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Covid Death Skepticism Explained By Cognitive Science
There is a tremendous amount of misinformation circulating about Covid and its effects, including death rates.
Cognitive science reveals that in a crowded media mindscape, people prefer simpler explanations so they have to spend less time thinking about this one subject and their bias towards motivated reasoning sways them towards explanations that conform with their pre-existing perspectives. JL
Alan Jern reports in Vox:
According to a July poll, one in three people surveyed in the US thought the number of Covid-19 deaths was lower than reported. Aside from the proliferation of misinformation about Covid-19, we rely on mental shortcuts that lead to reasoning biases of the sort that might make a Covid-19 skeptic's argument about the "true" causes of death sound reasonable. Another bias we have is a preference for simpler explanations that invoke fewer causes to explain an outcome. (And) motivated reasoning leads people to gather evidence that supports perspectives they already agree with
As the US Covid-19 death toll continues to rise (more than 183,000 as of September 1), so has the number of people who believe that the official death count is vastly inflated.
According to a July Axios-Ipsos poll, almost one in three people surveyed in the US thought the number of Covid-19 deaths was lower than what was being reported.
Some of the high-profile death skeptics, like author Alex Berenson, believe the media is deliberately sensationalizing deaths. Others note that many of these people were older and might have died during the same period anyway.
President Trump in April argued that many of the dead had preexisting conditions and that these preexisting conditions were the "true" causes of their deaths.
Then came a new claim that went viral over the weekend: that only 6 percent of US pandemic deaths have been from Covid-19 itself. The origin was a statistic from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that 94 percent of people killed by the new coronavirus in the US had comorbidities, or other health conditions contributing to their cause of death.
Although assigning causes of death isn't straightforward, disease experts and scientists have quickly taken to Twitter and TikTok to point out that the 6 percent figure has been wildly misinterpreted.
In addition to their efforts to refute attempts to downplay the death numbers, public health experts have consistently noted that official Covid-19 death numbers are likely undercounts of the true toll of the virus.
So why has this misguided perspective about inflated death counts gained traction? Aside from the proliferation of misinformation about Covid-19, one important reason may be that we think we're better at reasoning about causes and effects than we are.
In many cases, we are pretty good at causal reasoning — when a rock flies through a windowpane, even a young child can tell you what caused the window to break. But when we're faced with the sorts of complex causal relationships found in the economy or the human body, our intuitive causal reasoning tools aren't up to the task.
In these cases, we rely on mental shortcuts that can lead to reasoning biases of the sort that might make a Covid-19 skeptic's argument about the "true" causes of death sound a little reasonable, even if we know it's wrong.
Let's take a closer look at why that is — and what we might be able to do to overcome these biases.
Counterfactual thinking: Would these people still have died soon if they hadn't contracted Covid-19?
Imagining that older people or those with preexisting conditions likely would have died in the near future anyway, even if they hadn't contracted Covid-19, is an example of counterfactual thinking: imagining an alternate reality in which something happened differently. Counterfactual thinking is one of our most valuable tools for identifying causal relationships.
It works like this: If an outcome didn't happen in a world where a potential cause didn't happen, then the potential cause must have been responsible for the outcome. If the rock didn't get thrown, the window wouldn't have broken; therefore, the rock must have caused the window to break. In simple situations, this view is sensible, and research suggests that it's generally consistent with people's judgments about causes.
But this view quickly runs into problems. Suppose Veronica and Logan both threw rocks at the same window at the same time. Did Veronica's rock cause the window to break? According to the counterfactual logic, no, because if she hadn't thrown a rock, it still would have broken due to Logan's rock. But the same reasoning applies to Logan's rock. Yet the window did break. Something must have caused it.
This rock case is somewhat analogous to the situation surrounding Covid-19 deaths. In both cases, we have two potential causes — say, heart disease and Covid-19 — each of which might be sufficient to explain the outcome. In the rock case, you could say that the rocks together caused the window to break, or that each rock is equally a cause.
Why do some people not reach the same conclusion with Covid-19 deaths — that both heart disease and Covid-19 could be causes?
One clue comes from a 2011 experiment by psychologists Clare Walsh and Steven Sloman. They had 43 subjects read stories in which something happened that had two potential causes: One cause was like Veronica throwing a rock, and the other was like if a third person, Wallace, stepped out of the rock's path to allow it to hit the window. Here, following the logic of counterfactual thinking, both Veronica and Wallace were causes. But only Veronica's action involved a mechanism that you could expect to break a window.
Ordinarily, there's no mechanism by which simply taking a step would cause a window to break. When subjects were asked if Veronica-like actions were causes, they said yes 87 percent of the time, but when they were asked if Wallace-like actions were causes, they said yes only 24 percent of the time.
How does this relate to judging causes of death? We have lots of familiarity with people dying of heart disease, but we know comparatively little about Covid-19. When imagining two potential causes of death, people already have a plausible mechanism to explain how someone died if they had a well-known disease, which could make it seem more causally responsible than Covid-19.
But just like Veronica's rock wouldn't have broken the window if Wallace hadn't stepped aside, many people with heart disease likely wouldn't have died as soon if they hadn't contracted Covid-19.
Continental Funeral Home director Magda Maldonado uncovers a casket in a waiting room in East Los Angeles, California, on August 21, 2020. Continental has struggled to keep up with the demands of rising Covid-19 deaths in the community.
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We prefer simpler explanations
Another bias we hold is a preference for simpler explanations — that is, explanations that invoke fewer causes to explain why an outcome happened.
For example, in a 2007 experiment by psychologist Tania Lombrozo, 48 subjects read about an alien experiencing two different symptoms: sore "mittels" and purple spots. They then learned about three medical conditions: Morad's disease caused sore mittels only, a Humel infection caused purple spots only, and Trichet's syndrome caused both symptoms. Thus, the alien's symptoms could be explained by Trichet's syndrome, or a combination of Morad's disease and a Humel infection.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, 96 percent of subjects found Trichet's disease to be the more satisfying explanation for the alien's symptoms. My collaborators and I found similar results in a study that is currently undergoing peer review. We found that, in some contexts, subjects preferred simpler explanations — those that invoked fewer reasons — for why other people took certain actions.
Preferring simpler explanations is entirely sensible. On the surface, "a woman died of heart disease" sounds simpler and more satisfying than "a woman died due to Covid-19 with heart disease as a contributing factor."
But sensible doesn't mean always right. Sometimes the alien really does have Morad's disease and a Humel infection. And when we're dealing with different types of causes, like acute causes and contributing causes, we're likely to deceive ourselves about which explanation makes more sense if we weigh two causes of death against one.
The role of motivated reasoning
We're all susceptible to these biases, but we're not all Covid-19 skeptics. That's because people with different base beliefs will end up approaching new information with different attitudes.
This process is known as motivated reasoning, and it leads people to gather evidence that supports perspectives they already agree with and to more thoroughly scrutinize evidence that challenges those perspectives. Someone who believes the pandemic is a serious threat will likely accept the official Covid-19 reports at face value. But someone who is already skeptical about the pandemic for other reasons will be predisposed to look for reasons to question the death counts. And due to these biases, they'll happily find several seemingly commonsense reasons quickly at their disposal.
This cognitive pitfall isn't limited to Covid-19 skeptics. Even non-skeptics have been guilty of overzealously shaming people for doing things like going to the beach, even though current evidence suggests it's a low-risk activity.
To help avoid these sorts of reasoning errors, remember that the world is complicated, and our intuitions — especially about complex causal relationships — can't always be trusted. It might seem intuitively wrong that someone's death had multiple causes, or that it's madness for hundreds of people to head to the beach during a pandemic, but it might be your intuition that's wrong.


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Authorities said a group of 22 'religious extremists' tried to cross into Vietnam through the Chinese border town of Pingxiang in Guangxi province.
Nearly all the members of a group of people detained by authorities in southwestern China near the border with Vietnam over the weekend are ethnic Uyghur women and children from China's restive Xinjiang region, a source said Thursday.
According to state media, police in China's Guangxi province on Sunday shot dead one person and detained 21 other "religious extremists" seeking to cross into neighboring Vietnam.
The report, carried by the official Xinhua news agency, did not identify the members of the group or say where they were from, but authorities in China frequently blame religious extremism for violence involving Uyghur Muslims from Xinjiang in the country's northwest.
On Thursday, a staff member of a detention center in Guangxi's border town of Pingxiang told RFA's Uyghur Service that 17 women and children from the group had been taken into custody on Sunday—all of whom were Uyghurs.
"The detained Uyghurs are housed here in our facility," said the staff member, surnamed Huang.
"All of the [adults] are females, no males at all. [Most have] kids ranging from one to eight years of age. Public security personnel from the Pingxiang police station are currently interrogating them," he said.
Huang said he was unsure whether the detainees were religious extremists or not, adding that it was the first time Uyghurs had been held at his facility.
"I don't know where the males are. There are usually two places—one for women and the other for men," he said.
Huang said he had not heard anything about a male member of the group being shot dead by police, but added that he was unaware of how the Uyghurs were detained.
He said he knew of Uyghurs "doing business" in Pingxiang, but said he was unfamiliar with them or their culture.
Xinhua said Wednesday that police had received a tip the group would attempt to cross into Vietnam through Pingxiang and sent a team to intercept them.
Other state media reports said one member of the group had stabbed a police officer as they were detained on Sunday night and was shot dead by authorities.
The Associated Press cited a statement by the official website for Guangxi's Chongzuo city as saying that police reinforcements helped detain the 21 others, adding that the policeman who was attacked was recovering at a local hospital.
Rights groups and exile Uyghur groups have questioned reports that members of the group were religious extremists and said Chinese authorities may have used excessive force in detaining them.
"China labeled these people as extremists even before investigating their situation," she said.
Reports that one of the members of the group had been shot to death by police officers "suggests that Chinese security personnel used excessive force" in detaining them, Kadeer said.
She questioned why state media reports did not include information about women and children among the group of detainees.
"The government is saying that these people are religious extremists, but they are using this kind of tactic to justify police brutality against Uyghurs and discourage sympathy for them," she said.


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ARCHÄOLOGISCHE ZONE
JÜDISCHES MUSEUM
Archaeological Zone/Jewish Museum
One of the largest archaeological zones in Europe is taking shape!
As part of the Regionale 2010 programme, the City of Cologne and the State of North-Rhine Westphalia are realising a museum environment in and under the Town Hall Square with a total area of approximately 10 000 m2 with 7500 m2 of exhibition space.
The secular heart of Cologne's urban history will be presented, ranging from the monumental ruins of the Roman Governor's Palace to the fragile remains of one of the most significant Jewish Quarters in Europe.
As an integrative element of the Archaeological Zone, the museum building at the Rathausplatz (Town Hall Square) will be dedicated in particular to the Jewish cultural heritage.
History - Excavations in the post-war period
Excavation of the Praetorium (1953)
Over 90 per cent of Cologne's historical city centre was destroyed during World War II. Only a few years after the end of the war, the reconstruction of the Town Hall and other administrative buildings was initiated. The seventeenth-century 'Spanischer Bau' (Spanish Building) was heavily damaged and was thus to be replaced by a modern building for the City Council and administration.
In 1953, planning was in full swing toward realisation; but then, the initial earth-moving operations revealed massive walls that the archaeologist Otto Doppelfeld was able to excavate prior to building activities. However, he was only given six months to do so.
Despite heavy resistance, Doppelfeld convinced his opponents and at the same time induced the City Council in a memorable meeting to preserve the features as well as to build a permanent underground protective building. The dimensions of this archaeological crypt, realised by the architect Theodor Teichen by 1956, were unprecedented in Europe. Up to this day, one can take a ride down 'By Elevator into Roman Times'(Mit dem Fahrstuhl in die Römerzeit) as Rudolf Portner entitled his bestseller in the 1950s) to gaze at the archaeological remains of the Roman Governor's Palace, the Praetorium.
Doppelfeld himself had envisioned showing and excavating more, but his ambitious plans were not implemented. In the 1990s the intention to create a large archaeological zone was pursued by the former Unit for the Protection of Archaeological Monuments and after 1995 by the Cologne Romano-Germanic Museum. Yet, it was not until a few years later that the project was to become reality. The opportunity was given within the framework of the programme Regionale 2010 and through funding by the state of North-Rhine Westphalia.
For the implementation of the project, a new bureau, the Archaologische Zone (Archaeological Zone) was embedded in the Cologne Department of Culture. In 2007 a top scientific board was convened that, since then, assembles several times a year under the chairmanship of the Mayor of Cologne and accompanies the project scientifically.
Council Chapel, former Synagogue (1873/76)
Excavation area of the Synagogue (1956)
Excavation of the Synagogue in the Town Hall Square (1956)
Excavation of the Roman Apse in the Town Hall Square with the remains of the well in the forecourt of the Synagogue (1968)
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Notice of Resolution for Voluntary Winding Up and Notice to Creditors to Prove Debts or Claims In the matter of the Companies Act 1955, and in the matter of Troilus Investments Limited (in liquidation) and NZI Share Registry Services Limited (in liquidation): Notice is hereby given that by duly signed entry in the minute book of the above-named companies on the 8th day of November 1993, the following extraordinary resolution was passed by each company, namely: ``That the company be wound up voluntarily.'' Note: Declarations of solvency have been filed in compliance with section 274 (2) of the Companies Act 1955. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, the joint liquidator of the above-named companies which are being wound up, does hereby fix the 10th day of December 1993, as the day on or before which the creditors of the companies are to prove their debts or claims, and to establish any title they may have to priority under section 308 of the Companies Act 1955, or to be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before the debts are proved or, as the case may be, from objecting to the distribution. Dated this 8th day of November 1993. K. T. STOTTER, Joint Liquidator. Address of Joint Liquidator: Care of KPMG Peat Marwick, KPMG Centre, Fifth Floor, 9 Princes Street, Auckland. Important Note: The above non-trading subsidiary companies are being wound up as part of the restructuring of the NZI Corporation Group of Companies and the liquidations do not affect the current trading operations of other companies within the group.
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namespace ConsoleHelpers\CodeInsight\KnowledgeBase;

use Aura\Sql\ExtendedPdo;
use Aura\Sql\ExtendedPdoInterface;
use ConsoleHelpers\DatabaseMigration\MigrationManager;
use ConsoleHelpers\DatabaseMigration\MigrationContext;

class DatabaseManager
{

	/**
	 * Migration manager.
	 *
	 * @var MigrationManager
	 */
	private $_migrationManager;

	/**
	 * Database directory.
	 *
	 * @var string
	 */
	private $_databaseDirectory;

	/**
	 * Database manager constructor.
	 *
	 * @param MigrationManager $migration_manager Migration manager.
	 * @param string           $working_directory Working directory.
	 */
	public function __construct(MigrationManager $migration_manager, $working_directory)
	{
		$this->_migrationManager = $migration_manager;
		$this->_databaseDirectory = $working_directory . '/databases';

		if ( !file_exists($this->_databaseDirectory) ) {
			mkdir($this->_databaseDirectory);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Returns db for given project.
	 *
	 * @param string      $project_path Project path.
	 * @param string|null $fork         Fork name.
	 *
	 * @return ExtendedPdoInterface
	 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException When relative project path is given.
	 */
	public function getDatabase($project_path, $fork = null)
	{
		if ( substr($project_path, 0, 1) !== '/' ) {
			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('The "$project_path" argument must contain absolute path.');
		}

		$project_path = $this->_databaseDirectory . $project_path;

		if ( !file_exists($project_path) ) {
			mkdir($project_path, 0777, true);
		}

		$db_file = $project_path . '/code_insight.sqlite';

		if ( !strlen($fork) ) {
			return new ExtendedPdo('sqlite:' . $db_file);
		}

		$fork_db_file = $project_path . '/code_insight-' . $fork . '.sqlite';

		if ( !file_exists($fork_db_file) && file_exists($db_file) ) {
			copy($db_file, $fork_db_file);
		}

		return new ExtendedPdo('sqlite:' . $fork_db_file);
	}

	/**
	 * Runs outstanding migrations on the database.
	 *
	 * @param MigrationContext $context Context.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function runMigrations(MigrationContext $context)
	{
		$this->_migrationManager->run($context);
	}

}

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Q: How to use variable in template match xslt I need to use variable in template match in xslt but I transformed template match into variable.  I got syntax error.
This is my orginal xslt
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet
    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
    version="1.0">
  <xsl:template match="@* | node()">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="/name/name[not(telephoneNav/detail/action = 'A') and not(telephoneNav/detail/action = 'S')]"/>
<xsl:template match="detail[not(action = 'A') and not(action = 'S')]"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>

This is my xslt which has been transformed into variable in template match.
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <xsl:stylesheet
        xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
        version="1.0">
      <xsl:variable name="actionXpath1" select="'/name/name[not(telephoneNav/detail/action = 'A') and not(telephoneNav/detail/action = 'S')]'" />
      <xsl:variable name="actionXpath2" select="'detail[not(action = 'A') and not(action = 'S')]'" />
      <xsl:template match="@* | node()">
        <xsl:copy>
          <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
        </xsl:copy>
      </xsl:template>
      <xsl:template match="$actionXpath1"/>
      <xsl:template match="$actionXpath2"/>
    </xsl:stylesheet>

like this https://xsltfiddle.liberty-development.net/3MvmXiw

A: In XSLT 3 using static parameters and _match as a shadow attribute you can use
<xsl:stylesheet
    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
    version="3.0">
  <xsl:param name="actionXpath1" static="yes" select="'/name/name[not(telephoneNav/detail/action = "A") and not(telephoneNav/detail/action = "S")]'" />
  <xsl:param name="actionXpath2" static="yes" select="'detail[not(action = "A") and not(action = "S")]'" />
  <xsl:template match="@* | node()">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template _match="{$actionXpath1}"/>
  <xsl:template _match="{$actionXpath2}"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>

https://xsltfiddle.liberty-development.net/3MvmXiw/1
So you need to use an XSLT 3 processor and you need to use it in a way that allows setting static parameters, i.e. use an API specialized for XSLT 3 to support setting such parameters before the stylesheet is compiled.

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Q: Why is FindBugs showing warning for redundant null check if (first != null && second != null && !first.equals(second)) {
  // not null & not equal
} else if (first == null ^ second == null) {
  // not both null and not both not null
  // (first == null && second != null) || (first != null && second == null)
} else {
  // both null or equal
}

FindBugs is complaining about else if (first == null ^ second == null) {...}

A: Probably because it is only software.

A: Since you wrote in the comment: not both null it's a good thing that FindBugs showed you your (potential) mistake since you should have used && (AND) not ^ (XOR):
first != null && second != null

or alternatively:
!(first == null || second == null)

UPDATE:
The OP change the comment to: "not both null and not both not null" this condition requires a different if:
(first == null && second != null) || (first != null && second == null)

which is equivalent to:
first == null ^ second == null

only that the former version is more readable.

A: The ^ operator is a bitwise operator as opposed to a logical operator.  While technically correct the precedence of the operators makes the expression confusing should the logical expressions grow.  I don't use FindBugs but I would call the 3rd line suspect - Wrap it in parentheses or rewrite it.
 ...
 } else if ((first == null) ^ (second == null)) {
 ...

^ can behave like a logical operation as long as the operands are boolean values. Because the precedence is different for each logical and bitwise operator, you should always group with parentheses since the order of evaluation will not be left to right but will be based on the table here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/operators.html
Your expression "not both null" and "not both not null" comes out like this:
(first == null) || second == null) && !((first == null && second == null))
Which is pretty confusing but it is what you are asking for.
I am not sure what you are doing in the blocks but it might be easier to write the entire block like this:
if(first!=null && !first.equals(second)) {
  // first is not null and the first and second are not equal
} else if (second!=null && !second.equals(first)) {
  // second is not null and first and second are not equal
} else {
  // all that is left is that first and second are both null OR neither one is null but they are equal
}

A: The warning says: redundant null check. Thus, FindBugs thinks that you are redundantly checking the nullity of the variables. Try if this code also triggers the warning:
    Boolean firstNull = (first == null);
    Boolean secondNull = (second == null);
    Boolean equalFirstSecond = first.equals(second);

    if (!firstNull && !secondNull && !equalFirstSecond) {
        // not null & not equal
    } else if (firstNull ^ secondNull){
        // not both null and not both not null
    } else {
        // both null or equal
    }

A:
if (first != null && second != null && !first.equals(second)) {

You don't need to test second != null here. The equals() call does that.

} else if (first == null ^ second == null) {

You should return false in this case, assuming this is an equals() method itself.
If FindBugs doesn't like it with this change I would ignore it, it doesn't know what it's talking about. It's not perfect. Put in an exception rule.


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Surviving founding members bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh disbanded the group and worked on other projects until 2009, when they began playing with Ramirez, who took over the vocalist spot performing largely Sublime songs. Now, as Sublime with Rome, the core trio has released two albums, 2011's "Yours Truly" and 2015's "Sirens."
Now 28, Ramirez spoke with The Modesto Bee by phone from his tour bus while traveling near Lake Erie recently about keeping the Sublime name alive, playing to fans of all ages and their new music.
Q: I understand one of the first songs you learned while growing up was "Wrong Way"; tell me about that.
A: Yeah, the first song was "Wrong Way" off their self-titled album when I was 12 years old. I just really liked the combination of the music style and the edginess of the lyrical content. It was something I had never heard before.
Q: How does it feel to contribute in some way to the musical legacy of Sublime?
A: I'm just grateful that the guys take me around the world to play some tunes for a lot of people. It's kind of a trip. If anyone looks up Sublime and they want to see the band's music live, we're still traveling around and playing music. We're spreading the word of what the guys started.
Q: And you're also putting out new music. Tell me about your latest release, last year's "Sirens."
A: The musical inspiration was kind of driving from what we were listening to at the moment, which was like kind of Ween meets like The Specials with kind of an Ice Cube influence. It was a melting pot of those three.
Q: This summer you are touring with fellow Southern California alternative hip-hop/ska punk band Dirty Heads. Why'd you pick them to go on the road with?
A: We're like brothers, all of us. We're really close friends. It's really harmonious and everyone gets along really well. We've toured in the past before and worked in the studio a lot. So it seems like a perfect fit; we're a big summer camp.
Q: As Sublime with Rome, you've been a band for seven years now. How long did it take you to feel comfortable in your role fronting the group?
A: I am, like, to the point now where I am comfortable. But I don't know. I never really felt like I had much pressure from any of the guys. I was never worried about that.
My whole thing is I wanted to do it justice and wanted to do it right. I practiced a lot and the overall experience is everything. Over the years we've all fallen into a comfortable place of playing.
Q: Were you ever worried about how fans would react?
A: I never really worried about (how) the fans were going to react toward me. I got Bud and Eric talking again and wanting to put the band back together, and that's kind of more important. I took that as a reassurance.
Q: And so then how have Sublime fans been to the group?
A: One thing I have noticed is that it's like a cult lifestyle band. It's like a road stop for everyone. People hit it on the way through their teenage years. You always stop at this one road stop called Sublime, and it stays with you the rest of your life.
They are very, very passionate about the music – very die-hard about it. When they get to meet and see us live and in person, you can see the connection of how much the music means to us and to them. It's a circle that is happening.
Marijke Rowland: 209-578-2284, @marijkerowland
Sublime with Rome
When: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 27
Where: Ironstone Amphitheatre at Ironstone Vineyards, 1894 Six Mile Road, Murphys
Tickets: $40-$65 advance; $50-$75 door
Online: ironstoneamphitheatre.net
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Rome Ramirez began playing with Sublime founding members Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh in 2009. As Sublime with Rome, the trio has toured and released two albums. Paul A. Hebert Associated Press file
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namespace interp {

namespace fmt {

template <class Type, class ReadCursor>
Type readFixed(ReadCursor& Pos) {
  Type Value = 0;
  constexpr uint32_t WordSize = sizeof(Type);
  uint32_t Shift = 0;
  for (uint32_t i = 0; i < WordSize; ++i) {
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    Shift += CHAR_BIT;
  }
  return Value;
}

template <class Type, class ReadCursor>
Type readLEB128Loop(ReadCursor& Pos, uint32_t& Shift, uint8_t& Chunk) {
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  Shift = 0;
  while (true) {
    Chunk = Pos.readByte();
    Type Data = Chunk & ~(uint8_t(1) << 7);
    Value |= Data << Shift;
    Shift += 7;
    if ((Chunk >> 7) == 0)
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  }
}

template <class Type, class ReadCursor>
Type readLEB128(ReadCursor& Pos) {
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  uint8_t Chunk;
  return readLEB128Loop<Type>(Pos, Shift, Chunk);
}

template <class Type, class ReadCursor>
Type readSignedLEB128(ReadCursor& Pos) {
  uint32_t Shift;
  uint8_t Chunk;
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}

template <class ReadCursor>
uint8_t readUint8(ReadCursor& Pos) {
  return Pos.readByte();
}

template <class ReadCursor>
uint32_t readUint32(ReadCursor& Pos) {
  return fmt::readFixed<uint32_t>(Pos);
}

template <class ReadCursor>
uint64_t readUint64(ReadCursor& Pos) {
  return fmt::readFixed<uint64_t>(Pos);
}

template <class ReadCursor>
int32_t readVarint32(ReadCursor& Pos) {
  return fmt::readSignedLEB128<uint32_t>(Pos);
}

template <class ReadCursor>
int64_t readVarint64(ReadCursor& Pos) {
  return fmt::readSignedLEB128<uint64_t>(Pos);
}

template <class ReadCursor>
uint32_t readVaruint32(ReadCursor& Pos) {
  return fmt::readLEB128<uint32_t>(Pos);
}

template <class ReadCursor>
uint64_t readVaruint64(ReadCursor& Pos) {
  return fmt::readLEB128<uint64_t>(Pos);
}

#ifdef LEB128_LOOP_UNTIL
#error("LEB128_LOOP_UNTIL already defined!")
#endif

#define LEB128_LOOP_UNTIL(EndCond) \
  do {                             \
    uint8_t Byte = Value & 0x7f;   \
    Value >>= 7;                   \
    if (EndCond) {                 \
      Pos.writeByte(Byte);         \
      break;                       \
    } else {                       \
      Pos.writeByte(Byte | 0x80);  \
    }                              \
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template <class Type, class WriteCursor>
void writeLEB128(Type Value, WriteCursor& Pos) {
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}

template <class Type, class WriteCursor>
void writePositiveLEB128(Type Value, WriteCursor& Pos) {
  LEB128_LOOP_UNTIL(Value == 0 && !(Byte & 0x40));
}

template <class Type, class WriteCursor>
void writeNegativeLEB128(Type Value, WriteCursor& Pos) {
  LEB128_LOOP_UNTIL(Value == -1 && (Byte & 0x40));
}

template <class Type, class WriteCursor>
void writeFixedLEB128(Type Value, WriteCursor& Pos) {
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  constexpr uint32_t ChunkSize = CHAR_BIT - 1;
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}

template <class Type, class WriteCursor>
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}

template <class WriteCursor>
void writeUint8(uint8_t Value, WriteCursor& Pos) {
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}

template <class WriteCursor>
void writeUint32(uint32_t Value, WriteCursor& Pos) {
  writeFixed(Value, Pos);
}

template <class WriteCursor>
void writeUint64(uint64_t Value, WriteCursor& Pos) {
  writeFixed(Value, Pos);
}

template <class WriteCursor>
void writeVarint32(int32_t Value, WriteCursor& Pos) {
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    writeNegativeLEB128(Value, Pos);
  else
    writePositiveLEB128(Value, Pos);
}

template <class WriteCursor>
void writeVarint64(int64_t Value, WriteCursor& Pos) {
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  else
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}

template <class WriteCursor>
void writeVaruint32(uint32_t Value, WriteCursor& Pos) {
  writeLEB128(Value, Pos);
}

template <class WriteCursor>
void writeVaruint64(uint64_t Value, WriteCursor& Pos) {
  writeLEB128(Value, Pos);
}

template <class WriteCursor>
void writeFixedVaruint32(uint32_t Value, WriteCursor& Pos) {
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}  // end of namespace decode

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Democrat legislators making up excuses to block Lingle's judicial nominees are usually just doing the bidding of the criminal defense bar—which seeks to block judicial nominees who are not sufficiently soft on crime. But it appears that opposition to the nomination of former Federal Prosecutor Ed Kubo to Oahu's First Circuit Court is coming from former State Sherriff John Souza. Souza, the husband of State Senate President Coleen Hanabusa, was nailed in 2004 for a land sale which involved giving a $25,000 loan to an accused meth dealer who is a cousin to two convicted Pali Golf course shooters.
State Sen. Sam Slom, R-8th (Kāhala, Hawai'i Kai), said Hanabusa's husband, former state sheriff John Souza, called him with concerns about Kubo's ability to be a judge.
Slom said Souza, who used to work with Kubo, explained that while he personally liked Kubo, he did not believe he had the qualifications.
State Sheriff John F. Souza III has business ties with two convicted felons, one a former police officer recently released from federal prison, the other a Leeward Coast parolee whose home and other properties were searched last week by police and federal agents.
Souza, a retired Honolulu police detective appointed head of the Sheriff Division in the Department of Public Safety last August by Gov. Linda Lingle, said yesterday the business relationships are innocent but he is thinking about resigning from office because "the appearance is bad."
Last year, Souza sold a seven-acre parcel of land in Makaha to Jonnaven Monalim, a state prison parolee whose 'Ewa Beach residence was raided Friday by law enforcement agents investigating illegal gambling and other criminal activities.
Souza, the fiancé of state Sen. Colleen Hanabusa, D-21st (Nanakuli, Makaha), purchased the Makaha property in 2001 from Hanabusa and her family for $200,000 and sold it to Monalim in October 2003 for $225,000, according to real estate records.
Monalim is a cousin of Wai'anae crime figure Rodney Joseph Jr., now awaiting trial on murder charges related to the bloody January shootout at the Pali golf course that left two men dead and another critically wounded.
Monalim and Joseph were convicted of burglary and terroristic threatening charges in 1994 after they invaded a Wai'anae home and threatened the occupants with a shotgun.
In 1998, Monalim was convicted of assaulting a Wai'anae teenager, a case that gained considerable notoriety after Circuit Judge Sandra Simms sentenced Monalim to 10 years in prison but delayed the start of his prison sentence for 3 1/2 months so he could help raise his newborn child.
He was released from prison in late 2000 and is on parole until October 2008.
The informant is Jonnaven Monalim, cousin to both Motta and Joseph. On Oct. 30, 2004, he secretly recorded a conversation with Motta on the Big Island while Motta was free on $1 million bail when the state was prosecuting the murder case….
When Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Brady asked Monalim why Motta would talk to him about gambling, Monalim said, "Because we cousins, and he thought he could trust me."
Monalim said he also told the FBI that he thought Motta would turn over control of the gambling operations to him.
Monalim said he started cooperating with the FBI after agents raided his home in February 2004 and told him they had information that he had conspired to distribute drugs. He said he introduced a drug source to a contact in Hawaii to distribute methamphetamine.
Monalim has yet to face federal charges even though he has no deal with the government. He says he continues to cooperate with the FBI in the hopes of staying out of prison.
He said he was in prison from 1998 to 2001. He was sentenced in state court to 10 years in prison for second-degree assault, first-degree burglary and first-degree terroristic threatening. One of his co-defendants in the burglary and threatening case is Joseph. Monalim also is awaiting trial for allegedly violating a restraining order for harassment.
Monalim got a $25,000 mortgage loan from Souza that is still in effect, according to documents filed with the state Bureau of Conveyances.
Souza said he signed a binding contract to sell the property to Monalim before he became sheriff.
"I would never have done that after I took office," Souza said. "I know who this guy is and what his reputation is. When I dealt with this guy, he looked totally clean. He was preaching that had had done his time and learned his lesson."
Souza said the sale to Monalim wasn't finalized until October because Monalim had trouble finding financing.
A nerdy little loan company clerk wasn't fooled—but an experienced law enforcement professional bought this run-of-the-mill ex-con story? Maybe he was too busy with his trucking company doing work on the Ko Olina development, which his wife-to-be had so generously provided $75m in tax credits for.
Souza also has business ties to George "Buddy" DeRamos Jr., a former Honolulu police officer convicted in 2001 for his role in the 1995 beating of prisoner Richard Doolin in the police station cellblock.
Prosecutors said DeRamos did not beat Doolin but was in charge of the cellblock when the beating occurred, tried to cover it up by lying to investigators and attempted to "physically intimidate" Doolin after the beating. DeRamos was sentenced to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, the federal equivalent of state parole.
Souza said DeRamos is "a very dear friend of mine" who was hired to manage a trucking company Souza owns because DeRamos needed a second chance after his release from prison. Souza said he turned over operation of the trucking business to DeRamos so that he could devote himself full time to his duties as sheriff division administrator.
So federal felon and ex-con DeRamos was running Souza's trucking company—working at Ko Olina--so Souza "could devote himself full time to his duties as sheriff division administrator." Maybe that's what distracted him from noticing that he was selling land to an accused meth dealer tied to organized crime and illegal gambling throughout Hawaii.
Perhaps Kubo is not "qualified" because he will not ignore the underworld connections of law enforcement officers and Senators.
Hmmmm wonder what mayor Mafiaboi has gotten himself into now?


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Questa voce raccoglie le informazioni riguardanti il Dopolavoro Borletti Milano, nelle competizioni ufficiali della stagione 1939-1940.

Verdetti stagionali
 Serie A: 7ª classificata

Roster
Sergio Paganella
 Cicoria
 Croce
 Sacchi
 Cesare Canetta
 Ezio Conti
 A. Pagani
 Corti
 Alfredo Garavaglia

Allenatore Giannino Valli.

Note

Voci correlate
 Serie A 1939-1940 (pallacanestro maschile)

1939-1940

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The London Wine International Wine Fair and Distil will be combined and brought back together under the one roof at next year's event at Excel, Harpers Wine and Spirit can reveal.
Both exhibitions got underway this morning with a high level of early interest. After two years of being held in separate halls, Distil and LIWF will be merged again from 2010 when a project to extend the existing main hall is completed.
Distil, which showcases spirits and producers from across the world, had been moved to a hall opposite the LIWF in order to give the event more of its own identity.
Will Broadfoot, the event's marketing director, said: "It will be easier for visitors to navigate and on a logistical level to have the two events in one room. The reason we moved it in the first place was to give Distil more of its own identity and to give it more exposure.
"Now we can still give it the space it deserves in the new space that we have been assured will be finished by spring 2010."
It's the 29th year of the world's second largest drinks trade fair and exhibition director, Brintex's James Murray, told Harpers Wine and Spirit that early indications suggest that both exhibitions will be a success, despite the economic difficulties of 2009.
Murray said: "Things really started building up on Friday and everything has been relatively trouble free. If something has gone wrong it has been rectified quickly. Next year Distil and the wine fair will be combined as one single event."
Murray said that the pre-registrations for this year's event had been roughly the same as 2008.
"But until the people actually come through the door I won't count my blessings. I'm confident to say that we have done whatever could be done to make this a success in the current economic climate - 2009 has been a tough year for the industry and when the industry suffers, we suffer too. We really hope that everyone has a great show."
The London International Wine Fair and Distil will see 1,300 exhibitors from across the world showcase their products to buyer, suppliers, sommeliers, importers, merchants, the media and the consumer.


Description: K is a Half Demon with a number of both natural and supernatural powers improvements to his physiology. His primary half demon power is an accelerated healing process, typically referred to as his half demon healing factor , that regenerates damaged or destroyed tissues of his body far beyond the capabilities of an ordinary human.
healing factor , that regenerates damaged or destroyed tissues of his body far beyond the capabilities of an ordinary human. K's healing factor makes him extraordinarily resistant to diseases, drugs, and toxins.
K's healing factor and half demon also affects a number of his physical attributes by increasing them to superhuman levels. His stamina is sufficiently heightened to the point he can exert himself for numerous hours, even after exposure to powerful tranquilizers kunai. K agility and reflexes are also enhanced to levels that are beyond the physical limits of the finest human athlete. Due to his healing factor's constant regenerative qualities, he can push his muscles beyond the limits of the human body without injury.
Although his body heals, the healing factor doesn't suppress the pain he endures while injured. He does not enjoy being hurt and sometimes has to work himself up for situations where extreme pain is certain. K, on occasion, has deliberately injured himself or allowed himself to be injured for varying reasons, including freeing himself from capture, intimidation, strategy, or simply indulging his feral nature.
Mangekyo Sharingan, a tiger and a wolfs eye. The abilities the eye has is unknown for right now, but the only thing the eye can do at this point is alow K demon charka to move freely thought out his charka system. That's why K keeps his head band over his right eye, to keep his demon eye hidden from people, the only people that know about K's right eye is, Lady Kaori, his father and mother before she had died.
Weakness: It's possible for the efficiency of K healing powers to be suppressed. For example, if an object composed of carbonadium is inserted and remains lodged within his body, his healing powers are slowed dramatically though they are not fully suppressed. K healing factor can also be greatly suppressed by the Muramasa blade, a katana of mystic origins that can inflict wounds that nullify superhuman healing factors, and the Sakkidatta-Kage a sword created from his mother and K's blood. Or the only way to stop him is to decapitate him and remove his head from the vicinity of his body.


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In Removal Of Plaques Marking Katyn Massacre, Critics See Russian Campaign To Rewrite History
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TVER, Russia -- The historic building on Soviet Street is now dedicated to the practice of saving lives. But some still recall a time when it served the opposite purpose.
Before it was taken over by Tver State Medical University in 1954, this was the regional headquarters of the NKVD, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's secret police. For a decade and a half, starting in 1938, its basement housed a prison for enemies of his regime.
According to documents unearthed by historians and eyewitness testimony, it was here that, in 1940, several thousand Polish officers were killed by Stalin's government as part of what became known as the Katyn massacre -- the execution of some 22,000 Poles following the successive invasions of that country in September 1939 by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, which had signed a nonaggression pact and secretly agreed to divide the lands lying between them.
Every year on October 30, a delegation from Poland comes to lay flowers at the building, beneath two metal plaques that were affixed to its facade in 1991 with inscriptions commemorating those who died in its basement: the 6,000 Poles estimated to have been shot, and the many other nationalities who fell victim to what became known as Stalin's Great Terror.
Authorities in Tver ordered the plaques taken down.
But two days before this year's ceremony, authorities in Tver ordered the plaques taken down. In a letter to the university's rector Lesya Chichanovskaya, the local prosecutor's office said crucial documents relating to the plaques' origins are missing from the archives. Their inscriptions, it said, are "not based on documented facts."
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Tucked away on a grassy hill at Shoreline Amphitheater sits a life-size Google Home Max.
The speaker made its first appearance backstage at this year's Coachella festival, where artists and influencers had the chance to check it out.
The entire enclosure measures 15 x 10 x 10-feet.
At Google I/O, it was our turn to get a tour.
A glass door with the Google logo is the only barrier between the outside world and musical nirvana.
The front panel of the real Google Home Max lights up as you interact with it. Not to let any detail go, Google built the same lights into the front panel. It's hard to see them lighting up here, but at night, the lights shine bright.
To start the demo, Google has a suggested query. However, after the initial song selection you can ask the Home Max anything you normally would ask the Google Assistant smart speaker.
Each song is limited to a 30-second clip due to licensing requirements, but the light show that accompanies each clip is unique and always changing.
A series of mirrors and 85 LED panels work in unison to make the entire experience immersive.
There are a total of 22 acrylic ribs inside, adding to the lighting effects.
During the opening keynote, Google announced a series of new features coming to Google Assistant and its Home devices.
Assistant will gain six new voices, extended listening times for a more conversation-like experience.
Google even showed a demo of Duplex, an upcoming feature where Google Assistant makes calls on your behalf to schedule haircuts or an oil change. It was both creepy and impressive at the same time.
My favorite part of being inside a Google Home Max wasn't the music, but the air conditioning.
If you have a chance to check out the mega-sized Google Home Max in your city, it's worth a quick tour.
Despite its size, the giant speaker can be moved and will begin showing up in random cities across the US.


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Sobre Harold.
Yo solo lo vi dos veces, una vez en L.A. hace años, otra vez en NY, hace unos meses. No lo conocí, pero siempre supe de él, era como el RND de NYC. Su parte en el video Skypager de Underground Element fue una inspiracion para mi.
Quizas su amigo Eli Gesner sabe describir quien era Harold mejor que nadie:
This is one for all to know. These are actual facts and 100% true. The importance of which is only now evident. New York City - February, 1997. It was tradeshow time and everyone at Zoo York (the good old Zoo York) were flying out to LA for the ASR show. Harold, Peter Bici, and myself all got booked on the red eye to LA together. Just us three. We all took a cab to JFK, amped to be heading out West to some warm weather. It was late, and the airport was deserted. I remember Harold skateboarding slowly through the empty terminal ahead of us. When we got to our gate, there were only a few people sitting about the large, dark, room. It was going to be an empty flight. Peter, Harold, and I sat down to wait for the flight to board when we noticed three big Hood looking dudes sitting across from us. They looked like a trio of thugs except for their extravagant jewelry. Then we realized who we were looking at. The big thug in the middle was none other than The Notorious B.I.G. - Biggie Smalls himself! No lie. He had a walking cane and looked a little messed up from his recent car accident, but his presence was felt by all three of us. We didn't say what's up or anything, being the New Yorkers we are we didn't want to intrude on the great one, we just checked him out and got psyched that we were flying on the same plane. Then, while we were waiting, Harold hopped up and began to skate around the empty terminal. As the Airline called us all to start boarding, I looked up to see Biggie and his boys watching Harold skate around. Being in First Class, Biggie got to board ahead of all of us. I watched him stand up, his eyes on Harold, and say 'Hey! You're that skateboard niggga. From that Kids movie.' Harold smiled and rolled up to Biggie. They talked a little bit and Biggie told Harold he was a fan. He told Harold he was proud of what Harold was doing and to keep doing his thing. Peter and I watched with big smiles on our faces. Harold pointed us out and we all said what's up to each other. Biggie gave Harold a pound and then got on the plane with his boys. That was the last time Biggie Smalls stood alive on New York soil. Shaking hands and getting to know Harold. A few weeks later he would be killed in Los Angeles. None of us knew that when we met him at the Airport. We walked by him as we boarded the plane and he said what's up to us again. I remember he had his own seat, the lone first seat in First Class, like a kings throne at the front of the plane. We sat in the back of the empty plane, psyched to be heading to Cali with Biggie Smalls leading the way up front. When we landed, Biggie was already gone by the time we walked all the way out through First Class. I looked at his lone single seater, and laying there was a fine cotton handkerchief. Biggie had used it and left it behind as trash. As a joke I picked it up and took it with me. Peter thought it was disgusting. I took someone's used handkerchief. Funny I thought. A few minutes later we ran into the rest of the Zoo team walking through the LAX airport. At the time, one of our skaters, Vinny Ponte, was a huge Biggie Smalls fan. Harold told him what happened and he was so bummed that he didn't take our flight. As a consolation prize I gave Vinny Biggies old handkerchief. I hope he still has that fucking thing. Now, Biggie and Harold are both gone. But they're also both together. That was Biggie fucking Smalls who reached out to Harold fucking Hunter. That says a lot about how Harold effected people. This page and all these people from all over the world say a lot about how Harold effected people. He effected me. But I'm one of the lucky ones. I've been all over the world with this lunatic and have known him more than most. So the least I can do is share some of that with you. Say what's up to Biggie for me, Harold. Now you guys can sit down and talk for a while longer.
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If one is silent can they be heard?
Or sitting quietly in self?
Observing the Canvas of Life, taking note of the varying colors within the Canvas, admiring all there is. Gratitude for self, gratitude for the direct or indirect lessons, gratitude for every breath. Sitting quietly, sharpening our thoughts, our words, allowing transmutation to change our reality once more.
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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08for the Nintendo Wii – Game Review
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 for the Nintendo Wii is getting a lot of attention; some of it is good and some is not so good. This video game has a lot of new features that changes the way video games are played, especially PGA Tour games but when it came right down to it, it just wasn't all it's cut out to be. I have played the very same game on the Playstation and it was much better. All in all, I think they left a lot to be desired on the Wii version.
First, I want to talk about some of the good features I found the Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 for the Wii to have:
-One of the main features that I really liked was having the ability to create interactive content. This feature allows you to record your games so you can play against yourself later to improve your game skills.
-When you feel you have played a terrific game, you can post it online for others to play against so they can try and beat your score.
-Another great feature is the fact that you can really get into the spirit of things by uploading a photograph of yourself and using it to create your character.
-I especially enjoyed the graphics on this game. I consider them to be really good and something to talk about.
-This game also has better stats than previous games and provides a more natural way of leveling up.
But all in all, I just didn't like the quality of the Wii version of this game. It made a lot of promises that it wasn't able to keep. So what's so bad about Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 for the Wii? Here are some of my main complaints:
-The main complaint I have with the game is the fact that it has too many glitches. For example, I had a lot of trouble with a few of the training exercises. They just simply don't want to work correctly so I couldn't use them at all.
-I also feel that it takes a long time for the game to load (even more so than most Wii games), which can get annoying.
-Sometimes when I would try and replay a shot, it would change it.
-I feel like they made the video game a lot harder to play than it should have been which creates a lot of frustration.
-You are only allowed to have three clips showing at any given time. This means that you have to take down old challenges every time you want to post new ones.
The whole idea behind this video game is a good one and it is a sport video game that can be appreciated by any true sports fan. However, I feel like this would be a much better game if they could just work out these kinks. It's like I was beta testing, not playing a game I spent $50 for. I love the Wii and love when new games come out but I feel like this one was a bit of a flop. They need to go back to the drawing board and work out the issues and then it might be a pretty awesome game.
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Priscilla Catacomb - VM - Keith White
Priscilla Catacomb: The Three Men in the Fiery Furnace
Ineffective Flames
by Keith White
They saw that the fire had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them. Daniel 3:27
In the years following the spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire there was much persecution of the followers of the Way. They frequently buried their dead in catacombs, called 'cemeteries' or sleeping places. It was in these hundreds of miles of underground passages that some of the first recorded Christian art is to be found.
The purpose of these very simple scenes was to instruct and inspire at a critical time in the life of the Faith. They concentrate on famous Bible stories and hold out a promise of salvation, hope and deliverance. Death is not the end: the true destiny of the human race is beyond the present world.
The image above depicts a scene from the book of Daniel. When King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon erected a huge statue and ordered everyone to worship it, three Jewish officials refused to do so, mindful of the commandments (Exodus 20). They were thrown into a furnace as a punishment. As the king watched them thrown into the flames he was astonished to see them joined by a fourth figure. He called them out, recognizing the intervention of God, and ordered that this God should be respected. He believed the fourth figure to be an angel.
The painting is so simple it is almost childlike and consists of very few brush strokes. The three figures are in almost identical Persian dress; the flames couldn't be more economically indicated. The only other symbol is that of a dove.
By pausing before the picture and recreating the darkness of the cave in which it was found, its message becomes not only clear, but powerful. The early Christians who saw it knew only too well the dilemma of Sadrach, Meshach and Abednego, for they were threatened with a similar punishment if they didn't acknowledge the Roman Emperor as divine. The three figures look directly at us, their hands raised in the typical praying (orans/orant) position of early Christian art and the flames are ineffective, almost incidental.
The dove symbolises God's help and presence. He has come alongside them in their tribulation. There is a solidarity in the fellowship of the three with their hands interlinked, which the Holy Spirit makes possible and reinforces. It may not be that the early beholders would escape death, but they knew that in and through God's presence and help they would know eternal fellowship and communion.
Like so many events depicted by early Christians this was seen as a type of resurrection. They recast Old Testament stories in the light of the resurrection of Christ, which was their single cause for hope amidst persecution and oppression.
This meditation has been published in: Keith J. White, Masterpieces of the Bible: Insights into Classical Art of Faith, Baker, 1997 / The Art of Faith: Story of the Bible Through the Eyes of Great Artists, John Hunt Ltd., 1997.
The Three Men in the Fiery Furnace, wall painting from the Priscilla Catacomb, Rome, 3rd century.
To read more about the catacombs, click here
Keith J. White is the leader of Mill Grove, a Christian residential community that has been caring for children and young people in the East End of London UK since 1899. His first degree was in English at Oxford University, and he has retained a love for literature, music and art "to the greater glory of God." He has written or edited a long list of books, among them The Changing Face of Child Care; The Art of Faith; and Now and Next. He led the team that produced a new international Bible (The Bible Narrative and Illustrated, 2008) designed for those outside the church and Christian faith. This incorporates 500 illustrations into the overall design. Keith teaches the theological foundations module of Holistic Child Development at Malaysia Baptist Theological Seminary in Penang, Malaysia. He also contributes to conferences, symposia and publications around the world. He is an Associate Lecturer at Spurgeons College, and a member of the faculty of the Asian Graduate School of Theology.
ArtWay Visual Meditation January 22, 2012


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Hickenlooper thinks environmentalists and the fossil fuel industry should come together
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The Keene Sentinel quoted me asking John Hickenlooper if since he took a slurp of frack wastewater, would he take a swig of some #PFAS contaminated water? After mentioning that Mother Jones magazine called him "Frackenlooper", he laughed. He thinks environmentalists and the fossil fuel industry should make nice and negotiate. It sounds a little like "fine people on both sides".
Hickenlooper makes case for presidential nomination
Keene Sentinel, May 6, 2019
"At Keene State, Hickenlooper emphasized the importance of bringing opposing sides together to solve problems, which he said he has a track record of doing, from environmental to infrastructure issues.
But Stephanie Scherr of Fitzwilliam asked Hickenlooper why environmental advocates should compromise with the fossil fuel industry when moving away from fossil fuels is a priority.
"Mother Jones magazine called you 'John Frackenlooper,' " — the candidate laughed — "and you took a slurp of frack wastewater, I can only assume to show that it's not toxic," Scherr said.
She was referring to a 2011 incident that made headlines when Hickenlooper mentioned it in 2013 testimony about improvements in the oil industry before a Senate committee. Hickenlooper told Scherr he was in a meeting with executives of Halliburton — an oil field service company that's been the subject of several controversies — to discuss methane regulations. They didn't trust him, he said. Then they pulled out a test model of a fracking fluid made of FDA-approved, food-grade materials."And I said, 'Well you're not expecting me to drink that, are you?' And the CEO took the bottle and took a swig, and said, 'You don't have to drink but I'll show you, it's perfectly safe,' " Hickenlooper said.
At that moment, he said he decided to take a swig to earn their trust. The bigger picture, he said, is that he brought both sides to the table and secured the regulations, which mandated camera installations to help prevent methane leaks.
However, in accounts from 2013, he framed the decision not as an act of compromise, but as something comical.
He told the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: "We did drink it around the table, almost ritual-like, in a funny way." Hickenlooper described it similarly in interviews with multiple outlets in 2013. He told the Denver Business Journal that he asked the CEO "if I could take a swig. He asked me if I was serious. I said yes."
Overall, Hickenlooper stressed the importance of coming together for environmental issues. "I have a greater sense of urgency than just about anyone I know about climate change," he said. "... I think our challenge is not figuring out what we should do. … We know what we have to do. What we need is the will and the persuasion to get everyone on board fast and in real time."
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Democratic candidates for Governor of NH must be stronger climate advocates
Gubernatorial candidates Senator Dan Feltes and Executive Councilor Andru Volinksky must have stronger climate policy. Senator Feltes' no-position position that he'll let the SEC decide if NH needs mo
HB 1226 - Declare October 1st "NH Climate Awareness Day"
HB 1635: Climate Education for Pre-K thru 12 students in NH
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There is this thread Farkles where a few items have been discussed.


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Another Victory Over the Red Coats for USA
Date: Saturday, September 3, 2016
A little English overcast didn't dampen spectacular audience spirits, gathered to watch the annual challenge between USA and England in the NBC-10 Newport International Polo Series, presented by the Rhode Island BMW Centers.
The prolific polo nation, England, was represented by Martin Hay at #1, Omar Mangalji at #2, Ed Courage at #3, and Gus Prentice at #4.
Defending the title for team USA were Michel Nseir at #1, Heather Souto at #2, Dan Keating at #3, and Rory Torrey at #4.
A special live performance of the national anthems by Dennis Jeter, gave way to the first throw-in by Lucy Ratcliffe, season one winner of Britain's Next Top Model.
With the ball in play, USA went on the immediate offensive, knowing that the players would have to give their all to defeat the Brits. Souto made an immediate play on goal for the home team, followed by Torrey, and then Souto again, giving USA a 3 goal lead to start the match. Chukker two saw strengthened defense as balls sent to goal were plucked out within feet of the line by opposing players. Keating managed one goal for USA, and Courage got England on the board, ending the chukker 4-1. England gained momentum in the third chukker. A well-executed penalty by Mangalji followed by a goal during regulation play closed the gap to one goal, ending the first half 4-3 in favor of USA.
Speed and determination brought the action to a new level in chukker 4 with Hay leading the attack for England. Hay leveled the score at 4 all, but Souto put USA back in the lead. USA's lead was short lived as Mangalji closed the gap once again, tying the match at 5 all. Torrey stepped in, regaining a 2 goal lead for the home team before the clock ran out. Mangalgi led off the fifth chukker for England with another neat penalty conversion. Prentis tied the game for the third time, 7 all, with a goal during regulation play. Keen to get in on the action, Nseir put USA back in the lead with another goal just as the chukker ended. England was only two goals away from wresting the cup, but Souto widened the lead for USA, while the team's effective defense kept England from goal. For a record two years in a row, Team USA defeated England, 9-7.
During the match, one lucky winner took home a magnum of champagne from Veuve Clicquot in the weekly door prize drawing. An English country-side transported to tailgate space 39 won the Best Tailgate Picnic Trunk from Stella Artois. Following the match, the USA vs. England perpetual cup was presented to the teams by Harriet Cross, Britain's Consul General to New England during the Veuve Clicquot Champagne Toast and Trophy Presentation.
The Polo Series will feature 8 international teams this season including Mexico, Australia, Ireland, Italy, France, Jamaica, England, and the debut of Morocco, as well as 5 City Teams from major US cities and a few top regional rivals for an action-packed season through the end of September.
The Polo Series will have hosted 32 nations this year over its 25 seasons including England, Ireland, Scotland, Chile, Kenya, Jamaica, Italy and Singapore this summer, and Costa Rica, Portugal, Germany, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, India, New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Barbados, France, Canada, Hungary, Dominican Republic, Netherlands, Kenya, Brazil, and China, Sweden, Singapore, Monaco and Morocco.
Minutes from downtown Newport, the International Polo Grounds are located at historic Glen Farm, 250 Linden Lane in Portsmouth, RI. This bucolic setting is the last 100 acres of what was once a 700-acre manorial farm whose settlement dates back to the 1600's. Its classical stone barns from the Gilded Age and its park-like grounds were rehabilitated by Newport Polo founder, Dan Keating, and thrive today as an equestrian & community recreational property, and home of the Polo Series.
This is the 25th season of the Newport International Polo Series, with the supportof sponsors including NBC - 10, BMW, ALEX AND ANI, Cox, Forty 1° North, Vueve Clicquot, NAVSTA Newport, RISD Executive Education, Stella Artois, Rockstar Limo, Lufthansa, Green Gear Global, WaterRower, Atria Senior Living, Hotel Viking, Hyatt Regency Newport Hotel & Spa, Vanderbilt International Properties, Clarke Cooke House, McGrath Clambakes, Newport Daily News, Newport J House and promotional partners including The Preservation Society of Newport, Bird's Eye View Helicopter Tours, America's Cup Charters, International Tennis Hall of Fame, Island Surf and Sport, The Cocktail Guru, Newport Mansions and Discover Newport. "Our sponsors have been with us since the beginning. Without their support, the Series would not be as extensive as it is," explains Dan Keating, Polo Series founder.
Discover Polo! Watch it, Play it, Support it. Newport Polo is the home of America's first polo club, est. in 1876, and founding member of the United States Polo Association offering public exhibition matches, polo club member services for grass & arena polo, and polo instruction year-round. Newport Polo hosts the Newport International Polo Series XXV. Information about Newport Polo's events, polo lessons, membership and sponsorship can be found in About Newport Polo.


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Battles With The Buddies
Previous Scottish Cup encounters with St Mirren
By John Reid@TJDSBlog Mar 3, 2017, 7:30am PST
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Anthony Stokes celebrates his winning goal against St Mirren in 2013
Ahead of Sunday's Scottish Cup quarter-final at home to St Mirren we thought we'd have a look at back at some notable Scottish Cup games against them in the recent and not so recent past.
In 1984 the teams met at a windswept Hampden Park in the Scottish Cup, for the right to play Aberdeen in the final, with Celtic emerging 2-1 winners. Brian McClair gave Celtic a first half lead before Frank McDougall equalised just ten minutes later. Celtic eventually dug out the victory with a bizarre Paul McStay goal with nine minutes to go. A Tommy Burns shot hit the post hit the post and eventually found it's way to McStay, whose shot caught in the wind and looped over St Mirren goalie Billy Thomson and into the net. The Celts were into yet another cup final!
First half highlights of the game:
Second half highlights including McStay's bizarre winner:
The teams met again in 1991 in the fourth round at Celtic Park, goals from Gerry Creaney, Tommy Coyne and a Norrie McWhirter own goal giving Celtic a comfortable 3-0 victory. The scoreline was repeated when the clubs once again met at Parkhead in the third round in 2003, with two goals from Henrik Larsson and one for Momo Sylla making the difference this time.
Glossing over our dreadful 1-0 defeat at Love Street in the quarter-finals in 2009, the teams last met in the Scottish Cup at the quarter-final stage in 2013 - the year that we last won the Scottish Cup. This game was intriguing as St Mirren had deservedly knocked us out of the league cup only two months earlier. Thankfully we managed to grind our way into the semi-final with a 2-1 win, with all the goals coming in the first half.
Joe Ledley gave us the lead with a header after only five minutes, but some poor defending allowed Goncalves to equalise only eight minutes later. Noted Elvis Presley fan Anthony Stokes came to the rescue in the twenty-first minute, bundling the ball into the net from very close range, and after a grim struggle we were on our way to Hampden to play Dundee United.
Not great quality clip of Ledley's header
Not great quality clip of Stokes' winner
Let us hope that Sunday's game is far easier than the tough encounters from the past that we have examined in this article.


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Below average New Zealand sea temperatures mean rain in California
Eddieb
This is an interesting correlation. I don't know what the winter sea water temperatures have been like but over summer New Zealand sea water was warmer than usual.
"If winter and spring sea surface temperatures around New Zealand are below average, chances are it's going to rain in the south-west United States (SWUS) in three months' time.
It seems the two climate features are connected, with the link particularly strong with southern parts of the SWUS.
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine explain the link - apparently via a "a western Pacific ocean-atmosphere pathway" - in a paper recently published in Nature Communications.
Predicting rainfall in the SWUS was challenging, and had significant implications for the economy, water security and ecosystem management, the paper said. With climate change expected to modify precipitation patterns, the need for improved seasonal and even sub-seasonal predictive skill became critical.
The discovery is important because weather patterns, such as El Nino, that have been used up to now to predict rainfall in the SWUS - California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah - aren't great, and are becoming less accurate.
On the other hand, the link - or "teleconnection" - between the rainfall and what's being called the "New Zealand Index" has been growing stronger over the past four decades. It also allows predictions to be made three months before the rain starts falling."
Read the full article: https://i.stuff.co.nz/science/104955077/below-average-new-zealand-sea-temperatures-mean-rain-in-california
That's quite fascinating. I remember that during the 2016-2017 winter here in California, we got incredible amounts of snowfall. It was so amazing after 4 years of drought. We had some vague notion that maybe climate change had something to do with it.
What was encouraging is we heard predictions before the season started that rainfall would be heavy because El Nino. That sounded more specific even though I didn't fully understand it. Then the next season was back to drought. Weird.
So this is particularly fascinating and you would think that the industries who depend on precipitation, like the winter ski resorts, would have incredible interest in this.
👇This is my van two seasons ago when El Nino saved us.
wxwax
Chris nailed it. Eddieb, you're referring to El Nino conditions. Right now the forecast is trending favorably towards an El Nino for the fall and winter of 2018. With luck, that will help bring water to California and the US Southwest. The opposite of El Nino is (duh) La Nina. lol Seriously.
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Yep well aware of El Nino and La Nina, but actually as the article goes on the say these models are getting less and less accurate and this new 'New Zealand index' is more accurate.
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Ah, you're going to make me read it now!
Here's a key quote (SWUS means Southwestern US):
Winter precipitation in the SWUS has been linked to several climate modes, including the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), with limited predictive ability. Here we report evidence that late-summer sea surface temperature and geopotential height anomalies close to New Zealand exhibit higher correlation with SWUS winter precipitation than ENSO, enhancing the potential for earlier and more accurate prediction.
;) it was actually in the bit I quoted here so you didn't even need to click on the link.
@Chris, how do you do the quote tabbed grey bit?
Select the text you want to quote, then click the " icon in the formatting toolbar that appears.


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The Sex Expert webinar series June 8, 2018, 12 noon (PST)
Interactive webinar with Pamela Madsen and Dan Powers, CSB on Why Consent is Complicated
What if part of your fantasy and arousal comes from a place of submission and play? Or, what if you consented at first and then something just does not feel right? And, how to have these important conversations around sex and consent, and still keep the spark of spontaneity and fun?
A pioneer in fertility and sex advocacy, Pamela Madsen is the founder of Back to the Body: Sensuous Retreats for Women. Before taking on female sexuality full-time, Pamela was the first Executive Director of The American Fertility Association. She is a fearless advocate for women's health and integrated sexuality who leverages her raw honesty and well-informed wit to help strip the stigma from female desire and body image.
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Jessica Tabak
Graduate students, recent Brown alumni earn 36 Fulbright scholarships
With COVID-19 complicating international travel, this year's student Fulbright winners will begin their teaching and research assignments across the globe at the start of 2021.
Brown's 2020-2021 Fulbright winners were honored at a virtual celebration hosted by the College's fellowships office on May 18. (Not all pictured)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Twenty-nine recent Brown alumni, six current Ph.D. students and one medical student have received Fulbright awards for the 2020-21 academic year to teach English or conduct independent research projects in countries around the world.
Brown has ranked among the top three student Fulbright producers in the U.S. for the past four years, earning the highest spot on the list in 2016, 2017 and 2018 and the No. 2 rank in 2019. The U.S. Department of State, which oversees the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, will release data for the 2020-21 award cycle next spring.
Founded in 1946, the Fulbright program promotes international peace through intellectual and cultural exchange. Applicants are selected based upon their academic and professional records, the quality and achievability of their proposals, and their capacity to engage culturally with their host communities.
"Especially in these difficult times, we are so proud of this year's group of student Fulbright scholars," said Rashid Zia, dean of the College at Brown. "We know the world needs their creativity, generosity and talents to help lead us through the challenges we face today and will face in the future."
In a typical year, the program funds approximately 2,000 recent graduates and current graduate students to teach and research for a full academic year in 140 countries around the world. However, with COVID-19 spurring international travel restrictions, this year's awards will begin in January rather than late summer, with some host countries extending the fellowships through the fall to accommodate for the late start.
Awardees whose host countries have needed to cancel this year's program have been offered the opportunity either to be reassigned to a different country, or to reapply next year.
Brown's newest cohort of Fulbright winners submitted project proposals to teach and research in 22 countries across Asia, Central and South America, Europe and Africa. Teaching placements include elementary schools, high schools and universities, where awardees will provide classroom instruction and share cultural perspectives between the U.S. and their host countries. Research award recipients will pursue projects in a wide range of academic fields — from public health to filmmaking, genetics to gender studies — on five continents.
Ella Satish, a Fulbright winner who graduated from Brown in May 2020, will travel to Colombia in January to teach university-level English. "A lot of the universities in Latin America require English courses to graduate but don't have the resources sometimes to offer these classes," she said.
Fulbright winner Ella Satish
In addition to her teaching assignment, Satish — a member of Brown's esteemed Program in Liberal Medical Education who will begin her medical training at the Warren Alpert Medical School upon completing her Fulbright — also intends to explore and contribute to city-based community health organizations while in Colombia.
"I want to learn more about what health care looks like in Colombia — specifically surrounding women's health, family health and primary care preventative medicine," she said. "Stepping away from the U.S. and seeing how other health care systems work is very important to developing as a person and as a culturally attuned physician."
She also looks forward to engaging with the country's Indigenous and Afro-Colombian culture and community.
"Colombia's history of slavery and demographic make-up are similar to the U.S.," Satish said. "I want to see how people experience Blackness there and how it has affected the overall culture of Colombia."
For Satish, the opportunities that Brown afforded her to engage with community-based teaching and health care organizations helped to pave her current path. "These experiences were integral in shaping my Fulbright application."
René Cordero, a Ph.D. student in history, will travel to the Dominican Republic in January. His dissertation examines the rise and fall of the country's student movement during the Cold War.
Fulbright winner René Cordero
Cordero's research award will grant him access to the Dominican Republic's national archives and the university archives at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, where he has identified previously unexplored archival materials pertaining to the movement. He will also conduct interviews with surviving student activists.
For Cordero — who was born in the Dominican Republic before moving to the U.S. as a child — winning a Fulbright carries both symbolic and practical significance.
"I am grateful that Fulbright considers my project an important and worthwhile avenue of research," Cordero said. "But more practically, the award also means that I will be able to focus on my research and produce the most polished dissertation possible."
This year's undergraduate and recent graduate Fulbright Scholars are:
Jacob Alabab-Moser (Mexico)
Layla Beckhardt (Germany)
Cornelia Cating (Burma)
Miranda Christ (Hungary)
Shane Des Enfants (Ecuador)
Louis Epstein (India)
Payton Gannon (Italy)
Michael Gold (India)
Maya Greenhill (Chile)
Liam Greenwell (Vietnam)
Olivia Hinch (Morocco)
Gabrielle Hsi (Taiwan)
Isiah Iniguez (Colombia)
Oren Karp (Nepal)
Casey Lingelbach (India)
Meredith Morran (Portugal)
Joseph Novak (Russia)
Mia Pattillo (Germany)
Tabitha Payne (Colombia)
Alyssa Pho (Taiwan)
Jazmin Piche (Brazil)
Ella Satish (Colombia)
Anne Savaria-Watson (Chile)
Ella Scholz (Russia)
Tara Srinivas (Spain)
Kelley Tackett (India)
Aubrey Vial (Czech Republic)
Cindy Won (Indonesia)
Sophie Zacharakis (Jordan)
This year's graduate student Fulbright scholars are:
Laura Chilson-Parks (History of Art and Architecture)
René Cordero (Dominican Republic)
Chandra Marshall (Rwanda)
Harper Dine (Mexico)
Stacey Murrell (Spain)
Tara Wheelright (Russia)
Lanbo Yang (Jordan)
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