denied enhanced damages
   under the Seagate framework.
Held: The Seagate test is not consistent with §284. Pp. 7–15.
      (a) The pertinent language of §284 contains no explicit limit or
   condition on when enhanced damages are appropriate, and this Court
   has emphasized that the “word ‘may’ clearly connotes discretion.”
   Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp., 546 U. S. 132, 136. At the same
   time, however, “[d]iscretion is not whim.” Id., at 139. Although there
——————
   * Together with No. 14–1520, Stryker Corp. et al. v. Zimmer, Inc.,
et al., also on certiorari to the same court.
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         technology of his
former employer). At the same time, we reiterated that
there was no basis for increased damages where “[t]here is
no pretence of any wanton and wilful breach” and “nothing
that suggests punitive damages, or that shows wherein
the defendant was damnified other than by the loss of the
profits which the plaintiff received.” Cincinnati Siemens-
Lungren Gas Illuminating Co. v. Western Siemens-
Lungren Co., 152 U. S. 200, 204 (1894).
  Courts of Appeals likewise characterized enhanced
damages as justified where the infringer acted deliberately
or willfully, see, e.g., Baseball Display Co. v. Star Ball-
player Co., 35 F. 2d 1, 3–4 (CA3 1929) (increased damages
award appropriate “because of the deliberate and willful
infringement”); Power Specialty Co. v. Connecticut Light &
Power Co., 80 F. 2d 874, 878 (CA2 1936) (“wanton, delib-
erate, and willful” infringement); Brown Bag Filling
Mach.


infringement”); Florida
Prepaid Postsecondary Ed. Expense Bd. v. College Savings
Bank, 527 U. S. 627, 648, n. 11 (1999) (describing §284
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                      Opinion of the Court

damages as “punitive”).
                                B
   In 2007, the Federal Circuit decided Seagate and fash-
ioned the test forconcluded that
enhanced damages were unavailable because Zimmer had
asserted “reasonable defenses” at trial. Id., at 661–662.
   We granted certiorari in both cases, 577 U. S. ___
(2015), and now vacate and remand.
                          II
                          A
  The pertinent text of §284 provides simply that “the
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                      Opinion of the Court

court


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                           Opinion of the Court

person is reckless if he acts “knowing or having reason to
know of facts which would lead a reasonable man to real-
ize” his actions are unreasonably risky. Id., at 69 (empha-
sis added and internal quotation marks omitted). The
Court found that the defendant had not recklessly violated
the Fair Credit Reporting Act because the defendant’s
interpretation had “a foundation in theBREYER, J., concurring

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
                         _________________

                  Nos. 14–1513 and 14–1520
                         _________________

      HALO ELECTRONICS, INC., PETITIONER
14–1513              v.
        PULSE ELECTRONICS, INC., ET AL.

   STRYKER CORPORATION, ET AL., PETITIONERS
14–1520


counsel. See Brief for Public Knowledge et al.
as Amici Curiae 9 (“[O]pinion[s] [of counsel] could easily
cost up to $100,000 per patent”); Brief for Internet Com-
panies as Amici Curiae 13 (such opinions cost “tens of
thousands of dollars”). Such costs can prevent an innova-
tor from getting a small business up and running. At the
same time, an owner of a small firm, or a scientist, engi-
neer, or technician working there, might, without being
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                    BREYER, J., concurring

“wanton” or “reckless,”between column vectors (elements of $\R^n$) and row vectors (elements of $\R_n$). Moreover, we recall that a subset $K$ of a vector space $V$ is said to be a *cone* if $\alpha K \subseteq K$ for all $\alpha > 0$. A cone $K$ may or may not be convex.

Background Material {#sec:Background_material}
===================

In this section we review the required background material on smooth manifolds. We refer the reader to [@Spivak1979; @Aubin2001; @Lee2003; @Tu2011; @Jost2017] for a thorough introduction.

\[definition:smooth\_manifold\] Suppose that $\MM$ is a Hausdorff, second-countable topological space $\MM$. One says that $\MM$ can be endowed with a smooth structure of dimension $n \in \N$ if there exists an arbitrary index set $A$, a collection of open subsets $\{U_\alpha\}_{\alpha \in A}$ covering $\MM$, together with a collection of homeomorphisms (continuous functions with


atlas consisting of the single chart $(\R^n,\id)$. Points on $\MM$ will be denoted by bold-face letters such as $\bp$ and $\bq$.

Notions beyond continuity are defined by means of charts. In particular, the assumed $C^1$-property of the objective $f\colon\MM \to \R$ means that $f \circ
\varphi_\alpha^{-1}$, defined on the open subset $\varphi_\alpha(U_\alpha)
\subseteq \R^n$ and mapping into $\R$, is of class $C^1$ for every chart $(U_\alpha,\varphi_\alpha)$ from the smooth atlas. The $C^1$-property of the constraint functions $g$ and $h$ is defined in the same way. Similarly, one may speak of $C^1$-functions which are defined only in an open subset $U \subset
\MM$, by replacing $U_\alpha$ by $U_\alpha \cap U$.

As is well known, tangential directions (to the feasible set) play a fundamental role in optimization. Tangential directions at a point can be viewed(\d h^j)(\bp) \}_{j=1}^q$ is a linearly independent set of cotangent vectors, the $q \times n$-matrix $(h \circ \varphi^{-1})'(x_0)$ has rank $q$. To see this, consider the tangent vectors along the curves $t \mapsto \gamma_k(t) \coloneqq \varphi^{-1}(\varphi(\bp) + t \, e_k)$ for $k = 1, \ldots, n$. The entry $(j,k)$ of $(h \circ \varphi^{-1})'(x_0)$ equals $(\d h^j)(\bp) \, [\dot \gamma_k(0)] = \restr{\frac{\d}{\dt} (h^j \circ \gamma_k)(t)}{t=0}$. Since the tangent vectors $\{[\dot \gamma_k(0)]\}_{k=1}^n$ are linearly independent and the cotangent vectors $\{ (\d h^j)(\bp) \}_{j=1}^q$ as well, the matrix $(h \circ \varphi^{-1})'(x_0)$ has full rank as claimed. This shows that $H_y(0,0)$ is symmetric positive definite. Moreover, $$H_t(y,t)
        =
        (h \circ \varphi^{-1})' \varh(){ (\varphi \circ \zeta)(t) + (h \circ


  .$$ Here $\log$ denotes the logarithmic (or inverse exponential) map on $\MM$. In other words, $\log_{\bp}\br \in \tangentspaceM{\bp}$ is the initial velocity of the geodesic curve starting in $\bp \in \MM$ which reaches $\br \in \MM$ at time 1.

In view of , the KKT conditions become $$\begin{aligned}
    &
    0
    =
    (\d\LL)(\bp,\mu)[\xi]
    =
    \frac{1}{N}\sum_{i=1}^N \dual{\xi}{-2\log_{\bp}\bd_i}_{\bp}
    +
    \mu \, \dual{\xi}{-2\log_{\bp}\bc}_{\bp}
    \quad
    \text{for all }\xi\in\tangentspaceM{\bp}
    \\
    &
    \mu
    \geq 0,
    \quad
    d^2_{\MM}(\bp,\bc)
    \leq r^2,
    \quad
   \mu \, (d^2_{\MM}(\bp,\bc) - r^2) = 0
    .\end{aligned}$$

[.49]{} ![Constrained centers of mass for five different feasible sets (centers and boundaries of the feasible sets shown in blue). Unlike in $\R^2$, the minimizers $\bp^*$ (light green) differ from the mean $\bar \bp$ projected onto the feasible set (orange).[]{data-label="fig:ConstrCM:S2"}](images/ConstrKarcherMean/dataAndMean.png "fig:"){width=".95\textwidth"}

\

[.49]{} ![Constrained centers of mass for five different feasible sets (centers and boundaries of the feasible sets shown in blue). Unlike in $\R^2$, the minimizers $\bp^*$ (light green) differ from the mean $\bar \bp$ projected onto the feasible set (orange).[]{data-label="fig:ConstrCM:S2"}](images/ConstrKarcherMean/projGradDesc1.png "fig:"){width=".95\textwidth"}

[.49]{} ![Constrained centers of mass for five different feasible sets (centers and boundaries of the feasible sets shown in blue). Unlike in $\R^2$, the minimizers $\bp^*$ (light green) differ from the mean $\bar \bp$ projected onto


descent method. Since it is a rather straightforward generalization of an unconstrained gradient algorithm, see for instance [@AbsilMahonySepulchre2008 Ch. 4, Alg. 1], we only briefly sketch it here. We utilize the fact that the feasible set $\Omega$ is closed and geodesically convex when $r<\pi/2$, i.e., for any two points $\bp,\bq\in\Omega$, all (shortest) geodesics connecting these two points lie inside $\Omega$. In this case the projection $\proj_\Omega\colon\MM\to\Omega$ onto $\Omega$ is defined by $$\begin{aligned}
    \proj_\Omega(\bp)\coloneqq\argmin_{\bq\in\Omega} d_\MM(\bp,\bq).\end{aligned}$$ It can be computed in closed form, namely $$\begin{aligned}
    \label{eq:ConstrCM_projecting_the_unconstrained_mean}
    \proj_{\Omega}(\bp) =
    \exp_{\bc}\bigl(b\log_{\bc}\bp\bigr),
    \quad \text{where }
    b = \min\Bigl\{\frac{r}{d_{\MM}(\bp,\bc)},1\Bigr\}
    ,\end{aligned}$$ whenever the logarithmic map is uniquely determined. This in turn holds whenever $\bp\neq-\bc$.

$k \gets 0$ $ \bp^{(k+1)}\gets \proj_\Omega\bigl( \exp_{\bp^{(k)}}(-s \nabla f(\bp^{(k)}))\bigr)$ $k \gets k+1$ a convergence criterion is reached $\bp^* = \bp^{(k)}$

The projected gradient descent algorithm is given as pseudo code in \[alg:projGradDesc\]. The unconstrained problem with solution $\bar \bp$ is solved similarly, omitting the projection step. This amounts to the classical gradient descent method on manifolds as given in [@AbsilMahonySepulchre2008 Ch. 4, Alg. 1]. In our experiments we set the step size to $s=\frac{1}{2}$ and used the first data point as initial data $\bp^{(0)}=\bd_1$, which is the data point in \[subfig:ConstrCM:S2:View2\], to solve the constrained instances. The algorithm was implemented within the Manifold-valued Image Restauration Toolbox (MVIRT)[^1] [@Bergmann2017], providing a direct access to the necessary functions for the manifold of interest and the required algorithms.

Notice that in $\R^2$, the constrained mean of a set of points


& 2.0214 & 2.40e-8 & 1.2476\
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8 & 2.0214 & 1.25e-17 & 1.2477\

Since the unconstrained Riemannian mean is within the feasible set for the first example of $(\bc_1,r_1)$, the projection is the identity after the first iteration. Hence for this case, the (projected) gradient descent algorithm computes the unconstrained mean similar to [@AfsariTronVidal2013]. We obtain $\bp^*_1 = \bar\bp =\proj_{\Omega_{1}}(\bar \bp)$. Looking at the gradients $\nabla f$ and $\nabla g$ we see, cf. \[subfig:ConstrCM:S2:grads1\], that $\nabla f=0$ while the constraint function $g$ yields a gradient pointing towards the boundary $\partial\Omega_{1}$ of the feasible set. Clearly, the optimal Lagrange multiplier is zero in this case. The iterates (green points) follow a typical gradient descent path ofa Riemannian center of mass computation. Notice that the Lagrange multiplier happens to approach zero from below in this case. While the objective decreases, the distance from $\bc_1$, and thus $g$ increases, leading to a negative multiplier estimate $\mu^{(k)}$.

For the second case, $(\bc_2,r_2)$ the unconstrained mean lies outside the feasible set, and the constraint $g$ is strongly active, i.e., the multiplier $\mu$ is strictly positive. As we mentioned earlier, the optimal solution $\bp^*_{2}$ is different from $\proj_{\Omega_{2}}(\bar\bp)$, their distance is , which is due to the curvature of the manifold.

[.49]{} ![Iterates (green) of the projected gradient method and the final gradients of the objective $f$ (orange) as well as the constraint $g$ (blue).](images/ConstrKarcherMean/projGradDescSteps1.png "fig:"){width=".9233\textwidth"}

[.49]{} ![Iterates (green) of the projected gradient method and the final gradients of the objective


adjusted to slow down each faster tree to match the slowest tree. Using this solution to balance multiple trees incurred an undesired and non-trivial delay across the entire system. Adjustable delay buffers have also been provided at the very ends or “leaves” of each tree, as an alternative or in addition to delay buffers at the tree roots. Yet this method consumed valuable real estate since a rather large number of variable buffers were needed including one for each leaf even if the leaf buffers were smaller than the root buffers. The leaf buffers, which were usually smaller than the root-based adjustable buffers, provided only a limited adjustable delay range.
It is desired to provide a clock distribution system and method as automated as possible, that tracks PVT variations,you in the past. For this reason, we were specifically interested in the motivational aspects of each service. Programs that provide more motivation through the community, weight loss challenges, tools and tips scored higher than programs that didn't offer these features. The number of tools and motivational features also helped us determine whether or not the price of membership was warranted. While we didn't score programs based on their membership fees, we did note whether or not they were on the costlier side of the spectrum.
Say cheese! Adding some extra calcium to your diet could be the key to getting that flat stomach you’ve been dreaming about. Over just 12 months, researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville found that obese female study subjects who upped their calcium


help you lose weight, but many people find it hard to continue to eat that way forever. If you want to think of your diet like a relationship, you don’t want to be in an “it’s complicated” or “on-again, off-again” situation. You want to find your match — a meal plan you can feel content with for the long haul. That doesn’t mean you have to ditch all of your favorite foods for eternity. It’s okay to flirt with the foods that make you swoon, but you don’t want to settle down with them. When your healthy habits are solid, enjoying your favorite foods sometimes is no big deal.

This kind of strength training recruits fast-twitch muscle fibers, which increases fat burning, says Shore. Although you could see alikely to burn fat. If you’re going to do cardio, make it secondary to weight training. That means either doing cardio on separate days (if you have the time) or after a weight training workout. The best thing about lifting weights is that your body adapts to the new muscle mass you'll build, which means your metabolism will be higher, you'll burn more calories, and you'll change your hormones (like insulin) to be able to handle the foods you love.

If you like eating meat and want to lose weight, you might be tempted to try this recent extreme diet fad that proponents have made some pretty outrageous claims about. One: that eating nothing but meat can cure you of autoimmune diseases. The problem is that there’s no good


XPD Asp312Asn polymorphism is a risk factor for prostate cancer.
The association between Asp312Asn and Lys751Gln polymorphisms of Xeroderma pigmentosum Group D (XPD) and prostate cancer risk are still inconclusive. For better understanding of the effects of these two polymorphisms on prostate cancer risk, a meta-analysis was performed. An extensive search was performed to identify all case-control studies investigating such association. The strength of association between these two polymorphisms and prostate cancer risk was assessed by odds ratio (OR) with the corresponding 95 % confidence interval (95 % CI). A total of seven case-control studies were identified, among which five studies (1,257 cases and 1,956 controls) were eligible for Asp312Asn polymorphism and six studies (1,451 cases and 2,375 controls) were eligible for Lys751Gln polymorphism. Asp312Asn polymorphism was associated withof the ICM and photons of the cosmic microwave background, the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich [SZ effect; @Sunyaev1972], can be investigated at millimeter wavelengths. Optical and near-infrared (near-IR) observations, however, allow redshift measurements with moderate effort, and for instance reveal the dynamical state of the galaxy population of the cluster, as well as the morphology and star formation history of the individual members. The suitability of different wavelength regimes for detecting galaxy clusters is proven by various campaigns, for example @Boehringer2001, @Gladders2005, and @Vale2006 for the selection using X-ray, optical, and millimeter wavelength, respectively.

Important properties of galaxy clusters such as their number density and masses deliver important constraints for cosmological models. Large-area X-ray surveys like the *ROSAT* All Sky Survey [@Voges1999] detected large numbers of clusters, see for example the Meta-Catalog


  —               0.893           Rabitz et al. (in preparation)
   2XMMp J123759.3+180332   12:37:59.2   +18:03:35    r, z (0.3h)      2.0h      $0.8874 \pm 0.0024$             *this work*
   2XMMp J133038.6-013832   13:30:38.7   -01:38:32    r, z (0.3h)       —                all spectra were binned to at least one count per bin with the FTOOL task . We used the XSPEC version 12.9.0m [@Arnaud1996], the abundance table of @Wilms2000, and the atomic cross-sections of @Verner1996. In order to derive the ICM temperature of the selected clusters, we fitted the extracted EPIC spectra using the [APEC]{} model [@Smith2001], while we accounted for the Galactic absorption with the [tbabs]{} model [Tübingen-Boulder ISM absorption model; @Wilms2000], taking the column density of neutral hydrogen as a parameter (see below). For each fit we fixed the following parameters in order to reduce the number of free variables: (i) the metallicity, (ii) the column density of Galactic neutral hydrogen, and (iii) the redshift of the cluster. The value for (i) was fixed to $Z=0.23\pm 0.01


high redshift and the apparent magnitudes of the cluster members at $z=0.8955$ (compare Table A.1), the galaxy is most likely lensed by the BCG of the galaxy cluster.

In the XSA we found two observations covering the source 2XMMp J105319.8+440817 with cleaned exposure times between 4 and 11 ksec (Table D.1). Using our common procedure, we extracted an X-ray flux of $F_{0.5-2}(300\rm kpc)=(2.37\pm0.27)\times10^{-14}~\rm erg~cm^{-2}~s^{-1}$ and a model luminosity of $L_{0.5-2}(300\rm kpc)=(76.7\pm8.7)\times10^{42}~\rm erg~s^{-1}$. The best-fitting value for the gas temperature of the cluster was calculated to be $k_{B}T=3.6^{+1.2}_{-0.76}~\textnormal{keV}$ (Table \[tab:resulttab\]).

### 2XMMp J120815.5+250001 {#sec:LBT_013}

In the LBC imaging data, very many galaxies around the centre of 2XMMp J120815.5+250001 are visible (compare Fig.\[fig:LBT\_013\_RGB\]). The colour-magnitude diagram in Fig. \[fig:LBT\_013\_colormag\] appears to have a rich red sequence, which is not very tight in colour. Within the MODS field of view ofred galaxies, but is dominated by very faint sources. However, the possibility exists that the 4000Å break is already redshifted out of the z-SLOAN band, causing no red ridge line to be present in our given filter set, which is also reflected by the colour-magnitude diagram (Fig. \[fig:LBT\_006\_colormag\]). Since the source was considered to contain a potential high-redshift ($z>1$) cluster, an attempt to select possible member galaxies was made for the spectroscopic follow-up. Spectra of the brightest extragalactic sources near the centre of the extended X-ray emission, however, yielded two redshift overdensities, at $z\sim1.0$ and $z\sim1.2$ (corresponding to the blue and red colours; see Figs. \[fig:LBT\_006\_LBC\] and \[fig:LBT\_006\_colorhist\]).

The possible low-redshift cluster, with galaxies in the range of $0.984 \lesssim z \lesssim 1.033$, would result in a velocity dispersion that is too high.


galaxy that is also detected in the SDSS with $m_{\rm r}=22.64$ and has a photometric redshift $z_{\rm ph}=0.75$. A search in radio catalogues of the field revealed two 1.4 GHz NVSS [@Condon1998] sources $\simeq 1$ arcmin east and west of the hard X-ray source, roughly corresponding to the elongation of the extended X-ray emission. The 5 GHz FIRST survey [@Becker1994] also shows several compact and extended sources, and the low-frequency GLEAM survey [@Hurley-Walker2017] detected one source near the position of the eastern NVSS source.

We therefore conclude that the extended X-ray emission is more likely associated with emission from the jets of a radio-loud AGN in the galaxy at $z_{\rm ph}=0.75$. The core of the AGN must be highly obscured, since it is not visible at soft X-rays belowplotted in Fig. \[fig:L-T\] as a dashed blue line. It is apparent that using the cut in bolometric luminosity, the parameters of the $L-T$ relation are in agreement across all analysed redshift bins. Hence, we see no evolution in the $L-T$ relation with redshifts using the present cluster statistics.

Additionally, we analysed the intrinsic scatter of the data with respect to the derived best-fitting $L-T$ relation for each sample using the procedure described by @Pratt2009. We first computed the raw scatter of our data points as the error-weighted orthogonal distances to the regression line. The quadratic difference between the raw scatter and the statistical uncertainties now give the intrinsic scatter, $\sigma_{log}L_{bol}$, of our samples.

We summarize the fitting parameters for the different samples in Table \[tab:BCESfit\].

      sample


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Exercise

Exercising does wonders for my body, but it’s also great for anxiety. Even knowing this, I still have a hard time making it happen. While five times a week would be amazing, I’ve found that if I can at least squeeze in 2-3 intense (1hr) workouts a week, I can keep things under control.

Vitamins and Supplements

I take a daily multivitamin and an herbal supplement called Calm Now. Read my full review about Calm Now here. It could be placebo, but I noticed a difference with daily vitamins and herballaw until it is changed. This is the approach the Commonwealth of Virginia is now taking against ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft.

Last week, Richard D. Holcomb, Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, sent letters to the companies instructing them to cease and desist all operations in Virginia until they obtain "proper authority." Such proper authority doesn't really mean a taxicab permit from the state, since Uber and Lyft are not really taxicab companies. Instead, proper authority will come when the legislature changes the law to accommodate the new technology.

"As you know," Holcomb wrote to Uber, "DMV is actively studying Virginia's passenger carrier laws and business models such as Uber. DMV has invited Uber and other stakeholders to participate in this study and will produce a final report


the people of Virginia.

Because officials often have little incentive to abstain from mindlessly enforcing regulations, we should require them to exercise discretion. For example, Section 10 of the Communications Act of 1996 requires the FCC to "forbear from applying any regulation or any provision of this chapter … if the Commission determines that enforcement of such regulation or provision is not necessary" to achieve the purpose of the law. This hasn't worked as well as one would hope, but it's a start.

From drone innovation outpacing FAA regulations, to genome sequencing and wearables leaving FDA medical device rules in the dust, we are only going to see more and more instances of new technologies making law obsolete. Rather than react defensively, regulators should allow for permission-less innovation while theyimprove the accuracy, avoid biases and evaluate its validity ([@B21]).

\- Sample

Professionals were classified according to their professional background into 4 groups.

• Dentists with experience in implant dentistry: Clinicians with exclusive or preferential dedication to implant therapy, with postgraduate studies in implantology and a minimum of 5 years of clinical experience in the above-mentioned field. This group was subdivided into: Oral surgeons, periodontists and prosthodontists.

• Dentists without experience in implantology: Clinicians with at least 5 years of experience in dental procedures, but with no dedication to implant therapy. This group was also divided into: general dentists, endodontists, paediatric dentists and orthodontists.

• Third and 5th-year students of the School of Dentistry of University of Barcelona.

\- Data collection

The dentists were recruited in the Dental Hospital of the University of Barcelona (usually


fifty 5th-year dental students and 100 dentists (50 with experience and 50 without experience in implant dentistry). Expertise areas of the practitioners were as follows: 7 endodontists, 13 general dentist, 13 orthodontists, 9 paediatric dentists, 8 periodontist, 24 prosthodontists and 26 oral surgeons.

Cronbach's Alpha showed values ≥ 0,8 in all case (all 14 questions and without stratification for the 4 groups) ([Table 1](#T1){ref-type="table"}). Therefore, items of the questionnaire items showed a good correlation, thus indicating a good reliability.

Table 1Reference value PES/WES compared to mean study results and Cronbach's Alpha of each case.

[Table 1](#T1){ref-type="table"} compares the reference values scored by two calibrated experts to the mean value of the answered questionnaires. This data show that there was only agreement with the reference values in the PES of cases 1studies that compare the aesthetic assessment of dental implant cases, made by different groups of dentists. Some reports ([@B12],[@B23]-[@B25]). showed that orthodontists were more critical than general dentists, and that prosthodontists were generally very strict with the WES scores ([@B12]). This might be explained by the daily activities of these professionals, since patients usually demand a high aesthetic result after a prosthetic or orthodontical treatment. Indeed, these groups of dentists tend to focus their attention to details such as crown features or symmetry and proportions. On the other hand, general dentists might be more indifferent to this kind of details. Indeed, our results indicate the need to improve the communication between specialties, so new classifications with a better external validity can be implemented.

The present study points out that


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               At the Goodwood Festival of Speed Lotus showcased its Type 130 hypercar and unveiled its name - Evija. Pronounced "ev-eye-a", it means "the first in existence" or "the living one". Indeed, this is the first all-electric hypercar from a British car maker and the first major Lotus model launch under the Geely ownership. Lotus teased the car at this year's auto show in Shanghai and has already committed to building 130 units corresponding to the model's initial name - Type 130. The Lotus Evija will be unveiled in full in London later this month.Visitors of the Goodwood Festival of Speed may get an exclusive glimpse of the Evija at the Lotus stand. It will be adjoined by the recently unveiled Lotus Evora GT4 Concept race car and models


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Volvo Car and Geely consider combining their businesses In a press release from today, Volvo Car said that it is pondering on combining its business with Geely Automobile as this will "accelerate financial and technological synergies between the two companies. The considered combination would have the scale, knowledge and resources to be a leader in the ongoing transformation of the automotive industry. The combination would preserve the distinct identity of each of the...

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I uploaded the full premarket video this morning by mistake, so this is going to be the full version that I post this week, as I try to only post one of those each week. Full Premarket Video from theartofchart.net - Update on ES, NQ and TF, and CL, NG, GC, HG, ZB, KC, SB, CC, ZW, DX, EURUSD, GBPUSD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, USDJPY, USDCAD:

One thing I look for in a situation like this, when a break up or down is happening earlier than expected, is whether a high quality pattern might be forming, and indeed a high quality rising channel has now been established from the 2594 low. Channel support is now in the 2714/5 area, and if that holds then I'd note that channel resistance is now


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The offices from the Pavilion at Brighton.

And the rest from nothing in heaven, or earth, or under the earth.

So that Harthover House was a great puzzle to antiquarians, and a thorough Naboth's vineyard to critics, andof every size from that of your head to that of a stage-waggon, with holes between them full of sweet heath-fern; and before Tom got through them, he was out in the bright sunshine again; and then he felt, once for all and suddenly, as people generally do, that he was b-e-a-t, beat.

You must expect to be beat a few times in your life, little man, if you live such a life as a man ought to live, let you be as strong and healthy as you may: and when you are, you will find it a very ugly feeling. I hope that that day you may have a stout staunch friend by you who is not beat; for, if you have not, you had best lie where


made a great mistake, and were very unhappy (Sir John at least) without any reason, when they found a black thing in the water, and said it was Tom's body, and that he had been drowned. They were utterly mistaken. Tom was quite alive; and cleaner, and merrier, than he ever had been. The fairies had washed him, you see, in the swift river, so thoroughly, that not only his dirt, but his whole husk and shell had been washed quite off him, and the pretty little real Tom was washed out of the inside of it, and swam away, as a caddis does when its case of stones and silk is bored through, and away it goes on its back, paddling to the shore, there to splitland-world; and so now, to make up for that, he had nothing but holidays in the water-world for a long, long time to come. He had nothing to do now but enjoy himself, and look at all the pretty things which are to be seen in the cool clear water-world, where the sun is never too hot, and the frost is never too cold.

And what did he live on? Water-cresses, perhaps; or perhaps water-gruel, and water-milk; too many land-babies do so likewise. But we do not know what one-tenth of the water-things eat; so we are not answerable for the water-babies.

Sometimes he went along the smooth gravel water-ways, looking at the crickets which ran in and out among the stones, as rabbits do on land; or he climbed


back, I shall be glad of it, if you'll be so good as to keep it sticking out just so;" and off he flew.

Tom thought him a very cool sort of personage; and still more so, when, in five minutes he came back, and said—"Ah, you were tired waiting? Well, your other leg will do as well."

And he popped himself down on Tom's knee, and began chatting away in his squeaking voice.

"So you live under the water? It's a low place. I lived there for some time; and was very shabby and dirty. But I didn't choose that that should last. So I turned respectable, and came up to the top, and put on this gray suit. It's a very business-like suit, you think, don't you?"

"Very neat andhave done it too. For you must know, no enemies are so bitter against each other as those who are of the same race; and a salmon looks on a trout, as some great folks look on some little folks, as something just too much like himself to be tolerated.
"Sweet is the lore which Nature brings;
Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things
We murder to dissect.

Enough of science and of art:
Close up these barren leaves;
Come forth, and bring with you a heart
That watches and receives."

WORDSWORTH

# CHAPTER IV

So the salmon went up, after Tom had warned them of the wicked old otter; and Tom went down, but slowly and cautiously, coasting


either to read hard or ride hard, stick to the good old Cambridge hours of breakfast at eight and dinner at five; by which you may get two days' work out of one. But, of course, if you find a fox at three in the afternoon and run him till dark, and leave off twenty miles from home, why you must wait for your dinner till you can get it, as better men than you have done. Only see that, if you go hungry, your horse does not; but give him his warm gruel and beer, and take him gently home, remembering that good horses don't grow on the hedge like blackberries.

Tom had never seen a lobster before

It befell (to go on a second time) that Sir John,a mediocre start. Maybe we have a great finish, so I think you can’t get too far ahead of yourself. You’ve just got to kind of keep going.”

One area of concern is late-game struggles. ACC losses at Virginia Tech and to Miami ended in overtime, dropping Georgia Tech to 1-5 in its last six games decided by 10 or less points.

The final minutes were crushing. Miami forced overtime with an eight-play, 91-yard drive that took just 1 minute, 33 seconds. In the extra period, Georgia Tech quarterback Tevin Washington was stuffed on fourth-and-inches at the Miami 1-yard line before Hurricanes running back Mike James ran untouched for a 25-yard score.

Georgia Tech failed to hold a 36-19 lead as Miami quarterback Stephen Morris passed for a career-high 436 yards


to help the unranked Hurricanes score the last 23 points of the game.

As of Tuesday morning, Johnson said he wasn’t planning to change starters at any position based on their performance. His goal is to keep the team’s collective spirit up and to not dwell too long on recent problems.

“I mean, there’s a lot of positives,” he said. “The last three games, we’ve scored a lot of points. We beat a conference divisional team (Virginia) at home pretty soundly. I’d be more concerned if we were trotting out there every week and we were getting pummeled 50-6 and there wasn’t much hope.

“Call me an optimist — I don’t think anybody’s ever considered me a real optimist about things, but I guess I see it a little differently.”The present invention relates to power augmentation in gas turbine cycles and, more particularly, to an innovative method and system for efficiently combining steam and air injection for gas turbine power augmentation.
It is known that water or steam may be injected into a gas turbine at various points within a cycle to increase the mass flow of motive fluid to augment gas turbine power. However, the maximum amount of steam injection is limited. For example, there is a limit to the amount of steam which may be added into the combustion reaction zone in the liner because of degradation of the combustion process. Indeed, typically the total moisture entering the combustor is limited to 3.5-5% by weight of air flow, which limits the power augmentation capability with steam


Davignon reported.

Another study of undergraduate and graduate students at five universities found that the more participants played violent video games and watched pornography, the less likely they are to be religiously active or say their faith is extremely important or a major source of meaning in their life.

“Negative media use was related negatively both directly and indirectly … to religious faith,” researchers Carolyn McNamara Barry of Loyola University Maryland and Laura Padilla-Walker and Larry Nelson of Brigham Young University reported in the Journal of Adult Development.

Keeping dialogue open

The research cannot establish causal relations between viewing sexually explicit and violent content and spiritual practices. And the studies have limitations such as the inability to associate specific movies and games with lower attendance.

But the associations found are important, researchers say.

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a, “good first step,” in
reforming Florida’s insurance system.However, the coalition also acknowledges that there is still much
work to be done before all the insurance consumers of this state see the
broad-based rate relief they so sorely need.

“This bill is the most
significant pro-consumer insurance reform in my memory,” said
Paul Jess, General Counsel for the Florida Justice Association.“We are pleased that our new Governor and legislative
leaders are putting the needs of consumers ahead of industry profits.”

“This first effort is extremely encouraging and
represents a real sea change from the past when our elected officials
lacked the courage and the will to stand up to the insurance lobby and
push a reform agenda,” commented Florida AFL-CIO President
Cindy Hall
.“It is not a
cure-all, in fact it is just the beginning, but I think it speaks volumes
about Governor


pay legitimate claims
promptly.

“We hope the Governor will sign
this bill with the understanding that much more needs to be done and that
our support for this first step does not mean that our work here is
done,” said
Brad Ashwell
, Consumer Advocate with Florida PIRG. “Our
coalition is just getting fired up and we will be aggressively pursuing
more consumer friendly changes in the regular session.”to ask any questions about the author’s writing process, plot lines, characters or anything else that may interest them. The author then dips in and out of the thread to respond to questions and comments made by members.

Readalongs aren’t just open to people who choose to read the book during the discussion; people who have already read the book can join in too. The group has already hosted a number of successful readalongs, which have been enjoyed by both readers and authors.

This is just one of the threads that members of ‘A Good Thriller’ can take part in. It’s a very active group and one of the friendliest I have come across on Goodreads. As well as various themed chats, two of the popular threads that members can


hunt.

They intended to familiarize themselves with the area, the schools and the housing market, including the neighborhoods, and the kinds of activities available in their new environment. This trip gave them a chance inspect, to visualize, and think about the big picture, not distracted by a steady stream of houses.

Alarm bells sounded

The day did not start well. When they met Susan for breakfast, she apologized that she had only two homes that fit their requirements to show them. Susan did not tell them about this development in advance, and Mary questioned how a city of this size could only have two homes that fit. Susan’s response was the scarcity of inventory. At the first home they looked at, Susan shared the data sheet from the house and informationthey had children the same age. In short order, John and Mary turned a setback into a benefit.

The dawn of a new day

Saturday was the difference between night and day. Matt had scheduled four additional home tours. He furnished links to the school’s websites with detailed information including instructor bios and parent recommendations. They visited one of those schools for a Saturday event after the area tour. The kids loved it. It was a full day, capped off with a casual barbeque with Matt and his family.

Maximize your opportunities

On Sunday morning, they attended church services in one of the neighborhoods they had toured the day before. Later in the day, they met up again with Matt to review some questions he was researching and discuss the mechanics of


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because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in

the materials before the court and argument would not aid the

decisional process.

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A Michigan officer was harassed by his colleagues after an Ancestry.Com test revealed he was part Black. He was recently awarded $65,000 on Tuesday for a civil rights lawsuit filed against the city of Hastings, MI.

Police Officer Cleon Brown was subjected to racial ridicule after discovering he was 18-33 percent “sub-Saharan African” through a genetics test. He disclosed the information to his co-workers who began racially taunting him. They called Brown “Kunta Kente” and shouted “Black Lives Matter” when they passed the officer in the hallway. They also hung a Black Santa Clause figure from a Christmas tree with the numbers “18%” written on it.

In 2017, Brown sued the City of Hastings for $500,000 according to WBCH. He accused officers and the mayor of violating his civil andin the upper portions of trees. Beetles prefer plants in direct sun, so heavily wooded areas are rarely attacked.

Adults are present until mid August. After mating females lay eggs in turf which hatch into grubs in August. Grubs feed on plant roots until cold weather drives than deeper into the soil. Adults emerge in summer of the following year.

The bacterial control, milky spore sold as Doom or Grub Attack, is commonly recommended to control Japanese beetle grubs. In our area milky spore is generally not recommended since it only controls Japanese beetle grubs and not our predominate lawn grub, annual white grub. Also Japanese beetle grubs must already be infesting the turf for milky spore to work effectively. Pesticides commonly used for lawn grub control such as diazinon


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abstract: 'The cross sections of the astrophysically relevant $^{85}$Rb(p,n)$^{85}$Sr$^{g,m}$ reaction have been measured between E$_{c.m.}$ = 2.16 and 3.96 MeV. The cross sections have been derived by measuring the $\gamma$ radiation following the $\beta$ decay of the reaction products. A comparison with the predictions of Hauser-Feshbach calculations using the NON-SMOKER code confirms a recently derived modification of the global optical proton potential.'
author:
- 'G. G. Kiss'
- 'Gy. Gyürky'
- 'A. Simon'
- 'Zs. Fülöp'
- 'E. Somorjai'
- 'T. Rauscher'
title: 'The $^{85}$Rb(p,n)$^{85}$Sr reaction and the modified proton optical potential'
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Theoretical investigations show that in the case of the production of the light $p$ nuclei, ($\gamma$,p) reactions play a key role [@rau06; @rap06]. The relevant astrophysical reaction rates can be determined from the cross section of the inverse capture reactions through the detailed balance theorem if the corresponding capture cross sections are known experimentally. In the last few years several proton capture cross section measurements for $p$ process studies were carried out [@lai87; @sau97; @bor98; @chl99; @gyu01; @har01; @ozk02; @gal03; @gyu03; @tsa04; @gyu06; @gyu07; @kiss07; @kiss08; @fam08; @spy08]. However, it has been shown recently that not only ($\gamma$,p) reactions are important for modeling the synthesis of the light $p$ nuclei, but (n,p) and (p,n) reactions should also be taken into account


Is this auto-rate switching issue something that needs to be further
reverse-engineered or is it just something in the kernel driver (or
something wonky in my case)?

Doesn't even need reverse-engineering. We do it in software; we just
need to implement that part of the low-level 802.11 stack (which is
_also_ being developed alongside the bcm43xx hardware driver).
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dwmw2snooker, the Crucible, which seats just 980 people, is a local treasure due to its intimate setting. If anyone knows whether Arthur Miller’s play of the same name has been performed here, let us know.

7. It isn’t Chesterfield

Chesterfield: Not Sheffield (Picture: File)

Sheffield, you know what we’re talking about (sorry Chesterfield; so do you).

6. ‘Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. And monkeys do too… if they have a gun. ‘

Eddie Izzard: Happy (Picture: Getty)

It was at the city’s university that Eddie Izzard decided to jack in the accountancy and try his hand at a bit of comedy. Good call, as they say.

5. You may know that Sean Bean is from there

Sean Bean: Winter is… happy (Picture: AP)

And here’s why he’s on the list.

4. Robin Hood

Robin Hood: Happy (Picture:


sports coat with school colors split down the middle. (For a video see here.)

By the mid '80s the schools had agreed to play each other each year early in the season. This annual pageant of détente is about as heartfelt as a peace agreement between Israelis and Arabs.

There is also now a certain amount of facilities parity. Louisville plays in a new downtown arena that is not quite as big as Rupp Arena in the college town of Lexington. But the unfortunately named Yum! Center is a spiffy, state-of-the-art, Ohio Riverfront facility that is packed to the rafters for every game. (In 2011, UK and U of L ranked first and third in average attendance, respectively.)

(Just to complicate things -- and assert its continued statewide dominion -- the       return this._playing;
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of various heat sources used during thermal spray processes---plasma spraying (PS), high-velocity oxy fuel spraying (HVOF), cold spraying (CS) and plasma spraying of liquid precursor (PSLP). Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been successfully preserved as reinforcements in composite metal and ceramic coatings in all thermal spray processes with the exception of PSLP.

There is no data in the literature regarding tribological properties of powder flame-sprayed (PFS) aluminum coatings reinforced with carbon nanotubes (CNT). The purpose of this article is to present the state of knowledge in this area of research and present the possibility of using powder flame spray technology (PFS) for the production of composite coatings with a metallic matrix reinforced with carbon nanotubes (CNT).

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At Booking.com we saw many interesting ways people had solved this problem, but all of them had at least one flaw: a manual step had to be taken. Either configuration files needed to be pulled from an external source or pushed to the new host. When the last hackathon came around we decided there had to be a better way to have your configuration files delivered to the host upon login.

The problem

Once you start working with many servers most of us give up on having any kind of unified experience across all of them. The more persistent ones figure out a way to initially populate a host with configuration files. Some even find a way to keep the systems relatively up to date with


of Stojakovic, who hit a fadeaway jumper as he fell to the ground.

But New York woke up in the fourth quarter, going on an 18-2 run to take the lead. Houston hit a 3-pointer, Van Horn drove strong for a dunk, and Dikembe Mutombo's block of Gerald Wallace's shot led to Charlie Ward's 3 that cut the Kings' lead to 93-92.

Van Horn then hit a 3-pointer to give the Knicks their first lead of the second half, with 7:07 left.

Houston, who did almost everything in the final minutes, including bring the ball up after Ward fouled out, and Howard Eisley both drove for easy layups that gave the Knicks a 106-100 lead and prompted Bobby Jackson to scream from the Kings bench, "They're scoring on us easy!"

After aa color by union, and that two cold bodies will grow hot of they are mingled: they mingle them, and produce the effect expected, say it is strange, and mingle them again.

Our atom of carbon enters the leaf, colliding with other innumerable (but here useless) molecules of nitrogen and oxygen. It adheres to a large and complicated molecule that activates it, and simultaneously receives the decisive message from the sky, in the flashing form of a packet of solar light; in an instant, like an insect caught by a spider, it is separated from its oxygen, combined with hydrogen and (one thinks) phosphous, and finally inserted in a chain, whether long or short does not matter, but it is the chain of life. All this happens swiftly, in


over the Kingdom.

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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You're going to need thread (contrasting thread can look nice, so check your sewing box before you buy), scissors, and a measuring tape. A sewing machine makes these go REALLY fast but they are simple enough to hand sew.

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both tetracycline resistance and bacteriocinogeny were transferred by two-step mating. Transcipients of this two-step mating retransferred their tetracycline resistance but not bacteriocinogeny to another recipient strain. The existence of an incompatibility-like relationship between tetracycline resistance and bacteriocinogeny in one recipient strain, and the inability of these two properties to be co-transferred from the two-step transcipients , suggest a certain interrelationship between the factors responsible for tetracycline resistance and bacteriocinogeny .Q:

Pseudocode - Calculating the total amount from records

I am currently revising for an exam and received this question:
Write a programme that will continually prompt for an employees number, hours worked, and pay rate. The programme should calculate how much each employee is paid and the total all the pays over all. Your programme is to repeat this process until a sentinel number of 9999 is entered, then the programme should print the number of employees whose pays have been entered, and the total amount overall.
So far I have:

PAY_CALCULATOR
   set total_employees to zero
   DISPLAY 'Please enter an employee number'
   GET employee_no
   DOWHILE employee_no != 9999
      add 1 to toal_employee
      DISPLAY 'Please


as being switched on or off depending on the concentrations of key control variables. Typically, these are specialized protein molecules called transcription factors. A significant literature adopts this approach. For a review, see De Jong (2002).

The idealization of genes as logical elements does not provide an immediate basis for robust dynamics. In typical discrete Boolean switching networks, many elements simultaneously change their state (Kauffman 1969). Such behaviour is not generally robustly preserved in systems with stochastic updating, or in differential equation models (Bagley & Glass 1996). However, by embedding genetic logic in continuous differential equations, it is possible to provide results that demonstrate criteria for the logical structure of networks that will guarantee robust dynamics.

The basic idea is to subdivide continuous phase space into a finite number ofdetermine a hybrid system consistent with observed dynamics for control of the cell cycle in yeast.

2. Model equations

We model the dynamics of a system of N continuous variables, . In applications, the xi are typically taken to be the concentrations of the proteins encoded by genes (De Jong 2002). In principle, the xi might represent many other things, such as relative concentrations, the fraction of molecules of some species that are bound by a modifying molecule, or the fraction of time that a single molecule is in one conformation or another. For convenience of exposition, we will refer to the N things being modelled as the concentrations of different chemical species, even though this language does not cover all the possibilities above.

To each variable xi we also associate


i being in a different qualitative state. Thus, suppose we let D(X,X′) = {j ≠ i:Xj ≠ X′j} be the set of all species, not including i, that are in a different qualitative state when comparing X and X′. Then we must have that at least one element of D(X,X′) is a true regulator of i; that is, . More generally, let 𝒳0i(Ei) be the set of qualitative states (hypercube vertices) in which species i is converging towards its low state, according to the edges Ei. Likewise, let be the set of states in which species i is converging towards its high state. One can show that a candidate regulator set R′i is consistent with the edges Ei, if and only if , for every X∈𝒳0i(Ei) and .states for the six components of the yeast cell cycle model. The sequence repeats itself (1 comes after 12). This simplification has been provided by John Tyson, based on the work by Li et al. (2004).

On the other hand, suppose we assume that the observed cycle is robust as described in §3, so that every vertex of the N-cube that is one step away from the cycle points to the cycle. Then, another 4 × 12 = 48 edges are implied by the data in table 2, because, for each state on the cycle, there are four adjacent states that are not part of the cycle. For example, state 100010 is not part of the cycle, but it is only one bit different from state 000010, which is


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abstract: 'This paper provides an explicit expression for the capacity region of the two-user broadcast Z channel and proves that the optimal boundary can be achieved by independent encoding of each user. Specifically, the information messages corresponding to each user are encoded independently and the OR of these two encoded streams is transmitted. Nonlinear turbo codes that provide a controlled distribution of ones and zeros are used to demonstrate a low-complexity scheme that operates close to the optimal boundary.'
author:
- '[^1]'
title: Optimal Transmission Strategy and Explicit Capacity Region for Broadcast Z Channels
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broadcast channel, broadcast Z channel, capacity region, nonlinear turbo codes, turbo codes.

Introduction
============

Degraded broadcast channels were first studied by Cover in [@Cover1972] and a formulation of the capacity region was established in [@Bergmans1973], [@Bergmans1974] and [@Gallager1974]. Superposition encoding israte $I_2$ or vice versa. A transmission strategy is optimal if and only if it achieves a rate pair point on the optimal boundary. We call a set of transmission strategies *sufficient* if all rate pairs on the optimal boundary can be achieved by using these strategies and time sharing. Furthermore, a set of transmission strategies is *strongly sufficient* if these strategies can achieve all rate pairs on the optimal boundary without using time sharing. Equations (\[eq:capI2\]) and (\[eq:capI1\]) give a set of pentagons that yield the capacity region through their convex hull, but do *not* explicitly show the optimal transmission strategies or derive the boundary of the capacity region.

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Optimal transmission strategies
-------------------------------

The following theorem identifies a set of optimal transmission strategies and provides


Thursday night, at 8:28 p.m. on the dot, I took my first sip of water of the day. It tasted sweet. The hunger, thirst, and discomfort immediately disappeared, replaced by the quiet excitement of knowing it was time. This is a joy I have had every night for a month now—a month of hunger and thirst punctuated with late, festive nights of food and community. But Thursday night was extra special because it was the last one. Friday I woke up and experienced the euphoria of eating breakfast at breakfast time. Ramadan is over; Eid has begun.

For the quarter of the globe that is Muslim, fasting during the month of Ramadan is an obligation. Some Muslims love Ramadan; others struggle through. But for any believing Muslim, there iscolleagues zeroed in on a successful fasting regimen. First, he tried depriving the flies of food for three to six hours a day and found no measurable effect. Next, he tried fasting for two consecutive days each week. Nothing. Three days? Nothing. Four days? Nothing. Upping the ante to five days seemed ridiculous, but Catterson tried it anyway. Finally, there was an effect, but it was a frustrating one: The fasting flies had shorter life spans than the controls. At this point, Catterson says he was ready to quit. In a last-ditch effort, he tried a slight tweak: a five-days-a-week fast during the first 30 days, followed by constant food for the remainder of their lives. This seemed to be the secret sauce—at last, the fasting flies lived


disturbances in the structure's ability to withstand stress and is most evident in the walls of the structure.
2. High winds can change speeds suddenly. Walls of known structures have low, almost negligible transverse (flexural) stiffness as well as low, almost negligible inertial mass. When subjected to high wind such wall undergo vibrations. Walls that undergo vibrations develop additional load and transfer such additional load to the system of connectors and fasteners. In addition, structural units are composed of structural elements which are classified as primary, secondary and tertiary. It is said that secondary and tertiary elements are subjected to vibrations from multiple sources. As a result, the structure undergoes chaotic vibrations.
3. As a result of the above effects of high winds on the structure, the structure collapses.
Actual experiencedamages to about 100 toll buildings in the Los Angeles area built of steel and reinforced concrete.
This invention is designed to address and solve the above problem caused when structures made of lightweight materials are subjected to high winds and earthquakes in the earthquake prone regions.
This invention is also designed to help in certain degree to solve the problem caused when structures built of heavyweight materials such as brick, stone, concrete block, reinforced concrete, steel, etc. are subjected to seismic load in the earthquake prone regions.


the date of her first Chinese class, or the date she quit her underpaid job, or the date she adopted her beloved cats. She had never been programmed to remember dates of anything, except related to romantic relationships (or birthdays). So going forward, Christina decided to just randomly assign dates to some of her favorite memories. For example, she will now celebrate the anniversary of her first Chinese class every September 13. And every November 13 she will celebrate the day Alvin and Theo came to their new forever home. In fact, she may have one anniversary per month, like a picture calendar (or a period).

So, what is it, Copious Readers? What do you (or will you) make a point of celebrating annually, in spite of the factto send out “formal” invitation cards and throw a party to celebrate the event. Maybe then they’d take it seriously.

CC, I am taking you to a Chinese karaoke place on 9/13 and we are going to sing, in Chinese of course, like there is no tomorrow!!

For me, I am not too big on binding celebration to a specific date. I want to celebrate whenever I feel profoundly moved and empowered but this celebration does not need any cake nor card. Just a moment of contemplation is good enough.

Celebrating a more solitary milestone is more difficult in a way, because it requires a certain level of determination. I miss celebrating more often but at the same time, when there is just another wedding or birthday party to attend, I


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you’re not sure, look at your results. Whatever you are manifesting in your life is what you REALLY believe in your subconscious mind, no matter what you *think * you believe.

One of the main things I have found in my Life Coaching work, is that the vast majority of our problems are rooted in our relationships with our parents. Not because of what they actually DID, but because of what we made what they did (or didn’t do), *mean *.

For instance, if your father was abusive, chances are high that you decided one of two things, if not both: that people who love you are abusive, or you aren’t worthy of true and genuine affection.

Or if your mother cheated on your father, maybe you adopted the belief thatpolymer flooding in heavy oil reservoirs.

In this paper, physical experiments were conducted to study the rheology of the polymer solution and heavy oil, and their flow in porous media. The viscosities of a polymer solution with the same polymer concentration and an original heavy oil were measured at different shear rates to recognize their rheology, and the viscosities of polymer solutions with different polymer concentrations were measured to estimate the increasing viscosity capacity of the polymer. The micro-flow method was applied to measure the heavy oil TPGs, and a typical polymer flooding (TPF) experiment was carried out to analyze the heavy oil flow in porous media. In addition, a new mathematical model was proposed, and an in-house 3D two-phase simulator was designed with consideration of heavy oil TPG


the same properties although their measured permeability and porosity are slightly different.

### 2.1.2. Polymer Solution Preparation {#sec2dot1dot2-polymers-10-01225}

The polymer solution was prepared at an ambient temperature of 25 °C, and its procedure was as follows: One-hundred-and-ninety-nine milliliters of brine, whose ion component concentrations are shown in [Table 2](#polymers-10-01225-t002){ref-type="table"}, was stirred under 200 revolutions per minute (rpm) using a JJ-1B stirrer from Xinrui Instrument Factory (Changzhou, China).1.096 g of polymer, whose properties are given in [Table 1](#polymers-10-01225-t001){ref-type="table"}, was evenly added to the brine vortex in 30 s.The stirrer speed of the JJ-1B stirrer was reduced to 100 rpm, and continued to run for 2 h.The JJ-1B stirrer was stopped, and the polymer solution was deoxidized, sealed and statically stored in a brown glass bottle for 12 h.Steps 1--4 were repeated,\#2 was lowered to about 5 cm, and the oil column in tube \#1 was put into use. The height of the oil column in oil column tube \#1 was raised to the same height as that in oil column tube \#2. This condition was kept for 24 h.The heavy oil sample was used again to displace with a flow rate of 0.002 mL/min, and the height of the oil column in the oil column tube \#1 increased gradually. The pressure gradient was the TPG of the heavy oil sample when the height of the oil column in oil column tube \#2 began to rise.

Notably, air was prevented from entering the measurement system to avoid its effect on the accuracy of the TPF measurement.

### 2.1.5. Typical Polymer Flooding


main reason for this finding is that the longer molecular chains and more entanglements are in the polymer solution with a higher polymer concentration, resulting in a larger hydrodynamic radius, which increases the viscosity of the polymer solution \[[@B58-polymers-10-01225]\].

3.2. Threshold Pressure Gradient of Heavy Oil {#sec3dot2-polymers-10-01225}
---------------------------------------------

The measured TPG of heavy oil is given in [Table 6](#polymers-10-01225-t006){ref-type="table"}. [Table 6](#polymers-10-01225-t006){ref-type="table"} clearly shows that the TPG increases with an increase in the viscosity of heavy oil under the same permeability conditions, and with a decrease in permeability under the same viscosity of heavy oil conditions. This is attributed to the fact that the flow of heavy oil through the rock is mainly determined by the properties of heavy oil and rock \[[@B59-polymers-10-01225]\]. In the case of the same rock conditions, theproduction data, grid system, well location, 3D distributions of initial oil saturation and relative permeabilities are given in [Table 7](#polymers-10-01225-t007){ref-type="table"}, and [Figure 8](#polymers-10-01225-f008){ref-type="fig"} and [Figure 9](#polymers-10-01225-f009){ref-type="fig"}, where these physical parameters, initial conditions and well location are the same as those in the TPF experiment. Notably, the production data of Case 1 is different from that of the TPF experiment, since only the polymer solution is injected in Case 1, which is a pure polymer flooding (PPF). [Figure 10](#polymers-10-01225-f010){ref-type="fig"} presents the comparison results of production indicators including pressure differences, oil production, water production, cumulative oil production, cumulative water production, flow diversion ratio, water cut and oil recovery of Case 1 simulated by the ECLIPSE V2013.1 software and designed simulator, where ECL represents the ECLIPSE V2013.1 software and DS represents


The program defines the optimal cryptographic-based authentication for USB-C devices and chargers. Any host system using this protocol will be able to confirm the authenticity of a device or charger, including descriptors and capabilities, right at the moment a connection is made. So say, for example, you're concerned about charging your phone at a public terminal. Your phone could implement a policy only allowing a charge from certified chargers. A company, meanwhile, could set a policy for its PCs, giving them access only to verified USB storage devices.

At this stage, the program is simply a recommendation -- there's no mandatory implementation required, but its creation certainly points to future security requirements for USB-C, which USB-IF president Jeff Ravencraft believes is "the single cable of the future." Indeed, as'meth lab'.

Lying low: McAfee, is pictured at his former home in Rodeo, New Mexico

The arrest is the culmination of a bizarre new chapter in the life of the former multimillionaire who fled the U.S. after the fortune he made from his internet security software was in danger of being wiped out by a series of lawsuits and the financial crash.

The tattooed tycoon - born in Britain and raised in the U.S. - had tried to build a new life by starting an antibiotics firm in the tiny Central American country and is rumoured to have set up home with a 17-year-old girl.

The age of consent in Belize is 16-years-old for both sexes.

But earlier this month his new venture fell apart when he was arrested because he - he


claims - he refused to donate money to a local politician.

Away from everything: John Mcafee's beachfront compound in Belize burned down on May 16

This is the dog that was owned by McAfee that he claims Belize's Gang Suppression Unit shot earlier this year

Now he has resorted to protesting his innocence by posting on the internet from a secret location.

McAfee's arrest completes an astonishing turnaround in the life of a man who was once viewed as one of the great success stories of the technological age.

After his company suffered setbacks, the yoga lover moved to Belize in 2008 and then launched a bid to make antibiotics from jungle plants. As of 2009 his fortune, once valued at $100million, had fallen to $4million.

That year he finished liquidating his U.S. realin Orange Walk and I have given at least $2million in gifts to the police departments in Orange Walk, San Pedro, Belize City.'

The GSU said they found a cache of weapons at McAfee's property and that he did not have a licence to manufacture drugs.

In a statement, the GSU said: 'Present on the premises at the time were John McAfee, his girlfriend who is a 17-year-old Belizean girl and five security guards.

'During the search ten firearms - seven 12-gauge pump action shotguns, one 12-gauge single action shotgun, one Taurus nine-millimetre pistol and one nine-millimetre CZ pistol were found.'

Tropical: John McAfee, founder of the anti-virus software firm, moved to Belize in 2008

Five air rifles and 270 12-gauge cartridges were also found, officers said.

In the private message-board post seen by


in 1967 with a degree in mathematics and studied further mathematics at Virginia Tech until 1970.

As part of the electronics boom centred around California and Stanford University in particular, McAfee held down around a dozen different jobs in the area in the software industry.

He also set up an adult dating service called American Institute for Safe Sex Practices, which issued identification cards for people who tested HIV-negative.

It was during the mid 1980's that McAfee was working for Lockheed Corporation when he began designing his anti-virus software.

Part of John McAfee's home on Ambergris Caye, Belize

He developed antivirus computer programs and in 1989 started working full-time at his own company McAfee Associates, which he ran from his home in Santa Clara, California .

Operating out of his one-bedroom farmhouse on Cheeneytransfected with a construct containing C2 binding sequence were incubated with bFGF, and the activity of the reporter was measured by luciferase assay. Using an in situ RT assay, specific expression of HOX4C mRNA was detected in 3 of 4 RA synovial samples, whereas none of the OA synovia expressed HOX4C. HOX4D, HOX4H, and HOX4I genes were expressed in all synovial samples from RA and OA patients. The presence of HOX4C mRNA was also confirmed by RT-PCR and Southern blotting. Treatment with bFGF increased the expression of HOX4C mRNA in RA fibroblasts. The mobility shift assay and luciferase assay showed that bFGF enhanced C2 binding activity and significantly increased the transcriptional activity on RA fibroblasts. Our findings suggest that HOX4C is involved in synovial hyperplasia, and that the


our scraping efforts. There are many
organizations that are currently scraping court websites, each with
their own implementations that they build and maintain. This creates lot
of duplicated work, and slows down the maintenance for everybody. By
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everybody under the same scraping roof so we can share our effort.

If you’re interested in using the library, please do! It has a simple
API and is ready for use. Testing has been light so far, but with your
help we hope this project will grow into a mature tool used by many organizations.Woman injured in shooting related to domestic violence

A woman was wounded in a domestic-violence-related shooting in the northeast valley this afternoon, according to Metro Police.

The woman was rushed to a hospital where she’s expected to recover, Lt. Carlos Hank said.

Officers and medics were dispatched about 2:15 p.m. to the 4700 block of East Craig Road, just west of Nellis Boulevard, Hank said.

The suspected shooter fled and detectives remained at the scene about 5:15 p.m., Hank said.

Further details were not immediately available.


every year. (In what is surely great news for the unrepentant, the OCP brags that the volume helpfully includes “creative alternatives to the Penitential Rite.”)

Hijacking of Catholic Truth

It wasn’t always like this. Before 1980, the OCP was called the Oregon Catholic Truth Society. It was founded in 1922 in response to a compulsory school-education law that forced Catholics to attend public schools. Archbishop Alexander Christie got together with his priests to found the society. Its aim: to fight bigotry and stand up for truth and Catholic rights.

In 1934, the Oregon Catholic Truth Society released a missal called My Sunday Missal. It was good-looking, inexpensive, and easy to use. It became the most popular missal ever (you can still run across it in used bookstores).

But the rest of thestory is as familiar as it is troubling. Sometime in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Oregon Catholic Truth Society began to lose its moorings. Catholic truth had to make room for the Age of Aquarius. Thus, in the course of a single decade, a once-reliable representative of Catholic teaching became reliably unreliable. Money given to the organization to promote truth was now being used to advance a revolutionary approach to Catholic life, one that repudiated traditional forms of the faith. The only thing that did not change was the breadth of its influence: Under the new dispensation, it was still a powerhouse of Catholic publishing.

De Profundis

If you’ve been keeping up with the OCP’s latest offerings, you know that the songs from the mid-1970s don’t begin to


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structures of the present invention have met and/or exceeded the above-described needs.
The harmonica structures of the present invention include, in one embodiment, a reed comb having a common bridge with reeds formed integrally with the common bridge. The reed plate has a plurality of reed slots formed therein and is adapted to receive the reeds of the reed comb into corresponding slots formed in the reed plate. The reed plate has a first portion positioned within a first plane and a second portion positioned in a second plane. The second portion of the reed plate has a stepped portion formed therein adapted to receive a reed of the reed comb therein to permit substantial encasement of the reed within the reed slot.
In the harmonica of the present invention,and Tommy.

Gervais quickly makes introductions.

“This one has been asking for you ever since Spence arrived. We thought we’d come and help you setup. We have kitchen things in the car can you help bring them in?” AB asks.

“We don’t have chairs yet but you can use my room to sit down.” Blue says looking at AB who looks exhausted.

“Thank-you.” AB says with a smile.

“Gervais you best stay up here too with Tommy as he is clearly not letting you go anywhere. I’ll take the guys to the car we can manage.” Maggie says.

“I take it Spence and his parents have made up.” Blue says to Maggie on the way down.

“They had no idea there was a rift or it had been so long since they’d seen him. I


DeShawn asks.

“Just yoga. I worked out some last year for the first time but mostly my lifestyle at home keeps me in shape. My high school was too small for team sports.” Blue says.

“Have you tried since you started school?” DeShawn asks.

“No, we all did climbing last year. Maybe I should try. It’s one of those things I’ve missed out on.” Blue says.

“I’d come watch.” George says.

“Maybe you can teach me.” Blue says.

“I want what you have. You two are so cute.” DeShawn says.

“Thanks.” Blue says blushing a little.

They get back and Spence and Andy are not long behind them. As predicted Spence is straight away grilling DeShawn about his training.

“Need some help setting up your room?” Blue asks George.

“I think so.” George give Blue a huge smile.

“Ias the others clean up he’s pretty tired from an intense day and really wants to go to bed and have a long chat with Robin but he feels he needs to put in more time with George.

“You okay?” Gervais asks standing next to Blue as he looks out the window.

“Just tired. I napped earlier but the whole summer is catching up with me. I had a lot of fun but it was full on.” Blue says.

“I didn’t help.” Gervais says.

“We had a lot of fun before you left. I don’t regret it.” Blue says.

“I’m going to start dating. I’ll keep it away from here but I wanted to let you know.” Gervais says.

“Please don’t feel you can’t bring anyone here. I mean George is here all the


of Iraq—and Paul Butler, a former special assistant to Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld.

The company, which goes by “SOSi,” says on its website that the contracts it’s been awarded for work in Iraq in 2015 have a total value of more than $400 million. They include a $40 million contract to provide everything from meals to perimeter security to emergency fire and medical services at Iraq’s Besmaya Compound, one of the sites where U.S. troops are training Iraqi soldiers. The Army awarded SOSi a separate $100 million contract in late June for similar services at Camp Taji. The Pentagon expects that contract to last through June 2018.

A year after U.S. airstrikes began targeting the so-called Islamic State in Iraq, there are 3,500 U.S. troops deployed there, training and advisingOil hits US$80, highest since Nov 2014

LONDON: Oil prices hit US$80 a barrel on Thursday for the first time since November 2014 on concerns that Iranian exports could fall because of renewed U.S. sanctions, reducing supply in an already tightening market.

Brent crude futures reached an intraday high of US$80.18 a barrel before receding to US$79.67 at 1326 GMT.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were up 41 cents at US$71.90 after also hitting their highest since November 2014, at US$72.30 a barrel.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision this month to withdraw from an international nuclear deal with Iran and revive sanctions that could limit crude exports from OPEC’s third-largest producer has boosted oil prices.

France’s Total on Wednesday warned that it might abandon a multibillion-dollar gas project in Iran if


SHADOWY dealers are using code words to trade ivory over the internet, a shock cybercrime report reveals today.

The revelation comes as the Government announces its major offensive to stop the slaughter of the planet’s last elephants, which are being killed at the rate of 20,000 every year.

While Britain is leading the way to crackdown on the trade in so-called “white gold” with the toughest proposed laws in Europe, a new wildlife trafficking report reveals how ivory dealing is masked by smoke and mirrors.

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is highlighting the extent of online ivory dealing in the UK, France, Germany and Russia in its new report: Disrupt: Wildlife Cybercrime – Uncovering the scale of online wildlife trade.

Over a six-week period last year, IFAW’s team of expertsThe difficult patient: drug interaction and the influence of concomitant diseases on the treatment of hypothyroidism.
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      the breed in the US and is supported by a strong, active membership of dedicated Basset folk. Many dogs have earned Dual Champion titles (Championships in the ring and field), following the first Basset, Dual Ch. Kazoo's Moses the Great, owned by J. and P. Dohr, who won the title in 1964. The BHCA instituted its Versatility Certificate (VC) Program in 1985, offering dogs the opportunity to prove their natural skills in different disciplines including show conformation, field trials, obedience trials, tracking and agility trials. To gain the VC award, a dog must earn a minimum number of points in at least three areas. Among the first winners of the certificate were James and Margery Cook's Ch. Bugle Bay's Couillion CDX, TD; Kay Green's Ch. Winwars Brandywine UD,


pieces. These come in a variety of flavors that appeal to dogs: liver, chicken, bacon, etc.

**Your local pet shop will have a wide assortment of leashes from which you can choose the one that best suits your needs.**

**MENTAL AND DENTAL**

Toys not only help your puppy get the physical and mental stimulation he needs but also provide a great way to keep his teeth clean. Hard rubber or nylon toys, especially those constructed with grooves, are designed to scrape away plaque, preventing bad breath and gum infection.

**L EASH**

A nylon leash is probably the best option as it is the most resistant to puppy teeth should your pup take a liking to chewing on his leash. Of course, this is a habit that should be nipped in the bud, butdisorders that are believed to have a hereditary basis. These inherited diseases are transmitted by both parents, who appear (phenotypically) normal but have a recessive gene for the disease, meaning that they carry, but are not affected by, the disease. These diseases pose serious problems to breeders because in some instances there is no method of identifying carriers. Often the secondary diseases associated with these skin conditions are even more debilitating than the skin disorder, including cancers and respiratory problems.

Among the known hereditary skin disorders, for which the mode of inheritance is known, are acrodermatitis, cutaneous asthenia (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome), sebaceous adenitis, cyclic hematopoiesis, dermatomyositis, IgA deficiency, color dilution alopecia and nodular dermatofibrosis. Sebaceous adenitis, while most commonly associated with the Standard Poodle, has also been cited in the


well as long-term trouble with walking and painful joints.

**R OUNDWORMS**

The roundworms that infect dogs are known scientifically as _Toxocara canis_. They live in the dog's intestines and shed eggs continually. It has been estimated that a dog produces about 6 or more ounces of feces every day. Each ounce of feces averages hundreds of thousands of roundworm eggs. There are no known areas in which dogs roam that do not contain roundworm eggs. The greatest danger of roundworms is that they infect people, too! It is wise to have your dog tested regularly for roundworms.

In young puppies, roundworms cause bloated bellies, diarrhea, coughing and vomiting, and are transmitted from the dam (through blood or milk). Affected puppies will not appear as animated as normal puppies. The worms appearto chemicals, insect droppings, diesel smoke and volcanic ash.

**Using "Like to Treat Like"**

Unlike conventional medicines that suppress symptoms, homeopathic remedies treat illnesses with small doses of substances that, if administered in larger quantities, would produce the symptoms that the patient already has. While the same homeopathic remedy can be used to treat different symptoms in different dogs, here are some interesting remedies and their uses.

**Apis Mellifica**

(made from honey bee venom) can be used for allergies or to reduce swelling that occurs in acutely infected kidneys.

**Diesel Smoke**

can be used to help control motion sickness.

**Calcarea Fluorica**

(made from calcium fluoride, which helps harden bone structure) can be useful in treating hard lumps in tissues.

**Natrum Muriaticum**

(made from common salt, sodium chloride) is useful in treating thin, thirsty dogs.

**Nitricum Acidum**

(made from nitric acid)


Oregon and then fleeing on foot.However, the search for Robinson has been significantly curtailed after Wilmington police clarified that the suspect is only wanted for felony parole and probation violations, not multiple homicides as initially reported.The first crash happened late Wednesday morning in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 between the Philadelphia International Airport exit and Broad Street.Police in Wilmington, Delaware say this all began when officers tried to pull Robinson over in the area of E. 12th Street and Rosemont Avenue just before 11 a.m.Robinson fled and got onto I-495 northbound, eventually merging onto I-95 northbound.Wilmington police said as the pursuit was underway near Philadelphia International Airport, Robinson intentionally rammed another car on I-95, which resulted in one of the Wilmington police cars flipping over.In all, fivesome shows with articles, games and more* Performance improvements

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residence from a beach vacation. According to G.W., following their return, Wang

told S.W. to “go . . . study.” When S.W. did not immediately do so, Wang threatened

to put her in the “black room” as punishment. G.W. explained that the “black room

. . . is a closet inside our bedroom . . . [with] no window.” G.W. stated Wang yelled

at S.W., and she intervened and told Wang not speak to their daughter in that manner.

This exchange erupted into an argument between G.W. and Wang. G.W. testified

that she was seated on the couch when they began arguing, and Wang stood on the

other side of the couch. G.W. testified that Wang insulted her family and she in turn

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McClintock’s testimony verified the existence of visible wounds on G.W.’s face

consistent with being hit by a cell phone and defensive wounds on her arms and

hands. According to McClintock, Wang admitted to throwing his cell phone at G.W.

In addition, the record shows that S.W. told multiple sources, including law

enforcement and medical personnel, that she witnessed Wang hit G.W. in the face.

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      Household is defined as “a unit composed of persons living together in the

same dwelling, withoutthe appellant failed to object to the charge, we will not reverse

unless egregious harm is established by the record. See id. Because Wang failed to

properly object in this case, any jury charge error would only result in reversal if

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appellant shows “egregious harm.” See Price v. State, 457 S.W.3d 437, 440 (Tex.

Crim. App. 2015) (citing Almanza, 686 S.W.2d at 171).

      The State is not required to have the jury make a determination of the

defendant’s culpable mental state for the trial court to


reason for striking the two panel members and contends the record does

not support its reasoning.

      The Equal Protection Clause forbids the State from exercising peremptory

strikes based solely on a potential juror’s race. Batson, 476 U.S. at 89; Nieto v. State,

365 S.W.3d 673, 675 (Tex. Crim. App. 2012). To make a Batson claim: (1) the

defendant must make a prima facie showing of racial discrimination; (2) if the

defendant makes this showing, the State must then articulate a race-neutral

explanation for the strike; and (3) the trial court must determine if the defendant has

proved purposeful discrimination. Nieto, 365 S.W.3d at 676. Absent exceptional

circumstances, we defer to the trial court’s ruling. Id. We consider the entire voir

dire record, but we need not limit our review to the specificserve on the jury. . . . number 18, he was the only person
      that I could strategically strike to get to number 22.

      ...

      THE COURT: My understanding of the case law under Batson is
      you’ve got to have a specific, neutral reason for making the challenge.
      I don’t know if not answering any questions is.
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