October 21 - 25 marked the first Palestine Awareness Week on the University of Florida campus. Coordinated by Islam on Campus and the recently-formed Palestinian rights group Nakba '48, it included four days of daytime events and evening programs. All served to make more visible and real the intolerable conditions under which the Palestinian people are living because of the Israeli occupation of their land, and the need for real changes by Israel in addressing the apartheid-like conditions being imposed on the residents of Palestine. As on many other campuses around the country, Palestinian Awareness Week caused controversy on the UF campus, with a group called Gators for Israel opposing the events.
On the opening day, Nakba '48 set up a table with information about the week's activities. Massing in the center of the plaza 50 feet away were around 150 blue-shirted Gators for Israel, singing songs and chanting pro-Israel chants. The odd feeling was that it was a protest against awareness itself, with the irony being that the protest actually drew attention to the existence of Palestinian Awareness Week, albeit soaking up a lot of coverage of the events. This was especially true of the opening night speech by Dr. Hussein Ibish, who was heard by around 80 people that evening but received no media coverage. It's also worth noting that very few of the Gators for Israel sympathizers attended his talk.
Dr. Ibish is the Communications Director for the American Arab Anti-discrimination Committee and a contributing writer for the Los Angeles Times. He laid out the situation in stark terms, eliminating the historical and religious trappings that he said serve only to confuse and mystify the discussion. Ibish said that the Israel-Palestine problem is a political conflict and must be seen as such, as opposed to a religious conflict, because religious conflicts are "intractable and irrational" by their nature. In short-an untenable, unsustainable situation of oppression exists with the occupation of Palestinian land and repression of the 3.6 million Palestinians. The huge amount of military aid and weaponry from the US perpetuates the occupation and complicates any move toward a solution, despite recent US rhetoric favoring a two-state solution.
Ibish said that in this situation the occupation must be seen as the key. There are 3.6 million people living stateless, in deprived conditions, crowded into small areas, existing under oppression and with little opportunity to change the situation. This is the hopeless situation that gives rise to the terrorism-one group dominating and repressing another to the degree the Palestinians have endured.
As to resolution of the conflict, Ibish said there are only 3 possibilities. The first two are prospects for peace, the third is a prospect for catastrophe. The first is the two-state solution, which is already written out in the UN resolution 242. This would require Israel to pull out from the occupied territories. Yet the current Israeli government opposes this, and it seems unlikely. The second option is the single state, which is supported by the Palestinians, but there is very little support for this in Israel. So it really comes down to Israel, because the third option would be the horror of ethnic cleansing, whereby the "problem" of the Palestinians woud be reduced or removed by Israel under one circumstance or other. Unbelievable as it sounds, this notion does have support of a small but significant minority in Israel-15% according to Ibish.
On October 23, Adam Shapiro, a member of the International Solidarity Movement (www.palsolidarity.org) described his experiences as an American doing support work in the occupied territories. His work included helping provide food and medical supplies, monitoring checkpoints, and most recently, assisting with the olive harvest-trying to keep Israeli military and settlers from firing on and harassing Palestinian farmers whose agricultural efforts are severely restricted both by water restrictions and land confiscation.
One strong point Shapiro made to the more than 300 people in attendance was that the vast majority on both sides of the conflict want peace and security, but a small minority, representing people from both Israel and Palestine--and largely for their own self-interest--want the conflict to continue. These are the two sides to this issue: the "bloody handshake and dance of violence" between Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Sharon and the conservatives of Israel working "together" to continually destroy negotiations, against the majority of Israelis and Palestinians who want peace and security, and who, if given the chance, could work things out.
That the Israelis (and their enabling sponsor, the USA) control the solution is maybe why there was so much controversy over Palestinian Awareness Week. That first day, when 150 "Gators for Israel" protested the information table set up by Nakba '48, spoke volumes-the protest seemed to be speaking against awareness itself, even though Americans need to know more about the situation. Though the protest overshadowed some of the issues and events, it also increased awareness of the week's activities.
Tapes of both Adam Shapiro and Hussein Ibish talks are available for checkout at the Civic Media Center.


California is rapidly plunging back into drought, with severe conditions in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties, a national group says.
California's brief escape from severe drought ended Thursday after scientists declared more than 40 percent of the state in moderate drought and water officials confirmed lower-than-normal snowpack in the Sierra Nevada.
Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, which hold nearly a quarter of the state's population, were rated in severe drought.
During a week of rainless skies and some record-high temperatures in Southern California, water officials also trekked into the Sierra Nevada on Thursday and manually measured the vital snowpack, which stood at less than a third of normal for the date.
"It's not nearly where we'd like to be," Frank Gehrke, a state official, said of the snow, which supplies water to millions of Californians in a good, wet year.
Los Angeles and some surrounding areas have received only one significant rainstorm in nearly a year.
In Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, the lack of rain and dry vegetation fueled a December wildfire that grew to be the largest recorded in state history. When it finally rained, the storm triggered mudslides that killed at least 21.
For people who survived the mudslides, looking out at clear and sunny skies again Thursday was a relief despite the deepening drought.
"I know we need rain, but another mudslide would be awful," said Santa Barbara restaurant hostess Cayla Stretz.
Survivors in her area are still digging out homes, many beaches and roads are closed by mud, and business is down in the beach town, Stretz said.
It took a near-record rainy winter in Northern California last year to snap the near-record five-year dry spell.
Read more: Time to start worrying about another drought?
Last year's rain has most of the state's reservoirs higher than usual, a bright spot, said Doug Carlson, a state Department of Water Resources spokesman. Two months remain in the state's peak rain and snow season, leaving room for hope, Carlson said.
Gov. Jerry Brown lifted California's drought state of emergency in April, but it took until September for the last bit of the state to emerge from the severe category of that drought — until now.
Only 13 percent of the state was considered in drought last week, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, which is a project of several government agencies and their partners.
During the peak of the state's dry spell, 99.9 percent of California was in some stage of drought and nearly half fell into the very highest category.
Cutbacks at the peak of the five-year state drought mandated 25 percent conservation by cities and towns.
State water officials announced no new water-cutting measures Thursday, saying only that conservation had to be a way of life in arid California.
The years of disappointing winters and competition for remaining water supplies devastated native species ranging from Chinook salmon to pine forests, dried many household wells in the state's middle, and compelled farmers to plunge other wells deep into the earth in search of irrigation water.
In California's Central Valley, the nation's richest agricultural producer, government officials had to install water systems during and after the five-year drought for small towns such as East Porterville, after household wells dried.
Even so, deliveries of bottled water continued this week to people outside East Porterville's city limits, said resident Elva Beltran, one of many volunteers who helped neighbors without water.
For many in rural central California, "It never ended," she said of the drought.


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The most fascinating historical astronomical building is Karahunge (the "Armenian Stonehenge", the name derives from kar "stone" and may mean "singing stones"; and the other famous name is Zorats Kar). It is a megalithic assemblage, 200 km from Yerevan, and 3 km from town Sisian; at an altitude of 1,770 m. The northern latitude is 39. 34', and eastern longitude is 46. 01'. It is an assemblage of many stones put in a circle and a few arms starting from it.
As many other such buildings, Karahunge was thought to be a religious assemblage. However, only in the middle of 1980th, Karahunge was first interpreted as an archaeoastronomical monument and was studied by Prof. E.S. Parsamian (1999) and Prof. P.M. Herouni (1998). Estimations give from 7700 to 4000 years for the age of Karahunge.
There are 222 stones with a total extent exceeding 250 metres, including 84 with holes (with 4-5 cm diameters). Dozens of astronomical stone instruments with accuracy of 30 arcsec may be found. 40 stones form the central ellipse with 45x36 m sizes, having a ruined stone-cluster in the centre. There is a 8m wide 8-stone road to N-E. Some stones were used to find the directions to definite stars. By some estimations (observations of definite stars), the observatory was used during 7700-2200 B.C., for about 5500 years. The monument is unique of its kind at least in the Trans-Caucasian region and could be even the oldest known observatory in the world.
Metzamor Hill Astronomical Platform
Metzamor is the other ancient observatory in Armenia. Metzamor was an ancient town near river Metzamor, 35 km from Yerevan, in Armavir province. There was a settlement since V millennium B.C. It was first interpreted as an archaeoastronomical monument in the middle of the 1960s by Prof. E.S. Parsamian (1985).
Metsamor Citadel
There is an observatory out of the fortress. The most probably estimation of the age is 4600 years. As Karahunge, Metzamor also needs a better study and proper attitude both from the Armenian government and world archaeoastronomical community.
Metsamor Ancient Observatory
Among the other archaeoastronomical sites in Armenia, the Angelakot dolmens may be named (Parsamian 1985b). As Karahunge, this site is also in Sisian region, 13 km from the town of Sisian. The dolmens are from Neolithic and Bronze eras. There are a few other sites in Armenia that are associated with astronomical activity of our ancient habitants.
Maragheh Observatory
Maragheh observatory was an astronomical observatory established in 1259 CE under the patronage of the Ilkhanid Hulagu and the directorship of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, a Persian scientist and astronomer. Located in the heights west of Maragheh, which is today situated in the East Azerbaijan Province of Iran, it was once considered "the most advanced scientific institution in the Eurasian world".
View inside the dome of former main building
After 1978, Tabriz University, which is located near the observatory, was placed in charge of its preservation. Today the site is home to occasional star parties and, though there are no official tours offered, the public is still welcome to come and see the remains of the observatory.
Ulugh Beg Observatory in Samarkand (15th century)
The Ulugh Beg Observatory is an observatory in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Built in the 1420s by the Timurid astronomer Ulugh Beg, it is considered by scholars to have been one of the finest observatories in the Islamic world. The observatory was destroyed in 1449 and rediscovered in 1908.
Ulugh Beg, 1449
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We have accepted it as a rule that, so far as the identification of style is concerned, the chairs of the eighteenth century are imbued with stronger and, therefore, more distinctive characteristics than other articles of household furniture of that period, consequently upon them we are able to utter a definite pronouncement with the greatest ease, and, at the same time, with the greatest degree of certainty.
To the chairs, then, we shall turn first. When we have to deal with cabinet work, on the other hand, we shall find that the variations are most numerous, and far more subtle, and consequently more difficult to distinguish, depending as they do, for the most part, on slight differences in more or less minute ornamental detail rather than on form. However, that phase of our subject we shall discuss in its place.


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Артур Пол Массаро III (;  21 червня 1991, Меріленд, США) — старший політичний радник Гельсінської комісії США, також відомої як Комісія з безпеки та співпраці в Європі, де його сфера діяльності включає боротьбу з корупцією, права людини, санкції, незаконне фінансування та енергетичну безпеку.

Массаро брав участь у створенні різноманітних реформ у сфері боротьби з корупцією та захисту прав людини і просував їх через законодавчу систему.

Молодість і освіта
Массаро народився 21 червня 1991 року в Меріленді та виріс у Северна Парк, Меріленд, відвідуючи середню школу Северна Парк. Він закінчив бакалаврське навчання в Університеті штату Меріленд, Коледж-Парк, де здобув ступінь бакалавра в галузі «державного управління та політики» та германістики. Він отримав ступінь магістра за спеціальністю «державна політика зі спеціалізацією в галузі міжнародної безпеки та економічної політики» в Школі публічної політики Університету Меріленда, де здобуває ступінь доктора філософії.

Кар'єра
Массаро публічно виступав проти того, щоб диктатори використовували спорт як інструмент зовнішньої політики.

У липні 2022, як старший радник конгресу США він заявив, що «Росія завжди бреше» та закликав надати Україні далекобійні ракети.

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The Consequences of Living in the #MeToo Era
by Heather Hensman Kettrey
Last month marked the loss of a World War II icon. George Mendonsa, the sailor famously photographed while kissing an unsuspecting woman in New York Times Square, passed away at the age of 95. In memoriam, an unidentified vandal marked a statue commemorating this kiss with the phrase "#MeToo."
The ecstatic sailor shown in an iconic photo kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died. George Mendonsa was 95. https://t.co/wzSfgLxW2X pic.twitter.com/skRgcYGp7O
The rebranding of this once romanticized encounter between two strangers in the streets of New York underscores the fact that we now live in the #MeToo era. Sexual harassment and assault have entered international discourse and survivors are speaking up.
Findings from a recent survey completed by more than 30,000 United Nations staff and personnel revealed that one in three respondents had experienced at least one incident of sexual harassment or assault in the workplace within the last two years. The highest prevalence rates were reported by females and respondents who identified as LGBTQ, transgender, or gender nonconforming. Two out of three perpetrators were male.
#MeToo has undoubtedly put sexual harassment and assault on the digital map, but what is the trajectory of this hashtag movement? Where has it been and where has it taken us?
Beginnings of #MeToo Era
The #MeToo movement was launched over a decade ago in Brooklyn, New York as a grassroots effort to build a community of advocates for young women of color and/or economic disadvantage who were survivors of sexual assault.
Founder Tarana Burke was compelled to take action after grappling with the memory of a young girl who, at a youth camp, disclosed she was being sexually abused. Horrified by the girl's story, Burke turned the girl away and was haunted by her inability to listen, help, or even utter the words "me too."
In October 2017, the #MeToo movement traveled from the streets of Brooklyn across the world wide web when actress Alyssa Milano encouraged survivors of sexual harassment and assault to show solidarity by tweeting two words: "Me Too."
One year and millions of tweets later, the New York Times credited the #MeToo movement with the downfall of a hoard of powerful American men accused of sexual misconduct, ranging from entertainment industry moguls and politicians to CEOs.
Consequences of #MeToo
It is not surprising that a movement popularized by a celebrity would hold famous men accountable for alleged misconduct. However, focusing on the consequences of #MeToo among the famous only tells part of a much larger story.
A recent Pew Research Center report indicates personal narratives are just as prevalent in #MeToo tweets as celebrity stories. This, paired with the grassroots origins of the movement, should remind us to look beneath the shadows of fallen entertainers and politicians to examine the consequences of #MeToo for the average survivor.
Considering the fact that #MeToo generated more than 19 million tweets in its first year, it is safe to conclude that this hashtag has provided a public forum for survivors to be counted and heard. However, experts disagree on the consequences of such hashtag activism on survivors.
Critics have argued that #MeToo builds a circumscribed space for voicing moral outrage where expressions of negative emotions in the online world replace more meaningful activism in the offline world. Others have suggested women's participation in such digital activism may be safer than offline activism; internet trolling seems less threatening than face-to-face opposition.
Opposition and backlash are seemingly inescapable reactions to social activism – and this certainly applies to #MeToo. Perhaps the most prominent backlash has come from U.S. President Donald J. Trump who famously claimed:
"it's a very scary time for young men in America … My whole life, I've heard you're innocent until proven guilty … but now you're guilty until proven innocent."
This sentiment is resounding. Poll data collected in November 2017 and again in September 2018 show an increase in the proportion of American respondents who agree with the statements "False accusations of sexual assault are a bigger problem than unreported assaults" and "Women who complain about sexual harassment cause more problems than they solve."
Men oppose #MeToo more often than women, but the movement does have male allies. Shortly after Alyssa Milano inspired survivors to speak out with the #MeToo hashtag, an Australian journalist asked men to reflect on their role in either preventing – or perpetrating – violence against women with the #HowIWillChange campaign.
Guys, it's our turn.
After yesterday's endless #MeToo stories of women being abused, assaulted and harassed, today we say #HowIWillChange.
— Benjamin Law (@mrbenjaminlaw) October 16, 2017
This effort compliments larger offline activism which, for the past few decades, has focused on enlisting men as allies in preventing violence against women. However, it is unclear how helpful this has been, as a textual analysis of #HowIWillChange tweets revealed a mix of sincere interest in violence prevention and resistance to social change – with some resistance expressed as hostile opposition.
Such backlash suggests a need to enlist the support of online bystanders to intervene on behalf of survivors and allies who are targeted by hostile opponents of the #MeToo movement.
Bystanders
Since the 1990s, advocates have approached bystanders in the offline world as a vital force in preventing sexual violence by encouraging them to intervene when witnessing violence, warning signs of violence, or jokes that condone sexism and violence. There is empirical evidence indicating individuals who are trained to intervene will actually take action when circumstances warrant that they do so.
Perhaps such programs should extend the scope of bystander intervention to include supporting survivors in the online world. The presence of an online community of bystanders posting support for sexual assault survivors whose #MeToo stories are attacked may reduce any trauma inflicted by online trolls – and may even buffer the influence of hostile opponents on the opinions of the larger online audience.
Still, as #MeToo has moved from grassroots advocacy to international activism, its tangible consequences in the offline world are not entirely clear. The relative newness of #MeToo hashtag activism has allotted little time for the accumulation of empirical evidence of its effects on rates of sexual misconduct, emotional wellbeing of survivors, or patterns of holding perpetrators accountable. We also know little about the effects of male allies' hashtag activism on men's behavior in the offline world.
Only when a sizable body of research accumulates will we know the tangible consequences of living in this #MeToo era.
Heather Hensman Kettrey
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Clemson University, South Carolina
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The Hottest Football Players in the NFL
Your most important cheat sheet for Super Bowl Sunday.
By Jennifer Algoo and Megan Decker
Super Bowl Sunday is just days away, which means Patriots vs. Eagles, buffalo wings, Justin Timberlake—and a 🔥 lineup of players. Click through to see all the hottest players in the NFL—to keep an eye on in this game and seasons to come.
Quarterback, New England Patriots
Arguably the most recognizable face in football, Brady has become an athletic icon of our time, being one of only two players in NFL history to win five Super Bowl rings. Off the field, he's a doting father of two and married to one of the most famous supermodels in the world, Gisele Bündchen—the epitome of a power couple.
Linebacker, Philadelphia Eagles
Another Super Bowl LII hopeful, Mychal Kendricks slots in as linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles. Off the field, Kendricks was once one of Rihanna's #ManCrushMondays on Instagram a few years back, winning him the official Bad Gal Riri seal of approval.
Quarterback, Green Bay Packers
Starting his career as a backup to longtime Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers was given the Packers QB starting spot in 2008, famously leading the team to a victory in Super Bowl XLV in 2010.
Quarterback, Carolina Panthers
Cam Newton is the only football player of the modern era to be awarded the Heisman Trophy, win a national championship, and become the first overall pick in an NFL draft all within a one-year span. At only 28 years old, the Panthers quarterback has no plans of slowing down his record-shattering roll.
Quarterback, Kansas City Chiefs
The first overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft, Alex Smith has had some tough breaks throughout his career, including a concussion that caused him to lose his starting position on the San Francisco 49ers back in 2012. After being traded to the Chiefs in 2013, Smith went on to lead Kansas City in underdog winning-streaks in both 2013 and 2015.
Wide receiver, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The 31-year-old wide receiver has worn a few different jerseys in his career. Jackson was first drafted to the Philadelphia Eagles back in 2008, played three seasons with the Washington Redskins, and in 2017, signed a $33.5 million contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Quarterback, currently a free agent
Kaepernick helped lead the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl back in 2012, marking the first time they'd made an appearance in the game since 1994. Recently, however, Kaepernick has been more known for his political activism, making headlines for spearheading the NFL charge to kneel during the National Anthem to protest social and racial injustices.
Wide receiver, Tennessee Titans
Drafted by the Denver Broncos after a a successful collegiate career playing both football (and baseball) at the University of Minnesota, Decker played four seasons with the Broncos, one season with the New York Jets, and signed a one-year contract with the Titan's of Tennessee in 2017. Away from football, you may recognize the wide receiver as the husband of country singer Jessie James.
Defensive end, Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles' star defensive end will vie for a Super Bowl ring this Sunday in Super Bowl LII against the New England Patriots. Long has also recently made political headlines, claiming that if Philly is victorious this Sunday, he'll be boycotting the Trump White House.
Devonta Freeman
Running back, Atlanta Falcons
As of 2017, the 25-year-old running back had more yards-from-scrimmage than any other running back in the league, second overall only to wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. Last year, Freeman renewed his contract with the Atlanta Falcons for a cool $41.25 million over five years.
Wide receiver, New England Patriots
Maybe there's something in the New England water that breeds genetically beautiful couples. Ranking up there with Brady and Bündchen's good looks, the Patriot's wide receiver Danny Amendola (aka "Danny Playoff") dates former Miss Universe and Instagram It girl Olivia Culpo.
Quarterback, New Orleans Saints
As one of the most decorated players to graduate from Perdue, Brees was groomed for a successful professional career. The quarterback boasts an impressive ten trips to the NFL Pro Bowl as well as the honor of Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year in 2010.
Tight end, Dallas Cowboys
Not only does he look damn good in white and blue, Jason Witten ranks second all-time in NFL career receptions and receiving yards by a tight end.
J.J. Watt
Defensive end, Houston Texans
Though primarily a defensive end, J.J. Watt is a multifaceted force, known to occasionally switch to defensive tackle, take and offensive snaps, or catch a touchdown pass. Not a match any quarterback looks forward to facing on the line of scrimmage, in 2014 Watt became the first player in NFL history to boast two 20+ sack seasons in a single career.
Quarterback, Atlanta Falcons
As an unstoppable undergrad, Matt Ryan led Boston College to three bowl victories in his 32 starts. He carried the tenacious spirit to his rookie season with the Atlanta Falcons, earning honors such as the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and NFL's Most Valuable Player in 2016.
Tight end, Washington Redskins
Upon entering the NFL in 2006, Vernon Davis signed a five-year contract with the San Fransisco 49ers for $23 million, making him the highest paid tight end at the time. In his career the 34-year-old has also played for the Denver Broncos and now wears red and white for his hometown team, the Washington Redskins.
Wide receiver, Atlanta Falcons
A hard name to forget, Julio Jones has been invited to five Pro Bowls in his career with the Atlanta Falcons. Back in 2015, he was first in the league in receiving yards, garnering him a first-team All-Pro selection.
Jimmy Garoppolo
Quarterback, San Fransisco 49ers
After a few seasons as the second-string quarterback of the New England Patriots behind Tom Brady, Jimmy Garoppolo was traded to the San Fransisco 49ers in 2017.
Tight end, New England Patriots
Another household name on the Patriots, Rob Gronkowski is not only a clutch tight end with a record number of single-seasons touchdowns, he's also been fictionalized in popular culture, making a cameo in the movie Entourage.
Miles Austin
A retired NFL wide receiver, Miles Austin spent the majority of his 10-season career with the Dallas Cowboys, but also played for the Cleveland Browns and the Philadelphia Eagles. The blue-eyed former-receiver has recently been rumored to be looking at a possible future scouting position with the Cowboys.
Wearing multiple jerseys, Braylon Edwards was a wide receiver for the Browns, Jets, 49ers, Seahawks and again for the Jets in his nine-season career.
Linebacker, Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers outside linebacker, Clay Matthews III was genetically predisposed to be a football force; he's the son of former NFL linebacker Clay Matthews Jr. and the nephew of Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive lineman Bruce Matthews. Aside from his own impressive stats, we can't get enough of that dreamy long blonde hair under his helmet, giving us major Sunshine vibes.
An iconic running back, Reggie Bush played for five different teams in his NFL career, was nominated as BET Male Athlete of the Year in 2007, and even dated Kim Kardashian back in the day.
Running back, Arizona Cardinals
In his rookie season with the Minnesota Vikings, Adrian Peterson was named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. Later in 2014, he was suspended from the league for legal issues, but was later reinstated. Most recently, Peterson was traded to the Arizona Cardinals five weeks into the 2017 season.
Quarterback, Seattle Seahawks
In 2012, Russell Wilson tied quarterback Peyton Manning's record for most passing touchdowns by a rookie, and was named the Pepsi MAX NFL Rookie of the Year. He piggybacked his rookie success into leading the Seahawks to their (first-ever!) Super Bowl victory in 2013. In 2015, Wilson signed a four-year contract extension with the Seahawks for $87.6 million.
Quarterback, Denver Broncos
Drafted by the Broncos in 2012, Brock Osweiler had short stints with the Houston Texans and the Cleveland Browns before he returned to Denver in 2017, after the Broncos backup quarterback sustained a shoulder injury.
Emmanuel Sanders
Wide receiver, Denver Broncos
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All-American Texan Tony Romo parlayed his successful career as a Cowboys quarterback into a position as a CBS sportscaster for NFL telecasts.
Outside linebacker, Denver Broncos
Von Miller has played outside linebacker for the Broncos since he was drafted into the league in 2011. When the Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers in 2015 Super Bowl, Miller was awarded the Super Bowl MVP. In the post-season, Miller went on to try his luck on season 22 of Dancing With The Stars (though he was not as successful on the stage).
Currently a free agent, Victor Cruz spent most of his professional career with the New York Giants, where he played a vital role in the Giants victory in Super Bowl XLVI over the New England Patriots. In 2017, Cruz signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Bears, and has since been released.
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Wrong Way to Die
Posted on October 25, 2017 by fanfic
Tony watched as his teammate continued to resemble a circus tiger going back and forth in its cage.
"Will you please stop that? You should sit down. You'll feel better, I can pretty much guarantee it. Look over here at me. I'm fine. Relaxed. As in not on the verge of a panic attack… Clint!"
Clint stopped his pacing and whirled around to stare at Tony, who looked entirely too comfortable sitting on a piece of concrete with his feet propped up on a pile of rubble, his head leaning back against one of the support beams that was still miraculously standing.
"Can you not lean on that, please?" he asked, the agitation clear in his tone.
Tony looked up to where the support was holding the slanted ceiling in place. "Uh, I seriously doubt the weight of my head alone is going to move this thing…or are you making a joke at my expense involving swelled heads applying more force than tectonic plates shifting beneath our feet? Because if that's the case, that's just uncalled for. Clever, but uncalled for."
He frowned when Barton didn't take the bait, the archer merely blinking at him in cold annoyance before returning to his goal of apparently wearing a circular trench in the floor like characters did in cartoons. After going around five and a half more times to Tony's count, he stopped. "Can't you just blast us out of here? And I'm not on the verge of a panic attack."
Stark sighed. "If you weren't on the verge of a panic attack, I wouldn't have to explain this again. Let me put it in kindergarten terms. I blast a hole, everything falls down, we get squashed. Is that too big a word? Maybe flattened, smooshed, turned into little Iron Man and Hawkeye pancakes-"
"I don't need the mental image, thanks."
"Right. Good. Then you get it. Just think of it as removing a stone from an arch. The pressure from all the tons of concrete and metal that fell into this very convenient dome above us is literally all that's holding the structure together. Unless you've been hiding the fact that you're secretly the world's best Jenga player – which I admit, I'd be a little hurt if you were keeping something of that magnitude from us – then I think we probably shouldn't go putting holes in the walls…or what were walls. Now they're just compacted rubble, really…"
"Tony. Shut up."
Clint once again began his incessant pacing, and it was really starting to wear on Tony's nerves. As far as he knew, Hawkeye had never exhibited any signs of claustrophobia before, and their current place of entrapment was quite a bit larger than some of the other places they'd found themselves stuck in. With Tony basically being his own human flashlight they'd never be stuck in total darkness, the dust from stone impacting stone had already settled enough to breathe somewhat decently, their teammates had been clear of the building when the quake hit and Tony was able to alert them to their situation, there were no useless civilians milling around to worry about, and it didn't seem like there was a super villain around a nearby corner waiting to blow them up. Sure, the labs they came across on various floors here and there contained some pretty nasty stuff, but everything had been completely abandoned by the looks of it. Clint and Tony had been in different areas of the old medical building when the earth began shaking, but both had been able to make it down to the lobby relatively unscathed just in time for the whole place to literally come down around them. Tony had a nice little gash above his right eye where a rock nailed him when he had prematurely removed his helmet, and Clint's left arm was bleeding slightly here and there from an encounter with a window while he had been making his escape from the upper floor, but aside from some other minor cuts and bruises, they were astoundingly intact for two guys who just had a whole building dropped on their heads.
So the question still remained, why the hell was Clint so restless?
A thought struck him. "Hey, man, if you have to, um…squat in a corner or something, I can go to the other side of the room…"
Barton stopped walking and looked quizzically at Stark for a second before it dawned on him what the man was trying to say. "No! Tony…no, I don't have to- Just drop it, okay? We'll just wait for the others to get us out. Can't take that long, right? Maybe a few hours tops?"
"Really, Clint, I totally understand the call of nature. Don't feel like you have to wait those few hours on my account. I draw the line at defecation jokes."
"Tony!" The shout echoed off the walls of their enclosure, dropping some loose dust down to the ground. That was enough to quell Barton's rising anger, and he promptly clamped his mouth shut in order to resume his circular trek to nowhere.
Tony watched him for a few more seconds and decided maybe he had misread the situation.
"If you're late for a date, I'm sure she'll understand," he offered instead.
Clint ignored him.
"…Okay…not a date. Tickets for a game? There'll be more games. I'll spring for some seats if it's really that big a deal."
Still no response.
Tony snapped his fingers. "You forgot to feed the three-headed kangaroo lizard."
"What?" Clint asked.
"Ah ha! You were listening…so why aren't you talking to me?"
"I'm not talking to you because you're being a pain in the ass, just like you always are. I'm just not in the mood to deal with it right now."
Tony slouched back further and crossed his arms over his chest. "Fine."
"Fine," Barton agreed, but at least instead of pacing he went and found himself a far corner of the caved-in room to sit in.
An hour passed by where Tony went back and forth from dozing lightly to running schematics of potential suit improvements through his brain. When the alarm beeped that he was to make contact with S.H.I.E.L.D. again, he saw Clint slowly raise his head from his arms – the first movement from the archer since he had sat down.
"Steve, tell me you have good news," Stark practically begged as soon as he got his helmet back on so he could communicate through Jarvis. "Clint's boring me to tears down here."
"Sorry, Tony, we're working as fast as we can, but it's gonna be a while longer. We can't risk knocking the wrong stone loose."
"Yes, please don't do that. I'd hate to die down here while at the wrong end of the silent treatment."
Steve laughed. "If you guys are going to kill each other, do me a favor and let me know first. I'd hate to spend all this time digging you out just to find you already finished what a building falling on your heads couldn't."
"Thank you so much for your concern and your compassion," Tony said dryly. "Do you have an ETA?"
There was silence on the line for a few seconds before Rogers came back. "We're thinking three, maybe four more hours."
Stark groaned. "If you don't hear from me within the next hour, assume I've done something incredibly irrational to amuse myself, and either Clint's murdered me, or I killed him in self defense."
He killed the line before Captain Boyscout could reply.
"How long?" Clint asked, and any thoughts Tony had of bugging the crap out of his teammate died at the weak quality of Barton's voice.
He stood up quickly and took a step towards Hawkeye. "Hey, what's-"
"Don't," Clint ordered, holding up a hand and scooting further away. "Don't come too close."
"Cliiiint," Tony drew out in a warning manner. "What aren't you telling me?"
"How long?" Barton asked again, clearly trying to sidestep Stark's question.
"Steve said three to four hours. Is that going to be a problem?"
"Maybe," Clint replied quietly. "Listen, don't…don't come near me, no matter what happens, okay? And don't take your helmet off again."
Tony took another step forward, but stopped when Barton inched along the wall even more. "If you don't tell me what the hell is going on, I'm going to run over there and give you a hug that would make Thor proud."
Clint eyed him for a minute, trying to gauge the sincerity of his words before dropping his head. "I didn't…I didn't fall against a window," he explained.
Dread crept into Stark's bloodstream at that admission, and though he feared he already knew the answer, he had to ask the next question. "How'd you cut up your arm, Clint?"
"I was in the, uh, I was still in the freezer when the first shockwave hit…"
The freezer. The still-working freezer that Clint had told him was full of vials of god-knew-what. The archer had been looking for documentation that would identify the contents of the rows of little glass tubes.
"There was a…" Clint chuckled lightly, "…a stupid chart just tacked up on the back wall, right there for anyone to see. One second I was looking over it, and the next I was thrown into the racks. There were at least five vials broken…"
Without thinking about it, Stark shifted forward again. Clint didn't seem to notice this time. "What was in them, Clint? What was in the vials?"
Barton's eyes glazed over slightly as he answered, staring straight ahead at nothing. "Black pox. Some sort of…enhanced stream of black pox." He shifted his gaze up to his friend. "Five vials, Tony. Five vi…and I've already got a fever…"
He dropped his head back into his hands as the words sank in with both of them. Tony flipped the communication line back on. "Steve, we've got a major problem."
"What happened?" Steve responded without jest, hearing the alarm in Stark's voice.
"You need to get us out of here right now. Scratch that, five minutes before now, or you're only going to be sending the rescue party down for one of us."
~AV~AV~AV~AV~AV~AV~AV~
Tony sat on his rock quietly scanning the screens on the inside of his visor digging up everything he could find on small pox, specifically the hemorrhagic kind. The things he was reading didn't bode well for his ailing friend, and to make it worse, a virus that should have taken days to even begin running its course had revealed its first symptoms within less than two hours in Barton. Stark kept all the little factoids to himself, however, not wanting to alarm his too-quiet friend any further.
"From what I'm seeing here you aren't contagious unless contact is made with any bodily fluids, or my face is within awkwardly close proximity to yours for an uncomfortable period of time," he supplied, hoping to lighten the situation some.
"I know, I read that in the chart," Clint mumbled back, keeping his head buried in his arms. "That's why I didn't say anything when you took your helmet off at first…and I wasn't sure if the virus was even still alive. This place's been abandoned for a while. I was hoping…"
Stark absently raised a hand to his head, even though he couldn't make contact with his face through the armor. "Maybe you should've told me to keep it on – I would've avoided that nasty collision with the rock. Though now I get why you just stood back while I was bleeding and dazed. Here I thought you were just being an ass, but turns out you were trying not to spread your germs. I forgive you."
"Thanks," Barton murmured, and Stark honestly couldn't tell by the tone whether it was a sincere thank you or the biting one he expected.
Silence fell between them again before Tony softly asked, "How're you holding up?"
Clint shook his head. "Tired. Throat's sore. Other than that, not too bad."
Tony's brow drew together in worry. Clint's built-in response to pain was normally something along the line of fine, peachy, just dandy, or something equally sarcastic, but to just flat out admit that he wasn't feeling well? It was the worst sign Tony could imagine.
Stark stood up. "Look, Clint, I'm not going to catch anything through the armor. It's stupid for me to sit way over-"
"No," Barton demanded, picking up his head to give Stark a stern look. The light from Tony's breastplate illuminated his eyes for a second and he turned his face away with a soft hiss, but not before Tony caught site of something a little more alarming.
"Clint, look at me," he said, his tone leaving no room for argument.
Raising one hand to somewhat shield himself from the light's glare, Barton did as he was asked, revealing the bright red color that had completely replaced the whites of his eyes. The hemorrhaging had already begun. If they didn't get Clint out of there and get working on a cure fast, he wasn't going to last long with the rate the virus was attacking.
A thought struck Tony, and despite Baton's protests, he moved towards the archer with grim determination.
"Tony, I said-"
"I need a blood sample," Stark said.
Clint shakily pushed himself to his feet and tried to keep himself distanced from his determined friend. "Didn't we just say no contact with bodily fluids?"
"I won't be touching anything directly. The suit? Yes. Me? Not so much. I can do an analysis of the virus and have Jarvis send it off to Banner. We can have a cure ready and waiting by the time Rogers gets his slow ass down here."
"There's no cure for small pox, Tony," Clint pointed out, defeat in his tone. "Risking exposure to yourself…it's pointless."
"Hey, if lesser men than I could pretty much wipe the virus off the face of the Earth with nothing more than a simple vaccine back in the 70's, I'm pretty sure Banner and I can whip up a cure for a genetically altered version of the strain now. Piece of cake."
"Tony-"
"Don't argue with me, Barton, you can't win. You've got nowhere to go, and you look like a newborn calf trying to stand right now. It's kind of pathetic, actually… You can't fight me on this one."
Clint's knees buckled, and Tony crossed the little remaining distance in time to catch him before he hit the ground.
"Please, don't," Barton whispered in a last, desperate attempt to keep his friend safe.
"Already too late," Tony informed him, touching an armored hand to the blood smeared on Clint's arm.
He gently lowered the archer down and laid him out flat, doing a scan on his vitals. His breathing was a little shallow, heart rate a little high, and the fever was a few degrees hotter than Stark was comfortable with. Cursing their lack of water or anything else that could help make his friend a little more comfortable, Tony simply sat down in the rubble beside him and began to talk while Jarvis started in on the blood analysis.
"You know what this place kind of reminds me of?"
"Any number of other buildings we've managed to blow up?" Clint answered.
Tony smiled at the smartass answer. That sounded more like the Barton he knew. "Yes, but this time we can report to Coulson that we honestly had nothing to do with it. In fact, I might be tempted to turn in the paperwork on time just to see the look on his face. I don't think that man knows how to talk to us if it isn't coming out as a reprimand. He'll be rendered completely speechless, I'm sure."
"I didn't get reprimanded so much before you came along," Clint pointed out.
"That's not what your file said. Seems someone was a little anti-authority figure before I ever stepped into the picture."
Barton breathed out a sigh, and continued to speak without opening his eyes. "That was a long time ago…and stay out of my files. I don't go nosing into yours."
Tony frowned. "Hmm…too bad. I'm a fascinating case study."
Clint opened his mouth to respond, but suddenly jerked up onto one elbow, twisting away from Stark to vomit violently onto the dusty ground.
"Jesus," Tony bit out and knelt over his friend, helping to support his weight until he was done, then gently gripping under his arms to pull him away from the mess.
"There was blood," Clint gasped as Stark set him back down. "I could taste it…there was…"
"I know," Tony said, laying a calming hand on Barton's chest. "You're gonna be okay, buddy. We'll get you out of this. I promise."
He prayed to every deity he could think of that he'd be able to keep that promise.
"What if we isolated the thirty-fifth…yes, you're right, that's too risky…"
Tony continued to discuss the nature of the virus with Banner, but so far every time they thought they'd found a solid path to take, some new issue would arise to block their progress. It wasn't looking well for Barton, but they were determined not to give up until they figured it out, or their friend died before they could.
"Hey, Tony?" Steve interrupted. "How's it going with the cure?"
"It'd be better if someone would quit butting in," Stark snapped back in frustration.
Rogers didn't take it personally knowing the stress everyone was under. "Sorry, I just wanted to let you know that I think we found a safe place to drill into your ceiling without bringing everything down on you. We're going to make a small hole, just enough to drop you guys some water, okay?"
"Yeah, hold on." Tony moved back over to Clint's side, who was sleeping fitfully. "Clint, buddy, I need to take you over where there's more cover just in case those idiots decide to drop more rocks on our heads."
"They're getting…through?" Barton murmured, a little bit of hope sneaking back into his voice.
"Yep," Stark grunted as he lifted the archer's sturdy form from under his arms again, pretty much just dragging him over against the wall beneath where the lobby's balcony was jutting out of the stone a little overhead. "If they manage to not kill us in the process, Steve said he'll be sending us some water. That should help liven you up a little bit, huh?"
"Yeah…" Clint breathed out slowly, his eyes slipping shut again.
"Hey, why don't you stay awake for a bit, okay?" Tony moved to place his hand on Barton's side, but at the light touch Clint's eyes shot open and he let out a short, guttural cry of pain followed by several puffed breaths between clenched teeth.
"'m okay," he hissed, probably more to himself than Tony. "…mmph…I'm okay…"
"Right, you're just fine," Stark repeated absently as he gently pulled up on Barton's armor. The blackening bruise wrapping around Clint's left side looked bad, and Tony glanced up to see a red-tinged tear trailing down his friend's face.
Barton wiped it away, oblivious of the crimson smear he had just painted across his cheek. "How long?"
Tony fumbled over the question for a minute, not knowing exactly what Barton was asking. How long before they found a cure? How long before Rogers got them out? How long before it was too late to help him?
"The water," Clint clarified, catching Stark's hesitation. "How long before…?"
"Steve, we're ready," Tony informed his team leader first, then positioned himself so any possible falling debris would be completely blocked from Hawkeye's prone body. "Just a few minutes," he assured his friend.
"Good…that's good…throat's killin' me." Clint's eyes shut again, but he forced them open of his own accord. "If I fall asleep before it gets here…just hit me in the side again…does the trick pretty good."
"I didn't hit you," Stark said in a false offended tone. "And if I did, it'd be much more fun to punch you in the face."
Barton let out a sound that was part laugh, part cough. "You'd really hit a…dying man in the face? That's low, Tony…even for you."
"Well you're not dying, so I think it's perfectly reasonable." It was getting difficult to keep the usual snarky quality in his tone. Clint was slowly dying, and they both knew it.
"Liar…" Barton said with a smirk, the surety of the statement coupled with the dark humor hitting Tony like a fist in his gut.
The banter game wasn't fun anymore. Luckily, the sound of a drill overhead put an end to the macabre exchange. For once, Tony was glad to have something around to drown out his ability to speak.
The next hour would forever be a blur to Stark, and for the life of him he couldn't figure out whether it was due to his concussion or to simple trauma. They had been in bad situations before, scary-as-fuck situations with explosions and gunfire and the threat of the apocalypse knocking on their door, but nothing that rendered him so afraid for a friend that he needed to block parts of it from his memory. Maybe it was the helplessness of the ordeal – that he wasn't dealing with a threat in the form of a villain he could knock the shit out of, or a gunshot wound he could quickly stitch up, or a broken bone that could be set and mended. There was no reason in this, in watching one of his brothers slowly fade away from a tiny microscopic organism ravishing his organs. There was no honor in going out like that, no epic tales he could pass down to his future generations about "the friend that sacrificed himself to save humanity." It was a forgotten virus inflicted through the course of a violent act of nature, and the ensuing battle was only an internal one that Clint was destined to lose.
He remembered the look of relief on Barton's face when the cool water soothed his burning throat, just before he started spitting up blood. He remembered pulling him upright into a sitting position, and sliding in behind him to brace him against his chest to make sure he didn't choke. He remembered watching more dark patches slowly appear here and there beneath Barton's skin, more areas where he was bleeding out without actually spilling any to the ground. He remembered yelling at Banner to fucking figure it out, and at Steve to get them the fuck out of that building right the fuck now. He remembered pleading with Clint to just hang on while he watched a crimson darker than his armor's shade dripping sluggishly down the metal where it leaked from Barton's nose and slack mouth. He remembered light bursting in from above and people in HAZMAT suits sliding down their lines. He remembered struggling to keep Clint close when they tried to pull him away until Steve knelt down in front of them, risking exposure to the virus by opening the visor on his suit just to ensure Stark that everything was going to be okay. He remembered letting go, grief washing over him as he watched his friend's limp body get hauled away and laid out in the light, the people in their suits swarming over him like ants scurrying in to devour a carcass. He remembered someone saying it was going to be too late, and someone else telling them to shut the fuck up – that might have even been him, but he couldn't be sure. He remembered being helped to his feet just as someone shouted, "We're losing him!", and stumbling over to drop down at Clint's head. He remembered gripping his friend's face, flipping up his own visor so he could lean in close and speak to him without the words getting lost behind metal and glass, mumbling something over and over again that he could no longer recall. He remembered nothing beyond that until he woke up in a homemade quarantine ward back in his own mansion.
Steve was with him. Clint was not.
"No," Tony whispered when that realization dawned on him.
"He's alive, Tony," Steve said calmly. "He's in bad shape, but he's alive."
The sudden lump in Tony's throat rendered him unable to speak, so Steve kept talking, filling in the blanks. According to Rogers, with Stark's assistance Banner had been able to formulate the cure just in time to get it to Clint.
Tony didn't remember being the one to help clue Banner in on the last piece of the puzzle.
It took a little longer to get it down into the building because drilling had formed a crack in the structure, making the walls even more unstable than they already were. A whole portion of the room had tumbled in, but Tony had carried Barton to the corner where he shielded him with his own body, mindless of the heavy pieces of stone bashing down on him from above. When it stopped, he had unearthed the two of them and hauled Clint back out on top of the rubble where he continued to sit and watch over his charge.
Tony remembered none of that, either.
When the rescue crew came down to help, Stark had taken his responsibility to protect his friend so seriously that he was like a pitbull guarding its master, threatening to blast anyone to so much charred flesh that got too close until Steve revealed himself.
Tony apologized for that, which Rogers waved away.
When Clint was crashing and Stark had taken it upon himself to guide him back from the edge, one of the medics had noticed blood running down the back of Tony's neck to drip down and mingle with the archer's on the ground, an injury to the back of his head from his own helmet denting in upon being struck during the partial building collapse. They had tried to pry him away, to tend to him while the others worked on reviving Clint, but he refused to move. He simply sat there and muttered something quietly to the dying man until his hands moved down to Clint's chest, and he ordered Jarvis to adjust the electricity levels to administer the shock himself. He promptly went back to his muttering, keeping his face close enough to Clint's that each time the man's body jumped with the electric charge, blood came up to land on Tony's cheeks. Six times Tony had to hit him before Jarvis and another medic simultaneously alerted him of a weak, but steady pulse.
"You kind of passed out after that," Steven finished.
Tony shook his head. "I don't…I don't remember…" He looked up into his team leader's eyes. "Are we-?"
"Banner whipped up more of the cure while we were flying home. You started coming down with a fever about an hour after we got you guys out of there, but the antigens kicked in pretty fast. No other symptoms."
Stark nodded, still a little in shock as he tried to take it all in. "What did…what did I say to him?"
Steve shrugged. "You'll have to ask him when he wakes up."
Tony snorted. "The guy was technically dead. I doubt he'll be able to tell me much of anything."
Rogers shrugged again and hopped back into his bed. "Maybe not. We're stuck here for at least two days before they decide whether we're a risk or not anyway, so maybe you'll remember on your own. In the meantime, they left us with plenty of magazines to read."
Stark glanced around the room, actually inspecting it for the first time. "They couldn't bring us a TV?"
Steve smirked. "I asked them not to. I can't sleep with that thing on, and you know it."
"Are you implying I'd use that for my general amusement?" Tony asked innocently.
"Yup." Steven's smile grew wider as he engrossed himself in his reading.
Sighing, Stark simply laid back down and closed his eyes, blowing out all the tension in his body in one long breath. His friend was still alive. That's all that really mattered for the time being.
"St'p it," Clint murmured, annoyed, as he brushed away the thing that was consistently tickling his face. It returned with a vengeance, trailing down his cheek and moving under his nose. "Cut 't out, Tony."
The object disappeared. "How'd you know it was me?"
Barton cracked open his eyes and did his best to glare at the feather in Stark's hand. "'Cause you're an asshole," he grunted, and tried to roll away from the obnoxious man. A hand on his shoulder stopped the movement.
"Don't," Tony said sternly, but somehow gently at the same time. "You don't want to rip anything out."
Confused, Clint looked down at the myriad of tubes running from his body to different machines. "Oh," he muttered, then repeated it again with more understanding as the memories started flooding back in. He looked back up at Tony, alarm in his eyes.
"Relax, you'll be fine," Stark said casually as he pulled a chair up beside the bed. He pointed at the machines. "This is all to just make sure everything works properly before you're ready to go out in the world on your own again. You were in pretty much full organ failure, you know; and as exciting as that was, I don't recommend taking a second go at that. I don't really appreciate the heart attack you nearly gave me in the process."
Barton smirked. "Awww…were you worried…'bout me?"
The smart remark died on Tony's lips as he took in the dark circles under Clint's eyes, his pupils still dull and far too lifeless for Stark's comfort. "Yeah, actually, I was, and if you do anything like that to me again, I'm following you into the afterlife just to kick your lazy ass."
"Lazy?"
"Yes, lazy. Do you have any idea how much work I had to do while you were busy laying around down there? I got a concussion, you know, and I had to spend two days with Steve in lockdown. With no TV. What've you been doing the last two days? Oh, that's right, goofing around in dreamland probably surrounded by super models in string bikinis."
Clint raised an eyebrow at that and shook his head. "No beautiful women." A look of deep concentration crossed his face for a few seconds, and Tony almost asked him if he was in pain before he spoke again. "I was dreaming…I don't know…it was dark." He glanced up at Stark, and a spark of anger flashed through his eyes. "You were grabbing my face…calling me names."
Tony cocked his head to the side in thought. It definitely sounded like something he'd do. "Do you remember anything else?" he asked, then quickly corrected himself. "I mean dream, did you dream anything else?"
The anger disappeared and was replaced with amusement. "Yeah," Clint said, his voice coming out in a breathy whisper. He shut his eyes, sleep pulling at him again. "You said if…if I made it through…you'd sing Barbie Girl on the roof…in your boxers."
Stark sat up straight in his seat. "I did not!"
Clint nodded slowly. "Said it…a few times. Figured that was…worth hanging around for…"
"I was concussed and have no memory of that," Tony argued, completely dropping the pretense that this was all just a weird dream.
Barton forced his eyes open again. "You promised."
Stark slouched back in his seat. "Shit," he muttered.
"With news helicopters," Clint added before he couldn't keep himself awake anymore.
There was no way in hell he was doing that, promise or not. In fact, Hell would have to freeze over, thaw out, refreeze, then get turned into a ski resort before Tony would even consider following through on that promise.
A low whimper from the bed had Stark reaching his hand out and resting it ever-so-gently on his friend's rising and falling chest, calming him. In that instant, he knew he was screwed. Sighing, he asked Jarvis to quietly play Barbie Girl on repeat so he could memorize it for his little concert. If having to sing an idiotic song in his boxers on the roof for all the world to see was what it took to bring a brother back from the dead, he supposed it was worth the price. Seeing the little smile form on Clint's face when the song rolled around for a third time, he knew it was worth it.
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dependencies = ActiveSupport.const_defined?(:Dependencies) ? ActiveSupport::Dependencies : Dependencies
dependencies.module_eval do
  def load_missing_constant_with_desert(from_mod, const_name)
    from_mod = guard_against_anonymous_module(from_mod)
    qualified_name = qualified_name_for from_mod, const_name
    path_suffix = qualified_name.underscore

    if define_constant_with_desert_loading(from_mod, const_name, qualified_name, path_suffix)
      return from_mod.const_get(const_name)
    end

    if has_parent_module?(from_mod)
      look_for_constant_in_parent_module(from_mod, const_name, qualified_name, path_suffix)
    else
      raise NameError, "Constant #{qualified_name} from #{path_suffix}.rb not found"
    end
  end
  alias_method_chain :load_missing_constant, :desert

  def load_once_path?(path)
    load_once_paths.any? { |base| File.expand_path(path).starts_with? File.expand_path(base) }
  end

  def depend_on_with_desert(file_name, swallow_load_errors = false)
    successfully_loaded_in_plugin = false
    Desert::Manager.files_on_load_path(file_name).each do |file|
      require_or_load(file)
      successfully_loaded_in_plugin = true
    end
    begin
      unless successfully_loaded_in_plugin
        require_or_load file_name
        loaded << File.expand_path(file_name)
      end
    rescue LoadError
      if !swallow_load_errors && !successfully_loaded_in_plugin
        raise
      end
    end
  end
  alias_method_chain :depend_on, :desert

  protected
  def define_constant_with_desert_loading(from_mod, const_name, qualified_name, path_suffix)
    define_constant_from_file(from_mod, const_name, qualified_name, path_suffix) ||
      define_constant_from_directory(from_mod, const_name, qualified_name, path_suffix)
  end

  def has_parent_module?(mod)
    mod != Object
  end

  def look_for_constant_in_parent_module(from_mod, const_name, qualified_name, path_suffix)
    return from_mod.parent.const_missing(const_name)
  rescue NameError => e
    raise NameError, "Constant #{qualified_name} from #{path_suffix}.rb not found\n#{e.message}"
  end

  def guard_against_anonymous_module(from_mod)
    return Object if from_mod.name.blank?
    return from_mod
  end

  def define_constant_from_file(from_mod, const_name, qualified_name, path_suffix)
    files = Desert::Manager.files_on_load_path(path_suffix)
    files.each do |file|
      require_or_load file
      loaded << file.gsub(/\.rb$/, '')
      next if autoloaded_constants.include?(qualified_name)
      next if load_once_path?(file)
      autoloaded_constants << qualified_name
    end
    loaded << File.expand_path(path_suffix)
    from_mod.const_defined?(const_name)
  end

  def define_constant_from_directory(from_mod, const_name, qualified_name, path_suffix)
    return false unless Desert::Manager.directory_on_load_path?(path_suffix)

    if autoloaded_constants.include?(qualified_name)
      raise "Constant #{qualified_name} is already autoloaded but is not defined as a constant"
    end
    from_mod.const_set(const_name, Module.new)
    autoloaded_constants << qualified_name
    return true
  end
end

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Q: OperationalError('near "?": syntax error') Мне нужно поместить в столбец значение "1" при этом имя столбца хранится в переменной "link_for_channel" поэтому я делаю всё через знак вопроса. Но у меня вылазит ошибка.
База Данных:
def Add_StatusSubscription(self, link_for_channel):
   with self.conn:
      return self.cursor.execute("INSERT INTO 'DataBase' (?) VALUES (1)", (link_for_channel,))

Основной код:
balance = 0
num = 0
people = 0
rand = 0
i = 3

def check_sub_channel(chat_member):
    print(chat_member.status)
    if chat_member.status != 'left':
        return True
    else:
        return False

def Menu(message: types.Message):
    global num
    global rand
    global i

    if message.chat.type == 'private':

        rand = random.randint(10, 25)

        markup_Inline = types.InlineKeyboardMarkup(row_width=1) # Активация клавиатуры
        Inline_B1 = types.InlineKeyboardButton(text="↗Перейти в канал", url=channels_URL[i]) # добавление кнопки с именем
        Inline_B2 = types.InlineKeyboardButton(text="✅Я выполнил!", callback_data="SUB_CHECK") # добавление кнопки с именем
        markup_Inline.add(Inline_B1, Inline_B2)

        bot.send_message(message.chat.id,f"⭐<b>Доступно новое задание на {rand}₽:</b>\n\nПерейди в канал, подпишись, возвращайся сюда и жми кнопку 'Я выполнил'", parse_mode='HTML', reply_markup=markup_Inline)
    else:
        bot.send_message(message.from_user.id,MISTAKE)

@bot.message_handler(commands=["start"])
def menu_check(message: types.Message):
    global people
    global channels_URL

    if message.chat.type == 'private':

        get_column_names=conn.execute("select * from PandaDataBase limit 1")
        channels_URL=[i[0] for i in get_column_names.description] # получение всех имён всех столбцов

@bot.message_handler(content_types=["text"])
def Reply_buttons(message):
    if message.text == 'Задание':
        Menu(message)

@bot.callback_query_handler(func=lambda call: True)
def callback_inline(call):
    global balance
    global rand
    global i
    USER_ID = call.from_user.id
    try:
        if call.message:
            if call.data=="SUB_CHECK":
                print("1")
                if check_sub_channel(bot.get_chat_member(chat_id=call.message.chat.id, user_id=USER_ID)):
                    bot.edit_message_text(text=TRY_SUB_MESSAGE, chat_id=call.message.chat.id, message_id=call.message.message_id, reply_markup=markup_Inline_Next_Task)
                    db.Add_StatusSubscription(link_for_channel=channels_URL[i]) # Вот заветная строка

                    balance += rand
                    i += 1

###########################    ЗАПУСК БОТА    ################################

if __name__ == '__main__':
    bot.infinity_polling()

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text:
The Anthropocene and the New World
December 1, 2018 Mel Watkins 2 comments
In recent decades all but the wilfully ignorant have had to face two facts: that climate change is taking place and that it is the result of what we humans are doing. The term Anthropocene was coined in 2000 in recognition of that latter hugely important fact. When had this new era began – and with it the end of the Holocene epoch that had been around for some 11,000 years of climate stability, a transition out of the Ice Ages, that then facilitated the spread of farming and permanent settlements. Some said it was the Industrial Revolution beginning ca 1750 and the enormous increase in the burning of coal and of carbon emissions. Then at a global gathering in 2016, geologists who decide this matter by examination of the earth's strata ruled by majority vote that this new epoch of the Anthropocene had not actually begun until 1945. Two things were said to be causal. The first was the testing of the first atomic bomb in 1945 and its immediate use and then further testing which left radioactive evidence in the planet's atmosphere. The second was what has come to be called the Great Acceleration, the leap in global economic growth and in world population post the Second World War facilitated by new global arrangements, and the even more rapid growth of carbon emissions.
At the same time that a consensus was forming on this, it became evident that human effect on the atmosphere had first happened some five centuries ago with the impact of the Old World of Europe on the New World of the Americas. European disease to which the new world had no immunity was utterly devastating. Fifty to sixty million people died, ninety percent of the population. In consequence, the way of life was pervasively disrupted and destroyed and with that withering of farming and settlement carbon emissions declined drastically. The result was not today's global warming but global cooling. It was a one-shot event, sharp but short-run , but that it effected climate change in its time tells us how the 'discovery' of the New World was the destruction of its population.
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Why do most of the other contributors/economists on this site promote evermore economic growth in light of this? They praise rises in GDP and lament a drop in this statistic. There is enough wealth and production in the economy if distributed more evenly and fairly.
The real questions this forum should address are: how much of the economy is based on built-in obsolescence, unnecessary conspicuous consumption (Veblen), pure waste (lack of conservation in energy, packaging, disposable production, single-use plastic, etc.) and how much of this type of production can be reduced while simultaneously distributing 'useful' production and income in a far more balanced way. This would include a basic income, among other measures. Further, how much of the economy involves activity that is of no benefit to society or is even harmful – advertising as just one example. Thank you to Mel Watkins for starting to move this forum more in this direction recently.