![]() ![]() But when he asks Korede for Ayoola's phone number, she must reckon with what her sister has become and how far she's willing to go to protect her.Sharp as nails and full of deadpan wit, Oyinkan Braithwaite's deliciously deadly debut is as fun as it is frightening. ![]() She dreams of the day when he will realize that she's exactly what he needs. Not that she gets any credit.Korede has long been in love with a kind, handsome doctor at the hospital where she works. There is dark humour littered throughout, with Korede and Ayoola’s response to the murders giving it a sharp edge. How could she not be Her sister, Ayoola, is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one. My Sister the Serial Killer is eminently easy to read, the short sharp chapters mean the reader flies through the book, which can easily be read in a morning. I wouldn’t be able to do a thorough job until his body was elsewhere. A short, darkly funny, hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriendsFemi makes. But my eyes kept darting to the slumped corpse, propped up against the wall. The narrative voice of older sister Korede is a nurse by day, but by night she is cleaning up (and covering up) murders committed by her younger sister, Ayoola. When Koredes dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows whats expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. She knows the best solutions for cleaning blood, the trunk of her car is big enough for a body, and she keeps Ayoola from posting pictures of her dinner to Instagram when she should be mourning her "missing" boyfriend. Three and they label you a serial killer. Title: My sister, the serial killer : a novel / Oyinkan Braithwaite. My Sister, the Serial Killer is a darkly comedic story of murderous intent, patriarchal violence and romance but primarily an exploration of the extent of sibling loyalty. Korede's practicality is the sisters' saving grace. The Gilgo Beach serial-killer case that has haunted Long Island for more than a decade seems to have finally been solved. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead. How could she not be? Her sister, Ayoola, is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. Three and they label you a serial killer."Korede is bitter. ![]() "Feverishly hot"-PAULA HAWKINS / "The wittiest and most fun murder party you've ever been invited to."-MARIE CLAIREA short, darkly funny, hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends"Femi makes three, you know. ![]()
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![]() # caveat: you can't have it compressed (you can't add to a compressed archive) # proper way to invoke tar: with -r (which append to an existing tar file, whereas c would overwrite it) # as the last invocation of tar by xargs overwrote the previous one(s) # in my own machine, I end up with only the 60 last filenames, # will invoke tar several time as it can'f fit 10000 long filenames into 1 $ seq 1 10000 | sed -e "s/^/long_filename_/" | xargs tar czvf archive.tgz $ seq 1 10000 | sed -e "s/^/long_filename_/" | xargs touch Proof of the problem on cygwin: $ mkdir test type f -print0 | xargs -0 tar -rvf backup.tar May end up overwriting "file.tgz" at each invocation of "tar" by xargs, and you end up with only the last invocation! (the chosen solution uses a GNU -T special parameter to avoid the problem, but not everyone has that GNU tar available) Xargs will try to fit "as many arguments as possible" after "something", but then you may end up with multiple invocations of "something". Tar -cPp -T $listOfFilesPath | pv -s $sizeForProgress | gzip > $archivePathīig warning on several of the solutions (and your own test) : #tar -czvf $archivePath -T $listOfFilesPath # simple with dump of all files currently archived # Make a list of files/directories to archiveĮcho "$/drupal_root/sites/" -name "files" -type d > $listOfFilesPathĬat $listOfFilesPath | while read nextFile do ListOfFilesPath=$backupOutPath$backupFileName.filelist The best solution seem to be to create a file list and then archive files because you can use other sources and do something else with the list.įor example this allows using the list to calculate size of the files being archived: #!/bin/shīackupFileName="backup-big-$(date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M")"ĪrchivePath=$backupOutPath$ Needed -ignore-failed-read in-case there were no new PDFs for today. I would like to add, that I was also able to use essentially use the same command in my comment, just using tar itself: tar -czvf /archiveDir/ -newer-mtime=0 -ignore-failed-read *.pdf -czvf create archive, filter the archive through gzip, verbosely list files processed, archive name.If you are able to decide what format to use for the output of find then it is normally better to use '\0' as a terminator than to use newline, as file names can contain white space and newline characters. This is not the same quoting mechanism as the one used for -ls and -fls. ![]() This quoting is performed in the same way as for GNU ls. ![]() printf "%f\0" Regular -print0 OR -printf "%f" did NOT work for me. mtime 0 look for files created in last 24 hours name "*.pdf" look for pdfs (or any file type) name "*.pdf" -type f -mtime 0 -printf "%f\0" | tar -czvf /dir/ -null -T. Would add a comment to Kehlet post but need 50 rep (RIP).įor anyone that has found this post through numerous googling, I found a way to not only find specific files given a time range, but also NOT include the relative paths OR whitespaces that would cause tarring errors. ![]() ![]() ![]() You will also find that most contain similar, if not the same, words. You may find that drawing from many different lists is useful. While Fry’s list is common and useful, there are many other lists of sight words for first grade that are equally beneficial. Despite this, your child needs to first have the basics in order to work up. It’s easy to think that more difficult words deserve more focus.Īfter all, they’re challenging and take some time to learn. Without these, your child will have poor reading fluency. The 1st grade spelling words that Fry compiled are the most commonly used words in the English language. He eventually published a book titled “Fry 1000 Instant Words.” According to his research, the words he compiled make up about thirty percent of written texts. Edward Fry expanded and refined this list. They are also referred to as “instant words.” The list came from a list of words previously compiled by Dr. What are Fry’s first 100 words?įry’s first 100 words is a list of sight words commonly referred to for teaching and practicing. If your child is no longer struggling with these words, they’re ready to learn some more. While these 100 are vital, knowing more can’t hurt. Spelling words are vital to your child’s reading skills. Your child should know the above 100 sight words by the end of first grade. How Many Sight Words Should a 1st Grader Know? It is also to cement their meaning, pronunciation, and structure in place. The goal of these first grade spelling words is more than simple recognition. For example, if your child cannot differentiate between “to” and “too,” they will face some confusion. Despite this, they are pronounced very differently.Įven more important are the differences in their meaning. For example, “though” and “through” look nearly identical. Walk, want, was, water, were, what, when, where, whoĪs you can see, many of these words are similar in structure, but not in pronunciation.The, their, there, they’re, they, thought, through, to, too, two.Said, saw, school, should, some, something. ![]()
![]() On August 30th, RCG signed a deal with SpaceX/Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (2002-founded by Elon Musk) for using Starlink's satellites to provide faster and low-latency Internet connections across the global fleet (Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity, and Silversea ships). Since September 7th (2022), RCI's daily gratuities per person (both adults and kids) are increased to US$16 (interior, oceanview, balcony staterooms/Junior Suites and below categories) and to US$18,50 (Grand Suite and above categories). In 2023, the music clubs "Jazz on 4" of all OASIS-class liners were converted into non-smoking Casino Rooms, each fitted with 40x slot machines, 1x blackjack table, and 1x 3-card poker table. RCI announced that starting in April, the Sky Pad Bungee Trampoline will be removed fleetwide, and the facility will be replaced with a new venue (tba). WOW bands are still provided complimentary to all passengers occupying Sky Class and Star Class suites. They were reintroduced in early 2023 (on all OASIS-and QUANTUM Class boats) at the cost of US$10 per bracelet. There are rumors that RCI may bring back the RFID bracelets (aka WOW bands) fleetwide. The service is provided either in the morning or in the afternoon (at the passenger's discretion). Since March 2023, RCI provides fleetwide once-per-day cabin housekeeping service to all staterooms in non-suite categories. The service used to cost US$2 per day per device. Since January 2023, RCI's onboard messaging system is complimentary (provided free of charge fleetwide/via Royal App) regardless of cabin category and during the entire voyage. In January RCI opened a sales office in Limassol Cyprus and Spectrum OTS was reflagged from Bahamas to Cyprus. Since 2017, Royal Caribbean has joint ownership of Grand Bahama Shipyard (Freeport), where major drydock refurbishments and ship maintenance works take place. As of 2020, RCI ships visit a total of 322 call ports worldwide, offering 4500+ shore excursions through local tour companies. The brand's other major markets are Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. RCCL's "crowned anchor" logo was designed by Morits Skaugen and accepted in March (1969).Īround 55% of RCI's total revenue comes from the USA. Other suggested names for the company included "Pleasure Cruise Line" (PCL), "Holiday Cruise Line" (HCL), "Crown Cruise Line" (CCL), "Royal Caribbean Line" (RCL). The name RCCL (initially "Royal Caribbean Cruise Line AS) was officially accepted in 1969 (on January 31st). RCG's Managing Director for China and Asia is Zinan Liu. Royal Caribbean Group's current management team is led by Jason Liberty (RCG's Chairman, President, and CEO since January 2022) and includes Palle Laursen (RCG's Executive VP), Naftali Holtz (RCG's CFO), RCI's Michael Bayley (President and CEO), Jim Berra (Chief Marketing Officer, Senior VP Marketing), Vicki Freed (Senior VP Sales), Michael Goldner (VP Revenue Management), Jessie Ortiz (VP Finance and Administration), Gregory Purdy (Senior VP Marine Operations), Nick Weir (Senior VP Entertainment), Sean Treacy (Senior VP Hotel Operations), Laura Hodges Bethge (Senior VP Product Development), Bert Hernandez (President of Royal Caribbean China). As result, RCCL was re-branded RCI-Royal Caribbean International () and RCCL was founded as the parent company of RCI and Celebrity. A decision was made to keep the two brands separate. The company was formed in 1997 when RCCL (Royal Caribbean Cruise Line/1968-established) purchased Celebrity Cruises (1988-established). ![]() ![]() RCG-Royal Caribbean Group ( / renamed in 2020 from RCCL-"Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd") is based in Miami (Florida USA) and incorporated in Liberia. As of 2020, RCG controlled ~24% of the global ship cruising market (fleet passenger capacity), had full ownership of 4 brands (RCI, Celebrity, Silversea, Azamara), 49% stake in Pullmantur (51% owned by Springwater Capital), 50% stake in TUI Cruises (50% owned by TUI AG), 19% stake in Wamos Air (fka Air Pullmantur). However, RCG owns the world's biggest passenger ships. This Norwegian-American corporation is currently ranked the world's second-largest passenger shipping company (after Carnival Corporation/39% market share). RCI (Royal Caribbean International) is a subsidiary company and largest brand of RCG (Royal Caribbean Group, fka RCCL-Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd). ![]() ![]() ![]() With that said, let's dig into Max Verstappen's net worth in 2022. It's safe to say Verstappen has strengthened a young but already well-established career. The 24-year-old topped decorated rival Lewis Hamilton for his first-ever championship in 2021. Meanwhile, amid the controversy, Mercedes claimed an eighth consecutive constructors’ championship but that will be little consolation to those involved.No competitor is currently more talked about in the racing world than 2021 Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen. I hope everyone stays safe in the pandemic and has good Christmas during this time and we’ll see about next year.” “Of course, I have felt great in the car this past couple of months, particularly at the end. We gave it everything this last part of the season and never gave up, that’s the most important thing. “I am so proud of them, and so grateful to be part of the journey with them. The team, everyone back at the factory, all the men and women we have, worked so hard all year in a difficult season,” he said after the race. “Firstly, congratulations to Max and his team. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff was left visibly furious after stewards allowed the race to finish with such drama, but Hamilton was sporting in defeat. Lars Baron/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images Verstappen is congratulated by Lewis Hamilton after the race. ![]() READ: Hamilton praised for defending LGBTI rights during F1 Qatar Grand Prix With the win, Verstappen finished the season on 395.5 points, while Hamilton finished second on 387.5. The Brit finally found a way past the Red Bull but not until he had Verstappen back on his heels.īut Hamilton looked to have done enough, building up a double-digit second lead, and was cruising to victory before the mayhem of the final lap. Red Bull then resorted to its Plan B, with Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Pérez expertly holding up Hamilton after the Mercedes driver emerged from the pit lane in second. Stewards, however, decided not to investigate the incident and allowed Hamilton to proceed in first. There was controversy, as there has been throughout the season, with Red Bull adamant that Hamilton should have given his first place back to Verstappen after the Mercedes man went off the track following contact with his rival. The Dutchman took the early advantage by qualifying in pole position after a magical qualifying lap on Saturday, a drive that will be remembered for quite some time.īut it was Hamilton who started the race better from second, overtaking Verstappen before the first corner and dominating the majority of the Grand Prix with the Mercedes pace. The two titanic rivals arrived at the Yas Marina Circuit level on points, setting up the perfect end to a title race which came down to the very final moments. Verstappen celebrates with Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner. READ: How Red Bull caught up with the Mercedes ‘juggernaut’ The team then lodged an intention to appeal against the decision relating to restarting the race for the last lap. Mercedes confirmed it had lodged two protests relating to the end of the race, but both were rejected by officials later on Sunday. The victory means Verstappen prevented Hamilton from surpassing the record he still shares with racing legend Michael Schumacher. My team know I love them and I want to do this with them for the next 10 or 15 years!” I love working with them so much,” an emotional and slightly stunned Verstappen, 24, said after the race. I’m so pleased for the team and for all these guys. ![]() The Dutchman, on new tires, had the pace to overtake his rival and win one of the most dramatic F1 races ever. It meant the race restarted on the final lap, with Verstappen allowed to start almost side-by-side Hamilton, despite the Brit having established a healthy lead. Hamilton had all but won his record-breaking eighth world title until Williams Racing driver Nicholas Latifi crashed into the barriers with four laps remaining, resulting in the safety car being called out. This season had been heralded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history and the title race went down to one of the most “insane” final laps possible. Max Verstappen clinched his first Formula One World Championship after beating Lewis Hamilton in a controversial season finale at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() The case presented by the film is one of negligence or poor oversight, not active conspiracy to break laws.īut as gripping as the movie is as a legal thriller, it's even more notable as a portrait of a community. (Rolling Stone columnist Matt Taibbi called the image "almost Stalinist.") There is, by this film's account, no compelling evidence that the Sungs were guilty of anything worse than failing to detect the actions of dishonest employees until they'd already caused a lot of damage. They were handcuffed and paraded down public corridors in a group of fifteen, their wrists linked by handcuffs as if in a chain gang, and three of the people in that lineup were Chinese-Americans who technically shouldn't even have been there because they had already been released on bail. ![]() Government and media witnesses to the investigation and trail agree that they never saw anything like the treatment of Abacus bank employees by Vance's office. threw Abacus and the Sung family under the bus because he needed to prove he was tough on white collar crime, and knew he could scapegoat a Chinese family because they owned a small, independent bank in a community too small to affect his chances at re-election. James makes a compelling case that Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. ![]() Documentation proves that once the Sungs realized they were employing dishonest people, they fired them immediately and reported their offenses to authorities, even providing fat binders full of documents to the district attorney's office to strengthen the case against the accused. The offenses included embezzlement, bribery and larceny. But woven around that is a story of immigrants assimilating and obeying the laws of their home country over generations, only to be made an example by their adopted nation's power structure for what seem, in James' account, like specious or intellectually dishonest reasons.Īs the film explains, no one in the Sung family-including bank co-founders and married couple Thomas and Hwei Lin Sung and their four daughters-was directly connected to the shenanigans in the loan department of their Chinatown bank. The main object of interest is the 2015 trial of Abacus bank officials on charges of conspiracy, larceny and systemic fraud. James, whose distinguished career includes " Hoop Dreams," "At the Death House Door" and the recent Roger Ebert documentary " Life Itself," has a knack for finding the universal within the specific, and often a much larger and more complex story nestled within a specific account of one event. It's owned and run by the Sung family, Chinese-Americans who live in Greenwich, Connecticut and commute to Manhattan to oversee the flow of funds, the distribution of loans, the collection of payments and so forth. The titular bank is named for the Chinese calculator. Prior to the indictment, Vera and Jill Sung - two of Thomas Sung's daughter who help run the bank - had fired a loan officer who had been altering mortgage applications to fraudulently qualify borrowers, according to the documentary, and reported the cases to authorities.But if you're a small, family-owned bank in Chinatown, well, it's a different story. “Just meeting the Sung family and getting a sense of what they had been through and what they were going through at the time is what really hooked me.” “When Mark, who was friends with Vera for 10 years and the family, first brought it to my attention - it was through his relationship with them that he was hearing about their case because no one was really writing about it in the mainstream media,” James said. James told NBC News what drew him to making this documentary was when Mark Mitten, the film’s producer, told him about the case and what the Sung family was going through. Eventually, they would be found not guilty of their charges. In the film, James follows the Sung family as they deal with the last months of the trial and await the jury’s decision. ![]() ![]() ![]() Wealthica has three different pricing tiers, all with a different combination of features available to subscribers. For example, the platform prioritizes Canadian cryptocurrency exchanges and wallets, the mortgage functionality only serves Canadian citizens, and its ability to connect with even U.S. Many of its features are only available to Canadian citizens. The absolute biggest downfall of Wealthica is its Canada-centric viewpoint. Why You Might Need a Wealthica Alternativeĭespite having some very special capabilities, there are a few reasons why investors may prefer a Wealthica alternative.Īllow us to elaborate. Wealthica can be synced with Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel documents for people who prefer to view their finances - or have their financial professionals view their finances - in spreadsheet format. One of the last interesting features of Wealthica is its spreadsheet integration. The platform offers low rates and no hidden fees for Canadian (more on that later!) home shoppers. Through Wealthica, users can apply for a mortgage online or digitally meet with an advisor who has connections to various mortgage lenders. Digital MortgagesĪnother unique feature is Wealthica’s digital mortgage portal. This gives users insight into their spending habits so they can better set goals around large purchases or regular debt repayments. Investors can use the dashboard to categorize and track income and transactions every month. Wealthica offers something a lot of portfolio trackers don’t - budgeting capabilities. Thanks to this API, crypto investors can connect Wealthica to multiple crypto wallets and exchanges including Coinsquare, Coinbase, Wealthsimple Crypto, Newton, Kraken, Binance, Shakepay, Gemini, NDAX, Ledger, and more. Launched in summer of 2021, this API is what allows Wealthica to connect with crypto institutions and expand its tracking abilities. Now let’s talk more about that Vezgo API we mentioned earlier. ![]() With Wealthica, you can also run reports based on all this input, and even share your entire portfolio with your advisor. This is how Wealthica provides insight into elements like net worth change, portfolio growth, and transactions. This is what enables it to automatically track assets ranging from bank accounts to crypto holdings, ETFs, stocks, private investments, dividends, and more. Wealthica connects to hundreds of financial institutions. Of course, the most important characteristic of Wealthica is its wide-ranging portfolio tracker! Here are some of its more outstanding attributes. Wondering what makes Wealthica a platform worth considering when it comes to tracking your cryptocurrency portfolio and beyond? To help you decide if Wealthica is the right tool for crypto asset management as well as monitoring the rest of your portfolio side-by-side, read on as we explore its features. Between this dashboard and its cryptocurrency-focused application programming interface (API) called Vezgo, the company tracks over $18 billion in assets across 200+ institutions for more than 50,000 users.Īccording to its website, the Wealthica platform aims to simplify its users’ financial lives by tracking tons of different holdings and accounts in one, single place. I use Mint's monthly summary emails to help make the process even easier.The Wealthica portfolio tracker, owned by the privately-held Wealthica Financial Technology Inc., is a dashboard that aims to give investors insight into their financial situations. That was about 10 years ago, and I still update the same simple spreadsheet every month. A few years later, I automated the process by linking all of my financial accounts to Mint, which I recommend clients do as well.Īnd then, in April 2009, one month after the stock market hit its lowest point during the financial crisis, I started tracking my net worth. I started tracking my expenses in college, using a small blue notebook the New York Times once wrote about. ![]() I've found that once clients get organized, most of them love it too. It probably comes as no surprise that I love tracking money. Added bonus: Getting organized frees up brain space so you don't have to think about money nearly as much. Once you can see all of your money in one place, you can start figuring out what you want to do with it. As a financial planner in New York City, one of the first tasks I ask my clients to complete is their "current financial snapshot," an overview of every aspect of their financial situation, including account balances. ![]() ![]() ![]() I have compiled a list of my favourite compatible ICs that are readily available and affordable, but please note that it is not an exhaustive list and there may be many more. The suffix 'N' plastic DIP package type is used by some manufacturers e.g. Do these last letters N and P mean anything like p type or n type In this context, no. If you were using an op-amp for simple educational experiments to calculate the gain, or perhaps for simple basic circuits, then many cheaper equivalents would perform just as effectively, and save you money. LM741C commercial temperature range LM741. Many manufacturers have made minor changes to the original design, however for the most part they are pinout equivalents, and the same formula for gain calculation applies. However, you can make your budget stretch further if you look for cheaper equivalents.Īlmost all the modern 8-pin operational amplifiers take their architecture from the earlier 741 chip. The 741 is the one everyone thinks of when looking for a general-purpose amplifier, however, if you rely too much on the same chip and seller, then they will sometimes artificially hike up their prices. Modern op-amps can be chosen that are rail-to-rail. Input voltage range is typically from -Vs + 2 volt to +Vs - 2 volt. As you can see in the picture above, the LM741 IC has a total of 8 Pins which are clearly labeled. Modern op-amps have power supplies that can be as low as 1.8 volts. LM741 Op amp IC Pinout / Pin configuration. Minimum recommended power supply rails are +/- 10 volts. Some chips have been getting expensive due to students relying too much on one model and manufacturer. There are many good reasons not to use the 1968-vintage LM741:. 8 inputs) and 4 outputs.There are many 741 compatible chips readily obtainable however, the problem is that many students and colleges are not aware of the different manufacturers and the model numbers. Make sure that you have the LM741 extensions in the required folders. , search the LTSpice main folder for all occurrences of LM741. The LM741 series are general-purpose operational amplifiers which feature improved performance over industry standards like the LM709.
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