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(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Protestors at a news conference where a coalition including the LDS Church came out against Utah's medical marijuana initiative, in Salt Lake City on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert still plans to vote “no” on Proposition 2, which would legalize medical marijuana in the state.
But he said Thursday that whether the ballot initiative passes or fails, Utah’s lawmakers need to work to make medical cannabis available to patients.
“If it doesn’t pass, then we need to get with the Legislature and come back into session and create a better law,” Herbert said. “If it does pass, we still have the same challenge, and that’s working with the Legislature and all the stakeholders."
He said the initiative’s proposed law is flawed, and would require cleanup work if approved by voters in November. But he added that he understands the frustration of patients who feel the state has moved too slowly to respond to the legitimate medical needs of residents.
The governor’s comments came during his monthly televised news conference on KUED Channel 7. Herbert became animated discussing the issue of medical marijuana, criticizing Washington, D.C., for ignoring the debate for years while states moved forward in violation of federal law.
More than 30 states have now legalized medical marijuana.
The Governor's Monthly News Conference on KUED, a live, unedited exchange between reporters and Governor Gary Herbert.
It’s a sad commentary on the country, Herbert said, that members of Congress have “sat on their hindquarters” while marijuana remained a Schedule 1 drug, largely restricted from medical research and clinical trials.
Among the potential amendments Herbert said he’d like to see if Proposition 2 succeeds is a restriction on the distribution process. The initiative calls for privately owned medical marijuana dispensaries, but Herbert said he’d prefer to see patients obtain their cannabis products through a state-run system.
DJ Schanz, director of the Utah Patients Coaltion, said there’s a reason that most states with medical marijuana rely on dispensaries for distribution. There would be major legal ramifications, he said, in operating a system like Herbert suggested.
Schanz said the willingness of elected leaders like Herbert to consider and call for marijuana legislation shows the progress that’s been made on the issue in the last two years. The subject was dismissed in the past, Schanz said, where opponents of Proposition 2 are now talking about the minutiae of the initiative’s Utah Medical Cannabis Act.
Asked about the likelihood of legislative amendments if the initiative passes, Schanz said the Legislature has the right to adjust the law, and that it was “a worry from the beginning” that alterations would be made.
During his news conference, Herbert also touched on his future political plans. He has announced that he will not seek re-election in 2020 but has continued fundraising efforts, including an upcoming $650-per-plate gala featuring the Utah Symphony. Some sponsorships are offered for donations of up to $25,000.
Herbert said he’d “never say never” to running again. But his current fundraising efforts are intended to support the Utah Republican Party, Herbert said, or potentially a candidate running to succeed him as governor.
“There’s a lot of different causes out there and candidates I’d like to support,” he said.


Question: "Wow! Pecan pie bars? Tell me more!"

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This is one of those times where I’m going to write about something that I’ve been eating all day. Or, um, all week. Two weeks?
No matter. I’ve loved every sticky second.
Cause THESE PECAN PIE BARS ARE GOOD.
I take my dessert bars very seriously, and I just couldn’t quite get it right the first one million times I made them. Too runny, too brown, too buttery. Or not.
So, what happened was I made them again. And again and again and again.
Cause that’s what food bloggers do.
They eat maple pecan pie bars for the greater good of the world.
They bring pecan bars to their neighbors, they hide pecan bars from their husbands, and they share pecan bars with their guards. Wait, food bloggers have guards?
Food bloggers have lots of secrets, guys.
Let’s just let this one happen, ok?
It’s a buttery pie crust that is under baked – because why not make it taste more like cookie dough? – and it’s soaked with a sweet, sugary maple pecan sauce that will melt your face off. Except not really, because the crunchy sea salt will wake you right back up with a jolt to the heart.
Is that normal to get your heart jolted by stuff like this?
I thought so. That’s why we get along so well.
These salted maple pecan pie bars are incredibly addicting. With perfect salty-sweet flavor and a chewy pie-crust base. Awesome dessert!
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add the flour and beat until coarse crumbs form. If the mixture is too soft, add a little more flour. It should be crumbly but stick together when pressed.
Press the crust into a 9×13 baking dish. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until top appears dry and slightly puffed. I like to underbake mine so the crust stays softer, but if you like more of a shortbread-type crust, bake a few minutes longer.
For the filling, whisk the eggs, corn syrup, brown sugar, maple syrup, and vanilla. Stir in the pecans and pour the mixture over the crust. The filling should not be more than just a light layer of sauce over the crust. Arrange any stray pecans and return to the oven for 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven when the filling appears mostly set. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt.
Cool completely and refrigerate overnight. Cut into 24 pieces and serve slightly chilled.
When baking the filling, look for a top that is set enough so that it doesn’t stick to your hand when you touch it. It might still be a tiny bit runny underneath, but it will hold together more as it cools. It’s sad, I know, but these HAVE to cool completely and chill before they hold together well. You can see how mine look in the photos – still a little soft and saucy – and that was after refrigerating them. You can eat them straight out of the oven – yum! but for the real, stick together bars, I recommend cooling and refrigerating overnight.
For crying out loud, make these already.
Oh man these look so sticky and delicious! Yum!
I wish these bars would just jump off the screen and into my tummy!
These look amazing. All the ingredients in house … Hooray! How much pecans did you use?
Oh good grief. I have had SO many issues with a new recipe plugin that I’ve been trying and pecans must have been a casualty of the goofed up HTML. Orrr I was eating a bar and forgot to add it. 🙂 You never know. I’ll add it now! It was something like 2 cups for mine.
I would be eating these all the time as well. They look so delicious!
So buttery, sticky, and gooey. Exactly how I like my actual pecan pie! I don’t have it much too often but when I do, I prefer it in portable form like a bar. Testing recipes over and over again… such is my life Lindsay…! I’m glad you took the time to perfect these, they certainly look worth the effort!
I can’t get over how gorgeous these are, let alone how amazing I am sure they taste. Perfect for the holidays!
Adding “salted” to pecan pie bars is a stroke of genius. My man will love these. Pinned it!
Pecan pie is something I did not like growing up and now that I’m grown up it’s something that I can’t live without! These look absolutely to die for !!
Great job on your site – looks so pretty with the changes you’re making!
Yes! This dessert has everything I love about sweet treats, as you have so elegantly described! Sweet, chewy, crunchy, flaky…absolutely delicious!
Oh what sacrifices you have made! These look mouth-wateringly good!
These are perfect for the fall and they look, like what I like to call, “stupid good”.
These look amazing! Pinned and clipped for baking later!
Is it Thanksgiving already? I would give thanks for one of these every day.
these look SO SO good, i wish i could just take some off that plate!! i’ve pinned this – can’t wait to make it this holiday season!
I vote for these for the 5th food group. Great photos.


Question: What can you tell me about the GAZelle NEXT?

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The GAZelle NEXT is a product improved version of the original GAZelle series of medium duty vans and trucks produced by the Russian automotive giant GAZ. It is produced alongside the original GAZelle now known as the GAZelle Business.
The first available model is equipped with a four-cylinder turbo diesel motor from Cummins,which has 129 horsepower at 3600 revolutions a minute, with a fuel consumption of urban: 10,5 l/100 km, extra-urban: 8.5 l/100 km and combined. 9.0 l/100 km The engine meets the Euro 4 and Euro 5 emission standards.


Question: Explain the background and history of the Muslim Brotherhood and its presence in Sweden.

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A new report has linked numerous respectable Swedish organizations, such as Sweden's Islamic Federation and the Stockholm Mosque, to the radical Islamist network banned in many countries.
Following criticism directed against last year's report on the spread of the Muslim Brotherhood* in Sweden, the Swedish Contingencies Agency (MSB) has compiled a follow-up report questioning whether an organization which may be linked to the radical Muslim network can continue to receive government contributions, Swedish Radio reported.
The new report called "Islamic activism in a multicultural context" was written by social anthropologist Aje Carlbom from Malmö University on behalf of the MSB. The report found, among other things that, Sweden's Islamic Federation, the Stockholm Mosque, Young Swedish Muslims (SUM) and the Swedish Muslim Council to have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, it described as a "conservative movement with an Islamic ideology."
According to Carlbom, the Muslim Brotherhood works to influence the individual, family and society in the Muslim direction via "a slow change in society where people's hearts and minds are affected by persuasion." As a result, Calrbom questioned such organizations' eligibility for state support.
"The Swedish state finds the question of gender equality very important, while at the same time giving money to organizations that do not work for gender equality, but for other values," Aje Carlbom told Swedish Radio.
A similar study conducted by the MSB last year concluded that Islamists were building a parallel social structure that threatens Swedish values, yet was widely criticized as "unscientific." Carlbom's study is seen as a continuation, resting on previous research, various documents and specifically conducted interviews. Two of Carlbom's informants were Swedes who had previously been members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
"The conclusion of the report is that MB-associated activism is primarily an integration problem," Carlbom said.
This idea was echoed in Dagens Nyheter journalist Erik Helmerson's opinion piece titled "The State Provides a Mouthpiece for the Muslim Brotherhood's Message."
"If we mean business with our integration policies, we cannot provide millions of kronor to organizations wishing to segregate Muslims," Helmerson wrote.
According to Helmerson, the result of squeezing all Muslims into a generic "us" faced by a hostile "them" is "purely counterproductive," as it alienates both Muslims and non-Muslims. "We must be tough against radicalization, its causes," he wrote.
Temmam Asbai, the chairman of the Islamic Federation, repudiated having ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, stressing that his federation was a "Swedish organization, not ruled by anyone else."
Furthermore, Asbai argued that denying organizations public funding on unfounded suspicions is a way of silencing uncomfortable voices.
"What he is doing is trying to somehow give certain political actors a scapegoat in order to explain Sweden's failed integration in recent years," Asbai argued.
Founded in 1928 in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood is a pan-Islamic organization claiming over a million worldwide members, in 70 countries. It is regarded as a terrorist organization in many countries, including Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In Sweden, the MB has been active since the late 1970s.


Question: What do we know about giant viruses? Respond in 47 sentences.

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More giant virus genomes suggest their DNA is mostly random scraps.
Viruses tend to have stripped-down genomes, carrying just enough genes to take over a cell and make lots more copies. Ebola, for example, carries a total of just seven genes, allowing new copies to be made with little fuss. There are a few exceptions—viruses like herpes with complex life cycles—but even the biggest of the viruses we knew about had only a few hundred genes.
All that changed a bit more than a decade ago, when researchers discovered the Mimivirus, which had a genome bigger than some bacteria and carried many genes for functions that are normally provided by host proteins. The huge genomes and strange behavior of the viruses led their discoverers to propose that they weren't just odd offshoots that preyed upon life—rather, they might have played a critical role in boosting life's complexity.
Now, researchers have discovered a new family of giant viruses, related to the Mimiviruses but distinct in a number of ways. And a careful analysis of their genes suggests they, and all other giant viruses, have been put together through relatively recent evolution. The work argues very strongly against these viruses playing a key role in life's diversification.
The Mimiviruses contain many of the genes needed to read DNA and use the information to make proteins; most other viruses rely entirely on the system that their host cells use. They also set up an odd "virus factory" inside cells they infect, which appears physically distinct from the rest of the cell's contents.
To the people that discovered the virus, this looked almost as if the virus were setting up its own nucleus, the place where cells normally store their DNA. So they suggested this might be how cells ended up with a nucleus in the first place: a virus set up shop in what had been a simple cell, and never left. Additional complexity evolved over time, but many of the virus' genes are still around in complex cells like our own.
While intriguing, the proposal rested on the idea that the giant viruses are a distinct lineage that has been around since the main branches of the tree of life first started. And, from a genetic standpoint, this seemed plausible; many of the genes the viruses carry were either previously unknown or not closely related to the genes of the host they preyed upon.
That idea was put to a test by the combination of an Austrian-US research collaboration and a sewage plant. Samples from the wastewater treatment plant at Klosterneuburg, Austria were subjected to what's called metagenome analysis. Rather than trying to culture everything that grew in the waste, the authors simply isolated DNA from it and started sequencing. Computers can then search for pieces that overlap, gradually building up individual genomes out of the random parts.
This turned up Klosneuvirus, another giant virus with a genome 1.6 million base pairs long. Electron microscopy of the sewage water then revealed giant viruses were present. Struck by this success, the authors then started searching through other metagenome data sets. This search put together three additional giant virus genomes, belonging to Catovirus, Hokovirus, and Indivirus. Combined, the new viruses add 2,500 additional gene families to the ones previously found in giant viruses.
An evolutionary comparison showed that these viruses were closely related to the Mimivirus family but formed a distinct branch. And compared to the Mimiviruses, they had an even larger collection of genes needed for protein manufacture, being able to incorporate 14 of the 20 different amino acids into proteins without any help from the host.
If giant viruses were involved in the origin of life, then the new sequences should shed some light on that. The hypothesis has some consequences—the viruses should share a core set of genes that are distinct, forming its own domain on the tree of life.
The new study finds very little evidence of that. Instead, as noted above, the new viruses have a lot more protein-manufacturing genes than the Mimiviruses. When the authors analyzed each of these genes individually, they were typically most closely related to a species with a complex cell, rather than another virus. Most of these branches were fairly recent, as well.
In fact, the Klosneuvirus family themselves look like they were stitched together from spare parts. Collectively, the four viruses share 355 genes with species with complex cells. But only 12 of those genes are found in all four of the viruses. Most of them instead seem to have been picked up after the individual virus species split off.
So, the authors propose what they call an "accordion model" of the viruses' evolution. Under some circumstances, the virus goes through periods where it loses genes, slimming down in size somewhat. In other times, the virus picks up new genes, with a preference for certain functions (like preparing amino acids for incorporation into proteins). At the moment, we know too little about the viruses to guess as to what pressures might drive either the expansion or the contraction.
Although the authors don't say as much, however, the fact that they're giant viruses probably makes a big difference in terms of whether that expansion/contraction can happen at all. Many smaller viruses make coats to contain their genetic material that have hard size limits—geometry dictates that the proteins that form the coat can only come together in specific ways. This size limit, in turn, limits the amount of genetic material that can be squeezed inside. The giant viruses make a correspondingly giant coat, one that may have a lot more flexibility in terms of how much material it can hold.
Science, 2017. DOI: 10.1126/science.aal4657 (About DOIs).


Question: What is the Azerbaijan People's Government?

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The Azerbaijan People's Government (APG; ; ; ) was a short-lived unrecognized secessionist state in northern Iran from November 1945 to December 1946. Established in Iranian Azerbaijan, the APG's capital was the city of Tabriz. Its establishment and demise were a part of the Iran crisis, which was a precursor to the Cold War.


Question: What's the latest news about the Arctic sea ice?

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As another Arctic sea ice record falls, the area of the Arctic Ocean covered in ice appears to be well on its way to reaching a new minimum in September. But scientists aren’t yet convinced.
TORONTO, Canada – Sea ice cover in the Arctic beat a hasty retreat throughout June, reaching record-breaking levels by month’s end.
Data published by the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) last week showed average sea ice extent for June was 260,000 square kilometers (100,000 square miles) smaller than in 2010, the year of the previous June record.
Almost every month this year has set new record lows for sea ice extent. (March, however, was the second-lowest, slightly greater than 2015.) The average sea ice extent for June was 10.6 million square kilometers (4.09 million square miles).
“In 30 years, the area has shrunk approximately by half. There doesn’t seem to be anything able to stop this trend,” said Christian Haas, an Arctic sea ice geophysicist at York University, Toronto.
As the sea ice melts, the ocean loses its reflective cover, allowing it to absorb more solar heat and causing the water to warm. This contributes to warmer air temperatures and more sea ice melt.
Ice cover disappeared relatively slowly in early June, following a change in atmospheric circulation. The high surface pressure that had been over the Arctic Ocean for much of the year shifted to one of low pressure, ushering in more cloud cover. In addition to reducing the amount of sunlight that reaches the ice, the clouds also summoned below-average air temperatures in the Beaufort Sea area.
Despite this, there was more open water than average in the Beaufort Sea in June, as well as in the Kara and Barents Sea, the NSIDC said. Ocean currents and wind also affect the state of the sea ice, said Haas.
During late April and early May, NASA’s Operation IceBridge flew aircraft missions to estimate the sea ice thickness between Alaska and the North Pole. It found the first-year ice was generally thinner than typical at the end of the winter, which was consistent with the very high temperatures seen this past winter.
Haas’ own studies measuring ice thickness in the Beaufort Sea in April found similar results, using a different technique. “The first year is more than 50 percent thinner than usual, but the multiyear ice hasn’t changed,” he said.
Scientists at the University of Washington tallied the volume of Arctic sea ice floating in the ocean. By their estimates, the total mass of Arctic sea ice is at its second-lowest recorded volume for the beginning of July.
Climate scientist Ed Hawkins, from the University of Reading in the UK, depicted the decline in sea ice volume between 1979 and 2016 in a spiral graphic similar to the one he created earlier in the year for global temperatures.
In addition to capturing the overall trend in sea ice volume, the graphic shows the seasonality of sea ice volume, with the curve flattening in September.
Despite the suggestions that this year could see the lowest Arctic sea ice extent ever recorded in September, many scientists are shying away from such predictions. Of the 30 contributions submitted to the Sea Ice Outlook for June, only one forecasts a new record low for September and another foresees a tie with 2012.
Year-to-year variation occurs, and the sea ice can recover if temperature, cloud cover and winds favor less ice melt.
Researchers at the University of Reading told BBC News that the relatively low prevalence of ponding water on top of the ice floes in May suggested a new record was unlikely. These melt ponds absorb more sunlight, increasing the melting of the ice from above.
Winter sea ice extent doesn’t always predict summer sea ice extent, said Haas. While the majority of the Arctic sea ice is contained within the Arctic Ocean, “in the winter, the maximum state is determined by the marginal seas, the Barents and the Kara seas,” he said. “They have very little potential to predict summer sea ice conditions.” December’s large Arctic cyclone brought warm air into the region, particularly in the Barents and Kara seas.


Question: How do you make Disney's Grey Stuff at home?

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This is a fun and silly recipe for Disney fans or those of you that might be heading out to see Beauty and the Beast. We saw it today and loved it! Such a beautiful film- seriously don’t blink because every minute is more gorgeous than the next with costumes and sets and the scenery.
One of the lyrics in the song Be Our Guest is “try the grey stuff its the best!” and Disney created a “grey stuff” dessert to go along with that description. In the original movie, the grey stuff looks like an ice cream cone on top of a flower shaped cookie or cracker. So that is exactly what Disney created. A whipped topping on a cookie.
We did try this dessert on a recent Disneyland trip. People rave about the dessert and it did not disappoint.
We did really enjoy this dessert. It was a shortbread cookie with cake on top, raspberry puree or jam and a whipped topping- not quite a frosting but not whipped cream either. I thought the raspberry filling would be disgusting but it was actually delicious and my favorite part of the dessert.
So I set out to recreate this recipe at home for a little fun for my girls. Both were very excited to see the movie and both had so much fun recently at Disneyland- why not make something different and fun at home too!
Bake red velvet cupcakes in a mini cupcake tin according to package instructions.
Place Oreo cookies in a food processor until finely ground.
Mix oreo cookies into the buttercream frosting until completely incorporated.
Place raspberry jam in a frosting bag or ziploc bag with the end trimmed off.
Add a dab of jam to the center of your cookie. This serves to adhere the cupcake to the cookie.
Place the mini cupcake on the cookie.
Top the cookie with another dab of raspberry jam.
Place your oreo frosting into a piping bag and swirl over the cupcake in a cone shape.
Add sprinkles or ground Oreos if desired.
I made a cream cheese frosting to go on top of the red velvet cupcake. I used the simple Buttercream Frosting recipe here to make it but please note this is not exactly the same as the original Disney version. The Disney version uses a mixture similar to vanilla pudding mix and tubs of whipped topping combined. The Disney version was good but it does melt extremely fast- like before you get to your table on a warm day kind of fast. I don’t typically bake with those ingredients either so I chose to just go with frosting instead. If you want to substitute the pudding and whipped topping mixture for the buttercream frosting, you can find a recipe here.
This is basically what I used plus confectioner’s sugar and vanilla. I found sugar cookies in the bakery section of our local store that were large enough for this recipe. If you prefer to avoid the red velvet mix you can certainly substitute a yellow cake mix or make your own mix instead.
Here is my frosting once I added the Oreo. I felt this was grey enough without adding additional coloring but you can find grey food coloring here to make the color even more pronounced. I added roughly 8 cookies to the food processor and then just mixed in the Oreo crumbles until I got a flavor I liked for the frosting. I did have some crumbs left to sprinkle on top of the cupcakes.
I put the raspberry jam in a sandwich bag and cut the tip to pipe the jam onto the cookie and on top of the cookie. You can skip the raspberry but I thought it was tasty and it added a little brightness to the dessert.
I actually placed the cupcakes upside down on the cookie so the larger part of the cupcake was the base which made it a little easier to frost.
Once frosted I just added a little pearl sprinkles and if you like Oreo crumbs.
These little mini bites were actually our favorite. Just the right size for little fingers.
So there you have it! The Grey Stuff! If you try this recipe, please come back and let me know what you think! I would make this again for sure but I would make the mini cupcake version and I would use a yellow cake mix instead of red velvet.


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10 Things to do in Paris by night!
Paris is called the city of lights, and rightfully so. When you walk down arrondissement one, and watch the lights play magic on all the iconic buildings that surround you, it makes all the sense in the world. And if you gaze away toward the Eiffel, you may just catch one of her spectacular shows when she lights up. The city is a delight walking around in the night, and there are way more exciting things to do in addition to that. Here is a definitive list.
10. Ile Saint Louis : The real heart of Paris, this natural tiny island on the river Sienna is a treat any time of the day, but especially so in the night. The cobbled streets, the many golden lit restaurants and a local musician will be playing somewhere in the island trying to collect his daily tips. The breeze of the Sienne will carry the notes right into your heart. A bridge connects it to the larger Ile De La Cite which is home to the Notre Dam Cathedral.
9. Moulin Rouge : Yes it is obvious, but to catch a cabaret at the Moulin Rouge is quite an experience in itself. The thrill of the show, the sheer exuberance, the extravaganza is exhilarating. It’s a must do and is not easy on the pocket, priced at Rs 13000 and upwards (USD120$), but its surely something.
8. Midnight swims : At the latin quarter in the 5th Arr, is Piscine PONTOIS. It is a public swimming pool but completely magical, in a listed Art Deco building, with rows of vintage changing cabins, water that is illuminated with blue lights at night, and a non-stop after-dark soundtrack. It sounds like a dream and when you are there, it feels like it too. Like you are in the soundtrack of a Copolla movie. An evening swim will get you back by Rs 900/12 Euros.
7. Attend a book reading and club it with some wine : Located in the Marais, La Bele Hortense. A cosy boozy salon, which hosts literary events and book readings, it’s a perfect place for the bibliophile. The walls are adorned with bottles and books including new releases, rare volumes, independent poetry and classic collections. It’s a treat I tell ya, The wine prices do go up by .50cents post 10pm.
6. Catch an Opera : There are two operas in the city, one the Opera Bastille and the other Opéra Garnier, commissioned by Napoleon III. To our surprise it’s the letter which is a treat, even more so! With marble, gilded mouldings and glittering chandeliers dominate the soaring vaults of this impressive building. Watch a classic ballet or opera in its horse-shoe shaped auditorium and the ceiling Fresco by Chagali will blow you away!
5. Open air cinema and romance : Catch a summertime open air cinema show at Park De Vilette playing in July and August. It is a communal event , so catch yourself a spot on the grass, and if you want to splurge, a 7 Euro deckchair can be yours (Rs 550).
4. A midnight picnic at Square Du-Vert-Galant : A park located in the tip of the Ile de La Cite, this garden is a great spot to park yourself on a grassland, open a bottle of wine and sit on the banks of the Seine and soak in the beautiful sights on either banks- watch the boats go by or even catch a few twinkling lamps float on the water. A very “Midnight in Paris” experience.
3. Fashion Show at Gallery Lafayette : A fashion show a la mode in this departmental store every Friday late afternoon, where you can watch models strut their stuff , showcasing the store’s line. It is the next best thing to getting a seat the the Fashion week, so it is quite in demand. Be sure to contact the store in advance to be on the list.
2. Comedy show called How to be a Parisian in an hour : if you want to learn to behave like the French, a French humorist called Olivier Giraud performs a show 100% in English called ‘How to become Parisian in one hour’. All the show long, he derides Parisians habits with a very caustic humor. If you want to learn how to make fun of the Parisians all in good humor then this is the place to go. It is at ‘le Theatre des Nouveautés’, at the Metro station ‘Grands boulevards’.
1. Piano Bar at Le Piano Veche : Monday nights are Jazz nights at this cosy bar in the Latin Quarter. In a non descript lane lies this bar with postage stamp size photographs of mostly students of the colleges in the neighborhood. But the jazz starts by 9 pm and gos till later than midnight. Alcohol is cheap and the atmosphere quite devotional. If you speak during the performance prepare to be rudely hushed by the staff or someone in the audience. But to watch a great jazz show on a Monday night in this city of lights, definitely features as a high on our list!
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GRB2 associated binding protein 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GAB3 gene.


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Machines are everywhere in our world, be it virtual or physical. We take it for granted that machines are merely tools that serve us and medium of human interaction. However, with the development of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, increasingly we encounter more and more autonomous and intelligent machines that are empowered to learn, reason, and make decisions. This phenomenon poses questions that might challenge our existing assumptions about the essence and ethics of machines. The project considers the alternative life and values of machines to challenge the fundamental anthropocentric assumption.
Poet on the Shore is an AI-empowered autonomous robot that roams on the beach. It enjoys watching the sea, listening to the sound of waves lapping on the beach, the murmurs of the winds, children’s conversing, and the incessant din of seabirds. Most of the time, it roams alone to listen and feel. Sometimes, it writes verses into the sand, and watches the waves wash them away.
The robot has a number of sensors that enable it to sense the world around it: the sea, the wind, the sounds etc. Empowered by machine learning, it can discover the patterns, and create associations in its mind. Furthermore, it translates these perceptions into poems and write them on the beach. The robot, thus, is able to have multisensory experiences and present a kind of poetic sensibility. It has autonomy such that its behaviour does not require the intervention of humans. As a result, it does not need to demonstrate its value through serving human needs. Rather, its perceptions give its existence value. It also intervenes in the world. These interventions, expressed through the kinetic and poetic gesture, reveal its non-utilitarian existence: the verses it writes will eventually be washed away by the waves or wind.


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Genetic Programmig is another meta-heuristic for Optimization. The key idea is to find a (local) optimal solution by starting with a feasible population (a collection of non-optimal solutions). The initial population evolves in different iterations. Two key steps are used to evolve: a solution can mutated or crossovered. The best solution is selected among the evolutions of the initial population.


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Today I'm going to talk about a proposed change that I feel would assist with the development of the up and coming professional squash players. As juniors we are normally promised 3 matches and in some international events the tournament is played out to the final positions. I mean, who would want to travel all the way across the country or the world to get 1 match?
Professional squash players matches lose and go home, or onto the next tournament to try again a week or two later. When I graduated school I couldn't dream of playing any pro tournaments because I had student loans to start paying back and I knew I wasn't going to make a living by playing professionally. But like myself, it's a lot of kids dreams to play professionally, travel the world and meet new people and attempt to achieve our potential in this sport we love.
In PSA events if you lose first round in qualifying you don't even get a paycheque, so it's no wonder very few ever stick with their professional squash careers. I wonder what the annual turnaround is for memberships? There is a lot of pressure involved here, no points, no money and just 1 match! With my proposed change the up and coming pros will have less pressure on their result and can focus on becoming more comfortable in their environment and gain experience playing a variety of opponents at various facilities.
I don't know anyone ready to start making a living by the time they finish juniors. But still they go and sign up for a PSA tour card and register for some small events. It takes years to be competitive against older and more experienced players. Over the past decade I have seen an extremely low number of Canadians stick through this process for more than a year or two. It's a losing battle and after they put in so much work and go home with nothing or very little they think twice about what they're doing with their life and usually decide to settle down and take a coaching job!
Unless someone has a lot of sponsors or wealthy parents or is so skilled that they begin winning right away (which is incredibly rare) this is a real dilemma with squash players looking to transition from junior or college squash and become a professional squash player. It makes the idea of becoming a professional squash player pretty unrealistic for most people. So what can we do to improve this process? Hosting more smaller PSA events is a great start but I have another idea.
I feel that at 5k events the players should be guaranteed 2 matches. Yes, that's right. This means that if you lose first round you go into a consolation. This means for a draw of 16 you will get an extra 7 matches for the tournament organizer and it also offers the young pro players some much needed experience competing on the world tour. Or if you include the first round qualifying losers you have a draw of 12. I don't know how that would work, but I guess they could randomly assign byes to a few of the players.
I feel that the PSA could offer a small number of points to people who win matches in the consolation rounds and this also keeps these players around the main competition longer to watch their peers, to bond and to see how they perform. The main goal of this concept would be that all of the players leave the tournament gaining more experience; even for a young player in this situation 2 loses is better than 1. With the price of flights and the lack of small professional tournaments in Canada I believe this would be a welcomed change and it could go a long way in keeping some of our young talented players in the sport. This could only trickle up and make the PSA stronger and deeper and it may be just enough to keep a future champion or top 10 player in the game.
I realize that this proposition means that the 5k events may become 6 or 7k if they are to pay out the consolation winner and runner up. But I believe many young people playing these events will be happy getting the experience as they aren't going into these events expecting to make money, only to get their moneys worth. Also the tournament promoters would have an extra 7 matches to sell tickets for so could probably come up with the extra bit of money from ticket and beverage sales.
What do you think? Can you see the PSA going this route? Should it extend to 10k events? Would they have to penalize players that pull out of the consolation? I believe our young talented players would get twice as much out of this type of experience and it wouldn't be much extra work to arrange. I'm all for the idea. Come on PSA, the ball's in your court!
I think it's great but doesn't go far enough. Make all main draws of 5k events MONRAD. It's what people are getting used to and offers more experience and much more squash to spectate!
Great idea. The consolation players could also serve as referees for the main draw.
I think Monrad is definitely the way to go - what these players need is match time and experience. However, I wouldn't just restrict it to PSA 5k events, all junior events should be the same.


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Since the British tabloids are stirring the pot, what better time for this blog to weigh in with some Bond 25 ideas? So here goes.
Consider adapting one of the better continuation novels: For years, Eon Productions has resisted this path. Michael G. Wilson, Eon’s co-boss, has bad mouthed the John Gardner novels.
However, Eon itself opened the door with SPECTRE. The 24th James Bond film includes a torture scene based on the one in 1968’s Colonel Sun novel. So much so, there’s a “special thanks” credit for “The Estate of Kingsley Amis” in the end credits.
Generally speaking, it’s easier to use a novel as a starting point. The movie You Only Live Twice didn’t have much in common with its namesake novel, but characters, names, situations, etc. did figure into the movie. Given the soap opera of SPECTRE’s scripting process, any step to simplify the process would be a help.
At this point, there are plenty of continuation novels to choose from.
Worry about the script first, actor second: Various “making of” documentaries about 007 films discuss how scripts are tailored to their lead actor.
How about this? Write a James Bond story first, tweak it later after your actor has been cast. James Bond is the star. The series has seen six different actors play Bond. Some day, there will be a seventh.
Albert R. Broccoli, co-founder of Eon, always felt 007 was the star, the rest came later. Words to live by.
Or, put another way: story, story, story.
If you have a good story but it conflicts with continuity, go with the story: Let’s be honest. Continuity isn’t a strong point for the Bond film series. Michael G. Wilson said Quantum of Solace took place “literally an hour” after Casino Royale.
Yet, Quantum couldn’t be bothered with the slightest effort to tie together with Casino. Casino took place in 2006. Quantum in 2008. Did it really take Bond *two years* to track down Mr. White? Only if Bond and Mr. White are idiots.
Continuity isn’t in Eon’s wheelhouse. If you have a great Bond story but it doesn’t match up with earlier films? Go with the story. If fans exit the theater thinking, “That was one of the best Bond movies I’ve ever seen,” nobody will really care about the continuity.
Have a great Bond 25 idea that doesn’t immediately tie in with SPECTRE? Go with the great idea. You can always bring Blofeld back later, even if he’s not played by Christoph Waltz.
But what about the “Blofeld Trilogy”?: That ship has sailed. It was a lost opportunity. Meanwhile, you might find the part of the You Only Live Twice novel that Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman and their cohorts didn’t use might make for difficult filming. Don’t twist yourself into a pretzel trying to recapture the past.
Put yet another way: How many people leaving the theater after seeing SPECTRE really thought Daniel Craig’s Bond loved Lea Seydoux’s Madeleine as much as George Lazenby’s Bond loved Diana Rigg’s Tracy in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service? This blog’s guess: Not many.
Good article—I was thinking it would make sense for them to continue the arc they ended with in SPECTRE and have Waltz back as Blofeld, but you have convinced me that isn’t necessary. It’s better to have a stronger story.
One error at the end of third paragraph—I think you meant to say “…end credits.”, not “…end novels.”.
Whoever wrote this is 100% right.
@Navin: Thanks. Have fixed the end of third paragraph.
Still waiting for The Hildebrand Rarity.
Consider adapting one of the better continuation novels.
I agree . . . wholeheartedly.


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When the SSD was introduced, it was a disruptive technology because it made possible the retrieval and storage of data at a rate that had never been imagined prior. This is why your smartphone today is much more powerful than a PC was even a few years prior. Simply, data traveled back and forth to a hard drive like a car on a single lane road, whereas an SSD was that multi-lane highway that accomplished things much faster. Add to this that flash had no moving parts and was much smaller than the hard drive and, well imagine your smartphone with a hard drive in it. Flash technology enabled what we term as instant retrieval today. SSDs are contained in data centers which house Facebook and just about every company that stores data worldwide. SSDs are a disruptive technology, if not one of the worlds largest that we have seen in recent history.
Understanding why the Intel Optane is a disruptive technology is a bit more complicated…but not really. When you erased information from a hard drive, what would typical happen was that the index to that information was destroyed, and then the information was simply ‘run over’ as new information was added to that spot on the hard drive eventually. SSDs don’t work like that. Information is stored on an SSD in pages which are typically 4kb, 8kb, or 16kb in size. Pages are stored in a block and may consist of 128 or 256 pages per.
The difficulty with NAND storage is that erasing data in a SSD could only occur in blocks so, theoretically, a 4K page deletion could require the movement of as much as 4mb in data to clean (or store a file) on that specific block. This is write amplification and limits the SSD lifespan in result. The Intel Optane SSD 900P, and specifically Intel 3D XPoint memory changes this, in that, this memory can add, delete or replace information at the most basic level without requiring the large movement of data to accommodate such. This results in significant performance and endurance increase and is very much considered disruptive as it has the potential to change the storage industry as we see it today.
Ok so… as painful as those last paragraphs may have been, I believe they were necessary for a full understanding of the Intel Optane SSD 900P, and more importantly, an educated opinion as to whether the purchase of this SSD is the right move for you.
To help your decision along with respect to the pricing of the SSD 900P, Intel has included a coupon for Star Citizen which includes an exclusive in-game Sabre Raven ship which is the most powerful in its class and cannot be stolen within the gaming experience. If it is, there is a warranty in place for replacement of the ship throughout the life of the game. Admittedly, I don’t game. I simply haven’t the time. But… Intel has partnered up with CIG Robert Space industries to fine tune the Optane to ensure faster load and transition times, as well as concurrent file retrieval for a smoother gaming experience.
Let’s move on to specs and teardown of the Intel Optane SSD 900P.


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Question: Respond in 30 sentences. Do you have any nostalgia for growing up in the Soviet Union?

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At both a geographical and historical distance, the Soviet Union doesn't look like much of a place for kids. If you grew up during the Cold War in, say, the United States, you might well have the impression (of which The Simpsons' "Worker and Parasite" remains the defining crystallization) of a gray, harshly utilitarian land behind the Iron Curtain concerned with nothing more whimsical than bread lines and production quotas. But if you grew up in the Soviet Union, at least at one of the right times and in one of the right places, you might feel a now much-discussed nostalgia, not for the economic difficulties of your Soviet childhood, but for the sensibilities of the vanished society you grew up in. An online interactive database called Playing Soviet: The Visual Languages of Early Soviet Children’s Books, 1917-1953 provides a kid's-eye view into the early decades of that society.
A project of the Cotsen Collection at Princeton’s Firestone Library, the archive contains a variety of fully digitized children's books that show one venue in which, amid these years of "Russia’s accelerated violent political, social and cultural evolution," in the words of the database's front page, certain kinds of graphic art could flourish. "The illustration and look of Soviet children’s books was of tantamount importance as a vehicle for practical and concrete information in the new Soviet regime."
This ambitious effort, driven by "directives for a new kind of children’s literature" to be "founded on the assumption that the 'language of images' was immediately comprehensible to the mass reader, far more so than the typed word," brought in a great many artists and designers such as Alexander Deineka, El Lissitzky, and Vladimir Lebedev, tasking them all with creating "imaginative models for Soviet youth in the new languages of Soviet modernism."
Mental Floss' Shaunacy Ferro notes how many of the books "were designed to indoctrinate children into the world of the 'right' way to think about Soviet culture and history," pointing to a volume called How the Revolution Was Victorious, which meant “to ensure the correct interpretation of the anti-governmental coup among the young generation of new Soviet readership.” Some of the other reading material that resulted, like 1930's industrially focused What Are We Building? or the slightly earlier How Senka Ezhik Made a Knife, wears its instructional value on its sleeve (or rather, its cover). Others, like 1925's The Little Octobrist Rascal or that same year's China-set A Cup of Tea, offer higher doses of playfulness mixed in with the ideology.
Playing Soviet also includes the work of Vladimir Mayakovsky, whose Whom Should I Be?, a representative book from the "golden age" of Soviet Children's literature, we featured here on Open Culture earlier this year. Russia Beyond the Headlines' Alexandra Gueza highlights Mayakovsky's What is Good and What is Bad? ("in which he explains that walking in the rain and thunderstorms is bad, cleaning your teeth is good, fighting with the boys is bad, while studying is good") and October 1917-1918: Heroes and Victims of the Revolution, whose "good guys" include "a worker, a Red Army soldier, a sailor, a seamstress” and whose "bad guys" include "a factory owner, a landowner, a rich farmer, a priest, a merchant." Goodnight Moon it certainly isn't, but then, how many American children's books had to attempt a fundamental reinvention of society?
Большое спасибо. For returning our childhood days. No thanks is sufficient to express my gratitude. Thank you once again.
Nostalgia? For GULAGs? For genocide?
Some of us had a Very Nice childhood during the so called Sovjet Time.
Good and tasty food, even at shool.
We spent summer with parents in Krim or Sochi twice a year and could stay at the pioneer camp during 3 summer mothes.
We could extend our talents for free at different sport clubs, sing and dance, swim and paint for free in different professional clubs.
We could join Special language or musical schools with the best teachers who had really good and qualified education.
These were not private schools.
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Question: Explain the International Criminal Court’s decision to establish public information and outreach activities in Palestine, the reaction to this decision, and what must be done to ensure meaningful implementation of the decision.

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The Court's surprising decision to establish outreach activities in Palestine is a welcomed step in the right direction.
In an extraordinary move, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court recently issued a decision ordering its registry "to establish, as soon as practicable, a system of public information and outreach activities for the benefit of the victims and affected communities in the situation in Palestine".
It is the first time the court issues an order for outreach at the earliest stages of the process, and before a decision has been reached by the ICC Prosecutor to open a formal investigation.
The decision struck fear in the Israelis, who were yet again confronted with the long reach of the court. It also surprised those closely following the work of the court, including myself. What is to be made of this decision and could it be that the court is attempting to correct its criticized approach to victims and affected communities in general, through the situation in Palestine?
The decision came at a time when state representatives gathered in The Hague to mark twenty years since the adoption of the Court's founding treaty, the so-called Rome Statute. Those participating in the celebrations reminisced at the landmark decision to establish the first permanent international criminal institution capable, in theory, of holding world leaders to account for their role in the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The novelty of the decision by the Pre-Trial Chamber on the situation in Palestine reminds us, however, of the court's shortcomings in engaging with victims and affected communities in a timely, continuous, and valuable manner as well as ensuring their early participation in the proceedings so that their unique views and concerns are taken into consideration from the beginning until the end.
The Rome Statute put victims at the heart of the court's work and gave them the right to participate in the proceedings and ultimately receive reparations for harm suffered. It also gave them the right to provide information to the court. As is rightly pointed out by the Pre-Trial Chamber, in order to exercise these rights, victims must be made aware of them and the work of the court. It is in this light that the decision on information and outreach for Palestinians should be praised.
The recent decision by the Pre-Trial Chamber pushes the registry to raise awareness about the court and make it accessible to Palestinian victims at an early stage. It is also an opportunity to empower Palestinian victims and affected communities and transmit their views to The Hague. This, of course, hinges on the meaningful implementation of the decision and an unwavering victims-centred approach.
Since the adoption of the Rome Statute two decades ago, it has been clear that the court struggles to translate noble provisions into concrete action. The court often involves victims later in its proceedings, when it is difficult for them to influence the scope of the cases. The current practice is to collect approved participation forms and allow participation when arrests happen. Another valid criticism has been the lack of field presence. The ICC employs more than 900 staff members, but less than 100 of them are based in field offices located in closer proximity to some of the victims and affected communities. Due to, among other things, its limited field presence and strict security guidelines preventing court staff from travelling to certain areas, the court relies heavily on the goodwill of relatively small and often under-resourced domestic human rights organisations that are not protected from consequential violent retaliation.
The meaningful implementation of the decision on the situation in Palestine is dependent on the allocation of adequate human and financial resources to information and outreach activities. It is also dependent on a mindful engagement between the court and civil society. But most importantly, it requires that the court itself directly and immediately interacts with Palestinian victims and affected communities. The responsibility to reach out to victims and include them in the work of the court lies primarily with the organs of the court.
Israel is increasingly hostile towards international organisations, in particular, human rights bodies. Israel frequently denies entry to UN-mandated experts and deports critical human rights defenders and activists. This month Israel denied entry to Swedish peace activist Benjamin Ladraa who walked from Sweden to Palestine to bring attention to the occupation. And, at this moment, Israel seeks to enforce its decision to deport the director of Human Rights Watch.
The court must put its full weight behind a request to enter the occupied Palestinian territory and demand that it be allowed to carry out its mandate in Palestine independently and unhindered.
Nada Kiswanson is a lawyer specialising in international criminal and human rights law.


Question: Describe Adam Hagenbuch's career.

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Adam Hagenbuch (Switched At Birth), who recurred in Season 2 of Netflix’s Fuller House, has been promoted to series regular for Season 3.
Hagenbuch plays Kimmy Gibbler’s brother Jimmy Gibbler. He’ll join returning stars Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber, Michael Campion, Elias Harger, Soni Nicole Bringas, Dashiell and Fox Messitt, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Scott Weinger, John Brotherton and Ashley Liao for the third season which premieres later this year.
Best known for his roles on Undateable and Switched at Birth, Hagenbuch has also appeared on Modern Family, Major Crimes, Rizzoli & Isles, Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life and the Lifetime movie The Brittany Murphy Story, where he played Ashton Kutcher. His film credits include a starring role in The Ghost of Alice Flag, indie Montauk Highway and a supporting role in The Perks of Being A Wallflower. He’s repped by Gersh and Authentic Management.


Question: Have you heard about Demi Lovato and Ruby Rose?

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Demi Lovato spotted making out with her new boyfriend!
Demi Lovato is SINGLE and while we have always wanted her and Nick Jonas to ~ruin the friendship~ by dating, it looks like they're not even friends anymore.
Demi unfollowed Nick on social media and seems to have her sights now set on Aussie babe Ruby Rose. A much better option in our humble opinion.
For the past few days, the girls have been non-stop flirting online.
Demi was commenting on Ruby's hot photos during 4th of July, with LOVE HEART EYE EMOJIS!
Ruby simply replied with "@ddlovato hurry!"
It didn't even stop there.
Ruby later posted a leg selfie of herself chilling on a boat, and she TAGGED DEMI ON HER VAG!
Since then, they've been continuously flirting back and forth online.
Now things between Demi and Ruby aren't completely random. Back in 2013, claims came out that the pair actually dated for two WHOLE YEARS!
Apparently, the pair were a thing during one of Demi's breaks from then long-term boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama. At the time, Ruby took to Instagram writing, "I'm like the one person Demi has slept with that didn't sell naked photos of her."
Demi also responded to a rumour about her and Ruby with Complex, saying, "I did not have a relationship with Ruby Rose."
"I don’t feel like any of my past or future — when it comes to relationships that may have happened or not have happened — are of any concern to anybody. What matters to me is my relationship with Wilmer. We are in an amazing place. Rumours are rumours, and people are going to spread them. You can believe what you want, but no, I was not in a relationship with her."
"By the way, love is fluid. Whether there’s been rumors with one specific person or not, that’s all that matters. Humans are humans, and when you connect with somebody on a spiritual level it doesn’t matter. I don’t want people to ever look at the past or rumors or anything and try to figure me out. There’s a lot of relationships that I’ve had where nobody has even guessed it. Not everybody knows everything about me. The only thing that matters to me is that people know who I am today. With Wilmer, I’m the happiest that I’ve ever been, so that’s all that matters to me."
But who knows what will happen now!


Question: Who is Andrew Tylecote? Respond in 2 sentences.

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Andrew Tylecote (born 3 January 1946) is a British economist based at The University of Sheffield School of Management. He is best known for his work on the economics of technological change, and for his contributions to long wave economic theory.


Question: What can you tell me about the Intel i7-8700K?

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 What can you tell me about the Intel i7-8700K?

Here’s how i7-8700K looks under the hood.
Intel was not really planning to share this information with anyone yet, but thanks to guys over at HKEPC we get to see what is hidden under the IHS. The die is the same width as Kabylake 7700K, but it is noticeably longer. The 6-core Coffeelake-S CPU has a die size around 151mm2. This is not accurate because the calculations are based on the pixel area, but it it’s good enough for now.
This means that the i7-8700K has around 29mm2 more die area for the additional 2 cores. Every reviewer I spoke with says that 5 GHz should not be a problem on Coffeelake 8700K, especially with AIO cooling. If you want to go higher, delidding is highly recommended although risky. The LGA1151 delidding tools work for Coffeelake, so it’s only a matter of time before you start seeing videos showing the exact process (I think they should go live tomorrow).
Most reviewers received two CPUs, the 8700K and 8400. The latter is representing Core i5 series. Based on the reviews I saw, this processor will have an amazing performance to price ratio. This is a 6-core CPU with clock speeds up to 4 GHz. The 7800X and 6800K CPUs look really bad compared to this sub-200 USD CPU. Great value here, if there’s any CPU to go out of stock, it’s probably the i5-8400.


Question: What are your thoughts on the events in Charlottesville this past weekend? Respond in 6 sentences.

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 What are your thoughts on the events in Charlottesville this past weekend? Respond in 6 sentences.

I went to UVA and lived in Charlottesville for sixteen years, so the weekend’s tragic events hit particularly close to home for me. At least two of my friends from college came close to being killed. The New Yorker interviewed one of them.
These atrocities were squarely the fault of white supremacists who came to Charlottesville looking to intimidate the community and pick a fight. While Trump has been rightly condemned over his “many sides” comments, it’s also important to remember his violent rhetoric against protesters at his rallies. You can find a rundown of some of the chilling remarks he made during his campaign here.


Question: Describe mysterious booming sounds around the world.

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 Describe mysterious booming sounds around the world.

November 25, 2017, 4:05 a.m.
Of course, there are theories. Anytime booming sounds are heard from the sky, it's worth ruling out a sonic boom caused by aircraft breaking the sound barrier. This might explain a few of the events — for instance, there are reports of a FA-18 Hornet plane flying nearby when the sound was heard in Cairns, Australia — but it's not a viable theme across all of the events.
Ground explosions also make for a prime suspect, but it's unclear how a ground disruption could explain the worldwide distribution of the sounds.
Of course, it's also possible that each of these booming sounds is entirely unrelated to the others, each with its own local explanation. It's not as if many of the booms from around the world occurred at the same time; several events are separated by weeks, even months at this point. Even so, anytime a loud boom is heard, it's worth getting to the bottom of it. Booms, whether connected to largescale, global phenomena or not, can be jarring to the imagination.
Booming sounds of mysterious origin have recently occurred in at least 64 different locations around the globe.


Question: Provide an overview of the video lecture on typecasting and C++ with Type Confusion vulnerabilities.

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Here's what you need to know about typecasting and C++ with Type Confusion vulnerabilities. Several case studies are examined. Type confusion mitigation limitations and bypasses are discussed in depth during this exclusive video release. We walk through a browser type confusion n-day exploit as an example, and examine type confusion vulnerabilities/bad-practices embedded in another programming textbook touted as "safe". The slides for this video begin on slide #186.
OCS 2.0 Lecture_03b - Secure_C_103 from Jason Reynolds on Vimeo.


Question: Have you heard about Coincheck facing a class action lawsuit?

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 Have you heard about Coincheck facing a class action lawsuit?

This week local Japanese news outlets report that the exchange Coincheck, who suffered from a $530Mn USD loss of the cryptocurrency NEM, is facing a class action lawsuit. Reports detail that 132 Coincheck customers have banded together asking for a refund of 228 million yen ($2Mn).
132 investors have filed a lawsuit against Coincheck with the Tokyo District Court on February 27 according to the regional publication Sankei. Coincheck was hacked on January 26 for roughly $530Mn worth of digital assets. The exchange detailed it was making arrangements to pay the 260,000 customers back at 81 U.S. cents per token. Additionally, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the trading platform submitting its refund plan to the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA).
On February 15 a group of seven investors filed a class action suit asking “Coincheck pay annualized interest of 5 percent on the value of the digital coins from notification of the claim,” according to Reuters.
Japanese financial regulators raiding the office of Coincheck on Feb. 2.
Now 132 customers filed a new lawsuit yesterday seeking a quick restitution due to the fact they cannot withdraw their funds at this time, explains the Sankei report. The class action suit is asking for a mix of 13 types of cryptocurrencies and a portion of Japanese yen.
“At the very least we would like to sell the virtual currency and withdraw it in Japanese yen, but even that will not make it even, we complain because of our distrust of Coincheck,” a plaintiff in her twenties explained the lawsuit to a group of reporters that day.
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The official restitution plans sent to the FSA are still uncertain, but recently it was reported the platform was considering a ‘capital tie-up.’ The local news outlet Jiji Press said a person familiar with the matter told them that “several possible partners, including an investment fund” has emerged.
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