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Coldplay announced as Super Bowl 50 halftime show headliner
In this March 11, 2014 file photo, Coldplay performs at the iTunes Festival during the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. Coldplay will perform at the Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show on CBS Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, the NFL announced on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. (Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)
The NFL announced on Thursday that English band Coldplay will headline the Super Bowl 50 halftime show on Feb. 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, California.
Months of rumors swirled about who the NFL would ultimately decide upon for the halftime show, which has attracted more than 100 million viewers for the past several years, with the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show with Katy Perry, Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliot drawing 118 million viewers.
Over the summer, rumors swirled that the NFL would get Taylor Swift to perform the show, rumors that were quickly followed by speculation that Bruno Mars, who performed the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, would return. In September, Adele was rumored to be the favored candidate for the halftime show, with some observers speculating that the sheer popularity of the singer would overcome any issues that would arise from having a distinctly non-energetic halftime show.
"Insiders add that 2013 performer Bruno Mars will also be involved in the show in some capacity, as will other 'friends of the group.' Despite previous reports, Maroon 5 and Taylor Swift are not scheduled to take the stage at this time," Us Weekly reported.
The Super Bowl halftime show has a long tradition of a surprise guest appearance, such as Missy Elliot in the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show. For the headliners, there is a strong financial incentive, as past performers at the halftime show have seen album sales skyrocket. Following Bruno Mars' performance in the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show, his album "Unorthodox Jukebox" sold 40,000 copies the week after the halftime show, compared to 15,000 copies the week before the Super Bowl.
Controversy arose in 2014 when reports leaked that the NFL was seeking financial compensation from the artists that performed in the halftime show. The Wall Street Journal reported that the NFL was testing potential audience members to see if they would be willing to pay to play, in the form of either a fee up front or a cut of concert revenue in the months following the Super Bowl.
Though these reports were officially denied by the NFL, the Wall Street Journal reported that the requests for financial compensation were met with a "chilly" response by all of the potential performers.
Coldplay was first formed in 1996 by then-college students Chris Martin and Johnny Buckland, who would go on to be the lead vocalist and lead guitarist respectively. The group is generally known for being a rock band that achieved fame in the early 2000s, particularly with their 2002 album "A Rush of Blood to the Head," which won New Music Express' Album of the Year award.
The announcement comes ahead of the release of the group's seventh album, "A Head Full of Dreams," which was released the morning of Dec. 4. More information about the set list and other performers who may join Coldplay on stage will become available as we get closer to the performance on Feb. 7.
Edward Pankowski is life editor for The Daily Campus. He can be reached via email at edward.pankowski@uconn.edu.
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All proof is welcome, but not if it's no proof.
To declare that the Bible is the one and only Word of God, folks most often cite 2 Timothy 3:16. There Paul seems to inform Timothy that the Bible is God-breathed, in stark contrast to other writings, which are the mere fumblings of man. What very few of these folks seem to notice is that just eight verses prior, Paul refers to the legend of Jannes and Jambres, which is wildly extra-Biblical (2 Timothy 3:16).
In his letter to Timothy, Paul reminds the addressed that he has been instructed in, specifically, the Holy Texts, from early childhood on. The word Paul uses is γραμμα (gramma), that which is written. This word is derived of γραφω (grapho), meaning to write. Another derivation of this same verb is γραφη (graphe), a noun that means writing.
In all occurrences of graphe where the Holy Scriptures are meant, this word is preceded by the definite article: The Scriptures, but not in 2 Timothy 3:16. The only other exception happens in John 19:37, where the definite article is replaced by the word another. In 2 Timothy 3:16, Paul has the word graphe precede by the word πασα, pasa, the feminine form of πας (pas), where also the familiar word pantos comes from. This root pas means all, with a clause of one-ness; the whole of something.
Holy Texts. These are those Texts that are able to make wise, even so wise that you will believe in Christ Jesus, which then leads to salvation.
The whole of all texts. These are any written word, from a Bible commentary to a Star Trek script to the TV guide.
Anything written can be used by anybody clever, creative or inspired enough to introduce the gospel or give an example of how things work or don't. Language and specifically written language requires such an enormous degree of cooperation and convention that Paul rightly deems it θεοπνευστος (theopneustos) or "God-breathed".
Another example of a huge cooperation between elements which is also God-breathed is Adam (Genesis 2:7). And even though Adam was a compilation of dust made into a living one-ness by being breathed into by God, he was by no means as divine as the Bible is. The Bible is divine, but not because it is God-breathed.
In the New Testament we find another occurrence of God-breathing, namely when Jesus confronts his disciples after the resurrection (John 20:22): God-breathed but certainly not infallible or divine, the disciples await the Holy Spirit.
It seems like Paul is saying something in the same line of thought as 1 Corinthians 6:12, "All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable." Apparently, all texts are, and so Paul quotes like no other Bible writer, often without references and sometimes to books which aren't part of any holy canon. With the reference to Jannes and Jambres in 2 Timothy 3:8, for instance, Paul endorses an unbiblical but popular tradition (earliest surviving citation in the Damascus Document, 1st century BC). But Paul is not the only text-importer: Jude's revelation that Michael and the devil fought over the body of Moses (Jude 1:9; Deuteronomy 34:6 states that God buried Moses on an unknown location somewhere in Moab) is also drawn from an extra-Biblical source.
The gospel may seem hard to believe, especially from the perspectives of ignorance and that of an intellectual investment in another conclusion. In Acts 17:23, Paul masterfully gains a few yards by pointing out that the incorporation of an Unknown God in Athens' theology willingly states its own incompleteness (much like modern science does ever since Kurt Gödel) and hence allows, anticipates and even invites the gospel.
Then Paul reminds the Athenians that they already believe in divine sonship, which is a serious stumbling block for many still today (the Quran for instance devotes much effort to denying that divine sonship can exist). By utilizing documents that we now consider faulty, but which then were kept in the highest regard, Paul is able to introduce the gospel to the Athenians, some of whom express the desire to continue the discussion at a later time, and some of whom convert (Acts 17:32-34).
Epimenides, a poet and Jovian priest is quoted in Titus 1:12.
The story of Jannes and Jambres is a non-surviving ancient legend referred to by Paul (2 Timothy 3:8).
The Books of Enoch are works of legend and fabrication created over the ages and based on the single, enigmatic note in Genesis 5:24 that Enoch walked with God and was taken by God. Paul seems to tap into more than the Torah reveals (Hebrews 11:5) and Jude actually quotes 1 Enoch 1:9 in Jude 1:14.
The Corinthian Letter prior to First Corinthians, was a letter written by Paul to the church in Corinth, to which he refers in 1 Corinthians 5:9. This Very First Letter to the Corinthians is lost.
The Complete Works of Solomon, contained 3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs. Only a fraction of these works made it into the canon (1 Kings 4:32).
The Book of the Wars of YHWH, a work of which no trace remains except for the quote in Numbers 21:14-15.
The Book of Jashar is said to report the miraculous behavior of the sun and moon during Joshua's battle with the Amorites. The book is referenced as an argument that it really happened. The same book is noted to contain David's Song of the Bow (2 Samuel 1:18).
The Book of Acts of Solomon is listed as a reference, and maybe even a source, in 1 Kings 11:41.
The Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Israel is pointed at all over Kings and Chronicles. (1 Kings 14:19).
The Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Judah is pointed at all over Kings and Chronicles. (1 Kings 14:29).
The book of Nathan the Prophet; a non-surviving work mentioned in canon with the Book of Samuel (1 Chronicles 29:29). The Book of Nathan is also said to contain acts of Solomon (2 Chronicles 9:29).
The Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite; mentioned along the Book of Nathan (1 Chronicles 9:29).
The Visions of Iddo the Seer; mentioned along the Book of Nathan (1 Chronicles 9:29).
The Records of Shemaiah the Prophet; said to contain all acts of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 12:15).
The Records of Iddo the Seer; said to contain all acts of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 12:15).
For a lengthy look at traces of Homer in the New Testament, see our article on that name. For a general exposé of the Bible's vast library of influences and contributions from all over the world, see our article on Mary. For a look at the highly diverse and genetically diluted nature of Israel, see our article on the name Abraham.


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Miguel Andujar ROY Snub Raises Question Marks
By Jared Cohen, Staff Writer
Filed under National Sports, Sports
Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year awards were announced on MLB Network this past week. The National League winner, as expected, was Atlanta Braves Left Fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. The American League Winner, however, has raised some question marks, with Angels pitcher and designated hitter Shohei Ohtani capturing this award over Yankees stud third baseman Miguel Andujar.
Ohtani's nine starts of solid yet unspectacular 3.31 ERA ball, which is a third of the number of starts pitchers make throughout a whole season, along with his stellar .285 BA, 22HR, and 61 RBI, wound up being enough to somehow beat out Yankees phenom third baseman Miguel Andujar.
Andujar, who played an entire season, batted .297BA, 27 HR, and 92 RBI. Andujar's value was immeasurable to the Yankees, and by seasons end he turned out to be an extra base hit machine. Andujar challenged Yankees rookie records this season, with 49 doubles.
With Andujar being a superior hitter, carrying the Yankees offense at times, playing in the heat of an AL East race against the Red Sox, the questions remains why didn't Andujar win Rookie of the Year?
Ohtani did not play a full season and was playing for a measly Angels team that was never in playoff contention, and still managed to garner enough votes to win. Bottom line is that the voters of this award straight up got it wrong, and now time will tell that Andujar is a better and more valuable player than Ohtani. Andujar's expectations are sky high for the 2019 season, and Ohtani will be watching from the bench recovering from Tommy John surgery because he can't stay healthy.
Tags: Los Angeles Angels, Miguel Andujar, MLB, New York Yankees, Rookie of the Year, Shohei Ohtani
Jared Cohen, Staff Writer
Jared is a Senior at Wayne Hills with an interest in sports management and sports business. In addition to being on the hockey team, he likes to write...
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Several months ago I set out to read one of the Psalms each day and spend some time quietly thinking about it afterwards. I have missed a few days here and there but have mostly stuck with it.
I've been struck by how deep into depression David sank. Yet he never loses sight of God's supreme authority over all creation or the love he has for us. Strangely, while going through a rough time myself, I think these sometimes rather gloomy sounding prayers were very helpful.
Now, as I near the end of them, I experience some sadness that I must leave them behind for a while. At the same time, it's like the end of a race and I feel energized. I have to resist the urge to rush through the last few.
Greek word for the week, ep-ee-i-kacé.
This word is Strong's #1933 and means mild, gentle, moderation, or patient.
It is found in Philippians 4:5 where we as Christians are admonished to live in such a way that this is a trait we are known for. I read that verse and it made me wonder, how can I be sure if I am known for something?
I attended a co-workers memorial service the next day and listened to everything that was said about her. Those were the things she was known for.
I thought about whether or not at my funeral people would say "he was gentle and mild" and I'm not too sure they would. Would they for you?
May we who call ourselves be known for being mild, gentle, and patient. What a mark that would make, especially in today's social environment.
So I spent some time making up several batches of fathead pizza crusts the other day. It was very convenient to get up and throw some cheese onion, bacon, and an egg on part of one.
Tossed it in the oven for 12 minutes at 400° and had breakfast.
Ever Feel Rejected by God?
If you do you are not alone. The writer in Psalm 44 felt rejected, despised, and crushed. This in spite of the fact that the people hadn't turned their back on God or become unfaithful. This whole chapter is full of pain and depression. It speaks of the faithful as rejected by God 1.
Low-carb eating goes really well with a smoker. And the two of them go great with an unexpectedly cool, still morning. That's what I was blessed with this morning, the first time I tried my hand at smoking some jerky. Why was I doing that? I love jerky but finding any pre-made without sugar is near impossible.
While I was at it, I decided to read outside this morning. Today was Psalm 19 that starts with "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky proclaims the work of His hands." The birds were giving some proclamation off in the distance as well. This little video sort of sums up how the whole process made me feel.


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Japanese regulators recommend US$22 million fine on Nissan
Yuri Kageyama	The Associated Press Published Tuesday, December 10, 2019 4:05AM EST
In this April 3, 2019, file photo, former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, center, leaves his lawyer's office in Tokyo. (Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News via AP, File)
TOKYO -- Japanese securities regulators are recommending that automaker Nissan be fined 2.4 billion yen (US$22 million) over the under-reporting of compensation of its former chairman, Carlos Ghosn.
The watchdog, the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission, said Tuesday it made the recommendation to the government's Financial Services Agency on the disclosure documents from 2014 through 2017.
Nissan Motor Co. said it accepted the penalty and had corrected its securities documents in May, although its final decision will come after it receives official notice.
"The company takes this recommendation extremely seriously," it said in a statement.
Nissan was charged earlier with under-reporting Ghosn's compensation.
Ghosn was arrested in November 2018 and is out on bail. He has been charged with under-reporting is compensation and other financial misconduct. He says he is innocent and has said the future compensation was never agreed upon or paid.
His trial has not yet started. Prosecutors say they are confident they have a case but won't disclose details.
Ghosn's lawyers say the allegations are a result of trumped up charges rooted in a conspiracy among Nissan, government officials and prosecutors to oust Ghosn to prevent a fuller merger with Nissan's alliance partner Renault SA of France.
Nissan, which makes the Leaf electric car, March subcompact and Infiniti luxury models, has seen its sales and profits tumble and its brand image tarnished over the Ghosn scandal. It has acknowledged governance lapses and has promised to beef up transparency.
Ghosn, one of the auto industry's biggest stars before his downfall, is credited with leading Nissan from near-bankruptcy to lucrative growth.
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The key has been for me to initiate the conversation and ask for their guidance. That's sometimes easier said than done, but this entire experience has been about pushing the boundaries of my comfort zone.
I intentionally left the Spain leg of this trip fully unplanned. It's my effort to become more comfortable with the unknown. I almost chickened out on this road trip, but it's a good thing I didn't let self-doubt creep in.
I haven't spent enough time talking to strangers. In order to meet new people and get an insider's look into Prague, I signed up for my first Airbnb experience (their more recent foray outside of lodging).
For this European adventure, I intentionally made sure I had my lodging and flights arranged in advance (I would have suffered a mild panic attack otherwise), but as for my daily activities, I wanted the option to choose as I go. No "must-see lists" — just me waking up each day and deciding what I felt like doing.


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E3 2017: Phil Spencer Talks Xbox One X Potentially Being Held Back By PS4 Deals
Phil Spencer addresses the possibility of a deal that holds back technical performance.
By Chris Pereira on July 6, 2017 at 2:04PM PDT
Microsoft officially revealed the Xbox One X at E3 this week, providing a name and details for the improved Xbox One formerly known as Project Scorpio. It's more powerful than PS4 Pro, but game companies now find themselves in a position where they have to decide how to approach the improvements that are offered on Xbox One X as compared with PS4 Pro. We learned this week that Destiny 2 will run at 30 FPS on Xbox One X, just as it will on PS4 Pro. But it's unclear if that framerate is the result of hardware restrictions or because Sony, through its partnership with Activision, would not allow the game to run better on rival hardware.
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer joined GameSpot today on our E3 live show to discuss this and much more. Regarding the potential for games' technical performance to be held back due to such arrangement, he noted that he was not aware of that specifically happening, but he did say he thinks it would be bad for the industry.
"I'm gonna struggle to not get myself in trouble on this one," he said. "I'll just say: I don't know anything about other development deals. You mentioned some things around clauses and stuff that I don't know anything about. But if anybody was to do a deal to hold back technical innovation on a video game anywhere else, that doesn't feel good for the industry to me."
Spencer went on to contrast the approach of securing exclusive content with the way Microsoft now operates. "I've said I'm not one who's a fan of going out and doing deals so that a certain skin isn't playable on another platform or a different Strike," he said. "And people will come and say, 'Hey, you guys did that first with Call of Duty way back in the day.' I wasn't in this position when that happened. That's not me ducking responsibility for it, but I didn't make that call.
"But the deals that we do now--and you saw our third-party relationships on stage with Shadow of War, with Assassin's [Creed], you're not going to hear them say anything about there's a certain character that's not playable. And I never go into a situation where I say, 'You can't do something that's possible on another platform' in order to benefit. I haven't seen those deals. If that started to happen in the industry, I don't think that's a great thing. I don't know that it has happened."
Spencer also made it clear he views Xbox One X and what it's capable of as being on a different level than the consoles currently on the market. "I know right now, the technical capability on Xbox One X is beyond… I look at [PS4] Pro, [PS4] Slim, [Xbox One] S as kind of in one category, and then you've got a box, as you said, that can natively do a lot more. Whether developers choose to use the horsepower for framerate, resolution, or just techniques within the frame. I'm not going to dictate that. I've heard this: 'Hey, you should force all games to [run at] 60 [frames per second] or something.' I've never thought forcing the creative process is a way to get great games."
You can watch our full interview with Spencer in the video at the top of this article. He also discussed console wars, Xbox backwards compatibility, and more. For more on what Microsoft had to share this week, check out our roundup of all the Microsoft press conference news.
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Vodoo
I think all 3 console companies should collaborate together to make an ultimate console. Microsoft could handle the tech and network, Sony could get in on the tech and games, and Nintendo just offers games because their consoles suck.
Have 1 super console. It'll be cheaper for all 3 companies because they're not doing all the R&D alone because it's split 3 ways. It would also probably amount to a cheaper console for us in an industry where the price keeps skyrocketing.
But they're all too stubborn to see the big picture.
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GameofTrolls
Isn't it more likely the Xbox One holding back the Xbox One X ? if they are going to be playing Destiny 2 in September on Xbox One at 30fps and Xbox One X in November at 60fps, then Microsoft Xbox One is already a problem in for the ecosystem. At least you can play games on the PS4 pro at 60fps but only on 1080p and not Dynamic 4K.
LTJohnnyRico
He makes sense, I will be getting the One X and really hope the system gets pushed and DEVs really work for that ! I am happy with my PS4 Pro also but They need to make games for the X next level !
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Aperturetier3
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Holy shit this thread is toxic most of appear to have not even read the article or even watched the video.
First he acknowledged that it was done on 360 when Don Matrick was in charge. As proof you haven't seen these deals since then. MS could have easily kept the Activision deal rolling.
Second, It's pretty fuckin' obvious mandatory s support will be dropped once the next Xbox comes out. Is leap frog to God damn difficult for you people to understand.
Mirimon78
Lol, very definition of hypocrisy....
@Mirimon78: not really
He acknowledged that it was done on 360 when Don Matrick was in charge. As proof you haven't seen these deals since then. MS could have easily kept the Activision deal rolling.
@Aperturetier3: there are 54 entire games now and planned for the xbox one that are not developed or published by msft which are timed exclusive. This is not counting the longer list of exclusive CONTENT deals timed and otherwise made for xb1 (like the division for example). All under Spencer....
So yeah, hypocrisy
Zero_Dawn
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Now that tech science has exposed the fact Assassin's Creed Origins is Checkerboard @ 30fps, I wonder why Ubisoft sabotaged Xbox One X?
Especially since they showcased the game at their conference? Are (tinfoil hat) Ubisoft and Bungie working in tandem to take down Microsoft?
Lolol I can't wait to see Digital Foundry expose more of the lies Phil Spencer and Microsoft have said as more tech science reveals the truth. How far will Phil and Microsoft peddle their conspiracy theories as more of the truth is revealed?
sladakrobot
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@zero_dawn: Phil never started to make a conspiracy on ANYTHING! Did you even watched the interview?
Please,here and now,say where he lied with AC or any 3rd party game and back that up with quotes!
Ravenlore_basic
Developers will push XB1X when there is enough revenue made from it to do so. To take on additional cost to a game and not reap any profits from doing so is not how it works.
If this gen did not sell well XB1 at 5 million and PS4 at 8 million and future sales not good GAMES would still be made on PS3 and XB360.
SO until its profitable to do so new games will not have be pushed with greater anything on XB1X!!!
Dav_id83
Oh wait like he and his team didn't do it for XBOX 360 fucking hypocrite it was well known that they wouldn't allow devs to make the other console version Superior to there's if it could be done, and now Sony is doing it to them. I wish the console war bulls*** would just f***** off once and for all, allow cross play online and gamers get a fair deal wether your on XBOX or PS it shouldn't matter and we shouldn't be punished because we bought either a XBOX or PS4 for content. I own a PS4, PS3, XBOX 360 and PC I don't and I've never agreed with how Destiny was held back with content for X1 players I thought it was bullshit and I think there doing it again with PS4 and D2, if I was XBOX I wouldn't buy it at all in fact I am PS4 and I won't be buying not after the scam that was D1 anyway.
aniruddh
@Dav_id83: That's what he said. Watch the video or just read the article. He was not the head of Xbox that time when 360 came.
@aniruddh: but they have done this same thing for xv1, under Spencer's lead.
lostn
One X will be held back by its own console the One. Now, and in the future, they will not look like a generational leap over the S version. They will at best look like a remaster of the S version. That is the same problem the Pro has for now.
But since MS is ditching generations and insists that every console in the Xbox One "family" has games that are cross compatible among all of them, presumably that means one day the One X-5's games will still have to run on One S. That means the games will be constrained by what is possible on One S. So the X-5's version will still be the same game but with higher resolution, better textures and AA, and stuff, but still essentially the core graphics are the same. It will be like remastering a PS3 game onto PS4. Looks a little better, but still from the same generation and not an 8th gen looking game.
Not only will One S hold back the X and its successors, it will hold back PS5 and PS6 with third party games, if the One S will continue being able to play future games forever. If they retire the One S, then a future console can't continue using the "One" branding because they have emphasized that all consoles with One in the title are part of the same family.
RJS86
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If they keep the claim that Xbox one, S and X will continue to play the same games then PS4 and pro aren't holding them back anymore than the Original One and S would.
But as some said, the article heading and content seem to have different message.
@RJS86: It's pretty obvious mandatory s support will be dropped once the next Xbox comes out. It's leap frogging.
@Aperturetier3: that's not how they've been advertising. So far since Scorpio they've been saying everything will play on all just better on the one x.
My biggest Issue with this claim was for this same discussion because it doesn't make sense if a developer wants to do more than graphical ehancements
@RJS86: how does saying Xbox s games will play better on Scorpio translates to for ever support? It can also play Xbox OG and 360 games better but that doesn't mean developers still have to make games for them. I can't even begin to understand your train of thought.
@Aperturetier3: sigh....I'm talking about all the previous stuff that was said before this e3, why do you think others are saying the same thing?
The funny thing about "fans" is that they defend everything. I remember when saying that the difference in power is too great gap and that it's a new gen that would have its own games "fans" defended it with the same passion as you're defending the opposite.
@RJS86: Sigh all you want Bud the fact remains they have never said the s would be supported forever. All they said was the release of Scorpio did not mean the end of mandatory S support. They still have generation cycles for the time being and it is all but guaranteed be phased out eventually just like what Sony is doing, and just like every single console ever made.
And yes I did notice that everyone else in this thread displaying deliberate ignorance all have a very similar opinion towards Microsoft. I bet when Sony announced the pro also saying the same thing about keeping regular PS4 support you weren't staring blankly like it was the most complicated thing you've ever seen, so take your own words of wisdom.
@Aperturetier3: SIGH i did hate on sony as well, you're the ignorant one here....
Anyhow i have lost any desire to attempt to communicate with you anymore. Enjoy your wonderful console that you give a bad name to and continue to blindly defend them when they contradict themselves. You're doing it marvelously
@RJS86: Sound good dude. Enjoy changing reality to suit not having to know shit. Ignorance is bliss I'm told. Piece.
@Aperturetier3: you sure showed me, I'm so embarrassed
@RJS86: I'm sure you'll live... Unfortunately.
@Aperturetier3: ouch another one. Your smack talk is out of this world
@RJS86: I didn't realize your sarcastic replies were so high brow. But you know you sure are being chatty for someone who lost the desire to keep talking to me. You're like a child that can be easily goated back because the last word is important to you lol. Whats the next school yard zinger you have in mind? "Oh good one, that really hurt"?
@Aperturetier3: Oh good one, that really hurt
@RJS86: full disclosure. I do get a certain amount of satisfaction everytime you reply after saying you were done.
But, but... I was actually hoping you would say that because it was honestly the best way out of that situation. So a couple points back to you.
@Aperturetier3: somebody call 911 i need an ambulance here, this guy is just too good
@RJS86: http://popkey.co/search/meh
@Aperturetier3: cool
@RJS86: Is it though?
@Aperturetier3: yes very
@Aperturetier3: it seems you're not as smart as i thought.
I dont only play PS4, like someone that actually likes to play games and not just consoles, i have a wii u, and ps4 and had every intention of getting a xbox but while nintendo had awesome exclusives, xbox simply doesnt so i held back. If i could find a switch I'd have one already.
Also If xbox showed a lot of good exclusives this e3 i wouldve started setting my eyes on a one X because again, i simply enjoy games.
But that side, even if someone only owns one console, how in the world does that make them automatically bias? It's like you have the most immature logic on the face of this earth.
But i guess it's my wrong here for believing that someone who thinks that fulling their comments with insults makes them look smarter is capable of using logic.
@RJS86: Oh my sweet chatty Cathy you have seriously built yourself up pretty high in your own head. "What i dont get is that i haven't acted sony bias at all." And yet it was pretty damn obvious to me this whole time that you were only playing on PS4.
I won't pretend that I don't prefer Xbox but, remember, while talking to you I haven't bashed or called for the end of Sony like a fanboy. I also didn't pretend like my brain took a shit and then claimed the base PS4 will hold the pro back but that won't be the case between the Xbox S and X somehow.
Seriously go look at the very last comment made in the thread 19 hours ago. He proceeds to talk about how the Xbox one is holding back the X to 30fps for parity and then immediately says at least the pro will do 60fps as if the base PS4 doesn't have the same impact on the pro.
It's that comment that sums up this entire thread, everyone playing dumb. So I made a reply and pasted it on like 10 different comments all saying the same dumb shit about how it's a situation unique to Xbox. You and one other took a bite and Man did you bite hard.
Admittedly you're a little brighter bulb than him but just as easy to manipulate. It's been really fun to watch you vie for something as petty as the last word while attempt to hold yourself to some self proclaimed high standard.
I have have had no issue supporting any platform. PC, Sony and Nintendo alike. I own all the platforms (except switch) because I want to play whichever game I want to play. What I do have issues with is supporting stupid circles jerks. like most of the people here.
@Aperturetier3: what i dont get is that i haven't acted sony bias at all. I simply point out that the one and one s will hold them back as much as the pro would. The ps4 pro doesnt interest me unless my ps4 dies and i need a new one.
But you ignorantly class me as some die hard fan like you are to xbox.
But of course your silly fanboy ways cant allow you to take that for what it is. In your eyes anything said that doesnt glorify MS must be hate and the person is in need of insults.
When sony released the pro i saw it as an obvious comparison to the one S, they are both improvements to the original.
Some others compare one s to ps4 slim, but the ps4 slim is simply a smaller ps4.
Scorpio has been talked about as the next generation to which i would compare a ps5. Only now that they officially call it one x do i consider it somewhat still an xbox one.
I dont mind differing opinions, but your continuous highschool insults are so dumb and uncalled for that i entertained you
Edit: oh i also liked how you called out my typo when you said the following to someone else;
"Oh no a typo, my whole argument is undone how could you!?! Is that what you're hoping for retard. Oh look it's fixed guys everything is back to normal."
@RJS86: Cool story bro not sure what "connecting the online" means. But it really shouldn't have taken this long to admit your Sony bias.
I don't have an intolerance to what other people like, remember I haven't actually bashed Sony while talking to you. I have an inability to entertain people like you who have no problem when one company does something because you like them but acts like the world suddenly turned upside down when another does it.
Before the Scorpio was more than a spec sheet to the general public Sony released the pro promising mandatory PS4 support and using the term PlayStation family and yet no one was dumb enough to say"so they have build games for the PS4 forever derp." Oh and you're the only one petty enough to be loyal to a company. Yes I have an Xbox , yes I will buy the X, yes I have a PC but I also have pro. So see you online bitch!
@Aperturetier3: on a more serious note, I'm thankful now more than ever for not buying a xbox one back when I was Interested and support Sony's statement about connecting the online.
I'd probably quit gaming if I had to meet someone like you online while gaming. Someone so blind and petty who chooses to insult everyone who thinks differently.
So I truly thank you, although Xbox lineup hasnt been Impressive at all lately so there's that too.
@RJS86: k
x-TwilighT-x
@RJS86: Agreed. Dev's aren't going to make a game for XB1 - Then the game, but with a higher frame-rate for the XB1 X... Does't make sense.
@x-TwilighT-x: yeah especially when X is designed to boost them anyway
jlenoconel
I own the original Xbox One, but will not be buying another one as I have gravitated towards PC, which is far better. I play Xbox for the very few exclusives it actually has, and Call of Duty because you can get it cheaper on console than PC. I won't pay for Xbox Live though, not when I can play online for free on PC.


The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said the suspect in the murder of District Constable Melissa Edwards-Whyte on Saturday, September 29, has surrendered.
Listed as the main suspect, 53-year-old Barrington Whyte, as a Person of Interest.
He is also called Barry and Drop, and is a resident of Farmbrook Avenue in Kingston 20 and Santa Hill district in Manchester.
Whyte turned himself in to the Police early this morning with his attorney.
It previously stated that the law enforcer assigned to Crime Stop was chopped and killed during a domestic dispute at her home in Duhaney Park, St Andrew, about 9pm on Saturday.


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How AI Is Bringing the Vatican Secret Archives Into the Light of Day
By Joel Hruska on May 1, 2018 at 11:30 am
The Vatican Secret Archives are one of the most important troves of historical documents that exists in the world today. While the term "Secret Archives" is a bit of a misnomer — a better translation might be "private Vatican Apostolic archives" — the archive contains the records and documents of all of the actions taken by the Catholic Church over a period of over 800 years. One does not need to be religious in the slightest to see the historical interest in preserving documents that, in a few cases, date back to the end of the 8th century and concern an institution that played a pivotal role in politics, religious practice, statecraft, and culture across Europe and the world. Items previously exhibited from the Vatican Archives include the 1521 bull of excommunication against Martin Luther and a letter written by Mary, Queen of Scots while awaiting her execution (presumably written in late 1586 or early 1587, given the relatively short period between her trial and execution).
Wikipedia notes that the archive is considered to be complete from 1198 to the present day, though the period from 1939 forward is still prohibited. But despite the fact that the Vatican Archive is technically open to researchers, there's been a larger problem with making use of much of the documentation. The problem, put simply, is the language itself. Below is a sample of what's known as Caroline miniscule script. The document, Liber septimus regestorum domini Honorii pope III, apparently refers to Pope Honorius III, who was head of the Catholic church from 1216-1227. I'm inferring the relationship, but the dates and popes seem to check out.
In Codice Ratio
I haven't found a specific statement that confirms this, but Wikipedia notes that Caroline minuscule (also known as Carolingian minuscule) was in use from approximately 800-1200 AD, which would fit the pope's own time period. But as you may have noticed, the text is extremely difficult to read. If you don't have a degree in Medieval Latin and a detailed knowledge of the script, it's going to be more-or-less impossible to decipher. This has dramatically limited the ability of scholars to make much use of the documents (The Atlantic notes that the Vatican Secret Archives is both one of the largest and the "most useless" archives in existence for this exact reason). Scholars have previously attempted to adapt optical character recognition, or OCR, for use in the archives with limited success. OCR only works on typeset characters, which these aren't. Key to the function of OCR is the ability to recognize the spaces between letters, in order to distinguish the letters themselves. Attempting to teach OCR systems to read words instead of letters works, but the requirements of building a database of words is enormous enough that The Atlantic notes scholars have turned to other methods. Enter a new solution: In Codice Ratio.
In Codice Ratio breaks characters down into pen strokes by measuring differences in line thickness, creates letter identifications by measuring where these thinner joins are, then turns to an AI trained by high schoolers to measure whether the identified letters are accurate. Here's how the system works:
High schoolers are shown valid examples of a medieval "G" first (in green) and examples of what does not constitute a "g" in the red boxes. They are then asked to determine which of the letters in the white boxes constitute genuine letters, and which are letter-groups that the OCR software thinks might be letters that actually aren't. Here's The Atlantic:
The setup did require some expert input: Scholars had to pick out the perfect examples in green, as well as the false friends in red. But once they did this, there was no more need for them. The students didn't even need to be able to read Latin. All they had to do is match visual patterns. At first, 'the idea of involving high-school students was considered foolish,' says [Paulo] Merialdo, who dreamed up In Codice Ratio. 'But now the machine is learning thanks to their efforts. I like that a small and simple contribution by many people can indeed contribute to the solution of a complex problem.'
That wasn't the end of the training; the scholars working on the project also had to bake in some common sense, since the OCR software wasn't always able to cleanly distinguish certain letter groups. But it turns out that there are letter combinations far more likely in Latin than others — a double-"n" as in the word "Anno" may look superficially similar to a set of four i's, but "nn" is vastly more common than "iiii." Right now, the software is still learning. While its 96 percent accuracy is impressive, that's still enough to leave at least one typo in about one-third of the words. As one can imagine, this would be rather disconcerting to read.
But there are two takeaways here: First, even 96 percent accuracy is often enough to read texts and would therefore be an improvement over needing a medieval Latin scholar every time one wanted to investigate a particular Pope or document. Second, the current performance of In Codice Ratio represents the early baseline of the software, not the final product. If this approach proves to work, it could be instrumental in recovering text from documents that are now too degraded to be handled or too difficult to read. The high school students that helped train the AI didn't need to understand Latin in either form — all they needed was a grasp of pattern recognition.
Caroline miniscule
Carolingian miniscule


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The Democratic vote in rural Virginia is concentrated in just a few places
Virginia Public Access Project maps give new insight into the election returns. Votes for Democrats were concentrated in a few areas, making it impossible to draw a Democratic district in this part of the state.
by Dwayne Yancey December 7, 2022 December 7, 2022
The 9th District vote by precinct. Courtesy of VPAP.
They say a picture's worth a thousand words. Much of today's column will be pictures, so today you'll get a lot of words, but many of them will be metaphorical, not literal.
The occasion is some nifty number-crunching from the Virginia Public Access Project, the nonprofit that tracks money in Virginia politics and is, generally speaking, a go-to site for lots of things political in the commonwealth. VPAP has put together a series of interactive maps that show the recent election returns at the precinct level. We're all accustomed to maps that show election returns on the county or city level, but those often obscure deeper trends, especially in larger, more diverse communities such as Danville, Roanoke, Lynchburg or Montgomery County where some precincts are strongly Democratic and others are strongly Republican. (In a previous column I looked at the geographical distribution of votes in Roanoke's city council election, pointing out how if the city elected council members by a ward system rather than at-large, Roanoke would have elected at least two Republicans instead of having a Democratic sweep.)
This analysis is also made possible by legislation sponsored by state Sen. David Suetterlein, R-Roanoke County. When Virginia adopted early voting, those votes were counted as absentee ballots. We've always had a relatively small number of absentee ballots tallied in a "central absentee precinct" but they were usually too few to make a difference. Suddenly in 2020, when we had lots of people vote early – 63% – we wound up with some unfortunate election mirages. Because many Democrats preferred to vote early and many Republicans preferred traditional in-person, day-of voting, we had returns that appeared to show Republicans sweeping many Democratic strongholds – much to their delight, of course. Then we had this massive "ballot drop" later in the evening when the absentees were reported – and no way to attribute those to specific precincts.
If you're the suspicious type – and, alas, many have become unnecessarily suspicious – it looked wrong when it wasn't. In effect, Virginia was counting and reporting Republican votes first and Democratic votes second. As a journalist, I didn't like this system, either, because it meant we could no longer do in-depth analysis of voting trends. Take Roanoke Mayor Sherman Lea's reelection victory over former Mayor David Bowers in 2021. Where did Lea's vote come from? Did he win consistently citywide? Or did he run up big margins in just one part of town? We have no way to really know because so many votes were simply listed as "central absentee precinct."
Suetterlein's bill corrects that and restores us to the kind of vote counting we've always had – with votes tallied by precinct. We get the best of both worlds: the convenience of early voting, and the transparency that allows political analysts of all stripes to study the returns and figure out what historical trends we're seeing. Both parties benefit from that.
So, thank VPAP for these maps and thank Suetterlein for the legislation that made them possible. I should also point out that state Sen. Creigh Deeds, then D-Bath County and now D-Charlottesville, provided a valuable assist to get this bill through.
Now, on to the maps. I'll start with the maps for the three congressional districts in Cardinal territory: the 5th, the 6th and the 9th. All three districts were won by Republicans. I wrote before the election about why the 6th and 9th districts are so predictably Republican; the 5th is somewhat more competitive. These maps help show on a deeper level why these districts are so Republican. They also show why it's impossible to draw a Democratic district in this part of the state. Keep in mind that precincts aren't of equal size and geography doesn't vote, but they still show how the small Democratic vote in 6th and 9th is concentrated in just a few places.
9th District
Let's start with the 9th because, as everyone in Southwest Virginia knows, that isn't where Virginia ends, it's where Virginia begins.
Democrat Taysha DeVaughan only carried two localities in the 9th: Martinsville and Montgomery County. However, her vote was really more concentrated than that. In Martinsville, she won only four of the city's nine precincts. In Montgomery County, she won only 12 of the county's 29 precincts. Overall she took 51% in Montgomery County, but within the county, the vote was quite polarized – 86.9% for DeVaughan in precinct E-3 in Blacksburg but 75.1% for Republican incumbent Morgan Griffith in precinct C-3 in the Ironto area. Montgomery County may appear to be a swing county and, in theory, it is, but that's only a mathematical result. Outside of Blacksburg, Montgomery County is strongly Republican.
Now we come to the 6th District. The Democratic vote here resembles pearls on a string – concentrated in cities along Interstate 81, from Roanoke to Lexington to Staunton to Harrisonburg to Winchester. Unfortunately for Democrats (and fortunately for Republicans), they're just not enough of them, and lots of Republicans in between. And within those localities that Democrat Jennifer Lewis carried against Republican Ben Cline, her vote wasn't widespread. In Roanoke, home to the biggest Democratic vote in the district, she carried 11 of the city's 20 precincts.
Different district, same trends. Democrats in Charlottesville and Albemarle County lobbied hard for their community to be excised from the 5th Congressional District and grouped with, well, any other district that might actually elect a Democrat. Those arguments held little sway with the court-appointed special masters who drew the district lines and prized geographical coherence over political considerations. (More on that process below.) The 5th District is a geographically compact district that makes a lot of cartological sense. It just doesn't do Democrats in Charlottesville and Albemarle much good. They'd have been better off with some old-fashioned gerrymandering. Still, this map shows something the others don't: some pockets of Democratic support scattered around the district.
The 2nd District vote by precinct. Courtesy of VPAP.
Now we get to the interesting one. Virginia saw only one seat change hands: In the 2nd Congressional District in Hampton Roads, Democrat Elaine Luria lost to Republican Jennifer Kiggans. As I pointed out in a previous column, what really defeated Luria was Virginia's new redistricting system. In the old days, the majority party in the General Assembly could have drawn the lines however it wanted. Since that was Democrats last year, they would have drawn a district more friendly to Luria – the 2nd has long been a competitive district but they could have made it less so. Instead, voters approved a constitutional amendment that took the power of redistricting away from the majority party in the legislature and gave it to a bipartisan state commission; when that commission predictably deadlocked, the task went to the Virginia Supreme Court, which appointed two special masters (one from each party) to draw lines based on non-political considerations. You can see the result in this map. Everything from Chesapeake west to Southampton County was added to the district, and most of those places were Republican-voting areas. Luria actually edged out Kiggans on the Republican's home turf in Virginia Beach but not by enough to counter all those Republican votes in the western part of the district. In the Berlin precinct in Southampton County, Kiggans took 83.39% of the vote. Luria had strong support in some parts of that new territory – 80.5% in Hunterville in Suffolk, another 80.5% in Pughsville in Suffolk and 89% in the similarly named Pughsville precinct in Chesapeake. But there were too many Republican votes all around those. Democratic mapmakers would have surely taken some parts of Norfolk and Portsmouth to help pad Luria's vote.
7th District vote by precinct. Courtesy of VPAP.
Here's a happier story for Democrats. Redistricting radically reshaped the 7th District and deprived incumbent Abigail Spanberger of her base in the Richmond suburbs. Instead, it created a new one for her in Northern Virginia. You can see here how concentrated Spanberger's vote was around Fredericksburg and in Prince William County. You may recall that on election night she trailed most of the evening, because Prince William was late to report, as big localities typically are. Spanberger was confident, though, and this map shows why.
This map also shows something else: the challenge we have in governing such a geographically polarized country. Elections are winner-take-all affairs. Spanberger took 52% of the vote – and gets 100% of the seat. But there are still large portions of her district that voted strongly against her. She has to represent those, too. Geography may not vote but it still helps set the tone for a lot of our conversations. We're a 50/50 nation and we'd be better off if every community were the same, but we're not. We're strongly polarized communities sometimes living side by side in the same district. The same challenge applies to the Republican winners who clearly have broad support across their districts, but have pockets that are overwhelmingly Democratic.
The 10th District vote by precinct. Courtesy of VPAP.
You can see much the same thing in the map below of the 10th Congressional District, where Democrat Jennifer Wexton held off a strong challenge by Republican Hung Cao. Her vote was mostly in Loudoun County and Prince William County; his was generally in the rural counties added onto the district. In some ways, the 10th is the mirror image of the 5th District.
If all this intrigues you, I invite you to click through to the VPAP site. All their maps are interactive so you can click on individual precincts and get the specific results. You can look those up, too, on the State Board of Elections website, but VPAP's maps make it easier to visualize just how concentrated the Democratic vote in the state is – often to its disadvantage.
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Dwayne Yancey
Yancey is editor of Cardinal News. His opinions are his own. You can reach him at dwayne@cardinalnews.org. More by Dwayne Yancey


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As far as challenges go, Kilkenny couldn't have asked for a tougher start to their season than a visit to home of the All-Ireland champions.
He didn't even have to say as much, but you get the feeling that facing Clare in Sunday's league opener is the type of task that Tommy Walsh relishes.
"To go to Ennis and play the champions in their own back yard? That's the type of challenge you want," the Tullaroan man said in the build-up to Sunday's crunch clash, the plum tie of the Division 1A fixtures.
Walsh, one of many established members of the panel, was given the chance to get back into the hurling groove a little earlier than usual this year through his involvement in the Walsh Cup. For him, the chance to get back into the thick of things was valuable.
Kilkenny mixed things up in the Walsh Cup - no two teams named in the competition were the same. It was a sign of the depth of the panel, and an indicator of what the Cats have planned for the year.
"What we're trying to build is a strong panel for the championship," Walsh pointed out. "Hopefully that experience the players got in the Walsh Cup, and will get in the League, will help build that strength.
Talk of the younger players coming into the ranks led to a reflection on Walsh's introduction to the panel, what is expected of the newcomers when they step into the senior dressing-room - and of the seniors to help the next generation to integrate.
"When I came in first you had players like Peter Barry and D.J. Carey, Derek Lyng and James McGarry, guys who were setting the standard for us younger players," said, Walsh, who joined the senior set-up in 2002. "We looked at the way these guys trained and we set our standards accordingly.
With former playing colleagues Lyng and McGarry now joining the management team, Walsh believes even the older members of the panel still have plenty to learn from their former team-mates.
"The number one thing with any management team is that people respect them," he said. "As players we always looked up to Derek and James by the way they prepared for and performed in games, as well as the leadership and encouragement they provided.
That way forward begins when Clare come into Kilkenny cross-hairs this Sunday.
"Clare are used to winning and that's hard to break," he said. "They've won Munster titles at minor and a few under-21 All-Irelands - now they've a senior All-Ireland under their belts.


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The Coast Parliamentary Group chairman and Kilifi North MP Gideon Mung'aro is increasingly becoming a thorn in the flesh of Cord leader Raila Odinga in his quest to control and dominate the region's politics ahead of the 2017 general elections.
The region which was hitherto a Cord zone during the last general elections as demonstrated by the voting pattern has abruptly seen rebellion building up against the opposition and there is no longer guarantee that Raila would continue calling shots in the six coastal counties in the foreseeable future.
Even though signs of the fallout began emerging almost immediately after the last general elections, the relationship between Raila and the region's political leaders reached its lowest point when a decision was made to kick out Mung'aro from the minority whip's position over his alleged close ties with Jubilee top leadership. Mung'aro apparently, had cultivated a powerful and close knit working relationship with most of the region's MPs and his removal has since left a trail of damage on Cord's standing in the region.
A divide and rule tactic employed by Cord top brass to stem the fallout by appointing Mung'aro's replacement from within Coast in the name of Thomas Mwadeghu, MP Wundanyi has apparently failed to assuage and tame the growing anger among the Coastal Mijikenda communities against Raila and the Cord fraternity.
Indeed, Raila recently came face to face with the reality on the ground when he took his referendum signature collection exercise to Taita Taveta county.
Only a handful of Taita Taveta residents attended his rallies in the county and it is said a desperate Raila had to force the area governor John Mruttu to sign the referendum forms. Mwadeghu, the Wundanyi MP who replaced Mung'aro as the parliamentary minority whip is a low key politician in Coast politics. His influence is allegedly not felt beyond his constituency boundaries, it is being pointed out.
It is said Kilifi and Kwale counties have literally gone to Jubilee and the fortunes for Raila and Cord have dramatically nosedived. The entire Kwale leadership including the area governor Salim Mvurya has been hosted in State House and the tone and mood since then has been that the leaders will co-operate with Jubilee administration for the sake of "development" of their people.
The Kwale Cord leaders who were hosted by President Uhuru at State House, Nairobi, included Boy Juma Boy (Kwale senator), Salim Mvurya (Governor), MPs Hassan Mwanyoha (Matuga), Suleiman Dori (Msambweni), Khatib Mwashetani (Lunga Lunga), Gonzi Rai (Kinango, TNA) and Zainabu Chidzuga (women representative).
Recently, the Kwale leaders congregated at a meeting in Msambweni constituency where they were joined by Mung'aro in which they directly took Raila head-on, accusing him of dictatorship and exhibiting poor leadership in the party. They told Raila off over his calls on them to resign and seek fresh mandate from the electorate, saying ODM and Cord can only flourish if Raila is kicked out of the orange party.
"Who is he to continue singing that we have to leave ODM. We are elected leaders and he is not, so he ought to respect us. We have tolerated him enough and we will not be intimidated. Let him keep off Coast issues," Chidzuga, the Kwale women representative fumed.
Mung'aro said he is not afraid of going back to the ballot box as he is confident of his political base. However, he said it is not Raila to say it. He wondered why if it is Raila talking to President Kenyatta, it is referred to as either consultation or dialogue but when Coast MPs meet the president, it is referred to as rebellion.
"The other day, we heard Raila saying that before he left for America, he telephoned the president to tell him that he would be away for sometime. In recent times, we have seen him meeting with the president in many functions and why doesn't he run away to avoid shaking his hand if he really is a bad man whom Coast people should not associate with? He even refers to the head of state as "my brother". Now what is wrong if Coast leaders also meet the president of Kenya to discuss development and security issues," Mung'aro wondered.
Mwashetani, the Lunga Lunga MP warned that today's Coast leaders are more enlightened and will not allow themselves to be subjugated by leaders from other areas whose agenda is to dominate the region for selfish ends.
"I want to sound a warning that we will not allow anyone to intimidate us for we are not robots. Let the Cord top brass brace for a vicious battle never witnessed before. They should keep off with their dictatorship," Mwashetani warned.
It is said Mombasa governor Hassan Joho, who has been angered by the MPs' utterances against Raila is pushing to have the MPs' seats declared vacant "so that he can teach the Kwale renegades a political lesson".
"Governor Joho is pained to see some of the people he helped to climb the political ladder turning against the party. He wants their seats declared vacant in line with the Political Parties Act to deal them a devastating political blow. He will sponsor other candidates to defeat them," sources pointed out.
But Mung'aro, it is said, is also crafting a strategy to bring Joho's downfall. The strategy includes his direct involvement in Mombasa politics. He wants to take advantage of the heavy presence of Mijikenda votes in the county to groom a future governor. The Mijikenda votes dominate four of the six Mombasa constituencies. Among the constituencies with a heavy presence of Mijikenda voters are Kisauni, Nyali, Jomvu and Likoni. Changamwe and Mvita are unpredictable, it is observed.
Mung'aro also intends to take over as Kilifi governor in the next general elections to defeat Amason Kingi who is a Joho's protege. Supporters of Mung'aro across the board are urging him on to take over Coast leadership and bestrode the political landscape like a colossus.


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A 5.7 million-to-one shot: Two holes-in-one on same Myrtle Beach excursion provide special memory for Jim Fuddy
By Nick Fierro
After his first hole-in-one in his 71 years on earth, Jim Fuddy allowed himself a small celebration and bought the obligatory round of drinks for his Lehigh Valley-based golf crew in Myrtle Beach two weeks ago.
After his second hole-in-one a day later, Fuddy had learned to take an ace in stride.
"I really didn't get too excited about it," he said. "I was scheduled to play another 18 holes with my wife that afternoon and I was like, `can we skip the drinks afterward?' "
Fuddy's friends carried on a lot more than he did.
"It was unbelievable," said Northampton resident Jeff Wiltraut, who was playing in Fuddy's group for both aces. "Both of them. It was a hell of a feat. It really was. We were all really excited."
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All except Fuddy, it seemed, even though, according to Golf Digest, there is a 5.7 million-to-1 chance for an amateur to make a hole-in-one two days in a row.
Wiltraut had to talk Fuddy into sending the certificate he would receive for his first ace, which happened at the Long Bay Club, to course designer Jack Nicklaus to request an autograph.
"The other one, he really didn't want to do anything," Wiltraut said. "He said `one is enough.' "
Nevertheless, the Hazleton native and Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, resident's phone has been ringing a little more since he caused all that commotion.
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Although the retired Fuddy has never lived in the Lehigh Valley, his presence was felt here as early as 1966, when as a junior on the Hazleton basketball team he was part of a stunning upset of unbeaten Dieruff that was the result of Hazleton's stalling tactics.
Hazleton led 7-6 at halftime and "we went on to win," Fuddy said. "It was something like 20-19."
What also worked in Hazleton's favor was the constant needling of Dieruff center Skip Kintz, who was competing for the East Penn Conference scoring title and obviously wasn't getting many opportunities in that game. Kintz eventually was baited into throwing an elbow and was ejected.
"We still talk about that game and things like that all the time," Fuddy said. "It's just a really good group of guys."
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Most of them are from the Allentown area and many played sports and/or coached at Dieruff. Among them are Bruce Trotter, Terry German and even former PGA tour player Jim Booros.
The tightly organized traveling league, which features a mailing list that has grown to 72 mostly retiree-aged players, is run by Dieruff graduate Dean Keinert, who chooses a course anywhere from upstate New York to Montgomery County or New Jersey to play each Thursday and arranges for the tee times.
The group also goes to Myrtle Beach for a week every year.
Fuddy and Keinert were golf buddies for decades, starting with Fuddy's enrollment at the University of Pennsylvania, where he played defensive line and linebacker and became the first player to wear No. 60 since Bethlehem's Chuck Bednarik, who later befriended Fuddy and told him that he "thought I did OK with his number," Fuddy said.
"He went to Penn with my brother-in-law [who also played on the football team]," Keinert said. "I got to know Jimmy from going down to the Penn games. I remember when I first met him, he goes, `Where did you go to high school?' I said I went to Dieruff. He said, `Oh, I remember beating you guys in basketball.' I said, `Oh, so you were the guy who got Skip kicked out of the game.' And we just hit it off well."
Fuddy also pitched for Penn's baseball team and went to training camp with the New Orleans Saints after getting an economics degree from the Wharton School. He is in the Luzerne County Sports Hall of Fame.
Golf has not come as easily to Fuddy as football, baseball and basketball did. He usually shoots in the low 90s.
"I tell everybody that I have a pretty good short game," Fuddy said, "but the problem with my long game is that it's short. That's an accurate description of my golf game. I keep it in play, but I don't hit it very far."
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Fuddy used an 8-iron from 110 yards for his first ace at the Long Bay Club on Oct. 27. The next day, he used a 6-iron from around 130 yards at the King's North Course at Myrtle Beach National.
He didn't even run out and play the lottery after either round.
"I went to dinner with my wife instead," said Fuddy.
That's not a surprising reaction when you take into account how he's lived his life.
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Fuddy never entered the business world after college, opting to make a career in social work. He's most proud of the efforts he made to raise money for those in need as the director of the Social Work Department at the Hershey Medical Center, specifically for the Four Diamonds Fund, founded by Penn State.
"Basically any kid with a cancer diagnosis from birth to age 21 who goes to Hershey Medical Center never gets a bill," Fuddy said.
Fuddy will always take more satisfaction from that than anything that might happen on the golf course.
"He's that type of guy," said Keinert, who did not make the trip to Myrtle Beach because of an injury. "I guarantee you he wouldn't show as much emotion as some other guys. ... He's just a humble guy who loves golf."
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Topic: Company Culture
11 Ways a Nightmare Work Culture Sucks the Life out of Employees
We've all been there before, heard stories from friends, or seen it on TV — nightmare organizational cultures exist everywhere. Despite having great colleagues, working in a toxic culture is energy draining, and you eventually lose any ounce of engagement.
This is worrisome since our research found that an organization's culture is the number one factor that's related to employee happiness. So in laymen's terms: good culture equals happy employees. Here are 11 ways a terrible work culture can deplete employee engagement:
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1. Employees take cutthroat competitions too literally
Sure, it's good practice to instill friendly competition here and there. But when competition gets cutthroat, you run the risk of employees sabotaging each other just to end up on top. And this is also bad news for your bottom line — people are more worried about ways to become number one rather than putting in quality work.
2. Employees become numb
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Ever had a boss tell you your work doesn't matter and to do it just to get it done? I have in the past, and it made me feel like a Cyberman (see Doctor Who reference here). A toxic work culture can make employees lose passion for their work and become numb to their daily tasks.
3. A redundant routine makes them feel trapped
Because they're stuck doing the same routine day in and day out, employees feel like they're trapped. Hamster on a wheel, anyone? There's no room for growth, no forward momentum — and even worse, they start to lose their self-worth because they've been told their work doesn't matter.
4. Lack of voice equals lack of self-worth
Back to the idea of self-worth. When employees aren't given the chance to provide feedback to their managers or don't receive any recognition from anyone, they feel like they're not an important part of the organization.
5. Cross-departmental friction breeds animosity
When two departments think they are above one another, you can bet there's going to be a rift in the workplace universe. They'll continue to butt heads because each department will have their own set of ways and ideas of doing things. And of course, they think they're both right.
6. Animosity is draining
Who wants to spend eight hours of their day with an elevated blood pressure? That's what it's like when teams are constantly working against each other. It's frustrating, to say the least. At the end of the day, employees feel completely drained of energy.
7. Lack of organization creates everyday fire drills
A company that lacks any direction or focus creates fire drills every day. Since there are no deadline for projects or other departments are making decisions without considering how they'll affect the other teams, employees are constantly sent scrambling to get things done. Again, energy draining.
8. Lack of communication is like beating a dead horse
Do we have an ETA for that spreadsheet? Crickets. Bumping up this email. Crickets. The deadline for this project is due in a few hours, when can we expect the spreadsheet? CRICKETS.
No one wants to wait on the edge of their seat for you to respond. Lack of communication is extremely frustrating for employees on all levels.
9. Forced recognition is worse than no recognition
Employee recognition only works when it's authentic and genuine. When you're forcing recognition, it's as if you're belittling employees. Enough said.
10. Employees can see through thoughtless recognition
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The best quote I've ever heard a former coworker say after receiving a candy bar for her efforts was, "A candy bar? This isn't going to help me pay rent." Of course, it didn't help that we were all incredibly underpaid.
But the point was that employees don't want candy bars, trophies, or certificates when they don't mean anything. It just makes people feel worthless because the organization didn't put any meaningful thought into the reward.
11. Toxic cultures ruin home lives
After an employee has spent all day at work being angry and frustrated, it's difficult for them to leave all those emotions at the office. They're going to bring it home with them and vent to their loved ones or just be in a perpetual bad mood. This can really take a toll on an employee's personal life outside of the workplace.
When your organization starts becoming a revolving door, there's one thing you need to start taking a look at — your company culture. And keep in mind that making changes is also a tricky ordeal that requires deliberate action. So take this moment to review your company's values and what TINYchanges you can start making today to improve employee engagement and morale.
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Who would think that a rock found in remote, freezing Antarctica, could be useful for studying Mars? In fact, teams of geologists congregate in Antarctica to find meteorites. Some of the meteorites originated on Mars. Although meteorites fall all over the Earth, the cold, dry conditions of the South Pole are ideal for preserving them. The movements of ice sheets concentrate the meteorites against mountainsides. The intense, Antarctic winds erode the ice surface away. That leaves meteorites exposed.
Getting to Antarctica, however, is not a short journey for a meteorite. Each meteorite was originally part of some larger solar system object. It could have been a planet, moon or asteroid. The solar system is an active place, with lots of objects in motion. The area between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, called the asteroid belt, is like a bumper car pavilion when viewed over long periods of time. Objects are continually colliding. That causes pieces to get knocked off and thrown into irregular orbits.
Every once in a while, an object gets bumped onto a trajectory that brings it to Earth. If it reaches Earth's surface, it officially becomes a meteorite. But, objects may stay in the asteroid belt for millions of years before getting bumped out. For example, meteorites called nakhlites were ejected from Mars about 11 million years ago. It happened because of a collision. They landed on Earth 10,000 years ago or less. This means that they were kicking around in space for at least 10,990,000 years.
What that also means is that meteorites are made of very old materials. Nakhlites are made of 1-billion-year-old magma. It provides clues about geologic activity on a younger Mars. Some meteorites can be traced back even further. They go back to a dynamic period about 3.9 billion years ago. It was called the Late Heavy Bombardment. The Earth, its Moon (look at all the craters!) and other planets were bombarded with meteorites for reasons that scientists are still trying to understand.
Learn more about collisions in space and meteorites from Mars in a live "Smithsonian Science How" webcast. It airs on Thursday, June 9, 2016. In Exploring the Solar System with Antarctic Meteorites (at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. EDT on the Q?rius website), meteoriticist Dr. Cari Corrigan will show you some meteorites that are kept in collections at the National Museum of Natural History, while answering your questions live. Get teaching resources to use with the webcast.
Why are cold, dry conditions best for preservation?
Cold dry conditions are best for preservation because the movements of the ice sheets help concentrate the meteorites against the mountains. Also, "the intense, Antarctic winds erode the ice surface away. That leaves meteorites exposed."
My opinion on this article is that I didn't know there were meteors in the Antarctic.
Cold, dry conditions are the best for preservation because,"The movements of ice sheets concentrate the meteorites against mountainsides. The intense, Antarctic winds erode the ice surface away. That leaves meteorites exposed." Meaning that the meteorites have been left untouched for long periods of time, and scientist know where to find the meteorites due to the ice sheets.
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Cold dry conditions are best for preservation because the cold concentrates the meteorites against the mountains. I found this article interesting because it would have taken a really big collision for a meteorite to come out of the asteroid belt. I was surprised when I found out that some meteorites date back to 3.9 billion years ago.
Cold, dry conditions are best for preservation because there's no moisture that will break the objects down and the coldness works like how a refrigerator may work to keep food from rotting. I thought this article was fascinating because space is still so undiscovered.
Cold, dry conditions are best for preservation because " the movement of the ice sheets concentrate the meteorites against the mountainsides."
I found this interesting because I did not know that meteorites needed to be in a cold environment.
Cold, dry conditions are best for preservation because there are not any elements that that will erode the meteor itself. The cold conditions are good because they do not melt the ice surrounding the meteor, instead intense arctic winds get rid of the surrounding snow to expose just the meteor. Dry conditions are best for preservation because rain, over time, cold destroy the integrity of the meteor. The pure meteor is needed so that scientists can run tests on the rock to know specific details about the conditions of the planet it came from. I chose this article because I think that it is very cool how we are getting closer and closer to being able to send people to Mars.
Cold, dry conditions are best for preservation because there are not any elements that that will erode organic matter. The cold conditions do not melt the ice surrounding the meteor, instead intense arctic winds get rid of the surrounding snow to expose just the meteor itself. Dry conditions are best for preservation because rain can erode the meteor. The pure meteor is needed so that scientists can run tests on the rock to know specific details about the conditions of the planet it came from.
Cold and dry conditions are best for preservation because meteorites are made of ice rock and dust particles. If they were in a warmer environment, they would melt and they are for not preserved. I thought this article was interesting because we learned about meteorites and meteors in science. This article did not surprise me because I already knew most of what was in it.
Colder and drier conditions are the best for preserving meteorities because,"the movements of ice sheets concentrate the meteorites against mountainsides. The intense, Antarctic winds erode the ice surface away." This leaves meteorites exposed.