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package mio

import (
	"io"
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
	"runtime"
	"sync"
	"testing"
	"time"

	"github.com/artyom/metrics"
)

func TestWriterDoubleClose(t *testing.T) {
	defer func() {
		if r := recover(); r != nil {
			t.Fatal("double close caused panic:", r)
		}
	}()
	histogram := NewSelfCleaningHistogram(
		metrics.NewHistogram(metrics.NewUniformSample(100)),
		150*time.Millisecond)
	mw := NewWriter(ioutil.Discard, histogram)
	t.Log("testing double Close(), should call Done() on underlying Registrar only once")
	mw.Close()
	mw.Close()
}

func TestWriterBasic(t *testing.T) {
	histogram := metrics.NewHistogram(metrics.NewUniformSample(100))
	mw := NewWriter(ioutil.Discard, histogram)
	file, err := os.Open(os.Args[0])
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal("failed to open file:", err)
	}
	defer file.Close()
	r := io.LimitReader(file, 1<<19)
	n, err := io.Copy(mw, r)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal("failed to copy data:", err)
	}
	t.Log("bytes copied:", n)
	t.Logf("%d writes, latency min: %s, max: %s",
		histogram.Count(),
		time.Duration(histogram.Min()),
		time.Duration(histogram.Max()))
	if histogram.Count() == 0 {
		t.Fatal("histogram should have some registered samples")
	}
}

func TestWriterSelfCleaning(t *testing.T) {
	histogram := NewSelfCleaningHistogram(
		metrics.NewHistogram(metrics.NewUniformSample(100)),
		150*time.Millisecond)
	mw := NewWriter(ioutil.Discard, histogram)
	file, err := os.Open(os.Args[0])
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal("failed to open file:", err)
	}
	defer file.Close()
	r := io.LimitReader(file, 1<<19)
	n, err := io.Copy(mw, r)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal("failed to copy data:", err)
	}
	if err := mw.Close(); err != nil {
		t.Fatal("metered writer close error:", err)
	}
	t.Log("bytes copied:", n)
	t.Logf("%d writes, latency min: %s, max: %s",
		histogram.Count(),
		time.Duration(histogram.Min()),
		time.Duration(histogram.Max()))
	if histogram.Count() == 0 {
		t.Fatal("histogram should have some registered samples")
	}
	t.Log("waiting for released histogram to clear")
	time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
	cnt := histogram.Count()
	t.Logf("%d writes, latency min: %s, max: %s",
		cnt,
		time.Duration(histogram.Min()),
		time.Duration(histogram.Max()))
	if cnt != 0 {
		t.Fatal("histogram should be empty, but has samples:", cnt)
	}
}

func TestSelfCleaningHistogram(t *testing.T) {
	sh := NewSelfCleaningHistogram(
		metrics.NewHistogram(metrics.NewUniformSample(100)),
		150*time.Millisecond)
	t.Log("registering activity")
	sh.Register()
	sh.Register()
	sh.Update(150)
	sh.Update(100)
	sh.Update(50)
	sh.Done()
	sh.Done()
	t.Log("activity de-registered")
	if cnt := sh.Count(); cnt != 3 {
		t.Fatal("should have 3 registered samples, got:", cnt)
	}
	t.Log("waiting for histogram to clear")
	time.Sleep(300 * time.Millisecond)
	if cnt := sh.Count(); cnt != 0 {
		t.Fatal("should have 0 registered samples, got:", cnt)
	}
	t.Log("registering activity")
	sh.Register()
	sh.Update(50)
	t.Log("waiting for period longer than clear delay")
	time.Sleep(300 * time.Millisecond)
	sh.Update(150)
	if cnt := sh.Count(); cnt != 2 {
		t.Fatal("should have 2 registered samples, got:", cnt)
	}
}

func TestSelfCleaningHistogram_Shutdown(t *testing.T) {
	sh := NewSelfCleaningHistogram(
		metrics.NewHistogram(metrics.NewUniformSample(100)),
		100*time.Millisecond)
	t.Log("registering activity")
	sh.Register()
	sh.Register()
	sh.Update(150)
	sh.Update(100)
	sh.Update(50)
	sh.Done()
	sh.Done()
	t.Log("activity de-registered")
	if cnt := sh.Count(); cnt != 3 {
		t.Fatal("should have 3 registered samples, got:", cnt)
	}
	sh.Shutdown()
	sh.Shutdown()
	t.Log("waiting for period longer than clear delay, timer should be stopped")
	time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
	if cnt := sh.Count(); cnt != 3 {
		t.Fatal("should have 3 registered samples, got:", cnt)
	}
}

func TestSelfCleaningHistogram_concurrent(t *testing.T) {
	if runtime.NumCPU() < 2 {
		t.Skip("NumCPU<2, skipping: this test requires parallelism")
	}
	defer runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.GOMAXPROCS(4))
	sh := NewSelfCleaningHistogram(
		metrics.NewHistogram(metrics.NewUniformSample(100)),
		100*time.Millisecond)
	defer sh.Shutdown()
	const c = 10000
	var wg sync.WaitGroup
	wg.Add(c)
	for i := 0; i < c; i++ {
		go func() {
			sh.Register()
			sh.Update(100)
			sh.Done()
			wg.Done()
		}()
	}
	wg.Wait()
}


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Praslin je druhým největším ostrovem souostroví Vnitřních ostrovů ležících na Seychelách. Leží asi 44 km severovýchodně od ostrovu Mahé v Somálském moři. Praslin má populaci přibližně 7 533 obyvatel a rozlohu 38 km². Hlavními osadami jsou Baie Ste Anne, Anse Volbert a Grand 'Anse.

Praslin je oblíbenou turistickou destinací a nachází se na něm spousta známých pláží jako např. Anse Lazio.

Velmi vyhledávaným místem je přírodní rezervace Vallée de Mai, která je zapsána na seznamu přírodních památek UNESCO. Pro toto chráněné území je specifický výskyt endemické palmy lodoicea seychelská, která má největší semeno ze všech rostlin na světě. Ze zástupců fauny zde žijí např. bulbulčík seychelský, seychelský černý papoušek, či netopýr seychelský.

Na velké části jihu ostrova se nachází Národní park Praslin.

Historie
Ostrov byl objeven v roce 1744 cestovatelem Lazare Picault, který ho nazval Isle de Palmes, kvůli rozlehlým palmovým plochám. V tom čase byl ostrov používán jako úkryt pro piráty a arabské obchodníky. V roce 1768 byl ostrov přejmenován na počest francouzského ministra zahraničí vévody de Praslin na Praslin, který se používá dodnes.

Externí odkazy

Ostrovy Seychel

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Q: MySQL - How to select random after select top? I have a query like this:
SELECT Id, Name, image, price, view FROM estore.product ORDER BY view DESC LIMIT 9
and I want select random 5 records in that query. I tried but this code  doesn't work:
SELECT Id, Name, Image, Price, View FROM (
    SELECT Id, Name, Image, Price, View FROM estore.product ORDER BY View DESC LIMIT 9)
    ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 5

How can I do? Thanks for watching?

A: A subquery must be named.  Try:
LIMIT 9) as SubQueryAlias ORDER BY RAND()
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

A: You may want to go and read this thread
Multiple rows alternative for RAND()
If your table is quite large (and it probably can end up quite large being a product table) the rand() limit is quite a slow query

A: SELECT Id, Name, Image, Price, View FROM estore.product ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 5

(Using subquery for order and limit the same selection is madness...)

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The 4th Army Corps of the French Army was reformed in 1873 at Le Mans under Général Édouard-Jean-Étienne Deligny, after being surrounded and taken prisoner in the siege of Metz (1870).

World War I
On mobilisation in 1914, it came under control of the Third Army and comprised the 7th and 8th Infantry Divisions.

The 7th Infantry Division consisted of the 13th Brigade with the 101st and 102nd Infantry Regiments and the 14th Inf Bde with the 103rd and 104th Infantry Regiments. Also part of the Division was a squadron of the 14th Régiment de hussards, the 25e régiment d'artillerie de campagne, and the 1st Engineer Regiment.

The 8th Infantry Division had the 15th Brigade (124th and 130th Infantry Regts) and the 16th Brigade (115th and 117th Infantry Regiments) plus the 31e régiment de hussards.
Corps units included the 315th and 317th Infantry Regiments, 14e régiment de hussards, 44e régiment d'artillerie de campagne and the 6e régiment du génie.

The 60th Infantry Division also came under the command of the corps during the war.
Commanders of the Corps were
 1911–1915 : Général Boëlle
 1915–1917 : Général Putz
 1918–1919 : Général Pont

After the war, from 11 to 20 February 1919, it was commanded by General Marie Jean Auguste Paulinier.

World War II
During the 1940 Battle of France, the 4th Army Corps was part of the French First Army Group's First Army, and included the 32nd Infantry Division. On 10 May 1940 corps headquarters was at Le Cateau under General de corps d'armee Boris; 15th Infantry Division headquarters was at Chauny.

On 7 August 1941, General Doyen was the Head of the French Mission, Armistice Commission at Wiesbaden, Germany. He promptly retired upon this assignment. At some time in 1942 he was arrested. It was around the time that the Allies invaded French North Africa and Germany responded by occupying the whole of France.

On 6 June 1944, the Allies invaded Normandy, France; shortly after French Troops under Jean Lattre De Tassigny invaded the coast of Provence in south of France. Paris was liberated on by 25 August and General DeGaulle was reforming the French Military for the invasion of Germany. De Gaulle was very keen on France playing a major role in the war; as a result General Doyen was recalled to service on 1 Feb 1945.
General Doyen's first assignment was to be the Inspector General of Mountain Troops along the Franco-Italian border on 21 March 1945; it was under this command that the French 27th Alpine Division was assigned. In general the French divisions on the Franco-Italian border were grouped into the French Alpine Army and invaded northern Italy. Since Italy invaded France in 1940 and since German troops were on the Italian side of the Franco-Italian border De Gaulle order General Doyen to invade Italy. His army advanced attacking border fortification and taking Cuneo; Valle d'Aosta; Tende; several troops swept into the Italian Riviera and advancing as far as Imperia. Other elements of General Doyen's Alpine Army troops marched as far as Turin, Italy where they met up with American and Brazilian troops coming from the southeast.

On 15 March 1946, General Doyen was given the command of French Army's IV Corps and shortly after he was made the Military Governor of Lyon, France, only to retire from the military later in 1946.

Second World War

Composition

 1st Infantry Division (motorised)
 15th Infantry Division (motorised)
 7th Groupe de Reconnaissance de Corps d'Armée
 106th Artillery Regiment (France) (Horse)
 604th Régiment de Pionniers

Lieutenant General Paul-Andre Doyen commanded the corps in 1945–46.

References

See also
 IVe Corps d'Armée (IVe  CA) (10 May 1940 details)

Corps of France
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Home » Alumni News » Alumna Susan Hamson Featured in "We Are Rutgers Camden"
Alumna Susan Hamson Featured in "We Are Rutgers Camden"
Posted December 19, 2012, by Janet Golden in Alumni News.
Thinking critically. This is what Susan G. Hamson does on a daily basis as the university archivist and the head of Access Services and Operations of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University. She credits her education at Rutgers-Camden with helping her to develop this all-important skill. In 1995, Susan graduated from Rutgers-Camden with a master of arts degree in American history, with concentrations in twentieth century urban history and eighteenth to twentieth century women's history. "I enjoyed the intellectual discourse," she says, noting that her classmates, many of whom had full-time day jobs and worked on their graduate degrees at night, enriched the classroom experience because of the real-world insight they could offer. She also cites history professors such as Drs. Rodney Carlisle, Janet Golden, and Philip Scranton as essential to her growth as a scholar. "They challenged me and made me a better writer," she says. "It was – and is – a real privilege to live in South Jersey and get a Rutgers education."
A typical day as a university archivist guarantees only two things: there will be challenge, and there will be reward. Always busy, Susan's job can have her trolling eBay for rare Columbia University items, fundraising, answering research queries, and organizing exhibits like the one which is currently on display, "100 Years of Journalism at Columbia." Despite her often chaotic schedule, Susan loves that her job allows her the opportunity to meet new and interesting people, such as Erica Jong, who had been a hero of Susan's since she was thirteen years old. "Rutgers-Camden provided me with these experiences because it gave me the academic skill and insight necessary to take on this important job," she says.
In addition to her work as an archivist at Columbia, Susan teaches at the Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science. She enjoys teaching, having spent eleven years as an adjunct lecturer at Camden County College. At Pratt, she teaches "Management of Archives and Special Collections." In this course she and her students think critically about the archival profession, and also speak about the practical manner of finding employment after graduation. "I think I'm a born educator, just like I'm a born archivist," Susan says.
Susan attributes much of her success to her education at Rutgers-Camden, where she was pressed and encouraged to think critically, an asset that she says is priceless and has helped her tremendously in her career. We here at Rutgers-Camden are thrilled by Susan's achievements, and are so happy to have been a small part of her climb to the top.
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Supreme Court won't hear appeal of Michelle Carter, convicted of encouraging boyfriend's death by suicide with text messages
She was sentenced to 15 months in jail for telling Conrad Roy III, 18, to go forward with his plan to take his own life.
Defendant Michelle Carter listens to testimony at Taunton District Court in Taunton, Mass., June 8, 2017.Charles Krupa / AP file
Jan. 13, 2020, 2:39 PM UTC / Updated Jan. 13, 2020, 3:44 PM UTC
By Pete Williams
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it would not take up an appeal brought by Michelle Carter, the young woman who encouraged her boyfriend, through texts and phone calls, to kill himself.
The court's refusal to take the case leaves her conviction intact.
The Carter case attracted worldwide attention and was the subject of a 2019 HBO documentary, "I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth V. Michelle Carter."
The court declined to decide whether her involuntary manslaughter conviction violated the First Amendment guarantee of free speech because it was based solely on words that she texted or spoke. She was sentenced to 15 months in jail.
Michelle Carter sentence for encouraging boyfriend's suicide spurs outrage
Aug. 4, 201702:38
In July 2014, 18-year-old Conrad Roy III of Massachusetts parked his truck and filled it with carbon monoxide, killing himself after several failed suicide attempts.
Evidence at her trial showed that Carter, who was 50 miles away in Plainville, sent text messages in the days leading up to the suicide, encouraging him to go ahead with his plan, and spoke to him twice on the phone the day he took his own life.
She later told a friend that he became frightened at one point and climbed out of the truck, but that she told him on the phone to get back in. The trial judge said that statement and her failure to call 911 or summon help were key facts supporting her conviction.
Her lawyers told the Supreme Court that she could not be convicted based solely on the words she texted or spoke — or failed to text or speak.
"Carter neither provided Roy with the means of his death nor physically participated in his suicide," the lawyers said. They added that the Massachusetts courts provided no guidance on how to determine when a person's words cross the line and become criminal conduct.
Prosecutors said that after at first trying to discourage him from suicide, Carter began a systematic campaign of coercion, preying on Roy's insecurities. She taunted him that he would purposely fail again to kill himself, repeatedly urging him "just to do it" and that "the time (was) right."
Her conviction, the state said, was consistent with a long established exception to the First Amendment for "speech integral to criminal conduct."
If you or someone you know is in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255, text HOME to 741741 or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for additional resources.
Pete Williams is an NBC News correspondent who covers the Justice Department and the Supreme Court, based in Washington.


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Q: Chrome-only variability in rendered width of a divider line I'm creating a multi-format editable date/time widget, and I just noticed how a divider line in one widget looked fatter than the same line other widgets (fatter in the one with the red text):

Here's the CSS for that:
.tbw-dse-divider {
  align-self: stretch;
  background-color: #A6A6A6;
  margin: 0 max(1px, 0.0836em);
  overflow: hidden;
  position: relative;
  white-space: nowrap;
  width: max(1px, 0.0836em);
}

If I tweak this CSS by moving the position of the divider half a pixel with left: 0.5px, that one divider gets thinner, and the others get fatter:

According to the web console, this line is rendered at 2.5px wide. I'm guessing this is some sort of round-off error, where sometimes I get 2 pixels, sometimes I get 3 pixels.
Neither Firefox nor Safari have this problem, and the divider's appearance is always consistent. The screenshot is from a high-res screen, so it should be easily possible to render half of a px cleanly.
Does anyone know a way to fix this Chrome width-rounding problem?
As rendered by Firefox:

A: I found an answer by searching the topic of "subpixel rendering". The following silly trick fixes the problem:
.tbw-dse-divider {
  align-self: stretch;
  background-color: #A6A6A6;
  margin: 0 max(1px, 0.0836em);
  overflow: hidden;
  position: relative;
  white-space: nowrap;
  width: max(1px, 0.0836em);
  transform: rotate(-0.0000000001deg);
}

The nearly-0 rotational transform tricks Chrome into doing subpixel rendering that it would otherwise not bother trying to do. Answer found here: Is there a way I can force chrome to do subpixel rendering for a slow translation?


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When one thinks of Seth Rogen/James Franco-headlined comedies, one normally doesn't think of international controversy. The new comedy The Interview has been under the microscope in recent months, not because it is clever and ridiculously funny but because it's premise is one that has offended and caused some much heated debate. The film focuses on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and two American journalists sent to the Supreme Leader's home country to assassinate him. It is a simple film with lots of laughs but the subject matter isn't for all tastes especially with Sony Pictures Entertainment (the studio responsible for releasing the film) falling victim to a recent internet hack. North Korea denied involvement with the hack and the film was released to smaller art house theaters to avoid further problems such as a potential terrorist attack.
The story of the film is pretty straightforward and involves Dave Skylark (Franco), an entertainment talk show host, who specializes in breaking gossip stories of popular celebrities. He and his producer Aaron Rapoport (Rogen) learn that Kim Jong-un is a big fan of their show. In the hopes of classing up the show and tackling more serious news stories, the two gentlemen attempt to book an interview with the Supreme Leader and in doing so, they are soon contacted by the CIA (led by Lizzy Caplan) to plan an assassination of Kim. The rest of the film follows Dave and Aaron as they spend time on Kim's compound, getting to know him and trying to find the right moment to kill him, all the while bizarre hilarity ensues.
The Interview is a Frat Pack film through and through. Directed by frequent collaborators Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Neighbors, This is the End, Superbad), The Interview has the usual gross-out humor audiences have come to expect from these two filmmakers. While many people think this is a political commentary, it really is more of film for those looking for toilet humor and goofy violence. North Korea might have overreacted because The Interview is a film with only one goal and that is to make people laugh. Yes, the assassination of Kim is at the forefront in the film's plot but it is done in a way that is light and humorous, not real and threatening. This is a harmless film that crosses a similar line like that in Trey Parker and Matt Stone's 2004 Team America: World Police. Both films are just set out for laughs and if certain people or groups can't see that these movies are simply out to cause joy and not incite international turmoil, then said people and groups need to strongly relax.
Due to the controversial nature surrounding the film, audiences will flock to see The Interview. With probably, the best publicity a film can get Seth Rogen and James Franco's dopey comedy is another entry in the stoners' filmographies and it is at times, sidesplitting and unapologetic. Franco plays the over-the-top and at times, highly sophomoric talk show host and Rogen is perfect as his producer, the straight man, and yin to Franco's yang. Comedian Randall Park also steals the show as Kim and plays the Supreme Leader in a ridiculously off-the-wall manner. The Interview is the last decent comedy of 2014 and quite possibly the best and smartest of the year. Bottom line: this film's intentions are innocent and it will provide for one fun time at the cinema.
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Пещерная церковь в Больших Дивах (Церковь Сицилийской иконы Божией Матери) — уникальный православный храм Свято-Успенского Дивногорского монастыря в Лискинском районе Воронежской области России, выдолбленный целиком внутри меловой горы. Храм является одной из самых популярных достопримечательностей Воронежской области.

Архитектура
Вход в пещеру находится в основании мелового останца, расположенного на правом высоком склоне долины реки Тихая Сосна, в непосредственной близости от северной окраины хутора Дивногорье. Пещера представляет собой небольшой храм, выдолбленный в податливой меловой породе, с подземным ходом, окружающим этот храм, а также второй этаж с небольшими помещениями — горницами, в которых когда-то обитали монахи. Поскольку церковь расположена в меловой толще внутри горы, температура внутри довольно стабильна на протяжении года, а летом даже в большую жару в помещениях прохладно, а зимой, когда в окружающей степи дуют ветры и приходят снежные бураны, относительно тепло (температура воздуха держится на уровне 12-15 °C).

История

Гора-останец в древности служила местом стоянки для разнообразных кочевых народов Дикого поля (половцев, печенегов). Современный храм внутри пещеры воздвигли русские монахи после 1831, когда на данном столбе (горе-останце) была обретена Сицилийская икона Божией Матери. В советское время пещера находилась в запустении, пока за её реставрацию не взялись сотрудники Воронежского краеведческого музея. Теперь пещерная церковь входит в состав Дивногорского музея.

Любопытные факты
По лестнице можно подняться на вершину 180-метровой горы, откуда открывается вид на окружающие степные просторы и долину реки Тихая Сосна. Находясь на вершине горы, можно расслышать эхо, издаваемое ногами при ходьбе по меловой горе, внутри которой имеются пустоты (в том числе сам храм). Меловые отложения на поверхности горы покрыты мелкими бурыми частицами — лишайником коллемой, который набухает после дождя и становится зелёным. Также на горе и в её окрестностях обитает редкая птица — дрофа.

См. также
 Дивногорский Успенский монастырь
 Холковский пещерный монастырь
 Пещерный монастырь Игнатия Богоносца

Ссылки
 Сайт природного архитектурно-археологического музея-заповедника Дивногорье
 Виртуальный тур по пещерной церкви во имя Сицилийской иконы Божией Матери в Больших Дивах

Памятники культуры
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Лискинский район
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Wesley Heiss
Wesley Heiss trained as an architect and currently works as a sculptor and installation artist. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture/Ceramics at Bennington College in 1996 and a Master of Architecture at Rice University in 2000.
Heiss has participated in several residency programs including Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (2012), Roswell artist-in-residence (2010-2011), MacDowell Colony (2007 and 2008), and Skowhegan School of Sculpture and Painting (2004). In 2009, he received the Individual Artist Fellowship from Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and in 2004, the CACHH Individual Artist Project Grant and Kimbrough Fund Grant.
Heiss has collaborated with Marek Walczak on public art projects and commissions, including Eyeanimals, University of Wyoming Biodiversity Institute, Laramie, WY (2014); 14th Street, City of Denver, 14th Street Corridor, Denver, CO (2012); and Though Balloons, Stapleton Central Park Recreation Center. Denver, CO (2011). His work has been exhibited at Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA; Museum of Fine Arts Houston Glassell School Project Space; Project Row Houses, Houston, TX; Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM; and Scope Art Fair, Lincoln Center, New York, NY.
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Lukáš Endl (born 17 June 2003) is a Czech footballer who currently plays as a centre back for FC Zbrojovka Brno.

Club career

FC Zbrojovka Brno
He made his professional debut for Zbrojovka Brno in the away match against Varnsdorf on 24 June 2020, which ended in a win 1:0.

References

External links
 Profile at FC Zbrojovka Brno official site
 Profile at FAČR official site

2003 births
Living people
Czech footballers
FC Zbrojovka Brno players
Association football midfielders
Czech National Football League players
Czech Republic youth international footballers
Footballers from Brno


We are so glad to welcome Martin and Bekah Neil among us in a few weeks time. Martin is perhaps best known as the long standing drummer for prophetic worship pioneer, Kevin Prosch, and were with Kevin when he visited us in Durham a few years ago. Martin was also here last year with Austin Biel.
Martin is an amazing drummer, I mean … genuinely world class!! but what makes his ministry so special is the heart that he and Bekah carry, to see the sounds of the nations redeemed for King Jesus. They travel extensively into many cultures, building relationship and sharing the heartbeat and rhythms of different people groups at source; and then bringing those sounds as part of the well of worship rising up in the church, as David's fallen tent is being restored. Their charity Voices from the Nations also puts hands and feet to that, by assisting with grassroots developmental work in the communities they have been welcomed into.
So having them with us for a whole day is an incredible privilege and opportunity and we really want to make the most of it. We're going to split it into three parts.
13:30 - 16:30 Drum circle workshop - Drum circles can be great as community worship times, which can work for all levels of ability so don't rule yourself out :) Martin and Bekah are going to stir us up to break out of our boxes and see God moving among us through Holy Spirit led drumming. As well as some practical technique and inspiration, they are going to share what they have been been exploring (e.g with Native American christians) about drums and intercession.
19:30 - later Worship and Prayer night.. We're going to seek the Lord 😃 with no fixed agenda… but it will be something fresh and amazing, more drum and vocal led than 'normal. And we'll hear wonderful stories of God at work among the nations.
We're leaving lots of room for the Lord to steer us through the day, so there will be a lot of flexibility during these times. But this is going to be epic… really hope you can join us for some or all of it.
If you are coming to the kit drum workshop it would be great if you could let us know in advance and give us an idea of your experience level.
If you are coming to the Drum Circle workshop and you have any hand drums PLEASE BRING THEM. We will have some spare instruments which we will share around… but if you bring your own you can use it all the way through 😃 and if you have any spare to share.. awesome!
Tea and coffee will be provided during the day.
We will be taking up a freewill offering at each session to support Martin and Bekah in their travelling.


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It was my sixth visit to the mythical world of earth.
Nsibidi and i had always flown together to earth but that day i had decided to fly alone. I wanted to visit my new earth friend, Myra.
Myra lived in the Southernmost watery region of earth, in a little town called Cali and she was two years older than i was.
Myra was a dada too, an earth dada girl. But there on earth being dada wasn't seen as outlandish. No one teased them. Unlike in my planet Ginen, where dadas were treated like pox.
Earth dada people couldn't fly but like all dadas, were wise and excelled in whatever skill they acquired.
Earth dada people had strange colourful eyes which when looked into, could make one tell the truth and do their biddings.
Legend had it that every 500 years, a special earth dada child who possessed the special earth dada gift would be born — The gift of wishing things into reality — and Myra's wishes always came true.
Myra and i had met by a lake side garden a few months earlier.
I had flown to earth with Nsibidi to enjoy a few moments away from my planet Ginen. I was admiring a garden-lily when i noticed Myra sitting in a spot. My instincts told me to go sit beside her. She sat on the grass, cross-legged, intently observing a rare garden rabbit.
I quietly sat down by her side curiously looking at the rabbit to figure out why she was engrossed in it.
'What strange clothes you have one.' She spoke first. Her eyes were gold like the colour of the dying sun.
'You aren't from around here.' She smiled as she looked at my dadalocks. The vines had given me away.
'Yes… No, I'm from the planet of Ginen.' I replied, half shy.
'I'm Myra and you must be Zahrah.' She giggled lightly.
Myra could also speak to, and understand nature.
For a long time, Myra had wanted to visit my planet but her inability to fly prevented her from coming and she was too heavy for me to fly with her.
Something queer occurred the day i visited Myra. As i landed by her window, a strange wind almost knocked me off my feet. It kept on pulling me towards Myra's window and it was strange how a windseeker like myself couldn't control it. The more i tried to resist it, the stronger it pulled.
'Hello!' Myra beamed as she appeared from a corner of her house.
The wind stopping almost immediately.
'The grass told me you were here.' She smiled.
'Oh yes! So wassup?' I responded in the earthish slang she had taught me on my last visit, feigning an 'everything is okay' smile.
We climbed into her room through the window as it was low.
Her room was painted green. There were floral paintings, pictures of animals, trees and the sea on the walls. I could see the glow-lily hand lamp which i gave to her on her bedsid table. She obviously treated it with so much care. She was a nature lover.
It was late noon and i decided to travel back to my world if i were to make it before dark.
As we stepped out through her window, the strange wind came again with an even greater force. This time around lifting me off the ground, i couldn't fight it, it was strong.
Myra tried to hold my hands to keep me down but she too was lifted off the ground.
'Oh the waters! We're flying! Look Zahrah I'm flying!' Myra shrieked with excitement.
That was when it hit me! Myra was a special earth dada girl. One way or the other her wishes always came true and the strange wind was as a result of her wish to visit my world.
My instincts warned against flying with Myra. I was sure her instincts kicked against it too, but the excitement of leaving earth to ginen was great and the wind kept pulling us.
As we flew over the forbidden greeny jungle, Myra's eyes glowed even brighter. It must have been a magical effect which ginen had on earthlings.
Myra took cursory gazes at many things. There was a lot to see.
We watched the bush cows from up a huge branch struggle amongst themselves. Myra threw blue spotty mangoes at a transparent chameleon nearby and watched it turn blue.
There were flying baby rainbow monkeys up in the sky that day. Myra tried to pet one but it bit her finger with its toothless mouth.
Soon, she began to complain of a slight headache, then she slumped right in the air. The strange wind stopped pulling us and we crashed through the air into the gorillas path. I tried to pull her up. To fly her back but all proved in vain.
She was breathing heavily. Her chest heaving up and down.
With all the strength left in me, i began to pull her towards the gorilla village which was only a few miles away.
On nearing the village, some gorrila warriors spotted us and came to the rescue. The first placed Myra on his strong hairy shoulders and headed back to the village while the rest stayed back to look out for hideous jungle creatures that might have been following us behind to eat us.
Myra was taken straight to Misty's hut.
I was scared. I blamed myself. Myra would be the second friend whom i had endangered. The first being Dari.
A calm voice asked. Rousing me from my deep thoughts.
'E-earth.' I managed to mutter loud enough for her to hear.
She sighed and began to walk away.
'Why? Tell me what it is!' I asked.
Why did everything have to be forbidden.
I was tired of having to put up with all the forbidden rules of my world. I sat with my back against a Kukala tree.
My face, buried in my hands. My body ached from pulling Myra. I was hungry and thirsty and my clothes were all dirty.
I looked up at Misty with watery eyes. A ray of hope slowly began to creep into my heart.
'We need seven seeds from five sunflowers to restore her health. The seeds cannot make her survive here forever, but it will buy her some time in our world.
'Where can i find it?' I asked.
I didn't know what a sunflower looked like or where i could find it on earth. All I knew was that i was on a mission to save Myra's life. There, another adventure began.
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Public Companies: SEC Issues Guidance on Cybersecurity Disclosures
The Guidance addresses a public company's obligation to make certain disclosures concerning cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents.CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 2 – Cybersecurity" (the Guidance), regarding a public company's obligation to make certain disclosures concerning cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents. The SEC issued the Guidance in apparent response, at least in part, to a letter to the SEC signed earlier this year by five U.S. senators inviting SEC guidance on the topic. Signatories included U.S. Senators John D. Rockefeller, Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal, Robert Menendez and Mark Warner. The senators' letter pointed to, among other things, a 2009 survey in which Hiscox, a cyber-insurance underwriter, found that 38 percent of public companies did not adequately report information about security risks in public disclosures.
Requirement to Disclose Cybersecurity Risk Is Not "New"
The requirement under the federal securities laws to disclose material cybersecurity risks and incidents is not new and should not be viewed as creating additional disclosure obligations. Public companies are currently obligated to evaluate and disclose to investors significant factors that make an investment in the company's securities speculative or risky, events or uncertainties that are reasonably likely to have a material effect on the company's financial results or condition, and any additional information necessary to make the other required disclosures by the company not misleading. (See, e.g., Regulation S-K, Items 503(c) and 303, Securities Act Rule 408, Exchange Act Rule 12b-20, and Exchange Act Rule 14a-9.) In other words, these disclosure obligations already existed, albeit not expressly. By issuing this Guidance, the SEC is signaling to public companies that this is a "hot button" issue in which the investing public is interested. In the wake of some high-profile cyber incidents affecting companies earlier this year, the SEC appears to be using this opportunity to give a timely reminder to public companies of what is expected under the securities laws in connection with these incidents.
In fact, the SEC has in the past issued interpretive guidance in response to current events that highlight disclosure obligations. For example, in response to heightened public awareness of climate change issues and calls from certain sectors of the investment community, the SEC issued in January 2010 interpretive guidance for disclosure of business and legal developments relating to climate change (Commission Guidance Regarding Disclosure Related to Climate Change). Similarly, after the recent credit crisis, in order to facilitate understanding by investors of the liquidity and funding risks faced by public companies, the SEC issued in September 2010 an interpretive release to improve disclosure of liquidity and capital resources in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) contained in public filings (Commission Guidance on Presentation of Liquidity and Capital Resource Disclosures in Management's Discussion and Analysis). Unlike those interpretative releases, the Guidance is a statement of the SEC Staff, the second in a new series of Staff Disclosure Guidance publications, and not of the Commission itself. Although the Guidance is not a rule, regulation or statement of the Commission, public companies should nevertheless ensure that their disclosures and their disclosure controls and procedures comply with the Guidance to the extent applicable to their material cybersecurity risks and any cyber incidents.
Overview of the Guidance
In the Guidance, the Staff notes the following background:
For a number of years, registrants have migrated toward increasing dependence on digital technologies to conduct their operations. As this dependence has increased, the risks to registrants associated with cybersecurity have also increased, resulting in more frequent and severe cyber incidents.
The Guidance notes there are two separate triggers for cybersecurity disclosures. First, public companies must evaluate cybersecurity risks, regardless of whether a cyberattack has occurred, and then assess whether disclosure of those risks is appropriate. For example, companies must evaluate what aspects of business (such as outsourcing) might lead to material cybersecurity risks and then make disclosures of those risks, including a description of potential costs and other consequences of these risks. Similarly, where a company undergoes an internal audit or risk assessment and uncovers a vulnerability that has the potential to expose the company to a material breach, it may be required to disclose that information. The Guidance makes clear that the Staff does not believe public companies are required to disclose cyber vulnerabilities in a way that could provide a road map for hackers to exploit that vulnerability. "Instead," the Guidance states, "registrants should provide sufficient disclosure to allow investors to appreciate the nature of the risks faced by the particular registrant in a manner that would not have that consequence."
A second trigger for disclosure is the occurrence of specific events, including cyber attacks and other cyber incidents. For example, public companies may need to timely disclose information regarding the financial effects of a material breach, whether that breach was caused by an external hacker or by employee oversight. This could include disclosing information about investigation costs and other effects, such as when a cyberattack or breach could:
Expose a company to a lengthy government investigation and costly third-party claims, including breach of contract claims, credit defaults, regulatory fines and litigation
Cause significant business interruption and result in lost revenues and impairment of certain assets
Undermine the value of services
Harm a company's reputation
Lead to substantial costs of remediation, including use of internal and external resources, the provision of customer incentives and more
Item 503(c) of Regulation S-K provides that a public company must disclose the most significant factors that make an investment in the company speculative or risky (see Item 503(c) of Regulation S-K, and Form 20-F, Item 3.D). The Guidance provides that whether those factors include cyber risks depends on the registrant's particular facts and circumstances, when applicable:
cybersecurity risk disclosure provided must adequately describe the nature of the material risks and specify how each risk affects the registrant. Registrants should not present risks that could apply to any issuer or any offering and should avoid generic risk factor disclosure.
In determining whether a cybersecurity risk is significant, public companies should evaluate their cybersecurity profile and take into account all available relevant information, including prior cyber incidents and the severity and frequency of those incidents. Companies should also look at their industry competitors and the known cybersecurity incident history of those competitors.
Among the disclosures that may be appropriate to include are aspects of the company's business that give rise to the cybersecurity risk, risks associated with outsourcing functions, material past cyber incidents (including a description of costs and other consequences) and description of relevant insurance coverage.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
A company should include a discussion of cybersecurity risks and incidents in MD&A if such issues have had or are likely to have a material effect on the operations, liquidity or financial condition of the company. For example, if intellectual property is stolen in a cyberattack, the MD&A should describe the property that was stolen and the potential effect of the theft on future revenues, including litigation costs and any expected increase in cybersecurity protection.
Description of Business
If one or more cyber incidents materially affect a company's products, services, competitive conditions, or relationships with its customers or suppliers, then the company should disclose this in its "Description of Business." For example, if a company learns of a cyberattack that could potentially harm a product in development, the company should disclose both the incident and any potential harm to the new product as a result of the incident.
If a company or any of its subsidiaries is a party to any pending material legal proceedings involving a cyber incident, the company should disclose that information in its "Legal Proceedings" disclosure.
Financial Statement Disclosure
The SEC Guidance points out that cybersecurity risk and specific cyber incidents may have a broad impact on a company's financial statement disclosures. Prior to a cyber incident, a company may incur costs related to theft prevention and cyber security. Following a cyber incident, a company may incur additional costs, including:
Losses from asserted and unasserted claims related to the incident
Losses from additional customer incentives to mitigate damages in business relationships
Impairment of such assets as software, trademarks and patents
Companies should therefore ensure that any such specific incident or cybersecurity risk potentially causing a material impact to their financial statements is accounted for and properly disclosed.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Companies are required by the SEC to disclose conclusions on the effectiveness of disclosure controls and procedures. A company should therefore consider the risks that cyber incidents may pose to the company's ability to record, process, summarize and report information required in SEC filings. If a cyberattack could potentially prevent the required information to be reported, the company may conclude its disclosure controls are ineffective.
In the wake of this Guidance, we will likely see an uptick in public company disclosures in this area, with respect to both specific cyber incidents that have occurred and risks that such an incident might occur. As with any other risk, the SEC cautions that such disclosure "should be tailored to [the issuer's] particular circumstances and [should] avoid generic 'boilerplate' disclosure." Any public company that materially relies on online sales, for example, should evaluate whether cybersecurity risks to its business warrant risk factors or other disclosures in its public filings. A company is not required to give a roadmap of its weaknesses, but it may have to disclose if it has a particular weakness given its business model. As a result, companies must balance carefully the need to make a disclosure with the need to protect their cybersecurity vulnerability. Although the SEC cautions against boilerplate disclosures, common themes are likely to emerge nevertheless in cybersecurity disclosures made in issuers' SEC filings in the industries and sectors where cybersecurity issues are most prevalent.
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Progressive People's Party (PPP) is a political party in Ghana. It was formed in 2012 by Paa Kwesi Nduom, the presidential candidate for the Convention People's Party in the 2008 general election.
PPP pulled 64,267 popular votes in the 2012 general elections with Papa Kwesi Nduom as a flagbearer and Brigitte Dzogbenuku as the running mate, making it the third-largest party and the second-largest opposition party in Ghana.
The party's National Head Office Building is located in Asylum Down, Accra. The motto of the party is "Prosperity in Peace" with "Awake" as the slogan.
The party's formation was followed by a declaration on 28 December 2011 by Nduom for progressive and independent-minded people to come together and form an alternative political movement.
The interim leadership of the progressive movement began a nationwide campaign to recruit members to form Interim Regional and Constituency Executives. The team visited all ten regions of Ghana.
In January 2012, the party submitted an application to the Electoral Commission for registration in accordance with the Political Parties Act.
The party received its provisional certificate on Friday, February 3, 2012. The party went to the first National Convention on February 25, 2012, which was held at the Accra Sports Stadium. The Final Certificate was received on Thursday, March 15, 2012.
PPP seeks power to implement an agenda for change built on Stewardship, Education, Healthcare, and Jobs. PPP plans to implement the agenda using the spirit of inclusiveness, and full participation of women and youth. Most importantly, PPP has stated that it will maintain incorruptible leadership.
The Party elected officers in two-thirds of the districts in Ghana as well as Regional Executives. Elected National Officers of the party include: Nii Allotey Brew Hammond, Chairperson; William Doworkpor, First Vice-Chairperson; Ban Saliah, Second Vice-Chairperson; Belinda Bulley, Third Vice Chairperson, Murtala Ahmed Mohammad, National Secretary; Felix William Ogwah, National Treasurer; Nana Ofori Owusu, Director of Operations; Vivian Tetteh, Women Coordinator; Divine Nkrumah, Youth Coordinator; Kofi Asamoah Siaw, Policy Adviser; Deroy Kwesi Andrew, Director of Research; Richard Nii Amarh, Executive Director and Paa Kow Ackon, Director of Communication.


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"Becoming one by love, beyond death" Is a line from musical The Last Kiss 💋 Today I had my last stage with Kai oppa. With a heart as warm as his voice, Kai oppa is an oppa who constantly worked hard, since the practice room up until today, he's really admirable, I'll miss Kadolf 😢 Now Lumarie has one performance left, see you Saturday at 7PM.
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Part 3: Why I quit taxi driving. --Well,-- until I'm broke and then I'll start again.
Where we last left off it was Thursday November 1st. Just so I can memorize the order of things, here's the recap:
I'll put my pictures of a little piece of Manhattan in my next post. this is all words.
week in review:
The storm hit on Monday, October 29th. More so, it hit during the night of monday, err, monday night. The car was not driven by me or my partner that day. I thought the storm would be too much, but of course the storm didn't come until later after my shift would already be over. Then my partner had the car only for an hour or so before calling some friends to confirm that he shouldn't drive the car either. The bridges were already scheduled to close at 7pm. If he were to drive that night, he would be stuck in Manhattan with no where to sleep. So he gave me back the car, hence my parking frustrations that night.
Tuesday, the storm had already passed, mind you both before the storm and after the storm the winds were still quite strong. By 11am the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge were re-opened to traffic. Up 'till that point only official vehicles were being let though. I decided to use the car once the bridges were open, if anything, just to experience this once in a lifetime occurrence. When I returned the car to my partner, I believe unable to find gas for the first time. I couldn't find a gas station without a line in front of it.
Wednesday my partner gives me the car back at 1am, however he was done with the car by 11am. It took him 2 hours on line to get gas in the car, by waiting on a line for 2 miles. We had just arranged a deal before the storm that he would park the car in my neighborhood and take a car service home se he didn't wake me up in the middle of the night at whatever random hour he returned it, but because of the storm we canceled that deal, figuring transportation was hard enough, and perhaps me starting my shift early would be better since there was much uncertainty about how each day would unfold. He told me it would probably be god to look for gas as I drove the whole day, but of course that didn't work because there are hardly any gas stations in Manhattan. I drove past one when I took people to J.F.K. Airport. It had only 2 or 3 cars waiting in line, but I had passengers in the car so I couldn't do anything about it. From J.F.K. I spent 25 minutes driving to LaGuardia Airport, the first gas station there on the highway had a line of 10 cars that just moved right through it as there was no gas left, i t was just an exit ramp for the accompanying Dunkin' Donuts at that point. Another Crown Victoria taxi had to be rolled in to the empty gas station, it ran out of gas completely. I found no holding lots at the airport worth waiting at for my next ride into Manhattan, that would take 2 maybe 3 hours, so I went to the other gas station at the airport, but that was empty too. I started to worry so I called my friend upstate who oddly enough had more information than the radio. She was giving me updates on gas stations available through new tools on twitter, from her cell phone.. And why wasn't the news telling me anything?? even the news, 1010 Wins was telling me to go to a Twitter feed dedicated solely to finding gas stations??!!!! umm I'm driving my car, hello?? why am I going to my cell phone? She told me that there were some gas stations in Queens near the 59th street bridge that had gas lines, but still had gas. I chose not to heed that advice, because I had already wasted a half an hour going to another airport. I figured I could find that first gas station again, a Shell station at 96th street and 1st Avenue in Manhattan, the one that had only 3 cars. Of course those 3 cars could have just been driving through the station after seeing that there was no gas. Sure enough, there was no gas there either. Long story long, I found no gas that day either, wait, wait I did find gas. This was the day that I took my sister to my house, so she could use the internet, watch tv, and sleep in a heated apartment. Upon returning the car we did find a gas station where we could wait behind 4 cars and eventually get gas. The gas attendant told me he might have only enough gas for another 30 minutes and then kaput, he'd be all empty.
Thursday, I don't think he could find gas either. So we arranged that I just give it back to him half way full, which was fine enough because I only eat that much gas during my work anyway. Of course you know the rest, I couldn't find gas for the car, I explained it at the end of my last blog entry.
So Long story long again, this is where we left off. The car is in his hands thursday night, he has a little less than a quarter of a tank left, I gave him 40 dollars to fill the tank. It took me 2 hours sitting on a line for gas until the station ran out of gas. Before that I waited somewhere else, but that looked hopeless. I told him it would take at least 3 more hours if he wanted me to find gas. So he took the car like that. He offered to drive me and my sister home, but after sitting in a car for 2 hours, and driving it in circles for another hour, I'd rather walk home.
He called me a little later. "What if I took the car upstate?" he asked
"I dunno, sounds like a good idea, do you know if you'll definitely get gas there?" I asked him back.
"Yeah I will, i will find gas. I'll give you back your 40 dollars," he said
"No, no, you can take 20 bucks, just give me back 20," I told him. This whole gas thing was getting complicated. I mean, "My 40 covers half the tank that I should've filled up anyway, but then you had it a little empty too, so that makes us even.
He paused, as if he was pondering this, like perhaps I was not making a good deal, but on the other hand he was losing way too much money this week. He couldn't drive the car at night. Every shift of his was ruined. No traffic lights, no driving. "Okay," he said
So that whole night was rather sleepless. We already went back to this schedule where he might return the car to me at 10pm, he might return the car to me at 1am, or he may return the car to me at 3am, just whenever he was done, add to this, I don't know weather he will get gas, or weather I will get gas, the stress was building, and now, maybe I was losing money in a gas negotiation? I call him at midnight after I go to the store to buy some food.
"I saw that my gas station by my house has a line in front of it ten blocks long, they don't have gas yet, but they all think that a delivery will get here at 1am." I tell him. I want him to get here right now so I can get my gas and start driving the car with a full tank again. But i get no answer.
I finally fall asleep at 2:30 in the morning, I wake at 3am up to the phone ringing.
"Hi Noah it's me, I'm upstate. I can get gas."
I pause with reluctant disbelief, "You can? You can fill the tank?"
"Yes, what do you want me to do?"
"Umm, how much do you want me to pay?" I ask him.
To which his reply is... "Or I could just give you the car with it empty."
He what the what?? Mercy of all holy mercies!!! He has gas? and he might give the car to me empty?? what is this? how much do you want for my baby?
"I tell you what man, I'm sleeping right now, we cannot talk this way right now, I'm in the middle of sleeping."
My anger builds, and I text him back asking him why he would be reluctant to get gas when he drove all the way upstate. His reply, none of my business. Ahem, WHAT??!!
My next call is to the garage, "I cannot do this anymore," I tell the dispatcher.
"What, what is the problem?" Picture a heavy Russian accent with a cigarette dangling loosely on the lips over a big flat screen computer.
I tell him, "Well he told me he would go upstate to get gas, and now he's telling me he might not get gas, I can't deal with it."
"So this is about gas?" he says
"Well, he can get gas, it's available to him, and he's threatening not to give it to me, I'm practically sleeping and he's playing games with me."
His reply- "Okay, just give the car back on Monday."
A nice short and sweet answer, I like it. but one more thing... "Well he has the car now, so I'll try to tell him to return it then okay?"
a pause-- "Okay"
"Okay thank you"
And like that, with remarkably little drama between me and the garage, the deal was off. I called the other driver back. He picks up and this is the first thing he says:
"It is none of your business, why I am upstate, you want to know why, I am with my girlfriend upstate, but I don't have to tell you that, because it is none of your business."
And I say, "I was asking you how much I owe you for the gas, that is all I asked you, you don't need to tell me why the fuck you are where you are, that is your business. I tell you what, you can keep the 40 dollars I don't really give a damn. And you can have the car tomorrow too, it's over. You have to give the car in on Monday."
He continued to yell again, but I told him what I needed to tell him. So I told him again, because I think his yelling was to prove something, and that period had come and gone already. "It's over, it's over. Just return the car to them by monday, you can keep everything in the car I don't need it."
So it was like a relationship of sorts, and like all relationships, it went too long. And my stuff is gone, and I don't care. I picked up my check yesterday from the garage, it was more money than I thought. I can't figure them out, they do a lot of things right, and they do things wrong too, and they are so convenient to my house. I'm not sure how I feel about them, I may perhaps ask them about renting per shift rather than per week. But I think I'll go to a larger garage next time, one closer to Manhattan, that charges accurately fixes cars completely, and timely, and has a fleet of smaller taxicabs that save on gas. All of these things would be good, but I would need to own a car or a motor scooter to get there. It's something to think on, before all my money runs out.
Star said...
Thank you, again, for insight into your life as a taxi cab driver in NYC. I never knew that you had to partner with another driver like that. Is that usual, or just a feature of that smaller company?
NYC taxi photo said...
a lot of drivers do it this way. most of the time when you get a taxi ride in new york, it is likely the driver has another partner to switch with.
my other deals were just for each 12 hour shift, so I was paying for that piece, and the garage was finding a driver to fill in the other shifts. after you are trusted and drive with them enough, the garage tends to match you and one other driver up with one car, if you drive 5 days a week or more.
but if you just want to drive a few days, without much commitment, you will be given a different car everyday, a car that is driven by another different driver each time.
this last deal was as a special deal to have the car either with me or the other driver and to eliminate the inconvenience of going to the garage to pick it up. it seem difficult to arrange a deal like this however, oddly enough, most of the drivers you'll find have this deal. usually they own the car, but then they lease the medallion on a weekly basis. they try to find a family member or a friend to share the car with.


High up about 6,500 feet in the hills, Manali charms visitors with its great views of the snowcapped Himalayan peaks. The place is breathtaking in its beauty and adds to this the lure of the fresh mountain air! For so many years, families have visited Manali and enjoyed their summer breaks.
Even as that hasn't stopped, a new breed of travelers has started to flock Manali. It's the younger crowd that's suddenly realized the potential of Manali and its surroundings as adventure destinations. Today there are several operators who'd lead you to an adventures experience in the Hills. The best part about this small town is its easy accessibility by road from all parts of the North India, including Leh in Ladakh. The routes to Lahaul-Spiti, Baspa, Sangala and Pin Valley are through Manali. In summer (May, June), this town is full to the brim, so make your booking early. The same is the case during Christmas and New Year.
Manali (alt. 1,950 m or 6,398 ft) in the Beas River valley is an important hill station in the Himalayan Mountains of Himachal Pradesh, India, near the northern end of the Kullu Valley. It is administratively a part of the Kullu District. The population is approx.
30,000. The small town was the beginning of an ancient trade route to Ladakh and, from there, over the Karakoram Pass on to Yarkland and Khotan in the Tarim Basin. Manali and its surrounding areas are of great significance to the Indian culture and heritage as it was the home and abode of the Saptarshi or seven sages. The ancient cave temple, Hidimba Devi Temple, is not far from town. In ancient times, the valley was sparsely populated by nomadic hunters known as "rakshas".
The next arrivals were the shepherds who arrived from the Kangra valley and settled to take up agriculture. Some of the earliest inhabitants of the region are the 'naur' or 'nar' which is a caste unique to the Kullu valley. Only a few naur families are known to exist now. A naur family in the village Soyal near Haripur on the west bank of Manali was famous for the vast land they owned and their practice of having 'rakshas' as their labourers.
The British were responsible for introducing apples and trout which were not native to Manali. It is said that when apple trees were first planted the fruits were so plentiful that often branches, unable to bear the weight would collapse. To this day apple along with plum and pear remains the best source of income for the majority of its inhabitants. Tourism in Manali received a real boost after the rise of militancy in Kashmir in the late 1980s. This once quiet village was transformed into a bustling town with hundreds of hotels and restaurants.
Hidimba Mata Temple: This temple is the most famous in Manali, and a must visit. Check out its 4-tier pagoda shaped roof and intricately carved doorway. Near the entrance you hand at a Yak ride and take some memories back by being clicked with a Yak! Outside, there are shops where you can get some snacks as well as some traditional handicrafts.
Manu Maharishi Temple: Popularly known as the Manu temple, it is in Old Manali, across the river Manalsu. There is caf� right outside the temple where you can get some good international food - Italian, Chinese etc.
Vashisht: A dip in the hot sulphur spring at the Vashisht temple is one you can't miss. Vashisht is about three kilometers from the Mall and has a temple with the typical local ornate wood-carvings. Outside it are some small cafes and a few souvenir and clothes shops.
Jogni Falls: If you are interested in the treks which are not too exacting, walking upto the Jogni falls would be your thing. Park your vehicle at the parking lot at Vashisht. A small alley goes through a maze of houses behind the temple to take you to a trekking path leading to Jogni falls. It is a short 2-3 kilometer trek, offering splendid views of snow-capped Himalayan peaks.
The Mall: The Mall is where most of the action is in Manali. Most budget hotels are in the lanes behind the Mall. This is the place to shop also and has some of the famous restaurants as well. In the evening, after sightseeing is done and no more is usually possible, tourist from almost all the Hotels throng the Mall, making it very alive and buzzing.
Rohtang Pass: Higher up in the mountains 51 km from Manali, at an altitude of 4,111m on the highway to Keylong, is the Rohtang Pass. The Pass is open from June to November each year and offers the only access to Lahaul Valley (Snowfall is unpredictable even during summers). On the way are four sightseeing spots-Kothi, Gulaba, Rani-Nillah and Rahla Falls. start early in the morning to get to Rohtang and on the way you can stop at the many little dhabas for the breakfast. Rohtang Pass, at an altitude of 13,050 feet above sea level, In winter, the road of Rothang Pass is closed.
Manikaran: In the beautiful Parvati Valley are situated the hot spring of Manikaran. the water from the springs is noted for its healing properties. The springs in this area are hot enough to boil rice. Manikaran, a place of pilgrimage for Hindus and Sikhs, is also a good spot for trout fishing. Located in the centre of town are Sri Ramchandra temple and the Gurudwara. One can enjoy a dip in the hot waters from the springs.
Solang valley: Popularly known as Snow Point, is 13 km northwest of Manali and famous for its 300-meter ski lift. It is a picturesque spot and offers splendid views of glaciers and the snow-capped mountains. Jagatsukh, the former capital of Manali, is also an important spot.
Naggar : On the left bank of the Beas, Naggar is situated on a wooded slop and offers splendid views, It was the capital of the erstwhile state of Kullu; there are a number of famous temple-Vishnu, Tripura Sundari and Lord Krishna. Cars and jeeps easily go upto the Nagar Castle, which was built by Raja Bhosal.


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In algebra, given a polynomial

with coefficients from an arbitrary field, its reciprocal polynomial or reflected polynomial, denoted by  or , is the polynomial

That is, the coefficients of  are the coefficients of  in reverse order. They arise naturally in linear algebra as the characteristic polynomial of the inverse of a matrix.

In the special case where the field is the complex numbers, when

the conjugate reciprocal polynomial, denoted , is defined by,

where  denotes the complex conjugate of , and is also called the reciprocal polynomial when no confusion can arise.

A polynomial  is called self-reciprocal or palindromic if .
The coefficients of a self-reciprocal polynomial satisfy  for all .

Properties
Reciprocal polynomials have several connections with their original polynomials, including:

 .
  is a root of a polynomial  if and only if  is a root of .
 If  then  is irreducible if and only if  is irreducible.
  is primitive if and only if  is primitive.

Other properties of reciprocal polynomials may be obtained, for instance:
 A self-reciprocal polynomial of odd degree is divisible by x+1, hence is not irreducible if its degree is > 1.

Palindromic and antipalindromic polynomials
A self-reciprocal polynomial is also called palindromic because its coefficients, when the polynomial is written in the order of ascending or descending powers, form a palindrome. That is, if

is a polynomial of degree , then  is palindromic if  for .

Similarly, a polynomial  of degree  is called antipalindromic if  for . That is, a polynomial  is antipalindromic if .

Examples
From the properties of the binomial coefficients, it follows that the polynomials  are palindromic for all positive integers , while the polynomials  are palindromic when  is even and antipalindromic when  is odd.

Other examples of palindromic polynomials include cyclotomic polynomials and Eulerian polynomials.

Properties
 If  is a root of a polynomial that is either palindromic or antipalindromic, then  is also a root and has the same multiplicity.
 The converse is true: If a polynomial is such that if  is a root then  is also a root of the same multiplicity, then the polynomial is either palindromic or antipalindromic.
 For any polynomial , the polynomial  is palindromic and the polynomial  is antipalindromic.
 It follows that any polynomial  can be written as the sum of a palindromic and an antipalindromic polynomial, since .
 The product of two palindromic or antipalindromic polynomials is palindromic.
 The product of a palindromic polynomial and an antipalindromic polynomial is antipalindromic.
 A palindromic polynomial of odd degree is a multiple of  (it has –1 as a root) and its quotient by  is also palindromic.
 An antipalindromic polynomial over a field  with odd characteristic is a multiple of  (it has 1 as a root) and its quotient by  is palindromic.
 An antipalindromic polynomial of even degree is a multiple of  (it has −1 and 1 as a roots) and its quotient by  is palindromic.
 If  is a palindromic polynomial of even degree 2, then there is a polynomial  of degree  such that .
 If  is a monic antipalindromic polynomial of even degree 2 over a field  of odd characteristic, then it can be written uniquely as , where  is a monic polynomial of degree  with no constant term.
 If an antipalindromic polynomial  has even degree  over a field  of odd characteristic, then its "middle" coefficient (of power ) is 0 since .

Real coefficients
A polynomial with real coefficients all of whose complex roots lie on the unit circle in the complex plane (that is, all the roots have modulus 1) is either palindromic or antipalindromic.

Conjugate reciprocal polynomials

A polynomial is conjugate reciprocal if  and self-inversive if  for a scale factor  on the unit circle.

If  is the minimal polynomial of  with , and  has real coefficients, then  is self-reciprocal.  This follows because

So  is a root of the polynomial  which has degree .  But, the minimal polynomial is unique, hence

for some constant , i.e. . Sum from  to  and note that 1 is not a root of . We conclude that .

A consequence is that the cyclotomic polynomials  are self-reciprocal for . This is used in the special number field sieve to allow numbers of the form  and  to be factored taking advantage of the algebraic factors by using polynomials of degree 5, 6, 4 and 6 respectively – note that  (Euler's totient function) of the exponents are 10, 12, 8 and 12.

Per Cohn's theorem, a self-inversive polynomial has as many roots in the unit disk  as the reciprocal polynomial of its derivative.

Application in coding theory

The reciprocal polynomial finds a use in the theory of cyclic error correcting codes. Suppose  can be factored into the product of two polynomials, say . When  generates a cyclic code , then the reciprocal polynomial  generates , the orthogonal complement of .
Also,  is self-orthogonal (that is, , if and only if   divides .

See also
Cohn's theorem

Notes

References

External links

 Reciprocal Polynomial (on MathWorld)

Polynomials