Seven bluffs the Borg - a new Voyager Conspiracy.
When Gene Roddenberry comes to me and complains, I'll stop.
Seven stepped onto the bridge just as the Borg cube dropped out of transwarp and onto the viewscreen.
"Red alert. Shields up, modulate shield frequencies, resist - you know the drill." Chakotay wasn't impressed by a few palefaced Borg nowadays. "Seven?"
"I sensed their approach, Commander."
He nodded, then summoned his animal guide: "Chakotay to Captain Janeway."
"Our cybernetic friends are back, Captain."
"Oh," she yawned into the comm link. "Well, I'll be right up. Janeway out." She, too, was bored with the Borg.
Even the Borg themselves sounded a bit jaded as they sent out their standard greeting, "We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Resistance is futile."
Chakotay rolled his eyes. Tom made a crack about Daleks which only Harry understood. Seven, however, seemed mildly interested, even though she'd made that speech herself countless times. "Commander, I have an idea. May I respond to the Borg?" Tom caught Harry's eye - Harry glared at him.
Chakotay shrugged noncommittally, but said, "Ensign Kim, open a channel to the cubists."
"Borg vessel, stand down," Seven demanded.
"Resistance is futile," they repeated, though with slightly less conviction this time.
Seven drew herself up to more than her full height. "This is a Borg vessel. You are interfering with our function. You will stand down."
Even Chakotay was roused from his four-year blue funk by that one, but he tried not to look too surprised. The Borg were equally bemused. "Identify yourself," they demanded.
"I am Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct to Unimatrix Zero One." Her Borg designation suddenly sounded less impersonal and more important than it ever had before. "This is Borg Vessel 110Q547L/5. Stand down and let us pass."
"We have no record of such a vessel."
"You records are flawed," Seven diagnosed.
Well, they had been having a bit of trouble with the vinculum lately. Four drones appeared on the bridge.
"Commander, they've sealed the bridge and disabled internal sensors," Harry reported.
"Elaborate," the drones ordered in unison.
"You have been unable to contact Unimatrix Zero One to confirm our identity. Therefore, I must conclude that your vinculum is...imperfect."
Was she just being literal as usual, or had she learned sarcasm? The Borg cared not. "Elaborate on the nature of your mission," they clarified.
"This is an expermental vessel under the aegis of Science Matrix Three Two, experiment 32/101.7F: Partial Assimilation of Humanoids and their Technology. This vessel is proceeding to its point of origin, where we will assimilate species 157, 1008, 3259, 3444, 5618, 5669, 5670, 5671, 5672..." Harry lost count as Seven droned on through what must have been every Alpha Quadrant species known to the Borg, "...8954, 9067, and others yet to be identified. Your interference is already tainting the experiment and undermining our ability to enter Federation space undetected. You will stand down."
The Borg scanned the ship. "We are detecting residual nanoprobes in the majority of this vessel's systems and a significant concentration of Borg technology in one section of the ship." The Borg paused. "We detect no partially assimilated humanoids. Corroborate."
"The command crew has been partially assimilated. The procedure was designed to be undetectable. Hence, you will be unable to verify it."
The drones silently communed with their brethren for several minutes. Finally, the four of them said, "Can you provide us with any circumstantial evidence to corroborate your claim?"
Seven listened to the question with a particularly cold gleam in her eye. Harry hadn't seen her looking so drone-like since before her hair had grown in. He shuddered as she began speaking in clipped, Borg fashion.
"At the start of the experiment, Commander Chakotay, 2 of 151, objected to my presence on this ship. He argued with his commanding officer, 1 of 151. She, however, put all thought of the ship's individuality aside and allowed me, a Borg drone, to remain aboard. Due to the partial assimilation process, she no longer fears the Borg, though we strike terror into the hearts of all other humans and humanoids. She was my greatest accomplishment. He is also functional, though somewhat lacking in animation."
"The Security Officer, 3 of 151," she added, pointing at Tuvok, "was an accomplished investigator. He should have detected my takeover of the vessel, and my mission, long ago, especially when the Borg Queen herself allowed me to return to Voyager after reporting to her in person. Thanks to the partial assimilation process, my mission has not been discovered."
"The vessel's engineer, 4 of 151, contains DNA from a particularly warlike humanoid species. She recognized instinctively the threat I posed to this vessel and to the Alpha Quadrant. She expressed an unacceptable amount of hostility towards me and tried to prevent me from infecting the vessel with nanoprobes. The partial assimilation process pacified her. Although I do not generally permit my drones to mate, I permitted it in her case to confirm the success of my experiment. She mated with the male she despised the most of the entire crew - an unqualified success for Science Matrix Three Two."
Tom's head sank slowly to his console and he missed the remainder of the exchange with the Borg. He had always suspected his relationship with B'Elanna was too good to be true, and he was never going to win in the J/C betting pools either, apparently.
Though the Borg drones were clearly impressed with the Queen's involvement in the case, they seemed skeptical at all the talk of feelings and matings. "What is the partial assimilation process?" they asked. "How do your drones function without a vinculum?"
"They are a somewhat inefficient collective, but they serve their purpose."
"What is the partial assimilation process?" they demanded again. Harry was sure he didn't want to hear the answer just as much as Seven didn't want to give it.
Seven looked annoyed, but she answered them. "The individuality of humans consists of a distinctiveness known as personality. Using advanced technology that the Borg obtained from Species 8947, I have assimilated these personalities. They have aided me in my attempt to pass as human." Her tone became more businesslike as she added, "All this evidence is corroborated by the ship's logs."
A drone approached Harry and plunged his assimilation tubules into the Ops console. The others took on that 'processing...please stand by' look again. After a full five minutes, the Borg Judiciary rendered its decision in Seven's case: "You may proceed on your course. Shall we destroy these specimens for you, now that they are aware of your mission?"
"That will not be necessary," Seven responded. "Humanoids have a convenient personality trait known as 'denial' - it will begin to take effect as soon as you leave the ship."
The drones waited for a few seconds - Harry suspected the pause was the Borg equivalent of a nod of acquiescence - then disappeared from the bridge. In an unsteady voice, the not-so-young-anymore Ensign reported that the internal sensors were back online. At the same time, 1 of 151 emerged from the turbolift.
"What happened here?" she asked.
The other drones waited for Seven to answer One's question. One, for her part, stared at her helmsman, who was still sobbing into his control console.
"I...bluffed. It would appear that my performance convinced both the Borg and Mr. Paris." With a parting glance of almost human pity in his direction, Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One, left the bridge of her ship.


In the end of the latest promo in Jodha Akbar, Akbar is shown dead. And It's not a dream sequence, it is reality. But how does this happen? Well Akbar will lie dead and Jodha will be shocked to see him like that. But is Akbar really dead? And if so, does this mean the end to the epic love story of Jodha and Akbar? Check out this MAHA EPISODE!


Have you ever won when it counts though?
Even if Cas win its not 10 in a row unless you for some strange reason choose to forget about the GF.
Mebbies, mebbies not. I'm quite optimistic. Irrespective, I'll be there as long as it's not an all Lancs final.
It's 10 wins in a row, not including the times they lost.
Leigh Centurions are delighted to confirm that tickets for the eagerly awaited Ladbrokes Challenge Cup Quarter Final game will go on sale on Tuesday 22nd May at 9am. The Club has received an initial ticket allocation of 1,395 from Leeds and, subject to sales, may be allocated another 595 tickets. With the stadium capacity on the day limited to 6,400, it may be that the Club cannot secure any further tickets after the second allocation and therefore fans are encouraged to buy tickets as a matter of urgency so that they do not miss out on this great occasion.
Fev have 300 car park spots, should be loads left. Tomorrow Leigh's camera crew can't even get on the car park.
Best news ever is the capacity has been set at 6400, with Leigh being allocated 2000ish.
I wonder if there could possibly be an upset in this one? Leigh enjoyed their preview of the pitch yesterday, in winning their eleventh game on the trot and are flying at the moment.
Leigh are flying at the moment, they have reached the heights of 5th place in the Championship, I'm sure Leeds are terrified.


I'd love too see some of the smaller nations in game client states/puppet states as well.
I would like to see Sweden in the game. Sweden fought Denmark, Norway, France, Russia and was at war with Britain at some point and also had a navy unlike many other factions. Lost Finland and won Norway. I think they deserve a spot (as a minor factor later one once the big boys has been added) to be in the game.


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from django.db import models

class Project(models.Model):
    """
    My Projects.
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    id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    title = models.CharField(max_length=30)
    slug = models.SlugField(max_length=30, unique=True)
    active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
    has_docs = models.BooleanField(default=True)
    logo = models.CharField(max_length=30)
    summary = models.TextField()

    def __str__(self):
        return self.title

class CodeExample(models.Model):
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    A code string that is displayed as an example.
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    id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    project = models.ForeignKey(Project, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    codetext = models.TextField()

#----------------------------------------------------------
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class SymbolEntity(models.Model):
    """
    Abstract Base Class for entities that have a symbol and
    a description (module, class, method, variable...).
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    id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    symbol = models.CharField(max_length=120)
    description = models.TextField()
    orderingIndex = models.IntegerField()

    def __str__(self):
        return self.symbol

    class Meta:
        ordering = ['orderingIndex']

class ProjModule(SymbolEntity):
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    Entity representing a module in a project.
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    project = models.ForeignKey(Project, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    path = models.CharField(max_length=300)

class ModuleConstant(SymbolEntity):
    """
    Entity representing a global constant in a module.
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    module = models.ForeignKey(ProjModule, on_delete=models.CASCADE)

class ProjClass(SymbolEntity):
    """
    Entity representing a class in a module.
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    module = models.ForeignKey(ProjModule, on_delete=models.CASCADE)

class ConstructorParam(SymbolEntity):
    """
    Entity representing a constructor argument for a class.
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    pclass = models.ForeignKey(ProjClass, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    default = models.CharField(max_length=120, blank=True)

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class ClassMethod(SymbolEntity):
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    default = models.CharField(max_length=120, blank=True)

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The Madurai Sultanate
If you are one of those interested in arts, history, and culture, look no further than Madurai, an ancient city of Tamil Nadu in southern India. The history of this bustling and colorful city can be traced back to before two millennia's in time. The reigns of the various ruling empires have left their own indelible marks on this city. The reign of the Madurai sultanate is no less even though it was for a comparatively short time and full of bloodshed.
The ruling Pandyan Empire of south India was repeatedly invaded by armies from the Delhi Sultanate during the fourteenth century, and after the third invasion, the empire finally collapsed beyond revival. The Madurai Sultanate was thus founded. This sultanate is officially known as the Ma'bar Sultanate and was officially proclaimed as an independent Muslim kingdom in 1335. The just and peaceful reign of the Hindu emperors was thus replaced by the oppressive rule of the Muslim kingdom.
Jalaluddin Ahsan Khan was the first ruler to declare his independence from the ruling Delhi Sultanate. He and his 7 descendants ruled Madurai willfully till 1378 when the last sultan, Ala-ud-Din Sikander Shah succumbed to the forces of the Vijayanagar Empire. During the period between 1344 and 1357, the Madurai Sultanate was subject to a lot of infighting with the sultanate frequently changing hands; the Vijayanagar Empire was also waging frequent wars against this Muslim kingdom to end the cruel tyranny against the Hindus and re-establish a Hindu Empire. The frequent invasions over the years finally managed to control and overthrow the Madurai Sultanates' reign over southern India in 1378. Thus ended the 48 years rule of the short-lived Muslim dynasty.
A Muslim Moroccan traveler, Ibn Battuta, well known for his extensive travels through Africa and Asia, visited the court of the fourth sultan of the Madurai Sultanate, Ghiyas-ud-Din Muhammad Damghani and was shocked at the atrocities being committed against the local Hindu population. He was in the habit of rounding up innocent villagers and impaling them on wooden spikes and leaving them to die. Their wives and children suffered no less atrocity as they too were cruelly killed. Ibn Battuta describes this as shameful conduct he had never seen any sovereign guilty of and maybe this is why God hastened the sultan's death just after four years of his terrible reign.
The recapture of the Madurai sultanate is chronicled in the Sanskrit poem 'Madhura Vijayam' (the conquest of Madurai) as written by Kampanna's wife Gangadevi. It was her husband, Kumara Kampanna Udaiyar whose army finally overthrew the Muslim reign of terror over Madurai and made it 'Madhura' (sweet) again!

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Yesterday I tried to creare a magic 3D easyview fixture. I failed! I want to create a Stagefloode. It means one case in wich are 4 lamps. Each lamp has a different colored colour filter. I've no idea how I have to create this fixture. Most times i got an error because there were two channels with the same name or I got an error which causes that no light came out of the case. Can somebody help me?
should be an easy fixture to make send us a manual and we can have a go.
and would be something like this.
Yes I know! My problem is that I can't put a color to a channel and dimm that channel/color. So your example was not so helpfull for me. I hoped somebody knows how to create a color channel which is dimmable.
Some fixture have a master dimmer to dim all channels, some don't.
Mmhh. Why is it worki' on your machine and not on mine? Step by step what I've done: I open Scanlibary. I set "number of channels" on 4. I set "libary type" on other. Then there is the message box "This type of fixture does not allow Pan and Tilt channels. Do you confirm?" I clicked yes. "Type and chanel name" I set on color. Than I clicked "new". In "effect type" "color icon" is choosen. In "Icon" is "color" choosen. Then I choose the color for the channel, for example red. "First DMX level" is set on 0, "last DMX level" is set on 255. Than I click OK. For channel 2, 3 and 4 I do the same. Then I got an error warning:"two channels have the same name" but I can store the fixture. If I now use the fixture in easy view the channels are off and can't be opened. Is only one channel set and channel 2, 3 and 4 ave no settings the channels which has setings is opened everytime and I can't dimm it.
Is it me? Am I understanding you right? Or is it something other?
It must be possible to create such a fixture.
If I try to realise it by RGB I'm missing the fourth channel if I create a color channel for it I can't dimm it (same problem like discribed on the top of this post).
Although I found a RGBY fixture in the folder "_generic". The first two channels were working. The last two were not workin. That would be the perfect fixture I think.
No more Ideas? Am I to stupid to create such a fixture or is it not possible?
I contcted Nicolaudie. They told me that it is not possible to create such a fixture i want. So now I use some colored PAR Cans. I choose a normal PAR Can from the MAgic 3D Folde _Generic a Par Can. In the construction Mode I chose the PAR Cab and with the Color box I chose the color I want.
Hope it can help other poeple having the same problem.
Lol' might be a few years late but I would have created 4 by 1 Chanel device then put them close together.


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Q: Get SGE jobid to make a pipeline Suppose I want to write a pipeline of tasks to submit to Sun/Oracle Grid Engine.
qsub -cwd touch a.txt
qsub -cwd -hold_jid touch wc -l a.txt

Now, this will run the 2nd job (wc) only after the first job (touch) is done. However, if a previous job with the name touch had run earlier, the 2nd job won't be held since the condition is already satisfied. I need the jobid of the first job.
I tried
myjid=`qsub -cwd touch a.txt`

But it gave $ echo $myjid
Your job 1062487 ("touch") has been submitted

A: You just need to add the -terse option to the first qsub so that it only displays the jobid rather than the whole string.
JID=`qsub -terse -cwd touch a.txt`

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A sales tax hike for schools on the ballot in Arizona? Here's why it might actually happen
A proposal to ask Arizona voters whether they want to boost the state sales tax for schools took a giant step forward this week.
A sales tax hike for schools on the ballot in Arizona? Here's why it might actually happen A proposal to ask Arizona voters whether they want to boost the state sales tax for schools took a giant step forward this week. Check out this story on azcentral.com: https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2019/02/19/sales-tax-hike-schools-ballot-arizona-could-actually-happen/2917072002/
Laurie Roberts, Arizona Republic Published 12:51 p.m. MT Feb. 19, 2019 | Updated 11:12 a.m. MT Feb. 20, 2019
Opinion: A proposal to ask voters whether they want to boost the state sales tax for schools took a giant step forward this week.
Is the Arizona Legislature really going to ask voters to raise taxes for schools? (Photo: maxkabakov, Getty Images/iStockphoto)
The Arizona Legislature has moved one step closer to delivering (yet another) punch in the nose to Gov. Doug Ducey. This time, with a plan to ask voters to raise the sales tax for schools.
It's astonishing, really.
Republicans break out in hives at the mere mention of taxes (which is why Ducey calls them "fees" when he raises them).
Democrats, meanwhile, over the last year have begun to turn their noses up at the idea of raising the sales tax. (Too regressive, they say). Never mind that just a few years ago they were the ones pushing to boost the sales tax.
Everything changed after Invest in Ed
Everything changed last year, when the Arizona Education Association and Red for Ed/Invest in Ed came within a hair's breadth – read: two state Supreme Court votes – of putting a proposal to raise income taxes on Arizona's richest residents on the 2018 ballot.
Now, suddenly, boosting the sales tax is looking more and more like it just might make the 2020 ballot.
It still has a long way to go.
This, after all, is still Arizona. Other than during the Great Recession, I can't think of the last time the Republican-run Legislature contemplated raising taxes. (Other than that new $32 vehicle registration "fee" you'll be paying this year, that is.) Or when it seemed prepared to roll right over a Republican governor to do it.
3 reasons why you might vote on this
But there are signs this proposal might actually have a chance of making it to voters next year.
Let me count the reasons why:
1. The sales tax bills, introduced in both the Senate and the House, originally were given what usually amounts to the kiss of death – a double assignment to committees. But Senate Appropriations Chairman David Gowan and House Ways and Means Chairman Ben Toma have released the bills from their committees, removing two giant obstacles.
2. The Senate bills, Senate Concurrent Resolution 1001 and Senate Bill 1080, cleared the Senate Education Committee on a 5-3 party line vote last month. But the House versions, House Concurrent Resolution 2024 and House Bill 2563 weren't going to make it on GOP support alone.
On Monday, they passed 8-4 with bipartisan support. This, just days before a deadline to get House bills through House committees.
A sales tax referendum still has a long way to go but the fact that Senate President Karen Fann is on board with the plan? That's big.
3. The three Republicans leading the charge to boost the state's .06 percent sales tax to a full penny – Senate Education Chair Sylvia Allen, Sen. Kate Brophy McGee and House Education Chair Michelle Udall – have worked out an agreement on how the money should be divvied up.
Under their compromise plan, 75 percent of the $1.1 billion (which includes $450 million in new funding) would go to K-12 schools, allowing local school boards a freer hand in how to spend the money. Another 20 percent would go to universities and five percent to community and tribal colleges.
Education, business groups are neutral
Arizona schools need more funding, columnist Robert Robb says, and this tax increase simply doesn't do enough for them. Diana Payan, The Republic | azcentral.com
The plan has the support of the Board of Regents, all three universities, and the Arizona Association of School Administrators.
Opponents include the Arizona Free Enterprise Club and the Arizona Tax Research Association.
What's most interesting: top education and business groups are sitting this one out.
The Arizona Education Association, which for years has railed about the need for more school funding, registered as neutral. The teachers' union was a driving force behind last year's proposal for a massive boost in income taxes on the rich and presumably is banking on the chance to run the initiative again next year.
Meanwhile, Save Our Schools Arizona, which also backed last year's income tax boost, hasn't taken a position.
Neither has the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which sued to keep the income tax plan off the 2018 ballot. Yet Chamber CEO Glenn Hamer last year told 12News the chamber "would be open" to putting a sales tax on the ballot.
Not so open after all, it seems.
What's driving lawmakers? Fear
As for Ducey, he's not at all open to raising taxes for schools. In fact, he's the guy who ran the 2012 campaign to oppose making permanent the temporary penny sales tax that helped schools through the Great Recession.
"We don't need a tax increase," Ducey said last month at the chamber's annual legislative forecast luncheon. "We've got available dollars right now."
Of course, the Legislature doesn't need his permission to put a sales tax increase on the ballot.
What it does need?
Enough Republicans who are frightened enough of another income tax proposal – and/or of voters who list education as a top priority – to try to head it off by putting a sales tax hike on the 2020 ballot. This, in a state that already has the 11th highest sales tax in the nation.
Also needed: enough Democrats, who may see the sales tax as regressive and too little, too late (the tax increase wouldn't kick in until 2021), but aren't willing to risk voting no on more money for the state's still-underfunded schools.
Will the Arizona Legislature actually allow voters to decide whether they want to raise the sales tax to support schools? It's early days yet, too soon to predict.
But the fact that it's even a possibility?
Fear, it seems, is an amazing motivator.
Reach Roberts at laurie.roberts@arizonarepublic.com.
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How Mike Smith and Bob Baffert could surprise…
How Mike Smith and Bob Baffert could surprise at the Preakness
Hall of Fame jockey is chosen on short notice by the legendary trainer to ride Improbable on Saturday
Triple crown winner Justify's jockey Mike Smith, left, along with trainer Bob Baffert at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Ca., on Saturday, June 22, 2018. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Some observers might have been surprised when Mike Smith landed on 5-2 morning-line favorite Improbable for Saturday's 144th running of the Preakness Stakes.
They probably surmised that since Smith took off one of Baffert's Kentucky Derby contenders, Roadster, in favor of the Richard Mandella-trained Omaha Beach in the Run for the Roses, that Baffert would hold a grudge and look in another direction when choosing a rider for his lone Preakness horse.
But Smith wasn't surprised when Baffert chose him to ride Improbable.
"Bob is really good that way," Smith said recently on a Preakness teleconference. "He's good on both sides of it. If he has to make a change, well, he's the first one to tell you and it's nothing personal."
Smith would know first-hand.
In 2002, the 53-year-old Hall of Famer rode Vindication to a victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Arlington Park outside of Chicago. He was one of the leading Kentucky Derby hopefuls heading into 2003, but Baffert took the mount away from Smith early that year. The colt was injured before he ever raced as a 3-year-old and was retired.
Smith had a difficult choice before the Derby, deciding between the favored Omaha Beach and Santa Anita Derby-winning Roadster. He ended up on longshot Cutting Humor after Omaha Beach came down with a breathing problem three days before the Derby and had to be scratched.
Smith didn't expect any repercussions after he eschewed Roadster in favor or Omaha Beach.
"(Bob) totally understands," he said. "I've never seen him get upset about it. As a matter of fact, before I even came close to making a decision, he said, 'Listen, you know we're good no matter what. You make your decision on what you think is going to be best for the race.' And that's what I did. He was really, really good about it."
Of course, Smith and Baffert have enjoyed a ton of success since the Vindication days 16 years ago. Smith has reached the pinnacle of his career. The days of trainers taking Smith off their horses are nonexistent.
"He's one of the greatest," Smith said of Baffert, who's won five Kentucky Derbies and will be shooting for his record-breaking eighth Preakness victory Saturday. "He'll go down as one of the greatest trainers of all time. He knows how to get these 3-year-olds right for these kind of races."
Smith was asked to explain why he and Baffert have become such a tough duo to deal with.
"We have a lot of mutual respect for each other," he said. "And when I ride, he lets me ride with a clear mind and no handcuffs. I get to do what I feel is right … I know that he's going to be OK. At times after a race, he might be like, 'What was that?' And I'll tell him, 'Well, this happened.' And he understands.
"He's not only a great trainer, but he's a good coach. He lets me play and he lets me do my part. He's done his part and then he lets me do mine, and it really works well together. When you can have a good relationship with any trainer, feel free to do what you feel is right, and you've had the experience underneath your belt to at least think what you're going to do is right, it really helps a lot."
On Saturday, Smith will take over for Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard Improbable, winless in three starts this year after finishing his 2-year-old campaign with a victory in the Grade I Los Alamitos Futurity on Dec. 8. The son of City Zip has won three of six lifetime with two seconds. The Preakness will be Smith's first time aboard the colt.
"This isn't uncommon," he said. "This (jockey changes) happens, especially during this Triple Crown stuff. There's a lot of musical chairs. A lot of people pick up horses in the last minute – the Derby, the Preakness and (also) the Belmont, for that matter."
Smith hopes he can bring out something in Improbable we've yet to see.
"Sometimes the first time you ride one is the best time," he said. "I have a knack with that sometimes. I don't know what it is. Whatever it is, it seems to work at times really well. I'm just hoping for one of those again."
Improbable is the horse to beat Saturday. It wouldn't surprise me if he won by two or three lengths. But I have a funny feeling about this Preakness. It might be one of those years when crazy things happen in the 3-year-old division.
Trainer Mark Casse has been ultra-confident in War of Will and, despite drawing the rail again, I'm picking him to win the race. Watch out for one of the new shooters in Alwaysmining, a Maryland-bred who's won six consecutive and might just take the lead and keep on running.
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Exhibition: 'She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World' at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Exhibition dates: 27th August 2013 – 12th January 2014
Gohar Dashti (Iranian, b. 1980)
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This is an important exhibition, one that challenges "Western notions about the 'Orient,' examines the complexities of identity, and redefines documentary as a genre." The work of 12 women artists from Iran and the Arab World challenge stereotypes and provides insight into political and social issues. "The images – ranging from fine art to photojournalism – refute the conception that Arab and Iranian women are "oppressed and powerless," instead reinforcing that some of the most significant photographic work in the region today is being done by women."
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Tanya Habjouqa (Jordanian, b. 1975)
From the Women of Gaza series
Rania Matar (Lebanese/Palestinian/American, b. 1964)
Stephanie, Beirut, Lebanon
Alia, Beirut, Lebanon
Rula Halawani (Palestinian, b. 1964)
Untitled XIII
Lalla Essaydi (Moroccan, b. 1956)
Bullets Revisited #3
Power and passion will be on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) in an exhibition of works by 12 women photographers from Iran and the Arab World. The first of its kind in North America, the exhibition features approximately 100 photographs and two videos, created almost entirely within the last decade, that challenge stereotypes and provide insight into political and social issues. The images – ranging from fine art to photojournalism – refute the conception that Arab and Iranian women are "oppressed and powerless," instead reinforcing that some of the most significant photographic work in the region today is being done by women. On view from August 27, 2013 – January 12, 2014, She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World highlights the rich artistic expression of pioneering photographers Jananne Al-Ani, Boushra Almutawakel, Gohar Dashti, Rana El Nemr, Lalla Essaydi, Shadi Ghadirian, Tanya Habjouqa, Rula Halawani, Nermine Hammam, Rania Matar, Shirin Neshat, and Newsha Tavakolian. Accompanying the exhibition is a new publication, She Who Tells a Story (MFA Publications, September 2013), authored by exhibition curator Kristen Gresh, the MFA's Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Assistant Curator of Photographs. This exhibition is generously supported by the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Additional support from the Barbara Jane Anderson Fund.
"She Who Tells a Story brings together recent photographs from 12 groundbreaking artists," said Malcolm Rogers, Ann and Graham Gund Director of the MFA. "Their works tell stories that evoke a range of emotion, challenge our perception, and present the Middle East with a fresh perspective."
In Arabic, the word rawiya means "she who tells a story." These photographs are a collection of stories about contemporary life in Iran and the Arab World. The exhibition will explore themes of "Deconstructing Orientalism," "Constructing Identities," and "New Documentary," revealing the individuality of each artist's work, while allowing glimpses into the region's social and political landscapes. The MFA has acquired 18 of the works on view in the Henry and Lois Foster Gallery in the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art. Acquisitions made in 2013 include Roja (Patriots) from the series Book of Kings (2012) by Shirin Neshat; the complete series of nine photographs in Mother, Daughter, Doll (2010) by Boushra Almutawakel; three prints from the series Women of Gaza (2009) by Tanya Habjouqa; two photos from the series The Metro (2003) by Rana El Nemr; two prints from the series Qajar (1998) by Shadi Ghadirian; and Untitled #2 from Today's Life and War (2008) by Gohar Dashti.
"Reflecting on the power of politics and the legacy of war, the photographs in this exhibition challenge Western notions about the 'Orient,' examine the complexities of identity, and redefine documentary as a genre," said curator Kristen Gresh, who was first exposed to this work while living abroad for 15 years, teaching history of photography in Paris and Cairo.
Historically, Orientalism refers to depictions by European or American artists of the East, including Middle Eastern, North African, and Eastern cultures – often presenting the "Orient" as culturally inferior. The history of photography in the area has largely consisted of images created by outsiders, ranging from pyramids and sacred biblical sites to staged harem scenes and belly dancers. Coupled with myths and traditional tales like the "Persian" Queen Sheherazade and the "Arabian" Thousand and One Nights, misconceptions continue to persist to this day. These stereotypes are shattered with Shirin Neshat's groundbreaking series Women of Allah (1993-97). The series grew out of a visit she made to her native Iran 15 years after the Iranian Revolution (1979). On view are four portraits from the series – Untitled (1996), Speechless (1996), I Am Its Secret (1993) and Identified (1995) – each of which incorporate elements of the veil (or hijab), gun, text and gaze and break down Orientalist myths, showing women empowered in the face of opposition. Among the earliest photographs in the exhibition, they are overlaid with Persian script from contemporary Iranian women writers and evoke the role that women played in the Iranian Revolution. The series marked a turning point in the recent history of representation and debates about the veil, inspiring exploration by other photographers.
In addition to Neshat, others have had an impact on the history of visual representation and the perception of Orientalist stereotypes. In the diptych Untitled I & II (1996) Iraqi-born Jananne Al-Ani uses the women in her family (and herself) to show a progression in veiling, from unveiled to fully veiled, and back again. The installation of the large-format prints have the effect of trapping the viewer between the women's unblinking stares, using the power of the lens to address myths about the oppression of Muslim women. Moroccan-born Lalla Essaydi, a former painter and alumnus of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA), uses iconography from 19th-century Orientalist paintings as inspiration to explore and question her own cultural identity. In the triptych Bullets Revisited #3 (2012), the most expansive work in the exhibition at 5 1/2 x 12 1/2 feet, and Converging Territories #29 (2004), she uses calligraphy (a typically male art form) to suggest the complexity of gender roles within Islamic culture. In Bullets Revisited #3, silver and golden bullet casings evoke symbolic violence, referencing her fear about growing restrictions on women in a new, post-revolutionary era that followed demonstrations and protests in the Arab world that began in 2010.
Like Neshat's and Al-Ani's work from the 1990s, the iconic series Qajar (1998) by Iranian artist Shadi Ghadirian was a point of departure for many photographers of the time. Ghadirian, who currently lives in Tehran, took pictures that illustrated issues of identity and being female in Iran. The nine prints on view from the Qajar series juxtapose young women in traditional dress with then-forbidden objects, such as boom boxes, musical instruments, and makeup, suggesting tension between tradition and modernity, restriction and freedom, public and private. Also included in the exhibition is another, later Ghadirian series that presents juxtapositions – Nil, Nil (2008), which brings to the forefront the experience of women at home during war, invoking untold tales of loss and waiting. The series includes images of bullets protruding from a handbag; a grenade in a bowl of fruit; and a military helmet hanging on the wall next to a headscarf, bringing to mind the complexities of male and female public personas and private desires.
Ghadirian's early staged portraits laid the foundation for later photographers to address the subject of identity, including Boushra Almutawakel, a native of Yemen. Her series Mother, Daughter, Doll (2010) uses the veil to challenge social trends and the rise of religious extremism, which calls for women – and even young girls – to cover their bodies in public. The staged portraits do not denounce the hijab, but protest the extremist notions of covering bodies and the trend toward black. The nine prints on display show smiles from mother and daughter fade as their colorful clothing disappears from one picture to the next. The series ends with an image of an empty pedestal draped in black fabric as mother, daughter and doll are completely eliminated – a statement about erasing the individual through dress. Almutawakel offers a sensitive perspective on the public and private lives of young women, as does Lebanese-born Rania Matar in her series A Girl and Her Room (2009, 2010). These six portraits of young women from the Middle East capture girls in their bedrooms, surrounded by their belongings. Despite a diversity of settings and sitters, the series reflects the universally-shared experiences of coming of age and the complexities of being a young woman.
Identity is further investigated in the work of photojournalist Newsha Tavakolian, who currently lives in Tehran and whose recent photos of the Iranian elections appeared in publications from The New York Times to Time magazine. After experiencing difficulty photographing in public in 2009, she turned to fine art photography to address social issues. The exhibition presents six portraits, six imaginary CD covers, and a six-screen video from her series Listen (2010), all portraying professional singers who, as women, are forbidden by Islamic tenets to perform in public or to record CDs in their native country of Iran. Tavakolian's singers do not appear with microphones, although each is clearly caught mid-song. Her passion for these women's stories inspired her to create the imaginary CD covers that represent the character of each performer. The accompanying video shows the women emotionally mouthing unheard words, suggesting the idea of imposed silence. Metaphors of music, voice and expression, are also found in other works on display, such as in the Qajar series, and in Mystified (1997) by Neshat.
Tavakolian represents a generation of post-revolutionary Iranian photographers, while Neshat represents a generation of artists born before the revolution but who have left the country. Neshat left her native country in 1974 to study art in the United States before the upheaval in 1979, and she continues to draw on her cultural heritage. Eight images from her series Book of Kings (2012) will be on view in the exhibition. This recent series, translating its title from the 1,000-year-old Persian epic Shahnameh, marked a return to black-and-white photography and is composed of portraits of groups of individuals that Neshat calls the Masses, the Patriots, and the Villains. The figures in this series stand for the thousands that participated in protests, particularly the Iranian Green Movement (2009) and the Arab Spring (2011). The Masses are represented by headshots of Arab and Iranian men and women whose faces are overlaid with calligraphy – except for the eyes and mouth. The pictures are meant to be shown side by side to simulate power of the people. Just as she did in Women of Allah, Neshat pursues paradoxes of past and present and power and submission; Book of Kings also demonstrates her development and evolution as an artist.
In addition to addressing social and political issues, She Who Tells a Story also presents a new kind of documentary – artistic imagination brought to real-life experiences. Themes of war, occupation, protest, and revolt, as well as concerns about photography as a medium, all find a place in this new genre. Just as Ghadirian's Nil, Nil recounted stories of war, Iranian Gohar Dashti's work also tackles the subject. Both photographers grew up during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88). Dashti's Today's Life and War (2008) is a series of theatrical, staged photographs in which a couple pursues ordinary activities in a fictionalized battlefield. In Untitled #5, they sit as newlyweds in the shell of an abandoned car and in Untitled #7, on the ground at a makeshift traditional table celebrating the Persian New Year, Nowruz. The remaining four prints show the couple performing daily routines but interrupted by symbols of war – a tank, missile head, wall of sandbags. Dashti's images are metaphors for the experience of war and recall her own memories of childhood living near the Iran-Iraq border.
Alternatives to Dashti's staged documentaries can be found in the works of Egyptian Rana El Nemr and Jordanian Tanya Habjouqa, both of whom directly capture people in urban settings. In The Metro (2003), El Nemr inconspicuously shoots passengers in the car designated for women, seated or standing, deep in thought. The images convey how anonymous daily life can be, and how people interact with one another in public spaces. Habjouqa's Women of Gaza (2009) records the experience of women in Gaza, who, like all residents of the occupied territory, live with limited freedom. Taken over a span of two months, the images celebrate modest pleasures, including a picnic on the beach, a boat ride, and an aerobics class. Habjouqa gently portrays the bright side of her subjects' lives. Women of Gaza is one example of photojournalism on display.
Another area of exploration for Middle Eastern photographers is the medium itself. Al-Ani, Rula Halawani, and Nermine Hammam push the boundaries of photography in new ways. Al-Ani's works Aerial I and Shadow Sites II, a single channel video, depict the Jordanian landscape from an airplane. The nearly nine-minute video, made exclusively from photographs that dissolve one into another, combine nature, flight, and technology. Halawani, a native of Palestine who currently resides in East Jerusalem, addresses the experience of destruction and displacement. In Negative Incursions (2002), a series of pictures of the 2002 Israeli invasion of the West Bank, she photographs scenes of war and then enlarges and prints them in their negative form. This technique obscures the specifics of time and place, increasing the dramatic intensity and resulting in powerful images of tanks in action, grieving mothers and families in the rubble of the aftermath. Streaks of light among the ruins are a metaphor for the plight of the Palestinian people, while thick black borders imitate the shape of a television screen to convey Halawani's criticism of media coverage.
Hammam's Cairo Year One (2011-12), addressing the 18-day uprising in Egypt (January 2011) and its aftermath, also experiments with uses of photography. It consists of 13 prints in two parts: Upekkha (reference to Buddhist concept of equanimity) and Unfolding (reference to folding Japanese screens). In Upekkha, Hammam imbeds photographs of soldiers in Tahrir Square within peaceful landscape scenes from postcards from her personal collection, showing the vulnerability of the young men. In contrast, the second part of the series, Unfolding, was created after the uprising was over, when it was difficult for her to photograph. In the two prints, she combines reproductions of 17th and 18th Japanese screens with photos of police brutality.
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Nermine Hammam (Egyptian, b. 1967)
Dreamland I
The Break
Rana El Nemr (Egyptian, b. 1974)
Metro #7
Newsha Tavakolian (Iranian, b. 1981)
Don't Forget This Is Not You (for Sahar Lotfi)
I Am Eve (for Mahsa Vahdat)
Boushra Almutawakel (Yemeni, b. 1969)
Mother, Daughter, Doll series
Shadi Ghadirian (Iranian, b. 1974)
Nil, Nil #4
From Qajar series
Shirin Neshat (Iranian, b. 1957)
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2022 has been another difficult year for rhinos and the people working to protect them. After a temporary lull in poaching due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, criminal networks quickly adapted to the new environment, changing poaching methods, using new technologies, finding alternative trade routes, and aggressively targeting rangers and law enforcement. Poaching rates are rising again – with an average of 2 African rhinos killed every single day to fuel illegal horn trade.
But there is one very bright spot in the rhino world. In India and Nepal, the population of greater one-horned rhinos has grown from fewer than 100 individuals to 4,014 today, thanks to effective protection and law enforcement and community support. The species' recovery provides a blueprint – and hope – for other rhino species.
The increasing greater one-horned rhino population also presents a new challenge – rhinos in India and Nepal need more room.
The International Rhino Foundation is working with governments, NGOs and community groups in India and Nepal to create and restore habitat for greater one-horned rhinos. Can you help?
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By donating to IRF today, you'll protect rhinos and their habitats in India and Nepal and around the world. And best of all, a generous, long-time IRF donor has agreed to match every gift you make, dollar for dollar, from today until December 31st. That means for 3 more days, your gift will go twice as far and make double the impact for rhinos.
More than 60% of the world's greater one-horned rhino population – 2,413 animals – is found in one protected area, India's Kaziranga National Park. Another 208 rhinos live in two tiny Indian parks (Orang National Park and Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary) with a combined size smaller than Portland, Oregon. Having so many animals in just a few protected areas is risky – overcrowding can lead to reduced birth rates and fighting, and a single disease outbreak or natural disaster could wipe out a large segment of the species' population.
To reduce overcrowding and keep the greater one-horned rhino population growing, we're assisting the Government of Assam and local NGOs and institutions to translocate rhinos into new habitats, creating more room for rhinos to breed. We've already restored rhinos to Manas National Park. Next up are the Laokhowa and Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuaries – two contiguous protected areas that were previously home to a population of more than 70 rhinos wiped out by poachers in the 1980s.
Through annual translocations over the past decade, we've established a new population of more than 40 rhinos in Manas National Park. More rhinos will be moved in February 2023.
Another significant threat to greater one-horned rhinos is the prevalence of invasive species, which choke out native rhino food plants and limit the amount of habitat available for rhinos and other species. In Nepal's Chitwan National Park, home to the world's second largest greater one-horned rhino population, natural mortality is increasing, with 28 rhinos lost over the past two years. Recent research suggests that invasive plant species are contributing to these rhino deaths – both from rhinos eating toxic plant species and from increased fighting as rhinos are forced into smaller territories because of the loss of native grasslands.
In both India and Nepal, IRF is working with local organizations to remove invasive species and restore native grasslands for rhinos.
We've hired local people living near Manas National Park in India and Chitwan National Park in Nepal to remove invasive species and restore 925 acres of protected rhino habitat. Pictured above: before, during and after grassland restoration.
The recovery of the greater one-horned rhino is a conservation success story – but the story isn't over yet. The species is still classified as vulnerable and inhabits only a fraction of its former range. We need your help today to restore habitats for greater one-horned rhinos and the four other threatened rhino species. Make a donation before December 31st and double your impact for rhinos.
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Player Profile: Mitchell Tolman
Posted on July 11, 2019 by Altoona Curve
Mitchell Tolman was an integral part to the Curve's 2017 Eastern League Championship run (Photo: Rob Lynn)
CURVE, Pa. – Highs and lows. Athletes experience them all of the time. Curve infielder Mitchell Tolman has had more than his share.
After graduating from El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif., Tolman committed to Cal State Fullerton where he planned to play college baseball.
"(But), the (Fullerton) coaches moved to Tennessee," Tolman recalled recently at Peoples Natural Gas Field. "They offered me (a scholarship), but, at the time, it was just too far from home."
Later, Tolman went to watch a UCLA-Oregon game and spoke to an Oregon coach he had met during the recruiting season. He was told Oregon had no scholarships but he was welcome to walk on.
"I walked on my freshman year and things worked out really well for me," he said. "I wasn't a big prospect, had no guarantees and had to work hard to earn my opportunities.
"It was a humbling experience for me and I got on scholarship my sophomore and junior years."
Tolman went on to become Oregon's all-time leader in doubles, RBIs, OBP, and multiple-RBI games.
Tolman was drafted in the seventh round by the Pirates during the 2015 MLB Draft (Photo: Rob Lynn)
"The PAC-12 had sound players and it was a good experience for me," noted Tolman, who was selected in the seventh round of the 2015 MLB draft by the Pirates.
"I was drafted after my junior year and signed quickly because I felt it was the right time for me to pursue baseball," he said.
Tolman spent the 2015 season with the short-season West Virginia Black Bears and helped them win the New York-Penn League championship with a .304 average in 63 games. He moved on to the West Virginia Power (low A) in 2016 and batted .265 in 119 games.
He started 2017 in Bradenton (advanced A), batted .267 in 115 games and was promoted to Altoona for the last series of the regular season.
"Pablo Reyes pulled a hamstring the first day I was here," Tolman said. "It's crazy how sports works—someone gets hurt and it's next man up. Then, in the first game of the playoffs, Cole Tucker broke his hand diving into a base."
Tolman started all six games of the Eastern League playoffs and batted .333 as the Curve won the EL championship.
"It was crazy, a fast couple of weeks for me," Tolman noted.
However, after violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, he had to serve a 50-game suspension to begin the 2018 season.
"To be blunt honest, I made bad decisions," Tolman said. "I got in trouble and was mentally down on myself because of the pressure.
"In life, you learn from the decisions you make – good or bad," he said.
Tolman played the final 68 games at Bradenton in 2018 and batted .250.
"I didn't meet my goals," he said. "I wish I had prepared myself and gone into it better mentally."
Tolman is back with the Curve this season, playing second base and doing well in all aspects.
"I have a good support from my wife and family and I'm confident in myself," he said. "The first couple weeks I wanted to show everyone what I could do. I wanted to prove them wrong.
"I could feel myself pressing pretty hard," he continued, "but lately, I feel like I'm doing better and a lot of it is trying to take a step back and realize it's just me on the field. I'm not up there hitting every single at-bat; I don't need to be the guy who comes through every time.
"I want to help the team win– that's my goal," he said. "I think that's a big part of it –mentally not trying to press and overdo, just be myself because that's what got me here in the first place."
Tolman is happy for his second chance.
"Like I said, you make mistakes and I've learned from my mistakes," he said. "I'm not going to keep dwelling on things that I did because it is what it is.
"I was down on myself for a while, but I feel good now and am in a good place mentally," said. "My family is awesome so I'm excited that I'm on a good path and can keep going and do the things I want to do."
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The database and developer news for the week ending January 6th includes a new Scylla release, SQL Server on Linux explained, JSON for Redis, a lighter SQLite, TiDB's multi-storage engine distributed database, the latest language rankings, new Ruby and Elixir releases, Go vs C, Go vs Python, Graphviz in the browser, Yubikeys in USB C ports and something's just not right with Star Wars storage media.
Scylla 1.5 - Just before the holidays, the ScyllaDB developers rolled out Scylla 1.5, the latest release of their C++ based Cassandra-compatible (as in can use Cassandra disk files) database. This release added more of the self-tuning intelligence to handling disk writes.
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GET Gesellschaft für Energietechnik installed the first five of a new version of its 600 kW, GET41 wind turbine shortly before Christmas. Four went in the ground in Windpark Ellenstedt, in the district of Vechta in Lower Saxony and a fifth at Windpark Nienstadt in the district of Sangerhausen in Saxony Anhalt. The GET41a's main departure from the GET 41 is a new type of blade, the ARA blade, developed in a joint effort by German consultants Aerodyn and rotor blade manufacturers Abeking & Rasmussen. The new blade has been especially developed for active stall operation in inland areas. Active stall was developed by GET for its GET 41 machine. The turbine manufacturer, based in Rendsburg in the north of Germany, says the characteristics of active stall operation are now being adjusted to the newly developed ARA blades on the recently installed machines. The idea behind the new development is to improve output at low wind speeds and to iron out differences in output experienced when air temperatures change and during different levels of dirt build-up on the blades.