Nakuru MCAs pass bill to promote tourism
by FRANCIS MUREITHIIn Summary
- The board comprising key stakeholders in the tourism sector, will be headed by a chairperson appointed by the governor.
- The Bill which was passed on December 4, 2019 will now await funds allocation in the financial year 2020 /2021.
A tourism and marketing board to market Nakuru County will be established.
The assembly passed the Nakuru County Tourist and Marketing Bill which has been forwarded to Governor Lee Kinyanjui for assent.
The Bill which was passed on December 4, 2019 will now await funds allocation in the financial year 2020 /2021.
The Bill seeks to provide a comprehensive legal framework for the development, management, marketing and regulation of sustainable tourism in the county.
MARKETING
Nakuru has some of the most vested tourist sites in Kenya including Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Naivasha, Hells Gate Park, Menengai Crater and Hyrax Hills among other sites.
According to the Bill sponsored by Kabazi MCA Peter Mbae, the board will among others develop, implement and coordinate a country tourism and marketing strategy.
The board comprising key stakeholders in the tourism sector, will be headed by a chairperson appointed by the governor.
However, the chief executive officer, who will hold office for a term of three years, will be recruited competitively by the County Public Service Board.
The board will market Nakuru at national, regional and international levels as a premier tourism and filming destination.
“The board will identify market needs and advise tourism stakeholders on the market trends,” reads the Bill.
WATER SPORTS
The board will also recommend tourism areas that have significance culturally, archaeologically and ecologically sensitive for gazettement.
It will also establish and develop county tourist health facility besides promoting water sports and big game fishing activities.
“The Bill will be a game changer in the critical sector that earns the country billions of shillings in foreign exchange,” said Dr Mbae.
Dr Mbae said with a thriving tourism sector, jobless youths will be employed in the hospitality industry.
“Our farmers will supply fresh produce to hotels and boost their earnings,” he said.


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BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - A Maryland woman is accused of shoving a 76-year-old man to the ground, yanking his 4-year-old granddaughter from him and running off with the child.
 Police say she was found holding the unharmed girl behind a rack of clothes. The Washington Post reports 39-year-old Yashica Terry later told officers she thought the “vibe” was off between the man and the girl.
Court records say the girl told police that she and “grandpa Ben” were walking to their car when an unknown woman snatched her away. Terry has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation and be held in jail without bond.
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Lab 1 - Brief Introduction to Matlab
Example 1: Arrays
Here are a few basic calculations and constructions that you will need to use throughout the course for building arrays of numbers. Take note of these constructions as they will be useful for the entire course.
Creating arrays
A row vector, X=(0 1 2 3)
is commonly written in three ways:
1. Using brackets:
X=[0 1 2 3]
If ;
is included at the end of the line, the output will be supressed. The command will still be executed, but nothing will be printed.
X=[0 1 2 3];
2. Using the linspace
function:
X=linspace(0, 3, 4)
This gives 4
equally spaced points between and including 0
and 3
as shown above. linspace
is a function included in the Matlab standard library i.e. it is always available.
3. In the form a:step:b
:
X=0:1:3
This will give all points between and including 0
to 3
with step size 1
between each point. It can also be written as X=0:3
which uses the default step size 1
.
Array operations
Once we have these arrays, we can apply an operation to each element in the array. For example, to compute \(Y = [e^0, e^2, e^2, e^3]\), we use the Matlab standard library function exp
for exponential:
Y=exp(X)
Or to apply sin
to each element of the array:
S=sin(X)
Or to make an array Q
with the square root to each element of the array X
:
Q=sqrt(X)
Standard array forms
To create a \(2\times2\) identity matrix:
Id=[1 0; 0 1]
Note that the ;
in the array definition marks the end of a row. There is also a Matlab standard library function eye
that can be used as:
Id2=eye(2)
A \(4\times 4\) identity matrix is then:
Id4=eye(4)
To make a length 4 column vector (4 rows, 1 column) of all zeros, we can use the standard library zeros
function:
z = zeros(4,1)
This can be extended to a \(4\times4\) matrix of all zeros:
Z=zeros(4,4)
Or a \(3\times3\) matrix of all ones:
W=ones(3,3)
Array manipulation
If we wanted to compute the matrix-vector product of Id4
with our previous row vector X
, we would first need to transpose X
into a column vector. This can be done with either the standard library transpose
function or the operator '
:
Y=Id4 * X'
or
Y=Id4 * transpose(X)
Failing to transpose will give an error:
Id4 * X
Example 2: Common operations
In Matlab, the *
operator means “dot product” when working with matrices and vectors. If we instead wish to apply a multiplication operation to each element of an array, we preface the operation with a dot, i.e. .*
. This elementwise operator syntax with an additional period extends to division and exponents as ./
and .^
respectively. Observe the difference between the products A*B
and A.*B
in the following examples:
A=[1 0; 0 1]
B=[0 1; 1 0]
x = [1 ; 0]
The dot product is A*B
:
A*B
A * x
The elementwise product is A.*B
:
A.*B
This product is the product of each element of A
with each corresponding element of B
.
Example 3: Plotting in Matlab
To plot a line in Matlab, you will need to pass in arrays of \(x\) and \(y\) positions to the standard library plot
function. These positions will be used as \((x,y)\) coordinates through which the line will pass. In this example we will define our function using an inline (or anonymous) function. More complicated functions can be found at the bottom of this page.
First, create the function we would like to plot:
f=@(x) x.^3;
This is now a function variable f
to which we can pass in a value x
and it will compute \(x^3\). We use .^
so that we can pass an array x
into the function. We can now create a set of 1000 equally spaced x
values between -2 and 2:
X =linspace(-2, 2, 1000);
and cube each of them using our function f
to get an array of 1000 y
points:
Y=f(X);
We can now pass X
and Y
as our \(x\) and \(y\) positions to the plot
function to get a line that passes through each \((x,y)\) in order.
plot(X,Y)
There are several additional parameters we can pass into the plot
function to change the line style and color of the lines. Judgement should be used to determine which plot options to use to make your results of your work clear.
We can now create a new figure
(a new plotting area with no lines on it) and plot our points with several additional decorations:
figure()
plot(X,Y,'r','LineWidth',1); % 'r' => red line
hold on
plot(X,X);
grid on
axis([-1 1 -2 2]);
xlabel('x','fontsize',14);
ylabel('f(x)','fontsize',14);
title('Plot example',...
'fontsize',14);
legend('x^3', 'x');
The 'LineWidth'
marks that the width will be changed and 1 is the selected line width. The hold on
command will keep the current figure
for all new plots and plotting commands until a new figure is created with figure()
or the hold is removed with hold off
. This allows more lines to be added to the current figure. grid on
turns on grid lines for the figure and axis
is a function to determine the limits of the x and y axes. xlabel
and ylabel
are functions for labeling the figure axes and title
is a function to give the figure a title. Note that the ...
tells Matlab that the function inputs are continued on the next line. The legend
function allows for annotating the plots in the figure in the order they were plotted.
Example 4: Control flow
One standard programming construct is that of a “for loop.” The following simple example shows how to implement a for loop to add the numbers between 1 and N. We will find the sum of the first 50 numbers
N=50;
% Initialize the sum variable as 0. We are going to add to this
sumN = 0;
for i=1:N
% In each iteration we will add the new number i to our sum
sumN = sumN+i;
end
disp
is the matlab function for “displaying” or printing a value or array. num2str
is the matlab function to convert a number to a “string” which is a datatype meant for sequences of letters. This is especially useful for printing by combining different strings as shown below:
result = ['The sum of the first ' num2str(N) ' numbers is ' num2str(sumN)];
disp(result)
This algorithm is also packaged as a Matlab function SumN
at the bottom of this file. In this course, all algorithms will be written as a function so they can be easily reused. However, all functions in Matlab scripts must be placed at the end of the file, so scroll down to see the function SumN
.
total=SumN(N);
result2 = ['The Sum is still ', num2str(total)];
disp(result2)
Example 5: A simple numerical method (Taylor series)
As an application of the examples above, the following shows how to approximate the \(\sin\) function at a point \(x\)using the Taylor series of \(\sin\) (centered at 0). This makes use of for loops as demonstrated above.
If we consider \(x=1\) and use the first \(N=20\) terms in the Taylor series, we initialize our variables:
x = 1;
N = 20;
We then initialize a variable my_sin1
in which we will store the result and use the for loop to add each term evaluated at \(x=1\) to the variable:
my_sin1 = 0;
for n=0:N
new_term = (-1)^n * (x^(2*n+1)) / factorial(2*n + 1);
my_sin1 = my_sin1 + new_term;
end
We can compare our approximation with Matlab’s approximation of \(\sin(1)\) by comparing it with the standard library function sin
:
disp("My answer:")
disp(my_sin1)
disp("Matlab's answer:")
disp(sin(1))
A function that takes as inputs x
and N
and computes the taylor series approximation of \(\sin\) as we just have for x=1,N=20
can be seen at the bottom of this file under the name my_sin
. We can verify that it gives the same result:
disp(my_sin(1, 20))
Functions
function [output] = SumN(input)
% The names "input" and "output" are chosen to make it clear how this
% function works. The names don't matter as long as they are consistent.
N=input;
sum=0;
for i=1:N
% In each iteration we will add the new number to our sum
sum=sum+i;
end
output=sum;
end;
function [answer] = my_sin(x, N)
answer = 0;
for n=0:N
new_term = (-1)^n * (x^(2*n+1)) / factorial(2*n + 1);
answer = answer + new_term;
end
end


This project was built as part of a course I took to enhance my Node.js skills. Documentaion for this API can be found at this public Postman URL.
API Build Requirements


path.h
GitHub: path/path.h path/path.cc
Top-level Functions
Pure Syntax
Functions in this category operate purely on a syntactic level, never needing to touch a filesystem. They are appropriate for general path manipulation, including for such things as paths on remote machines and URLs.
is_abs()
namespace path { bool is_abs(const std::string& path); }
RC. Returns true iff the provided path name is an absolute one.
partial_clean()
namespace path { std::string partial_clean(const std::string& path); }
RC. Cleans a path.
This function performs the following actions:
- It consolidates multiple consecutive slashes into a single slash.
-
It removes useless
"."
components. -
It DOES NOT process
".."
components, as the meaning of".."
changes in the face of symlinks to directories.
clean()
namespace path { std::string clean(const std::string& path); }
RC. Cleans a path thoroughly. NOT SYMLINK SAFE.
This function performs the following actions:
- It consolidates multiple consecutive slashes into a single slash.
-
It removes useless
"."
components. -
It replaces "
foo/..
" with"."
, and removes that if redundant.
WARNING: If "foo
" is a symlink to a directory, then this processing changes the meaning of the path!
explode()
namespace path { std::vector<std::string> explode(const std::string& path); }
RC. Splits a path name into its components.
- Multiple consecutive slashes are treated the same way as a single slash.
-
Useless
"."
components are dropped. -
All
".."
components are retained. -
Absolute paths are exploded such that the first exploded component
is
"/"
. The character'/'
never appears in an exploded component otherwise.
For example,"/foo/bar"
becomes{"/", "foo", "bar"}
.
split()
namespace path { std::pair<std::string, std::string> split(const std::string& path); }
RC. Splits a path name into a parent directory path name and a final
component. Emulates the behavior of
dirname(1)
and
basename(1)
.
- Trailing slashes are ignored.
- Multiple consecutive slashes between the final and penultimate componenents are treated the same way as a single slash.
-
If the path is empty, then a single component of
""
is inferred. -
If the path contains only a single component, then the parent
directory is inferred as
"."
.
dirname()
namespace path { std::string dirname(const std::string& path); }
RC. Shorthand for split(path).first
.
basename()
namespace path { std::string basename(const std::string& path); }
RC. Shorthand for split(path).second
.
join()
namespace path { void join(std::string* head, const std::string& tail); template <typename... Rest> void join(std::string* head, const std::string& first, const std::string& second, const Rest&... rest); template <typename... Rest> std::string join(const std::string& first, const std::string& second, const Rest&... rest); std::string join(const std::vector<std::string>& vec); }
RC. Joins path segments into a single path name.
-
The 2-arg version appends
tail
to head, ensuring that there is at least one slash. -
The templated version that takes a pointer as its 1st
argument appends each of
first
,second
, and so on. -
The templated version that takes only references is a convenience
function that is equivalent to calling the previous overload with
head
initially set to an empty string. - The 1-arg version taking a vector is equivalent to the templated version taking only references, except that the number of path segments to join need not be determined at compile time.
abspath()
namespace path { std::string abspath(const std::string& path, const std::string& root); }
BETA. Converts a relative path name into an absolute one. NOT SYMLINK
SAFE, as this function calls
path::clean
.
relpath()
namespace path { std::string relpath(const std::string& path, const std::string& root); }
BETA. Converts an absolute path name into a relative one. NOT SYMLINK
SAFE, as this function calls
path::clean
and also generates
".."
components without regard for symlinks.
Local Filesystem
These functions are intimately tied to the local filesystem, and are not appropriate for other purposes.
cwd()
namespace path { base::Result cwd(std::string* out); }
RC. Retrieves the current working directory for this process.
canonicalize()
namespace path { base::Result canonicalize(std::string* path); }
RC. Turns path
into an absolute pathname, clean and free
of ".."
components.
This function is symlink aware: if it encounters
"foo/..
", it determines if "foo
" is a symlink
and, if so, resolves it before attempting to process the
"..
" component. This processing can yield surprising, yet
correct, results.
make_abs()
namespace path { base::Result make_abs(std::string* path, const std::string& root = std::string()); }
RC. Turns path
into an absolute pathname.
This function is broadly similar to
path::canonicalize
; however, it
allows specifying the root from which a relative path should be
interpreted. If root
is not specified, it defaults to the
current working directory, in which case this function is
indistinguishable from path::canonicalize
.
make_rel()
namespace path { base::Result make_rel(std::string* path, const std::string& root = std::string()); }
BETA. Turns path
into a relative pathname.
This function is the logical inverse of
path::make_abs
:
it traces symlinks to chart a course through the filesystem, yielding a
relative path that, when interpreted relative to root
, will
lead to the same destination as the original absolute path.


When the "i" icon is tapped, an information window is shown. This window gives a brief description of how dating was viewed and pursued in that particular era. There are also a set of rules for participants to follow in order to maintain the most authentic experience possible.
Profiles for both men and women are very similar. All profiles show a profile picture, name, age, as well as an "i" icon. This icon opens a page which shows his or her preferences with drugs, alochol, and sexual activities. On a woman's profile, a man can also see the form of birth control she is using. Both men and women can swipe left or tap the "x" icon if they are not interested. Or they can swipe right or tap the "heart" icon if they wish to chat with the other person.
Both men and women are notified if they have a match. Either of them can message the other first. They may hit the forward arrow to proceed to the chat screen or select the back arrow to continue looking through potential matches.
The chat screen is relatively standard to most mobile dating apps on the market today. There is also an added Facebook icon in the text field which allows for the individuals to create an event on Facebook or invite friends to meet up.
© 2016 Era Dating App


Math is cool.
Transformation
Scale
X stretch
Y stretch
Threshold
Complexity
Iterations
Multiplier
Types
Normal
PI
Tau
Tan
Atan
Cosine
Sine
Color
Green
Blue


--- title: One Team Government 2017 --- {% extends 'layouts/default.html' %} {% block content %} {# SECTION ####################################################################### #} {{ ui.primaryCallToAction ({ h1: 'One Team Government', date: '29th June 2017', banner: { line1: 'Policymakers', line2: 'Designers', line3: 'Doers' }, ticketsURL: 'https://otgov.eventbrite.co.uk' }) }} {# SECTION ####################################################################### #} {% call ui.pageSection({ id: 'about', heading: 'About One Team Gov' | safe }) %}
One Team Government brings together UK policymakers, service designers, digital professionals and cross-sector experts to talk openly and creatively about making government in the UK more effective by working together.
We call this 'one team government'. It’s the idea that by bringing teams together to work in a truly multidisciplinary way, we can:
The event is jointly sponsored by the Civil Service digital and policy professions. It’s being run by a cross-disciplinary team of policy and digital professionals from many departments, who were inspired by this blog post by a senior policy advisor on bringing policy and delivery closer together.
The event also has the backing of Jeremy Heywood as part of his vision of a Brilliant Civil Service.
The civil service is united by its values of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality, but different professions are still divided in their skill sets and ways of working.
We want to bring together professionals who don't currently work seamlessly, to share and create specific ideas about how to work better together. Policy making and digital are our starting points but we’re not limited to these and welcome professionals from across government.
Our aim is to:
This means there is no pre-set agenda; attendees will create the agenda themselves on the day, through a series of pitches made at the beginning. Clare Moriarty, the Permanent Secretary at Defra, has blogged about the joys of unconferencing.
There will be 5 time slots through the day, with 6 parallel sessions run in each time slot. Attendees are free to go to whichever sessions they're most interested in. They're likely to be a mixture of case studies, open discussions and workshops.
We know some people might be unfamiliar with the unconference approach. So, to give you a flavour of the day, we've done a bit of research into the sessions people would like to either pitch or hear.
The list is just a sample. On the day people might pitch all or none of those ideas - it’s up to everyone attending to decide what’s most important to them.
Address
Impact Hub Westminster, 1st Floor New Zealand House, 80 Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4TE
Open location in GoogleMaps (this will open a new window)
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | Doors open |
| 09:30 | Welcome |
| 09:45 | Keynote (with Clare Moriarty) |
| 10:15 | Pitching |
| 11:00 | First session |
| 12:00 | Second session |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Third session |
| 14:30 | Fourth session |
| 15:30 | Fifth session |
| 16:30 | Close |
I work in the Policy Lab, a small unit in Cabinet Office that helps civil servants use design, data and digital approaches in their policy-making. I’m a policy-maker who’s learnt design through doing: leading projects with DfE, Defra, MoJ amongst others. I’m constantly in awe of those I work with: the civil servants who know absolutely everything about their policy areas; the designers who turn abstract concepts into real things; the film ethnographers who communicate the reality of people’s lives so brilliantly.
{% endcall %} {% call ui.personCard({ name: 'David Buck', twitter: 'DavidBuckster', photo: 'david_buck.jpg' }) %}Since 2004 I have worked in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on Data and Digital Programmes. Before that I worked on Sports Policy at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
{% endcall %} {% call ui.personCard({ name: 'Kit Collingwood-Richardson', twitter: 'kitterati', photo: 'kit.jpg' }) %}I work for the Universal Credit programme at the Department for Work and Pensions, focusing on data. Before that I was at the Ministry of Justice from 2009-2016. I’ve been in digital government since 2012, and before that I was a policy maker. I am passionate about government reform in its widest sense, as well as the transformative power of technology, and about equality and diversity.
{% endcall %} {% call ui.personCard({ name: 'David Durant', twitter: 'cholten99', photo: 'david_durant.jpg' }) %}I work for the Government Digital Service as a business analyst. I spent years hanging around the edges of Young Rewired State, mySociety, the Open Rights Group, Citizen Beta et al. I’m interested in data (especially personal data stores), kids learning to code, better democratic participation using digital, and the impact on everything of ‘conversation UI’ (Amazon Alexa, Google Now, etc).
{% endcall %} {% call ui.personCard({ name: 'Audree Fletcher', twitter: 'avfletcher', photo: 'audree_fletcher.jpg' }) %}I work at Barnardo’s as Head of Service Design. Before that I was Director of Design for the Department for International Trade and, before that, Digital Director for the same. I’ve only been in the digital/service design space since 2013 - I was a policymaker for a decade until I decided that I wanted a career at the intersection of digital, user-centred design and open policymaking.
{% endcall %} {% call ui.personCard({ name: 'James Reeve', twitter: 'jereeve', photo: 'james_reeve.jpg' }) %}I’m a husband, father and chemist, and also a policy advisor at the Department for Education. While I’m a scientist by training, I’ve adopted policymaking in the civil service - though I still haven’t worked out what ‘policymaking’ really is. I've never done this before (though I can code badly) and the apprenticeship service is my first foray into making government services better.
{% endcall %} {% call ui.personCard({ name: 'Jenny Huynh', twitter: 'J3nnyKH', photo: 'jenny.jpg' }) %}I am a Digital and Technology fast streamer, currently working at the Department for Work and Pensions as a business analyst. Previous to that, I was a Performance Analyst at the Home Office, and in a past life, I worked in the City as a tech recruiter. I am interested in seeing how policy making actually works in real life (my only knowledge is from a public policy module at university!), and how policy and technology can work better together to provide better services to citizens.
{% endcall %} {% call ui.personCard({ name: 'Cassie Robinson', twitter: 'CassieRobinson', photo: 'cassie.jpg' }) %}I'm Strategic Design Director at Doteveryone. I’m also Co-founder of the Point People and Tech For Good Global, and founder of the Civic Shop. Before Doteveryone I spent 15 years as a strategic designer in public services and civic innovation, with organisations like Participle, thinkpublic, Government Digital Service and the Co-op. I’m particularly interested in programmes like Systems Changers, where insights from frontline workers could inform policy in real-time.
{% endcall %} {% call ui.personCard({ name: 'Paul Maltby', twitter: 'maltbyps', photo: 'paulmaltby.jpg' }) %}I’m Director of Data Projects in the Department for Communities and Local Government. I was previously Director of Data in the Government Digital Service, where I led the cross-government agenda for a new generation of data policy, infrastructure and capabilities. I’ve been Director for Government Innovation in the Cabinet Office, responsible for open data, policy reform and the new design-led Policy Lab. I’m a long-time government service reformer and began in government at the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit in the Cabinet Office.
{% endcall %} {% call ui.personCard({ name: 'Paul Smith', twitter: 'paulmsmith', photo: 'paulsmith.jpg' }) %}I'm a senior front-end developer for the User Experience directorate at The Department for Work & Pensions. I'm interested in open data, civic technology and building user centred design systems. Previously of The BBC and various digital organisations across Europe and the US.
{% endcall %} {% call ui.personCard({ name: 'Lorena Sutherland', twitter: 'lolylena', photo: 'lorena.jpg' }) %}I’m a content designer. I help make web services clear and simple so the people using them can meet their goals. I’ve led content teams at the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education and others, and I've worked at the Government Digital Service. My distant past includes policy and law reform for the New Zealand Justice Department.
{% endcall %} {% call ui.personCard({ name: 'Tracey Williams Allred', twitter: 'tewilliam', photo: 'tw.jpg', last: true }) %}I have been in government for 7 years in lots of different roles including policy, finance and operational management. I started working in digital in 2011 doing social media marketing for the Fast Stream, and since then I've worked in GDS and Ministry of Justice Digital. I am now a policy maker in Ministry of Justice, bringing digital ways of working into policy teams.
{% endcall %} {% endcall %} {# SECTION ####################################################################### #} {% call ui.pageSection({ id: 'sponsors', heading: "Sponsors" }) %}We are very grateful to our sponsors, without whom we would not be able to stage this event. Their support and commitment to the aims of One Team Government: Better Together means a lot.
If your department or government agency could also sponsor the event, please get in touch.
The best way to contact us is by email
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>We are also tweeting from @oneteamgov with the hashtag: #oneteamgov


Godedupe
Project URL: github.com/OSPG/godedupe
Language: Go
Summary: An utility to find duplicated files.
Godedupe finds duplicated files like fdupes does. Unlike fdupes, we focus on speed and features. It also have sane defaults which should make it easier to use than fdupes.
It have been tested to work on Linux and Windows.
The algoirhtm consist of three phases.
- First it checks the file size of the files.
- For files that have the same size, the checksum of a first block (1024B) is used
- For files that have the same checksum, it generate a checksum of all the file which
If two files have the same checksum, they are considered to be the same file.


It also demonstrates how one can receive events that
are emitted from within the components.
This way an embeddable component can interact with the
host page (this html).
React example
Vue example
Click on 'Increment counter' and watch the emitted events:


By providing this information, Krabacus can calculate how much profit you're making, how profitable it is to import items, and provide guidance on 0.01 ISK'ing the rest of the market.


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HARD TARGET A film review by James Berardinelli Copyright 1993 James Berardinelli
Rating (Linear 0 to 10): 5.5
Date Released: 8/20/93 Running Length: 1:35 Rated: R (Violence, language, more violence)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, Arnold Vosloo Director: John Woo Producers: James Jacks and Sean Daniel Screenplay: Chuck Pfarrer Music: Graeme Revell and Kodo Released by Universal Pictures
Take a deep breath and prepare to suspend your disbelief, because in bringing us this summer's first (and probably only) pure action film, Jean-Claude Van Damme and John Woo have given new meaning to the word "preposterous."
Chance Boudreaux (Van Damme) is a down-on-his-luck ex-merchant marine who got blacklisted after dumping a drug-smuggling captain overboard. Now, he's forced to eek out a living doing whatever odd jobs he can find on the docks and streets of New Orleans. One day, he spies a lady in distress (Yancy Butler) and, using his rather impressive kick-boxing techniques, rescues her from a gang of would-be muggers (and rapists?). In return, she offers him a job: help her find her father, a homeless vet who has disappeared.
HARD TARGET is, in essence, an example of the victory of style over substance. When it comes to the "typical" criteria by which a film is judged, this movie fails badly. Its characters are poorly-developed, the plot is the pinnacle of absurdity, and the acting, at best, is well over-the-top. Nevertheless, on the most basic, visceral level, the film succeeds.
Those who went to LAST ACTION HERO and left disappointed because they expected a straight action film, will likely accord redemption to the summer of '93 because of HARD TARGET. Albeit with a thinner plot, this is the kind of no-holds-barred chase, fight, and shoot-out picture that has become a Schwarzenegger staple. Van Damme has an accent, the charisma, the physique, and the lack of acting skills. Really, unless you're paying the check, it's hard to tell the difference.
At the helm of HARD TARGET is John Woo, who is internationally-known for not pulling punches when it comes to violence (the two films he is best known for are THE KILLER and HARD BOILED). Indeed, he doesn't merely direct this movie, he choreographs it, turning simple fight sequences into ballets of bloodshed. It's compelling, albeit a little disconcerting, to see violence so lovingly and carefully photographed. HARD TARGET isn't some hack job--a lot of effort went into crafting the picture. Snipped and put back together to avoid an NC-17, the film still offers a lot of mayhem and murder. It would have been interesting to see the cut that represented Woo's initial vision.
There is perhaps a little too much slow-motion photography, and the score, while capturing the flavor of Louisiana, often becomes intrusive. Early in the film, it seems that every time we're treated to a shot of Van Damme, he's walking towards us in slow-motion with his overcoat flapping in the breeze while an unnecessary blast of music blares from the theater speakers.
The first half of the film occasionally slows up for some silly exposition, but by the mid-point, the hunt is underway, and it's all action from there. If, by five minutes into the movie, you haven't put your brain into park, this is going to seem like an utterly ridiculous effort. Those who are willing to get into the spirit are in for a roller-coaster ride directed by a master and acted by someone who knows how to kick higher than most people can jump.
I'm not going to say much about the plot, because it's far too contrived to be worth mentioning. Suffice it to say that if the success of HARD TARGET depended on it, the movie would be sunk. Even for the action-oriented film-goer, there are a few moments too hard to swallow (where's the "S" on Van Damme's chest?). If nothing else, they're good for comic relief which, fortunately (or should I say "hopefully") seems to be Woo's intent.
Lance Henriksen enjoys himself immensely. He's fun to watch, but he goes so far over-the-top that I'm not sure it would be justified to call what he does a "performance". Regardless, he provides an excellent and much-needed counterpoint to Van Damme's ho-hum delivery. The hero, after all, is good with his kicks and punches, but not his lines. Yancy Butler does a poor job, even considering the company she keeps. Someone who can make Van Damme look like a drama school graduate really needs to take some acting lessons (although, admittedly, there's a scene with a snake where she's fantastic). And couldn't they have gotten someone a little more lively than Wilford Brimley for Chance's lunatic uncle?
Anyway, you pretty much get the idea. Without the elegant technique of John Woo, HARD TARGET could have been a real dud. It is not a good alternative to more intelligent thrillers such as IN THE LINE OF FIRE and THE FUGITIVE, but that's not the market it's aimed at. However, those that enter a darkened theater showing this film with a reasonable idea of what they're getting themselves into, are likely to emerge satisfied.
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Jen Rish, upcoming fitness and figure model has some crazy developed legs!
I bet she does some serious squatting!


APSMediaOverlay Class Reference
| Inherits from | APSMediaEvent : NSObject |
|---|---|
| Conforms to | APSMediaTrackableObject NSCopying |
| Declared in | APSMediaOverlay.h APSMediaOverlay.m |
Overview
APSMediaOverlay
describes any overlay that the APSMediaPlayer
instance needs to render during playback.
Setting the Overlay Type and Parameters
type
Overlay type. The values that can be used with this property are usually constants defined by each individual overlay controller
@property (nonatomic) NSString *type
Discussion
Overlay type. The values that can be used with this property are usually constants defined by each individual overlay controller
Declared In
APSMediaOverlay.h
parameters
Overlay parameters. Implementation-specific to overlay controllers.
@property (nonatomic) NSMutableDictionary *parameters
Discussion
Overlay parameters. Implementation-specific to overlay controllers.
Declared In
APSMediaOverlay.h
Positioning the Overlay On-Screen
position
Describes the position the overlay should take when placed on-screen by the player. See APSMediaOverlayPosition
for available values.
@property (nonatomic) APSMediaOverlayPosition position
Discussion
Describes the position the overlay should take when placed on-screen by the player. See APSMediaOverlayPosition
for available values.
Declared In
APSMediaOverlay.h
zIndex
The order of the overlay in the current view stack.
@property (nonatomic) int zIndex
Discussion
The order of the overlay in the current view stack.
Declared In
APSMediaOverlay.h
width
The width of the overlay. Supports pixels (e.g.: @“320”) or percentages, relative to the total width (e.g.: @“50%”).
@property (nonatomic) NSString *width
Discussion
The width of the overlay. Supports pixels (e.g.: @“320”) or percentages, relative to the total width (e.g.: @“50%”).
Declared In
APSMediaOverlay.h
height
The height of the overlay. Supports pixels (e.g.: @“320”) or percentages, relative to the total height (e.g.: @“50%”).
@property (nonatomic) NSString *height
Discussion
The height of the overlay. Supports pixels (e.g.: @“320”) or percentages, relative to the total height (e.g.: @“50%”).
Declared In
APSMediaOverlay.h
absoluteOffsetX
The overlay’s absolute horizontal offset, relative to the current origin. The current origin is determined by the overlay’s position
parameter, while the positive direction is always toward the center of the player surface. Supports pixels (e.g.: @“320”) or percentages, relative to the total width (e.g.: @“50%”).
@property (nonatomic) NSString *absoluteOffsetX
Discussion
The overlay’s absolute horizontal offset, relative to the current origin. The current origin is determined by the overlay’s position
parameter, while the positive direction is always toward the center of the player surface. Supports pixels (e.g.: @“320”) or percentages, relative to the total width (e.g.: @“50%”).
Declared In
APSMediaOverlay.h
absoluteOffsetY
The overlay’s absolute vertical offset, relative to the current origin. The current origin is determined by the overlay’s position
parameter, while the positive direction is always toward the center of the player surface. Supports pixels (e.g.: @“320”) or percentages, relative to the total height (e.g.: @“50%”).
@property (nonatomic) NSString *absoluteOffsetY
Discussion
The overlay’s absolute vertical offset, relative to the current origin. The current origin is determined by the overlay’s position
parameter, while the positive direction is always toward the center of the player surface. Supports pixels (e.g.: @“320”) or percentages, relative to the total height (e.g.: @“50%”).
Declared In
APSMediaOverlay.h
Overlay Properties
fadeInDuration
The duration (in seconds) for the fade in effect of the overlay, when it is placed on and taken off screen.
@property (nonatomic) CGFloat fadeInDuration
Discussion
The duration (in seconds) for the fade in effect of the overlay, when it is placed on and taken off screen.
Declared In
APSMediaOverlay.h
removeWhenHidden
Defines if the overlay should be removed from memory when its' opacity becomes zero.
@property (nonatomic) BOOL removeWhenHidden
Discussion
Defines if the overlay should be removed from memory when its' opacity becomes zero.
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parentUnit
After being added to a APSMediaUnit
object, a reference to this parent can be found here.
@property (nonatomic, weak) APSMediaUnit *parentUnit
Discussion
After being added to a APSMediaUnit
object, a reference to this parent can be found here.
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controller
A refence to the overlay controller object. This is set by the player, on the overlay’s initial render.
@property (nonatomic) APSMediaPlayerOverlayController *controller
Discussion
A refence to the overlay controller object. This is set by the player, on the overlay’s initial render.
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metadata
Additional overlay information.
@property (nonatomic) NSMutableDictionary *metadata
Discussion
Additional overlay information.
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Converts a string format to a APSMediaOverlayPosition value.
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Return Value
The APSMediaOverlayPosition value coresponding to the string format.
Discussion
Converts a string format to a APSMediaOverlayPosition value.
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In a previous post I talked about the different ways to make sure that you have a Raven server available in order for your NServiceBus endpoints to store their data. In this post we'll look at the different options for connecting to that Raven server.
To tell NServiceBus to use Raven for persistence is a easy as calling Configure.RavenPersistence(). This is the default configuration and it uses the following conventions:
There are a few situations where the default behavior might not be good enough for you.
After connecting to a Raven server we need to decide which actual database to use. Unless we find a default database specified in the connection string NServiceBus will use the endpoint name as the database name. So if your endpoint is named "MyServer" the database name will be "MyServer". Each endpoint will have a separate database unless you explicitly override using the connection string. RavenDB will automatically create the database if it doesn't already exist.
A detailed explanation of the endpoint name concept can be found here.
No the Raven client is merged and internalized into the NServiceBus assemblies so if you want to use Raven for your own purposes you need to reference the Raven client and setup your own document store.
Just open a web browser and type the url if the Raven server, this will open up the Raven DB management studio.


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As we are Indian we have unity in diversity. We have developers having specialization in various technologies like below.
Machine learning is a field of computer science that gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed.
A real-time, distributed search and analytics engine, for full text search, structured search, analytics.
Practicing operations and development engineers participating together in the entire service lifecycle.
Learn more about latest and greatest trends in mobile app development and user interface design.
On-demand cloud computing platforms to individuals, companies and governments
Google Cloud Platform,is a suite of cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally.
Progressive framework for building user interfaces.
IOT is the network of physical devices which enables these objects to interact with each other and act smartly.


This matching game was created using jQuery through object orientated programming with the implementation of HTML 5 audio.
Check it outI designed an implementation of the Google Map API alongside the Webcam Travel API to assign markers based on latitude/longitude. Based on these location additional information is requested from the Webcam Travel API in association with using a proxy to access weather information for each location.
Check it outA group project utilising MongoDB, Express.js, Angular.js and Node.js to create and app similar to Stackover Flow with a charity aspect. The basic principle is that users are registered through authentication and are allowed to post or answer questions. Based on whether the user posted/answered a question, the receiving user can choose the most relevant answer in correspondence to the proposed question.
Check it outA Personal Gaming App I developed that lets you keep track of the games you own and have played. The premise is to use the Rails backend to make an API request to IGDB(Internet Gaming Database) and uses a script to collect data from games that have a set of specific key values pairs and adds it to the PostgresSQL database.
Check it out


Rosberg: 'Albon left the door open' for Hamilton
Cape Town - Nico Rosberg reckons Lewis Hamilton should not have been hit with a five-second penalty in Brazil because Alex Albon "left the door open" during their incident in the closing laps of the Brazilian Grand Prix.
The stewards stripped away Hamilton's podium finish at Interlagos after his late tangle with Albon, who saw his first podium chance slip through his fingers, while Hamilton dropped to P7 as a result.
Hamilton "massively apologised" to Albon after the race, but his former team-mate reckons that a penalty was perhaps a bit too harsh given the fact that the Red Bull pretty much gave Hamilton an open invitation to pass.
"Of course, Lewis was more at fault," Rosberg said via his YouTube channel.
"Albon was less at fault, but he left the door open completely for Lewis to dive in.
"Lewis did get quite far in there, but I don't know if it was worth a five-second penalty. With the way things have been going this year, maybe I would have preferred no penalty because Albon has some fault as well. It is not 100 per cent Lewis.
"Albon left the door open and he should have left a bit of space. There is no reason why you can't leave a little space.
"Albon said he wasn't expecting Lewis to dive down there and wasn't looking, but that's not a valid excuse.
"It would have been nice, maybe, not to have a penalty there to really free up the racing and let the drivers sort these things out themselves."
Rosberg has also had his say on the latest Ferrari clash between Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc, where he feels Vettel was more at fault for the incident than his team-mate.
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Oprah Winfrey Delivers Moving Speech, Pays Tribute To Toni Morrison At Memorial Service
by Becca LongmireOprah Winfrey delivered an emotional speech Thursday as she paid tribute to her late friend Toni Morrison.
Morrison passed away at age 88 in August and a celebration of her life was then held this week at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Manhattan.

“She told me once, ‘I’ve always known I was gallant.’ Who says that? Who even knows they are gallant? Well, her gallantry remains always to help us navigate our way through.”
Winfrey also recalled the time she asked Morrison if it was true that people had to re-read her books to understand them.
She then replied, “‘That, my dear, is called reading,'” with Winfrey admitting: “I was embarrassed.”
Angela Davis, Fran Lebowitz, and Jesmyn Ward were among those in attendance at the ceremony.


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Thousands of Doodles have migrated to Toontown and are in search of a good home! Pet Shops in each playground sell a variety of Doodles, with new Doodles available every day. Each Doodle has a different personality - some are hungrier, some sleepier, some more playful and energetic. Doodles come in a variety of colors and patterns: some have spots, some are fuzzier, and some have scales!
Start saving those jellybeans, because the least expensive Doodles can be adopted in the Toontown Central playground for 200-300 beans. The highest-priced Doodles can cost up to 5000 jellybeans in the Donald’s Dreamland Pet Shop. Choose your Doodle carefully because even though you can return them, you will not get back your jellybeans!
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Xiaomi tests Categories in the app drawer of MIUI Launcher
by Pranob MehrotraXiaomi is making some much-needed changes to the stock launcher in MIUI 11. Earlier this month, we learned that the company was adding an app drawer and app shortcuts to the MIUI Launcher. The feature was carried forward from the POCO Launcher, which was released as the default launcher on last year’s POCO F1. Now, Xiaomi is bringing over the custom app categories feature from the POCO Launcher that was introduced earlier this year in July.
The upcoming app categories feature has already been spotted in an alpha release of the MIUI Launcher. With the feature, you’ll be able to organize all your apps into different categories within the app drawer, allowing you to quickly find any app just by tapping on the category. The feature can be found within the MIUI Launcher settings under the App drawer section and, once it’s turned on, it can automatically categorize all your apps. You’ll also get the option to remove or add new app categories from within the same menu so that you can easily get rid of any unnecessary categories that aren’t being utilized on your phone. Do note that in order to use the new feature you’ll first need to enable the app drawer.
We already have confirmation from Xiaomi that the app drawer will be making its way to MIUI 11 China Stable builds sometime in the near future. But there’s no word from the company regarding the release of the new Categories feature. However, since the Categories feature is a part of the app drawer, we expect it to be released alongside the app drawer in an upcoming version of MIUI 11. As of now, there’s no information on the release of either of these two features on the MIUI 11 Global Stable build.
Thanks to XDA Member kacskrz for the screenshots!


Java Scripter's Pizza
Sizes
Personal ($6)
Medium ($10)
Large ($14)
Extra Large ($16)
Meats
First topping free, each extra topping $1 more
Pepperoni
Sausage
Canadian Bacon
Ground Beef
Anchovy
Chicken
Cheese
Regular
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Extra cheese ($3 extra)
Crust
Cheese-stuffed $3 extra
Plain
Garlic butter
Cheese-stuffed
Spicy
House special
Sauce ($2)
Marinara
White
Barbeque
None
Veggies
First topping free, each extra topping $1 more
Tomatoes
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From:Geaccone To:Fancler; Cobb Jr. Sent:2017-01-11T04:39:24.0000000Z Subject:RE: Oneok Claim on EPPI
Let me know once we have the final numbers and I will get with you on who is going to pay the bill.
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: Fancler, Dan
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 11:46 AM
To: Saunders, James
Cc: Cobb Jr., John; Chandler, Bob; Geaccone, Tracy; Weller, Steve; Zadow, Raetta
Subject: Oneok Claim on EPPI
EPPI Claim for 2000-2001
Enron Processing Properties, Inc (EPPI) assignment of the GPM Agency Agreement committed EPPI to reimburse KN (now Oneok) for all-in transportation rates above 4.45%. NNG's must bill minimum rates and those rates are sometimes above the 4.45% all-in rate, therefore Oneok has submitted invoices for transport excesses of $79,165 and $222,315 for the years 2000 and 2001.
The invoices are currently being checked by Gas Logistics and once a final determination has been made coding instructions will be needed for this EPPI commitment.
Prior Claim (1997-1999)
On 2/18/2000, KN submitted a claim for $363,211 covering 1997-1999, I checked the calculations and the claim was revised to $192,000.
During negotiations KN sold the agreements to Oneok and to my knowledge the prior claim was never paid nor were any more demands for payments made.
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Prompt: When you think of the times in your life where you’ve been the happiest, the proudest, or the most satisfied, which of the following values come to mind?
Response: Accomplishment, Achievement, Challenge, Competition, Commitment, Intellectual status, Meaningful work, Merit, Persistence, Responsibility, Recognition
Achievement is extremely important to me. Hand-in-hand with this value is also 'challenge'. You can't have achievements without challenges. These values are important to me because they provide meaning to my life. I've realized the last time I was really proud of myself was when I was in high school hoping to achieve my goal of graduating as one of the top 10 students in my magnet school. I've noticed that I haven't been satisfied since then because I haven't been challenged, I haven't had any competition, I haven't put "my all" into doing something.
Prompt: What was the last topic that someone asked for your advice on? Did it relate to any of the values you found important?
Response: I struggle to answer these types of questions because when I do talk with people, it's never so clear-cut like, "Can I ask for your advice?" It's always more of a discussion and stating my opinions so I can't really say.
Prompt: How do you feel when you think about your values? Do you think it can help you mediate stereotype threat if you recognize you feel it?
Response: Thinking about my values now, I feel like I've failed myself. I haven't lived up to these values in so long because I haven't put myself in situations where they would arise. My answer is quite depressing so I'm not sure how that would help me mediate stereotype threat when I feel it. Honestly, the only thing I can do is to do more in order to live up to these values and accomplish things I can be proud of.
Prompt: Can you think of any other exercises you can use to help you when you are feeling down (for whatever reason) at DBC?
Response: When I am feeling down, I look to friends and family for support and reassurance. Although I get that from them, it sometimes that seems to backfire on me because of impostor syndrome and trying to internally justify what my friends/family think of me and what I can do.  The only way I can avoid this is by accruing accomplishments, achievements, merit, and recognition. However, leisurely reading or binge-watching would help take my mind off things too.


Swift IP Address Handler
Introduction
This struct/protocol is a basic standalone struct and String extension that makes handling IPv4 and IPv6 IP addresses quite simple.
Its principal use is to take a string that was generated by something like a text entry, and establish a proper IP address from that string. It’s a smart parser.
What Problem Does This Solve?
This was designed to allow us to simply represent IP addresses properly. This was mainly due to the complex nature of IPv6 addressing; with its “shortcut” syntax, representing contiguous runs of zeroes.
This class reads these, and will also give you properly formatted (and shortened) strings.
Requirements
It should work fine for macOS, tvOS, WatchOS, and iOS. It only depends on the Swift Foundation library.
This requires Swift Version 4.0 or above (tested up to 5).
WHERE TO GET
Here is the GitHub Repo for This Project.
Here is the online documentation page for this project.
USAGE
As A Swift Package
You can include the Library, using the Swift Package Manager, simply by referring to its GitHub Repository URI (SSH: git@github.com:RiftValleySoftware/RVS_IPAddress.git or HTTPS: https://github.com/RiftValleySoftware/RVS_IPAddress.git).
You will then need to import the module, by adding the following to the source files that will be accessing the spinner:
import RVS_IPAddress
Using Carthage
You can install it, using Carthage as your dependency manager.
Simply add the following to your Cartfile:
github "RiftValleySoftware/RVS_IPAddress"
That will bring the project into a “Carthage” directory.
You should probably add the single file from the project (as opposed to the product). That can be found in “Checkins”.
If you do that, then no need to import.
If you include the product (in the “Build” subdirectory), you will need to import the module, by adding the following to the source files that will be accessing the spinner:
import RVS_IPAddress
Note that Carthage may not sign the module, and you may have issues submitting it.
Directly From GitHub
This is a simple source file; not a module.
To use this, simply add the RVS_IPAddress/RVS_IPAddress.swift file to your project; copying it wherever you want.
All the rest of the stuff in the project is for testing, validating and sharing.
Start With A String
The struct can be instantiated by supplying a String, with a valid representation of either an IPv4 IP address, or an IPv6 IP address. The struct will parse the String, and will store an internal Array of Ints, representing that IP address. It will then be able to return the IP address in whatever format is required.
It validates the correctness of the address before storing it, so you know that the address is always in a valid form.
It does not verify that the address actually leads anywhere. It merely ensures that it is a correctly-formed IP address.
You can submit any string, and the factory method will ensure that an instance of the correct IP version handler is generated.
Example
if let testIP = RVS_IPAddressExtractIPAddress("<IP_ADDRESS>") {
print("This should be an IPv4 Address: \(String(describing: testIP))")
}
if let testIP = RVS_IPAddressExtractIPAddress("1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8") {
print("This should be an IPv6 Address: \(String(describing: testIP))")
}
You can also add TCP ports to the address:
if let testIP = RVS_IPAddressExtractIPAddress("<IP_ADDRESS>:5") {
print("This should be an IPv4 Address: \(String(describing: testIP))")
}
if let testIP = RVS_IPAddressExtractIPAddress("[1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8]:9") {
print("This should be an IPv6 Address: \(String(describing: testIP))")
}
The resulting addresses can be accessed as Arrays of Int, or as String, either with or without the TCP port.
DEPENDENCIES
There are no dependencies to use RVS_IPAddress in your project. In order to test it and run it in the module project, you should use CocoaPods to install SwiftLint, although that is not required. It’s just good practice.
LICENSE
MIT License
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
The Great Rift Valley Software Company: https://riftvalleysoftware.com


I have developed a high tolerance for marijuana over the last three years. I commonly roll the herb in emptied cigar leaves. I was preparing to attend a concert later on one day when a group of friends and I began smoking. My anticipation of the events were focused, and resulted in the following experience....
The day began around 11a.m. when I woke up, and immediately thought about the concert I was to attend that evening. It was at a club downtown and the doors were to open at six. When I arrived at my buddy's house around 4:15, he and his two roommates were eagerly anticipating my arrival with a box of four large cigars. I recall feeling tired all afternoon, and my only real motivation was the concert later on. As we began to smoke, my stomach began to rumble, my mouth began to salivate and my mind was still concentrating on the exciting night ahead of me. I hadn't had a bite to eat all day.
During the next hour and a half of smoking and conversation, we managed to finish off a half ounce in FOUR BLUNTS!!! I was wearing jeans and two t-shirts on a hot and humid summer afternoon, which proved to be too much for my body to take. As we got in line outside the club I began to sweat - not just sweat, I began to drip. I was looking at all the people around me, and remember seeing everyone clearly in slow motion, very precise actions but no sound. A cold rush of air hit my body and startled me out of my current state. Just then a woman in line began wandering through the crowd. Everyone stopped and began looking at the commotion she was causing near a group of guys in the middle of the line. Someone said, 'Give me some of whatever she had,' implying she was under the influence of some sort of drug.
I continued standing in line for about five minutes before I was overcome with a numbing sensation from my head and moving down. My eyes felt confused at what was happening, I began to blink as if to clear my thoughts and realize what was occuring at the present. Then, in an attempt to establish balance, I reached out to a friend's shoulder and weakly uttered, 'man, I'm hot....' My vision was overcome with darkness and my head felt heavy, like a huge cloud of smoke was being pumped behind my eyes, burning, foggy thick clouds of smoke. As all sight dissipated, I began to sway off balance, stumbling into people all around, hearing the commotion but not knowing what was happening. I felt the first person that I bumped into, but nothing after that.
I fell into a group of people and landed on the sidewalk. I went into a series of seizures lasting two minutes. I could hear everyone around me panicking and calling for help. After 15 seconds my eyes opened and I could see the commotion around me on the street. Then I slipped back into a blind unaware state for another 15-20 seconds. The second time I awoke to see all of my friends with the most horrified looks on their faces, I thought I had dropped dead right then and there. I tried to tell them I was ok, but the words just wouldn't come out. I was gasping for air, unable to speak. One of my friends was on a cell phone calling 911. I wanted to tell them that I was ok, but I couldn't. Next I went back into the unconscious state for another 15 seconds. When I awoke I was surrounded by people offering me water, asking what I took, asking if I remembered my name, everyone was looking at me in disbelief. I stood up and said, 'I'm all right, I'm OK, I don't need an ambulance, I'm fine.'
What I experienced next felt like a rebirth. I was so disoriented by the events of the past few minutes that my mind was in a state of shock. I looked around at the commotion in long sweeping glances, trying to make some sense of it all. I felt weak. I felt a sense of a new beginning, a second chance, a resurrection. I was pulled inside the club, where I began to recuperate and recover. I drank lots of water and had some food, and slowly, over the next six hours at the concert, I began to feel stable. However, since this experience, I've felt a strange sense of re-orientation to this world. I learned to never smoke on an empty stomach. And my only logical explanation for the incident would be a weakening in my nervous system due to no food, heavy amounts of marijuana, and inappropriate clothes causing my body to overheat and shut down. I'm a lot more aware of my health and eating patterns and my smoking, so as to eliminate the chances of this happening again.
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