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James Johnson's Dismissal Highlights the Other Unpleasant Side of March
Posted by Lathan Wells on March 17th, 2014
The month of March is one that brings joy to many college basketball programs across the country, as they now have the chance to chase a national championship via the NCAA Tournament (or to a lesser extent, an NIT title that at least yields a banner). But as many know, March is often a time of despondency across the college basketball landscape. It starts with the teams that had their hopes dashed on Selection Sunday when their names weren't called, but it also extends to the programs whose seasons are completely over. That's where the dark days in March occur, and Virginia Tech's James Johnson experienced such a day today as he was relieved of his duties as head coach of the Hokies after a mere two seasons on the bench.
James Johnson's uninspiring term at Virginia Tech ended after only two years (newsleader.com)
Johnson was considered something of a surprise hire when he replaced the ousted Seth Greenberg two years ago. In fact, he had never been a head coach at all, having recently left Blacksburg to take on a similar assistant coaching role at Clemson. Instead, Greenberg's messy exit coupled with resounding support from the holdover players convinced the administration to hire Johnson to take over the program, citing in particular his recruiting ability for some of the better teams of the Greenberg era. He inherited a bad team in his first season that only produced 13 wins, even with ACC Player of the Year and eventual pro Erick Green on the roster. His follow-up nine-win campaign, which resulted in a dead-last performance in a 15-team ACC, was due to an extremely underwhelming roster. In the preseason, Johnson made the bizarre decision to name an incoming freshman team captain despite the presence of seniors Jarell Eddie and Cadarian Raines returning. And it wasn't a superstar talent like Jabari Parker who was named the leader, either; it was two- or three-star guard Ben Emelogu. Emelogu had a decent start to his first college campaign, but he was far from a star.
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ACC M5: 11.22.13 Edition
Posted by Matt Patton on November 22nd, 2013
College Basketball Talk: Huge props to Florida State's Leonard Hamilton. I think we'll look back on yesterday's game seeing that Virginia Commonwealth was somewhat overrated, but the Seminoles gave the Rams an old-fashioned woodshed beating in Puerto Rico. Hamilton's team has gotten back to its defensive principles this season, and the Seminoles dominated the game from a shot selection standpoint. This team plays smart basketball and is undefeated with a road win against a decent Central Florida team and last night's whipping of a very good VCU squad. Maybe it'll turn out to be a flash in the pan, but right now Florida State has the best resume in the ACC by a mile.
ESPN: While this article was only published yesterday, I imagine it was written before Boston College got off to a 1-4 start. Now that start includes a really close loss to Connecticut (Olivier Hanlan missed a layup to tie the game with 11 seconds left), but it also includes a puzzling home loss to Toledo. I still like this team's makeup and think the Eagles will be a tough game for everyone in the conference. I really think the Eagles have struggled learning to play as a front-runner rather than a plucky underdog. But Steve Donahue has to turn things around quickly — it's very difficult to make the Big Dance after such a slow start.
Hampton Roads Daily Press: Duke athletic director Kevin White is "unabashedly bullish" on an ACC-centric cable channel in the near future (circa 2016). I tend to disagree. While the network may provide a short-term financial boon, I think the cable TV market is moving quickly towards an online a la carte service. This isn't to say having a talented and devoted production team wouldn't be beneficial, but everyone points to the Big Ten Network with its high revenues when I believe it may prove to be a hindrance as people begin to purchase television differently. This will be an interesting story to follow over the next few years.
Washington Post: Jarrell Eddie apparently learned a lot as Erick Green's roommate last season. And while the advice he got isn't mind-blowing, it's interesting to see how businesslike Green was in his approach to the game: "You've got to be in the gym all the time." The Hokies will only go as far this year as Eddie will take them. He has the potential to be a very good scorer, and as one of two seniors on the squad it's up to him to set the standards for the team. He admits to being complacent last year (citing it as a reason for his inconsistency), but any complacency this year will prove far worse, as Green isn't around anymore to save the day.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: With struggling attendance, Georgia Tech is trying some creative marketing tactics to get people to come to its games. I don't understand this at all, but if you buy your ticket through LivingSocial, you get to shoot a free throw after the game (along with a more sensical hot dog and soda). The free throw isn't for a contest or anything. Presumably you just wait in line with the other people who sat in the upper deck with LivingSocial tickets and then line one up from the charity stripe afterward. I don't understand it, but might as well give it a shot, right?
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ACC Mega-Preview: Duke Tops Power Rankings
Posted by Matt Patton (@rise_and_fire) on November 8th, 2013
Over the last two weeks, we have previewed each team individually to go with several more articles to get you ready for ACC basketball starting later today. Links to the previews can be found in each of the preseason power rankings listed below. Also look for our preseason conference awards later which will publish later today.
ACC Basketball Twitter Must-Follows (Chris):
Part I (general ACC tweeters)
Part II (Maryland, Clemson, Wake Forest, Boston College, Miami, Pittsburgh, and Georgia Tech)
Part III (Virginia, Duke, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Florida State, North Carolina, and NC State)
Early Season Tournaments (Brad):
Part I (Boston College, Virginia Tech, and Clemson)
Part II (Florida State, North Carolina, Maryland, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse)
Part III (Duke, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Virginia, and Miami)
Seven Nonconference Games to Watch (Brad)
PRESEASON POWER RANKINGS
1. Duke (75): Unanimous selection for the top spot, Coach K hopes this year's more athletic group of players can thrive at a faster pace of play. Duke is a national contender this season.
2. Syracuse (67): Their loaded front court and a legendary coach will help make seamless transition to the ACC, bringing their length and vaunted 2-3 zone along with them. Frosh point guard Tyler Ennis is the difference between a very good team and a great one.
T3. North Carolina (64): The development of the young frontcourt will be key for a team with plenty of upside, but a daunting non-conference schedule and the suspensions of PJ Hairston and Leslie McDonald loom early.
T3. Virginia (64): ACC stars Joe Harris and Akil Mitchell are back in Charlottesville. If the point guard position has more offensive output than last season, this team has all the pieces to be an ACC contender.
5. Notre Dame (52): Mike Brey has to find a way to replace Jack Cooley's production in the post, but the Fighting Irish bring back one of the best backcourts in the ACC. The Fighting Irish look like a border-line top-25 team heading into the season.
6. Maryland (48): Losing Seth Allen for a spell and Alex Len to the lottery will hurt, but Dez Wells' brilliance and Maryland's overall athleticism should propel them to new heights under Mark Turgeon assuming they can cut out some of their turnovers.
7. Boston College (43): A veteran core and a bona fide star could take Boston College to the next level, provided Steve Donahue does something about the team's dreadful defense. If Dennis Clifford is healthy, this team has a shot at the NCAA Tournament.
8. Pittsburgh (41): The Panthers have three solid returning starters to build around, but will need their new big men to make an immediate impact after Steven Adams' surprising decision to bolt for the NBA Draft. Also how will the new officiating rules affect Jamie Dixon's style?
9. Georgia Tech (31): The tandem of sophomores Robert Carter, Jr. and Marcus Georges-Hunt will prove even more effective as the Yellow Jackets look to make strides, but their young core is a few years away from making noise. Tennessee transfer Trae Golden should be an upgrade over Mfon Udofia at point guard.
10. NC State (29): TJ Warren could be one of the most talented players in the conference, but there is an enormous amount of departed experience to replace in Raleigh. Mark Gottfried's talented group of freshmen will be expected to contribute early and often.
11. Florida State (27): The Seminoles need last year's newcomers to all make a big leap this year even to stay in the upper middle of the ACC. The key is getting back to elite team defense, though Okaro White is one of the better returning offensive wings in the ACC.
12. Miami (23): The best thing returning for the Hurricanes is head coach Jim Larranaga, an expert at putting pieces together to form a solid team. Unfortunately, the pieces leave a lot to be desired. Belgian star Manu Lacomte may surprise ACC fans, though.
13. Wake Forest (19): For the first time since coming to Winston-Salem Jeff Bzdelik has experience, but do the Demon Deacons have the talent to finish above .500 and save his job? Conference expansion didn't help.
14. Clemson (11): A bad team is going to get worse as the program takes what is probably charitably going to be called "a rebuilding year." Tune in for KJ McDaniels, whose shot-blocking makes him a good pick for ACC defensive player of the year.
15. Virginia Tech (6): Erick Green is gone, and there isn't anyone stepping up to replace him on a team destined to rest in the ACC cellar this year. Things could be ugly for James Johnson's second season in Blacksburg.
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ACC Team Preview: Virginia Tech Hokies
Posted by Lathan Wells on October 25th, 2013
It's difficult to argue that a coach with the eventual Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year on his roster was dealt a difficult hand, but that's exactly what James Johnson was given in his first season at Virginia Tech last year. Johnson's team, following the dismissal of long-tenured coach Seth Greenberg, operated most of the season with only eight scholarship players (and at times as few as six), making it difficult for the Hokies to employ his favored full-court pressure and trapping defenses. It also made for a very taxing season on his players overall, with very little depth to turn to and no consistent offense outside of the POY award-winning Erick Green. Green has departed for the greener pastures of the NBA, which leaves the Hokies in a transitional year as Johnson attempts to mold the team in his image in his second term.
Virginia Tech didn't lose much outside of Green (their only other significant departure was the transfer of guard Robert Brown to UAB), but as stated above, the team certainly stood to gain quite a bit from an influx of new faces. While Johnson's recruiting class this season is dominated by lightly-regarded players (at least by most scouting services), they will all be thrown into the cauldron early as the Hokies experiment with lineups and combinations. Combo guard Ben Emelogu, recently named captain of the team despite being a freshman, is characterized by Johnson as someone who can slash and jump-start the offense. Guard Adam Smith, a transfer from UNC-Wilmington, sat out the requisite season last year, but posted solid numbers in his freshman campaign in the Colonial Athletic Association (13.7 points per game, the top freshman scorer in the conference). Smith also has the benefit of familiarity with ACC competition, having notched 32 points against Wake Forest and 23 against Maryland in non-conference action two seasons ago. Freshman Devin Wilson also should see some minutes at the point as the Hokies try to rebuild their guard ranks.
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Reflections on Erick Green's Great Season on a Terrible Team
Posted by KCarpenter on April 23rd, 2013
Virginia Tech was not very good this past year in the same way that Michael Jordan was kind of competitive. During ACC play, the Hokies went 4-14 in the conference and 13-19 overall. This team once lost at home to Georgia Southern, a team with a putrid 7-11 record in the Southern Conference. They were easily the worst team in the league defensively and could generously be called mediocre on offense. As a team, this season was a disaster. But for its senior captain, Erick Green, 2012-13 was a season of individual brilliance.
Erick Green Blew Up the ACC This Year, Even if the Hokies Didn't
Basketball is a team sport, and it's understandable that some people have a problem praising a player on a team that was, by all accounts, wildly unsuccessful. It's a reasonable way of thinking, but it overshadows real talent and brilliance. Yes, Green didn't transform his squad into a championship contender, but if that's the bar, it's set impossibly high. The truth is that Green put together one of the most sensational seasons in college basketball.
Let's talk all-around offensive prowess first. Of players who used more than 28% of their team's possessions, Green was ranked fifth in offensive efficiency in all of Division I basketball. The national leader was cult hero Nate Wolters of South Dakota State. The three players between Wolters and Green? Gonzaga's Kelly Olynyk, Creighton's Doug McDermott, and Michigan's Trey Burke. You may have heard of them, as they were all named First Team All-Americans this season. It's easy to scoff at the idea that Green belongs in this group's company, but the senior compares very well to these other big-name high-volume and high-efficiency scorers.
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Rushed Reactions: NC State 80, Virginia Tech 63
Posted by mpatton on March 14th, 2013
Matt Patton (@rise_and_fire) is an RTC correspondent and an ACC microsite writer. He filed this report from the NC State vs. Virginia Tech game this afternoon at the ACC Tournament.
Three Key Takeaways:
Erick Green's career ended with a dud, as Lorenzo Brown locked him down. (Icon SMI)
NC State can't D up, but Lorenzo Brown can: Brown locked down ACC Player of the Year Erick Green. He fought through every screen and didn't give Green an inch once he crossed half-court. The aggressive defense clearly got to Green, who finished with 15 points on 19 shots (and just watching the game, it was surprising he even got to that many). The individual effort was exactly what NC State needed more of this season, though it may prove to be a double-edged sword. Brown looked exhausted down the stretch, and it's likely Mark Gottfried will call on him again tomorrow to guard Joe Harris. Two first-team All-ACC players in as many days is a tough assignment. I expect Gottfried to spell Brown at least a little with Rodney Purvis or Scott Wood, but Purvis gives up at least two inches and Wood can't stay in front of anyone.
Erick Green gassed: Green only had one conference performance where he finished with a below average offensive efficiency. Now he's got two. The only other time he shot so poorly, he made up for it with an 11-of-13 performance at the charity stripe. But possibly the most impressive part of Brown's harassing defense was that he didn't send Green to the line at all (Tyler Lewis fouled Green for his only two free throw attempts). Green looked a step slow, which is reasonable considering the 1,128 minutes he's put in for the Hokies this season. But don't fall for the trap that this means that Green didn't deserve ACC Player of the Year. There's a good argument to be made for other players, but one bad performance doesn't discount Green's truly outstanding season (see: Mason Plumlee's four points against Maryland or Shane Larkin's seven points against Clemson).
NC State has a lot to prove: A win against the league's cellar-dweller is going to do little to quite NC State's critics, but the team looked better — especially the way it closed the game — than it has since beating Boston College last month. The real tests for the Wolfpack lie ahead with Virginia looming tomorrow. Also before going overboard on the Wolfpack's team defense against Virginia Tech, they only held the Hokies to 0.04 points per possession (around 2.5 points) worse than their conference average (hat tip to John Gasaway). That's not dominant team defense. Also a win against the ACC's worst team isn't going to help your seed very much.
Star of the Game: Richard Howell did what he pleased against Virginia Tech, going 11-of-13 from the field for 22 points and 12 rebounds. He doesn't have the most talent on the floor, but he's got the perfect combination of strength, toughness and an elite motor to be dominant. The other big stat is that Howell played 38 minutes. That could have never happened in past years just because of his tendency to get in foul trouble. His improvement (and ability to scale up his rebounding with minutes) over the past four years is remarkable.
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Raleigh News & Observer: This is a phenomenal profile of Reggie Bullock and his hometown of Kinston, North Carolina from Andrew Carter. Bullock is the best player to come out of the small town since Jerry Stackhouse, whose presence is still felt throughout the local area. Carter looks at Bullock's life, describing the impoverished town and the "it takes a village" mentality that town took to help him get to the University of North Carolina.
Independent Weekly: I agree with Neil Morris in principle that the "hype" needs to be restored to conference tournaments — especially as the top conferences get more and more spread out. But I totally disagree with his solution, which is to make the conference tournament winner the only team available for a spot on the top seed line. All this does is make one seeds weaker and further cheapens the 30 games prior for a team good enough to earn a top seed despite losing in its conference tournament. The key for the ACC is picking its sites wisely (and having more competitive teams).
Charlottesville Daily Progress: Coming into this season, I was very skeptical Virginia would be able to replace Mike Scott. Last year Joe Harris was a decent second option and Akil Mitchell might have been an afterthought. This year Harris is as good a scorer as anyone in the league, becoming more efficient (specifically from beyond the arc), and Mitchell is a terror inside. He went from very good rebounder to arguably the conference's best. The two together more than make up for the loss of Scott.
Fayetteville Observer: This is a storyline that should be getting more play (although I hesitate to write that about a prominent Duke story that deserves more attention). We know Duke is much better on both ends of the court with Ryan Kelly, but neither he nor Seth Curry is healthy. More specifically, neither has practiced much this season thanks to nagging injuries. That could lead to a major conditioning issue in the rapid-fire postseason (the NCAA tournament is more forgiving than conference tournament, though). Mike Krzyzewski needs to be wary of how he uses those two guys in particular to make sure that neither runs out of gas.
Washington Post: Erick Green became the first player since Len Bias to win the ACC Player of the Year for a team finishing under .500 in conference play. It was the right call, so props to the ACC media for recognizing his amazing season: Green was the first ACC player since 1957 to lead the country in scoring, and was the first major conference player to do so in nearly 20 years (Glenn Robinson, Purdue). Now Green just needs an encore to finish the season right.
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All-ACC Microsite Teams and Postseason Awards
Posted by Jimmy Kelley on March 12th, 2013
Another great season in the ACC is in the books and it's time to recognize those who had outstanding seasons with our postseason awards. We here at Rush the Court's ACC Microsite have decided to hand out our own awards based on what we believe is a unique set of criteria and, while it may not differ wildly from what the actual outcome of the award races is, just know we all voted prior to their release. Here are this year's All-ACC Microsite Teams and ACC Postseason Awards.
Note: Jimmy Kelley, Ethan Mann, Kellen Carpenter and Matt Patton all voted for first-, second-, and third-teams as well as their top three for each of the individual awards. A first place/team vote was worth three points, second worth two and a third place/team vote was worth one. In the event of a tie, the tiebreaker was high-quality votes (i.e., more second-team votes).
ACC Microsite Player of the Year
Erick Green, Virginia Tech: Green nearly swept the voting, grabbing three of four first-place votes. The nation's leading scorer, Green was the lone highlight for a Virginia Tech team that went 4-14 in ACC play, finishing dead last. Mason Plumlee and Shane Larkin garnered a co-Player of the Year vote on the other ballot.
Erick Green of Virginia Tech garnered the ACC Microsite's highest honor.
All-ACC Microsite First Team
Mason Plumlee, Duke
Erick Green, Virginia Tech
Joe Harris, Virginia
Richard Howell, NC State
Shane Larkin, Miami
Notes: Plumlee, Green and Harris were unanimous selections for the first team. Howell and Larkin received one second-team vote apiece.
Reggie Bullock, North Carolina
Seth Curry, Duke
Michael Snaer, Florida State
Kenny Kadji, Miami
Ryan Anderson, Boston College
Notes: Bullock and Curry each received a first-team vote. Anderson holds on to final spot due to having more second-team votes than Alex Len.
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Lessons Learned: ACC Weekend Wrap-Up
Posted by KCarpenter on March 11th, 2013
The end of the regular season has arrived. After the six final games, we have a body of work for each team and, we can with some degree of confidence begin to look to the postseason. Many questions linger, but we were given no shortage of answers. It was an instructive final weekend for teams in the conference, and the ACC Tournament will offer a final test for at least six of these teams. What lessons will they carry through next weekend?
Duke Is Beginning To Peak At The Right Time. Too often, the Blue Devils have looked dominant in the early part of the season only to wilt at the end of the regular season or far too early in tournament play. This year, the dip came early, with the loss of Ryan Kelly for a big chunk of the conference slate and a disappearing act by Mason Plumlee who seemed to vanish when his team needed him. Yet the early dip may have worked to Duke's advantage. The team has rallied and on Saturday, against a solid North Carolina team playing at home, demonstrated the terrifyingly potent form that the Blue Devils have started to slip into. Duke has had the misfortune of playing their best basketball too early in the past couple of seasons, but right now, everything looks like it is coming together at just the right time.
Plumlee and Friends Eviscerated the Heels Saturday Night
Clemson Looks Terrible. Virginia Tech may have clinched the bottom seed for the ACC Tournament, but make no mistake: Clemson looks like the worst team in the conference. After going 4-4 over the first eight conference games, the Tigers would only win one more the rest of the way. While the team's defense would remain somewhat effective, the offense fell off a cliff. Sure, the Tigers managed to tie Miami at the half, but that speaks more to Miami's penchant for offensive droughts than anything about Clemson. It's possible that Brad Brownell's squad might round into form this week, but it honestly looks like this team gave up on trying to do much of anything more than a month ago.
Boston College Finished Strong. The Eagles eked out a narrow win over Georgia Tech that capped off a three-game winning streak to close out the season. As a team that spent most of the season competing for the worst record in the league, that makes these wins feel like a sign of momentum. In terms of teams that almost certainly won't make the NCAA Tournament, Boston College is at the top of the ACC losers' heap. The team will get to celebrate its accomplishments and its Saturday victory over Georgia Tech on Thursday when BC gets to face… Georgia Tech. Despite the hard-earned higher seed, the Eagles' two-point home victory against the Yellow Jackets doesn't inspire a lot of confidence for the rematch. Read the rest of this entry »
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ACC: The ACC Tournament (#ACCTourney) bracket is set.
The official 2013 ACC Tournament bracket (credit: The ACC).
Some juicy match-ups to look forward to: Erick Green's potential last hurrah against a beatable NC State team, Maryland's potential rubber match with Duke in the quarterfinals, Miami's likely game against desperate (but good) bubble teams in the semis. It's looking like a very interesting tournament from all sides. No less than three teams are desperate for marquee wins, Miami still has a very outside shot at a top seed if it beats Duke in the finals, and Duke can gun for the top overall seed.
Raleigh News & Observer: This may be the most thorough argument for putting Mason Plumlee ahead of Shane Larkin for ACC Player of the Year. Laura Keeley uses tempo free statistics to justify voting for Plumlee over Larkin, but overemphasizes team performance when brushing off Erick Green. She has a point that Green plays for the worst team in the league, but without context (and probably a lot of game tape), it's impossible to know if Green's numbers are from teams daring him to beat them by shutting down his teammates or whether they're in spite of opponents looking to shut him down. Without definitive evidence for teams shutting down his teammates and letting him go off, Green has to be this year's ACC Player of the Year. His volume and efficiency numbers bring to mind JJ Redick.
Bear Down Stats: Steven Jung did some interesting research into the last 10 national champions and found some interesting tidbits. Since 2003 no champion has had a defensive efficiency of over 90 points per 100 possessions. More surprisingly, no group has managed to win everything with a tempo below 65.4 possessions a game (slightly below average). On the whole, champions have elite offenses, elite defenses and play with some pace. Only Connecticut in 2011 and Syracuse in 2003 managed to win it all with an efficiency margin of under 30 points per 100 possessions (and both of those teams had elite guys to create shots down the stretch). What does this mean? It means Duke, Indiana and Gonzaga are the only three teams to fit the profile of the last 10 champions (Louisville fits as well if you ignore offense and just look at net efficiency margin).
Duke Basketball Report: Al Featherston makes a good case for the ACC Tournament (which does crown the official ACC Champion) based on lopsided scheduling. If you look at Duke and Miami's records against common opponents (they played 12 of their 18 games against the same teams on the same floors), Duke actually holds an 11-1 record compared to Miami's 10-2 mark. The difference between the schools was the games that didn't fall against the same opponents: Duke lost both its road games (at Maryland and at Virginia, who went undefeated in conference home games), while Miami won both of its road games (at Clemson and at Georgia Tech). All this does is illustrate the problem with comparing small samples of records with unbalanced schedules.
Raleigh News & Observer: ACC historian Samuel Walker wrote a gloom-and-doom piece for the News & Observer Friday with some interesting historical nuggets that show the esteem for academics within the ACC. The ACC led the way with minimum academic standards, which actually kept Joe Namath and Pete Maravich from playing at Maryland and NC State, respectively. At the end of the day, Walker's bone to pick is with conference realignment. He has a very good point that the long term financial gains are still an unknown.
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Finding 'Ohana (2021)
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Vanquish (2021)
Victoria is a young mother trying to put her dark past as a Russian drug courier behind her, but retired cop Damon forces Victoria to do his bidding by holding…
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A teenage girl living with schizophrenia begins to suspect her neighbor has kidnapped a child. Her parents try desperately to help her live a normal life, without exposing their own…
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The true story of Ross Ulbricht, the charismatic young tech-mastermind who unleashed the darknet website Silk Road, and the corrupt DEA agent determined to bring down his billion-dollar empire.
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Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that…
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Alice, a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads and people from…
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In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to protect their city.
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When Santa crash-lands in the junkyard on Christmas Eve, Hank, Trash Truck and their animal friends all have a hand in rescuing the holiday for everyone.
Death to 2020 (2020)
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While farm-sitting, George accidentally lets the farm animals escape. Ted, George and wannabe cowboy Emmett must round 'em up, accounting for every animal — and emerging with some new skills,…
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Well that was a hell of a comedy show the young up and coming star from Granard set the tone, but Willa White showed yet again why everyone in the hall believes that this is a comedy star in waiting and Jason Byrne just did exactly what it is that has made him the biggest selling live act of all time at the ultra competitive comedy Mecca that is the Edinburgh Fringe.
SPECIAL MENTION: to all the ticket sellers the official avenues Petit's Supermarket, John V's Bar, Fay's Place and those people like Margaret Smith who brought a big group of friends, and Tina from the Spanish Speaking Group, the Night Sponsors, the people who sold the raffle tickets on the night and to RapidPrint for their super help and contribution on the printing front, to Grey Wizard and Longford recycling for the dramatic roadside poster thanks to everyone who spread the word and helped to make such a great atmosphere!! Hope you enjoyed it!
PHYSICAL OUTLETS: We will also have tickets physically available for purchase at the venue Longford Arms Hotel, Main St., Longford and in Petit's supermarket on Main St., Granard No booking fee!!
The awesome JASON BYRNE will headline our comedy craicfest and will give a massive boost to the StopmyPPMS fund by totally waiving his fee which is a remarkable and very humbling gesture. I know Jason some time as he was actually was one of the 1st shows that I brought to Spain in 2005 to get the professional English language comedy ball rolling out there.
He returned 2 or 3 times over the years, with sensational shows so it is incredibly humbling for me that the man who is the biggest selling show in the history of the Edinburgh Fringe.
From which he will arrive match fit to blow the Longford Arms away.
"Ah bollix to that news Steve. I'll help u any way I can, no fee at all, don't be putting me up anywhere if it costs money.
Stay in touch and I'll gig whenever u want, n ask others to help if they don't answer.
Take care man. Jay byrne. Ps those Spanish gigs are only full of great memories"
That is truly a mark of the man and he will be the ultimate headliner for an unmissable night of comedy in longford.
WILLA WHITE got into comedy in 2005, through the Irish TV programme Joy In The Hood, in which comedian Des Bishop ran stand-up workshops in some of the most impoverished areas of Ireland, including the Ballymun area of Dublin, where White is from.
White is making his mark on the Irish comedy scene with his gritty no punches pulled streetwise brand of comedy.
A longford crowd in Granard totally warmed to him and I had so many requests to make him part of the night!!
To counter all these dubs, especially on what might be the eve of yet another POSSIBLE Dublin appearance in an All Ireland Final, I STEPHEN GARLAND, will step up with an excerpt from my Storytelling Show The Pre-Disposed that rocked Edinburgh in the last few weeks and wowed the likes of Eddie Izzard!!!
well we'll do our best but will certainly add some local flavour to keep the Dubs in check in these proceedings.
I will be taking the most Longford excerpt from the story and it will certainly add a local flavour!
I have created many great comedy shows over the years all over the world and I am certain that this will be an absolute cracker and will go a long way to getting me closer to my campaign goal and I hope y'all can come out and have an awesome night!!


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Finally a cool looking storm/wind shoulders for a "storm elemental" shaman.
A: Fire/Enhancement shaman; red-ish gear.
B: Water/Restoration shaman: Blue-ish gear.
C: Green/Restoration shaman: Green-ish gear.
Finally! D: Storm/Elemental shaman: white-ish/grey-ish gear.
Ofcourse this is just a type of taste. You can go pink or black gear too if you feel like it. This is just my way to transmog my shammies according to their specializations :p.
Since Legion its gone from my bank and i can no longer use it for mogging, simply because it is not on any shoulder-page.
As if i never obtained the gear in the first place.
Bug report send and lets hope it is a bug because they are damn good looking shoulders for a shaman indeed !


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Q: How to implement authentication (user/password) to swupdate Web Interface I need a way to implement some sort of authentication (user/password) to the swupdate web interface, in order to allow firmware updates to authorized users only.
I tried to place an .htaccess file in the root folder of the web interface (namely in the /www directory), but it seems to be ignored.
Anybody has a working example about my requirement ?
And also: In the configuration file swupdate.cfg I found the following parameter:

global-auth-file

for the embedded webserver, but I don't find which content (and in which format) this file must have.
Thanks in advance

A: Create htdigest file using apache's htdigest tool. For example: htdigest -c .htdigest myrealm someuser
Then run the swupdate adding the following mongoose arguments --auth-domain myrealm --global-auth-file /path_to_your_htdigest/.htdigest.
A full example: /usr/bin/swupdate -v -H "my_hardware:1.0" -f /etc/swupdate.cfg -w "--auth-domain myrealm --global-auth-file /www/.htdigest" -p 'reboot'

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Books for writers, Non fiction reviews
A review of Talk Up Your Book: How to Sell Your Book through Public Speaking, Interviews, Signings, Festivals, Conferences and More by Patricia Fry
Reviewed by Joanna Celeste
Talk Up Your Book: How to Sell Your Book through Public Speaking, Interviews, Signings, Festivals, Conferences and More
By Patricia Fry
Allworth Press
Paperback: 320 pages, November 1, 2012, ISBN-13: 978-1581159226
We tend to think of public speaking as that thing Toastmasters do, limited to events involving crowds and microphones.
It turns out speaking is a dynamic activity that can be embraced by everyone. Fry recommends that we take each experience as an opportunity, and make the most of each opportunity. She shares a myriad of author engagements that anyone, even the shyest amongst us, can use to foster meaningful experiences and successful exposure for projects.
Talk Up Your Book runs the gamut, from how to build a platform as a speaker to launching a multi-faceted campaign involving speaking, presentations, book-signings, holding workshops, attending book festivals, utilizing traditional and social media, and even getting paid to speak about your own work.
The remarkable thing is how Fry manages to break down this overwhelming sea of options into bite-size pieces that can be done by the average person. The chapters are short and mostly self-contained.
Fry reminds authors to write for, and speak to, our people—fellow gardeners, romance enthusiasts, cat-lovers. Our audience is our friend because the members share our interest. How could we be afraid to talk to our friends?
If the prospect of speaking is still scary, Fry offers a comprehensive chapter on "Viable Virtual Speaking Opps" and "Communication Counts: Talk About Your Book Everywhere You Go", which includes a section on utilizing small talk. She also gives advice on doing radio interviews, where the host is the only person actually seen. She then shows the way to success through public speaking: how to speak, how to set up, and how to talk up a project. There's also a comprehensive resource section on public speaking.
Fry is refreshingly realistic when she gives examples about contacts made during book signings, book festivals and such, as well as real-life stories of book-launch parties. While much of the information, resources, guidance and anecdotes in this book come from Fry, she also interviewed two dozen authors, publicists, social media experts and others for this book. So readers receive the benefit of several professionals and experts.
This is a must-have book for anyone who is involved in (or thinking about adding) public speaking, conferences, signings and so forth to their book marketing repertoire.
About the reviewer: Joanna Celeste is an author, poet, editor, journalist, and official reviewer for Blogcritics, E & K Family Book Review and TRR (TheRomanceReview.com). She is also a Literary Associate for You Read It Here First (http://fromtheauthors.wordpress.com ) and enjoys interviewing authors. Visit her at http://www.joannaceleste.com.
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Q: Group by with where query on Pandas Python I have dataset consists of categorical and numerical columns.
For instance: salary dataset
columns: ['job', 'country_origin', 'age', 'salary', 'degree','marital_status']
four categorical columns and two numerical columns and I want to use three aggregate functions:
cat_col = ['job', 'country_origin','degree','marital_status']
num_col = [ 'age', 'salary']
aggregate_function = ['avg','max','sum']

Currently, I have my Python code that using raw query, while my objective is to get the group-by query results from all combinations from lists above:
my query: "SELECT cat_col[0], aggregate_function[0](num_col[0]) from DB where marital_status = 'married' groub by cat_col[0]"
So queries are:
q1 = select job, avg(age) from DB where marietal_status='married' groub by job
q2 = select job, avg(salary) from DB where marietal_status='married' groub by job

etc

I used for loop to get the result from all combinations.
My problem is, I want to change that query to Pandas query. I've spent a couple of hours but could not solve it.
Pandas has a different way to querying data.
Sample dataframe:
df2 = pd.DataFrame(np.array([['programmer', 'US', 28,4000, 'master','unmarried'],
                             ['data scientist', 'UK', 30,5000, 'PhD','unmarried'],
                             ['manager', 'US', 48,9000, 'master','married']]),
                   columns=[['job', 'country_origin', 'age', 'salary', 'degree','marital_status']])

A: First import the libaries
import pandas as pd

Build the sample dataframe
df = pd.DataFrame( {
    "job" : ["programmer","data scientist","manager"] ,
    "country_origin" : ["US","UK","US"],
    "age": [28,30,48],
    "salary": [4000,5000,9000],
    "degree": ["master","PhD","master"],
    "marital_status": ["unmarried","unmarried","married"]} )

apply the where clause, save as a new dataframe (not necessary, but easier to read), you can of course use the filtered df inside the groupby
married=df[df['marital_status']=='married']

q1 = select job, avg(age) from DB where marietal_status='married' group by job
married.groupby('job').agg( {"age":"mean"} )
or
df[df['marital_status']=='married'].groupby('job').agg( {"age":"mean"} )

         age
job
manager   48

q2 = select job, avg(salary) from DB where marietal_status='married' group by job
married.groupby('job').agg( {"salary":"mean"} )

         salary
job
manager    9000

You can flatten the table by resetting the index
df[df['marital_status']=='married'].groupby('job').agg( {"age":"mean"} ).reset_index()

       job  age
0  manager   48

output the two stats together:
df[df['marital_status']=='married'].groupby('job').agg( {"age":"mean","salary":"mean"} ).reset_index()

       job  age  salary
0  manager   48    9000

A: After you create your dataframe (df), the following command builds your desired table.
df.groupby(['job', 'country_origin','degree'])[['age', 'salary']].agg([np.mean,max,sum])

Here is a complete example:
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
df=pd.DataFrame()
df['job']=['tech','coder','admin','admin','admin','tech']
df['country_origin']=['japan','japan','US','US','India','India']
df['degree']=['cert','bs','bs','ms','bs','cert']
df['age']=[22,23,30,35,40,28]
df['salary']=[30,50,60,90,65,40]
df.groupby(['job', 'country_origin','degree'])[['age', 'salary']].agg([np.mean,max,sum])


The Centre for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge (CBIK) was established in 1995 as a non-profit membership organization, based in Kunming, Southwest China. It had more than 100 members from 20 different Chinese institutions including research professionals of natural and social sciences as well as development practitioners. It focused on the issues of biodiversity conservation and community development. Its main emphasis is the relevance of indigenous knowledge and innovations related to resource governance and management at community and watershed levels.
CBIK aimed to explore alternative development approaches like the support to Indigenous Initiatives and practice them with indigenous people and rural communities. These ways of practical action address the aspirations of local groups whose visions of the future rely on the continuity of their livelihoods and maintaining cultural and biological diversity through applying indigenous knowledge. Due to the rapid changing environment and uncertainty that local people face in SW China, CBIK also worked to promote local and regional inter-sectoral and intercultural dialogue among rural communities, NGOs, academia and governmental agencies.
For this purpose, CBIK has designed a methodological approach that consists of conducting interdisciplinary research, facilitation for participatory development, consultation for cultural identity, monitoring for socio-cultural changes and its process, networking for information sharing and capacity building for indigenous initiatives, watershed governance and livelihood development.
CBIK's regional focus was mainly Southwest China consisting of three provinces, Yunnan, Guizhou and Southwest Sichuan, and two autonomous regions, Western Guangxi and Southeast Tibet (Xizang), a unique eco-cultural region. CBIK was a partner of the network Montane Mainland Southeast Asia (MMSEA), which seeks academic exchange, mutual visits as well as learning from development experiences. In Yunnan, CBIK particularly emphasizes Southeast Yunnan, the Green Triangle areas of Yunnan, Vietnam and Laos, and Northwest Yunnan, the Eastern Himalayan Region, which can be defined as global hot-spots for biological and cultural diversity. With regard to the Consultation in Bad Boll on Support to Indigenous Initiatives CBIK had committed to support the diverse follow up actions in the region and provide inputs to mutual exchange and regional networking activities.
CBIK payed special attention to the serious uncertainties that indigenous people and their cultures face as they strive to use, nurture and sustain the diverse landscapes in which they live and depend on in the process of socio-cultural change and globalization. Local cultures and biodiversity are embedded in a field of multiple forces of local and global character. Among these, government policies and the expansion of regional, national and international markets have a positive impact and in some cases not.
CBIK saw ethnic minorities as socio-cultural assets in the development process. They were knowledgeable conservationists of biological diversity, practitioners for nurturing and sustaining the diverse landscapes. Their local culture, practices and institutions provide a basis for resource governance and livelihood development.
To enhance the ability of local groups to increase biodiversity so that they can strengthen their evolving cultural traditions while finding innovative solutions for improving their livelihoods. Their means are interdisciplinary research, capacity building within the framework of participatory approach and the practice of intercultural dialogue. They devote their efforts to improve the interactions between local and scientific knowledge in Southwest China.
CBIK had twelve full-time staff (six females) and 18 part-time staff (8 females), as well as about 118 members from various institutions specializing in the fields of anthropology, ethnobotany, ecology, resource management, forestry, agroforestry, community development and watershed management. The staff was engaged in field research and practical action as well as office work. The members provide technical advice and sometimes are actively involved in project implementation. CBIK had specifically recruited young professionals, placed them in interdisciplinary fieldwork, and provided them with opportunities to attend training workshops and gain scholarships. The expertise had been drawn particularly from the Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which offers Ph.D. and Master Degrees in ethnobotany and environmental natural resource management. The organizational structure consists of an executive board, international advisory board, executive directors for research and development, administration and communication, as well as supporting and research staff.
CBIK had successfully implemented the first Five-Year Plan covering the period from 1996 to 2000. In conjunction with the second Five-Year Plan, The Cultures and Biodiversity Congress 2000 was convened by CBIK in Kunming over 10 days in July 2000 with the purpose of exploring the links between cultures and biodiversity. Several CUBIC themes and some of the specific recommendations of The Yunnan Initiative are reflected in CBIK's past and on-going work. It provides a foundation and technical guidance for CBIK to formulate the second Five-Year Plan. In the next phase we aim to strengthen our efforts in learning how to support more concretely indigenous initiatives, knowledge and their cosmovisions as well as the biodiversity rich environment in the process of promoting local livelihood development.
For example, they further developed their programs on indigenous initiatives, community development and indigenous culture, by employing participatory approaches and implementing biodiversity education programs in ethnic minority areas in an attempt to better integrate a focus on indigenous technical knowledge with indigenous perceptions of time, space, values and other significant cultural concepts. Since this work is pioneering, it will take time to experiment with holistic thinking and develop participatory approaches that are suited to local indigenous cultural and the wider Chinese contexts.
Beginning of March 2002 they have finalised the Strategic Plan and defined our work plans for each program for 2002. In order to achieve the overall objectives, CBIK was developing the long-term institutional capacity and strategic partnerships with indigenous people, local institutions and strategic alliances to creatively implement program-focused activities.
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Druids celebrating the Winter Solstice at Stonehenge.
monuments were also very likely to have been used at night for moonlit ceremonies. Dr. Andy Jones, who has been studying the Hendraburnick Quoit in Cornwall, has found that at this particular site, you can see at least 10 times as many markings on the engraved panel when viewed directly under the moonlight.
Archaeologists have also discovered that at some point, people smashed up many pieces of quartz around the area which would have glowed in the dark and created a very unique effect at night. Dr. Andy Jones has been working in conjunction with the Cornwall Archaeological Unit and believes that this phenomenon is probably not limited to the Hendraburnick Quoit, but can also be found at other ancient stone monuments such as Stonehenge, as The Telegraph reported.
After noticing some very specific markings on the stones that had never been seen before, Dr. Jones explained that the archaeological team then went out at night to photograph the ancient stone monument and discovered even more art which was only truly visible at night and beneath the moon.
With the ancient quartz that is smashed all around the site, this would have created an eerily surreal atmosphere at night next to these ancient Neolithic stone monuments and would have lent magic to whatever nighttime ceremonies were performed at these locations. It is known that Stonehenge also has unusual markings which can only be seen at night, and archaeologists believe that many other stone monuments do as well.
At the Hendraburnick Quoit in Cornwall, there had originally been 13 markings detected on the stone, but Dr. Andy Jones and his colleague Thomas Goskar discovered that there were actually 105 markings here when viewed under different light. Archaeologists now believe that it is extremely likely that nighttime ceremonies were conducted at ancient stone sites like this as the night was associated with the supernatural. Individuals involved in these ceremonies may have smashed the stones to release very special luminescent properties from them, which would explain the many pieces of quartz that have been found at ancient stone monuments like this.
While Stonehenge and other ancient stone monuments are usually only studied by day, archaeologists will now be trying to discover what may have taken place during these special ceremonies that would have been conducted at night by way of moonlight.


The high school is finished, and with the arrival of a teacher from the mainland we already have two students enrolled. The middle school also only has two students so far, but the next generation well be all smartenated up and full of learning. There has been some concern about the Blimp Ride being right next door to the schools, but we assured the parents the blimps used Helium and wouldn't explode. I've got someone checking to make sure the Blimps DO use Helium, and if not, how expensive it would be to switch.
Both schools are now nearly full, and the teachers have been assured that the blimps use totally safe Hydrogen. Fortunately since practically none of them have even an elementary education we have at least a generation to fix the issue… as long as the blimp doesn't explode in the meantime. Tourists do keep coming to the island, even though our touristy locations are pretty minimal still.
Our fourth mansion is finished, the second one to go up in our "historic fort district". I'd hoped to build some nice touristy attractions here, but it is so hard staying in the black when we have to keep importing goods to process and send elsewhere. Such a pain as there is always new expansion which needs to happen I keep spending the money like it's nothing.
Yet again a freight has arrived with goods we can't afford to pay for… Rather than wait possibly months for foreign aid we've decided to print some money. This will cause inflation, but if we can stay in the black I think it'll be reasonable, and ultimately we just need to get to 40 factory workers to fulfill my contract with the American CEO and then I can move on to a better island! I should probably start padding my Swiss account while I'm at it, as We've already got half of the needed factory workers.
Almost managed to keep in the black, but we decided to build some nice housing, specifically 3 condominiums in the harbor district. And of course project costs exceeded expectations almost immediately, not 2 weeks later and we're back in the red again. I may just have to print some more money when right before the next freighter arrives. I mean we're over 75% of the way to my goal… and then the massive inflation will be someone else's problem right? What could go wrong.
Ah ha! We did not even need to do another print run of money, the latest freighter brought in enough cash that we were able to hire a half dozen people to the newly completed weapons factory. Congratulations me!


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Why Families Love their Pakistani Women.
He can be a polio employee and he feels that women have higher entry to the properties in the communities and may relate to the moms therefore they have a definite advantage in gaining the belief of the homemakers in the community," Sahiqa said. In Pakistan, women at present make up more than fifty six% of greater than frontline polio employees. Female polio frontline workers together with vaccinators, campaign coordinators, supervisors and social mobilizers typically work in extraordinarily difficult circumstances to make sure children are protected towards polio. Sahiqa is from Quetta in Balochistan province and Hafiza is from Islamabad. I recommend we glance into the complex Pakistani social organizations, with overlapping feudal, tribal and patrilineage, bradri, techniques. Perhaps the specificity of feudalism in Pakistan and much of South Asia lies in its multiple capability for excessive brutality and oppression of many ladies and for concentration of super wealth, power, and authority in the palms of a few.
A examine by Women@Work reveals that for Pakistani girls to succeed at work they require support by their family, a secure working environment, a stability between work and household obligations, and gender equality from their seniors at work. Pakistan is likely one go to these guys of the backside 10 nations almost about the participation of girls in the workforce, according to World Bank Statistics. A comparable scenario exists in virtually all nations that share borders with Pakistan.
The Good, The Bad and Pakistani Women
Pathway diagram for associations between hypothesized markers of gender drawback, with standardized regression weights. Finally, across the entire pattern, we used ordinal regression to identify independent associations between socio-demographic, socioeconomic and gender disadvantage variables and the extent of the girl's desire that her first child must be a boy. Enumeration of every catchment space was carried out systematically, street by street, beginning at one border of the catchment space until the goal of 125 eligible persons for each catchment area was recruited. In the low SES Rawalpindi area, following negotiation with group leaders and in the curiosity of good neighborhood relations, we completed door-knocking of the entire geographically defined target area resulting in a bigger pattern of 150 girls. Participation was on the premise of informed signed consent, to be interviewed in non-public. The field research team consisted of FQ and 4 psychology Masters students. All interviewers were bilingual in English/Urdu and had previous area-work experience.
In this book, as it becomes clear through the women's narratives, I underline the influential roles educated ladies have played to lift public consciousness and to affect social change. Like skilled ladies in most other societies (e.g. the United States) educated and skilled Pakistani girls have power and company, working within both the home and public domains. Their efforts to achieve their particular person or collective goals, nonetheless, could come into conflict with the objectives of their community, their male counterparts and kin, their pals and colleagues. This ethnographic research of middle-class British-Pakistani ladies in Manchester explores the sense of belonging they create through recognition and social standing. Belonging in these communities is enacted by way of the performance of various identities—class, ethnicity, nationality, technology, age, religion, and gender—that earn them social energy and status amongst household and friends. To prove they are "model migrants," worthy of respect and recognition, these ladies perform varied and intersecting identities to maximise standing and social capital in numerous situations.
In Pakistan, solely 25% of women, in contrast with 49% of men have accomplished major schooling . In city Punjab, across all socio-economic strata female literacy is just around two-thirds that for males.
The Census also reveals that men have outnumbered girls, where males are 51 per cent of the entire inhabitants and ladies are 49 per cent.
The sixth Population and Housing Census held in 2017 reveals Pakistan's inhabitants has increased by fifty seven per cent, from 132.3 million in 1998 to 207.7 million.
Despite these commitments, Pakistan's rating for gender equality stays one of many lowest in the world.
"I assume all girls and women should learn how to protect themselves," she careworn.
Shahid launched a non-revenue group after the Lahore freeway rape incident.
Hira says she could probably have saved herself had she recognized some self-defense strategies.
It remains telling that when Bhutto first came to energy in 1988, she gained a seat to parliament from Peshawar, a victory based on the votes of males in a metropolis the place girls proceed to be discouraged, or outright prevented, from casting ballots. As a result, gender activist and documentary filmmaker Beena Sarwar claims that she "felt lots safer as a girl during Bhutto's time than under other governments." It is a testament to the tenacity of the women in the PPP that Ms. Rehman is the most vocal workplace bearer contesting the Pakistan authorities's analysis of the cause of Bhutto's demise. Her insistence that Bhutto died of bullet wounds – quite than a head harm, as is claimed by the interior ministry – has sparked a major controversy and sophisticated theories about who may be behind Bhutto's assassination. "Benazir was a rare lady who saw the other women round her as an asset," explains Sherry Rehman, the PPP info secretary. "She personally mentored and educated many of us and encouraged us to be in mainstream positions somewhat than on the sidelines." He recollects that during Bhutto's phrases in workplace, the trials of raped women dealing with adultery charges and members of spiritual minorities accused of blasphemy had been expedited, and sometimes decided in the defendant's favor.
They were more prone to report life events, and received much less emotional help. For married ladies, those dwelling in low SES areas had more kids and were much less more likely to lack a son.
The coaching not only offered women with new and better alternatives, but they discovered that their new skills could additionally help their family and group with elevated vitality entry. Independence is the important thing outcome of this training – with their new skills ladies now not should depend on males to do repairs at residence. Moreover, these women can now share financial obligations and earn for themselves.
The Simple Pakistani Women Method
Pathway associations for the prediction of psychological morbidity are expressed as crude and standardized regression weights. Correlations are reported for associations between unobserved variables. A squared multiple correlation signifies the proportion of the variance in the latent assemble psychiatric morbidity accounted for by the variables in structural mannequin.
A cross-sectional catchment area survey of 525 girls aged 18 to 35 years dwelling in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The impact of gender disadvantage was assessed as a latent variable using structural equation modelling. Indicators had been parental gender preference, low parental care, parental overprotection, limited schooling, early age at marriage, marital dissatisfaction and low autonomy. Psychological morbidity was assessed utilizing the 20 merchandise Self Reporting Questionnaire .
Saleema's contributions to Turkmen ladies are notably vital, providing medical providers to these in her group and who communicate her language. In her neighborhood in Attock, Punjab, where she grew up and the place her family resides, an growing number of women are being despatched to colleges because of her success. As an Afghan refugee growing up in a Turkmen community in Pakistan, 28-year-old Saleema has faced a lifetime of barriers in her quest to get an education.
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The incorporation of poor women's voices into this discourse was supposed to increase accuracy in the depictions of their lives. I argue that the method of inclusion is tainted by the wants of the brokers participating in growth. Instead of improving the representations of ladies embedded in the discourse, ladies's voices are used to cement the previously present representations of their issues.
Initially, one of the best professions considered for ladies have been teaching or medication but instances have modified. On October 10, 2014, Malala shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi for her "wrestle in opposition to the suppression of kids and younger individuals and for the proper of all children to training". The bill also requires USAID to consult with and leverage investments by the Pakistani personal sector and Pakistani diaspora in the United States to improve and expand access to schooling programmes in Pakistan. The US Congress has handed the 'Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act' which can increase the number of scholarships available to Pakistani women to obtain larger training under a merit and desires-based programme.
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City investigating 'allegation of significant concern'
Mayor Bill McKay said council became aware of the matter after "we were alerted by staff"
Nicholas Pescod
Mar. 2, 2018 5:25 p.m.
An independent investigation will be launched regarding "an allegation of a significant concern" at Nanaimo city hall.
According to a statement issued by the city, an independent investigation will be undertaken immediately to deal with the matter that has come to the attention of mayor and council. The statement did not provide specifics about the incident but explained that the city will provide updates within their legal boundaries.
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"We will continue to provide periodic updates within legal and privacy constraints in the interest of sharing critical information with residents and staff," the statement said. "We take these concerns very seriously and share Nanaimo residents' commitment to prudent and thoughtful governance and processes. Council is therefore committed to addressing and resolving these matters in the public interest."
Mayor Bill McKay said council became aware of the matter after "we were alerted by staff." He would not identify whom the allegations were against or if they were related to one staff member or more than one staff member.
"It will not affect the ongoing business of the city. We have people in place to cover all positions and work carries on," McKay said.
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Earlier today, John Van Horne, the city's human resources manager, said in an e-mail to the News Bulletin that a statement on staffing at the city would be issued. However, the city's most recent statement did not address any employment matters.
Van Horne was asked whether the investigation was related to Victor Mema, chief financial officer and deputy chief administrative officer, but couldn't comment.
Coun. Jerry Hong also declined to comment on the staff member or staff members involved or their employment status.
"We have to protect the corporation," he said Friday morning. "Nothing has been said and has been released so we don't know what is happening."
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Mema was also called for comment, but didn't respond. He has been filling in for Tracy Samra, chief administrative officer, who has been on leave for approximately a month. It has been reported that she was arrested for uttering threats at city hall, but no charges have been laid. A special prosecutor was appointed to look into that case.
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Webstandaarden zijn standaarden en technische specificaties die (normerings)aspecten van het wereldwijde web beschrijven. Webstandaarden worden veelal geassocieerd met de normering door het World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) maar er zijn meer organisaties die normen publiceren en vaststellen. Zoals de Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) en de International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Het W3C stelt zelf geen standaarden vast maar doet aanbevelingen die in de praktijk een gelijkwaardige status hebben.

Enkele organisaties die webstandaarden onderhouden zijn:

 het World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), een van de bekendste standaardorganisaties van het internet. Bekend van onder andere HTML, CSS, XML, HTTP en DOM;
 de Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), een andere bekende organisatie die onder andere de standaarden onderhoudt van het TCP/IP-protocol en MIME;
 de International Organization for Standardization (ISO) heeft onder andere een internationale standaard voor HTML uitgebracht, ISO/IEC 15445;
 Ecma International, bekend van ECMA-262, beter bekend als JavaScript;
 het Unicode Consortium dat de tekstcoderingsstandaard UTF-8 en UTF-16 onderhoudt.

Webstandaarden hebben de afgelopen jaren veel aandacht genoten, doordat steeds meer mensen ervan overtuigd zijn dat websites de standaarden strikter moeten gaan volgen. De meeste websites voldoen namelijk niet aan deze standaarden en ook webbrowsers nemen de regels vaak niet in acht. Door webstandaarden te gebruiken is een website beter te bekijken op verschillende platformen en webbrowsers.

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About August 25
August 25, 2022 is the 237th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 128 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Virgo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
What Happened On August 25
Battle of Strasbourg: Julian, Caesar (deputy emperor) and supreme commander of the Roman army in Gaul, wins an important victory against the Alemanni at Strasbourg (Argentoratum).
The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
Battle of Alcântara. Spain defeats Portugal.
Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.
Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
700 Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends. The Red Army is defeated.
The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Communist Party of China kill Baptist missionary John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.
The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
President Harry Truman orders the US Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn
Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female cabinet secretary.
Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the outermost planet in the Solar System.
The Airbus A340 aircraft makes it's first flight.
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Rui Vaz is one of the coolest areas of the whole island, where you can walk through forest paths and feel the mountain breeze. In the locality there is a small inn. At the top of Rui Vaz is Monte Tchota from where you have a panoramic view of the entire island of Santiago.


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Бургундские войны (1474—1477 годы) — серия военных конфликтов между Бургундским герцогством, с одной стороны, и Швейцарским союзом, с другой. Военные действия, начавшиеся в 1474 году, развивались неудачно для герцога Бургундии Карла Смелого, и завершились в 1477 году его смертью в сражении при Нанси. В результате Бургундское государство было разделено между королём Франции и династией Габсбургов, а Швейцария укрепила свою независимость и стала одним из сильнейших в военном отношении государств Западной Европы.

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Герцогам Бургундским удалось в течение примерно 100 лет установить свое правление в качестве мощной силы между Священной Римской империей и Францией. Объединение региональных княжеств с разным богатством в Бургундское государство принесло новой власти большие экономические возможности и богатство. Фактически, решающим фактором для многих элит в консолидации своих земель была относительно надежная гарантия получения прибыли в условиях экономически стабильного герцогства Бургундского. Их владения включали, помимо их первоначальных территорий Франш-Конте и герцогства Бургундия, экономически сильные регионы Фландрия и Брабант, а также Люксембург.

Герцоги Бургундии обычно вели агрессивную экспансионистскую политику, особенно в Эльзасе и Лотарингии, стремясь географически объединить свои северные и южные владения. Уже будучи в конфликте с французским королем (Бургундия в начале X в. встала на сторону англичан в Столетней войне, а затем поддерживала Йорков в Войнах роз, когда Генрих VI встал на сторону Франции). Этот конфликт оставил Францию и Англию в ослабленном состоянии, что позволило усилиться Бургундии и французским крупным феодалам. Последствия Чёрной смерти также продолжали влиять на Европу и способствовали сохранению ослабленного общества. В этом контексте важно выделить сильную экономику герцогства, позволявшую продолжать войну с врагами со всех сторон границы. По мнению некоторых историков, чрезвычайно прибыльный регион Нидерландов снабжал герцогство Бургундское достаточными средствами для поддержки геополитических амбиций. В этот период экспансии договоры о торговле и мире были подписаны со швейцарскими кантонами, что способствовало их безопасности от Габсбургов и Франции. Продвижение Карла вдоль Рейна привело его к конфликту с Габсбургами, особенно с императором Фридрихом III.

На востоке герцогство усилило свое влияние на швейцарских соседей, которые своей завоевательной политикой вместе с бургундцами оказали значительное влияние на регион. Стремясь укрепить Швейцарскую конфедерацию и добиться независимости от правления Габсбургов, швейцарские войска получили контроль над габсбургским городом Тургау, чтобы расширить свои границы и влияние Бернцы чаще подвергались нападениям лангобардских наемников Карла Смелого, из-за чего они начали обращаться к своим швейцарским союзникам за помощью в конфликте с Бургундией. Агрессивные действия Карла Смелого в конечном итоге завершились тем, что швейцарцы дали ему прозвище «Турок на Западе».

Армия Карла Смелого
Карл Смелый скопировал модель первой французской постоянной армии в лице ордонансовых рот, созданной указом французского короля Карла VII в 1445 году. Включив пеших солдат, он улучшил эту модель. Таким образом, бургундское копье включало в себя латника, кутильера, пажа и трех лучников или трех арбалетчиков на лошадях, все всадники, к которым, следовательно, добавлялись кулевриньер, арбалетчик или лучник и пикинер, все трое на лошадях. Три ордонанса, составленные им: Аббевиля в 1471 г., Боэна в 1472 г. и Сен-Максимина де Трева в 1473 г., наиболее полные, более подробны, чем королевский ордонанс 1445 г., и кодифицируют жизнь компаний и особенно их организацию, их снаряжение, их эмблемы, их движение, их жалованье, их припасы и их праздники. Герцог создал первую полевую артиллерию..

Ход военных действий

Первоначально в 1469 году герцог Передней Австрии и Тироля Сигизмунд заложил свои владения в Эльзасе, Брайсгау, Шварцвальде и Фриктале по Сент-Омерскому договору в качестве лена герцогу Бургундскому за 50 тыс. флоринов, а также заключил с ним союз для защиты своих земель от расширения Швейцарского союза. Участие Карла в событиях к западу от Рейна не давало ему желанной для австрийца возможности напасть на швейцарцев, но проводимая его префектом Петером фон Хагенбахом политика эмбарго против городов Базель, Страсбург и Мюлуз побудила их обратиться к Берну за помощью. Экспансионистская стратегия Карла потерпела первую неудачу, когда его участие в распрях в Кёльнском курфюршестве окончилось неудачной осадой Нойса (1474—1475).

На втором этапе Сигизмунд стремился заключить мирное соглашение со швейцарскими конфедератами, которое в конечном итоге было заключено в Констанце в 1474 году (позже названное Ewige Richtung или Вечное соглашение). Он хотел выкупить свои эльзасские владения у Карла, но тот отказался. Вскоре после этого фон Хагенбах был схвачен и казнен отрубанием головы в Эльзасе, а объединившиеся с эльзасскими городами и Сигизмундом в союз швейцарцы завоевали часть бургундской Юры (Франш-Конте), когда выиграли битву при Эрикуре в ноябре 1474 года. Король Франции Людовик XI присоединился к коалиции по Андернахскому договору в декабре. В следующем году бернские войска завоевали и разорили принадлежавшее союзному бургундцам герцогству Савойскому Во. Берн ранее призывал своих швейцарских союзников к этому шагу для предотвращения расширения Бургундии возле бернских земель, которые были ближе всего к герцогству. Однако другие швейцарские города были недовольны постоянно растущей экспансионистской и агрессивной внешней политикой Берна и в результате изначально не поддерживали Берн. Конфедерация была соглашением о коллективной обороне между швейцарскими кантонами и гарантировала, что в случае нападения на один город другие придут ему на помощь. Поскольку военные действия Берна в Савойе были вторжением, другие члены Конфедерации не имели юридических обязательств приходить на помощь своим бернским союзникам.

В 1474 году экспансионистская политика Бургундии впервые потерпела ряд неудач: осада Нойса провалилась, лотарингские города обратились за военной помощью к Швейцарии, а император Священной Римской империи Фридрих III вынудил своего родственника Сигизмунда Габсбурга отказаться от союза с Бургундией. В том же году Габсбурги заключили мирный договор со Швейцарией в Констанце и военный союз против Бургундии. На требование Сигизмунда разрешить ему выкуп эльзасских земель, Карл Смелый ответил отказом. Более того, бургундские войска под командованием Петера фон Гагенбаха быстро заняли крепости в Эльзасе. В ответ соединённые швейцарско-австрийские войска вторглись во Франш-Конте и в ноябре 1474 года в битве при Эрикуре одержали победу над бургундской армией.

В 1475 году войска кантона Берн завоевали Во, владение герцога Савойского, союзника Карла Смелого. При поддержке бернцев в Вале восстали городские коммуны, которые разбили савойскую армию в сражении при Планте в ноябре 1475 года и освободили территорию нижнего Вале. В начале 1476 года швейцарцы захватили савойский замок Грансон, но вскоре его осадила армия Карла Смелого. Защитники Грансона капитулировали перед превосходящими силами и были вероломно убиты бургундцами. Подоспевшие войска Швейцарского союза нанесли сокрушительное поражение Карлу Смелому в битве при Грансоне, вынудив герцога бежать с поля боя, бросив свою артиллерию и боеприпасы.

В Вале независимые республики Зибен-Зенден с помощью бернских и других швейцарских войск изгнали савойцев из нижнего Вале после победы в битве на Планте в ноябре 1475 года. В 1476 году Карл нанес ответный удар и двинулся к Грансону, который был захвачен швейцарцами у Жака Савойского, чей гарнизон несмотря на капитуляцию приказал повесить или утопить в озере. Когда через несколько дней прибыло войско союза, герцог потерпел поражение в битве при Грансоне и был вынужден бежать с поля боя, оставив свою артиллерию, много провизии и ценностей. Сплотив свою армию, он получил сокрушительный удар от конфедератов в битве при Муртене. Поскольку потери на бургундской стороне продолжались, Карл Смелый потерял поддержку своих лордов, которые теряли людей и прибыль, и вскоре началось восстание под предводительством герцога Лотарингии Рене II. По мере того как восстание продолжалось, Рене II использовал стратегическое положение своей земли между Северной и Южной Бургундией, чтобы перекрыть связь и подорвать военные возможности соперника. Внутренний конфликт только усложнил войну со швейцарцами и, как следствие, отвлек внимание Карла от них, чтобы заняться более насущным вопросом восстания Рене. Карл Смелый собрал новую армию, но пал в битве при Нанси в 1477 году, в которой швейцарцы сражались вместе с армией Рене II. Военные неудачи Карла Смелого резюмируются распространенной современной швейцарской цитатой: «Карл Смелый потерял свое имущество при Грансоне, свою храбрость при Муртене и свою кровь при Нанси».

Важно отметить, что в конфликт были вовлечены не только две стороны друг против друга, но и внешние силы со своими политическими интересами. Ближе к концу 1476 года союз начал получать послания от папы Сикста IV, призывающие к прекращению войны и подписанию мира между швейцарцами и Карлом. Хотя это казалось мирным разрешением войны, стремление Папы отвлечь внимание Карла от швейцарцев к участию в новом крестовом походе против турок показывает его истинные намерения. Это папское давление в конечном итоге было проигнорировано швейцарцами, которые обещали закончить войну только при уходе бургундцев из Лотарингии. Из современных работ видно, что шпионаж и цензура играли значительную роль в действиях Швейцарии и Бургундии на протяжении всей войны. С обеих сторон были наняты профессиональные шпионы для сбора информации о передвижениях и слабых местах противника. Однако эта профессия оказалась чрезвычайно смертоносной, поскольку некоторые швейцарские города понесли большие потери, а получение информации от противоборствующей стороны оставалось сложной задачей на протяжении всей войны.

Бургундские войны также помогли изменить военную стратегию по всей Европе после побед Швейцарии над численно превосходящими войсками герцога. Гевальтауфен оказался эффективной швейцарской военной стратегией против превосходящих бургундских сил. До этого момента в битвах доминировала кавалерия, которая могла легко одолеть пехоту на поле боя. Однако в новой тактике длинные копья использовались для противодействия и защиты от кавалерии с замечательным успехом, что ознаменовало собой ключевой сдвиг в военной истории и склонило чашу весов в пользу пехотных войск.

Последствия

Со смертью Карла Смелого династия герцогов Бургундии пресеклась, его владения сотрясли широкомасштабные восстания. Он оставил единственную дочь Марию, которая была замужем за сыном императора Фридриха III Максимилианом Габсбургом. Между Габсбургами и королём Франции развернулась борьба за бургундское наследство. По Аррасскому миру 1482 года бывшая территория Бургундии была разделена: Габсбурги получили Нидерланды и Люксембург, а король Франции — собственно Бургундию, Франш-Конте и Пикардию. В 1493 году по договору в Санлисе Франш-Конте было также передано Габсбургам за поддержку французского короля Карла VIII в его походе в Италию.

Крах Бургундии позволил королю Франции объединить своё государство и превратить его в централизованную монархию, претендующую на гегемонию в Западной Европе. Для Австрии присоединение бургундских Нидерландов, Люксембурга и Франш-Конте стало первым шагом на пути к созданию мощной многонациональной державы.

Победы швейцарских войск над силами Бургундии, одного из сильнейших европейских государств, резко подняли военный престиж Швейцарии, создав швейцарским солдатам репутацию непобедимых. Начиная с эпохи Бургундских войн швейцарские наёмники стали крайне активно привлекаться на военную службу в другие государства Европы. Вербовке особенно благоприятствовала система пенсий, выплачиваемых знати, и эта практика получила распространение. Многие молодые люди предпочитают оставить свою профессию и заняться военным делом. Согласно цюрихской хронике, "[…] в страну поступило много денег. что способствовало общественному благосостоянию.

Мария Бургундская возвращает себе Франш-Конте, выкупив его у кантонов за 25 тыс. флоринов во время Цюрихского конгресса в январе 1478 года.

В 1476 году кантоны продали Во герцогству Савойя за 50 тыс. флоринов, а в 1479 году они отказались от Франш-Конте в пользу Франции в обмен на 150 тыс. флоринов от Людовика XI. Это можно объяснить недоверием других кантонов к бернскому экспансионизму. Берн и Фрибур держали Морат, Грансон, Эшаллен и Орбе в общих бейливиках, которые образовывали байляж Орб-Эшаллен. Берн сохранил за собой Эгль, превратив его в правительство Эгля и Серлье. Епископ Сиона и Валесанцы сохранил Ба-Вале. Таким образом, Большой Сен-Бернар перешел под контроль союза.

Война нарушила баланс сил между сельскими кантонами (Ури, Швиц, Унтервальден и Гларус) и городскими кантонами (Цюрих, Берн, Люцерн, Цуг), которые успешно вели войну. Города Фрайбург и Золотурн, принимавшие участие в конфликте, пожелали войти в союз. Сельские кантоны выступили против этого, и политика, проводимая городскими кантонами, в том числе подписанный с городами 23 мая 1477 г. договор о комбуржуазии, вызвала недовольство и восстания (Saubannerzug). Споры о Драйцен Орте едва не привели к войне, конфликт был решён Штанским договором 1481 года, дополненным подписанным в тот же день договором о союзе с Фрибургом и Золотурном.

Король Франции остался в выигрыше: смерть герцога лишила угрозы его совместного нападения с англичанами, в королевский домен вошли герцогство Бургундское, Пикардия, Артуа и Фландрия.

Сражения Бургундских войн
 Битва при Эрикуре
 Битва при Планте
 Битва при Грансоне
 Битва при Муртене
 Битва при Нанси
 Осада Нойса

Источники

 Хроника бургундских войн

Ссылки
 Бургундские войны (нем.яз.)
 Бургундские войны (фр. яз.)
 Бургундские войны (ит.яз.)

Бургундские войны
Войны Австрии
Войны XV века
1470-е годы


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