ended up happening.
I hit a spectator and hit the ground after that. Something didn't quite feel right, but it's the Tour de France, Stage 1. There's no intermissions, no time-outs. I got a new bike and was able to get on. When I grabbed the handlebars, I realized, "Something's not quite right." You know something's possibly broken. But you also tell yourself, "You can continue. If you pull out now, you're gonna regret it. Make it to the finish, get an X-ray, and then you can make a call."
It was a very, very long next 100 kilometers. I spent a lot of time at the doctor's car. I had blood coming into my eye, so I needed to get that cleaned up. While the doctor's doing that, I can't pedal. So I had to hold on to the car with a broken shoulder as she's pulling me along at 30 miles an hour and she's rubbing my eye. That was not very comfortable.
I crossed the finish line, which was a relief. Our team doctor was there. The first thing he said was, "You have doping control" [basically a random drug test]. Which was rough—I have use of only one arm, I got all this blood running down my face. But if you miss doping control, you're handed a two-year suspension. After that, we ran through the whole process: got stitches in my brow, then got an X-ray of the shoulder. The X-ray showed everything was still okay. Going through the ultrasound, we saw no fracture. And then he rolled over the spine of the left scapula, and you could see a fracture right through the middle of it.
Your whole world comes crashing down. Generally, you have a broken bone, you're on the next flight back home. So seeing that little black line was pretty crushing. We started talking: "The way it's fractured, it's secure." It's not like the scapula was in two pieces. You never want a broken bone, but it could have been a whole lot worse. As a professional athlete, you never want to quit. And if your doctor says, "There's a chance you could continue," it's not a chance. You don't stop.
We got back to the hotel and met with our physical therapist. When I walked in, I couldn't lift my left arm three inches. By the time we were done, I could almost lift it to shoulder height. We're part of the MPCC [Movement for Credible (Drug-Free) Cycling]. You can't take anything stronger than ibuprofen. So I didn't sleep well that night.
The night after the crash, I was like, "I can feel sorry for myself, or we can try and turn this into something better." As soon as I got into the Tour, it was our plan to try to help out the Velodrome in Houston. And immediately after we set up the GoFundMe, we were blowing by the goals. I had to keep going. [Ed.: Craddock ultimately raised more than $280,000 for his hometown velodrome.]
The first few days after the crash, the muscles in your shoulder and in your arm are tight. Every bump, every turn, every time you put on the brakes, there's shooting pain. It was rough. I couldn't get out of the saddle at all for four- or five-hour stages, 120-mile days on the bike.
The cobblestones were definitely a big obstacle. Those are hard on the body when you're healthy. You're riding over the absolute worst terrain that the organizers of the Tour de France can find. Honestly, I came into the Tour excited for the cobbles, and that turned into fear pretty quickly. It was a brutal day. We had made leaps and bounds in terms of rehab, but you're still racing with a hair fracture in your shoulder blade.
The last road stage was one of the hardest I've ever done, just with the mountains that we climbed. I was off the back. But I was just telling myself, "What is fighting tooth and nail to make it over this mountain? What is that compared to what I've had to do for the last three weeks?"
Finally, on Stage 20, you realize, "Okay. This is it. This is the final obstacle." And then when I finally saw the one-kilometer banner, it was a pretty emotional moment. Crossing the finish line [in Paris], I saw my parents were there. My wife, my brother were there. They made the trip to Paris to be there for me. My brother squeezed a bit too hard.
"Lanterne Rouge" comes from the olden days. Trains would put a red lantern on the last car to signal at each stop, "This is the last car." That's how the last place in the Tour de France got its name. In no race do you wanna be last. But a lot of times it tells a story of who had the hardest time getting from the start to the finish. And while I didn't look for it coming into the race, I was last place, and I'm proud of it.
A version of this story originally appeared in the December 2018/January 2019 issue with the title "Tour De F#©k-It-I-Got-This."
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Avatar 2 completes its principal photography
28th September 2020 | by Dan Cooper | Comments
It seems to have taken a long time to get to this point, but James Cameron's Avatar 2 is finally in the can it seems.
James Cameron has announced that the live-action portion of shooting for Avatar 2 has finally been completed. Speaking to Arnold Schwarzenegger (in an interview for the actor's YouTube channel), Cameron revealed that although shooting for Avatar 2 was complete, principal photography in New Zealand was ongoing because a small amount of Avatar 3, which is also being filmed at the same time, remained incomplete.
However, there's still plenty more Avatar to be filmed yet as four sequels are planned in total, set to be released at two year intervals, beginning in 2022. Also, that doesn't take into account what will presumably be a long and complicated post-production process, assembling all of the film's visual effects.
One aspect Cameron didn't cover in his chat were his plans for the series' technical format. In the past, he's discussed how revolutionary he intends the use of 3D to be in his films, even mooting the prospect of glasses-less 3D. At the very least, he believes that the films will change the way in which audiences view the format, which in many markets has declined in popularity since the first Avatar sparked a 3D boom in 2008 (on its way towards becoming the then highest-grossing film of all time).
With the sequel's physical production now in the can, we can expect to hear more details in due course as to just how James Cameron plans to reintroduce a format which has begun to lose steam, especially in comparison to other areas such as 4DX and IMAX. More news on Avatar 2 and its many sequels as we hear it.
In the meantime, here's that full interview…
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