fun DataCol.lead(n: Int = 1, default: Any? = null): DataCol
Returns the "next" column values. Useful for comparing values ahead of the current values.
Also see https://dplyr.tidyverse.org/reference/lead-lag.html
n
- positive integer, giving the number of positions to lead by (defaults to 1)


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Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
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Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:58 pm
by Joe M.
added.
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:21 pm
by Anacian
thanks
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:46 pm
by manodan
i want to play!
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
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Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:42 pm
by Joe M.
added.
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:10 pm
by Fearon
I'd like to play.
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Sun Mar 22, 2009 4:21 pm
by Joe M.
added. Good day to join: we're expecting a big update tonight!
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:12 pm
by Joe M.
Added. Unfortunately, there's a problem with the server right now (client just updated but the server doesn't recognize the new client), so you'll have to wait till tomorrow (when the bug gets fixed) to actually play.
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:56 am
by Shrek25
I would love to try it out. Purty Please! lol
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:29 am
by Joe M.
added.
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:22 pm
by Creepngdeath
I would like to play Evidyon please.
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:49 pm
by Joe M.
You have both been added.
Enjoy!
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:09 pm
by kinral
Can I play please?
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:30 pm
by Joe M.
added.
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:28 am
by lordoflotd
add me to alpha testing plz so i can download
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:34 am
by Joe M.
added.
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:53 pm
by Joe M.
added.
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:46 pm
by Tyler
So do we have to rejoin the alpha testers? If so sign me up
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:50 pm
by Joe M.
um, no. You're still in the testing group (which you can tell because you can see the private testing forum).
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
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Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:00 pm
by Necromadon
Re-Add me please.
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:22 pm
by Joe M.
Done.
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:07 pm
by Xulu
Ill give it a try, if it works on vista.
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:47 pm
by Joe M.
Added. It works with Vista, but can have some rather *interesting* issues. If you have problems, check here:
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=1421&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=vistaAlso, all the models are going to look messed up for Vista, like this:
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=1341&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=60#p9277
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:32 pm
by TheKingofMay
I'd like to give it a try
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
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by Joe M.
added.
Re: Want to Play Evidyon?
Posted:
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I'd like to join the test group


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CHANDUMENON
- ORU PADANAM (CHANDUMENON - A STUDY) CRITICISM This book is a study of the early
novelist of Malayalam literature,
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Author speak:
"It was not the greatness
of the literary figure of Chandumenon that first attracted me to him. His personality
is much bigger than his writings. My contact with his literature is as a tool
that reveals his special personality. His personality has many useful facets
if understood in the context of the prevailing social milieu. My main attempt
in this book is to present that vast personality which I perceived. It means
that this book is not strictly a literary criticism. Exclusive essays on literature
itself
are handled through this view point."
The preface to this book is written by the author's friend Prof. M. K. Sanoo.
The book is dedicated to his teacher Sri.K.J. Alexander.
Publisher: DC Books, Kottayam
First Published: December 1957


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centene
Businessmodel of Centene
Customer Segments
Centene provides a range of customers with various healthcare services and products. Its customers can be categorised as follows:
- Individual Customers, comprising general consumers, focusing on under-insured and uninsured individuals;
- Government and Public Bodies, comprising state programs, correctional facilities, and other government-owned oganisations;
- Healthcare and Medical Organisations, comprising healthcare organisations and facilities; and
- Commercial Entities, including medium and large enterprises across multiple sectors and employer groups. Centene serves its individual customers through government subsidised programs, such as Medicaid, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, Long Term Care, Foster Care, and the Supplemental Security Income Program. The Company recently stated that its Medicare Advantage plans were targeted principally at seniors from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
Centene serves a broad domestic customer base in the US. It does not appear to offer services to international customers.
Value Propositions
Centene provides value to its customers in the following ways:
- Its industry standing and reputation, with the Company established as a reliable provider of medical and healthcare services, having been recognised for its comprehensiveness and improved outcomes by several bodies;
- Its community and social responsibility activities, with the Community participating in various community outreach programs, collaborating with charitable organisations, and operating in a sustainable way;
- Its broad domestic reach and cooperation with government programs, with the Company serving customers across the US through multiple US government subsidised programs;
- Its experienced specialist personnel, with the Company employing expert staff across its two operating segments, with executives that have experience in dealing with government programs; and
- Its data-driven service approach, with the Company ensure effective outreach procedures for new members by using predictive modeling technology. ### Channels
Centene operates a website at www.centene.com through which it provides information on its services, plans, and activities. The Company, however, does not operate an online sales channel or customer portal.
Centene serves its customers through its locally-based in-house sales and service teams, which assist customers in accessing care, coordinating referrals to related health and social services, and addressing member concerns and questions. Centene is required by various insurance and regulatory authorities to have offices in the service areas where its provide benefits. This includes offices and locations in each of the Company’s 23 operating states across the US, as well as a network of claims processing facilities.
Centene also provides education and outreach programs through specialist teams, seeking to inform and assist members in accessing quality, appropriate healthcare services. The Company also seeks to increase its Medicaid membership in its operating states through alliances with key providers, outreach efforts, development and implementation of community-specific products and acquisitions.
Customer Relationships
Centene does not provide any products or services to its customers on a self-service basis. Instead, the Company serves its customers directly through its sales, customer service, and support staff. These members of staff work closely with customers, providing personalised assistance and advice with regard to appropriate courses of action. The Company seeks to establish longstanding relationships with its customers under fixed-term and flexible contracts.
Centene provides ongoing support to its customers, who are able to access personal assistance from support staff either over the phone or via an online contact form. The Company also provides a range of resources to customers through its website, including educational resources and news articles. Customers are also able to interact with the Company directly through its social media accounts, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
Key Activities
Centene is a diversified healthcare company that provides programs and services to government sponsored healthcare programs, and provides education and outreach programs to inform and assist its members in accessing appropriate healthcare services.
Centene’s activities are divided into two operating segments: Managed Care, which provides health plan coverage to individuals, through government subsidised programs, including Medicaid, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, Long Term Care, Foster Care, dual-eligible individuals, and the Supplemental Security Income Program, also known as the Aged, Blind or Disabled Program; and Specialty Services, which comprises the operations of various Centene companies that offer a range of healthcare services and products to state programs, correctional facilities, healthcare organisations, employer groups and other commercial organisations.
Key Partners
Centene works in conjunction with a number of partner companies and organisations across multiple business segments. These partners include:
- Joint Venture Partners, comprising a range of companies and organisations with which the Company collaborate on projects and provides joint services through mutually-owned entities;
- Social and Non-Profit Partners, comprising a range of charitable organisations and non-profits with which the Company collaborates on social and community projects;
- State Government and Medical Partners, comprising a range of government bodies and agencies with which the Company cooperates on medical programs;
- Education Partners, comprising universities and research companies with which the Company collaborates on educational programs and training. In recent years, Centene has launched a number of partnerships. This includes a partnership with MHM Services to serve Massachusetts’ state correctional system, a deal with Webster University under which team members of Centene can receive a corporate partner tuition rates for undergraduate and graduate programs, and tie-up with a children’s author to develop its own children’s book series on topics such as obesity prevention and healthy eating, asthma, diabetes, foster care, smoking, anti-bullying and heart health.
Key Resources
Centene’s key resources are its various operating licences, its relationships with government programs, its IT and communications infrastructure, its partnerships, its sales and distribution channels, and its personnel.
Centene’s operations are dependent on licences it owns, and that its subsidiaries own, that permit Centene companies to operate as health maintenance organisations, third party administrators, utilisation review organisations, pharmacies, direct care providers and/or insurance companies in their respective states. The Company is also dependent on its access to various government-subsidised health programs, such as Medicaid and Long Term Care.
Cost Structure
Centene incurs costs in relation to the payment of various licensing and professional fees, the maintenance of its IT and communications infrastructure, its compliance with government regulations and guidelines, the management of its partnerships, the payment of medical expenses, the operation of its sales and distribution channels, and the retention of its personnel.
In 2015 Centene accrued total operating costs in the amount of $22.06 billion. The majority of these costs relate to medical costs, which amounted to $17.24 billion for the year. The Company’s cost of services totalled $1.62 billion and its general and administrative expenses amounted to $1.83 billion. This included the payment of salaries and benefits to the Company’s workforce of 18,200 employees.
Revenue Streams
Centene generates revenue through the provision of various medical and healthcare services, principally its activities as an insurer. The Company typically collects fixed premium fees from its members each month, pursuant to its state contracts. The Company derives revenue through its specialty services, which are divided into a number of business lines:
- Pharmacy solutions;
- Health, Triage, Wellness, and Disease Management Services;
- Vision Services;
- Dental Services;
- Care Management Software;
- Correctional Healthcare Services;
- In-Home Health Services; and
- Integrated Long-Term Care. In 2015 Centene generated $22.76 billion in total revenue, up substantially in the $16.56 billion recorded by the Company in 2014. The majority of the Company’s revenue was generated through premiums collected in relation to its core Managed Care services, which amounted to $19.39 billion. The Company’s service revenue for the year totaled $1.88 billion.


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RANSOMWARE TO PAY OR NOT TO PAY?
Written on June 7, 2018
Ransomware is a type of malware that restricts access to user data by encrypting an infected computer’s files in exchange for payment to decrypt. The attacker often distributes a large-scale phishing campaign in the hope that someone will open the malicious attachment or link. Once infected, the device is unusable and the victim is faced with the decision of whether or not to pay the extortionist to recover the decryption key.
Only in certain cases have keys been recovered. Over the years, Radware researchers have also followed the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) industry, which offers novice users the ability to launch their own campaigns for an established price or percentage of the profit. Ransomware has existed for over two decades but has only recently gained popularity among for-profit criminals. This trend has tapered off because ransomware campaigns generate a great deal of attention, notifying potential victims and thereby discouraging them from paying. Campaigns that attract less attention are typically more profitable.
Ransomware campaigns follow a standard pattern of increased activity in the beginning before settling down. Ransomware, once incredibly popular, has fallen out of favor with attackers, who now prefer cryptojacking campaigns. Because of the amount of attention that ransomware campaigns generate, most groups target a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, retail and shipping, in the hope of finding some success.
[You may also like:The Origin of Ransomware and Its Impact on Businesses]
you think that your organization could be a target of a ransomware campaign, shoring up your network is critical. Ransomware can be delivered in various ways, most commonly via spam/phishing emails containing a malicious document. Other forms of infection include exploit kits, Trojans and the use of exploits to gain unauthorized access to an infected device.
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Module: FriendlyId::Slugged
- Defined in:
- lib/friendly_id/slugged.rb
Overview
Slugged Models
FriendlyId can use a separate column to store slugs for models which require some text processing.
For example, blog applications typically use a post title to provide the basis of a search engine friendly URL. Such identifiers typically lack uppercase characters, use ASCII to approximate UTF-8 character, and strip out other characters which may make them aesthetically unappealing or error-prone when used in a URL.
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
extend FriendlyId
friendly_id :title, :use => :slugged
end
@post = Post.create(:title => "This is the first post!")
@post.friendly_id # returns "this-is-the-first-post"
redirect_to @post # the URL will be /posts/this-is-the-first-post
In general, use slugs by default unless you know for sure you don't need them. To activate the slugging functionality, use the Slugged module.
FriendlyId will generate slugs from a method or column that you specify,
and store them in a field in your model. By default, this field must be
named :slug
, though you may change this using the
slug_column configuration
option. You should add an index to this column, and in most cases, make it
unique. You may also wish to constrain it to NOT NULL, but this depends on
your app's behavior and requirements.
Example Setup
# your model
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
extend FriendlyId
friendly_id :title, :use => :slugged
validates_presence_of :title, :slug, :body
end
# a migration
class CreatePosts < ActiveRecord::Migration
def self.up
create_table :posts do |t|
t.string :title, :null => false
t.string :slug, :null => false
t.text :body
end
add_index :posts, :slug, :unique => true
end
def self.down
drop_table :posts
end
end
Working With Slugs
Formatting
By default, FriendlyId uses Active Support's paramaterize method to create slugs. This method will intelligently replace spaces with dashes, and Unicode Latin characters with ASCII approximations:
movie = Movie.create! :title => "Der Preis fürs Überleben"
movie.slug #=> "der-preis-furs-uberleben"
Uniqueness
When you try to insert a record that would generate a duplicate friendly id, FriendlyId will append a sequence to the generated slug to ensure uniqueness:
car = Car.create :title => "Peugot 206"
car2 = Car.create :title => "Peugot 206"
car.friendly_id #=> "peugot-206"
car2.friendly_id #=> "peugot-206--2"
Sequence Separator - The Two Dashes
By default, FriendlyId uses two dashes to separate the slug from a sequence.
You can change this with the sequence_separator configuration option.
Column or Method?
FriendlyId always uses a method as the basis of the slug text - not a column. It first glance, this may sound confusing, but remember that Active Record provides methods for each column in a model's associated table, and that's what FriendlyId uses.
Here's an example of a class that uses a custom method to generate the slug:
class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
friendly_id :name_and_location
def name_and_location
"#{name} from #{location}"
end
end
bob = Person.create! :name => "Bob Smith", :location => "New York City"
bob.friendly_id #=> "bob-smith-from-new-york-city"
Providing Your Own Slug Processing Method
You can override #normalize_friendly_id in your model for total control over the slug format.
Deciding When to Generate New Slugs
Overriding #should_generate_new_friendly_id? lets you control whether new friendly ids are created when a model is updated. For example, if you only want to generate slugs once and then treat them as read-only:
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
extend FriendlyId
friendly_id :title, :use => :slugged
def should_generate_new_friendly_id?
new_record?
end
end
post = Post.create!(:title => "Hello world!")
post.slug #=> "hello-world"
post.title = "Hello there, world!"
post.save!
post.slug #=> "hello-world"
Locale-specific Transliterations
Active Support's parameterize
uses transliterate,
which in turn can use I18n's transliteration rules to consider the
current locale when replacing Latin characters:
# config/locales/de.yml
de:
i18n:
transliterate:
rule:
ü: "ue"
ö: "oe"
etc...
movie = Movie.create! :title => "Der Preis fürs Überleben"
movie.slug #=> "der-preis-fuers-ueberleben"
This functionality was in fact taken from earlier versions of FriendlyId.
Gotchas: Common Problems
Slugs That Begin With Numbers
Ruby's `to_i` function casts strings to integers in such a way that
23abc.to_i
returns 23. Because FriendlyId falls back to
finding by numeric id, this means that if you attempt to find a record with
a non-existant slug, and that slug begins with a number, your find will
probably return the wrong record.
There are two fairly simple ways to avoid this:
-
Use validations to ensure that slugs don't begin with numbers.
-
Use explicit finders like
find_by_id
to always find by the numeric id, orfind_by_slug
to always find using the friendly id.
Concurrency Issues
FriendlyId uses a before_validation callback to generate and set the slug. This means that if you create two model instances before saving them, it's possible they will generate the same slug, and the second save will fail.
This can happen in two fairly normal cases: the first, when a model using nested attributes creates more than one record for a model that uses friendly_id. The second, in concurrent code, either in threads or multiple processes.
To solve the nested attributes issue, I recommend simply avoiding them when creating more than one nested record for a model that uses FriendlyId. See this Github issue for discussion.
To solve the concurrency issue, I recommend locking the model's table against inserts while when saving the record. See this Github issue for discussion.
Defined Under Namespace
Modules: Configuration
Class Method Summary (collapse)
-
+ (Object) included(model_class)
Sets up behavior and configuration options for FriendlyId's slugging feature.
Instance Method Summary (collapse)
-
- (Object) normalize_friendly_id(value)
Process the given value to make it suitable for use as a slug.
-
- (Object) set_slug(normalized_slug = nil)
private
Sets the slug.
-
- (Boolean) should_generate_new_friendly_id?
Whether to generate a new slug.
Class Method Details
+ (Object) included(model_class)
Sets up behavior and configuration options for FriendlyId's slugging feature.
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# File 'lib/friendly_id/slugged.rb', line 199 def self.included(model_class) model_class.friendly_id_config.instance_eval do self.class.send :include, Configuration self.slug_generator_class ||= Class.new(SlugGenerator) defaults[:slug_column] ||= 'slug' defaults[:sequence_separator] ||= '--' end model_class.before_validation :set_slug end |
Instance Method Details
- (Object) normalize_friendly_id(value)
Process the given value to make it suitable for use as a slug.
This method is not intended to be invoked directly; FriendlyId uses it internaly to process strings into slugs.
However, if FriendlyId's default slug generation doesn't suite your needs, you can override this method in your model class to control exactly how slugs are generated.
Example
class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
friendly_id :name_and_location
def name_and_location
"#{name} from #{location}"
end
# Use default slug, but upper case and with underscores
def normalize_friendly_id(string)
super.upcase.gsub("-", "_")
end
end
bob = Person.create! :name => "Bob Smith", :location => "New York City"
bob.friendly_id #=> "BOB_SMITH_FROM_NEW_YORK_CITY"
More Resources
You might want to look into Babosa, which is the slugging library used by FriendlyId prior to version 4, which offers some specialized functionality missing from Active Support.
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# File 'lib/friendly_id/slugged.rb', line 244 def normalize_friendly_id(value) value.to_s.parameterize end |
- (Object) set_slug(normalized_slug = nil) (private)
Sets the slug.
Whether to generate a new slug.
You can override this method in your model if, for example, you only want slugs to be generated once, and then never updated.
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# File 'lib/friendly_id/slugged.rb', line 252 def should_generate_new_friendly_id? base = send(friendly_id_config.base) slug_value = send(friendly_id_config.slug_column) # If the slug base is nil, and the slug field is nil, then we're going to # leave the slug column NULL. return false if base.nil? && slug_value.nil? # Otherwise, if this is a new record, we're definitely going to try to # create a new slug. return true if new_record? slug_base = normalize_friendly_id(base) separator = Regexp.escape friendly_id_config.sequence_separator # If the slug base (with and without sequence) is different from either the current # friendly id or the slug value, then we'll generate a new friendly_id. compare = (current_friendly_id || slug_value) slug_base != compare && slug_base != compare.try(:sub, /#{separator}[\d]*\z/, '') end |


WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING A film review by Mark R. Leeper Copyright 1995 Mark R. Leeper
Capsule review: This is a cute puppy-dog of a film with a cute puppy-dog of an actress. The film called for a collection of characters that is a little weird but adorable. It was close, but the family was never as winning as intended. This is an amusing but fluffy romantic comedy. Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4)
Preston Sturges could have had a good time with this story. John Turteltaub is no Preston Sturges, but he is at least able to make it into an amiable comedy. Sandra Bullock plays Lucy, a drab and lonely token-booth attendant for the Chicago Transit Authority. Her life is dreams. She dreams of travel, She dreams of getting a nice boy friend. She dreams of having a family. And Turteltaub dreams of the audience believing Sandra Bullock as a drab and lonely token-booth attendant with no boyfriends. Lucy does have a dream boyfriend, a well-heeled and handsome man who comes by her CTA station. One lonely Christmas the family-less Lucy is working and her dream boyfriend is mugged on the platform and falls into the path of an approaching train. Lucy saves his life and takes the unconscious man--Peter as she discovers his name is (appropriately played by Peter Gallagher)--to a hospital. There a careless comment gives a nurse the impression that Lucy is really the now-comatose Peter's fiancee. In the sort of comedy of errors that can occur only in the most contrived of stories, when Peter's somewhat strange family show up, they hear Lucy referred to as Peter's fiancee and they also believe it. Peter's family adopts Lucy as a prospective family member that they have never met. Further complicating matters is that Peter's brother Jack (Bill Pullman) is skeptical that brother Peter would have gotten engaged to Lucy without Jack finding out. He sets out to prove that Lucy is not what she appears to be.
This is a film with its heart in the right place, and one with a good sense of humor. But it just does not have the polished style ofa professionally made film. There are mismatched styles of humor that often conflict with each other. Pieces of slapstick are thrown into what is mostly a comedy of personality. Much of the humor is built around the eccentric conversations of Peter's family. Somehow this joke just does not work as well as scriptwriters Daniel G. Sullivan and Frederic Lebow think it does.
Sandra Bullock has been winning in SPEED and was likable in DEMOLITION MAN, but here she overplays her personality.  That works for a while, but the slight overplaying eventually makes her seem sappy and unctuous. It may well have been a director's decision since Peter Gallagher also seems to have the same problem, though luckily for Gallagher he is not on the screen and conscious long enough to allow it to become irritating. Several good veteran character actors are also present including Jack Warden, Glynis Johns, and Peter Boyle are present but do not have sufficient screen time to show us any acting touches that we have not seen from them many times previously.
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING is no great classic of cinema. In fact, to all appearances it no more than a light Christmas programmer that got delayed in its release. If it has no great virtues, at least it has no great faults either. This piece of feather-light holiday fluff gets a low +1 on the -4 to +4 scale.
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Marty Moore signs new two-year deal with Ulster
The 28-year-old former Leinster tighthead prop joined Ulster from Wasps in the summer of 2018
by Michael ScullyFollowing the announcement of Billy Burns' contract extension, Ulster are further boosted ahead of tomorrow's Champions Cup clash with Clermont tomorrow night with Marty Moore's decision to sign a new two-year deal.
Moore, the 28-year-old former Leinster tighthead prop, joined Ulster from Wasps in the summer of 2018 and has played 22 times for the province.
Having missed the start of the season through injury, Moore made an impressive return in the most recent games against Munster and Bath.
"I’ve settled in really well at Ulster and have thoroughly enjoyed my time at the club, so I’m delighted to be able to get a deal sorted for another two years," said the Ireland front row.
"Working with the coaches and wider support staff, I feel like I still have a lot of potential to improve, and I’m enjoying that process. We’re a club with big ambitions and I’m looking forward to playing my part in helping to achieve those."
Head Coach, Dan McFarland commented: "Marty has been a great addition to the squad.
"His ability and experience at set piece time has been demonstrated time and again, and has helped all our props make significant progress.
"His performances over the last two games have been excellent and he is keen to keep developing as part of our squad going forward."
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