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The 2019 Nationals Beat the Toughest Competition to Win the 2nd-Most Improbable World Series of the
Even before revelations around the Astros' cheating en route to the 2017 World Series, 2018 ALCS, and possibly the 2019 World Series, began to dominate the baseball universe, making the Nationals' 2019 World Series victory all the more remarkable, the Nationals' run to the title already held the distinction of having been the most difficult run to the title in the modern baseball era.
Measured against the quality of their competition, the Nationals' 2019 run included victories in the NLDS, NLCS, and World Series that defeated the most aggregate wins of any team since the advent of the Wild Card: to get there, the Nationals defeated the 106-win Los Angeles Dodgers, the 107-win Houston Astros, and the 91-win St. Louis Cardinals. In those three rounds, the Nationals defeated teams with a grand total of 304 opposition wins, a modern-day record that vastly eclipses its closest peer.
Which World Series Winners Beat the Toughest Competition?
Here are the rankings of modern-day World Series winners and the numbers of victories of the teams they defeated to get there:
1. 2019 Nationals (107, 91, 106 = 304)
2. 2004 Red Sox (105, 101, 92 = 298)
3. 2018 Red Sox (92, 103, 100 = 295)
4. 2002 Angels (98, 94, 103 = 295)
5. 1995 Braves (113, 96, 86 = 295)*
6. 2011 Cardinals (96, 96, 102 = 294)
7. 1999 Yankes (103, 94, 95 = 292)
8. 2003 Marlins (101, 98, 100 = 289)
9. 2017 Astros (104, 91, 93 = 288)
10. 2013 Red Sox (97, 93, 92 = 282)
12. 2005 White Sox (89, 95, 95 = 279)
13. 2010 Giants (90, 97, 91 = 278)
14. 2006 Cardinals (95, 97, 86 = 278)
15. 1997 Marlins (85, 103, 90 = 278)
16. 2009 Yankees (93, 97, 87 = 277)
17. 2001 Diamondbacks (95, 88, 93 = 276)
23. 2016 Cubs (94, 91, 87 = 272)
24. 2015 Royals (90, 93, 86 = 269)
25. 2008 Phillies (92, 84, 90 = 266)
* Strike-shortened season totals adjusted to reflect a 162-game season
Which World Series Runs were the Most Improbable?
The Nationals' run to the World Series was also the second-most improbable of the modern era when measured in terms of their regular season win total (93) versus the average win total of the teams they faced in the postseason (101).
The most improbable modern-era playoff runs:
1. 2006 Cardinals: + 9 wins (83 wins; average competition = 93 wins)
2. 2019 Nationals: +8 wins (93 wins; average competition = 101 wins)
3. 2011 Cardinals: +8 wins (90 wins; average competition = 98 wins)
4. 2003 Marlins: +5 wins (91 wins; average competition = 96 wins)
5. 2000 Yankees: +5 wins (87 wins; average competition = 92 wins)
6. 2014 Giants: +4 wins (88 wins; average competition = 92 wins)
7. 2004 Reds Sox: +1 win (98 wins; average competition = 99 wins)
22. 2005 White Sox: -6 wins (99 wins; average competition = 93 wins)
23. 2018 Red Sox: -10 wins (108 wins; average competition = 98 wins)
24. 2009 Yankees: -11 wins (103 wins; average competition = 92 wins)
25. 2016 Cubs: -12 wins (103 wins; average competition = 91 wins)
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UK election: 'I will hold my nose and vote Liberal'
Push for 'head over heart' tactical votes as Lib Dems target heavy Remain seat in Sheffield
Fri, Dec 6, 2019, 12:30 Updated: Fri, Dec 6, 2019, 12:37
Simon Carswell in Sheffield
Sheffield Hallam is a knife edge constituency where parties that agree on Brexit can disagree on the campaign policy of Brexit. Video: Enda O'Dowd
Jayne Doddsworth, a People's Vote campaigner, sees this election about being "head rather than heart". Photograph: Enda O'Dowd
Few people seem happy on the doorsteps in Sheffield's affluent suburb of Crosspool about their choices in next Thursday's British general election in the constituency of Sheffield Hallam.
Liberal Democrat candidate Laura Gordon and her canvassers, armed with election roll data apps on smartphones and touch-screen gloves, are covering lots of ground navigating multiple-car driveways.
On the doorsteps, they hear first hand how the divisiveness of Brexit and the two main party leaders, notably Labour's Jeremy Corbyn here in Sheffield (a traditionally Labour city) have up-ended the traditional left-right alignment in UK politics and replaced it with people identifying as either Leaver or Remainer.
This is, after all, "the Brexit election".
It is Labour's economic policies that terrify James (62) in Crosspool. The retired lawyer, who does not want to give his surname, believes the party will bankrupt the country with the vast spending plans in Corbyn's socialist manifesto. He has an earful too for the Lib Dem canvassers as they pass.
"I told them I will hold my nose and vote Liberal but I don't agree with very much of what they stand for," said the self-declared floating voter, who voted to Leave the EU in 2016.
"Because we are a marginal constituency, you have got to think what to do nationally and I don't want Labour. I am voting tactically because I am frightened of Labour."
The Liberal Democrats and Labour are in a straight-up fight for this constituency. The Lib Dems hope to win back the seat they lost in one of the shocks of the 2017 election when former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg was beaten by local lad Jared O'Mara in Labour's first win in the constituency since it was created in 1885.
This time around, Labour are on the back foot. Within months of his election, O'Mara was suspended by Labour over alleged misogynistic and homophobic online comments. He quit the party but controversy continued to plague the MP, who was largely absent from Westminster due to mental health and other issues.
Sheffield Hallam was a Liberal Democrat stronghold from 1997 to 2017 due to its wealth, large student and graduate population, and politically engaged constituents. It is regarded by the party as one of its top seat gain targets with the fifth smallest ground to claw back on the 2017 margins.
The party, which is campaigning on a plan to stop Brexit, also sees the constituency as a likely gain because it voted to Remain in the 2016 Brexit referendum by almost 65 per cent.
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Around a corner in Crosspool, Janet – another resident unwilling to share a surname – was not among those who voted Remain. The resident of Burnt Stones Drive roasted the Liberal Democrat canvassers as they passed by over the party's pledge to ditch Brexit.
"I absolutely don't agree with any suggestion of revoking article 50 in an arbitrary manner," she says.
She declares herself on "the horns of a dilemma": she has never voted Tory and cannot bring herself to, though she wants Brexit done. She will probably vote Labour, though it could mean a minority government.
"There is no good option. I will probably grit my teeth and vote Labour but I have huge reservations and I hate the anti-Semitic issues," she says. "It should be called the 'Hold Your Nose Election' because I guess that is what we are all doing."
In this heavy Remain constituency, Brexit is so divisive that it is even dividing people who want to stay in the EU. Some Labour Remainers here see Lib Dem Remainers as too radical in their stop-Brexit plan, running roughshod over the 2016 Brexit democratic vote by not giving the people another vote on a Brexit deal.
The Liberal Democrats adopted a policy in September of cancelling Brexit without recourse to a second referendum, but the party has retreated from that hardline stance since.
"It was a majority to leave but you can't just take that away because you don't like it. I feel a second referendum makes more sense to address that," says medical student Danial Rostami-Hochoghan, a Remainer walking through Crosspool.
Lib Dem candidate Laura Gordon Sheffield Hallam voters are "really frustrated" by "the Labour Party's failure to take a clear stand on Brexit". Photograph: Enda O'Dowd
Tactical voting will play a key factor, as Lib Dem candidate Gordon explains to people on the doorstep, given how close the race is with Labour candidate Olivia Blake.
'Frustrated'
One voter tells Gordon he might reluctantly vote Lib Dems to keep Labour out. Gordon suggests to another, who is thinking of voting Conservative because he is fearful of Corbyn, that he should vote for her.
The People's Vote group, campaigning for a second referendum, is busy playing tactics and, while it is backing Labour candidates in a number of Yorkshire constitutencies, wants its supporters to back the Liberal Democrat candidate in Sheffield Hallam. This stance is supported by Sheffield for Europe, an anti-Brexit non-party group, much to the frustration of Labour's Blake.
Labour candidate Olivia Blake says it makes sense for the party to commit to a second Brexit referendum "to try to listen to all people's concerns". Photograph: Enda O'Dowd
"I am surprised that in a Lib Dem-Labour marginal where both candidates have committed publicly and signed various pledges to Remain that they think it necessary to tell people to tactical-vote here," says Blake.
The Labour candidate says has come across Remainers and Leavers in the same households in Sheffield Hallam so it makes sense for Labour to commit to a second referendum "to try to listen to all people's concerns".
Gordon believes Sheffield Hallam voters are "really frustrated" over Jared O'Mara's absences "but also the Labour Party's failure to take a clear stand on Brexit".
"I think it's definitely a factor that people will be voting on," she said.
Julian Rowden, deputy chairman of Sheffield for Europe, which is backing Labour in Sheffield's other constituencies, says that tactical voting for the Lib Dems in this constituency is necessary in order to guarantee that a Remain MP is returned from Sheffield Hallam given what a "nightmare" issue Brexit is.
Julian Rowden deputy chairman of Sheffield for Europe, says that tactical voting for the Lib Dems in Sheffield Hallam is necessary in order to guarantee that a Remain MP is returned. Photograph: Enda O'Dowd
"You may have to vote for a party that you don't like in order to stop somebody that you like even less so we have Labour supporters who are voting Liberal Democrat in order to stop a Tory victory," says Rowden.
Before departing with Rowden's group to knock on doors for Gordon in Hallam, Jayne Doddsworth, a People's Vote campaigner, says she is voting for a party she would not traditionally vote for but justifies this because she sees this election about being "head rather than heart".
She expresses frustration at "cliched" Remainers who have converted to Leave now because they are "fed up" with the political stalemate over Brexit. She herself is not for turning.
"We are the only Remainers left in the pub," she says. "But I am very vocal.
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Source Unknown. Greene, Douglas and Edwin Rice. 03 June 1954. Springfield News-Leader Collection. News-Leader, Springfield, Missouri.
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Ambassador Jeffrey Bader
On Monday, November 30, 2020, the Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles and JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles co-presented a webinar entitled "Challenges facing a Biden Administration in Asia." Ambassador Jeffrey A. Bader, Senior Fellow of Foreign Policy in the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution was the main speaker who spoke on challenges that Asia poses for the incoming Biden administration and what kind of policies the new administra-tion may pursue. Consul General of Japan MUTO Akira moderated the conversation.
From 2009-2011, Ambassador Bader was a special assistant to the president of the United States for national security affairs at the National Security Council. He is currently not involved with the Biden campaign and does not plan to join the administration.
Ambassador Bader began the lecture by stating that the top priorities of the Biden administration will first and foremost be domestic policy including managing the COVID pandemic and ad-dressing racial disparities and inequities.
Outside of domestic policies, the U.S. will need to compete strategically with the growing super-power China in order to maintain its influence on an international scale. Ambassador Bader noted that the relationship between the two nations will be a challenging and important one.
After Ambassador Bader's talk, Consul General Muto and the audience posed several questions including China's relationship with other countries as well as areas of cooperation with the U.S. allies regarding China-related issues."
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Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., left, delivered his state of the nation address to District 10 Tribal Councilor Harley Buzzard and fellow councilors during a monthly meeting Monday.
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. delivered his State of the Nation address to the CN Tribal Council during a monthly meeting Monday.
Cherokee Nation forging ahead on gaming with new Arkansas deal
By Grant D. Crawford | CNHI News Oklahoma
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation Tribal Council passed a resolution Monday requesting a joint venture between Cherokee Nation Education Services and the Bureau of Indian Education to fund Sequoyah High School, and heard from Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Cherokee Nation Businesses CEO Chuck Garrett on gaming and legal issues.
Tribal Council Speaker Joe Byrd said it would be similar to the tribe's Indian Health Services joint venture.
"This is proposing a joint venture with BIE for Sequoyah High School to improve various projects up there," said Byrd. "The chief and I have had this discussion, so we still need some more input and probably some visits to Washington, D.C., to make this happen."
The request dovetails the tribe's hope to secure staffing, operational, renovation and construction funding for expansion of the high school and other education services.
During his State of the Nation address, Hoskin updated the council on the quarterly meeting of the Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes, during which Hoskin said solidarity among Oklahoma tribes on the gaming compact dispute with Gov. Kevin Stitt is evident. He also mentioned the tribe has, along with the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations, filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to determine whether the compact automatically renewed at the beginning of the year.
"Every tribe that engages in gaming in this state agrees we are on the right track collectively, and that's good, because there is strength in our numbers, and ultimately it will be the best for our people and, in fact, it would be best for all four million Oklahomans if the tribes' position is ultimately upheld," said Hoskin.
The ongoing legal battle with Stitt has reportedly generated expenses from CNB. Garrett said the expenses are related to the marketing campaign it has created with the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations - United For Oklahoma, which is used by the tribes to spread their message on the gaming compact.
Garrett said CNB had another non-recurring expense related to gaming efforts in Arkansas. He said the Arkansas Racing Commission "inappropriately opened a second application window" for a casino license in Pope County, Arkansas.
"We have revised and updated our application, and it will be resubmitted this week per the invitation of the commission. We're looking forward to establishing that we are, in fact, the only qualified applicant for the license in Arkansas," said Garrett. "We are the only applicant that has received the required endorsement of the county officials. We've also received a resolution of welcoming from the city council, declaring their willingness and ability to deliver the utilities we need to develop a first-class facility that we intend to develop."
Garrett added there have been "some judicial proceedings" related to the Arkansas gaming license in which CNB is not a defendant, but has intervened in to ensure the tribe's voice is heard.
Six more students have graduated from the CN Master Apprentice Language Program, and Hoskin highlighted the tribe's continued commitment to preserving the Cherokee language by discussing a new partnership with Rogers State University. The two entities agreed to launch a televised language course.
"I appreciate the leadership off Councilor Taylor and Councilor [Keith] Austin in brining us an opportunity to partner with RSU in way that not only brings Cherokee language classes to students of Roger State University, but because of the way in which it is conducted and produces, it is a high-quality product that people can access, in fact, all over the world through RSU's YouTube channel," said Hoskin.
The chief will be making a visit to New Orleans Jan. 22 to show support for the Indian Child Welfare Act to be upheld as constitutional in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The act was a previously struck down by a district judge and then reversed by a three-judge panel.
"There is a rehearing, and it is a critical moment, I think, in the Indian Child Welfare Act," said Hoskin.
The next Cherokee Nation Tribal Council meeting is Feb. 10, 6 p.m., at W.W. Keeler Complex.
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Court wants to know mechanism for complaints on social sites
Friday August 2, 2013 11:09 PM, IANS
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday asked Google and Facebook to inform it about their mechanism to deal with complaints, including misuse of social networking sites by children below 13 years of age.
A division bench of Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru asked the social networking site and the search engine to appraise it about the procedure they follow to deal with complaints and posted the matter Aug 23.
The court's direction came on a PIL filed by former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader K.N. Govindacharya alleging that the websites have no mechanism for protection of children from online abuse.
The bench also asked the sites to hand over at least one complaint with regard to minors having accounts on such websites.
Advocate Virag Gupta, appearing for the petitioner, was also asked by the court to give a complaint to the information technology ministry who will then forward it to Facebook and Google Inc, which also runs social networking site Orkut.
Meanwhile, the bench also expressed its displeasure after the social networking sites told the court that they cannot display on its home page a statement that children below 13 are not allowed to open an account on these social networking sites.
The counsel for Google Inc told the court that the website is being governed by American law the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and it cannot display the statement in the home page as the Indian IT law and the rules also did not mandate it to do so.
The plea had said that children below 18 years are getting into an agreement with the social networking sites to open accounts which is against the Indian Majority Act, the Indian Contract Act and also the Information and Technology Act.
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We just learned of the NFL's decision to suspend Mr. Elliott for six games for allegedly engaging in 'physical force' against the accuser. Mr. Elliott and his team of representatives are extremely disappointed with the NFL's decision.
It remains to be seen whether this changes the league's mind or not.
The NFL has suspended Ezekiel Elliott six games following an investigation into domestic violence accusations made against him in July 2016 by an ex-girlfriend. The suspension was first reported by ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Cowboys' RB Ezekiel Elliott is being suspended 6 games, per source.
Elliott is expected to appeal the suspension, according to Schefter, and he has three days to file his formal appeal. At that point, an appeal hearing will be held within 10 days.
The NFL released a statement shortly after Schefter reported on Elliott's suspension. The league revealed it uncovered evidence during its investigation that showed Elliott "engaged in conduct that violated NFL policy."
Elliott was accused of assaulting a then-20-year-old woman he was reportedly dating in Columbus, Ohio last July. The woman claimed Elliott hit her while she was seated in her car. She denied medical treatment at the scene of the alleged incident, but she told police she had pain in her wrist. She also reportedly had a red mark on her arm.
Elliott denied assaulting the woman, and he was not arrested. But the woman later filed a second police report and accused Elliott of hitting her on several occasions between July 16 and July 20, 2016. She also posted photos on Instagram that showed bruises on various parts of her body.
In September, the Columbus City Attorney's Office announced that it would not pursue criminal charges against Elliott. They said they had received "conflicting and inconsistent information" about what took place between Elliott and the woman.
But the NFL launched a separate investigation into the incident and referred to their investigation as "active and ongoing" in late 2016. According to ESPN, the league examined text messages exchanged between Elliott and the woman and gathered medical and legal insight from experts before NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell rendered his final decision.
As recently as this past weekend, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said that he did not believe Elliott would be suspended by the NFL. But it seems the league disagreed with his take on the situation.
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A successful plan eliminates or minimizes the amount of data a business would lose in a disaster or outage. Consider the consequences of losing all of the data your employees and customers generate in just one day. If it's possible at all, how long would it take to re-create critical data generated by sales, customer service, marketing, human resources, manufacturing and other internal departments? How much would it cost your organization to lose a day's worth of orders and emails? How much will it cost for employees to attempt to re-create lost data? Costs range up to thousands dollars per hour and can be compounded by fines for violating privacy regulations. An effective plan that will protect the business must have a method of capturing data at regular intervals that meet the organization's RPO.
Successful plans not only eliminate or minimize the amount of data a business would lose in a disaster, but it also minimizes or eliminates the amount of time it takes to get systems up and running again. When considering how much downtime would cost your business, consider the financial impact of lost customer connections and employee productivity. How many sales will you lose in an hour or a day if your systems are down? How many customers will simply turn to a competitor? What is the hourly or daily cost of lost labor? What are the overtime costs for IT administrators who must work through the night to restore systems?
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Cut overseas aid and you force even more people into the boats
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If the tiny, lifeless body of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old boy whose body washed up on a beach in Turkey, has finally shamed Europe into offering sanctuary to Syrian refugees, just what will it take to shock the entire world into dealing with a problem 100 times bigger?
While the European commission still struggles to find agreement on a quota of 40,000 refugees, there are 4 million Syrians holed up in Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon desperate for food, shelter, health care and schooling for their children.
The 1.1 million Syrians now in Lebanon have increased the country's 4.5 million-strong population by one quarter. It is the equivalent of 16 million refugees descending on Britain's shores or 80 million crossing the border into the United States. The impact of that in either country would be almost unthinkable.
"Why have you abandoned us?" a Syrian refugee girl desperate to go to school challenged me when I recently visited a Beirut refugee centre, where hundreds of mothers and their children were crowded into one room.
There I met 10-year-olds working in factories for wages that cover only a roof over their heads, girls who had been living on the streets at risk of being trafficked, and girls of 12, 13 and 14 years who feared being forced into early marriage.
Most families were living in shacks and many looked as if they were going without basic nutrition. Their health care needs were barely being met. But for the mothers, some three and four years into their exile, their critical and repeated question was: "How can my children get an education?"
No government should truly be asked to absorb what has been forced on an already troubled and divided Lebanon, but to his country's great credit the Lebanese Education Minister, Elias Bou Saab, wants to offer a school place to every single refugee child. The plan is quite simple and involves operating double shifts in their schools, which is possible because the refugees are spread right across the country. In the morning and early afternoon, Lebanese children will be taught in French and English. In the afternoon and early evening, in the same classroom, Syrian children are taught in Arabic.
In the past year, thanks to fundraising around the world, 105,000 refugee children have been enrolled for school. In the new term, starting just a few days from now, enough has been raised to educate 140,000. But we need to cater for 510,000 children in Lebanon, at least 215,000 in Jordan, and upwards of 400,000 in Turkey.
What is missing is not the classrooms or the trained teachers, but the money to pay for them. For $500 (Dh1,839) a year, or $10 a child each week, we can provide school places that would allow parents and children to do what they would prefer to do - to stay in the region.
And so, while the crisis may seem overwhelming, we need not be overwhelmed; and in reply to those who ask, "What can we do?" we can point to a detailed plan, to be unveiled at the United Nations later this month, which starts by taking 1 million child refugees off the streets. I will ask the international community to build on the $100 million we have already raised with another $250 million immediately.
Over the past few days, I have consulted King Abdullah of Jordan, the Lebanese and Turkish governments and Tony Lake of Unicef. In the next few days, at the invitation of the Lebanese government, I will visit Beirut again.
To its credit, the United Kingdom government has already given £20 million (Dh112.9 million) to this plan. But it runs counter to its, and Europe's, interests to cut the international aid budget in this troubled region as Britain tries to cover the new costs of refugee support within the UK. Instead, we should be increasing it, so that parents don't think the only chance of a future for their families is sailing out in flimsy boats on death voyages but are assured there is support much closer to home.
We have to provide both a home for refugees here and help for the millions struggling for survival on Syria's borders. And cutting international development aid to the region would be counterproductive. It would not solve the problem but exacerbate it, forcing more to leave; and it would cost more.
Eglantyne Jebb, who started Save the Children to help child refugees after the First World War, said the only international language the world understands is the cry of a child. But from her own experience of visiting neglected orphans, the author J.K. Rowling feared that: "No one is easier to silence than a child."
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O Palazzo Orlandini del Beccuto é um palácio de Florença, cuja entrada é feita pela Via dei Pecori.

Foi construído pela família Orlandini del Beccuto no século XIV e modernizado, nos primeiros anos do século XVIII, segundo um desenho dos arquitectos Zanobi del Rosso e Antonio Maria Ferri.

Hóspedes célebres
No Palazzo Orlandini del Beccuto habitaram algumas personalidades célebres, das quais se destacam:
 O Antipapa João XXIII (em 1419), o qual, depois de renunciar à tiara papal foi nomeado Cardeal de Florença pelo Papa Martinho V
 Jerónimo Bonaparte (1840), ex-rei da Vestfália (de 1807 a 1813).

Bibliografia
Francesco Lumachi. Firenze - Nuova guida illustrata storica-artistica-aneddotica della città e dintorni, Firenze, Società Editrice Fiorentina, 1929.

Galeria de imagens do Palazzo Orlandini del Beccuto

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Orlandini del Beccuto

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FAU fires Willie Taggart after 3 seasons, 15-18 record
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Florida Atlantic fired Willie Taggart on Saturday, only hours after the end of a third consecutive five-win season and no bowl bid for the second time in that span.
Taggart was 15-18 in his three seasons with the Owls — 5-4 in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, then 5-7 in each of the last two seasons. His finale was Saturday, a 32-31 overtime loss at home to his alma mater Western Kentucky.
FAU is heading to the American Athletic Conference next season.
"This evening, we made a change in leadership with the Florida Atlantic University football program," FAU athletic director Brian White said in a release distributed by the school. "It was a difficult decision, as we have tremendous respect for Willie Taggart. He has represented FAU with class and character. However, the lack of on-field success needed to be addressed as we look toward the future."
White said the school would immediately begin a national search.
Taggart was brought in after Lane Kiffin left FAU for Ole Miss in 2019. Kiffin brilliantly revived his career at FAU, going 26-13 with a pair of Conference USA championships. Both FAU and Taggart hoped he had followed on the same path; he came to Boca Raton with a 56-62 record at four previous schools — Western Kentucky, South Florida, Oregon and Florida State.
Taggart had a winning record at just one of those stops; he was 7-5 in his lone season at Oregon. He was 16-20 at Western Kentucky, 24-25 at USF and 9-12 at Florida State.
"Me personally, I love these guys, especially the guys that have been here since I got here, to buy into what I was asking those guys to do, and to try to help me and our staff change the culture here," Taggart said after FAU's loss Saturday in Boca Raton, Florida. "I can't thank those guys enough."
Taggart has had more 10-loss seasons (two) than 10-win seasons (one), has never been the head coach of a bowl win and has now missed qualifying for a bowl in 10 of his 13 seasons. He lost in his one bowl trip with USF, lost his only bowl trip with FAU, and left for Florida State before Oregon's trip to the Las Vegas Bowl in 2017.
The Owls started 5-1 in Taggart's first season; they've gone 10-17 since, and lost in Taggart's lone bowl appearance with FAU. The Owls went to the Montgomery Bowl in 2020, losing to Memphis.
Taggart had two years and $1.5 million remaining in base salary on his FAU contract. He's also still owed roughly $4 million by Florida State, which has been paying Taggart nearly $300,000 a month as part of the settlement of what was a $30 million, six-year contract with the Seminoles before they fired him in in November 2019. Taggart is scheduled to continue receiving payments from the Seminoles through January 2024.
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Q: how to double array size (error on second time) Some help here, trying to double the array in cpp
on the second resize I got this (messy output)
% ./sample
[5] 1 2 3 4 5
[20] 1 2 3 4 0 6 7 -1610612736 1 2 3 4 14 0 0 0 0 -1610612736 0 0

the same removing the memset (to zero's the remaining positions)
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;

void resize(int* v, int* size){ // double the array size
    int newSize = (*size) * 2;
    v = (int *) realloc(v, (size_t) newSize);
    memset(v+(*size), 0, sizeof(int) * (newSize - *size) );
    *size = newSize;
}

int main(){
    int size = 5;
    int* v = new(nothrow) int[size]();

    v[0] = 1; v[1] = 2; v[2] = 3; v[3] = 4; v[4] = 5;

    cout << "[" << size << "] ";
    for(int i = 0; i < size; i++) cout << v[i] << " "; cout << endl;

    resize(v, &size);
    resize(v, &size);   // <- messy output

    v[5] = 6; v[6] = 7;

    cout << "[" << size << "] ";
    for(int i = 0; i < size; i++) cout << v[i] << " "; cout << endl;

    return 0;
}

thanks for the help,

A: Use malloc() with realloc() or new and delete[] - not both
Your immediate problem is you pass a pointer to your function and the function receives a copy -- so any changes made to v in the function are made to a local copy of the pointer (which has its own and very different address than the pointer v in main())
Another problem is mixing new and realloc() which results in undefined behavior. Either use malloc() in main() or manually create and copy in your function using new and call delete[] on the original before assigning the new block.
Since this is C++, you can solve the problem easily by passing a pointer reference to the function (e.g. int*& v) so realloc() operates on the original pointer address instead of a copy.
NOTE: as JL mentioned in the comment, whenever you call realloc() you must assign the result to a temporary pointer which you validate realloc() succeeded before assigning to the original. When (not if) realloc() fails, it will return NULL overwriting your original pointer with NULL leaving that block of memory unable to be freed creating a memory leak.
To use a temporary pointer with realloc(), you would do:
void resize(int*& v, int *size){ // double the array size
    int newSize = (*size) * 2;

    /* always realloc with temporary pointer so if realloc fails
     * you don't overwrite your orignal pointer with NULL creating
     * a memory leak.
     */
    int *tmp = (int *)realloc (v, (size_t) newSize * sizeof *v);
    if (!tmp) {   /* validate every allocation */
        perror ("realloc-v");
        return;
    }
    v = tmp;      /* successful realloc(), assign tmp to v */

    memset (v+(*size), 0, sizeof(int) * *size );
    *size = newSize;
}

Also, in main() to use realloc() you must originally allocate with malloc() (or calloc(), or realloc(), but not new). Further, guard your loop scopes or if you are not going to guard the scope with {...} then at least properly indent so your intent is clear, e.g.
int main(){
    int size = 5;
    int *v = (int*)malloc(size * sizeof *v);

    v[0] = 1; v[1] = 2; v[2] = 3; v[3] = 4; v[4] = 5;

    cout << "[" << size << "] ";
    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
        cout << v[i] << " ";
    cout << endl;

    resize(v, &size);
    resize(v, &size);

    if (size > 6) {     /* validate size / protect memory bounds */
        v[5] = 6;
        v[6] = 7;
    }

    cout << "[" << size << "] ";
    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
        cout << v[i] << " ";
    cout << endl;

    return 0;
}

(you should also add #include <cstring> for memset())
Using new and delete[]
You can leave your allocation in main() as is, if you create a new block in your function with double the size using new, copy values to the new block (and initialize the rest to 0) and call delete[] on the original block before assigning your new block to the original pointer.
In that case you would do something like:
void resize(int*& v, int *size){ // double the array size
    int newSize = (*size) * 2;

    /* create a new block of newSize */
    int *tmp = new(nothrow) int[newSize]();
    /* copy/initialize */
    for (int i = 0; i < newSize; i++) {
        if (i < *size)
            tmp[i] = v[i];
        else
            tmp[i] = 0;
    }
    delete[] v;   /* free original block */
    v = tmp;      /* assign tmp to v */

    *size = newSize;
}

Example Use/Output
In either case (malloc(), realloc()) or (new, delete[]) the results are the same:
$ ./bin/realloc_arr
[5] 1 2 3 4 5
[20] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

In both cases you will want to verify your memory use with valgrind or similar memory use/error check for your OS. You will need to add either free(v) or delete[] v at the end of main() to handle freeing all memory you allocate for the purpose of the memory check (it will be freed after the program exits, but without an explicity free in main() it will still be shown as in use on program exit.
To use valgrind, just run your program through it. After making the changes above, you would have:
$  valgrind ./bin/realloc_arr
==22674== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==22674== Copyright (C) 2002-2017, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==22674== Using Valgrind-3.13.0 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==22674== Command: ./bin/realloc_arr
==22674==
[5] 1 2 3 4 5
[20] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
==22674==
==22674== HEAP SUMMARY:
==22674==     in use at exit: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==22674==   total heap usage: 5 allocs, 5 frees, 73,868 bytes allocated
==22674==
==22674== All heap blocks were freed -- no leaks are possible
==22674==
==22674== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
==22674== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)

Always ensure all blocks are freed and there are no memory errors.

A: for reference the working version
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void resize(int*& v, int* size){ // double the array size
    int newSize = (*size) * 2;
    int* tmp = new(nothrow) int[newSize]();  // zeroing on the next line is redundant?
    for(int i = 0; i < newSize; i++) tmp[i] = (i < *size) ? v[i] : 0;
    delete[] v;
    v = tmp;
    *size = newSize;
}

int main(){
    int size = 5;
    int* v = new(nothrow) int[size]();

    v[0] = 1; v[1] = 2; v[2] = 3; v[3] = 4; v[4] = 5;

    cout << "[" << size << "] ";
    for(int i = 0; i < size; i++) cout << v[i] << " "; cout << endl;

    resize(v, &size);
    resize(v, &size);   // <- NOW, working output
    //resize(v, &size);

    v[5] = 6; v[6] = 7;

    cout << "[" << size << "] ";
    for(int i = 0; i < size; i++) cout << v[i] << " "; cout << endl;

    return 0;
}

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Funding opportunity: Work with US researchers: BBSRC-NSF/BIO lead agency 2021
Opportunity status:
Co-funders:
US National Science Foundation Directorate of Biological Sciences (NSF/BIO)
Funding type:
22 September 2021 16:00 UK time
Apply for funding to collaborate with US researchers on a single joint proposal.
You must be:
a UK resident
based at a UK institution eligible to receive funding from UKRI.
Projects must be in one of the following areas:
biological informatics
microbes and the host immune system
quantum biology
synthetic cell.
Your proposal must address the priorities of both BBSRC and US National Science Foundation Directorate of Biological Sciences (NSF/BIO).
You must provide a clear rationale for the need for a US-UK collaboration.
Proposals will be accepted from anyone who is normally eligible to apply for UKRI-BBSRC research council funding.
For more information about NSF eligibility for US partners
Email: nsfbiobbsrc@nsf.gov
2021 notice of intentions
The lead agency scheme allows US and UK researchers to submit a single collaborative proposal that will undergo a single review process by the lead agency, on behalf of both NSF/BIO and BBSRC. In 2021 proposals will be accepted for UK-US collaborative projects in the areas of intersection between NSF/BIO and BBSRC as set out below.
Proposals must address the priorities of both BBSRC and participating NSF/BIO divisions. Proposers must provide a clear rationale for the need for a US-UK collaboration, including the unique expertise and synergy that the collaborating groups will bring to the project.
Proposers should note that the lead agency scheme does not represent new or ring-fenced funding. Proposals will be assessed in competition with all others submitted to our normal solicitations/responsive mode round, and outcomes will be subject to both success in peer review and the availability of funds from both BBSRC and NSF/BIO.
Development of novel informatics approaches and cyberinfrastructure resources to enable novel and effective use of data in biological research, addressing key challenges faced by researchers and supporting generation of new knowledge from biological data.
Proposals must be aligned to both NSF's Division of Biological Infrastructure programmes in informatics and cyberinfrastructure and BBSRC's Data Driven Biology responsive mode priority.
In addition, principal investigators are advised to consult the appropriate programme officer to ensure that their portion of the project is compliant with the targeted programme.
Proposals should be submitted to:
NSF 21-502 Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (Innovation)
NSF 21-501 Infrastructure Capacity for Biology Core Program (Capacity)
BBSRC Responsive Mode.
Proposals are invited that take an integrated approach to answer important questions relating to the immune system and host-microbe interactions. Microbes impact their hosts in manners that result in greatly different outcomes, which can include symbiotic, mutualistic or pathogenic infection.
Key to these outcomes is the response and resilience of the host innate and adaptive immune system, as well as the microbial players (bacterial, fungal, viral) and the underlying physiological context.
Relevant areas of investigation include systems using genetically-similar hosts or microbes that result in different phenotypic outcomes of infection. The use of comparative cross-species approaches to develop insights that have broad relevance across biological organisms is encouraged. Research to understand the influence of co-infection and the wider microbiome, and the influence of host physiology through the life course is also encouraged.
Proposals should aim to identify molecular mechanisms or develop systems-level understanding.
Proposals that focus on industrial applications will not be accepted.
Proposals that focus solely on human or mouse immune systems will not be accepted.
Proposals must aim to progress knowledge of immunology in non-human animals or plants.
NSF 21-506 Division of Integrative Organismal Systems Core Programs
Proposals are invited that seek to investigate the biological molecules and biomolecular systems that give rise to quantum mechanical effects in living organisms. Studies have shown that such phenomena are important to a number of fundamental biological processes, including photosynthesis, olfaction, cellular respiration, and vision.
Yet, the specialised features that enable such effects are not well understood.
Relevant areas of investigation include:
the features of proteins that enable quantum effects to occur at physiological temperatures
the significance of the relatively large size of most protein complexes that exhibit quantum phenomena in contributing to the superposition of quantum states that give rise to quantum entanglement or quantum coherence.
Mechanistic insight into the extended coherence times observed in biological systems are also of interest.
In addition to biophysical mechanisms, proposals that aim to provide insights into the prevalence of quantum phenomena in biological systems across the tree of life and their evolutionary origins are also welcome.
Proposals must aim to progress biological understanding and are expected to integrate research and methodologies from both (bio)physics and biology.
NSF 21-509 Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences: Investigator Initiated Research Projects
Synthetic cell
Can we design, build and control a synthetic cell? Realising this grand challenge will enable us to uncover the molecular and physical organisation of cells that enable storage and transmittal of information, capture and transformation of energy, and adaptation and regulation of cellular systems that make life possible.
Natural cells emerge from the coordinated operation of a large number of biomolecules with their environment. One goal of synthetic cell research is to decipher the basic requirements of a living cell by understanding the myriad functions that make it resilient and adaptive.
To this end, proposals are expected to focus on building a synthetic cell in order to understand biology. For example, the identification of genes, metabolic pathways and cellular components and the molecular mechanism by which they exert their function can inform and accelerate the design and building of synthetic cells.
Such cells might be:
protocells containing only the most basic cellular components that allow an understanding of the origin of life
artificial cells that contain both natural and synthetic cellular components
minimal cells that use natural molecules to build self-replicating cellular entities through 'bottom up' approaches.
Proposals focused exclusively on building a synthetic cell as a biomanufacturing platform or as a therapeutic moiety will not be accepted.
BBSRC Responsive Mode 22RM1.
There is a two-stage application process (see timeline).
Stage one: intention to submit
Prior to submission of a full proposal, proposers will discuss within their research team where they feel the largest proportion of research lies (typically, this means largest budget request) and agree on a proposed lead agency (either NSF/BIO or BBSRC).
Where advice is required about lead agency or fit of the proposal to the written notice of intentions, the proposer should contact the relevant staff member at the proposed lead funding agency to discuss the research project.
The staff member will then confirm that they will act as lead funding agency (and subsequently inform the other participating agency) or will consult with the other agency to identify a new lead funding agency prior to returning a decision to the proposer (generally within 10 working days).
Proposers will then be required to submit a PDF intention to submit by email to the proposed lead agency that outlines:
the research proposed
research teams involved
bottom line estimates of funding to be requested from the NSF/BIO and BBSRC.
For NSF, bottom line estimates should include both direct and indirect costs. The intention to submit should not exceed two pages.
Where BBSRC is the proposed lead agency the Letter of Intent should be submitted via the Je-S system, please select:
council: BBSRC
document type: outline proposal
scheme: standard outline
call/type/mode: NSF/BIO expression of interest.
Where NSF/BIO is the proposed lead agency the intention to submit PDF should be submitted.
The intention to submit must identify the participating programme to which it is directed.
The intention to submit will be shared with the non-lead agency to check for eligibility (namely whether the proposed research fits within the participating agencies' portfolio, the scope of the notice of intentions, and whether the proposed researchers and institutions meet the agencies' funding eligibility requirements). The intention to submit will also be used to gauge proposal pressure by programme and assist programmes with budget planning.
Feedback on ITS will be provided three weeks after the submission deadline (22 September 2021).
Stage two: full proposals
Proposers who are invited to submit a research proposal will do so in accordance with the proposal preparation requirements of the lead agency, for example for NSF, the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide and for BBSRC the BBSRC Grants Guide.
The proposal should include a description of the full proposed research programme and research team and describe the total resources for the joint project (that is, the funds requested from both the NSF/BIO and BBSRC). However, the budget forms submitted to the lead agency should only indicate the amount requested from that agency.
A copy of the proposed requested budget of the non-lead agency should be included as part of the full proposal (in the case of NSF, this should be added as a 'supplementary Document'; in the case of BBSRC, this should be added as an attached document to the grant application).
For projects involving human participants or animals, proposers will be advised about both NSF/BIO and BBSRC policies and will be advised to consult with appropriate staff at NSF/BIO or BBSRC prior to submitting a proposal.
The proposal should indicate the proposal is to be considered under this lead agency management plan agreement by prefacing the title with 'BBSRC-NSF/BIO'.
The proposal will be submitted by established programme deadlines or target dates determined by the lead agency.
For BBSRC, all full proposals must be submitted to BBSRC Responsive Mode 22RM1 by the deadline (January 2022).
For NSF/BIO, most proposals may be submitted at any time after the full proposal is invited, but must be submitted within six months of the intention to submit to be considered for funding during the FY22 fiscal year. Proposals submitted to the Designing Synthetic Cells Beyond the Bounds of Evolution (Designer Cells) solicitation are due on February 1 2022.
How we will assess your application
Proposals will be reviewed in competition with other unsolicited proposals or with proposals received in response to a specific call by the lead funding agency (that is, proposals submitted to the lead agency management plan agreement will not undergo a special review process).
Proposals will be reviewed in accordance with the lead agency's review criteria. While not identical, the NSF/BIO and BBSRC ask reviewers to evaluate the proposed project on both its scientific or intellectual merit as well as its broader or societal impacts.
Read a description of the NSF merit review process on the NSF merit review website.
Read a description of the BBSRC assessment process is provided on the BBSRC website.
Funding decision
After the reviews are received, programme directors from the lead and non-lead agencies will discuss the potential outcomes. Afterwards, the lead agency will use its usual internal procedures to determine whether a proposal will be awarded or declined.
In the case of NSF, an award requires a formal recommendation by the programme officer and then concurrence by the cognizant division director. NSF's Division of Grants and Agreements will review the proposal from a business and financial perspective.
NSF funding decisions are subject to the availability of funds. Only the NSF grants officer can make commitments on behalf of the foundation or authorise the expenditure of funds. In the case of the BBSRC, funding recommendations from panels are received by research council officers who, taking into account the availability of funds, will fund those proposals recommended for funding in the order identified by the panel.
Proposers will be advised whether their proposal has been recommended for funding or will be declined by the lead funding agency. Proposers will receive copies of the unattributed reviewers' comments and, where applicable, a panel summary.
Once a proposer has been notified of a pending award, the non-lead researcher(s) associated with the project must submit a copy of the proposal to the non-lead agency so that each agency has complete documentation of the overall proposed research project.
If a proposal is recommended for funding, the US organisation(s) will be supported by NSF/BIO and the UK organisation(s) will be supported by BBSRC. NSF/BIO and BBSRC staff will review budgets to ensure that there are no duplications in funding.
Because the participating organisations have different funding cycles, it is possible that some projects will have delayed start dates in order to wait until funds become available.
NSF/BIO
BBSRC international collaborative agreements
Email: inca@bbsrc.ukri.org
UK Research and Innovation and NSF have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate excellent joint research and innovation activities. It allows for a collaborative approach to the design and implementation of peer review with the aim of avoiding 'double jeopardy' and ensuring a simplified and flexible process for researchers wishing to apply for UK-US collaborative research funding.
The MoU provides for a lead agency arrangement whereby proposals may be submitted to either NSF (via FastLane) or BBSRC (via Je-S).
The NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences (NSF/BIO) and BBSRC are pleased to announce continuation of lead agency arrangements under a new five-year management plan.
The lead agency scheme allows for reciprocal acceptance of peer review through unsolicited mechanisms and its goal is to help reduce some of the current barriers to working internationally.
For further information, please see UKRI-NSF memorandum of understanding.
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NSF/BIO and BBSRC will clearly state in award notices and any related documents that awards resulting from this activity were made possible by the NSF/BIO-BBSRC lead agency management plan agreement.
Awardees will be expected to comply with the award conditions and reporting requirements of the agencies from which they receive funding.
Researchers will be required to acknowledge both NSF and BBSRC in any reports or publications arising from the grant.
Requests for extensions will be considered by the funding agency using standard procedures. Requests for changes to awards will be discussed with other involved funding agencies before a mutual decision is reached.
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The Annabelle King Platform Bed is an inviting piece to consider adding to your master bedroom for a grand feel. A lightly distressed natural look is found with the hickory veneers and hardwood solids finished in a milk chocolate brown tone. The stand out feature of this bed is the headboard, which is upholstered in strong to the touch polyester and complemented with the X-design found at the top, adding contemporary beauty to your home.


The Institute for the Animal Production System in the Mediterranean Environment (ISPAAM) was established in May 2002 from the merger of the Institute for the study of Cattle and Buffalo Adaptation to the Southern Environment (IABBAM-CNR), founded in 1974 in Naples, and the Centre for the Studies on Mediterranean Pastures (CSPM-CNR), established in Sassari in 1984.
ISPAAM takes interdisciplinary interest on animal production research themes by using a systemic approach. The whole productive system is considered, moving from plant/animal farming up to product quality.
ISPAAM mission concerns the enhancement of the forage-livestock system sustainability by optimizing the yield-quality product relation to respond to consumer/market requests, minimizing farming environmental impact.
Based on its expertise, ISPAAM acts as a research reference on animal production themes either for CNR (as preferential Institute dealing with these issues) and other related National Institutions. Such condition offers the chance to harmonize research activities on animal/plant/microorganism biology and biodiversity, forage production, livestock farming environments, genetic improvement of animal/plant resources, and animal-derived products/materials by activating institutional networking to achieve an effective National programming. ISPAAM also acts as an active center for the study of above-mentioned themes in the Mediterranean areas and privileged counterpart for relations with similar research Institutions from other countries.
ISPAAM is a part of the Department of Biological, Agricultural and Food Sciences of the National Research Council.