Here are a few choice images you'll definitely want to see, to jolt your memory and put a smile on your face!
This is proper old time candy with a taste which cannot be matched by any other piece of confectionery. Dad always had a little white bag of these in his jacket pocket and my sister and I would sneak a few from him. He used to pretend to be angry with us and count them out and say how many were missing. It was a game we always played and I wish he was here now to still do it. Family memories always hold dear in my heart.
A treat indeed! The chain had two big Star War promotions in the 70s and you could get an awesome poster if you ordered a large Coke. I remember getting the Star Wars Fun Meal and trying to make up the puppet. My dad had to of it in the end and it took him ages! Burger Chef had the best tasting burgers in town and pretty mean fries, in my opinion!
I don't know how my grandparents could bear this, and the other two, they had in their house. On the hour, every hour, day and night, the clock made it presence known! I do, however, look upon it with fondness as it reminds me when I used to stay with them every Friday night. Grandpa always bought in my favorite candy and chocolate bars and I was allowed to stay up late!
Any young person would think this typewriter had been dug out of a stone age hole as it couldn't look more old fashioned if it tried. The fact we had to learn how to place our hands on the keyboard and know the letters off by heart, on a 10-week typing course, seems ridiculous! The worse part was changing the ribbon, a messy job which always left your hands inky!
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Q: why sometimes need nonlocal keywork and sometimes not in python I am leetcoding, when doing recursion, I used to define an internal function which does the recursion job and some variables in the outer function. like this:
def recur(root):
  res = []

  def bt(node):
    # specific recursive job in this function
    # and modify outer res

  bt(root)
  return res

This writing style always works but today when I want to define a variable out the inside function like this:
class Solution:
    @staticmethod
    def is_balanced(root):
        fla = True

        def post_tr_verify(node):
            if not node or not fla:
                return 0
            left = post_tr_verify(node.left)
            right = post_tr_verify(node.right)
            if abs(left - right) > 1:
                fla = False
                return 0
            return max(left, right) + 1

        post_tr_verify(root)
        return fla

it reminds me 'UnboundLocalError: local variable 'fla' referenced before assignment', I fixed it by add one sentence inside the post_tr_verify function: nonlocal fla.
But I still can't figure out why my writing style doesn't work this time.
Why this error comes?
My previous writing recursion example:
class Solution:
    @staticmethod
    def permute(nums):
        cur, res = [], []
        print(id(res))

        def bt(li):
            if li and len(li) == len(nums):
                res.append(cur[:])
                print(id(res))
                return
            for ele in nums:
                if not li:
                    cur.append(ele)
                    bt(cur)
                    cur.pop()
                elif ele not in li:
                    cur.append(ele)
                    bt(cur)
                    cur.pop()

        bt(cur)
        return res

if __name__ == '__main__':
    so = Solution()
    print(so.permute([1, 2, 3]))

The running result of this snippet shows the res has been successfully referenced since they shown the same id value. Why the fla one doesn't work?

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Welcome to year 5! The teachers are called Mr Main and Mrs Billington. Our teaching assistants are called Mrs Price, Mrs Shetty, Mrs Wetton and Mrs Lockett. We look forward to showing you photographs and pieces of work which we have completed in our classes. We also hope to soon be in our brand new classrooms in the new building.
In year 5, we have lots of exciting topics throughout the year.
In the autumn term, we learn about Fairtrade, we look at the different countries which produce and consume Fairtrade products. In addition, we design our own Fairtrade chocolate bars and adverts.
In the spring and summer terms, we learn about Ancient Greece and the Romans. We link this to our English work when we read different Greek myths and write our own versions. We will also design and make our own Greek buildings. Finally, we are taking part in a project called 'Be The Change' at Lancaster University and have the opportunity to go to Tower Wood in February.
– use a variety of different computer activities are available for your child to access including RM Easimaths, Espresso and Mathletics (children have passwords in reading books).
– record books should be in school every day and be signed by an adult at home at least once a week.
Outdoor Games is on Tuesday afternoon and indoor P.E. is on Wednesday afternoon.
Please start collecting any empty wrapping paper and kitchen roll tubes and cardboard boxes for our Greek buildings project.


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dUTP + H(2)O = dUMP + diphosphate. dUTP + H(2)O = dUMP + diphosphate.
dUTP + H(2)O = dUMP + diphosphate.
Crystal structure of a dUTPase.
Vaccinia virus encodes a functional dUTPase.
Identification of tyrosine as an active site residue involved in the catalytic mechanism of Escherichia coli dUTPase.
Identification of tyrosine as a functional residue in the active site of Escherichia coli dUTPase.
Specific derivatization of the active site tyrosine in dUTPase perturbs ligand binding to the active site.
Crystal structure of the Escherichia coli dUTPase in complex with a substrate analogue (dUDP).
Flexible glycine rich motif of Escherichia coli deoxyuridine triphosphate nucleotidohydrolase is important for functional but not for structural integrity of the enzyme.
The complete triphosphate moiety of non-hydrolyzable substrate analogues is required for a conformational shift of the flexible C-terminus in E. coli dUTP pyrophosphatase.
Introns and intein coding sequence in the ribonucleotide reductase genes of Bacillus subtilis temperate bacteriophage SPbeta.
An 8 kb nucleotide sequence at the 3' flanking region of the sspC gene (184 degrees) on the Bacillus subtilis 168 chromosome containing an intein and an intron.
The refined structure of dUTPase from Escherichia coli.
Evolution and horizontal transfer of dUTPase-encoding genes in viruses and their hosts.
The C-terminus of dUTPase: observation on flexibility using NMR.
Atomic resolution structure of Escherichia coli dUTPase determined ab initio.
Homotrimeric dUTPases; structural solutions for specific recognition and hydrolysis of dUTP.
Evolution of the DUT gene: horizontal transfer between host and pathogen in all three domains of life.
Catalytic and structural role of the metal ion in dUTP pyrophosphatase.
Cloning, expression, purification, and characterisation of the dUTPase encoded by the integrated Bacillus subtilis temperate bacteriophage SPbeta.
House cleaning, a part of good housekeeping.
Structures of vaccinia virus dUTPase and its nucleotide complexes.
Active site of mycobacterial dUTPase: structural characteristics and a built-in sensor.
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of three dUTPases from Gram-positive bacteria.
According to the literature  & , there are at least two types of dUTPases, a homotrimeric enzyme and a homodimeric enzyme. The homotrimeric enzyme has mainly beta-structure, whereas the dimeric enzyme has mainly alpha-structure (see PDB;1ogk, 1w2y & 2cje).
This enzyme is a homotrimer with three active sites located at the interfaces between the two subunits (see ). This enzyme catalyzes Mg-dependent hydrolysis of dUTP into dUMP and pyrophosphate.
(0) Mg2+ ion is bound to alpha-, beta- and gamma-phosphate oxygens, stabilizing the negative charges on the target group for nucleophilic water (or group adjacent to scissile bond; alpha-phosphate) and the leaving group (beta- and gamma-phosphate), which may stabilize the transition state. Here, the magnesium ion is not directly bound to the enzyme. Moreover, the target group, alpha-phosphate, is stabilized by Gln119' and mainchain amide group of Ser72' from adjacent subunit(of 1rn8). On the other hand, the leaving beta-phosphate is stabilized by the sidechain of Ser72' and Arg71', and the mainchain amide of Gly73' from the adjacent subunit.
(1) The catalytic water is bound to Asp90 (of 1rn8) and mainchain carbonyl of Leu88. Asp90 might play a role as a general base to activate the catalytic water, which acts as a nucleophilic water to performe a direct in-line attack on the alpha-phosphorous atom.
(2) The reaction proceeds by an associative reaction mechanism (or SN2-like mechanism).


THE WORD FROM THE PICTURE.
Comic Con-Versation. Ashfield Library, Saturday September 20, 4pm to 8pm. FREE.
In an age where the big pop-culture cons have evolved to the point where comics are almost the least part of it (unless it's a movie), I think this sort of community oriented event is the future for comics 'show and tell' in Australia and possibly elsewhere. Join me and the cream of the Sydney comics community, Pat Grant, Chris Sequeria, W Chew Chan, Sorab Del Rio, Pat Purcell, Julie Ditrich, Tim McEwen, Jan Scherpenhuizen, Marcelo Baez and many more for a few hours discussing and celebrating the wonderful medium of comics. There'll be workshops, panel sessions, an artists alley with lots of comics being sold by their creators direct to the public; get them signed, get a sketch, get a poster or a print, have chat about their work. The evening is designed more as a mingle, where the public can mix with comics creators and learn about comics, what makes them special, which are the best ones to read, and of course, to showcase the fabulous collection of comics and graphic novels that Ashfield library has. All of this has been made possible by the wonderful collections manager at Ashfield, Karen Dwarte, whose passion for comics obviously knows no bounds. After doing this, she'll probably wish she did have bounds, but what's life if you don't push them out a bit?
For more information, see the event Facebook.


Retired sections: paragraphs 4-6, 14-15, 17 and 21.
Given the distinct nature of genetic use restriction technologies and their potential impacts on indigenous and local communities, to invite relevant organizations to examine the applicability of existing, and to explore the need to develop new, legal mechanisms to address the application of genetic use restriction technologies.
Pollination is an essential ecosystem service that depends to a large extent on symbiosis between species, the pollinated and the pollinator. In many cases, it is the result of intricate relationships between plant and animal, and the reduction and loss of either will affect the survival of both parties. Not all plants depend on animals for pollination. Many plants are wind pollinated, like grasses which form the predominant ground-cover of many ecosystems. Similarly, in agriculture most staple foods are wind pollinated. However, at least one-third of the world's agricultural crops depends upon pollination provided by insects and other animals. Diversity among species, including agricultural crops, depends on animal pollination. Therefore pollinators are essential for diversity in diet and for the maintenance of natural resources. The assumption that pollination is a "free ecological service" is erroneous. It requires resources, such as refuges of natural vegetation. Where these are reduced or lost they become limiting and adaptive management practices are required to sustain livelihoods.
In fact, throughout the world, agricultural production and agro-ecosystem diversity are threatened by declining populations of pollinators. The major contributors to this decline in pollinator populations are, inter alia, habitat fragmentation, agricultural and industrial chemicals, parasites and diseases, and the introduction of alien species.
There are over 25,000 different species of bees, which differ tremendously in size, and a diverse range of plants that they visit and pollinate. Both the diversity of wild plants and the variability of food crops depend on this diversity. Though bees form the most important group of pollinators, other insects such as, butterflies and moths, flies and beetles, and vertebrates such as bats, squirrels, birds and some primates, also contribute. Some plants are visited by many different pollinators, while others have specific requirements. The same applies to the pollinators, some being generalists and others specialists. Therefore, pollination as a science requires detailed investigation, and the technological application of management practices is intricate. In most cases, there is a lack of knowledge about the exact relations between individual plant species and their pollinators, but studies in this field demonstrate that they are often quite specific.
In order to secure sustained pollinator services associated with agricultural ecosystems, far more understanding is needed of the multiple goods and services provided by pollinator diversity and the factors that influence their decline and activity. It is necessary to identify adaptive management practices that minimise negative impacts by humans on pollinators, promote the conservation and diversity of native pollinators, and conserve and restore natural areas necessary to optimize pollinator services in agricultural and other terrestrial ecosystems.
Considering the urgent need to address the issue of worldwide decline of pollinator diversity, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention Biological Diversity established an International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators in 2000 (decision V/5, section II) and requested the development of a plan of action. The following proposal for a plan of action was prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), consistent with paragraph 16 of decision V/15.
The Initiative is to be implemented as a cross-cutting initiative within the programme of work on agricultural biodiversity, with appropriate links to other thematic programmes of work, particularly those on forest biological diversity and the biodiversity of dry and sub-humid lands, and with relevant cross-cutting issues, particularly the Global Taxonomy Initiative and work on invasive alien species. The Initiative provides an opportunity to apply the ecosystem approach.
To provide a comprehensive analysis of status and trends of the world's pollinator diversity and of their underlying causes of its decline (including a focus on the goods and services provided by pollinator diversity), as well of local knowledge of its management. The result of the assessments will determine the further activities that are required.
A number of scientific studies and various separate records strongly suggest that the numbers of crop pollinators are declining in many parts of the world. The yields of some crops are diminishing as a result of insufficient pollinators and many specialists, agronomists and fruit growers are concerned about the sharp declines in the numbers of bees in recent years. However, the scarcity of sound data hampers the elaboration of a comprehensive assessment of the status and trends of pollinator diversity, which is needed in order to inform policy change.
Similarly, a realistic evaluation of the economic value of animal-effected pollination is essential for the efficient planning of the world's agriculture. Existing estimates are contentious. The description and evaluation, in economic terms, of pollinator contributions to agriculture and environmental diversity will improve informed decision making at farm, regional, national and international levels.
In addition to the "taxonomic impediment" (see element 3), there is also a global "taxonomic deficit", that is, the unacceptably high numbers of bee genera for which identification keys are not available.
The progressive development and implementation of a global programme for monitoring pollinator diversity, building upon activities (a), (b) and (c) above.
1.2	Assess the economic value of pollinators, including evaluation, in economic terms, of different crop-pollinator-pollination systems for optimal use of pollinators in sustainable agricultural systems, through economic analysis of data from various crop-pollinator-pollination systems, including those provided through case-studies under element 2.
The knowledge, innovations and practices of farmers and indigenous and local communities in sustaining pollinator diversity and agro-ecosystem services for and in support of food production and food security.
1.4	Promote the development of identification keys for bee genera.
Exchange and use of experiences, information and findings from the assessments shall be facilitated by Parties, Governments and networks with consultation between countries and institutions, including the use of existing networks. Capacity-building activities from programme element 3 will assist countries in contributing to the assessment process. Case-studies, carried out under programme element 2, will also assist the assessment process by highlighting and examining important issues in pollinator conservation and sustainable use and in some cases providing data.
The global monitoring programme of pollinators could be carried out in two stages. A first stage would include activities 1.1 (a), (b), and (c), and 1.4. A second stage would apply the findings of the first stage at a larger and representative number of field sites throughout the world in order to collect the data needed to detect changes in diversity and frequency of pollinators, especially of bee species. The project cannot be contemplated without the active participation of many nations, institutions and co-operators. Substantial additional financial resources would be required, especially for the second stage. Mechanisms will need to be put in place to ensure the continuity and sustainability of monitoring over the long term.
The first stage of the global programme for monitoring of pollinator diversity should be completed by 2005. The second stage would be conducted for an initial period of five years (2006 - 2010) and then, depending on the progress made, renewed for a further five years at a time thereafter. Important and significant trends are likely to emerge only after several years (5-10) of monitoring.
A preliminary report on the state of the world's pollinators would be prepared by 2004 based on existing data, and early results from elements 1 and 2. A first comprehensive report would be prepared by 2010, drawing upon, inter alia, the results of the monitoring programme, and the economic analyses.
To identify management practices, technologies and policies that promote the positive and mitigate the negative impacts of agriculture on pollinator diversity and activity, in order to enhance productivity and the capacity to sustain livelihoods, by expanding knowledge, understanding and awareness of the multiple goods and services provided by pollinators.
In order to secure sustained pollinator services in agricultural and other ecosystems, far more understanding is needed of the multiple goods and services provided by pollinator diversity and the factors that influence their decline. In particular, it is necessary to identify the various interactions between dimensions of agricultural biodiversity at different spatial scales that support effective pollinator functioning. In addition, it is necessary to identify adaptive management practices that minimise negative impacts by humans on pollinators, promote the conservation and diversity of native pollinators, and conserve and restore natural areas necessary to optimise pollinator services in agricultural and other ecosystems.
To monitor and assess the actual and potential impacts of existing and new agricultural technologies.
Identification, at international and national levels, in close collaboration with relevant international organizations, of appropriate marketing and trade policies, legal and economic measures which may support beneficial practices. This may include certification practices, possibly within existing certification programmes, and the development of codes of conduct.
2.3.	Promote methods of sustainable agriculture that employ management practices, technologies and policies that promote the positive and mitigate the negative impacts of agriculture on pollinator diversity. This could include, for example, the protection of natural habitats, within agricultural landscapes, as sources of wild pollinators for crop improvement; the development of guidelines for policy makers and farmers; and the development of model-testing protocols for the introduction of non-native pollinators and to assess impacts of agrochemicals and other technologies on pollinators and pollinator activities.
Case-studies will be carried out and provided by national institutions, civil-society organizations, and research institutes, with support from international organizations for catalysing preparation of studies, mobilizing funds, disseminating results, and facilitating feedback and lessons learned to case-study providers and policy makers. Inputs would be sought from all relevant stakeholders. A framework for the case-studies is provided by the indicative outline for case-studies on agricultural biological diversity http://www.biodiv.org/programmes/areas/agro/case-studies.asp.
A first set of case-studies is already under preparation. Further case-studies would be studies published, analysed and disseminated by 2005. The case-studies should be representative of regional issues and prioritize best practices and lessons learned that can be broadly applied.
To strengthen the capacities of farmers, indigenous and local communities, and their organizations and other stakeholders, to manage pollinator diversity so as to increase its benefits, and to promote awareness and responsible action.
The management of pollinator diversity involves many stakeholders and often implies transfers of costs and benefits between stakeholder groups. It is therefore essential that mechanisms be developed not only to consult stakeholder groups, but also to facilitate their genuine participation in decision-making and in the sharing of benefits. Farmer groups, and other producer organizations, can be instrumental in furthering the interests of farmers in optimizing sustainable, diversified, production systems and consequently in promoting responsible actions concerning the conservation and sustainable use of pollinator diversity.
One major area which needs addressing is the capacity of countries to address the taxonomic impediment, which derives from serious shortfalls in investment in training, research and collections management. It seriously limits our capability to assess and monitor pollinator decline globally, in order to conserve pollinator diversity and to manage it sustainably. The global taxonomic impediment is costly, especially when expressed in terms of those research initiatives in pollination and conservation ecology which are wholly dependent on access to sound bee taxonomy and are rendered wholly non-viable in its absence. There is also a global taxonomic deficit, that is, the unacceptably high numbers of bee genera for which identification keys are not available.
3.1.	Promote awareness about the value of pollinator diversity and the multiple goods and services it provides for sustainable productivity, amongst producer organizations, agricultural cooperatives and enterprises, and consumers, with a view to promoting responsible practices.
3.2	Identify and promote possible improvements in the policy environment, including benefit-sharing arrangements and incentive measures, to support local-level management of pollinators and related dimensions of biodiversity in agricultural ecosystems. This could include consideration of how existing or new certification schemes might contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of pollinator diversity.
3.3.	Promote enhanced capabilities to manage pollinator diversity at local level by promoting partnerships among and between farmers, researchers, extension workers and food processors, inter alia, through the establishment of local-level forums for farmers, and other stakeholders to evolve genuine partnerships, including training and education programmes.
3.4 Build taxonomic capacity to carry out inventories of the pollinator diversity and distribution in order to optimise their management, through, inter alia, the training of taxonomists and parataxonomists of bees and other pollinators.
Establishing an inventory of existing pollination and pollinators experts to serve as a pool for consultations in technology transfer, and establish an international advisory group on pollinator conservation.
Disseminating information on pollination in agricultural environments through databases, websites, and networks. This may include the establishment of an international information network on pollinator conservation and promotion of networks of farmers and farmers' organizations at regional level for exchange of information and experiences.
Developing and updating global and national lists of threatened pollinator species, and produce multilingual manuals on pollinator conservation and restoration for farmers.
This element is to be implemented primarily through initiatives within countries, including through extension services, local government, educational and civil-society organizations, including farmer/producer and consumer organizations, and mechanisms emphasizing farmer-farmer exchange. There are opportunities for cooperation with the food processing industry in terms of supplying pesticide-free or low-residue products from agricultural systems that maintain pollinator diversity. Pilot projects for this element might be generated under the Initiative. Funding is likely to be on a project or programme basis. Catalytic support may need to be provided through national, regional and global programmes, organizations, facilities and funding mechanisms, in particular to support capacity-building, exchange and feedback of policy and market information, and of lessons learned from this and programme element 2, between local organizations and policy makers, nationally, regionally and globally.
The taxonomic elements would also be promoted through the Global Taxonomy Initiative.
Ten on-the-ground cases of enhanced partnerships resulting in greater conservation of pollinator diversity at the local level, by 2006. Introduction of mechanisms promoting pollinator diversity by 2010.
To support the development of national plans or strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of pollinator diversity and to promote their mainstreaming and integration in sectoral and cross-sectoral plans and programmes.
Many countries are now developing biodiversity strategies and action plans in the context of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and many also have a number of other policies, strategies and plans related to agriculture, the environment and national development. Decision V/5 of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity seeks to promote the mainstreaming of agricultural biodiversity considerations into national strategies and action plans; to mainstream the action plans for components of agricultural biodiversity in sectoral development plans concerned with food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, and to promote synergy and avoid duplication between the plans for the various components. Pollinator conservation and sustainable use is an important aspect of agricultural biodiversity and should be integrated into this mainstreaming process. In addition, this requires reliable and accessible information, but many countries do not have well developed information, communication or early-warning systems or the capacity to respond to identified threats.
4.1.	Integrate considerations of pollinator diversity, and related dimensions of agricultural biodiversity, including host-plant diversity, at species, ecosystem and landscape levels, consistent with the ecosystem approach, into biodiversity strategies and action plans, and into planning processes in the agricultural sector.
4.2.	Support the development or adaptation of relevant systems of information, early warning and communication to enable effective assessment of the state of pollinator diversity and threats to it, in support of national strategies and action plans, and of appropriate response mechanisms.
Repatriation of data through capacity-building and benefit-sharing.
4.4	Include considerations of pollinator diversity, and related dimensions of agricultural biodiversity, including host plant diversity, at species, ecosystem and landscape levels, consistent with the ecosystem approach, in formal educational programmes at all levels. Integrate pollination issues as a component of sustainable management into agricultural, biological and environmental science courses and curricula and in primary and secondary schools by using local examples and relevant examples from other regions. Promote applied research on pollination in agricultural ecosystems through training of postgraduates.
Activities would be implemented primarily at national level through enhanced communication, coordination mechanisms and planning processes that involve all stakeholder groups, facilitated by international organizations, and by funding mechanisms.
Additional resources may be needed for national capacity-building.
Progressively increased capacity at national level for taxonomy, information management, assessment and communication.
Consideration of pollinators and related dimensions of agricultural biodiversity incorporated into national biodiversity and/or agricultural sector plans in 50 countries by 2010.


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Surfing Swami Leads His Followers Into a New Wave Of Religion
Author: Rhys Blakely
Source: The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26232225-25837,00.html
Surfing, a sport with devout followers from South Wales to NSW, has never caught on in India - despite the country having more than 6800km of coast and giant waves during the monsoon.
That could now change as the world's first surfing swami sets his sights on popularising the pursuit across the subcontinent - a land that the holy man says has waves as attractive as those in the surfing mecca of Hawaii.
Swami Bhakti Gaurava Narasingha, 64, an American Hindu monk who has been living in India for four decades, has opened the country's first surfing ashram - religious community - near Mangalore on the southwest coast.
At the Kaliya Mardana Krishna Ashram, ripping down the face of a glassy, peeling wave on a plank of polystyrene is considered a form of meditation.
Set near the beach amid rice paddies and coconut groves, the commune has already attracted a handful of global surfing superstars, hundreds of Western amateurs and curious villagers.
See also: Hinduism, International, Center Openings/Milestones, Experience/Lifecycle Events/Expressions

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Group focused on improving black voter turnout statewide
The Tennessee Black Voter Project is working to register 55,000 voters this fall.
Group focused on improving black voter turnout statewide The Tennessee Black Voter Project is working to register 55,000 voters this fall. Check out this story on knoxnews.com: https://knoxne.ws/2NjvnXJ
Tyler Whetstone, Knoxville News Sentinel Published 6:00 a.m. ET Sept. 17, 2018
Tequila Johnson and Charlane Oliver of The Equity Alliance speak before Mt. Zion Baptist Church on getting voter turnout. Courtesy of Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Voters can register to vote in Tennessee online or with the GoVoteTN app. The last day to register to vote for the November election is Tuesday, Oct. 9.(Photo: Michael Patrick/News Sentinel)Buy Photo
A Nashville-based group is working to register 55,000 voters this fall before registration to vote in the state general election closes in October, and it's about halfway there.
Tequila Johnson is the statewide manager of the Tennessee Black Voter Project. The campaign is using churches and local organizations to help sign up black voters and will visit college campuses to register African-Americans across the state.
In Knoxville, the group is working specifically with the Knoxville-Knox County NAACP and with SEED.
More: Why black churches in Nashville are ramping up voter registration efforts in 2018
"We're meeting people where they are, engaging and educating African-American community members to get them involved," Johnson said Friday.
Tequila Johnson is the statewide manager of the Tennessee Black Voter Project. (Photo: Submitted by Tequila Johnson)
One of the largest challenges in any community, she said, is sometimes people don't know elections are coming up. This is why they're working with local groups, she said.
Johnson said the goal is to get "people in the game" and signed up to vote. Currently, she said, the group has registered 20,000 to 25,000 people, on track for where she hoped to be in the middle of September.
While African-Americans are largely Democratic voters, she said, the goal is to sign people up, regardless of party.
"Democracy works best when we all participate," she said. "And what it looks like depends on that individual's values. … This project isn't to encourage them to lean any one way but to explore what democracy looks like to them."
More: Why is Tennessee dead last when it comes to voting?
Getting people to register and vote in Tennessee is already a challenge.
According to the PEW Charitable Trust's much-cited analysis of the 2014 midterm elections, the most recent figures it has, Tennessee was a dismal 40th in voter registration at 74 percent of voting age population, and was 50th in voter turnout, just 28.5 percent, that November. PEW's data is based on responses to the U.S. Census Bureau's Voting and Registration Supplement.
Katie Cahill, of the Howard H Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee, on the state's voting registration and turnout numbers. Tyler Whetstone, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee
During the 2016 presidential election, only 49 percent of the 519,000 African-Americans registered to vote in Tennessee did so, according to U.S. census figures gathered by the USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee.
Voters can register to vote in Tennessee online or with the GoVoteTN app. The last day to register to vote is Tuesday, Oct. 9.
Early voting will be held from Wednesday, Oct. 17, through Thursday, Nov. 1. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 6.
The Commercial Appeal's Tonyaa Weathersbee contributed to this report.
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Among the highlights from last year's broadcast were Professors Paula Colby-Clements and Andrej Starkis going toe-to-toe on air.
Dan Rea, Host of NightSide with Dan Rea, for the WBZ Talk the Vote Series, visited MSLAW on June 17th and conducted a live broadcast in front of students, faculty and members of the community.
For more information on NightSide, visit the NightSide with Dan Rea website.


Interesting canyon with Billy the Kid's black hill hideout. There are also some very colorful rock formations along the canyon.
The drive in the canyon is very sandy so a good vehicle is required. In the canyon is the black hill where Billy the Kid and 3 of his friends were hiding out. Was not able to find their names inscribed on one of the rocks.
There are also remnants of an old ranch. Nice walk along a sandy arroyo with some colorful rocks.
Always practice Leave No Trace ethics on your adventures and follow local regulations. We also acknowledge and thank the past, present, and future generations of all Native Nations and Indigenous Peoples whose ancestral lands we travel, explore, and play on.


The Sunday Girlie is a Zombie!
How many heads will I draw?
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'Gut Botany' presents poetry as avenue to exploring one's own body and inner strengths
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While Goddard College's other local programs have been canceled or postponed, disability culture activist and community performance artist Petra Kuppers will still bring her "Gut …
Petra Kuppers will present her "Gut Botany" poetry reading and participatory performance and to a virtual audience on Saturday, March 21.
The cover of Petra Kuppers' "Gut Botany" book of collected poems, complete with sturgeon portrait.
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While Goddard College's other local programs have been canceled or postponed, disability culture activist and community performance artist Petra Kuppers will still bring her "Gut Botany" poetry reading and participatory performance to local audiences on Saturday, March 21, albeit remotely instead of in-person as was originally planned.
Kuppers teaches on the Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts Program at Goddard College, and is the author of the poetry collection "PearlStitch," the "queer/crip" speculative story collection "Ice Bar," and multiple academic books.
"Gut Botany" not only shares Kuppers' poetry, but presents it "using a perfect cocktail of surrealist and situationist techniques," which invite her audiences to navigate their own bodies, just as she's done hers, "through the peaks and pitfalls of pain, survival, sensual joy and healing."
Between her history as a sexual assault survivor and the mobility issues that require her to use a scooter, Kuppers described herself as dealing with pain and fatigue all her life, but she wants her audiences to find the healing she has by learning about disability culture.
"I want them to connect with the moment, when what they feel in their bodies, their bones and their blood are the mechanisms of survival," Kuppers said. "On the cover of my 'Gut Botany' book of collected poems, there's this ancient sturgeon, a massive, crunchy fish that lives in deep lakes and has survived so much."
Kuppers chuckled as she admitted to her affinity for "ugly creatures with survival skills," but she sees a serious and essential lesson in healing from the sturgeon, which she hopes her audiences will use to "find the strength in their own bodies," especially as they face what she deemed the current "onslaught" of conditions such as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
"We need to remember that we're biological creatures who are connected to the world in multiple ways, including nature and the environment," Kuppers said. "The exercises I guide people through are really mild, asking them to breathe and feel their own heartbeats, but not making them get up and do stuff. I hope it still challenges them in a different way, by asking them to hold their stomachs and other body parts, and reflect on their cultural ideas about their bodies, without necessarily speaking them out loud."
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Top Ten Secret Stories about London Learnt on the Piccadilly and Petit Fours Tour
Around a year ago I met a wonderful tour guide called Yannick Pucci, a linguist and a historian, Yannick maybe from Luxembourg but he knows far more about my home city than I do. Back in May, I went on Yannick's Macarons and Mews Tour in Belgravia where I was guided around the pretty back streets and byways of this charming and affluent part of London. On the way we scoffed macarons galore whilst learning the secret history of a haunted pub, where to see the prettiest mews houses in Belgravia and most importantly the difference between a macaron and a macaroon….a differentiation that highly important for a blogger to be aware of.
When Yannick asked me if I'd like to trial his new tour Piccadilly and Petit Fours, a walk that investigated some of the most dapper areas of Mayfair, I couldn't think of a better way to spend a Sunday. Rather than spoil the surprise of my favourite guide's new tour I thought I give you the top ten secret stories about London that I learnt whilst on my walk.
1. Why there are no flowers in Green Park?
Ever noticed anything strange about Green Park? It's a pretty park to idle away the day, but there's absolutely no flowers growing there. The story goes that the wife of King Charles II discovered that the king had picked flowers in the park to give to another woman. As an act of revenge, the Queen ordered that every flower be removed from the park and no more should be planted. Though the truth of the story isn't quite clear, to this day there are still no flowerbeds in Green Park.
2. Where did Lord Byron Come to Weigh Himself
Berry Bros & Rudd on St James Street is one of Britain's oldest wine and spirit merchants but back when it opened, the store was a grocer selling exotic goods such as coffee, cocoa, tea, snuff and spices. Within the shops was a large set of grocer's weighing scales where many notable customers weighed themselves and their weights were recorded. As well as Lord Byron, a man obsessive about his weight, royal princes, Beau Brummel and William Pitt the Younger all weighed themselves on the famous scales which are still in the shop today.
3. Where was London's last ever duel fought?
The last ever place where a duel was fought in London is Pickering Place, which is the smallest square in Britain and also the location of the Texan embassy. You would never know this tiny little piece of London with its unspoilt Georgian architecture was famous for it's gambling den, bear baiting and duels!
4. What is London's oldest chocolate shop?
This was a tour that mixed the past with petits fours and Yannick led us into several different confectioners including colourful Prestat, one of London's oldest chocolate shops. the shop was founded in 1902 by French immigrant Antoine Dufour whose family was credited with creating the chocolate truffle in France. Dufour bought the truffle to England and the chocolate treat became widely available with the opening of the first Prestat shop.
Here were chose a chocolate to take with us to sample, on good advice I selected the red velvet truffle. One of the most famous patrons of the shop was Roald Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, who made Prestat truffles one of the central motifs in his novel, My Uncle Oswald. Prestat has also supplied the Royal Family for many years and has held a royal warrant since 1975.
5. How did Piccadilly get it's name?
Piccadilly used to be named Portugal Street after Catherine of Braganza, the wife of Charles II. The name Piccadilly came from the tailer named Robert Baker who was famous for making piccadills which were the frilled collars that were fashionable in the 17th Century. Baker had a large house named Pickadilly Hall located along the road.
6. Why did Fortnum and Mason open?
It wouldn't be a tour of Piccadilly without popping into one of London's best known and most upmarket department store for our next treat.
The origins of shop are really interesting too: William Fortnum, footman to Queen Anne, was getting increasingly frustrated with the diva-like behaviour of his employees who insisted on having new candles every night. He decided to sell the left over wax for a decent profit and set up a grocery store as a sideline. He soon convinced Hugh Mason, his landlord, to join the business and they set up the first Fortnum & Mason in 1707. Amongst other accolades, Fortnum's are credited with the invention of the scotch egg! Today Fortnum's is famous for it's picnic hampers and rather delicious afternoon tea served in the Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon.
7. Who was setting trends far before David Beckham?
Beau Brummel was the most dedicated follower of fashion in regency England. He rejected the overly ornate fashions for a more tailored look and Dolce and Gabanna have him to thank for establishing the modern men's suit worn with a necktie or knotted cravat. Apparently he took five hours to dress and polished his shoes with champagne! I wonder if he lit his cigarettes with pound notes too 😉
8. Which luxury accommodation was originally stables to house horses?
The elegant Stafford Hotel in St James Place has been a London favourite for over a hundred years but it wasn't until the late 1990s that the original stables was turned into luxury accommodation.
I loved the fact that The Stafford kept it authentic and the horses names are still on the doors. A few months ago I came to a lunch here held in the Wine Cellars. This room also has an interesting history as it was used as an air raid shelter during the World War II; there's even a little collection of war memorabilia still housed there.
9. How did people make calls around London before mobile phones?
Before the days of mobile phones these iconic red boxes were found on every corner of London, sadly they've somewhat diminished but just outside the Royal Academy are two listed red phone boxes. One is the original wooden design and the other is the cast iron prototype by Giles Gilbert Scott who also designed Waterloo Bridge and Battersea power station.
10. What connects the Piccadilly and Petit Fours Tour to my Wedding?
Yannick had already given me a teaser that there was a little connection to my wedding to spot while we were out on the tour.
Yannick led our small party into St James's Church on Piccadilly and advised me to take a picture of this tablet, dedicated to Architect, William Curtis Green.
'It'll come up again later.' He smiled…Towards the end of the walk we arrived at the famous Wolseley restaurant, where Yannick and I once enjoyed breakfast together with a group of fellow bloggers. Yannick explained that William Curtis Green was the architect that designed the Wolseley and he also designed….The Dorchester! Where I had my wedding reception…well you learn something new everyday.
Actually I learnt a lot of new things on this tour…I never would have known where the scotch egg was invented, how Piccadilly got it's name or that champagne makes great shoe polish if wasn't for Yannick's wonderful knowledge of the quirky side of London. Every time I meet Yannick he teaches me something new and I would highly recommend his new tour. Along with me on the tour was Shobna who blogs at Just Go Places, she brought along her two good as gold children who also thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
You can book the Piccadilly and Petit Fours Walking Tour via Eventbrite where you will also find all of Yannick's other wonderful tours available. Check the website for available dates and the tour is priced at £15.
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Best irons for seniors 2022?
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As we age, our bodies change and we can no longer do the things we used to do. This includes activities like golf. While some might give up the game altogether, others look for ways to stay competitive by using the best irons for seniors. In this article, we will discuss the different types of irons available and what makes them the best for seniors.
There is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question, as the best irons for seniors in 2022 will vary depending on each individual's specific needs and preferences. However, some factors to consider when choosing irons for seniors include the weight and size of the iron, the grip, the soleplate material, and the steam output. Additionally, many seniors prefer irons with features such as a self-cleaning function, an automatic shut-off, and a cord wrap.
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The TaylorMade Stealth Irons are the best golf irons for seniors overall. They boast unparalleled accuracy, an excellent feel, and a one-of-a-kind design. These Taylormade Irons are known for their durability, light weight, and forgiveness, making them perfect for senior golfers.
There is no definitive answer when it comes to the best irons for seniors in 2022. However, there are a few irons that stand out from the rest and are worth considering. The Cleveland Golf XL Halo is our pick for the best overall iron for seniors. It features a large, forgiving sweet spot that makes it easy to hit straight shots. The Wilson Launchpad is our pick for the best value for money option. It's a great all-around iron that is very affordable. The TaylorMade Stealth Irons are our pick for the best looking senior iron set. They have a sleek, modern look that is sure to turn heads on the golf course. The Cobra Golf Air X Iron Combo Set is our pick for the best for very low swing speeds. It's designed to help golfers with slower swing speeds generate more power and distance. The Callaway Rogue ST Max Irons are the longest irons for seniors. They are designed for maximum distance and forgiveness.
I highly recommend that all senior golfers use graphite flex shafts. They are much easier to hit and won't require extra energy late in the round to swing. Also, make sure the flex itself is the right one.
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This guide includes information on some of the best irons available on the market today. Whether you are looking for something lightweight and easy to swing, or something with more forgiveness and distance, there is sure to be an iron in this guide that will suit your needs. And, with prices ranging from budget-friendly to high-end, there is an option for everyone. So, take a look and see which iron is the best fit for you.
There is a big difference in the distance that golfers of different ages can hit their 9 iron. Golfers in their 20s can hit it 139 yards, while golfers over the age of 60 will be much closer to 110 yards. This is because younger golfers are typically stronger and have more power than older golfers.
The average 5 iron should travel 160 yards. Players have a wide range of swing speeds, so the faster swing speed golfers should expect yardages of 180 or even more with the 5 iron. Extra yards in this club will come from a square strike.
A 9-iron is a great club for beginners to use for shots from around 50-60 yards away from the hole. Otherwise, it is best to stick with a gentle 7-iron shot. This will help you avoid overshooting the hole and landing in the rough.
As a general rule, seniors should use a driver loft of at least 11 degrees. Some players might be able to get away with 10 or 105 if they still have a higher swing speed, but most golfers will be best served by using a loft between 11 and 13 degrees. This will help to ensure that the ball stays in the air for longer, resulting in greater distance.
The following irons are the most forgiving for 2020:
1. Taylormade SIM2 Max OS
2. Cobra F-Max Irons
3. Cleveland Launcher XL
4. Cobra T-Rail Combo Set
5. Wilson Launch Pad Irons
6. Srixon ZX4 Irons
These irons provide the best overall performance in terms of forgiveness, launch, trajectory, and feel. They are perfect for golfers of all levels who are looking to improve their game.
In professional golf, senior tournaments are for players aged 50 and above. In other branches of the sport, the lower age limit varies, but is usually 45, 50, or 55. This allows for more experienced and still competitive players to compete against each other in their own age bracket.
senior golfers can certainly get more distance by opting for a longer driver shaft. This is because a longer shaft provides a wider swing arc, which in turn helps to increase distance. So, if you're looking to add a few extra yards off the tee, make sure to give a longer driver shaft a try!
One way to make your backswing easier is by allowing your wrists to hinge earlier. This will make the club feel lighter and help you create more speed in the clubhead. Try this drill: hold your club with your lead hand only and swing the club halfway back.
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There are a few reasons why lightweight shafts work great for senior players. Firstly, they're lighter than steel shafts which makes them easier to swing. This is especially important for senior players who may not have the same swing speed as they used to. Secondly, graphite shafts are also more flexible than steel shafts. This gives senior players more power and control over their shots.
The average driving distance by age group has increased slightly from last year. The 40-49 age group had the largest increase, followed by the 50-59 age group. The 60-69 age group had a small decrease, while the 70+ age group had a slight increase.
The Ping G425 is a great set of irons for senior golfers who are looking for a mix of distance, feel, forgiveness, and spin control. The Ping hybrid is also a great option for replacing the long irons in this set.
A Pro V1 golf ball can be a great choice for seniors for a number of reasons. Firstly, the low spin rate means that it will travel further off the tee. Secondly, the spin technology will help the ball to stop on the greens more effectively. The only thing to bear in mind is that the Pro V1 may require a slightly higher swing speed to compress properly.
According to the article, on average, each bracket loses four yards in distance with their 7-iron. However, those who are 60+ years old have a 140-yard Smart Distance. Even though the older age brackets are hitting it shorter, their approach shot handicaps are actually improving. This is likely due to the fact that they have more experience and are able to make better choices on their shots.
Looking ahead of the ball through impact is the best way to ensure consistent results. Focusing on a point a few inches ahead of the golf ball will encourage you to take a divot after impact, which will promote a cleaner strike and more consistent distance and accuracy.
The player will be able to tee off from the pine tees, but will play to a different set of rules. The idea behind the rule is to make the game more fair for the player, as they are at a disadvantage due to their age.
Pitching wedge is a versatile club that can be used for a variety of shots, from full shots to partial shots to chips and pitches. The distance that a pitching wedge can be hit varies based on the skill level of the golfer. For example, a beginner golfer might only be able to hit the pitching wedge from 70 to 120 yards, while a more experienced golfer could hit the same club from 100 to 140 yards. As a golfer's swing improves, their distance with the pitching wedge will also increase.
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The average seven iron, for most golfers, carries between 120-158 yards. On the golf course, you should try to keep your seven iron shots within the range that you generally hit the golf club. In other words, learn your distances for your irons and write them down.
Lob wedges offer the most loft of any club, most measuring in between 58′ and 60′ degrees, with some even angling loft up to 65′ degrees. Along with being a great club for taking a full swing within 75 yards, the lob wedge is a helpful weapon for getting out of trouble. When you find yourself in a tough spot on the course, a lob wedge can help you get back into position.
The average golfer will hit their 60-degree wedge 74 yards but the range can vary between 60 and 100 yards. Longer hitters who take a full swing will typically be close to the 100-yard range but most golfers only take a 1/2 or 3/4 swing with their 60 degrees. This lack of consistent distance often causes issues on the golf course as golfers try to figure out how far their shots will go.
Golfers who hit their 7 iron less than 150 yards should replace their 5 iron with a hybrid and have a 6 iron as their longest iron. This will improve their ability to hit longer shots and improve their score.
This is an average score for a golfer in their 50s or 60s. They are likely to have a good golf game if they can maintain this score.
Compression is a measurement of how much the ball deforms when hit by a golf club. The larger the compression, the less the ball deforms, and the farther it will travel. Therefore, it is important to choose a ball that has a compression that is suitable for your game. Golfers who have a higher swing speed should use a ball with a higher compression, while those with a lower swing speed should use a ball with a lower compression. Senior golfers should use a ball with a lower compression, as this will help them to get more distance.
The best irons for seniors in 2022 are the Callaway XR OS and the Titleist AP2 716. They are both very forgiving and have low center of gravities, which makes them easy to hit. They also have large sweet spots, making them ideal for seniors who don't have the same swing speed as they did when they were younger.
After doing plenty of research and reading many reviews, the best irons for seniors in 2022 are the Callaway Rogue X, Titleist T-MB, and the Ping G400 MAX. They are all extremely forgiving, provide plenty of distance, and have a large sweet spot. If you are a senior golfer who is looking for a new set of irons, any of these would be a great option.
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Q: Is define setter and getter in .h cause codes more or less readable? I have some straight habits (I think) to write getter and setter in c++:

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*I usually like to define getters and setters in .h instead of .cpp, just because I think .cpp usually have more codes than .h, I want to balance the number of codes in .h and .cpp. Also I think getter and setter are less frequent change than other functions.

*I usually mark getters and setters "inline", but not for performance purpose: just only use "inline" as marker of getter and setter, when I see "inline" I can know it is a getter or a setter method rapidly. So I will prevent "inline" other methods because "inline" is just use as marker to separate getter and setter from other methods.
But after some time, I found seems no people would put getter and setter in .h. Also it seems uncommon to inline getters and setters.
Is the habit really improve readability or only results in less understandable and less reasonable code?

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I usually like to define getters and setters in .h instead of .cpp, just because I think .cpp usually have more codes than .h, I want to balance the number of codes in .h and .cpp.

Is there any specific reason to do so? You have to write code where it should be not according to a (questionable) aesthetic sense of balance. Moreover a very short heavily used header file and a long compilation unit may result in reduced overall compilation time.

Also I think getter and setter are less frequent change than other functions.

This makes sense to reduce compilation time if header is included in many other compilation units however don't abuse this, compilation time is important but code readability is more. Worry about this only if you're using a very old computer or you're working on a huge project.

I usually mark getters and setters "inline", but not for performance purpose: just only use "inline" as marker of getter and setter, when I see "inline" I can know it is a getter or a setter method rapidly. So I will prevent "inline" other methods because "inline" is just use as marker to separate getter and setter from other methods.

Absolutely bad! inline is to give an hint to compiler to inline that method, do not use it for something else! Would you use (let's imagine) volatile to highlight variables used only in const functions? Use language constructs for what they're for. Always.

But after some time, I found seems no people would put getter and setter in .h.

Any evidence of this?

Also it seems uncommon to inline getters and setters.

Maybe not explicitly (because nowadays inline is more an hint for other programmers than for compiler) but they're good candidates to become inlined because they're usually simple and call overhead is higher than code they execute. Don't worry where you put them, if compiled detects it'll improve your code performance (in speed or memory footprint) it'll make them inline without your help (but you may force it to do it or don't do it using some vendor specific extensions).

Is the habit really improve readability or only results in less understandable and less reasonable code?

In my opinion (that's I marked this answer as community wiki) it's a bad habit because no one else but you will understand your reasoning. It's astonishing: if I see a method explicitly marked as inline I expect a performance critical method (and inline make it evident) and astonishing code is error prone code.
I'm especially against inline used to mark getter/setter methods, pick a good coding convention and make it your. It'll evolve with your own (or your company) coding style and your experience but don't reinvent the wheel before you first master existing stuff...

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*you can define it in .h files and that doesn't imply on code readability if they are short. int getX() const { return _x; }
if this functions are complex - maybe you should avoid that.

*setter are usually more complex, thats why you should move to .cpp files.

*about inline:

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*don't care about it before optimisation step of development.

*functions in .h doesn't inline automatically, even inline word is just recommendation for compiler. (different compilers have __force_inline word)

*you should read some code styles, for example google C++ code style or some other and grab some rules there.

A: Marking functions defined inside the class definition inline is redundant because those functions will be inlined by default anyway.
Only if you define a function outside the class in a header file, should the definition be marked inline.
Also it's common to define simple one-liners such as getters and setters in the class definition, don't worry about it. Just automatically put all one-line functions there, it's the common practice.
You can quickly see which ones are getters and setters from their get or set prefix, and also from the fact that their definitions are very short. It might also help to group them together physically.

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*Although it is common to put getters and setters in header files I would say it is not good practice. If you need to change these functions at all or if they need to become more complicated than a single line function then all compilation units using that header need to be recompiled. Just make a rule of only having function definitions in .cpp files and compile with LTCG or LTO enabled if you are worried that they will no longer be inlined by the compiler.

*Although historically the inline keyword could be a hint to the compiler to inline the body of the function all modern compilers I know of ignore it when deciding how to best optimise. Its only modern usage is to declare an inline function, that is one that can be present in multiple compilation units without violating the one definition rule. This is a linkage concept and a separate idea to the concept of an inlined function although given the past multiple usage of the keyword the confusion is understandable. All functions declared within a class or struct definition are implicitly inline functions and therefore there is no need to explicitly use the inline keyword.


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    private IElementProcessor[] processors = null;
    private boolean[] visited = null;
    private int size = 0;

    // These structures are used when we need to recompute already-existing structures, in order to reduce
    // the total amount of processor arrays created during normal operation (attributes might change a lot).
    private IElementProcessor[] auxProcessors = null;
    private boolean[] auxVisited = null;
    private int auxSize = 0;

    // The version, used to keep track of the tag's attributes and knowing when we have to recompute
    private AbstractProcessableElementTag currentTag = null;

    // This flag will determine if we should return the last processor that we have already returned, or if we just did
    private boolean lastToBeRepeated = false;
    private boolean lastWasRepeated = false;

    ElementProcessorIterator() {
        super();
    }

    void reset() {
        this.size = 0;
        this.last = -1;
        this.currentTag = null;
        this.lastToBeRepeated = false;
        this.lastWasRepeated = false;
    }

    IElementProcessor next(final AbstractProcessableElementTag tag) {

        // It should never happen that after calling 'setLastToBeRepeated' we change tag or modify it before
        // calling 'next' again, so we are fine checking this flag before checking for recomputes
        if (this.lastToBeRepeated) {
            final IElementProcessor repeatedLast = computeRepeatedLast(tag);
            this.lastToBeRepeated = false;
            this.lastWasRepeated = true;
            return repeatedLast;
        }

        this.lastWasRepeated = false;

        if (this.currentTag != tag) { // tags are immutable, so we will use them as a marker of being updated
            recompute(tag);
            this.currentTag = tag;
            this.last = -1;
        }

        if (this.processors == null) {
            return null;
        }

        // We use 'last' as a starting index in order save some iterations (except after recomputes)
        int i = this.last + 1;
        int n = this.size - i;
        while (n-- != 0) {
            if (!this.visited[i]) {
                this.visited[i] = true;
                this.last = i;
                return this.processors[i];
            }
            i++;
        }
        this.last = this.size;
        return null;

    }

    private IElementProcessor computeRepeatedLast(final AbstractProcessableElementTag tag) {

        if (this.currentTag != tag) {
            throw new TemplateProcessingException("Cannot return last processor to be repeated: changes were made and processor recompute is needed!");
        }

        if (this.processors == null) {
            throw new TemplateProcessingException("Cannot return last processor to be repeated: no processors in tag!");
        }

        return this.processors[this.last];

    }

    boolean lastWasRepeated() {
        return this.lastWasRepeated;
    }

    void setLastToBeRepeated(final AbstractProcessableElementTag tag) {

        if (this.currentTag != tag) {
            throw new TemplateProcessingException("Cannot set last processor to be repeated: processor recompute is needed!");
        }

        if (this.processors == null) {
            throw new TemplateProcessingException("Cannot set last processor to be repeated: no processors in tag!");
        }

        this.lastToBeRepeated = true;

    }

    private void recompute(final AbstractProcessableElementTag tag) {

        // Before recomputing the iterator itself, we have to make sure that the associated processors are up-to-date
        final IElementProcessor[] associatedProcessors = tag.getAssociatedProcessors();

        if (associatedProcessors.length == 0) {
            // After recompute, it seems we have no processors to be applied (we might have had before)

            if (this.processors != null) {
                // We don't mind what we had in the arrays - setting size to 0 will invalidate them
                this.size = 0;
            } // else there's nothing to do -- we had nothing precomputed, and will still have the same nothing

            return;

        }

        if (this.processors == null) {
            // We had nothing precomputed, but there are associated processors now!

            this.size = associatedProcessors.length;
            this.processors = new IElementProcessor[Math.max(this.size, 4)]; // minimum size = 4
            this.visited = new boolean[Math.max(this.size, 4)]; // minimum size = 4

            System.arraycopy(associatedProcessors, 0, this.processors, 0, this.size);
            Arrays.fill(this.visited, false);

            return;

        }

        // Processors have changed since the last time we used the iterator (attributes changed),
        // so we need to use the 'aux' structures in order to recompute processors and then swap.

        this.auxSize = associatedProcessors.length;
        if (this.auxProcessors == null || this.auxSize > this.auxProcessors.length) {
            // We need new aux arrays (either don't exist, or they are too small)
            this.auxProcessors = new IElementProcessor[Math.max(this.auxSize, 4)];
            this.auxVisited = new boolean[Math.max(this.auxSize, 4)];
        }

        System.arraycopy(associatedProcessors, 0, this.auxProcessors, 0, this.auxSize);
        // No pre-initialization for the visited array -- we will do it position by position

        // Now we should check the matches between the new and the old iterator processors - we will build
        // on the fact that processors are always ordered by precedence
        int i = 0; // index for the NEW processors
        int j = 0; // index for the OLD processors
        while (i < this.auxSize) {

            if (i >= this.size || j >= this.size) {
                // We know everything in the new array from here on has to be new. Might also be that we
                // just did a resetGathering (this.size == 0), and we are going to consider every new processor
                // as "not visited"
                Arrays.fill(this.auxVisited, i, this.auxSize, false);
                break;
            }

            if (this.auxProcessors[i] == this.processors[j]) {
                this.auxVisited[i] = this.visited[j];
                i++;
                j++;
                continue;
            }

            // Doesn't match. Either we have a new processor, or an previous one was removed

            final int comp = ProcessorComparators.PROCESSOR_COMPARATOR.compare(this.auxProcessors[i], this.processors[j]);

            if (comp == 0) {
                // This should never happen. The comparator should make sure the only case in which comp == 0 is when
                // processors are the same (i.e. the object)

                throw new IllegalStateException(
                        "Two different registered processors have returned zero as a result of their " +
                        "comparison, which is forbidden. Offending processors are " +
                        this.auxProcessors[i].getClass().getName() + " and " +
                        this.processors[j].getClass().getName());

            } else if (comp < 0) {
                // The new one has higher precedence (lower value), so it's new

                this.auxVisited[i] = false; // We need to execute this for sure! (it's new)
                i++;
                // continue

            } else { // comp > 0
                // The old one has higher precedence (lower value), so it's been removed -- just skip
                j++;
                // continue

            }

        }

        // Finally, just swap the arrays
        final IElementProcessor[] swapProcessors = this.auxProcessors;
        final boolean[] swapVisited = this.auxVisited;
        this.auxProcessors = this.processors;
        this.auxVisited = this.visited;
        this.processors = swapProcessors;
        this.visited = swapVisited;
        this.size = this.auxSize;

    }

    void resetAsCloneOf(final ElementProcessorIterator original) {

        this.size = original.size;
        this.last = original.last;
        this.currentTag = original.currentTag;
        this.lastToBeRepeated = original.lastToBeRepeated;
        this.lastWasRepeated = original.lastWasRepeated;

        if (this.size > 0 && original.processors != null) { // original.visited will also be != null
            if (this.processors == null || this.processors.length < this.size) {
                this.processors = new IElementProcessor[this.size];
                this.visited = new boolean[this.size];
            }
            System.arraycopy(original.processors, 0, this.processors, 0, this.size);
            System.arraycopy(original.visited, 0, this.visited, 0, this.size);
        }

    }

}

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I think the Coles brand of ravioli and tortellini don't agree with me.
Thread: I think the Coles brand of ravioli and tortellini don't agree with me.
They used to be OK. Have they made some change to the ingredients? The last couple of times I've had one I've had it go through the eye of a needle the next day.
Guess it won't take a Royal Commission to figure out the solution.
Maybe they were pasta use by date?
Magic_Matt, Melbroaster and magnafunk like this.
Everybody's taking the p155 out of you but I do sometimes wonder about what is in some common products off the Supermarket shelf.
I have a constant battle with Reflux and it is an ongoing process of wondering whether something I have eaten is being recalcitrant down in the small intestine.
They may well have changed their supplier of the private label goods. I think Bega Cheese's contract to supply the dairy related products expired in January this year. May have had a similar turnover in fresh pasta supply.
I guess that explains it. I've stopped buying the Coles brand of ravioli and tortellini.


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Ocean of Funk is the debut studio album by American rapper E.S.G. from Houston, Texas. It was released on February 1, 1994 via Perrion Records.

Track listing

Sample credits
9-Trey
"This Is Your Life" by Commodores
Birdies That Don't Chirp
"Voyage to Atlantis" by The Isley Brothers
"Skanless" by DJ Quik
Flipping
"Love and Happiness" by Al Green
Anticipation
"Anticipation" by Bar-Kays
My Real Niggaz
"Ashley's Roachclip" by The Soul Searchers
"Representin' 93" by 2Pac
"Quik's Groove" by DJ Quik
Smoke On
"Float On" by The Floaters

Personnel
Cedric Dormaine Hill – main artist, assistant engineering
Deon Britten – featured artist (tracks: 4, 7, 15)
Lil' Will – featured artist (tracks: 7, 15)
Marcus Bolden – featured artist (track 9)
A. Morgan – featured artist (track 15)
Yellowstone Click – featured artists (track 15)
Sean "Solo" Jemison – producer
Earl Winters – producer
Clay James – mixing & engineering
Robert Earl Davis, Jr. – editor (track 2)
Steven Caldwell – executive producer
Eric Bowen – executive producer
Pen & Pixel – design & layout

References

External links

1994 debut albums
E.S.G. (rapper) albums
Gangsta rap albums by American artists

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Der frühere US-Vizepräsident bietet Vorschläge zur Eindämmung bzw. Abwendung der Klimakatastrophe.
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