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from functools import partial

import mxnet as mx
from ray import tune, logger
from ray.tune import CLIReporter
from ray.tune.integration.mxnet import TuneCheckpointCallback, \
    TuneReportCallback
from ray.tune.schedulers import ASHAScheduler

def train_mnist_mxnet(config, mnist, num_epochs=10):
    batch_size = config["batch_size"]
    train_iter = mx.io.NDArrayIter(
        mnist["train_data"], mnist["train_label"], batch_size, shuffle=True)
    val_iter = mx.io.NDArrayIter(mnist["test_data"], mnist["test_label"],
                                 batch_size)

    data = mx.sym.var("data")
    data = mx.sym.flatten(data=data)

    fc1 = mx.sym.FullyConnected(data=data, num_hidden=config["layer_1_size"])
    act1 = mx.sym.Activation(data=fc1, act_type="relu")

    fc2 = mx.sym.FullyConnected(data=act1, num_hidden=config["layer_2_size"])
    act2 = mx.sym.Activation(data=fc2, act_type="relu")

    # MNIST has 10 classes
    fc3 = mx.sym.FullyConnected(data=act2, num_hidden=10)
    # Softmax with cross entropy loss
    mlp = mx.sym.SoftmaxOutput(data=fc3, name="softmax")

    # create a trainable module on CPU
    mlp_model = mx.mod.Module(symbol=mlp, context=mx.cpu())
    mlp_model.fit(
        train_iter,
        eval_data=val_iter,
        optimizer="sgd",
        optimizer_params={"learning_rate": config["lr"]},
        eval_metric="acc",
        batch_end_callback=mx.callback.Speedometer(batch_size, 100),
        eval_end_callback=TuneReportCallback({
            "mean_accuracy": "accuracy"
        }),
        epoch_end_callback=TuneCheckpointCallback(
            filename="mxnet_cp", frequency=3),
        num_epoch=num_epochs)

def tune_mnist_mxnet(num_samples=10, num_epochs=10):
    logger.info("Downloading MNIST data...")
    mnist_data = mx.test_utils.get_mnist()
    logger.info("Got MNIST data, starting Ray Tune.")

    config = {
        "layer_1_size": tune.choice([32, 64, 128]),
        "layer_2_size": tune.choice([64, 128, 256]),
        "lr": tune.loguniform(1e-3, 1e-1),
        "batch_size": tune.choice([32, 64, 128])
    }

    scheduler = ASHAScheduler(
        metric="mean_accuracy",
        mode="max",
        max_t=num_epochs,
        grace_period=1,
        reduction_factor=2)

    reporter = CLIReporter(
        parameter_columns=["layer_1_size", "layer_2_size", "lr", "batch_size"])

    tune.run(
        partial(train_mnist_mxnet, mnist=mnist_data, num_epochs=num_epochs),
        resources_per_trial={
            "cpu": 1,
        },
        config=config,
        num_samples=num_samples,
        scheduler=scheduler,
        progress_reporter=reporter,
        name="tune_mnist_mxnet")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    import argparse

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument(
        "--smoke-test", action="store_true", help="Finish quickly for testing")
    args, _ = parser.parse_known_args()

    if args.smoke_test:
        tune_mnist_mxnet(num_samples=1, num_epochs=1)
    else:
        tune_mnist_mxnet(num_samples=10, num_epochs=10)


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With its snow kissed peaks and fresh alpine air, Switzerland is one of Europe's most scenic countries. It is also home to a lot of hydropower.
According to the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), hydropower accounts for roughly 56 percent of its domestic electricity production.
At the Hydraulic Constructions Laboratory (LCH) in Lausanne, researchers are looking to hone and optimize hydropower facilities.
"This Laboratory was created in parallel with the development of water infrastructure in Switzerland – mainly (the) construction of dams, but also of course hydropower," Anton Schleiss, head of the LCH and president of the International Commission on Large Dams, told CNBC's Sustainable Energy.
A great deal of emphasis is placed on the maintenance of hydropower facilities.
"Rehabilitation is very important for our structures related to hydropower and flood protection," the LCH's Giovanni de Cesare, said.
"These infrastructures are ageing and we have to rehabilitate regarding security, energy production, and also ecological rehabilitation," he added.
Given the scale of many hydropower facilities, their impact can be considerable, whether it be the displacement of local people or damage to wildlife.
As such, sympathetic design needs to be considered.
"When we build a dam, this becomes an obstacle for fish migration, therefore we have to install a fish pass which allows the fish to migrate freely and reproduce in the upstream rivers," de Cesare said.


(Feels like forvever) Broken toes take ages to get better. Even now my toe is ok to walk on but if I move it it still hurts a little bit. Even now my toe is ok to walk on but if I move it it still... The metatarsal bones are some of the most commonly broken (fractured) bones in the foot. There are five metatarsal bones in each foot. They are the long slim bones which run the length of the foot to the base of the toes.
What is a toe fracture? A toe fracture is a break in 1 or more of the bones in your toe. It is most commonly caused by a direct blow to the toe. The bones in your toe may just be broken, or they may be out of place or separated. Your healthcare provider will examine you and ask about your injury... There are many causes of a broken toe, whether it is the big toe, middle toes, or little toe (pinky). Common symptoms of a broken toe include pain, swelling, stiffness, and bruising A broken toe can be treated with buddy taping the toe. There are instances where a doctor should be consulted for a broken toe.
All broken bones go through the same healing process. This is true whether a bone is cut as part of a surgical procedure or fractured through an injury. This is true whether a bone is cut as part of a surgical procedure or fractured through an injury.... Broken toes are a common occurrence, especially in people who participate in sports. Toes can also break after getting hit by a heavy object. Serious toe injuries usually involve the big toe; injuries in other toes can simply be handled with immobilizing by attaching the broken toe to a neighboring toe.
All broken bones go through the same healing process. This is true whether a bone is cut as part of a surgical procedure or fractured through an injury. This is true whether a bone is cut as part of a surgical procedure or fractured through an injury.... There are many causes of a broken toe, whether it is the big toe, middle toes, or little toe (pinky). Common symptoms of a broken toe include pain, swelling, stiffness, and bruising A broken toe can be treated with buddy taping the toe. There are instances where a doctor should be consulted for a broken toe.
You'll need an foot x-ray to tell for sure whether you've broken or fractured a bone in your foot, but to complicate matters, bones break in many different ways, and subtle damage, such as a hairline fracture, can be difficult to detect.
Fractures, broken bones—you can call it what you wish, they mean the same thing—are among the most common orthopedic problems; about seven million broken bones come to medical attention each year in the United States.
If the broken bone never heals, you can end up with chronic pain, persistent swelling or a deformity in the toes that interferes with your ability to run down the road. Most doctors will tell you that you should not run with any type of fracture, even a broken toe.
A broken bone in your dog's paw can cause him a significant amount of pain, especially if it is not set properly or allowed to heal correctly. If you believe your dog has a broken paw, take him to the veterinarian immediately so that the injury is not made worse by use.


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Miley cyrus just launched the happy hippie foundation
Shanté Allen, MTV.ca
Remember the touching Video of the Year acceptance speech Miley's friend Jesse Helt gave at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2014? Miley's mystery date revealed himself to be homeless, and accepted her Moonman "on behalf of the 1.6 million runaways and homeless youth in the United States who are starving, lost, and scared for their lives right now." As Miley watched tearfully from side-stage, Jesse finished up, telling fans to head to Miley's Facebook page, and donate to My Friend's Place, a Hollywood homeless shelter.
Now, Miley's back at it again, continuing her fight in support of homeless youth in the States.
The singer officially launched The Happy Hippie Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to getting young people working together to counter the injustices that vulnerable groups, including homeless and LGBT youth, face on a daily basis.
To make her voice heard, Miley has brought back The Backyard Sessions; intimate, outdoor jams with her band that feature Miley covering hit songs. Watch her amazing 2012 rendition of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" again below.
This time, Miley's kicking it up a notch, teaming up with some big names in the industry. The first video in the series features the pop-star performing with one of her idols, Joan Jett. The two cover Joan's 2013 anthem, "Different."
Officially launching The Happy Hippie Foundation today with #HappyHippiePresents: Backyard Sessions! Watch the full…
Posted by Miley Cyrus on Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Joan was recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where Miley delivered the induction speech, and expressed right off the bat how much she wanted them to perform together since the day they met.
Joan Jett is just the beginning, though. The video series, debuting exclusively on Miley's Facebook page will also feature prominent artists like Laura Jane Grace of Against Me!, Melanie Safka, and Ariana Grande.
Ariana is thrilled about being involved in the project. She took to Instagram to congratulate her friend, calling Miley "an angel on Earth."
A photo posted by Ariana Grande (@arianagrande) on May 5, 2015 at 12:14pm PDT
Keep up the good work, Miley!
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Posted on December 13, 2018 by Sarah Hawley
Pomeroy woman sentenced to 12 years prison
POMEROY — The final of three co-defendants charged in the assault and kidnapping of a Meigs County woman pleaded guilty on Thursday in Meigs County Common Pleas Court.
Merissa Starcher, 35, of Pomeroy, pleaded guilty to charges of rape and kidnapping in connection with the March 7 incident in which a woman was reportedly raped, kidnapped and assaulted by Starcher, Nathan Grimm and Brooke Watson. Grimm and Watson previously pleaded guilty to charges in the case.
In a separate case, Starcher pleaded guilty to possession of drugs (methamphetamine) and operating a vehicle under the influence (OVI).
Additional charges in both cases were dismissed as part of the plea agreement. Prosecutor James K. Stanley stated that those charges would have mostly merged with the charges which Starcher pleaded guilty to for the purpose of sentencing.
Judge I. Carson Crow sentenced Starcher in accordance with the joint sentencing recommendation from the prosecution and defense.
Starcher was sentenced to a total of 12 years in prison and must register as a Tier III sex offender which requires registration for life.
According to previous Sentinel reports, deputies with the Meigs County Sheriff's Office were called to the Curtis Hollow Road area of Meigs County on the afternoon of March 7 for a woman who had allegedly been beaten and was bleeding.
The victim was reportedly beaten, punched, and hit with a ball bat several times by all involved. The victim also alleged being sexually assaulted.
The victim was then reportedly blindfolded, placed into a car and driven to Putnam Drive next to Forked Run Lake. While in the car, the victim stated that her hair was cut but did not know by whom. Once they arrived to a pull-off spot on Putnam Drive overlooking the lake, the victim stated that she was drug from the car and shoved over a cliff which was several feet down where she sustained the severe injury to her arm.
The victim was in court on Thursday but did not address the court. She is in agreement with the sentence according to statements by Stanley and Victim Advocate Shelley Kemper.
Grimm was previously sentenced to 15 years in prison for kidnapping and attempted murder.
Watson, who was the alleged "ring-leader" according to Stanley, was sentenced to a total prison term of 22 years for charges of kidnapping, felonious assault, illegal conveyance of drugs onto the grounds of a detention facility and possession of drugs. She has since filed an appeal.
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Emesene распространяется под лицензией GNU General Public License, и был разработан Луисом Мариано Гуерра () вместе с другими разработчиками.

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Клиент написан на Python, GTK+, PyGTK, Pycairo и является кросс-платформенным программным обеспечением. Emesene доступен для любой платформы, включая Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X и Linux.

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China is Blaming United States Military for Coronavirus
In an attempt to distance themselves from the origin of the Coronavirus, Chinese officials have begun promoting propaganda blaming the U.S. military for spreading the virus.
The virus has been spreading more quickly throughout the world, and is now labeled a "pandemic" by the World Health Organization. President Trump has called a national emergency and public schools, universities and facilities have begun to shut down across the country.
Coronavirus reportedly began in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province, in late 2019. But China seems committed to placing the blame elsewhere, pushing a conspiracy theory that the U.S. military brought it to them.
To understand the extent of the Chinese disinformation campaign—and how dangerous it is for the media to buy into it—read this and the accompanying article, brought to you by the spokesperson for the Information Department at the Foreign Ministry. It's frightening. https://t.co/7t5QoUIKVM
— Kelsey Bolar (Harkness) (@kelseybolar) March 13, 2020
It doesn't seem many in the U.S. are buying the conspiracy theory, but it's chilling to see the lengths to which their government will go to promote it.
Keep any eye out for this kind of thing.
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Nicolas Florentin Lucien Boullangier, né à Fontenoy-le-Château le 11 vendémiaire de l'An XII, 4 octobre 1803, et mort à Fontenoy le 28 juillet 1873, est un ecclésiastique connu pour ses sermons et la restauration de la basilique Saint-Maurice d'Épinal.

Jeunesse
Lucien Boullangier, septième enfant d'une fratrie de douze, naît dans une famille bourgeoise de Fontenoy,  dynastie de notaires, de greffiers et de commerçants. Son père installe une brasserie à Fontenoy, à l'emplacement de l'hôtel de ville actuel, et loge sa famille dans la maison qu'avait fait bâtir son père, notaire, en 1766.

Ministère
Après ses études au séminaire de Saint-Dié, il est nommé vicaire à Épinal, puis chanoine archiprêtre de la cathédrale de Saint-Dié en 1833.

En 1837, chanoine de Saint Dié, il publie, sous le pseudonyme de M. l'abbé La jeune Marie, ou Conversion d'une famille protestante.

En 1842, il assure l'administration spirituelle de la cure d'Épinal avant d'en devenir le titulaire l'année suivante. Il le reste jusqu'en 1855. Outre la fondation de plusieurs œuvres : Les Dames de la charité, le catéchisme de la persévérance ou la confrérie de Saint Vincent de Paul. Son nom reste attaché à la restauration de la basilique d'Épinal.

En effet, à sa nomination comme curé d'Épinal,	 il trouve la basilique Saint-Maurice en très mauvais état et en impulse la restauration. Assisté par l'architecte départemental, Léon Charles Grillot (nommé architecte diocésain en 1853) et par l'architecte Louis Gahon, il ouvre un portail dans la face ouest de la tour-beffroi. L'église est classée monument historique en 1846.

Charles Chapiat a écrit à ce sujet dans son livre Voyage dans les Vosges :

L'intelligent abbé Boullangier, devenu curé d'Épinal, entreprit la restauration de son église dont il avait compris le mérite, et voulu rendre à cet édifice sa physionomie primitive.

En mars 1848, lors d'une cérémonie pour célébrer l'avènement de la Deuxième République, sur la place de La République d'Épinal, devenue place des Vosges, où l'on plante un nouvel arbre de la Liberté, il est chargé de prononcer un discours après une bénédiction.

Il est aussi désigné président du Conseil académique des Vosges
En 1858 il fait revenir à Épinal les Sœurs de la Congrégation Notre-Dame, spécialisées dans l'éducation des filles qui y rouvriront en 1860 un établissement scolaire rue Thiers.

Sa santé se détériorant, il quitte la cure d'Épinal pour être chanoine honoraire de Saint-Dié, y publiant : Règlements et statuts de la Confrérie des morts pour la paroisse Saint-Maurice d'Épinal.

Son état de santé le conduit à se retirer à Fontenoy dans la maison paternelle où il décèdera. Il est enterré dans l'église Saint-Mansuy de Fontenoy-le-Château, et un service solennel est célébré à Saint-Maurice à Épinal.

Ses biens, notamment sa riche bibliothèque, sont vendus aux enchères le 23 décembre 1873.

Sources
 Archives nationales, J. Charon-Bordas, Culte catholique : dossiers individuels des chanoines (1830-1905), page 81
 Almanach du clergé de France pour l'année 1836, éd. Gauthier Frères, p. 368.

Notes et références

Annexes

Liens externes

Prêtre catholique français du XIXe siècle


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Q: Unexpected token } error when function is called When I call this javascript function, I get an error saying "Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token }".
function completed(num, title)
{
    if(localStorage.getItem(num + "done" + title) === 'true')
    {
        document.getElementById("completedclick" + title).style.color="#004600";
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    }

}

The function is called by this section of code:

        Completed

{class1} gets replaced by the appropriate class when the template is filled out, and $passer is a variable gotten from a database.
Please help, I have tried everything, but can't seem to find the problem.

A:

        Completed

Should be:
<?php
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?>

From what I can tell anyway. It may need some tweaks, but the general idea is that you're missing all <?php ?> tags and trying to use php variables here.
Cheers!
Edit
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A: Looks like you are having a mixup with single and double quotes.  Try fixing line 2 of this block:

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to be

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A: Ok, change this

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Mind the quotes as well.  I would also recommend using a - between the html and php parts of the classes such as this.
class="completed-<?php echo $done;?>"

It just reads better that way is all.

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This juxtposition shows that there once were six original cases, namely nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, instrumental and themative (the latter answering to 'about what?'). The modified postpositions were likely formed by agglutination with other elements.
In any case, comitative jésse is most certainly formed from *jasə, with the general linking/conjunctional element *sə; and regular gemination of s after the stressed vowel.
Locative †nóho was originally formed with *wə 'place' (also the source of nominative wa), the historical form nówo then losing w between a vowel and o, with the general hiatus-breaker h (cf. 1.2.7) substituted: *nowə > *nowo > *noo > noho. However, nótto was ultimately substituted by analogy to temporal nóllo where l was regularly geminated after the stressed vowel. Similarly, méza was an invention in analogy to móno/mána, mére replacing earlier †zána.
Stative nójo most likely contains nominative *jə or *ja.
The other modified postpositions seem to derive from *monə, *maRə, zanə, *laQə with evening-out (1.2.3) of the vowels and second elements of uncertain origin. It might also be that móno, mána, mére and †zána are actually results produced by a single suffix -ə appended to the short postpositions, with *R inserted as a hiatus-breaker (see 1.2.2) and later becoming r/l/n from which the particular forms above were selected in the later course of the language.
The iambic postpositions are used after a stressed ultimate syllable, e.g. méda-jar, but kas-ejár. The hyphen is written purely for aesthetic reasons – to indicate that the words are postpositions and modify the preceding word. The first variant of the short postpositions is used after vowels, the second after consonants: méda-njo, but kas-noj.
The stative postposition nójo is used to indicate that something is in a certain state, e.g. aϕálne-nójo 'in a state of high light intensity = bright', twímne-nójo 'in a state of great speed = fast'. This also includes deverbal states describing ongoing action and may compared to the Welsh mae … yn construction, e.g. Mae'r blodyn yn coch = Pekwór-ejár kawá-nójo 'The flower is red', Mae'r adar yn canu = Antóspa-ja glánon-nójo 'The birds are singing'.
Nójo is also used in the sense 'in the capacity of' after professions, e.g. hékar-nójo 'as a writer, in the capacity of a writer', lit. 'in the state of a writer'.
Origative móno/mána, mutative méza and destinative mére (dial. méle) are used when a change of state is described. The original state is marked by móno/mána, the final state by mére, while méza describes how the change happened, the intermediate state: Bánat-wa aϕálne-mére twímne-méza 'The sun started to shine quickly', lit. 'The sun changed into a shining state, changing quickly' or Túlba-méza atálet-mére (péinun) 'It suddenly became summer' (túlba 'a jump', túblun 'to jump' < √tubl).
can be added. Hence for example: pirús-mére gárun 'to fall down', pirús-mére ϕéllun 'to lie down'.
Since changes of states are actions or events, they can also be expressed by verbs. However, when using verbs, the action is volitional; and when using states it is outside one's control, hence spirússun 'to descend' (with a destative verb, see 2.4.8).
Thus méza corresponds to an adverbial marker if the predicate expresses real change ('suddenly became'), while nójo may correspond to an adverb of a stative verb ('shine bright(ly)').
parús-nótto = parús-nójo 'being above, in a state of being positioned above'.
The themative case denotes the topic of a discourse, e.g. bamnekár-la juttaplendé 'talk about the weather'. When the topic is a whole clause or a direct quotation, it is framed by al …la, e.g. al bamnekár-j'apéa-nójo-la juttaplendé 'discuss whether the weather shall be good'.
Vocative -le is a suffix and thus leads to changes of final consonants: téat → téakle!, téaχle! 'father!', téhil → téhille! 'mother!'.
Every prepositional phrase can be made topic by the addition of -r. Topic marking works just as in Japanese or Korean and is often similar to the usage definite/indefinite articles in order to separate known information from new.
Mére + topic marker becomes méler < *maRər.
nójo-nójo! 'That's just how it is!', 'Nothing can be done!' etc.
mére-mére! 'Come on!', 'Let's go, let's do it!' etc.
móno-móno! 'Stop it!', 'Cut it out!', 'Stop being like that!' etc.
The first three constructions mark the possessor by nóima, a compounded postposition of stative nójo and dative ma (dialectal nóila with themative la is also found) which can be translated as 'with respect to, pertaining to'.


text:
Will Tucker (born 16 March 1998 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for Rugby New York in Major League Rugby (MLR). He also plays for the  in Super Rugby. His playing position is lock. He was announced in the Highlanders touring squad of South Africa and Argentina in March 2020.

Reference list

External links
itsrugby.co.uk profile

1998 births
New Zealand rugby union players
Living people
Rugby union locks
Canterbury rugby union players
Highlanders (rugby union) players
Otago rugby union players
Rugby New York players


text:
/***************************************************************************\
    BSPbuild.cpp
    Scott Randolph
    January 29, 1998

    This is the tool which reads Multigen FLT files and writes out our
	proprietary BSP file format.
\***************************************************************************/
#include <windows.h>
#include <io.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <SYS\STAT.H>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <float.h>
#include "shi\ShiError.h"
#include "..\BSPutil\ParentBuildList.h"
#include "..\BSPutil\LODBuildList.h"
#include "..\BSPutil\ColorBuildList.h"
#include "..\BSPutil\PalBuildList.h"
#include "..\BSPutil\TexBuildList.h"
#include "grinline.h"
#include <Commdlg.h>
#include "PalBank.h"
#include "ObjectLod.h"
#include "PlayerOp.h"

// Time stamp from utility library
extern char FLTtoGeometryTimeStamp[];

#ifdef USE_SH_POOLS
extern MEM_POOL gBSPLibMemPool;
#endif
char g_CardDetails[1024];

// Unfortunatly, this is required by ShiError.h
int shiAssertsOn=1;
int shiWarningsOn = 1;
int shiHardCrashOn=0;
int NumHats;
PlayerOptionsClass PlayerOptions;

/*
 * Get a filename from the user
 */
BOOL GetNameFromUser( char *target, int targetSize )
{
	ShiAssert( target );
	ShiAssert( targetSize > 0 );
	ShiAssert( strlen(target) < (unsigned)targetSize );
#if 1
	OPENFILENAME dialogInfo;
	dialogInfo.lStructSize = sizeof( dialogInfo );
	dialogInfo.hwndOwner = NULL;
	dialogInfo.hInstance = NULL;
	dialogInfo.lpstrFilter = "ID List File\0*.Txt\0\0";
	dialogInfo.lpstrCustomFilter = NULL;
	dialogInfo.nMaxCustFilter = 0;
	dialogInfo.nFilterIndex = 1;
	dialogInfo.lpstrFile = target;
	dialogInfo.nMaxFile = targetSize;
	dialogInfo.lpstrFileTitle = NULL;
	dialogInfo.nMaxFileTitle = 0;
	dialogInfo.lpstrInitialDir = NULL;
	dialogInfo.lpstrTitle = "Select an ID list file";
	dialogInfo.Flags = OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST;
	dialogInfo.lpstrDefExt = "TXT";

	if ( !GetOpenFileName( &dialogInfo ) ) {
		return FALSE;
	}
#else
	printf("Input filename: ");
	fflush(stdout);
	fgets (target, targetSize, stdin);
#endif

	return TRUE;
}

static int sstr2arg (char *srcptr, int maxpf, char *argv[], const char *dlmstr)
{
    char gotquote;              /* currently parsing quoted string */
    register int ind;
    register char *destptr;
    char idex[256];
    const char *dp;

    if (srcptr == 0)
        return (-1);

    ZeroMemory (idex, sizeof idex);
    for (dp = dlmstr; *dp; dp++)
        idex[*(unsigned char *)dp] = 1;

    for (ind = 0, maxpf -= 2;; ind++) {
        if (ind >= maxpf)
            return (-1);

        /* Skip leading white space */
        for (; *srcptr == ' ' || *srcptr == '\t'; srcptr++);

        argv [ind] = srcptr;
        destptr = srcptr;

	for (gotquote = 0; ; ) {

            if (idex[*(unsigned char *)srcptr])
            {
                if (gotquote) { /* don't interpret the char */
                    *destptr++ = *srcptr++;
                    continue;
                }

                srcptr++;
                *destptr = '\0';
                goto nextarg;
            } else {
                switch (*srcptr) {
                default:        /* just copy it                     */
                    *destptr++ = *srcptr++;
                    break;

                case '\"':      /* beginning or end of string       */
                    gotquote = (gotquote) ? 0 : 1 ;
                    srcptr++;   /* just toggle */
                    break;

                case '\\':      /* quote next character     */
                    srcptr++;   /* skip the back-slash      */
                    switch (*srcptr) {
                        /* Octal character          */
                    case '0': case '1':
                    case '2': case '3':
                    case '4': case '5':
                    case '6': case '7':
                        *destptr = '\0';
                        do
			*destptr = (*destptr << 3) | (*srcptr++ - '0');
                        while (*srcptr >= '0' && *srcptr <= '7');
                        destptr++;
                        break;
                        /* C escape char            */
                    case 'b':
                        *destptr++ = '\b';
                        srcptr++;
                        break;
                    case 'n':
                        *destptr++ = '\n';
                        srcptr++;
                        break;
                    case 'r':
                        *destptr++ = '\r';
                        srcptr++;
                        break;
                    case 't':
                        *destptr++ = '\t';
                        srcptr++;
                        break;

                        /* Boring -- just copy ASIS */
                    default:
                        *destptr++ = *srcptr++;
                    }
                    break;

		    case '\0':
			*destptr = '\0';
			ind++;
			argv[ind] = (char *) 0;
			return (ind);
                }
            }
        }
nextarg:
        continue;
    }
}

/*
 * Initialization, message loop
 */
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	char	basename[_MAX_PATH];
	char	filename[_MAX_PATH];
	char	drive[_MAX_DRIVE];
	char	path[_MAX_DIR];
	char	fname[_MAX_FNAME];
	char	ext[_MAX_EXT];
	char	msgbuf [1024];
	char linebuf[1024*4];
	char *preload = NULL;
	FILE	*IDSfile;
	int		result;
	int		id;
	int		file;
	UInt32	startTime;
	int lastid = 0;

	// Set the FPU to 24 bit precision
	_controlfp( _PC_24,   MCW_PC );
    _controlfp( _RC_CHOP, MCW_RC);
	#ifdef USE_SH_POOLS
	glMemPool = MemPoolInit( 0 );
	Palette::InitializeStorage ();
#endif
	// Display are startup banner
	printf( "BSPbuild compiled %s.  FLT reader %s\n", __TIMESTAMP__, FLTtoGeometryTimeStamp );
	while (argc > 1 && argv[1][0] == '-') {
	    switch (argv[1][1]) {
	    case '-': // end of args
		break;
	    case 'l':
		preload = argv[2];
		argc --;
		argv ++;
		break;
	    }
	    argv ++;
	    argc --;
	    break;
	}

	// See if we got a filename on the command line
	if ( argc == 2) {
		result = GetFullPathName( argv[1], sizeof( filename ), filename, NULL );
	} else {
		result = 0;
	}

	// If we didn't get it on the command line, ask the user
	if (result == 0) {
		strcpy( filename, "ids.txt" );
		if ( !GetNameFromUser( filename, sizeof(filename) )) {
			return -1;
		}
	}
	if (preload) {
	    printf ("Step 0: Preloading file %s\n", preload);
	    ObjectParent::SetupTable(preload);
	    //lastid = TheObjectListLength + 1;
//	    TheParentBuildList.SetStartPoint(lastid);
//	    TheParentBuildList.MergeEntries();
	    TheColorBuildList.MergeColors();
	    ColorBankClass::Cleanup();
	    ThePaletteBuildList.MergePalette();
	    ThePaletteBank.Cleanup();
	    ObjectLOD::CleanupTable();
	}

	// Mark our start time
	startTime = GetTickCount();

	// Open the object id input file
	printf("Step 1:  Reading %s.  (Time %0.0fmin)\n", filename, (GetTickCount()-startTime)/60000.0 );
	fprintf(stderr, "Step 1:  Reading %s.  (Time %0.0fmin)\n", filename, (GetTickCount()-startTime)/60000.0 );
	fflush(NULL);
	IDSfile = fopen( filename, "r" );
	if (!IDSfile) {
		sprintf( msgbuf, "Failed to open input file %s", filename );
		ShiError( msgbuf );
	}

	#ifdef USE_SH_POOLS
	if ( gBSPLibMemPool == NULL )
	{
		gBSPLibMemPool = MemPoolInit( 0 );
	}
	#endif

	// Read each line from the input ID file
	while (fgets (linebuf, sizeof linebuf, IDSfile) != NULL) {
	    char *av[100];
	    int ac;
	    char *cp;

	    if (linebuf[0] == '#' || linebuf[0] == '\n' || linebuf[0] == '\r')
		continue;
	    if (cp = strchr (linebuf, '\n'))
		*cp = '\0';

	    ac = sstr2arg(linebuf, 100, av, " \t,");
	    if (ac < 2) continue;
	    id = atoi(av[0]);
	    if (id == -1) id = lastid ++;

	    TheParentBuildList.AddItem( id, av[1]);
	}

	// Close the id file
	fclose( IDSfile );

	// Now construct the object array and read each object
	printf("Step 2:  Reading FLT files.  (Time %0.0fmin)\n", (GetTickCount()-startTime)/60000.0 );
	fprintf(stderr, "Step 2:  Reading FLT files.  (Time %0.0fmin)\n", (GetTickCount()-startTime)/60000.0 );
	fflush(NULL);
	if ( !TheParentBuildList.BuildParentTable() ) {
		printf("ERROR:  We got no objects to process.  (Time %0.0fmin)\n", (GetTickCount()-startTime)/60000.0 );
		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR:  We got no objects to process.  (Time %0.0fmin)\n", (GetTickCount()-startTime)/60000.0 );
		fflush(NULL);
		exit( -1 );
	}

	// Write the data to disk in a packed format
	_splitpath( filename, drive, path, fname, ext );
	strcpy( basename, drive );
	strcat( basename, path );
	strcat( basename, "KoreaObj" );

	// Create the object LOD file
	printf("Step 3:  Writing object LODs.  (Time %0.0fmin)\n", (GetTickCount()-startTime)/60000.0 );
	fprintf(stderr, "Step 3:  Writing object LODs.  (Time %0.0fmin)\n", (GetTickCount()-startTime)/60000.0 );
	fflush(NULL);
	strcpy( filename, basename );
	strcat( filename, ".LOD" );
	printf("\nCreating %s\n", filename);
	file = open( filename,  _O_WRONLY | _O_BINARY | _O_TRUNC | _O_CREAT, _S_IWRITE );
	if (file < 0) {
		printf("Failed to create object LOD file %s\n", filename);
		exit(-1);
	}

	// Write the object LOD data file
	TheLODBuildList.WriteLODData( file );

	// Close the object LOD file
	close(file);

	// Create the object texture file
	printf("Step 4:  Writing object textures.  (Time %0.0fmin)\n", (GetTickCount()-startTime)/60000.0 );
	fprintf(stderr, "Step 4:  Writing object textures.  (Time %0.0fmin)\n", (GetTickCount()-startTime)/60000.0 );
	fflush(NULL);
	strcpy( filename, basename );
	strcat( filename, ".TEX" );
	printf("\nCreating %s\n", filename);
	file = open( filename,  _O_WRONLY | _O_BINARY | _O_TRUNC | _O_CREAT, _S_IWRITE );
	if (file < 0) {
		printf("Failed to create object texture file %s\n", filename);
		exit(-1);
	}

	// Write the object texture file
	TheTextureBuildList.WriteTextureData( file );

	// Close the object texture file
	close(file);

	// Free the LOD data now that its on disk
	TheParentBuildList.ReleasePhantomReferences();

	// Create the master object file
	printf("Step 5:  Writing object headers.  (Time %0.0fmin)\n", (GetTickCount()-startTime)/60000.0 );
	fprintf(stderr, "Step 4:  Writing object headers.  (Time %0.0fmin)\n", (GetTickCount()-startTime)/60000.0 );
	fflush(NULL);
	strcpy( filename, basename );
	strcat( filename, ".HDR" );
	printf("\nCreating %s\n", filename);
	file = open( filename, _O_WRONLY | _O_BINARY | _O_TRUNC | _O_CREAT | _O_SEQUENTIAL, _S_IWRITE );
	if (file < 0) {
		printf("Failed to create master file %s\n", filename);
		exit(-1);
	}

	// Write the object format version to the master file
	TheParentBuildList.WriteVersion( file );

	// Write the Color Table to the master file
	TheColorBuildList.WritePool( file );

	// Write the Palette Table to the master file
	ThePaletteBuildList.WritePool( file );

	// Write the Texture Table to the master file
	TheTextureBuildList.WritePool( file );

	// Write the object LOD headers
	TheLODBuildList.WriteLODHeaders( file );

	// Write the parent object records to the master file
	TheParentBuildList.WriteParentTable( file );

	// Close the master file
	close(file);

	printf("Step 6:  Reporting.  (Time %0.0fmin)\n", (GetTickCount()-startTime)/60000.0 );
	fprintf(stderr, "Step 5:  Reporting.  (Time %0.0fmin)\n", (GetTickCount()-startTime)/60000.0 );
	fflush(NULL);

	TheColorBuildList.Report();
	ThePaletteBuildList.Report();
	TheTextureBuildList.Report();

	printf("Finished.  (Time %0.0fmin)\n", (GetTickCount()-startTime)/60000.0 );
	fprintf(stderr, "Finished.  (Time %0.0fmin)\n", (GetTickCount()-startTime)/60000.0 );
	fprintf(stderr, "Press ENTER to end.\n");
	getchar();
	return 0;
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


This is rally legend and twice national plowing champion Tommi Mäkinen testing (and sort of breaking) Toyota's future Yaris world rally car. To say that it sounds angry is an understatement.
It sounds like a large man screaming.
It sounds like a lightning bolt getting put in a blender.
It sounds like 300 horsepower getting exploded out of a 1.6 liter four cylinder.
I can't wait to see this thing on the WRC stages next year.


Joshua Frenchwood, an electrical engineering junior at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, wins a 2019 BEYA Student Leadership Award.
"I chose to study electrical engineering because I am very interested in how electricity and software is used to make new technology," Frenchwood said. He is currently exploring different ways of using software to help small business owners.
Giving back is important to Frenchwood. He has worked for more than two years as a program assistant for the St. Elmo Brady STEM Academy, an innovative after school program at the University of Houston Charter School designed to engage underrepresented minority boys – fourth and fifth grade students – in STEM activities, education and issues. In his role there, Frenchwood has designed and facilitated experiments, led classroom management and provided mentorship.
He is actively involved in the UH student chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). As the Career Fair Assistant Chair, he helped organize the 2017 UH Engineering Career Fair, which included more than 100 participating companies.
Frenchwood, who maintains a 3.6 GPA, has earned a number of scholarships. He was the only freshman among 20 high performing students to earn the very selective National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) scholarship and was recently named the UH NACME Scholar Ambassador. In his new role, Frenchwood will plan events for local NACME Scholars and serve as a liaison between UH and NACME national headquarters.
He also received a Shell Incentive Fund Scholarship and was recruited by Exxon Mobil for their Future Leaders Academy.
In addition to all this, Frenchwood has also gained work experience through internships. In 2018, he participated in an Exxon Mobil Field Electrical Engineering Internship and – in 2017 – served as a research intern in an electroscience lab at Ohio State University.
Frenchwood's goal is to one day own or work for a company that uses technology to impact the world in positive ways. "I know I can use the skills I'm learning at UH to contribute back to society," he said.


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If local "assets and attributes' explain a city's fortunes, doesn't that imply that cities aren't simply pawns to "larger macroeconomic and cultural trends"? I see a contradiction in this analysis.
First, the marketplace is now favoring these assets in ways it did not previously. Second, these assets are essentially all legacy. That is, they are a product of the past of the city and would be impossible to duplicate. They weren't consciously created with the idea of reviving the city. I do believe that, if you have conditions that are in favor in the market, you can take actions locally to try to boost that. But if you don't have what the market wants then you face a very uphill battle to create it.
Not exactly a ringing endorsement of economic development efforts, though I understand that telling leaders of struggling cities that "they face a very uphill battle" doesn't make them want to fork over money for the services of economic development consultants. A city is successful because people who are not in that city value it. Your argument suggests that making the locals happy is not the answer. The politics of successful cities have to be able to withstand the defensive attempts to preach to the choir and to reject outside money, people, and ideas. Appealing to outsiders who have money, ambitions, and experience IS the answer. HOW to do that is the question.
I think that there are some cities that are successful, or at least more successful than they have a right to be (in some regards), because people who live in that city value it. I suspect that Milwaukee might be a city like this, which compared to someplace like Philadelphia, doesn't have the same legacy assets (universities, medical centers, subway, high concentration of high paying insurance/finance jobs). I suspect that there are a lot of cities in the Rust Belt, Midwest, and Greater Appalachia that would be able to attract a lot more high paying, white collar professional jobs if more of their college bound kids decided to stay in the metro where they grew up.
For an example of this,there are a lot of jobs in Durham, NC, that could just as well be located in Greenboro, NC, a city that is only an hour's drive west of Durham, and which has substantially more affordable housing. But all of the kids in NC want to go college at the state's flagship schools: UNC Chapel-Hill (liberal arts and basic sciences), or NC State University (engineering/applied science and business/finance), or, if they can afford it, Duke University. Then they all want to either remain in the Research Triangle, move to Charlotte, or move someplace like NYC, Atlanta, DC, or head to the West Coast.
Given that Durham and Greensboro aren't really that different (similar housing stock, similar urban form, schools aren't really different, Durham just has a few more breweries, hip restaurants, and more frequent live shows, and the huge Duke Medical-Industrial complex), there isn't really a whole lot of rhyme or reason why more back office work doesn't go to Greensboro, other than that it is easier to get white collar professionals to agree to work in Durham. And some of that is that there are more white collar jobs in the Research Triangle already. But if more of the front row kids in NC from Greensboro and Winston decided they wanted to live in Greensboro, the dynamic of where companies put their offices would change very quickly (esp. considering the Piedmont Triad is a metro with 1.6 million residents). Even a small change in the flow out of talent, say 1,000 kids a year, over time would make a big difference in building an ecosystem of employers and employees.
Among its other assets, Philadelphia has a high concentration of regional medical centers (including a top children's hospital), medical schools and medical/biomedical research, as well as a large undergraduate university sector.
Regionally, the education sector includes one of the eight Ivies (Penn) and another within long commute range (Princeton). The metro has two leading engineering schools (Penn and Drexel), a large general state university (Temple), numerous well-regarded liberal arts colleges (Haverford, Bryn Mawr, LaSalle, St. Joe, Villanova), and the leading undergraduate+graduate business school (Wharton).
In view of the long-time eds and meds advantage, the city's revival is unsurprising, if a bit behind its large-old-city cohort.
But why Philadelphia and not Baltimore? Is it just that Philadelphia is bigger and hence has more legacy assets and industries on which to build?
Baltimore is so close to DC, it's virtually become a suburb the nation's capital. Too little of what happens in baltimore is decided in Baltimore. It's been colonized by DC.
But you would think that would mean Baltimore should be doing better than Philly, and my impression is that Philadelphia is actually doing better than Baltimore. And I don't think that Philadelphia has a more effective police department or better schools, although perhaps I am wrong about that, especially the police department.
It's not just the presence of money, it's how capital investment is organized and by whom. Aaron's article suggests that Philly's resurgence has something to do with its internal structure…that its economic organization has value to outsiders. Baltimore is just a convenient value play for what has become an incredibly expensive and competitive real estate market swirling out from DC. This means that Baltimore is purely a value proposition for DC money. Philly is an attractive proposition for reasons that go beyond it's relative cheapness and location as Aaron describes. Successful cities have deeper and broader access to capital. Baltimore only has access to DC capital. Aaron's article suggests that Philly has access to more streams of capital and its elite isn't able to keep it out and to control Philly in the way that Baltimore's clannish local elite was able to keep out outside capital so that it could keep Baltimore for itself (much like in another city we will not mention here). It was only the overwhelming power of a globally important metro like DC that was able to force Baltimore's doors open, but it did so on its terms not those set by the Baltimore elite. Philly had more doors to open such as eds/meds, media, art/culture, business services than Baltimore. It's harder to monopolize an economy the more complex it is. That made it harder for Philly's elite to squeeze every last drop of money and power from the city that it possibly could as did the incestuous elites of Baltimore and its sister cities at the 'bottom' of american metros like Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis, Buffalo, and The City That Shall Not Be Named.
I think that Philly does offer an useful example to other cities of the value of openness versus the internecine battles of local clans fighting to the death for their patch of dirt. Economic development begins at home. Global capital is more willing than ever to consider new markets. Philly shows that even quite troubled places can be one of those markets.
Never discount the presence of an Ivy university. Especially in Philadelphia, Penn has long contributed to the city's business and political elites, though not to the exclusion of the other local universities.
More of the recent mayors have been Penn grads, though there was a big swerve into populism (John Street) following Wilson Goode and Ed Rendell (Penn men). Street was succeeded by another Penn guy, Michael Nutter.
I'm not discounting everything. Just the opposite, I'm saying that everything counts. The totality of a city's offerings explain its fortunes.
Thanks for the response; that makes a lot of sense to me and suggests that size and complexity both probably work in favor of cities, and that because of that places like Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, and maybe places like Phoenix, Minneapolis, Charlotte, Orlando, Tampa Bay/St. Pete's, San Antonio, Austin, Denver, and the NC Research Triangle will have strong economic futures, because they will reach, or have reached, "escape velocity" in terms of the size of their population and the complexity of their local economies. Probably true for Seattle and Portland as well, and maybe even Salt Lake City.
Partly the education part…when my friends were applying to med schools, Philadelphia had five of them (since reduced by mergers). Besides Johns Hopkins, can you name another Baltimore school with a national reputation?
Partly the inertia part…Philadelphia is even older and bigger than Baltimore and had more large corporate players, especially in finance, banking, and insurance.
Partly history, too, I'd speculate, contrasting Baltimore and Maryland's foundations as a (southern/slave-owning) Catholic colony versus the multi-cultural history of Penn's colony that included ending slavery just after the founding of the Republic, as well as Philadelphia being the founding place of the American republic and its first capital.
I think it's the willingness of a place to make room for outsiders…to appeal to their ambitions and desires. Cities rise or fall on their ability to function, not their physical form. Cities need to produce wealth. Being dense and urban doesn't in itself produce any wealth. It's how that urban density is used. It seems to me that Raleigh has shown that it can produce wealth for investors, while Greensboro has not. The ball is in Greensboro's court to show that it can allow investors to produce profits.


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HavocK Please, don't take it lightly, it's been proven you can become blind due to this extension !
@clarkwinkelmann Yes you're right, my bad sorry.
What's wrong with Comic Sans?
Why would you do this to us?
This extension provides easily customization to include your own custom bbcode for custom css effects.
Feel free to submit a PR but I think you should start your own package.
This one is just a joke, and a useful boilerplate. I don't think it deserves any other features than Rainbow Comic Sans.
IMO this extension is an upgraded extension of the FA Bbcode Extension. I say upgraded because this extension uses a .less file whereas FA Ext. takes advantage of font Awesome being apart of core.
This extension can easily be used to add bbcode for any font.
I proved it's extendability by adding my own css snippets above. Think I'll extend it more by adding specific fonts from http://fontcdn.org @clarkwinkelmann will have no choice but to call it something more awesome.
0E800 no rainbow, sliding, or blinking effect ? I'm disappointed.


Summer may be wrapping up, but that doesn't mean that the parade of super hot celebrity Twitpics and Instagrams is slowing down one bit! You know the drill by now: Throughout August we scoured the web to collect the very sexiest snaps that social media savvy celebs had to offer, and we think you'll be very pleased with the results. No need to thank us, we're just doing our job.
Divisive Twerk Queen Miley Cyrus makes an appearance, as does fellow Disney grown-up Selena Gomez. Models and former Victoria's Secret Angels Alessandra Ambrosio, Heidi Klum, Miranda Kerr, and Doutzen Kroes strut their stuff (not on the catwalk), and VH1's very own Draya Michele shows off an awesome vintage swimsuit. Rihanna and Nicki Minaj duke it out for Hot Pop Princess supremacy, and, of course, there's Coco. If words are more your thing, then by all means keep on reading. But we have a funny feeling you've already moved on to the photos. Enjoy!


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Mayte Michelle Rodríguez (født 12. juli 1978) er en amerikansk skuespiller. Efter hendes gennembrud i Girlfight (2000), har hun spillet hårde roller og medvirket i Hollywood blockbustere som The Fast and the Furious (2001), Resident Evil (2002), S.W.A.T. (2003), Avatar (2009), Fast & Furious (2009), Machete (2010), Battle: Los Angeles (2011), Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) samt seneste Fast & Furious 6 (2013) og Machete Kills (2013). Hun er også kendt for sin rolle som Ana Lucia Cortez i den anden sæson af tv-serien Lost (2005-2006). I juli 2010 havde Rodriguez's film indtjent 1.272.734.719 amerikanske dollar i USA og 3.686.521.043 på verdensplan.

Rodriguez blev født San Antonio, Texas. Hendes mor, Carmen Milady (født Pared Espinal), er oprindeligt indfødt i Den Dominikanske Republik. Hendes far, Rafael Rodriguez, er oprindeligt fra Puerto Rico og tjente tidligere i den amerikanske hær. Hun har i alt ti søskende – både biologiske og halvsøskende. Hun blev delvist opdraget af sin religiøse mormor og blev desuden opdraget igennem Jehovas Vidner (hendes mors religion), selvom hun siden har opgivet denne tro.

Hun flyttede til Den Dominikanske Republik sammen med sin mor, da hun var otte og boede der indtil en alder af elleve, hvorefter de slog sig ned i Jersey City, New Jersey. I sine ungdomsår droppede hun ud af gymnasiet, men fik senere sin GED; i alt blev hun smidt ud af fem skoler. Rodriguez gik kortvarigt på en business school, men droppede ud, for at forfølge en karriere i skuespil, med det ultimative mål at blive en manuskriptforfatter og filminstruktør.

Rodriguez har tidligere datet hendes medspiller i The Fast and the Furious Vin Diesel samt skuespillerkollegaen fra S.W.A.T. Olivier Martinez. Ligeledes fortalte hun i juli 2006 til det britiske Cosmopolitan, at hun ikke var lesbisk, men at hun havde "eksperimenteret med begge køn." Hun blev senere samme år sat i romantisk forhold med Kristanna Loken, selvom forholdet aldrig er blevet officielt bekræftet af hverken Rodriguez eller Loken. Dog udtalte Loken i april 2007: "We're great friends. She'll always remain a great, close friend of mine. I'll always love Michelle."

Filmografi

Film
 Girlfight (2000)
 The Fast and the Furious (2001)
 3 A.M. (2001)
 Blue Crush (2002)
 Resident Evil (2002)
 S.W.A.T. (2003)
 Control (2004)
 BloodRayne (2005)
 The Breed (2006)
 Battle in Seattle (2007)
 Cats: The Movie (2008)
 Gardens of the Night (2008)
 Fast & Furious (2009)
 Trópico de Sangre (2009)
 Avatar (2009)
 Machete (2010)
 Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
 Citizen Jane (2011)
 Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
 Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
 Machete Kills (2013)
 Turbo (2013)
 Fast & Furious 7 (2015)
 The Fate of the Furious (2017)

Referencer

Eksterne henvisninger

Skuespillere fra Texas
Personer fra San Antonio


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Q: Android: how to handle onBackPressed Nested fragment I'm in an activity with the following structure
 Activity
   ContainerFragment with a view pager
       fragment 1 within viewPager
           View 1 inside fragment 1
           View 2 inside fragment 1

When the activity loads fragment1.view1 is shown, if some user interaction happens View 1 close and View 2 Open (think of it as 2 cards, one gets hidden another gets shown).  From View 1 on back press user should back to View 1 .  This became more of a headache than I thought it would be.  The best I can come up with is to override activity.onBackPressed(), check if containerFragment is currently not null and call containerFragment.onBackPressed() (custom method), which then checks if fragment1 is not null and calls fragment1.onBackPressed() which then checks if view 2 is showing and if yes ,  then close  View 2  and show view 1.    Is there any simpler way in android to solve a problem like this?  I don't have control over restructuring this part of the app.
Summary: I have a fragment inside another fragment which contains 2 views, I want to on backpressed go from view 2 to view 1

A: I'd implement something called FragmentViewControllerwhich would be responsible for display proper view in your Fragment. It's really simple, for example
class FragmentViewController{
      private boolean firstView = true;

      public boolean isFirstView() { return firstView }
      public void setFirstView() { firstView = true; }
      public void setSecondView() { firstView = false; }
}

Show view in your Fragment based on state of FragmentViewController. After each change of state refresh Fragment to show proper view.
When view2 will be show, call setSecondView().
Override onBackPressed in your Activity, and manage the state of FragmentViewController to handle back button pressed eg.: when view2 is showing call setFirstView to restore first view in Fragment.


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Warriors Dominance Isn't Ruining the NBA; Look at Your Own Team
Adam Fromal@fromal09Twitter LogoNational NBA Featured ColumnistJuly 12, 2018
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The Golden State Warriors keep getting stronger.
Win a record-setting 73 games during the 2015-16 season before blowing a 3-1 lead against LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2016 NBA Finals? No problem; they'll just add Kevin Durant and win each of the next two titles to establish themselves as a dynasty. Worried that complacency might set in after getting the brooms out during the 2018 NBA Finals? Here comes DeMarcus Cousins on the mid-level exception, ready to complete his Achilles rehabilitation before attempting to find his stride alongside four incumbent All-Stars.
Marc Stein @TheSteinLine
Those five Celtics in 1975-76 who were All-Stars the previous season: Jo Jo White, Charlie Scott, Dave Cowens, Paul Silas and John Havlicek https://t.co/IZd67UmBKV
The Warriors continue adding to their riches, exhibiting tremendous team-building acumen while taking advantage of the veterans who'd prefer to chase rings in the Bay Area. As dominant as they were last season, they might be even better moving forward, which begs the question of whether they're ruining the NBA.
To be clear, they aren't.
If shattering the illusion of competitiveness were so easy, the Association wouldn't have survived Bill Russell's run of excellence with the Boston Celtics. It couldn't have moved past the Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers owning the '80s before Michael Jordan won six titles in the '90s. The league has played witness to one overpowering force after another. The Warriors are only the latest in a long line of succession.
And yet, that "ruining the NBA" feeling still pervades. How is it fair that Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green get to play with Durant? And now they're adding Cousins into the mix?
But don't blame the Warriors for taking advantage of the opportunities bestowed upon them. Blame the NBA's other organizations for failing to avoid shooting themselves in the feet while engaging in a ceaseless—and thus far unsuccessful—pursuit of the defending champions.
Bad Decisions Across the League
Not every ill-advised decision from other teams directly led to the Warriors' dominance, but they all help paint the picture of struggle. Though some organizations have consistently drafted well and made strong personnel decisions—the pre-Kawhi Leonard-drama San Antonio Spurs, for example—even stellar ones such as the Houston Rockets can't avoid having pieces like Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute slip away.
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Did former Brooklyn Nets general manager Billy King trading away every draft pick under the sun for access to aging veterans play a part in Golden State's rise to prominence? No, but it took one franchise out of the picture throughout the Warriors' rise. Ditto for the Cleveland Cavaliers drafting Anthony Bennett, the Dallas Mavericks dealing for Lamar Odom, the Utah Jazz not giving Gordon Hayward a five-year max extension back in 2014 and so many more unfortunate choices.
These moves make it that much more difficult to blame Golden State's front office. The NBA, as a whole, has had trouble getting its you-know-what together.
Just look back to the 2016 offseason for even more examples.
The Warriors landed Durant (two years, $54.5 million), Zaza Pachulia (one year, $2.9 million), David West (one year, $1.55 million), Ian Clark (one year, $1.01 million), James Michael McAdoo (one year, $0.98 million) and Anderson Varejao (one year, $1.5 million) that summer, per Sean Meagher of the Oregonian, but the rest of the field struggled to exercise restraint. With an exploding salary cap, a lack of cap smoothing and plenty of itchy trigger fingers, other teams handed out one bad contract after another.
During that summer alone, the following albatrosses came into being:
Nicolas Batum: five years, $120 million with the Charlotte Hornets
Hassan Whiteside: four years, $98 million with the Miami Heat
Chandler Parsons: four years, $94 million with the Memphis Grizzlies
Harrison Barnes: four years, $94 million with the Dallas Mavericks
Ryan Anderson: four years, $80 million with the Houston Rockets
Allen Crabbe: four years, $75 million with the Portland Trail Blazers
Luol Deng: four years, $72 million with the Los Angeles Lakers
Joakim Noah: four years, $72 million with the New York Knicks
Bismack Biyombo: four years, $72 million with the Orlando Magic
Dwight Howard: three years, $70.5 million with the Atlanta Hawks
Kent Bazemore: four years, $70 million with the Atlanta Hawks
Evan Turner: four years, $70 million with the Portland Trail Blazers
Timofey Mozgov: four years, $64 million with the Los Angeles Lakers
Ian Mahinmi: four years, $64 million with the Washington Wizards
Marvin Williams: four years, $54.5 million with the Charlotte Hornets
Miles Plumlee: four years, $50 million with the Milwaukee Bucks
Jordan Clarkson: four years, $50 million with the Los Angeles Lakers
Tyler Johnson: four years, $50 million with the Miami Heat
Solomon Hill: four years, $48 million with the New Orleans Pelicans
Dwyane Wade: two years, $47 million with the Chicago Bulls
Jon Leuer: four years, $42 million with the Detroit Pistons
Jamal Crawford: three years, $42 million with the Los Angeles Clippers
Meyers Leonard: four years, $41 million with the Portland Trail Blazers
That list could be even longer if we weren't limiting it to the bad investments with an average annual value of at least $10 million. And that's from only one offseason.
Isolating any of those pacts is problematic, but the overall spending frenzy created a market that makes it even tougher for the other 29 franchises to journey down proper paths.
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The Blazers, for example, are still mired in a dire cap situation even while attempting to build around the exciting core comprised of Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum and Jusuf Nurkic. The Wizards have been unable to pair a quality bench with their high-powered starting five. The Knicks are, well, the Knicks—held back not just by free-agency woes (see: Tim Hardaway Jr.) but strange trades for limited players such as Andrea Bargnani.
Current moves could work their way onto this ever-growing list as time passes. The Chicago Bulls may come to regret matching Zach LaVine's massive offer sheet when they could've instead built a deeper core around Lauri Markkanen and Wendell Carter Jr. What if the 76ers hadn't traded up for Markelle Fultz last offseason? The examples drag on ad infinitum, and we haven't even touched upon the crapshoot that is the NBA draft.
But this can all be boiled down into a single point: When attempting to catch and surpass the Warriors, you need veritable perfection. Has any front office projected a sense of infallibility over the last half-decade?
Those Directly Impacting Golden State
The Warriors have benefited from both luck and the overall inability to build another long-lasting contender. And no, that first part isn't a way of discounting their remarkable achievements; the creation of every high-powered force requires some element of good fortune.
Golden State wouldn't have been able to sign Durant if not for Curry's ankle troubles, which limited his earning potential and caused him to sign an extension that paid him only $12.1 million for 2016-17. What if former head coach Mark Jackson had developed Green properly rather than leaving him behind David Lee in the pecking order? What if the cap explosion hadn't coincided with Durant's free agency? That convergence of factors matters quite a bit, regardless of the brain trust's forward-thinking approach.
Still, a quartet of decisions from other organizations paved the way for Golden State's ascension. We aren't saying you should blame these teams above all others—and the Cavaliers deserve some blame for their consistent failure to surround James with more complementary players, too—but they made the Warriors' path to perceived invincibility smoother.
David Kahn's Draft-Day Decisions in 2009
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The NBA draft is an inherently unstable affair, but the Warriors have enjoyed good fortune time and again. Not only did they unearth the Splash Brothers with two picks outside of the top six, but they fell into a future Defensive Player of the Year in Green at No. 35. The rebuilding Bulls' decision to prioritize cash considerations over Jordan Bell helped, too.
But no draft-night moment mattered more to the growth of this superteam than 2009, when former Minnesota Timberwolves president David Kahn adhered strictly to his big board. We know the Knicks would've taken Curry with the No. 8 pick, directly after the Warriors snatched him up at No. 7, but the T-Wolves grabbing a pair of point guards right ahead of Golden State had far more serious ramifications.
With Blake Griffin, Hasheem Thabeet, James Harden and Tyreke Evans off the board, the Timberwolves had back-to-back picks and a dire need for backcourt help. They grabbed Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn with the Nos. 5 and 6 selections, respectively, leaving Curry to journey from Davidson to Oakland and kickstart the Bay Area rebuild.
Let's turn to some numbers that show how bad those choices became, regardless of the passing brilliance the Spanish floor general has shown throughout his tenure in the Association.
According to NBA Math, Flynn and Rubio have combined to earn 4.04 TPA during their entire careers (not just their time spent with the T-Wolves, which was minimal in Flynn's case). Their best seasons register at minus-49.1 and 87.54 TPA, respectively. Curry's career high came when he won MVP unanimously in 2015-16 (698.25), and his career tally stands at 3,379.24—already No. 31 all time.
Curry might not serve as the leading Warrior every night, but he's the team's centerpiece. Without his shooting abilities, Golden State's identity would be shattered. Without him, a downtrodden organization may well have remained downtrodden throughout the foreseeable future.
Serge Ibaka over James Harden in 2012
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Perhaps no move in recent NBA history has undergone the relitigation process more frequently than the Oklahoma City Thunder's decision to trade James Harden to the Rockets. Coming off a loss to the Miami Heat in the 2012 NBA Finals, general manager Sam Presti dealt him, Cole Aldrich, Daequan Cook and Lazar Hayward for Jeremy Lamb, Kevin Martin, a 2013 first-rounder (Steven Adams), a 2013 second-rounder (Alex Abrines) and a 2014 first-rounder (Mitch McGary).
Perhaps this was purely a cost-cutting move, since Harden's salary would soon explode. Perhaps the Thunder were prioritizing the rim protection Serge Ibaka provided over the high-scoring efforts of Harden—a seemingly sensible move, given the presences of Russell Westbrook and Durant. There's even a chance OKC valued Lamb, Martin and the other incoming assets more than Harden.
But that's irrelevant now. The deed is done, and it paved the way for the eventual breakup of the Durant-Westbrook tandem. Had the Thunder kept all three future MVPs—and yes, it's possible they may never have fully realized their potential while continuing to operate alongside one another—we could instead be looking at the Thunder as the NBA's leading dynasty.
Anyone remember where Durant went when OKC could no longer remain competitive enough to satiate his championship thirst?
New York Knicks Lowballing Steve Kerr in 2014
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Steve Kerr deserves plenty of credit for the Warriors' juggernaut status, and not just because he helped build the system that's allowed for two-way success, maximized Curry's talents, converted Green from a backup to a superstar or helped milk ability out of everyone sent in his direction.
As B/R's Howard Beck wrote in a piece detailing the development of the roller-coaster relationship between Kerr and Green: "He's learned to better tailor his approach to each player, recognizing what Curry needs from him is fundamentally different from what Durant needs, or [Andre] Iguodala needs, or Green needs."
But Kerr came close to joining the New York Knicks instead, according to Marc Berman of the New York Post.
"The Post has learned Jackson's initial offer to Kerr was a lowball of three years, $13.2 million. That offer stuck for more than a week before the Warriors got involved Tuesday. Kerr wound up agreeing to terms with Golden State on a five-year, $22 million contract—not the $25 million that was widely reported.
"Had the Knicks originally offered Kerr five years, $22 million—$4.4 million a year — he probably would have closed the deal before Golden State could reenter the fray. Jackson only bumped the offer to four years in response to Golden State's offer."
Since then, Kerr has gone 265-63—some of those wins came while Luke Walton was filling in for him as he recovered from back surgery, but they still get credited to Kerr—and won three championships. For perspective, that .808 career winning percentage is higher than any single-season tally from the franchise's history prior to his arrival.
Meanwhile, the Knicks have cycled through Derek Fisher, Kurt Rambis, Jeff Hornacek and now David Fizdale as their head coach.
Dallas Mavericks Trading for Andrew Bogut in 2016
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On the surface level, the Warriors trading Andrew Bogut and a future second-round pick to the Dallas Mavericks for a heavily protected 2019 second-round selection seems innocuous enough. Even though the defense-first center couldn't last a full season in Dallas before the Mavs dealt him away, it isn't as though they gave up for too much for his services.
Except by acquiring him, they helped the Warriors clear the cap space they needed to sign Durant.
Perhaps the Mavs were just eager to get their hands on a Golden State player after narrowly missing out on Andre Iguodala a few years earlier. They could be reasonably justified in pursuing Bogut to pair him with incoming free agent and ex-Warrior Harrison Barnes, and the Australian center was still young and talented enough to be viewed as a beneficial addition.
But the basketball world already knew the Warriors were landing Durant. This was clearly a situation in which Dallas held all the leverage, as this report from ESPN.com's Marc Stein and Tim MacMahon should make clear.
"The Warriors needed to shed Bogut's $11 million salary to create cap space to sign Durant to a two-year, $54.3 million deal.
"By adding Bogut, Dallas, which acquired center Zaza Pachulia from the Milwaukee Bucks in a similar salary dump last summer, would fill a need at starting center with a proven veteran on an expiring contract."
Sure, the Warriors would've found another home for Bogut if necessary. But by failing to extract a larger toll for the salary dump, Dallas still helped make Golden State's path to a superteam even smoother.
So, Who to Blame?
None of these teams are individually responsible for Golden State's rise.
Though the T-Wolves could've selected Curry ahead of the Warriors, every team makes mistakes during the draft. Similarly, the Thunder had no reason to believe Harden would develop into a game-breaking force for Houston, and they still nearly kept the Durant-Westbrook tandem intact.
So on and so forth.
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But the lack of blame applies to Golden State as well.
Lest we forget, the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead to James and the Cavaliers after winning a record-setting 73 regular-season games in 2015-16. Of course they wanted to get better by adding another generational talent. Ditto for this past postseason, during which back-to-back championships might not have occurred without Chris Paul's balky hamstring allowing a Western Conference Finals comeback.
No team would turn down talent it can acquire while playing by the rules. And Golden State has indeed played by the rules, even if some of those edicts—cap smoothing, anyone?—have benefited the Dubs by mere happenstance.
Don't blame the Warriors for doing what any other franchise would in its place. Hate them, if you must. Respect them. Root against them. Enjoy the pure basketball perfection put on display when their offense is clicking. Hope other teams prove worthy challengers. But don't blame them.
If you need a scapegoat, the rest of the league is available.
Adam Fromal covers the NBA for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Twitter: @fromal09.
Unless otherwise indicated, all stats courtesy of Basketball Reference, NBA.com, NBA Math or ESPN.com.
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package com.ksa.web.struts2.action.system.initialize;

import java.sql.DriverManager;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import com.ksa.web.struts2.action.JsonAction;
import com.ksa.web.struts2.action.model.JsonResult;

public class CheckConnectionAction extends BaseAction implements JsonAction {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1924965317258234841L;

    private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger( CheckConnectionAction.class );

    @Override
    public Object getJsonResult() {
        try {
            Class.forName( DRIVER_NAME );
            DriverManager.getConnection( getConnectionUrl(), getUsername(), getPassword() );
            return new JsonResult( SUCCESS, "SQLServer2005 数据库连接成功!" );
        } catch( Exception e ) {
            logger.warn( "SQLServer2005 数据库连接失败!", e );
            return new JsonResult( ERROR, "SQLServer2005 数据库连接失败!失败原因:" + e.getMessage() );
        }
    }

}


Glendale has been undertaking grounds maintenance works on the iconic Torbay coastline since Summer 2011 ensuring that the English Riviera's summer bedding looks stunning every time.
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It's a fact, Vapers are on the rise. And with the rise of Vapers comes the rise of haters. Maybe "haters" is too strong a word. But there is a distinct culture of suspicion and ridicule that sometimes surrounds those who have merely found a fun alternative to the health risks of tobacco. Whether you put it down to ignorance or malice, the below phrases are heard time and time again when it comes to vaping and it's about time those myths went up in smoke (vapour).
Don't blow your smoke in my face!
First off is this classic mistake from the vape-ignorant. You may find yourself in a designated smoking area or a public (and perfectly legal) place to Vape and be confronted with someone having a go, and perhaps a lecture about not wanting to get your second hand smoke in their face. In fact, it is not smoke that comes from a Vape, but water vapour, and as opposed to the smell of tobacco, is probably enjoyed by the majority of people. There is nothing harmful in the vapour, especially when noting that there are at least 4000 harmful chemicals in cigarette smoke. E-cig vapour merely contains nicotine, flavouring and water and has very few compounds within it that could be considered harmful.
Firstly, there is no harmful effects from second hand smoke. Plus, very few people would want to or (would even think of) blowing smoke directly in a child's face!
There is no scientific basis for this, and in fact many people use e-cigs to lower their cravings for nicotine.
Studies have shown that young people are most likely to be influenced to smoke by their peers, parents and their stress levels. Their starting to smoke tobacco usually has nothing to do with advertising or the use of e-cigs. In fact, tobacco acts as a gateway to e-cigs, the opposite to what people believe. This is because many smokers want to reduce the harm on their bodies inflicted through smoking tobacco.
The only component within e-cigs which has any connection with cigarettes is the nicotine and this is not the component of cigarette's which are linked to cancer. It is the 4000 other chemicals within tobacco that have links to harming the body, including cyanide, tar and carbon monoxide. Although nicotine is highly addictive and can cause a change in blood pressure temporarily when inhaled. There are no links between e-cigs and cancer.
All e-cig and e-liquid packets come with a detailed list of ingredients. Usually, e-cigs contain a mixture of propylene glycol, glycerin, water, nicotine, and flavorings. It is not unusual for ingredients to vary but the liquid typically contains 95% propylene glycol and glycerin. Detailed enough for you?
What kind of Wand is that?
It's either wand, or pen and people keep on ticking off the vapers with their assumption that the higher powered vaping devices are the same as the lower powered pens. And then there is the fun poking phrase of wand. Come on guys! It's not 2011 anymore, and the Harry Poitter franchise has been and gone. If you're going to ridicule a vaper, perhaps be more creative so everybody can find it funny!
The problem here is that the laws keep changing. Many places put a blanket ban on smoking and vaping in public or enclosed spaces whilst others are explicitly talking about the smoking of tobacco. There is no real threat from second hand smoke from e-cigs, this doesn't stop people from assuming that they are as dangerous as traditional nicotine. It is true though that e-cigarette's can be used in more places that tobacco smoking is not allowed. It is always a good idea to ask a shop keeper, bartender or anybody else in charge of an enclosed but public area if it is okay for you to smoke.
It isn't an oil. The technical term for vape juice is an e-liquid.


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Q: Is the static loading of shared libraries linked like dynamic loading or static linking? According to this expert,

Dynamic loading refers to mapping (or less often copying) an executable or library into a process's memory after is has started.  Dynamic linking refers to resolving symbols - associating their names with addresses or offsets - after compile time.

Hence, correspondingly: static loading refers to mapping an executable or libary into memory before it has started, and static linking refers to resolving symbols at compile time.
Now, when you do static loading and static linking of a library, the library's binary code is appended to your binary code, and the (function and variable) references your binary code makes to the library are patched (not sure if that's the correct term) so that they point to the correct positions.
This means that before static linking a call to a function
foo()

would give you (in x86 ASM), among others, an instruction like:
 call    0x00000000

and after static linking you have something like:
 call    0x00001043

where 0x00001043 is the entry point of the function foo in the binary code that is output by the linker.
Now, when you do dynamic loading and dynamic linking, you will call a library function by way of a function pointer:
    typedef int (*fun_ptr)(void);
library = dlopen("mylib.so");
fun_ptr foo = dlsym(library, "foo");
foo();

This mechanism is also how C++ virtual methods work. The address of the method to be called is resolved at runtime by making a function pointer to the method part of the instance (stored in the so-called vtable).
My question is this:
When you do static loading and dynamic linking of a shared library (for context, let's say a .so in linux), does this linking patch my binary's references like in the static loading & linking scenario, or does it work by way of function pointers like in the case of dynamic loading & linking and C++ virtual methods?

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When you do static loading and dynamic linking of a shared library

You don't do 'static loading' of a shared library.
Even though it looks to you as an end-user that e.g. libc.so.6 is 'static loaded' at process startup, it is not in fact the case. Rather, the kernel 'static loads' the main binary and ld-linux.so, and then ld-linux dynamic loads all the other shared libraries.

does this linking patch my binary's references like in the static loading & linking scenario, or does it work by way of function pointers like in the case of dynamic loading

It depends.
Usually shared libraries are linked from position-independent code (PIC), and work the way of function pointers (the pointers are stored in the GOT -- global offset table).
But sometimes shared libraries are linked from non-PIC code, and require "text relocations", which work similar to "static linking".

A: I have been able to produce an example of runtime static linking using libbfd (which is the library sitting beneath GNU binutils' ld linker): https://github.com/bloff/runtime-static-linking-with-libbfd


Mango diversity in Nepal is increasingly threatened by the commercialization of the production systems, changes in land use, habitat loss and population pressure. An ecogeographic survey was conducted to locate, analyse and assess the current status of mango genetic resources, and suggested conservation and sustainable utilization measures. Fruit samples were collected to characterize 19 qualitative and quantitative characteristics to assess genetic variation and establish relationships. A total of 132 different mango cultivars were identified from 11 districts surveyed. A rich diversity of both commercial and local cultivars was found. Local mango cultivars possess unique characteristics, having both economic and cultural value. Important traits identified included ability to grow in marginal and drought areas, adaptation to high altitude, high rate of fruit setting, fruiting in off-season, special aroma, and fibreless pulp. Introduction of Indian commercial mango varieties and a high rate of logging of old mango trees are major threats to maintenance of mango genetic resources. The paper identified Dadeldhura, Parbat, Dhading, Kavre and Sirah districts as major areas of mango diversity and suggests potential methods of community-based conservation action in Nepal.


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Лахтекі () — село в Ірані, у дегестані Джірдег, у Центральному бахші, шагрестані Шафт остану Ґілян. За даними перепису 2006 року, його населення становило 432 особи, що проживали у складі 112 сімей.

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Середня річна температура становить 14,25 °C, середня максимальна – 28,06 °C, а середня мінімальна – -1,25 °C. Середня річна кількість опадів – 917 мм.

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Floating atop the crystal clear waters of the Adriatic Sea, a 110-year-old wooden masterpiece named Bozidar, meaning "God's gift," awaits our arrival. As we finish our hike through charming coastal villages, centuries-old olive groves and secluded bays, the rocky trail conveniently ends at a small dock where Bozidar's dingy picks us up to whisk us out to our group's private boat for the week.
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Set in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the world's most remote island chain, Hawaii is a melting pot of different cultures from around the world. With its rich cultural heritage and diversity, you may hear myriad languages being spoken here. Learning some key phrases in Hawaiian (or Hawaiian pidgin) is a fun way to prepare for your trip to this island paradise!
Yellowstone and Grand Teton are two of the best national parks in the United States for viewing wildlife... the "Big Five" refers to the most popular animals that visitors hope to see in the parks–American bison, elk, gray wolves, grizzly bears and moose. Whether you are driving, cycling, hiking, rafting, kayaking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing or just sitting on a bench, you are sure to see a variety of animals during your visit, but the Big Five continue to win the hearts of our guests during their Backroads vacations.
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The power of a court to hear and determine a lawsuit involving a defendant by virtue of the defendant's having some contact with the place where the court is located.
Personal jurisdiction, also known as in personam (against the person) jurisdiction, gives a court the authority to make decisions binding on the persons involved in a civil case. Every state has personal jurisdiction over persons within its territory. Conversely, no state can exercise personal jurisdiction and authority over persons outside its territory unless the persons have manifested some contact with the state.
The authority of the court to issue orders to persons present within the territory comes from the sovereign power of the government. The court's authority allows it to reach all residents of a state, including those who are outside the state for a short period and out-of-state residents who enter the state even briefly.
Deciding whether an individual is within the personal jurisdiction of a court has not been difficult to determine. Difficulty has arisen when courts have had to decide whether corporations were subject to personal jurisdiction. Corporations have a legal existence and a legal identity but not a tangible existence. They are subject to lawsuits involving TORT and contract. As corporations became national economic entities, the courts of a state had difficulty finding personal jurisdiction if the corporation was not located within that state.
Courts established that a corporation is always subject to the jurisdiction of the courts in the state where it was incorporated. States also require corporations to file written consents to personal jurisdiction before they can conduct business within the state. Other states require that either the corporation designate an agent to accept legal process (the legal documents initiating a lawsuit) in the state or that the state attorney general be authorized to accept process for all out-of-state corporations doing business within the state.
In 1945 the U.S. Supreme Court modernized personal jurisdiction requirements when it announced the "minimum contacts" test in International Shoe Co. v. Washington, 326 U.S. 310, 66 S. Ct. 154, 90 L. Ed. 95. The Court held that courts could constitutionally exercise jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant if the defendant had sufficient contacts with the state such that forcing the person to litigate in that forum did not offend "traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice." Because of the ease of modern communication and transportation, it is usually not unfair to require a party to defend itself in a state in which it conducts business activity.
The threshold of minimum contacts varies. Where the action arises out of or is related to the defendant's contacts with the state, the quantity of contacts necessary to establish personal jurisdiction may be truly minimal. In such cases the nature and quality of the contact are the determining factors. In the case of a nonresident motorist who causes an injury in the forum state (the state of the court asserting jurisdiction), the interest of the state in providing a forum for its residents and regulating its highways, coupled with the defendant's having purposefully entered the state, permits the state to fairly assert personal jurisdiction.
A corporation or individual not physically present in a state may invoke personal jurisdiction by making a single contact with the state by telephone, mail, or facsimile transmission. In Hanson v. Denckla, 357 U.S. 235, 78 S. Ct. 1228, 2 L. Ed. 2d 1283 (1958), the Court ruled that even a single transaction can trigger personal jurisdiction when the defendant purposely avails itself of the privilege of conducting activities with the forum state and invokes the benefits and protection of state law.
States quickly took advantage of International Shoe by enacting "long-arm statutes." These statutes allow the state to reach out and obtain jurisdiction over anyone who is not present in the state but who transacts business within the state, commits a tort within the state, commits a tort outside the state that causes injury within the state, or owns, uses, or possesses real property within the state.
Personal jurisdiction in the federal courts is governed by rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 4 directs each federal district court to follow the law on personal jurisdiction that is in force in the state courts where the federal court is located. Federal courts may use state LONG-ARM STATUTES to reach defendants beyond the territory of their normal authority. With cases that can only be brought in federal court, such as lawsuits involving federal SECURITIES and ANTITRUST LAWS, federal courts may exercise personal jurisdiction over a defendant no matter where the defendant is found.
When a person wishes to challenge personal jurisdiction, he or she must take care in appearing before the court in the forum state. If the defendant makes a general appearance, the court will take this to be an unqualified submission to the personal jurisdiction of the court. The defendant waives the right to raise any jurisdictional defects.
To prevent this from happening, a defendant must request a special appearance before the court. A special appearance is made for the limited purpose of challenging the sufficiency of the SERVICE OF PROCESS or the personal jurisdiction of the court. If any other issues are raised, the proceeding becomes a general appearance. The court must then determine whether it has jurisdiction over the defendant. If the defendant is found to be within the personal jurisdiction of the court, the issue may be appealed. Some states permit an immediate appeal, whereas others make the defendant raise the issue after the case has been heard on its merits in the trial court.
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