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A Bird's Eye View on STEM Education
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Peachtree Charter Middle Students Build Birdhouses
More than 160 students at Peachtree Charter Middle School put their science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills on display by building sturdy, inhabitable works of art.
Peachtree Charter partnered with their local Home Depot to provide enough lumber and tools to build 160 birdhouses. Students in Molly Newton's seventh-grade art classes joined students in Alethea Crowder's eighth-grade science classes to measure, shape and craft the wooden houses, measuring transfers of energy and amounts of force along the way.
"As soon as students heard we were going to be building birdhouses, they all went crazy—even the girls were excited," Newton said. "They were so excited. Some built more than one!"
Newton said the project empowered students by showing them they can create something from almost nothing.
Crowder said students really enjoyed participating in a hands-on engineering exercise.
"The kids really enjoyed the challenge," Crowder said. "It's good to see a finished project that they themselves built. This activity was a great way to support the STEM standards we are covering."
Crowder and Newton plan to split the birdhouses 50/50 for a decorative project and an upcoming charity art show. The mural, according to Newton, will help shelter local birds and also add to Peachtree Charter's ever-evolving beautification. The art show will add a feature of student hand-painted birdhouses—a bonus project for participating students.
Peachtree Charter STEM coordinator Tim Ryan said forging partnerships with local businesses is a key component in making STEM learning successful at DeKalb County School District.
"Even though one might think Home Depot would not fall into the category of STEM careers, when we're doing engineering and building activities, we can work with them to help equate the vocational side," Ryan said. "It gives kids a chance to use tools they never have before."
Ryan said the activity included not just STEM-centered students, but students at all levels of the school's curriculum. He said an important component of understanding STEM is realizing it extends beyond working at NASA and the like.
According to Ryan, many students aren't exposed to hands-on activities with a finished product that students can hold in their hands.
"This project hit nine different metrics of awesome," Ryan said. "This is a schoolwide STEM initiative. We use technology frequently enough to where everything involves STEM. That's the future. There's no activity that students have participated in where students don't say, 'I got something out of this. This is awesome.' It's the time you get to ask students how they're doing and they don't say, 'Fine.' Instead, they're telling you how fun it was. Something as simple as building a birdhouse as a great impact."
Josefina Hernandez, a representative from Home Depot who helped coordinate the birdhouse build, is a Peachtree Charter alum.
"I loved coming to Peachtree Charter for middle school and I was super excited to help advance STEM exposure to my alma mater," Hernandez said.
The school's local Home Depot, located along Tilly Mill Road in Dunwoody, joins Porsche, CERN, Georgia Tech, the DeKalb County Board of Health, and HATPonics Sustainable Agriculture as a strategic partner in promoting STEM learning.
Ryan said students at Peachtree Charter Middle can look forward to more activities involving each partner every school year. On March 2, Porsche will partner with Peachtree Charter for a downhill race at Brook Run Park.
"When I see kids in the hallway, kids always ask for more STEM [activities]," Ryan said. "They see the activities we do—robotics, SeaPerch, the Gravity Games, building catapults, rocket projects—and they want to be part of it."


This is an awesome book and it encourages readers to take action about their life. I have read a lot of self- empowerment and success books in the past but this has been the most motivating one. I was inspired from the moment that I started reading first stack/chapter.
I had the opportunity to read this book over the holidays. I have shared what I learned from this book with family and friends. It has significantly helped me with my New Year goals.
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Reading this book is an eye opener for those of us who blame everyone else for our life failures. Jay explains how being successful is completely in our hands. If we are willing, we have the ability to change negative to positive.
I enjoyed reading "10 stacks to success" It is a great book to read again and again especially on those days when you need to be inspired. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to be a positive and successful person.
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When that cold wind blows, I stand still and I stand strong, as I gaze upon my trees and those of my neighbors. Speaking any words only leads to loss of needed heat to endure the season. So, silence becomes my trusted confidant. Vigilant, my eyes remain on the branches, praying that we lose not another between now and Spring.
My ears tune intently to the mourning of a neighbor, whose house was jolted by the falling of a major limb. Suddenly, I hear a crack above my head. As if in slow motion, I watch as one of mine falls. I tremble as I fight back the tears that will only become ice if I allow them freedom. The wailing in my chest presses toward my vocals. Then, that cold wind blows again, seeming to zero in on my right cheek. My eyes close, and I'm reminded of the cold noses of my babies when they were babies, mashing into my cheek as they delivered the sweetest sugar a father can know.
My eyes open to see several saplings surrounding the bases of the older trees. From the same roots they are born; they grow and are made strong. In this transition of focus, I'm advised of the roots, the Source of the life found in both, the young and old. We may lose limbs or maybe even and entire trunk, but recognizing, tending, and nurturing the roots will always bring forth life. The family will never die. Our roots run deep and will Forever inhabit the Earth.
We are and abide by Spirit.


In this Paulson Policy Memorandum, Zhu Ning says that because China's government has offered the country's economy and financial sector an implicit guarantee against insolvency, Chinese investors and enterprises have largely set aside their aversion to risk. That, in turn, has meant that they have poured large amounts of wealth into risky investments, including Chinese trust products, real estate, and the stock market, operating under the impression that Beijing will always guarantee investment returns, or that investors will not have to suffer losses.
This striking confidence in the presumed "security" of risky assets has led Chinese households and corporations to take more risks than they fully understand—and to exuberantly push forward the development of China's banking and shadow banking sectors, its real estate market, and its stock markets.
Excessive debt financed investments, says Zhu, have led to overcapacity and the accumulation of corporate debt. Yet many imprudent investments will eventually turn out to be insolvent, which will yield even more bad debt problems and exacerbate the fragility of China's banking sector. Zhu is Deputy Director of the National Institute of Financial Research, and Oceanwide Professor of Finance, at the PBC School of Finance at Tsinghua University, on leave from the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, where he is a deputy dean and professor of finance.
Zhu's short policy memo explores and explains why Beijing's affection for GDP growth targets, in particular, will inevitably lead to excessive government support and guarantees for unsound investments. He elaborates why he believes that many of China's current economic problems, not least overcapacity and debt, have their roots in the moral hazard associated with the Chinese government's implicit guarantee against insolvency. His memo proposes six policy measures that, in his view, could help to eliminate, or at least alleviate, this underlying moral hazard problem in China's financial system.


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This past Friday, I had the opportunity to cheer on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the Belk Bowl. It was probably one of the most exciting experiences of my life. I had such a fun time getting to cheer my team to victory surrounded by so many of my schoolmates and fellow demon deacon supporters. As a result, I wanted to recount the experience here as well as share some fun pictures and a video!
We arrived in Charlotte, NC on Thursday night. It was only a 4-hour drive, but we had just driven home from Florida(10 hours) the day before so upon arrival at our hotel we basically passed out. We missed a few pregame parties, but I didn't mind as I wanted to save my energy for the big game day.
We woke up early on game day and headed to the Famous Toastery, one of my absolute favorite places to eat breakfast. After that, we headed downtown and over to the stadium. The game wasn't until 1, but Scotty McCreary was putting on a concert beforehand at 11. He was very good and as a big country music fan, it was so fun to hear him sing his own songs as well as country classics I know and love.
After the concert, we headed into the stadium to watch the Demon Deacons play. The Deacs started out really strong, struggled a little bit after the half but finished up strong and won! It was cool to watch our coach and players receive the trophy and our senior quarterback to get the MVP trophy. It was such an amazing experience full of lots of happy cheers.
It was a day full of freezing toes, lots of layers, but many more smiles and cheers. I feel so happy and lucky to have gotten to experience it firsthand. It is certainly a day that I will never forget. GO DEACS!
Want to see more? Check out the fun video I made here!


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As a healthy school, we encourage children to have a snack at break time in the mornings.
Snack is available from school, in the form of Milk (costed at £1.45 per week) and toast (costed at £1 per week). We order the bread and a milk on a Friday, so this must be paid for a week in advance on the Friday before you wish your child to begin receiving snack.
We are always looking for volunteers to help make the toast for children, If you may be able to spare some time please let the office staff know.
If you wish to send in your own snack for your child, please send in fruit or toast. Please do not send in cereal bars or chocolate biscuits/chocolate bars. If you wish to send a drink please ensure it is a carton of juice, and not a fizzy drink.


their college days. Jahnvi believes him. In daayan's den, Aakarsh informs his mother daayan that king murmured some secret about devyani mani in Jahnvi's ears before dying, she is not inform that secret, but he will get it at any cost. Once he leaves, Kalnemi says he does not trust Aakarsh. Daayan says her son is mesmerized in Jahnvi's love, but he will try his best to get mani and if he fails, she will get secret from Jahnvi. In hotel, Jahnvi informs Veer that King murmured kendriya manastute satrupa jagrute. Veer asks what is its meaning. Jahnvi says she does not know. He checks internet and informs it means there is a woman named satrupa who is neither in sky nor earth, she has 7 faces and 7 disguises hidden in each other and is powerful black magician who is guarding devyani mani. Jahnvi solves the puzzle it means she is hidden in a red stone and says she knows where red stone is, it is in store room's basement. Satrupa under red stone smiles sensuously and says it is time to get out of this stone. Veer asks her to return to jail while he goes to store room and get red stone. They see Aakarsh coming, Veer keeps Aakarsh busy in his baseless chat while Jahnvi escapes from behind, returns to jail, and locking herself in throws key away and acts as trying to get it via stick. Aakarsh reaches there and asks what is she doing. She says she is trying to escape from here. He says she is just wasting her time and cannot escape from here, she should inform where devyani mani is, else he cannot save her from his mother daayan. Jahnvi says she does not know where mani is and even if she knows, she will not. He asks what did king murmur in her ears before dying. She says she will never reveal it to him or his mother.
Prithvi after hearing from Chachaji how he and Vishakha were under Daayan's black spell says now he believes chachaji and wants to end Aakarsh to protect Jahnvi from him. In jail, Jahnvi confronts Aakarsh that he never loved her and is evil like his mother who is just acting for his benefit. Aakarsh says she had married him by trick, but he did not leave her and kept his promise till now, she should tell where devyani mani is, else his other wil not spare her. Jahnvi continues confronting him. They both fall asleep and imagine romancing each other. Jahnvi wakes up and thinks why she is unable to hate Aakarsh. Aakarsh wakes up and wishes her happy birthday. Jahnvi asks if he remembers her birthday. He says he is celebrating her birthday party tonight with her family. She says there is no need for that. He frees Jahnvi and takes her to temple where Jahnvi's family is. Taiji says he cannot enter temple and will burn if he does. Aakarsh uses his protective shield and enters temple. Taiji warns him to stay away from her family. Aakarsh says he is celebrating Jahnvi's birthday tonight and wants whole family to attend it. Jahnvi says nobody will. Prithvi says he will bring whole family. Aakarsh leaves. Chachaji yells if he is still under daayan's spell and is loyal to Aakarsh. Prithvi says Aakarsh was not requesting, he was informing, they don't have any choice and they can plan to escape from hotel during party. Jahnvi asks what is his plan. He says he will inform her during party asks family to get ready for party.
In daayan's den, Kalnemi informs daayan that her son is a traitor and is celebrating Jahnvi's birthday instead of finding mani, so it is better they get it from Jahnvi. Aakarsh reaches there and punishing Kalnemi warns to not brainwash his mother. Daayan warns him to leave Kalnemi as he is her brother and Aakarsh cannot harm family members for Jahnvi, now she will get mani herself. Aakarsh requests not to do that, he will try to get man somehow. Veer returns to Jahnvi and informs that he did not find red stone in store room basement. Jahnvi says she saw it there last time and thinks daayan must have taken it, she will try to get it from daayan via Aakarsh. She returns to her room. Asha gets food for Jahnvi. Jahnvi asks where was she all these days. She says she was fearing for her life after Mainka's death, so was hiding. She continues that she is amused to see Aakarsh is daayan and Mainka is not his mother. Jahnvi asks if she knows who is Aakarsh's real mother. Asha says she does not know. Aakarsh walks back to hotel with a gift box. Nandini meets him and says as per his order she sent all guests away. He asks her also to go. She say she still loves him and wants to be with him in his tough time. Aakarsh warns to stop her drama as she loves only herself and is very selfish, if she really wants to help him then take care of all the birthday party arrangements. Nandini agrees, but fumes that she has to organize Jahnvi's birthday party. Aakarsh reaches Jahnvi's room. Asha leaves seeing him. Aakarsh gives gift box to Jahnvi and says he brought a sari for her and personally selected it as she likes this color. He wishes happy birthday again. She asks howmany times will he wish her and asks if he will gift her whatever she wants. Aakarsh agrees and asks what she wants. She says she saw a beautiful red stone in palace and wants it. He says it must be with maa and maa will get angry if she finds he is trying to take it. Jahnvi acts as getting sad and asks if he cannot get it, then can he take her to his mother. Aakarsh stands amused.
Precap: Chachaji shows a sword to Jahnvi and tells they will attack Aakarsh during Jahnvi's birthday party and escape from here. Aakarsh meets Satrupa and asks who is she.


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MOUNT HOLLY � The Lady Warriors broke open a tight first half in the varsity opener, outscoring the Lady Jaguars 29-8 in the second half to wrap up a 46-25 win and take the first game of a doubleheader on Friday. Forestview won the boys� game. Sophomore Brooklyn Armstrong scored nine of her game-high 13 points in the third quarter to fuel the late runaway. Teammate Sa�Mauria Shannon added 10 as the Lady Warriors (8-7, 4-5) kept pace in the Big South.
The Lady Warriors took control in the third with several steals at half court that led to breakaway lay-ups, mostly from Armstrong.
In the nightcap, Forestview started fast but had to overcome a first-half deficit to roll past East Gaston in the up-and-down boys game, 61-54. Junior Mark Smith led the Jaguars (8-7, 4-3) road win with 15 points before fouling out late in the game. Freshman Nate Hinton chipped in with 12, including a 4-of-4 effort from the free throw line. Up 40-35 after the third quarter, Forestview lived on the charity stripe in the last eight minutes, scoring 13 of its 21 points in the last stanza. East Gaston�s Elijah Gore led both teams with 16 for the Warriors (9-7, 4-3).
Both schools went through an exam week and looked sluggish at times on the court.
�We had a little bit longer week (to practice),� Hayes said before the boys tipped off, �and had to make a statement right at the start of the second half. I told them coming out that we had to win the third quarter. When we turn our defense into offense, and (when) the other team scores eight points in the second half, that�s tough to stop.
Junior Nikkyana McCaskill was the only double-figure scorer for the Lady Jaguars (3-12, 2-5).


"Two dates in 2017 stand out for their significance to our industry and the wider UK economy - 29th March and 2nd November. The former is when Prime Minister Theresa May triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty formally signalling Britain's intention to leave the European Union and thus start the two-year process of departure. The latter is when Bank of England Governor Mark Carney announced a rise in interest rates of 25 basis points to 0.5% for the first time in 10 years.
Announcements in the Autumn Budget include plans to give local councils the authority to charge a 100% council tax levy on empty homes. The Chancellor also announced plans for a Review into the practice of land banking - whereby developers do not build on the land they own, even though they have acquired planning consent to do so. The Review will produce an interim report in time for the 2018 Spring Budget. This may lead to a realignment of values in unit-dense areas of development and a possible reduction of financial planning obligations whilst developers, forced to build prematurely, may seek greater financial viability testing of sites.
UK house prices have risen by 4.8% on average whereas properties in London have seen modest growth of 1.2% in the last 8 months (UBS House View - October 2017). Within certain postcodes of prime central London, we have observed a price decrease of 15%. This is partly as a result of changes to Stamp Duty for second homes and those valued in excess of one million. The outlook is however, more encouraging for prime London yields which have increased to an average of 3.2%.
The minority-Conservative government is pursuing a more interventionist role in aiming to address historic market failures that have resulted in a dearth of housing supply in the UK, which is most acutely felt in London. Stamp Duty for first time buyers purchasing properties up to £300,000 have been abolished, and first time buyers in London boroughs will also be exempt from Stamp Duty for the first £300,000 on properties worth up to £500,000. Capital Gains Tax will be extended to profits of non-UK residents on all UK property from April 2019. Profits gained from the disposal of a property which derives more than 75% of its value from UK land will also be liable to CGT. The introduction of the 30-day payment deadline for Capital Gains Tax will be deferred for all taxpayers until 2020, with the annual exemption increasing by £400 from April 2018. There were also announcements on changes to taxation rules for trusts held offshore by UK domiciled citizens, which will apply retrospectively from 6th April 2017. These rules extend to inheritance tax for individuals not domiciled in the UK but who have interests in companies which have a stake in UK residential property. As of April 2020, non-UK resident landlords will be subject to corporation tax as opposed to income tax on their rental profits. The UK government has also launched a consultation on taxing the profits of non-domiciled citizens on immovable property with the intention of bringing the new rules into force from April 2019.
As a result of the recent changes to U.K.'s economic and political climate, Crown Mayfair has received increased interest from parties broadening their focus to include commercial acquisitions. The depreciation of sterling has also maintained buyers wanting to invest within the Prime Markets. We have noted an increase in clientele purchasing residential homes with budgets in excess of £20 million, attributed by the strength of the dollar versus sterling and softer market conditions. Furthermore, following on from the Chancellor's recent announcement for further devolution to Greater Manchester, we have undertaken feasibility studies in the North of England for clients exploring different areas for higher yields and capitalisation.
The UK remains an attractive location for investors looking for a stronghold investment. As ever, we will continue to monitor the regulatory landscape."
Crown Mayfair are property experts and specialists based in London and report annually on the state of the market.


To be an association whose positive sensitivity to both the human andmarketing needs of this country will be second to none.
• Seek business opportunities .
• Organize training facilities, seminars, workshops and breakfast meetings.
• Arrange for members to attend overseas printing exhibitions and trade fairs.
• Arrange for bulk importation of raw materials and sell at affordable prices to members.
articulate members' concerns for a better economic environment.
P. O. Box 402, Trade Fair Centre, La-Accra.


St. Helena Church, in Clayton, has received a $2,000 grant from Oregon Catholic Press publishing house.
Ron Schuessler, who serves on the parish finance council, said the parish grant will pay to update school of religion materials, including those for youth religious education and RCIA classes. Teachers will have access to new DVDs, CDs, textbooks and other materials to help them present the Catholic faith.
Oregon Catholic Press, a nonprofit located in Portland, Ore., publishes materials for music and Catholic worship, including the Glory & Praise songbook used at the parish. St. Helena's learned of the grant program through an OCP newsletter.


Thanks to Oscar I can now share with you a Top 20 brands ranking for Bosnia & Herzegovina. In 2011 the Bosnian new car market is down 2% to 8,750 registrations. Skoda stays by far the favourite brand in the country with over 20% of the market thanks to 1,762 sales. In all likelihood the Skoda Fabia should still be the best-selling model in Bosnia in 2011 followed by the Skoda Octavia.
Volkswagen delivers an excellent year at #2 with 1,365 units and 15.6% share, up 17% on 2010. Opel rounds up the brands podium with 830 sales and 9.5%, ahead of Renault at 7.8%, Chevrolet at 7.4%, Dacia at 6.8%, Citroen at 5.1%, Audi at 3.9%, Toyota at 3.8% and Ford at 3.5%.
Full Year 2011 Top 20 Ranking Table below.


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The Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research is resisting new funding regulations from the Palestinian Authority. How long can it hold out?
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As its institutions wither and its leaders fade away, there is no obvious path to take its place.
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The Palestinian President is eighty-two, with a smoking habit and flocking challengers. But he is still tied to peace negotiations with Israel.
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Convicted Doctor Raises $20,000 Bail – Awaits Appeal of Sentence
Former Bitterroot Valley physician Chris Christensen was able to raise the $20,000 necessary to post bail after being convicted of two counts of negligent homicide, and is free pending appeal of his 10 year prison sentence to the Montana Supreme Court.
Ravalli County Attorney Bill Fulbright and his staff spent thousands of hours preparing the case against Christensen, who was accused over overprescribing pain medication that resulted in two overdose deaths.
"The defendant, who was a physician practicing in Ravalli County for a number of years and we convicted him of two counts of negligent homicide through prescriptions related to two deaths, and he was convicted of endangering nine other patients by distributing those narcotics outside the scope of his medical practice," said Fulbright. "That was the culmination of a very long, multi-year, multi-agency investigation. The trial was last fall and he was sentenced in January to a 20 year prison term with 10 years suspended, and the judge granted their motion to stay that sentence pending his appeal."
Fulbright said Christensen's appeal could take up to two years.
"We just have to be patient at this point," he said. "It's going to be a while before the process of justice moves forward here."
Fulbright had recommended a 50 year prison term without the possibility of parole.
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This article contains spoilers for Shadow Hearts, Shadow Hearts: Covenant, and World War I.
But no real doomsayer went over the top in quite the way Albert Simon, the villain of the 2001 JRPG Shadow Hearts, does. Standing ramrod straight in his formal cravat, top hat, and little white gloves, he's a caricature of what Samuel Hynes called the "Edwardian afternoon," which ended when the war began. In an alternate-history 1913, the game's occultist heroes chase Simon from his gore-caked laboratories in Kowloon to dive bars in Prague. When they finally catch up in Wales, he reveals the "terrible vision" that drives him: "I can see the future in store for this world…earth will overflow with the screaming of the dead who know not yet their fate. An iron behemoth shall rise and in a flash, countless lives will be snuffed out. A hopeless future!!" To prevent this, he explains, he's decided to summon one of the "Outer Gods" from "the M72 Nebula" to remake the planet.
Simon's plan sounds, at best, like it might improve Bloch's scenario to the status of "assisted suicide." But as far as reasons to reformat the world go, "disquieted by industrial warfare" is not bad. Simon's announcement embodies the strange appeal of the Shadow Hearts series, which dabbles in ghost stories, pro wrestling, political science, dogfighting, distrust of the Vatican, Japanese militarism, secret societies, and JRPG tradition, but is loyal in the end only to the principle of staying weird. By going sci-fi in its last hours, the game escapes the gravity of the political maneuvering it used earlier to set off its cast of Dutch, Japanese, Chinese, and English characters. Our protagonists can't line up for turn-based battle against the Schlieffen Plan, but they can fight the "Meta-God" in space.
It's the last of many swerves in a long and eccentric adventure. Shadow Hearts begins in Manchuria, where a Chinese warlock is absorbing local spiritual powers to clear the way for a national invocation—we're told that he once tried to "blow Japan to bits" with a similar ritual, which left half his body warped and reptilian. The player's party trades insults with his psychic projections while crossing China on trains, rusty biplanes, and a fishing trawler that looks less seaworthy than some vessels found on the ocean floor. In the second half of the game, the pattern more or less repeats in Europe with Simon as the antagonist. The game's unusual eye for locations means your next destination is usually a mystery: you take in not just world capitals and mystical fortresses but small-font locales like Dalian and Rouen. (The sequel, Shadow Hearts: Covenant, is perhaps the only RPG to include a section in Southampton.) Some of the best stops, like the fortress in Hong Kong and an evil doll's home in England, are hidden away and easily missed.
It's a world of disparate horrors. There's a town in Shadow Hearts where the spirits of domestic animals masquerade as the human masters they ate: "You don't have to worry about your manners so much here…it won't change the taste of [the] meat," the mayor, a "Cat Lady," tells you. In London, the owner of an orphanage melts down his wards into a "soup of life" to revive his long-dead mother. In Prague, a witch reaches out from the mirror in a women's bathroom to rip the life out of unwary souls. At one point, to explain a ghost's convoluted beef with the villagers of Dalian, the game launches into a grungy narrated cutscene that amounts to a campfire story ("the door opened….creeeeaaaakkkkkk….") and runs nearly eight minutes, but feels like it could easily continue for the rest of your life. There's nothing remotely like it before or after.
The Judgment Ring, the series' singular timing-based battle system, is one piece of technology that gets stranger and better in Shadow Hearts: Covenant. In both games, you must stop a spinning arrow on the colored "strike zones" of a dial before your character can attack or use an item. Missing a zone means losing a turn. In the first game, the routine does eventually become second nature: hit X at 3, 7, and 10 o'clock to nail the hero's combo every time, even when the strike zones are invisible or status effects shrink the ring. But Shadow Hearts: Covenant goes wild with the concept, letting you stack characters' attacks into brutal combos that require upwards of 10 successful ring hits, but scuttle everyone's turn if you miss any strike in the sequence. The combo system turns battles into wagers, mirroring the Judgment Ring's use as a gambling game in towns throughout the series. The greatest secret society in Shadow Hearts is comprised not of its antagonists but the hidden "Lottery Members" in each city, who bestow gifts on anyone who can win their ring-spinning carny games.
Does Shadow Hearts have anything to say about World War I—the futility of the conflict, the great waste of life, the end of Henry James's notion that we lived in a "gradually bettering" world? Not really. The setting adds to the game's novelty but doesn't take it over. Ideas from history wander in and out of a digressive narrative, mingling with concepts swiped from Final Fantasy VII and Lovecraft, with elaborate metaphors for depression and badly dated sexual politics and bizarre meta-gags. You can find someone pontificating about the "bitter battlefield of men," but it's the Great Gama, and he's talking to a vampire pro wrestler about the ring.


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Q: Integrating generalized functions / distributions with a particular property We have a function $f(x(y),y)$ where $x\in \mathbb{R}$ depends on $y\in \mathbb{R}^3$, $x$ is a scalar but $y$ is a vector of $\mathbb{R}^3$ :
\begin{align*}
    f(x,y)&= \frac{\partial}{\partial x} g(x,y) \\
\end{align*}
For example $x= x(y)= y\cdot v+ b$
We want to consider cases where $g$ is discontinuous, so $f$ can be regarded as a distribution in the parameter $x$, that is,
$$\text{for } \phi\in S(\mathbb{R}): f(\phi)=\int_{\mathbb{R}} f(x,y)\phi(x)\,dx \text{ , for a fixed vector $y$} $$
We want to sum over the sphere, we know in the case when $x$ does not depend on $y$ we can do this :
We have the family of distributions $\Big(f(x, y)\Big)_{y}$ , to which we apply a notion of distribution-valued integral; the 'Gelfand-Pettis' weak integration, or Bochner integrals.
( under some conditions that $f$ is 'nice' enough as a function of $y$ )
\begin{align*}
    \left(\int_{S^2} f\,d\sigma(y) \right) (\phi)=& \int_{S^2} f(\phi)\,d\sigma(y) \quad \quad (\text{ Gelfand-Pettis }) \\
    =& \int_{S^2} \left(\int_\mathbb{R} f(x,y)\phi(x)\,dx\right) \,d\sigma(y) \\
    =& \int_{S^2}\int_\mathbb{R} - g(x,y)\phi'(x)\,dx \,d\sigma(y)
\end{align*}
$\textbf{My question is :  Can we still do this when } x \textbf{ is a function of }y$ ?
Is there another way to integrate these distributions ? in the sense that we want the integral to be a sort of generalized function of the smooth classical integral for when $g$ is continuous in $x$ .

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Vatican City, 26 February 2014 (VIS) – Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the Sacraments by speaking today about the anointing of the sick, "which allows us to touch with our hands God's compassion for mankind". He explained that in the past it was referred to as "extreme unction" as it was intended as spiritual consolation when death was imminent. "Speaking of the anointing of the sick helps us to broaden our view of the experience of illness and suffering, in the horizon of God's mercy".
The parable of the Good Samaritan clearly expresses the mystery that is celebrated by this Sacrament. "The Samaritan consoles the man who suffers at the side of the road, tending to his wounds with oil and wine. The oil recalls that which is blessed by the Bishop every year, in the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday, precisely for the anointing of the sick. The wine, instead, is a sign of Christ's love and grace, which flow from His gift of His life for us. The Pope explained that the sick person is finally entrusted to "the Church, the Christian community", to whom "every day the Lord Jesus entrusts those who are afflicted, in body and spirit, so that we may continue to lavish upon them, without measure, all His love and His salvation".
"This mandate is confirmed explicitly and precisely in the Epistle of St. James, in which he says, 'Is any among you sick? Let him call upon the elders of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord'", continued the Holy Father. "It is therefore a practice that was already in evidence at the time of the Apostles. Indeed, Jesus had taught his disciples to have His same predilection for the sick and the suffering, and transmitted to them the capacity and the task of continuing to give consolation and peace in His name … through the special grace of this Sacrament. However, this must not lead us to search obsessively for miracles or allow us the presumption of always being able to be healed; it gives us the assurance of Jesus' closeness to the sick and the elderly – as all those above the age of 65 are able to receive this Sacrament – as it is Jesus Himself Who comes towards them".
"But when someone is sick and we say, 'Let's call the priest to come', it makes us think that it may bring bad luck, or perhaps the patient will be afraid", he continued, speaking off the cuff. "There is perhaps the idea that when one is sick and the priest arrives, he will be followed by the undertaker. But this is not true! The priest comes to help the sick or the elderly, which is why the visit is so important. It is necessary to call the priest to the home of the sick and to say: 'come, anoint him, bless him'. It is Jesus Himself Who arrives to console the sick, to give him strength, to give him hope, to help him; also to forgive his sins. And this is beautiful! And we must not think of this as a taboo, because it is always good to know that in moments of pain or sickness we are not alone; the priest and those who are present during the anointing of the sick represent, indeed, the entire Christian community who, as a single body, gathers around those who suffer and their relatives, encouraging their faith and hope, and supporting them with prayer and brotherly warmth. But the greatest comfort derives from the fact that it is the Lord Jesus Himself who is made present in the Sacrament; He takes us by the hand and reminds us that we now belong to Him and that nothing – not even sickness or death – can ever separate us from Him".
"Are we afraid of the habit of calling the priest to give this Sacrament to the sick – I don't mean in the case of influenza that lasts three or four days, but rather a serious illness – and to the elderly, so that they can find the strength from Jesus to go on?" asked the Pope, and concluded by urging those present: "Let's do this".
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APPEAL FOR AN END TO THE VIOLENCE IN VENEZUELA
Vatican City, 26 February 2014 (VIS) – Following today's catechesis the Pope commented on the events of recent days in Venezuela, and made an appeal for the cessation of violence and hostilities. He expressed his hope that "that the entire Venezuelan population, beginning with political and institutional leaders, will take steps to ensure national reconciliation, through mutual forgiveness and sincere dialogue, respecting truth and justice, and able to face real issues for the common good".
The Holy Father gave the assurance of his prayers, in particular for those who have lost their lives in the clashes, and their families, and invited the faithful to raise prayers to God for the maternal intercession of Our Lady of Coromoto so that the country might once more find peace and harmony.
ST. GABRIEL OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS, AN INSPIRING EXAMPLE
Vatican City, 26 February 2014 (VIS) – In his greetings in various languages, the Pope mentioned that in two days' time the World Rare Diseases Day will be celebrated, and he addressed the participants in the congress that is to take place on the day. "I hope that patients and their families will be adequately supported on their difficult journey, at both a medical and a legislative level".
Pope Francis greeted, among others, participants in the SIGNIS World Congress, the directors of the Polish radio who are meeting in Rome during these days for their spiritual exercises, pilgrims from Iraq and Lebanon, and the Legionaries of Christ who have completed their General Chapter.
Before concluding, he commented that tomorrow is the liturgical memory of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, "whose example helps you, dear young people, to be enthusiastic disciples of Jesus, who inspires you, dear sick people, to offer your suffering in union with those of Christ; and stimulates you, dear newly-weds, to make the Gospel the fundamental rule of your married life".
HIGH PERCENTAGE OF EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES RESPOND TO THE SYNOD QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE FAMILY
Vatican City, 26 February 2014 (VIS) – The Ordinary Council of the Synod of Bishops met on 24 and 25 February to discuss the results of the enquiry opened in November 2013 with the distribution of a questionnaire on themes relating to the family to episcopal conferences around the world. There has been a very high percentage of responses, and observations from individuals and groups from all over the world have been added.
On the afternoon of 24 February the Council was presided over by the Holy Father Francis, who also emphasised in this way the importance he attributes to both the Synod structure as an expression of episcopal collegiality and the theme that will be considered by the upcoming Extraordinary Assembly of 2014 and the Ordinary Assembly of 2015.
The draft synthesis of the answers received was unanimously appreciated. It enables the voice of the Church to be heard in all her components and in a variety of contexts and situations, both with regard to the urgency of proclaiming the Gospel of the family with renewed zeal, and in relation to the challenges and difficulties connected with family life and the crises it may face.
The observations made during the discussion will be considered in the drafting of the Instrumentum laboris from which the work of the Synod will proceed. The unitary character of the two stages expected for synodal reflection on the family, so that at the end of the Ordinary Synod proposals will be presented to the Holy Father, on the basis of which he will prepare his Apostolic Exhortation.
The Ordinary Council was attended by the relator general, Cardinal Peter Erdo, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary, and the special secretary, Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto.
During the meeting the Holy Father blessed the new wing of the seat of the Secretariat General along with the Chapel and new offices.
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Forbes Surname Meaning, History & Origin
Select Forbes Meaning
Forbes is a Scottish clan name in Aberdeenshire. Originally it
was pronounced in two syllables, "for" and "bays," but that is now lost.
Forbes is said to have come from the Gaelic term forb-ais, meaning "at the
land." However, a number of other theories
origin of Forbes abound.
Clan tradition generally associates the name with the slaying of a wild
boar (the heads of three boars adorn their coat of arms).
Forbes gathering cry of "Lonach" comes from the name of a hill at
Strathdon in Aberdeenshire where the clan assembled in times of
trouble. Forbes men still march at the annual Lonach Highland
Gathering.
In Ireland, the Forbes name can be an anglicization of the Gaelic Firbhisigh, a personal name
composed of the elements "man" and "prosperity." MacFirbhisigh was the name
of a celebrated family of historians and antiquarians in Connacht.
Forbes Resources on
Clan Forbes. Forbes clan history.
Clan Forbes. Forbes clan website.
Forbes House Museum – Treasures of the
China Trade.
Forbes museum in Milton, Mass.
Forbes Ancestry
Scotland.
Forbes is a place-name in Aberdeenshire and the first Forbes of the
clan to hold that name was John de Forbes in the early 13th century.
Alexander de Forbes was made governor of Urquhart castle near Inverness
and defended it against Edward I of England in 1304. He was
forced to surrender with his garrison, but the English then put every
man alive to the sword – except for the governor's pregnant wife:
"One day the gate of the castle had
opened and the English saw a beggar woman emerge, apparently
involuntarily. The tale she told was that she had happened to be
inside the castle when the siege began, but that now, as provisions
were running short, the garrison were no longer willing to feed a
useless mouth and had driven her out. The English believed this
account and allowed her to pass."
She managed to escape to Ireland and there delivered a son. This
eventually returned to Scotland and it was from his son, Sir John of
the Black Lip, that
the various Forbes branches in Scotland traced their descent.
The main line of Forbes, from their stronghold at Druminor castle, were
prominent at various times in Scottish
history. They were early among the Highland clans to adopt the
Protestant faith, putting themselves at odds with their neighbors, the Gordons.
The present Lord Forbes is the 22nd of the line to bear the title.
Other Forbes lines were those of Corse (and Craigievar),
Pitsligo (and Newe), and Tolquhoun:
the Corse line included early
planters in Ireland
the Pitsligo Forbes supported the Jacobites and
were attainted after the battle of Culloden
while the Tolquhoun Forbes lost everything in the Darien scheme
disaster.
One branch of
Tolquhouns prospered as the lairds of Culloden House. They
included "Bumper
John" Forbes, the wine lover, and Duncan Forbes, who was the
Lord Chief
Justice of Scotland at the time of the 1745 uprising.
Banffshire, to the north of Aberdeen, produced two notable Forbeses:
Sir John, the distinguished doctor who was physician to Queen Victoria
from 1841 until his death in 1861; and his brother Alexander, an early
merchant and writer in what was then Spanish America. His California: A History of Upper and Lower
California was published in 1839.
Ireland. The MacFirbises, later anglicized as Forbes,
were the compilers of the Book of
Lecan in 1417 and of other important works on Irish
history. Their base was Lacken in county Sligo where Ciothruadh
MacFirbis had built a castle, now known as Forbes castle, in
1560. However, the last of these scholars, Duald MacFirbis, was
murdered by English troops in 1670 and their influence ended as the old
Gaelic order came down.
The Scots brought the Forbes name to Ireland and in particular to
county Longford, where Sir Arthur Forbes of Corse (later Lord Granard)
granted land in 1620 and the family built their own Castle Forbes
in what was to become Newtown-Forbes. They have remained in
residence there.
Forbes was a British general in America in the 1750's best known for
capturing from the French the town now known as Pittsburgh.
Forbes Avenue, the longest street in Pittsburgh, and Forbes Field, the
former baseball stadium, were named after him.
Forbes in Boston
The Forbes of Boston began with the Rev. John Forbes, a descendant of
the Scottish Newe Forbes, who married Dolly Murray in Milton,
Massachusetts on Boston's south shore in 1769.
His descendants are considered part of the Boston Brahmins. It
was John's grandson, John Murray Forbes, who built up the family
fortunes through trade in China and a judicious investment in
railroads. His son William Hathaway was an early backer of
Alexander Graham Bell's telephone company and his son William Cameron
was the American Governor-General of the Philippines. The Forbes were
and are widely connected and include in their number John
Forbes Kerry,
the 2004 Presidential candidate.
Forbes in New York
Another Forbes dynasty was started by B.C. Forbes from Aberdeen who had
emigrated to New York in 1904 and worked as a newspaper writer and
editor before founding Forbes
magazine in 1917. He remained its editor-in-chief until his death
in 1954. The magazine then passed to his son Malcolm, a more
flamboyant character who lived life in the fast lane.
"In 1989, he chose the Palais Mendoub
in Tangiers to host his 70th birthday party. Spending an
estimated $2.5 million, he chartered a Boeing 747, a DC-8, and a
Concorde to fly in eight hundred of the world's rich and famous from
New York and London. The guests included his friend Elizabeth
Taylor, Gianni Agnelli, Barbara Walters, Henry Kissinger, half a dozen
US state governors, and a host of CEO's likely to advertise in his
magazine."
After Malcolm came his son Steve, a Republican candidate in the US
Presidential primaries of 1996 and 2000.
Forbes is an important name in the early history of California. James Alexander
Forbes had arrived there from Scotland via South America as
early as 1831, marrying and settling down near San Jose. In 1854
he built a flour mill there, now known as Forbes Mill, with hopes of
golden returns. Unfortunately the mill, poorly constructed, did
badly and Forbes was bankrupted.
Bermuda. In 1735 Dr.
George Forbes from Strathdon in Aberdeenshire arrived in Bermuda where
he fell in love with and married Mary Jones, the daughter of a local
merchant there, and became a prominent member of the community.
His grandson Francis, a lawyer, migrated to Australia in 1823 when he
was appointed Chief Justice of New South Wales.
Australia. Sir Charles
Forbes of Newe never visited Australia, but his name was honored there
in Castle
Forbes, the scene of a convict uprising in 1833.
Another Forbes in NSW, this time in the Lachlan valley, was named after
its Chief Justice, Sir Francis Forbes.
Scottish immigrants Donald and Ethel Forbes began farming at Karadoc in
NW Victoria in 1911. Later Forbes diversified into winemaking in
1971 and the Forbes Zilzie wines are now well-established.
New Zealand. Robert and
Margaret Forbes from Aberdeenshire were early arrivals in New Zealand,
on the Slains Castle in 1841.
They settled in Onehunga near Auckland. Robert died in 1849 and
Margaret spent her remaining years battling poverty and injustice in
raising her six children.
Forbes Miscellany
Forbes Name Origins. The traditions regarding the origin of the Forbes surname are various; and some of them quite fanciful.
The principal tradition states that this name was first assumed by one
Ochonchar from Ireland who, having slain a ferocious bear in that
district, took the name of Forbear, now spelled and pronounced Forbes,
in two syllables; although the English, in pronunciation, made it only
one. In consequence of this feat the Forbes carry in their arms
the heads of three bears.
A variation of this story has it that the actor in this daring exploit
was desirous of exhibiting his courage to a young and beautiful heiress
named Bess. On receiving her hand as his reward, he assumed it to
commemorate his "having the bear 'for Bess.'"
Another tradition maintains that the name of the founder of the family
originally Bois, a follower of one of the early Scots kings. On
granting him certain lands for some extraordinary service, his Majesty
observed that they were "for Boice." The surname here is
territorial and said to be Celtic from the Gaelic word ferbash or ferbasach, a bold man.
It seems more likely to have been originally forbois, of Latin-French
derivation, signifying a wild wood country where bears abounded.
According to Skene in his treatise De
Verborum Significatione, Duncan Forbois got from King Alexander
(but from which of the three kings of that name is not mentioned) a
of the lands and heritage of Forbois in Aberdeenshire, whence the
surname.
In the reign of King William the Lion, John de Forbes possessed the lands of that name. His son, Fergus de Forbes, had a charter of the same from Alexander Earl of Buchan, around 1296.
Bumper John Forbes. In 1625 Duncan Forbes purchased Culloden House in Inverness from
the Macintosh chieftain and the Forbes family began their nearly 300
year history with it. Descended from the Forbes of Tolquhoun, he
was an example of a wealthy urban merchant leaving trade to set his
family up as landowners and lairds.
The Forbes were known for their lavish lifestyle and generous
hospitality. The 4th Laird of Culloden's nickname "Bumper John"
came from his fondness for French wines. Around 1730, the author
of the book Letters from A Gentleman in the North of Scotland wrote
the following about Bumper John:
"There lives in a house or castle
called Culloden, a gentleman whose hospitality is almost without
bounds. It is the custom of that house at the first visit or
introduction to take up your freedom by cracking his nut (as he terms
it), – that is a coconut shell which holds a pint filled with champagne
or such other sort of wine as you shall choose.
You may guess that few go away
sober at any time; and for the greatest part of his guests, in that
conclusion, they cannot go at all. A hogshead of fine claret was
kept in the hall so that guests or even passer-bys could refresh
themselves with a pint of claret."
Castle Forbes' Graveyard. Behind the castle in Newtown-Forbes in county
Longford was the legendary graveyard. In early times the deceased
of the parish were buried there. However, the 4th Earl of Granard
passed a rule that said that only his family could be buried there.
The law made a lot of
people angry. Some even buried their relatives there under the
cover of darkness. Usually Lord Granard found out about this and had
the corpse thrown off the castles property and onto the roadside.
There was one man of
the parish who fell sick and, when dying, asked his sons to bury him in
the graveyard where his father had rested before him. He also
requested that a blackthorn stick be put in his right hand so that if
anyone should disturb him people would hear about it. The man
died and his directions were faithfully carried out. Lord Granard
found the corpse and ordered it to be removed. The next day the
people learnt that the Earl of Granard was dead.
The Forbes and the Emersons. Edward Waldo Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson's son, published a biography
of John Murray Forbes in the September 1899 issue of Atlantic
magazine. The Emerson and Forbes families were close. John
Murray's son, William Forbes, had married Ralph's daughter, Edith
Emerson.
In Letters and Social Aims, Ralph Waldo Emerson had written
somewhat flatteringly of Forbes as follows:
"Never was such force, good meaning,
good sense, good action, combined with such domestic lovely behavior,
such modesty and persistent preference for others. Wherever he
moved he was the benefactor. How little this man suspects,
with his sympathy for men and his respect for lettered and scientific
people, that he is not likely, in any company, to meet a man superior
to himself. I think this is a good country that can bear such a
creature as he."
James Alexander Forbes in California. In 1834 James married Ana María Galindo, daughter
of the majordomo of Mission Santa Clara de Asis. The Forbes family lived on
Rancho Potrero de Santa Clara, a 1,940 acre Mexican land grant near San
Jose received from Governor Micheltorena in 1844. The rancho and cattle
were sold in 1847
to American Commodore Robert F. Stockton for $10,500, a high price for
The couple had a total of twelve
children, three daughters and nine sons. In 1851 he persuaded the
Jesuits to
establish a school at Mission Santa Clara to educate his sons.
This school
formed the basis of what would become Santa Clara University. Five of the Forbes sons were
the first class at Santa Clara College.
However, his principal commercial venture, the flour mill that he built
outside San Jose, ended in failure.
Castle Forbes, Australia. In Aberdeen James Mudie was given the opportunity for a new life when
Sir Charles Forbes offered him a free passage to New South
Wales. Grateful to Forbes, Mudie arrived there with his
four children in July 1822. He soon received a land grant in the
Hunter valley which he named Castle Forbes in honor of his patron.
Mudie was reportedly a cruel man to his servants and in 1833 Castle
Forbes was the scene of a convict uprising that was savagely put
down. The incident, however, led to a lot of publicity about the
cruel treatment to convicts.
The Castle Forbes estate was broken up and sold off in small lots
around 1840.
Select Forbes Names
Sir John Forbes is generally considered the forebear of the various Forbes clan branches in Scotland. He lived in the 14th century.
Duncan Forbes of Culloden was
the fair-minded Lord Justice of Scotland at the time of the 1745 Jacobite uprising.
John Murray Forbes was the
Boston businessman who made his fortune in the 19th century through
trade with China and railroad investing.
George Forbes was Prime
Minister of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935.
Malcolm Forbes was the
flamboyant owner and editor of Forbes
magazine from 1954 until his death in 1980.
Select Forbes Numbers Today
18,000 in the UK (most numerous
in Aberdeen)
12,000 in America (most numerous in California)
Select Forbes and Like Surnames
The Scottish Highlands were Gaelic-speaking and their clan names appeared first in Gaelic and only later in an English version. Each clan controlled its own local territory and frequently fought with neighbors. Many, however, took the clan name in order to receive clan protection.
The clan downfall came following the 1715 and 1745 uprisings with the Battle of Culloden when the clan culture was broken up and clan tartans banned (although they came back into fashion with Queen Victoria a hundred years later). The Highland clearances, supplanting people for sheep, was a further blow and many Highlanders were forced into emigration, still speaking their native Gaelic, to Canada and then to Australia and New Zealand.
Here are some of the clan surnames that you can check out.
Buchanan Duncan Mackay McKenzie
Cameron Fraser McDonald McMillan
Campbell Grant McGregor Ross


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BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(getarg_tests, BasicTestingSetup)

static void ResetArgs(ArgsManager &am, const std::string &strArg) {
    std::vector<std::string> vecArg;
    if (strArg.size()) {
        boost::split(vecArg, strArg, IsSpace, boost::token_compress_on);
    }

    // Insert dummy executable name:
    vecArg.insert(vecArg.begin(), "testbitcoin");

    // Convert to char*:
    std::vector<const char *> vecChar;
    for (const std::string &s : vecArg) {
        vecChar.push_back(s.c_str());
    }

    std::string error;
    BOOST_CHECK(am.ParseParameters(vecChar.size(), vecChar.data(), error));
}

static void
SetupArgs(ArgsManager &am,
          const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, unsigned int>> &args) {
    am.ClearArgs();
    for (const auto &arg : args) {
        am.AddArg(arg.first, "", arg.second, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
    }
}

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(boolarg) {
    ArgsManager am;
    const auto foo = std::make_pair("-foo", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY);
    SetupArgs(am, {foo});
    ResetArgs(am, "-foo");
    BOOST_CHECK(am.GetBoolArg("-foo", false));
    BOOST_CHECK(am.GetBoolArg("-foo", true));

    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-fo", false));
    BOOST_CHECK(am.GetBoolArg("-fo", true));

    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-fooo", false));
    BOOST_CHECK(am.GetBoolArg("-fooo", true));

    ResetArgs(am, "-foo=0");
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", false));
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", true));

    ResetArgs(am, "-foo=1");
    BOOST_CHECK(am.GetBoolArg("-foo", false));
    BOOST_CHECK(am.GetBoolArg("-foo", true));

    // New 0.6 feature: auto-map -nosomething to !-something:
    ResetArgs(am, "-nofoo");
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", false));
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", true));

    ResetArgs(am, "-nofoo=1");
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", false));
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", true));

    // -nofoo should win
    ResetArgs(am, "-foo -nofoo");
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", false));
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", true));

    // -nofoo should win
    ResetArgs(am, "-foo=1 -nofoo=1");
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", false));
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", true));

    // -nofoo=0 should win
    ResetArgs(am, "-foo=0 -nofoo=0");
    BOOST_CHECK(am.GetBoolArg("-foo", false));
    BOOST_CHECK(am.GetBoolArg("-foo", true));

    // New 0.6 feature: treat -- same as -:
    ResetArgs(am, "--foo=1");
    BOOST_CHECK(am.GetBoolArg("-foo", false));
    BOOST_CHECK(am.GetBoolArg("-foo", true));

    ResetArgs(am, "--nofoo=1");
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", false));
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", true));
}

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(stringarg) {
    ArgsManager am;
    const auto foo = std::make_pair("-foo", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY);
    const auto bar = std::make_pair("-bar", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY);
    SetupArgs(am, {foo, bar});
    ResetArgs(am, "");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-foo", ""), "");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-foo", "eleven"), "eleven");

    ResetArgs(am, "-foo -bar");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-foo", ""), "");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-foo", "eleven"), "");

    ResetArgs(am, "-foo=");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-foo", ""), "");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-foo", "eleven"), "");

    ResetArgs(am, "-foo=11");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-foo", ""), "11");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-foo", "eleven"), "11");

    ResetArgs(am, "-foo=eleven");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-foo", ""), "eleven");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-foo", "eleven"), "eleven");
}

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(intarg) {
    ArgsManager am;
    const auto foo = std::make_pair("-foo", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY);
    const auto bar = std::make_pair("-bar", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY);
    SetupArgs(am, {foo, bar});
    ResetArgs(am, "");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-foo", 11), 11);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-foo", 0), 0);

    ResetArgs(am, "-foo -bar");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-foo", 11), 0);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-bar", 11), 0);

    ResetArgs(am, "-foo=11 -bar=12");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-foo", 0), 11);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-bar", 11), 12);

    ResetArgs(am, "-foo=NaN -bar=NotANumber");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-foo", 1), 0);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-bar", 11), 0);
}

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(doubledash) {
    ArgsManager am;
    const auto foo = std::make_pair("-foo", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY);
    const auto bar = std::make_pair("-bar", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY);
    SetupArgs(am, {foo, bar});
    ResetArgs(am, "--foo");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetBoolArg("-foo", false), true);

    ResetArgs(am, "--foo=verbose --bar=1");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-foo", ""), "verbose");
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(am.GetArg("-bar", 0), 1);
}

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(boolargno) {
    ArgsManager am;
    const auto foo = std::make_pair("-foo", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY);
    const auto bar = std::make_pair("-bar", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY);
    SetupArgs(am, {foo, bar});
    ResetArgs(am, "-nofoo");
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", true));
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", false));

    ResetArgs(am, "-nofoo=1");
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", true));
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", false));

    ResetArgs(am, "-nofoo=0");
    BOOST_CHECK(am.GetBoolArg("-foo", true));
    BOOST_CHECK(am.GetBoolArg("-foo", false));

    // --nofoo should win
    ResetArgs(am, "-foo --nofoo");
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", true));
    BOOST_CHECK(!am.GetBoolArg("-foo", false));

    // foo always wins:
    ResetArgs(am, "-nofoo -foo");
    BOOST_CHECK(am.GetBoolArg("-foo", true));
    BOOST_CHECK(am.GetBoolArg("-foo", false));
}

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(logargs) {
    const auto okaylog_bool =
        std::make_pair("-okaylog-bool", ArgsManager::ALLOW_BOOL);
    const auto okaylog_negbool =
        std::make_pair("-okaylog-negbool", ArgsManager::ALLOW_BOOL);
    const auto okaylog = std::make_pair("-okaylog", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY);
    const auto dontlog = std::make_pair("-dontlog", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY |
                                                        ArgsManager::SENSITIVE);
    ArgsManager am;
    SetupArgs(am, {okaylog_bool, okaylog_negbool, okaylog, dontlog});
    ResetArgs(
        am,
        "-okaylog-bool -nookaylog-negbool -okaylog=public -dontlog=private");

    // Everything logged to debug.log will also append to str
    std::string str;
    auto print_connection = LogInstance().PushBackCallback(
        [&str](const std::string &s) { str += s; });

    // Log the arguments
    am.LogArgs();

    LogInstance().DeleteCallback(print_connection);
    // Check that what should appear does, and what shouldn't doesn't.
    BOOST_CHECK(str.find("Command-line arg: okaylog-bool=\"\"") !=
                std::string::npos);
    BOOST_CHECK(str.find("Command-line arg: okaylog-negbool=false") !=
                std::string::npos);
    BOOST_CHECK(str.find("Command-line arg: okaylog=\"public\"") !=
                std::string::npos);
    BOOST_CHECK(str.find("dontlog=****") != std::string::npos);
    BOOST_CHECK(str.find("private") == std::string::npos);
}

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()

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Helping produce this ASICS activation at Lollapollooza was a really rewarding project. We encouraged people to #movewithasics and dance their hearts out on this DJ driven responsive LED floor. Groups of Lolla-goers were challenged to take as many steps as possible while they danced; the more they moved the more likely they were to win awesome prizes and promos from ASICS. I even got the chance to jump on the decks one night and really got the party going. My main role in the project was managing the tech side of the step challenge, hiring the right teams and making sure all communication was clear between the client, creative, and technical sides. While on site I helped manage set up, day to day tasks/errands, training the brand ambassadors, and breakdown.


Sounds elusive, doesn't it? What do you give the person who has everything?
If you're like me, you ask yourself this every. year.
What could be this good, you ask?
It's actually not just a gift for your mother. It's a gift to you and the entire family, actually.
Give your mother her life story.
I know, you are feeling overwhelmed just at the thought of recording someone's life story. Am I right? I mean, a lifetime is a lot of days to write about. So many details, so many events to tell about. How do you do write a life story??
I know you are intimidated right now, because I felt the same way.
I have been feeling this pull to write down and video things about my mother's life. She isn't going to be around forever, and I need to do it NOW before my chance is lost. Forever.
After doing a lot of searching for how to do this and not let it consume my life (I still have 4 kids at home and a job, so…), I thought YOU might be feeling this same way!
Maybe I should say the Perfect Mother's Day Gift, AND the Perfect Father's Day Gift!
Heck. Here's another idea – WRITE YOUR OWN LIFE STORY WHILE YOU'RE AT IT! What a gift that will be for your children and their children, and their children, etc. etc.
The secret is this: USE TEMPLATES.
Yes! It's that easy! Use templates. And you don't even have to go searching all over the place. Here are several templates for you. Some are free, and some are actual books you purchase and fill in the blanks.
The Book Of Myself. 201 questions to help you record your autobiography.
The Book Of Me. An Autobiographical journal with questions to help you know what to write.
Memories For My Grandchild. The gift of your life story for your grandchildren.
My Life Story – So Far. Just fill in the blanks and it's done!
Blank Life History Template, by dementia.org.
Life Story pdf by legacyproject.org. Just fill in blanks and add photos.
I really feel this is the greatest gift.
Sit with your mom and fill out these books with her. If she can still write, have her write in her own writing. I LOVE my mom's handwriting! I want to remember it when she's gone.
I hope this helps you in your quest for the Perfect Mother's Day Gift, and may it be a treasure to you and your posterity for many, many years!


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Q: Updating MySQL returns rows affected, but doesn't actually update the Database I'm currently using Mono on Ubuntu with MonoDevelop, running with a DataTable matching a table in the database, and should be attempting to update it.
The code following uses a Dataset loaded from an XML file, which was created from a Dataset.WriteXML on another machine.
try
{
    if(ds.Tables.Contains(s))
    {
        ds.Tables[s].AcceptChanges();
        foreach(DataRow dr in ds.Tables[s].Rows)
            dr.SetModified(); // Setting to modified so that it updates, rather than inserts, into the database
        hc.Data.Database.Update(hc.Data.DataDictionary.GetTableInfo(s), ds.Tables[s]);
    }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Log.WriteError(ex);
            }

This is the code for inserting/updating into the database.
public override int SQLUpdate(DataTable dt, string tableName)
    {
        MySqlDataAdapter da = new MySqlDataAdapter();
        try
        {
            int rowsChanged = 0;
            int tStart = Environment.TickCount;

            da.SelectCommand = new MySqlCommand("SELECT * FROM " + tableName);
            da.SelectCommand.Connection = connection;

            MySqlCommandBuilder cb = new MySqlCommandBuilder(da);
            da.UpdateCommand = cb.GetUpdateCommand();
            da.DeleteCommand = cb.GetDeleteCommand();
            da.InsertCommand = cb.GetInsertCommand();
            da.ContinueUpdateOnError = true;
            da.AcceptChangesDuringUpdate = true;

            rowsChanged = da.Update(dt);

            Log.WriteVerbose("Tbl={0},Rows={1},tics={2},", dt.TableName, rowsChanged, Misc.Elapsed(tStart));
            return rowsChanged;
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Log.WriteError("{0}", ex.Message);
                return -1
            }

I'm trying the above code, and rowsChanged becomes 4183, the number of rows I'm editing. However, when I use HeidiSQL to check the database itself, it doesn't change anything at all.
Is there a step I'm missing?
Edit: Alternatively, being able to overwrite all rows in the database would work as well. This is a setup for updating remote computers using USB sticks, forcing it to match a source data table.
Edit 2: Added more code sample to show the source of the DT. The DataTable is prefilled in the calling function, and all rows have DataRow.SetModified(); applied.
Edit 3: Additional information. The Table is being filled with data from an XML file. Attempting fix suggested in comments.
Edit 4: Adding calling code, just in case.
Thank you for your help.

A: The simplest way which you may want to look into might be to TRUNCATE the destination table, then simply save the XML import to it (with AI off so it uses the imported ID if necessary).  The only problem may be with the rights to do that.  Otherwise...
What you are trying to do can almost be handled using the Merge method. However, it can't/won't know about deleted rows.  Since the method is acting on DataTables, if a row was deleted in the master database, it will simply not exist in the XML extract (versus a RowState of Deleted).  These can be weeded out with a loop.
Likewise, any new rows may get a different PK for an AI int.  To prevent that, just use a simple non-AI PK in the destination db so it can accept any number.
The XML loading:
private DataTable LoadXMLToDT(string filename)
{
    DataTable dt = new DataTable();
    dt.ReadXml(filename);
    return dt;
}

The merge code:
DataTable dtMaster = LoadXMLToDT(@"C:\Temp\dtsample.xml");
// just a debug monitor
var changes = dtMaster.GetChanges();

string SQL = "SELECT * FROM Destination";
using (MySqlConnection dbCon = new MySqlConnection(MySQLOtherDB))
{
    dtSample = new DataTable();
    daSample = new MySqlDataAdapter(SQL, dbCon);

    MySqlCommandBuilder cb = new MySqlCommandBuilder(daSample);
    daSample.UpdateCommand = cb.GetUpdateCommand();
    daSample.DeleteCommand = cb.GetDeleteCommand();
    daSample.InsertCommand = cb.GetInsertCommand();
    daSample.FillSchema(dtSample, SchemaType.Source);
    dbCon.Open();

    // the destination table
    daSample.Fill(dtSample);

    // handle deleted rows
    var drExisting = dtMaster.AsEnumerable()
                .Select(x => x.Field<int>("Id"));
    var drMasterDeleted = dtSample.AsEnumerable()
                .Where( q => !drExisting.Contains(q.Field<int>("Id")));

    // delete based on missing ID
    foreach (DataRow dr in drMasterDeleted)
        dr.Delete();

    // merge the XML into the tbl read
    dtSample.Merge(dtMaster,false, MissingSchemaAction.Add);

    int rowsChanged = daSample.Update(dtSample);
}

For whatever reason, rowsChanged always reports as many changes as there are total rows.  But changes from the Master/XML DataTable do flow thru to the other/destination table.
The delete code gets a list of existing IDs, then determines which rows needs to be deleted from the destination DataTable by whether the new XML table has a row with that ID or not.  All the missing rows are deleted, then the tables are merged.
The key is dtSample.Merge(dtMaster,false, MissingSchemaAction.Add); which merges the data from dtMaster with dtSample. The false param is what allows the incoming XML changes to overwrite values in the other table (and eventually be saved to the db).

I have no idea whether some of the issues like non matching AI PKs is a big deal or not, but this seems to handle all that I could find.  In reality, what you are trying to do is Database Synchronization.  Although with one table, and just a few rows, the above should work.


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There's no forced humour or slapstick, just weird thoughts and weirder execution. The film is made in a certain space and once you surrender yourself to it, it's an outrageous journey that you won't regret taking.
...the film is a sweet, slice-of-life drama about a kid who loves his mother and wants her life to be just a little bit better.
...it shows what art is here for; to pose tough questions and to show a mirror to society. So, if you need a reality check and want to know just what millions of Kashmiris go through each day, go and watch this wonderful little film in theatres.
...isn't a perfect shot and is lured by exquisite nothingness but it's intriguing and takes you back in time. Like love and life, it's uncertain and hopeful.
...is a fun ride that never gets too preachy or uncomfortable for the family audience.
The best part about the film is how relevant it is to our current scenario. Sure the 'good over evil' plotline has been done to death, especially in the animated movie genre, but this film by Shilpa Ranade, couldn't have had better timing.
Given that the film has released during the valentine's week, it may pique interests of young, college-going students. However, they should realise that their own lives, however dull, will seem more interesting and entertaining when compared with these characters.
...the plot is all too familiar and relatable for some. But the film feels like it is stuck in a limbo—between comedy and drama—and leaves you perplexed for reasons more than one.
...is a well-made film that highlights Kangana's prowess as an actor. For a first time filmmaker, she undoubtedly shows spark and potential as a storyteller.


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A Zanaka a francia Jain énekesnő első albuma, 2015. november 6-án jelent meg. A "Zanaka" madagaszkári nyelven azt jelenti "gyerekek", ezzel tiszteli meg édesanyját, aki francia-madagaszkári származású.

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A Batch of Gloomy Images Surfaces from the Upcoming Film "Les Misérables"
You might have heard a little about the latest Hollywood reincarnation that's garnering lots o' buzz across cyberspace and beyond, the beautiful mood killer Les Misérables.
Well, we've got a few more tidibits on the Tom Hooper-directed movie, which stars Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway, and Helena Bonham Carter and a bountiful amount of images from the movie below. Read more after the jump:
Les Misérables is the motion-picture adaptation of the beloved global stage sensation seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries and in 21 languages around the globe and still breaking box-office records everywhere in its 27th year. Helmed by The King's Speech's Academy Award®-winning director, Tom Hooper, the Working Title/Cameron Mackintosh production stars Hugh Jackman, Oscar® winner Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, with Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen.
Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption--a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. Jackman plays ex-prisoner Jean Valjean, hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe) after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever.
In December 2012, the world's longest-running musical brings its power to the big screen in Tom Hooper's sweeping and spectacular interpretation of Victor Hugo's epic tale. With international superstars and beloved songs--including "I Dreamed a Dream," "Bring Him Home," "One Day More" and "On My Own"--Les Misérables, the show of shows, is now reborn as the cinematic musical experience of a lifetime.
Also, William Nicholson (Gladiator, Elizabeth) wrote the screenplay. Images from the film to follow:
Les Misérables hits theaters December 25, 2012.
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Plaid Cymru Shadow Secretary for External Affairs, Steffan Lewis AM, has reiterated his party's pledge to oppose any Brexit deal which may leave Wales worse off.
His comments come as newly published figures by the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies show that leaving the European Union could see Wales lose out to the tune of £500m each year due to a potential cut of 3.2% to the Welsh budget.
Steffan Lewis said that people in Wales were misled by the Leave campaign who made countless empty promises on immigration and more funding for the NHS, adding that Plaid Cymru would do everything within its power to protect Wales from the consequences of these broken vows.
"These new figures published today lay bare the extent to which the Leave campaign misled people in Wales during the EU referendum. From cutting immigration to increased funding for the NHS, the Brexiteers' much-lauded vows are already unravelling.
"The referendum was not a vote to centralise power in Westminster nor to cut the Welsh budget – had it been, the outcome may well have been very different.
"A cut of £500m a year, as anticipated by the IFS, would signal a significant loss to the Welsh economy, on top of an already squeezed Welsh budget.
"Plaid Cymru has already argued that Wales should be given greater powers over the economy in order to generate jobs and growth, and protecting us from the impact of Brexit.
"Our priority always has and always will be to protect the Welsh national interest. That is why we will not be prepared to back any Brexit deal which leaves our country worse off.
"Today's figures are likely to cause even greater uncertainty - a factor which is toxic for the economy.
"The Prime Minister and her Brexit Ministry must not delay before outlining how Wales will be compensated for any loss of funding or risk facing defeat in her efforts to secure a EU-UK deal."


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Q: array.some and others not working in nodejs On my linux OS i was trying to write javascript code but certain Array functions would raise
console.log([false].every())
                    ^
TypeError: undefined is not a function

i first noticed this when working on a Vuejs (cli) project. But then i tested a simple .js script and ran it with:
node test.js

the code:
console.log('testing')
console.log([])
console.log([false].every)
console.log([false].every())

everything works until i call the function in line 4. When logging the funtion on line 3 it logs
[Function: every]

so this problem seems to be with node since some functions work like map
i'd appreciate any help with how i could fix my nodejs.
.some() also doesn't work i don't know if there are any others
SOLVED: stupid me was so sure he knew how to use the function my bad, thanks alot

A: The every function has one parameter that is required.
The parameter should be a function that will run on each element in the array.
For more info about it read here

A: You've not passed function that being executed during array walk that should return boolean result.
From manual (read carefully and see bold words):

The every() method tests whether all elements in the array pass the test implemented by the provided function.

And this is example of correct usage:

let isValidArrayOfIntegers;

isValidArrayOfIntegers =
  [1, 2, 3, 5.3, 0.1, false, true, NaN, undefined]
    .every(function(item) {
      return Number.isInteger(item);
    });

console.log(isValidArrayOfIntegers);

isValidArrayOfIntegers =
  [1, 2, 3]
    .every(function(item) {
      return Number.isInteger(item);
    });

console.log(isValidArrayOfIntegers);

P.S. every is shorthand to find method. Difference is that find finds first occurrence, stops iteration and returns valid element. But every finds first non valid occurrence and stops iteration with boolean result.

let isValidArrayOfIntegers;

isValidArrayOfIntegers =
      ![1, 2, 3, 0.1, 5.3, false, true]
        .find(function(item) {
          let isInteger = Number.isInteger(item);
          if (!isInteger) console.log(item, 'is not integer, breaking loop');
          return !isInteger;
        });

console.log(isValidArrayOfIntegers);

isValidArrayOfIntegers =
      ![1, 2, 3]
        .find(function(item) {
          return !Number.isInteger(item);
        });

console.log(isValidArrayOfIntegers);