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What Have The Knicks Done?
Jan. 31, 2019 , at 7:24 PM
A FiveThirtyEight Chat
New York Knicks executives in recent years have said they would rebuild cautiously and avoid trading their first-round picks. That approach paid off — sweet-shooting big man Kristaps Porzingis, the Knicks' first-round pick in 2015, quickly ascended into a star, giving the team hope that it could finally build something sustainable with just another solid move or two. All the organization needed to do was avoid somehow taking a step backward.
And then Thursday happened.
New York has agreed with Dallas on trade that includes Kristaps Porzingis, Courtney Lee, Tim Hardaway Jr., for Wesley Matthews, Dennis Smith Jr. and DeAndre Jordan, league sources tell ESPN. Players and agents are being notified of particulars. Deal may include more draft assets.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 31, 2019
In response, FiveThirtyEight's biggest NBA fans gathered to process the reported trade.
chris.herring (Chris Herring, senior sportswriter): I covered the Knicks for five years. Not their worst five, necessarily. But saw their worst season in franchise history. You're naturally going to see them do things that make you scream, "Why?!" But this is a new level, even for me.
This Porzingis trade, if they don't land a max-level star or two, is just befuddling.
tchow (Tony Chow, video producer/angry Knicks fan): I think I'm going to be a Brooklyn Nets fan now. Why the hell would you do this?
natesilver (Nate Silver, editor in chief): Do we know what draft pick compensation they got, if any? Because that seems pretty important. (These details, which weren't clear during the time of the chat, emerged shortly after we finished the conversation. New York will receive two future first-round picks in the trade.)
chris.herring: Not the exact terms, no. Though it seems really likely that the Mavs are going to give up something on that front.
natesilver: I guess I'd say this: The process by which the Knicks got to this point is crazy. The outcome, I think, might not be as bad as it seems at first glance. But it really depends on the pick(s).
chris.herring: More than anything, this was about allowing the Knicks to send over their bloated contracts so that they could clear salary cap space. Especially Tim Hardaway Jr., whose deal would've made it tough for them to add a second star next to Porzingis this summer.
neil (Neil Paine, senior sportswriter): Yeah, if there is a silver lining (Is there a silver lining?), they just freed up a massive amount of cap space.
The Knicks could be staring at $74.6M in projected cap space for next season. That would be good enough for 2 max slots.
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) January 31, 2019
tchow: Welcome to New York, Kevin Durant!!
chris.herring: Only spent seven or eight years there, but this is where my New York cynicism comes into play. The Knicks haven't had a very good history when it comes to FAs.
natesilver: They also got a buy-low guy in Dennis Smith Jr., although it seems like they have about 14 other buy-low point guards on the roster right now.
tchow: But in losing Porzingis, doesn't that make the Knicks a less attractive destination to come play? If you were a max player, why would you look at this team and say, "I want to go to there"?
natesilver: Well, yeah, that's the catch.
tchow: I guess maybe two max players could buddy up and that nullifies what I just said.
natesilver: A team of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and … uuuhhhh, who's the third-best player on that team? Smith Jr., I guess?
tchow: I don't know what I'm saying anymore. This is INSANE!!! I'm still in shock.
chris.herring: If nothing else, I guess this all just surprises me because it speaks to one of two things. Either 1) You have that much confidence that a superstar is coming …
tchow: Well you're forgetting Zion, Nate.
chris.herring: Or 2) Things had gotten so bad/toxic with Porzingis that you didn't see how you could make it work with him anymore. They really had no obligation to give into this right now, even if he was unhappy.
neil: Right, he was only a restricted free agent after the season.
tchow: Well, Chris, if things have gotten that bad with Porzingis, you would think they were secretly shopping him around earlier. Is this really the best deal they could get? I find that hard to believe.
natesilver: It is worth keeping in mind that Porzingis has a serious injury that other guys have struggled to recover from, that he hadn't reached superstar status yet, and that he was about to get expensive. The upside is so high, though, that you'd think a team, maybe a cap-constrained team, might have given up a little more.
chris.herring: Yep. I'm not blown away by the fact that they dealt him. It's what they dealt him for.
natesilver: Getting technical, but his cap hold is only like $12 million this summer, so that was a big benefit too.
chris.herring: There are two or three different reasons to potentially deal him. I just don't know that any of them were worth dealing him for that return.
natesilver:
Kristaps Porzingis, who can become a restricted free agent this summer, has yet to make a decision on his future with Dallas, league sources tell ESPN. He expects to start the process of getting to know the organization soon. Porzingis will continue to rehab his ACL injury.
tchow:
Sources: All-Star Kristaps Porzingis is planning to inform the Dallas Mavericks his intent is to sign the qualifying offer in restricted free agency this summer.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 31, 2019
natesilver: No those don't contradict. Sign the qualifying offer for one year. Then become a full-fledged free agent in summer 2020.
tchow: Oh damn … you're right. OK … back to crying.
chris.herring: During the time I spent on the Knicks beat, I got used to watching them attach useful players to ones whose contracts were albatrosses. They traded Tyson Chandler (useful) to unload Raymond Felton (albatross). And Iman Shumpert (useful) to unload JR Smith (albatross).
natesilver: Were Hardaway and Lee that untradeable? They aren't terrible players, and their contracts aren't that bad.
chris.herring: Neither is a bad player. Maybe overpaid (I've definitely argued that with Hardaway).
natesilver: In some sense, everyone in the deal is a distressed asset.
chris.herring: If anything, Hardaway is just pricey because of what you want to accomplish this summer.
tchow: Watch Dennis Smith Jr. come out of this as the best player in the trade.
natesilver: It's not nothing.
chris.herring: But Porzingis should not be the sweetener in any deal like this! He's the lone All-Star changing hands here.
neil: Smith Jr. certainly got a lot of hype as a rookie last year.
tchow: KP 👏 IS 👏 A 👏 UNICORN
chris.herring: I'll put it this way: Smith and his folks floated that he potentially wanted out of Dallas a week or two ago. That came and went, likely because no one felt like he was worth all that much. He's explosive. He's young enough to gamble something on. But he's not even a clear starter in everyone's eyes.
natesilver: So what else could they have gotten? What do we think the market price for Porzingis would be? Would Toronto have given up Pascal Siakam and OG Anunoby, for instance, and taken on either Hardaway or Lee but not both?
chris.herring: It was only 20 minutes or so before the trade reports came that this tweet went out.
The Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs and Toronto Raptors are among many teams expected to pursue Kristaps Porzingis in a trade, league sources tell ESPN.
natesilver: I'm just saying that if you clear the decks for two max free agents but you have a guy like Siakam making just $2.5 million a year, that gives you a lot more to work with.
chris.herring: Notice how smart we perceive those particular franchises to be. I saw someone say, "The smart franchises are circling the dumb one." Almost like the Knicks were the prey here.
tchow: Right?? I keep thinking there must be other, better trades.
chris.herring: For sure. At least with Siakam, you have a good, athletic two-way player to build around.
tchow: This is all just us talking, right? There were no reports that Toronto was even looking to offer Siakam. Right? Right?
chris.herring: I honestly don't know whether Smith will be a starter two or three years from now. There's some faith because of how young he is, but he hasn't shown consistency yet. And the Knicks haven't been great with developing two-way talent at the guard spot lately.
natesilver: I wanna know about the draft pick(s) too. Dallas still owns its own pick if it's 1-5 this year — otherwise it goes to Atlanta — and they're probably still going to end up in the lottery.
neil: I think we are being very NYC-centric here and focusing on the Knicks' angle. But for the Mavs, their new Doncic-Porzingis combo seems like it could eventually be very scary.
natesilver: NYC IS BASKETBALL MECCA, NEIL! SUCH A MECCA THAT THE ONLY GOOD PLAYER ON THE KNICKS IN THE PAST 10 YEARS GETS TRADED FOR CAP SPACE
neil: No, it's not ("The Decline Of New York City As An NBA Talent Generator").
tchow: No, Neil's right. Forget the Knicks. I already have. Porzingis and Luka together is going to be amazing!! No way Dirk retires now.
chris.herring: Dallas is gonna be fun.
natesilver: Yeah, how did they do that? Turn the No. 5 pick and — Dennis Smith Jr.? — into Luka and Porzingis?
chris.herring: The Knicks were spending all this time trying to find a running mate for KP, and now Porzingis has Doncic.
tchow: So right now, we have them projected to be way out of the playoffs. When is Porzingis supposed to return? I'm getting ahead of myself
chris.herring: They're relevant now. Even if they unloaded a hefty part of their rotation here to get Porzingis. But this was a great move for them.
natesilver: It was a little bit ambiguous. Dallas is tanking, obviously, so maybe they just play him for like six games to show he still had something left (as an inducement to free agents, etc.) and then find some excuse to shut him down.
chris.herring: Yeah. Porzingis probably wasn't going to play for NYK this year. Maybe he gets into a few games for Dallas, but I doubt it.
natesilver: Yeah, they might as well tank too. Maybe not an outright tank, but they do keep their own pick if it's 1-5.
chris.herring: If you're the Mavs, this makes sense. You've still got Harrison Barnes under contract making a lot of money. Hardaway is under contract a couple more years.
tchow: "Makes sense" is such an understatement here.
natesilver: Don't the Mavs have space for a max free agent too?
chris.herring: I don't think so? Not with all the money they just took on.
The 12 teams with projected cap space will now likely shrink to 11 with the Mavericks coming off the board. The Hardaway Jr./Lee/KP additions will put the team over the cap heading into the summer.
This trade was their free agency, in a way. Dallas very quietly just hit us with a Nash/Dirk redux. Except Luka can score better than Nash, and Porzingis can defend.
natesilver: It looks like they should have cap space in 2020-21, though, when the Barnes/Powell contracts all come off the books.
chris.herring: Two or three years from now, they'll have cap money again, and you imagine players would want to team up with a duo like that.
tchow: (if Porzingis signs)
chris.herring: Porzingis will be 25 in two years. Luka will be 22. Also, can we talk about the fact that the Mavs were at the Garden last night? And Mark Cuban was there. I imagine this topic came up.
natesilver: Ahhh didn't think about that. But, yeah, it seems pretty weird to think this deal was just conjured up out of thin air.
tchow: They knew. They fucking knew.
chris.herring: Dennis Smith Jr. logged a triple-double.
natesilver: Haha.
DONCIC AND PORZINGIS LAST NIGHT pic.twitter.com/BcrrJRzaBg
— Mitchell Moore (@MitchellMoorePM) January 31, 2019
natesilver: Oh shit!!!!!
tchow: Look at that. That's a "we're going to be teammates" handshake.
natesilver: THE FIX WAS IN.
chris.herring: I soooo hope the Knicks — who could've drafted Smith but instead took Frank Ntilikina — weren't enamored by his good game to where they said, "You know what? That sounds good to us."
tchow: Chris, that is EXACTLY what happened.
chris.herring: What it all comes down to for the Knicks is free agency: If you land two guys who are truly worth it, it's hard to look back at this and be angry.
tchow: And there is my silver lining.
chris.herring: But for the time being, it is just astounding.
natesilver: The Knicks also haven't drafted very well. Kevin Knox is regarded as a future rotation piece, if not a star, and I sorta get why because he looks like a good player, but his numbers are unbelievably terrible.
chris.herring: Also: My favorite stat ever, from my Knick beat days: The Knicks haven't re-signed one of their draft picks on a multiyear deal since Charlie Ward, who they took in 1994. Trading Porzingis keeps that alive.
natesilver: Wow. BASKETBALL MECCA.
tchow: That is insane.
chris.herring: So them wanting to build it through free agency is fitting.
natesilver: I think I have to go to their next home game just to see what a shitshow it is.
tchow: FiveThirtyEight field trip, Nate?
natesilver: I'm down, dude. At least tickets will be cheap.
tchow: Hey, at least we still have Allonzo Trier. And Enes Kanter is back. Things are looking up for the Knicks.
chris.herring: Not that it has any bearing on how this summer pans out. But I think their last four deals for $90 million or more were, in this order: Melo, Amar'e Stoudemire, Stephon Marbury and Allan Houston.
natesilver: I mean, just look at this shit:
tchow: My god that is … depressing.
natesilver: I guess their bigs have been OK? Noah Vonleh and Luke Kornet and Mitchell Robinson?
neil: Ooof, you were not kidding about Knox's numbers, Nate.
natesilver: Yeah, Neil, and it's not just some advanced stats thing. He's shooting just 37 percent. Just 4.2 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.3 blocks per game. For a guy who's pretty athletic, that's kind of sad.
neil: Maybe he's on the Enes Kanter diet.
natesilver: Knox has a nice-looking 3-point stroke, and I guess you can say he'd get the numbers up if they weren't tanking. That's what's a little hard to figure out on a team like the Knicks where they basically don't have any incentive to work in their shot selection or to play defense.
tchow: If this is just going to become a shitting on Knox chat, I think it's time to end it.
natesilver: I'm happy to also shit on other Knicks.
tchow: Just for fun, to end this chat, should we all say who we think won this trade?
chris.herring: Assuming the Knicks don't land two absolute studs in FA, the Mavs.
natesilver: It's clearly a good trade for Dallas. Where it ends up on the spectrum from "terrible" to "OK" for the Knicks depends on the draft picks and, yeah, the free agent situation.
chris.herring: Agreed, Nate. You just paired two of the best 25-and-under players in the league together. It could turn out to be a home run for both sides. I just don't have that level of faith that everything will go right for New York.
natesilver: There is a downside risk with Porzingis, too, which is that he's never really healthy again. But you do have a year to evaluate him before making a commitment. So the fact that he's not looking to sign a long-term extension right away is both a bug and a feature.
chris.herring: I guess.
neil: And given the lengths we've seen teams go to just to have a chance to get a franchise-altering star, it seems worth it.
chris.herring: I'd be OK with that gamble if it means giving up DSJ and a pick. Dallas has always been willing to roll the dice on acquiring a star.
tchow: You know who won? NBA Twitter won cause this is going to provide so much content for the next few days/until Anthony Davis gets traded.
chris.herring: They even traded Tyson Chandler the summer after he was the linchpin to their title because they thought it'd allow them a chance at a star. They wanted to clear space.
neil: The NBA needs to push its trade deadline further from the Super Bowl.
Wait your turn, NBA! You'll have the limelight next week.
chris.herring: NOPE. In fact, I hope Bryce Harper and Manny Machado sign today, too.
micah (Micah Cohen, managing editor): My two cents: I lost because I'm waiting for Nate to file a piece about independent presidential campaigns and the Porzingis trade has, I'm sure, delayed it.
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Lori-Ann Holbrook actually enjoys shopping for shoes these days, and that's something the 37-year-old legal assistant, based in Jersey City, New Jersey, never imagined would be possible.
Holbrook has had three foot surgeries to help reduce pain and correct bunions and hammertoes, commonly caused by the inflammation of psoriatic arthritis, according to the Arthritis Foundation.
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Holbrook's symptoms started in 1999 with a simmer, and then went to full boil. "They would pop up one at a time — a skin patch, joint pain, or swelling. My doctor always encouraged me to lose weight to solve the problem."
In 2012, after a stressful move from Atlanta to New Jersey, Holbrook's symptoms all appeared at once. It was then that she was officially diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis.
"The inflammation had caused deformities in my feet," she explains. "I had grown rather large bunions, and my toes had shifted and were facing outward." A bunion is an enlargement of the joint at the base of the big toe, says the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA).
Holbrook tried a variety of methods to ease her pain, including custom orthotics to support her arches and bracing to force her big toe to remain straight, but nothing seemed to help.
"I was in a lot of pain, even when I wasn't on my feet, and when you have things growing out of your feet like bunions, it's hard to wear shoes," she says.
In 2014, she had bunion surgery on both feet on the same day. Two years later, Holbrook underwent another surgery to correct hammertoe on her right foot after it lifted up her second toe so much that it rested on her big toe. When the second, third, or fourth toe is bent at the middle joint, it gives the appearance of a hammer, the APMA explains.She also had to have her second toe shortened. "My left foot is progressing in the same way, just slower," she says. "The deformity is there and, when it becomes painful, I may need another surgery."
Surgery is an option for people with psoriatic arthritis who have damaged joints, says David Pisetsky, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine and immunology and chief of rheumatology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, and president of the U.S. Bone and Joint Initiative. "The good news is that treatment has gotten so much better that we are seeing fewer surgeries for many of the inflammatory forms of arthritis," he says.
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packages:
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The documentation explains the details.
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Graveside services for Olive Lawyer York, 91, of Guthrie, Okla. will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, 1999 at I.O.O.F. Cemetery South in Marshall, Okla. Services will be officiated by Pastor Chris Humphreys under the direction of Abernathy Funeral Home of Crescent, Okla.
Olive was born Nov. 26, 1907 near Dover, Okla., to William and Maude Lawyer. She passed away Sept. 29, 1999 in Guthrie.
Olive was a homemaker and farmer. She was a graduate of Hennessey High School and married Floyd York of Marshall in 1927. They lived on a farm near Marshall for 14 years and bought a farm west of Guthrie in 1946.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Floyd; one infant sister; two sisters, Hazel Dodd and Myrtle Hugo; one nephew, Bill Wheeler; and two nieces, Mary Burns and Georgia Ann Osteen.
Olive is survived by one daughter, Wilma Lord; one granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Tom and Tracie Byrd; two great-grandsons, Jeremy and Michael Byrd; one sister, Christine McCourt; one sister-in-law, Aloris Heckerman, and many nieces and nephews.
Olive was especially loved by two of her nieces, Delores Haley and Sharon Cutter and their families.
Friends may call at Abernathy Funeral Home until 8 p.m. tonight and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday.
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DVD enthusiasts are known to salivate on cue at the prospect of slipping the latest action extravaganza into their player's eager tray, cranking up the volume knob on their two-foot-high DTS-ready receiver, and submitting their frenzied neurons to the merciless assault of crisply rendered bright lights and large sounds. What could be more exciting? Well, that — or perhaps a quiet slice-of-life drama set in a small town, where the only action is emotional, and the only carnage is the silent toll of self-destruction. No matter how detailed or creative the CGI effects, nor how dazzling or preposterous the stunt work, the fact is that summer blockbusters will always fall short of the rare, perfectly realized sleeper hit that zeroes in on human nature with impeccable incision, humor, and honesty. Director Kenneth Lonergan has made one of those films. Lonergan's You Can Count on Me (2000) begins with a car wreck. It is sudden and off-screen, and it makes orphans of young Sammy and Terry, who, into their adulthood, continue to deal with the shocking and life-shaking loss of their parents. As an adult, Sammy (Laura Linney) has tamed her irresponsible inclinations through necessity — as a single mother she must look out for her bright and sensitive son, Rudy (Rory Culkin). Sammy's brother Terry (Mark Ruffalo), with no such anchor, drifts aimlessly and hopelessly from town to town, courting trouble and scraping with the law. With his young girlfriend "in a bad way," Terry returns to his hometown of Scottsville simply to borrow money from his sister, but Sammy convinces him to stay, eager to reconnect with her one family member and desperate for her son to know his uncle and feel the influence of an adult male. If only Terry were an adult — he is still essentially the same mopey, confused child who lost his parents, prone to juvenile outbursts and thoughtless self-destruction. Such goes a long way toward aggravating Sammy's intense need to worry, both for her brother and his affectionate recklessness with her boy. Terry's presence also stirs Sammy's wild side, and soon she is engaged in her own bout of emotional confusion.
If the plot summary sounds deathly serious, consider writer-director Lonergan's previous film credits as scribe for Analyze This and (yes) The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. You Can Count on Me's dialogue crackles with wit and wry observation, even during its most poignant moments, and the chemistry between cast members is as genuine and warm and rough-edged as that of any real family or small-town community. Linney, who was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance (and won several smaller, smarter awards, as did Lonergan and the film as a whole), heads a cast of startling breakthrough performances, each of which, no matter how antagonistic, invites themselves into the viewer's heart. Sammy initially appears as a grounded figure of responsibility, but as the film progresses, Linney beautifully reveals just how tough a struggle it is for her to maintain her sanity and favor her best impulses while many others lurk beneath. Ruffalo's Terry is an endearing, frustrating sad-sack, so plainly in need of an authority figure, but nonetheless bristling at the prospect of accountability. Culkin, in his major debut (he previously played "young" Richie Rich in his brother Macauley's 1994 star vehicle), is a terrific talent, and he builds an unbelievable rapport with the adult actors. You Can Count on Me also features another hilarious, excellent indie turn by Matthew Broderick as Sammy's difficult new boss. For Linney, Ruffalo and Culkin, the only fear is that they deliver such vivid personal performances that it may be difficult to ever accept them in future films as other characters. It's a testament to the cast — and to Lonergan's astounding dexterity as a debutante director — that You Can Count on Me manages to nimbly dance from laughter to tears in a quick turn and yet never succumb to the deathtraps of slapstick or maudlin preciousness. After the high-profile, over-hyped blockbusters of recent years have faded into obscurity, this small film will remain memorable. Oddly for a recent film — but understandable for a low-budget indie — the anamorphic transfer (1.85:1) on Paramount's DVD release of You Can Count on Me features some unfortunate wear carried over from the source print, with minor flecks and scratches occasionally popping up, especially during the opening titles. However, the audio is quite solid in either Dolby Digital 5.1 or Dolby 2.0 Surround. Lonergan provides an amusing, candid, educational commentary in which he discusses in depth his approach to the material and its realization (while bemoaning the artificiality he despises in studio films). The track would make a fine stand-alone lecture to beginning directors who care to mine something valuable out of their material. Also with cast interviews, trailer. Keep-case.


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August saw retail sales volumes increase by 0.8% when compared with July, marking the fourth consecutive month of growth.
According to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), this resulted in an increase of 4% when compared with February's pre-pandemic level of sales.
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The value of retail sales also increased by 0.7%, which was 2.5% higher than the value of sales in February.
When compared with the previous three months, a stronger rate of growth was seen in the three months to August, at 16.4% and 16.7% for value and volume sales respectively.
Strong growth was seen here because of large monthly increases in June and July when compared with the sharp falls experienced over lockdown in March and April, according to the ONS.
It added there was a "mixed picture" across different store types, as non-store retailing volumes were 38.9% above February, while clothing stores were still 15.9% below February's pre-pandemic levels.
DIY sales continued to rise as more people spent on home improvements. Hardware, paints and glass stores saw August sales up by 12.9% against february, for example.
Some 51.5% of food stores reported a decrease in footfall from 10 to 23 August, however, the ONS said this may been down to other parts of the economy reopening, such as restaurants and bars.
Meanwhile, online retail sales fell by 2.5% in August when compared with July, but the "strong" online growth experienced over the pandemic meant that sales were still 46.8% higher than February's pre-pandemic levels.
Mona Bitar, EY UK&I consumer leader, said: "It's encouraging to see healthier retail sales data. Consumers are tentatively gaining more confidence returning to the shops and online sales continue to show their strength – clearly some pandemic habits are sticking.
"Despite this more positive news, it is clear that retailers are not out of the woods yet. Their real challenge now is to examine how they link physical shopping to the online experience – providing a single, seamless customer journey."
She added: "The shift online has resulted in many operational difficulties for retailers, and for most it has come at a cost. How to turn the online demand into profitable growth will be the holy grail.
"To succeed in the next phase of recovery, retailers have to learn how to use the data they have to better understand their customers and tailor products and experiences to their needs. The velocity in demand will only continue and retailers need to have the systems in place to thrive."
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At Corpus, we believe that we offer the best of both worlds to our Organ Scholars.
In terms of their professional and musical development, the Senior and Junior Organ Scholars take the lead in directing the choir and developing the music programme and thereby gain hands-on experience in directing and managing a busy choral programme. However, they are supported in that work the Chaplain who has general oversight of the Chapel but especially by Dr Katharine Pardee, the College Lecturer and Advisor in Music. Dr Pardee mentors the Organ Scholars for the successful running of a choral programme as well as providing organ tuition. She also teaches and directs studies for Organ Scholars reading Music. The Corpus context gives our Organ Scholars invaluable experience in leading a choral programme but also ensures they receive proper supervision, mentoring and professional guidance from an experienced choir director, organist, and musicologist as well as liturgical guidance and support from an experienced Chaplain.
In terms of the academic development of the Organ Scholars, we also believe we have the best of both worlds at Corpus. The schedule of sung services is about twelve per term (eight Sundays plus two or three additional sung mid-week services, one or two short Compline services, and a termly slot at the Cathedral to sing Evensong). This gives scope to develop a challenging musical programme while at the same time recognizes that the primary reason for coming to Corpus is to engage fully in one's chosen degree course, whether it is Music or any of the other academic subjects offered by the College. The College is committed to supporting and enabling our Organ Scholars to achieve both their academic and musical ambitions.
The Chaplain, Canon Maltby, and the College Lecturer and Advisor in Music, Dr Pardee, are always delighted to speak to anyone interested in applying for an Organ Scholarship at Corpus.
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Hi guys, did you ever face the attempt to create an endless terrain? I do. I "just" want to repeat same 3d model block (let's say 2048x2048x32 sized) in a matrix 3x3 cells. When player moves I delete old cells and recreate new ones. I'm struggling to find a method suitable in quakec but with no luck. There's something already ready to eat?
I tried this video tutorial for Unity in C# and it worked, but I couldn't replicate it in in quakec.
I also trying to do something like this in a static way but, .bsp maps, used as models, are not rendered!
Another Idea I had is to store previous terrain and then add origin from previous to the new one, but I don't want that use player position, I want that uses old terrain origin and creates a new terrain ACCORDING to player position.
I dunno if I explain myself correctly, sorry otherwise! Thanks guys in advance for any suggestion!!
PS: I use FTE + CSQC but I don't think it's related in this case.
I like the idea, but I can't tell what problem you have.
Do you get an error? When?
Did you make the terrain.bsp model? What map are you testing this on?
Hi Zop! I almost forgot my own code! Too much time passed by! Iirc I wanted to make dynamically generated terrain, so, splitting whole world (let's say a huge map of 99000x99000x8192 units) in immaginary sectors, I'd have liked to render every sector only when player was in that sector, rendering neighbour sectors as well. But, I abandoned the project since I didn't receive any inputs from community and after many unsuccesful code tests, I gave up!
If you want to share some thoughts, I'm here!
Good idea,i want to make something in dp.
And made 16x16x128 entity chunk.
But idk how to make infinite world.
Maybe store chunk 16x16x128 in file then player will be on the last cube on chunk and delete cubes,then generate new chunk.
What is better to this experiments?dp or fte,what is entity limit on fte?i think on dp 32768.
Oh,is there a way,to check enity in entity?
My understanding is that you two are talking about different things.
Toneddu's idea was to use prefabs to simulate an "endless" world, while the link you provided is a "let's do Minecraft in Quake". I already did something similar to toneddu's idea, almost completely in SSQC (with bits of CSQC for HUD). As Spike commented back then the real pain in the arse is to make artwork that mix in a seamless way. BTW after some testing I settled for a 24x24 grid of 512x512 qu's as a comfortable size in terms of gameplay and performance (at least in Darkplaces, which was my target engine; the mod ran much faster in FTE with the same hardware, but important portions of the world generation were broken on it, so for now I ditched the idea of multiple engine support).
Yeah,IMO to replicate minecraft in quake the better approach would be to implement its map format instead.


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The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus has responded to "Protect" MN's slanderous Facebook post yesterday:
On Wednesday August 9th, local gun control activist group Protect Minnesota published a statement on their Facebook page implying that the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus has information on the attack at the Dar Al Farooq Mosque, and was withholding that information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
"We are outraged by these libelous, defamatory, and false accusations made by Protect Minnesota, " said Bryan Strawser, Chair, Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus. "Our organization is committed to the defense of civil rights. This statement and its implications are baseless and offensive. Needless to say, we have no information on this tragic attack."
"It's truly unfortunate that at a time when we should be pulling together as a community to condemn terror, Protect Minnesota has chosen to engage in accusations that have no basis in fact and will only serve to distract investigators from swiftly bringing the perpetrator of this heinous act to justice."
"Sadly, this approach has become the norm under their current leadership, " added Rob Doar, Vice President & Political Director. "We always welcome thoughtful conversation on policy issues with any organization. Engaging in false accusations and misinformation following an incident of this magnitude is abhorrent. I sincerely hope that Protect Minnesota will cease this behavior and elevate their level of discourse."
"We demand an immediate public retraction of these false assertions," added Strawser.
Doar's aside about "current leadership" is important: while Heather Martens was a doddering incompetent, Nancy Nord Bence is a smug, passive-aggressive, entitled incompetent.
UPDATE: No apology, naturally – but they're trying to stuff their slander down the memory hole:
Well, aren't they just a bunch of profiles in courage?
They know their audience is neither curious nor critical enough to bother with the details. But Nancy Nord Bence's oompa-loompas are getting lazier and more reckless as they move out toward the extreme. It's eventually gonna cost 'em.
It's already cost them their credibility.
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reader15 on August 10, 2017 at 9:55 am said:
Protect Minnesota updated the Facebook post but doesn't have the courage to state why it needed revising. Cowards.
Alt-Good Swiftee on August 10, 2017 at 10:39 am said:
Someone needs to have that screenshot blown up and ready for use next time these scumbags show up to the Capital.
Ian in Iowa on August 10, 2017 at 12:42 pm said:
@reader15: A brief perusal of their site didn't turn up the words "honest" and "conversation" together, so unfortunately, we can't technically call them liars as well.
Anybody else notice that the Facebook post has comments, but you can't see what they were? What are the odds that folks armed with inconvenient facts were calling ProtectMN out for slander in those comments? What is ProtectMN afraid of? Are words as dangerous as bullets to them?
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Ian in Iowa on August 10, 2017 at 1:46 pm said:
ProtectMN is at it again, claiming on their Facebook page that Wal-Mart was promoting gun sales for "back-to-school". A quick examination of the Wapo article they linked to included the key sentence: "It was not clear whether the sign was placed there by an employee or shopper."
bosshoss429 on August 10, 2017 at 2:00 pm said:
I'm curious. Is Nancy liar still a practicing Lutheran minister? If so, I would think that, even though the ELCA is just an extension of the DFL party, they may not be too keen on her ethics violations and for "bearing false witness". Unless they have abandoned the Ten Commandments as guiding principles, that is.
bikebubba on August 10, 2017 at 4:04 pm said:
Boss; the proper answer to your question is "do you shave the corners of your beard?" No kidding; when those of a particular atheological bent (liberal theology more properly) get challenged on this kind of thing, that is the response. A guy out of Illinois has actually written scholarly papers with that kind of exegesis. (Scot McKnight)
In other words, you probably won't get far with an appeal to Exodus 20.


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Hakeem al-Araibi's life is not under threat and he could appeal his conviction if he returned to Bahrain, the Bahraini government has said in its first significant response to the international outrage at its efforts to reclaim the dissident refugee.
Al-Araibi, who is a permanent resident of Australia, has been detained in Bangkok for almost two months while Thai authorities process an extradition request from Bahrain. The 25-year-old has said he fears Bahrain authorities will imprison and torture or possibly kill him if he is returned.
In response to an opinion piece published on Thursday, the Bahrain government told the Guardian there was "no threat to his life".
"Activists claiming to speak on his behalf suggest his life is in danger if he returns to Bahrain, but he has only been sentenced to imprisonment," a spokesman said.
Al-Araibi has been granted refugee status by Australia, which determined he had a well-founded fear of persecution in his country of origin, and travelled to Thailand with his wife intending to honeymoon. He claims he received Australian government advice that he was safe to travel.
He was arrested in Bangkok after Interpol erroneously approved Bahrain's request for a red notice warrant, against its own protocols to protect refugees from the countries they fled.
The 2014 conviction, delivered in absentia and with a 10-year jail sentence, was based on the alleged coerced confession of his co-defendant and brother, that they committed an act of vandalism against a police station.
The act occurred at the same time, or very soon after, Al-Araibi was playing in a televised football match, and the trial judge – a member of the royal family – has been accused of ignoring key evidence.
Human Rights Watch's deputy south-east Asia director, Phil Robertson, described the conviction as "bogus".
The government spokesman, who described the vandalism as "terrorism-related", said all Bahraini individuals were entitled to legitimate legal representation and appeals, and convictions in Bahrain's criminal court related to the penal code and "do not in any way relate to political views or the right to expression".
"In all cases brought by the public prosecutor, litigants are accorded their full legal rights and guaranteed an independent and transparent trial in line with international standards that insure fair and equal treatment for all," he said.
Amnesty International Australia said it had repeatedly recorded and exposed repressive tactics by the Bahraini government against civil society including travel bans, dissolution of opposition groups and media, and arbitrary detention of human rights defenders.
"As recently as December, the conviction and sentencing of prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab has demonstrated Bahrain's farcical justice system," Amnesty's national director, Claire Mallinson, told the Guardian.
In 2016 Al-Araibi detailed his previous imprisonment and torture in a Bahrain prison.
Bahrain's spokesman said the kingdom took allegations of mistreatment "very seriously" and had established a special investigations unit and ombudsman which he claimed had received "international recognition".
However according to the Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, Al-Araibi's claims of abuse and torture were never investigated and no security personnel were held accountable.
"The Bahraini government are trading on the legal procedures to distract the international public opinion," Yahya Alhadid, president of the GIDHR, told the Guardian.
"If Hakeem is extradited back to Bahrain, he will face continuous electric shocks, because he dared to criticise a member of the royal family.
GIDHR's Fatima Yazbek said security forces were considered infallible in Bahrain, the UN special rapporteur was still banned from entering the country, and the ombudsman was essentially a public relations exercise.
The Australian government, international NGOs, and football player associations are among countless groups lobbying for the release of Al-Araibi back to Australia, particularly in light of Thailand's decision not to return 18-year-old Rahaf Al-Qunun back to Saudi Arabia last week.
Key questions about the complicated case remain unanswered, including the actions of the Australian federal police and its officers seconded to the country's Interpol bureau, which alerted Thailand to Al-Araibi's travel plans because of the red notice against him.


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I just took the plunge on purchasing my one-way plane ticket back to cornbread land. The home-stretch is here. 2,292 miles down and (ONLY) 366 miles to go. I distinctly remember when it was 366 miles down and 2,292 to go.
But for now, let's live in the present (my guru tells me I need to work on this). I'm in Packwood, Washington soaking up the town's biggest weekend of the year by enjoying a carnival corn dog and a fresh-squeezed (self-spiked) lemonade. The "Packwood Labor Day Festival" seems to basically be a city-wide yard/junk sale? Big things happening in "middle of nowhere" Washington y'all. However, I've been informed that there is karaoke at the Blue Spruce Saloon this evening so the festival's main event (my riveting future performance of "Africa" by Toto) is yet to be witnessed.
Answer: The only thing they share in common is walking through the wilderness with a backpack (and excessive amounts of honey buns).
AT: It frequently rains and is extremely humid. We're talking "Is this chaffing or a nether-region disease" type of humidity.
PCT: I've seen rain twice in 5 months and there is 0% humidity (only a slight exaggeration for the sake of the story).
AT: Hardly any sun exposure at all (a vampire could possibly survive'ish). Non-stop shade and no sun screen needed.
PCT: If I had to guesstimate, 80% of the PCT is totally exposed with no shade. We crammed 7 people under a bush one day for a break (one of those low points that is memorable enough to make it a high point). I'll probably go through a gallon of sun screen out here.
AT: You carry an average of 40 miles worth of food.
PCT: You carry an average of 80 miles worth of food (WAY too much time between burgers and beer if you ask me) due to being in far more remote wilderness.
AT: The AT is steeper, muddier, rockier, and rootier (which is definitely a word so don't bother looking it up).
PCT: The PCT is designed for horse travel as well as backpacking. Therefore, it is more gradual and manicured.
AT: There are shelters every 10 or so miles. Campfires occur nearly every night. Cowboy camping is extremely rare because it can rain at any time.
PCT: There are no shelters. Campfires are banned 90% of the time due to wildfire risk. I cowboy camp every night (I could have just said something like "the opposite of all that").
AT: Average of 14 miles per day with an 8 month weather window to complete the trail.
PCT: Average of 20 miles per day with a 5 month window to complete the trail. This only ends up being a wash between the two because of the different terrains.
AT: We call the AT the "green tunnel." This is defined by Webster as the following: don't expect any wide open views due to consistently being in densely forested areas.
PCT: Constant 360 degree, glorious, expansive views. Everyday something visually stunning is seen.
AT: There is so much water that rock-hopping over creeks becomes frustrating. Wet feet are NOT happy feet. On average, you will only need to carry around 1 liter (2 pounds) of water at a time.
PCT: Water can be a scarce commodity at times (nearly elusive as the in-town burger beer combo). Our longest stretch to date without water is 35 miles. The biggest issue with this is the extra weight of water. It is one of the heaviest items in your bag. The most water I have carried at a given time is 6 liters (12 glorious pounds of annoying weight).
– We have developed a brand new set of highly effective hitchhiking techniques to get into town. It's nearly impossible to put the refined intricacies of this beautiful display into words, but it basically resembles roadside homeless birds ice skating.
– Boo Boo makes the executive decision to stop wearing sunscreen on his arms and has opted to wear men's formal socks as sleeves instead. This future, cutting-edge fashion trend features 5 individual holes cut out of the toe area for finger access. Style.
– One night, we crawl into a crowded campsite well after dark, exhausted after a long day. We have no other options, so we have to stay despite the lack of space. There is definitely no room to set up a tent so we have to cowboy camp (sleep on the ground). After laying down, I count 25 spiders, 3 frogs, and a few other assorted creepy crawlers on me. I resolve this problem by wearing my tent (yes, wearing my tent) like I'm in a rolled-up zip lock bag. It didn't bother me too terribly, however I feel that it could have been a claustrophobic's worst nightmare.
– We are in town taking a day off and stop by a bar for a drink. I order a cocktail and the bartender informs us "Sorry, no ice. The city just issued a water ban because they found E. Coli in the city water." Coincidentally, each of us has just chugged a significant amount of water minutes before that upon arriving in town… Perfect.
– Manzanita (the cat) has become quite the guard kitty and center of attention. One night, we are camping by a lake that is notorious for its mice population. As I'm sleeping, I awake to hear a ruckus brewing. I peer out of my sleeping bag and turn my light on just in time to catch Manzanita in the act of stalking a mouse that is beginning to bite into a food bag. That story doesn't end well for the mouse… She then proceeds to guard everyone's food bags for the entirety of the night only pausing once for a 30 minute break to snuggle up in my sleeping bag with me.
– This is only the beginning of Manzanita's killing streak… We catch her in the middle of hunting a bird and we capture a video of the action. The video makes its way to the "PCT 2017" Facebook page. Lots of the responses are something to the effect of "Nice job Manzanita! I remember when she was the size of my palm and now she is getting so big and strong!" However, plenty of comments go in a far darker direction: "I'm calling the local authorities on your cat" and "Eye for an eye: the cat should be killed for this." The post goes viral in the community and incites over 700 comments. What do we do? What ANY good thru-hiker cat family does best: create fake Facebook accounts and troll the haters.
That's all for now folks. That one way ticket I mentioned is set for a return on Monday Sept. 25. The mixed emotions haven't quite set in yet but I'm sure that will intensify as the flight date and Canadian border grow closer. I'll be writing my final blog from home so no shortage of those sappy, sad feelings will dominate what is sure to be a riveting final installment (I'm sure you can hardly contain your excitement now). However, it will also most likely include a detailed account of our taking the Seattle karaoke scene by storm. See y'all soon.
Please come visit me in auburn. I always have a couch for you to sleep on. There are several great games this year!
I am glad that you have a cat protecting you out in the wild! Take care of yourself and enjoy the last growling miles! Stay safe!


Happy World Book Day Everyone! What is your favourite book and what are you reading at the moment?
Pictured here, one of my own favourite books: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
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