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View the City from St. Stephans Tower!
343 stairs to climb and St. Stephans Tower rewards you by great views over the historical city center.
Get into tram Nr1! The Ring Tram lines 1,2 and 3 lead you round the historical city center of Vienna, passing all the magnificent buildings of the "Ring"
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Mike Dailly, one of the key men behind Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto, has just posted the design documents for the original GTA on his Flickr pages. Race'n'Chase, as it was originally intended to be called, began life on the 25th January 1995 in a design doc authored by K. R. Hamilton. The version posted is 1.05, from 22nd March, explaining how the multiplayer racing game would perhaps also feature a cops and robbers mode. And it makes for excellent reading.
The initial description is almost unrecognisable.
However, other features are more familiar.
And its naughty ways were there from the start, too.
Originally the game was going to feature four modes, Cannonball Run (a straight race across the city), Demolition Derby (aiming to cause as much damage to other players as possible), Bank Robbery (Robber) (driving a getaway car and trying to escape the police, committing as many crimes as possible), and Bank Robbery (Cop) (controlling the police, chasing after the getaway car). These was all themed around the game's intention to be multiplayer at core, played across a network on PC, and with two people at the same console. The top-down perspective was in there from the start, with the camera able to zoom in and out automatically, along with discussions over the correct control method for such an angle.
A rather bold "end of project" date was set for just a year and three months after its start date, aiming for 1st July 1996. The game would originally take twice that long to make, eventually reaching us in October 1997.
Take a look at the rest of the details. And a big thanks to Dartt for alerting us.
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U.S. Affiliates Received $47 Million in Federal Relief Loans
December 11, 2020 by Spenser Mestel
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At least 3,900 CrossFit affiliates in the U.S. have received assistance from either the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) or the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, according to Covid Bailout Tracker, a project operated by the nonpartisan watchdog group Accountable.us. CrossFit HQ also received $3.18 million back in April under previous owner Greg Glassman, but the money has since been paid back in full according to a spokesperson for CrossFit.
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The numbers: At least 58% (3,900) of all U.S.-based affiliates received some form of direct economic assistance during the spring.
Approximately $47 million was given out.
Loans range from $283,127, which went to Solace, to $504, for Dibe CrossFit in Michigan.
The average amount to gyms was $12,724.
Why it matters: $47 million might seem like a lot, but at an average sum of less than $13,000 per gym, the economic lifeline barely covers an affiliate's operating expenses for more than a couple of months in smaller markets and not even a month in major, high rent markets like New York, San Diego and San Francisco. One clear example of this is the story of Solace New York, which received $283,127, one of the largest sums, and was still forced to close their doors on October 31, 2020.
As many jurisdictions tighten restrictions again on businesses, it's doubtful that these loans, many of which were distributed in April, will be enough to keep the industry afloat.
At the peak of mandated gym closures, nearly every affiliate in the U.S. was shuttered, and today, the industry's prospects are bleak.
According to an analysis by fitness industry association IHRSA, one-quarter of the 40,000 US fitness facilities could close by the end of 2020, without additional economic help.
A new survey released by the Community Gyms Coalition of more than 1,000 local, independent U.S. gyms found that 39% do not believe they will survive 2021 without federal relief from Congress.
According to Yelp's Local Impact Economic Report, the gym industry has a closure rate that's nearly five times that of the restaurant industry.
The latest: For their part, HQ has no blanket policies when it comes to helping gyms, but it is considering relief on a case-by-case basis. HQ also declined to release statistics on how many gyms are late with their affiliate payments, they did note that the $3,000 expense is typically a small percentage of a business's expenses.
As a member of the Community Gyms Coalition, a lobbying bloc of major fitness companies, CrossFit is also pushing for $30 billion in direct, no-strings-attached grants for gyms, which would be used to cover up to a year of lost revenue.
Unlike with PPP, business owners could apply the money toward any expense, including independent contractors, rent, insurance, and equipment. So far, the bill has yet to find a sponsor in Congress.
Worth noting: The data is incomplete because it omits gyms (affiliated and not) without "CrossFit" in their name. Still, the data is a useful snapshot of the aid that many gyms have received.
For example, Crow Hill CrossFit, which received nearly $100,000, is listed under the name "Crow Hill Strength and Conditioning, LLC."
San Francisco CrossFit, which closed in November, received a PPP loan but wasn't located in the tracker, meaning it could have been filed under a different name.
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Bonnier Publishing USA's Five Pillars of Positive Children's Books
Bonnier Publishing USA has developed five pillars to guide its children's imprints in publishing books that have a positive impact on kids and teens
During an all-hands planning meeting this past fall, the children's team at Bonnier Publishing USA realized they'd hit a critical point. Their titles were coalescing around five themes, which they dubbed their "five pillars": acceptance, anti-bullying, awareness, diversity, and empowerment. According to Sonali Fry, publisher of the children's book group, "while we had already been publishing books connected to some of these themes," such as Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie, which received a 2017 Caldecott Medal and a Coretta Scott King Honor, "we wanted to refocus our lists so that we hit every one of them."
Bonnier Publishing USA publishes children's books under three imprints: Little Bee Books (picture and board books, novelty, chapter, and nonfiction titles for kids up to 12 years old); Sizzle Press (licensed properties, media tie-ins, and pop-culture books from social media influencers); and the middle grade imprint Yellow Jacket, which will launch this summer with books for readers ages eight through 14.
Bonnier Publishing USA's books for younger readers are designed to be entertaining as well as conversation starters, introducing kids to historic and timely topics such as discrimination and human rights. Books for older readers explore additional topics such as empowerment, mental health, grief, and loss. "We feel that now, more than ever, it's important to give kids stories that reflect the world they live in and encourage them to imagine how they could make it better," says Fry. While, she says, the kids' team doesn't limit its acquisitions to books focused on one of the pillars, "there's often a natural connection to at least one. These themes unite the types of books we're passionate about, which helps shape our lists and, in turn, define who we are as a publisher," she says.
For instance, the picture book Trailblazer (Little Bee Books) by Leda Schubert, illustrated by Theodore Taylor III, tells the story of the groundbreaking African-American ballet dancer Raven Wilkinson. It's an inspiring true story about overcoming adversity and discrimination. "When the story mentions Brown v. the Board of Education," says Fry, "it's an opening to introduce tough topics such as segregation." Prince & Knight (Little Bee Books, May 2018) by Daniel Haack and illustrated by Stevie Lewis is the publisher's first picture book to openly address LGBTQ themes. It promotes acceptance and awareness through an adventure story in which two male characters find love. For slightly older readers, the middle grade novel The Prophet Calls (Yellow Jacket, November 2018) by Melanie Sumrow deals with a 13-year-old girl's journey toward self-discovery and empowerment after being raised in a strict, extremely sheltered, and suddenly dangerous polygamist society.
Between last November and this March, Sizzle Press will have published three new books by social media stars Jessie Paege and Jojo Siwa that are focused on empowering readers. Paege's Hey, It's Okay to Be You (November 2017) and Think Beyond Pink (March 2018) connect to multiple pillars. Both titles are guided journals for tweens and teens based on Paege's videos and social media presences. Paege examines issues relevant to teens, including breaking down stereotypes, managing fear, mental health, and sexuality, in a fun, accessible way. Siwa's Be You Activity Book, aimed at kids ages seven through 10, explores similar topics, including empowerment and bullying, with a much lighter tone. "These books challenge the reader to dig a little deeper and hopefully embrace, rather than shy away from, sometimes uncomfortable topics." says Fry.
"No matter the format, we strive for stories and characters that encourage empathy, bravery, and honesty," says Fry. The publisher has big plans for its children's list. "We are still growing." says Fry. "We'll continue to evolve as a publisher, but our goal will always remain the same: to entertain, empower, and inspire kids everywhere."
A version of this article appeared in the 01/29/2018 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline:
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The Equal Opportunities Office supports fathers at the university with reconciling family and professional or study responsibilities. Events, activities, and sensibilization measures on the topic of fatherhood are regularly offered at the University.
The goal is to support and promote fathers, who desire a more active role in raising their children or generally have problems balancing career or studies with family. Men interested in having children are also a target group.
Father-child events are offered every semester. The focus is not only on having fun but also on providing fathers with an opportunity to talk with one another and network. The events are usually held on the weekend and last between two and three hours. Past events have included visits to the Aachen Observatory, Flugplatz Merzbrück, and the Töpfereimuseum in Langerwehe, as well as walks through the forest. You can find current dates on this webpage under "Currently."
Delegate for Fathers – "Väterbeauftragter"
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The Family Services Center provides advising on work-life balance, parental leave, parental stipends, and related topics. You can find more information about advising at the Family Services Center web page.
The Aachener fathers get-together is an open service for fathers or interested men of any age. It serves as a platform for fathers who are studying, completing doctoral studies, or work, for discussion and support. Furthermore, it offers the possibility for fathers to contribute their own topics and ideas. All those interested are welcome to attend, just come by.
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Uruguay: Bourdain, off the cuff: Uruguay
Bourdain, off the cuff: Uruguay
Synopsis: Anthony Bourdain heads to Uruguay, a place that is much more than a "tiny, underappreciated South American country tucked between Argentina and Brazil." He is immersed in a meat-obsessed country whose hearty cuisine is indebted equally to Spain and Italy. While hanging out with locals, Tony tries to make sense of a nation that went from hard-line authoritarianism to progressive politics within just one generation.
On Uruguay's love affair with meat:
"Last time I was here I have to admit that after about six days I would've killed someone for a vegetable."
[On morcilla] "Look, when they kill me, that's how I wanna go. Keep the heart beating, pump the blood into the bucket, let the village women come and make sausage."
[On drive-through joints that double as steakhouses] "The meat's good. You should bring your own cutlery next time."
On Montevideo's chill vibes:
I'm permitted to smoke on camera now. I'm observing local customs.
"Proceed to smoke weed. It's cool—everyone's doing it! Someone call the elfin Jeff Sessions! He'll shit himself!"
"I love this country. I mean, there's a vibe here that is just unlike any other place on the continent. It's the opposite of New York in a lot of ways."
On Uruguay's transformation into a progressive Camelot:
"The emergence of the radical national-liberation movement, known as the Tupamaros, was cause for alarm at the CIA."
"With covert and overt support by our country, a state of emergency was declared and a right-wing dictatorship grabbed hold of the instruments of power, launching a period of oppression that lasted from 1973 to 1985."
"In the mid-1980s, the people of Uruguay had enough. Massive demonstrations and strikes finally forced the government to hold elections, and the military was swept from power."
"Things to know about Uruguay: It's progressive. Weed is legal. Abortions are easily accessible. Gay marriage, universal healthcare, free education (including college) … And democracy is no joke here."
On the Argentina Complex:
"When people think of this often-overlooked little country, if they think of it at all, they tend to think of it patronizingly as Argentina's little brother. Not so. And that attitude pushes people here to think of themselves in many ways as existentially in opposition to their bigger, louder neighbor."
Ignacio 'Nacho' Mattos: "It's a sin here. To be flashy is a sin."
The most quotable of guests:
Ignacio 'Nacho' Mattos: "Uruguay is a pretty chill and relaxed place where you can just disconnect from everything. It's a melting pot; it's mostly Spanish and Italian immigrant food."
Lucía Soria: "You cannot have happiness all the time." Anthony Bourdain: "Happiness all the time is fascism."
Carina Novarese: "We have troubles. We are in Latin America! We like to believe that we are a European country, but we are not." Anthony Bourdain: "Are you optimistic?" Novarese: "I am."
Nacho Mattos: "The way we were raised was very liberal but also — conservative."
Nacho Mattos: "I don't think quinoa exists here."
A city of stories
Tangier's literary history is unlike any other the world has ever known or may ever know again.
An ode to the Miami Airport Versailles
Amid the chain restaurants and gift shops at Miami International Airport, Cafe Versailles offers a taste of the real thing.
Bourdain, off the cuff: Miami
"Miami is like that. You can eat your way across the Caribbean and through all of Latin America and then over to Africa if you'd like."
Bourdain's field notes: Sicily
"Why, why, why can't I get Sicily right?"
Know before you go: Shanghai
Load up on apps, forgive the crowds, watch where you shop, and seek out the quiet spots in Shanghai.
Bourdain's field notes: Morocco
"This week's show is not about Morocco. Nor is it about Tangier precisely. It's about the intersection between the Old World and the New."


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Beating Lockdown: Tyson Fury's popularity is soaring
Tyson Fury has stunned some pretty fearsome adversaries in the past, but perhaps none quite as tough to overcome as the COVID-19 lockdown.
But 'The Gypsy King' appears to have chalked up yet another W to add to his perfect record as his popularity has soared during the five-month-and-counting hiatus from normal life.
Fury was already on the crest of a wave as the UK shut down to tackle the brutal pandemic after that epic destruction of Deontay Wilder in their rematch in Las Vegas in February, but the lockdown has done nothing to slow the increase in his popularity – in fact just the opposite.
Figures show that going into lockdown that on average around 550,000 people per month in the UK made internet searches for 'Tyson Fury', but now that figure has almost doubled to a cool 1million.
Fury's huge rival Anthony Joshua meanhwhile has also grown in popularity – but by nothing like as much. His increase is from 550,000 to 673,000 as the 'Gypsy King' leaves him trailing in his wake.
There are probably a couple of primary reasons for the difference in spikes – first of all those daily Instagram workouts Fury performed with wife Paris. As well as helping the public cope with the 'the new normal', they clearly kept Tyson in the spotlight.
@parisfury1 working the neck out…….. this is a must watch I can't stop laughing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
A post shared by Tyson Fury (@gypsyking101) on Apr 8, 2020 at 11:45am PDT
The other major reason would be the announcement on June 10 from Fury that he and Joshua have agreed in principle the financial terms for a two-fight deal to unify the heavyweight titles.
That announcement brought a frenzy of publicity and even two weeks ago their 'chance meeting' in the Spanish coastal resort of Marbella made huge waves in the global media.
There is no doubt that Fury, a natural showman, made much more mileage out of that June 10 announcement, while Joshua remained pretty quiet on the topic until he took part in a Q and A with Sky Sports users on July 23, admitting that he and Fury "will bump heads soon".
As well as those workouts and that Joshua announcement, Fury has also scooped two major literary prizes during the lockdown for his autobiography, 'Tyson Fury: Behind The Mask'. It claimed the prestigious award for Telegraph Sports Book Of The Year, and was also Telegraph Sport Autobiography Of The Year.
The book among other things charts Fury's battles with mental health issues that led to his near three-year absence from the ring, and his incredible comeback to world title glory once again.
Fury is currently hoping to return to the ring with a trilogy fight against Wilder on Saturday December 19, though there are fears it may have to be further delayed to February 2021 with the pandemic showing no signs of abating.


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Title: Analysis Of The Characteristics Of Halogen-Free PCB
Blog Entry: What is halogen-free PCB board? Halogen free plate refers to copper clad plate with chlorine (C1) and bromine (BR) content less than 0.09% wt (weight ratio) respectively in accordance with jpca-es-01-2003 standard. Meanwhile, the total amount of CI + BR is ≤ 0.15% [1500ppm].To get more news about Halogen Free PCB , you can visit pcbmake official website. At present, most of the halogen-free plates are mainly composed of phosphorus and phosphorus nitrogen systems. When the phosphorus containing resin is burned, it decomposes by heat to produce metapolyphosphate, which is highly dehydrated, forming a carbonized film on the surface of the polymer resin, separating the burning surface of the resin from the air, and making the fire extinguished to achieve the flame retardant effect. The polymer resin containing phosphorus and nitrogen compounds can produce non combustible gas during combustion, which helps the resin system to be flame retardant. Characteristics of halogen free sheet 1. Insulation of materials Because P or n is used to replace the halogen atom, the polarity of the molecular bond segment of epoxy resin is reduced to a certain extent, thus improving the insulation resistance and resistance to penetration of the material. 2. Water absorption of materials Due to the fact that N and P in n-p-based deoxidizing resin have less electron to halogen, the probability of hydrogen bond between n-and P-based deoxidizing resin and hydrogen atom in water is lower than that of halogen-free material, so the water absorption of halogen-free material is lower than that of conventional halogen-based flame retardant material. For sheet metal, low water absorption has a certain impact on improving the reliability and stability of the material. 3. Thermal stability of materials The content of nitrogen and phosphorus in Halogen-free plate is higher than that of halogen in common halogen materials, so the molecular weight and TG value of monomer are increased. In the case of heating, the mobility of its molecules will be lower than that of conventional epoxy resin, so the thermal expansion coefficient of halogen-free materials is relatively small. Compared with halogen-containing plates, halogen-free plates have more advantages, and halogen-free plates replace halogen-containing plates are also the general trend. At present, there are many kinds of halogen-free solder resist ink in the world. Its performance is similar to that of ordinary liquid photosensitive ink, and its specific operation is basically similar to that of ordinary ink.


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Even during tough times, give thanks
By WILL WHATLEY, Alabama Daily News
On Nov. 22, Alex Smith won a National Football League game for the first time in 742 days. In most instances, this would be a neat little trivia fact that one would forget right after hearing it. But there's more to the story than what's on the surface and those details need to be told.
Just over two years ago, on Nov. 18, 2018, Smith suffered a gruesome broken leg against the Houston Texans. He went through 17 surgeries and faced the threat of possibly losing his leg, then his life.
However, something kept him fighting to not only save himself but even get back on the field, a considerable task given the severity of the injury and him being on the back end of his career. At 36 years of age, Smith doesn't have much football left in him.
Once he miraculously got back on the field, Smith still faced considerable odds of ever getting in the game. He wasn't even the backup; Smith was listed third on the depth chart. He had essentially achieved quarterback emeritus status with the Washington football organization. But one guy soured in his on-field development and another got injured, and Smith found himself once again leading the offense.
You have to think Alex Smith is enjoying this victory, both on and off the field, during the 2020 edition of Thanksgiving. And he should be. He went through hell to get back to where he was. He had nothing to prove, yet he still pursued his personal best.
I think it's safe to say humanity is going through hell right now. We're facing down an historic pandemic and the considerable ripple effects it's having on our ways of life. People are getting sick left and right, and some of those people don't make it. Businesses are closing and folks are losing their jobs as we head into the holiday season. There are food lines forming across the country. Add to this more worries about everyday issues and you may not even have the time to stop and count your blessings.
It's hard to consider, much less savor, good things when so many bad things are happening all around you. But it's times like these when thanks given and appreciation shown because it's those minor things, the ones that are often overlooked, that will carry us through this valley and get us back to the mountaintop.
By all means, take this virus seriously because it is serious. Wear your mask, wash your hands and avoid large gatherings. But for sanity's sake, take a moment to be thankful for the little things, for essential personnel, for a moment of peace, for those who mean the most to you. If we can take something away from all the pain and strife, let it be an appreciation for life's little things because they're often the most crucial and most likely to get you through to the good times.
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How high can a horse jump? Many horses have tried for the world record for the highest jump, and the Puissance class is usually the main attraction at big shows. But how high can a horse jump, and who holds the record? The truth is, there is a lot of controversy in answering that question, and the story of the record setting is a good one!
We have to go back to long before good jumpers made their living in the show jumping arena, travelling to all the big shows. Unofficial records were the stuff of legends, beginning with the great horse Heatherbloom, born in Canada and trained in New York, who jumped a reported 8'2" in 1902.
Now let's go to the 1940s. This is a time when the military were leading horse breeders, and riders and horses competed for fun and to hone their skills, and without the pressures of earning a living on the show circuit. High jump records were fun for military horses and riders to challenge, and made a break from the day to day training of the cavalry. One horse is already becoming well known for jumping prowess. He's Osoppo, ridden by Captain Gutierrez for the Italian military. Osoppo already set a world record in 1938 at the National Championships in Rome, jumping 2.44 meters (8'). He was definitely the horse to beat!
Meanwhile, an ex-racehorse in Chile called Faithful, with his rider Captain Larraguibel is in a heated high jump battle with another Chilean horse called Chileno and his rider Lieutenant Riquelme. Chileno and Faithful go back and forth in the late 1940s, one jumping for a South American record, then the other going a little bit higher. Faithful jumped 2.18m (7'2" ), then only a few months later Chileno reached 2.33m (7'8"). Only a few days later, Faithful, now named Huaso, jumped 2.37m (7'9"). Their battle was getting attention around the world, but neither was threatening Osoppo's record.
Neither horse had an illustrious history. Huaso was an unsuccessful racehorse because of a bad temperament. He was a handsome chestnut with a white star, and so he was bought by the military to train for dressage. But in another fit of temper, Huaso injured his hindquarters so badly he was nearly put down. After the injury, he walked with a conspicuous limp, and that was the end of his dressage career. They turned him to showjumping, but his unruly temperament was still a problem. But, during a loose jumping session, he set off and jumped out of the arena, over a 2m (6'6") wall. Huaso's high jump career had begun!
There had to be a decision as to which horse, Chileno or Huaso, was the highest jumper, and which would challenge Osoppo. A match-type jump off between Chilean and Huaso was set, and on February 5th, 1949, at a showground in Chile, the two horses met. Chileno went first, and easily jumped 2.20m (7'2" ). On his second attempt, at 2.47m (8'2") – which would have given him the world record, he hesitated and crashed heavily into the jump. He was immediately retired, and never jumped again.
"On the first try, I miscalculated the distance and allowed the horse to refuse. If I had then applied the whip, the horse would have become nervous, because an animal understands when it's being asked to perform above his capabilities. In the second jump, I must have made a mistake of a centimeter or so, because Huaso cleared with his forelegs but touched with his belly, and knocked down the obstacle... there was only the third and last attempt left. I recalculated again, and in the precise moment we flew... The most difficult moment was the apex of the jump. My eyes were about 4 meters above the ground and I had the sensation of falling head first. My slightest tremor would have been felt by Huaso who then would have left his hindlegs behind and we would have crashed together, but we went over. The moment seemed to last forever. I didn't hear a single shout and thought that something had gone wrong, but I couldn't hear the obstacle falling either..."
That was the last time Huaso was ever ridden – he had done enough. He was sent to a happy retirement and eventually died at the ripe old age of 29. Today at the showgrounds there stands a replica of the jump he cleared, still set at the same height, and a statue of him honoring his achievement.
His record still stands, making it one of the oldest unbroken sports records. But it isn't without controversy. An American horse, King's Own, ridden by Freddie Wettach, jumped 8'3 ½ " in the 1920s. This record, though, although captured on film, was not considered 'official', because it was done in a private setting without any official measurement of the jump. An English horse, Lastic, ridden by Nick Skelton, set an indoor high jump record – not in a puissance, but over a traditional 'high jump' fence – in 1978 by clearing 2.3m (7' 7 1/2"). Anthony d'Ambrosio and his horse Sweet n'Low tied that record in 1983 in the puissance class at the Washington International Horse show. The outdoor puissance record is held by Frankie Sloothak and Leonardo, who cleared 7'10" in 1991.
Whether you accept Huaso as the world's highest jumper, or King's Own, the big outdoor high jump competitions are pretty much a thing of the past. Good jumpers are far too valuable to risk over chasing a record when they could be earning big money in grand prix or Puissance competitions, so it is likely that their records will stand for many years to come!
WOW great i loved it that really high!!
Insane.....totally and competely insane!!! Those horses gotta have a TON of heart!


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Sibling rivalry is all but common to parents with over 1 child. It has been around for a very long time. It is almost a fact of life.
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Powell's Responds to Anti-Ngo Protestors
By Ed Nawotka |
Powell's Books in Portland, Ore., closed early each day this week after protestors plastered signs on the store's windows. The protesters are opposing the store's offer of pre-orders of conservative journalist Andy Ngo's book Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy on its website. The book will be published in February by Center Street, the politically conservative imprint of Hachette Book Group.
On Monday, Powell's Tweeted, "This book will not be placed on our shelves. We will not promote it. That said, it will remain in our online catalog. We carry a lot of books we find abhorrent, as well as those that we treasure."
Ngo is well-known in Portland. In 2019, he published a series in the New York Post alleging numerous hate crimes reported to the police in the city had been faked, then later that summer, claimed he was attacked by Antifa counter-protestors while he was covering a Proud Boys march in the city. He claims to have been brain damaged by the attack.
After protests continued throughout the week, Emily Powell, owner of Powell's Books, offered context for the store's decision to continue selling the book online in a press release. "Since Sunday, Powell's has received hundreds of emails, calls, and social media comments calling for us to remove Unmasked from Powells.com," wrote Powell. "Demonstrations outside our Burnside store have forced us to close to ensure the safety of employees, protestors, and neighbors. If we need to remain closed, we will not hesitate to do so.'
She continued, noting that the store had faced similar objections to certain books in the past. "Since the first published texts there have been calls to disown different printed work, and at Powell's we have a long history of experiencing these calls, and the threats they bring with them, firsthand," she wrote. "Until recently the threats were from those who objected that we carried books written by authors we respected or subjects we supported. The threats were real but we could feel virtuous — we were bringing the written word to the light of day. We could feel proud of our choices, even when the choices created conflict.
Powell, than said that the fight to defend Ngo's book, "does not feel virtuous...it feels ugly and sickening to give any air to writing that could cause such deep pain to members of our community." But, she explained, they would continue to offer the book for sale online: "In our history we have sold many copies of books we find objectionable. We do that in spite of all the reasons not to, because we believe that making the published word available is an important and crucial step in shedding light on the dark corners of the public discourse. It is actually a leap of faith into the vortex of the power of the written word and our fellow citizens to make sense of it." Powell then directed readers to the store's statement in support of freedom of speech.
Several comments on the Powell's Books Twitter feed noted that the protests were not trying to encourage the store to ban the book, but to choose not to support someone who has damaged the local community. The Twitter stream of one protest organizer, who goes by the name @2lesslegs, was calling for an outright "ban," and said the protests would not stop until Powell had relented. As of Wednesday night, the account had been temporarily suspended by Twitter.
Ngo himself tweeted that he disagreed with the decision not to sell the book in-store, but sympathized with the store as he perceived the store to be a victim of Antifa bullying.
Several supporters of Ngo stated they had in turn gone to the Powell's site or that of other independent bookstores to buy the book. Unmasked has been lifted to the top of the bestseller list of several categories on Amazon, including Censorship & Politics and Political Commentary & Opinion.
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Q: How to enumerate shapeless Record and access field keys in runtime? I am writing generic code for processing lists of case class instances,
collecting values in each field, combining and then passing it to the library.
Using shapeless LabelledGeneric and polymorphic functions, it looks like this:
object toNamedSingletonListOfValues extends Poly1 {
  implicit def caseField[K,T] =
    at[FieldType[K, T]](field => { field.key -> List[T](field) })
}

val generic = LabelledGeneric[MyClass]
val records = listOfMyClassInstances.map(generic.to)
val values = records.map(_.map(toNamedSingletonListOfValues)) // Then combining and passing

However, I need a way of getting field.key because the library needs the parameter names.
Would you mind suggesting the solution?

A: You can access the key (which is known at compile-time) as a runtime value through an instance of the Witness type class:
object toNamedSingletonListOfValues extends Poly1 {
  implicit def caseField[K, T](implicit wk: Witness.Aux[K]) =
    at[FieldType[K, T]](field => { wk.value -> List[T](field) })
}

No need for runtime reflection!

A: Found dirty hack is to make Poly look like:
import scala.reflect.runtime.universe._

object toNamedSingletonListOfValues extends Poly1 {
  implicit def caseField[K: TypeTag, T] = at[FieldType[K, T]] { field =>
    (typeOf[K] match { case TypeRef(_, _, args) => args }).last.toString.drop("java.lang.String(\"".size).dropRight(2) -> List[T]()
  }
}

Is there a nicer solution around?

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Canadian distributors revealed hundreds of hours of content sales as MIPTV got underway.
Super Channel acquires Hulu's Fyre Fraud doc, 9 Story inks a deal with Vancouver's Slap Happy Cartoons, and more.
The company has been appointed as the global distributor for Scholastic Entertainment's revamped Clifford The Big Red Dog series.
Toronto's D Films picks up the Canadian rights to Whitney (pictured), Incendo sells the first-run broadcast rights to its latest MOW abroad, plus more.
L.A.-based Spotlight Pictures has acquired the international sales rights to writer-director Daniel DiMarco's crime drama, Juggernaut, plus more.
The Peg + Cat producer has launched a new international distribution operation based in Dublin.


From Luhmann Reconsidered: Steps Towards an Empirical Research Programme in the Sociology of Communication?
Although Luhmann formulated with modesty and precaution, for example in Die Wissenschaft der Gesellschaft (1990a, at pp. 412f.), that his theory claims to be a universal one because it is self-referential, the "operational closure" that follows from this assumption easily generates a problem for empirical research. Can a theory which considers society— and science as one of its subsystems—operationally closed, nevertheless contribute to the project of Enlightenment which Popper (1945) so vigorously identified as the driver of an open society? How can a theory which proclaims itself to be circular and universal nevertheless claim to celebrate "the triumph of the Enlightenment" (Luhmann, 1990a, at p. 548)? Is the lack of an empirical program of research building on Luhmann's theory fortuitous or does it indicate that this theory should be considered as a philosophy rather than a heuristic for the explanation of operations in social systems?
In my opinion, Luhmann's sociological theory of communications contains important elements which have hitherto not sufficiently been appreciated in the empirical traditions of sociology and communication studies (Leydesdorff, 1996; Seidl & Becker, 2006; Grant, 2007). Anthony Giddens (1984, at p. xxxvii), for example, had no doubt that "these newer versions of Parsonianism, particularly Luhmann and Habermas, were to be repudiated despite the sophistication and importance of these authors." However, Giddens focused on explaining action; social structure was black-boxed in his "structuration theory" as a "duality" which precedes action as "rules and resources," and follows from the aggregation of human actions, for example, as institutions (Leydesdorff, 1993). According to Giddens (1984), social structures exist in social reality only by implication, i.e., in their "instantiation" in the knowledgeable activities of situated actors. This duality of social structure cannot be specified empirically without reference to actions and institutions because structure is considered "outside of time-space" (Giddens, 1981, at pp. 171f.) and as an "absent set of differences" (Giddens, 1979, at p. 64).
Steps Towards an Empirical Research Programme in the Sociology of Communication?


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Tesla will reveal the finished Model 3 in July
Warren Whitlock General June 27, 2017
Tesla is gearing up for the big reveal of the Model 3, its first mass-market car.
CEO Elon Musk unveiled the car in March of 2016, but Tesla will show off the production version of the sedan in July.
The summer premiere will offer the roughly 400,000 customers who pre-ordered the vehicle a chance to see the final version before deliveries begin at the end of the year.


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Keene's Pointe home tops Windermere sales from June 4 to 10
The home at 8223 Stonemason Court, Windermere, sold June 10, for $1,250,000.
By Michael Eng
| 7:50 a.m. June 17, 2022
West Orange Times & Observer
A home in Keene's Pointe topped all Windermere residential real-estate transactions from June 4 to 10.
The home at 8223 Stonemason Court, Windermere, sold June 10, for $1,250,000. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,390 square feet of living area. Days on market: Six.
BELMERE VILLAGE
The home at 11657 Vicolo Loop, Windermere, sold June 10, for $745,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,794 square feet of living area. Days on market: One.
The home at 1095 Lascala Drive, Windermere, sold June 10, for $655,000. Built in 2004, it has five bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,663 square feet of living area. Days on market: Four.
BUTLER RIDGE
The home at 5253 Butler Ridge Drive, Windermere, sold June 10, for $750,000. Built in 1989, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 2,493 square feet of living area. Days on market: Four.
KEENE'S POINTE
MANORS AT BUTLER BAY
The home at 2533 Carter Grove Circle, Windermere, sold June 10, for $850,000. Built in 1989, it has five bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths and 3,306 square feet of living area. Days on market: 13.
RESERVE AT BELMERE
The home at 11660 Delwick Drive, Windermere, sold June 6, for $850,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths and 3,051 square feet of living area. Days on market: Seven.
TUSCANY RIDGE
The home at 1560 Belfiore Way, Orlando, sold June 6, for $1,250,000. Built in 2005, it has five bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths and 4,946 square feet of living area. Days on market: 10.
The home at 11803 Waterstone Loop Drive, Orlando, sold June 8, for $1,195,000. Built in 2012, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,893 square feet of living area. Days on market: Two.
WILLOWS AT LAKE RHEA
The home at 11359 Willow Gardens Drive, Windermere, sold June 10, for $950,000. Built in 1990, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,968 square feet of living area. Days on market: Three.
The home at 835 Main St., Windermere, sold June 10, for $799,000. Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,489 square feet of living area. Days on market: Three.
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UPDATE: IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT LESLIE ABREGO IS NO LONGER MISSING. HER CASE INFORMATION NO LONGER APPEARS ON THE NCMEC DATABASE. AND HER NCMEC POSTER HAS APPARENTLY BEEN REMOVED. THIS IS THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION I HAVE.
It has been five long months.
Been seen or heard from since.
LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA–Leslie Abrego was last seen on July 29, 2018 in La Verne, California. Her D.O.B. (as given on the poster) is January 3, 2001. She was 17 years old when she was last seen. She is one day shy of her 18th birthday. Leslie Abrego is a Latino female of Hispanic ethnicity. She is described as 5'2″ tall and approximately 159 pounds. Her hair is black and her eyes are brown. It is unknown what Leslie was doing when she was last seen, who saw her, or what she was wearing. Nor is her mode of transportation known. Leslie is missing under unknown circumstances.
Leslie Abrego has been missing for six months. There is little information to go on. First of all, what was she doing when she was last seen? Who last saw her? What was her state of mind? Did she act unhappy or upset when she was last seen? Does Leslie have a boyfriend or anyone else in her life whom she wanted to be with? Could someone have approached her, groomed her, and lured her to vanish in order to be with them? Do you have any information concerning the whereabouts of Leslie Abrego? Do you have any information concerning the person (s) involved in her disappearance?
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It's Okay to Cram Before Election Day
Our vote is not the reason for the hope we have.
Bonnie Kristian| November 3, 2022
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In an earlier internet age, I remember hoping that the internet would make us all so well informed. We could keep tabs on everything, from local news to the chaos of Washington and happenings of the wider world.
Indeed, the mere act of being aware of newsy content seemed like a virtue—why else had "raising awareness" about this cause or that campaign become a national preoccupation? We'd become better citizens, the thinking went, because we'd be better-informed citizens. We could vote with more care and nuance because it'd be easier to research candidates and interact with them online. A constant, unlimited flow of information would be good for America.
Or not. That simple optimism is impossible to summon now, and though being politically well informed is a good thing, the prospect can sound more exhausting than enticing. Now we know that consuming political media can distort our perception of our political opponents, that airing our opinions online makes it harder to admit when we're wrong, and that on platforms like TikTok and Twitter "falsehood diffuses significantly farther, faster, deeper, and more broadly than the truth," as MIT researcher Sinan Aral put it.
The knowledge of the good and evil of our media landscape has left many torn, I think, between competing impulses: an uneasiness with the habits involved in being politically informed and a sense that it's a civic duty.
But this week before the midterms, I'd suggest a third way: It's okay to cram before you vote. We don't have to stay at Election Day–levels of political competence all the time. We can study up this weekend, vote if that's where research leads, and go back to other, better things until the next election rolls around.
The time we spend on politics is not an unlimited resource. "Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise," Paul advised the church at Ephesus, "making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil" (Eph. 5:15–16).
Is it a wise use of time to always be up on the latest headlines, to track every twist and turn of this congressional investigation or that court case? For many of us, much of the time, the answer is no. Many news cycles are dominated by soon-irrelevant matters, and we can always catch up on the substantive stuff after a few days or weeks have shown it's worth our while.
The minutes (or hours!) we frantically devote to distant political controversies over which we have no influence and which may well come to nothing is time taken from somewhere and perhaps someone else. It's time we could have spent with Scripture or a good book; with our families, friends, or church; or tangibly serving the needs of our local communities. To tweak the words of James, political awareness without deeds is useless (2:20). What better and wiser use of our lives are we sacrificing to be perpetually "aware"?
In a 1946 letter, C. S. Lewis warned that giving our limited attention to problems far from our grasp is not simply going outside our call to love our neighbors but can actually interfere with it:
I think each village was meant to feel pity for its own sick and poor whom it can help and I doubt if it is the duty of any private person to fix his mind on ills which he cannot help. (This may even become an escape from the works of charity we really can do to those we know.) A great many people (not you) do now seem to think that the mere state of being worried is in itself meritorious. I don't think it is. We must, if it so happens, give our lives for others; but even while we're doing it, I think we're meant to enjoy Our Lord and, in Him, our friends, our food, our sleep, our jokes, and the birds song and the frosty sunrise.
What Lewis called "being worried" we've dubbed "raising awareness" or "staying well informed." The new names don't change the merit of his critique.
"Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have," writes the apostle Peter (1 Pet. 3:15). His advice points us to a better model for the average Christian in a country where the government solicits our opinion at predictable intervals: We should be conversant in accordance with our priorities—or in proportion to our allegiances.
If our commitment to Christ and his church is preeminent, the time, attention, and knowledgeability we give them should scale to fit. A difference in how conversant we typically are about faith and politics makes sense if they occupy appropriately different places in our hearts and minds.
Finally, cramming for an election is a perfect fit for the American system of government. It has democratic elements, but it's not a direct democracy. It's representational, which means most of us delegate our political responsibilities to others. At the official level, that means elected politicians and unelected bureaucrats and staff. Unofficially, it includes journalists like me and political lobbyists, activists, and hobbyists—people who truly enjoy politics as a pastime.
For everyone else, however, politics was never meant to be a daily preoccupation. Representation frees us to spend our time on better and more needful pursuits, like caring for those in our own villages. And if the representatives are performing poorly, our daily worrying won't change that. Our votes sometimes can—but we can cram for that.
A prophetic, eclectic, and humble take on current issues, public policy, and political events with thoughts on faithful engagement.
Bonnie Kristian is a columnist at Christianity Today and deputy editor at The Week. She is the author of A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018) and Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (2022).
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Never Failing, Always Failed
by Terrance Heath | Nov 7, 2008 | Blog | 0 comments
Sometimes the most pointed — or preposterous — comes from unexpected sources. This time, it's The Onion providing the former and the Wall Street Journal serving up the latter.
The best satire comes wrapped around a grain of discomforting truth. Daniel De Groot unwrapped one in a headline from The Onion that should give Democrats something to think about. Read his post for more on that.
The jaw-dropper, though, comes from the Wall Street Journal, (hat-tip to Steve Benen at Political Animal) where they've apparently learned well (or not so well) something Rick pointed out earler: Conservatism never fails; it is only failed.
A big part of how I understand the American right—it's lurking behind most of what I write, though I rarely discuss it explicitly—is the concept of innocence. Most conservatives I've met and corresponded with can be most usefully taxonomized, not according to whether they're "theocons" or "neocons" or economic conservatives or whatever else, but by the particular routines by which they wash themselves in the blood of the lamb—in other words, how they pronounce themselves and those they class themselves with to be without sin: conservatism never fails, it is only failed. The conservative African American thinker Shelby Steele has borrowed a concept from Soren Kierkegaard to describe what he sees as black Americans' tendency to bad-faith excuses that exempt themselves for any possibility of owning their own failures: "seeing for innocence." Myself, I've found this an indispensable concept for understanding how contemporary conservatives assess the past, present, and future of their movement. Conservatives are really crappy at personal responsibility.
That explains the admonishment from WSJ columnist Jeffrey Scott Shapiro: President Bush has not failed; we have failed him.
The treatment President Bush has received from this country is nothing less than a disgrace. The attacks launched against him have been cruel and slanderous, proving to the world what little character and resolve we have. The president is not to blame for all these problems. He never lost faith in America or her people, and has tried his hardest to continue leading our nation during a very difficult time.
Our failure to stand by the one person who continued to stand by us has not gone unnoticed by our enemies. It has shown to the world how disloyal we can be when our president needed loyalty — a shameful display of arrogance and weakness that will haunt this nation long after Mr. Bush has left the White House.
I guess that we shouldn't have been dancing in the streets on Tuesday night.
The last time Americans danced and cheered in the streets was in 1945, when the nation finally defeated its enemies in the Second World War. I have no memories of those exuberant days. But I'm an historian and I've seen plenty of pictures and read many descriptions of the joy and happiness that swept over the country.
Obama's stunning victory is the first time in 63 years that Americans once again danced and cheered in the street. Here on the Left Coast, thousands of Berkeley students danced in the city, wildly cheering his victory. In Oakland's Jack London Square and in San Francisco's Castro District, tens of thousands more gathered for joyous street parties, dancing in the street. It was a bittersweet victory because of the success of those who sought to ban same-sex marriage. That day, too, will come. Of this I'm sure.
Elsewhere, people also danced in the streets. In Chicago, a friend describes the thousands of young people who poured out of trains to join the tens of thousands already celebrating in Grant Park. In Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the largely African American and Caribbean population celebrated in the streets, dancing and setting off fireworks.
All across America, in these blue enclaves, celebration and joy was in the air. The morning after the election, I received emails from friends all over the world who described how the election would transform not just the United States, but the rest of the world. On the Berkeley campus, colleagues, as well as strangers, hugged each other. Smiles sprouted on students' faces. It was as though everyone were awakening from an eight year low-grade depression.
I guess we shouldn't have burst into a collective expression of joy over a new beginning, and — at long last — the beginning of the end.
The nation's capital came alive after 11 PM on election eve, as thousands poured into the streets to celebrate a victory that everyone was calling historic. Car horns blaring, whooping and shouting, high fives all around, multi-racial crowds celebrating joyously. Historic it is, most obviously in the election of an African-American president, in a country where millions of black people could not even vote when the new president-elect was born. The rapper Jay-Z elegantly expressed the Obama campaign's connection to the long struggle for equality, along with the enthusiasm that it generated: "Rosa Parks sat so that Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so that Obama could run. Obama's running so that we all can fly."
But there is another sense in which this election will likely turn out to be historic. For nearly four decades, this country has been moving to the right.
…Now that long journey into darkness has finally come to an end.
How thoughtless and dangerous to celebrate the end of an administration and an era dominated by a political philosophy that has:
brought us an economy that's lost 1.2 million jobs this year;
including job losses in 41 out of 50 states last month;
increased consumber bankruptcy;
brought manufacturing to its lowest level in 26 years;
left 20% of homeowners "underwater";
actually shrank the economy;
given us the third highest rate of income inequality in the world (after Mexico and Turkey);
but not without making the rich richer;
and reversing the gains we made against poverty in the 1990s;
And that's just what I could come up with in five minutes of searching my own memory banks, without even Iraq or Afghanistan.
Dancing in the streets at the prospect that all of the above might be coming to an end? That the light we can finally see at the end of the tunnel might be a way out, instead of an oncoming train?
How could we, when none of this would have happened if only we'd clapped hard enough?
Shapiro's right. Nevermind our enemies. What would our friends think? What would the world think?
Oh, Wait. They probably didn't notice because they were celebrating too.
History will have the final verdict, and it may admonish us too? But at least one group of historians has described the Bush presidency as "battered, incompetent" and "unlucky."
With record low approval ratings and intense criticism for his handling of the Iraq war, Hurricane Katrina and the economy, the word most used to label George W. Bush's presidency will be "incompetent," historians say.
"Right now there is not a lot of good will among historians. Most see him as a combination of many negative factors," said Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School.
"He is seen as incompetent in terms of how he handled domestic and foreign policy. He is seen as pushing for an agenda to the right of the nation and doing so through executive power that ignored the popular will," he added.
But like so many presidents before him, Bush's reputation could change with time.
Maybe. But right now, incompetent seems an appropriate label for the Bush presidency; one that has left many feeling battered an unlucky.
Can anyone blame us — or the rest of the world — for being glad it's over, and finally hopeful that better days are ahead?
I guess so.
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