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In the world of investing, one of the most important things to keep an eye on is the price of gold. This valuable commodity has been used for centuries as a way to store value and ensure that someone can be financially secure in times of uncertainty.
So what does the future hold for gold prices?
In this article, we explore how the price of gold is forecasted for 2023.
1 The Outlook for the Price of Gold in 2023
2 What Factors will Impact the Price of Gold in 2023?
2.1 1. Economic Conditions
2.2 2. Political Events
2.3 3. Technology Trends
3 How Much is Gold in 2023?
4 The current Gold Price per gram USD ($)
5 How will the Price of gold Change over the Next Year?
6 What to do if you're Looking to Invest in Gold in 2023
The Outlook for the Price of Gold in 2023
The outlook for the price of gold in 2023 is positive. The global economy is expanding, and this will lead to increased demand for precious metals. The price of gold will continue to rise in the future.
What Factors will Impact the Price of Gold in 2023?
Gold is a valuable asset, but it is not immune to market fluctuations. The price of gold can be affected by a variety of factors, including economic conditions, political events, and technology trends.
The price of gold has been volatile in the past, and it is likely to continue to be unpredictable in the future. However, there are some factors that will have a significant impact on the price of gold in 2023.
1. Economic Conditions
The economy is one of the most important factors that will affect the price of gold. If the economy is strong and growing, investors will want to buy gold stocks and other investments that are related to gold. On the other hand, if the economy is weak or declining, investors will want to sell off their gold holdings.
2. Political Events
Political events can also have a significant impact on the price of gold. For example, if there are major conflicts or wars happening in countries that are major gold producers, this could lead to an increase in the price of gold.
3. Technology Trends
Technology trends also play a role in the price of gold. For example, if there are new technological developments that could make mining more efficient or reduce the cost of production, this could lead to an increase in the price of gold.
How Much is Gold in 2023?
According to gold.org, The price of gold in 2023 has been in ranges between $1,800/oz – $2,500/oz per ounce.
Sources: Bloomberg, World Gold Council, gold.org; Disclaimer
Notably, while the strengthening of the US dollar against a broad range of currencies has hampered the price of gold (when expressed in US dollars), it has supported the performance of gold in many other currencies, including the euro, yen, and pound sterling, among others.
We believe that investors will continue to face significant challenges during the second half of the year. As such, they will need to balance several competing risks compounded by a fair degree of uncertainty about their magnitude.
The current Gold Price per gram USD ($)
The gold price per gram USD has been fluctuating over the past few months, but it's currently hovering around $1,250 per gram USD ($). This means that gold is still a valuable resource, and it's worth investigating if this metal could be a good investment.
How will the Price of gold Change over the Next Year?
Over the next year, the price of gold is likely to change significantly. The reason for this is that there are several factors that could lead to a change in the value of gold.
One factor that could lead to a change in the price of gold is economic growth. If the economy continues to grow, more people will want to buy gold as an investment. This will cause the price of gold to rise.
Another factor that could lead to a change in the price of gold is inflation. If the economy starts to increase in price due to inflation, more people will want to buy gold as a way to protect their savings. This will also cause the price of gold to rise.
Finally, there are political events that could happen that could affect the value of gold. For example, if there is a war or a major financial crisis, the market for gold could be affected. In these cases, the price of gold can change quickly and dramatically.
What to do if you're Looking to Invest in Gold in 2023
If you're looking to invest in gold in 2023, you'll need to know the price of gold. Here are some tips on how to calculate the price of gold in 2023.
The price of gold is determined by a number of factors, including the demand for the metal, inflation rates, and geopolitical events.
You can find the current price of gold by searching online or contacting a financial advisor. Keep in mind that the price of gold can change rapidly, so it's important to monitor the market closely.
It's hard to predict the future, but it's safe to say that the price of gold will continue to rise in 2023. With inflation continuing to climb and economies around the world still struggling, people are looking for investments that can provide them with stability in turbulent times. And since gold is a tangible asset that has stood the test of time, it seems like a good choice for many people.
So if you're thinking about investing in gold in 2023, be sure to do your research and make sure you are getting a fair deal – there are plenty of scammers out there ready to take advantage of unwary investors.
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(1) Commission
The term "Commission" means the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission established by section 2000e-4 of this title.
(2) Covered entity
The term "covered entity" means an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee.
(3) Direct threat
The term "direct threat" means a significant risk to the health or safety of others that cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation.
(4) Employee
The term "employee" means an individual employed by an employer. With respect to employment in a foreign country, such term includes an individual who is a citizen of the United States.
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The term "employer" means a person engaged in an industry affecting commerce who has 15 or more employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and any agent of such person, except that, for two years following the effective date of this subchapter, an employer means a person engaged in an industry affecting commerce who has 25 or more employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding year, and any agent of such person.
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Q: count and display distinct values in excel rows I have a table that looks like this

name
column1
column2
column3

name1
a
b
b

name2
c

a

name3
a
a
dd

I need to enter data in another table in this format:
name, label of the value, count occurances of value, label of the value, count occurances of value ...

name
label
count
label
count

name1
a
1
b
2

name2
c
1
a
1

name3
a
2
dd
1

I could copy data from the table1, if I could get it to list and display distinct values, somewhere in table1.
I tried using pivot table, but it expects data to be i columns, not in rows.
Is there any way this can be done in excel?
Thanks.

A: You could do this by using the Data Model and creating measures to display text values within the Value field of a PivotTable, but I think Power Query would be more efficient.

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*Load your data into Power Query.  Data tab in the Ribbon > From Table/Range

*Select the Name column, right-click, Unpivot Other Columns

*Select the Name and Value columns, right-click, Group By.

*New Column name = "Count", Operation = "Count Rows", Column will be blank.

*Select the Value and Count columns.  Go to the Transform tab in the ribbon, select Merge Columns under the Text Column section.  Use whatever seperator you want, I chose colon.

*Right-click the Name column, select Group By.  Name the column whatever you like, and do a Sum operation on your newly Merged column.
Your resulting column will have an error.  In the formula bar replace this code:
= Table.Group(#"Merged Columns", {"name"}, {{"MergedRows", each List.Sum([Merged]), type text}})

With this code, replacing MergedRows with your column header.
= Table.Group(#"Merged Columns", {"name"}, {{"MergedRows", each Text.Combine([Merged],":"), type text}})

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*Notice how my Text.Combine separator is the same colon as I used earlier to merge columns.  Now you can selected your fully merged column, and choose Split Column under the Transform tab in the ribbon.  Choose delimiter and colon.

*Now you just need to clean up the column order and headers.

A: Starting from Excel 2016 you can use the "Get & Transform" capabilities.
In short, select your data, then use the "From Table" button under Data | Get & Transform". A new Query Editor window opens, select the first column, right-click and select "Unpivot other columns": you get a table with a row for each combination of row/column in your original data range. You may want to change column headers, then just close the query editor and load the unpivoted data.
For more info have a look at this article from Microsoft

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I made my first solar box cooker about three months ago. I opted for a simple box cooker due to the difficulty of finding materials where we currently are (Arequipa, Peru) and my limited time and budget. I used a box used for reams of paper for the inner box because this fit a piece of window glass I found. I based my plans on the "Minimum" Solar Box Cooker found at http://solarcooking.wikia.com.
I used tinfoil to line the inside and to make the reflector. This cooker worked fairly well, with high temperatures of around 230 degrees Fahrenheit when empty.
From this experience, I was hooked on solar cooking and decided to make a second cooker along the same lines but using plywood for the exterior to make it last longer. I made it larger to fit a large cookie sheet or large pan to cook in. I also made the reflector from a glass mirror glued to a piece of plywood. Unfortunately, this oven didn't perform as well as the first oven, probably due to the larger size. So, I went back to the drawing board.
As a proof for the third oven, I decided to re-use the first box cooker made out of cardboard. I used the plans for the "Heaven's Flame" found at the solar cooking wikia above and just added panel reflectors to the box, some more insulation and tilted it toward the sun. I was totally amazed at the improvement! My cooker now would reach high temperatures around 350 degrees Fahrenheit!
I started using this improved cooker for everything - soups, bread, rolls, roasts, chicken, apple crisp, etc. I still used the plywood oven for things like granola and things that cook at a lower temperature all day.
I am currently looking for materials to make a 60/30 oven using plywood as an exterior and cardboard lined with tinfoil as insulation. Because of the angle that the cardboard oven needs to be at, I can't make a large pot of soup or stew due to spilling liquids. I am hoping that the 60/30 solar oven will be the last cooker I need to make. I am also making it with the intention that it will easily connect to a homemade food dehydrator that I hope to make once I am finished with the oven. It will also be better insulated than either of the above ovens because, though they perform well in Peru at 7000 feet, they won't perform as well in New York once we return to the USA.
And a great example of how to make solar cookers even in areas that are lacking in many of the resources that we take for granted.
This is exactly the knowledge and skills that the people in many third world countries need in order to help them in their desperate plights.
I made also an oven from cardboard. Not tried it yet. putting the final touches now. I would like to know how you handle condensation inside and what you do to prevent it. I fear cardboard will soak and distract.
Here is a very simple solar panel cooker that is effective enough to cook a 3.5 quart pot of cinnamon apples.
It takes a little longer than a commercial solar cooker but if you give it enough time it will cook your food. We use this all the time.


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James P. Lucier (born 1934 or 1935) is an author and a former staff member of the United States Senate.

Early life and education
Lucier has a bachelor's degree in radio and television journalism from the University of Detroit, where he co-founded the educational station WDET, and a doctoral degree in English literature from the University of Michigan.

Career
After completing his doctorate, Lucier was associate editor of the Richmond News Leader, in Virginia; he caused controversy by writing critically of President Kennedy shortly after his assassination. Also in 1963 he wrote for American Opinion, the magazine of the right-wing John Birch Society, accusing African leaders of embracing socialism as "abundance without necessitating the earning of it".

Lucier was a Senate staff member for 25 years. After working for South Carolina Southern Democrat and later Republican Senator Strom Thurmond, he joined the staff of North Carolina Republican Senator Jesse Helms, initially as coordinator of domestic legislative policy, then as chief legislative aide for foreign affairs. He became minority staff director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when Helms became its ranking minority member in February 1987. A leader of the hard-line faction among Republican staffers, he was relieved of his position in a general shake-up by Helms in 1992, being replaced by James "Bud" Nance, a retired admiral and friend of Helms'.

In 1972, Lucier established Capitol Information Services, for which he worked part-time at the beginning of his employment with Helms; in 1986 the Charlotte Observer raised questions about the ethics of a Senate aide running such a business. While working for Helms, he and another aide to Helms, John Carbaugh, were criticized for profiting from private foundations they had set up with Helms, and were accused of meddling in foreign policy on Helms' behalf, particularly when both attended and attempted to influence the Lancaster House talks between Britain and Rhodesia.

He subsequently became senior editor of the news weekly Insight, and has also served as chairman of the advisory commission for the Thomas Balch Library and a member of the board of the James Monroe Museum and Senior Fellow of the Monroe Foundation.

In 2006 he was appointed head of the Program on the Middle East and the Iran Information Center at the Institute on Religion and Public Policy.

Publications
In 2001 he published The Political Writings of James Monroe, one of a series on presidential writings commissioned by the publisher. For his work on the book, he was appointed one of six scholars in the Congressional Reading Room at the Library of Congress.

References

1930s births
Living people
American male writers
University of Detroit Mercy alumni
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The Second Annual Birth to 22 Buisness Breakfast: Shaping Our Children's Future Together, was held at the West Palm Beach Marriott, where academic, civic and business leaders came together to share ideas.
In 2012, the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners initiated a discussion around youth violence, disengagement and the need for equity.
In 2013, county leaders built upon and broadened the conversation by convening the Youth Symposium, which focused on identifying actions and programs to support the healthy growth, development and education of children and youth from prenatal to young adulthood.
This partnership between County Commissioners, the School District of PBC, Children's Services Council of PBC, United Way of PBC, CareerSource of PBC and other leaders led to a number of recommendations and work areas that have been tackled over the past 3 years.
In January 2015, one of the key recommendations (to bring services funded by the County for children and youth under one umbrella) was instituted with the creation of the Youth Services Department.
While dedicated to effective program administration, the new department was also charged with interagency and interdepartmental coordination, and with playing a community leadership role to fully leverage the burgeoning efforts across the county that are designed to improve outcomes for all children and youth.
Youth Services' focus on youth 6 to 22 created an excellent continuum of care to supplement Children's Services Council's focus on early childhood prenatal to age 5.
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Physician assistants saw the biggest average increase in salary among all specialists in 2021, according to a recent report by physician search and consulting firm Merritt Hawkins.
Here are the eight specialties for which average starting salaries increased over the past year, ranked by percent increase:
Note: Figures are based on 2,458 permanent physician and advanced practitioner search assignments that were ongoing or conducted by Merritt Hawkins/AMN Healthcare's physician staffing companies from April 2020 to March 2021.
Physician assistants: +14 percent — from $112,000 to $128,000
Neurology: +13 percent — from $295,000 to $332,000
Nurse practitioners: +12 percent — from $125,000 to $140,000
Noninterventional cardiology: +9 percent — from $409,000 to $446,000
Pediatrics: +7 percent — from $221,000 to $236,000
Certified registered nurse anesthetists: +3 percent — from $215,000 to $222,000
Family medicine: +1 percent — from $240,000 to $243,000
Psychiatry: +1 percent — from $276,000 to $279,000


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There are many common misconceptions about sexual assault. Often they are perpetuated in the media and by political figures. There are a few things that should be made clear.
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Richard Robinson (Strategy Analytics) shared some interesting statistics indicating the growing importance for car manufacturers to include digital radio in the car. Interestingly, he noted that data may in fact be of more value to car manufacturers who want to improve their "smart cars" and ensure essential safety features.
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She was Advocate General for Scotland from the creation of that position in 1999 until 2006, whereupon she became a Judge of the Court of Session in Scotland. She was a lecturer in Jurisprudence from 1973 at the University of Dundee until she was called to the Scottish Bar in 1977. On 21 June 2012, Lady Clark succeeded Lord Drummond Young as Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission. Lady Clark demitted office on 31 December 2013 in order to sit in the Inner House of the Court of Session, and was succeeded as Chairman by Lord Pentland. Clark first stood for election in 1992 for the seat of Fife North East, held by Menzies Campbell, but was unsuccessful. At the 1997 election she was elected for the seat of Edinburgh Pentlands, displacing Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Malcolm Rifkind. She stood down at the 2005 election, allowing Alistair Darling to contest the new Edinburgh South West seat. On 13 May 2005 it was announced that she would be created a life peer, and on 21 June 2005 the title was gazetted as Baroness Clark of Calton, of Calton in the City of Edinburgh. On 18 January 2006 Lady Clark of Calton resigned as Advocate General to take up office as a Senator of the College of Justice. She was replaced as Advocate General by Neil Davidson, Queen's Counsel (now Lord Davidson of Glen Clova). As of 2013, Lady Clark of Calton is the most recent Senator of the College of Justice to have served in the House of Commons.
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Lynda Margaret Clark, Baroness Clark of Calton Personal Computer is a Scottish judge.
Clark studied law at Queens College, Street Andrews during its transition to independence as the University of Dundee School of Law, graduating in 1970 with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from Street Andrews, and subsequently gained a Doctor of Philosophy in criminology and penology from the University of Edinburgh in 1975.
She was Advocate General for Scotland from the creation of that position in 1999 until 2006, whereupon she became a Judge of the Court of Session in Scotland. She was a lecturer in Jurisprudence from 1973 at the University of Dundee until she was called to the Scottish Bar in 1977. On 21 June 2012, Lady Clark succeeded Lord Drummond Young as Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission.
Lady Clark demitted office on 31 December 2013 in order to sit in the Inner House of the Court of Session, and was succeeded as Chairman by Lord Pentland.
Clark first stood for election in 1992 for the seat of Fife North East, held by Menzies Campbell, but was unsuccessful. At the 1997 election she was elected for the seat of Edinburgh Pentlands, displacing Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Malcolm Rifkind.
She stood down at the 2005 election, allowing Alistair Darling to contest the new Edinburgh South West seat. On 13 May 2005 it was announced that she would be created a life peer, and on 21 June 2005 the title was gazetted as Baroness Clark of Calton, of Calton in the City of Edinburgh.
On 18 January 2006 Lady Clark of Calton resigned as Advocate General to take up office as a Senator of the College of Justice.
She was replaced as Advocate General by Neil Davidson, Queen's Counsel (now Lord Davidson of Glen Clova). As of 2013, Lady Clark of Calton is the most recent Senator of the College of Justice to have served in the House of Commons.
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She was formerly the Labour Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands.
She took silk in 1989, and was subsequently called to the English Bar in 1990 as a member of the Inner Temple.
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The dream-rock band Belly blazed a bright trail in the '90s, releasing two albums full of taut, yet wondrous music that was memorable for its rumbling bass lines and insistent drumming as it was for its glittering riffs and airy vocals. Their new album Dove, which was recorded with friend of the band Paul Q. Kolderie, places Belly back on that trail, bridging the gaps between reverbed-out bliss and spaghetti-western drone and muscular, hook-forward pop.
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Home WarZone Breaking: Ukrainian pilot Savchenko pardoned by Putin, swapped for 2 Russians
Breaking: Ukrainian pilot Savchenko pardoned by Putin, swapped for 2 Russians
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Putin explains to the two journalist widows why that swap had to be done
Putin meets the widows of the two Russian journalists killed to explain why the swap had to be done.
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She was quite theatrical during her captivity, anticipating a future exchange and then being a hero for killing civilians
[ Editor's Note: What can we say about Savchenko? I feel sorry for Ukraine for getting her back. I felt sorry for those who kept her prisoner. The truth about her captivity would make a great film, albeit XXX rated.
This girl is either utterly insane, as Russia has often expressed, or the psychological warfare player of all time. There is nothing she wouldn't do to shock the Red Cross or her jailers.
Were one to step back a bit, one might look at the nature of it all, by "it all" we mean one contrived conflict after another, wars that are kept alive simply because they are a profitable business in themselves, because they serve the ends of the "chaos theory" gang or they provide a backdrop for human trafficking or the CIA's narcotics franchises.
Savchenko is one face that will be remembered of the million who have died in Syria, Iraq, Kenya, Yemen or the invisible 500 a day thrown in trash heaps, the "visiting workers" of Qatar, the UAE, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain or so many other petty principalities that provide luxury/debauchery "on the cheap" at the hand of the poor of Indonesia, the Philippines, Bangladesh or Thailand…. Gordon Duff ]
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An aircraft carrying Russian citizens Evgeny Erofeev and Aleksandr Aleksandrov, part of a prisoner swap for Ukraine's Nadezhda Savchenko, has landed at Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport. Savchenko was pardoned by President Putin on Wednesday.
Putin ratified Savchenko's pardon, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, adding that the Russian leader signed the document simultaneously with the arrival of Erofeev and Aleksandrov in Moscow.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko also signed a decree to pardon Russian citizens Evgeny Erofeev and Aleksandr Aleksandrov. The decree is dated May 24.
Savchenko has already been delivered to Kiev on a Ukrainian plane.
In March, a Russian court found Ukrainian pilot Savchenko guilty of murdering Russian journalists Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin near Lugansk, eastern Ukraine, and of illegally crossing the Russian border.
According to prosecutors, she relayed the coordinates of a checkpoint where the two reporters were subsequently killed by the Ukrainian Aidar Battalion artillery fire near the town of Metalist in June 2014. The attack also resulted in the deaths of Ukrainian civilians. Afterwards, Savchenko illegally crossed the border into Russia.
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Russian citizens Evgeny Erofeev and Aleksandr Aleksandrov were sentenced in Ukraine in April to 14 years each in prison after a district court in Kiev found them guilty of terrorist activities.
Both Erofeev and Aleksandrov maintain their innocence. The two men were captured in Donbass in May 2015, with Kiev claiming they were Russian servicemen. The Russian Defense Ministry officially denied the allegations, stating that neither Erofeev nor Aleksandrov was serving in the Russian Army at that time.
When the aircraft with Aleksandrov and Erofeev landed in Moscow, their wives, Ekaterina and Yulia respectively, were there to meet them.
"We were waiting for them, we were very worried and hoped for their return," Yulia Erofeeva said.
It has been revealed that in March, relatives of the slain journalists, Kornelyuk and Voloshin, addressed Putin with a plea to pardon Savchenko.
The president met with Kornelyuk's widow, Ekaterina, and Voloshin's sister, Maryana, on Wednesday to personally express his gratitude for their position.
"I want to thank you for your position and express hope that such a decision, motivated by humanitarian considerations in the first place, will lead to a de-escalation of the confrontation in a certain conflict zone and will help to avoid similar terrible and needless losses. Thank you very much," Putin told the relatives of the deceased journalists.
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«Лю́си» () — научно-фантастический фильм 2014 года со Скарлетт Йоханссон в главной роли. Люк Бессон выступил сценаристом, режиссёром и сопродюсером фильма. Премьера в США состоялась 25 июля 2014 года, во Франции прошла 6 августа 2014, в России — 11 сентября 2014. Основная идея фильма основана на мифе о 10 % используемой части мозга.

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Ещё вчера Люси была самой обычной 25-летней девушкой, приехавшей на Тайвань учиться. Но однажды её новый приятель Ричард предлагает ей заработать доставкой кейса с неизвестным содержимым. Так девушка оказывается во власти корейской мафии, которой руководит мистер Чан.

Проснувшись на следующий день утром, Люси обнаруживает, что ей ввели наркоз, а после разрезали живот и поместили в него пакет с наркотиками для последующей перевозки. В кейсе было 4 пакета, соответственно — ещё три человека, помимо Люси, должны перевезти вещество. За неповиновение Люси получает несколько сильных ударов, в том числе и удар в живот. Зашитый в живот девушки пакет рвётся, и наркотики попадают в её организм, однако действуют весьма специфически. За считанные секунды она приходит в себя, легко расправляется с одним из членов мафии и приезжает в больницу, чтобы ей вынули пакет. Врач рассказал ей, что это за вещество (CPH4) и какими побочными эффектами оно обладает.

В течение фильма профессор Норман рассказывает студентам о том, что части человеческого мозга, ответственные за интеллект и умственные способности, используют всего 10 % своего потенциала, в то время как обычными животными используется до 5 % — эта разница и делает человечество доминирующим видом на Земле. После того, как Люси попала не в то время и не в то место, а главное, не к тому человеку, её жизнь сильно изменилась, потому как, сама того не подозревая, она начинает глобально эволюционировать, теперь для неё нет предела в 10 %. Она начинает ощущать и подчинять всё вокруг себя и готова совершенствоваться, сама не догадываясь, что её может ожидать дальше.

После этого Люси возвращается к мистеру Чану и посредством телепатии узнает пункты назначения остальных курьеров: Париж, Рим и Берлин. Используя на тот момент потенциал своего мозга на 28 % и ноутбук своей подруги, Люси за 10 минут изучает все работы профессора Нормана, связывается с ним и просит о встрече. Она понимает, что при отсутствии наркотика в организме её жизнь невозможна, поэтому решает найти всех «транспортёров». В этом ей помогает Пьер Дель Рио — полицейский из Парижа.

По пути в Париж с ней случаются невообразимые вещи — она буквально «тает» на глазах, но вовремя принимает остатки содержимого пакета, который остался у неё, и приходит в себя уже в больнице. Она беседует с полицейским и убеждает его помочь.

Вместе они следуют в больницу, куда привезли остальных «транспортёров», но немного опаздывают: люди мистера Чана уже успели прооперировать одного из них и достать пакет, и оперируют второго. Люси с невероятной лёгкостью удаётся забрать все три пакета (третий ей приходится собственноручно извлечь из трупа), и они с Пьером Дель Рио едут к профессору Норману.

Люси рассказывает профессору и ещё нескольким учёным, как ей стали доступны скрытые уголки мозга. Она объясняет, что нет ничего измеримого в нашем мире, кроме времени. То же самое, что если пустить запись с машиной в обычной скорости — она едет. А если ускорить запись ещё и ещё? Постепенно машина исчезнет из поля зрения. «Время — это единственная единица измерения», — говорит она.

В это время к зданию прибывают мафиози во главе с мистером Чаном и, снося всё на своем пути, стараются добраться до Люси. Полицейские пытаются их удержать, а в это время учёные помогают ввести в организм Люси остатки вещества и, тем самым, постепенно увеличить использование мозга до 100 %. Люси создаёт некий компьютер, в который она решила переместить все свои знания, которые ей стали доступны. Мафиози и мистер Чан постепенно с боем продвигаются всё ближе.

Люси переносится в разные места и в разное время прошлого по собственному желанию: видит Нью-Йорк в 1903 году , австралопитека, динозавров, моменты создания Земли и Вселенной. Последняя представлена маленькой клеткой большого многоклеточного организма, которая должна оставить после себя свою информацию, передать наследникам свои «знания». В это время мистер Чан входит в комнату, где находится Люси. Он медленно подходит сзади и направляет дуло пистолета ей в затылок. В момент, когда Чан нажимает на спусковой крючок, эффективность деятельности мозга достигает 100 % и Люси исчезает. Мистер Чан в замешательстве и, угрожая пистолетом, спрашивает профессора и учёных «Где она?».
Пьер Дель Рио врывается в кабинет, расстреливает Чана и задаёт им тот же самый вопрос, после чего смотрит на экран своего телефона и видит и слышит «Я ПОВСЮДУ» («I AM EVERYWHERE»).

Компьютер, созданный Люси, оставляет профессору Норману большую флешку необычного вида и рассыпается в пыль.

Фильм завершается репликой вездесущей Люси: «Миллиарды лет назад нам была дарована жизнь. Теперь вы знаете, что с ней делать».

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Производство
Съёмки фильма начались в сентябре 2013 года в Париже, в основном на киностудии Cité du Cinéma. По словам CEO EuropaCorp, бюджет фильма стал самым большим в истории компании. В октябре в течение 11 дней съёмки проходили в Тайбэе, Тайвань. После съёмок Люк Бессон пожаловался, что из-за папарацци снимать в ночное время было очень сложно.

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Идея о том, что человек использует лишь малую часть ресурсов головного мозга и что возможно повышение его эффективности за счёт «стопроцентного» использования, не нова и широко обыгрывается, например, в книге «Области тьмы» (2001) ирландского писателя Алана Глинна и одноимённом фильме 2011-го года. Фильм Бессона во многом заимствует их идеи. Идея управления силами природы с помощью силы сознания заимствована из знакового произведения Р. Хайнлайна — «Чужак в чужой стране». Появляющийся в конце и начале фильма образ доисторической Люси — компьютерная модель древнейшего найденного австралопитека, известного под этим именем.

Отзывы
Фильм получил диаметрально противоположные, преимущественно положительные отзывы, но при этом критики отмечали, что фильм глуповат, но увлекателен. На сайте Rotten Tomatoes фильм имеет рейтинг 6,1 из 10 на основе 239 рецензий.

В России до начала проката картина получила также преимущественно положительные отзывы. Так, обозреватель The Hollywood Reporter Russia отметил, что фильм удивляет и увлекает, а некоторые блогеры, побывавшие на предпремьерных показах, отметили, что фильм выгодно отличается от остальных кассовых блокбастеров, несмотря на излишнюю пафосность.

Много критики вызвало использование мифа о работе мозга на 10 % в качестве фабулы.

Невзирая на неоднозначное восприятие картины, она вошла в ряд списков 10 лучших фильмов 2014 года, в том числе по версии журнала Time.

На сайте Metacritic, фильм набрал 61 баллов из 100, основываясь на 45 отзывах, что указывает на «в целом благоприятные отзывы».

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Involvement in a car accident quite often leaves the drivers and passengers in an agitated and nervous state that making it difficult to process the events and make rational decisions. This discombobulation is even more pronounced if someone suffered an injury or died in the accident, and leads to some drivers fleeing the scene in a panic. A recent news story out of Sarasota County recounts an accident involving a gas-tanker truck driver and a 16-year-old high school student. The truck driver rear-ended the student's car, and was killed following ejection from the vehicle. The student fled the scene, abandoned the car, and was discovered by police several hours later. While it does not appear the student was at fault, it is a felony to flee the scene of a car accident. In fact, Florida has specific laws about how a driver in a car accident with death or injury must respond. Anyone who steps into a car assumes the risk of an accident, and if you are unfortunate enough to suffer an injury in such a situation, it is helpful to know what the law requires of the other driver. If the driver fails to follow the provisions of the law, and you experience additional suffering as result, that information can be used in a personal injury lawsuit to justify a higher damage award.
All drivers in a car accident are required to stop at the scene of the crash, or as close as possible the crash site, in order to exchange insurance and personal information with the other driver and render aid as needed. This requirement to remain applies equally to accidents where there are no injuries, accidents with serious injuries, and accidents with fatalities. Drivers should park their vehicles out of the path of traffic, and if a vehicle is damaged, reasonable attempts should be made to move it away from the flow of traffic.
As noted above, the main reason a driver is required to remain at the scene of accident is to share information and help others. Florida law specifically obligates a driver involved in accident with an injury or death to offer "reasonable assistance." Assistance includes carrying or organizing efforts to carry an injured person to a doctor or hospital if it is clear medical help is needed. Assistance is also required if an injured party asks for help to reach medical treatment.
This information must also be produced for any police officers attending the scene of the accident to investigate its cause. If no one at the scene is medically able to receive this information and no law enforcement officer is present, the driver must report the crash to the nearest police station and provide his/her information at that time.
If you are injured in a car accident or had a family member killed, a personal injury lawyer can help you determine if the other driver can be held responsible for your suffering. The Miami car accident lawyers at the law firm of Pita Weber Del Prado have years of combined experience in these matters and can help you sort out the options for your case. Contact us to schedule a free consultation.


The Fantasy 32 analyzes the NFL from a fantasy perspective, with at least one mention of each of the league's 32 teams. Though efficiency will be discussed plenty, the column will lean heavily on usage data, as volume is king (by far) in fantasy football. Use these tidbits to make the best waiver-wire, trade and lineup decisions for the upcoming week and beyond. Be sure to check back each week of the season for a new version of the Fantasy 32.
Note that data from Monday Night Football may not immediately be reflected in charts.
Seahawks RB Chris Carson suffered a thigh injury and missed all but 10 snaps during Sunday's loss to the Chargers. With Carson out, Mike Davis predictably led the Seattle backfield in snaps (52), pass routes (27), carries (15) and targets (eight). Rookie Rashaad Penny carried the ball four times and was targeted on three occasions on 13 snaps (eight routes). If Carson misses time, Davis will be a strong RB2 option and Penny no more than a weak flex option. Penny, by the way, is averaging 4.7 yards per carry and has caught all five of his targets for 40 yards since Week 7, so don't give up on him in deep and dynasty leagues just yet.
Bengals WR A.J. Green is expected to miss a few weeks with a toe injury. Green has been on the field for 272 of the team's 312 pass plays and has soaked up a 27 percent target share this season. With Green out, we shouldn't expect much of an uptick for Tyler Boyd (23 percent target share this season), but perimeter receivers John Ross (6 percent in five games) and Alex Erickson (5 percent) as well as tight end C.J. Uzomah (8 percent) stand to benefit most. Ross has been a disappointment, but the 2017 first-round pick has enough upside that he's worth a waiver add this week. Erickson is worth a look only in deeper leagues and Uzomah is a top-15 play against the Saints this week.
49ers RB Raheem Mostert broke his forearm against Oakland and is done for the season. Mostert had been on an upward trajectory and had clearly become a threat to Matt Breida and Alfred Morris. Breida still paced the San Francisco backfield in snaps (26), carries (12), pass routes (11) and targets (one) in Week 9. Morris was limited to seven carries and no routes on 10 snaps. With Mostert out, Breida is a bit more solidified as a fringe RB2, whereas Morris is worth a bench spot due to Breida's injury woes.
Throughout this piece, I'll be referencing "OFP" and "OTD." OFP stands for opportunity-adjusted fantasy points. Imagine a league in which players are created equal. OFP is a statistic that weighs every pass/carry/target and converts the data into one number that indicates a player's opportunity to score fantasy points, or his expected fantasy point total. For example, if a player has an OFP of 14.5, it means that a league-average player who saw the same workload in the same location on the field would have scored 14.5 fantasy points. OTD works the same way, except instead of fantasy points, it's touchdowns.
Patriots RB James White cannot be stopped. The passing-down specialist is only nine games into his fifth pro season, but already has broken several career-best marks. He has been the field for 60 percent of New England's offensive snaps -- including 69 percent of pass plays -- he's handling 24 percent of the designed runs and 25 percent of the targets. His previous career-best marks were 37 percent, 49 percent, 10 percent and 16 percent, respectively. For the season, White is now second behind only Todd Gurley in OFP (188) and third to only Gurley and Alvin Kamara in OTD (8.2) among running backs. This suggests that White's 198 fantasy points and 10 touchdowns put him a bit over his head, but by only a small margin. Even with a drop in carries when Sony Michel returns, White will remain a solid RB1.
Buccaneers QB Ryan Fitzpatrick has played four full games this season. Only Kamara has exceeded his 96 OFP during those four weeks. Granted, Fitzpatrick has been a bit over his head (plus-26 FORP), but literally no other quarterback has enjoyed more opportunity to rack up fantasy points than Fitzpatrick when he has been on the field. The Bucs' offense ranks fourth in plays per game (69), fourth in touchdowns per game (3.5), third in pass rate (70 percent) and fourth in passing touchdown rate (82 percent). Fitzpatrick is well-positioned for solid QB1 production.
Now for our weekly FORP update. FORP is the difference between a player's actual fantasy point total and his OFP (or expected fantasy point total).
Jets WR Jermaine Kearse's volume cannot be ignored. He has racked up nine or more targets during three of his past four games and is averaging 6.3 targets per game during his 24 games with the Jets. Sam Darnold's struggles have been a problem, however, as Kearse has caught only 46 percent of his 48 targets this season for 215 yards (4.5 YPT) and no touchdowns. Kearse is a risky fantasy option, but massive volume keeps him in the discussion.
Giants QB Eli Manning has thrown the ball 315 times this season, but has only eight touchdowns to show for it. His career-low 7.1 average depth of throw has led to career-best marks in completion rate (68 percent) and interception rate (1.9 percent), as well as a solid 7.5 yards per attempt. He also has been pressured at a career-high rate (22 percent), leading to a career-high sack rate (8.9 percent). Manning has delivered one top-12 fantasy week this season and though his production should improve, he's not a QB1 option.
Chargers WR Tyrell Williams scored again in what was a great matchup against the Seahawks on Sunday. He has now found the end zone five times in eight games. Of course, Williams is handling only a 13 percent target share and has yet to eclipse five targets in a single game. Williams sports a 2.5 OTD and has managed four end zone targets. He's still not a good flex option.
Much like in 2016, the Falcons' offense has defied logic throughout much of the 2018 season, but RB Tevin Coleman's recent production still fits the bill of unsustainable. As the above chart shows, he has nearly doubled his expected fantasy point total during the past month. Coleman has now scored six touchdowns despite a 3.0 OTD that ranks 57th in the league. Coleman's 91 OFP for the season ranks 24th at running back. Coleman's lead back role in Atlanta's hot offense makes him a solid RB2, but expect a return to earth in upcoming weeks.
Broncos WR Courtland Sutton was targeted only five times, but ran a route on 39 of the Broncos' 44 pass plays on Sunday -- Denver's first game without Demaryius Thomas. Sutton set career highs in both snap share (84 percent) and route share (89 percent). Larger target numbers will come in this expanded role, so Sutton remains in the WR3 mix.
Texans WR Demaryius Thomas, meanwhile, was limited to three targets, but was on the field for 25 of the team's 28 pass plays in his Houston debut. Thomas' playing time was as expected, but it will be intriguing to see how many targets he generates once Keke Coutee returns to action. Thomas is best viewed as a fringe WR3.
Browns RB Duke Johnson Jr. had his best game of 2018 in Week 9, the first game Todd Haley wasn't calling plays. That's probably not a coincidence. Johnson played 31 snaps and caught all nine of his targets for 78 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Johnson carried the ball only once, but his sizable receiving role puts him right back in the RB2 discussion. Last season's No. 11 fantasy RB is a viable starting option against Atlanta in Week 10.
Vikings RB Dalvin Cook was "limited" in his return from injury in Week 9, but still saw the field on 25 of Minnesota's 46 offensive snaps and touched the ball 14 times. Cook looked healthy and showed his explosive play-making ability with a 70-yard run. Minnesota is headed to its bye week, but Cook should be back in the mix for 20-plus touches per game the rest of the way. He'll be in the RB1 discussion against Chicago in Week 11.
Lions RB Theo Riddick returned from injury in Week 9 and quickly played a large role. He was on the field for 38 of the team's 69 snaps, which was the same number played by Kerryon Johnson. Johnson out-carried Riddick 12-0, but Riddick managed an 8-5 edge in targets. Detroit used a handful of two-RB sets, utilizing Riddick as a wide receiver in order to help replace Golden Tate. Riddick still aligned in the backfield on 25 of his 38 snaps, but the new-look Lions offense could allow both Johnson and Riddick to provide RB2 numbers in PPR leagues. Scoop up Riddick if he's on your waiver wire.
Colts TE Eric Ebron was limited to three targets on 14 snaps (10 pass routes) when we last saw him in Week 8. Jack Doyle returned from a five-game absence in the game and saw seven targets on 53 snaps (21 routes). Doyle has easily out-snapped (184 to 63) and out-targeted (22 to 12) Ebron during the three games they played together this season, which suggests Doyle is a solid TE1 and Ebron a touchdown-dependent TE2 moving forward.
Jets RB Elijah McGuire returned from injured reserve and played 36 snaps in his 2018 debut Sunday. He carried the ball seven times and was targeted twice in a role not unlike the one Bilal Powell played earlier this season. Isaiah Crowell is still the lead ball carrier (13 carries and two targets on 23 snaps), but we should expect similar fantasy production moving forward. Consider them both flex options.
Raiders RB Doug Martin has now played two games as Oakland's lead back this season. The veteran back has been responsible for 24 carries and four targets on 51 of a possible 102 snaps. He has been doubled up in routes (24 to 12) by Jalen Richard, who has four carries and 12 targets on 42 snaps during the same span. Richard is best viewed as a fringe RB2 and Martin a low-ceiling flex option in PPR leagues.
49ers WR Richie James operated as the team's No. 3 wide receiver against Oakland last week, playing 23 of a possible 54 snaps. That was with Dante Pettis (11 snaps) and Kendrick Bourne (12 snaps) both active and Trent Taylor a healthy scratch. James -- a 2018 seventh-round pick -- is not on the fantasy radar just yet, but keep him in mind for a roster spot in deep and dynasty leagues.
Cowboys WR Amari Cooper played 50 of a possible 59 snaps in his Dallas debut in Week 9. As expected, he was joined in three-wide sets by Michael Gallup (47 snaps) and slot man Cole Beasley (44), with Allen Hurns (18) and Deonte Thompson (three) reduced to reserve duties. Cooper racked up eight targets (26 percent share) and should be somewhere in that vicinity each week. He's in the WR2 mix this week in a great matchup against the Eagles' vulnerable perimeter cornerbacks.
Titans RB Dion Lewis has separated himself from Derrick Henry. The former Patriots back was on the field for 59 of Tennessee's 70 offensive snaps (84 percent) against Dallas. That's compared to 14 snaps (20 percent) for Henry, despite the Titans leading through much of the second half. Lewis has now out-snapped Henry in all but one game and has out-carried him in back-to-back games, while playing a substantially larger role as a receiver. Lewis' increased usage puts him squarely in the weekly RB2 mix, whereas Henry is no more than a handcuff.
Should you trade Bears RB Jordan Howard following his big day against Buffalo? Yes! Howard is a tremendous runner (and one of my favorite players to watch), but he's likely at his ceiling right now, so it's a good time to make a move. Howard scored twice on Sunday and has found the end zone four times during his past three games. Unfortunately, that hasn't led to much fantasy production. Howard entered Week 9 having yet to post a single top-15 fantasy week and, even with two scores against the Bills, still finished the week outside the top 10. The reason? A lack of receiving work. Howard has caught one pass during his past five games. He's a safer RB2 play in non-PPR, but remains super touchdown dependent with Tarik Cohen playing a big role in competitive games.
New Eagles WR Golden Tate has caught 25 touchdowns on 501 targets (5.0 percent) while lined up on the perimeter in his career (9.8 average depth of target). He has scored on 13 of 376 targets (3.5 percent) while aligned in the slot (6.7 aDOT). Tate lined up inside on 71 percent of his routes in Detroit, but with Nelson Agholor best served in the slot, the former Lion figures to play outside a lot more in Philadelphia. The adjusted role may lead to a lower catch rate and target share, but more big plays and touchdowns. Consider him a back-end WR2.
Jaguars RB Leonard Fournette is due back from a hamstring injury this week. Fournette should resume duties as the team's clear feature back, but the Jaguars (a) have switched to a pass-heavy offense, especially near the goal line, (b) are playing from behind more often, (c) are scoring less, and (d) will utilize T.J. Yeldon and Carlos Hyde in some capacity. Items A, B and C could change some with Fournette back, but the second-year back is safest as a RB2 in his return.
Remember when Chiefs RB Kareem Hunt wasn't getting targets? Me neither. After handling exactly one target during each of the team's first three games, Hunt is averaging 4.5 targets per game during his past six games. That's actually above his 3.9 per-game average last season. Hunt has been a top-16 fantasy back each of the past eight weeks and his expanded receiving role locks him in as a mid-pack RB1.
Believe it or not, Ravens WR Willie Snead IV actually sits second on the team in targets (70), behind only Michael Crabtree (76) and ahead of John Brown (67). Baltimore's slot receiver sits 23rd at wide receiver in OFP, which trails both Brown (15th) and Crabtree (16th), but it's clear this has developed into a three-headed attack. Snead will be in the flex mix against the Bengals after Baltimore's Week 10 bye.
Dolphins RB Kenyan Drake was out-carried by Frank Gore 20 to 3 in Week 9, but still managed to rack up six targets, which was second most on the team. Drake's usage has been frustrating, but he has now been targeted at least six times during four of his past six games and is enjoying an 18 percent target share for the season. Drake has finished top 12 at the position four times in nine games this season and is an RB2 option against Green Bay this week.


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Senator Ellison DuRant Smith of South Carolina
By design on December 9, 2012 Comments Off on Senator Ellison DuRant Smith of South Carolina
From the author's personal collection.
South Carolina U. S. Senator E. D. "Cotton Ed" Smith.
By Ray Hill
Ellison DuRant Smith was one of the more colorful figures in South Carolina's oftentimes turbulent political history. It was frequent said, "His name is Ellison DuRant Smith and he sure do rant." More commonly, he was known simply as "Cotton Ed."
E. D. Smith was born while the War Between the States still raged on August 1, 1864 on the family plantation in Lynchburg, South Carolina. Smith was the son of a Methodist minister and several of his brothers followed their father into the ministry. E. D. Smith chose a different path, preferring politics to the pulpit. Smith attended the University of South Carolina, but graduated from Wofford College.
Ed Smith's first political office was as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, winning election in 1896 and serving until 1900 when he ran an unsuccessful campaign for Congress. Smith earned his nickname of "Cotton Ed" from having worked in agricultural pursuits and most specifically on behalf of the cotton industry. Smith was soon traveling all over the entire South, as well as South Carolina promoting cotton. A product of his times, Smith was an unrepentant white supremacist and would remain so throughout his long career. One of Cotton Ed's favorite sayings was, "Cotton is king and white is supreme!"
E. D. Smith was first elected to the United States Senate by the state legislature in 1908. Senator Smith was regularly reelected by the people of South Carolina for succeeding decades, but his popularity in his home state was by no means universal and he would frequently have to campaign hard to win the Democratic primary, which in South Carolina was tantamount to election in a one-party state. Smith became legendary during his campaigns for taking credit for those times when the price of cotton was up and blaming Wall Street, Republicans, and nefarious other special interests when the price was down.
Smith was seen as one of the most aggressive advocates for the farmers in Congress. In fact, Smith was himself an actual farmer, living on and operating the family plantation in Lynchburg.
E. D. Smith was a flamboyant character, an excellent and highly entertaining speaker with an ability to shower ridicule upon the heads of his opponents. Smith's views, even at that time, were out of the mainstream of the public and as he aged, he became more and more resistant to change. Still, Cotton Ed was not hardly the most virulently racist and flamboyant politician in South Carolina, as he pales in comparison with his one time colleague, Coleman L. Blease, who blatantly advocated lynching. Smith, despite his oftentimes wild pronouncements, came from a distinguished family and could rightly be considered a member of the aristocratic South while "Coley" Blease was the champion of the "wool hat" boys and considerably more common than Smith.
Cotton Ed disapproved of the Republican presidents during the decade of the 1920s and he looked forward to the change in administrations when Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in 1932. Smith's joy at FDR's election was short lived. It was not long before Cotton Ed disapproved of both the New Deal and President Roosevelt. Smith's long seniority made him Chairman of the Senate's Agriculture Committee, but much of the New Deal's agriculture legislation was sponsored by Alabama Senator John H. Bankhead, II in a deliberate attempt to bypass the ornery South Carolinian.
Ed Smith didn't take himself or the Senate too seriously; he regularly referred to the Senate floor as the "Cave of the Winds." Senator Smith referred to the members of his own committee as "butt-heads." Smith promptly dismissed the New Deal as "the Jackass Age" and watched skeptically as the Federal government grew by leaps and bounds. Smith naturally disliked Roosevelt's tolerance of black Americans and was absolutely horrified while attending the 1936 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, which saw an African-American minister give the invocation for the first time at a Democratic convention.
Cotton Ed was sitting with the South Carolina delegation on the convention floor when the minister got up to give the invocation and he roared, "*@#damn! He's as black as melted midnight!" Looking at his fellow South Carolina delegates, Cotton Ed proclaimed, "Come on boys, this is no fit place for a white man" and stomped out.
Naturally, the national media confronted Cotton Ed about his having stalked out of the convention and Smith added insult to injury when he declared he had no objection to any minister – – – black or white – – – praying over his soul, but he wasn't about to stand for a "slew-footed, blue-gummed, kinky-headed Senegambian" praying at a Democratic Party gathering.
While many folks across the country were rightly appalled by Cotton Ed's comments and antics, the attention given his behavior by the national news media did nothing to diminish his popularity in South Carolina where his views were shared by many, if not most, white voters. Smith would be frequently asked by audiences to repeat the "Philadelphia story" at his public appearances in South Carolina.
Senator Smith's dislike for Franklin Roosevelt was cordially reciprocated by the President. Cotton Ed had been outraged when FDR had attempted to enlarge the U. S. Supreme Court and President Roosevelt had himself been enraged by his proposal having been defeated by members of his own party. Against the advice of Postmaster General James A. Farley, the political generalissimo of the Roosevelt administration, FDR decided to get even with recalcitrant Democrats by purging them in the 1938 primaries. Roosevelt stubbornly insisted the Democratic Party should be the liberal party and any officeholder not meeting that criterion should be driven out. Roosevelt first retaliated against his foes by denying them access to Federal patronage and ignoring requests for projects for their respective states. FDR's wrath knew no bounds and having won reelection by carrying every state in the nation save for Maine and Vermont, Roosevelt believed the people would side with him against their own senators and Congressmen.
Franklin Roosevelt targeted some of the most powerful members of the United States Senate for defeat: Walter F. George of Georgia; Pat McCarran of Nevada; Millard Tydings of Maryland; Frederick Van Nuys of Indiana; Guy Gillette of Iowa; and not least of all, E. D. Smith of South Carolina.
The 1938 campaign was perhaps the most famous of Cotton Ed Smith's long career. The young Governor of South Carolina, Olin D. Johnston, announced his candidacy for the Senate from the White House steps, which was certainly no coincidence. A third entrant was State Senator Edgar A. brown, an influential and well known local legislator who had quite nearly beaten Cotton Ed in 1926. At the time, candidates for the Democratic nomination were required to speak together all across the state. The seventy-four year old Senator Smith was expected to speak throughout the length and breadth of South Carolina in the company of his opponents, but the old man proved to be up to the challenge.
Smith proved to be remarkably adept at thinking on his feet and his catalogue of epithets to describe his opponents was apparently endless and he subjected both Johnston and Brown to withering ridicule. Brown regularly bragged to audiences if they would send him to Washington, D. C., he would "bring home the bacon." Senator Smith demolished Brown by retorting, "There is no doubt Edgar Brown will bring home the bacon, but the question is… whose smokehouse is he gonna put it in?" Thereafter Smith routinely referred to "Bacon" Brown, who finally dropped out of the race.
FDR himself appeared in South Carolina, ostensibly on the way back from a fishing vacation, but he made a pointed reference to Cotton Ed, which the Johnston campaign made into an endorsement. Cotton Ed roared that FDR was meddling in South Carolina politics and insisted he would not be a rubberstamp for any president, FDR included.
To the surprise of many, Cotton Ed won the greatest victory of his political career, beating Johnston badly in the run-off election. For that matter, Roosevelt's purge was a complete failure, with every Democrat he opposed being reelected save for Congressman John J. O'Connor in FDR's native New York.
Smith returned to Washington, his hatred of FDR and the New Deal burning even more brightly, if that were possible. Senator Smith, his somewhat high-pitched voice contrastingly strangely with his jowly appearance, continued to denounce the New Deal on the Senate floor during his last six years in office. Despite having served in the United States Senate longer than any other senator in history by the time his term expired in 1944, Ed Smith declared he would run again. His opponent in the primary was the same Olin Johnston who had lost six years before. This time Cotton Ed was eighty years old and not as mentally acute nor as energetic as he had been in the past. As the two men campaigned across South Carolina, Cotton Ed would speak briefly and sometimes had to resort to appearing on the platform, but allowing his speech to be played from a recording. Cotton Ed lost decisively to the young governor.
When it became clear he had been defeated, Cotton Ed merely told his family he was going outside to "look at the pigs." E. D. Smith died just a few months later, dying in the home where he had been born.
TIME magazine once stated Cotton Ed was "a conscientious objector to the Twentieth Century," which was not an inaccurate statement. Cotton Ed worked hard for the farmers, but his personal eccentricities and hatreds did not permit him to be an effective member of the United States Senate.
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J.T. Curtis is the winningest active coach in Louisiana history of football with over 540 wins and 26 state championships. He has spent his entire career at John Curtis Christian School, all as a head coach.
First season as head coach was in 1969. He graduated from East Jefferson High School and went on to sign a football scholarship and play at the University of Arkansas. Eventually he earned his undergraduate degree and Master's degree from Loyola University in New Orleans. He has been married to his wife, Lydia for over 47 years and has three children and ten grandchildren.


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Q: Recursive invocations / fork invocations in AWS Lambda I'm using AWS Lambda in NodeJS. With this lambda, I want to add a book in DynamboDB. It works fine.
Now, I want to do it for a list of books. I have some ideas but I don't know if it's possible in AWS lambda.
idea 1 : fork several lamba
I'm wondering if it's possible to have a "master" Lambda that have a list of books to add, and foreach books invoke a lambda function "insert book". The maximum timeout is 5 minutes so it's possible to make an asynchronous invocation from the "master" lambda in order to not wait for all forked lambda process ?
idea 2 : recursive invocations
Create a generic lambda that process the first book of a list of books passed as input. At the end of the process, remove the book from the list (if OK) and invoke the same lambda with the updated List.
Note : the first invocation need to get the list of books.
Many thanks for your help !
Romain.

A: I assume you have processing you didn't mention that takes so long that you can't add multiple books in one invocation of the lambda function.
You can both fanout and recursively invoke your lambda function.
There are benefits and drawbacks to both.
If you fanout to too many, too often, your dynamodb writes could spike above provisioned write capacity.
If you recursively call your function you will not be able to return a value to the caller. (Assuming that the whole chain of call takes more than five minutes.)

A: It sounds like your issue is that you don't own the context of the computation. Using a 'master' lambda would definitely solve this. There are a few different solutions for how to do do the invocations.

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*For every book in the list publish to a sns topic that the 'child'-lambda subscribes to. Here is a link for how to make a lambda subscribe to a sns topic http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/sns-lambda.html. To publish to the sns topic you simple use the AWS SNS SDK for the language of the master lambda.

*Invoke the lambdas with the AWS Lambda SDK within the 'master' lambda. An example node script of how to do this is shown below:

const Promise = require('bluebird');
const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
const lambda = Promise.promisifyAll(new AWS.Lambda({ apiVersion: '2015-03-31' }));

const listOfBook = ['Book One', 'Book Two', 'Book Three'];

const bookEntryStats = {
    successFullBookEntries: [],
    failedBookEntries: []
};

Promise.map(listOfBooks, function (book) {

    return lambda.invokeAsync({FunctionName: 'ChildLambdaFunctionName', Payload: new Buffer(book)}).then(function () {
        bookEntryStats.successFullBookEntries.push(book);
    }).catch(function () {
        bookEntryStats.failedBookEntries.push(book);
    });
}, {concurrency: 20})
    .then(function () {
        console.log(bookEntryStats);
    });

If using the sns approach you need to consider that it is hard to control how many concurrent lambdas you will execute as you 'lose' the context of the execution the moment you publish to the sns topic. Since there is a hard limit on how many concurrent lambdas you can execute at the same time you will easily cause throttling if the list of books is long.
The second approach might not be as elegant, but the 'concurrency' parameter of the Promise.map function lets you control how many lambda functions that are executed at any given point.
Hope this helps!

A: I've recently started to fiddle around with AWS Lambda and ran into your problem. I want to initiate, through a web service call (API Gateway), a large batch (50000) of jobs. The work needs to be completed as soon as possible, meaning, overhead time plus the amount of time one job takes to complete.
I got this idea:
A. Two functions.

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*Lambda function named worker, carries out work using payload data.

*Lambda function named dispatcher, calls itself or worker.
B. One payload initially.
Call web service with a list of objects as payload, each object contains the data that the worker need to complete the work. Web service hands the payload over to the first dispatcher.
C. Dispatcher does not return anything, rather you use a pollable web service call to check status of all jobs.
So, example.
You call the web service with 50000 objects in the JSON payload, web service calls first dispatcher. Of course, the dispatcher can't iterate through all of those sequencially without hitting max execution time (of AWS Lambda), so it splits the incoming list to 10 new lists. This means that next dispatchers are now called 10 times, each with a list of objects with the size of 5000.
The dispatcher continues doing this until they are so many holding such small lists of objects that you trust it can start iterating the list, calling worker function for each one of them.
So if the dispatcher is configured to only carry out jobs when the incoming list is 10 objects or less, in this example, 5000 dispatchers will each iterate it's list with 10 objects, calling the worker lambda function carrying out the job.
That's my idea, which I am working with right now. I'm not sure if I will hit any AWS restrictions that I'm not aware of. I know the set limitations such as payload size when calling a Lambda function, max execution time etc.
In theory, this can scale indefinitely.


The Stormwater Master Plan (1996) and Watershed Management Plan (2001) were updated and combined into a comprehensive Stormwater Master Plan, adopted by the County Board on Sept. 20, 2014. The Plan contains information on the condition of the County's stormwater management systems, streams and watersheds in addition to recommendations for improvements.
The following projects identified in the Stormwater Master Plan have either been completed, are currently under or nearing construction. Additional projects will be selected for implementation from the list of high-priority projects as resources are available.


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Lindsey was born September 21, 1986, in Santa Ana California, daughter of Stephen and Diane Stirling. She was raised in Gilbert Arizona and attended Mesquite High School. As a child her family was not very wealthy, but Lindsey didn't care and she learned that an old refrigerator box could be a spaceship, a tattered pink dress could be a ball gown, and eating cereal on the floor with her dad was quality time.
Lindsey was exposed to classical music at an early age where she noticed that the violin players got all the good solos. That prompted her by age six to start practicing violin. Although she also wanted to learn to dance, her parents said they could not afford both and for her to pick one. Her violin instructor even stated that Lindsey couldn't learn violin with just 15 minute weekly lessons, but Stirling practiced hard and began proving her skeptics wrong at an early age. (She would eventually teach herself dance by watching YouTube videos)
When she got into high school, Lindsey joined her first garage band. As a part of the group, she wrote a rock violin solo. It was this solo she would later use as her talent to win Arizona's Junior Miss competition and later go on to the nationals where she received the Spirit award.
When it came time to attend college, she chose Brigham Young University where she began to study film making. She managed to get a hold of film editing software from her father's office and began playing around with short films. She eventually graduated with a degree in Recreation Management and relocated to Los Angeles.
In 2010, Lindsey made it to the quarter finals of Americas Got Talent. It was then that the judges made their infamous remark, "you're not good enough" and went on to compare her music to the sound of "rats being strangled". Although it was one of her most embarrassing and humiliating moments, Lindsey pressed on with her dream. Without the backing of any record label, Lindsey put her video talents to work creating YouTube videos of her unique hip-hop dance violin style. Devin Graham was so impressed with her skills, he contacted her to collaborate on a video. The result was "Spontaneous Me" and helped catapult Stirling to YouTube stardom, where her videos would eventually become the highest earning videos in YouTube history.
As her fame continued to grow, she began touring sold out concerts all over the world. This caught the attention of America's Got Talent, who invited her back in 2014 to perform as a guest artist on the show.
Mormon Faith
Lindsey is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints. During her college years, Lindsey suffered from anorexia and self-image issues. According to her, she placed all of her self value on being thin. She eventually realized she had a problem and credited her Faith in God for getting through it. "To make a change in life, you must realize that there is somewhere else you want to be." It was then she realized that God loved her. She said that she probably always knew, but that she had just forgotten for a while.
Lindsey took some time off to be a missionary in New York City. She was surprised to find that some people recognized her as "that violin girl on YouTube". The events of her missionary trip were later recorded in her book "Do Not Attempt in Heels: Mission Stories and Advice from Sisters Who've Been There".
Her Mormon faith is carried with her to her concerts everywhere. She claims there is no "drama" with her tour group as drugs and alcohol are not permitted. It is her Faith she claims that has kept her safe, happy, and the same throughout her rise to fame. "Faith is the huge foundation of my life"
Wikipedia,
My Story: by Lindsey Stirling
Stars at Joiz : video interview
Lindsey Stirling Bio: by Tere Fernandez
FamousBirthdays.com
Mormon.com