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CM Punk Clarifies Tweet Calling Susan G. Komen's Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign 'A Scam'
By PWPIX on October 6, 2015
As noted Monday night, CM Punk took aim at Susan G. Komen, the most widely known and largest-funded breast cancer organization in the United States. The UFC fighter and former WWE Superstar wrote on Twitter, "If you're going to give money to a company that claims to raise money for finding a cure for cancer, please do some research. Komen is a scam."
If you're going to give money to a company that claims to raise money for finding a cure for cancer, please do some research.Komen is a scam
— Coach (@CMPunk) October 6, 2015
This caused a stir with wrestling fans because WWE has continued its partnership with Komen to raise funds through the annual "Rise Above Cancer" campaign in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Throughout October, WWE is utilizing all its assets to generate awareness, including television broadcasts. The WWE announcer table, entrance ramp and ring skirts will be co-branded and the middle ring rope turned pink. WWE is also donating to Komen 20 percent of the retail sales price of all co-branded merchandise sold on WWEShop.com and at live events.
Punk, who is currently being sued by WWE's Senior Ringside Physician, Dr. Chris Amann, for defamation, quickly clarified his critical remark to fans, saying it has nothing to do with wrestling.
@MrCreepyBoss I'm talking about people collecting money for themselves in the name of breast cancer and you're talking about fake wrestling.
@JohnCenaFTW1 didn't mention wrestling at all.
@Stephen_R96 no. It has nothing to do with wrestling.
The truth is never popular. Fuck all you crazy asses. Read a book.
@AdamentlyPoised I hated on nobody. I didn't mention wrestling at all.
It should be noted that Punk showed support for the campaign in 2013. He appears in this promotional video with WWE Superstars, where he says, "Never stop fighting."
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First Connecticut Bike-Walk Summit Raises Hope
If you doubt that bicycles and pedestrians are beginning to get some long-overdue attention as road users, those doubts might have been revised on Saturday, Nov. 13, when about 150 people gathered at Central Connecticut State University for the state's first Bike-Walk Summit.
Participants learned about the latest developments at the Connecticut Department of Transportation, heard about national trends in community planning such as "Complete Streets," got the scoop on the new legislative landscape, and learned about national and international bicycle and pedestrian planning—among many other topics.
The summit was sponsored by www.BikeWalkCT.org. Old Saybrook representatives included members of the Bikeways Committee, the Board of Selectmen, and the Police Commission.
A "Complete Streets" law took effect on Oct. 1 in Connecticut. This refers to a practice of considering all road users in street design, including non-motorized users. This new law says, among other things, that the state and municipalities working with state money must set aside 1% of funds for bike and pedestrian projects.
Things are busy in New Haven, where a number of tangible changes are underway. The city has completed a street design manual that addresses bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. It is available at the New Haven web site: www.cityofnewhaven.com/TrafficParking/pdfs/CS-Manual-04-05-10.pdf
New Haven is using the "SeeClickFix" Web site to accept public input about safety issues and repairs. (http://www.SeeClickFix.com) SeeClickFix is a local advocacy Web site that lets users write about issues and encourages communication between residents and local government. SeeClickFix users post a complaint about problems that occur within a set of boundaries on a Google Map, like a missing stop sign or a damaged curb, and the site communicates the problem to local agencies and departments, with a mark the Google map.
New Haven also has a "Vision Zero" initiative, an idea that got its start in Scandinavia and is spreading worldwide. It is based on the premise that traffic fatalities are NOT inevitable.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is exploring six major changes to past policies, including the following:
Setting aside 50% of Federal Transportation Enhancement funds received by the DOT for bicycle and pedestrian projects.
Allowing Surface Transportation Funds (STP) to be used for bike and pedestrian projects.
Putting sidewalks on an equal footing with other elements of road design.
Including more bicycle and pedestrian design standards in the DOT Design Manual.
Making faster responses to local situations, implementing of a "quick fix" mechanism.
Collaborating with the Department of Environmental Protection, which currently administers many miles of bike and pedestrian trails within the state park system.
Comments regarding changes to DOT policy can be sent to Tom Maziarz, DOT's Bureau Chief for Policy and Planning. Email: maziarztj@ct.gov.
The Capital Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) has a "Smart Cycling" education program. According to Sandra Fry, Transportation Planner, these programs are based on the principles advanced by the American League of Bicyclists: "Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles."
Ms. Fry reviewed who and what causes of cycling accidents. According to her sources, responsibility for cycling accidents is about 50/50 between cyclist and motorist. She also showed that about 50% of all cycling accidents involve falls by the cyclist, indicating that many riders have poor control of the bike. The Smart Cycling program teaches five layers of safety for cyclists, including bike control, following traffic laws, proper positioning on the road, hazard avoidance, and use of helmets.
Legal trends are causing more state and local governments to look at laws as they pertain to bicyclists and pedestrians, according to Kyle Wiswall of the Tristate Transportation Campaign. Nonetheless, there continues to be a lot of misinformation regarding those laws. One of the primary objections to "complete street" designs, he said, is the fear that towns raise their liabilities with designs that encourage multiple types of users. Contrary to common opinion, however, towns have "design immunity" as long as implementation is done according to accepted design standards (such as those advanced in connection with Connecticut's new "Complete Streets" law).
Wiswall also discussed the "vulnerable user law" that will be considered in the upcoming legislative session. This law creates a new category of road user—anyone outside the crumple zone of a motor vehicle. This can include emergency workers while outside their vehicles, road workers, pedestrians, cyclists, roller bladers, skateboarders, horseback riders, and others. If passed, it will give police the power to cite drivers whose role in accidents with "vulnerable users" is currently uncovered by existing laws.
Tim Blumenthal, executive director of Bikes Belong, shared that about 60% of survey respondents in Portland, OR, could be classified as "concerned" about safety in cycling—a factor which causes them to cycle less than they might. This 60% will be the source of growth in transportation cycling as better infrastructure and better education become established.
These were just some of the highlights. Information flowed freely, as did some cautious optimism that a new day may be dawning for those who would like to leave their cars in the driveway. The presentations will be posted at the BikeWalkCT Web site by the week of Nov. 22.
For some interesting Web sites, check out these:
Connecticut bicycling and walking advocacy site where the Summit presentations will be posted: http://www.bikewalkct.org
Walk to School Pledge: http://walkitbikeitct.org
United States Bicycle Route System: http://www.adventurecycling.org/usbrs
Share-the-road signage in Connecticut: http://sharetheroadct.org
Benchmarking report 2010 on biking and walking in the US: http://www.PeoplePoweredMovement.org
Kathy Connolly is Chairman of the OldSaybrook Bikeways Committee and can be reached at kathy.connolly@snet.net
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This summer, Augustana students embarked on a variety of undergraduate research projects and internships — everything from using genetics to personalize medicine to improving crop rotations.
Augustana University women's golf student-athlete Jordan Bormann has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. She is one of only 29 recipients nationwide to receive the prestigious award and the first women's golf student-athlete from Augustana to earn the honor.
Augustana is mourning the loss of longtime business and economics professor Leslie (Les) Carson.
The Augustana community is mourning the loss of longtime history professor and author Dr. Lynwood Oyos.
An anti-meth video and social media campaign developed by a team of Augustana students has been recognized by the South Dakota Attorney General's office.
Money has ranked Augustana among the nation's best colleges. The ranking is based on education quality, affordability and outcomes.
The legacy of the late Phyllis Hanse lives on in Webster. She generously left 90 percent of her estate, a total of $4.2 million, to support Augustana University student scholarships, among other worthy causes.
Research findings by an Augustana physics professor and AU alumni are featured in Scientific Reports, a nationally recognized online repository of life, physical, chemical, applied science and clinical research.
The Eide/Dalrymple Gallery at Augustana University has issued a call for art for its upcoming exhibit, "To Reform: Artists Respond to the Reformation," a visual commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.
Five Augustana alumni were honored during Viking Days for their outstanding achievements in their fields and for exemplifying the core values of Augustana University: Christian Faith, Excellence, Liberal Arts, Community and Service.


The Speaker, H.E. Irakli Kobakhidze will serve the official visit to Swiss Confederation on September 11-14.
He will hold the meeting with the President of the National Council of Switzerland, Dominique de Buman and the Switzerland-Georgia Friendship Group members.
The Speaker will participate in the round table on Legal State, Human Rights, State and Religion.
The meetings are scheduled with the Director of the State Secretariat of Economy, Secretary of State, Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch, Vice Director of Migration Secretariat, Ambassador, Vincenzo Mascioli, Head of Migration Secretariat for the third countries and multilateral relations, Karl Lorenz, Chair of the Federal Department for Foreign Affairs, Ignazio Cassis, Secretary for Education, Research and Innovations, Mauro Dell'Ambrogio and Research Officer of the Secretariat for bilateral relations.
The Speaker and the Delegation will visit CSL Behring AG company and will speak with the apprentices of dual education.
The Delegation is composed of: Eka Beselia, Guram Macharashvili, Giorgi Tugushi, and the Chief of the Speaker's Cabinet, Nikoloz Samkharadze.


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Letters to the Editor: Let voters decide the fate of Caltrain
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A north bound CalTrain makes it's way past the Bayshore CalTrain Station in Brisbane, Calif., on Thursday December 21, 2017.
Michael Short/Special to The Chronicle
Political brinksmanship may cost the commuting public a seat on Caltrain in the future. Caltrain has been a win for commuters in the Bay Area, generating 70% of its operating costs through the farebox, higher than almost any other Bay Area transit agency. In an effort to make it self-sustaining, a ⅛-cent sales tax ballot measure was proposed for November, but it's being used as a pawn in an ongoing battle regarding governance.
SamTrans has been the adult in the room for decades — buying the railroad when San Francisco and Santa Clara counties didn't want to ante up. The other counties pledged to pay but have been slow and at times completely unable to pay their entire share of the purchase cost. So SamTrans stepped up a second time, ultimately negotiating a deal to forgive purchase-related interest owed by the other two in exchange for the right to operate the system. A total of $20 million in principal repayment was also lifted off the backs of the two other agencies. At some point there may be value in a new governance structure, but governance is already divided three ways among the three counties. No agency has 100% control. Why would we want to jeopardize a winning transit system today over who gets to hold the gavel tomorrow?
Let the voters decide the fate of Caltrain through a vote on a one-eighth-cent sales tax. Don't kill the future of the train system over a power grab.
Trump's threat to send federal forces to Oakland draws California pushback
Editorial: SF supervisors' not-so-great Caltrain robbery
Rep. Jackie Speier, San Mateo
A political ploy
Regarding "Trump: Federal forces may head for Oakland" (July 21): It's a time-tested political ploy that when a president is down in the polls, he'll start a war, hoping to rally voters around the flag. Trump, unimaginative as ever, is now following that tired old script, but with a twist: he's waging war against his own citizens.
Rik Myslewski, San Francisco
John Lewis' sacrifice
Regarding "An act of honor" (Editorial, July 21): In honoring the late Rep. John Lewis, let us remember that his sacrifice and that of other civil rights leaders in the cause of racial justice helped all people of color, not only African Americans. As Asian Americans in the 1950s, my family was denied the right to buy a house in Maryland because a neighbor objected to Asians living next to them. I was denied entry into college fraternities because of white-only bylaws. When I served in the military and visited an installation in the South, I refused to leave the base because I didn't know which restroom in town to use, white or colored. Clearly, I was neither. We have all come a long way.
Ken Kashiwahara, Millbrae
Backward approach
Regarding "Cautious hope for agreement on rescue pact" (July 21): In the European Union, where COVID-19 has killed 135,000 people, German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised a carefully negotiated $2.1 trillion budget and coronavirus recovery fund by stating, "An extraordinary situation demands extraordinary efforts." In the United States, where COVID-19 has killed over 140,000 people, President Trump is trying to block billions of dollars for states to conduct testing and contact tracing in an upcoming coronavirus relief bill, and continues to insist that this health crisis will simply go away. While Europe is moving forward to address this pandemic, the U.S. is tragically moving backward.
Umberto D'Avila, Sausalito
Unchecked growth
Regarding "Housing goals high — but also too low?" (July 21): Stop. Stop the insanity of growth as a solution to problems when it only exacerbates them. It's more congestion, more pollution, useless freeways and the mindless march toward a critical mass that our environment cannot support. Any system that destroys its environment destroys itself. Our urban centers are very close to doing so, as is our extraction of the natural resources from less-congested regions that fuel this unchecked growth. Our economic system values growth and ties it to profits and prosperity. But can we truly prosper if we destroy the planet we inhabit?
Bill Nichols, San Francisco
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Trouble with writing
Regarding "Mail ballots' haphazard signatures spell trouble" (July 19): I was very disheartened to see the article concerning ballot signatures by John Wildermuth, as I am one of the 930,000 people in the United States who suffers from Parkinson's disease. One of the things that can happen with Parkinson's disease is it affects your ability to write. One's writing becomes so small — micrographia — that I can't even read my own writing. I have no idea how long ago I signed my initial signature, which they will be using to compare with my current illegible writing, and I fear it will be rejected. I want my vote to count each and every time I vote by mail, as do thousands of other people with Parkinson's.
Michelle Johnston, Alameda
Don't get complacent
Regarding "Biden needs bigger lead to ensure victory" (July 19): Thank you, former Mayor Willie Brown, for reminding us in his Sunday column that Joe Biden supporters must not get complacent regarding Biden's poll numbers. It would be helpful for Brown to inform Biden supporters of the many ways to get involved in his campaign to ensure his victory. Organizations such as Vote Forward, Indivisible, Swing Left and Postcards to Voters are providing ways to be involved and volunteer from home. Also, it would be helpful if Brown would let us know how he is working to ensure Biden is our next president.
Sandy Franchini, Benicia
Unaddressed issues
Regarding "Bay Area lays plans for 2050" (Page 1, July 20): The plans for the Bay Area as projected into 2050 are completely lacking in the effects that continuing global warming are going to have on the Bay Area and California as a whole. In addition, these plans by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission have been made without mentioning the large chances of a major earthquake in the Northern California area. There are also many other factors that have been ignored, such as the increasing deterioration of the Bay Area from the explosion of homelessness that will certainly occur as our state and nation are still failing to make a real commitment to end this growing social crisis. I urge our local, state and national governments to stop pretending that these impending crises of climate and total environmental change, plus unaddressed poverty and homelessness, will somehow disappear without our real commitment to solving them. Our nation's leaders seem to be living in a dream world that will soon be shattered by a most shocking reality.
Rama Kumar, Fairfax


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Fenerbahce want £6.4m-rated West Brom ace Hegazi
Date: 5th March 2019 at 7:12pm
Written by: David Wright
Fenerbahce are in the hunt to sign West Brom centre-back Ahmed Hegazi, according to Aksam.
The Turkish news outlet claims that Hegazi, 28, has been made the number one target for the Istanbul giants, who are expecting Martin Skrtel to leave them when his contract expires in the summer.
It is understood that the Egypt international has been identified as a replacement for the former Liverpool defender.
Aksam adds that Hegazi is valued at £6.4million.
Good move for West Brom?
Hegazi may have been a bit of a liability for West Brom in the Premier League when they were relegated last season, but he has improved in the Championship.
The ex-Fiorentina centre-back has made 33 appearances across all competitions this season and the Baggies have failed to win any of the five Championship games that he has missed due to injury.
Although he did not play well against Leeds on Friday, Hegazi would be missed by West Brom if they fail to win promotion from the Championship this season.
However if they return to the Premier League, Darren Moore would be better off letting him go and trying to find an upgrade.
This is Futbol rating 5/10
Likely to happen?
Fenerbahce are the sort of team that would suit Hegazi.
The Turkish Super Lig is not a strong league but the Egypt international would be closer to home in Istanbul and might stand out a bit more playing for a team going for league titles.
Albion fans who like Hegazi should be concerned by this report.
However Moore is unlikely to make any decision until the end of the season.
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Jackets Drop Dual Meet to No. 14/23 Auburn
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THE FLATS – Despite seven gold medals and 22 in the top 2, Georgia Tech swimming and diving was unable to down nationally ranked Auburn on Saturday morning at the McAuley Aquatic Center.
"I'm super proud of the way we competed today," head coach Courtney Shealy Hart said. "I think we're better than we were a year ago, which is great. Our freshmen stepped up in a big way, which is always fun to see. From this point forward it's about sharpening up the little things as we go into championship season."
Caio Pumputis and Christian Ferraro led the way for the Yellow Jackets, recording two first-place finishes apiece on the day. Pumputis touched the wall first in the 200 free (1:36.85) and 200 back (1:47.75), while Ferraro garnered gold medals in the 200 fly (1:46.79) before he swam a career-best 2:01.63 in the 200 breast.
Tech also got impressive performances out of Miles Corben and freshman Dylan Scott. Corben led the field of swimmers in the 50 free with a time of 20.18, while Scott kicked hard to a 500 free time of 4:28.89.
The men's relay team in the 200 free also took home the gold to cap the day strong. The squad of Corben, Pumputis, Ferraro and Darren Lim touched first with a time of 1:20.51.
Men's Highlights
Scott continued his terrific meet, hitting a second-place finish in the 1000 free (9:27.93). Touching the wall second behind him was freshman Josh Cohen, who PR'd with a 9:30.70 before Cale Russell scored with a fifth-place 9:33.53.
On the boards, freshman Ruben Lechuga recorded a pair of second-place finishes – (321.23 – 1-meter; 375.38 – 3-meter). Also on the 3-meter board, freshman Sam Witcher finished fourth (season-best 310.13) and Jacob Kreider finished fifth (309.68). Witcher and Kreider also finished fourth (273.23) and fifth (272.10) in the 1-meter, respectively.
Also finishing second was Jonathan Yang, who turned in a time of 56.08 in the 100 breast. Behind Yang was Tanner Doan, who swam a fifth-place time of 57.42.
In the first relay of the day, Georgia Tech started with a second-place 400 medley relay time of 3:19.36 by Kyle Barone, Yang, Ferraro and Darren Lim. Individually, Lim also touched second in the 50 free with a time of 20.66.
Pumputis then hauled in a third top-2 time in the 100 fly, swimming a career-best 48.27 before senior Clay Hering finished sixth with a 49.98 time.
Lim also turned in a top-2 time in the 100 free, swimming a 45.18 (second), before Albert Zhi turned in a fifth-place time of 45.36. Zhi also scored for Tech in the 200 free, swimming a 1:38.56 for fourth place.
Georgia Tech then owned the field of finalists in the 200 IM, finishing 2-3-4, respectively – Tanner Doan (1:51.42), Jackson Harvin (1:53.07), Joonas Koski (1:54.53).
In the 100 back, Barone led the way with a time of 49.74 (third), before Leon Warnakulasuriya touched the wall fifth (54.08). Barone was also able to score for Tech in the 200 back, touching fifth with a time of 1:53.08.
Behind Ferraro in the 200 fly, Clay Hering kicked hard to a time of 1:48.53 to finish third. Then behind Ferraro in the 200 breast, Yang finished third with a time of 2:03.63.
Behind Scott in the 500 free, senior Koski finished fourth (4:33.77) before Cohen's fifth-place finish (4:37.75).
Women's Highlights
Allie Paschal had a fine day, beginning with a second-place time of 55.33 in the 100 back. On her heels was senior Caroline Lee, who finished third with a time of 56.38. Paschal then captured her second top-2 time of the day with a 1:59.65 (second) performance in the 200 back. On her heels again was Lee (2:04.65), who finished fourth.
On the boards, Camryn Hidalgo dove to back-to-back second-place honors, scoring 312.23 in the 3-meter and 289.28 in the 1-meter. Right behind her on the day was freshman Carmen Woodruff, who finished third in the 1-meter (247.20) and fifth in the 3-meter (266.03).
Georgia Tech then swept the 2-3-4 in the 200 IM, with Kristen Hepler (2:04.31), Catriona MacGregor (2:06.42) and McKenzie Campbell (2:07.82) scoring in the event.
Senior Emily Ilgenfritz' best individual performance on the day came in the 500 free, where she finished second with a time of 4:55.48. Trailing her was freshman Brooke Switzer, who touched fifth for a PR of 4:59.90. Senior Hepler also scored another second-place finish for Tech, hers coming in the 200 breast where she swam a 2:17.16. Right behind her was Nicole Williams (fourth – 2:21.43).
Three Jackets scored in the 1000 free with Ilgenfritz (third – 10:15.33), Morgan Johnson (fourth – 10:20.00) and Lindsay Wallace (fifth – 10:23.28).
The White and Gold turned in back to back finishes in the 200 fly, as Campbell finished third (2:02.19) and Ilgenfritz finished fourth (2:02.76). Switzer then also led a pair of freshman scorers in the 200 free, touching the wall third with a time of 1:51.78 before Kyrsten Davis finished fifth (1:53.06).
Freshman Campbell then led the way in the 100 fly, finishing third with a time of 56.24 before senior Chloe Miller finished fifth (56.52).
In the 100 breast, Tech finished back-to-back as Hepler (1:04.17) and Williams (1:04.79) finished fourth and fifth place, respectively. The Jackets then recorded another back-to-back finish in the 50 free with MacGregor (23.95) and Amanda Hoejberg (24.35) finishing fourth and fifth, respectively.
In the relays, Georgia Tech started the day with a fourth-place 400 medley relay time of 3:48.33 (Paschal, MacGregor, Miller, Switzer). The Jackets' squad of Davis, Hoejberg, Paschal and MacGregor also turned a third-place time of 1:36.20 in the 200 free relay to cap the day.
Scoring for Tech in the 100 free was Switzer and Davis. Switzer finished sixth with a time of 52.48 while Davis swam a 52.59.
Josh Cohen set a new personal record in the men's 1000 free, swimming a 9:30.70.
Caio Pumputis set a new personal record in the men's 100 fly, turning in a 48.27.
Christian Ferraro swam a personal-best 2:02.63 in the men's 200 breast
Ruben Lechuga turned in two more Zone Qualifying Scores on Saturday. His scores in the 1-meter (321.23) and 3-meter (375.38) both qualified.
Camryn Hidalgo turned in two more Zone Qualifying Scores on Saturday. Her scores in the 1-meter (289.28) and 3-meter (312.23) both qualified.
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For the latest information on Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Swimming & Diving, follow us on Twitter (@GTSwimDive), Instagram (@GTSwimDive), and Facebook (Georgia Tech Swimming & Diving) or visit us at www.ramblinwreck.com.
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The website is designed to be a nonpartisan landing page for all things related to voting in California.
The website features multi-lingual, accessible content related to elections and voting, as well as links to online voter registration and voter status lookup.
To help voters prepare for this November 6, 2018, General Election, the site also features a brand-new, video-driven Voter Guide.
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Q: Finding a basis for $W=\{p(x)\in \mathbb{P}_3 \mid p(-1)=p(2)=0\}.$
Find a basis for $W=\{p(x)\in \mathbb{P}_3 \mid p(-1)=p(2)=0\}.$

First off, $\mathbb{P}_n$ denotes the vector space with polynomials with degree $n$ or lower.
My work/thinking:
I know that for $\mathbb{P}_n$, its standard basis would be $\{1,x,x^2, \cdots,x^n\}.$
Would this be a correct basis for $W$?
$W_{\text{Basis}}=\{1,(x+1)(x-2),(x+1)^2(x-2),(x+1)^3(x-2)\}$
Since the problem wants the basis for polynomials in $\mathbb{P}_3$, with the roots being $x=1$ and $x=2$, I just thought of one way for the polynomial to have the given roots, and then I just raised its degree from $1$ to $3$. I did that because from what I understand about polynomials in sets, they are linearly independent if each of the elements in the set have different degrees. (Please correct me if I am wrong about this.)

A: Hint 1:
You have too many elements in your bases.  First of all, $p(x)=1$ satisfies neither of $W$'s defining properties, and $(x+1)^3(x-2)$ has degree greater than $3$.
However, $\{(x+1)(x-2),(x+1)^2(x-2)\}$ are indeed linearly independent and both within the set.  Now, is this a complete basis?  Why or why not?
Hint 2
We can write polynomials $a+bx+cx^2+dx^3$ as vectors of the form $\begin{bmatrix}a&b&c&d\end{bmatrix}^T$.  In that case, this subspace is the following solution-space for $\vec x$:
$$
\begin{bmatrix}
1 & -1 & 1 & -1\\
1 & 2 & 4 & 8
\end{bmatrix} \vec x=\vec 0
$$

A: Let $P \in  W$
$P(-1)=0$ so $X+1\mid P$
$P(2)=0$ so $X-2\mid P$
Since $X+1 \land X-2 = 1$, $(X+1)(X-2)\mid P$
So we can find $Q$ so that $P=(X+1)(X-2)Q$
Since $P$ is of degree at most $3$, $Q$ is of degree at most $1$ so there is an $\alpha,\beta  \in \Bbb R$ so that $Q=\alpha X + \beta$
Let $S=\{(X+1)(X-2)(\alpha X + \beta) \mid \alpha,\beta \in \Bbb R\}$
We have just shown that $S\subseteq W$
Now let $P\in S$. From its expression, it's obvious that $P(-1)=0=P(2)$ so $S\subseteq W$
So we have that $S=W$
Can you find a basis for $S$?

By that way, in case you have already studied linear systems, it is easy to see $W$ is of dimension $2$.
You want the elements of $\Bbb P_3$, polynomials $aX^3+bx^2+cX+d$, that satisfy two equations: $-a+b-c+d=0$ and $8a+4b+2c+d=0$. Since both equations are linearly independent, you get a subspace of dimension $\dim \Bbb P_3 - $"number of linearly independant equations "$=4-2=2$.

A: Just as another way of solving this problem. You can use the method of undetermined coefficients: you apply your conditions for a general polynom $a_{n} x^n + a_{n-1} x^{n-1} + \dots + a_0$ of degree less or equal then $n$. Applying restrictions gives you a system of linear equations. Choosing the basis for a solution of this system is equivalent to choosing basis in space of polynoms with such properties.

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Date of publication: 29 01 2019, 12:20
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Representative Martin Sajdik's interview with an Austrian newspaper, in which he tried to shift responsibility for resolving Ukraine's domestic crisis to the United Nations, is surprising, Russian Representative to the Contact Group on resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine Boris Gryzlov told on Tuesday.
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I'm still playing quite a bit of Hearthstone. It's so easy to just log on and have a quick game (well not that quick these days, but I'll get onto that in second) in between doing other things. It's so different to WoW where I have start up the other laptop, find and plug in my charger, get my mouse etc. Yes first world problems.
However, each game of Hearthstone seems to be taking forever. Part of it is my fault. I'm playing a Mind Blast Priest so the games tend to be long. My strategy is to keep the board as clear as possible, chip bits and pieces off the opponent's health while keeping mine relatively ok and then finally Shadowreaper Anduin up and finish them off with Mind Blasts and Hero Power. It's truly a beautiful thing when it works out.
But then I come up against Druids – specifically Malygos Druids and it all goes to pot. Firstly the game just takes so long I end up getting completely bored – and this isn't just sore loser bored but genuine fed up with this game & just want to play something else bored. Druids take forever on their turn – I guess because they are counting potential spell damage and only have so many fingers. I've caught on that I need to keep my health up, wait for Malygos, try to silence it, or Psychic Scream it, or steal it with a Cabal Shadow Priest & Twilight Acolyte combo if I can – anything just to get it off the board and hope they've not got that Floop card which will play another Malygos for less mana on the next turn. But if it all goes badly wrong – well the other day I was hit in the face for over 30. Not the nicest feeling in the world.
And it's not just Malygos. You have to think about their removal – Swipe & Naturalise, their proliferation of Spreading Plague taunts if you overfill your side of the board, and of course Malfurion the Pestilent. I'm jealous really. The Icy Veins version of the deck has 6 legendaries, of which I have just one. It's so hard to keep up with things in this game, at least if you don't want to spend much money. Hey ho. Maybe Santa will be good to me this year.
However, I have discovered a game I can play and enjoy right now – Stardew Valley. Now I know this is not a new game and I know many of you will have already been, seen and conquered it, but it is new to me. The other day I stumbled across a review of the game saying how chilling and relaxing it was and how it was helping people de-stress at the end of a long day and it sounded absolutely perfect for me right now as I recover from chemo and wait for radiotherapy to start. So I started playing it and I have to say I love it. It is everything the review I read said it was.
Indeed I love it so much that today I started a new YouTube Channel to record my gameplay. I think the channel might motivate me not just to play Stardew Valley but actually to go ahead and try some other games that I've never played before. I've been so into WoW, Hearthstone & Minecraft in the past that I've really narrowed my gaming horizons – time to expand them. Anyway the first episode is up, it's a bit rough but it's here if anyone wants to take a look. Don't worry – I don't mention the big C and I'm not using a web camera until I have more hair (the wigs I tried did me no favours and my current scarf wear just screams chemotherapy). I'm hoping recording videos for the new channel will help me rediscover my love of gaming and, through living in Stardew Valley, the joys of nature (albeit the pixellated version!).
So despite everything I said I've had no time nor inclination to play WoW over the past few weeks. So ended up only resubbing for a month and now it's all over. Not sure what that says about me and WoW going forward. Maybe whatever we had is really lost? Can't go back, must go forward I guess.
So…going forward … last week I used my few couple of hours free to stream Minecraft on the PS4 to my You Tube channel. I was missing Minecraft & had a hankering to give streaming a go. But the stream cut off halfway through and I didn't realise and … well it was all rather disappointing (viewers – all 0 of them – missed some awesome mining). The other problem with PS4 Minecraft is it's Vanilla & I like modpacks.
So today I set up Minecraft on the computer again, downloaded FTB Feed the Beast mod pack & OBS for streaming and linked everything to Twitch and spent over an hour streaming. Had one viewer for about 5 minutes. They said one or two things in chat which was nice. But viewers or no viewers I had a lot of fun. The realisation is slowly dawning that these days I prefer Minecraft to WoW and I enjoy streaming (although all I do is talk to myself the entire time). I think I'm going to do more of it and hopefully get better of it.
My stream is here if anyone is interested. Today's stream got off to a shaky start – I was fiddling with my settings and forget to speak for awhile! Gets better as it goes on – although I should apologise for the scream when a creeper pays me a visit!
And it's better than Christmas Day!
It's funny the urge to confess on here. A few weeks ago I posted that I was doing a course on Unity because I'd always had a hankering to create my own game (& something more than the little things I've created in Scratch). I was full fuss I really wanted to commit to this and create something – even if it took years. But where am I now? Well I got rather carried away using something called Fungus in Unity. I have so many stories in my head and I thought I would use Fungus to make some interactive adventure/visual novel type games. But weeks later I have just deleted one would be children's game (about an orphaned chick on a farm trying to make friends with the other animals!), finally given up for good a murder mystery/thriller that I have been striving to create in various formats for years & completely lost the will to live in regard to a school mystery adventure where you have to figure out out which of the teachers is an alien! I did create a tiny little game in Corona using Lua which basically gives points for shooting cookies before they reach a big red mouth in the middle of the screen (I thought it might be an interesting diversion for people on a diet- in fact the game is tedious beyond belief). So I'm starting to think I was mistaken. Maybe actual game development isn't for me. I'm overwhelmed by the work involved in all the visual novel adventure games. I find myself fiddling for hours on end with the graphics, camera views and music and getting nowhere with the actual story, characters and player choices . And when I do start on them I realise the amount of work it will all take and I visibly wilt.
It's my fault I know. Whatever I'm doing seems to start small and then snowball. And while I know mobile phone/app type games could be done as smaller projects, in truth these are not the sort of games I like playing – so why then would I create them? I'm also coming to realise that what I actually like doing is learning the computer language/game development software (reading the tutorials, trying it all out, seeing it work etc.) but I don't like working on anything generated in my own head! So for example I'm enjoying the Roblox videos I'm making for Geeks & Geeklets where I'm basically following the Roblox Wiki tutorials to learn more about Roblox but I'm less interested in pulling it all together to make an actual game (although I will do this at the end of the Roblox series as that's the goal of the series).
But all these mothballed projects make me feel so guilty. And it's even worse when I think about my writing. Sometime ago I wrote a scifi/parallel universes book (it was originally a NaNoWriMo project). For awhile I made it available on Amazon (together with Book One of a would be fantasy trilogy, a compilation of some WoW writings I pulled into a book and a non fiction humorous (well I thought so anyway!) book on improving your brain. I pulled them all off Amazon ages ago. I just did not like seeing these supposedly finished projects up there when I knew there was still so much more I could do with them if only I had the energy to do it. And I simply didn't have that energy. So I have an 80% finished Part 2 of the trilogy sitting untouched in Scrivener while Part 3 exists only in outline. It all torments me when I let myself think about it. So I try not to most days.
So all this stuff is mothballed and it looks like the games I have part created will be mothballed too. In truth in terms of creativity the only thing that seems to endure is my poetry on my Sullen Craft and Seatown site and my posts on this blog. I'm also writing more for Geeks & Geeklets (see here – I'm very much enjoying being a part of that site and community). Maybe it's a small doses thing. I can keep doing some stuff as long as it's short and sweet. But if it snowballs it ends up being mothballed – sad but true.
So I'm enrolled on a Coursera Unity course and I'm loving it. I've completed a Solar Simulation project to my family's amazement (perhaps they humour me) & I'm part way through a Rollerball project. I'm getting my head around the X,Y, Z axis (is there a plural for "axis"? – yes, looked it up, it is "axes" – I may have just grown a brain cell). I'm learning the difference between Materials & Textures (not the same thing apparently – you put a Texture onto a Material but something could be a Material with no Texture – I think – although it's now reading like something the Riddler would send to Batman). I've also learnt about Game Objects, Assets and Prefabs. It's a great course – the instructor is easy to understand and each stage of the project is broken down into nice bite size chunks. I feel like I'm learning new and interesting things. So why then am I feeling so guilty about the whole thing?
The answer lies in the reason for doing the course. You see I'd like to make my own game. I've wanted to do so for awhile but aside from making a couple of little games in Scratch (as part of another course) and dabbling a bit in RPG Maker I've not really got very far. And I'm no programmer – I've completed two beginner Coursera courses on Python but that's it. One poor version of Pong does not a programmer make.
So I've thought about games development a lot but have always stopped myself either before starting out on anything or part way through whatever I've enrolled on (or checked out from the library). And the reason for all this is that I feel very foolish about wanting to do this (even worse now I'm putting it out here on the blog – but where else but my Bravetank blog for a post about me being foolish?).
The world is awash with games – who needs mine?
People already complain about all the dross on Steam made from Unity – why add to it?
To make something really good would require more knowledge, skill & ability than I could ever hope to develop – particularly at my age with brain cells dying off every second (although I did just grow one a moment ago).
I should be doing something more useful instead.
When do I intend doing all this – particularly come January when my work/life "busyness" is going to increase hundredfold?
So I have all these thoughts whirling around in my head making me feel silly for starting this Unity course. At my time of life I shouldn't be feeling all pleased with myself for applying a Texture to a Material (or was it the other way round?) and oohing and aahing about my rotating planets. I'm being silly, deluding myself & wasting precious time. Maybe. And in any case it's going to take me ages to learn enough Unity & programming skills to create any type of game, let alone the one I want to create.
But I read something the other day about setting ourselves a 10 year plan. The idea is we shouldn't be put off starting learning something new because it's so hard and/or would take ages to reach anything approacher a mastery of the subject. We should tell ourselves that if we practice something new every day in about 10 years time we'll have a lot of it figured out. I think I can commit to a 10 year plan – while accepting that we plan and God guffaws till his sides split, and all that. A ten year plan would take me to my early 50s. If I could create something that I want to create by my early 50s surely that's worth doing or at least attempting? Sometimes I think I hit my peak too long ago – 11 years to be precise when I completed my PhD and published a book that was well received. I left academia not long after. I didn't want the academic life – too much travelling, too many conferences, too much home sickness. But I sometimes regret that decision. I'm proud of the book – it's very occasionally cited in other academic texts on the subject and that gives me hope it will be around long after I'm gone. But I feel frustrated too. I feel that there's still more in me. But I don't really know what that "more" is. For awhile I thought it was writing – I self published some books on Amazon a few years ago but I pulled them all down not long after. I lost my nerve.
So will games creation be the same? Something I will try, get so far with and then chicken out from? It's not that I lose the interest. It's that the fear becomes overwhelming. Fear of screwing up in a conference, fear of travel and homesickness, fear of bad reviews, fear of ridicule. All I know right now is I keep thinking about creating a game and then I admonish myself for these thoughts. I tell myself that games creation was a road I should have travelled in my 20s. It's all so confusing. Roads travelled and not travelled, and the constant fear I'm now at a dead end.
So anyway I've enrolled on this Unity course because I have an idea for a game and I have to start somewhere. But I've had ideas like this before and I've talked myself out of them before. I'm hoping for once I can just shut up for a moment and let myself enjoy what I'm doing. And maybe that way I'll find my way onto a road I often wish I'd taken a long time ago.
1. Everyone would want to be a coroner – think of all those plump intestines spilling coins whenever you sliced someone open (actually that sounds like a recipe for murder – & lots of it too – scratch that one).
3. People with slightly pointy ears claiming Night Elf heritage – and trying to prove it by mounting tigers in London Zoo – would liven things up for the tourists.
4. You'd need some sort of weapon every time you wanted to do a bit of gardening – this would also add a much needed edge to all Alan Titchmarsh shows.
5. You could justify spending hours upon hours in the pub – after all you're gaining valuable "rested experience" and potentially doubling your future productivity (even more if dressed in Granny's handmedowns i.e. heirlooms). Unfortunately you'll probably find you can't actually lift your head the morning after – damn that alcohol stamina debuff.
6. Employment law would allow you to whack forestry workers (i.e. peons) with a Blackjack if you ever caught them napping under a tree – none of this formal warning, five days notice for the interview & you can bring a union rep nonsense.
7. Every elderly person who asked a friend or relative for help with their shopping would immediately find themselves put on the Abercrombie watchlist. We're not messing here. Fool me once – shame on you. Fool me twice – I'm running an alt through Duskwood. Fool me three times…no never again. Never again.
8. Oprah would make sure The Green Hills of Stranglethorn was number one on the bestseller list for Christmas. Her & Nesingwary go way back.
9. Being caught up in some black dragon's fiery attack on a city & burning to your death would be a cause for great celebration at gaining the achievement. Huge comfort to your relatives as they weep over your grave I'm sure.
10. But on that note- no permanent death. Yay. With a WoW life comes immortality of course. And overpopulation would not be an issue as you would have no ability to procreate (check your Spellbook & Abilities button – yep nothing there – RP emotes don't count). Enjoy your eternal sexless life.
WoW Insider's Community Blog question this week is "What's your end game?" This is a question I've been asking myself this week. It doesn't feel that straightforward to me. There is one easy answer – a description of what my end game currently is. And there is another answer – what I would like my end game to be. Two different things.
What my end game is: – Well I seem to be juggling a lot at the moment. Seashell my mage is on the "earn 3000 valor points" part of the Legendary Questline (the Black Prince now reveres me – although deep down I suspect he reveres no one but himself). I understand that the delights of PvP & fighting masochistic Celestials awaits me on the rest of this questline. It all feels rather overwhelming when I think too long about it … one step at a time I guess.
As well as that I'm trying to get all the various cooking Ways done (I have Grill & Pot so far). It's slow going. I'm either out farming ever day until my little hands bleed or guiltily paying over the odds at the auction house.
Then there's the Anglers, Isle of Thunder & Timeless Isle stuff (I want the trinket). I'm leaving the other dailies for the moment. I just can't do it all. I'm trying to run a scenario a day with my husband & one random person. The random person normally leaves us to get on with it – sensing a domestic on the horizon. Which there sometimes is – particularly when hubby makes me run around getting in all the hozen brew while he plays with the cannon.
Ok so that's what it is. Fun – yes, definitely. There is a variety of things to do. I've never enjoyed an end game as much as this one. While I'm still levelling some alts I actually find I miss being on Seashell, which is unusual for me once I'm at the level cap. But is it the end game I want? No – not exactly. I like the variety of things I'm doing & I enjoy teaming up with hubby. But there's still an issue – and that issue is LFR.
I want to do LFR at end game. And I want to enjoy it. I am never going to be a "proper" raider. But I do like LFR level raiding. I like it a lot. Or at least I like it a lot when it goes well. And by well I don't mean no mistakes and no wipes. No – I recognise that these are an important part of the game, part of the challenge, part of the learning curve. No – by going well I mean when the people are nice, friendly & tolerant. Or if incapable of that then at least neutrally silent. But unfortunately I see neither of these things in LFR. I usually see impatience, intolerance & abuse. And this is an unwelcome part of my WoW end game & is turning me away from something I should be enjoying.
There are some truly awful people in LFR. The things they say are extremely offensive. Their attitude towards other people is quite appalling. The abuse stuns me. I have never spoken to anyone the way they speak to other people in the raid. The bottom line seems to be that no one can make mistakes. No one can learn. Apparently because some of these raids have been out for a long time everyone should know exactly what they are doing. The fact that in every single LFR there are people who are there for the first time completely escapes them. I notice some of these "first timers" now announcing their inexperience as they enter the raid. "First time here" they confess – the unspoken part of this is often a plea I think- something along the lines of, "Show some patience please. Explain the fight. Don't be mean." But of course there is rarely patience, rarely explanations and nearly always meanness.
It seems that even if it is your first time in a raid you are expected to know everything, to have read all the strats & to have remembered every single boss mechanic. You are expected to have good reactions & spatial awareness (lo betide anyone who gets themselves in a bit of a state when the screen is an explosion of numbers & colours). You should have watched the videos, committed it all to memory & you should know exactly what you need to do in every situation. And yet of course for many people it's not that easy. Many people do not learn by reading and/or watching. They have to do something to understand it. And yes that might mean making mistakes. In fact it often means making mistakes. Like falling down the hole when the platform disappears. Yes that can happen. I've seen it happen lots of times in LFR. And it happened to me the first time (when my addon said the floor was dropping away I thought it meant the main floor so ran ONTO the platform!). But you know what? It's never happened again. This is because I, & most people, try to learn from mistakes. After all it's a fairly important part of life. So when someone has messed up in LFR next time they usually remember the mechanic that caused the death, fall, shame etc. and are more aware to ensure it doesn't happen again. They learn to move quicker, target the adds, run from the wall, distinguish between platform and floor. That's how it works.
Except of course in LFR it doesn't – not because people don't learn, but because many are so horrified by the level of abuse they see that they leave & never come back. And this means that something that might have been an enjoyable part of their end game is cut off from them. And that shouldn't be the case.
I have no answers to this. I see my end game being constrained by my apprehension about LFR. I'm yet to try SoO – I have heard that the mechanics are complex & while I'm happy to have a go, fail, learn & have another go, I suspect there will be plenty in LFR unwilling to give me the chance to do so.
So I stay away. I run scenarios with husband & do my dailies. But it's not what I actually want my end game to be – not fully anyway. I want my end game to include at least some degree of raiding, albeit the watered down, raiding for non raiders that is LFR. But I can't easily have that – at least not in a non-stressful, pleasant way. And I find that frustrating.
I've been sidetracked from LOTRO the last few days playing the Card Hunter beta. Never played a tabletop RPG – have an untouched Pathfinder beginner's set sitting on my bookshelf (guilting me with memories of that particular impulse buy from Amazon) nor an online card game, but I heard about the Card Hunter beta and decided to register.
The game is great – lots of fun. For a beginner like me it does a fantastic job of introducing you to the (virtual) table top RPG world. The whole thing is designed to look like a tabletop game. The graphics are cute and fun. The tutorial quickly takes you into an actual game & shows you what to do (basically step by step "click here", "do this" "click that" sort of instructions). Despite the help it still felt a bit overwhelming at times. My fault though – I click before I think – it's why they made me hand back the nuclear reactor keys. Some of the card descriptions also didn't make much sense to me at the start (what is this thing called "dodge" … ah yes you can see I've never played a warrior well in WoW), but when you start to play & use the cards you quickly get to grips with it all.
Andy is your guide – he's the virtual GM taking you through the game. His character adds another dimension to the whole thing – he makes you feel like you're actually sitting around a table with friends playing a D&D game (or starring in an episode of Big Bang Theory where they do that – which is my only real D&D reference point). The constant chat about pizza (an in-game currency you can choose to use if you want to) made me hungry though (from now on Dominos will be rubbing their hands with glee every time I log on).
Currently my little team is Level 5 & I've played about 8 campaigns. I've had a brief foray into Multi Player mode with an entirely different set of characters (they give you a pre-made set to get started) but I only played a tutorial session against Andy & I lost – badly – so have gone back to single player campaigns for the moment, licking my dice induced wounds.
It seems I need practice – lots of it. This game is showing up my limitations on several fronts – not least counting and reading. You know those basic things they teach you in nursery school. Turns out I've been doing them rather badly all these years. I don't know how many times I've carefully moved my little wizard to a square 6 feet away from the enemy, perfect for my next spell, only to find out I've miscounted and I'm one square out of range. How can I not count to six? I mean…really!
And reading- yes – I keep on misreading the cards and misunderstanding their effects. One time I helpfully cast Frenzy on the enemy & another time – again helpfully for the enemy – a debilitating spell on my fighter (who was only 1 health point away from death, so I managed to swiftly finish him off). My poor team – they tremble in fear every time I select a card. It usually means a painful death for one of them.
But I'm getting there. Slowly I'm working out how far I should run/dash/walk (finger on screen, tongue on lip, brow furrowed – one square, two squares, three squares, there, that does it – yes amazing how it works when I actually think about what I'm doing). I'm also learning how to recognise and use blocked terrain (boy did I celebrate when my elf hid behind a wall …bloody coward though) and how to pull together a deck that makes sense (in the beginning I was just looking for the highest gear level – WoW thinking I suppose – but then the card thing finally sunk in… ah yes I'm playing a card RPG – maybe I should actually think about the cards I want to use).
So the beta is great fun and very addictive. I lost a good two hours on it last night & have played a fair bit this evening. I'm learning to think tactically. "It's like chess!" I shouted to my husband today, as my dwarf warrior got ready to finish off an enemy troll with a rather vicious chop to the head. Or at least he tried to. Turned out I was one square short. Guess I still need to work on the counting.
Slowly levelling up Emeera (my Guardian) in LOTRO (level 13 currently). Having lots of smack forehead with a mallet moments. For example I ignored all the stable masters for ages – assuming they were just decorative (if you know what I mean). Then happened to click on one in the crazy hope I could get a mount from them (extremely crazy now that I understand the mount rules for Free Players … the official line is "buy one in the shop you tight wad") & saw that they operate like Flight Masters. Well sort of. One major difference is the fact you stay on the ground, second major difference is the fact you can only travel to some places with in game money- for others you need – yes you guessed it – LOTRO points (grr – I promised husband I'd save money by going on LOTRO – can hardly now go on a spending spree in the shop).
Another travel difference is that some journeys are swift travel journeys – almost instantaneous; while others show the entire journey & cause a lot of problems on my computer since it seems to be stubbornly refusing to render graphics that it thinks I'm not going to enjoy properly. So there is some quicker travel, but it's not particularly straightforward & since my gift horse only lasted 24 hours (because I looked it in the mouth – yes convoluted nonsensical play on words – I think I've had too much sugar today), I spend most of my time running round. On foot. Yes actually on foot. It's virtually very tiring. And often rather fruitless too.
You see there are so many quests on offer in so many different places in The Shire that it all feels rather chaotic. The problem is I can't resist a golden ring hovering above a head – it's a symbol of promise, adventure & reward (if I ever meet a haloed angel in real life I'm going to be really narked when I stop to chat & they don't hand me a quest – sod the salvation, send me to kill some chickens please). So I pick up loads of quests in one place, then before I know it, when I'm only halfway through the first of those quests, I find myself somewhere else where yet more quests are on offer and I pick up all those as well! They then send me further away from the original area & before I know it I'm all anxious about when I'm going to find my way back to the guys there to do their quests (the poor folk of Michel Delving- I really left them in the lurch). And then the next thing is I'm miles away approaching Bree (oooh it's big) being scared of things that are red to me. Side note- in the good tradition of MMOs & indeed life in general (think blood), red is bad. But I haven't really got to grips with the mob colour thing in LOTRO yet. I mean what the hell is blue? – animal is cold, mob is depressed? And purple? Saw some lovely purple wolves earlier. Purple to me is a very spiritual colour– third eye chakra & all that – but they did not seem at all interested in a group meditation session or anything similar. In fact they looked at me in a very un-enlightened manner, causing me to run away – into a pack of red bears…sigh.
I don't think I have it in me to do all the quests in all the areas (and I refuse to do anymore postman quest – I cannot help but stop to talk to nosey & hungry hobbits so the postman life is not for me). But I've decided at the very least I must do all the Epic Quests – they seem to be where the all the story happens. But a few of those are now ending with the line "you might want to bring some friends" . And therein lies a problem – I have no friends in LOTRO. And I'm not absolutely sure I want any. Not right now anyway. I'm enjoying the solo play. But I know I'm missing out on the storyline & probably all the good loot. It's like WoW back in the day before LFD. And while I'm the first to say that the instance group system in WoW has its problems (there are about 70 posts on this blog about the trauma of running instances in WoW!) I do miss that functionality in LOTRO. But having said that I'm a Guardian – ie a Tank & we all know I'm not really a "brave" Tank- so I'd probably be too scared to queue anyway. Useless – I know.
So where does that leave me? Well right now it's enjoying the soloing, "half unfinished storyline" life – and all on foot too (grr)!


The countless books that have come out in recent years on the impact of our evolutionary history on our moral habits have almost outdone Harry Potter. They have all claimed, to a greater or less degree, that our moral habits and beliefs can be attributed to human evolution, and in particular to the selection process that enabled us to rise above other animals competing in the same environment. They appear to be written, in roughly equal numbers, by moral philosophers or evolutionary biologists. Some books, with Why are we Moral? or similar titles, attribute a near complete moral sense to the evolutionary process. Others, more conservative, only argue that higher degrees of cooperation are the result of evolution.
It must not be forgotten that although a high standard of morality gives but a slight advantage or no advantage to each individual man and his children over the other men of the same tribe . . . [t]here can be no doubt that a tribe including many members who, from possessing in a high degree the spirit of patriotism, fidelity, obedience, courage, and sympathy, were always ready to aid one another, and to sacrifice themselves for the common good, would be victorious over most other tribes; and this would be natural selection.
The method by which the selection process works is not without some controversy. Darwin's passage indicated a belief in group selection, although a more widely held belief would appear to be in individual or genetic selection. Several writers however, have noted the vigorous advocacy of philosopher Elliott Sober and evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson, among others, for group selection. Maynard Smith and ESS (evolutionary stable strategies) illustrated with hawks and doves, the prisoners' dilemma, and the impact of genetic mutations, any of which give a reproductive advantage, are all parts of the discussion.
The process has not resulted entirely in a one-way path to cooperation and everlasting justice. Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene, has put the argument that the self-centered nature of mankind is also an evolutionary product. Peter Singer has presented a similar argument. Many authors, and even our own observations, would confirm this dual nature of mankind. What is far from clear, or agreed, however, is under what conditions these dual positive or negative natures come to the fore.
It appears to this writer that our own human history gives us an answer – that provided self interest or self-centeredness do not dominate, the great bulk of human beings are instinctively cooperative. Cooperation on an on-going basis, however, requires that we continually attempt to help others in the group and avoid harming them. Natural selection also dictates that we strive for the greater individual and collective benefit. I believe that we do this both individually and in groups. Darwin's arguments are, in effect, sound – that as genetic mutations produce both self-interest and cooperation, they also produce an ever increasing cognitive ability. The brain realizes the benefits of cooperation, the benefits of undisputed leadership, and of institutions that strengthen one group in the endless conflicts with other groups.
The result is the development of social practices and institutions that make for cooperation within societies, and the gradual development of a more just society. And that justice and fairness is the underpinning, not only for a more effective, more competitive society, but for ethical behaviour within that society. It would take a long, and perhaps tedious argument to support the contention that our history illustrates that evolutionary development has resulted in more ethical societies. A simple example, however, might convince. Why have we gradually, over the ages, introduced laws that seek to eradicate wrongdoing; and punish wrongdoers? It is evidence that those who seek this more just, more ethical society have, albeit with many back-sliding periods of crisis, held an advantage of over those who seek to serve their own interests. Another simple example is the change in government that Australia experienced recently. It was undertaken through a process that many regarded as unethical. But that change in government was bloodless. It will also be bloodless in most civilized countries around the world. It has not been that many years however, since the succession to power, in the long history of these same countries, has not been without bloody conflict between rival contenders.
Perhaps another example to use in the argument that institutional change has resulted in a more ethical stance is the fact that the Western European powers have not experienced an internal, internecine war since World War II. Those sixty-five years have been the longest period without war since the Roman Empire. It is near inconceivable that these powers should now have a war between any of them.
So that is the conclusion – one result of the evolutionary process is that in most societies, those seeking a just society, for whatever reasons they seek it, have held a numerical advantage, with an associated power advantage, over those seeking to further their own interests. We can now put that conclusion to work in both the teaching of ethics and in the employment of those concepts in practice. In short, we can attempt to answer the question as to what extent, n our many organizations and institutions, do we take into account that a greater number of the people involved are instinctively striving for a more ethical institution?
One: There will be a number of people in any group who will wish to pursue their own self-interests. This self-interest will encourage unethical behaviour. It is behaviour that is often exhibited by those with greater influence or power within the organization or group. The teaching and practice of ethics must therefore provide the remainder (those who wish to take an ethical stance) with the knowledge, the skills and the confidence to put their ethical objectives into effect.
Two: Codes of ethics, if developed by the people in an organization who are affected, will reflect their actual experiences and ethical concerns. Greater participation by those affected will also create greater commitment to seeing that the codes are observed. Such participation will be more effective han if the codes were superimposed by those in authority.
Three: There will also be a number willing to speak out against wrongdoing. As speaking out usually ends in some retaliation by those whose wrongdoing is exposed, self-interest demands that all who observe the wrongdoing stay quiet (except perhaps the most courageous). The need for social and legal responses to prevent this retaliation, that encourage speaking out, plus training in ways to minimize the retaliation, are imperative.
Four: Laws, principles, and policies reflecting institutional change at a national and international level intended to encourage ethical behaviour, will continue to grow. This change is already at an ―exponential‖ rate, as a director of one of these ethical institutions (a newly established police integrity commission), has described them. Knowledge of these changes by prospective and current employees is also an imperative.
Five: Of these institutional interventions current even now, answers need to be found on which policies, which legislation, what theories and other interventions have been, or could be effective, in minimizing unethical behaviour. A major input into the classroom, and in the workplace, therefore, will be skills in evaluation research, as well as knowledge on what conclusions current evaluations have already reached.
Six: The endless debates on which philosopher provides the optimum moral theory will eventually be deemed irrelevant. The selection process, the struggle for survival, will kick in when the realization comes that resources could be more effectively used. Replacing the debates will be empirical research into combinations of several theorists - on which approaches provide effective responses to the ever increasing complexity of today's ethical issues.


The whole reason I even came up with No Excuses November was to motivate myself to move forward on a project I had been stalled on. I thought that if I was working on it everyday, I would have something to show for by the end of November.
My great master plan for NoExNo was to write a screenplay. My goal of 4 pages a day, for 30 days, was my attempt to write 120 pages in November. 120 pages is the length of a feature-length screenplay.
In the beginning of NoExNo, everything was going just as planned. Almost all of my writing had to do with the screenplay. Then I started working on Pep Talks and emails, and I began shifting my energy toward those instead.
Even still, I found that drafting Pep Talks and emails proved beneficial to my daily writing routine. And by "routine" I mean "sit down to write at 7, don't actually start until 10, and finally finish at close to should-have-been-asleep-hours-ago o'clock." In any case, it was nice to add a little variety to what I was working on for the month.
However, as of today, I haven't touched my screenplay for five days. What have I been working on instead? Personal essays, guest articles, a flood of superfluous Facebook status updates (sorry), and NoExNo mail.
But something interesting happened. In the midst of trying to work on ONE project, I came up with and worked on MANY. In fact, I even came up with two new stories I wanted to write.
So what does this mean? Does it mean I'm a failure for not accomplishing what I originally set out to do? I'm reluctant to say yes.
While my purpose of doing NoExNo was to make significant strides in my screenplay, I still wrote. I created. I thought of ideas I had never entertained before. I worked and I saw results. It's hard for me to see that as a bad thing.
From what I've seen happen within the group, a similar thing has occurred. We are changing our goals, or rather, letting them change as we understand them better. Maybe you are making your goal smaller, or maybe you are adding even more to your plate. It doesn't matter– because you still have goals you are working toward.
And at the end of the day, isn't that was this is all about?
Check out an article I wrote about No Excuses November for Girls on the Grid!


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"It has been said the greatest volume of sheer brainpower in one place occurred when Jefferson dined alone..."
"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.


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Церковь Христа Искупителя () — евангелическо-лютеранская церковь на востоке баварского города Ландсхут; её не следует путать с церковью Христа, построенной в 1897 году на западе города — которая также изначально называлась «Церковь Христа Искупителя». Современная церковь Христа Искупителя была построена в пятом районе города в период с 1961 по 1963 год по проекту мюнхенского архитектора Ханса Дёльгаста.

См. также
 Церковь Христа Искупителя в Потсдаме

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Литература

 Hans Sobotta: Chronik Erlöserkirche, 1963.

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Достопримечательности Ландсхута
Храмы Ландсхута
Евангелическо-лютеранская церковь Баварии
Здания и сооружения, заложенные в 1961 году
Культовые сооружения, построенные в 1963 году
Появились в 1963 году в Германии
Лютеранские храмы Германии

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Both told MRW they would not be bidding for a place on the framework, designed to save councils £85m by pooling collective buying power.
It represents the latest blow for the project, set up by council support organisation Improvement and Efficiency South East (iESE), after MRW revealed market concerns in January.
The ESA said it had expressed concerns to iESE about some aspects of its proposals and the deliverability of savings through the framework.
"ESA's members are committed to providing the best possible value for money for their local authority customers and will continue to do so, whether through iESE's framework or alternative procurement processes," an ESA spokesman added.
IESE said it was unable to discuss potential suppliers for the waste framework at this stage.
Alison Templeton, director of procurement, added: "We can say that when the final announcement is made, councils will have a great range of suppliers to choose from and the framework will provide an efficient way for councils to access a range of waste management services.
This is another opportunity for the larger companies to monopolise local authority contracts. Small regional waste companies have no chance to compete, even though more often than not, on a case by case basis, they will offer the best value for money, and may in fact already have the facilities that the larger companies do not have locally. These contracts are bad news for local tax payers, and again on a local basis are bad value for money.


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