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1-5 Kickass Random Facts
1. Johnny Cash's guitar player died in 1968. Cash found himself at a show where the temporary replacement, Carl Perkins, couldn't make it. An audience member asked Cash if he could fill in for the night, and he said yes. Bob Wootton then became Cash's guitar player for the next 29 years – Source
2. A Georgia teacher who bought a $400 travel insurance policy was rewarded $10,000 because she read the fine print of the contract. After reading to page 7, she saw a "Pays to Read" bit that said the first to email and mentions the fine print contest would win 10K. – Source
3. Jimmy Carter is the longest-lived president, the longest-retired president, the first president to live forty years after their inauguration, and the first to reach the age of 95. – Source
4. The Nazis ordered 2 Auschwitz prisoners to destroy thousands of inmate mugshot photographs as the camp was evacuated in 1945. The inmates recognized the importance of that evidence and sabotaged the furnace thus saving 38,916 photos. – Source
5. The popular sleep-aid Ambien has been shown to make paralyzed and brain-damaged people, who have been well past the point of recovery, spontaneously move and talk again because it can reconstruct neurons and make new connections in the brain. – Source
6-10 Kickass Random Facts
6. The human brain remains half awake when sleeping in a new environment for the first time. – Source
7. Getty Images has repeatedly been caught selling the rights for photographs it doesn't own, including public domain images. In one incident they demanded money from a famous photographer for the use of one of her own pictures. – Source
8. OJ Simpson has paid less than 1% of the $33.5 million civil judgment against him for the wrongful death of Ron Goldman. – Source
9. Thomas Jefferson made his own version of the Bible, called The Jefferson Bible, by literally cutting and pasting passages from Greek, Latin, French, and English bibles that referenced Jesus' moral teachings, but left out his miracles. – Source
10. In 2010, the Colombian government successfully transmitted a Morse message to their captive soldiers by composing a song popular enough to hit local top 40 radio and disguising the Morse Code in a synth interlude. – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Facts
11. Charlie Chaplin was one of the planned assassination targets during a May 15, 1932 coup attempt by Japanese naval officers. While the prime minister was killed at home, Chaplin survived as he was at a sumo event with the prime minister's son. – Source
12. According to the United States Flag Code, the flag "should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever." This includes paper napkins or plates printed with the design. – Source
13. On May 19th, 1999 when Star Wars: The Phantom Menace released into theaters, an estimated 2.2 million full-time employees missed work to watch the film. Costing the US an estimated $293 million dollars from loss of productivity. – Source
14. While experimenting on a jet pump project for NASA in his bathroom in 1982, Lonnie Johnson shot a stream of water across the room and thought, "This would make a great gun." The Super Soaker went on to make him some $73 million in royalties. - Source
15. Alan Turing once bought 150lbs of silver but didn't trust banks so he buried it in the woods instead. After the price of silver had almost doubled, he went to dig it up, but could no longer find it. – Source
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8 Worst Video Games Ever Made
25 Kickass Random Advice List #1
12 Random Fun Facts That'll Make You Look Cool At A Party
17 Interesting Facts About The Guinness Book of World Records


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Wayland – Stanley G. Gilbert, 86 years of age, passed away Sunday December 6, 2020 at Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville. Stanley was born December 1, 1934 in Sparta, NY the son of Milo and Clara (Parsons) Gilbert. He grew up in the Sparta/Dansville areas and moved to Wayland in 1970. Stanley has remained a resident of the Wayland area ever since. He was a 1953 graduate of Dansville Central School and then earned an Associates of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Stanley and Betty Cooley were married February 11, 1967 and together celebrated over 41 years of marriage prior to Betty passing away on November 28, 2008. Stanley's employment career spanned many different areas. He was an instructor for the US Army for 30 years; he owned and operated Gilbert's Wholesale (distributor of paper products); owned and operated the Wayland Family Shoe Store; and was the Vice President for Serv-Rite Food Service Corp. Stanley and Betty also ran the Busy Bee Restaurant in Dansville for a number of years. His hobbies were many as well. Stanley enjoyed antiques, odds and ends, finding a deal and woodworking. Stanley was community oriented and enjoyed volunteering in different organizations. He was a past president of the `Wayland Rotary Club; assistant director of the Wayland Historical Society; and he was very active with the Wayland Potato Festival Rotary Food Tent. Stanley was also a member of the Springway Baptist Church in Wayland for many years. Stanley was pre-deceased by his parents, Milo and Clara Gilbert; his wife Betty Gilbert; his brother, Seymour Gilbert and his sisters, Esidean Rawleigh, Isabelle Mulley and Beatrice Swartz. He is survived by his son, Richard Gilbert of Seminole, FL; his step-son Glen (Jean) Schuster of Rochester; his grandchildren, Richard Jr and Jacob Gilbert and Ani and Kaylene Schuster; and special friend Sheila with whom he was friends with for many years. Stanley's family and friends are invited to attend his funeral service on Saturday September 11, 2021 at 11am at St. George-Forsythe Funeral Home, 109 West Naples St., Wayland. Interment will take place at Kiel Cemetery in Sparta. Contributions in memory of Stanley G. Gilbert may be made to Springway Baptist Church, 8997 NY-15, Wayland, NY 14572. Please visit www.stgeorgefuneralhome.com for online condolences and memories of Stanley.
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This is a cheat sheet for CRON expressions that are used in the time triggers for Azure functions. They define how often a trigger/the Azure function should be executed (daily, hourly, every 3 months, …).
e.g. 3 5 * * * * defines a trigger that runs every time when the clock is at second 3 and minute 5 (e.g. at 09:05:03, 10:05:03, 11:05:03, …).
The trigger executes at UTC timezone. So for Vienna (UTC+1), a trigger at 18:00 (UTC) executes at 19:00 Vienna time (UTC+1).
for days: nothing, because there are leap years and months with 28, 29, 30 or 31 days.
At 0 seconds, 0 minutes, 0 hours on 1st, 2nd, …. or 7th day of the month on sundays. So at 00:00:00 on sunday with "day of month" between 1 and 7.
I was using expressions generated by this https://www.freeformatter.com/cron-expression-generator-quartz.html and they do not work.
Whereas your example of every minute = 0 * * * * * worked perfectly.
But how would you trigger in on the 15 if that is a working day else the next working day ?
So it runs every 15th, 16th and 17th.
what if you want to trigger on the previous work day, not the next?
Trying to trigger at the first of every month, unless its not a working day – then i want to trigger on the previous working day.
hi, good post, been looking for something like this for a while.
but are you sure about allowed values for hour being 1-23? i would expect it to be 0-23.
Hi, yes, you're right – thanks!. I already fixed it.
Thanks loads! It's been frustrating going through a lot of resources which all document slightly different formats.
How can I set the CRON expression for every fortnight? or something like 14,28 of every month?
Adding "WEBSITE_TIME_ZONE" in the config can adjust the times its fired relate to the timezone set.
Hi My App works fine for seconds(*/15 * * * * *) but not for minutes(0 */15 * * * *).
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The code can correctly display the bmp image that comes with the IDE, but can't display the image I added.
The IDE is visual studio 2012 and I use mfc to display bmp pictures.
and the result of debug ——unable to display the picture,only blanks are displayed.
I am really sorry that I am a new man here and I do not know how to stick debug screenshots here.
I am free() error because I am using malloc at several places. I have data stored in a file. The first line of the file tells about number of lines of data in the file. I am getting that error correct i.e. 3200.
// Sorts the input row into chunks to be scattered two all the processors.
// Just get the initialization of the program going.
// If the input file is not given, print message and exit.
// Broadcasts the number of rows to each processor.
// Allocate the memory on each processor.
// Scatters the data so that each process gets the next value for their columns.
mpirun noticed that process rank 0 with PID 0 on node lc2530hz exited on signal 6 (Aborted).
Somebody please guide me how to remove this error.
Something, somewhere is corrupting one of your malloc() blocks. First off, I count 5 calls to malloc(), but only 2 calls to free() in the code given. That's unlikely to be the source of your problem here, but it does mean you have a memory leak, unless that memory is freed up elsewhere.
You may need to figure out how to install valgrind on your system.
Update: you can send the output from valgrind to a log file using --logfile=vg_log.%p, which would send the valgrind output to a file vg_log.1479, where 1479 is the process id of the running program. AIUI, you would get a vg_log.nnnn for each process spawned by mpirun. Take a look at the man page for valgrind and/or see the online documentation for further info.
It should ... it's a standard dynamic 2D array of double in C.
The code as written is stupid for C++ it's clearly a matrix and there are a dozen better ways to do that.
You can also just flatten it in C to a linear 1D allocation if you are happy to manually do the indexing.
Since C doesn't require malloc() to be cast, you could omit the cast to (double **) when calling malloc().
Looking at this, and your other post prompts the obvious question: why are you trying to convert working code from C++ to C? Since all modern compilers support C++ it would be better to stick with what works.
That is a rash statement in the embedded space there is rarely a C++ compiler.
Then the second kicker few in the industry would accept C++ code because of the notorious problems with memory on a confined system.
Definitely not a problem on the PC market but you can't make that sweeping statement.
Thanks. I want to do some work instead of using the cooked code. Also it would provide me two versions so I can test both and find which one is better.
I forget my C++ so I want to do this conversion.
That isn't correct but you are getting away with it because the pointer size is standard double* and double** are the same size.
If you are handing this in for a uni assignment they will ping you for it.
So you end up using more space this way because you have the actual array data (column x row) plus row number of pointers.
So there is a trade off being made between memory size and ease of indexing.
The flat 1D array is usually faster if you know you pointer arithmetic but more prone to beginner error.
It's clearly a M x N matrix and most commercial programmers would flatten it to a 1D array because you are likely going to do matrix arithmetic and there are tricks you can use with a flat 1D array and memmove.
Its really a good idea to have faster application and for last 2 assignments, just because of this fact that the grader has to wait a lot to see my results, I am not a good scorer.
However at this point, I dont know the trick to do it. So I am interested in a C language working solution and I am close to it. Once I am done I have to focus on performance.
Thanks for your good intentions. But I would really do it. I have one more part left after this one.
I am having difficulty processing the following problem.
In what part exactly (1, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3) do you have "difficulty"?
What are the types of "difficulty"?
The purpose of this Task is to let you express your problem-solving skills, programing skills, as well as to reveal your style of coding.
The question is clear, it is to test your skills, not the skills of some strangers on the internet. Show what you have tried, explain what you are having a problem with, and people will try to help you. But no one is going to do your work for you.
I want to convert the following C++ code into C-language.
Note: your fgets() call could be the source of an issue. It'll read 19 characters, or until an EOF or newline character is encountered. If it reads too many, then any subsequent fgets() calls will start at the wrong spot in the file stream.
Thanks for your response. God bless you.
First line is a integer and tells the count of data in the file.
Looks okay from my vantage point. Have you tried it?
There is one slight difference which may or may not be important in some situations.
Now it allocates and zeros the allocation.


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El Teatro Nacional de Bucarest, oficialmente Teatro Nacional Ion Luca Caragiale (), es uno de los teatros nacionales de Rumanía, situado en su capital, Bucarest.

Fundación
Fue fundado como el Teatrul cel Mare din București (literalmente, «Gran Teatro de Bucarest») en 1852, y su primer director fue Costache Caragiale. Se convirtió en una institución nacional en 1864 mediante un decreto del primer ministro Mihail Kogălniceanu, y fue llamado oficialmente Teatro Nacional en 1875; actualmente es administrado por el Ministerio de Cultura de Rumanía.

En abril de 1836, la Societatea Filarmonica —una sociedad cultural fundada por Ion Heliade-Rădulescu e Ion Câmpineanu— compró la Posada Câmpinencii para construir un teatro nacional en su parcela, y empezó a recaudar dinero y materiales con este objetivo. En 1840, la Obşteasca Adunare (la rama legislativa creada de acuerdo con el Regulamentul Organic aprobado por el Imperio ruso) presentó a Alexandru II Ghica, el príncipe de Valaquia, un proyecto para construir un teatro nacional con el apoyo del Estado. Esta propuesta fue aprobada el 4 de junio de 1840. El príncipe Gheorghe Bibescu adoptó la idea de fundar el teatro y escogió una nueva ubicación, en la parcela de la antigua Posada Filaret. Había varias razones para decantarse por esta ubicación: era céntrica, situada justo en el centro del Podul Mogoşoaiei (la actual Calea Victoriei); y el terremoto de 1838 había dañado la posada de forma irreparable, por lo cual tenía que ser demolida.

Antiguo edificio

El informe del 13 de agosto de 1843 de la comisión encargada de la construcción del teatro determinó que su construcción costaría 20 300 florines (moneda de oro estándar), de los cuales solo había disponibles 13 000. En 1846, una nueva comisión contrató al arquitecto vienés A. Hefft, que presentó un proyecto aceptable.

La construcción se inició en 1848, pero fue interrumpida en junio por la Revolución de Valaquia. En agosto de 1849, después de que el príncipe Barbu Dimitrie Ştirbei asumiera el poder, ordenó que se completara la construcción.

El teatro fue inaugurado el 31 de diciembre de 1852 con la obra Zoe sau Amantul împrumutat, descrita en los periódicos de la época como un «vodevil con canciones». El edificio fue construido en estilo barroco, con 338 asientos en el patio de butacas, tres niveles de palcos, un vestíbulo lujoso con escaleras de mármol de Carrara y una gran galería en la que los estudiantes podían asistir gratis a las representaciones. Durante sus dos primeros años, el teatro fue iluminado con lámparas de sebo, pero a partir de 1854 pasó a usar lámparas de aceite de colza; más tarde, estas fueron sustituidas por luces de gas y posteriormente por luces eléctricas. En 1875, momento en el que su nombre fue cambiado a Teatrul Naţional, su director era el escritor Alexandru Odobescu.

El histórico teatro de la Calea Victoriei —que actualmente aparece en los billetes de cien leus— fue destruido durante el bombardeo de Bucarest por la Luftwaffe el 24 de agosto de 1944.

El teatro moderno

El actual Teatro Nacional está situado aproximadamente a medio kilómetro de su antigua ubicación, justo al sur del Hotel Intercontinental en la Piața Universității, y ha estado en uso desde 1973. El edificio fue renovado profundamente entre 2012 y 2014.

Actividad del teatro
Actualmente, el Teatro Nacional de Bucarest presenta sus actuaciones en siete auditorios: la Sala Ion Caramitru (940 asientos), la Sala Pequeña (130-150 asientos), la Sala Estudio (424-594 asientos), la Sala Taller (200 asientos), la Sala de Pintura (230 asientos), la Sala Multimedia (200 asientos) y el Anfiteatro o terraza exterior (299 asientos).

A lo largo de sus más de ciento cincuenta años de existencia, el Teatro Nacional de Bucarest ha representado en su escenario muchas de las obras más significativas del teatro universal. Ha tenido actuaciones exitosas tanto dentro como fuera del país, en Francia, Alemania, Austria, Yugoslavia, Italia, Inglaterra, España, Portugal, Grecia, Brasil, etc.

Véase también
 Ópera nacional de Bucarest
 Ateneo Rumano
 Calea Victoriei

Referencias

Bibliografía

Enlaces externos
 Sitio web oficial

Teatros nacionales
Edificios y estructuras de Bucarest
Teatros de Rumania

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Chiropractic was an integral part of many accomplishments Dr. Justin achieved, including 2 school records and All-American status in college track and field.
Now as a practicing chiropractor Dr. Justin clearly sees the nearly endless benefits that chiropractic provides for people of all ages: infants, children, teens, and adults.
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Famous for having a brand name that is an acronym for "Killed In Action", Kia is also well known among Australians for pumping out cheap, yawn inducing cars in the 1990's that you wouldn't even wish upon your own mother-in-law.. unless you wanted her to die violently in a single vehicle accident. Along with Hyundai as their sister in crime, Kia maliciously introduced the Mentor and Sportage into the Australian market in 1997 as part of their two-pronged attack on the dignity of budget conscious motorists around the country.
Unfortunately for Kia, the legacy these cars left hung around to haunt them – and it continues to do so to this day, as Kia still has a reputation among Australians for producing cheap throwaway cars even though this is no longer the case.
So, the Kia Optima then. Beauty will always be in the eye of the beholder – but my eyes think Kia has nailed it. The Optima is simply stunning. Just like Scarlett Johansson. Beautiful lines and shapely proportions. Your mind will be thinking about one thing only – how you can get inside. Thankfully with the Optima, you won't be on the receiving end of a restraining order if you try. All you need to do is part with 37,990 of your hard earned dollars for a new one, or considerably less for one… that has been around the block a few times. Rather expensive you'd say for a mid-sized car from South Korea, made by a company that specialises in cheap cars. But there's a bit more to it than that.
The Optima's party trick is that it's simply loaded with equipment. Kia threw absolutely everything they had at this car and it benefits greatly from it. Talking about equipment puts most people to sleep, so we'll keep it brief – proximity entry and keyless push button start, a full length glass roof, full-auto dual-zone climate control, an 8-speaker Infinity sound system with sub-woofer and seats made from the finest South Korean cows that are both heated and cooled were my highlights from inside.
Outside, the Optima has polished 18″ alloy wheels (with a full sized alloy spare) with HID headlights up front, teamed together with speed sensitive cornering lights and the now obligatory LED daytime running lights. The engine is a 2.4L 4cyl direct injection jobbie that was co-developed with Mitsubishi, so it should be fairly reliable long term. (You'll find it's bigger, turbocharged brother under the bonnet of a Lancer Evo 10). The engine is matched to a 6-speed semi-auto with flappy paddles, which turn with the wheel.
On the road, the Optima performs remarkably well. The engine and gearbox get along like a house on fire and do a great job of pushing the Optima's 1500kg heft. A 9.5 second run to 100kph is hardly scorching but in all fairness that isn't really what the Optima is all about.
The suspension is slightly on the firm side rather than cushy, but remarkably smooths all but the worst bumps in the road and keeps the car composed in most situations. In the wet the traction control steps in when required and seemingly still allows some minor slippage to occur, rather than cutting power all together. However, slam the throttle from a standstill and you'll occasionally find yourself in a situation where the TCS will cut the power for a good second or two before bringing it back. Dangerous? Perhaps. But you get used to it and work around it.
The Optima's looks are key to it's appeal. Rolling down the street in a car that looks this good for under $40,000 is a pretty amazing achievement. I've never been in a mid-size sedan that has turned this many heads. The exclusivity is increased even further when you consider the Optima has failed to gain a foothold in Australia mid-size car segment, where it faces off against favourites such as the Mazda6 and Volkswagen Jetta. There simply aren't that many Optima's on the road, which makes you feel just a little bit special.
I can't even decide whether the new Mazda6 manages to look more modern than the Optima – it's that good. Despite it's size, the Optima is a doddle to drive in the city, thanks to excellent visibility and reversing sensors and rear camera as standard. Get it out on the highway and you'll be equally impressed. Set the cruise control to 110kph and you'll find the Optima's cabin a quiet place to pass the time. The engine itself is also reasonably refined – only making itself heard above 3000rpm. So far, so good.
I've been in and around the Optima for the past 2 years now and while it has all generally been all sunshine and smiles, like a Yoghurt commercial, there are a few things that you might want to consider. For a start, there's the question of build quality. Overall the Optima comes across as being a very well screwed together car. No pieces of trim have come off and nothing has broken or otherwise gone wrong with the car like you might have expected. Instead, it's the little things. Things like the chassis being not quite as stiff as you might expect.
Its common to hear associated flexing or popping noises coming from the glass roof arrangement, especially when entering car park ramps or other situations where the body is put under torsion. It might sound like a small issue – but it sticks out like a sore thumb against the rest of the car, which has a more premium feel to it. There's a few other suspicious noises evident on my car as well. Hit a bump whilst turning a corner and an alarming knocking noise comes through the steering column. I haven't reported the issue to Kia yet so it might just be an easy fix. Or it might not be.
Another issue? Kia talks at length about their "GDI" direct injection technology, and indeed the engine itself is an impressive performer. But the issue I have is the thirst of the thing. On the highway it's fine – 5 to 6 litres per hundred is easily achievable. But in the city expect these figures go through the roof.
If you keep it in ECO mode and drive using about the same amount of power as a harnessed child, you'll perhaps see 10L/100km in typical city traffic. But if you switch the dashboard away from the economy readout and just drive the Optima normally, this figure will rise to 12 or even 13L/100km. In an age where manufacturers are switching to smaller, turbocharged engines with stop/start technology to improve fuel economy whilst still retaining power, the 2.4L engine in the Optima comes across as a bit of a dinosaur. The use of a conventional automatic transmission (instead of a more efficient dual-clutch gearbox) also would not be helping the cause. Kia recommends 91RON fuel. I tried 95 and 98RON on a few different occasions and didn't notice any difference in power or economy.
Another potential problem is the Optima's large front and rear overhangs. I've grazed the nose a few times on driveway entries and as a result the wear becomes visible along the bottom edges of the bumper. The rear is less troublesome – with the mud flaps somehow being the only part of the car to scrape. Other Optima's I've spotted out in the wild have all sported wear on the nose, so it is far from an isolated incident.
In the end though, I'm being very picky here. The bottom line is that yes, overall the Optima is a great car. And yes, depreciation means a well looked after example is the used car buy of the century. If you're in the market for a mid-size sedan, ignore the Kia Optima at your own peril. There are safer bets to be made by purchasing a Mazda6 or Ford Mondeo. But if you can get your mind past the name that's on the badge, you'll find a great car with generous equipment levels and looks that'll set you apart from all the other cars clogging our roads. I fully expect that given another 10 years of development, Kia will become a major player in the automotive industry – and the Optima shows us they're well on the way to achieving this goal.


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Kubas herrlandslag i basket () representerar Kuba i basket på herrsidan. Laget slutade på fjärde plats i världsmästerskapet 1974. samt tog olympiskt brons 1972.

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Thanks to Facebook, you can safely call Alfredsson a princess
From the social networking site that gave us Mike Commodore bathing himself in greenbacks, Alanah from Canucks and Beyond brings the world some instant-classic photos of the Ottawa Senators in costume during the Ray Emery era:
Alanah writes that these photos were tagged with Ray Emery's name uploaded by Ray Emery and were thus available on his Facebook site. She and her commenters have immediately made with the sleuthing: Daniel Alfredsson is the princess with the amazing legs; Brian McGrattan is in the Senators jersey on the right; and former KHL superstar Ray Emery is supposed to be Vince Carter. Doesn't that image on the right look like the greatest VH1 reality show never made?
In the additional photos from C&B, you can spot Nick Foligno as some sort of hair metal groupie; as well as some dude dressed as Luigi from "Super Mario Bros.", who is there, we assume, to save Daniel Alfredsson and restore peace to the Mushroom Kingdom.
One of the commenters pegs this as a Halloween party from two years ago. Our buddy Erin Nicks believes the gentleman with the microphone is a hypnotist, who later snapped his fingers, said the magic word ("Gerber") and made the Senators suck for the next two seasons.
Pension Plan Puppets is doing a caption-this-photo thing; hilarity has ensued.
On the Facebook red-face-o-meter, in which Commodore's money shot is a "1" and Jiri Tlusty's ... uh, other shot is a "10," this one settles in at about a four. Goofy, innocent fun at a costume party; yet also an NHL team captain dressed for his super sweet 16.
By and by the way: We're still waiting for someone to e-mail us with our great white whale of NHL cross-dressing: Blues defenseman Jay McKee dressed as Marilyn Monroe from the 'Seven Year Itch' at Dan Hinote's wedding.
(UPDATE: You know, it's days like this on which we can't help but love you guys. Thanks to Monica and Shy and "JM" for all sending us over to the great St. Louis Game Time from last month, who published the McKee-as-Marilyn image above. We're really hoping that dress stayed down ...)
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Texas Supreme Court Opinions and Orders — 4/27/18
This morning, the Supreme Court of Texas issued 10 opinions. Nine were in argued cases and one was a per curiam opinion. The Court continues to make progress toward deciding all of the argued cases this term. There are now 30 argued cases that have not been decided. Not surprisingly, the bulk of those (20) are from the February and March argument sittings. The Court has 1 remaining case from the October sitting, 1 from November, 3 from December, and 5 from January.
Given the volume of opinions, I will post full summaries next week. Some of the issues decided this week are:
How to apply the commercial-speech exception in the Texas Citizens Participation Act (Castleman v. Internet Money, Ltd.)
The Texas Citizens Participation Act applies to a claim based on a Rule 11 agreement recited in open court (Youngkin v. Hines)
Texas does recognize the sham-affidavit doctrine (Lujan v. Navistar, Inc.)
A hospital's negotiated reimbursement rates with private insurers are relevant and discoverable in a dispute about reasonableness of charges to an uninsured patient (In re North Cypress Medical Center Operating Co., Ltd.)
Application of the Duhig rule (Perryman v. Spartan Texas Six Capital Partners, Ltd.)
The Court did not grant any new petitions for review. Access the complete list here.
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Texas Supreme Court Orders and Opinion - 4/20/18
This morning, the Supreme Court of Texas issued one opinion in an argued case. The Court did not grant any new petitions. The opinion is the first authored by Justice Blacklock since he joined the Court in January.
No. 16-0786, Adams v. Starside Custom Builders, LLC — This case again presents issues about the application of the Texas Citizens Participation Act, Texas's anti-SLAAP statute. It arises from a dispute between a homeowner and the developer of his neighborhood. The developer ultimately sued the homeowner, asserting a number of claims, including defamation based on statements that the homeowner made on a website, a blog post, and an email. The trial court denied the homeowner's motion to dismiss under the TCPA. The court of appeals affirmed, reaching only the issue of whether the allegedly defamatory statements related to a matter of public concern. In a unanimous opinion by Justice Blacklock, the Supreme Court disagreed. The Court again emphasized the broad language used in the TCPA. Although the alleged statements did not mention the developer directly, the Supreme Court concluded that they did relate to the developer's services in the marketplace (which is a category of communications that is defined to be a matter of public concern in the TCPA). The communications mentioned the developer's predecessor and its current owner and CEO. Moreover, the Court noted that the developer itself had pleaded that these statements were, in effect, about the developer. The Court also noted that the alleged communications constituted statements about the "well-being of the community," another subject that is expressly defined by the TCPA as a matter of public concern. In reaching that issue, the Court rejected the developer's assertion that the homeowner had waived his argument about community well-being because it was not specifically included in his motion to dismiss. Instead, the Court emphasized that the court's focus should be on whether the statements relate to a matter of public concern, not on the specific statutory sections cited in the motion to dismiss. The Court therefore reversed the court of appeals' judgment and remanded the case to that court to consider whether the developer carried its burden to establish a prima facie case for each essential element of its defamation claim.
Texas Supreme Court Opinion Summaries — 4/13/18
As promised, here are the summaries of the 10 opinions the Court issued on Friday. Six of the opinions are in argued cases, so the Court now has 41 remaining cases to decide. The decided cases were from October, November, December, and January. There is now one case left from the October argument sitting, three from the November sitting, five from the December sitting, and nine from January.
No. 14-0721, USAA Lloyds Co. v. Menchaca — As mentioned on Friday, the Court withdrew its opinion from last April and replaced it with a highly fractured set of opinions. The primary issue in this case is "whether the insured can recover policy benefits based on the insurer's violation of the Texas Insurance Code even though the jury failed to find that the insurer failed to comply with its obligations under the policy." In the first opinion, the Court held that such a claim can be viable, and remanded the case for a new trial. On rehearing, the issue is the procedural effect of the Court's holding based on the questions submitted to the jury. Although no approach commands a majority, a majority of the justices agree that the case should be remanded for a new trial. Justice Boyd's plurality opinion announces the judgment of the Court and explains the disposition. Chief Justice Hecht filed a concurring opinion and Justice Green filed a dissenting opinion joined in its entirety by Justice Guzman and Justice Brown and joined in part by Chief Justice Hecht. That portion joined by Chief Justice Hecht, Justice Guzman, and Justice Brown is a plurality opinion. Justice Blacklock concurred in the judgment, but did not join any opinion. And Justice Johnson did not participate in the decision. Clear as mud? Good.
No. 15-0155, Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. v. Discovery Operating, Inc. — This is the first of two cases addressing retained-acreage clauses in oil and gas leases. The clause at issue in this case provides that after the primary term, even if the lease is not held by production, the lease does not terminate as to "certain lands within certain governmental proration units 'assigned to' a producing well." In a unanimous opinion by Justice Boyd, the Court noted that retained-acreage clauses "come in many different shapes, sizes, and forms" and must be construed in light of the regulatory context and specific lease language. Applying those principles, the Court concluded that the clause at issue maintained the lease only as to the specific acreage assigned to the wells in plats filed with the Railroad Commission.
No. 15-0935, XOG Operating, LLC v. Chesapeake Exploration, LP — This is the second retained acreage case. In a unanimous opinion by Justice Hecht, the Court applied the principles articulated in Endeavor Energy and held that a clause that retains acreage "included within the proration unit for each well… prescribed by field rules" preserves the lease as to acreage set by field rules, not acreage assigned by the operator.
No. 16-0107, Hill v. Shamoun & Norman, LLP — In this attorney-client dispute, the attorney claimed he had an oral contingency-fee agreement with his client. Because oral contingency-fee agreements are not enforceable, the attorney sought to recover under quantum meruit, but argued that the fee should be the percentage from the oral contingency-fee agreement. In a unanimous opinion by Justice Green, the Court held that even though the oral contingency-fee agreement is not enforceable, the attorney can still seek to recover under quantum meruit. But the Court held that the expert testimony about the amount of the quantum meruit fee was legally insufficient because the expert simply opined that the fee should be the percentage from the unenforceable contingency-fee agreement. Because there was some evidence of the reasonable value of the attorney's services, the Court remanded the case for a new trial on the quantum meruit theory.
No. 16-0120, Painter v. Amerimex Drilling I, Ltd. — In this personal injury case, an employee of respondent Amerimex Drilling was driving himself and other employees from the drilling site to a bunkhouse after their shift. The driver fell asleep and the vehicle rolled. The issue was whether the employer can be vicariously liable for the conduct of the driver. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the employer and the court of appeals affirmed. The primary issue on appeal was whether the plaintiffs were required to show that the employer controlled the driver's conduct during the trip as part of the respondeat superior analysis. In an opinion by Justice Lehrmann (joined by Chief Justice Hecht, Justice Johnson, Justice Guzman, Justice Boyd, and Justice Devine), the Court held that the right-to-control issue should be limited to cases involving independent contractors. The Court concluded that once there is sufficient evidence of control to find an employer-employee relationship (which the Court says was conceded here), then there is no reason to re-evaluate the right of control on a task-by-task basis. The court then concluded there was some evidence that the driver was acting within the course and scope of his employment when the accident occurred, precluding summary judgment. Justice Green filed a dissenting opinion (joined by Justice Brown). The dissenters would have held that even if the driver was an employee while at the drilling site, determining whether he was employee while driving the workers away from the site requires a right-to-control analysis. Essentially, the majority and dissent disagree about whether employment is determined on a task-by-task basis. The dissent argues that the driver could be an employee while at the drill site, but an independent contractor while driving the other workers away from the site after their shift. (Justice Blacklock did not participate in the decision.)
No. 16-0498, Jefferson County, Texas v. Jefferson County Constables Association — In this employment dispute, the issue is whether deputy constables are "police officers" with the right to enter into collective bargaining agreements under Chapter 174 of the Texas Local Government Code. If so, then the question is whether, in an arbitration under the bargaining agreement, the arbitrator exceeded his authority. In an opinion by Justice Lehrmann (joined by Chief Justice Hecht, Justice Green, Justice Guzman, Justice Devine, Justice Brown, and Justice Blacklock), the Court concluded that deputy constables are "police officers" within the meaning of Chapter 174 and held that the arbitrator did not exceed his authority. Justice Boyd filed a dissenting opinion (joined by Justice Johnson) concluding that deputy constables are not "police officers."
No. 16-0897, Neighborhood Centers, Inc. v. Walker — A former teacher at an open-enrollment charter school sued for relief under the Texas Whistleblower Act, claiming that she had been fired for reporting various issues to state agencies. The Whistleblower Act prohibits local governmental entities from retaliating against employees for reporting a violation of law by the employer. The issue in this case is whether an open-enrollment charter school is a local governmental entity for purposes of the Whistleblower Act. In an opinion by Chief Justice Hecht, the Court concluded that the Whistleblower Act does not apply to open-enrollment charter schools because the Texas Charter Schools Act does not include the Whistleblower Act among the statutes for which open-enrollment charter schools are considered governmental entities. Justice Johnson filed a concurring opinion to express concern that the Court's opinion includes some overly broad language about the Legislature's ability to grant governmental immunity. Justice Blacklock did not participate in the decision.
No. 17-0197, In re Elizondo — This mandamus proceeding addresses the application of the Court's decision in Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191 (Tex. 2001), regarding finality of judgments. In Lehman the Court held that a judgment is final (1) if it includes language stating that it disposes of all claims and all parties and is final and appealable or (2) if it actually disposes of all claims and all parties. In this case, the trial court entered an order that mistakenly stated that it disposed of all claims and all parties and was final and appealable. More than 30 days later, the plaintiff filed a motion to amend the order, which the trial court granted. In a per curiam opinion, the Supreme Court conditionally granted the request for a writ of mandamus to vacate the amended order because the trial court had lost plenary power. Because the order said it disposed of all claims and all parties and was final, the Court held that the trial court lost plenary power 30 days after the order was entered. The Court rejected the plaintiff's invitation to revisit Lehmann, noting that the plaintiff had 30 days to read the order and determine that it erroneously stated that it disposed of all claims and all parties.
No. 17-0231, Schlumberger Tech. Corp. v. Pasko — In this personal injury case, the Court addressed the application of the discovery rule. The plaintiff was injured by exposure to caustic chemicals at an oil well site. Within two years of the exposure, he sued several defendants. More than two years after the exposure, he added claims against Schlumberger. He claimed that in addition to the immediate injuries caused by the chemicals, he had also developed cancer. The trial court granted summary judgment based on the statute of limitations. The court of appeals reversed, applying the concept of "latent occupational disease." In a per curiam opinion, the Supreme Court held that the court of appeals erred in applying the "latent occupational disease" framework because the initial exposure caused immediate injuries and the framework applies only where the plaintiff does not and cannot immediately know of the injury or its cause. Under the transactional approach to accrual, the fact that the cancer was diagnosed later does not change the result. The Court also held that the evidence conclusively established that, on the day the injury occurred, the plaintiff was aware of Schlumberger's involvement. Therefore, the Court rendered judgment that the claims against Schlumberger are time-barred.
No. 17-0395, In re Garza — This mandamus petition arises from a discovery sanction in a personal injury case pending in Jim Wells County. When the defendant sought discovery from some of the plaintiffs' medical providers, the plaintiff sought a protective order, but that relief was denied. The medical providers are not parties to the underlying case and did not participate in the hearing on the plaintiffs' motion for protection. When the defendant served subpoenas on the medical providers in Bexar County, the providers filed their own motion for protection, which the Bexar County court granted. The court in Jim Wells County then granted a motion to exclude any testimony by those medical providers. In a per curiam opinion, the Supreme Court granted mandamus relief, finding that the trial court abused its discretion in excluding the evidence because the medical providers simply exercised their rights to seek protection and there was no evidence that the plaintiff was involved in the providers' refusal to produce records.
Texas Supreme Court Orders and Opinions — 4/13/18
This morning, the Supreme Court of Texas issued opinions in six argued cases. The Court also issued an opinion on rehearing in a much-watched insurance case from last term and issued three per curiam opinions.
The opinion on rehearing in USAA Lloyds Co. v. Menchaca, No. 14-0721, produced a highly fractured set of opinions about the procedural effect of the Court's holdings, but those holdings and the ultimate disposition (reverse and remand for a new trial) remain the same.
For an idea about just how fractured the opinions are, simply look at the description of the various opinions from the order list.
The other issues addressed this morning include retained-acreage clauses in oil and gas leases, recovery of quantum merit attorney fees in lieu of a written contingency fee agreement, whether an employee was acting in the course and scope of his employment when driving from a drilling site, application of the whistleblower act to employees of charter schools, effect of finality language in a judgment, the discovery rule, and discovery sanctions.
Because I am writing this post standing in line for the tram tour at NASA Houston on a school field trip, I will post more complete summaries of the opinions next week.
In the meantime, access the complete order list here.
An Error-Preservation Trap that Needs to Be Disarmed
In a memorandum opinion issued last week, the Dallas Court of Appeals again highlighted an error-preservation trap for the unwary and signaled its intent to keep enforcing the rule until someone gets it reversed en banc or by the Supreme Court.
The issue stems from a 1990 case, Brooks v. Sherry Lane Nat'l Bank, 788 S.W.2d 874, 878 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1990, no writ), in which the court refused to consider portions of the appellant's summary-judgment evidence that had been excluded by the trial court because the appellant did not object to the trial court's exclusion of that evidence. The court held:
We also note that the record contains no objection by Brooks protesting the striking of her pleading and affidavit. By failing to allege that the trial court acted erroneously, appellant has waived any error in connection with this action.
This is an odd error-preservation rule in that it requires a party to object to the court's ruling on the other side's objection. Usually, offering the evidence is sufficient to preserve error if the court excludes it.
This rule has been criticized by other courts of appeals, who have refused to adopt it. E.g., Miller v. Great Lakes Mgmt. Serv., Inc., No. 02-16-00087-CV, 2017 WL 1018592, at *2 n.4 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Mar. 16, 2017, no pet.) (mem. op.).
In the opinion issued last Friday, the Dallas Court of Appeals panel noted the criticism of the rule but reiterated that it is bound by this rule until it is reversed by the court sitting en banc or by the Supreme Court. DuBois v. Martin Luther King, Jr., Family Clinic, No. 05-16-01460-CV, slip op. at 7 (Tex. App.—Dallas Apr. 6, 2018, no pet. h.) (mem. op.).
Until that happens, if your case is in the jurisdiction of the Dallas Court of Appeals, be sure to object to an order granting the other side's objections to your summary-judgment evidence. And, because this latest memorandum opinion at least suggests that some members of the court may be open to reconsidering the rule en banc in the right case, keep an eye out for an opportunity to seek en banc review of this rule or to take it up to the Supreme Court.
Texas Supreme Court Opinions and Orders — 4/6/2018
In its weekly orders this morning, the Supreme Court of Texas issued opinions in two argued cases. The Court did not grant any new petitions for review. With these two opinions, the Court now has 47 cases that have been argued this term, but not yet decided. Thus, we will see a rush of opinions over the next three months if the Court is going to continue its recent trend of deciding all of the argued cases in a term before the summer break.
One of the opinions issued this morning was the last remaining case from the September 2017 argument sitting. The other was argued in December. The Court has 2 cases left from the October argument sitting, 5 from the November sitting, and 6 from the December sitting. Not surprisingly, the more recent sittings account for the bulk of the undecided cases (11 from January, 9 from the early February sitting, 11 from the late February/early March sitting, and all 3 from the late-added argument date on March 20).
Cause No. 16-0244, Alamo Heights Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Clark — In this employment retaliation case against a school district, there were two primary issues: (1) whether the plaintiff presented sufficient evidence to raise an inference of gender-motivated discrimination and (2) whether the plaintiff carried her burden to invoke the waiver of governmental immunity in the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act. In an opinion by Justice Guzman (joined by Chief Justice Hecht, Justice Green, Justice Johnson, Justice Devine, and Justice Brown), the Court concluded that the evidence did not raise an inference of gender-motivated discrimination and that the plaintiff did not carry her burden to invoke the immunity waiver. The Court therefore rendered judgment that the plaintiff take nothing. Justice Boyd dissented, joined by Justice Lehrmann. Justice Blacklock did not participate in the decision.
On the first issue, the primary dispute between the majority and the dissent centers on what it means to view the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. The alleged harassment was perpetrated by one female teacher against another female teacher. Both the majority and the dissent agree that the plaintiff is required to present enough evidence to raise an inference that the alleged harassment was "because of" the plaintiff's gender. The majority concluded that the contextual evidence (which the majority reasoned it could not disregard under City of Keller v. Wilson) precluded an inference that the alleged harassment was gender based because it revealed motivations for the conduct that were not gender related. The dissent would have held that, even in light of the contextual evidence, a reasonable jury could conclude that the alleged harassment was "because of" the plaintiff's gender.
On the second issue, the majority and dissent agreed (on an issue of first impression) that all three steps of the McDonnell Douglas evidentiary framework apply to the jurisdictional inquiry. This holding means that plaintiffs asserting a retaliation claim against a governmental entity must show that the defendant's asserted non-discriminatory reasons for the adverse employment action are pretextual to bring the claim within the governmental-immunity waiver in the TCHRA. The majority assumes without deciding that the proper standard for determining whether the retaliation was the result of protected activity is "but-for" causation (because both parties argued for this standard). The dissent would have applied a "motivating factor" test, at least at the jurisdictional stage of the analysis. Again, the majority and dissent disagree about whether the evidence is sufficient to allow a reasonable jury to decide that the adverse actions were the result of the plaintiff's protected activity.
Cause No. 16-0651, Dudley Construction Ltd. et al. v. ACT Pipe & Supply, Inc. — There are two primary issues in this case: (1) whether an appellate cross-point must be labeled as a cross-point to be effective; and (2) whether attorney's fees are recoverable in a case under the Texas Construction Trust Fund Act ("CTFA"). The Court (in a unanimous opinion by Justice Brown) first concluded that a cross-point does not have to be specifically labeled to be effective. The Court reasoned that even though the argument was not specifically labeled as a cross-point, the appellee's brief in substance raised alternative arguments to support the trial court's grant of a JNOV. The Court held that requiring the argument to be specifically labeled as a "cross-point" would improperly elevate form over substance. On the second issue, the Court held that attorney's fees are not recoverable. The CTFA does not provide for recovery of attorney's fees. And the Court rejected the argument that fees are recoverable under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 38.001. The Court reasoned that just because a claim under the CTFA might also involve a contract, that is not enough to make it a claim that is subject to section 38.001. (Justice Blackrock did not participate in the decision.)


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Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital, created in 1938 by the merger of two older hospitals, served the black community of Columbia for 35 years. It merged Good Samaritan Hospital, founded in 1910 by Dr. William S. Rhodes and his wife Lillian, and Waverly Hospital, founded in 1924 by Dr. Norman A. Jenkins and his four brothers. The hospitals competed for the same doctors, nurses, and patients for several years. By the mid-1930s the Duke Endowment and the Rosenwald Fund recommended a merger of the two hospitals to improve the quality of health care.


Saudi Aramco's own SPE chapter was named the recipient of the 2016 President's Award for Section Excellence.
The company itself received a recognition certificate for its principal sponsorship of the ATCE in Dubai — the first time the ATCE had been held in the Middle East. In addition, president and CEO Amin Nasser and Upstream senior vice president Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani were given appreciation awards for their participation as keynote speakers on the opening day of the three-day event.
As the leading upstream producer in the oil industry, Saudi Aramco plays a major role in sponsoring the SPE and its chapters throughout the Kingdom. The SPE is the industry's top professional organization for oil and gas professionals. With more than 7,000 international oil and gas industry leaders and professionals from around the globe attending the meeting, the event was an opportunity for learning and collaboration and to showcase the latest technologies being implemented by the company.
The company's own SPE chapter, the SPE-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Section (SPE-KSA), was named the recipient of the 2016 President's Award for Section Excellence.
EXPEC Advanced Research Center (ARC) principal professional Sunil Kokal was awarded the 2016 SPE Honorary Membership Award — the highest honor the SPE presents to an individual. Honorary membership represents those individuals who have given outstanding service to SPE and have demonstrated distinguished scientific and/or engineering achievements in the fields within the technical scope of the SPE.
Kokal was awarded for his significant technical contributions in reservoir engineering and his professional activities serving the society. Kokal, who has provided technical leadership and relentless professional service to the SPE for more than 30 years, is a pioneer in improved and enhanced oil recovery, and is the enhanced oil recovery focus area champion at EXPEC ARC, based in Dhahran.
The SPE honored David Kersey, senior petroleum engineering consultant, with the SPE Distinguished Membership. Kersey was recognized for technical contributions and volunteer service. During his years as an SPE member, Kersey has published more than 80 technical papers and served as chairman of the Indonesia and Saudi Arabia sections.
Under Al-Khamies' leadership, the section conducted 160 events attended by 20,000 participants and won the 2015 President Award for Section Excellence, the Most Active Section Award, and the Ambassador Lecturer Program Award.


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By party963 | September 24, 2020
Sam Smith says new album 'Love Goes' is a "break-up album" — but it'll make you dance
Sam Smith's made a career of singing songs about heartbreak, and their new album is no different — except this time, you can dance to it.
Speaking to the U.K.'s Capital FM, Sam said Love Goes, which is coming out October 30, is "more cathartic" than their past releases.
"Normally, in the album before, I would speak about love, and I would really linger on the fact that I was in pain," Sam explained. "And then this album was more like, 'I'm heartbroken, but I need to get in the studio, and I don't want to talk about it — I just want to dance!' And then I talk about it through dancing, a little bit."
"So it is kind of a break-up album," Sam continued. "But it's more like, 'Shake them off, dance them away.'"
In a note on Instagram about the new release, Sam wrote that making the album had been "so magical and so therapeutic and FUN," adding, "I tried not to make myself too seriously when writing a few of these songs and I hope they make you smile, because they made — and they make — me smile."
Sam suggested fans treat each song on Love Goes "like a different flower from the garden" — a concept which seems to have inspired their new merch line. The new collection features hoodies, t-shirts, caps and tote bags, all embroidered with a collection of different colorful flowers.


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Home » Florence's winds continue to slow, but heavy rain triggers road, track, and port closures.
Florence's winds continue to slow, but heavy rain triggers road, track, and port closures.
Ben Ames
Many ports and highways remain closed today in the wake of Hurricane Florence, slowing the movement of both commercial freight and disaster relief supplies as authorities warn that continuing rainfall in low-lying areas will continue to cause flooding for several more days.
After making landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane on Friday, the storm slowed to a tropical depression, but it has dumped heavy rain through the region that has caused at least 19 deaths, knocked out power to about 800,000 homes and businesses, and cutting off the coastal city of Wilmington, N.C., from the rest of the state, according to published reports.
Floodwaters also closed a 60-mile stretch of Interstate 95 running north of Fayetteville, N.C., prompting officials to advise motorists to detour far west into Tennessee and follow Interstate 75 through Georgia.
Although its wind speeds have dwindled as the storm moves over land, Florence is continuing to drop heavy rainfall that is expected to lead to flash flooding as creeks and rivers rise over the next few days to a week, Carly Olexik, communications officer for the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), said in a video posted Saturday. "The impacts from Hurricane Florence are not over once the storm passes," Olexik said. "Many areas in the Sandhills and northeastern North Carolina will experience worse flooding than compared to Hurricane Matthew," a 2016 storm that plowed through Florida, Georiga, the Carolinas, and Virginia.
One more complication of Hurricane Florence is that the storm is flooding additional regions faster than global positioning system (GPS) apps can update their maps, NCDOT warned. That is causing trouble because GPS navigation companies are not keeping up with all the road closures and are directing people onto roads that are confirmed closed and flooded, the department said.
In response, the department says travel is not advised in or through North Carolina, citing flooding in the southern and eastern parts of the state and potential landslides in the west. "GPS systems are routing users into areas NCDOT is not recommending for travel," the department warned on its website. "As the situation is rapidly changing NCDOT is doing our best to report these closures but recognizes that we are not yet aware of all closures, therefore we advise not to travel in these areas."
Likewise, Thomasville, N.C.-based less-than-truckload (LTL) motor carrier Old Dominion Freight Line reported Monday that many of its operations in the region has been severely affected. On its website, Old Dominion warned of interruptions to service caused by severe weather conditions related to Hurricane Florence.
Old Dominion said its facility in Wilmington, N.C., remains completely closed while a nearby facility in Florence, S.C., is running at just 25 percent of capacity. Other impacts in the region include the company's sites in Fayetteville and Wilson, N.C., running at 50 percent capacity, and additional delays reported in Durham, N.C., Norfolk, Va., and Charlotte, N.C.
Other carriers are struggling with a lack of information about the storm's damage. Jacksonville, Fla.-based railroad operator CSX is warning customers with shipments traveling through the I-95 freight rail corridor to expect delays as the company reroutes freight around the area, CSX spokesperson Katie Chimelewski said in an email. "Because we continue assessing our infrastructure as it is safe to do so, we do not have a complete picture of all the impacts. CSX is rerouting train traffic around track segments we know to be flooded or damaged, or segments that have yet to be inspected," Chimelewski said.
The situation is no better in the state's coastal region, where the ports of Wilmington and Morehead City will remain closed through Wednesday, according to the North Carolina State Ports Authority. As of Monday, the neighboring South Carolina Ports Authority was doing better, reporting it had reopened most of its marine and intermodal rail facilities except for Inland Port Dillon, which may open for road traffic on Tuesday and rail on Wednesday, the port said.
The road, track, and port closures are also affecting response and aid efforts, many of which are coordinated by the charitable disaster recovery organization the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN). In its response to Hurricane Florence, ALAN has already helped link several donors of logistics services such as regional warehouse space with the non-profit organizations that are struggling to supply food, water, and medical aid for disaster survivors. ALAN is still looking for additional products and services such as donations of warehouse space, temperature-controlled warehouse space, and material handling equipment such as forklifts and pallet jacks.
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BS4 diesel, BS3 petrol vehicles banned in Delhi
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The Centre's air quality panel had recently ordered authorities to prohibit non-essential construction work in the NCR under stage III GRAP.
In response to limitations imposed by the Centre's air quality panel under stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), the Delhi administration has banned the use of BS3 petrol and BS4 diesel four-wheelers in the city until December 9.
"As per the directions as provided under Stage III of the revised GRAP and under section 115 of Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, it is hereby ordered that there shall be restrictions to ply BS-III, Petrol and BS- IV, Diesel LMVS (4 wheelers) in NCT of Delhi, with immediate effect, till dated 09/12/22 or till downward revision in GRAP stage, whichever is earlier," the transport department stated in an official statement.
As the air pollution worsened in Delhi, the sub-committee for GRAP implementation met on Sunday to assess the air quality situation in the region as well as the forecasts for meteorological conditions. Further, the restriction imposed does not apply to vehicles being used for emergency services, government, and election-related duties. Offenders will be held accountable under section 194 of the Motor Vehicle Act of 1988, which entails a ₹20,000 penalty.
"If any BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel LMV four-wheeler found plying on the roads will be prosecuted under section 194 of Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 which provides with a fine of ₹20,000," the order read.
After November 4, when the AQI reached 447, the city's pollution level was categorised as "severe." For the uninitiated, an AQI of 201 to 300 is regarded as "poor," 301 to 400 as "extremely poor," and 401 to 500 as "severe."
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Q: IOS to Instagram API --> Signed Request I'm having some trouble understanding the Instagram API and can't seem to find a clear answer online.  What is the difference between Server-side flow and Implicit flow in terms of security?  I understand there is an additional step for exchanging a code for a token when using Server-side.
I am in the middle of developing an IOS app that uses the server-side flow.  I am storing the client-secret within the IOS app itself and am not using an actual web server for any part of my requests.  Does this method pose any security issues as the API states: "You should never ship your client secret onto devices you don't control".  Do all IOS apps using the server-side flow have a matching server side component or am I missing something here?
The method above is working for me and I am able to access the instagram API.  However, I am now running into the 30 like per hour limit and want to figure out how to lift this.  I understand that I need to send a signed request to the API using X-Insta-Forwarded-For header.  Can this be done within Swift/Objective-C?  I am having a hard time find a method for sending this information.  The closest I have come to an answer is in the following post: Instagram Signed API Call from iOS
Can this be done?  Thanks for the help!

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Oscar Music Contenders: Will Scores From Spring and Summer Be Left in the Cold?
Why is it that so few scores from movies released early in the year seem to be noticed at awards time?
Over the past decade, only six of 50 original-score Oscar nominees – 12% – were for movies released prior to July 1. The one notable recent exception, Alexandre Desplat's "The Grand Budapest Hotel," which won the 2014 score Oscar, was released March 7.
What might that mean for this year's composers? Are they wasting their time entering music from films released earlier in the year? And what about the ever-growing crop of awards consultants and marketing people being paid to call attention to worthy work?
Yet last year, two of the year's top box-office hits, Michael Giacchino's "Inside Out" (released in June) and Patrick Doyle's "Cinderella" (released in March) missed out on score nominations despite excellent reviews specifically for their music. And the year before, "Maleficent" (released in May) was also overlooked despite raves for James Newton Howard's score.
A Variety survey of the past 10 years shows that 82% of the films nominated for original score — 41 of 50 films — were released in the competitive October through December period.
Does that suggest music-branch members have a short memory or pay little attention to films released prior to awards season?
Another defends the choices by pointing out that the "cynical and cold-eyed" studios tend to release their best product during the last quarter of the year and that first- or second-quarter releases often simply don't measure up.
A longtime Oscar consultant points out that branch members don't just listen to the scores, but also size up the movies themselves. "Oftentimes they're looking at the movie itself. You rarely see a score nominated if they didn't like the picture," he says.
So what does this mean for the ballyhooed musical scores from early 2016, notably Giacchino's "Zootopia" (March 4), John Debney's "The Jungle Book" (April 15), Bear McCreary's "10 Cloverfield Lane" (June 2), or Thomas Newman's "Finding Dory" (June 17)? Are they, too, out of luck?
All of these will appear on the Academy's "reminder list," generally issued in mid-December and consisting of approximately 100 scores (everything that's been entered and passes muster, rules-wise, with the music-branch executive committee).
But if history is any judge, look for this year's nominees to come, by and large, from the last quarter of 2016.


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Was Family Guy Meant to be a Kids' Show?
Posted by: Doug Walker in Channel Awesome, Doug Walker, Nostalgia Critic, Nostalgia Critic Editorials, Videos May 30, 2017
The raunchy animated sitcom might have been a Saturday morning romp for children. Nostalgia Critic takes a look.
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MountCDOSgamer
I actually remember seeing Larry and Steve on Cartoon Network! It was definitely my favourite "What A Cartoon!" segment. Come to think of it, it's the only one I can remember!
The Real Silverstar
Seth MacFarlane actually started out doing kid-friendly stuff. He also wrote and directed a few episodes of Johnny Bravo. "My Date with an Antelope" was one of them.
And I think before that he worked for Hannah Barbera in the later years most of them did
NCfanboy1
What about The Powerpuff Girls?
I'm pretty sure everyone saw the two pilots at the time.
PPG, Dexter's Lab, Johnny Bravo, Cow & Chicken, Kids Next Door, Billy & Mandy, Courage and Mike, Lu & Og all started out as "What-A-Cartoon!" shorts. In fact, the success of the Dexter shorts is what led to the creation of the Cartoon-Cartoons.
No, I'm pretty sure I didn't see that pilot. Sorry.
simpsonofan
You don't remember the Courage the Cowardly dog pilot? The one with the chicken from space?
Actually I DO remember that one.
I totally forgot to mention it.
I remember that one.
Byere
Worm Paranoia, Dexter's Lab, Powerpuff Girls… I remember a whole bunch of them myself. But yea, I remember Larry & Steve too.
Flipmunk
Luke this is your landlord. You still haven't returned my weed wacker.
webgamer5653
Look I used to be a fan of Family Guy but after the 12th season, I get very violent feelings when I see it.
SpeedyEric
You're not alone.
Agreed. Now I just look up the later seasons on Netflix to see if there are any Stewie/Brian episodes (specials) that have come out. Those seem to be the only ones that the Family Guy staff put any real effort into these days.
Chicken Puppet
I didn't like the first few seasons, before the cancellation and Mila Kunis voiced Meg.
I love the five or so seasons after it was brought back, then it really went downhill by the time the Cleveland Show arrived.
I've seen a few recent episodes, there's some laughs and a few smart jokes, but nothing I'd get excited for again.
MonkeeJuice
I hate Family Guy!
L!nk
Me too. watching it makes me facepalm all the time.
Raptor Rex
Doug… Does this really warrant it's own episode?!
Blayshy
It's an editorial, not an episode, and it's interesting to note, so why not do it? Doug can talk about whatever he wants to, since it's his site, but just because something is on, that doesn't mean that you have to watch it. No one forced you to click on it.
Eh, I checked out from Family Guy a long time ago; it just stayed on too long and started to get really unfunny. It's my personal opinion that *no* scripted show should go beyond 3 or 4 seasons max.
Brad1ey Shaw
I feel the same about The Simpsons. It's been around way too long and stopped being funny more than a decade ago.
Or at least, they shouldn't run for that long continuously without taking a break of some kind, i.e., a reboot or revamp. Franchises such as Scooby Doo and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have endured, but there's always been a four or five year gap between each new series or incarnation thereof.
PlayMp1
There's plenty of good scripted shows that have gone on longer than that just fine. Parks & Rec has six good seasons (the weakest is the first, actually), Futurama has at least 5 good seasons (7 IMO, but you can't argue against the first five), and hell, let's not forget Game of Thrones, which is going strong into season 7.
KiteGr
Man… That old cartoon look more inspired than Family guy.
At least on that one you can't bring the argument that it was written by manatees choosing random words to make a joke.
Having seen both of them I disagree
JohnnyElRojo
The hurt knee joke is great. It goes from amking the audience laugh, to making fun of the audience.
I used to like Family Guy, but I later started to be annoyed by it, because of the constant use of cutaway jokes, sequences that go absolutely nowhere, and the fact that Seth MacFarlane was almost a 9/11 victim, and he would not stop joking about that terrible, terrible day. Seriously, Seth MacFarlane is to comedy, what Donald Trump is to America. And you better believe that I'm not gonna watch his Star Trek inspired comedy series "The Orville," which sounds like he only named the title starship after his favorite brand of popcorn.
Judging by the time period this came out – the mid 90s where everything was making fun of old 50s and 60s TV, Seth McFarland's fondness for sitcom tropes, and the animals in an "Odd Couple" sitcom setup, I'd say the laughtrack was meant to be ironic.
I get what they were going for, but even if done ironically, it can become annoying once the joke wears off.
RendingHalls
Family Guy might be the worst show I've ever seen, animated or otherwise. It's nothing but perversion and random pop culture references. The animation is horrifically stiff to boot. And before you accuse me of picking on it just because it's dirty, I don't like the extreme violence and sexual acts in South Park either, but at least it has more coherent plots, pop culture references that acually make a point, and wittier dialogue. And the animation, while rough, has a charming dynamic to it. Sometimes, a bit of good can shine through the filth. Family Guy, however, is an endless pit of darkness.
I would say the problem with South Park is that every episode they take something from pop-culture, blow it up to a ridiculous extreme, and then beat any last drop of humor out of the premise well before the episode is over.
Also, the show jumped the shark when Eric went literally full Hitler/Manson level psychopath. Where do you go for shock humor after that?
Plus, South Park has that tremendously annoying tendency where they take on a societal issue or controversy, point out that neither side is absolutely, 100% morally unimpeachable, then smugly decide that both sides are equally terrible and that the only correct course of action is to not give a damn (which is a subtle, implicit endorsement of the status quo).
Speaking of smug, both the show and it's fans have a tendency to dismiss any criticism as people being "too easily offended" or "politically correct".
For example: I wasn't offended at their exhausting 10 minutes of Tom Cruise "come out of the closet" to imply he's gay…I just don't care if he is, and I think outing people is petty and cheap.
Moon Spirit
I used to like Family Guy, then their humor would milk it too much, go for shock value, etc. Eventually, I got tired of it.
handsomefatman
I find it funny when Family Guy or South Park takes a dig at the other, considering they're both trash.
MrGermanblood
For me, Family Guy was okay from the second to about the sixth season, then it went from being bland and then to just being down right unwatchable in every sense of the word. Plus the creator, Seth MacFarlane, has voiced his political views through his work which I found somewhat irritating and he has become a complete self-centered douche as time progressed. Many critics thought that this show was a cheap knock off of The Simpsons and in a way I thought the same thing, just more mean spirited. Since the show does still have an audience and FOX seems to be afraid to let it go, much like the Simpsons, I think it will only get worse and worse until either some other show will outperform it or MacFarlane does something beyond cynical and FOX will have to cancel it. I just hope that the later will happen.
Twilight Man
Hi, I'm Seth McFarlane. So how did you like my idea?
What's that? You want it more kid-friendly? No problem!!
What's that?? You want it more like The Simpsons? Can do!!!
You want musical numbers?? I can do that!!!!
You want me to get down on all fours and bark??? Woof!! Woof!!!
Just pick up my show and pay me already!!!!
I feel like this is … somewhat accurate. Along with the "Larry and Steve" pilot, looking back on those early episodes of Family Guy, it was pretty tame compared to what the show tries to get away with today (the "tries' pertaining to whether it was successful or not, not them actually doing it). Then again, viewing guidelines and "child appropriate programming" has also changed in the past 2 decades since the 90s.
WOAH. I never heard of this. I would have liked this more. I watch Family Guy a few times a year in the rare instances when I have literally nothing else to do. Every time I watch it, I have a different reaction that ranges anywhere from hatred to mild enjoyment. Lastly, thanks for posting something.
My organism negates Family Guy. It makes me sick.
Neo-stalgia Fan 1
I'd actually be more interested in Family Guy if it ended up more like the first two pilots and didn't get any of the Fox "This has to be like the Simpsons" BS that led to everything else I have problems with when it comes to Seth MacFarlane and his shows.
Actually, this is sort of the same thing with JG Quintel, the creator of Regular Show. An original short he made back in 2006 called "2 in the AM PM" that would eventually become the show he created were very adult, containing swearing, drug use and implied raunchy moments. Regular Show, while having some adult jokes, is more aimed at kids, so it's kind of a reversed situation.
Xzenifyl
I remember the punchline to the joke "I didn't spend 12 years in kindergarten because I was stupid", it was "I got my head stuck in the radiator".
Morgil
I have another bit to add to this. On the DVDs of The Weird Al Show, on the audio commentary for one of the episodes (I forget which one), Weird Al says that when they were planning out the show, they were approached by Seth McFarland with his early cartoon sketches. He says they couldn't use it cuz it was too adult for their kids show, but they wished him luck. He then goes on to speculate that their show could've almost been for Family Guy what The Tracey Ulman Show was for The Simpsons.
Honore de Ballsack
I find it odd that HB used a laugh track for a lot of their cartoons considering the fact that I find them really unfunny.
prime-10@hotmail.co.uk
I just wanna go on record and say I do love Family Guy. I use to like it alot back in the day and while they're might be better stuff I haven't seen or just don't give a crap about I still enjoy it whenever I rewatch it, though there are times when I may be annoyed by it. It's hard to say when it stopped being aT it's peak because I live in the UK and the dvd seasons are kinda mixed up but I still find that there are funny episodes after it "stopped being funny" or at least a funny joke or two that's worth revisiting. Like remember the episode 'Back to the Pilot' where Stewie and Brian went back in time to the very first episode. Now I can't remember what season it came from but I'm very sure it was from a season that isn't considered one of FG's best but it was a funny episode though the first half when they're actually back to the pilot was funnier than the other two halfs but they were still funny. The show might have gone down hill by that time but it was still funny and there are a few funny episodes or at least a few jokes in a single episode that follow. To be fair I would rather watch the later Family Guys than say the later Simpsons seasons after the movie and I probably might choose the entire Family Guy show over alot of the Simpsons throughout the 2000's. But I just wanna go on record and say that I do actually like The Simpsons more than Family Guy but I still like Family Guy.
Davanthall
A show made from the combined efforts of both Seth McFarlane and Butch Hartman joining forces!?!? Jesus Christ, and people thought Sega letting people officially custom create their own Sonic fan characters in the new game was unleashing hell onto the world…
Daniel Brizuela
I love NC, however for some reason I have trouble with Vidme as it always stops or mutes by itself every few seconds.
ErichoTTA
Yes, I remember that short! You did a "Family Guy" editorial! That's the most complained about show ever! Personally, I don't hate it, but I don't care for it. I think it can be funny. Do one on why old Simpsons episodes are better.
Dechha1981
At the time, I thought Steve was actually one of the few geuinely intelligent cartoon characters I've ever seen. Not Dexter "can make robots" smart or Obiwan "we are informed that he is wise" smart but gentine, "actually says smart things and actually demonstrates real intelligence here and now" smart. In a way, it's actually a pity they turned Lary & Steve into a Simpsons ripoff because I would have liked to see more episodes of Lary & Steve. Oh well.
ThatLurkerGuy
Seth Macfarlane wrote an episode of Johnny Bravo where Johnny dates a talking antelope he met on a dating site.
No, seriously. It's actually a surprisingly good episode, as Johnny is too much of a gentleman (yeah) to turn her down, and she just acts as if it's perfectly normal.
DeadCobra
I saw the pilot it was a fun one
ILuvGundam2001
Larry and Steve is still better than the actual show (Family Guy)
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On Thursday afternoon, the #6 seed Frisch Cougars take on the #11 seed Yavneh Academy Bulldogs of Dallas in a Tier I qualifying game at the Max Stern Athletic Center. It's been a season of runs for the Cougars, as they started the season off with six consecutive wins but then lost five of their next six games. They then won four straight games, including victories in the first two rounds of the Yeshiva League playoffs, before falling to the eventual champion, the Ramaz Rams, in the semi-finals. They finished with an 11-6 overall record.
(11) Yavneh will look to pull off the upset against (6) Frisch. (Courtesy of Chris McGathey)
They'll look to get back to their winning ways, but in order to do so, they'll have to get past a very strong Yavneh squad. Led by Senior Noah Ohayon, the Bulldogs have had a great season, finishing 24-4 and winning 13 straight games before coming up just short in the TAPPS 3A State Title game against Hill Country Christian. This will be Yavneh's first appearance at Sarachek since 2014 and they'll be looking to pull off an early upset at this year's tournament.
Firstly, after disappointing ends to their respective seasons, both teams will be looking to bounce back and try to get themselves into Tier I. This game will be determined by which team is more hungry for the win and is more willing to put their bodies on the line to come out on top. Secondly, Sarachek games are played with a shot clock, so the two teams will need to create open looks much faster than they did during the regular season when they played without one. It will be a faster paced game than what they are used to, so both teams will need to adjust quickly.
This Tier I qualifier will take place in the Max Stern Athletic Center and tip off will be at 1:00 PM. The game will be broadcast by MacsLive; you can watch the game live.
The winner of this game will face off against the winner of the Frisch vs. Yavneh game in a Tier I quarterfinal matchup on Friday at 8AM at the Max Stern Athletic Center, while the loser will take on (22) SCY High on Friday at 9:30AM at the TABC Gym.
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Section.80
Album by Kendrick Lamar
2011, 16 tracks, 1 hour 1 min 34 sec
F*ck Your Ethnicity
No Make-Up (Her Vice) [feat. Colin Munroe]
Tammy's Song (Her Evils)
Ronald Reagan Era
Poe Mans Dreams (His Vice) [feat. GLC]
The Spiteful Chant (feat. Schoolboy Q)
Keisha's Song (Her Pain) [feat. Ashtro Bot]
Rigamortus
Kush & Corinthians (feat. BJ the Chicago Kid)
Blow My High (Members Only)
Ab-Souls Outro (feat. Ab-Soul)
HiiiPower
Narratives(2)
Section.80 Remains An Underrated Gem In An Incredible Discography
Amongst my group of friends at school, I had somewhat of a reputation for being the Hip-Hop head. This meant that I was the go-to person for any kind of Rap-related trivia and conversations about new music that had come out over the week. In all honesty, I spent the time I should have doing homework and studying at home watching rappers' interviews and listening to their music so my expertise was certainly at the expertise of what would be considered more important things. But oh well, I'll take it. My interest in Hip-Hop often meant that I would be up on certain rappers earlier than most, relative to my age group anyway. I remember telling friends about J. Cole in 2010 for example. He quickly became my favourite rapper and so anything he was involved with would get the attention of my 13-year-old mind. One day I stumbled across a song that he produced for another rapper called Kendrick Lamar. It was called 'HiiiPoWeR' which is intriguing but in truth, was probably off-putting at the time. I think I listened to it, but its talk of Malcolm X and Martin Luther certainly didn't resonate with me. It wasn't until sometime in 2011 that I once again came across Kendrick's work, this time it was a song of his called 'Look Out For Detox', a reference to the yet-unreleased Dr. Dre album that has been in the works since the mid-2000s. This was just a display of great rapping and a lot more digestible for me and I loved it. I didn't yet know that the instrumental was originally from a Childish Gambino song but even when I discovered the fact, it was still a Kendrick song to me. What he did to that beat was insane. I was officially a fan. The timeline escapes me a little bit but from there I went on to listen more of his music, which eventually led me to Section.80.
Written by @Akaash from Hip-Hop-N-More
Kendrick Lamar Puts a Futuristic Spin On 90s Alternative-Rap.
Kendrick Lamar, who was crowned king of the West Coast by Dr. Dre, The Game and Snoop Dogg is a weird, young up and comer who has been rapping for many years in the country. Lamar is from Compton, a rough city in California and he describes himself as a good kid in a mad city, which means that he is a good kid who doesn't get or want to get into trouble. Lamar's new album, Section 80 isn't a guest-heavy affair - it was produced mainly by relatively unknown producers like Terrace Martin, Willie B, Soundwave, and Tea Beast. It's difficult to dislike one beat on this whole album. With the guys from Kendrick's Black Hippy crew sounding like Soul of Mischief when they get together all combined on this master piece. Though this album does not really make a heavy attempt to open Lamar to major record labels or wider listeners, it gives him an opportunity to pursue his muse wherever it runs. With songs like "Hiiipower", "Fuck Your Ethnicity" or "Keisha's Song (Her Pains)", where he talks about a 17-year-old prostitute in Compton - it is very obvious that he is aware of the community and what is going on in the world and can get really deep in the thoughtful things he raps about on this album. Kendrick Lamar is yet to learn how to intensify all his best ideas into a few absolutely killer music. Notwithstanding, Section 80 still remains a powerful artwork of a young boy attempting to describe the world as he sees it.
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good kid, m.A.A.d city (Deluxe Version)Kendrick Lamar
good kid, m.A.A.d city (Deluxe)Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp a ButterflyKendrick Lamar
Section.80Kendrick Lamar
Black Panther: The Album [Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture]Kendrick Lamar
DAMN.Kendrick Lamar
DAMN. COLLECTORS EDITION.Kendrick Lamar
Good Kid, M.A.A.D. CityKendrick Lamar
good kid, m.A.A.d cityKendrick Lamar
Overly DedicatedKendrick Lamar
untitled unmastered.Kendrick Lamar
Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe (EP)Kendrick Lamar
TygaHIP HOP
J. ColeHIP HOP
Kanye WestHIP HOP
Chance the RapperHIP HOP
The WeekndR&B
Tyler, The CreatorHIP HOP
Meek MillHIP HOP
Mac MillerHIP HOP
Childish GambinoR&B
Frank OceanR&B
Jay ZHIP HOP
WaleHIP HOP
"Section.80"
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Dave Free (also exec.)
Dude Dawg (exec.)
Kendrick Lamar (exec.)
Punch (exec.)
Iman Omari
Sounwave
Tae Beast
Terrace Martin
Tommy Black
Wyldfyer
Top Dawg, Carson, California
Section.80 is the debut studio album by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on July 2, 2011, by Top Dawg Entertainment. The album features guest appearances from GLC, Colin Munroe, Ashtrobot, BJ the Chicago Kid, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and vocals from late singer-songwriter Alori Joh. The production was mainly handled by Top Dawg in-house producers from production group Digi+Phonics, along with THC, Tommy Black, Wyldfyer, Terrace Martin and J. Cole. The concept album features lyrical themes delivered by Lamar such as the 1980s crack epidemic, racism and medication tolerance. The album's lead single, "HiiiPoWeR" was released on April 12, 2011.


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