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namespace occa {
  namespace cuda {
    class kernel;
    class memory;

    class device : public occa::launchedModeDevice_t {
      friend class kernel;

    private:
      mutable hash_t hash_;

      // We can't pass null, so we reuse a 1-byte buffer instead
      memory *nullPtr;

    public:
      int archMajorVersion, archMinorVersion;
      bool p2pEnabled;

      CUdevice  cuDevice;
      CUcontext cuContext;

      device(const occa::json &properties_);
      virtual ~device();

      virtual bool hasSeparateMemorySpace() const;

      virtual hash_t hash() const;

      virtual hash_t kernelHash(const occa::json &props) const;

      virtual lang::okl::withLauncher* createParser(const occa::json &props) const;

      void* getNullPtr();

      void setCudaContext();

      //---[ Stream ]-------------------
      virtual modeStream_t* createStream(const occa::json &props);
      virtual modeStream_t* wrapStream(void* ptr, const occa::json &props);

      virtual streamTag tagStream();
      virtual void waitFor(streamTag tag);
      virtual double timeBetween(const streamTag &startTag,
                                 const streamTag &endTag);

      CUstream& getCuStream() const;
      //================================

      //---[ Kernel ]-------------------
      modeKernel_t* buildKernelFromProcessedSource(const hash_t kernelHash,
                                                   const std::string &hashDir,
                                                   const std::string &kernelName,
                                                   const std::string &sourceFilename,
                                                   const std::string &binaryFilename,
                                                   const bool usingOkl,
                                                   lang::sourceMetadata_t &launcherMetadata,
                                                   lang::sourceMetadata_t &deviceMetadata,
                                                   const occa::json &kernelProps);

      void setArchCompilerFlags(const occa::json &kernelProps,
                                std::string &compilerFlags);

      void compileKernel(const std::string &hashDir,
                         const std::string &kernelName,
                         const std::string &sourceFilename,
                         const std::string &binaryFilename,
                         const occa::json &kernelProps);

      modeKernel_t* buildOKLKernelFromBinary(const hash_t kernelHash,
                                             const std::string &hashDir,
                                             const std::string &kernelName,
                                             const std::string &sourceFilename,
                                             const std::string &binaryFilename,
                                             lang::sourceMetadata_t &launcherMetadata,
                                             lang::sourceMetadata_t &deviceMetadata,
                                             const occa::json &kernelProps);

      virtual modeKernel_t* buildKernelFromBinary(const std::string &filename,
                                                  const std::string &kernelName,
                                                  const occa::json &props);
      //================================

      //---[ Memory ]-------------------
      virtual modeMemory_t* malloc(const udim_t bytes,
                                   const void *src,
                                   const occa::json &props);

      modeMemory_t* wrapMemory(const void *ptr,
                               const udim_t bytes,
                               const occa::json &props);

      virtual udim_t memorySize() const;
      //================================
    };
  }
}

#endif


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Blog | NCR Today
For the future of new evangelization, look to Ukraine
by John L. Allen Jr.
Bishop Borys Gudziak, rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University
Lviv, Ukraine — Back in 1974, music writer John Landau achieved immortality after attending a set in the Harvard Square Theatre by a then-obscure act out of New Jersey, and declaring: "I have seen the future of rock and roll, and its name is Bruce Springsteen."
In a similar vein, let me say here and now: "I have seen the future of the new evangelization, and its name is the Ukrainian Catholic University."
If the place eventually becomes known as "the Boss" of Catholic evangelism, remember you heard it here first.
Located in Lviv in western Ukraine, the university is part of the revival of the Greek Catholic Church after the fall of the Soviet empire, when it was the largest illegal religious body in the world. The biggest of the 22 Eastern churches in communion with Rome, it has more than 3 million followers in Ukraine and around 5.5 million worldwide.
Re-established in 1994, with an enrollment today around 1,600, this is the only Catholic university in the former Soviet sphere; as they like to say, it's the only Catholic university "between Poland and Japan."
Its bold aim is nothing less than to "rethink" what a Catholic university can be in the 21st century.
I was at the university over the weekend for a speaking gig, and on Saturday, I sat down with Bishop Borys Gudziak, the rector and driving force. (Gudziak, 51, was recently named Apostolic Exarch of France, but he'll continue to play a role here.) He explained that during a reflection process in the early 1990s, planners identified two core challenges:
Building on the legacy of the Ukrainian martyrs during the period of Soviet oppression, when the Greek Catholic Church was the most important source of social opposition. No country produced more martyrs in the 20th century, and the university's aim, Gudziak said, is to pioneer "a new social, intellectual, and theological synthesis" of that experience – a theology, so to speak, born of the catacombs.
Repairing a deficit of social trust, Gudziak said, because "the Ukrainian soul and psyche have been profoundly marked" by the Soviet period, in which "the system killed systematically." In that milieu, he said, Ukrainians were taught from early childhood "to think one thing, say another and do a third," and so they learned to wear masks, to hide themselves, and never to trust anyone else.
The response has been as acute as the diagnosis.
With regard to the martyrs, Gudziak believes a theological synthesis of their suffering will have less to do with doctrinal theory than an "ecclesiastical style," which he describes in terms of "humility" and "being close to the people."
"When times are difficult, you're stripped down and forced to look at the essentials," he said. "You fall back on the basic Christian experiences of being together, supporting one another, praying together and being community ... overcoming the negation of the Gospel without any pretense or imposition."
Gudziak believes that style is a "tangible presence" in Greek Catholicism, and not only because of the martyrs and the gulags.
"Our relationship of clergy to laity is also conditioned by the fact that our priests are married to lay women, and they have lay children at home," he said.
This combination of factors, Gudziak suggested, allows the university to be a place where a church that prizes humility, closeness to the people, and taking the lay role seriously becomes self-reflective.
As for the trust deficit, the response has been even more innovative. To help people learn to take off their masks, the university turned to the insights of Henri Nouwen, Jean Vanier, and the L'Arche movement, inviting mentally handicapped people to become part of their community. (Gudziak studied under Nouwen at Harvard.)
At the Ukrainian Catholic University, the mentally handicapped actually serve as "professors of human relations."
"This is not some kind of handout," Gudziak insists. "We need the gifts they have. They don't care if you're a rector, a doctor, or how rich you are. What they force us to confront is the most important pedagogical question of all: Can you love me?"
New residences include apartments for these "professors of human relations" to live among the university's students, becoming part of the daily fabric of their lives.
I asked Gudziak if this experience has actually helped make the university a more loving place.
"It's as if you put a shot of rum into some chocolate chip cookies," he said. "There's a different flavor, and if you know what rum is, you'll recognize it." Similarly, he said, if you know what love is, you'll feel it in the relationships these people have helped to forge.
All that would be remarkable under any circumstances, and the vision exercises a powerful gravitational pull. Deans with Ph.D.s from places such as Oxford and Harvard earn a salary that works out to about $9,000 a year, which admittedly goes farther in Lviv than in New York or Rome – but, let's face it, not that much farther.
In the context of present-day Ukraine, however, this place is nothing short of a miracle.
The country's political leadership is drifting towards old-school authoritarianism. Although there are roughly 170 universities in Ukraine, most are heavily dependent on state funding and thus tend to stifle dissent. Observers say only a handful foster a climate in which civil society can find its voice on issues such as corruption and the rule of law, and the Catholic University is perhaps the most visible example.
They've paid a price. A couple of years ago, Gudziak got a chilling visit from Ukrainian security agents suggesting that his students shouldn't protest a visit to Lviv by President Viktor Yanukovych, a pro-Russian figure whom many Ukrainians see as beholden to Moscow and to his country's oligarchs. Rather than kowtowing, Gudziak published a memo describing the meeting and outlining a broader campaign of harassment (including tapping his phones), which elicited support for the university from diplomats, NGOs, and a cross-section of Ukrainian intellectuals and activists.
Now the university is facing another round of pressure, with questions from government officials about its accreditation. Once again, all signals are that they have no intention of allowing themselves to be muzzled, believing that the road to democracy and an open society doesn't run in that direction.
I came to Ukraine this weekend thinking I was taking a break from the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization, where the focus is on reviving the church's missionary energies in the 21st century. I came back to Rome believing instead that I had seen the New Evangelization in action – a profoundly, palpably Catholic place, where the spiritual roots run deep, flying on the wings of martyrs and the mentally handicapped, and courageously engaging the issues of the day, even when doing so takes guts.
The university currently has an ambitious expansion plan, with construction already underway. Ironically, the new facilities are located on a stretch of land that once contained a massive Communist cultural center, which means that one vision of human society is literally being supplanted by another, this one rooted in Catholic thought and life.
People looking for information about the university can find it here: http://ucu.edu.ua/eng/
"In an era of globalization, we're seeing the ravages of ideological, national, ethnic and confessional particularism," Gudziak said. "We rejoice in the fellowship we have with Rome and the broader church, this global community of human beings struggling to live their God-given human dignity fully."
Frankly, the rest of us in that global community have solid reasons to rejoice at what's happening in Lviv.
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This leaves just the quadruple axel, which is especially difficult because the front-facing takeoff means that it involves four and a half revolutions instead of just four.3 But top skaters and coaches expect someone to get there relatively soon, quite possibly a member of the current generation. However, at present, the top jumpers all only have three quads each: besides the toe and salchow, Yuzuru Hanyu has the loop, Boyang Jin the lutz and Shōma Uno the flip.4 Nathan Chen almost has the lutz and the flip, and it'll be interesting to see if he lands both cleanly this season. That would give him Victor's full repertoire, though landing them all cleanly in the same program in competition would involve jumping over a much, much higher bar.
As for the ladies, the only woman to land a ratified quad was Miki Andō, who is credited with a successful quad salchow at the JGP final in 2002, though it's apparently under-rotated. Technically, the triple axel remains the jump that women attempt in order to differentiate themselves, although the broad consensus is that successfully pulling off a triple-triple jumping pass is what distinguishes the top female skaters from the rest. And more importantly, there has been a lot of emphasis on the more subjective elements of their programs as well—choreography, interpretation and even how expressively they perform.
Given these developments, fans and commentators have started debating whether this "quad revolution" has been beneficial for the men's side of the sport. In the early days after Evan Lysacek's controversial quad-less win over Evgeni Plushenko at the 2010 Vancouver Games, quads were lauded for making figure skating more exciting to watch. Even at this year's US nationals, Adam Rippon's win despite a fall on his sole quad attempt drew comments that US judges were "stuck in the past". But coming in to bat for the other side, even former proponents now lament that many programs are about moving from one jump to the next, with less attention being paid to improving basic skating skills and artistry.
However, it remains true that quads are more exciting for casual viewers, especially when combined with exquisite footwork and artistry. Hanyu and Javier Fernandez, in particular, are pushing the envelope in all aspects of the sport, raising the bar with each passing year. So, we may well see a real-life Victor in the very near future. And as we approach the limits of what the human body seems to be able to handle, perhaps women's figure skating offers some insights as to where the sport will head next: back to polishing basic skills, artistry and the passion they weave into their performances. Whatever your position on that debate, it is arguably a fantastic time to be a skating fan. Especially if you also love anime, like me.


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"Just Who Do We Think We Are?": Real People with Real Lives Affected (Really!) by Marriage Equality
Every time something like this happens, somebody says we have to have a conversation about race. We talk a lot about race. There's no shortcut. And we don't need more talk. (Loud applause.)
~ President Obama eulogizing Rev. Clementa Pinckney, 26 June 2015
Two days ago, I took the unusual step of blocking someone in my Facebook feed, who was not even a Facebook friend of mine. I could, however, see her comments on the feed of mutual Facebook friends of ours. Here's why I blocked her: as the venom poured forth in Catholic and other "Christian" circles following Obergefell, our mutual Facebook friend said something lik the following: "Friends, as you vent about this Supreme Court ruling and talk about how it affects you, please remember that it affects me, too. And that I'm a real human being whose life is radically involved in this court ruling, which gives me great joy." This man is, by the way, like the person I've just blocked, a church-going, very committed Catholic.
The response of the person I blocked: "Gosh, thank you for pointing that out. It had honestly never occurred to me to look at it this way. I've been thinking that the best place to stand is in the middle and listen to both sides. Now I'm going to have to think about what that position means to you."
And so here's why I blocked this person, who's a Catholic blogger — why I don't ever want to have to see anything she writes, ever again, if I can help it. She and I had a set-to several years ago about this very issue. When she stated proudly in some Catholic venue that she's just a centrist, darn it, when all is said and done, and she loves to stand in the middle and try to listen to "both sides," I pushed back.
I pointed out that pretending to stand in the middle while people are being denied rights and abused is really standing with the abusers. I pointed out that people who are in the middle of the fray, as people strugging for their rights and recognition of their humanity have no choice except to be, don't have the luxury of pretending that they're above it all, objective, uncommitted, picking and choosing the best from "both sides." And then she started blocking my comments about this on her blog. And she emailed me to tell me that, as an employee of a Catholic institution, she can't stand publicly with LGBT folks, even though her blog proudly proclaims that, as a faithful Catholic, she's offering good bread anyone in the whole world who's hungry.
Bread. Not stones.
As President Obama is vis-a-vis "conversations" about race, I'm tired of the pretend-talking that takes place among centrist, "objective," above-it-all Christians when the subject is how LGBT people are being treated by the Christian community. I'm tired of the pretense of centrists that we who are LGBT aren't even in the room as these "conversations" are being carried out, and that we have nothing to say to those definining our identity without inviting us into these identity-defining "conversations."
I'm tired of the pretense that these "conversations" aren't really about impeding the forward movement of church and society in the matter of LGBT rights, in the matter of recognizing the full humanity of those who are gay. I'm also tired of the pretense that this cannot-stand-with-you response on the part of centrist Catholics is in any way adequately Catholic.
It simply is not, because it assumes that your life is over there, the shining rule and norm, and mine over here, the failure to meet your shining rule and norm.
Here are some first-hand testimonies from out gay folks commenting on Obergefell and how it affects their lives and will affect other lives, which have moved me lately. First, my friend Alan McCornick responding to Justice John Roberts's fatuous question in his statement of dissent last Friday, "Just who do we think we are?":
I speak as a person who grew up gay in homophobic America. To this day I have members of my own biological family who believe their duty to their God requires that they not recognize my relationship with my husband. It took me the first several decades of my life to rid myself of the sense of wretchedness that comes with family rejection. Some people manage to spot the arbitrariness of religious interpretation, hang on to their religion and still get out from under the homophobia of the churches they belong to, usually quite by accident of birth. I had to shake off religious doctrine as a mark of provincialism and lack of familiarity with the richness of life before I was able entirely to make that great leap into freedom and dignity.
We live in communities. It's not enough for most people to know what's right and do it regardless of the consequences. Most of us need approval of our family, friends and peers. But like many LGBT people who have lived in a hostile home, I have come to understand in the marrow of my bones that my right to human dignity is absolute. Those who would have me buy into the view that I am "fundamentally flawed" or "intrinsically disordered" – the second of those two ways of putting it comes from the pope of the Catholics himself – are just plain wrong. Dead wrong. Cruelly wrong. people are incapable of undermining and subverting entrenched institutional injustices.
There's just who Alan McCornick, one thoughtful, intelligent gay man affected by last Friday's decision thinks he is, Justice Roberts. Since you're Catholic, I assume you'll be listening carefully, since the very essence of what it means to be Catholic is to recognize that his life connects to your life. And Catholic blogger lady whom I've just blocked at Facebook so I don't have to read your comments any more: since you wouldn't listen several years ago when I made this very same point to you, perhaps you'll listen to Alan now, since you've just told our mutual Catholic friend on Facebook that you've had the sudden revelation that all these conversations are about real lives!
Here's Frank Bruni in New York Times about how the Supreme Court decision was ultimately about the worth of some human lives:
Tomorrow's 12-year-old won't feel the foreboding that yesterday's did. Tomorrow's 16-year-old will be less likely to confront, sort through and reject so many sad stereotypes of what it means to be gay or lesbian.
There won't be so many apologies and explanations for the 20-year-old, 30-year-old or 45-year-old, and there won't be such a ready acceptance of limits. There won't be the same limits, period.
And that's because the Supreme Court's decision wasn't simply about weddings. It was about worth. From the highest of this nation's perches, in the most authoritative of this nation's voices, a majority of justices told a minority of Americans that they're normal and that they belong — fully, joyously and with cake.
Finally, Glenn Greenwald on how, when all is said and done, it was the growing recognition of many Americans that their LGBT family members, friends, neighbors, and co-workers are human just as they are human which made Obergefell possible:
Still, that the Supreme Court has now ruled that the Constitution bars discrimination even in marriage laws is a remarkable development for a country that has for centuries imposed untold ostracization, misery and legal punishment on its citizens for the crime of being gay. It demonstrates that real political change typically comes from citizens, not leaders. It highlights how difficult it is to demonize and Otherize people when they're not invisible. And it exposes the myth of defeatism: that people are incapable of undermining and subverting entrenched institutional injustices.
It boggles my mind that some Christians, some Catholics included, continue to think that they can adequately define Christianity (or Catholicism) without recognizing the full humanity of LGBT people. And that they can ethically and with integrity continue carrying on endless "conversations" about these matters as they pretend that they — the well-born members of the Christian community, the heterosexual ones — are the only people in the room, and the only people whose voices matter.
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A low-cost managed security appliance should be out of the reach of small businesses. This particular product/service package challenges that assumption.
RRP: £150 (Eli appliance); £432 (25-users for 12 months); VPN feature included in price.
The security industry has convinced itself that the way forward for small businesses is to adopt managed services, and consign DIY IT to the bin for good. Security is now so involved and full-on, that it is hard to see how many small companies can afford to employ someone only to carry out that function, and that function alone.
They have a point, then, but the sticky issue has always been cost. Don't believe the reseller pitch. Managed security doesn't necessarily come cheap, any more than managed IT comes cheap.
A US company, Eli, has just launched in the UK through partner Unipalm, selling a possible solution for companies of up to 25 users. It's a security appliance that has been designed specifically to be managed remotely, with an annual subscription fee that doesn't cost the earth. It claims to be able to do everything, so once it has been set up can literally be forgotten about as long as the bills are paid.
Intriguingly, Eli is also going to try and sell the idea to consumers once Unipalm has found itself a channel to do the hard work. Selling low-cost manageD services to SMEs is radical enough; selling the same idea to the computer illiterate is about as close to the word "revolutionary" as you can get without sounding drunk.
As well as site security, it can do useful and usually tricky things like VPN-to-VPN connectivity. We weren't able to test this on the unit we got (the VPN package won't be available until May), but his could make it worth considering on its own. Eli claims that a site-to-site connection for a distributed organization can be set up in five minutes, considerably less than would normally be required. The VPN can be set up between Eli boxes, or to any IPSec compatible equipment.
The Eli comes out of its box looking like a bulkier version of the wireless routers you can find in any PC World outlet. Dressed in sliver and black plastic, it features an integrated ADSL2 modem, a 4-port 10/100 switch, and an 802.11b/g wireless access point with a single aerial. About the only elements that mark it out are that it has a built-in print server, a tiny switch to configure it to use an external modem/router, and – rivals pay attention please – an ON/OFF switch.
Log into the Eli itself and the sparseness of the interface makes clear its managed design. Other than the ISP setup utility, there is little more to hand than logging and status information. With the ISP connection up, the Eli gateway connects to a remote server, downloading any recent software updates. This can take a few minutes, and can't be interrupted for any reason.
The security itself is configured on the Eli website, after an account has been activated. All the security components you'd expect are configured here; anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-phishing, content filtering (from Blue Coat), wireless security, application-specific controls, and firewall policies. It's all very simple to grasp, and the application controls (which would stop gaming and IM for instance) work well, though there is nothing to lock down an errant VoIP program.
Once security policies have been configured as desired, all subsequent software updates for elements such as anti-virus happen transparently and without the customer having to intervene, up to four times a day, or 12 times a day for content filtering. The Eli does respectably well for wireless security, supporting up to 256-bit WPA encryption as well as the now discredited 64-bit WEP. It has no support for RADIUS authentication, though this might turn up on later versions.
There are a number of issues with small network managed security that need pondering. Just because the gateway is remotely managed does not mean, for instance, that client security can be ignored, and nor would Eli claim that it does. It is still essential to install anti-virus on clients, not least because some of them - laptops for instance – will travel away from the Eli and connect through other gateways.
The Eli is a way of taking some of the work out of security – it is not a complete replacement for all other defences. Bear in mind that SME customers are allowed up to five policy changes per month as part of their subscription package. This is a liveable restriction as they shouldn't need changing more often than that anyway.
Is the box itself up to the sort of traffic demands that might be thrown at it by 25 users? That's hard to say, though it shouldn't become too much of a bottleneck. We'd be less convinced about the Wireless LAN, however, as that lacks any of the MIMO (multi-in, multi-out) radio range extension now common on rivals, and it obviously designed for undemanding "informal" setups. Unless you really need it, it might be worth simply turning the WLAN feature off.
The Eli is, in case you haven't spotted it, really a sort of low-end Unified Threat Management (UTM) box. Where it differs subtly from most of its rivals is that it is not simply an appliance that can be connected to and remotely configured – the configuration process happens remotely too. This has the advantage that the device itself is less of a security weak point, at least in theory. Updates come automatically so don't need to be fretted over, and firmware updating is also automatic.
The Eli VPN feature will be launched in May, but we understand it won't cost extra. Overall, as a way of layering a decent level of security for a small office of offsite branch, and doing so at low cost, the Eli looks highly attractive. It's not foolproof – you'll still need a client layer of software security – but it is highly innovative. Now if only the rest of the industry would catch up.
It is difficult to generalise about all-in-one security appliances. How much security comes as standard, and how much comes as extra for a separate fee? How upgradeable is it? What size of network does it support? Can it maintain throughput for users even when all modules are loaded? And what does this all cost if it is offered in a managed form?


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An additional ISA allowance is available for spouses or civil partners when an ISA saver dies. The additional ISA allowance is equal to the value of a deceased person's accounts at the time of their death and is in addition to the normal ISA subscription limit. There are time limits within which the additional allowance has to be used. In certain circumstances an individual can transfer to their own ISA non-cash assets such as stocks and shares previously held by their spouse.
In most cases, it is envisaged that the additional allowance will be used to subscribe to an ISA offered by the same financial institution that provided the deceased person's ISA. As the rules allow the transfer of stocks and shares directly into the new ISA, in many cases the effect will be that the investments are left intact and the spouse becomes the new owner of the deceased person's ISA.
The tax advantaged treatment of ISAs continues whilst an individual's estate is in administration.
Tax advantages
The income from ISA investments is exempt from income tax.
Any capital gains made on investments held in an ISA are exempt from capital gains tax.
Uses of an ISA
Many people use an ISA in the first instance, to save for a rainy day. Since they were first introduced people have used them to save for retirement, to complement their pension plans or to save for future repayment of their mortgage to give just a few examples. We have known young people, wary of commitment to long-term saving start an ISA and when more certain of the future use it as a lump sum to start another financial plan.
Help to Buy ISA
The Help to Buy ISA, which provides a tax-free savings account for first time buyers wishing to save for a home.
The scheme will provide a government bonus to each person who has saved into a Help to Buy ISA at the point they use their savings to purchase their first home. For every £200 a first time buyer saves, the government will provide a £50 bonus up to a maximum bonus of £3,000 on £12,000 of savings.
Help to Buy ISAs are subject to eligibility rules and limits:
An individual is only eligible for one account throughout the lifetime of the scheme and it is only available to first time buyers.
Interest received on the account will be tax-free.
Savings are limited to a monthly maximum of £200 with an opportunity to deposit an additional £1,000 when the account is first opened.
The government will provide a 25% bonus on the total amount saved including interest, capped at a maximum of £3,000 which is tax-free.
The bonus will be paid when the first home is purchased.
The bonus can only be put towards a first home located in the UK with a purchase value of £450,000 or less in London and £250,000 or less in the rest of the UK.
The government bonus can be claimed at any time, subject to a minimum bonus amount of £400.
The accounts are limited to one per person rather than one per home so those buying together can both receive a bonus.
The government has confirmed that Help to Buy ISA accounts will be available until 30 November 2019, when this type of account will be withdrawn for new savers. Those individuals that already have an account can keep saving until 30 November 2029, when accounts will close to additional contributions. An individual must claim their bonus by 1 December 2030.
A Lifetime ISA is available for adults under the age of 40. Individuals are able to contribute up to £4,000 per year and receive a 25% bonus on the contributions from the government. Funds, including the government bonus, can be used to buy a first home at any time from 12 months after opening the account, and can be withdrawn from age 60 completely tax-free.
Further details of the Lifetime ISA are as follows:
Any savings an individual puts into the account before their 50th birthday will receive an added 25% bonus from the government.
There is no maximum monthly contribution and up to £4,000 a year can be saved into a Lifetime ISA.
The detailed rules are based on those for the Help to Buy ISA, in that the withdrawal must be for the purchase of a property for the first-time buyer to live in as their only residence and not buy-to-let. There are differences, however. In particular, the bonuses within the Lifetime ISA can be used to fund the initial deposit on the home whereas the Help to Buy bonus can only fund the completion of the purchase.
The savings and bonus can be used towards a deposit on a first home worth up to £450,000 across the country.
Accounts are limited to one per person rather than one per home, so two first-time buyers can both receive a bonus when buying together.
An individual that has a Help to Buy ISA may transfer those savings into a Lifetime ISA, or continue saving into both. However, only the bonus from one account can be used to buy a house.
Where the funds are withdrawn at any time before the account holder is aged 60 they will lose the government bonus (and any interest or growth on this) and will also have to pay a 25% charge.
After the account holder's 60th birthday they will be able to take all the savings tax-free.
Junior Individual Savings Account (Junior ISA)
Junior ISAs are available for UK resident children under the age of 18 who do not have a CTF account. Junior ISAs are tax advantaged and have many features in common with ISAs. They can be cash or stocks and shares based products. The annual subscription limit for Junior ISA and Child Trust Fund accounts is £4,368 for 2019/20 (£4,260 for 2018/19).
A transfer of savings from a CTF to a Junior ISA is permitted at the request of the registered contact for the CTF.
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When do heifers start to "Bag up"?
Just an update: Fatty Udder, not bred. She has 2 ovaries,(Which is why she was cycling, and now that the "bull" is a steer, he's lost interest & only has his mind on feed, where it belongs!) one ovary is deformed, and has a vagina, but no uterus in between, so, no calf. Which is great news...
redneckcowgirlmn
Forum: Breeding / Calving Issues
Searching for POA
p.m. sent, let me know what happens. If they have one you like, & you need help with transport, let me know, I may be able to help... my kid's heading back to Montana on Wednesday, and not much going on after that, so I could make time for a road trip.
Forum: Horse Talk!
Hey! There's a POA breeder right down the road from me, & they're selling off a lot of them, sign in the front yard says weanlings, yearlings, mares for sale. I'll go get their # & p.m. it to you, they're (we're) about 45 min to an hour north of Minneapolis, MN.
Feeding corn ethanol byproduct...?
I'm sorry, I quoted that wrong... $50 for a load, (forgot how much in a load) he wanted to drop off 100 gallons for me to try on my cows.
Forum: Health & Nutrition
Hey, SS, where have ya been? Nice filly... what's up with the mare... a blue-buckskin roan? That's...different! At least you can ID her in a field, unlike my herd of blaze-faced sorrels, LOL!
Hi all, Okay, local crazy firewood supplier guy came over the other day, to drop off the wood for winter, and was just foaming at the mouth over his "feeding program". Seems, he gets truckloads of this yellow calf-scour looking stuff, dumps it in tanks, and his horses, cows, hogs, & everything...
Okay, thanks, everyone, I'll let you know what he says!
Thanks for the reply, they have been together since we got them a year ago... vet was going to castrate way back when, long story short, bull calf came with pneumonia, wanted to wait 'till he was over it...(which took forever-he was a preemie- got "Quite a Deal" on the pair. Bought them to raise...
Hi, Y'all remember that freemartin heifer I bugged you about? Well got the bull calf cut on March 24th, and they've been out on pasture since. They are now 13 months old, give or take a week. Last week, I noticed this: COULD she be bred? (He rode her about every 16 days, before he got...
Horse Rating Scale
1. Ya gotta set firecrackers off under it's belly to get it to open it's eyes 2. Will ride, but you gotta keep up on the riding crop and spurs to keep it awake 3. Will walk & trot at will, might turn, but needs a motivator to go any faster 4. Average Kid broke horse, been there, done that, might...
Just some fun pics
Oh yea, and for fun, a video. :lol:
Haven't posted in a while, been playing with the kids and horses, but took a few pics, and wanted to share. Went to a little show this last weekend, the 3 yr old got a 5th in leadline tiny tot showmanship. (He answered the judge's question of "What is this called{points to saddle horn}?" Kid...
fur to much!?!?!?
LMAO! What cracks me up, is Y'all taking the time to COUNT the cats! We have 2 cats in the house, ONLY because it's a 100 yr old farm house, and the mice keep coming in, no matter HOW much of that yellow expanding foamy stuff I fill cracks with, and the dang dogs just watch the mice steal food...
Forum: Coffee Shop
Don't know if this helps or not, but had a "lazy" mare a few yrs ago, she'd do a 3 point nose skid landing in the middle of a trail, just seemed to forget to pick up her feet sometimes. Farrier did the rolled toe thing with her shoes, didn't help all that much. He said to put a pair of splint...
Forum: Horse Care
Diagram for beef cuts?
I guess there's a few up here, and I've seen it done once before, the guy showed up in a truck, shot them in the head where they stood in the pasture,(I guess I thought this was pretty interesting, because they never saw it coming, and never got excited or stressed.) hooked them up to a hoist...
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Circle Flies
A farmer got pulled over by a state trooper for speeding, and the trooper started to lecture the farmer about his speed, and in general began to throw his weight around to try to make the farmer uncomfortable. Finally, the trooper got around to writing out the ticket, and as he was doing that he...
Thank You! :D
Hi, (yea, here she goes again, LOL!) Any ideas to a link or 2 of beef butchering charts, diagrams and stuff? No, I'm NOT doing it myself, tempting as it is, just curious as to what all the cuts are, and where they all come from on the carcass. And, in everyone's opinion, if you're only doing 2...
What was the name of your first horse?
"Lady", a fleabit grey arab. Used to let the horses out on our yard "Grass" outside Phoenix, in the spring, and I remember her rolling, and getting little purple spots from the little wildflowers.
Worst name growing up with
My little brother and his wife named their first daughter "Sunny Joy". Have a friend in Ca who named her daughter "Arrayah Sunshine" Worked for a logging company, and the owner's son was named "Trapper Hunter Fischer" Almost named my 3 yr old Aaron Steven, but his last name starts with an S...


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'Paul Martin's priest says he is undecided on same-sex marriage, yet he concedes that the homosexual act is inherently sinful.'
Hay-Roe February 28 2005
THE MAIL Hay-Roe February 28 2005
Hay-Roe
Same-sex: relenting or repenting
I am pleased to hear Father John Walsh's comments about same-sex marriage ("If there is no place for the sinner, there is no place for me," The Maclean's Interview, Feb. 14). We need more Church leaders to be as open and loving as he is, instead of being so damn judgmental. I am a straight, fully practising Roman Catholic and I am ashamed of how so many priests hound us with their self-righteousness Sunday after Sunday.
Rosemary Merkley, Midland, Ont.
Father John Walsh has to be the most sensible, compassionate and loving Catholic priest in the world. But I do have a few disagreements with him. I am totally against same-sex marriage, mainly because it dishonours heterosexual marriage that was instituted to help a man and a woman to produce and properly raise a family of upstanding citizens. I'm not against government-registered same-sex unions, but they should be called by some other title. Still, Father John is right when he says that it's healthy for Canadians to be in this debate. Cy Poissant, Blairmore, Alta.
Thank you for the interview with Father John Walsh. I agree with him when he said, "the debate [about same-sex marriage] has become confrontational rather than conversational, and that I find a very sad situation." Human history is full of confrontation and relatively little conversation. When two consenting adults love each other and are committed to one another, what is the problem? Does it change anyone else's marriage? Perhaps we should take a deep breath and focus on real issues such as poverty, homelessness, preventable diseases and inadequate health care. We in Canada like to think we are advanced but our journey toward true social justice is only beginning.
Glenda Komenac, Eikford, B.c.
Is it any wonder our Prime Minister can rationalize his support of homosexual marriage relative to his Catholic religion when
his own priest, Father Walsh, won't support the Church's position on this issue? Both men are misguided.
Harry Legris, Guelph, Ont.
Bovine big business
Thanks for Brian Bergman's "It's mad cow madness" (Feb. 14). I am the daughter of a sodbuster who arrived in Alberta in 1903 to open up the country. Our cattle, pigs and chickens ate grain grown on our farms. Three members of my family now ranching in Alberta also feed grain to their cattle. So what happens to these animals when they leave the ranch and move to big feedlots to
be finished before slaughter? Big business feeds them on the cheap. Why can't these corporations invest in their own farms to grow grain, turn animal parts into food for the soil, and burn the bones and spinal columns as they do in Britain? As for BSE testing, the cost should be borne by the federal government for its slowness of action in this dilemma.
Olga Walker, Smithers, B.C.
Dinner, sure, but no humble pie
Steve Maich wrote in his column All Business (Feb. 14) that I had not "mistakenly" used the company's chequebook (Hollinger International) to pay for my wife's $42,000 birthday party. The dinner in question was a corporate one at year-end, following a directors' meeting, and was attended by almost all the directors and their spouses. Because it happened to be on my wife's 60th birthday, I proposed a toast to her and imported a singer from the Metropolitan Opera House at my own expense to sing her an aria, and paid personally for one-third of the dinner. For Maich to compare this to the huge bankruptcies costing shareholders billions of dollars, and numerous felony convictions, at Enron and WorldCom (while Hollinger shareholders have prospered), is, to say the least, irresponsible. Good corporate governance will not be assisted by the misplaced selfrighteousness of elements of the press, who as a group have little to teach the business community about ethics.
Conrad Black, chairman and CEO, Argus Corp., Toronto
A 'Gas,' pure and simple
One of the unsung delights of Corner Gas ("Small-town shtick," Profile, Feb. 14) that makes it the most enjoyable sitcom on television today is the happy absence of irritating, unnecessary and insulting canned laughter.
Trevor Raymond, Georgetown, Ont.
No monopoly on suffering
It is hard to fault Peter C. Newman's assertion that David Ahenakew should lose his membership in the Order of Canada ("Smug about anti-semitism," Feb. 7). Newman's persistence to oust Ahenakew reminds me of Mackenzie King's "none is too many" when our former prime minister refused entry to Jews fleeing Hitler's ovens. What is
The hot issues I AntiSemitism and same-sex marriage still smoulder
Clearly, racist remarks and gay unions are subjects that galvanize our readers. Letters poured in about Peter C. Newman's column damning Order of Canada recipient David Ahenakew for his malicious statements about Jews. As for Father John Walsh, he was applauded and criticized almost in equal measure for his remarks about sin and same-sex marriage.
clear to this Jew is Canadians are indifferent. One of the most telling qualities of a nation's citizenry is how folks behave in the face of injustice. In the case ofjew-hating, Canucks appear to ignore what is commonly termed anti-Semitism. And that silence is the hatemonger's friend. That's how the Holocaust happened. Remember?
Mendelson Joe, Emsdale, Ont.
I am a member of the Okanagan Nation in B.C., and I say, yes, former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations David Ahenakew must be removed from the Order of Canada. Yes, he is an unrepentant excuse for a man in every sense of the word, but why give him mention in your magazine? It simply gives him the benefit of an audience. Furthermore, the Jews do not hold a monopoly on suffering and genocide. Just ask an indigenous person. Ask an Armenian or ask an Irish person living in Belfast if racism is alive and well. At least Newman can pass for a Gentile. For the rest of us, well, it's get to the back of the bus.
Byron Louis, Vernon, B.C.
If Peter C. Newman wants to exact revenge on bigmouth Ahenakew, he should find a vehicle other than the Order of Canada. This is an honour bestowed on Canadians for their past accomplishments. Besides, I am sure Ahenakew has learned his lesson
by being ostracized and will, no doubt, be further humiliated in a court of law.
Joe Palaschuk, Judique, N.S.
Peter C. Newman uses the irresponsible behaviour of 20-year-old Prince Harry as the basis for arguing for the abolition of the Canadian model of government that has served us so well. And in citing the Nazi sympathies of Edward VIII, Newman overlooks the heroic behaviour of King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, who, in refusing to leave London during the Blitz of the Second World War, exposed themselves and their family to great danger in order to be among their people. We should not fear that the conduct of any future monarch will serve to embarrass or humiliate Canadians. There are already enough Canadian politicians doing that particular job and doing it quite well.
John Thévenot, Deux-Montagnes, Que.
Thanks for the great article on "101 easy ways to save the environment, and money too" (Cover, Jan. 24). I was surprised that
one of my favourite ideas was not on your list—reducing the number of plastic shopping bags. There are so many opportunities to say no to a plastic shopping bag—telling the checkout person not to doublebag the toilet paper, adding the one item you are getting from this store to the bag you were given in the last place, telling the convenience store clerk not to bag the carton of milk that is going straight into your car. If every adult North American says no to just two plastic shopping bags a week, that means 28 billion fewer bags have to be manufactured and disposed of in one year. Glenn Mair, Vancouver
I loved your environment cover package stories. However, the headline should have been "101 ways to save our environment," not the environment. By calling it the environment, we externalize it from ourselves. We need to get used to the idea that the world is our home; it is part of us. And what we do to the world, we do to ourselves.
Gabriel Hurley, Winnipeg
Running toward Armageddon
For this reader, the cover of your Feb. 7 issue ("How to get richer in '05") accurately identifies the chains of greed that keep us mired in tragic conflict. Contrary to good advice from an ancient and otherwise wellrespected teacher, the money-changers have indeed taken over the temple. As demonstrated by oil wars and other global ineptitudes, the perceived riches of financial success have almost eliminated peace, beauty, love, dignity and respect as having any worldly value.
Peter Rowlands, Smithers, B.C.
I read the headline "How to get richer in '05," but didn't bother to read the article. As a handicapped senior trying to get by on a small pension, I have little sympathy for those whose biggest concern is how much more they can pile up, as if they were going to take it with them.
W. Allen Dyck, Debolt, Alta.
The moneychangers have indeed taken over the temple. And it's greed that keeps us mired in conflict.
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Kurt L. Schmoke has been the Dean of the Howard University School of Law since 2003. Prior to that, he was a partner at the Washington, D.C. based...
Kurt L. Schmoke has been the Dean of the Howard University School of Law since 2003. Prior to that, he was a partner at the Washington, D.C. based law firm of Wilmer Cutler & Pickering from 2000 through 2002. Mr. Schmoke served three terms as the Mayor of Baltimore from 1987 until 1999. Mr. Schmoke served as the State's Attorney for Baltimore City from 1982 until 1987. Mr. Schmoke is a Director of Legg Mason, Inc. He is a Trustee of The Carnegie Corporation of New York and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a private philanthropic group. Mr. Schmoke is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Schmoke was named to President Jimmy Carter's domestic policy staff in 1977. Mr. Schmoke has served as a Director of the Company since 2003 and is a member of the Financial Policy and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.
Schmoke earned his undergraduate degree in history from Yale University and pursued graduate studies on a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford. He earned the Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.
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Baltimore City Government
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Carnegie Corporation of New York Major philanthropic organization
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Council on Foreign Relations The most prestigious US foreign policy think tank
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Yale University Private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut - founded in 1701
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Elijah Cummings Former US Representative from Maryland
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La  è una linea ferroviaria delle Ferrovie Nankai a scartamento ridotto che collega Osaka a Kōya, una cittadina situata nella Prefettura di Wakayama sull'altopiano del Monte Kōya, uno dei luoghi più sacri del Giappone e centro del Buddhismo Shingon. La linea termina ai piedi del monte, e si raggiunge Kōya con una funicolare.

La ferrovia è a doppio binario elettrificato, mentre fra le stazioni di Namba e Suminoe è quadruplicata per l'affiancamento alla linea principale Nankai. La linea inizia alla stazione di Shiomibashi, e nel tratto precedente i treni percorrono altre linee partendo dalla stazione di Namba. La sezione della linea fra Hashimoto e Gokurakubashi e la successiva funicolare è chiamata  e vede anche il servizio del treno turistico "Tenkū". La parte fra Namba e Hashimoto è invece chiamata . Il colore della linea è il verde, che allude alle foreste attraversate nella parte montana della linea.

Stazioni e servizi
 (Lo)
Fra Namba e Sakaihigashi, Kitanoda, Kongō, Chiyoda, Kawachinagano, Miikkaichichō, Rinkanden-entoshi o Hashimoto, e fra Hashimoto e Kōyashita o Gokurakubashi.
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Treni partenti da Namba e diretti a sud verso Kōmyōike o Izumi-Chūō sui binari della linea della Ferrovia Rapida Semboku. La mattina dei giorni settimanali treni diretti a Namba provenienti da Mikkaichicho, Kawachinagano e Chiyoda, oltre ai treni provenienti dalla Semboku.
 (SbE)
I treni viaggiano fra Namba e Kawachinagano, Miikkaichichō o Rinkanden-entoshi. La mattina dei giorni feriali ci sono dei diretti sulla linea Semboku.
 (Ex)
Principalmente fra Namba e Miikkaichichō, Rinkanden-entoshi o Hashimoto. Alcuni treni fra Namba e Kōyashita o Gokurakubashi.
 (RE)
Tutti i treni uniscono Namba e Gokurakubashi viaggiando con la carrozza "ZOOMCAR".
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Il "" viaggia fra Namba e Gokurakubashi, mentre il "" fra Namba e Hashimoto. "" fra Namba e Izumichuo.  Tutti i posti sono a prenotazione a pagamento obbligatoria.

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Il servizio è nato il 3 luglio 2009 e i treni viaggiano fra Hashimoto e Gokurakubashi ogni giorno tranne il mercoledì e il giovedì da marzo a novembre, e il sabato e i festivi da dicembre a febbraio. Ferma a Kamuro e Kudoyama.

Schema fermate

○ - Semboku Liner di passaggio

Sezione Shiomibashi - Kishinosato-Tamade
La diramazione che congiunge le stazioni di Shiomibashi e Kishinosato-Tamade è chiamata linea Shiomibashi ed è interamente situata a Osaka. Tutti i treni fermano a tutte le stazioni.
Binari: ∥:Doppio binario; Y:Fine binari

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EKOTECH's jubilee exhibition was held at Targi Kielce From February 27 to March 1. The three days' International Environmental Protection and Waste Management Expo brought together 62 companies from 8 countries.
- We have joined the expo for 10th time and we have noticed a big increase in our orders and the number of business meetings. It is worth being here - Grzegorz Końka's feedback, the representative of the Protechniks company serves as the best expo summary. Not only does this opinion apply to the jubilee edition, but also the whole Ekotech's success-story. Targi Kielce has organised the municipal sector business meetings for 20 years. The professionals are offered the venue and the meeting platform to present their offer and establish new business relations.


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        }
    }
    else
    {
        CloseHandle(hProcess);
        SystemErrorMessage();
    }
}

int main()
{
std::wcout << GetProcessNameById(10000);
return 0;
}

A: A compact version of your code makes the bug obvious:
if (hProcess != NULL)
{
    // Left out for brevity
}
else
{
    // Here, hProcess is NULL
    CloseHandle(hProcess);
    SystemErrorMessage();
}

In essence, this is calling CloseHandle(NULL);, presumably setting the thread's last error code to ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE. SystemErrorMessage() probably blindly calls GetLastError (without evaluating whether it should), and throws an exception if the value returned is anything other than ERROR_SUCCESS.
To fix this, you need to fix the logic bug (remove the call to CloseHandle in the else branch, in which you know hProcess to be invalid). When done, rework your entire error handling. It won't work reliably. You cannot blindly call GetLastError, anytime an API call failed. When done with that, study the RAII idiom, so that you won't have to write manual cleanup code, like you would have to do with C.

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Q: Get Directions between two points in Mapbox? I recently using mapbox gl on react native instead of Google maps,
I am trying to add a feature that shows a direction from point A to point B on the map.
OR use Mapbox directions API inside my React Native App
here is my code I tried but after my screen mounted, the app crashed successfully :D
import MapboxGL from '@react-native-mapbox-gl/maps';
import React from 'react';
import {View} from 'react-native';

MapboxGL.setAccessToken(
  '....',
);

class TwoPoints extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);

    this.featureCollection = {
      type: 'FeatureCollection',
      features: [
        {
          type: 'Feature',
          id: '9d10456e-bdda-4aa9-9269-04c1667d4552',
          properties: {
            icon: 'example',
          },
          geometry: {
            type: 'Point',
            coordinates: [-73.989, 40.733],
          },
        },
        {
          type: 'Feature',
          id: '9d10456e-bdda-4aa9-9269-04c1667d4552',
          properties: {
            icon: 'airport-15',
          },
          geometry: {
            type: 'Point',
            coordinates: [-74, 40.733],
          },
        },
        {
          type: 'Feature',
          id: '9d10456e-bdda-4aa9-9269-04c1667d4552',
          properties: {
            icon: 'pin',
          },
          geometry: {
            type: 'Point',
            coordinates: [-74, 40.733],
          },
        },
      ],
    };
  }
  render() {
    return (
      <View style={{flex: 1}}>
        <MapboxGL.MapView
          ref={c => (this._map = c)}
          zoomEnabled={true}
          style={{flex: 1}}>
          <MapboxGL.ShapeSource shape={this.featureCollection}>
            <MapboxGL.SymbolLayer
              style={{iconColor: 'red'}}
              minZoomLevel={25}
            />
          </MapboxGL.ShapeSource>
        </MapboxGL.MapView>
      </View>
    );
  }
}
export default TwoPoints;

A: You can Import Directions from mapbox-gl-directions like this:
import React, { useState, useRef, useCallback } from 'react'
import MapGL from 'react-map-gl'
import Directions from 'react-map-gl-directions'

// Ways to set Mapbox token: https://uber.github.io/react-map-gl/#/Documentation/getting-started/about-mapbox-tokens
const MAPBOX_TOKEN =
  'pk.eyJ1IjoiaGVucmlxdWVub2JyZSIsImEiOiJja3dkZ3c2YmoydzdhMzBvMGRtdWVnd3J2In0.xdCkUviv0yGpX-t8L7ZKQ'

const MapBox = () => {
  const [viewport, setViewport] = useState({
    latitude: -16.6906,
    longitude: -43.8054,
    zoom: 8
  })
  const mapRef = useRef()
  const handleViewportChange = useCallback(
    (newViewport) => setViewport(newViewport),
    []
  )

  const handleGeocoderViewportChange = useCallback((newViewport) => {
    const geocoderDefaultOverrides = { transitionDuration: 1000 }

    return handleViewportChange({
      ...newViewport,
      ...geocoderDefaultOverrides
    })
  }, [])

  return (
    <div style={{ height: '100%' }}>
      <MapGL
        ref={mapRef}
        {...viewport}
        width="100%"
        height="100%"
        mapStyle="mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11"
        onViewportChange={handleViewportChange}
        mapboxApiAccessToken={MAPBOX_TOKEN}
      >
        <Directions
          mapRef={mapRef}
          mapboxApiAccessToken={MAPBOX_TOKEN}
          position="top-left"
          unit="metric"
          language="pt-BR"
        />
      </MapGL>
    </div>
  )
}

export default MapBox


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Review: Perfume JPN Part 1
Posted on December 13, 2011 by Patrick St. Michel
The Only-Music Review Of Perfume's JPN
The following only deals with Perfume within the context of Perfume – no mentions of outside artists, or outside distractions. Stay tuned for part two, which will tackle those issues.
The easiest knock against JPN is that it barely constitutes a new album, more of a glorified compilation disc given the fact nine of the 14 songs here were released as singles over the last year and a half. Dismiss "The Opening" as simply an opening and that leaves only four new tracks from Japan's premier techno-pop trio. Even the hardcore types populating Perfume message boards wish for more fresh material, seeing as they already own all these singles and are essentially paying $30 for a quartet of tunes they haven't heard.
Yet two thoughts make me view this complaint as silly. First, Perfume are a big, popular J-Pop act and not every Japanese person is an obsessive shut-in ordering 7,000 copies of the latest pop single to boost their imaginary girlfriend's sales. Nope, they are ordinary people who probably buy like three or four new CDs a year, and Perfume might as well be one of them so naturally it is a collection of material released over the past year they've heard on TV but would also like to play in the car.
Second, and more convincing to me, is that these singles are strong. I've written about nearly every track on JPN at some point starting in 2010 which is why scribbling this seems sorta difficult – I've already gushed about or gnashed my teeth at the bulk of this record, and just seeing the tracklisting for the first time convinced me I could write the majority of this review back in October. This series of six (!) pages probably work better than the following sentences, as those see me reacting to each new Perfume song as they appeared. "Voice" remains a classic slice of auto-pilot Perfume, while the stutter-stepping "Nee" comes off as clumsy compared to the much-better executed retro whirl of "Laser Beam" (here presented in a slightly choppier mix that isn't as strong as the single edit, but hardly torpedoing it). "575" still stands as Perfume's sexiest hour, all sleek synth minimalism and fuzzy longing building up to a joyful "rap" segment. "Natural ni Koishite" is pure pop written in Batman "bams!" and "zonks!," still gushworthy. "Kasukana Na Kaori" remains one of the worst, middle-of-the-road types of balladry by a group who shouldn't be reduced to such end-credits drudgery. Only "Fushizen Na Girl" sees me swinging my opinion around – back in spring of 2010, this song sounded like ho-hum Perfume, especially compared to the boom-bap of "Natural." Here, positioned as the penultimate track, it ends up a surprisingly memorable number, a wooshy rush that feels like a climax on JPN.
So that's two personal best-of locks ("Natural," "575") two really really really good songs ("Laser Beam," "Fushizen"), one pretty good number ("Voice"), one meh ("Nee") and one unmitigated disaster. That's a pretty solid hitting average, yet to be honest JPN feels like a slight disappointment because it COULD have been much better. Going into Tower to purchase this thing, visions of this being a top-three album danced in my head – the existing singles just needed a push from the new tracks. Unfortunately, the four debuted songs on JPN aren't strong enough to elevate this LP to the next level. Three of them are solid enough – "My Color" boasts copy-paste Perfume verses but also features a strong chorus, highlighted by burbling electronics and particularly high-pitched synths. "Have A Stroll" sees producer Yasutaka Nakata summoning up the spirit of Perfume around the time of <em?Complete Best, the ultra-simple structure bringing to mind "Vitamin Drop," yet also standing as a reminder of how much Nakata and Perfume have grown since those days. The best new cut is "Kokoro no Supotsu," which works like a reverse "My Color." The intro is all rain-against-car-window keyboard as Perfume gaze out and sing wistfully about something (at this point it is important to note lyrics rarely prove to be of much value to Perfume's music), a surprisingly lonely backdrop for the usually cheery bunch. Everything surges into a "why am I so sad!" chorus, a catchy bit that also isn't as interesting as those more sparse seconds. Rounding out the new songs is "Toki no Hari" which makes the aforementioned "Kasukana Kaori" sound like Revolver. Although this song presents a cool idea – a song where Perfume aren't vocally manipulated by computers – Nakata wastes this on sub-nursery school marching music existing only to appear on the CDs wedding houses have on hand when the couple forgets to click "burn" on iTunes. Just dreadful.
What got my hopes up for JPN to possibly be a blockbuster album were the two singles dropped a month before the official release of the album, a pair of songs that stand as some of the group's sneakiest, best work to date. "Glitter" is pure ecstasy, Nakata's maximalist pop production sparkling extra bright. Perfume have often been labelled as "dance pop" or "techno pop," yet "Glitter" actually comes close to sounding like dance or techno music, run through the group's chart-focused filter. Check the album-mix intro, shining off until Nakata peels back layers to reveal some piano chords that could have been jacked from "The Strings Of Life." It builds up and then…Perfume themselves enter and "Glitter" turns into pop delirium. It's the sound of Nakata shunning proper structure in favor of a spinning feeling, spiked by the way they murmur the titular word post chorus, like the sounds coming out of their mouths were made of the party supply.
And then there is album closer "Spice." Initially it sounds like something Nakata could toss-off before slipping to sleep, a Perfume song unfolding at half the speed and seemingly without most of the digital fireworks that have come to define their sound. Yet "Spice" hides considerable depth on the production side, Nakata constructing a catchy Katamari of a song that just rolls over everything, pushed on by one of the better vocal performances the three singers could give. Deep in the mix Nakata sprinkles some 8-bit bloops around (which, to break the central tenant of this review but is needed, brings to mind The Avalanches or even small-scale Timbaland), while he also plays a perfect game of Tetris with the vocals, placing them so they cushion and bounce off of one another just right. He even practically winks at the camera with one sound – the singers in Perfume have long been dubbed "robots," "Auto-tuned" out of their minds and serving a role any schmuck could (allegedly) do. There are snippets of truth – Nakata is the architect for sure – yet on "Spice" he makes one synth line a particularly high-pitched sample of the group singing, as if freeing them up to not be apps here.
And that is what ultimately makes "Spice" a standout – the singing, one of the best performances from all four members of the group (Nakata swooping in with the tuning when needed and arranging it just right). The best moment comes late, when member Ayaka Nishiwaki's voice suddenly slips out of Auto-tune and just comes out naturally. Nakata fiddles with this trick at various other points on JPN, and even devoted an entire terrible track to the idea, yet on the final song this moment feels like a legitimate surprise and like a glimpse at the group's humanness. It doesn't last long, but it's a nice detail in a song loaded with them.
So that's JPN – a handful of amazing singles, a lot of really good albeit par-for-the-course material and a brutal three-song stretch in the middle featuring two of the group's worst songs. Heading into this I expected a masterpiece and heading out I felt a little letdown, but with time I can see exactly what JPN is – a Perfume album. Obvious, yes, but I'm talking about how this is an album from a singles-oriented outfit whose previous full-lengths highlighted the big hits, threw in some solid filler and also featured some annoying missteps (see the grating taxi-cab techno of Complete Best's "Perfume" or Triangle's "Edge," my personal most hated Perfume song…one of the best aspects of JPN is it doesn't feature plodding bloghouse dress-up). Like previous efforts, Nakata has created some interesting steps forward for the Perfume sound while mostly delivering mutations of the trio's established sound to a public that has come to really said sound. JPN is Perfume being Perfume, and that sounds fine to me.
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UPDATE: A few edits were made tonight, mostly just fixing some grammar and spelling errors. The only content change came with a line about the Western media and their perceptions of Japan – I realize I'm not completely sure about my statement so I deleted it. Gonna go eat a burrito now woooooo.
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What did we learn at the NFL Annual Meeting?
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – By Tuesday night, many of the meetings rooms at The Breakers Palm Beach had been cleared and the NFL dignitaries – the owners, general managers, head coaches, and team executives – had their bags packed and aimed toward the airport on the way home. Three days of conversations and updates complete, the league's attention returns fully to the remainder of free agency and, of course, the NFL Draft four weeks from now.
From an Eagles' standpoint, there wasn't anything that happened in the five-star resort that changed the task ahead. A proposal the team – along with Indianapolis – made to the owners was passed, and now we will see that both teams in the postseason that reach overtime will be ensured one offensive possession. The sudden-death rule for overtime remains the same for the regular season – if the team that gains possession first in overtime during the regular season scores a touchdown, the game is over.
Otherwise, what did we learn from the NFL Annual Meeting? Mostly, we learned that the Eagles feel good about where they are as they build the roster. The Eagles landed their top target in linebacker Haason Reddick, one of the premier pass rushers in the league; a wide receiver in Zach Pascal who is going to add depth and toughness to that group; and a linebacker in Kyzir White that General Manager Howie Roseman thinks has a chance to make an impact.
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Philadelphia also retained roster stability, executing that game plan during the 2021 regular season by signing four key players – left tackle Jordan Mailata, tight end Dallas Goedert, defensive end Josh Sweat, and cornerback Avonte Maddox – to extensions and continuing the process by addressing the contracts of defensive back/special teams ace Andre Chachere, wide receiver Greg Ward, running back Boston Scott, defensive tackle Fletcher Cox, and defensive end Derek Barnett. The news just prior to the start of free agency that center Jason Kelce was returning was a huge bit of good news.
So, things are where the Eagles want them to be. And they know they are still early, early in the team-building process.
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Some takeaway notes as the venue returns to the NovaCare Complex and the Eagles continue to hone in on the NFL Draft and the tremendous weekend that awaits for a team that has 10 draft picks, nine in the first five rounds, and picks 15, 16, and 19 overall ...
• Sirianni spoke about the addition of Pascal to me and provided this scouting report of the former Colts receiver with whom he worked for three seasons there when Sirianni was the offensive coordinator: "He brings toughness. I think you can put on any tape and you're going to see a guy leaving it all out on the field – playing physical, playing tough, and you're going to see good body quickness at the top of his route, getting in and out of breaks, and good hands. He has all those receiver skills that you're going to want.
"But you're going to see toughness and you can't have enough tough guys. We have a tough team, there's no doubt about it, with the guys we have on our team right now. We have guys that are tough. We're gritty and grimy and I think that's kind of what our motto was all of last year. We're just adding another piece to that, a guy who fits in well to the building and to our City."
• I mentioned it here and then Sirianni talked about it again a day later, so let's hope this storyline and any speculation is over: The Eagles are all in with Jalen Hurts as the quarterback for 2022. Period. They want to build around him. They want to see him improve. He's the guy.
• Roseman and his staff have done a masterful job of putting the Eagles in a healthy situation relative to the $208.2 million salary cap for 2022 after a challenging situation last year. Here is Roseman explaining the picture and the concept of "dead money" on the cap – money that hits the salary cap from contracts of players who are no longer with the team: "Dead money is a factor, but dead money is all the (contract) proration you have on guys anyway and it's all the same amount of money. It's when you choose to do (absorb it as a cap hit). From our perspective, we felt like the way the cap is going to go going forward, it made sense to have the option to take it in future years and we know that it can come forward whenever we want."
• Here is Roseman on the new two-year deal for DE Derek Barnett, the team's first-round draft pick in 2017 and a starter since then who came back to the Eagles after testing the free-agent market: "I think what factored into it is that I think that the perception of Derek is probably not fair with the reality. He's a guy that, if we were looking at a different team, you'd go, '26-year-old, defensive end, coming off his not-best year.' We'd kind of look at that and go, 'Maybe that's an opportunity.'
"His playing temperament is ideal, fits Philly, understands the perception of him ... this is a guy who certainly contributes to a great defensive line. We've seen it with us. I think that going into free agency he probably thought a little differently about where he would be. For us, understanding that that's what he was thinking. It's a huge priority for us to have a 'wave' defensive line that's really good. We know we can count on him. Obviously, it's a position we want to continue to add to. We don't want to make a strength a weakness. Last year, it wasn't a position we wanted. Now you get this and you add Haason as a rusher, you have BG (Brandon Graham) back as a rusher, and we've still got the Draft."
• Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie on retaining DT Fletcher Cox: "Very valued member of the team. It was a contract that made a lot of sense for us. We knew exactly what other teams were interested in signing Fletcher for. We think he can do even better in terms of this year's play with the same defensive coordinator (Jonathan Gannon). It was not a hard decision. Every player has their own set of parameters where you might sign that player at a certain level of percentage of resources allocated. Then you hit one where, if it's too high, no. We'd rather use the resources some other way. With Howie, Nick, they recommended that we do that and that was what I supported."