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Jordin Tootoo retires from the NHL
When he first made his debut in the National Hockey League with the Nashville Predators on October 9, 2003, Jordin Tootoo not only made history as the first Inuk to play in the NHL. He also beat all odds to make the opening night roster for the 2003-04 Nashville Predators.
Across the great Country of Canada, many First Nation, Metis, and Inuit people were celebrating the rise to stardom for the 5'9", 199 lb right winger as Canada's Pride and Joy.
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Not only has he inspired many people across the World to be the best that they can be, but Willie Littlechild has been a classic example, role model on how hard work and education pays off.
While he was playing numerous sports while attending the University of Alberta, he was inspired and coached by a living legend and an icon in the coaching world by the name of Clare Drake.
Littlechild, the Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six Nations in 2016, was introduced as a member of the Class of 2018 into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.
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Charlotte Waitress gets Religious Pamphlet and $2 Tip
CHARLOTTE, NC - The general manager of a restaurant in the Plaza Midwood neighborhood in Charlotte is speaking out after one of her waitresses received a religious pamphlet instead of a tip.
Penny Craver says the Dish Restaurant is a friendly neighborhood joint, with many regulars. "You know them by name, you know if they drink sweet tea or an Arnold Palmer," she said.
She didn't think one's customer's gesture toward a server was so friendly.
"I look up and she's like ready to cry," said Craver.
A party sitting over here at this table Saturday left the server with this religious pamphlet and only a two-dollar tip.
"I just thought that that wasn't right," said Craver. "If she didn't give good service, then that's one thing and they shouldn't leave a tip, period. Although she's not a server that I have complaints about."
Craver wrote an e-mail to the pastor of Harbor Baptist Church, the pamphlet's namesake.
"This pamphlet cannot pay her mortgage or her electric bill," it said.
The pastor got us in touch with the man behind the two dollar tip and pamphlet, David Goodson. He claims it was all a mistake.
"I honestly had no recollection of leaving the tip," said Goodson. When my wife asked, I was like '20%, that's what we always leave.' And we looked it up and I didn't give but 8%."
As for the pamphlet, he says the intention was not to force religious beliefs but to leave her with a positive message, something he does to people everywhere.
"I know the good news of the gospel and what it's done for my life and it's wonderful. I want people to know it," he said.
But others weren't so enthused.
"I mean I'm sorry," Goodson said. 'In no way was it an affront towards her in any way, shape or form, or anything against the restaurant."
Craver says this isn't the first time it's happened. Patrons stiffing her employees has become increasingly common place.
It's not cool to do that…they don't want to work for free and you and I don't want to work for free," Craver said.
Craver wants the server this happened to to remain anonymous but tells us she's working to help pay her way through college at UNC-Charlotte.
Craver ended the letter asking the pastor to consider doing a sermon on one of the 7 Deadly Sins, pride.
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Their work with AA4HY focused on removing the homophobic language from the state's sexual health education law. As an undergraduate, Andi was involved with URGE UA, the professional engineering fraternity Theta Tau, and the rugby team. When Andi isn't working or writing, they can be found caring for their two cats and one hedgehog, at a rugby game, or faxing letters to their legislators. Andi's pronouns are they/them/theirs.


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"Planet Earth…Modelled 6" by Elsie esq. is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Views of Future Earth – Part I
by Usha Alexander
[This is the eighth in a series of essays, On Climate Truth and Fiction, in which I raise questions about environmental distress, the human experience, and storytelling. It first appeared on 3 Quarks Daily. This eighth essay is divided into four parts. The seventh essay in the series, called "Our Moment on Earth", is here.]
An image of the Arctic sea ice at its minimum extent in September, 2020, the second lowest on record. The lowest summer sea ice extent, which wasn't very much lower, occurred in September 2012. Image by NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio.
In the late fifteenth century, European seafarers began searching for what they called the "Northwest Passage," a fabled route across the Arctic Ocean, which would allow them to sail northward from Europe directly into the Pacific in search of fortune. But the Arctic of their time, during the so-called Little Ice Age of the fourteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries, was covered by thick, impenetrable sheets of ice and densely packed icebergs. Nor had they any reasonable expectation that the great mass of ice would soon melt away. That they imagined finding a reliably navigable route through a polar sea seems to me a case of wishful thinking, a folly upon which scores of lives and fortunes were staked and lost, as so many adventurers attempted crossings, only to flounder and often die upon the ice.
But now that the Arctic sea ice is melting away, the Northwest Passage has become real in a way the adventurers of old could not have dreamed. Today, nations encircling the Arctic Ocean jockey for control of its waters and territorial rights to newly exposed northern continental shelves, which promise to be full of oil and gas. What had been a deadly fantasy is now a luxury cruise destination flaunting an experience of rare wonder, including opportunities to watch polar bears on the hunt. "A journey north of the Arctic Circle is incomplete without observing these powerful beasts in the wild," entices the Silversea cruises website, with nary a note about the bears' existence being threatened by the very disintegration of their icy habitat that makes this wondrous cruise possible. Meanwhile, in China, the emergent northern sea routes have been dubbed the Polar Silk Road, projecting a powerful symbol of their past wealth and influence onto an unprecedented reality.
"The Mekong Delta is set to face more extreme weather conditions in Vietnam.4" by CGIAR Climate is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
By now, we're all aware that the planet is profoundly changing around us: angrier weather, retreating glaciers, flaming forests, bleaching coral reefs, starving polar bears, and disappearing bees. Yet how blithely we go on making plans, as though the future will follow as neatly and predictably from today, as today did from yesterday. From buying a new beachside home to booking a cabin in the redwoods a year in advance, the ongoing planetary changes apparently figure little in the plans so many people make. It seems I regularly read articles in which mainstream economists make predictions that entirely disregard the changing climate and collapsing biodiversity, as though these concerns lie beyond our economies. Even governments and corporations who seek to profit from changes like the opening of the Arctic Ocean often presume themselves the drivers of "disruption," creating new market opportunities in an otherwise stable or predictable world. They don't seem to recognize that the true nature of what's upon us might just be greater than they imagine and far more consequential.
Yet the visible changes we already notice in the world are merely harbingers of deeper and more far-reaching changes we don't yet see – and even changes we might see but don't pay much attention to. These changes, visible and invisible, will drive further changes; some we might try to predict, but others we won't – especially those resulting from causes we're not tracking, including the unknown unknowns.
[End of Part I]
[Views of Future Earth – Part II ]
Usha Alexander — Author
Usha Alexander
Usha Alexander was born to Indian immigrants who came to the United States in the 1950s and settled in the very small town of Pocatello, Idaho. She ran away to university at the age of 19, and later joined the US Peace Corps, where she served as a science teacher in the archipelago nation of Vanuatu. In the late 90s, Usha made her way to the San Francisco Bay Area of California, where she settled and worked for Apple Computer for many years.
Since 2013, Usha resides with her partner, writer and photographer, Namit Arora, in the National Capital Region of India. Usha has lived in four different countries and has learned to carry her home within herself, yet she frequently returns to the CA Bay Area with a certain sense of homecoming.
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Milan Malej says:
Dear Usha!
I read several of your articles and essays, you are sending around. They touch many world's, nature and humanity problems and we all know, where are the real common reasons for all of them. Sometimes and also in this letter you mention the problem of melting Arctic ice. With a friend from England, Mrs. Fatema Miah, we are just discussing a situation in Bangladesh (for she has her roots from that country) and I want to include these water problems as example also in my book in the final phase…
Melting ice and future potential rising sea level is not the only problem coming from Arctic. Much worse and more dangerous is simultaneous melting of permafrost, frozen land and also seafloor. This decay causes leaking and already big eruptions in many places of the METHANE GAS, as much more potent greenhouse gas as CO2. And its estimated quantities on the base of Russian measurements in many points are already huge… I am researching this and following the scientists, who work there in East Siberian seas… The book has the title "ARCTIC METHANE", discusses the problem from many viewpoints and gives the wide picture and proposes the solutions, too… As an introduction into this reading I give the link to the shortened essay with same title… Please, read it and it will already give the answer, where we must start rescuing of this planet…
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yaDNEyIrWSNd7rORqkWhBfJR1y6Ok7yE/view?usp=sharing
In this text are the links to the book files, too and to some other documents, which touch the ways of necessary society changes that we will be able to manage the Arctic problem at all… The book contents will be still finalized in this week, for Mrs. Miah will then prepare it for the English issue.
The conscious people on this planet must be aware of this dangerous sharpening of atmospheric greenhouse and we must (try to) press to the politics and still ignoring scientists to take the appropriate actions, because the only profit we can gain, is our survival…
Milan Malej, Slovenia
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Record number of infiltrators
Photo: Tsafrir Abayov
Infiltration record: 1,940 illegal aliens entered Israel in Nov.
Number of African infiltrators entering Israel from Sinai reaches new heights in November, as nearly 2,000 come in, Immigration Authority says; overall, some 36,000 such infiltrators reside in Israel
Yael Branvosky|Published: 12.01.10 , 16:55
A record number of 1,940 work migrants and African refugees infiltrated Israel via the Egyptian border in November, the Immigration Authority said Wednesday.
In October, some 1,300 infiltrators entered the country, with the average infiltration rate standing at 1,200 per month. According to official estimates, some 36,000 foreigners who entered Israel from the Sinai desert in recent years live in the country at this time.
More Infiltrations
Africa too much for us
Smadar Peri
Op-ed: Despite merciful Jewish heart, Israel cannot handle waves of African migrants
In addition, many other foreign workers who entered Israel lawfully also reside in the country.
In light of the figures, Interior Minister Eli Yishai said wants to hire several contractors that would build a fence on the Egypt border simultaneously, in order to speed up construction. "This is a cry for help by the general public. Regrettably, we see that the number of infiltrators is only growing," he said.
The cabinet on Sunday appointed a committee to determine criteria for the establishment of an "open detention center" for infiltrators who entered Israel illegally through Egypt. The government stated that the committee would complete its work within 60 days and that the facility would be built within six months.
During the cabinet session, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explained why he supports the idea: "There is a growing wave threatening Israeli workplaces, a wave of illegal infiltrators which we must stop due to the harsh implications on the State's character."


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Q: How can I find additional cubic roots of a 2x2 matrix? I have a matrix
$$
    \begin{bmatrix}
    -3.5 & 4.5 \\
    4.5 & -3.5 \\
    \end{bmatrix}
$$
I am tasked with finding 3 cubic roots of the matrix. I was able to find one using the characteristic equation $(-3.5 - \lambda)^2 - 4.5^2 = 0$, or equivalently $  \lambda^2 + 7 \lambda  - 8 = 0$
I found eigenvalues $\lambda_1 = -8, \lambda_2 = 1$, with respective eigenvectors
$$
   \begin{bmatrix}
    1  \\
    -1  \\
    \end{bmatrix}
and
  \begin{bmatrix}
    1 \\
    1  \\
    \end{bmatrix}
$$
Doing the calculation
$$
  \begin{bmatrix}
    1 & 1 \\
    -1 & 1 \\
    \end{bmatrix}*
\begin{bmatrix}
    -8 & 0 \\
    0 & 1 \\
    \end{bmatrix}^{1/3}
*
  \begin{bmatrix}
    1 & 1 \\
    -1 & 1 \\
    \end{bmatrix}^{-1}
$$
Gives me   \begin{bmatrix}
    -.5 & 1.5 \\
    1.5 & -.5 \\
    \end{bmatrix}
Which is a correct cubic root, but I am not certain how to get two other cubic roots. I know previously I have taken a $\pm \lambda$ due to the factor $(-\lambda)^2  =
\lambda^2$, but those seemed to only work in cases where the power is even. With a cubic root it seems as though the eigenvalue matrix can't be along the lines of \begin{bmatrix}
    \pm(-8)^{1/3} & 0 \\
    0 & \pm 1 \\
    \end{bmatrix}
because the negative sign will stick around due to the odd power.

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Vigilius is een geslacht van uitgestorven brachyopide temnospondyle Batrachomorpha (basale 'amfibieën')  uit het Midden-Trias van Arizona. Het is bekend van de enige soort Vigilius wellesi.

Beschrijving
Het holotype-exemplaar van Vigilius is een schedel met het label UCMP 36199. De schedel werd gevonden in een gebied langs de Arizona State Route 64 met uitzicht op de Grand Canyon. Het kwam uit een laag van de Moenkopi-formatie uit het Vroeg-Trias. De schedel werd in 1969 beschreven door de paleontologen Samuel Paul Welles en Richard Estes en toegeschreven aan de brachyopide Hadrokkosaurus bradyi. Het holotype van Hadrokkosaurus was een losse onderkaak.

In 2000 suggereerden de paleontologen Anne Warren en Claudia Marsicano dat de onderkaak en de schedel twee verschillende soorten vertegenwoordigen, aangezien ze meer dan honderdzestig kilometer van elkaar verwijderd zijn en afkomstig zijn van twee dieren van verschillende grootte. Anne Warren=Howie en Claudia Marsicano gaven de schedel het nieuwe geslacht en de nieuwe soort Vigilius wellesi. De geslachtsnaam komt van het Latijnse woord vigilia dat 'wacht' betekent, een verwijzing naar de grote oogkassen en 'naar het feit dat de schedel de wacht hield over de Grand Canyon'. De soort werd genoemd ter ere van Welles. Verschillende botten die rond de Grand Canyon-vindplaats werden gevonden, werden ook toegeschreven aan Vigilius, waaronder een pterygoïde bot dat in 1971 werd beschreven als een scapulacoracoïde. Extra overblijfselen werden tien kilometer ten westen van Holbrook, Arizona gevonden.

Fylogenie
Het materiaal dat nu aan Vigilius is toegewezen, werd voor het eerst geïdentificeerd als overblijfselen van een brachyopoïde. Warren en Marsicano voerden een fylogenetische analyse uit van veel brachyopoïden en ontdekten dat Vigilius nestelde in de familie Brachyopidae. Brachyopoidea wordt normaal verdeeld in de families Brachyopidae en Chigutisauridae, maar deze families worden niet altijd als nauw verwant beschouwd; in sommige studies wordt Chigutisauridae geplaatst in een groep van voornamelijk temnospondylen uit het Mesozoïcum, Stereospondyli genaamd, terwijl Brachyopidae wordt geclassificeerd in een groep temnospondylen genaamd Dvinosauria, waaronder taxa uit het Carboon en Perm die ouder zijn dan Vigilius. De verwantschap van dvinosauriërs met andere temnospondylen is onzeker, omdat ze al dan niet tot Stereospondyli behoren. Warren en Marsicano identificeerden veel kenmerken bij Vigilius die niet worden gezien bij andere brachyopoïden, maar die vaak voorkomen bij dvinosauriërs, waaronder een smal ploegschaarbeen aan de voorkant van het verhemelte en een zeer breed cultriform uitsteeksel aan de voorkant van de parasphenoïde, een bot aan de onderkant van de schedel. Ze beschouwden Vigilius als een dvinosauriër, ondanks de resultaten van hun fylogenetische analyse.

Uitgestorven amfibieën

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#include <zephyr/ztest.h>
#include <zephyr/kernel.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <arm_math.h>
#include "../../common/test_common.h"

#include "f32.pat"

#define ABS_ERROR_THRESH	(1e-3)

#define DIMS_IN			(dims[0])
#define DIMS_VEC		(dims[1])

#define OP_BRAYCURTIS		(0)
#define OP_CANBERRA		(1)
#define OP_CHEBYSHEV		(2)
#define OP_CITYBLOCK		(3)
#define OP_CORRELATION		(4)
#define OP_COSINE		(5)
#define OP_EUCLIDEAN		(6)
#define OP_JENSENSHANNON	(7)
#define OP_MINKOWSKI		(8)

ZTEST_SUITE(distance_f32, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);

static void test_arm_distance_f32(int op, bool scratchy, const uint16_t *dims,
	const uint32_t *dinput1, const uint32_t *dinput2, const uint32_t *ref)
{
	size_t index;
	const size_t length = DIMS_IN;
	const float32_t *input1 = (const float32_t *)dinput1;
	const float32_t *input2 = (const float32_t *)dinput2;
	float32_t *output, *tmp1 = NULL, *tmp2 = NULL;

	/* Allocate output buffer */
	output = malloc(length * sizeof(float32_t));
	zassert_not_null(output, ASSERT_MSG_BUFFER_ALLOC_FAILED);

	/* Allocate scratch buffers */
	if (scratchy) {
		tmp1 = malloc(DIMS_VEC * sizeof(float32_t));
		zassert_not_null(tmp1, ASSERT_MSG_BUFFER_ALLOC_FAILED);

		tmp2 = malloc(DIMS_VEC * sizeof(float32_t));
		zassert_not_null(tmp2, ASSERT_MSG_BUFFER_ALLOC_FAILED);
	}

	/* Enumerate input */
	for (index = 0; index < length; index++) {
		float32_t val;

		/* Load input values into the scratch buffers */
		if (scratchy) {
			memcpy(tmp1, input1, DIMS_VEC * sizeof(float32_t));
			memcpy(tmp2, input2, DIMS_VEC * sizeof(float32_t));
		}

		/* Run test function */
		switch (op) {
		case OP_BRAYCURTIS:
			val = arm_braycurtis_distance_f32(
					input1, input2, DIMS_VEC);
			break;
		case OP_CANBERRA:
			val = arm_canberra_distance_f32(
					input1, input2, DIMS_VEC);
			break;
		case OP_CHEBYSHEV:
			val = arm_chebyshev_distance_f32(
					input1, input2, DIMS_VEC);
			break;
		case OP_CITYBLOCK:
			val = arm_cityblock_distance_f32(
					input1, input2, DIMS_VEC);
			break;
		case OP_CORRELATION:
			val = arm_correlation_distance_f32(
					tmp1, tmp2, DIMS_VEC);
			break;
		case OP_COSINE:
			val = arm_cosine_distance_f32(
					input1, input2, DIMS_VEC);
			break;
		case OP_EUCLIDEAN:
			val = arm_euclidean_distance_f32(
					input1, input2, DIMS_VEC);
			break;
		case OP_JENSENSHANNON:
			val = arm_jensenshannon_distance_f32(
					input1, input2, DIMS_VEC);
			break;
		default:
			zassert_unreachable("invalid operation");
		}

		/* Store output value */
		output[index] = val;

		/* Increment pointers */
		input1 += DIMS_VEC;
		input2 += DIMS_VEC;
	}

	/* Validate output */
	zassert_true(
		test_near_equal_f32(
			length, output, (float32_t *)ref, ABS_ERROR_THRESH),
		ASSERT_MSG_ABS_ERROR_LIMIT_EXCEED);

	/* Free buffers */
	free(output);
	free(tmp1);
	free(tmp2);
}

DEFINE_TEST_VARIANT6(distance_f32,
	arm_distance_f32, braycurtis, OP_BRAYCURTIS, false, in_dims,
	in_com1, in_com2, ref_braycurtis);

DEFINE_TEST_VARIANT6(distance_f32,
	arm_distance_f32, canberra, OP_CANBERRA, false, in_dims,
	in_com1, in_com2, ref_canberra);

DEFINE_TEST_VARIANT6(distance_f32,
	arm_distance_f32, chebyshev, OP_CHEBYSHEV, false, in_dims,
	in_com1, in_com2, ref_chebyshev);

DEFINE_TEST_VARIANT6(distance_f32,
	arm_distance_f32, cityblock, OP_CITYBLOCK, false, in_dims,
	in_com1, in_com2, ref_cityblock);

DEFINE_TEST_VARIANT6(distance_f32,
	arm_distance_f32, correlation, OP_CORRELATION, true, in_dims,
	in_com1, in_com2, ref_correlation);

DEFINE_TEST_VARIANT6(distance_f32,
	arm_distance_f32, cosine, OP_COSINE, false, in_dims,
	in_com1, in_com2, ref_cosine);

DEFINE_TEST_VARIANT6(distance_f32,
	arm_distance_f32, euclidean, OP_EUCLIDEAN, false, in_dims,
	in_com1, in_com2, ref_euclidean);

DEFINE_TEST_VARIANT6(distance_f32,
	arm_distance_f32, jensenshannon, OP_JENSENSHANNON, false, in_dims,
	in_jen1, in_jen2, ref_jensenshannon);

ZTEST(distance_f32, test_arm_distance_f32_minkowski)
{
	size_t index;
	const size_t length = in_dims_minkowski[0];
	const size_t dims_vec = in_dims_minkowski[1];
	const uint16_t *dims = in_dims_minkowski + 2;
	const float32_t *input1 = (const float32_t *)in_com1;
	const float32_t *input2 = (const float32_t *)in_com2;
	float32_t *output;

	/* Allocate output buffer */
	output = malloc(length * sizeof(float32_t));
	zassert_not_null(output, ASSERT_MSG_BUFFER_ALLOC_FAILED);

	/* Enumerate input */
	for (index = 0; index < length; index++) {
		/* Run test function */
		output[index] =
			arm_minkowski_distance_f32(
				input1, input2, dims[index], dims_vec);

		/* Increment pointers */
		input1 += dims_vec;
		input2 += dims_vec;
	}

	/* Validate output */
	zassert_true(
		test_near_equal_f32(length, output, (float32_t *)ref_minkowski,
			ABS_ERROR_THRESH),
		ASSERT_MSG_ABS_ERROR_LIMIT_EXCEED);

	/* Free buffers */
	free(output);
}

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Joshua's History Corner
Everything you wanted to know about history
The Burial of Pompeii
By Joshua on Friday, July 14, 2017
In the town Pompeii was there where beautiful houses everywhere. It was a flourishing resort for Rome's disguised citizens, until the Mount Vesuvius erupted for a second time after sixteen years. This time far worst than the first time. It happened in 79 A.D., when the eruption sent out a plume of ashes, along with pumice and other rocks, and scalding gases so high into the sky that it could not be seen from hundred of miles away. As more ash began to fall, it clogged the air, making it hard to breath. Eventually buildings started collapsing. At one point, a 100-mile-per hour surge of insanely heated poison gas and pulverized rock poured down the side of the mountain, leading it to swallow everything and everyone that stood by its path. Once it came to an end, Pompeii was buried in millions of tons of ashes, and 2000 people died. Pompeii was then abandoned for centuries, but not only Pompeii. Smaller neighboring towns such as Stabiae and herculaneum were also abandoned.
It was discovered that all buildings were intact when a group of explorers were searching for ancient artifacts and ended up in Campania in 1748. Underneath the extremely deep ash they discovered that after 2000 years Pompeii was almost completely intact. Skeletons lay frozen where they had dropped dead, every day objects where found scattered on
the ground, and the buildings were mostly intact. To this day, scholars and tourists find it just as fascinating as they did once it was discovered


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Guitarist Tim Fischer Kicks off Brown Bag Series Sept. 16
GODFREY – St. Louis-based guitarist, composer and educator Tim Fischer will kick off Lewis and Clark Community College's free Brown Bag concert series at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 16, in the Ringhausen Music Building.
Fischer grew up in Los Angeles, where studied and performed with many great musicians.
Lessons he learned during his formative years are compiled on his debut album as a leader. "Due South" is an album that features his original compositions and arrangements performed by a mix of friends from the West Coast and Midwest.
Recordings featuring his work as a sideman demonstrate the versatility of his approach to improvisational music—encompassing straight-ahead archtop tones (Alex Smith Trio), neo-classical acoustic guitar work (Cinematic Guitar Ensemble), and distortion pedal riffing (Michael Mull Octet.)
Fischer has performed across the United States and Europe. Currently, he performs in the U.S. and is adjunct instructor at several colleges in the St. Louis region, including Lewis and Clark, where he teaches Jazz History, Non-Western Music and Music Appreciation.
He presented his research on the Miles Davis first quintet at Northwestern University, University of Southern California, California Institute of the Arts, Eastern Washington University, Pasadena City College, and the Seattle Jazz Guitar Society.
Learn more about Fisher at http://timfischermusic.com
Guests are encouraged to bring their lunch as they enjoy the free concert. For more information call the Music office at (618) 468-4731.
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PROBLEM SOLVING NOT PART OF HIS JOB
By ROBIN BRANCH and Staff Columnist
The criticism being leveled at state employees these days is instructive.
Take, for example, the case of David Stephens, an investigator in the Florida Bureau of Condominiums' South Florida field office.
Not only has Stephens been found guilty of insubordination and reprimanded for working more than 40 hours a week without asking for overtime, but the rebuke comes mere weeks after he was found guilty of solving a condo resident's complaint over the telephone.
True! Just picked up the telephone and solved a taxpayer's problem, thereby causing all heck to break loose at the Florida Bureau of Condominiums, where Stephens' supervisors were, although ashen-faced, still sufficiently composed to issue the guidelines for correct handling of taxpayer problems, under which Stephens would have:
-- Required the man to present his complaint in writing,
-- Opened an official investigative file, and
-- Started an investigation.
ANYTHING MISSING FROM LINEUP?
Notice that at no time does solving the problem enter into it. That's important for two reasons, one of which is that if Stephens solves a problem for Taxpayer X, then Taxpayer Y might expect the same extraordinary treatment from other employees in the condominium bureau, and it isn't nice to encourage preposterous expectations in the taxpaying public.
The other reason is that if Florida's problems start getting solved, we might run out of them, thereby bringing into question the continued need for Stephens' supervisors on the public payroll.
The member of the taxpaying public involved in this particular case had phoned the condo bureau because, although his air conditioner needed repairs, the condo manager where he lives would not give the repairman access to the building's air conditioner through a rooftop door.
So Stephens -- instead of
-- Requiring the man to present his complaint in writing,
-- Opening an official investigative file, and
-- Starting an investigation --
solved the problem simply by calling the condo manager to remind him that state law does not permit him to deny access to commonly owned areas.
And you wonder why the heart palpitations of Florida Bureau of Condominiums managers were audible for six miles in every direction?
COULD INFECT OTHER EMPLOYEES
What if Stephens' aberrant behavior caught on?
What if it spread?
What if the employees in this and other government agencies began solving the problems that are brought to their attention instead of compounding and prolonging them with bureaucratic busywork?
What if common sense were to invade the public sector? What if competence were to become the basis for continued presence on the public payroll?
Boy, what a mess! But hey, what am I thinking? You don't want the worst-case scenario. You want to know the steps that were taken by the condo bureau as a result of Stephens' embarrassing bungle of the Condo Air Conditioner Access Case.
Fine. The steps are these:
All employees in the condominium bureau's South Florida field office, which handles the most condo complaints and investigations in Florida, have been ordered not to work overtime, even if, like Stephens, they do not expect to be paid for it, and
Days later, along with an official memo ordering investigators not to handle telephone complaints in the future, Stephens also received a two-day suspension for use of "threatening or abusive language," which occurred when he described the official memo to his supervisor as "penny ante bull(bleep)."


Anne-Marie Mineur (GUE/NGL) is a member of the Committee on International Trade and shadow rapporteur on CETA. Bart Staes (Greens/EFA) is a rapporteur on the CETA opinion. Pavel Poc (S&D group) and shadow rapporteur of the opinion on TTIP.
All three are members or substitutes on the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.
As usual, negotiations on the EU's 2017 budget between the three EU institutions were tough. But an agreement was reached late Wednesday night, which will be voted upon soon.
However, one huge saving post in the EU budget has been completely overlooked! We can easily scrap, let's say 10% of the budget of the European Parliament (of two committees), since a big chunk of its leadership has apparently decided recently that the control function of the Parliament should not be taken that seriously.
Surprised? Case in point is CETA, the controversial trade deal between the EU and Canada.
Let's look at the facts. Since the dawn of the EU, MEPs have fought hard to democratise the EU and have demanded an increased role of the Parliament in the legislative process. In 2009, European democracy celebrated a small but important victory when the Lisbon Treaty granted the Parliament new rights to scrutinise EU trade policy.
Now, some of our senior colleagues in the Parliament are playing rather sad games to put all this progress in jeopardy. With their stubborn intention to fast-track CETA with historical speed, they are likely to set a terrible precedent that damages and undermines the Parliament's role as the only directly elected, democratic watchdog of the EU.
This fast-tracking means there is simply not enough time for MEPs to consider the deal. CETA was officially finalised and signed just three weeks ago, with extra, last minute negotiated text, yet the Parliament will already vote on whether to ratify it on 14 December.
This means that MEPs face an impossible task: they have less than two months to scrutinise 1,600 pages of a highly technical, complicated and far-reaching international agreement – which took more than seven years to negotiate – before voting on it with a simple Yes or No vote. The fast-tracking of such an important vote is both unprecedented and undemocratic.
It also means that there won't be enough time for MEPs to scrutinise this agreement within the remits of their specific committees and to receive guidance from these relevant committees on how this agreement will impact specifically environmental, agricultural, public health or labour rights issues.
Not only will this result in an information gap, but it runs contrary to the customary procedure in the Parliament.
It is easy to write a blank cheque of approval, as the Committee on Foreign Affairs did. As the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee and the Employment and Social Affairs Committee were in the process of drafting more critical opinions, they suddenly found themselves banned from issuing them.
The Conference of Presidents did not allow them to submit formal opinions by decision on 17 November. Only after strong protests were they finally allowed to issue their opinions, albeit contorted into a timeframe that won't allow significant deliberation in committee.
This undemocratic and unprecedented interference in the work of committees sets a dangerous precedent for the functioning of the European Parliament and subverts the democratic decision making process it stands for. This kind of behaviour will reinforce arguments by 'Trumpist' political forces in Europe.
Finally, the presidency of the Parliament moved to stifle debate about the legality of CETA. After repeated concerns by law professors and European and German judges associations that CETA might not be compatible with the European treaties, 89 MEPs launched a resolution that, if adopted, would bind the Parliament to request a legal check from the European Court of Justice on the compatibility of the agreement with EU law.
However, the presidency refused a debate on the matter in plenary, and thus aimed to prevent a discussion of a motion that aims at safeguarding the rule of law in the EU. Again, following protests, the matter was put to a vote. By a narrow margin of 14 votes, we lost to colleagues who would seek to suppress any further debate.
We are flabbergasted that our institution can hold debates on issues such as the switch between summer and winter time, yet fails to serve as the focal forum for a meaningful debate on a highly controversial and important issue like this far-reaching, neo-liberal free trade deal.
Fast-tracking CETA threatens to further undermine the legitimacy of the European institutions and feeds directly into the hands of growing populist movements.
CETA has been widely criticised by millions of citizens, by consumer organisations, trade unions, farmers, regions, cities and even parliaments.
But regardless of whether or not we support this agreement, it is our role and duty to hear and consider all arguments, in the forum where this debate needs to happen – in the European Parliament itself.


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Devellano fined $250K for comments, owners enjoy their silence
No, he shouldn't have said it, at least not publicly. He shouldn't have compared the players to cattle, shouldn't have invited howls of collusion, shouldn't even have defended NHL commissioner Gary Bettman -- not amid a sensitive labor situation, not when union boss Donald Fehr won a famous collusion case in baseball, not when the Bettman haters will never be converted.
The Detroit Red Wings will swallow a $250,000 fine for the interview senior vice president Jimmy Devellano gave the Island Sports News in Victoria, British Columbia. Bottom line: He should have known better. Only Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly are allowed to speak for the league on these matters, and everyone else risks enormous penalties if he utters so much as a sentence.
Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula declined to answer a reporter's question about the lockout last week, saying: "I can't tell you anything, just that talks continue -- I don't want to lose draft picks." He laughed, but the league didn't. According to the New York Times, the league office phoned the Sabres with a warning.
But here is the shame of the whole thing: In a statement, Daly said the Wings and the league agree that Devellano's comments are "neither appropriate, nor authorized, nor permissible under the league's by-laws. Such comments are neither constructive nor helpful to the negotiations." Daly didn't say Devellano's comments were untrue. The problem is that they were true, or essentially true to the owners' mindset, and the truth hurts.
The other problem is that when the league muzzles the owners and executives -- actually, when the owners and executives muzzle themselves -- if one person speaks to one news outlet, it blows up into a much bigger deal than it should be.
If everyone could and would speak his mind, every comment would carry less weight. Instead, we have to parse the words of the one guy who slips up. Instead, the NHL fines a team for the words of a Hall of Famer -- a 69-year-old man who helped build the New York Islanders from an expansion team into a dynasty, who helped rebuild the Red Wings from a fallen giant into a model franchise -- and the league looks more draconian than it did already.
The owners have locked out the players for the third time in 18 years. They have done it even though they cancelled the 2004-05 season, even though they got their salary cap, even though they got the players to take a 24-percent rollback -- even though they have recorded record revenues every year since.
[Related: Lack of trust, respect left over from 2005 lockout]
Don't you want to hear from Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs, the president of the board of governors? Don't you want to hear from owners like the Philadelphia Flyers' Ed Snider or the Washington Capitals' Ted Leonsis, who are involved in the negotiations? Don't you want to hear from the owner of whatever team you follow? Don't you want an honest explanation from their own mouths? Don't you want to hear why they need or want the players to take an immediate pay cut and so much less of hockey-related revenue? Don't you want to know why they don't like the players' revenue-sharing plan?
The owners are smart enough to know that it is easier to keep up a united front and stay on message if they let only two people do the talking. They are also smart enough to know that it is cleaner to stay above the fray and let Bettman and Daly do the dirty work. That is partly what they pay them for. It might be easier for the owners to make up with the players and fans when this is all over, whenever this is all over.
But if the owners are really united, what are they afraid of? That we'll see them for what they are? All Devellano really did was say some things we already know but aren't used to hearing out loud.
Take the "cattle" comment: "The owners can basically be viewed as the ranch, and the players, and me included, are the cattle. The owners own the ranch and allow the players to eat there. That's the way it's always been and the way it will be forever, and the owners simply aren't going to let a union push them around. It's not going to happen."
Bulletin-board material for the union, but not a new idea at all. It apparently does not go back to NHL outside counsel Bob Batterman, as some inside the hockey world say (and as I wrote Friday). Batterman said in an e-mail Saturday: "I never said anything remotely similar." But it apparently does go back to 1982, when Dallas Cowboys owner Tex Schramm told NFL Players Association representatives: "You're the cattle. We're the ranchers." And it's simply an inelegant way of stating the management perspective -- the owners are the employers, the players the employees. The billionaires make them millionaires. (The players say they are the product, too.)
Take the collusion allusion: Devellano referred to the Flyers' signing of Nashville Predators captain Shea Weber to an offer sheet and said: "I will tell you there is an unwritten rule that you don't do that, but they did, and just like everything else in life, some people are great to deal with, some aren't. If you are asking me if it's right, I would say there is, again, an unwritten rule … We all know it in the NHL, but not everyone follows it."
[More: League and players cannot afford to lose entire season]
Not the wisest thing to say, not with Fehr leading the players' union. But don't we all know there is an unwritten rule by now? Didn't Brian Burke challenge Kevin Lowe to a barn fight because of an offer sheet? Isn't that a lot more shocking than this comment? If Fehr is going to prove collusion, it isn't going to be because Devellano acknowledged the obvious. It's going to be because Fehr proved the teams worked together and weren't deterred from signing offer sheets by the high compensation cost, which was negotiated by the league and union into the CBA.
Take the defense of Bettman: "A lot of folks truly believe he is the driving force behind all the decisions on how owners proceed. Some of this is true, but I can tell you he is directed by 30 separate business owners who all give him advice, and he has to take all of this and come back to all of them with what makes the most sense as a group. Not an easy thing to do, but he does it and does it well. Don't forget, too, that these owners aren't dumb guys, and they are very aggressive men who run multi-million- and multi-billion-dollar companies. They want results and don't want to hear excuses and complaints as to what their employees may want."
Maybe that's the ugliest truth of all. Though this lockout is another black mark on Bettman's record and an indictment of his leadership, Bettman is the commissioner because the owners want him to be the commissioner. He got a raise because the owners gave him a raise. He has locked out the players because the owners wanted him to lock out the players. Bettman gets booed, Bettman takes the heat, Bettman lays down the law, while the owners sit in the shadows -- so the owners can sit in the shadows -- silent.
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That sums up my current mood, one I expect to continue throughout the day as people wonder why I'm grinning ear to ear. But here it is… a FIVE STAR REVIEW from Red Adept Reviews!
Anyone familiar with Red Adept's blog knows she does not give stars out lightly. She's known for her honesty and her hard-hitting reviews. I consider a 5 star review from her as a great honor and reading her impression of my book makes me happy beyond words.
Oh, and BTW, I now have Last Exit In New Jersey available for various other ereaders and computer downloads through Smashwords.
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Woohoo! Brilliant review, and I hope it garners you many sales.
I agree, the book was a wonderful adventure to those of us who know the area, to everyone else …. join the fun!
I'm waiting for the next book….any hints????


I am a proud 2009 Anna Maria alum with a BS in Business Administration and also a recent 2016 St. Johns University alum with an MBA with a focus in finance. I was an active student on campus, playing 4 years of soccer and part-time AMCAT mascot for select basketball games. I live in Brooklyn, NY with my wife, Jaclyn, and our young French bulldog, Raphael (who also comes to work every day!). I have been working happily in sports marketing since 2010 in various roles at Madison Square Garden, WME|IMG (now Endeavor), and GlobalWebIndex. I am an active runner, having run the Boston Marathon last year and plan to run both the New York Marathon next weekend and the 100K ultramarathon in Zion National Park in April of next year.


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The Internet offers a wealth of information and resources, but it can also be very dangerous. That is why it is so important to have a good malware program to protect your computer. You will still need to exercise caution when surfing the web, but anti-malware software can help to keep you safe.
Trojan horses: Malicious software that pretends to be useful, legitimate software can be Trojan horse malware. Ironically, a Trojan horse program could be masquerading as an anti-virus program when it is itself attempting to infect a computer with viruses.
Worms: Standalone software that attempts to replicate and expand itself across a network and through multiple computers is referred to as a worm. This type of malware does not need to attach itself to an existing program.
Spyware: Software that purports to provide one function, but has a real objective of collecting information about a user or their computer without their knowledge. The program may appear to be a media player, for example, but it may actually be collecting password information entered to log in to websites.
Adware: Software that generates income for the developer by way of paid advertising, which may appear during the installation process or during the use of the program itself. Additional malicious content attached to adware could involve spyware, keyloggers, and Trojan horses.
While viruses are a form of malware, the key difference is that the main objective of a computer virus is to replicate itself, just like biological viruses. A standard computer virus typically does not exist in isolation, however, usually attaching itself to another program, script, or software. Malware, on the other hand, can stand on its own as its own software.
Malware programs are meant to protect the computer against malicious attacks by rogue software. They scan through the contents of a computer to seek out malware.
After detecting an infection, the malware program can eliminate the rogue software and possibly reverse any of the negative effects the malware may have already had on the infected computer. There are both free and paid versions of ant-malware software, just as there are both free and paid versions of antivirus software.
Malwarebytes: This program is available in free and paid versions. The free version offers advanced malware detection and removal and multi-language support. The paid "pro" version ($24.95 for a home license) adds real-time active malware prevention and malicious website protection against known malicious web content.
SUPERAntiSpyware. This application is also available in free and paid versions. The free version will detect and remove thousands of spyware, adware, Trojan horses and other forms of malware, but you will need the $29.95 professional version to gain real-time protection and scheduled scanning.
The main advantage to both of the paid versions of the above software is that they offer real-time protection. This means that it is constantly scanning the Internet traffic coming into your computer, checking to see if it contains any malware. You'll receive notification immediately if malware is detected.
If you go with the free version, this real-time protection is not present. As such, it is possible that your computer gets infected with malware and you don't even know it. You must open the anti-malware program and do a system scan periodically, as the software will not do this for you automatically. You'll be able to find and remove threats, but they may have already done damage before you find them.
There are many virus scanners out there that are useful tools for protect your computer from some online dangers, but they are not comprehensive and they are not exhaustive. They are most effective when they are complemented with suitable anti-malware programs.
Consider this analogy. If you are buying insurance for your home, antivirus software could be the equivalent of insuring your home against a fire. However, you will likely also want to protect your home against floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, vandalism, break-ins, and other possible threats that may not be included in a basic policy. A good anti-malware program can provide that additional protection against threats that are not protected by antivirus software.
Following this analogy, antivirus software - by definition - protects your computer against viruses. Anti-malware programs, on the other hand, protect your computer against Trojan horses, adware, spyware, computer worms and other possible forms of malicious software. A threat or infection that is not detected by your antivirus may be detected when you do a thorough scan with the right anti-malware program. They work best when they are working in tandem.
Be sure to install a suitable anti-malware program on your computer and use it regularly. Your antivirus may not be enough on its own to protect you against contemporary computer threats. Once you have a program installed, keep it updated. New malware programs are being developed all the time.


We all need a service to personalize our living space at least once in our lifetime be it for work or home. It is very necessary that we are comfortable with the work done in customizing our space because once it is done, the expense to revert or change it again cannot be feasible. So, once we have decided to make our working and living environment beautiful and comfortable, there arises a question, 'from whom?'. Here is a brief and easy explanation to clear out your confusion between an Interior Designer and an Interior Decorator.
What do they exactly do? Firstly, it is important to know what needs to be done, before we look for whom do we need. So, here we go: Basically, an Interior Designer is much more qualified and professional than a Decorator. A Designer is a person who is involved in the process from the very beginning phase of building a structure. Whereas a Decorator is trained to make a structured look and feel according to what's needed.
So, whom shall we choose? A Decorator or a Designer? Basically, if you own a pre-built flat or an office, you need a decorator. Though they aren't professionals, your work will be done, just make sure he is established in the market to ensure he has the proper qualities. In the case of building a structure, a professional Interior Designer is the only and best option.


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Het Openluchtmuseum Atlantikwall is gelegen in het Provinciedomein Raversijde te Raversijde, een gehucht ten westen van de Belgische stad Oostende.

Het museum toont een deel van de Atlantikwall, een verdedigingsgordel uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Het is een geheel van bunkers en loopgraven, die gedeeltelijk in hun oorspronkelijke staat werden gerestaureerd. Ze bleven bewaard omdat Prins Karel, de eigenaar van de gronden, zich tegen de afbraak bleef verzetten.

Hier zijn ook stellingen uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog te zien, de batterij Aachen uit 1915, waarvan twee observatieposten, vier geschutsbeddingen en een bomvrije schuilplaats zijn bewaard. Met de bouw van de batterij werd gestart op 8 januari 1915 en eind april 1915 was het reeds operationeel. De kanonnen werden onder stalen koepels geplaatst ter bescherming. De geschutstellingen waren met een smalspoorweg verbonden met de verschillende munitieruimtes, die verstopt zaten in de duinen.

Van het Stützpunkt Bensberg uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog zijn personeelsbunkers en accommodaties bewaard. Ze werden gebruikt door Duitse geniesoldaten die instonden voor bunkerbouw.

De goedbewaarde stellingen van de batterij Saltzwedel neu uit 1941, verdedigden oorspronkelijk de Oostendse haven en werden na 1942 ingeschakeld in de Atlantikwall.

Zie ook
 Atlantikwall-museum (Hoek van Holland)

Externe link
 Webpagina's met info over de bezienswaardigheden

Museum in West-Vlaanderen
Oostende
Bunkermuseum
Openluchtmuseum in België
Museum over de Tweede Wereldoorlog
Atlantikwall


2016 Jr. Men's Softball World Championship Day 3 Game Summary - Federación de Softball de Puerto Rico, Inc.
The day's game schedule was back on track after rain showers on the first day shifted play around for the first two days.
Argentina and Japan are the only undefeated teams left and could possibly finish pool play with no losses. Teams must finish in the top four places to advance to the playoff round and stay in medal contention. The lower half of the pools will continue in the placement round.
Argentina stands as the only team undefeated in Pool A as they won over Botswana 4-0. Argentina is on track to advance to the playoffs, while Botswana will need to win their final game tomorrow for a chance to finish fourth in Pool A.
Argentina scored first, though the sixth inning caused a scare to them as Botswana tied the game up. Juan Platner was key in the victory going 3-4, scoring twice while driving in another.
In the first inning, Teo Migliavacca homered to right field, plating Platner for the 2-0 lead. Argentina had more opportunities in the second as they loaded the bases, but two straight strikeouts ended the inning with no harm to Botswana.
Neither team could get anything going until the top of the sixth as Botswana scored two runs on Thabang Tshipa's double to right field to tie the game at 2-2.
But Platner came up big and brought home the go-ahead run to give Argentina the lead in the seventh inning. Migliavacca hit a two-run homer to widen the lead as Argentina scored four in the inning and hung on to defeat Botswana 6-2.
Australia had to come from behind to beat the Czech Republic 3-2. After the 9-1 loss to Argentina the previous day, the Aussies needed to beat the Czech Republic to record their first win of the tournament.
When the Czechs scored an unearned run in the fourth inning and took a 1-0 lead into the fifth, that ambition seemed shaky. But some speedy base-running soon changed that. Luke Ollerenshaw's two-out single was followed by two stolen bases by courtesy runner Mitchell Woodworth, who then scored on a wild pitch to tie the score at 1-1.
In the sixth inning, the Australians took the lead for the first time. A walk to Alex Cleary, an RBI single by James Purcell, a passed ball, and an RBI ground out by Blake Bell added up to two runs and a 3-1 lead.
Even then the game wasn't safe, as three walks and a fielding error gave the Czech Republic a run and loaded bases. The key play of the game came when the next batter, Petr Kucirek, hit the ball back to pitcher Shaun Lanaghan, who threw home to get the out on what would have been the tying run.
Lanaghan then struck out the final batter to give the Junior Steelers their first win of the tournament.
Scoring a run in all but one inning in their first game of the day, the United States combined for 10 hits en route to a 9-2 (five innings) win over Denmark. Led by veteran Justin Perez, who had a 2-for-3 outing with three RBI, the U.S. also had a strong performance by Jeff Lewis in the circle.
USA was retired in order in the top of the first inning on three-consecutive ground outs. Lewis returned the favor in the bottom of the frame, issuing a leadoff strikeout while retiring the next two with groundouts to keep it a scoreless ballgame.
A leadoff walk to Isaac Hormann in the top of the second inning got the U.S. offense going. After stealing second, Hormann was in scoring position as Perez ripped a ball to left field, allowing Hormann to cross the plate for the first run of the game.
The U.S. opened up the game in the top of the third, scoring three runs off a string of hits. A single from Bryce DuCharme put a runner on for the U.S., who then stole second and advanced to third on a passed ball. Derek Martin picked up an RBI with a double to center field before Peyton Hall sent the ball out of the park for a two-run shot.
Another four runs crossed the plate in the top of the fourth inning for the U.S. A single from Brady Parker and a walk to Jonathan Broadbear put two on and a single from D. Martin plated the first run of the inning. Hall collected an RBI off a hard hit ball to right field and the final two runs of the inning came from a single by Perez to make it 8-0.
Denmark would get their sole run of the game in the bottom of the fourth. After USA issued a leadoff walk to Duncan Milne, he would later be batted in off a sac fly.
In the fifth, Michael Douds doubled to left field and moved to third on a wild pitch. Two batters later, Douds would score on another wild pitch, making it a 9-1 lead for the U.S.
Down to their final at-bat, Denmark threatened to plate a couple of runs after a shaky start by the U.S. in the bottom of the fifth. An error allowed Nicolai Elsner to reach base and Theodor Bergenstof Gilhoj was hit by the pitch put two on with no outs. A ground out to Hormann at shortstop recorded the first out of the at-bat, but a ground ball to M. Martin at second base allowed Elsner at third to score. USA's Lewis did not back down, securing the win with a strikeout to give the U.S. the 9-2 win.
South Africa easily defeated Israel 12-1 in five innings to receive their first win of the world championship. The win moves them into 4th place in Pool B and on the bubble to advance to the playoffs.
Israel struck first as Adi Leon scored on error by the South African catcher in the first inning.
But South Africa got the scoring going in the second and never looked back. Kamogetswe Makolomakoe singled to center field with two outs and was later driven in by a ball hit by Jade Morkel to tie the game 1-1.
South Africa went up for good in the third, scoring three runs on an RBI double by Dale Freemantle, a sacrifice fly by Armand Van Den Berg, and an RBI single by Makolomakoe.
South Africa brought home four runs in the fourth inning, and matched that run total in the fifth. In the fourth, Janko Bardnardt, Vonschell Adams, Rian Hatting, and Dale Freemantle all crossed home for the 8-1 lead. In the fifth, Reece Nyland tripled to score Ronaldo Kekana and Adams. Nyland and Hatting also scored for the 12-1 eventual win.
Japan defeated Canada 9-1 to remain undefeated in pool play and the leader of Pool B. The loss moves Canada into 4th place in their pool and on the bubble to advance to the playoffs.
Japan opened the scoring in the top half of the first inning, hitting a one-out single with Tomoyuki Konno advancing to second on an error and to third on a ground out before scoring on a passed ball.
Randerson sat Japan down in order in each of the second, third and fourth innings, and Canada looked poised to tie the game in the bottom of the fourth. Avery Arsenault earned a leadoff walk and was sacrificed to second by Alexandre Lemieux followed by a walk by Jake Bricknell to put two runners on base. However, the next two batters struck out as Japan escaped the inning.
In the fifth, Randerson struck out the first two batters, but Kazumasa Shirabe singled, followed by a Taichiro Ikeda triple and Ayumu Takemori single to plate two runs. Ben Broek came on in relief of Randerson and gave up a triple to Sho Ashida, which allowed Yuki Imai to score on an error to increase the lead to 5-0.
In the top half of the sixth, Kaito Masaki and Takaya Kawaraguchi were hit by pitches before a pair of singles brought them in to score. With the bases loaded, two more runs came in to score on a passed ball and an error as Japan increased its lead to 9-0.
Looking to extend the game, Arsenault got a leadoff walk with another walk taken by Justin Laskowski. A ground out to first by Daniel Godbout allowed Avery Arsenault to cross the plate, but the next batter struck out to end the game in Japan's favor.
Mexico fell 11-1 at the hands of New Zealand for their first loss of the world championship.
Mexico scored in the bottom of the first off a single to right field by Jorge Alberto Martinez to plate Lenny Josue Villalvazo.
But New Zealand got things going in the third when they scored three runs on a passed ball, a ground out by Reilly Makea, and an RBI single by Jarome McKenzie.
New Zealand piled on more runs in the fifth and sixth innings with two four-run rallies.
In the fifth, New Zealand watched Jarome McKenzie score on a defensive error, followed by Reilly Makea's two-run homer. The final run of the inning was scored by Callum Bishop off a Callum Lewis-Carson bunt.
In the sixth, New Zealand's four runs came from a Jacob Zurcher two-run homer, Harrison Valk run on an error, and an RBI single by Zac Boyd.
Australia blasted Denmark 17-0 for their second win of the day and championship. But with only one run in the first two innings, it seemed Denmark were not going to be an easy opponent.
All that changed in the third inning, when the Australians piled on eight runs. If that wasn't enough, they repeated the dose in the fourth inning.
Remarkably, the Junior Steelers compiled the huge run total with only seven hits, none of them home runs. They were helped considerably by Denmark's pitchers, who allowed 11 walks, including six in one inning.
Adam Talarico led the offensive charge with three hits including a triple, three runs scored and two RBIs. Mitchell Woodworth had two hits, two runs scored and an RBI. Michael Ludkin had only one hit — a double — but four RBIs.
Pitchers Dylan Sheehan and Chris Gillies did not allow a hit between them. Sheehan was particularly impressive, striking out seven and walking one in three innings.
It was the USA who walked off the field victorious and handed Czech Republic their second loss of the world championship. Pitcher Derek Martin delivered 10 strikeouts and scattered two hits and two walks over seven innings of work.
It was a quick first inning for both teams as USA saw Czech Republic's Michael Holobradek deliver three-straight strikeouts to Bryce DuCharme, Derek Martin and Peyton Hall.
With one out in the top of the second, Czech Republic would get their first run of the game fueled by a double hit by Martin Turek, who made it home after a third dropped strike and an error committed by USA.
The U.S. was unable to respond in the next half inning, as Justin Perez would be caught stealing second to make the third out.
Despite making contact in the third inning, the score would remain in Czech Republic's favor ensuing two back-to-back ground outs by Jeff Lewis and Matthew Martin and a strikeout issued to shortstop Jonathan Broadbear.
The U.S. finally got on the board in the bottom of the fourth inning. Following a leadoff single by DuCharme, a double by Peyton Hall advanced DuCharme to third base. After an error by Czech Republic, DuCharme crossed home to put USA on the scoreboard and moved Hall to third base with one out. A fielder's choice led Isaac Hormann to reach first and Hall to score, resulting in the 2-1 lead.
The two teams continued to battle as no hits would come about until the sixth inning.
With two outs in the top of the sixth, Czech Republic would score on a wild pitch and tie the ballgame at two apiece. It was then that Derek Martin would issue his tenth strikeout of the game to strand Czech Republic's Jakub Hajny at third and end the threat.
Derek Martin brought in what would be USA's winning run. With one out, Martin singled to third base, advanced to second on a groundout by Hall, and scored on an error by Czech Republic first baseman Hajny. A groundout to first by Hormann would end the inning and take USA into the final half inning of the night.
Heading into the seventh inning, second baseman Lewis fielded the ball cleanly and threw first to get the first out, and after issuing a walk to Milan Sulc, USA put together an impressive game-winning double play to finalize a 3-2 decision in their favor.


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▶ DA Drops 5 of 7 Charges Against Man Punched by Redmond PD
The Deschutes County District Attorney has dropped five of the seven charges against a man punched by a Redmond Police officer earlier this month.
The altercation between 25-year-old Darian Belles and two officers at Sam Johnson Park was caught on video, August 14th.
D.A. John Hummel says Belles still faces charges of resisting arrest and interfering with an officer … but his office is now also investigating the officers involved.
"Generally speaking, people can't go out and punch someone in the face," said Deschutes County DA John Hummel. "Officers are allowed to use force, though, when effectuating an arrest, if the force was justified considering the circumstances and if the amount of force used was reasonable and appropriate."
His office is looking at whether force was necessary in this case, or if a crime was committed.
Hummel says it's important for him to be personally involved in the investigation.
"We as a community give officers a badge and a gun and we give them the power to restrict people's liberty, to put people in handcuffs and put them in jail." he said. "That's a tremendous amount of power we give them. With that power comes tremendous responsibility that they must exercise."
Officer Bryan Holman, who is seen on the video punching Belles twice, was involved in another use of force investigation earlier this summer. He was cleared of any wrongdoing in that incident.
Redmond Police are conducting their own internal investigation, to determine whether the use of force was within department guidelines.


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2014, Art Exhibitions, Call For Artists: PONSHOP Exhibitions, Fredericksburg "First Friday" Art Events, Fredericksburg Virginia, mixed media, Painting, Photography, Vinyl Album Art
Call for Artists: "Remixed 2" Vinyl Album Art Show
PONSHOP Studio and Gallery will be hosting its fifth community art exhibition in August of 2014. We've rescued stacks of old Christmas records, wiped the dust off and, with your help, will turn them into something that people actually enjoy– a fun work of art. "Remixed 2" is a follow up to our "Remixed" Vinyl Album Art Show in June of 2013 which included over sixty vinyl albums from over 25 participating artists. Click Here for the Complete Prospectus and Entry Form.
Spinning at 33 1/3 rpm
Here's how the show works: once you pay the entry fee, we provide you with up to three ready-to-hang vinyl albums (the fee is $12 per record, or $30 for three). You have until July 27 to turn your Jane Fonda Workout album into a work of art, which will be exhibited throughout the month of August. The theme and medium are up to you, but there is one rule: each record is mounted on wood block with hanging wire and must stay mounted in order to be suitable for display on our gallery walls.
This exhibit is open to all artists (professional and emerging) in the Virginia/DC/Maryland Region.
All artists must use the pre-mounted vinyl albums (provided when you pay the entry fee) and all work must be for sale. Submit your best work! The gallery reserves the right to reject submissions based on quality: uniqueness and creativity, craftsmanship and execution. Entries must be original creations of the artist – no reproductions of others artwork. See examples of the pre-mounted albums below:
Entry Specifications
PONSHOP retains 40% of all sales on works exhibited throughout the duration of the exhibit. Artists will be reimbursed within 30 days of the exhibition closing. Artists are responsible for acquiring insurance on their own artwork. Although PONSHOP will take great care in the hanging and display of artwork, the gallery will not be held responsible for items on exhibit.
Entry Procedure
Entry fee: $12 per vinyl album, or $30 for three (up to three submissions). Artists pay fee and retrieve ready-to-hang vinyl albums from PONSHOP. Please complete entry form when returning the work.
Delivery: Artists are responsible for transporting their work to and from the gallery. Please keep in mind that during the summer months, vinyl records will warp if stored in a parked automobile! Artwork not retrieved after show closing will incur a storage fee of $10 per day
Deadline for Submissions: Saturday, July 26 (10-6pm) Sunday, July 27 (noon-5pm). *Please Deliver ONLY between Friday July 25 and Sunday the 27th.
Pick Up of Unaccepted Work: Tuesday, July 29 (10-6pm)
Opening Reception: Friday, August 1 (6-10pm)
Exhibition Dates: August 1-30, 2014
Pick up of Work: Sunday, August 31 (noon-5pm)
If you have any questions regarding this show or would like to be included on the mailing list for notice of future exhibition opportunities, please contact us at event[at]ponshopstudio.com
Tagged: Art Exhibits, Community Art Exhibitions, Downtown Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, hip-hop, LP, mixed media, Records, Spray Paint, Vinyl Albums, Virginia
2013, Art Exhibitions, vinyl toys
Urban Decay 4: Opening Reception June 8, 2013
Saturday June 8 marked the opening night of "Urban Decay 4" at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia. This is the fourth year of "Urban Decay" and PONSHOP is excited to be one of the sponsors for the opening reception again this year. The exhibition was curated by Urban Art Syndicate and focused mainly on lowbrow and contemporary art and music. The evening kicked off with a panel discussion focused on the influence of Hip-Hop music on visual art. Speakers on the panel included professional Hip-Hop dancer Kenny Wells and artists: Gabriel Pons, Jack Labadie, and HKS181. The reception included live musical performances by Thrive, Kenny Wells, Lightspeed Rescue, and Expansion Radio. Artists HKS181, Kevin Rodrigue, Jeremy Gann, and Inh Nguyen collaborated on murals in the outdoor quad area, with each canvas being raffled off at the end of the evening.
Special thanks to Deb Yarrington of UAS and Amy Lust of the Workhouse Arts Center for their curatorial, promotional, and organizational expertise. Also a big shout out to All City Print and Design as well as the Urban Decay 4 volunteers who kept the evening's events running smoothly. Urban Decay 4 runs through July 28.
Tagged: hip-hop, Lorton Workhouse, Lowbrow, Spray Paint, Street Art
2013, Art Demonstrations, Art Exhibitions, vinyl toys
Urban Decay 4 Exhibition Announced
We are excited to announce that Urban Decay will be entering its fourth year of exhibition at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia. Urban Decay 4 celebrates low brow and contemporary art and music. Emerging talents are showcased alongside accomplished artists with a special focus on the Vinyl toy scene. PONSHOP will be one of the sponsors in this 2-month long exhibit and we look forward to celebrating with you all during the opening event on Saturday, June 8 from 7-11pm.
Urban Decay 4 also has a call for artists for customized vinyl toy submissions. Entries are due May 25-26, 2013. Click Here for a complete prospectus.
Gabriel Pons will be one of the many featured artists on exhibit and will take part in a panel discussion with Kenny Wells and Jack Labadie about the influence of Hip-Hop music on contemporary art (Sat. June 8 at 5pm). The grounds of the Workhouse will also be the site of a day-long mural demonstration by HKS181, Kevin Rodrigue, and Jeremy Gann.
Thanks to Deb Yarrington and her crew at Urban Art Syndicate for curating and coordinating this year's show.
Urban Decay 4 will include the work of: Carlos Aguilar, Kevin Bednarz, Kenny Brown, Bryan A. Collins, Matt Corrado, Gregg Deal, ElStabo, James Fuller, Jeremy Gann, Drew Storm Graham, Kevin Gosselin, HKS181, Bill Hewitt, Tim Knouff, Jack Labadie, Justin Lipuma, Kevin Murphy, Sylvia Ortiz, Scott Olive, Michael Owen, Gabriel Pons, RSIN, JC Rivera,, Kevin Rodrigue, David Ten, James Walker and Asad ULTRA Walker.
Performances during the opening reception include: Thrive, Kenny Wells, Expansion Radio and Lightspeed Rescue
Click Here to view the history of the Urban Decay exhibition series via the PONSHOP Blog.
Tagged: Graffiti, hip-hop, Lorton Workhouse, low brow, Urban Decay, vinyl, workhouse art center
Bells of Doom....
"Masked Villain", Collage, Acrylic, Spray Paint on Wood, 24"x24" $375.
September 2009: This is the latest piece up at Spaghetti Project (1025 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg,VA). For those that are fans of the Metal Face Doom - enjoy and "remember ALL CAPS when you spell my man's name..."
Tagged: collage, Doctor Doom, hip-hop, Madvillainy, MF Doom, Sub Rock
PONSHOP and Scarlettwares at Walker Home: February - March 2007
Scarlett's ceramics and several of my paintings are on exhibit at the Walker Home show room (409 William Street, Fredericksburg) for the months of February and March. Here are some pics from the opening reception on Friday, February 2nd. We are excited to participate in this group show along with Adam Desio and others. Walker Home features home furnishings and fine design right here in Fredericksburg, Virginia - so if you're in town, check it out.
Scarlett and friends chillin'
Ceramic vases and square dish/bowl sets by Scarlettwares "Still Life in Hip-Hop #1" acrylic, and spray paint on canvas 30"x30"
Tagged: art exhibits, hip-hop, party, scarlettwares, Walker Home
(((In Stereo))) Exhibit: March 2007
Gabe Pons and Rob Landeck will be teaming up for an art show at Fredericksburg's most popular coffee shop, Hyperion Espresso, in March. (((In Stereo))) will feature new work that is inspired by the music that fuels the soul- from Rock and Hip-Hop to Jazz and Blues.
The painting in the poster above is called "Analog Roots: 1987" and is a collaborative piece by both artists. Below is a teaser sample of oneof the pieces slated to be in the show.
When: March 1st-31st, 2007 - come and party with us on Friday March 2nd, 6-9pm
Where: Hyperion Espresso, 301 William Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401
"My Baby Wants To Rock n Roll" by Gabriel Pons: (Stencil Study), 30"x30"
Tagged: art exhibits, fun, hip-hop, jazz, music, party, rock n roll


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BSE adds 1 crore investors in 148 days to reach 12 crore-mark
Leading stock exchange BSE Ltd on Tuesday said it has added 1 crore registered investor accounts to its platform in a span of 148 days, taking the total count to 12 crore.
The exchange added one crore investors' accounts between July 18 and December 13, BSE said in a statement. In comparison, the exchange took 124, 91, 85, and 107 days for the previous milestones of 11 crore, 10 crore, 9 crore and 8 crore, respectively.
"BSE crossed the milestone of 12 crore registered users based on Unique Client Code (UCC) on December 13, 2022," the exchange said.
Of the 12 crore users, 42% fall in the 30 to 40 age brackets, followed by 23% in 20-30 years and 11% in the 40-50 age bracket.
In terms of states, Maharashtra leads in terms of investors with a share of 20% of the total 12 crore investors. This was followed by Gujarat at 10%, Uttar Pradesh at 9% and Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu at 6% each.
The exchange did not specify how many of these accounts are active or only for mutual fund investments, as a vast majority of trading volume is on rival bourse NSE.
Founded in 1875, BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) is the world's fastest stock exchange with a speed of 6 microseconds. BSE has a broad shareholder base. It provides trading in equity, debt instruments, equity derivatives, currency derivatives, commodity derivatives, interest rate derivatives, mutual funds and stock lending and borrowing.
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