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package main

import (
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"time"

	"github.com/golang/glog"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client"
)

func flattenSubsets(subsets []api.EndpointSubset) []string {
	ips := []string{}
	for _, ss := range subsets {
		for _, addr := range ss.Addresses {
			ips = append(ips, fmt.Sprintf(`"%s"`, addr.IP))
		}
	}
	return ips
}

func main() {
	flag.Parse()
	glog.Info("Kubernetes Elasticsearch logging discovery")

	c, err := client.NewInCluster()
	if err != nil {
		glog.Fatalf("Failed to make client: %v", err)
	}

	var elasticsearch *api.Service
	// Look for endpoints associated with the Elasticsearch loggging service.
	// First wait for the service to become available.
	for t := time.Now(); time.Since(t) < 5*time.Minute; time.Sleep(10 * time.Second) {
		elasticsearch, err = c.Services(api.NamespaceSystem).Get("elasticsearch-logging")
		if err == nil {
			break
		}
	}
	// If we did not find an elasticsearch logging service then log a warning
	// and return without adding any unicast hosts.
	if elasticsearch == nil {
		glog.Warningf("Failed to find the elasticsearch-logging service: %v", err)
		return
	}

	var endpoints *api.Endpoints
	addrs := []string{}
	// Wait for some endpoints.
	count := 0
	for t := time.Now(); time.Since(t) < 5*time.Minute; time.Sleep(10 * time.Second) {
		endpoints, err = c.Endpoints(api.NamespaceSystem).Get("elasticsearch-logging")
		if err != nil {
			continue
		}
		addrs = flattenSubsets(endpoints.Subsets)
		glog.Infof("Found %s", addrs)
		if len(addrs) > 0 && len(addrs) == count {
			break
		}
		count = len(addrs)
	}
	// If there was an error finding endpoints then log a warning and quit.
	if err != nil {
		glog.Warningf("Error finding endpoints: %v", err)
		return
	}

	glog.Infof("Endpoints = %s", addrs)
	fmt.Printf("discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: [%s]\n", strings.Join(addrs, ", "))
}

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Montana State University is one of only 108 institutions - out of 4,600 - designated as "very high research activity" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of teaching. This means that MSU is among the top 2% of institutions in the United States in research which translates into significant opportunities for research, scholarship and creative work.
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Reports of sexual assault increase by as much as 41 percent when the local college football team plays, according to researchers who say the increase is related to the drinking culture on campus.
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Milwaukee Tavern Scorecard - July 22, 1940
Today we present another in our series of Milwaukee tavern cards. This example, dating from July 22, 1940, is different than the others we've seen, conspicuous by the lack of a publisher's credit.
The phone number - Marquette 6857 - is in the same exchange as our Steinel Publishing card from 1932, and the notation "34th Year" lines up with their date, but I can't find the name anywhere.
The graphics aren't as much fun as some of the cards we've looked at, but there's a world of information in this beauty.
We can start by looking at the American Association standings. This late in July, the Brewers were languishing in fifth place, ahead of only Indianapolis.
The Brewers were playing a night game against Toledo, so that day's game missed the print deadline. The space its score would be displayed is filled instead with some intriguing Brewer news from the days before:
Ray Schalk's debut as the new manager of the Brewers yesterday wasn't exactly a howling success neither was it a complete washout thanks to a seventh inning second game homer by Charlie English with two mates aboard to give the Schalkmen an even break for the day in their twin bill with the Columbus Red Birds. The visitors easily won the first game, 11 to 4. The score of the second was 6 to 3.
It is follwed up below by this note:
Schalk, who saw the Brewers lose to the Birds Saturday, assumed management of the club immediately after that game following the resignation of Mickey Heath who will spend his time between Milwaukee and the farm clubs operated by the Brewers.
Ray Schalk was a popular former Brewer of thirty years previous, one of many big-league players who found his entry to the majors via Milwaukee. He came to the Orchard in 1911 and the following season was sold to the White Sox, where he became famous as one of the honest players on the "Black Sox" squad). Thirty years later, he was brought in as a skipper to take over from player/manager Minor "Mickey" Heath, who was about to transition to coaching and broadcasting with the club.
This particular tavern card chronicles an important moment in Milwaukee Brewer history, more than earning it a spot in our Archives.
Labels: historical players, managers, Mickey Heath, tavern cards
Happy Holidays from Borchert Field
"Owgust and the entire Borchert Field force wish you and yours a merry, merry Christmas and the best for the new year."
The original festive Owgust is here.
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Labels: 1940s, owgust
1976 Borchert Field Postcard
The demolition of Borchert Field was completed on June 11, 1953, but the ballpark lingered longer in the memories of fans.
This "short run color" postcard of a very quiet Borchert Field was printed in 1976. That makes it something of an oddity, produced during the fallow period after the Brewers were dead and buried—indeed, anyone at that time interested in past Milwaukee clubs would probably have stopped at the Braves—but before the retro craze revived mass commercial interest in old clubs and their ballparks.
The photo itself, credited to Harold Esch, is undated, but perhaps we can narrow down the timeframe.
We can start with the light standards. The infield lights are casting a shadow from behind the camera, but are not visible. That helps, because those poles were originally placed on the field in front of the grandstand, and were moved outside the park in early 1942. So we know if it can't be any earlier than that.
The outfield ads along that right field fence might be a better bet. They don't match the ads we know were in place in 1952. So 1952 is too late.
We can go one year earlier; this photo of first baseman George Crowe was taken in 1951.
The three outfield ads right behind him match perfectly. (click for larger)
They are, from left, Hooligan's Super Bar at the corner of Farwell and North Avenues, Burghardt Athletic Goods (which had a long relationship with the Brews, even supplying their uniforms) and finally the Milwaukee Wood Fuel Co..
On the other hand, the billboard to the left doesn't match.
And there's a large billboard over his shoulder that doesn't seem appear on the postcard.
So that would seem to set the last date it could have been taken. Let's see if we can narrow down the earliest.
In 1947, April snow forced the postponement of Opening Day. From the Milwaukee Journal coverage, we get a good look at the right field wall, as team secretary Fredric (Shorty) Mendelson gazes forlornly across the infield.
It's an almost perfect match for the angle of Mr. Esch's postcard photo, allowing us to compare the ads plastered across the right field wall.
Although we can't make out all the ads in our 1947 photo, we can see clearly enough to establish that four visible billboards match our postcard:
Those are the same three from our George Crowe photo, plus Checker Cab Company on the extreme left.
There are, however, two billboards which just as obviously don't match.
I can't quite make out the left one on the postcard but the right is for WTMJ TV. The newspaper photo shows something different. So not 1947.
I don't know how often the ads changed over; I'd expect some minor turnover every winter, but not within the baseball season. It seems reasonable to expect at least some ads to remain the same from year to year. There may be one other clue on that wall, though. Look at the foul line: it runs right over the Milwaukee Wood Fuel Company's ad.
Very unusual; you'd expect the ads to be placed so that the foul line ran between them rather than through one. The original foul line was, in fact, along the right edge of that last billboard. It was moved as part of a general overhaul of the ballpark after the 1946 season, when the Boston Braves bought the team. One of the changes they made was moving home plate, shrinking the outfield but also improving the park's notorious sightlines. Moving the plate also required moving the foul poles, in this case thirteen feet to the north, resulting in the bisected ad.
The trees appear to be in full leaf, indicating that it was taken during the spring or summer. We know that the spring of 1947 was unseasonably cold, and it seems unlikely that the outfield walls would have been repainted so soon after the park was overhauled, so I'll say we're now talking about early 1948 as the earliest possible date.
Our window is now between 1948 and 1950. That's pretty good, but I'll keep looking and see if I can't get it any closer than that.
Labels: 1940s, 1950s, Borchert Field, color photos, merchandise, mysteries
"The Enemy is Defeated", 1914
This cartoon was printed on the sporting page of the Milwaukee Sentinel on Monday, September 28, 1914:
The Brewers are depicted as a longhaired character in a spiked pickelhaube scaling the wall of "Fort Pennant". Smoke drifts from the barrel of his baseball-bat cannon behind him as he raises his saber in victory and cries in a thick accent:
"PY GOLLY!! MEIN ARTILLERY VAS TOO HEAVY FOR DEM LOUEYVILLE ALLIES!"
Two days before, the Brewers had defeated the St. Paul Saints 11-3 (relying on their "heavy artillery") to clinch their second consecutive American Association pennant over the second-place Louisville Colonels. That's their manager "Scrappy Jack" Hayden playing the corpse above.
The cartoon was by Clarence "Cad" Brand, who had been scribbling for the Sentinel since 1900. Brand created this long-haired character, who was more commonly seen in a baseball uniform and old-fashioned cap, to represent the Brews.
I'm intrigued by the imagery Brand has chosen for this victory cartoon. The World War was only two months old. The cartoon was published exactly three months after the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria on June 28th, and two months to the day after war was declared. I imagine that, at the time, nobody fully appreciated that the conflict was eventually going to spread across the ocean, but even so the military imagery is curious given the war headlines racing across the facing pages of the paper.
Of course, the war would not be contained to Europe, and less than three years later the United States declared war on Germany and began sending her boys "Over There".
To drum up and maintain support for the war, the U.S. government launched an anti-German campaign, using imagery stunningly similar to Brand's. This poster by artist Fred Strothman depicts almost exactly the same scene as Brand's cartoon, but from the other side of the hill. Our lovable "Py Golly!" character is now the bloody Hun, saber, pickelhaube and all.
What a difference a few years can make.
Labels: 1910s, championships
1951 Junior World's Series Ticket
This ticket stub, rescued from a scrapbook, gives us a look into the penultimate day of the Brewers' penultimate season in Milwaukee.
This ticket was good for one Borchert Field grandstand entry to the Junior World's Series game against the Montreal Royals.
The Junior World's Series, also known as the Little World Series (the possessive forms of both names seem to have been used interchangeably), was a best-of-seven played between representatives of two of the largest minor leagues, the American Association and the International League.
Unlike the leagues involved in that other World Series, the American Association didn't automatically send its pennant winner. The champion instead joined the next three teams in a two-round "Shaughnessy playoff" to determine who would go on to the Little Series. In the 1940s, it was a source of great consternation for team president Bill Veeck that his mighty clubs, which took home three pennants in a row, couldn't ever make it to the Series. In 1951, however, the Brewers were both the Association champs and the playoff kings for just the second time in their history.
The Series had opened in Montreal, and by the time the Brewers came back to the Orchard they found themselves down 2-1. A little home cooking was just what the Brews needed, though, and they came back to take the fourth game and tie the series. That's where it stood when this ticket was carried through the turnstyle.
Game 5 was played on October 3rd at Borchert Field. The Brewers rewarded the home fans from the start, scoring on a hard single from first baseman and Rookie of the Year George Crowe in the bottom of the first. They scored another in the third and four in the seventh to put the game away, all while pitcher Ernie Johnson held the Royals scoreless.
It was never close, and when the out was recorded the score was six to nothing in Milwaukee's favor. This game broke the series tie and put the Brewers just one game away from clinching.
The following day, the two clubs returned to Eighth and Chambers to play again. That sixth game didn't start off well for the home team, as the Royals jumped out to a 10-2 lead in the top of the third inning. The Brews wouldn't be stopped, though; they battled back with five runs in the sixth, one in the seventh and three in the eighth. When the dust settled, it was Brewers 13, Royals 10. Game over, series over and Milwaukee was on top of the minor league baseball world.
This was the club's eighth AA pennant, third Little Series championship and fifth overall minor league crown.
The ticket stub itself is a fascinating artifact from the last days of the American Association Brewers. I love that moiré pattern, not to mention any opportunity to see Owgust in action. And compare this ticket with the box set ticket; $2.50 got you into the box seats, but you only needed $1.50 for the grandstand.
Regardless of where you were sitting, grandstand or box, if you were one of the 9,188 people with a ticket like this, it must have been one hell of a game to watch.
Labels: 1950s, artifacts, championships, Junior World Series, owgust, ticket stubs
1932 Score Card
This score card was sold at Borchert Field during the 1932 season. Like the 1933 card we've already looked at, this one is printed on heavy cardstock, bi-folded to create four pages, 7 inches tall by 9½ inches wide.
The cover is striking for its large ad for mineral water, "on sale at the ball park."
I'm also intrigued by the decorative detailing. In each corner of the cover, the border is marked by a small swastika.
The swastika, which dates back as far as ten thousand years, was a common good luck symbol in the early part of the 20th century. As such, it was not uncommon to find it in a sporting context, although that would soon come to an end. The Nazis were on the rise in Germany in 1932, winning a plurality of seats in the Reichstag that July. In January of 1933 the Third Reich was formed with the swastika as its emblem, and the ancient symbol would forever be tied to tyranny and horror.
But that was still in the future. On the inside of the program, your Milwaukee Brewers:
Wearing lucky number 7 is player/manager Frank O'Rourke. Note that he's listed as sharing hot corner duties with "Pip" Koehler. Other Brewers of note include diamond clown "Cuckoo" Christensen, pitchers Garland Braxton, Earl "Teach" Caldwell and Rollie Stiles (you may remember we examined his jersey earlier), catcher Russ Young, and Ted Gullic, who was in his first full season at Borchert Field. Gullic would go on to become one of the most popular Brewers ever, playing eleven seasons in Milwaukee.
And what a sign of the times that was, with two different cigarette ads proudly proclaiming their product is gentle on the throat.
The Indianapolis Indians were visiting the Orchard that day.
So the Brewers sourced their hot dog buns from a local bakery. Interesting. Between that and the mineral water, we're getting a better sense of Borchert Field's concessions.
The Milwaukee Herold, in the bottom right corner, was a German-language newspaper that had been publishing since 1861. At one time Milwaukee had several German papers, with circulation exceeding that of their English competitors. Those days were past, and the Herold closed its doors at the end of September 1932.
The back cover brings us another "lucky number" contests, and an ad buying tickets from a local vendor. Hugo "Sluggy" Walters' tavern was a longtime fixture around the corner from the Orchard. Walters opened his doors in 1902, the same year the Brewers took up residence in his neighborhood's ballpark, and Sluggy never missed a home opener.
The scorecard is probably most notable for what it doesn't include.
No beer ads.
Although today it seems impossible to separate baseball from beer, Milwaukee's most famous product, and the inspiration for the club's nickname, was not legal at the time this card was sold to fans. 1933 saw Prohibition in its dying throes; President Roosevelt signed the Cullen–Harrison Act, allowing the manufacture of low-alcohol beer, in March, and Prohibition was repealed by the end of the year. The Brewers' score cards in 1933 would prominently carry ads for Miller High Life on its back cover.
Labels: 1930s, ballpark concessions, historical players, score cards


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Meet the wacky and wonderful pair behind Rebel Donuts
Ben and Hayley share a love for donuts, a passion for flavour and agree that a good donut (like a really good one) is worth the wait, worth the incredible first bite. So with some real guts and hunger, Ben and Hayley set out to give the world the fresh, original, magical donuts it deserves.
It all started with a curiosity for cinnamon. In 2014, Ben discovered there were two main types of cinnamon: the healthy, pure, organic ceylon cinnamon; and cassia cinnamon (the common, not-so-healthy cinnamon). The following year, Ben set out to make the perfect cinnamon scroll.
Ben's (excessive) love for cinnamon took him to Sri Lanka in search of the perfect cinnamon to import for his scrolls. He then got thinking… is a cinnamon scroll enough to wow the people? What else could we use cinnamon for besides scrolls?
A short time later, Ben and Hayley travelled to Byron Bay for a holiday. On that trip they ventured to an organic market where they waited… and waited… and waited… for an amazing donut. It was worth the wait.
Both Ben and Hayley have always loved donuts and the thrill of that first incredible bite. Inspired by the drool-worthy Byron Bay donut, a dream transpired – opening their own donut shop. But corporate nine to five jobs and general life got in the way, until their love of donuts crept back stronger than ever.
In 2017, Ben had a dream about a magical donut shop where every donut was made from scratch. None of the 'pre-mix' stuff. He needed the real deal to go with his organic, pure ceylon cinnamon. The obsession was well and truly back.
Ben and Hayley knew what they kneaded (pun intended) to do. Their donuts had to be made from scratch, they had to be original, they had to incorporate local produce, they had to have that melt in your mouth taste, they had to be just right.
In January 2017, Ben and Hayley had one of the craziest, fun, chaotic, full-on and epic months ever – the first Rebel Donuts shop opened on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria.
Since then, three other locations have opened becoming a donut hotspot, flavour station and sweet spot across Australia's east coast.
Rebel Donuts encourages you to be brave, live on the edge and make your own rules.
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Pierre Jules André Marie de La Font (9 July 1885 – 7 July 1963) was a French general of cavalry.

Biography
Graduating from Saint-Cyr in 1906, he took courses at the Cavalry School at Saumur 1907. In 1915, at his request, he left the cavalry and was assigned to the infantry. He was mentioned 4 times, mainly for dangerous reconnaissance. At the beginning of World War II , he commanded the Cavalry School at Saumur and established the 5th Light Mechanized Brigade with which he fought during the Battle of Belgium.  He next became the commander of the 3rd Light Mechanized Division and was evacuated at Dunkirk. He returned to France and took command of the 4th Armored Division.  By 1941 he became General Officer Commanding the Vichy French 7th Military Division.

He became the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armistice Army and Inspector of Cavalry he was sacked before being put on leave on 1 March 1943. de La Font was appointed by Henri Giraud to succeed Aubert Frère as the leader of the ORA after Frère was arrested. However, the letter was intercepted by the Gestapo and by chance de La Font escaped arrest at the end of July. de La Font went into hiding for the rest of the German occupation.

References

1885 births
1963 deaths
French military personnel of World War II
French military personnel of World War I
École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni

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Q: Intuitive explanation of logloss In several kaggle competitions the scoring was based on "logloss".  This relates to classification error.
Here is a technical answer but I am looking for an intuitive answer.  I really liked the answers to this question about Mahalanobis distance, but PCA is not logloss.
I can use the value that my classification software puts out, but I don't really understand it. Why do we use it instead of true/false positive/negative rates?  Can you help me so that I can explain this to my grandmother or a newbie in the field?
I also like and agree with the quote:

you do not really understand something unless you can explain it to
  your grandmother
  -- Albert Einstein

I tried answering this on my own before posting here.
Links that I did not find intuitive or really helpful include:

*

*http://www.r-bloggers.com/making-sense-of-logarithmic-loss/

*https://www.quora.com/What-is-an-intuitive-explanation-for-the-log-loss-function

*https://lingpipe-blog.com/2010/11/02/evaluating-with-probabilistic-truth-log-loss-vs-0-1-loss/

*https://www.kaggle.com/wiki/LogarithmicLoss
These are informative, and accurate.  They are meant for a technical audience.  They do not draw a simple picture, or give a simple and accessible examples.  They are not written for my grandmother.

A: Logloss is the logarithm of the product of all probabilities. Suppose Alice predicted:

*

*with probability 0.2, John will kill Jack

*with probability 0.001, Mary will marry John

*with probability 0.01, Bill is a murderer.

It turned out that Mary did not marry John, Bill is not a murderer, but John killed Jack. The product of the probabilities, according to Alice, is 0.2*0.999*0.99=0.197802
Bob predicted:

*

*with probability 0.5, John will kill Jack

*with probability 0.5, Mary will marry John

*with probability 0.5, Bill is a murderer.

The product is 0.5*0.5*0.5=0.125.
Alice is better predictor than Bob.

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Rooftop Solar Gardens Coming to NYCHA
Rooftop solar gardens will be built on 189 NYCHA buildings at 28 developments across the city to increase New Yorkers' access to low-cost solar power. Construction is expected to begin by winter 2019.
NYCHA is partnering with five teams led by local non-profits and small businesses that will design the first rooftop solar gardens as part of NYCHA's ACCESSolar program, which stands for "ACcelerating Community Empowered Shared Solar." The electricity made by the solar gardens will be for people who subscribe to the service, with a portion of subscriptions set aside for low-income New Yorkers, including NYCHA residents and NYCHA Section 8 voucher holders who pay their own electric bills.
The teams, led by Kinetic Communities Consulting, Solar One, Fifth Avenue Committee, Sol Purpose, and BlocPower, will develop proposals for up to 6 megawatts of solar power, as well create career-path green jobs for NYCHA residents in the growing solar industry and benefits for residents at the developments where the solar will be built.
"Our new solar partners will help connect New Yorkers to clean, low-cost solar power and green jobs while also reducing our environmental footprint," said NYCHA Interim Chair and CEO Stanley Brezenoff. "Our Sustainability Agenda remains firmly committed to improving our residents' quality of life today and for generations to come."
As part of the NextGeneration NYCHA Sustainability Agenda, NYCHA plans to provide 25 megawatts of solar power by 2025 – the single largest goal for a residential landlord in the United States.
ACCESSolar Partners by Development and Borough
ACCESSolar is supported by the NYSERDA, the Fund for Public Housing, Sustainable CUNY of the City University of New York, and the consulting firm ICF.
Kinetic Communities Consulting, founded by NYCHA Resident Daphany Rose Sanchez, will develop a proposal for up to 850 kilowatts of solar power at 24 buildings in 8 developments:
Bracetti Plaza (Manhattan)
Elliott Houses (Manhattan)
Meltzer Tower (Manhattan)
Metro North Plaza (Manhattan)
Morris Park Senior Citizens Home (Manhattan)
Ocean Hill Apartments (Brooklyn)
Thomas Apartments (Manhattan)
Wagner Houses (Manhattan)
Solar One will develop a proposal for up to 1.3 megawatts of solar power at 49 buildings in 3 developments:
Kingsborough Houses (Brooklyn)
Glenwood Houses (Brooklyn)
Carver Houses (Manhattan)
Fifth Avenue Committee will develop a proposal for up to 1.3 megawatts of solar power at 30 buildings in 6 developments:
Baisley Park Houses (Queens)
Garvey (Group A) (Brooklyn)
Lafayette Houses (Brooklyn)
Taylor Street-Wythe Avenue Houses (Brooklyn)
Unity Plaza, Sites 4-27 (Brooklyn)
Wyckoff Gardens (Brooklyn)
Sol Purpose will develop a proposal for up to 2 megawatts of solar power at 73 buildings in 9 developments:
Baruch Houses (Manhattan)
Berry Houses (Staten Island)
Howard Houses (Brooklyn)
Latimer Gardens (Queens)
Mariners Harbor Houses (Staten Island)
New Lane Area (Staten Island)
Parkside Houses (Bronx)
Richmond Terrace Houses (Staten Island)
Todt Hill Houses (Staten Island)
BlocPower will develop a proposal for up to 400 kilowatts of solar power at 13 buildings in 2 developments:
Adams Houses (Bronx)
Highbridge Gardens (Bronx)


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Netsky Won't Go Away; Two New Versions Arrive
A version that hit the Web on Monday said it was the last iteration, but a pair of new variants surfaced on Thusday.
Netsky, the worm that plagued users last week, shows no sign of going away, contrary to comments embedded in a variant released Monday. Anti-virus vendors on Wednesday and Thursday discovered two new versions, tagged as Netsky.l and Netsky.m.
Like earlier editions of the worm, this pair's payloads are tucked inside file attachments to E-mail messages.
Netsky.k, the worm that hit the Web on Monday, included a long diatribe that, among other things, promised that it was the author's last iteration, that he would release the source code for the worm, and finally, that Thursday would be "skynet day." The creator of Netsky has repeatedly referred to himself as "Skynet" or "Skynet AntiVirus."
Those comments led some security experts to warn of a possible new wave of attacks on Thursday.
While a broad-scale attack had yet to materialize Thursday, the Netsky.l and Netsky.m variants may well be the work of others who now have access to the original worm's source code, said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at security firm Sophos. This could portend a new round of attacks since "releasing the source code would make it easier for other people to create new versions," he said in a statement. "Unlike earlier variants, Netsky.l and Netsky.m contain no mention of 'Skynet,' do not try and disinfect the Bagle worm, and don't launch a verbal assault on Bagle's author," Cluley said. "These and other differences in the code lead us to suspect that they may have been written by a different person. One concern is that the author of the original Netsky worm may have kept his promise and released the source code."
If true, the creator of the first 11 Netsky worms kept his word to cease and desist, and/or pass the torch on to other hackers.
The new variants are ranked as relatively low-level threats at the moment. Symantec rated both as "2" on its 1-through-5 scale, while rival Network Associates tagged them as "low" in its alert-assessment system.
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DENTSPLY SIRONA (NASDAQ:XRAY) Shares Gap Up to $35.11
DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. (NASDAQ:XRAY – Get Rating)'s share price gapped up before the market opened on Thursday . The stock had previously closed at $35.11, but opened at $36.24. DENTSPLY SIRONA shares last traded at $35.41, with a volume of 7,440 shares traded.
Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Piper Sandler cut their price objective on shares of DENTSPLY SIRONA from $38.00 to $29.00 in a research report on Monday, November 14th. William Blair upgraded shares of DENTSPLY SIRONA from an "underperform" rating to a "market perform" rating in a research report on Wednesday. TheStreet cut shares of DENTSPLY SIRONA from a "c" rating to a "d" rating in a research report on Monday, November 14th. StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of DENTSPLY SIRONA in a research report on Wednesday, October 12th. They set a "hold" rating for the company. Finally, Barrington Research dropped their price target on shares of DENTSPLY SIRONA from $51.00 to $40.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 15th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $40.70.
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The company has a quick ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 1.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. The stock has a market cap of $7.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.36, a PEG ratio of 4.45 and a beta of 0.87. The business's fifty day moving average is $31.41 and its two-hundred day moving average is $32.39.
DENTSPLY SIRONA (NASDAQ:XRAY – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 14th. The medical instruments supplier reported $0.41 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.59 by ($0.18). The business had revenue of $947.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.01 billion. DENTSPLY SIRONA had a negative net margin of 20.81% and a positive return on equity of 9.63%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 8.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.68 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. will post 1.96 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
DENTSPLY SIRONA Announces Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 13th. Investors of record on Friday, December 30th were paid a $0.125 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 29th. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.37%.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. purchased a new position in DENTSPLY SIRONA in the fourth quarter worth approximately $255,000. Yousif Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in DENTSPLY SIRONA by 7.0% in the fourth quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC now owns 39,731 shares of the medical instruments supplier's stock worth $1,265,000 after acquiring an additional 2,602 shares during the last quarter. MQS Management LLC purchased a new position in DENTSPLY SIRONA in the third quarter worth approximately $204,000. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its stake in DENTSPLY SIRONA by 6.5% in the third quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 85,717 shares of the medical instruments supplier's stock worth $2,429,000 after acquiring an additional 5,196 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Toroso Investments LLC lifted its stake in DENTSPLY SIRONA by 40.3% in the third quarter. Toroso Investments LLC now owns 15,481 shares of the medical instruments supplier's stock worth $439,000 after acquiring an additional 4,448 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.52% of the company's stock.
DENTSPLY SIRONA Company Profile
DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc manufactures and sells various dental products and technologies for professional dental market worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Technologies & Equipment, and Consumables. The Technologies & Equipment segment provides dental equipment, such as treatment centers, imaging equipment, motorized dental handpieces, and other instruments for dental practitioners and specialists; dental CAD/CAM technologies for dental offices to support various digital dental procedures, including dental restorations; dentist-directed clear aligner solutions, SureSmile, and direct-to-consumer clear aligner solutions, as well as high frequency vibration technology device; implants; and urology catheters and other healthcare-related consumable products.
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Typically when a ballhawk on this site has been accused of fudging stats, he offers no defense. The reason for his lack of a defense is obvious of course. He lied. He got caught. He's embarrassed.
This hasn't been the case with Baltimore ballhawk Doug Hakey, who was the subject of widespread rumors of stat-fudging last season, even to the point of the hash tag #HakeyWatch being invented to tweet about his stats. When Hakey learned of the rumors against him, he waged an aggressive campaign to defend himself, contacting anyone and everyone who would testify on his behalf.
What follows is a compilation of the emails I received defending Doug Hakey's stats. For now I have withheld the last names of the people involved. At this time I won't add any of my personal commentary on the situation and simply let the emails speak for themselves.
As a side note, Doug has informed me that one of his secret ballhawking strategies may have been a major cause of people doubting his stats. Specifically, he was able to snag a significant number of balls before the gates opened by hanging out just outside the back door of Dempsey's, a restaurant in the Eutaw Street warehouse. Dempsey's is now preventing people from doing this, which is why Doug is ok with me revealing the secret.
It was brought to my attention that there was some question about the legitimacy of Doug Hakey's Ballhawk numbers which very much upset me to learn of this. I have a 13 game plan in section 26 row 3 and have been fortunate to get to know my friend Doug. I have witnessed him catch at least 10 or so balls over the 6 games that I saw him there this year and he takes a great deal of pride in his ability to catch them and absolutely respects the ballhawk competition and would do nothing outside the rules. He works extremely hard at his techniques and just as importantly, he has fun doing it.
Not only that, he shares the balls that he catches with children that normally would not have had the chance to attain one. He even taught my daughters where and when to go so they could catch balls which cuts into the number of balls that he would catch. At game 2 of the ALDS he gave my wife his detroit uniform in section 48 and glove and guided her to a spot where she was tossed a Ryan Flaherty strikeout ball. What an awesome experience that my wife will never forget. He truly enjoys making other people happy with his ballhawking skills and takes the competition very seriously and certainly would not accept being declared the winner without legitimately reports the number and type of caught balls be cause he respects the integrity of the competition and would only want to earn it.
I pride myself in being a good judge of character and without question find Doug to be an honest person with high moral standards and thus consider him a friend of me and my family. The Ballhawking competition means a great deal to Doug and nothing should tarnish his achievements as he earns every bit of it and he enriches the baseball game experience for many others as well.
I am writing this email in an effort to voice my support for Doug Hakey. Doug is an acquaintance who I met this summer at the ballpark. I personally witnessed him catch a game used ball this summer against the Cincinnati Reds.
I want to personally vouch for Doug. He loves his hobby and is passionate in his efforts to collect major league baseballs. Please feel free to email me shall you want to discuss further.
It's come to my attention that my friend Doug Hakey has been receiving abuse on your site of late, being accused of padding stats. For this he's justifiably become quite upset. Let me chime in and try to set the record straight.
For the better part of the past four seasons I've possessed tickets to all Baltimore Orioles home games in section 36, directly behind Home Plate, 29 rows back and 7 rows in front of the press box. This perch affords me an incredible view of the field and stands, especially the areas between the Dougouts. I attend all but a hand-full of games. Several years ago I noticed Doug Hakey and a friend to be seemingly fixated on retrieving foul balls. They were quite methodical in there approach to this craft and very successful, usually getting several balls per game. Doug would keep a backpack nearby and generally have a supply of balls retrieved from batting practice and after each successful find ( I won't say catch) he'd retreat to his stash, pull out a few balls and hand them to children who would hover around him hoping to be the lucky recipient of that last foul ball. For each one ball Doug retrieved two or three kids would think they got it from him. None the wiser several children would leave each game with a treasure. I assumed this to be the fuel that would drive a grown man to drive hours to attend a baseball game whereby he's not a fan of either team involved but to instead just enjoy contributing to the experience of the fans in attendance and enjoy their company.
Over the past seasons Doug and I, as well as my family have become close friends and have spent much time together. This past season Doug spent most homestands at my home which we've enjoyed immensely. Doug leaves for the stadium each game-day several hours prior to game-time to catch every possible minute of batting practice, always looking for a creative way to get in early or get an edge on any competition he may encounter in his quest for that ball. Often my 17 year old son Ben goes along. Ben's been with him on a few of his better days. This season Doug has attended games at other stadiums as well. My son Ben and I attended PNC Park with Doug and had quite the memorable experience. We also took in a few games at National's Park.
Doug took this ball gathering thing to a new level this season. He put in a lot of time, energy and money to compete in your contest. He had some incredible days at the ball-yard gathering balls, sometimes more than a dozen. Many nights my kitchen table was covered in baseballs while Doug recorded his yield, like a kid after trick-or-treat night. It's seemingly a bit crazy but who am I to judge. It appears harmless.
I've never looked in on your site. Nor do I follow your competition. That said, I can assure you that nobody at Camden Yards came close to gathering more balls than Doug Hakey. In addition, from what my son Ben personally witnessed and relayed to me I can assure you with certainty that Doug's numbers are accurate.
Please do your due diligence in investigating this matter and set the record straight. It's wrong for your site to be used to attack the integrity of my friend. He was truly having a fun time with this and these events have certainly soured things for him. It's just not right but it sounds as if you may be in a position to correct it. I respectfully ask that you do that.
Hi my name is Ben, I am a 17 year old I play baseball for the [Team name redacted] travel baseball game I am a pitcher. I met Doug during the first game of the season when ironically he dropped what would have been his first of many game balls on the season; my dad picked up the ball and gave it to me, Doug and I have been friends since I still have that ball sitting in my house to remind him of it. Doug and I have traveled to different ball parks together over the last season them being PNC park, and Nationals park, I of course also go to almost all of the home orioles games at Camden yards and sit in section 38 behind home plate and have an extremely good view of everything that is going on, and off the field.
I have without a doubt seen Doug get at least 40 if not 50 of his game balls whether I was siting next to him near the dugout seeing it right In front of me or if I was observing him from my seat in section 38. I have also witnessed him in many "BP" sessions that I have attended with him some of the more memorable ones being in April when Baltimore was playing Toronto he got a total 17 it was like he had a magnet on or something I've never seen so many balls hit to one guy in my life, there was a point when 3 balls were hit to him in under a minute. When we traveled to PNC to see the Orioles play in Pittsburgh he got 15 BP balls, again it really amazed me that one guy could get that many that balls in one game.
I have attended plenty more batting practices with him and seen him work his magic over and over with the toss ups and just finding balls. I would say I have probably been in attendance this season for just about every game Doug was in town in Baltimore and 5 or 6 away games as well so almost all the games he was in Baltimore for I was observing him and I can say without a doubt that he is trying to lie or forge his stats I watched him almost every time he entered the balls onto your site one by one and he was not doing anything wrong just entering the truthful amount of balls that he got during the game. The only thing Doug is guilty of with game balls is not being able to catch the batting practice balls on the fly but at least he catches the toss ups. I have been working with him on he does much better in practice than in the stands.
i am a 63 year old baseball fan with season tickets to see the orioles and the nationals. i sit in some of the best seats in both parks and i see a lot of what goes on, both on the field and in the stands. i am a keen observer of things and i do so with peripheral vision.
because i sit, as one usher recently said, ". . . wherever he wants," i've had the occasion to witness ball hawking from several different vantage points. a few years ago, i became aware of the cult where folks with gloves and backpacks roam the stands in search of the best place to snag a ball. i have had many interactions with a lot of these guys and have watched with amazement the prowess, tactics, and the focus necessary to get game used balls.
doug hakey is a frequent attendee of games at camden yards. because i sit close to the field behind the visitors' on deck circle, i have seen doug probably 100 times, if not more, over the last few years. i know his routine. i tell fans around me what he is going to do before he does it. i am often amazed how he will be ready to pop down to the dugout immediately after a third out strikeout. he sits in an aisle seat and is usually the first fan to reach the bottom of the stairs and i have seen multiple games where the catcher throws him one or two balls. when a foul ball gets behind the catcher and the on deck batter grabs it, i've seen them toss the ball to doug often.
recently, i had occasion to sit in a different section than mine at nationals park. i chose to sit close to the visitors dugout and within moments i noticed a familiar sight from baltimore. it was doug hakey racing down to snag a ball from the catcher after danny espinosa had struck out to end the inning.
he sure gets around. i can honestly say that i seen his record breaking activities frequently.
My names is Mary and I work for the Baltimore Orioles. I have been there for 20 years and 5 of them 20 years i spent behind home plate. I am writing you today about a very good friend of mine who i meet behind home plate. Doug Hakey. I am hearing that there is a question about his stats on his ball hawking. Doug and i go back 7 years as i stated before 5 of them years behind home plate. I can tell you this much i seen Doug get some game day foul balls just being behind home plate.No he did not catch them in his glove but all the same he ended up with them in his glove. He did not run over any little old lady's or little kids in the process. Doug is not that kind of ball hawk. I have seen Doug give away balls that he got not only to little kids but to ushers who really wanted one. If Doug got more then 2 game balls or practice balls in a game Doug would see to it that he would make some kids day by giving them a ball.
When i worked behind home plate i would run off the ball hawks because of the knocking people over just to get to a ball. There were only 2 people that i would let stay behind home plate and that was Doug Hakey and Zac Campell these two respected the rules and caused no problems. I do not see Doug as much anymore cause i am now a team leader. Once in a while i will see Doug when i am walking down Eutaw st to go to my post before gates open standing in front of Dempsey inside the park and i stop to say hi and he tells my what a bad or good day he had a ball hawking the day before. I just seen Doug the last post season game on Eutaw st and he got a practice ball while we were standing there talking.
Any way not sure if you know this but if you have any power over these ball hawks then you might want to inform the new ones from the last couple of years to watch out for others and most of all respect the ushers. The last few years have been a shipwreck with the new ball hawks in the stadium. Because of them there is no more ball hawking behind home plate and before long there will be no ball hawking in the stadium at all if they keep it up. Its a couple of young kids that are making it harder on the older ball hawks and giving them a bad name. You cant disrespect the ushers when they ask you to do something and you cant knock people over to get the ball but yet that is what they are doing. Seat jumping is another game they like to play. The fans do not like that and are real quick to tell on them and then when they are question the get nasty with the ushers. Not sure of there names but i do know it is two young boys. If anything they need to take some lessons from the older ball hawks and learn from them.
Now back to Doug. Bottom line Doug is not going to fudge numbers just to get a population vote. He is not going to fudge numbers just to get to the top. The Doug i knows will work hard to get what he wants he will chase a ball to the harbor just to get a game ball for the night even if that is the only one he gets for that game. Doug may walk out of there with one ball or he may have a great day and walk out with 13 balls in one game and if he dose you can beat that he chased everyone of them and did not run anyone over doing it. Thank you for taking the time out to read my vent.
Sir I am writing this for a gentleman who I have met one time at Camden Yards on Tuesday September 2, 2014. I was on vacation at Ocean City Maryland and when my babysitter, who went on vacation with us, at the last minute stated that she needed to fly back to Boston to register for her college classes (that was just an excuse). So my wife, my daughter currently 17 months old, jumped in the car and dropped off the babysitter at BWI. I have never spent any time in Baltimore so we decided to drive to Camden Yards just to check out the park, it was safer than Lexington Market which we accidentally drove past. We walked right up to the bullpen in center field, it was pretty early and my family was amazed at how open the park was, with the statues in center field that was open to the public. The park is beautiful.
Well as my family was watching the pitchers in the bullpen warm-up and my daughter was walking around the park (we were chasing the little thing), this is where we met Doug Hakey. I am a Boston Police Officer, I have a t-shirt company Gamechangerthreads.com. So naturally I was wearing a Boston Police T-shirt. Mr. Hakey asked if I was from Boston and that?s how the conversation started. He knew all the players on the field, knew the coaching staff and employees in the park. I was amazed at everyone he knew. Before we even started talking, I recall someone throwing him a ball up behind the bull pen. I am sure if he got more than one ball behind the bull pen but I was busy with my family.
Mr. Hakey offered my family his season tickets for the game, he said he had better tickets behind the dugout. After about 45 minutes maybe even longer of hanging out behind the bullpen I finally accepted the tickets, he said they were going to go to waste. Then he also advised us to go get some food in a restaurant in right field which we did (he joined us for 15-20 minutes I offered to buy him an appetizer or a drink, he does not drink). My wife and I couldn?t help but keep an eye on Mr Hakey before the game and during the game. Once we were able to get back to the field area, we noticed Mr Hakey in left field, then behind the third base dugout. We were amused when we saw Mr Hakey switching shirts going from orange to red (Cincinatti), then back from red to orange when switching from dugout to dugout. This date Tuesday Sept. 2nd was not busy at all, Fenway Park would be sold out (I am from Boston). Mr Hakey actually spoke to an usher and got my family behind home plate before the game started. This is when we witness Mr Hakey get about 3 balls behind the first base dugout. I clearly recall one ball which was overthrown to a teenager who was standing in the aisle. Mr Hakey jumped the ball sailed over his head too, but he got the ball in the scamble, then immediately gave the ball away. Unbelieveable, all that work to get his hands on the ball, then he immediately gives it away.
Of course, Mr Hakey, gave my daughter a ball that night. I have plenty of photos that night in question. I have photos of my daughter with the ball that Mr Hakey gave her. He also texted me multiple times that night and kept me updated with the ball count.
I can forward a copy of my police ID, photos from that night, and a certificate that my daughter received for her first ball game. I believe that the rain played in Mr Hakey's favor that night.
Behind the bullpen I witnessed 1 ball. Then behind first base I remember at least 3, 1 of which was overthrown to the teenager. Then behind third base I do recall him getting balls but I have no clue how many he got. So in the short time I witnessed him get 4 balls but in the outfield I would turn around and he would have another ball. My wife states that she saw about 8 recovered, at times I was a bit preoccupied with the Beer line or my beer in hand.
My family stayed at the game and left just after the first rain delay. I have a new phone I just have to transfer the pics to my new phone and I can forward a pic of my daughter with a ball that Mr Hakey gave her.
I met Mr Hakey once. He made my visit to Baltimore and Camden Yards a memorable one. I would have to say he is a gentleman and a kid at heart. My wife said he reminds me of you. I have also included a pic of my most value player certificate from the Orioles presented to my daughter, I had to get one too.
Please visit my Facebook page. You can see a picture of my daughter with her Minnnie Mouse and the ball she was given courtesy ofMr Hakey. It is listed under September 2, 2014.
I will be more than happy to make a detailed report and have it notarizedfor your website.
Hello my name is Gary. I am emailing you on behalf of Doug Hakey.I had the pleasure of meeting Doug at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA. on Sept.17th. Actually sitting right next to him. We started talking and hit itoff. I was very intrigued with his passion for baseball and hisexplanation of "ball Hawking". In the the few hours that we shared thebaseball game together, He amazed me with his efforts in "ball halking."He had at least 4 balls thrown to him by coaches and players. Dougactually gave a few away to young baseball fans, that desperately wanting agame ball! With his face lighting up as much as the boys . We also had thepleasure of meeting Larry Lucchino (the owner and ceo of the Red Sox)how cool is that. (see attachment) Doug has a passion for baseball and askill at "Ball Hawking". I endorse his efforts and shame on anyone whofeels differently about this person and this persons love of the game!!!


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© Abbie Parr/Getty The Portland Trail Blazers announced the firing of team President and general manager Neil Olshey over allegations of a toxic workplace environment. Above, a general view of the Portland Trail Blazers logo at Moda Center on January 16, 2021 in Portland, Oregon.
The Portland Trail Blazers announced on Friday that the team president and general manager, Neil Olshey, was fired over allegations of violating the team's code of conduct and creating a toxic workplace environment.
"Following the conclusion of the independent review of concerns and complaints around our workplace environment at the practice facility, the Portland Trail Blazers organization has decided to terminate General Manager and President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey, effective immediately due to violations of the Portland Trail Blazers' Code of Conduct," the team said in a statement.
The statement continued, "Out of respect for those who candidly participated in that privileged investigation, we will not release or discuss it. We are confident that these changes will help build a more positive and respectful working environment."
According to the statement, Joe Cronin will serve as the Trail Blazers interim general manager while the "organization's leadership conducts a search for a permanent replacement."
As the team noted in the announcement, Olshey's firing comes shortly after the team hired an outside law firm to conduct an independent investigation. The O'Melveny & Myers law firm was hired to investigate "concerns around workplace environment by non-player personnel at the practice facility," according to ESPN.
Yahoo Sports, citing anonymous league sources, previously reported that Olshey created a toxic workplace environment. According to that November report, some of the team's employees also alleged that they were subjected to bullying and intimidation by Olshey. The anonymous sources also told the outlet in November that during his time with the Trail Blazers, Olshey never had an official complaint filed against him within the team.
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Olshey joined the Trail Blazers in 2012 after working with the Los Angeles Clippers front office. Olshey is known for his decision to draft Damian Lillard with the sixth overall pick in the 2012 draft. Lillard has remained with the team ever since, leading them to eight straight playoff appearances since 2014.
In November, the team made another organizational change, promoting the team's Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Vice President Dewayne Hankins to the president of basketball operations.
"He is succeeding Chris McGowan, President & CEO, who will step down from the role after nine successful years, effective November 26, 2021," the Trail Blazers said in a statement on November 12.
The Trail Blazers also hired a new head coach for the first time since 2012, bringing on NBA Champion Chauncey Billups to replace Terry Stotts.
A spokesperson for the Trail Blazers told Newsweek the team has no further comments beyond the statement.
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Ten original compositions make up the debut album from an exciting jazz guitarist.
When it's announced on the airwaves of NPR that you are "the next big jazz guitarist," as Nir Felder was introduced back in 2010, expectations are bound to be high. And if you've spent your time plying your trade around Manhattan, Brooklyn and environs, as well as touring the world, working along with artists like Greg Osby, Meshell N'degeocello, Chuck Mangione, Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, and Esperanza Spalding, expectations are certain to soar over the top. So with next month's release of the guitarist's debut album, Golden Age, when jazz fans will get a chance to sample Felder's work as the leader of his own ensemble, they will be looking for great things.
Now while there will no doubt be those who fail to see any one-to-one connection between the idea and the music in the album as a whole, there is no question it appears most clearly in at least three of the pieces. These are compositions that combine spoken-word samples from speeches by a variety of political, cultural and social leaders—including figures as diverse as Barbara Jordan and Elie Wiesel, Mario Cuomo and Lou Gehrig, Malcolm X and Richard Nixon. Sometimes you can recognize the voice, sometimes not, but always you are impressed with the seriousness of the project.
Felder has demonstrated his commitment to this material be making two of these songs available prior to the album's release: "Lights," the disc's opening track, and "Sketch 2." The third is the album's final piece, "Before the Tsars." These spoken word samples provide a thematic context not only for the specific tracks, but for the album as a whole. They paint the age, golden or otherwise.
Focused less on the individual player's technical prowess, the ensemble aims at an aesthetic that privileges the music, the song. Whether it be the moody, almost dirge-like "Code," with its nod to "Auld Lang Syne," or the rhythmically adventurous "Memorial," it is always about the music rather than the musician. This is not to say the Felder and his crew lack virtuosity. Take for example some of the solo work on "Ernest/Protector." They can play with the best of them, but they work together to honor the music. And the totality—listen to "Bandits" and "Bandits ll"—is absolutely beautiful.
Nir Felder and his quartet have produced a jazz album you'll want to listen to.


Indian Valley Vocational Center - Applied Math Builds Vending Machines, Learns About Functions!
Collaboration is Key for Students in Applied Math!
Applied Math Students on PAR for Success!
Applied Math Builds Vending Machines, Learns About Functions!
5a0db966a16d5 Students work together to complete a graph.
Students work together to complete a graph.
5a0db966a16d5 Student describes how math is related to Law Enforcement.
Student describes how math is related to Law Enforcement.
5a0db966a16d5 These student-created vending machines help with understanding functions.
These student-created vending machines help with understanding functions.
5a0db966a16d5 A student's poster describes how math is related to Auto Body.
A student's poster describes how math is related to Auto Body.
5a0db966a16d5 Groups of students work on the 'Spaghetti Bridge' activity.
Groups of students work on the 'Spaghetti Bridge' activity.
5a0db966a16d5 Student graphs of candy color distributions.
Student graphs of candy color distributions.
Are you tired of big math textbooks and daydreaming in class when you're teacher is just talking nonsense? This is where applied math comes in! There is no sitting behind a textbook and dozing off in class anymore. We do hands-on projects that transport us out of the normal classroom environment. We have made things like vending machines, mini golf courses and more.
When it came time to build our vending machines, we had to design and cut out shoe boxes to create a model of them. We used the simple idea of a vending machine, which we use in our everyday lives, and found how they are related to functions. When you walk up to a vending machine and press a certain button, you expect to get the item you wanted. When you press that same button again, you should get the same item every single time. That is what we call a working vending machine. Functions work the same way. For every number you plug into a function you should get a unique number back.
In this class, we've also built scale versions of mini golf courses. You may ask yourself how a mini golf course relates to math, but if you start to think back to basic geometry classes, the answer becomes obvious. As a builder creates a golf course, they have to think of the amount of area they need and the length that would fit in the space they have, as well as the measurements, shapes, and patterns that come along with it. Related to that is the amount of money certain areas will cost the builders.
From our point of view, our class really loves to do hands-on work instead of just daydreaming. Applied math is not an ordinary math class that we see in our home schools. In our class, we use math skills in a real world context.


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2022 Mercedes SL Spied With Production Body For The First Time
This is by far our best look yet at the all-new roadster.
Jan 24, 2020 at 5:36am ET
By: Adrian Padeanu
It's safe to say the SL hasn't exactly been a cash cow for Mercedes, but the Sport Leicht remains one of the most important nameplates in the company's portfolio and therefore must survive. Rather than going the way of the dodo like the smaller SLC / SLK roadster, the grand tourer will live to see another generation early this decade.
Today, Motor1.com is happy to bring you the best spy shots yet of the completely revamped model that will come to replace one of Mercedes' oldest cars. As a refresher, the R231 was unveiled about eight years ago, so a successor can't come soon enough. Previously spotted as a shortened E-Class Sedan, the SL has now been caught carrying what appears to be the full production body and lights.
Gallery: 2022 Mercedes SL spy photos
There's a good reason why Mercedes made an extra effort to conceal the prototype's roof because there are reports the next SL will revert to a fabric top. We can't quite see it yet, but there doesn't seem to be room enough for a large and bulky metal top to fold, thus fueling those rumors about the SL getting a soft top.
The rumor mill also says the all-new SL will switch to a 2+2 cabin, which we're honestly finding hard to believe since the cabin appears to be quite small. There might be some room in there for two cramped seats à la Porsche 911, but those will be primarily just for kids or maybe adults during short trips.
Here's What We Know About The Next SL:
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AMG boss Tobias Moers has already announced the next SL will be "far sportier" than the outgoing model, adding it will reflect the "perfect compromise between driving dynamics and comfort." It will be available only as a roadster and will be "kind of a cruiser," with the man in charge at AMG saying electrified powertrains are planned.
Speaking of electrification, the prototype's quad exhaust system looks similar to what AMG's "53" models have – an inline-six engine with mild hybrid tech. A while ago, Daimler trademarked a few "73" models, which could use the same 800-horsepower hybrid setup as the forthcoming GT 73. We're keeping our fingers crossed the super-rare SL73 will return on day.
Motor1.com's rendering based on the clay model
AMG sports car clay model
With the next SL being co-developed alongside the second-generation AMG GT on the MSA platform, some will probably wonder whether this might be the latter. We can't be 100 percent it's one or the other, but our spies are inclined to believe it's the new SL (likely codenamed R232). As you may recall, Mercedes might've teased the next GT a while ago in a video featuring Lewis Hamilton playing around with the clay model of a sleek coupe.
The SL is likely the first to come out, so there are more reasons to believe we're looking at it right now. The current AMG GT has yet to show its Black Series version, so it will be a while before the boys and girls from Affalterbach will introduce the second generation. As for the SL, it might debut sometime next year and go on sale as a 2022MY.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, both D-N.H., joined 13 colleagues in introducing legislation to overhaul the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
The What You Can Do for Your Country Act of 2019 would ensure that millions of teachers, social workers, members of the military, emergency responders, nurses, public defenders, and other public service professionals will qualify for the loan forgiveness they have earned.
"Hard-working Granite Staters and Americans who dedicate their careers to serving their country deserve the student loan forgiveness they are promised under the law and that they have earned," Hassan said. "This legislation would overhaul the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and increase eligibility for the program in order to ease the burden of student debt that is holding far too many of these public servants back."
"The tradition of public service is ingrained in New Hampshire, but too many Granite Staters struggle with the burden of student loan debt that prevents them from serving their communities," Shaheen said. "We should be rewarding and assisting people who want to give back.
This legislation would incentivize public service and rewards public servants for their hard work to strengthen our communities."
The act of 2019 would allow all types of federal loans to qualify; allow all federal repayment plans to qualify; ensure that the Department of Education provides public servants with clearer information and guidance; allow borrowers to receive a partial forgiveness benefit after five years of public service; and simplify the application and certification process.
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Q: Rails 5.1 Secrets vi ended up with two files to edit I'm using Rails 5.1.2
I'm having some difficulty with the secrets.yml files.
I have somehow ended up with two files that are holding my secrets. When I run vi secrets:edit I see an empty file.  Then when I close it using
esc q instead of it closing it will show me another file and will say E173: 1 more file to edit So I have to repeat esc q before I can get back to my bash profile.
Neither file show my Environment keys that I know are saved somewhere because the app is able to run and function when I run Rails s but I just can't access them.
How can I find the missing file and delete these empty files?


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in: Episodes, Anime
English Tunnel
Kanji トンネル
Rōmaji Tonneru
Release May 13, 2011
Episode 4 - "The White Dress with a Ribbon" Episode 6 - "Forget It, Don't Forget"
Tunnel is the fifth episode of the Anohana anime. It aired on May 13th, 2011.
Summary[]
Atsumu blames himself for Menma's death, and Menma has Jinta tell him things that only she and Atsumu know of. Later, Chiriko explains how she caught onto his obsession with Menma. Atsumu recalls ten years ago, when he confessed to Menma shortly after Jinta ran off, only to be rejected. Meanwhile, Jinta wonders why he hasn't been so focused on fulfilling Menma's wish lately. The next day, Naruko goes to a karaoke bar with her friends, when a boy forces her to a love hotel. She is saved by the timely arrival of Atsumu. On the train ride home, Atsumu asks Naruko about her feelings for Jinta. She is conflicted on whether or not she 'likes' him. Meanwhile, Tetsudō tells Jinta his theory that Menma is around because she couldn't ascend to Heaven, but this just makes her upset.
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Top Ten of the Last Ten, #5: 2011 vs. Clemson
Tevin Washington's finest hour
By Carter Templeton@MagnaCarterLive Aug 6, 2018, 9:00am EDT
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Tech dropped the hammer on Homecoming
Dabo Swinney is a huge dork. He dresses like he's in his second or third year of undergrad. (He looks around that age, too, which should be impossible for someone with a job as stressful as "power 5 college football coach". Has he located the fountain of youth?) He once got into a war of words with Steve Spurrier - a fool's errand if there ever was one against a trash talking grandmaster, especially if you're Dabo Swinney. There's a tinge of deep southern in every thing he says - it might be charming to a few, but to most, it ain't.
Swinney also won the 2016 national championship, so he's now a dork that's won a national championship. It didn't take him long to go from questionable coordinator hire who was on the ropes following consecutive losses to South Carolina to being one of the top coaches today, making each of the last three College Football Playoffs. (Only Nick Saban himself has done better.) Things started to turn around for him in the 2011 season - following a disastrous year which saw his Tigers finish 6-7, he rebounded to win ten games, and hasn't won fewer since. In week 3, Clemson knocked off defending national champion Auburn in Death Valley. Auburn was on a 17 game winning streak, and after the victory Swinney's postgame exuberance became a minor hit among the college football landscape. Clemson followed that with two more huge victories - another home upset over an FSU team that was fresh off a loss to top ranked Oklahoma, and a 23-3 demolition of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg - and cruised their way to 8-0 in time for their annual cross-divisional matchup at Georgia Tech.
Tech, for their part, had started the season burning everything to the ground. In each of their first five games, their offense had scored at least 35 points, topping the 60 point mark twice, and they set some records along the way. But the cracks started to show in week six with a 21-16 squeaker over Maryland, and the Jackets followed that up with back to back road defeats at the Charlottesville house of horrors and Miami's cavernous NFL stadium. Dreams of College GameDay coming to Atlanta for Clemson at Georgia Tech went up in smoke, but Tech fans would get a decent consolation: a primetime TV slot on ABC to host the #5 Clemson Tigers on homecoming. And really, when you've just seen your team drop some mind-numbingly stupid decisions like Tech had, wouldn't you just be fired up to host a top 5 team, at night, on national television?
And yes, of course it was homecoming again. This time, at least, Tech could genuinely say it wasn't trying to schedule its toughest opponent for homecoming weekend. After all, the Tigers had finished with a losing season just last year, and the Jackets had taken six of the last eight in the series. The Tigers were looking to blaze their way to the BCS title game seemingly out of nowhere. It was Tajh Boyd's time to shine as Clemson's quarterback, and his opportunity was boosted not by the OC hire of Chad Morris from Tulsa but by fellow playmakers DeAndre "Nuk" Hopkins and Sammy Watkins.
Tech, meanwhile, was helmed by redshirt junior Tevin Washington. Washington not only had the unenviable responsibility of following Joshua Nesbitt, but had been thrust into the starting role half a season earlier than expected when Nesbitt broke his arm in the latter half of the 2010 season. The end of that season proved to be.... less than fun, but Washington was back and better than ever in 2011. This would prove to be his biggest test yet.
Seemingly. Despite all the aforementioned, to describe Clemson's offensive performance in the first half would be to describe an offense that couldn't get out of its own way. On their first possession, the Tigers kicked a long field goal to get on the board first. It would be their only lead of the entire game. The rest of the half was pure misery: on their second drive, the Tigers started out by throwing a pass that went for negative yardage. This was followed by Boyd committing an intentional grounding penalty after being pressured by TJ Barnes. Finally, on just the third play of the drive, Boyd completed a pass to DJ Howard - who dropped the ball as he was being tackled. Rod Sweeting, not missing a beat, picked it up and ran it back to the endzone. It was only thanks to a premature whistle by the referees Sweeting was only credited with the recovery and not a touchdown.
Following that, the Tigers would punt after six plays, then again after three plays. With one more chance near the end of the half, they were stopped at the Georgia Tech 22. Chandler Catanzaro had a 40 yard field goal to kick from between the hashes.... and hooked it wide left. Very wide. Al Groh's defense had, impressively, completely stymied a hotter and much more talented Tigers offense. Clemson's runs were all for short yardage, and Boyd's passes frequently found themselves within inches of Tech's secondary - he threw two interceptions that night, and was lucky that number wasn't more like six.
On the opposite side of the ball, Tech's offense was having an even more uncharacteristic performance, at least relative to the past two weeks. Their first two drives lasted six total plays and gained negative eight yards, but the turnover invigorated them. Tech had 1st and 10 at the Clemson 19. Three plays later, Washington kept on 2nd down to get the ball to the 1 - and was stuffed on 3rd down. Facing an early gut check, Paul Johnson elected to go for it. Washington pitched right to Orwin Smith, who was freed up by a block from Roddy Jones. The crowd didn't need to wait for for Smith to reach the endzone to start cheering. They knew it was six once Jones made that block.
Having broken out of their funk, Tech's offense relentlessly built their lead for the rest of the half. They settled for a field goal on their next possession, aided by a 46 yard run by Washington. Washington would call his own number a lot that night, and would end up with 176 rushing yards on the night, a then-record for Georgia Tech quarterbacks.
The possession after that, Tech opened up with a 9 yard run by David Sims, before Washington lobbed a bomb to Stephen Hill. It would have been a 51 yard bomb had Hill not dropped it. Tech wisely decided not to pass again. Instead they ran, and ran, and ran - eight times in a row to be exact. On the eighth, Paul Johnson didn't like how Clemson's defense lined up and attempted tot call a time out. He didn't get it, which ended up working out, as Smith took the pitch and dove into the endzone for his second touchdown of the night.
The Jackets would get the ball one more time before halftime, and capitalized on that possession as well. Washington had four total completions on the night; three came on this drive, including an incredible catch from Hill for 44 yards, bringing Hill's amazing play to befuddling misplay ratio back into balance. Two keepers later, Washington was in the endzone again. The Jackets had scored on four consecutive possessions after going three and out on each of their first two.
I'd mentioned earlier Clemson had squandered their last possession of the half with a missed field goal, but they actually had one chance remaining with 37 seconds after all that. Sammy Watkins took the kickoff and promptly ran into one of his own blockers, perfectly encapsulating the Tigers' first half. They went into the locker room with nothing; the halftime score: Tech 24, Clemson 3. Clemson had made mistake after mistake on offense, and Tech had punished them every time. The game felt like it was being written in reverse. The crowd couldn't care less. They were enjoying every minute of this.
No one knows for sure what Swinney told his players in the locker room at half time. But Clemson opened the second half with the ball, and finally reached the endzone in just four plays. Tech's defense made the mistake of letting Watkins get free just once and he burned them for a 48 yard touchdown. Was this the start of a major comeback for the Tigers?
Nope. On the third play of the next possession, Washington topped his 47 yard carry from earlier with a 56 yard carry. Two plays later, Sims dove into the endzone with Jonathan Meeks wrapped tightly around his ankle. Tech's lead was back to three touchdowns. The Clemson comeback was DOA.
None of the problems Clemson experienced in the first half went away in the second. The Tigers went 50 yards in two minutes before fumbling again. With the ball back, Tech should have iced the game on the following possession. Instead, with the ball inside Clemson's one yard line, Rennie Moore jumped the snap count and pulled the ball from Washington before he could make a pitch. Moore had been obviously, egregiously offside - that is, to everyone except the referee crew.
(I know, I'm being harsh on these referees. All they did was miss two major calls that would have been Tech touchdowns if called correctly. But these are judgement calls at the end of the day. This one was pretty close. Was Moore really offside? You be the judge.)
The Tigers were able to take advantage of their one stroke of good luck. They engineered a four minute, 97 yard drive that ended with a touchdown as the fourth quarter began. The score should have been 38-10; instead, it was now 31-17. Clemson's hopes were still alive, if they could continue to capitalize on their opportunities.
But they couldn't. They forced Tech into a 3 and out on the following possession, only to find themselves punting on their next possession after just six plays. With the ball back, Washington immediately threw a pass that was intercepted by Rashard Hall to the Georgia Tech nine yard line.... only for Boyd to immediately throw a pass that itself was intercepted by Jemea Thomas in the endzone. The Tigers had received a gift if there ever was one, and still, impressively, screwed it all up.
Tech was set to make the Tigers pay one last time, and they did it in the most painful, excruciating way possible. They ran the ball for short yardage - again, and again, and again, and again, and again. They burned the clock. They forced Clemson to use their precious remaining timeouts. And they kept grinding out yards. Finally, facing 4th and 6 at the Clemson 27, Washington kept the ball - and got five. It was a turnover on downs, but the Jackets' main objective had been completed. They'd run sixteen plays and burned 9:04 off the clock, leaving the Tigers with just 1:29. It was a trademark Paul Johnson Death March drive.
With such little time remaining, Clemson needed to be mistake-free to have any chance. But no one starts playing perfectly 58 minutes and 30 seconds into a football game, and the Tigers didn't either. On the fourth play of the drive, they gave up their fourth turnover of the night when Boyd's pass found its way into Thomas' hands for the second time. Washington got two plays in the victory formation and that was all she wrote. Now it was time for him to bask in the glory of a championship run ending upset as fans stormed the field to dance on the grave of Clemson's BCS title hopes.
Clemson wouldn't recover following the loss. Though they did defeat Virginia Tech a second time in the ACC championship to win their first title in 20 years, they would drop the other three of their final four games, including their rivalry game against South Carolina - their third straight in a skid that would stretch to five - and the mother of all Clemsonings against West Virginia in the Orange Bowl. Tech fared no better, also losing three of their final four, and blowing a 14 point fourth quarter lead to lose the Sun Bowl to Utah in overtime. It wasn't the start of anything new for Washington or this Tech team - for them, that night against Clemson was as good as it got.
But damn, it sure was good.
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Why will 2018 be different? Because I'm going to beat this defensive dead horse til it turns to glue.
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Quick, which key is the easiest to find and hit? If you said anything but SPACE BAR, you flunked today's snap quiz. It's so big, so nice and smooth, so easy to hit. However, it's badly under-used. Few programs and few designers remember its easy of use, so it drops out the picture. Or, somewhat worse, the space bar works, but hardly anyone discovers this. Try hitting the space bar when using any program, but particularly Internet Explorer. Ah ha, I bet you got a surprise, no? Anyway, this will be a short posting today, as a word to the wise is enough. Figure out what your user wants to do next at most points in the process, and program the space bar to move him to his next most logical choice. Your users will love it. What you've done is to empower the user's thumbs, 20 percent of his finger power yet almost totally unused by most software designs . That's a great improvement in productivity. Just remember to clue in the user with a message that says, 'Hit SPACE to move forward'. After the user has hit the space bar ten times, you can turn off the message, he's got the point. Use the space bar in conjunction with the enter key, or the 'x' key, and it's a great fast item-picker, in cases where the user has to pick, let's say twenty cities or countries or items, from a total list. The space bar advances the cursor without selecting, and the 'x' or ENTER selects the item at the cursor and advances the cursor. So, you hold down the space bar to rush ahead, tap it to move ahead. Very efficient. Anyone selecting with the space-bar and 'x' key will outperform anyone trying to do the job with a mouse, and by a big factor. That's because you're doing choice by rhythm, instead of by precise cursor movements and mouse-clicks. It's more fun than clicking and less chance of carpal tunnel syndrome, too. Back to the drawing board, designers. Let's empower the user's thumbs, too. Empower the space bar in your warehouse design, in fact in any computer software.
"Good example, I use that one all the time and once learned, you never go back. MS use shift to reverse lots of things -- shift+space scrolls up, not as convenient but its not the first logical choice either.
Spacebar Surprise! But I was never any good with respect to remembering and using shortcut keys. After nearly 40 years as a "two finger picker" I am now making an effort to try to learn and use Touch instead..
"BTW I was going to answer the tilde, but thought better of it.
"I use the space bar all the time for selecting a [button, checkbox, etc...] on a web form instead of using the mouse.
I agree, very handy, much faster.


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August 15, 2018 by sd
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Six Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania joined the list this week of those around the U.S. that have been forced to face the ugly truth about child-molesting priests in their ranks.
But in dozens of other dioceses, there has been no reckoning, leading victims to wonder if the church will ever truly take responsibility or be held accountable. In many of the dioceses that have been examined, the numbers have been staggering: in the six Pennsylvania dioceses, 300 abusive priests and more than 1,000 victims since the 1940s; in Boston, at least 250 priests and more than 500 victims. All told, U.S. bishops have acknowledged that more than 17,000 people nationwide have reported being molested by priests and others in the church going back to 1950.
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Washington D.C., Aug 14, 2018 / 02:30 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., and the former Bishop of Pittsburgh, has been named more than 200 times in a Pennsylvania grand jury report, released Aug. 14, after an 18-month investigation into historic allegations of sexual abuse in six Pennsylvania Catholic dioceses.
The cardinal released a statement in response to the report, underscoring the gravity of the sexual abuse for the Church and the real need for repentance for past failures. "As I have made clear throughout my more than 30 years as a bishop, the sexual abuse of children by some members of the Catholic Church is a terrible tragedy, and the Church can never express enough our deep sorrow and contrition for the abuse, and for the failure to respond promptly and completely," the cardinal said.
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