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I've been cutting back on television lately, but one of my guilty pleasures is the campy Fox show Lucifer. Based on the eponymous comic from Vertigo, we follow our protagonist, The Lord of Hell and Light Bearer himself, on vacation in the City of Angels. Tired of keeping tabs on the lost souls who fill the underworld and weary of "Dad's" machinations, the favored son has decided to roll with the mortals. He's opted out of Hades and doesn't want to play a game of Life that lasts an eternity anymore.
The show is fun, but it's the show's hell premise that's relevant here. As in one of my other favorite shows, Preacher, hell is simply where people live out their worst memory over and over again. Indeed, in an amped-up case of "doomed to repeat it," those confined to the underworld are forced to examine some unfortunate piece of their own history, forever.
I thought on this hellish notion when I read, recently, a Wall Street Journal article about ongoing tensions in the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act. More specifically, many Democrats are concerned that a provision requiring the disaggregation of student data — for minority students in particular — will be disregarded. Indeed, 50 members representing the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Congressional Asian and Pacific-American Caucus sent Education Secretary Betsy DeVos a letter saying as much.
The letter is compelling…I, for one, believe the collection of this data is one of the last backstops for kids of color, given the weak framework for school intervention "suggested" by ESSA.
But the truth is, this current moment is just like one we lived during the George W. Bush administration. And, in hindsight, we can see that moment back in 2005 as the opening of a door that the respective minority caucuses seek to close now (though the Obama administration's waiver process may have shoved the door open wider, even if it did so inadvertently).
Not long after the stone tablets of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) started to make their way into the mainstream, some schools and districts started to push back. While someone probably knows what this looked like in red states, in deep blue New Jersey, where I worked at the time, many affluent suburban districts were most vocal. As AYP was based on progress made by all student subgroups — including minority students, even if in small numbers, as well as students with disabilities — otherwise high-flying schools that were largely white, wealthy, and cloistered in the state's leafy burgs found themselves on "Needs Improvement" lists. In a state with such high property taxes linked to school assignments, and where expensive residential choice is a way of life, this was a bridge too far.
Instead of coming right out and saying, "We should not be dinged for these few minority kids we are not educating," districts were smart and instead argued that because the groups of students were small, publishing the results of their subgroups would violate their privacy. Which is to say if the 10 black kids at the school are not making AYP, everyone will know exactly who they are. This was later reflected in No Child Left Behind guidance that allowed states to set their own "N" sizes — the population size above or below which test results can be excluded for the purpose of determining AYP.
To some, the move here may have been opaque, but among advocates it was clear as day. All students had to continue to mean "all," because allowing districts to change their frameworks to "most" students opened a door to "these" and not "those" students. When you can exclude one student, you can potentially exclude any student, and this is the very notion with which states and members of Congress who supported ESSA now must deal.
It's easy to forget that NCLB was introduced into a world that had homogenized away and obfuscated the chronic failure of minority kids for decades. Lawmakers traded away that certainty in an effort to soften the blow for schools that may have shown up on the "In Need of Improvement" list, even if those same schools faced no real consequences for that designation. And in doing so, they created the logical premise for the convoluted "maybe you get counted, maybe you don't" rollout of 50 different state accountability systems under ESSA. For the Democrats who signed the letter — and let's assume the veracity of their claims when they assert their belief that the secretary is undermining the spirit of the law as she approves state ESSA plans — this horse is out of the barn, and there may be no way to get it back in.
Whether it's fiction beautifully illustrated on paper or theater that plays out on the grand stage of the nation's capital, repeating our worst mistakes — or perhaps not learning from them — will always have consequences. Many said NCLB's accountability framework was too restrictive, yet pivoting away from it has jeopardized the equity guardrails many in Congress fought to maintain. If it seems like an awful moment lived over and over again, that's because it is. What comes next, however, may be even more troubling.


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Pete Sampras Is Content With Retirement, Still Fighting Clay Court Demons
By: Axel Boada
Armed with arguably the sport's most fearsome serve, Pete Sampras earned 14 career Grand Slam titles. His last major win came against longtime rival Andre Agassi at the 2002 US Open, Sampras' final slam.
Though "Pistol Pete" maintained a healthy distance from the public eye during his playing days, he's giving fans a virtual reality experience, walking through the player locker room as part of the American Express Pro Walk at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Before this year's U.S. Open opened play, ThePostGame caught up with Sampras about today's young tennis stars, his post-retirement life and a potential reason he never won the French Open.
ThePostGame: What was it like to walk through the tunnel at Arthur Ashe Stadium?
PETE SAMPRAS: You walk down that tunnel and you stop, and the camera's on you, and they put you on the big screen up on the court itself, and the crowd sees you, and you're just sort of like, "Okay, it's showtime." It's the biggest stadium we have in the sport. I felt like I was pretty excited, I was jacked up. This is it, you know? This is why we play. This is not just another event. This is Arthur Ashe Stadium.
TPG: It's been 14 years since you last played. Are you able to just sit on your couch and enjoy the U.S. Open as a fan?
SAMPRAS: There were maybe a few years there where I was sort of like, "Ah, I really miss it," or "I can still play." But now being retired 14 years, I'm happy to sit on the couch and watch with my kids. You miss the emotions, you miss the crowd, you miss the moments. But I don't miss the stress. I don't miss the expectations I put on myself.
TPG: Were you able to find a replacement for the feelings you experienced on the tour?
SAMPRAS: I don't think you could ever replace that -- the excitement when you walk out on that court. There's nothing else in life that can even come close to that. You win your [opening match], you wake in the morning, you read all the papers. And you're just on a high for a couple weeks there.
Nothing can really compare [to it] in my life today. You play some golf, you have some fun, but nothing can ever compare to what it's like to step out on the court. The first few years after [retirement], you miss it, and you see the guys you competed against winning majors. But now I'm so far removed from it. There are so many new players that I just don't have the attachment anymore. So I've moved on.
TPG: Speaking of new players, World No. 6 Milos Raonic says you inspired him growing up. How does it feel to know you've had such an impact on a top player?
SAMPRAS: Flattered and old [laughs]. He modeled his game and his serve after me, and I think for me, it's flattering that someone looked up to me. And to actually see him doing well -- he made a big step this year at Wimbledon beating Roger [Federer in the semifinal], just mentally getting through that. And I know at the U.S. Open, there's no reason why he can't get to the semifinal or final. I'm just a fan of his game, a fan of him. He's got a good attitude and works hard. He's got John McEnroe helping him out, I think that was a good decision.
Note: Sampras made these comments before the tournament. Raonic lost in the second round to American Ryan Harrison Wednesday.
TPG: I know you looked up to Rod Laver. Were there other players you looked up to?
SAMPRAS: Laver was a classy guy. [He] won on all the surfaces. I got to know him quite well. He's a humble champion, I've always liked that. I was also a fan of Bjorn Borg. I think Borg stood out to me because he was so cool and collected. That met my personality more than, say, [John] McEnroe or [Jimmy] Connors, who were more expressive. But I was still a fan of all these people I looked up to.
TPG: Speaking of McEnroe, a lot of former tennis greats are coaching at the professional level right now. Is that something you may consider in the future?
SAMPRAS: I really don't. The traveling, being on the road for a few weeks here and there, that's not something that interests me. I'm not opposed to working with someone maybe locally here in Los Angeles. If they want to spend some time here, we can hit a few balls and talk. But to go on the road, and especially coach, is not something I'm interested in at the moment and probably forever. I just don't see myself doing that.
TPG: Have your two sons, [Christian and Ryan,] ages 11 and 13, shown interest in tennis?
SAMPRAS: They were doing a tennis camp this summer and I'm not sure it's for them. My younger one plays a little bit more than my older one. We hit a few balls here at the house and I try to help them out, [but they] don't listen to me [laughs]. What else is new? I'm not going to push them to play tennis. If they want to play, great. If not, I'm okay with that. Just as long as they love what they do and they're good kids and they're good students, that's all I really care about at the moment.
TPG: Your final tournament was the 2002 U.S. Open but you technically didn't retire until about a full year later. In your heart, when did you actually know you were done playing?
SAMPRAS: Well, I wanted to see how I felt over the next couple months [after the 2002 US Open]. I pulled out of the Australian Open, I pulled out of the French Open. I just felt, "Maybe I'll play Wimbledon." [But] once Wimbledon was coming up, I felt like I had nothing left to prove to myself. I've done it all. I felt, emotionally, I was done.
Once Wimbledon was on the TV and I didn't want to be there, that's when I knew I should stop. So that was the moment. It was time to call it a career. It took me up to a few months to get there. I don't regret [retiring] at all. Physically, I could've kept playing. I left my sport on my terms and left on top.
TPG: You retired in your early 30s, which seems pretty early compared to players in today's game.
SAMPRAS: The game's gotten more physical and it's harder for teenagers to win majors. Maybe the body doesn't develop until they're 22, 23.
TPG: Do you think that if today's hi-tech equipment like racquets and strings had come a couple years sooner, you would've won the French Open?
SAMPRAS: Some people did mention to me about trying new technology for the French, trying a bigger racquet, trying a different string. But I was so against changing anything. I look back at it now and I had a very difficult racquet to play with at the French. To not use technology to my advantage – I do regret that a little bit. Being a little bit more open-minded would've made things a lot easier for me. It would've helped me play a little better on clay.
And it was just coming out when I was leaving, these strings and these racquets. I'm using [them] now and I tell you, it makes life a lot easier. I wish in my prime, I would've just experimented a little bit. But, unfortunately, I was in a different headspace. It just wasn't meant to be.
TPG: You had the most Grand Slams titles in history when you retired. But now Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic may all eclipse that. Does that bother you at all?
SAMPRAS: No. I did all I could do in my time. I was the player of my generation, I won 14 majors, and that's all I could ask from myself. Sure, I would love my 14 to last forever. But like the cliché: Records are meant to be broken.
If you would've told me one guy would be tied, one broken and one close to tying, I would've said, "You're nuts! There's no way that's ever going to happen!" But here we are today. I look at my career and look at the time I had and whom I competed against. I was 'the player' for the majority of my career. That's all I could ask for myself.
Follow Axel Boada on Twitter @axelboada.
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Jets GM Joe Douglas maybe the problem in New York, what did he just say?
Who is really to blame for the Jets mishaps? Joe Douglas will not hold his head coach accountable. Could it end up costing him his job?
The New York Jets are 0-8, and Joe Douglas is handing out tons of praises. First the Jets GM gave Sam Darnold a vote of confidence, which I can agree with with. Darnold is a good quarterback he is just not being used correctly.
"I feel like he has a different set of wide receivers every week," Douglas said, via NFL Media. "I think you see the flashes of what he can be, and they're really special. Let's not forget that Sam's a 23-year-old quarterback that is maybe one of the toughest quarterbacks I've ever been around. I'm very excited about Sam. I have no problem saying that he is our best quarterback and our quarterback for the future."
The Jets GM then went on to praise Adam Gase. Yes, he praised Adam Gase.
"My mind hasn't even gone there on that scenario," when Douglas was asked about replacing his head coach. "My focus is helping Adam solve the problem and work together to do it. Obviously, I think we're all confident in our abilities, but I'm focused to solve these problems with Adam."
Joe Douglas then claims that the problem is him and not all on Adam Gase.
"This is not all on Adam," Douglas said, via Ralph Vacchiano of SNY. "I have to do a better job of surrounding him with better players and better weapons. We're in this together. I'm thinking of everything I can do to try to help Adam. The goal is to get this fixed together."
At his point, they are all to be blamed. The Jets need a new coach, and they need it soon for their fanbase. Their fanbase deserves better. This is a train wreck right now. I cannot believe Joe Douglas, I thought he was going to run it with an iron fist. Pretty wild.
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Yesterday I lit onto the page with a self-righteous tirade that tore apart one of the main sub-cultures I belong to. Every word of it was true.
Then I stopped for a moment and asked, why do I do this? I am constantly into self criticism, and even worse, criticism of the groups I belong to. I'm obsessed with justice (though of course I skew it, because I am, after all, a member of the human race), and it keeps me up at night to think that I or someone I know might be getting it wrong.
This is no way to make friends. This is no way to build a blog following. People want to be reassured, not torn down. And I'm not being pedantic or condescending when I say that. I totally get it. It takes more effort and mental work to engage with something that is critical of you, your beliefs, your culture. That kind of work isn't what a lot of people are looking for when they do some blog reading.
Why the impulse to alienate my reader and potential reader? Is there a demand for such treatment? As usual, not a lot of answers, but there are some questions that I find interesting.
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Q: What is there to do in Coos Bay and North Bend, Oregon?A: Located along the Southern Oregon Coast, Coos Bay and North Bend offer plenty of outdoor attractions to explore, including stunning beaches, state parks, museums, and golf courses.
Stroll along the Coos Bay Boardwalk.
Go fishing at Charleston Marina.
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Sample some handmade treats at Cranberry Sweets.
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Quality Inn & Suites at Coos Bay is a charming coastal retreat that puts you within minutes of the best attractions in Coos Bay and North Bend, Oregon.
Q: Is Coos Bay Boardwalk open?
A: Yes. Coos Bay Boardwalk is open daily (7 AM - 7 PM) with proper social distancing measures in place. Wearing protective masks is mandatory when outside. Quality Inn & Suites at Coos Bay is just minutes away from Coos Bay Boardwalk.
Q: What hotels are near Coos Bay Boardwalk?
A: Quality Inn & Suites at Coos Bay is only minutes away (3.8 miles) from Coos Bay Boardwalk. This peaceful retreat offers comfortable, pet-friendly rooms and suites, complimentary breakfast, free covered parking, picnic area, fitness center, and indoor hot tub.
Q: Where to eat in North Bend and Coos Bay, Oregon?
A: North Bend and Coos Bay boast a wide choice of local restaurants, each featuring mouthwatering flavors of the Oregon Coast. Check out the best places to eat in North Bend and Coos Bay, Oregon:
Los Dos Amigos – 0.2 miles
Yeong's Place - 0.3 miles
Alder Smokehouse - 0.4 miles
Cafe Mediterranean - 0.6 miles
Ciccarelli's - 0.6 miles
Pancake Mill Restaurant and Pie Shoppe - 1.1 miles
Buzz - 0.3 miles
La Herradura - 0.3 miles
El Guadalajara - 1.5 miles
Captain's Choice Fish House - 0.3 miles
Vinny's Smokin' Good Burgers & Sandwiches - 1.5 miles
The Liberty Pub - 0.6 miles
Tai's Dynasty - 0.3 miles
Kozy Kitchen - 1.7 miles
Hilltop House Restaurant and Lounge – 3 miles
Coney Station – 3.6 miles
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A: Our friendly Coos Bay hotel is about 3 miles away from the scenic Cape Arago State Park. Visit this spectacular state park to savor the breathtaking views of the Pacific, dense natural forests, and dramatic cliffs. Explore the beautiful hiking trails, go fishing, see migrating whales, sea lions, and seals frolicking in the water. Take the scenic Cape Arago Highway and reach Cape Arago Lighthouse in just 5 minutes. Savor the spectacular scenery while soaking in the peaceful sounds of the crashing waves.
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A: Portland is 231 miles away from Quality Inn & Suites at Coos Bay. You can get a direct flight to Portland International Airport (PDX) from Southwest Oregon Regional Airport (OTH) – less than 5 minutes away from our Coos Bay hotel. It takes about 3.5 hours by car to reach Portland by car via OR-38 E and I-5 N.
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Butterfield Lake - 8.7 miles
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Sunset Bay State Park - 11.1 miles
Shore Acres State Park - 12.5 miles
Cape Arago State Park - 13.6 miles
Yoakam Point State Park - 10.0 miles
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The Armory Show announces new focus, curator, and participating artists
Anna Titova, Blue Vitrine, 2016. Courtesy of Artwin Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Armory Show announces today that the fair's 2017 Focus section encompasses 12 solo presentations of new or rarely seen work by some of today's most relevant and compelling artists. The artists are chosen by Jarrett Gregory, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
The Focus section is part of The Armory Show's new vision to increase engagement with prominent international curators, emphasizing solo-artist presentations and strong curatorial viewpoints. In addition to the new Focus section, The Armory Show 2017 will include Platform, a new section for site-specific projects, curated by Eric Shiner.
"It is with great pleasure that we invite visitors to experience the Focus section. Promoting and supporting curators is at the core of The Armory Show's mission and we are thrilled to be working with Jarrett Gregory of LACMA," says Benjamin Genocchio, Executive Director of The Armory Show. "After seven years of looking at specific geographic regions we felt it was time for a change. The 2017 Focus section brings a strong and independent curatorial vision to the fair with the single defining criterion for the curator to assemble, in their view, the most relevant and vital art of the moment."
What Is To Be Done? borrows its title from Nikolai Chernyshevsky's eponymous 1863 novel, composed while the author was imprisoned. Through constructed characters and storylines, What Is To Be Done? laid the groundwork for Russia's socialist revolution and is considered to be one of the most influential works of Russian literature. The Focus section includes twelve artists grappling with some of the world's most pressing social and political issues.
"Each artist demonstrates an acute awareness of his or her local conditions as well as the failing structures, conflicts and ideologies that define our era," says Gregory. "This project emerged from conversations with artists during trips to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Moscow, where I witnessed, among other things, the aftermath of widespread social and economic failure. Following this research, power structures have been at the forefront of my mind."
Gregory cites the artist Jimmie Durham as a source of inspiration for her curatorial statement. In his text "Creativity and the Social Process," Durham argues for art that does not speak to other art, but that speaks to life: "To use art as an escape," he writes, "is a sign of inhumanity." What Is To Be Done? takes this statement as a point of departure, bringing together artists who employ various methods of engagement to probe the relationship between creation and participation.
Highlights include new works by American-born Pakistani artist Amna Asghar whose work reflects on the exchange imagery between East and West; sculptures from the Cercle d'Art des Travailleurs de Plantations Congolaises (CATPC) that confront the trauma of colonialism; a film by Johan Grimonprez exploring the global arms trade; Deana Lawson's striking photographs, which investigate the body's ability to channel personal and social histories; a new installation by Ibrahim Mahama; an installation by Mexican artist Teresa Margolles; Senga Nengudi's sculptures from the 1970s; new works by Vietnamese artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen; Polish artist Roman Opalka's attempts to paint infinity; video and installation by Mathilde Rosier; collaborative experiments by Koki Tanaka, who represented Japan in the 55th Venice Biennale; and a new project by Moscow-based artist Anna Titova.
"This is not political art, nor does it have an agenda – it is art that helps us to see the historic moment in which we are living," says Gregory. "These artists aren't afraid of big questions, and they approach their subject matter with varying degrees of purity or interference. I'm incredibly grateful to The Armory Show for the support and creative liberty they have afforded me in developing this project."
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Exhibition at the Palazzo Reale in Milan presents works by Hokusai, Hiroshige and Utamaro
Florian Hecker presents new works at MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst
One of the most significant collections of non-conformist art to be offered for sale at Sotheby's London
American contemporary artist Robert Morris opens exhibition at Spruth Magers Berlin
Grand retrospective surveying the work of Walter Pichler spanning five decades opens in Salzburg
Marlborough Contemporary opens a solo exhibition of new works by American artist Charlie Roberts
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Yutaka Sone transposes his Chinese and Mexican studios to Antwerp
Swiss national museum exhibits Swiss Press Photo 16 & World Press Photo 16
Gerhard Hofland presents series of new and monumental works by German artist Robert Seidel


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the incredible vanishing antenna
Orlando, Florida, is best known as a family vacation destination thanks to the megacomplex of Disney World, but last week both locals and out-of-towners had another option for wholesome "edu-tainment": a Plasma Science Expo, held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Plasma Physics (DPP). This is the second time (at least) the DPP has done something like this, and once again it was hugely popular. The event ran for two days, and offered loads of hands-on activities and demonstrations to teach the Orlando populace about this ubiquitous fourth state of matter known as plasma.
I should point out, for non-physics types, that this is not the blood-related plasma we hear about on various TV forensics shows, but a cloud of gas that becomes "ionized," i.e., the gas is heated to the point where the electrons are ripped free of atoms and molecules, making the gas highly conductive, just like certain metals. Jen-Luc Piquant is still mourning having missed out on making her own impressive lightning arc, or manipulating a glowing plasma with magnets. We hope Orlando residents appreciated the opportunity in our stead (grumble, whine).
Plasmas pop up semi-frequently at the cocktail party (see prior posts here and here), in part because we think they're really cool. Mostly, though, it comes up because plasmas are pretty darned important in all kinds of different ways, not least of which would be fluorescent lighting, and that cutting-edge plasma TV some lucky readers might have in their homes (although rumor has it those TVs are a major energy suck). Those are just two examples of things we make with man-made plasmas. We also use them for arc welding and in various semiconducting manufacturing processes. Nature makes her own plasmas. Did we mention the sun? I'd say that's a pretty crucial object. Solar flares, lightning bolts, and vivid natural displays like the Northern Lights are all examples of naturally occurring plasmas, which make up 99% of the visible universe. (One used to be able to just say plasmas were the most abundant state of matter in the universe, but thanks to dark matter and dark energy, we must now qualify that statement by specifying "the visible universe." A bit tiresome, but science marches on, and one must keep pace with the change.)
It's the conductance capability of plasmas and the similarity to certain metals that make plasmas attractive as an alternative material for the antenna of the future. The 1500+ DPP attendees heard all about it from Igor Alexeff, a professor emeritus of the University of Tennessee and currently chief scientist of a small start-up company in Brookfield, Massachusetts called Haleakala R&D. (You can find a press release on this and several other DPP session topics here.) He's developed a series of prototype plasma antennas that are, per the meeting press release, "stealthy, reconfigurable, and jamming-resistant." Nor is Haleakala the only company working to develop a viable product: there's a British company called Plasma Antennas in Oxford, England, and a strong research effort underway at Australian National University, for example.
We're all familiar with conventional metal antennas because they're everywhere: in our satellite dish, on our cell phones, atop radio transmission towers, built into our laptops, etc. Most of us rarely stop to think about how all this wireless connection really works. An antenna is just a conductive, solid metal wire sized in such a way to emit and receive electromagnetic radiation at one or more selected frequencies -- usually in the radio end of the spectrum (which is actually a pretty broad range).
Everything vibrates at a natural resonant frequency, and an antenna exploits this effect to transmit and receive electromagnetic waves at a selected frequency. Basically, the energy of the incoming wave couples to the tuned structure, just like those old Memorex commercials where Ella Fitzgerald shatters a crystal wine glass with her voice. She can do it because she sings and holds a note that resonates at the natural resonant frequency of the glass. (Admittedly, they cheated a little and amplified the decibels, but you could call that artistic license.) You "tune" a simple dipole antenna, for instance, by splitting the metal wire or rod into two equal arms insulated from each other. The basic rule of thumb is that its total length should be half the wavelength of the desired incoming signal wave you wish to receive. Which is why a transmission antenna on a radio tower (680,000 Hz) might stand 361 feet, while your 900 MHz cell phone is only about 3 inches.
Metal antennas have withstood the test of time because scientists really haven't found anything that works better, once all the technological, economic, and practical use parameters are figured into the equation. But there are some niggling drawbacks to metal antennas, like "ringing" and vulnerability to interference, not to mention a pronounced lack of "stealthability"; plasma antennas can address those issues. A plasma antenna replaces the metal wire conducting element of a standard antenna with ionized gas enclosed in a sealed glass or ceramic tube: argon, neon, helium, krypton, mercury vapor, or zenon, to name a few gases that have been used in experiments to date. Apply a voltage at a radio-wave frequency to the tube, and you get that all-important coupling effect, resulting in the gas inside becoming ionized. Voila! You've got yourself a working plasma antenna!
Physics history buffs might recognize the concept as a high-tech version of a Crookes tube. Invented by Sir William Crookes (who mistakenly believed they were producing something akin to ectoplasm from the "spirit world"), these devices were all the rage in the mid-19th century, when traveling science lecturers -- the physics equivalent of wandering bards -- used them to wow audiences with demonstrations of these mysterious "cathode rays." A Crookes tube is just a glass tube in which most of the air has been pumped out to create a vacuum. Apply an electrical current to the glass tube, and the interior would glow in pretty fluorescent colors -- the result of energized electrons interacting with residual gas inside the tube and emitting radiation. The modern cathode ray tube operates on the same principle. (You can see a Java animation here.)
We mentioned earlier that plasmas have very high densities of electrons, ergo, they are excellent conductors. But they only conduct when the voltage is turned on, unlike metal antennas, which conduct all the time. This means that once you turn off the voltage that creates the plasma in the first place, the substance reverts to a neutral gas. The "antenna" essentially disappears, until you turn the voltage back on again. Now you see it, now you don't. Behold, the Amazing Vanishing Antenna!
Perhaps this sounds like a bad thing, but depending on the application you have in mind, it's actually a huge advantage -- for, say, US Navy ships keen on avoiding detection by enemy radar. A regular metal antenna will backscatter any incoming radar signals, giving away the ship's presence and enabling a potentially hostile craft to pinpoint its location. In times of warfare, this is very bad. So it's not surprising that the US military is keenly interested in developing plasma antenna technology.
Ships using surface wave radar also often experience problems with the high metal masts installed on board, since they can interfere with each other. Conventional metal antennas pick up interfering signals quite easily, along with noise bouncing off nearby objects. The fact that a plasma antenna ceases to exist when it is turned off and not in use significantly reduces this type of interference. Metal antennas also tend to "ring" because they continue to radiate energy even after the incoming energy stops; the oscillations need to die down. This is especially problematic for short-range ground penetrating radars used in petrochemical and mineral exploration. Thanks to their rapid switchability, plasma antennas don't ring.
That on/off switching ability also reduces a plasma antenna's vulnerability to "jamming," a common military counter-measure. It involves deliberately confusing the radar signal by hitting it with intense signals at just the right frequency to make its readings unreliable. There's a nifty example of this kind of thing in Nature: Bats hunt and navigate by emitting ultrasonic pulses and using the returning echoes to determine the location, speed and distance of nearby objects or prey. But certain insects have evolved a kind of frequency jamming ability to disorient a hungry bat. I wrote previously about the big brown bat's unique strategy for protecting itself against jamming. Although they prefer higher frequencies, when something jams their preferred range, the bats shift down to lower frequencies to compensate.
Both sonar and radar systems are vulnerable to this kind of jamming; they just use different frequency ranges (ultrasound versus radio). And since the US military relies heavily on both these technologies, they are keenly interested in anything that can reduce that vulnerability. Some scientists are studying the big brown bat in hopes of figuring out how to combat jamming in the ultrasonic frequency range; those interested in combating radar jamming are looking to things like plasma antennas. "Plasma antennas have a high frequency cut-off that can be adjusted electrically," says the DPP press release. "Thus, a plasma antenna can be transmitting and receiving signals while intense incoming high-frequency signals pass freely through it without interacting."
Loose translation: you can configure a plasma antenna to be receptive to certain frequencies while blocking out others. Plasma antennas boast terrific reconfigurability thanks to the development of so-called plasma "windows" -- again, something made possible by the fact that the plasma antenna "disappears" once it is turned off, or its electron density becomes too low for efficient conductance. Plasma windows are "apertures," or areas around the antenna's surrounding plasma "blanket" that "open" when the electron density in the plasma is lowered or turned off entirely, making it transparent to antenna radiation. The "windows" will "close" when the plasma density becomes high enough again to reflect antenna radiation well. One window creates a single antenna "lobe," while multiple windows can create multiple antenna "lobes." So you can "tune" your plasma antenna to whatever frequency you wish.
That's another huge advantage, because one plasma antenna can perform the same function as several conventional metal antennas. Either you can reduce the number of antennas you need, cutting down on clutter and weight, or you can exploit this feature to build an array of many small plasma elements that the user could reconfigure simply by turning one (or more) of the various elements on or off. The various windows can even be opened and closed in a particular sequence to steer the antenna beam. Alexeff is currently developing a "smart" plasma antenna that essentially steers the antenna beam 360 degrees to scan a given region for transmitting antennas, then locking onto that signal -- much like your built-in wireless connection in your laptop scans the vicinity for the strongest wireless network signal.
An array of such smart plasma antennas, when coupled with cutting-edge signal processing software, could maximize signal strength and reduce interference of signals from cell phone towers. This means fewer dropped calls and less "Are you still there? Can you hear me now?" moments for cell phone users everywhere. That steering mechanism could be handy for consumers, too. Figure out how to control a miniaturized plasma antenna array with your wireless laptop, and it may one day be possible to share your computer data wirelessly with just one other user in a crowded room filled with wireless laptop users. You'd just need to close or create "windows" as needed in order to direct the signal to your targeted user.
If one didn't understand the underlying science at work, that last bit would sound suspiciously like mental telepathy: you know, the ability to direct your thoughts in such a way that only the intended recipient can "hear" them. There is, needless to say, no scientific basis for such a thing, or for its partner in Pseudoscientific Crime, telekinesis. This is something I discussed at length in one of the chapters in The Physics of the Buffyverse: for starters, electromagnetic brain waves aren't remotely powerful enough to send a strong enough signal to reach a distant recipient, even assuming you could focus the mental signal like a laser beam -- or "steer" it to one's intended target.
Sure, we can measure brain waves using electroencephaolography (EEG), but these signals are so faint they have to be amplified thousands of times over before our cutting-edge machines can detect them and turn them into readable data. You then must figure in the inverse square law, which basically says that a signal will be strongest at its source and spread outward rapidly until it dissipates entirely, because the same amount of energy (it's conserved!) is being divided across a greater area. And it decreases fast, y'all! If the intended recipient of the telepathic signal is twice as far from the person trying to send the "communication," the energy of the signal will decrease by four times as much. So just as with an EEG, you'd need to amplify the signal a lot. (Incidentally, this is an issue also faced by the plasma antenna.)
The upshot is that unless a telepathic (and/or telekinetic) person had a means of amplification, not to mention embedded implants to serve as transmitter and receiver, plus that all-important directivity (i.e., "steering ability), such a feat is quite frankly impossible. Sorry if that bursts anyone's bubble. I know, I know, the idea of mental telepathy is so very seductive, but wishful thinking does not good science make. The world is not magic, remember?
That said, science offers something better than magic. Mental telepathy might be a silly notion, but the concept has inspired some pretty exciting new technology. Researchers really are experimenting with implanted computer interfaces, such as the folks at Duke University who outfitted macaque monkeys with the things in 2000 so the monkeys could move a robotic arm from a remote location, or the Emory University researchers who implanted a transmitting device into the brain of a stroke patient, linking the motor neurons to silicon so he could move a cursor on a computer monitor just by thinking about it. Plus, we have just learned -- courtesy of Greg Laden -- that some wacky researchers at the University of Arizona have built robots driven by the tiny brains of moths.
Wow. That's some pretty awesome stuff right there. Add in breakthroughs like the configurability, switchability, and directivity potentially offered by plasma antennas, and one day we might not have telepathy and telekinesis, per se, but the technological equivalent. And it will have nothing whatsoever to do with magic.
Posted by JenLucPiquant on November 19, 2007 in Electromagnetism, Gadgetry, Plasma physics | Permalink
I wonder, will we someday see
clever engineering + plasma antenna concept = Plasma Radio Telescope Array ?
Great blog(s),
Posted by: Phil S. Ioannou | November 28, 2007 at 02:13 PM


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Letter: Subtle racism abounds
By Current Publishing on	 June 14, 2020 Letters to the Editor
George Floyd's death was not subtle but has made me consider our society's many subtle racist attitudes.
Our national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," is ironically symbolic of the underlying subtle unspoken racial bias that permeates these United States. This anthem was derived from a poem written by Francis Scott Key in 1814, a man who owned Africans as slaves and was an avowed racist who considered Africans an inferior race. He tried to stop Abolitionists from even voicing their opinion about slavery.
The third stanza of his original poem referenced seeking out and killing "hirelings and slaves" who were fleeing to the British to seek their freedom. Clearly, the "land of the free" did not refer to African slaves whose descendants are now "African Americans." Despite this, "The Star Spangled Banner" became our official national anthem in 1931, despite the abolition of slavery almost 70 years before. Racism was much less subtle then; just ask any Klu Klux Klan member. It took another 33 years before the Civil Rights Act was passed, but even then, racism was more open and less subtle.
Fast-forward to 2016, when an African American athlete sits for the national anthem and other athletes follow suit by kneeling. There has been an uproar among mostly white, but even some blacks, that this is disrespectful to our flag and country and those in the military who defend us. I wonder how many of those opposed see the irony in a society that holds on to an anthem that was so disrespectful to African slaves and now expects their descendant African Americans to stand and pay respect to the same anthem. I'm surprised that any true American, let alone an African American, would not demand there be a change. And this is just a song, a tradition. It is a symbol for all the other under-the-surface ways our society holds onto our subtle racial biases. We should all kneel and pray we find a better way.
Robert Baker, Carmel
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The Case for a Complaints Commission
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Rather than resorting to the courts, Jordan desperately needs an ombudsman dedicated to settling complaints against the media.
By Osama Al Sharif
A couple of incidents last month have led to calls for the creation of a media complaints commission to handle cases of alleged ethical and professional violations. Setting up such a commission is part of the objectives of the media strategy adopted by the government a few years ago. Such commissions, which exist in various shapes and forms in advanced countries, play an important role as a bridge between individuals and groups and the media body in general. Their mission is to resolve disputes that may arise as a result of media coverage away from courts or as a last resort before legal action is taken.
Calls to set up a complaints commission in Jordan are nothing new. It's been discussed before, but the same legal and structural obstacles seem to keep cropping up. Participants in an open dialogue with the government failed to agree on key issues such as whether the commission should be independent or part of the Jordan Press Association (JPA). This in turn raised questions about the scope of the commission's mandate and how binding its rulings should be.
The Jordan media scene is often described as chaotic, especially with the preponderance of electronic media and the government's attempts to regulate online news websites. The government and the JPA have tried to give a draft honor code for journalists and media practitioners some sort of authority.
Discussions about the need for a complaints commission continue but have gained momentum following the publication by Al-Ghad newspaper of a vague news item alleging that a female UN representative had filed a sexual harassment suit against a senior Jordanian official.
Social media was then inundated with posts purportedly naming the official, and it took the newspaper a few days before its chief editor categorically denied that the news item had anything to do with the named minister. She also attacked irresponsible websites that made such a claim. Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Judeh said the campaign was a form of character assassination and demanded that Al-Ghad reveal the name of the accused official.
This would have been a perfect case to bring before a complaints commission. Al-Ghad is a serious newspaper but its publication of such a vague news item that caused the controversy could be considered a violation of the ethics code. Such antics are usually associated with sensationalist tabloids.
Another incident that could have been handled by a complaints commission is the uproar over Ro'ya television's airing of a comedy skit that was seen by some as obscene. Social media was flooded with posts calling for the closure of the station on the grounds it was part of a conspiracy to corrupt society, and the Jordan Media Commission decided to file a lawsuit against the station.
Ro'ya defended its position, arguing the program was directed towards adult viewers and that it was lampooning Arab TV stations' choice of children's programs. If the station was guilty of anything it was the lack of good taste. But the case proved how divisive media related issues can be in our society. Once again, this should have been a case for a complaints commission rather than the courts.
A complaints commission board should include veteran journalists, retired judges, and respected members of society. It should have a clear mandate and must be independent from governments and influential media establishments. Its main objective would be to reconcile those who believe they had been insulted or libeled with the alleged offending media outlet –all without the need to go through the courts. The commission could also implement and improve the code of ethics that journalists adhere to. Its rulings wouldn't always prove conclusive, and if all fails then the injured party could go to court. There are different forms and types of such commissions, and in some cases there could be more than one body dealing with a specific media activity.
Media outlets function in an increasingly complex world and as a result are more likely to err. The media scene in Jordan is diverse and Jordanians aren't bashful about expressing their opinions on public issues on social media. Sometimes, a single criticism can swell into an unjustified onslaught on a particular medium, as was the case with Ro'ya.
One small step towards setting up a complaints commission would be for the JPA to appoint an ombudsman to handle complaints concerning newspaper coverage and to try to reconcile various parties. Such a move would establish the principle of settling complaints outside of court while strengthening adherence to an ethical and professional code within most media outlets.
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Name Musings: June 2016
As a Name Nerd, I eat, breath and dream names. They are omnipresent for me, and I can't go a day without turning something around to names in my mind (or in conversation if those around me are unlucky enough). Here are some of the names which have been rattling around my mind this month for various reasons.
I was reminded recently of an old favourite I had in my late teens. Mireya is the Spanish cognate of the French Mireille, both of which were based on the Occitan name Mirèio. I had already discovered the name by the time I went to Andalusia at the age of seventeen and was delighted to see it -- and the Catalan spelling Mireia -- on personalised hats and mugs etc. As it derives from the Latin mirar "to admire," I've always appreciated its connection to my sister Miranda's name.
Kitto
I have a feeling Kit may make big leaps this year. At least, it certainly has the potential to do so. Not only is Kit Harington making waves in the world of celebrity, it was also chosen this year by Wayne and Coleen Rooney for their third son. But, it strikes me that Kit may be a little short for some tastes.
Of course, Kit itself is traditionally a nickname for Christopher. Even Kit Harington revealed to James Corden that he didn't realise that his full name was Christopher until he was eleven years old. However, like Kit (and Corden) I think many people won't realise the Christopher-Kit connection.
This brings me to Kitto, which seems to me a prefect alternative longer form for Kit.
Kitto is a Cornish name and, because of its similarity to Kit, many have long thought of it as a diminutive of Christopher. However, its original origins more likely lie with the Welsh Gruffudd (Griffith). In the Middle Ages, Guto (GIT-ō) developed as a diminutive for Gruffudd, and Kitto would have been its Cornish cognate.
Kit Harington is most famous for bringing Game of Thrones character Jon Snow to life on our screen. John has been a perennial favourite for centuries, though it has been declining in recent years, falling down to #101. The more svelt spelling, Jon, was at a peak in the 1980s, but may once again start to pick up thanks to GoT.
This name was brought to mind recently while teaching my class. A mention of a Victorian named John Snow had one of my ten year old girls whisper "Jon Snow! Jon Snow is in Game of Thrones," excitedly to her fellow classmate. It seems Mr Harington's appeal is quite wide.
Personally, I'm neutral on the spelling. I have an uncle named John and a fellow-80s-born cousin named Jon, so both seem very natural to me. I do have a rather vivid memory, however, of writing a "what I did at the weekend" piece when I was seven and being very proud that I knew how to spell my cousins' names: Neal and Jon. I was very put out when I got it back and my teacher had crossed them out in red pen, replacing them with 'Neil' and 'John'. Oh, the trials of name obsession.
Another name which I'm going to be carefully monitoring when the 2015 stats come out in August is Alba, currently at #312 and rising. I've long had my eye on it, but with the nation recently enchanted when Gareth Bale's daughter, Alba Violet Bale, stole most of the limelight with her cuteness in the Wales vs Northern Ireland quarter-finals Euro 2016 match recently, I can see the name having even more impact in 2016.
Vaila
I still have no idea why Vaila hasn't caught on. True, it's a name mostly confined to the Shetlands, being the name of a Shetland island, but Scottish islands are vogue at the moment. Just look at Isla, Skye, Arran and Harris! Add in the fashionable V and the two-syllable -a ending with strong vowel sounds and it's hard to think that, if this name were a little bit more widely known, it wouldn't catch on.
So come on, world. Let's spread the word about Vaila. Who knows where it may lead?
Bryher
Trawling through the 2014 data a few weeks ago, I came across a new name for me. Given to just five girls that year, Bryher is the smallest of the inhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly. Regional data from 2010 has Bryher only appearing in the data for the South West (given to four girls that year) which means that, like Vaila, it most likely is used only within the local area. It is pronounced the same way as Briar -- a name I'm also a fan of -- but with a bit of a topographical and Cornish twist.
My mind recently keeps being drawn to Lewin. It ticks so many stylish boxes: it's a surname, it's two syllables and it halfway between popular favourites Lewis and Owen. Lewis is not just a surname though; originally it was a medieval given name -- an inheritor of the Anglo-Saxon Lēofwine from leof "beloved, dear" and wine "friend." It is a rare given name, but is in consistent use having been registered for between 4 and 13 boys every year in England and Wales since 1996.
Liveva
Another leof inheritor is Liveva. Unlike Lewin, it hasn't survived from the Middle Ages, but I feel it has bags of potential. Yes, it may seem like a Liv + Eva smoosh, but that makes it more accessible to modern sensibilities to my mind. The name actually derives from the Anglo-Saxon Lēofgifu meaning "beloved gift" and is also found in the spellings Liviva and Leviva.


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exports.Compact = undefined;

var _extends = Object.assign || function (target) { for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { var source = arguments[i]; for (var key in source) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(source, key)) { target[key] = source[key]; } } } return target; };

var _createClass = function () { function defineProperties(target, props) { for (var i = 0; i < props.length; i++) { var descriptor = props[i]; descriptor.enumerable = descriptor.enumerable || false; descriptor.configurable = true; if ("value" in descriptor) descriptor.writable = true; Object.defineProperty(target, descriptor.key, descriptor); } } return function (Constructor, protoProps, staticProps) { if (protoProps) defineProperties(Constructor.prototype, protoProps); if (staticProps) defineProperties(Constructor, staticProps); return Constructor; }; }();

var _react = require('react');

var _react2 = _interopRequireDefault(_react);

var _reactcss = require('reactcss');

var _reactcss2 = _interopRequireDefault(_reactcss);

var _color = require('../../helpers/color');

var _color2 = _interopRequireDefault(_color);

var _reactAddonsShallowCompare = require('react-addons-shallow-compare');

var _reactAddonsShallowCompare2 = _interopRequireDefault(_reactAddonsShallowCompare);

var _reactMaterialDesign = require('../../../modules/react-material-design');

var _common = require('../common');

var _CompactColor = require('./CompactColor');

var _CompactColor2 = _interopRequireDefault(_CompactColor);

var _CompactFields = require('./CompactFields');

var _CompactFields2 = _interopRequireDefault(_CompactFields);

function _interopRequireDefault(obj) { return obj && obj.__esModule ? obj : { default: obj }; }

function _classCallCheck(instance, Constructor) { if (!(instance instanceof Constructor)) { throw new TypeError("Cannot call a class as a function"); } }

function _possibleConstructorReturn(self, call) { if (!self) { throw new ReferenceError("this hasn't been initialised - super() hasn't been called"); } return call && (typeof call === "object" || typeof call === "function") ? call : self; }

function _inherits(subClass, superClass) { if (typeof superClass !== "function" && superClass !== null) { throw new TypeError("Super expression must either be null or a function, not " + typeof superClass); } subClass.prototype = Object.create(superClass && superClass.prototype, { constructor: { value: subClass, enumerable: false, writable: true, configurable: true } }); if (superClass) Object.setPrototypeOf ? Object.setPrototypeOf(subClass, superClass) : subClass.__proto__ = superClass; }

var Compact = exports.Compact = function (_ReactCSS$Component) {
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          source: 'hex'
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  _createClass(Compact, [{
    key: 'classes',
    value: function classes() {
      return {
        'default': {
          Compact: {
            background: '#f6f6f6',
            radius: '4px'
          },
          compact: {
            paddingTop: '5px',
            paddingLeft: '5px',
            boxSizing: 'initial',
            width: '240px'
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          clear: {
            clear: 'both'
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      return _react2.default.createElement(
        _reactMaterialDesign.Raised,
        this.styles().Compact,
        _react2.default.createElement(
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          { style: this.styles().compact },
          _react2.default.createElement(
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            { ref: 'colors' },
            colors,
            _react2.default.createElement('div', { style: this.styles().clear })
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          _react2.default.createElement(_CompactFields2.default, _extends({}, this.props, { onChange: this.handleChange }))
        )
      );
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  return Compact;
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Compact.defaultProps = {
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};

exports.default = (0, _common.ColorWrap)(Compact);

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We had 'been there and done that' in our corporate careers. Managed the largest businesses in the Document and Information Management (DIM) industry, acquired and integrated more companies than everyone else combined.
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It's been nearly 20 months since our first podcast about the Montgomery Building redevelopment, and in the intervening time all of us who spend time in Downtown Spartanburg have watched our city's most iconic historic building slowly return to its 1920's glory. Now, after an incredibly extensive historic renovation, N Church Street is about to see something most of Spartanburg's residents have never seen, a 10-story bustling skyscraper that will serve as a crucial nexus of activity on downtown's northern end. A total of 63 apartments will occupy floors 4-10, with office space on floors two and three, and ground-floor retail space that is already slated to house a second downtown location for Little River Coffee Bar and a first Spartanburg location for the popular Greenville-based Sidewall Pizza.
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Personal reflection on JKB's second year in business
By Katie F. Botelho
Another year has passed and what a year it's been!
It has been a very successful year in the JKB world and 2013 promises to be even better. With selling out three of the four shows we booked (Jon Anderson, Paula Poundstone, Tom Rush), there really isn't much to complain about. Our hard work has definitely paid off and it's rewarding to reflect on what we've accomplished in only a matter of two years in business.
Apart from our bookings, we also had the most successful Limelight Magazine Music Awards. Our 4th annual awards show had the best attendance out of the previous ones and the excitement and involvement from everyone around was just astonishing. You could tell that people were looking forward to it and promoting it as if it were their own event. We like that excitement and that's why this year's awards show on March 16th at the Rock Junction in Coventry, R.I., is going to be even better! Aside from that, we also featured over 26 stories on limelightmagazine.com this past year alone. From big names to local musicians, we've done it all.
But, of course, life can't always be about work, right?! On that note, I would have to say the best part of 2012 was going to Dallas, Texas, and the U.K. JKB gave me the opportunity to visit places I wouldn't normally visit and I am grateful for that. We met a lot of celebrities a long the way and made some contacts that we wouldn't have made if it weren't for those trips.
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Rare anonymous map of the eastern Mediterranean after a almost identical N. Visscher map from 1657. With 9 small vignettes view showing the life and travels of St. Paul. From a German bible printed in Minden by Johann Detleffsen in 1716.
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Chicago Fire vs. New England Revolution: Preview, How to Watch
The Fire look to finish the 2022 season strong despite missing the MLS playoffs.
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Oct 8, 2022 7:03 PM EDT
Photo: ESPN.com
The Chicago Fire will wrap up their 2022 season with a Sunday matchup against the New England Revolution at SeatGeek Stadium. It's the final match of the campaign for both teams as neither qualified for the MLS playoffs.
The Fire, who have won two of their last five games, will look to pick up all three points against their Eastern Conference rivals.
With 38 points, Chicago holds the 12th spot in the Eastern Conference, But Fire head coach Ezra Hendrickson wants his team to finish on a positive note.
"For the past three weeks, we have talked about once we realized we were out of the playoffs, the whole vibe was, hey, let's finish on a positive note," he said. "Every time we step on the pitch, friendly or not, we want to win the game."
Club legend Hristo Stoichkov is adamant Fire have what it takes to challenge for the MLS title in the near future despite this year's shortcomings.
"I believe this was a learning experience, and the team will be able to challenge for laurels in future, let's give the team time and i believe in Chicago Fire," Stoichkov said during the team's 25th anniversary celebration on Oct. 8.
What: Chicago Fire vs. New England Revolution
When: 1:30 PM CT, Sunday, Oct. 9
Where: SeatGeek Stadium, Bridgeview
TV/Stream: WGN, MLS LIVE on ESPN+


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