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Georgia Lord has over 30 years of experience as an attorney, including a track record of success in difficult, high stakes litigation involving disability rights and civil rights.
Georgia earned her law degree from Emory University College of Law, graduating "With Distinction" in the top 10% of her class. Other honors she received while at Emory include selection to and service on the Emory Law Journal, selection as a Semi-Finalist in Moot Court Competition, and selection for the honor society Order of the Coif. Georgia earned a Bachelor of Science degree summa cum laude from The American University (AU) in Washington, D.C.
Georgia's legal work has included both time in public service and time in private practice. From 2003 through 2014, she served as Staff Attorney to Judge Bensonetta Tipton Lane of the Fulton Superior Court.
Before coming to Fulton Superior, Georgia was in private practice for thirteen years. She handled a wide variety of civil rights and employee rights claims in trial and appellate courts.
Georgia also served for three years as a Staff Attorney to the Eleventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals. She had the honor of serving as the Judicial Law Clerk to United States District Court Judge Horace T. Ward.
Georgia's extensive litigation experience includes the following cases, among many others:
Service as lead counsel in a successful systemic challenge to the adequacy of services provided mass transit customers with disabilities, securing broad relief. See Martin v. MARTA Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, 225 F. Supp. 2d 1362 (N.D. Ga. 2002).
Service as primary counsel to five women in sexual harassment and sexual battery claims against the Sheriff of Hart County, Georgia, in litigation that not only yielded monetary damages for the plaintiffs but also resulted in the removal of the Sheriff from office.
Service as counsel in a class action brought on behalf of inmates held by Sumter County, Georgia, in litigation that secured construction of a modern jail facility and other systemic relief.
Service as one of two plaintiffs' counsel in a six week trial of a race discrimination action brought on behalf of eighteen employees.
Service as lead counsel in a successful disability access claim that secured wheelchair access to Superior Court proceedings in Coweta County, Georgia, and prompted the construction of a new, accessible courthouse.
Georgia holds the prestigious rank of "AV Preeminent" from the Martindale-Hubbell' Peer Review Rating system. Martindale-Hubbell is the country's oldest and most prestigious legal rating service. Their ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. A rating of "AV Preeminent" indicates that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.
Georgia was inducted, at the rank of Barrister, into The Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law American Inn of Court. This is a leading legal organization that promotes excellence in professionalism and ethics in the practice of family law. In 2002, she was awarded the "Volunteer Attorney of the Year Bill of Rights Award" by the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia. In addition, she has often been selected by other attorneys to hold leadership positions in Bar organizations.
Georgia has also served upon several Boards of Directors for public service organizations, including the Boards of the Disability Law and Policy Center of Georgia, Inc.; disAbility Link; and the Executive Board of American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia.
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What Are Expected Goals (xG)?
Jonny Whitmore / Author
Data and statistics have become far more prevalent in football over recent years. At the forefront of this is expected goals (or xG). Since xG was introduced in 2012 by Opta's Sam Green, the metric has gone on to become one of the most widespread and insightful within football analytics.
Following early adoption in the betting and pro markets, expected goals has now become a regular feature for mainstream broadcasters such as Sky Sports and BBC's Match of the Day. xG has ascended from the laptops of analysts and now regularly finds itself in the mouths of Premier League managers. Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp recently compared their expected goals output to Manchester City while Aston Villa's Dean Smith often used the metric in interviews this season to discuss his team's underlying performances.
Expected goals shown on the BBC's Match of the Day
Sky Sports regularly use xG on their broadcast footage, comparing Dominic Calvert Lewin's output here
Expected goals is one of the first advanced metrics to become widely known amongst general football fans and so it has inevitably faced its critics over the years (see Jeff Stelling in 2017). A battle between the traditional way of viewing the game and the upcoming world of data analytics. However, before we pass our judgement, it is important to understand how the metric works and how we should be using it.
Expected goals (or xG) measures the quality of a chance by calculating the likelihood that it will be scored from a particular position on the pitch during a particular phase of play. This value is based on several factors from before the shot was taken. xG is measured on a scale between zero and one, where zero represents a chance that is impossible to score and one represents a chance that a player would be expected to score every single time.
We know that a chance from the halfway line isn't as likely to result in a goal as a chance from inside the box. With xG, we can actually quantify how likely a player is to score from each of these situations. For example, suppose the chance from inside the box with a given set of pre-shot characteristics was worth 0.1 xG. This means that an average player would be expected to score one goal from every ten shots in this situation or 10% of the time.
The terminology may be new, but these phrases have been used by football fans and commentators for years before xG was introduced – "he scores that nine times out of ten" or "he should've had a hat-trick".
The main criticisms of expected goals (xG) often appear in scenarios where the metric isn't actually being applied correctly. The most common of which is at the game level. The team that has the higher xG in a match doesn't necessarily imply that they should've won the game. xG is only measuring chance quality and not the expected outcome of the game. Exactly as the old saying suggests, goals do change games and the score line influences how teams play. If a team takes an early lead, they don't necessarily 'need' to generate more chances and we often expect to see the opposition generate more goal scoring opportunities for the remainder of the game in pursuit of a comeback.
Another misconception is in the literal interpretation of the metric name. We do not "expect" goals to occur exactly as the likelihood predicts. We also understand that fractions of goals cannot be scored. The name "expected goals" is derived from the mathematical concept of "expected value" and it is a measure of the likelihood of an outcome occurring. The expected value of a fair coin toss is 50% likely to land on heads and 50% likely to land on tails (the expected heads or the expected tails is 0.5). We do not expect exactly half of our tosses to land on each outcome, but rather that over a larger number of coin tosses, it is likely to regress to this balance. The same applies to expected goals. Variance from the expected value is inevitable and this is valuable information that we can analyse in football.
A player or team who has been overperforming their xG, does not then have to underperform to regress to expectation. This is a concept known as the Gambler's Fallacy. While we would expect them to regress back to scoring in line with their expectation with their future shots, they have already 'banked' this overperformance and so we will still expect them to overperform by this amount in the season aggregates. In the same way, if a coin toss landed on heads ten times in a row, future coin tosses are still equally likely to land on heads as they are tails, but the ten times that the coin landed on heads have already happened.
How Do We Calculate Expected Goals?
While watching a game, we can intuitively tell which chances were more or less likely to be scored. How close was the shooter to goal? Were they shooting from a good angle? Was it a one-on-one? Was it a header?
The difficulty is that there are an average of 25 shots per game that we need to work this out for, all potentially from unique situations. The advantage of our expected goals model is that we can now take the variables above – and others – and quantify how each of these affects the likelihood of a goal being scored. With this, it allows us to value the quality of the chances for all 9,398 shots taken in the Premier League 2019-20 season in a matter of seconds.
Stats Perform's xG model is built using a logistic regression model that is powered by hundreds of thousands of shots from our historical Opta data and incorporates a number of variables that affect the likelihood of a goal being scored, some of the most important of which are listed below:
Distance to the goal
Angle to the goal
Big chance
Body part (e.g., header or foot)
Type of assist (e.g., through ball, cross, pull-back etc)
Pattern of play (e.g., open play, fast break, direct free kick, corner kick, throw-in etc)
We recognise that some situations are particularly unique and so these are modelled independently. Penalties are given a constant value corresponding to their overall conversion rate (0.79 xG); direct free kicks have their own model; and headed chances are valued differently for set-pieces and open play.
Since the beginning of the 2017-18 season, Stats Perform's detailed event data includes shot pressure and shot clarity qualifiers on every shot that explicitly measure the pressure and positioning of defenders and the goalkeeper. These will power an upcoming version of the model.
How Can We Use Expected Goals?
Let's compare two players from their 2019-20 seasons, Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus in the Premier League and AC Milan's Hakan Calhanoglu in Serie A. Both players took exactly 100 shots last season (excluding penalties) but scored 14 and 8 goals respectively. So, what was the difference between their shots?
By quantifying the quality of the 100 chances for each player, xG adds additional context to their shots that goes beyond the traditional metrics such as shots on target or average shot distance. We can now measure the quality of chances that each player had.
From the chances that Gabriel Jesus had we would expect the average player to score nearly 18 goals (17.7 xG). On the other hand, from Hakan Calhanoglu's chances, we would expect the average player to score only 7 goals (7.0 xG). We can immediately understand why their goal scoring output was so different. Despite Jesus overperforming and Calhanoglu underperforming slightly according to their expected goals output, their 100 chances were very different in quality and their output reflected that.
We can compare the shot profiles of the two players by looking at their expected goals per shot (or xG per shot) which values the average quality of a player's scoring chances. Gabriel Jesus' xG per shot was 0.18, meaning that he would be expected to score approximately one goal for every five shots he took. The speculative nature of Calhanoglu's shots resulted in a much lower xG per shot (0.07) that is evident in his shot map above, where the increasing size of the dot indicates an increasing xG value (and hence a higher likelihood of scoring).
We've focused on an individual player example here, but the expected goals metric can also be applied to teams or games in a similar manner. Of course, we can see here that a player or team may score more or less often than their xG value suggests but this is exactly the variance we can now analyse. Is a player scoring less than he should be? Who is getting chances from high xG situations?
Expected Goals Depth
Football is a relatively low scoring sport and so our ability to measure the likelihood of a goal being scored is essential context. With expected goals, we are arming pundits and analysts with another tool to quantify the stories that every football fan wants to hear. Which striker is struggling with their finishing? Which team's form suggests they should be higher in the league table?
The unrivalled depth of Stats Perform's data means that we now have over 2,500,000 shots enriched with xG values for more than 66,000 players that allows us to compare and understand performances of players and teams all over the world.
xG is a metric that goes beyond the traditional shot counts, but it is important to remember that it is still just a metric. We can use it to evaluate underlying performances, but it is the actual goals that are going to win you football matches. Football is unpredictable and goals can come from any number of unexpected outcomes but with expected goals, we can explain just how unlikely these were.
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Origin and Habitat: Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
Description: This is is one the smallest and slowest growing Turbinicarpus with tiny feathery spines that obscure the body of the plant, it is usually solitary but sometime form clusters of few branches.
White flowering form: The population from Matehuala (a.k.a. Turbinicarpus valdezianus var. albiflorus) is characterized by pure white flowers, yellow stamen and white stigma.
Spines: Turbinicarpus valdezianus is a pectinate-spine species, but the the pectinate spines are not in the two neat rows as in Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus, the ca. 25-30 spines, are dense, feathery and white, about 0.5 mm long, spreading flat around the areoles.
Flowers: One to 5 diurnal, at plant apex, ranging from pure white to very pale pink with pink midveins. Stamen yellow. Stigma white.
Blooming season (northern hemisphere): Early bloomer (February - March).
Cultivation and Propagation: This species is not particularly difficult on own roots, but very slow growing.


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Armenia, In Politics, Leadership, News, Supreme Council of Armenia
ARF-D Supreme Council On The Murder Of Hrach Muradyan
On April 2, Hrach Muradyan, mayor of the village of Proshyan, was found dead, killed by a shot to the head. Muradyan was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF-D), a freedom fighter of the Artsakh movement, and was serving his third term as mayor of Proshyan, a village in the Kotayk province. Muradyan was 50 years old, and had been mayor since 2005. The police has launched an investigation.
The ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia issued the following statement in regard to the assassination of Muradyan.
"Today, on the morning of April 2, the mayor of Proshyan village, Hrach Muradyan became the victim of a terrorist act, right across his office premises. A premeditated and planned assassination took place. It is obvious that regardless of the perpetrators, the crime is a side-effect of the atmosphere of impunity and intolerance.
Hrach Muradyan was a loyal member of ARF-D; from the very beginning of the Artsakh liberation struggle till its ending, he paved a glorious fighting path. He was awarded with the Battle Cross Order of the 2nd degree of Artsakh as well as with numerous medals for having served the country. Since 2005 he was elected mayor in three consecutive times; he was acknowledged as an exemplary leader, he had implemented various projects and had assisted to the solution of Proshyan people's problems.
Being a fighter by nature, an independent personality, an individual guided by the people's benefit Hrach Muradyan indulged the love and respect of his fellow villagers. This caused discontent to some. During his years in office, there were always efforts by others to create tension. Eventually, the threatening and terror that targeted him led to his death.
It is with deep sorrow that we note that in our country the citizen's safety is not guaranteed, the criminal behavior has become an inseparable part of our life. The conspirator bullet that took Hrach Muradyan's life was aimed not only against a noble Armenian and a compassionate leader but against the statehood and the prestige of the Armenians. The ARF-D condemns the assassination and demands that the crime be solved promptly and in full and that the executors and organizers are punished in the strictest way.
ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia"
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I did ICS at UCI, landed an internship at Boeing at the end of my sophomore year, and am now a computer scientist at Adobe writing code that is executed by literally a Billion computers world wide. My education at UCI is exactly what enabled me to do this. The career fairs were always awesome, and would be lined up with all the top tech companies.
If you go to UCI, make sure you get plenty of corporate experience while schooling. If you don't, and then don't land a great job afterward, don't blame UCI, blame yourself.
So that's all the serious stuff, and the most important IMO.
There PLENTY of extra curricular activities at UCI. Lots of student clubs, sporting events, the ARC, THE ARC!!! etc. You can make lots of life-long friends at UCI.
UCI has a basketball team which is good, not great. No football team. If UCI did, it'd be UCLA, as that's really the only difference.


At first glance, the specimen on the right appears to be an unremarkable fossil bear bone. But Museum intern Anna Dewar discovered that there might be more to it than meets the eye. Could this bone be linked to a great controversy involving fossil humans and the discovery of the world's first Neanderthal?
In 1829, Philippe-Charles Schmerling discovered human bones alongside fossilised bear, rhino and hyena skeletons in a cave near Liège, Belgium. Concluding that the humans had lived alongside the animals, and were also fossilised, he presented this ground-breaking idea to a group of scientists including William Buckland, Oxford's first Reader in Geology.
When Schmerling tried the same test with one of the human bones, he could not make it stick and he was left humiliated. Sadly it was not until after his death that scientists realised Schmerling had indeed found fossilised human remains after all, including those of a Neanderthal child.
What was he doing? At the time this 'tongue test' supposedly related to the mineralisation of the bone: if it stuck to your tongue, it was a fossil; if it didn't stick, it was bone.
This illustration shows one of the partial human skulls discovered by Schmerling in a cave near Liège, Belgium during the winter of 1829–1830. Schmerling was the first scientist to show that humans had co-existed with extinct prehistoric animals such as mammoths and woolly rhinos. But Schmerling's discoveries of fossil humans caused great controversy at the time, and it took decades for other scientists to agree with his ideas.


Struggling to get some shut eye and counting sheep just ain't cutting it? New research has found that writing a to-do list for the next day can help you nod off faster.
Previous studies have found that writing down one's worries can reduce stress, but these researchers wanted to test whether noting future tasks could also help.
Their study – published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology – examined 57 young adults, half of which were assigned write down a to-do list in the five minutes prior to falling asleep, the other half of which wrote down the tasks they had completed in the previous few days.
They discovered that participants who wrote a to-do list fell asleep significantly faster than those who wrote a completed-list. In fact, the more specifically participants wrote their to-do list, the faster they subsequently fell asleep, whereas the opposite trend was observed when participants wrote about completed activities.
"We think that when people offload everything in their mind that might be hard to remember otherwise, it gives them some relief from that rumination," lead author Michael Scullin, assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at Baylor University, told Time.
"It seems to be the act of writing it out that's the key ingredient," he added.


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How I could automatize this process?

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Poking a man in the bum with a breadtick and shouting 'cheeky bum', pressing a womans nose in the lift and making a honking sound (I had tears streaming down my face trying not to laugh! Bad mummy!) calling a man with long hair a lady and a woman with a plaster cast on her arm a transformer … generally being a menace! I am genuinely amused to see what he will come out with next! Our weekend away was fun filled but manic. I'm not sure all the time taken to pack, then unpack then pack and unpack again was justified with under 48hours away. I did have fun though and ate my body weight in sweets and rubbish – it's holidays you are allowed a free pass and donut and ice cream calories don't count by the seaside!
With less than a fortnight until I am back working full time I'm realising that I have taken on too many cake orders – four big ones to make in the next three weeks! Eek! Got a feeling I won't want to see another birthday cake come December. They are all party cakes and are so much fun to decorate but finding the time will mean some late nights! I just can't say no, I find it really difficult to turn people down and have even been know to offer to do more than than originally requested when I get a good idea about a cake! Fingers crossed I manage to complete them all on time. Along with nursery settling in sessions for the baby, studying for my work exams refresher and christmas prep – nope havent bought a single pressie yet I can imagine some panic buying this year- the next few weeks are going to be mental. Where did the time go I was sure I had ages left!
Made an awesome quiche for lunch and even managed to convince the boy it was edible! I bloody love quiche and seem to always think it's healthy if I put veg in it – but I also make it with all butter pastry and add extra cheese so that ships sailed! Got my homemade mincemeat on the go and more cakes kicking about my kitchen than you can shake a stick at! Unfortunately this means I have made nothing for dinner so will be a 'freezer suprise' not much of a suprise though as there is just fish fingers, sausage casserole or soup in the freezer right now! Did a massive food shop this morning but because I went without a proper list I managd to spend the same as my yearly income yet somehow there is nothing for tea?! How is that possible! I did get a lovely scented candle, nice shampoo and some wine … ah there's the problem! Crazy boy is currently crawling about meowing, insisting he is a cat, I discover he has been eating part of a birthday cake off the worktop and is licking his sister and hissing at me (if he shits in the litter box I will crawl in a corner and hide!) .. pass the wine!
Next I want to be a cat.


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LCI, Thora Capital and Rive Private Investment co-invest $100m - Helicopter Investor
Helicopter lessor LCI, asset manager Thora Capital and private equity firm Rive Private Investment have joined together to invest in nine helicopters worth more than $100m.
"We are delighted to be working with Thora Capital, LLC and RIVE Private Investment. This transaction will support the continued growth of our helicopter lease portfolio bringing in new sources of co-equity and finance partners," said Crispin Maunder, Executive Chairman of LCI
LCI will be servicer for the six Leonardo AW139s and three Airbus H130 helicopters. All of which are debt financed.
"LCI's proven track record as a helicopter lessor is greatly respected by the financial community, making it a strong partner for RIVE Private Investment to expand our investment footprint outside Europe," says Camille Brunel, Partner at RIVE Private Investment. "After years of investing in this asset class and developing in-house expertise, we think helicopters are a very resilient and attractive asset class as long as you can rely on a strong technical knowledge (internal and with partners) and have a careful financial approach."
LCI closed its first co-investment vehicle in 2019 with Flexam Tangible Asset Income Fund which owns three Leonardo AW139s and two Sikorsky S-92s.
Russell Christopher at Thora, said: "Helicopters have only recently been considered an asset class with potential by the investment community, which has limited the amount of capital available for operators to efficiently manage their balance sheet and optimize the mix of owned versus leased assets. We have long been impressed by the deep experience of LCI's leasing platform, sound and diversified portfolio, supported by unrivalled operational and technical expertise."
LCI's portfolio now comprises some $1bn of helicopters – including orders and helicopters under management."
By Alasdair Whyte
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Pupuke Waterwise is the original centre for Waterwise in New Zealand. A dedicated team of helpers built the facility, largely relying on donations from businesses. The Centre was opened in 1985 by their Royal Highnesses Prince Charles and Princess Diana.


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Samsung's New 49-inch Curved Gaming Monitor Is Too Powerful for Your Computer
The monitor has a silky-smooth refresh rate of 240 frames per second.
By Bryan Hood	 on January 8, 2020
With the lightning speed at which technology moves these days, it's easy to feel like each new device you buy is on the road to obsolescence within weeks of purchase. But that's far from the case with Samsung's newest gaming monitor, a 49-inch behemoth called the Odyssey G9. The ultra-wide display is so bleeding edge that even the most powerful gaming rig can't keep up with it—yet.
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Unveiled at—where else?—the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this week, the South Korean electronics giant's latest gaming monitor is the world's first 1000R curved screen with a 32:9 aspect ratio, according to the brand. But most impressive of all is the gigantic display's 240hz refresh rate, which means it can play games at a breathtaking 240 frames per second (fps).
That refresh rate is actually so high that you'll be hard-pressed to find a computer or game that can take full advantage of it just yet. Even if your rig is powered by one of Intel's 9th-generation Core i7 or i9 processors and equipped with a top-shelf graphics card, like the $1,199 Nvidia RTX 2080Ti, you'll have to turn down the graphics settings on your favorite games to get it to run at 240 fps. That's because at 49 inches and 32:9, the G9 is basically two 24-inch, 16:9 monitors side by side, meaning it demands twice as much power from your PC.
The Samsung Odyssey G9 curved computer monitor Samsung
But there's much more to Samsung's new monitor than an impossibly silky refresh rate. The display has an ultra-sharp 1440p resolution. While that may not be as sharp as a 4K TV, it's a significant bump over the 1080p resolution that's common on most computer monitors, even those used by professional gamers. Its immersive 1000R curvature also means that the monitor almost fully envelops your field of vision whenever you're playing League of Legends or Overwatch. It also features a 1ms response time and support for both AMD FreeSync 2 and Nvidia's G-Sync, which is basically everything a gamer could want from a monitor today and tomorrow.
Samsung has yet to reveal pricing details for the Odyssey G9, but considering how much gamers are willing to pay for the perfect setup—like $14,000 for the right chair—you can bet it will be steep. The monitor is expected to go on sale later this year.
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Last weekend I had the honour of both organising and speaking at the 6th annual Global Azure Bootcamp in Brisbane. This is always a large event to manage, typically sold out with a long waiting list – and this year was no exception! We had over 70 people attend this all-day Saturday deep-dive into Microsoft Azure technologies – and the response was extremely favourable by all signs.
As the name suggests, this is a global initiative which is organised by six individuals from around the world who donate a massive amount of time and effort to facilitate the launching of local community events on a specific common day. Through their website they manage to collect registrations from local organisers, disseminate information, create hands-on lab materials (e.g. racing game), obtain global sponsors (who donate free licenses and trial subscriptions of their products), set up support for sub-domains, and even help obtain local sponsorship (e.g. Microsoft providing free Subway lunches at most locations). It is a massive undertaking. This year we had 262 locations from around the world participate.
One challenge this year was finding a venue after a building-wide power outage at Microsoft was scheduled at the last minute. Fortunately, The Precinct was available and was generous in lending us their Staircase Stadium. What an interesting space! It came with an excellent A/V package, free wi-fi, and a kitchen that was well suited to the catering. Although it did not offer the luxuriant comfortable seating one might prefer for an all day event, the attendees nevertheless seemed to agree that it was a good venue.
Lunch was provided by Subway through the generous sponsorship of Microsoft. We also were served an excellent morning and afternoon tea by Art of Catering.
At the end of the day, we were able to raffle off some excellent prizes to six lucky winners thanks to the generous donations of both the global and local sponsors.
All of the global organisers who created and implemented the Global Azure Bootcamp concept!
And as Tord Glad Nordahl says in his post From chaos to control in Azure, "With dynamic scale and consistent performance Azure Event grid lets you focus on your app logic rather than the infrastructure around it."
Service Fabric is emerging as popular hosting model for microservices, due to its scalability, resilience, and powerful service orchestration capabilities. The fact that it can run anywhere (Azure, other cloud providers, and on-prem) makes for a compelling story, particularly when considering that single cluster can be stretched across multiple locations (see this great blog post by my Mexia colleagues talking about a proof-of-concept hybrid cluster). In my recent interview for SSW TV, I talk about Service Fabric being "PaaS for DevOps".
Recently Microsoft introduced support for ASP.NET Core stateless services. This is especially relevant when building Service Fabric application in Visual Studio 2017 which has built-in support for .NET Core. However, it can be a bit tricky trying to migrate existing .NET Web API services to ASP.NET Core – which is the subject of this post.


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ZERO combines Bitcoin's security with Zcash's anonymity and privacy.
ZERO stands out from the competition as a fully working product that has already implemented a set of special core features not found in any other cryptocurrency.
ZERO runs on a anonymous, private, secure and decentralised network. Maintained by ultra fast nodes run by the Zero community, whilst supported by a PoW ASIC resistant algorithm.
Transactions are completed within a few seconds, making ZERO significantly faster than any other major cryptocurrency including but not limited to: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Zcash and Monero. Zero's transaction fees are 0.0001 Zer, when the networks capacity is high. When Zero's network is below full capacity the fee reduces to 0.
ZERO uses zero-knowledge cryptography and fully implements zk-SNARK technology. Shielded transactions are IMPOSSIBLE for anyone to track.
Zero's transactions are completed within a few seconds, regardless if sent via T address or Z address.
Zero's transaction fees are 0.0001 ZER, when the networks capacity is high. When Zero's network is below full capacity the fee reduces to 0.
0% advantage for early adopters. No ICO, No pre-mined Zero, therefore people that buy or mine today have no disadvantages. Zero is not a security.
Zero implements zk-SNARKs, which is concluded to be a state of the art privacy technology, according to a consensus of significant number of nonbiased parties. Zero make's sure to pull in the latest, cutting edge technology from Zcash.
Zero is ASIC resistant due to increased difficulty settings in its Equihash algorithm, keeping specialised hardware (ASICS) out of the way.
Zero has a feature called shielded transactions that ensures full anonymity when sending funds. Shielded transactions can now be sent within seconds and also included on mobile devices!
Zero uses an alternative set of parameters and runs on it's own unique algorithm, Equihash 192/7. This needs atleast 4GB/8GB of RAM to function. Zero created & introduced this algorithm to the Crypto Community in 2017.
Zero is founded on a decentralised platform, there are no borders. Zero facilitates lightning fast and anonymous money transfers worldwide, without any restrictions or interference from 3rd parties.
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Republicans in Congress are proposing big changes to grad school student loans. If you're applying to law school, keep an eye on this. It might affect your law school choices.
D) The Wall Street Journal interviews a Better Call Saul writer on how they write convincing legalese. I'd be more interested in how they get Bob Odenkirk's hair to do this.
D) Gun control advocates are losing the battle for public opinion.
Dixie writes her grand opus in the vein of Henry David Thoreau: Why I went to the high-powered law school. The reasoning did not involve financial aid offers.
Today we will start with a matching game. Three quotes: 1. "Money often costs too much." 2. "It's all about the Benjamins, Baby." 3. "Stop flushing the damn toilet so often, you're wasting money!" Three speakers: A. My Mom. B. Diddy/P. Diddy/Puff Daddy/Sean Jean "Puffy" Combs. C. Ralph Waldo Emerson.


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Указ № 493 «Про громадян татарської національності, які раніше проживали в Криму» () видала Президія Верховної Ради 5 вересня 1967 року, щоб заспокоїти і дезорганізувати рух за громадянські права кримських татар. Виданий невдовзі після того, як правозахисники кримськотатарського народу зустрілися з високопосадовцями уряду, щоб окреслити свої скарги та вимоги щодо повної реабілітації, права на повернення, репарацій та відновлення Кримської АРСР, указ не поступався жодній із цих вимог, але нормалізував урядовий евфемізм «громадянин татарської національності, який раніше проживав у Криму» замість власне етноніму кримський татарин відповідно до політики невизнання кримських татар окремою етнічною групою, а також дав уряду можливість стверджувати, що питання «вирішено». Тоді як іншим депортованим народам, таким як чеченці, інгуші, калмики, карачаївці та балкарці, вже давно було дозволено повернутися на рідну землю, а їхні республіки відновлено на додаток до інших форм політичної реабілітації як визнаних народів, той самий указ, який реабілітував ці народи в 1956 році, набув геноцидного відтінку щодо кримських татар, закликаючи до «національного возз'єднання» в Татарській АРСР, що належить іншому народу з подібною назвою — волзьким татарам, замість відновлення Кримської АРСР для кримських татар, які прагнули національної республіки. Хоча в указі 1956 року та інших внутрішніх урядових документах, замість терміна кримський татарин, тривалий час використовувалися принизливі евфемізми, мало хто з кримських татар знали про цю практику, поки не побачили указ, який проголошував їх «реабілітованими», але «міцно вкоріненими» в нинішніх місцях проживання і обмеженими чинним паспортним режимом, опублікованого в газетах у вересні 1967 року. Проте, кілька тисяч кримських татар спробували повернутися до Криму, побачивши цей указ і склавши помилкове враження, що це означає, що їм буде дозволено безперешкодно зареєструватися в Криму. Після прибуття вони були шоковані тим, що з питань прописки в Криму продовжувалася відверта дискримінація кримських татар, внаслідок чого відбулася їх редепортація.

Герой Радянського Союзу Абдураїм Решидов був одним із перших кримських татар, які спробували повернутися до Криму, побачивши указ, опублікований у центральних газетах, але, на відміну від багатьох інших, він зміг отримати посвідку на проживання, щоправда, лише пригрозивши самоспаленням.

Учасники руху за громадянські права кримських татар засудили указ як «шахрайство», «ще один крок до знищення кримськотатарського народу як нації». Ташкентська десятка висміяла його як псевдореабілітацію.

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Opinion|Behind the Wheels
Opinion | Op-Art
Behind the Wheels
By JOAN CHIVERTON APRIL 8, 2007
THE New York International Auto Show is under way at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. A week ago there was nothing but concrete floor and pillars, but between last Sunday and when the doors opened to the public on Friday, 667 trailers were unloaded, an elaborate ceiling lighting system was lowered and 800,000 square feet of carpeting was laid out.
About 50 vehicles are making their American or world premieres this week at the show. And while New Yorkers may claim that they have no need for a car in the city, they might want to check out the "Taxi 07" exhibition, which commemorates the centennial of the modern taxi in New York. The exhibition includes eight cars and features prototypes for taxis of the future. If that's not enough to grab a New Yorker's attention, Chevrolet is showcasing three concept minicars from South Korea — perfect for parking in tight city spaces.
A version of this op-ed appears in print on , on Page CY9 of the National edition with the headline: Behind the Wheels. Today's Paper|Subscribe


In mid-October, Kirby-Smith Machinery Inc. hosted a grand opening celebration for its newest branch location in Odessa, Texas. The Odessa Chamber of Commerce and Midland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce performed ribbon cutting events, welcoming Kirby-Smith Machinery to the Permian Basin area. Over 300 attendees participated in the grand opening. On display were more than $10 million in crane and heavy construction equipment.
Kirby-Smith Machinery has been servicing the oil field construction and crane industry for more than 29 years and is recognized as one of the premier heavy construction equipment and crane dealers in the country. Kirby-Smith has service locations in Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Lubbock, Kansas City, Odessa, Oklahoma City, St. Louis, and Tulsa. Komatsu, Wirtgen Group, National Crane, Manitou, Gehl, DoppstadtUS, Atlas Copco, and Gradall are some of the products the company services.


It took some time for us to wrap up and clean out. And the post-summit nirvana is still hanging around our office. We'd like to thank everyone for attending iBlog 2. We've got a larger turnout than last year, more speakers, more stuff.
The Liberal Times Manila has a podcast on the iBlog 2.
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Left ventricular dynamic geometry and diastolic mechanics in a model of chronic cyanosis and right ventricular pressure overload
M. S. Visner, C. E. Arentzen, W. S. Ring, R. W. Anderson
Cardio Thoracic Surgery
Left ventricular (LV) mechanics and dynamic geometry were studied in eight dogs 1 to 151 days after creation of a model of cyanosis and increased right ventricular (RV) pressure. In each dog, an 8 mm conduit was interposed between the main pulmonary artery and left atrium; the pulmonary artery was then banded distal to this shunt. Ultrasonic dimension transducers were subsequently implanted for the measurement of LV equatorial minor axis and wall thickness. Catheter-tipped micromanometers were used to measure LV and pleural pressures; RV pressure was measured with a fluid-filled catheter and an external transducer. Eight control animals were similarly instrumented. At the time of study, the cyanotic dogs had significantly decreased arterial oxygen saturations (66% ± 7% versus controls: 96% ± 5%), significantly elevated peak RV pressures, (55±7mm Hg versus controls: 30 ± 5 mm Hg) and significantly elevated ratios of RV to LV mass (0.52 ± 0.05 versus controls: 0.36 ± 0.05). Diastolic pressure-dimension curves were generated and time constants for LV relaxation were calculated for each animal. The diastolic curves obtained from the cyanotic dogs were not significantly different from those of the control animals, and LV relaxation was not prolonged in the cyanotic dogs. In the three dogs that were cyanotic for 4 months or longer, there was a profound abnormality in the geometric pattern of LV contraction, manifested by asynchronous shortening of the anteroposterior equatorial minor axis. In two of these three dogs, inotropic reserves were assessed by means of postextrasystolic potentiation and were found to be normal. The results of this study indicate that short-term mild cyanosis and RV pressure overload do not alter diastolic compliance nor prolong relaxation of the LV. LV dynamic geometry may become abnormal after 4 months, with preservation of global LV inotropic reserves.
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Ventricular Pressure
Time and Motion Studies
Heart Atria
Visner, M. S., Arentzen, C. E., Ring, W. S., & Anderson, R. W. (1981). Left ventricular dynamic geometry and diastolic mechanics in a model of chronic cyanosis and right ventricular pressure overload. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 81(3), 347-357.
Left ventricular dynamic geometry and diastolic mechanics in a model of chronic cyanosis and right ventricular pressure overload. / Visner, M. S.; Arentzen, C. E.; Ring, W. S.; Anderson, R. W.
In: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol. 81, No. 3, 1981, p. 347-357.
Visner, MS, Arentzen, CE, Ring, WS & Anderson, RW 1981, 'Left ventricular dynamic geometry and diastolic mechanics in a model of chronic cyanosis and right ventricular pressure overload', Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, vol. 81, no. 3, pp. 347-357.
Visner MS, Arentzen CE, Ring WS, Anderson RW. Left ventricular dynamic geometry and diastolic mechanics in a model of chronic cyanosis and right ventricular pressure overload. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 1981;81(3):347-357.
Visner, M. S. ; Arentzen, C. E. ; Ring, W. S. ; Anderson, R. W. / Left ventricular dynamic geometry and diastolic mechanics in a model of chronic cyanosis and right ventricular pressure overload. In: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 1981 ; Vol. 81, No. 3. pp. 347-357.
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The acquisition, it said, was in sync with the company's strategy to enhance value for its stakeholders through organic as well as inorganic opportunities.
Also with several other ATL transmission lines and substations in Rajasthan, there would be synergy advantages.
The statement said that "With the completion of this acquisition, the cumulative network of ATL will reach around 13,450 ckt kms, out of which around 10,355 ckt kms are under operation and the balance 3,095 ckt kms, are under various stages of construction. With this scale of operations, ATL will enjoy substantial benefits in terms of cost optimisation, shared resources and will fortify its position of being the largest private sector transmission company in the country,"
KEC Bikaner Sikar Transmission project comprises of 400 kV D/C transmission line between Bikaner and Sikar in Rajasthan. The project was awarded through competitive bidding process and was commissioned in December 2017 - the asset has been in successful operation since then.
Mr Anil Sardana, Managing Director & CEO, ATL said the acquisition "further consolidated our position in the state of Rajasthan with an operating base of transmission lines aggregating to 1,375 ckt kms and multiple substations."


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American Idol - Saison 4
une série de Simon Fuller
Envie de la voir Dans ma wishlist ! Retirer de ma wishlist
Ép. 1 - Washington D.C. Auditions
Ép. 2 - St. Louis, Missouri Auditions
Ép. 3 - New Orleans, Louisiana Auditions
Ép. 4 - Las Vegas, Nevada Auditions
Ép. 5 - Cleveland, Ohio & Orlando, Florida Auditions
Ép. 6 - San Francisco, California Auditions
Ép. 7 - American Idol takes the auditions to the next level...Hollywood! (1)
Ép. 8 - Hollywood Auditions Continue (2)
Ép. 9 - Auditions Continue in Hollywood (3)
Ép. 10 - Auditions Continue in Hollywood (4)
Ép. 11 - The Top 12 Boys Perform Live
Ép. 12 - The Top 12 Girls Perform Live
Ép. 13 - First Result Show Of The Season
Ép. 14 - Ten Males Perform Live
Ép. 15 - Ten Females Perform Live
Ép. 16 - Who Has America Chosen To Stay And Who Will Go Home?
Ép. 17 - Eight Males Perform Live
Ép. 18 - Eight Females Perform Live
Ép. 19 - Top 12 Revealed
Ép. 20 - Top 12 Finalists Perform For The First Time!
Ép. 21 - One Must Go Home Tonight!
Ép. 22 - American Idol's Top 11 Perform
Ép. 23 - Top 11 Finalists Re-Vote
Ép. 24 - It's Down To The Top 10
Ép. 25 - Top 10 Perform Live
Ép. 26 - It's Down To The Top 9
Ép. 27 - American Idol's Top 9 Perform
Ép. 28 - Find Out Who's Been Eliminated From The Top 9
Ép. 29 - Top 8 Perform
Ép. 30 - Who Is Eliminated From The Top 8
Ép. 32 - Top 7 Results
Ép. 37 - American Idol's Final 4 Perform!
Ép. 38 - Find Out Who's Been Eliminated From The Final 4
Ép. 39 - American Idol's Final 3 Perform
Ép. 40 - Tonight Is The Night When 3 Become 2
Ép. 41 - Bo Bice vs. Carrie Underwood
Ép. 42 - And The Winner Is.......
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rating: Unrated runtime: 119 min.
The most polarizing figure in all of documentary filmmaking is also the least assuming. What struck me most about Michael Moore—as he stood before a packed house in the largest cinema at AMC's River East 21—is how he really just doesn't look like the kind of person who would inspire so much vitriol. Moore has always used his modest appearance and gee shucks Midwestern charm to bolster his filmmaking style, so his humility before the assembled crowd of fans wasn't surprising. He seems to hate being front and center, and looked much more comfortable in the audience, one in a sea of faces. Yet fifty feet away, there he was, for all to see on a gigantic screen.
Where to Invade Next, Moore's eighth theatrically released feature, finds him on assignment from the United States military to seek out the best place to—as the title states—invade next. Of course this is just a gimmick to talk about mostly European countries that provide for the welfare of their citizens a whole lot better than the U.S. Diehard fans of Moore and his style of tongue in cheek false befuddlement over the way another country does something better than us are going to find a lot here to love. It's an interesting, if wholly redundant, conceit for a film, especially when this plays more like a greatest hits film than one with anything new to say. Nevertheless, Moore slyly weaves a through line of gender power norms that creeps up on the audience and is sure to please the many feminists watching. While Moore isn't really trying to win new converts to his cause, his persistence, his humor, his use of popular music, and his ability to beat a point into the ground makes this film an entertaining watch, even if you think he's completely out of his mind.
The screening was followed by a Q&A with Chaz Ebert, widow of the late critic Roger. As Moore recounted the tale of how her late husband helped launch his career, that elegant combination of sadness and joy wafted over the crowd and put everyone at ease. Perhaps Moore's greatest ability as a social justice warrior is that he very firmly and very stubbornly planted his feet in the ground on certain issues he saw as key to humanity's ability to survive. Whether or not that makes him a great filmmaker is certainly up for debate, but there is something comforting about the way Moore weaves comedy and outrage together. That's what the great satirists have always done.


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Q: ExceptionHandling mischief Java gives compile time error if we don't write try catch block or try finally block or pass the Exception to it's calling Function for checked exception.That is all fine.But,My Question is Why then catch block is made optional i.e. we can write try block then finally block so,It this not a dirty thing to so..Please correct me if I am wrong somewhere..

A: *

*A calling method can also handle the exception

*finally block allowed because there may be some code which should be run even if exception is thrown. You may want to close some database connection or resources even if exception is thrown.

A: You MAY omit a catch block if the methods in you try blocks throw an unchecked exception.
Unchecked exceptions have a special treatment in Java:

*

*if you throw one, you are not compelled to declare that your method throws it;

*if you invoke a method which throws one, whether it be in a try block or otherwise, you are not compelled to catch it (nor to throws it, see above).

What is called "unchecked exception" in Java is clearly defined. All exceptions are ultimately Throwables, and unchecked excetptions either inherit Error or RuntimeException.

A: Try-finally is generally used to handle critical code to get executed. Something like releasing of resources or lock on objects. The intention here is not to handle exceptions but to make sure that even if some unexpected exception occurs resources are released safely. This is ensured as finally block is executed in all the scenarios. Only exception is JVM should not shutdown.

A: Well, it's not a really clean/nice way to code, but you're telling the compiler you are aware that something could go wrong. That doesn't mean it good practice, but in the end it's your code. The reason the compiler bugs you about "try" is if you somehow oversaw it. This is special for unchecked exceptions. Read more about it here at Oracle http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/exceptions/runtime.html

A: If you declare the exception (either checked or unchecked) in the method's signature, you are not forced to have a catch clause for your try block. In the case of an unchecked exception, you even do not need to declare it.
Nevertheless, you often need to free or release resources, independent whether an exception occurred or not. So you could write this:
public void someMethod() throws IOException {
    Object resource = getSomeResource();
    try {
        // Imagine, all following calls could throw an IOException
        workWithResource(resource);
        continueWorkWithResource(resource);
        stillDoSomeWorkOnResource(resource);
    } finally {
        releaseResource(resource);
    }
}

Even if one of the method throws an IOException, the resource is release prior to propagating the exception to the method's caller. In case of no exception, the resource is also released.
A finally block is executed always.


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Saudi Arabia said it has "absolutely nothing to do" with the National Enquirer's reporting on an extramarital relationship involving Amazon.com Inc. chief executive Jeff Bezos, Reuters reports, citing the kingdom's minister of state for foreign affairs.
Bezos on Thursday accused American Media Inc. (AMI), the Enquirer's owner, of trying to blackmail him with the threat of publishing "intimate photos" he allegedly sent to his girlfriend unless he said in public that the US tabloid's reporting on him was not politically motivated.
"This is something between the two parties, we have nothing to do with it," Adel al-Jubeir told CBS' Face the Nation when asked if the Saudi government was involved in the Enquirer leaks.
"It sounds to me like a soap opera," he said in the CBS interview on Sunday. Jubeir said he was not aware of any links between the Saudi government and AMI or its CEO David Pecker.


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import com.teamderpy.victusludus.VictusRuntimeException;
import com.teamderpy.victusludus.parts.BodyPart;
import com.teamderpy.victusludus.parts.Creature;

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Hi I recently shot some footage on a Z1 in 16:9 mode. I then took the tape home, imported with a small 4:3 Handycam, and sent it to PPro 2.0 for editing. I used the "interpret footage" option to reconvert the footage to widescreen. When I exported to AVI, Premiere exported in 720x576 (isn't this widescreen) but when I playback the exported movie it is squeezed the footage to 4:3. Tried playing in Nero and it managed to keep the widescreen format. Any idea why?
Hello? Someone? This is somewhat urgent. The video played at an event on a MacBook and the video was squished to 4:3!
Drop the exported avi (16x9) in a new 720X576 (4.3 ) TIMELINE AND EXPORT.
Thanks for the reply, Herman. I have been pondering over this solution for quite some time and finally decided to face the (usually) 2-hour-long export again. It actually exports much faster now!


The emergence of any person to the highest and even not so high levels of public officialdom is wont to give rise to a great level of scrutiny by the media. And when that personage happens to occupy the throne of St. Peter, apex of a significant part of world Christendom, such enquiry may assume a level of quite significant intensity.
There are questions. Does the election of a Jesuit as pope suggest a realignment of the Vatican power structure as well as the dynamic of influence? For instance, the tendency after the death of John Paul II was to characterise his papacy as one which facilitated the conditions favouring the inexorable rise of Opus Dei.
Where does this pope fit into the spiritual-ideological spectrum of conservatism and reformist tendencies? What are his attitudes in regard to the responsibility of the Catholic Church towards victims of sexual abuse by members of the priesthood and what is his record in terms of condemning such abuse and the enabling of recompense and succour for victims?
There may also be allegations.
There is something of the inevitable in raising the question of what an Argentine priest was doing during the so-called 'Dirty War' conducted by the Argentine military against the mainly Left-wing opposition during the 1970s. And more to the point, whose side was he on? And even further, there are allegations emerging regarding Francis's cooperation with the junta in regard to the fate of Left-sympathising priests.
Yet, it should come as no thunderbolt-like revelation if it were ascertained to be the case that the majority of the Argentine priesthood were supportive of the Junta and against 'Godless' Leftist guerrillas; for the history of Catholicism is rife with situations where the church has allied itself with the forces of authoritarian conservatism against radical social reforming movements of the political Left.
This was certainly the case during Franco's 'Holy War' against the 'Godless' Republicans in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939. Both Left and Right committed atrocities and so far as violence against clerics was concerned, churches were desecrated, nuns were raped and priests were murdered by Republican combatants.
In truth, it must be said that Catholicism has been allied to both Left and Right wing political philosophies. There is of course the Left-wing concept of Liberation Theology as expounded by the martyred Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador.
There has also been what may be termed Catholic Fascism.
A species of Catholic Fascism in Argentina can be traced to a European origin. There were Fascist elements composing the membership of the Organisation de la Armee Secret (OAS); the secret army which conducted a campaign of terror and assassination in rebellion against President Charles De Gaulle's decision to grant independence to Algeria.
This came via Cite Catholique, a Right-wing religious-mystical movement formed by Jean Ousset. The special catechism of the group fused strict piety with strong anti-Marxist sentiment and a pro-active application of the ways and methods of counter-insurgency techniques. Among its adherents was Yves Guerin-Serac, the founder of Aginter Press which was a front for CIA-sponsored training camps for extreme Right-wing terrorists on the European continent.
A key official within the group was one Father Georges Grasset. Grasset had been a member of the French Milice, the paramilitary organisation formed after Hitler ordered the French army to disband and which hunted down and murdered members of the French resistance to Nazi occupation and collaboration. He was the father confessor to many OAS figures and continued ministering to the needs of those who fled into Argentine exile.
Among these was Colonel Jean Gardes, the OAS man who was an expert in psychological warfare. He, along with others with experience of the brutal war conducted in Algeria involving as it did torture, was responsible for training many of those military figures in the Argentine military who would conduct the 'Dirty War'.
There would of course be no justification in supposing Jesuit priests, with their ethos of rigorous soldier-like discipline and aggressive proselytisation of the Catholic faith, as being inevitably predisposed to fascism, any more than would be the case with reaching such conclusions with the followers of Opus Dei because of Josemaria Escriva's support of the forces of fascism and ultra-conservatism during the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath when many members of the organisation including Prime Minister Admiral Carrero Blanco served in Franco's cabinet.
Yet, as the leader of a faith composing billions of adherents the record of Pope Francis as a priest in strife-ridden, dictatorship-bound Argentina is important. The commonsense view that those of faith should remain aloof from the politics of the temporal world arguably does not stand the test in instances of brutal repression.
The military regime of General Videla and others was responsible for a litany of human rights abuses including kidnapping, torture and murder and disposal of thousands who are referred to among Argentineans as 'Los desaparecidos' or 'The Disappeared.' The junta also presided over the adoption of the children of their victims and their re-settlement with regime-friendly families.
It was frequently the ploy of such authoritarian and nationalist regimes in Latin America and Europe to profess allegiance to the church but given the level of oppression and barbarity on display, the expectation would be that priests would be duty-bound to display the moral courage to condemn the iniquities and excesses of such governments.
It was after all the sacrifices of Nazi-era priests such as the recently beatified Georg Haefner, the protestant pastor Martin Niemoller as well as the anti-Amin regime Archbishop of Uganda, Janani Luwum whose legacies consistently remind the world about the standard expected of men of the cloth who exist in the midst of uncompromisingly violent dictatorships.
This is why it is important that questions be asked and allegations be investigated in the case of his holiness Pope Francis I.
This paper critically examines the degree to which the intelligence services of democratic states can vigorously and effectively conduct operations geared towards promoting the national interest while operating within a model which upholds ethical standards and remains accountable to elected representatives and the judiciary.
Drawing on a range of multidisciplinary sources including the work of historians, philosophical insight, legislation, case law, and intelligence service charters, the paper constructs a provocative historiography of key operations undertaken by the intelligence services of the United States and Britain.
It identifies unethical practices such as techniques of deception which have included the manufacture and dissemination of disinformation as well as the possible facilitating of false-flag operations. It presents evidence of collaboration with political extremists and documents significant contraventions of the rule of law through the use of extraordinary renditions, the establishment of 'black camps', the use of torture, and the facilitation of extra-judicial assassination. Further, it discusses their use in the destabilisation of sovereign nations through the supervision of extremist militias and death squads.
It compares intelligence projects and operations from the Cold War era, including the controversial utilisation of stay-behind armies in Western Europe, with the strategies employed in the contemporary 'War on Terror' while examining the existing mechanisms of accountability.
It concludes that the nature of intelligence work particularly when put in the context of pursuing vital national interests is one which many would see as being antithetical to a complete subordination to a rigorous ethical code. The security services are ultimately the tools of their political masters who sanction the use of unethical methods. This can only be tackled by the political will to abrogate laws and policies which encourage unethical strategies and the vigilance and persistence of the legal profession, human rights organisations and an independent media.


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Wellington Phoenix go 'All Black' For Anniversary Kit
in Football
— 22 Sep, 2016
Wellington Phoenix will be going 'All Black' for their special edition 10-year anniversary kit as the club partners up with retail experts Football Central, to deliver the historic jersey to fans.
There's a bit to take in there. Warriors fans will wince at the "special edition" bit. However, the thing of note here is the bit in quotation marks with the Initcaps. "All Blacks". At first that seems like borderline copyright sniping, but read on and you'll find adidas….
The kit has been designed by apparel partner adidas; and will contain a marine and wind feature celebrating the club's Wellington origins, a map of New Zealand that reinforces the Phoenix's status as the only professional football club in the country, and most significantly the names of 93 players who have represented the side over the past decade, carefully etched into the predominantly black shirt.
Putting aside shirt design hyperbole, which transcends every single sports organization in the 21st century, the bit about including all of New Zealand is significant. Part of the terms & conditions around the contract extension last year was that the Phoenix needed to ensure the following of the Phoenix was more national.
The kit will be fully unveiled in December and worn by the team on five occasions throughout the Hyundai A-League season, the first being the match versus Western Sydney Wanderers at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland on Saturday 17 December.
The adidas designed shirt will be available for purchase at Football Central's official Wellington Phoenix merchandise store, as well as pop-up shops at all Phoenix home matches – including Auckland, New Plymouth and Hamilton.
This is where it makes more sense. Given the desire to expand Phoenix support throughout New Zealand it does make sense that for those Home-Away-from-Home games there is a kit that Aucklanders, Tronites etc can identify with. The "All Blacks" reference mentioned above is not accidental and is pitched at the casual football fan. But remember, somehow, the All Whites often play in All Black themselves.
Just no one mention the Kingz.
People will complain, you wait, but there's a fair bit of sense to this.
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The first part of Ayurvedic psychology explains the way Vedic culture views the manifestation of the mind. Then several key sutras from the Caraka Samhita are presented and explained. These sutras give the Ayurvedic view of psychology and explain in a clear manner how the mind works and how it gets diseased or disturbed.


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