The Hybrid is essentially without a competitor in the field, but you'll have to drive conservatively to earn those 45 miles per gallon. Otherwise, a front-wheel-drive MKZ Reserve with the V-6 offers the best bang for the buck.
The 2014 Lincoln MKZ places many of its bets on its distinctive styling, as well as its modern technology and best-in-class fuel economy.
The Lincoln MKZ was completely overhauled last year, and it now embodies the future of Lincoln's design language. This follows what is essentially the third fresh start for the company since the late 1990s, and in this case, it's first car in what Ford is calling a reinvention of the entire brand.
The 2014 MKZ gives us some encouragement for what Lincoln has up its sleeve for future products, but it also tells us some hard truths about what the brand is today. Where Cadillac has successfully redesigned its brand from the ground up over the past 10 years, Lincoln has faltered along the way. The MKZ has been one of its only shining stars–bringing in a younger demographic of shoppers with improved gas mileage and modern technologies–but it's done so by essentially removing itself from anything else Lincoln has stood for the past.
And it's even more distant from the past, and from the rest of the lineup, in 2014 trim. The massive wings and Weber-grade grilles of the recent past have been put out for tag sale. This MKZ has a subtler take on luxury, more along the lines of Lexus and Volvo. Those Volvo influences are especially noticeable at the rear, and inside, with the floating effect penned into the center console. The bits of Lincoln heritage? They're reduced to the handsomely scaled-down grille and to the badgework. It's as globally clean and subdued as mid-size luxury sedans come. To its credit, the MKZ has substantial visual heft, and some pretty, elegantly spare angles without fender-vent nonsense or other gimmicky cues.
The barest amount of excess is left for the inside, where the lack of a shift lever is the eye-popping detail. It dukes it out with the dominant LCD touchscreen, both playing the modern card for maximum impact. We're not sure there's a single identifiably "Lincoln" element in either of them, or for that matter, anywhere to be found.
For those who want a sporty, enthusiastic performer, there's never been a better Lincoln than this MKZ. It carves out better performance and gas mileage from a new trio of powertrains. The base 2.0-liter turbo four is rated at up to 33 mpg highway; it's a strong straight-line performer, with or without all-wheel drive, but it can seem a little coarse for this luxury application. An uprated, 300-horsepower, 3.7-liter V-6 returns, and it may be worth the cost of the upgrade for smoother performance alone. With either, the MKZ is truly quick, and the paddle-shifted automatic--actuated by pushbuttons on the dash--snaps off gearchanges well enough, though the Fusion's manual transmission would be a fun option, in another world, one with a console made for shift levers.
The MKZ Hybrid returns as the luxury vehicle with the best gas mileage, Lincoln says. Originally rated at 45 mpg combined (45 mpg city, 45 mpg highway), the company agreed in June 2014 to lower that rating to 38 mpg combined (38 mpg city, 37 mpg highway) and reimburse existing owners after it discovered errors in both its lab-test measurements and its calculations for aerodynamic drag.
On the safety front, the MKZ pulls together nearly every piece of technology that's been added to other Ford and Lincoln products over the past few years--everything from a rearview camera to navigation systems governed by MyLincoln Touch, to inflatable rear seatbelts, to newly added features like lane-keeping assist and adaptive cruise control. The MKZ also integrates parking assist, which takes control of the steering and guides the sedan into a tight parallel parking spot, with the driver keeping control of braking. And it's an IIHS Top Safety Pick+, singled out as one of the safest vehicles on the market.
MyLincoln Touch's voice controls take the reins over secondary controls, with buttons on the steering wheel offering redundant ways into the complex system. Ford's spent some time refining the system and reducing the amount of information on each display screen; it's still a system with a steep learning curve and sub-optimal results, but nothing else would enable that starkly imaginative console design.
In other respects the MKZ's luxury touches are fairly conventional. There's plenty of real wood trim and leather is standard. The finishing touch is a stunning one, though: a 15-square-foot available panoramic roof that slides back as one piece, exposing the new MKZ's cabin to the sun.
With its Fusion-like ride firmness and meaty-feeling electric steering, the MKZ is sharp and more aggressive at tackling turns than even the last-generation version. It comes standard with Lincoln Drive Control, which lets drivers adjust settings for shocks, steering, stability and traction control, and active-noise cancellation. Lincoln says the result is better ride and handling with the adaptive settings, but the trade-off versus the Fusion's conventional shocks seems a zero-sum gain to us. In anything but Sport, the MKZ feels less composed and comfortable than it ought to. Softer tires and more progressive, expensive shocks might have been an easier solution, but maybe not as mechanically distinctive from the Ford iteration.
We predict two questions coming to every new Lincoln MKZ driver. The first one's easy to answer: "Is that the new MKZ?" The second one's much more difficult to come to grips with: "What makes it a Lincoln?" Strip away the grilles and badges, and we're not exactly sure. In the greater scheme, it's Lincoln's Olds Aurora--a car that's satisfying more for what's not true to its heritage, than for what is. And in this case, it's tough to forget that there's hardware just as good, just as interesting, almost as opulent, just a rung down its own corporate ladder.
The Lincoln MKZ is a nostalgia-free zone--even the shifter's been left to history's scrap heap.
The 2014 Lincoln MKZ is both sleek and substantial, wearing more character up front than its predecessor had in its entire summation. We'd say that it looks like a Volvo from near every angle–except for its front quarters–and it's perhaps the most attractive vehicle Lincoln has built in recent history.
The MKZ is in many ways a product of the brands Ford once owned–just look at its rear decklid, and you'll see some very Swedish-looking influence there. It's smooth and aerodynamic from head to toe–with exception to its mustached grille–something Lincoln claims to as an homage to the 1938 Zephyr. But, it's the car's thickness and length that really set it apart from Lincolns of yore. It's not beefy–it's far too elegant for that–but it still wears a bulk that other Ford products just don't carry at this point.
It's what's not there that really distinguishes the MKZ's interior. There aren't traditional shifters of any sort, but rather a set of shift buttons that flank the car's LCD screen. Without the shift lever, the screen takes over the interior, and stylists have made the most of it putting metallic parentheses around it, lowering the console in front of it, trimming out space beneath the armrests to accentuate the center of the car as much or more than the coolly glowing gauges themselves. It's a striking cue, one that frames the whole driving experience as you continually forget there's no lever to fall to hand.
All that digested, there's a layer of Lincoln left unapplied to the MKZ, one we really hope is drizzled into the batter of future products. The MKZ is almost too spartan: the winged grille and walnut trim are everybody's idea of understated elegance, and the pushbuttons are a clever detail. Beyond that, the MKZ doesn't have the depth of personality that even some ancient Lincolns with mixed virtues (Mark VIII LSC, anyone?) laid right in the driver's lap. The glitz is gone--and in the process, Lincoln's shorn off a lot of glamour, the one resource they could mine forever from history. It's left hidden behind keywords like "modern" and "responsibly harvested" that aspire to Audi, but fall just short.
The best-handling Lincoln ever offers a choice of an energetic turbo four or a strong, muted V-6; either does the job well, but not without feedback.
There's never been a Lincoln as athletic as the 2014 MKZ. It seems almost completely out of place when you compare it to the last generation model, and completely unrelated to the Town Car that's since been retired. We're not sure yet whether it's a blessing or a curse, but we do know that it's going to take a minute to recalibrate our expectations of the brand.
The MKZ shares the Fusion's electric power steering, but the strut and multi-link suspension gets adaptive shocks with three driver-selectable settings in the MKZ. In nearly 200 miles of driving over interstates, secondary and surface streets, we chose the Sport mode over normal and comfort most often, to our surprise. In the Fusion, the very taut ride is entertaining for enthusiasts, but in a family sedan, it's a borderline choice. In the MKZ, the Sport mode produces nearly the same ride firmness and induces some weight in the steering that feels the most natural of any of its settings, though there's still very little feedback. In the other modes, the MKZ struggles for that level of composure, trading its absorbent ride for something less nuanced, and mostly just "soft." We'll concede user-selectable steering is an easy gimmick to put on the latest electric-steer cars, mostly to no harm. Going to an adaptive suspension that doesn't notably improve handling, instead of choosing more talented shocks and tires, sounds like overkill.
Three powertrains are offered in the new MKZ, and two of them are essentially identical to their counterparts in our Best Car To Buy 2013, the Ford Fusion. The base MKZ gets a new turbocharged four-cylinder engine, coupled to a six-speed automatic with paddle shift controls, with either front- or all-wheel drive. Rated at 240 horsepower with 270 pound-feet of torque, it's good for an EPA-rated 22/33 mpg. A 0-60 mph time of about 7 seconds makes even this base MKZ a brisk performer, but it's a powertrain that can befuddle drivers with its coarse sound at the top of its rev range--where noise evades the active sound cancellation system that's standard equipment. What sounds perfectly refined for the price of a Ford Fusion--we said it's "the most vibration-free, quietest installation of this powertrain we've yet experienced"--doesn't make as good a grade in something costing a few thousand dollars more, wearing a premium badge.
A revamped version of the MKZ's 3.7-liter V-6 returns, with 300 horsepower and a choice of front- or all-wheel drive, and the same carryover six-speed automatic transmission controlled by dash-mounted pushbuttons, one of a host of new touches Lincoln's using to distinguish the MKZ from the related Ford Fusion. Fuel economy's estimated at 18/26 mpg with all-wheel drive. We haven't yet been able to sample this version, but past experience with the same drivetrain and impressions from other reviews would have us ticking the extra-cost box for it, even though gas mileage dips.
Finally, there's the MKZ Hybrid, with the new generation of Ford's hybrid drivetrain. The new 2.0-liter four-cylinder hybrid drivetrain has lithium-ion batteries and a continuously variable transmission, better packaging and lower weight, and according to the EPA, earns 45 mpg across the board. See our Green section for more details on the numbers and whether or not they're truly in reach--in terms of raw performance, the MKZ Hybrid's destined to be the least emotive performer, but in our related experience in the Fusion Hybrid, it's still the most engaging mass-market hybrid on the road today, though acceleration is noticeably slower, steering feel is less quick and the low-rolling-resistance tires thrum sometimes at highway speeds.
The MKZ' finishes aren't luxurious, in the traditional sense, and neither is its ride.
Inside, the Lincoln MKZ is a well-finished and spacious. However, it leaves a few impressions–like its sound quality and a few interior materials–that don't sync up with the Lincoln brand, and it's not quite as roomy as the less expensive Ford Fusion.
It knits together better from outside than inside, we think. Somehow, the lack of a transmission shifter, the dominance of LCD touchscreens, the presence of four-cylinder noise even with active sound cancellation, and the occasionally cheap button don't render the idea of quality as well as might have been hoped. Wide plastic panels across the console feel and fit inexpensively, and are an obvious flaw. The touch of the transmission buttons is another. Chrome and mother of pearl are too retro, piano black is too passe--all granted--but a calling-card feature deserves better treatment than the thin, grey-on-grey buttons that click the MKZ into drive and park.
At 194.1 inches long, on a 112.2-inch wheelbase, the MKZ varies only in styling length with the Fusion. The trunk size is identical, and interior volume is just a bit smaller, mostly due to the MKZ's lower roofline--there's an inch less leg room in back, and more than an inch less in head room compared to our Best Car To Buy 2013 winner, the Ford Fusion. That's a dimension where we already criticize the Fusion, but the MKZ isn't alone in pulling up short in rear-seat headroom in this class. In front, it's better, even with a sunroof--we've only experienced the single-pane sunroof, not the huge panoramic roof that's also offered. Rear-seat leg room isn't as expansive as in the new Lexus ES, but thinner seats have helped carve out an inch or two of space for six-footers to sit behind other six-footers.
There's some fiction at work with the MKZ's console design. The slim stack of controls leaves theoretical room for storage under and behind the console. It's an execution Ford knows too well from Volvos it produced in the past. But in the Lincoln, the console shape blocks some access to that space. The flying-arch design begs for something more regular, at least where utility is concerned.
The seats are fit and Euro-firm, and they're part of the MKZ's divorce from any trace of Lincoln's past. The previous MKZ softened up its Fusion ride firmness with plush cushions covered in Bridge of Weir leather. This MKZ drops the pretense entirely, adopting sleeker, less forgiving chairs that can be upgraded to multi-contour seats that inflate and deflate cushions selectively as the car corners. It's as if even the Volvo-alike seats from the past version weren't good enough--and now the MKZ's gone into full Teutonic mode. It's a subtle change felt before it's figured out.
How buyers will judge the MKZ's slightly off-mark execution of luxury remains to be seen. To us, it's straightforward and modern, and a little confusing, all at once. It's been at least a few generations since materials this lavish were applied in a base Lincoln, but the expectations for this MKZ run even higher, given its strikingly spare design.
Why is a rearview camera optional on a car that puts safety at such a priority?
There's not a tremendous amount of historical data available on the MKZ's safety, but had promising results with recent crash tests.
There are several advanced safety optional available. That includes a lane-departure and lane-keeping system that uses a camera to place the car in a lane, and to help correct its progress when it crosses the driving line. Adaptive cruise control isn't as much a convenience feature, we think, as it is a fuel-saver: on MKZ Hybrids, a tap of the resume button can be a big boost to fuel economy, and a more finely tuned input than the driver's foot.
Standard equipment, along with the usual stability control and airbags, also includes Bluetooth. However, you'll have to choose the Select equipment package to get a rearview camera and parking sensors, the latter of which should be standard equipment in a luxury car, since it's now included on every Honda Civic. The MKZ Reserve package adds on blind-spot monitors with cross-traffic alerts--they're a feature that offers enough useful information to earn our recommendation.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) scored the MKZ at five stars overall, with a five-star rating for frontal-impact protection, and four-star scores for both side-impact protection and rollover resistance.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has tested the MKZ and given it the Top Safety Pick+ nod, with the new model earning top 'good' scores in all categories, except for an 'acceptable' rating in the new small overlap frontal test.
Lastly, the MKZ offers rear-seat, outboard inflatable seat belts. Ford claims the new belts can reduce injuries to back-seat passengers, but as of yet, it's the only company using them.
Whether you choose the hybrid or gas-only drivetrain, the 2014 MKZ offers more features that most other vehicles in its class–and that's before you adding on the options.
On gas-only models, the V-6 is considered an option, and all-wheel drive can be had with either engine.
There's plenty of equipment that comes bundled in packages with exclusive-sounding names. The Select package adds a rearview camera and parking sensors; HD radio; and wood steering-wheel trim. Reserve brings navigation with real-time traffic; blind-spot monitors; a power trunklid; and a power tilt/telescoping steering wheel. Preferred adds 19-inch wheels; a heated steering wheel; heated outboard rear seats; a 700-watt, THX II-rated audio system; and a choice of either a single-pane sunroof or a massive piece of retractable panoramic glass measuring more than 15 square feet. The light it brings into the cabin is striking--but the value/price point might be best at the Reserve level.
Both gas and hybrid versions come standard with power windows, locks, and mirrors; automatic climate control; an 11-speaker audio system with a CD player and satellite radio; power heated front seats; 18-inch wheels; adaptive LED headlights and LED taillights; adaptive suspension; leather-trimmed seats and steering wheel; wood dash trim; pushbutton and remote start; Bluetooth; and steering-wheel multi-function controls.
MyLincoln Touch is also standard. It controls infotainment, climate, navigation, and secondary vehicle systems with voice commands, touchscreen taps, or steering-wheel toggling. Our usual caveat applies here; MyLincoln Touch is a complex system with a steep learning curve, and in our experience, only about 75 percent of the voice commands make it through to actual execution, whether it's finding a track name from an audio source or hitting the right destination from the navigation database. The screen layouts have become clearer and response times don't seem to be the issue they were when the system was launched in the 2011 model year, but we've also found some similar Bluetooth-dropping bugs in Cadillac's CUE.
The Lincoln MKZ Hybrid is one of the most efficient vehicles in its class, but your mileage may vary.
With the 2014 Lincoln MKZ, the company claims to offer the luxury sedan with the highest fuel efficiency in the U.S. There may be some legitimacy tot hat, but the company was forced to reduce the gas-mileage ratings on its most efficient MKZ Hybrid models for both 2013 and 2014 after discovering significant errors in its testing practice. While the hybrid MKZ is still efficient, it's not as impressive as it was before the June 2014 ruckus.
UPDATE: While the 2014 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid was originally rated at 45 mpg combined (45 mpg city, 45 mpg highway), in June 2014 the company agree to cut the ratings to 38 mpg combined (38 mpg city, 37 mpg highway) after discovering errors in lab-test measurements and calculations for aerodynamic drag. The EPA let Ford lower the ratings and reimburse 2014 MKZ Hybrid owners for the increased gasoline costs, as it did for owners of five other cars whose ratings were reduced at the same time.
Like the Ford Fusion, its corporate cousin, the Ford Fusion, the MKZ comes equipped with a four-cylinder engine as standard equipment. In this case, the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder in the MKZ delivers EPA-rated fuel economy just shy of that of the Fusion. It's 22 miles per gallon city, 33 mpg highway, or 26 mpg combined in front-drive MKZ sedans; in all-wheel-drive form, it's pegged at 22/31 mpg, or 25 mpg combined.
The V-6 is Lincoln's own exclusive engine offering in the MKZ, and predictably, its gas mileage numbers are lower--but not by that much. The EPA figures put it at 19/28 mpg, or 22 mpg combined for front-drive models; the all-wheel-drive version is set at 18/26 mpg, or 21 mpg combined.
Finally, there's the MKZ Hybrid, which shares the Fusion Hybrid's 2.0-liter four, teamed to lithium-ion batteries and an electric motor. It's worth noting the widespread reporting of lower-than-predicted fuel economy in Ford's latest hybrids. Anecdotally, owners have reported mileage more in the high-30-mpg range; we've directly observed 41.6 mpg in the related Fusion Hybrid, with stretches of an observed 45 mpg. What it means to you? You'll likely get gas mileage lower than that on the window sticker, but if you're religious about following the MKZ's SmartGauge to monitor fuel use, and you're very careful to accelerate slowly and smoothly, you'll maximize the benefits of the hybrid powertrain--and the same driving habits will do the same for non-hybrid models.
The Lincoln MKZ Hybrid offers me comfort, entertainment, and a tireless and quiet ride.
l am very impressed with the car.


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Mental files theory provides a unifying view on seemingly unrelated phenomena in Cognitive Development and Cognitive Neuroscience. A mental file represents/refers to a particular individual (object or person), tracks it over time, and stores knowledge about it. Conceptualizing an individual in different ways puts different perspectives on it. This is captured by coreferential files for the same individual, e.g., Cicero and Tully would be assigned two different files. Knowledge of their identity is implemented by the metacognitive action of linking the two files for information to flow between them. The assumption that this ability develops around 4 years explains why identity statements and beliefs (and a series of other perspective problems) are understood at this age. Linking of files also has a common neural substrate in the dorsal part of the left IPL (inferior parietal lobe), which is responsive to, e.g., representing beliefs, identity statements, mathematical equations, person recognition.


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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Says Mexico is Constructing 'Rapid Fire' Human Catapults
March 22, 2016 by R. Hobbus J.D.
EL PASO, Tx. – The Mexican government, likely in response to Donald Trump's pledge to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, has reportedly begun construction of a fleet of 'rapid fire' catapults capable of propelling thousands of illegal immigrants into the United States a day, Texas governor Greg Abbott revealed during a press conference Tuesday.
"These people will stop at nothing to enter our country and steal our jobs," declared Governor Abbott moments before unveiling several high-resolution photographs purportedly showing more than a dozen catapults in the early stages of construction. "These images that you see before you were taken by covert elements of the Texas State Guard operating deep behind enemy lines in the Chihuahua desert," the governor explained.
The catapults, according to Gov. Abbott, are designed to launch a 'parachute-clad immigrant' nearly two thousand feet into the air – well over any wall the United States could feasibly build – while driving them more than three miles inside the U.S. before their eventual landing. "By the time these [people] touch down, they're well inside the country and could very easily pass for naturalized or – in some cases – even American citizens," warned Gov. Abbott, who called the catapult construction "an act of war" on part of the Mexican government.
The White House on Tuesday issued a brief statement calling Governor Abbott's assertion that Mexico is constructing the catapults "a total fabrication" with White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest hinting that the Texas governor may be asked to undergo a psychological evaluation. Meanwhile, Governor Abbott vowed to take action despite what he called "a blatant refusal by Mr. Obama to protect the people of Texas." The governor said he has authorized the Texas State Guard to carry out a series of "precision air strikes" on key targets inside Mexico.
"We'll strike hard and we'll strike fast," Gov. Abbott promised, adding that he plans to dispatch a delegation to Mexico later this month to insist they pay for the ordnance used to destroy the catapults.
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HBO vs. FX: Which Network is Better?
by Nick Cannata-Bowman | More Articles: TV
In past years, audiences looked to network television for the best shows. The last decade and a half have seen the attention shift though, first toward HBO in their Wire heyday, then to AMC when they carried The Walking Dead, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad. But as AMC lost steam following the exit of Breaking Bad and Mad Men, HBO's main competition became FX. So which one holds the title for "Best Network"? Much of the title is based on their respective lineups of shows, along with the overall quality of each offering. So let's dive in and get to the bottom of that question, shall we?
The case for HBO
Jason Momoa as Khal Drogo | HBO
Notable shows: Game of Thrones, Veep, Last Week Tonight, Silicon Valley, Ballers, The Night Of, Girls
The biggest advantage HBO has is a no-brainer: Game of Thrones. Based on George R.R. Martin's series of novels, GoT boasts the largest weekly audience on television, pulling in a staggering 23 million viewers a week in its last season. To give you some context, The Walking Dead is TV's highest rated show according to Nielsen, and even that only managed to top out at 14 million viewers for its season finale.
Don't let that fool you into thinking HBO is a top-heavy network without any other worthwhile offerings though. Silicon Valley is the most clever workplace comedy this side of The Office, while Last Week Tonight is a continual source of journalistic joy thanks to John Oliver. Rounding out their considerable lineup: breakout hit The Night Of, Lena Dunham's Girls, Entourage's spiritual successor Ballers, and the brilliant political allegory that is Veep. And all that comes without even knowing whether or not True Detective will be returning for a third season. Not too shabby for a network that lost True Blood, Entourage, and Boardwalk Empire over the last five years.
The case for FX
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Notable shows: American Horror Story, The Americans, You're the Worst, Atlanta, Archer, Fargo, The Strain, The People vs. O.J. Simpson
FX is a peculiar case of a network with amazing shows that often struggles to garner solid ratings. With the exception of American Horror Story, FX's critical darlings have failed to catch on with large audiences. You're the Worst, while easily one of the top five best comedies on TV today, topped out at around 450,000 viewers in its best week in Season 2. Meanwhile, The Americans has quietly developed into one of cable TV's best dramas, despite barely scraping together 900,000 viewers a week for its fourth season this year.
Still, the viewership numbers don't necessarily reflect the overall quality you'll find on the network. While American Horror Story enters into its highly publicized sixth season, FX has steadily gathered together a stellar supporting lineup. Archer's irreverence and strong writing have kept it going for years now, Atlanta showcases the dramatic talents of Donald Glover in an exciting new context, and all the while, FX has mastered the anthology format with American Horror Story, Fargo, and The People vs. O.J. Simpson.
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When it comes to quantity over quality, then FX is the network for you. There's quite literally something for everybody found within its lineup, from touching dark comedies to a Guillermo del Toro-written sci-fi drama. That all could change if HBO's Westworld manages to equal Game of Thrones once it debuts this fall, but as it stands right now, FX wins out for the sheer breadth of its stellar offerings. That certainly doesn't take away from HBO's own lineup, but there's little denying that the premium cable network has struggled to find a series to pair with GoT as a runaway hit.
Over on FX, we're seeing the network continuing a long run of historically awesome television. Lest we forget, their lineup of recently departed shows includes Sons of Anarchy, It's Alway Sunny in Philadelphia, Louie, Justified, and The League, so this isn't exactly uncharted territory for them. What's even more impressive is that even in the wake of losing all that, they've managed to fill each slot with equally impressive offerings that could carry FX for years into the future. Sorry HBO, there's a new top network in town.
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Happy Birthday! 😀 We're studying Poe in English class this year, and he's quickly becoming my all-time favorite poet.
Happy Birthday! I have enjoyed Poe since I read the Masque of Red Death in middle school. I can't even say why I enjoyed his work, but I remember writing a paper on him in college.
The first time I visited Richmond, Virginia I was delighted to find there was a Poe museum. Some years later, my niece was married in the gardens there.
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Catholic sex abuse survivors ask bankruptcy judge to let state trials proceed
Tamaki Law > Sex Abuse & Assault > Catholic sex abuse survivors ask bankruptcy judge to let state trials proceed
Survivors of sex abuse by church officials of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Great Falls-Billings are asking a bankruptcy judge to allow two state district court lawsuits to go to trial to determine damages and to move the case along.
Settlement talks between the diocese, its insurance carrier, Catholic Mutual, and the sex abuse claimants ended in impasse at the most recent mediation, which was in September in Reno, Nevada.
Bryan Smith, a Yakima, Washington, attorney and co-counsel for one of the survivors who sued the diocese in state district court in Great Falls in December 2011, said Monday the motions seeking to allow the state lawsuits to continue is "a desire of the plaintiffs to move the case forward in any way."
The plaintiffs, Smith said, are ready to proceed with their claims. "They absolutely have waited long enough. If this helps to set values in the bankruptcy case for negotiations, great," he added.
Ultimately, the issue is whether the diocese and its insurance company "are fairly valuing these claims," Smith said.
Seeking to restart a state lawsuit halted by a bankruptcy case is not unusual and has been done in other cases against other dioceses, Smith said. He called the move a tool plaintiffs can use to force a case to move forward when there is an impasse.
Daniel Fasy, a Seattle attorney representing a second plaintiff who also sued the diocese in a separate state case, said on Monday the goal of resuming the state cases is "to get justice for our clients."
While the survivor claimants are continuing "to work in good faith" with the diocese, seeking to resume the state lawsuits is "one step in that process," Fasy said.
The survivors have been "patiently waiting for their day in court," Fasy continued. "They're ready to hold the diocese accountable for what it allowed to happen," he said.
In addition to the survivors, family members also have been affected by the abuse, Fasy said. "Our goal is to make sure they receive justice and closure in this case," he added.
Plaintiffs' attorneys said in court records they believe mediation has failed to produce a settlement because the diocese and its insurance carriers "did not conduct a fair, independent claims evaluation."
If allowed to proceed, the trials would help resolve claims by two claimants of the 86 total survivors with claims against the diocese, Smith said. The two claimants, however, represent a cross section of the survivors, he added.
Two separate lawsuits initially were filed by survivors of childhood sex abuse against the diocese in 2011 and 2012. The plaintiffs and 70 additional plaintiffs had claims pending against the diocese. The cases eventually were consolidated into a case called the Clergy Abuse Action, which was proceeding to a series of trials, with the first trial set for July 2017.
The diocese, however, filed for bankruptcy reorganization on March 31, 2017, which put the state cases on hold.
The diocese has not yet responded to the motion to resume the state cases.
Chancellor Darren Eultgen said in a statement Tuesday that at a bankruptcy hearing Jan. 4 the judge asked for more information from the creditor's committee on a request for standing to pursue parish assets.
"The Diocese of Great Falls-Billings is awaiting the revised memorandum and amended complaint from the creditors' committee, which is due to the court later this month, and will respond appropriately after it is filed," Eultgen said.
In the pending issue over assets, the creditors' committee is seeking a ruling on ownership of about $70 million in real estate assets and $19 million in checking accounts and investments it claims are part of the diocese's bankruptcy estate and should be available for creditors and survivors.
The diocese disagrees and contends it holds the assets in trust for its parishes and that they are not part of the bankruptcy estate and are unavailable to its creditors.
"Bishop (Michael) Warfel and the Diocese are committed to compensate as fairly as possible all victims of these unresolved claims in a single process overseen by the Bankruptcy Court while at the same time ensuring the future of Catholic ministry in Eastern Montana," Eultgen said.
The diocese is the second of Montana's two dioceses and the 15th U.S. diocese to file for bankruptcy to settle sexual abuse claims. The Diocese of Helena settled its bankruptcy in 2015 with a $20 million payment plan and a settlement that addressed more than 360 abuse claims.
Also joining in the request to restart the state cases is the creditors' committee, which represents eight sexual abuse claimants.
The committee's attorney, James Stang, of Los Angeles, said in court records that the committee and plaintiffs believe the impasse exists because the diocese and Catholic Mutual "attribute unreasonably low values" on all of the claims and that "reducing these two insured claims to judgment in state court is the most efficient way" to determine the value of the claims in order to further settlement talks.
Stang called the mediation impasse "especially disappointing" because the diocese "has assets and insurance coverage sufficient to fund a fair and equitable settlement."=
Because Catholic Mutual, as the insurer, would have to pay for defending the claims, the diocese's assets in the bankruptcy would not be depleted by resuming the state cases, Stang said.
To view this article in the Billings Gazette, click here.
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Q: Boundary Tracing Mat img =Imgcodecs.imread(path);
Mat src = new Mat();

Imgproc.cvtColor(img, src, Imgproc.COLOR_BGR2GRAY);
Imgproc.threshold(src, src, 127, 255, Imgproc.THRESH_TOZERO);
Imgproc.Canny(src, src, 10,100, 3,true);

  ArrayList<MatOfPoint> contours = new ArrayList<MatOfPoint>();
    Imgproc.findContours(src, contours, new Mat(), Imgproc.RETR_LIST,Imgproc.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE);

    Mat contourImg = new Mat(img.size(), img.type());

    Point p= new Point(150,260);

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How can I change the color of red ellipse when I clicked anyplace on ellipse area?
I can get x and y coordinates using mouse click but I can not operate "boundary tracing" .Here is the code that I wrote;

A: If you have the contour coordinate of the boundary of the ellipse you can use the point in polygon test to check if the x,y of the mouse is inside the ellipse.
In opencv it is the function pointPolygonTest
http://docs.opencv.org/2.4/doc/tutorials/imgproc/shapedescriptors/point_polygon_test/point_polygon_test.html

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Fake Histories #31 – The Irish tricolour was first unveiled when it was flown over the GPO in 1916?
Posted on August 2, 2019 by Myles Dungan
He was one of the most colourful and erratic characters in 19thcentury Irish history. Thomas Francis Meagher was born to a wealthy Waterford merchant family in 1823. He was educated by the Jesuits at Clongowes wood and later at Stonyhurst in England, where he replaced his Irish accent with a clipped upper-class English drawl – something that was to alienate many of his fellow-countrymen in the years that followed.
His involvement with the Young Ireland movement in the 1840s led to his falling out with Daniel O'Connell and a drift towards militancy. This culminated in the farcical 1848 rebellion – but before that dismal revolutionary failure, Meagher had conferred on the Irish nation perhaps his most abiding legacy – the green, white and orange tricolour. He had been gifted the flag on a visit to France, it was unveiled in his native Waterford in 1848, and its use in the 1916 rising copper-fastened its status as the flag of the Irish republic. It gained formal recognition in Article 7 of the 1937 constitution.
Meagher's involvement in the 1848 rebellion led to his transportation to Tasmania. 1852 he escaped to the USA where, arguably, he made a greater contribution to American history than he did to that of his native country.
His most significant impact came after the outbreak of the Civil War. Taking over command of the Irish brigade from Michael Corcoran he proved to be an excellent recruiter for the Union army. Knowing his target market well one of Meagher's recruiting posters read –'The Cotton Lords and Traitor Allies of England Must Be Put Down Once and for All.'
To his detractors, of whom there were many, Meagher was a self-important, fractious and pompous alcoholic. But to his troops he was their General, known to one and all in the Irish Brigade as 'Meagher of the Sword'. His reputation was sealed by an iconic engraving of the celebrated American artists Currier and Ives in which he was depicted on horseback leading the Irish Brigade into the Battle of Fair Oaks in June 1862.
After the Civil War, Meagher was rewarded by the US administration—if indeed it can be described as a reward—with something called the secretaryship of the territory of Montana. This may sound like he was expected to take minutes of a lot of meetings, but that is not how things turned out. On Meagher's arrival in the future capital of the state, Helena, the sitting governor just upped and left. That should probably have served as a warning to the Waterford man that perhaps he too should make his excuses and scarper.
Instead, Meagher became acting governor of the territory and found himself in charge of a large and relatively lawless region of the American West. Not all the inhabitants were friendly. The assertive Lakota nation disputed the writ of the Federal government in suitably muscular fashion. In addition to an Indian war, Meagher also found himself in the middle of some vicious factional disputes among the tiny white population. As Meagher had something of a shortish fuse he didn't take long to make enemies. Indeed it may have been his political adversaries who were responsible for his mysterious death on 1 July 1867. He died at Fort Benton on the Missouri river when he disappeared from a steamboat. His body was never found. It was presumed to have been whisked away rapidly by the fierce river currents. Various theories have been advanced as to the cause of his death, the most popular is that he was drunk and fell overboard. Others suggest he was killed by native Americans, renegade Confederates or Montanan political enemies. We shall never know.
Statues honour the man who gave us the Irish tricolour, in the Mall in Waterford, and outside the Capitol building in Helena, Montana. Both depict him on horseback waving his sword. There is also a bust of the man near the spot where he disappeared more than 150 years ago.
So, in answer to the question was the Irish tricolour first unveiled when it was flown over the GPO in 1916, no it wasn't. That event took place in the city of Waterford sixty-eight years before the Easter Rising. [It's fake history].
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Violence in Myanmar Rakhine State, UN Urges Restraint
People gather around Baw Du Pa camp, a camp for stateless Rohingya people last May in the north of Sittwe, western Rakhine state, Myanmar. Photo: Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special adviser on Myanmar called on civilians in troubled Rakhine state on Tuesday to exercise maximum restraint and refrain from responding to recent fighting that led to the deaths of security personnel as well as civilians.
Vijay Nambiar expressed concern at violent attacks by unidentified individuals and groups against border guards and security forces on Oct. 9 and subsequent fighting in three areas of Northern Rakhine, situated on Myanmar's western coast, that resulted in the deaths.
Longstanding discrimination by majority Buddhists against Muslim Rohingya in Rakhine exploded into bloody violence in 2012. More than 100,000 people, mostly Rohingyas, are still in displacement camps.
"At this delicate juncture," Nambiar said, "the local communities at all levels must refuse to be provoked by these incidents and their leaders must work actively to prevent incitement of animosity or mutual hatred between Buddhist and Muslim communities."
He said authorities in the capital Naypyitaw had informed him "that firm instructions have been issued from the highest levels" for officials to take action within the law "to maintain peace and avoid escalation."
The U.N. adviser said in a statement that he recognized "the prompt action and sober response of the security forces" during the latest violence.
He urged the security personnel "to exercise caution in the future to avoid any injuries or loss of innocent civilian lives, collateral damage to properties or any perception of harassment of the local population."
Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi said in her first speech to the U.N. General Assembly last month as Myanmar'sde facto leader that the government was "standing firm against the forces of prejudice and intolerance" and is "committed to a sustainable solution that will lead to peace, stability and development for all communities within the state."
But Suu Kyi, who has been criticized by some human rights activists for not speaking out forcefully in support of the Rohingya, did not mention the group by name in her speech. It's a contentious issue among Buddhists in Rakhine, who consider the Rohingya to be illegal immigrants from neighboring Bangladesh and customarily call them "Bengali."
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Q: lvmcache and ext4 data=journal => overkill? We are running lvmcache (24TB raid5 hdd data, 64GB raid1 ssd cache+meta) and we are using external journal with data=journal for the ext4 fs on that raid5 and have the journal on the same ssd raid1 (32GB).
We need performance and data integrity at the same time.
As I understood ext4 metadata/journal and data is written to the journal first (data=journal) and then the data is moved to the data fs on the raid5 while leaving the journal on the raid1.
When moving the data to the raid5 it is cached again to the same ssd raid1 by lvmcache and then finally moved to the raid5.
Isn't this some sort of overkill?  For me it seems to be enough to use data=ordered, because data will be buffered on raid1 by lvmcache.  Am I right?
How would you set up or combine lvmcache and external ext4 journal (using ssd raid1) to achieve performance and integrity?
Thanks!

A: I'm not very familiar with lvmcache, but it definitely doesn't help performance to be writing the data to flash twice.  That will double write overhead for the flash. Using the external journal will allow you to have fast sync write performance with data=journal, and this hides latency from the HDD/RAID already.
If you can configure lvmcache for caching only read data, then that would complement the data journal.


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Congleton MP Fiona Bruce raises fears over Government forest sale plans
SANDBACH and Middlewich's Conservative MP, Fiona Bruce, says she feels 'unease' at Government plans to privatise forests.
The coalition government is currently consulting on plans to sell off forests owned by the Forestry Commission.
Nationally, the plans have been met with overwhelming anger from the public and national figures, including the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Woodland Trust has launched a campaign to save England's ancient forests.
Campaigners, who accuse cabinet members of not being able to see the wood for the trees, fear private new owners could limit or charge for access and could potentially one day develop the land, robbing the public of invaluable and historic forests.
Mrs Bruce has raised constituents' concerns with cabinet members.
She said: "I very much value the importance of our forests and woodlands – whatever their size – and this is an issue which therefore concerns me greatly.
"I am concerned as someone who represents a constituency in a county with many beautiful wooded areas, which are enjoyed daily by residents and attract numerous visitors to the area.
"In my correspondence with the minister with responsibility for forestry, Jim Paice, it is apparent he has been at pains to point out that the Government has 'absolutely no intention of allowing any public benefit of our woodland, be it access, biodiversity or carbon storage, to be damaged by whatever action we take on public ownership'.
"I believe the Government needs to be clearer about its plans. What the people want is absolute reassurance that their locally valued wooded areas with public access will be protected and remain as they are."


It's no secret that modular buildings and Friends are my two favourite LEGO themes, so any building that combines the two is sure to catch my eye. Even more so when it's done really well, as is the case with these 16-stud wide modulars from DDoshni (hs0104c).
DDoshni's Friendly modular line up is based on, from left to right, Heartlake High (41005), Summer Riding Camp (3185) and Heartlake Vet (3188). My favourite of these is the Heartlake Vet, with the Olive Green working surprisingly well with the Medium Azure and Tan.
More angles of these buildings, as well as lots of inspiration from DDoshni's other 16-stud wide modulars, on Flickr.
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Happy New Year's Eve! Are you ready for 2021?
We certainly are … but, first, let's remember a few ups and downs of December 2020 with our final Cheers & Jeers column of the year.
The first CHEERS is for the health care workers and other folks on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic who have risked their own lives for nearly a year taking care of critically ill patients, providing what comfort they can to dying patients who may have to say goodbye to their family on a screen instead of in person, and constantly trying to warn the rest of us — including those who still, despite all evidence to the contrary, insist the whole thing is overblown — that we need to take this coronavirus seriously or suffer the consequences.
Not only should we be thanking these doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists and other medical professionals every chance we get, we should be pushing our federal, state and regional officials to do everything they can to help protect these health care workers and their families by providing hazard pay, getting them proper protective equipment, making sure they have access to the first available vaccines, continuing to implement control measures such as mask mandates and crowd-restrictions that are known to halt community spread of COVID-19 and enforcing actual consequences for those who willingly and purposefully go against these public health measures.
The first JEERS, then, is for the fact that no county in Washington state, including Clark and Skamania counties, is currently meeting the state goal of having fewer than 25 newly diagnosed cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 residents over a two-week period. The state's total shows 439.8 newly diagnosed cases per 100,000 residents over the past two weeks. In Clark County, that number is slowly shrinking (CHEERS to that), but we still had 1,865 newly diagnosed cases of COVID-19 over the past two weeks, for a rate of 381.8 cases per 100,000 residents. In nearby Skamania County, the rate is at 281.9 new cases per 100,000 residents with 34 cases diagnosed in the last two weeks.
A second JEERS is for the "we refuse to live in fear" crowd who like to shout from any available pulpit, street corner or email to their local newspaper editor that "99 percent of people survive" COVID-19 and continue to insist, nine months into a pandemic that they somehow know more than the thousands of public health experts and medical professionals, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who said of the pandemic in October: "The numbers throughout the globe have been stunning — making this already the most disastrous pandemic that we have experienced in our civilization, in over 102 years back to the 1918 now infamous so-called Spanish flu." We aren't sure how anyone can still believe this pandemic is a hoax or overblown, especially considering that 3,369 Washingtonians have died from COVID-19 in just nine months and that another 14,445 have had cases severe enough for hospitalization. In Clark County, we have lost 143 people to this virus. We know COVID-19's death rate is around 1 percent. There are 495,000 people in Clark County. Are we really willing to risk losing nearly 5,000 of our neighbors, coworkers, family and friends to this illness? Because that is what the uncontrolled spread of a virus with a 1 percent death rate would look like in our neck of the woods.
But there is hope on the horizon. Which is why our greatest CHEERS is reserved for what may be the best news of December 2020 — the fact that we have several safe, effective vaccines in this battle against COVID-19. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived in Washington state on Dec. 14, the state ordered nearly 130,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine on Dec. 21, and more vaccine trials are underway in the U.S., including Johnson & Johnson's vaccine, which would only require one shot instead of two for full protection.
There are a couple of JEERS related to the vaccine news, though, including the fact that the ineffective "leaders" in the Trump administration have mucked up the country's vaccine rollout despite having nearly a year to get ready for this moment in time. In mid-December, we learned that millions of doses of the Pfizer vaccine were simply sitting around in warehouses instead of being shipped to states because the federal government hadn't told the vaccine maker where to ship the COVID-19 vaccines. Washington was one of several states, including Illinois, California, Hawaii and Nevada, that received only half of the doses they'd ordered thanks to the Trump administration's screw ups. The federal government has effectively turned its back on the vaccine rollout, saying it's up to state leaders to take care of getting vaccines to Americans. This week, President-elect Joe Biden criticized the Trump administration's ineffective vaccine rollout, which he said would, at its current pace, "take months if not years to vaccinate the American people," and said he will "move heaven and Earth to get us going in the right direction" once he takes office next month. CHEERS to that.


The threat of cyberattacks should have everyone worried these days. Cybercriminals are constantly developing new ways to steal your money, personal information and even render your gadget useless.
Ransomware attacks are designed to encrypt files and keep victims from accessing them until they pay a fee. Now, there is a new type of attack that is potentially worse than ransomware.
A company based in China is selling an item called USB Killer. It's a USB stick that will destroy any gadget that it is plugged into. All electronics with a USB port, including computers, televisions and printers are susceptible to the attack.
When the USB Killer is inserted into a USB port, it quickly charges its capacitors from the USB power lines. Once it is charged, it sends a power surge over the data lines of the host gadget. The charge-discharge process repeats several times per second until the USB Killer is removed and the host gadget is destroyed.
The company that makes the USB Killer says it can destroy 95 percent of gadgets that have USB ports.
One possible protection against this attack could come in future USB connectors. Gadgets that come with a USB-C port, instead of the standard USB 2 or 3, might help defend against USB Killer attacks. Some Apple laptops already have the USB-C. Click here to read how the newest USB port will change how you use computers.
In the meantime, it's good practice to never leave your gadget unattended in public. Leaving your laptop on the table while you go to the counter to pick up a coffee is just too trusting. Also, never use a USB stick that you find lying in the parking lot! You never know, it might just be the USB Killer.


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Q: Encoding in PHP curl post/put I'm trying to send JSON via curl in PHP to a REST web service.
It works fine when I am using English letters, but I'm getting errors for some international characters.
For some characters, such as Ð, ð and ó, I don't get an error, but when I look at the final product (I'm transmitting data to another database), the letters have been replaced by question marks. Só "Óli" becomes "?li"
For other characters, such as Þ, I get a 500 error from the web service: "No mapping for the Unicode character exists in the target multi-byte code page"
When I try to use iconv, utf8_encode, utf8_decode or mb_convert_encoding and then use curl, I get the same error as with Þ.
In case, you are wondering, the other database does allow international characters (I am able to type them directly into the database and/or upload with CSV).
I've tried adding
    curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "" ); and curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "UTF-8" ); to the curl.
I've tried adding header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8'); to the php file (not sure if this has any impact on curl or if it only impacts how it displays in the browser).
$json = '
{
"CardUniqueId": "1",
"PersonName": "Þæö"
}';

$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $uri . $action);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('api-key: '. $apikey));
curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "" );
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'PUT');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$json);
curl_setopt($curl,CURLOPT_POST, 1);
$resp = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);

Is there anything I am forgetting?
Note: I think I have done this before using the same curl settings, without problems, but it's been a while, so I might be mistaken. But I mention that because there is a chance the owner of the web service has made some changes on their end, causing this problem.

A: You're forgetting that JSON is a data transfer format, and not just a string. Use appropriate tools when working with it:
$data = ["CardUniqueId" => 1, "PersonName" => "Þæö"];
$json = json_encode($data);


Dan Blocker AKA Hoss Cartright.
Ten small facts about everyone's favorite Cartwright.
1. His birth name was Bobby Don Blocker.
2. Born in DeKalb, Texas - he was raised in O'Donnell from age six.
3. At 14 pounds - he was the largest baby ever born in Bowie County.
4. He was sent to military school in San Antonio at the age of 12.
5. He once taught school for a few years in Sonora, Texas.
6. He was an Infantry sergeant during the Korean War.
7. He had a Master's Degree in Drama from Sul Ross in Alpine, Texas.
8. He married his college sweetheart, Dolphia Lee Parker.
9. He was a part owner in the Bonanza Restaurant Chain.
10. He died of complications from an operation in 1972.
Dan Blocker at the Indianapolis 500 back in 1962.
Gleaned from The Handbook of Texas Online.
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Jamie Baldridge was born in 1975 and raised in a small-town Catholic environment in Louisiana. Baldridge explains that he decided to become an artist when he was a child, after finding an old fairytale book entitled, "101 Fairy Tales" in his grandmother's attic sparking his ongoing fascination with fairytales and fables. He first studied Theology and Creative Writing, and then Photography at Louisiana State University where he received his BFA in 2001 and his MFA in 2005. Working with large-format, medium-format, and high-res digital cameras, Baldridge photographs individuals in surreal and fantastical compositions in order to reinterpret tales and fables. His protagonists, who are typically female, frequently appear in timeworn interior spaces. He takes his photographs and manipulates them digitally in order to express his own interpretation of these aged stories. His pictures are visual puzzles that visualize metaphors and existential situations. He is a photographer who plumbs the earth for answers about its basic construction and how things work.
Baldridge is currently a professor of Photography at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He has exhibited extensively throughout the United States, Spain, and the Netherlands. His work and writings can be found in the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Rare Books Collection of the Library of Congress, Cornell University, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, The University of Notre Dame, as well as esteemed private collections. He lives and continues to practice in Lafayette, Louisiana.


The Braves took down the Nationals 8-5 thanks to an offense that collected 12 hits, including five doubles and two homers, while grabbing the first game of a critical three-game set to begin the second half of the 2018 season.
The Nationals appeared to be ready to duke it out with Atlanta after the Braves plated two in the first frame.
Adam Eaton walked to lead off the bottom of the first. Trea Turner laid down a sacrifice bunt to push Eaton to second. Bryce Harper singled to put runners at first and third.
The Nats then did something a bit unusual in pulling off a double steal.
Harper started for second, grabbing the attention and a throw from Braves catcher Kurt Suzuki. Eaton then raced down the line from third to score the Nats' first run. But the Nats were unable to get Harper home and the inning ended when Braves starter Aníbal Sánchez got Matt Adams to fly out to right field.
The second inning seemed even more promising when the Nats got runners on base with one out. Matt Wieters doubled and Stephen Strasburg singled. A walk to Eaton loaded the bases. But the rally fizzled out when Turner was caught looking at a third strike and Harper grounded out to second to end the threat.
The Nats did produce some offense later. Adams connected on a solo shot in the third. Turner homered in the fifth, also a solo homer. Juan Soto blasted a two-run shot in the eighth. That cut the lead to 8-5, but the Nats then recorded six consecutive outs that ended the game.
Eaton said the fact that the Nats couldn't put a big inning together has been an unfortunate refrain to the season through 97 games.
Manager Davey Martinez said the bunt and double steal are a signal that the Nats must alter their strategy a bit find a different way to score to win games and can't wait for home runs.
Eaton went 0-for-3, but scored a run, walked twice and stole a base. He said the Nats must emphasize some small ball principles with the offense unable to put together enough scoring chances like they were used to last season and in the recent past.
While the Nats could not put together the big inning, the Braves were busy building on their lead. They took leads of 2-0, 6-2 and 8-3. Atlanta scored a combined four runs on six hits in the middle of the game to extend their advantage. They hit five doubles off Strasburg.
But after the second inning, the Nats relied only on three homers, two of them solo shots, to score runs. They were never able to have an inning with more than one hit until the eighth frame.


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Q: Access TransferSpreadsheet Excel - Prevent Duplicates? I am working on an application where there is a desire to automate data entry as much as possible.  The wish is to add a button to such entry forms for choosing an excel file to import.  I have done this for one interface, and now I'm working on others.  I'm looking for the best way to prevent duplicates are imported into a table.  For the one I am working on now, it is a simple 2 column import.  One method I have used before is to import the spreadsheet into a temp table.  Then I can utilize a query to insert where <> .  I just wonder if this is the best method to use.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!

A: Something like this should work. I can tailor it more if you list some more details of your projects.
From "External Data" on the ribbon, link to the excel file.
Then write the following query:
INSERT INTO table1
(
field1,
field2
)
SELECT
a.field1,
a.field2
FROM tableExcel AS a
LEFT JOIN table1 AS b ON a.field1 = b.field1
WHERE (((a.field1) Is Null));

Then just attach a macro to the button running the query above.

A: I ended up finding the solution that will work best.  I can put an index on the 2 fields that are getting imported from the spreadsheet, into the table.  Then before I issue the transferspreadsheet command, I will set warnings false, and set them true once it is done.  This way, the user won't get errors for the indexes doing their job of rejecting duplicates.
Anyone see any problem with that solution?  The only bummer is that if I imported to a temp table, I could get a count of items first and verify the count after insert, so I could report some info to the user in the process.  Other than that, this means I don't need a temp table, and I can go directly into the goal table without worry about importing dupes.


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Perry R. Anderson (ur. 1938 w Londynie) – amerykański filozof marksistowski i profesor historii i socjologii na Uniwersytecie Kalifornijskim oraz redaktor pisma New Left Review (w latach 1962–1982 i 2000–2003; obecnie w komitecie redakcyjnym). Brat historyka Benedicta Andersona.

Przeciwnik tendencji postmodernistycznych we współczesnej myśli społeczno-politycznej. Wykładowca The New School for Social Research oraz Uniwersytetu Kalifornijskiego w Los Angeles.

Prace

Książki Andersona
 Passages From Antiquity to Feudalism (1974);
 Lineages of the Absolutist State (1974);
 Considerations on Western Marxism (1976);
 In the Tracks of Historical Materialism (1985);
 English Questions (1992);
 A Zone of Engagement (1992);
 The Origins of Postmodernity (1998)

Książki o Andersonie
 Gregory Elliott, Perry Anderson: the merciless laboratory of history (1998);
 Paul Blackledge, Perry Anderson, Marxism and the New Left (2004).

Przypisy

Zobacz też
 Terry Eagleton
 Fredric Jameson
 Slavoj Žižek

Amerykańscy filozofowie XXI wieku
Amerykańscy historycy
Filozofowie i teoretycy marksistowscy
Ludzie urodzeni w Londynie
Urodzeni w 1938
Wykładowcy Uniwersytetu Kalifornijskiego w Los Angeles

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Q: Is there a legal way to play Mario on PS2? I have a PS2 and want to play the classic Mario games on it. I know the PS2 is a Sony product and Mario is a Nintendo product, but that doesn't answer my question because I have seen some non-Sony games made for PS2. So, I am wondering if they made a Mario game  for PS2?
When I googled "PS2 Mario" some images came up of a PS2 version of the Mario collection, so I thought the answer was "yes". But then I also came across some forum posts saying this did not exist, so I thought the answer was "no". Then I came across some places where you can buy or download the Mario collection for PS2, but I couldn't tell if it was a legit (authorized, legal) product.
I'm not looking for a hack that someone came up with in their basement; I'm wondering if they actually made a (legal) game for PS2 in which you can play Mario. Thanks!

A: No there is no legit Mario game for any console other than that of Nintendo.
I have no firm proof to link you to but I can say that Mario is wholly owned by Nintendo whereas as the non-Sony games you allude to for the PS2 are made by companies not directly related to any console manufacturer and the likelihood of Nintendo making a game for a console other than their own is akin to pigs flying.

A: the reason emulators are legal is because you can legally backup your data and then use it on any system capable of running that software.
most often people will download the rom file of their catridges because the process of dismantling them not only is risky but the equiptment required to do it is difficult to find expensive and not easy for the average user.
there are also various laws on abandoned work products and copyrights expiring which add grey areas as well.
that said it is not difficult to softmod a ps2 provided you have a computer and access to 007 agent under fire....freemcboot or freehdboot are the most beneficial packages for this in my opinion.once installed there is a plethora of homebrew apps available on sksapps including emulators.
you may be able to find coders capable of writing a custom burned disk encoded to play the games as well but this can also be both expensive and difficult to find one willing to go through the excessive work.


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De familie Snoek is een gagstrip van Willy Vandersteen. De eerste reeks liep van 1945 tot 1954. De serie werd jaren later hervat met nieuwe gags die van 1965 tot 1972 gepubliceerd werden.

Concept
De grappen draaien rond een Vlaamse familie bestaande uit de volgende leden:

 Leonard Snoek, de wat naïeve vader die meestal onbedoeld in allerlei gênante of pijnlijke situaties verzeild raakt.
 Marie, zijn vrouw
 Gaby, zijn dochter, die later in de reeks huwt met Stan Steur. Stan is de buurman van de familie en is striptekenaar van beroep. Hij is een karikatuur van Willy Vandersteen zelf.  Het koppel kreeg later een tweeling genaamd Petrus en Maria, maar afgekort tot Pietje en Mietje.
 Sloeber, zijn inventieve zoon.
 Albert, Leonards steenrijke broer uit Amerika
 Krab, Snoeks onuitstaanbare buurman die net als Jerom in telegramstijl praat.

Geschiedenis
De strip werd iedere zaterdag voorgepubliceerd in de kranten De Nieuwe Standaard (22 december 1945 - 1947) en De Standaard (3 mei 1947 - 9 januari 1954). In totaal verschenen er 399 gags.

Een aantal van deze gags werden uitgegeven in een eerste reeks van 11 albums tussen 1946 en 1954. In 1957 verschenen 5 albums met een verzameling van gags uit de eerste reeks.

Van 16 april 1965 tot 5 juni 1969 verscheen een nieuwe reeks gags in Pats, de kinderbijlage van De Standaard. Hierna verschenen er gags in het weekblad TV Ekspres van 14 juni 1969 tot en met 4 maart 1972.

Van deze nieuwe gags werden ook een 7-tal albums uitgebracht in een tweede reeks van 1966 tot en met 1969.

Trivia
 Tante Sidonia is in één gag de meter van Pietje en Mietje Snoek.
 In het Suske en Wiskealbum Het eiland Amoras is de familie Snoek te zien in de menigte om Suske en Wiske terug te verwelkomen in België.
 In dezelfde reeks, in het album De witte uil wil Arthur (de broer van Lambik) als laatste wens graag een album van de familie Snoek lezen. In de oorspronkelijke versie vroeg Arthur echter of hij een exemplaar van 't Pallieterke mocht lezen?
 Aan het einde van Prinses Zagemeel juicht de Familie Snoek wanneer ze de gyronef zien overvliegen: "Marie, het wordt zomer! Suske en Wiske keren terug uit de warme landen."
 In De snorrende snor komen Suske, Wiske en De Snor Gaby tegen, de dochter van Leonard Snoek. Ze lenen haar kinderwagen.
 In het album Kiekebanus door Merho, Willy Linthout en Urbanus zit Leonard Snoek in een grote fles formol, als deel van een verzameling stripfiguren van een gestoorde stripfanaat.

Familie Snoek
Familie Snoek


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Here is a brief physics lesson on the forces behind lifting a solid, stable object, such as a barbell or dumbbell, and a large, bulky, shifting object, such as a sandbag. There are a couple of issues at play here, so here goes. As a former hi-skool science teacher, I have some memory of this stuff.
The short synopsis of this article is that it is harder to lift a given amount of shifting sand than it is to lift a solid barbell or dumbbell. Why is this so? I will attempt to explain why in the language of science.
Force, or strength, when applied in a twisting motion, is known as TORQUE. Torque is a measure of the strength that a car's engine (or more commonly a truck's diesel engine) forces upon the driveshaft to twist it to force the wheels to turn. So torque is a measure of strength. Power, on the other hand, is a measure of the RATE OF SPEED at which either an engine or you and me can force motion upon some object.
If you have ever watched figure ice skating, you see that when a skater goes into a spin, they have their arms spread out. When they bring their arms in close to their body, and their feet closer together, they spin faster. This spin is called angular momentum.
Now for the weightlifting part. The bar of either a barbell or a dumbbell is a simple machine called a LEVER. And this bar, or lever, gives leverage, called mechanical advantage, to the act of lifting the weights on the end of the bar. In other words, the leverage of the bar makes it easier to lift the weights on the end. Also, the bearings in the collars at the end of the bar add angular momentum to the lifting process, making it still easier to lift the weights on the end. The leverage of the bar adds both torque and increases the power of the lift to add both strength (torque) and power (speed) to the motion of lifting a barbell or dumbbell. This makes lifting solid weight easier.
All of this leverage, also called mechanical advantage, makes it easier to lift a given amount of weight. There are lifting bars called AXLES that have no bearings on the end, and actually make lifting harder. This is a step in the right direction.
Now, let's talk about lifting a sandbag. It is a lump with little or no mechanical advantage. The advantage of our sandbags is that they have no external handles, which provide a little leverage on the weight of the separate sand. All of the other guys' sandbags have external handles which act like a lever to help lift the sand load.
Also, with any sandbag, you are having to make constant tiny adjustments with your body's stabilizer muscles to the shifting load of sand. This gives much better functional fitness benefits than lifting a solid weight.
The only downside of sandbag training is that you have no bragging rights that come with using bars to lift as much weight as physics and your muscles will allow. To this day, it seems to be the whole process of weightlifting is to be able to brag about how much you can lift in a given exercise.
Again, sandbag training is not about bragging rights. It is about making the load HARDER to lift, rather than easier. And that increase in difficulty increases the functional fitness benefits greatly. Also, the momuntum of the sandbag as it is being lifted is broken up by all of the grains of sand that shift while you are lifting it.
In short, sandbags are harder to lift than barbells and dumbbells, and give no bragging rights, but give superior funcitonal fitness training benefits for performance-based results.


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The deal includes a 117,00-sq.-ft. building on a full city block at West Sixth Street.
Atlanta's Industrial Real Estate Riding Strongest Market in a Decade as Development Boom Continues
Rent growth also rose sharply, led by a 48.1 percent increase for general industrial properties since 2007.
Temple Taking Next Step to Build $130M Football Stadium in North Philadelphia
The decision largely ignores the sentiments expressed by the surrounding community and even a portion of the school's own student body.
Sports Venue Construction Spending to Take Off Again in 2019
In 2018, sports facilities scheduled to open in the U.S. and Canada are expected to total $4.1 billion in construction costs.
Md. Congressman Leads Call to Subpoena Trump Organization
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