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Nightfall: Martial Law Review
For those of you that have followed my blog for a while, you may remember that I left off my Nightfall review eager for expansions. (And if you haven't read that review, you should check it out here as I'm going to assume that you're familiar with the base game throughout this review and focus on the differences introduced in Martial Law, even though Martial Law is actually a fully playable game without the base set.) Well, AEG has finally created the first expansion: Nightfall Martial Law !
There isn't really much that Martial Law introduces that is <i>completely</i> new to the Nightfall franchise. The one thing that is introduced is "Feed." Feed allows a player to have an effect continue occurring as long as they can pay the penalty (such as discarding two cards). Aside from this, Martial Law adds depth to a few ideas that were introduced in Nightfall but not all very fleshed out in the base game. For example, in Martial Law there are more minions that are not discarded every combat phase (like what "Bad Smoke" from the base game) , there are new color chains, and there is a new wound effect (in Nightfall, there was only the single wound effect). Now that I've told you the gist of what makes Martial Law unique, lets get to the pros and cons.
The first pro that I have for Martial Law is that some of the minions have effects that occur when they attack. For example, "Lone Hound" causes you to exile a card from your hand whenever he attacks. Another one, "Mad Jake" allows you to inflict a wound directly on another player whenever he attacks. I think that these extra things that occur while attacking add some strategy to the game. For example, with "Lone Hound", he can be incredibly helpful by allowing you to exile wounds from your hand late in the game, but early in the game, he might actually harm you by forcing you to exile useful cards (after all, you have to attack each turn). With "Mad Jake," you have the ability to attack two different players at the same time, since he can attack one player and cause the direct damage to go to someone else.
The next thing that I like is how more of the new Minions stay in play after combat. One particular minion, "Brynna & Taylor" allows you to draw extra cards during your cleanup phase. Therefore, if you can get several copies of them into play, you can get a significant advantage by drawing more cards than your opponents. This also adds strategy in forcing players to decide between whether they want to defend with these characters, and also causes other players to pay more attention when dealing direct damage to a minion. (Of course, these new minions are completely worthless when playing someone using a lot of "Furious Melee" from the first set which deals two damage to each of Target Player's minions. But maybe that just means that Furious Melee is overpowered.)
My next item is really a neutral more than a pro, and that is Feed. Feed can be useful, but the conditions under which Feed is powerful seem to rarely be met. For example, one card allows you to discard two cards to "Feed" an effect to inflict one point of direct damage (how often do you really have a handful of extra cards?). Another problem that I had with Feed was that the payoff for Feed was often minimal. For example, one card lets you Feed by discarding two cards in order to draw one (which can be useful if you are looking for a certain card but normally not very beneficial), and another lets you Feed by discarding two cards to gain three influence (useful, but not really a major gain). Overall, Feed is a concept that I think will become more useful in future expansions, and will occasionally be pretty impressive now (such as with "Bleak Resurrection" which allows you to Feed by discarding a card to bring a target minion from the discard pile into play - which can be really useful if you have a hand full of minions (and worthless if you don't have a discard pile)!)
However, though there are some neat new elements to Martial Law, I felt like there were a few areas that could have been better. First off, the starting cards are the exact same as those from the base set. Whereas this isn't "bad", it is an area that I thought could have been better. There could have been at a minimum new art on the cards (like they did with Thunderstone: Dragonspire ), or, better yet, they could have come out with new starting decks that players could have used to mix up the game. Then, players would have had the option of playing with the old starting decks, the new starting decks, or a combination deck made of one of each card from the old and new. This could have helped with my biggest con from the base game, which is that the first several turns are all the same - everybody waits until his turn and plays Yuri to gain influence.
The next con that I had with the game was that a lot of the cards seemed somewhat bland to me. One example is a card that allows the player to draw one card (with a kicker that each player must destroy a minion). This card really seems to be a filler card that you would only use to continue a chain. Other cards seemed to have very specialized situations in which they are helpful, but for the bulk of the game they would be fairly useless. For example, "Target player discards down to 5 cards and receives 1 wound per card discarded." When is this card useful? When someone has a ton of cards in their hand. When does that normally happen? When they've discarded a ton of wound cards to draw new cards. Which means - this card is really good at picking on the guy that already has a ton of wounds! Several others seem to target vampires or lyncanthropes. Whereas, I knew this would probably occur at some point (why else put the race on the cards in the first place), overall these cards don't seem to be nearly as good as cards that target minions, because they have very similar effects, but are much harder to use (and, to be fair, their effects normally are much greater if they are able to be pulled off).
Overall, I give Nightfall: Martial Law an 8.0/10. I was honestly a bit disappointed with the set. That's not to say that it is bad - it is just that the base set is phenomenal, and this set is "only" good. I would recommend picking up the base set first, and once you've played it enough that you need to mix it up a bit, pick this one up and mix them together.
I would like to thank AEG for providing a copy of Nightfall: Martial Law for me to review.
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WA man faces firearms, animal cruelty charges after neighbour's dog shot dead
By Heather McNeill
August 19, 2020 — 11.37am
A West Australian man is facing animal cruelty and firearm charges after allegedly shooting his neighbour's dog dead when it wandered into his front yard.
A WA Police spokesman said the 49-year-old Jurien Bay man killed the red cloud kelpie-cross-doberman about midday on Sunday.
Splinter the dog was shot dead on Sunday after wandering into a neighbour's yard. Credit:WA Police
"[The dog] named Splinter had wandered onto the man's Jurien Bay Vista property," he said.
"As the owner called the dog back, the man exited his property via the front door and shot the dog with a rifle."
Splinter was rushed to Dongara Veterinary Clinic but died before arriving.
The police spokesman said a haul of firearms, ammunition and drug paraphernalia was recovered after officers executed a search warrant at the neighbour's house.
The haul allegedly recovered from the neighbour's house. Credit:WA Police
The man's charges include animal cruelty, possessing an unlicensed firearm, purchasing a firearm or ammunition without a licence, failing to provide adequate storage for firearms, discharging a firearm to cause danger or fear to the public and possessing drug paraphernalia.
He is due to appear in Geraldton Magistrates Court on September 3.
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Businesses across the East Midlands have been praised for helping to reduce the number of workplace injuries suffered in the area.
New figures have revealed that businesses in regions including Lincolnshire and Derbyshire have improved their use of protective workwear and regulations, as the number of injuries was down by almost 600 on last year.
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The lovely Jeannie from Ultimate Librophile blog has nominated me to come up with three "inspirational" quotes, as part of the "3 Days, 3 Quotes Challenge". Thank you Jeannie – Here's my Day One.
Is it just me or this is way too complicated/cynical/stressful?
I realise that there are times in our lives when we are "forced" to give gifts, and that's just one of those unfortunate customs that keeps our society "politely friendly", but as a dreamer I do hope that these occasions will become less and less frequent.
Just think about this for a moment – do you really want a gift that you know only carries monetary value? I'd trade one such gift, however lush, for a stranger's smile on a rainy day, hands down.
I'd say there are two equaly great ways of dealing with it – either stop pretending all together (recommended for the brave ones out there, aka "Sheldons") or try and find some genuine amusement even in the most hopeless "obligatory gift" cases (I do this all the time – make it fun, noone forces you to choose a particular item, be creative and enjoy the process).
Do you agree with Sheldon?
A beautiful quote to start it off with! I also feel that we put a lot of effort and thought into the gifts we give others…for the wrong reasons.
1) When I give a gift, I do not write my name on it. That way, its an expression of my love towards the person without the credit. I simply want the receiver to feel that they are loved.
2) Whenever I invite someone over for an event, like a birthday party, where it is customary to bring gifts, the invitation always says, "Gifts in the form of blessings only." This relieves anyone of any feeling of obligation.
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\section{Introduction}

The {\em sphere packing problem}
asks for a non-overlapping arrangement of equally sized spheres,
such that the fraction of space covered by spheres is maximized.
In dimension~$d$ equal to~$2$ and~$3$ optimal arrangements of spheres are given by
{\em lattices}, that is, by discrete subgroups of $\mathbb R^d$ (see~\cite{hales-2005}).
Optimal lattice sphere packings are known in dimensions $d\leq 8$ and $d=24$
(see \cite{cs-1998} and \cite{ck-2009}).
Although it seems highly likely, it is open whether or not non-lattice sphere packings with higher density exit for some $d\geq 4$.
All of the best known sphere packings so far are either given by lattices or
{\em periodic point sets}, that is,
by a finite union of translates of a lattice.
These point sets are known to have densities
that at least comes arbitrarily close to the density of best possible arrangements.

A natural idea to obtain good periodic sphere packings
is to ``locally improve'' the best known lattice arrangements.
Extending results in~\cite{schuermann-2010}, we show in this note that
a local improvement is not possible for locally optimal lattice sphere
packings (extreme lattices).
We show that extreme lattices yield even strict local sphere packing optima
among periodic packings if they are {\em non-floating}.
These packings do not allow simultaneous movements of spheres
(of some sublattice) without overlappings.

The paper is organized as follows. In Section~\ref{sec:recall}
we briefly recall some necessary terminology and results from~\cite{schuermann-2010} .
We then extend these results In Section~\ref{sec:new}.

\section{A parameter space for periodic sets} \label{sec:recall}

An {\em $m$-periodic set}
in $\mathbb R^d$ is the union of $m$ translates of a {\em lattice}~$L$
(a full rank discrete subgroup of $\mathbb R^d$):
$$
\Lambda' = \bigcup_{i=1}^{m} \left( \vec{t}'_i + L \right)
,
$$
with translation vectors $\vec{t}'_i\in \mathbb R^d$, $i=1,\ldots ,m$.
The periodic set $\Lambda'$ is
a linear image $\Lambda'=A\Lambda_{\vec{t}}$ of a {\em standard periodic set}
$$
\Lambda_{\vec{t}}
=
\bigcup_{i=1}^{m} \left( \vec{t}_i + \mathbb Z^d \right)
.
$$
Here, $A\in\gldr$ satisfies in particular $L=A\mathbb Z^d$.
Since we are only interested in properties of
periodic sets up to isometries,
we encode $\Lambda'$ by
the positive definite matrix $Q=A^tA$,
together with the $m$ translation vectors $\vec{t}_1,\ldots, \vec{t}_m$.
Moreover,  without loss of generality
we may assume $\vec{t}_m=\vec{0}$.

We identify the $\binom{d+1}{2}$-dimensional
Euclidian vector space~${\mathcal S}^d$ of symmetric  $d\times d$ matrices
with the space of quadratic forms in $d$~variables.
The convex cone ${\mathcal S}^d_{>0}$ of positive definite matrices is identified with the
space of {\em positive definite quadratic forms (PQFs)}.
For $m$-periodic point sets up to isometries we
therefore consider the parameter space
$$
{\mathcal S}^{d,m}_{>0} = {\mathcal S}^d_{>0} \times \mathbb R^{d\times (m-1)}
.
$$
For an extended discussion of this space and its symmetries we refer to
\cite{schuermann-2010} and \cite{cs-2011}.
Elements of ${\mathcal S}^{d,m}_{>0}$ are referred to as {\em periodic forms}.
Note that a given $m$-periodic set has infinitely many
representations by periodic forms, as we may not only choose
different $m$ (and therefore lattices~$L$), but we may also
vary the basis~$A$ for the underlying lattice~$L$.

The space ${\mathcal S}^{d,m}_{>0}$ is contained in the Euclidean space
$$
{\mathcal S}^{d,m} = {\mathcal S}^d \times \mathbb R^{d\times (m-1)}
$$
with inner product $\langle \cdot , \cdot \rangle$,
defined for $X=(Q,\vec{t})$ and $X'=(Q',\vec{t}')$ by
$$   \label{not:inner_product_sdm}
\langle X, X'\rangle = \langle Q, Q' \rangle + \sum_{i=1}^{m-1} \vec{t}_i^t \vec{t}'_i
.
$$
Here we use the usual inner product $\langle A, B \rangle = \trace (AB)$ on ${\mathcal S}^d$.

The {\em generalized arithmetical minimum} of a periodic form $X=(Q,\vec{t})\in{\mathcal S}^{d,m}_{>0}$
is given by
$$
\lambda(X)
=
\min \{
Q[\vec{t}_i-\vec{t}_j-\vec{v}] :
1\leq i,j \leq m \mbox{ and } \vec{v}\in \mathbb Z^d, \mbox{ with } \vec{v}\not=\vec{0} \mbox{ if } i=j \}
.
$$
It corresponds to the squared minimum distance among points of a periodic set represented by $X$.
The set $\Min X$
of {\em representations of the minimum}
is the set of all
$\vec{w}=\vec{t}_i-\vec{t}_j-\vec{v}$
attaining $\lambda(X)$.
The sphere packing density of a periodic form~$X=(Q,\vec{t})$
and a corresponding $m$-periodic point set is
$$
\delta(X)
=
\left(\frac{\lambda (X)}{(\det Q)^{1/d}}\right)^{\frac{d}{2}} m \vol B^d / 2^d
.
$$

\begin{definition}
A periodic form~$X=(Q,\vec{t})\in {\mathcal S}^{d,m}_{>0}$
(and a corresponding periodic set represented by $X$)
is called {\em $m$-extreme} if it
attains a local maximum of~$\delta$ within~${\mathcal S}^{d,m}_{>0}$.
$X$ is called {\em isolated m-extreme}, if any sufficiently small change
preserving $\lambda(X)$, necessarily lowers $\delta(X)$.
\end{definition}

For the study of $m$-extreme periodic forms in~${\mathcal S}^{d,m}_{>0}$
we consider the {\em (generalized) Ryshkov set}
$$
{\mathcal R}_{m}
=
\left\{
X\in{\mathcal S}^{d,m}_{>0} : \lambda(X)\geq 1
\right\}
.
$$
Its boundary contains the periodic forms with
generalized arithmetical minimum equal to~$1$.
This boundary is given by the linear inequalities
$$
p_{\vec{v}}(X) := Q[\vec{v}] = \langle X , (\vec{v}\vec{v}^t,0) \rangle \geq 1
$$
for $\vec{v}\in\mathbb Z^d\setminus\{\vec{0}\}$,
and by the degree~$3$~polynomial inequalities
$$
p_{i,j,\vec{v}}(X)
:=
Q[\vec{t}_i-\vec{t}_j-\vec{v}]
\geq 1
,
$$
for $i,j\in\{1,\ldots, m\}$ with $i\not=j$ and $\vec{v}\in\mathbb Z^d$.
Our necessary and sufficient conditions of local sphere packing optimality
rely on a local linear approximation, based on the gradients
\begin{equation}  \label{eqn:pijv-gradient}
(\grad p_{i,j,\vec{v}})(X) =
(
\vec{w}\vec{w}^t,
\vec{0},\dots,\vec{0},
2Q\vec{w},
\vec{0},\dots,\vec{0},
-2Q\vec{w},
\vec{0},\dots,\vec{0}
)
.
\end{equation}
Here, $\vec{w}$ abbreviates $\vec{t}_i-\vec{t}_j-\vec{v}$
and the gradient should be understood as a
vector in ${\mathcal S}^{d,m}={\mathcal S}^d\times \mathbb R^{d\times (m-1)}$
having an ``${\mathcal S}^d$-component''
$\vec{w}\vec{w}^t$
and a ``translational-component'' containing the zero-vector~$\vec{0}$
in all but the $i$th and $j$th column.
Because of the symmetry
$p_{i,j,\vec{v}}=p_{j,i,-\vec{v}}$ we may
restrict our attention to polynomials with $i\leq j$.
If $j=m$, the $j$th column is omitted and if $i=j$
the corresponding column is~$\vec{0}$.

The following definitions and the subsequent theorem from~\cite{schuermann-2010}
generalize corresponding classical notions for lattices (see \cite{martinet-2003}, \cite{schuermann-2009}).

\begin{definition}
A periodic form~$X=(Q,\vec{t})\in {\mathcal S}^{d,m}_{>0}$
(and a corresponding periodic set represented by $X$)
is {\em $m$-perfect} if the {\em generalized Voronoi domain}
$$
{\mathcal V}(X)
= \cone
\{(\grad p_{i,j,\vec{v}})(X) : \vec{t}_i-\vec{t}_j-\vec{v}\in \Min X
    \mbox{ for some } \vec{v}\in\mathbb Z^d \}
$$
is full dimensional, that is, if $\dim {\mathcal V}(X)= \dim {\mathcal S}^{d,m} = \binom{d+1}{2} + (m-1)d$.

\medskip

A periodic form~$X=(Q,\vec{t})\in {\mathcal S}^{d,m}_{>0}$
(and a corresponding periodic set represented by $X$)
is {\em $m$-eutactic} if $(Q^{-1},\vec{0})$
is contained in the relative interior $\relint {\mathcal V}(X)$ of~${\mathcal V}(X)$.
\end{definition}

\begin{theorem}  \label{thm:m-extreme-characterization}
If a periodic form~$X\in {\mathcal S}^{d,m}_{>0}$ is $m$-perfect and $m$-eutactic, then
$X$ is isolated $m$-extreme.
\end{theorem}

\section{Characterizing strict periodic extreme sets} \label{sec:new}

In this section we derive characterizations of
strict and weak local optimality of lattices among periodic sets
that are independent of~$m$ and the concrete realization as a periodic form.

\begin{definition}
A periodic point set is {\em (strict) periodic extreme} if it is (isolated) $m$-extreme for all possible representations~$X\in {\mathcal S}^{d,m}_{>0}$.
\end{definition}

The following characterization of periodic extreme lattices is a strengthening
of Theorem~10 in~\cite{schuermann-2010}.

\begin{theorem} \label{thm:main-periodic}
A lattice
is periodic extreme
if and only if it is extreme.
\end{theorem}

For the characterization of strict periodic extreme lattices we use
the following definition, which goes back to Conway and Sloane (see~\cite{cs-1995}).

\begin{definition} \label{def:floating}
A periodic point set is called {\em floating} if there exists a representation
$$
\Lambda = \bigcup_{i=1}^{m} \left( \vec{t}_i + L \right)
$$
with a lattice~$L$
such that it is possible to continuously move a strict subset of the $m$~translates of~$L$,
without lowering the minimum distance among elements in $\Lambda$.
\end{definition}

\begin{theorem} \label{thm:main-strict-periodic}
A lattice
is strict periodic extreme
if and only if
it is extreme and non-floating.
\end{theorem}

Our proofs of these theorems rely on the
following lemma, which is a strengthening of Lemma~9 in \cite{schuermann-2010}.

\begin{lemma} \label{lem:eutaxy}
Any representation $X\in{\mathcal S}^{d,m}_{>0}$ of a eutactic lattice (respectively PQF) is $m$-eutactic.
\end{lemma}

\begin{proof}
Let $Q\in{\mathcal S}^d_{>0}$ be eutactic,
that is
\begin{equation}  \label{eqn:eutaxy-condition}
Q^{-1} = \sum_{\vec{x}\in\Min Q} \alpha_{\vec{x}}\vec{x}\vec{x}^t
\end{equation}
for some choice of $\alpha_{\vec{x}} > 0$.

Let $X=(Q^X,\vec{t}^X)\in{\mathcal S}^{d,m}_{>0}$ be some representation of~$Q$,
e.g. with $m>1$.
For a fixed $\vec{w}\in \Min X$ we define an abstract graph,
whose vertices are the indices in $\{1,\ldots,m\}$.
Two vertices $i$ and $j$ are connected by an edge
whenever there is some $\vec{v}\in \mathbb Z^d$ such that $\vec{w}=\vec{t}^X_i-\vec{t}^X_j-\vec{v}$.
This graph is a disjoint union of cycles (see the proof of Lemma~9 in~\cite{schuermann-2010} for details).
So $\vec{w}$ induces a partition $(I_1,\dots,I_k)$ of $\{1,\ldots,m\}$.
Let~$I$ be an index set of this partition
(containing the indices of a fixed cycle of the defined graph).
Summing over all triples $(i,j,\vec{v})$ with $i,j\in I$ and $\vec{v}\in\mathbb Z^d$
such that $\vec{w}=\vec{t}^X_i-\vec{t}^X_j-\vec{v}\in\Min X$,
we find (using~\eqref{eqn:pijv-gradient}):
$$
\sum_{ \genfrac{}{}{0pt}{2}{(i,j,\vec{v}) \in I^2\times\mathbb Z^d}{\mbox{\tiny with} \; \vec{v}=\vec{t}^X_i-\vec{t}^X_j-\vec{w}}}
(\grad p_{i,j,\vec{v}})(X)
=
2|I| (\vec{w}\vec{w}^t, \vec{0})
.
$$
The factor $2$ comes from the symmetry
$\grad p_{i,j,\vec{v}}=\grad p_{j,i,-\vec{v}}$.
Summation over all index sets $I$ of the partition yields
\begin{equation}   \label{eqn:summing_gradients}
\sum_{\genfrac{}{}{0pt}{2}{(i,j,\vec{v}) \in \{1,\ldots,m\}^2\times\mathbb Z^d}{\mbox{\tiny with} \; \vec{v}=\vec{t}^X_i-\vec{t}^X_j-\vec{w}}}
(\grad p_{i,j,\vec{v}})(X)
= 2 m (\vec{w}\vec{w}^t, \vec{0})
.
\end{equation}

Each $\vec{w}\in \Min X$ corresponds to a unique $\vec{x}\in \Min Q$.
We set $\alpha_{\vec{w}} = \alpha_{\vec{x}}$ with $\alpha_{\vec{x}}$ from
the eutaxy condition~\eqref{eqn:eutaxy-condition}.
Multiplying~\eqref{eqn:summing_gradients} by $\alpha_{\vec{w}}/2m$ and
summing over all $\vec{w}\in \Min X$ yields
$$
(Q^{-1},\vec{0})
\; = \;
\sum_{\genfrac{}{}{0pt}{2}{\vec{w}\in\Min X,   (i,j,\vec{v}) \in \{1,\ldots,m\}^2\times\mathbb Z^d}{\mbox{\tiny with} \; \vec{v}=\vec{t}^X_i-\vec{t}^X_j-\vec{w} }}
(\alpha_{\vec{w}}/2m)
(\grad p_{i,j,\vec{v}})(X)
.
$$
Thus $X$ is $m$-eutactic.
\end{proof}

\begin{proof}[Proof of Theorem~\ref{thm:main-periodic}]
We can give a proof that is
almost identical to the proof of Theorem~10 in~\cite{schuermann-2010}.
This Theorem states that a strongly eutactic and perfect lattice is periodic extreme.
By Lemma~\ref{lem:eutaxy} we can substitute
``strongly eutactic'' in its proof by ``eutactic''.
Eutactic and perfect lattices, however,
are precisely the extreme lattices
by a classical characterization of Voronoi~\cite{voronoi-1907}.
Thus we obtain that extreme lattices are periodic extreme.
The opposite implication follows from the definition.
\end{proof}

\begin{proof}[Proof of Theorem~\ref{thm:main-strict-periodic}]
We first translate Definition~\ref{def:floating} into the parameter space of
periodic forms: $X\in {\mathcal S}^{d,m}_{>0}$ is called {\em floating}
if there exists a purely translational change
$N=(0,\vec{t}^N)\not=0$ with
$\lambda (X+\epsilon N)\geq \lambda (X)$ for $\epsilon$
on some intervall $[0,\epsilon_0]$ with $\epsilon_0>0$.

If a lattice (or PQF) is strict periodic extreme it is clearly extreme and non-floating.
We therefore consider an extreme lattice, respectively a PQF $Q\in{\mathcal S}^d_{>0}$
which is non-floating, meaning it has no representation as a periodic form $X\in {\mathcal S}^{d,m}_{>0}$
that is floating.
Let $X=(Q^X,\vec{t}^X)\in{\mathcal S}^{d,m}_{>0}$ be a representation of $Q$.
As extreme PQFs $Q$ are in particular eutactic, we find by Lemma~\ref{lem:eutaxy} that $X$ is $m$-eutactic for any possible choice of~$m$.
If $X$ is also $m$-perfect in each case,
we know by Theorem~\ref{thm:m-extreme-characterization}
that $X$ is also $m$-extreme for any possible choice of~$m$.
Hence, $Q$~would be strict periodic extreme.

So let us therefore assume that $X$ is not $m$-perfect.
By definition, the generalized Voronoi domain~${\mathcal V}(X)$
is not full dimensional in this case.
As explained in \cite[Section 5]{schuermann-2010},
the assumption that $X$ is $m$-eutactic implies that
the only possible local changes $N\in{\mathcal S}^{d,m}$ of~$X$
that do not lower~$\lambda$ are of the form
\begin{equation} \label{eqn:N-not-0}
N=(Q^N,\vec{t}^N)\in {\mathcal V}(X)^{\perp} \quad \mbox{with} \quad N\not=0
.
\end{equation}
By choosing $N$ in  ${\mathcal V}(X)^{\perp}$ we in particular find
$$\langle N, (\grad p_{i,j,\vec{v}})(X) \rangle = 0$$
for all triples $(i,j,\vec{v})$ with $\vec{w}=\vec{t}^X_i-\vec{t}^X_j-\vec{v}\in \Min X$.
Using equation~\eqref{eqn:summing_gradients}, which we obtained in the proof of Lemma~\ref{lem:eutaxy},
we get $\langle N, (\vec{w}\vec{w}^t,\vec{0}) \rangle = Q^N[\vec{w}]=0$
for every fixed $\vec{w}\in \Min X$.
As $Q$ is perfect, the set
$$
\left\{
\vec{w}\vec{w}^t
\; : \;
\vec{w}\in \Min X
\right\}
$$
has full rank $\binom{d+1}{2}$, implying $Q^N=0$.
So $N$ represents a purely translational change.
By the assumption that $Q$ is non-floating this is
only possible for $N=0$, contradicting the choice of~$N$ in~\eqref{eqn:N-not-0}.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Sometimes the political choices people face can seem like a choice between supporting a "snake" or supporting a "dragon," but Pope Francis told a group of U.S. bishops their job is to step back from partisan politics and help their faithful discern based on values, said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston.
Meeting the bishops of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas Jan. 20, Pope Francis mentioned how, in an election, "you sometimes seem to be caught, you know, are you going to vote in one sense for a snake or you going to vote for a dragon?" Cardinal DiNardo said.
The pope's advice to the bishops was "teach your people discernment by you stepping back from the sheer politics of it" and focus on the values at stake, Cardinal DiNardo told Catholic News Service. "If you try to step back and say, 'but here are the major moral issues that we face,' that's what is most important."
The region's 26 bishops, including auxiliaries and retired bishops, spent about two-and-a-half hours talking with Pope Francis in English and Spanish. The pope responded in Italian so his aide could translate the responses into English.
The topics were wide-ranging and included the clerical sexual abuse crisis, migration, the challenges of a media-permeated culture and forming Christian consciences, especially in a time of deep political divisions.
Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, one of four Texas dioceses on the border with Mexico, said all of those issues were important, but for him the key was listening to the pope and being listened to him by him.
Citing the "whole host of issues" they discussed with Pope Francis, Bishop Edward J. Burns of Dallas said, "I am really looking forward to sitting, digesting, reflecting and praying over the conversation we had this morning with the successor of St. Peter."
"It was exciting. It was exhilarating," he said.
Pope Francis is attentive to and knows the pastoral challenges posed by modern social media and their pervasive presence in many people's lives, said Bishop Flores, a daily Twitter user. But the pope has "a calmness about how we address that," mainly by remaining true to the identity as pastors, proclaiming the Gospel and encouraging people to act according to it.
Bishop Flores said all the bishops realize they must learn "how to be a pastor in a media world where you keep justice and charity and a steady focus on the Gospel."
The "ad limina" visits are "very important for deepening our sense of personal communion" with the pope, the successor of Peter, he said. "It's not just the office, it's the affection for your father spiritually that we need to cultivate, because it is part of the gift that is the communion of the church."
"The narrative" that Pope Francis and many of the U.S. bishops "are on different pages," he said, is "overblown."
Sometimes that impression may arise when a bishop reacts to a news or social media report about something the pope has said. "It is our responsibility to hear him in his own words and to resist the temptation that sometimes hits across the spectrum of the church to jump to a conclusion because of some line that was quoted here or there."
Even in the fast-paced world of social media, "we can afford to be judicious and thoughtful," he said. "It's part of our intellectual responsibility."
Cardinal DiNardo said the pope and the bishops recognize the value and importance of media. However, he said, some on social media "may represent only a small number of people, but they make a lot of noise, and we try to sift through that," both in what is said about the pope and what is said about the church and bishops.
Bishop Flores said he was surprised by how much Pope Francis knew about the life and witness of Blessed Stanley Rother, the Oklahoma native martyred in Guatemala in 1981. After his name appeared on a death list, Blessed Rother went back to Oklahoma, but refused to stay.
"It was very moving to hear the Holy Father, the successor of Peter, recount to us a story we all know so well," the bishop said. It showed the pope's awareness of "that missionary spirit and how it is alive in the United States."
"He talked about the importance of pastors who accompany their people," Bishop Flores said. "I found that encouraging, because they are the unsung heroes who accompany their people, day in and day out."
Pope Francis also encouraged the bishops to be pastors, in a real sense, spending time with their faithful "not just at confirmations and on the big feast days," he said. The pope said, "The people have a nose for the deep reality of the church, and that is that where the bishop is, there is the church."
The pope's words were "profoundly pastoral, profoundly theological and ecclesial — a sense of church" — as well as obviously flowing from a deep spirituality, Bishop Flores said.
On migration, Bishop Flores said the pope was clearly knowledgeable about and grateful for the decades of work the Catholic Church in the United States has done to welcome migrants and refugees and was encouraging of what the bishops are doing now, especially to speak of "the dignity of the immigrant and the just treatment" of them.
Cardinal DiNardo said the conversation also touched on the fact that "some people think when you deal with those issues that's not church teaching, you know, that's politics."
Pope Francis, he said, encouraged the bishops to spend time reflecting on and sharing with their people the difference between "politics as ideology and Catholic social teaching, which stresses the human person and how we are always called to be at their behest."
"We need to be voices for the immigrants" who do not have a voice, "pushed as they are by many different sides," the cardinal said. The question of migration policy is complicated, but Christians must come down on the side of "the poor and those who are in need. The immigrants, at one point he mentioned, they really represent to us the face of Christ suffering. The suffering Jesus."
Bishop Burns was among the Texas bishops who voiced their opposition to Gov. Greg Abbott's announcement that the state would no longer resettle refugees.
The church as a mother takes care of people in need, he said. "And while every country has a right to protect its border, every person has a right to a better life."
What really is needed, he said, is immigration reform. "It's taking all too long."
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I posted my first DDO blog March 28, 2012 and have since then been writing semi-regularly as well as using the blog as documentation and history about my characters and gaming. I have been doing the Saturday night raids since 2012, although I did not do EEraids back then and at first I didn't even post for them myself. Even though I have run and posted for raids on other nights than Saturday, in this blog I will mostly be focusing on the Saturday raids.


BERKELEY - The University of California opened its preseason football camp on Monday afternoon at Memorial Stadium, conducting a spirited helmets-only practice which focused primarily on individual drills, along with some late-practice 11-on-11 action.
Included in the new batch of receivers were freshmen Marvin Jones, Charles Satchell and Jarrett Sparks, as well as juco transfer Verran Tucker. All four had solid opening days with Jones collecting an early highlight-reel catch on a deep pass down the left sideline.
In addition to those receivers, another receiver preparing for his first Golden Bear action is junior Nyan Boateng, who took part in team drills the last two springs after transferring from Florida. Boateng was the first offensive player on the field for practice and gave good effort throughout.
While the receivers were the focus of the day one media questions, the defense also had a solid opening day.
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German neurobiologists have found that certain receptors for the neurotransmitter glutamate determine the architecture of nerve cells in the developing brain. Individual receptor variants lead to especially long and branched processes called dendrites, which the cells communicate with. The researchers also showed that the growth-promoting property of the receptors is linked to how much calcium they allow to flow into the cells.
"These results allow insights into the mechanisms with which nerve cells connect during development", says Prof. Dr. Petra Wahle from the RUB Working Group on Developmental Neurobiology. The scientists report in Development.
"Nerve cells communicate with chemical and electrical signals", explains Wahle. "The electrical activity controls many developmental processes in the brain, and the neurotransmitter glutamate plays a decisive role in this." In two different cell classes in the cerebral cortex of rats, the researchers studied the nine most common variants of a glutamate receptor, the so-called AMPA receptor. When glutamate docks on to this receptor, calcium ions flow into the nerve cells either directly through a pore in the AMPA receptor or through adjacent calcium channels. Depending on the variant, AMPA receptors consist of 800-900 amino acid building blocks, and already the exchange of one amino acid has important consequences for the calcium permeability. Among other things, calcium promotes the growth of new dendrites.
One at a time, the Bochum team introduced the nine AMPA receptor variants into the nerve cells and observed the impact on the cell architecture. In several cases, this resulted in longer dendrites with more branches. This pattern was demonstrated both for several receptor variants that allow calcium ions to flow directly into the cell through a pore and for those that activate adjacent calcium channels. "It was surprising that in the two cell classes studied, different receptor variants triggered the growth of the dendrites", says Dr. Mohammad Hamad from the Working Group on Developmental Neurobiology. "In the inhibitory interneurons, only one of the nine variants was effective. Calcium signals are like a toolbox. However, different cell classes in the cerebral cortex make use of the toolbox in different ways."


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SUNDAY-VISION EXHIBITION
May is warm, with a feeling of ease and a smile on people's faces. Maybe this is how you feel when you look at the pictures that were displayed during May at Sapporo's Soso Cafe. These were the works of Shinsuke Koshio alias "Sunday-Vision" who also presented his "Sunday-Vision Exhibition 2002" in various cities throughout the globe.
From graphic design, illustration, animation, web to wear design, the field of "Sunday-Vision" is highly diverse. He also contributes to art books in Japan and abroad, works for various companies like Shiseido, Parco, LaForet to name a few, and participates in many project exhibitions as well. In addition, Sunday Vision also brings out fashion brand and project, named "SwitchStance".
The opening event for this exhibition was held on the 3rd of May where "Sunday-Vision" was invited to have a live painting performance with his friend and image maker "Kobuke". Both are from Tokyo. Kobuke had a successful exhibition in Paris and published the art book "Start Kentaro Kobuke" from "Little more Co., Ltd." His collaboration with "Comme des Garcons Man Pink" is well known.
The live painting finally started at 10pm with great attention from the audience. For me it was the first time to see a live painting, and I surely acquired a taste for it.
Their way of approaching the live painting were quite different and it was like two worlds were hitting each other. Well, opposites attract. Sunday-Vision started on the left side of the 4 x 3 meters canvas, and a few minutes later, I noticed what he was going to portray – a tree! This tree was portrayed in such a unique way – the branches consist of lots of stamped "S"s and "O"s, stringed together, adding up to SOSOSO – (Soso Cafe!), and also arrows stamped with patience and effort. He concentrated from the beginning to the end and his face was at a distance of nearly 10cm to the canvas. Sunday-Vision used stencils that he had prepared beforehand as well, to adorn this tree with those unmistakable leaves "made by Sunday-Vision". He seemed to plan step by step, adding stroke by stroke with meticulous attention. Adding stenciled rabbits and birds to stamped typography his illustration got a unique touch of cuteness and esthetic which gave the whole work something "cool" but in a friendly way.
In contrast to Sunday-Vision who even used thin felt tip pens and a ruler to express his affinity for fineness, Mr Kobuke on the right side took the thickest marker in his hands and started on about with quick and confident strokes. Fancy-freely he arranged figure by figure, shape by shape next to each other and was soon about to fill the white canvas. From time to time Sunday-Vision looked at his partner's side and commented surprisingly, "You're so quick!!"
Soso Cafe was a lounge-like atmosphere. Part of the audience was sitting on the ground, very comfortable, most of them with a "Smirnoff" in their hands and something to eat. Responsible for this lightning installation and also for DJ was Dot Soso's residential contributor "Nordform Crew". They used a warm and dimmed light that made people felt like relaxing and doing nothing but watching their unforgettable first class live painting on that spring night in May. Also responsible for music was DJ Uemura, a friend of Sunday-Vision and Mr Kobuke. DJ Uemura is a buyer at "Bonjour Records" and selected the tracks for this event.
For the live painting, both did not use any colours besides a big sliver marker, so it became mainly monochrome. If you look at Mr Kobuke's book "Start Kentaro Kobuke" which is available at Soso Cafe, a whole crowed of unique, comical and funny looking characters jump into your eyes! They are all highly colorful and each one seems to be featured with its own personality and background story. They are all so distinctive made by Kobuke and you would surely recognize them every time. The figures with its powerful colors surely fit together with his dynamic way of painting we saw at Dot Soso. He consistently holds to his humorous "modern expressionistic" style through the wole book, so on every page you feel like to be all smiles – well you just feel like spring. The figures look like as they were accompanying Mr Kobuke since his childhood, like private old friends, maybe this is why his works are widely accepted from young to elders. Does Mr Kobuke really see the world and its people like he is illustrating them? If so, his life has to be indeed pure fun. And how would I look like, if he paints me? Could be interesting.
Although at Dot Soso, Mr Kobuke didn't paint people but hearts with those typical big eyes and bizarre landscapes were still recognizable as a "Kobuke". From time to time they discussed how to go on, or decided to paint over a part of their work with white paint. They finished after 2 and a half hours with a happy "finished!" and a big smile and the audience's big applause. I was quite amazed how two illustrators with totally different styles, could create such a harmonious and nice-looking picture. May be just because of the different styles, you don't get tired looking at it. The rest of the night Sunday-Vision and Mr Kobuke spent chatting with the other guests, taking pictures and giving autographs.
At the end, I'd come to the conclusion that to witness how an artwork is painted can be more exiting than looking at a completely finished work. Nevertheless, this time's "completely finished work" was exhibited during May in Soso Cafe, and it was still worth appreciating.
And last but not least, for all those who haven't seen the skateboards designed by Sunday Vision: They are scrolled with those golden Sunday-Vision leaves, esthetic pure.
Despite those boards that exhibit his wide range of ability, my favourite one which said: "Cymbal & Ninjin", was monochrome and looked very esthetic.
Others were colorful graphics, and pictures looking like fondly done handicrafts. The main display was a flourid graphic enlarged to about 4 x 5 meters.
After that night I am looking forward to attending the next event at Soso Cafe, and you should make sure not to miss it too.
DOT SOSO#15 FEAT. SUNDAY-VISION vs KOBUKE
Date: (Sat.) 3 May 2003
Tickets: Advanced 1,500 yen (with 1 drink) Day 2,000 yen (with 1 drink)
Live Drawing: Sunday-Vision + Kobuke
DJs: Nordform Crew
Guest DJ: Uemura (Bonjour Records)
Supported by: Canon Inc., Smirnoff
Place: Soso Cafe
Address: 1F Sansei Bld. S1 W13 Sapporo, Japan
http://www.shift.jp.org/soso/
Sunday-Vision
info@sunday-vision.com
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Happy Birthday large building in Pierre.
KCCR, KELO and a host of others are reporting on the State Capitol's impending 100th birthday. 2008 would mark the 100th Anniversary of the laying of the Capitol's cornerstone.
And 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of the Capitol's opening for business.
Part of the announced centennial celebration next year will be to encourage people to visit this vital part of South Dakota's heritage.
There are so many stories surrounding the building that people don't know, and that may be lost to history if we aren't careful.
The age of the building is one factor - I know in my grade school youth, a school mate's dad provided the key for us, and I actually went up in the dome to look around. Anymore, it's much too treacherous, and that part of the Capitol has been sealed off for more than a decade as too dangerous. And there's also that Blashfield painting, which will likely remain sealed behind a wall until the next full building restoration.
In looking at the histo…
Is it 9/10ths of a vote yet?
Recently, Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth voted to dilute her vote in congress by voting to allow representatives of Guam and the Virgin Islands a vote in congress.
Now, the Democrats are trying to give the DC delegates a vote? H.R. 1433 is "To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia as a Congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives, and for other purposes."
Apparently, you don't have to be a state to be represented anymore. You just have to have a lot of Democratic voters.
Monitor it here, and see if our congresswoman is going to dilute South Dakota's voice even further.
While schools are complaining, they're also increasing reserves.
After a spate of superintendents writing in their local newspapers that education got screwed this session, the Governor is on the road in Aberdeen telling his story to the American News on why education fared pretty well, despite reports to the contrary:
South Dakota schools are not underfunded now and they won't be in 2008 either, South Dakota Gov. Michael Rounds said on Thursday.Rounds said he has taken exception with lobbyists and some school officials who say next year's education funding increase awarded by the state Legislature is inadequate. To date, 69 school districts have joined a lawsuit charging the state of South Dakota with failing to adequately fund K-12 public education. The Aberdeen School District will decide whether or not to join the effort at a meeting on Monday.and..."This whole mess is strictly about money," Rounds said. "How can you come back next year and ask for more when you got a bunch this year? The lobbyists having a problem with th…
A parent's plea to Congresswoman Herseth
I'm redacting the names in this as was requested of me, but this is a pretty powerful statement to our Congresswoman from the parent of someone who might be "over there" as was sent to her office.
Dear Congresswoman Herseth,
I would like to encourage you to vote against the supplemental funding bill scheduled for this afternoon or tomorrow. On February 16th I asked you not to support the resolution against the troop surge as proposed by President Bush for the following reasons. South Dakota has lost over 20 of our sons in this war against terrorism and to back down now is an admission of failure. Abraham Lincoln stated in his second Gettysburg Address "...that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." I still believe this quote applies to the new government of Iraq, a governme…
John Edwards' wife has cancer relapse and remains on the campaign trail. Good for her.
It has been all over the news this afternoon and tonight that Democratic presidential contender John Edwards' wife has been diagnosed with a relapse of breast cancer which has migrated to her bones. I'd just join in with everyone else in the blogosphere and wish them the best for a recovery.
This type of situation is pretty personal to me, as my mom went through the same thing. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and after it went into remission for about 4 years or so, came back with a vengeance.
Mom fought it for about a year until it overtook her. We brought her back from the cancer treatment center in Oklahoma about a week before Thanksgiving in 2000, where she passed away surrounded by her family.
John Edwards has announced he is not suspending his campaign for president. In the best interests of his wife, I'd say "good for him."
Yes, there will be some out there who will say "he should stop and help her get well, and not to subject her to the rigor…
Is it time to refer a law? Who's with me?
Not that I'm worried about legislators overturning the Governor's veto, but just on the off chance, I think that it might be a good thing to get ready to go on referring HB 1189, the bill to force 5, 6, & 7 year olds into car seats because their parents supposedly don't know any better and need advice criminalized. And that's refer as in "put it to a public vote."
If there is anyone out there who might be interested in helping? If so e-mail me directly at dakotawarcollege@yahoo.com.
I think it's important to draw a line in the sand with nanny state legislation such as this. Because it isn't something that's important public policy - it's a legislator's pet peeve. And the prime sponsor Willadsen (apparently a nanny-state liberal in Republican clothing) even noted that in his justification fpr bringing the bill that he did so because he didn't like how some mom was bucking her kids in.
Well, boo hoo.
Just because a person is elected to …
The Politico provides confirmation of the Herseth Wedding, as well as details
The Politico website, a politically oriented tome (obviously), is noting details as well as claiming staff confirmation of Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth's impending wedding vows:
Herseth's camp -- no doubt busy with last-minute alterations and such -- tells us it's true: "Yes, she's getting married next weekend to former Congressman Max Sandlin. They are getting married in Brookings, South Dakota, among a small group of family and friends."
In case you're wondering, since she's Lutheran and he's Baptist, the wedding's at the Lutheran church.
As you may recall, Herseth met Sandlin, a former representative from Texas, when he became her campaign mentor in 2002. They started dating a year later. She's 36. He's 58.
The reception, we hear, will take place downtown on Main Street at Fellowship Hall.Read it all here.
Ed McLaughlin and Don Van Etten sign up for the Nanny State
Two Rapid City Legislators who currently pretend to be Republican are advocating for more government intrusion into people's lives today at the Rapid City Journal.
Representatives Ed McLaughlin and Don Van Etten held a press conference to try to gain momentum for an overturn of the Governor's Veto on the Booster Seat Bill requiring 7 year olds to be strapped in cars (even though they could ride to baseball practice on their bicycles without a helmet.):
"The bottom line comes down to either we're for safety or we're not," Rep. Ed McLaughlin, R-Rapid City, said Wednesday at a press conference at the Rapid City office of the South Dakota AAA.
House Bill 1189 would have required children ages 5 through 7 to sit in booster seats.
"Adult lap belts and shoulder belts do not fit the anatomy of these kids," Rep. Don Van Etten, R-Rapid City, said.Read the whole sorry nanny-state tale here.
Here's a question - if it's so darn proven that the seat belts don't fitcorrectly, why aren…
Postscripts to recent stories....
I don't want to write about the same things ad nauseum, but there are several points to follow up on that readers might be interested in.
First, The Rapid City Weekly news has a story on the Kooiker mayoral race, where Sam talks about Hamilton offering him $10k, but he turned him down. He also mentiones his (former) friend Mike Schumacher originally turning down the Hamilton offer of cash, but then taking it when the amount was upped.
Read that story here.
Although I'm told that we may see State Representative Alan Hanks jump into the race after all, backed by former Republican Stan Adelstein, setting up a "Hamilton-Adelstein-Average guy" proxy race.
Stay tuned on that one.
On the Herseth/Argus Leader photo story....
Today we're left wondering.... "Herseth wedding photos? What Herseth wedding photos?" The link is now gone off of the Argus Leader's website. That one is sure to get the conspiracy theorist tongues a waggin'.
What happened to the missing …
Is it feeling a little warm in here? No silly. It's just global warming hysteria.
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about global warming. It's all over the news, it's in the Oscars, and apparently, it's being taught in our schools.
My oldest daughter was telling me what they were talking about in class, and mentioned that one of the topics her instructor was teaching was how humans were contributing to global warming....
WHOA! I stopped her right there, and clarified that the viewpoint being expressed by her teacher was only one theory. I presented her with an alternative theory (which I find much more plausible) that the changes in the earth's climate are driven by solar activity, and tend to be cyclical in nature, where there are natural periods of heating and cooling.
Ever since, I keep coming across articles and information that bear out my point of view. Since Time Magazine has come out with a cover story on the threat of global warming this week, I thought I'd get an opposing view... from the same source.
However widely the weather varies…
I'm not kidding. The wedding is impending....
Even the Argus has a section in their "life gallery" being populated with photos as we speak. I'm assuming these are rehersal or bachelorette party photos....
Press Release: Sam Kooiker announces for Rapid City mayor
From a release issued today:
Rapid City Alderman Sam Kooiker today announced his candidacy for Mayor in the June 5 city elections. In a prepared statement Kooiker said as mayor he would focus on managing city affairs. "It is time for a Mayor who minds the store."
During his three terms on the City Council, Kooiker has been a tireless fighter for Rapid City taxpayers. He believes public officials should be held accountable for their actions. Since he was elected to the council, Kooiker stood against all five city budgets because he believes "the taxpayers deserve more respect than to have city hall automatically include property tax increases in the budget without a separate vote or discussion." Sam also led the effort to implement a water and sewer master plan so the City would have a better idea of the city's infrastructure needs.
Kooiker says "Being a Mayor involves more than just performing ceremonial duties." Sam believes storm water drainage issues and the Jackson S…
Remember..... when we were battling over smoking?
It must be old school night - because I'm talking about the first smoking battles in the legislature. Over whether or not legislators could smoke in common areas of the Capitol.
And this pin emerged from Democratic Senator Len Andera of Chamberlain.
Since the Iraq protesters are much like the Vietnam Protesters....
A Vietnam Veteran friend of mine was mentioning to me today that the war protesting he's seeing today are exectly like the Vietnam protests were for him way back then. In some occasions, such as Jane Fonda, they are the exact same people protesting.
So, for this friend, I'm going old school tonight and dipping in my button collection to bring a blast from the Vietnam Era past - McGovern Pins (as well as a Kit Bond pin)
Did I hear that wedding bells are ringing in Brookings on the 30th
A reader "in the know" tells me that the big wedding date for Congresswoman Herseth is the weekend of March 30th in Brookings. Darn. My invitation must have gotten lost in the mail.
I'm not sure where the wedding would be, since on-line sources note that Sandlin is a Baptist, and Herseth is Lutheran. Our neighborhood is full of churches. And who's to say that she might not do a civil ceremony, say, up at the University? Otherwise, there are several nice locations in town.
So, what do you get a Democratic Congresswoman for her wedding?
Well, the old saying goes that a bride should get "something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue...."
For starters, I won't touch the "something old" line, because that joke is too easy. Way too easy. Something new could be the fact that she's now part of the majority, and has "a new majority leader."
Something borrowed might be the congressional seat she holds. Which she has tempo…
South Dakota Animator/Film Maker with a political edge
I was doing a little surfing on YouTube for South Dakotans, and I came across a gentleman's website who goes by the moniker of Madikwe.
Watch out politicians, both Republican and Democrat alike. You might find yourself skewered. Madikwe is taking on everyone in a combination of computer and "real old school" stop motion animation that I have to admit, really works well.
One of his recent works (as above) takes a big swing in the direction of Tim Johnson. But, Dems, he's also takes aim at the Republican member of the delegation, neutrinos, Legislators in general, and a host of other topics.
If we see any viral videos on the South Dakota Races this next year, you might see him as the film maker in question.
Go check him out at http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Madikwe.
This might be a tough one for Hillary to overcome
Hat tip to SD Watch.
The only bad part? I think if it had been a Republican doing this ad, it would have been much more hard hitting.
Speaking of You Tube Videos, I see that South Dakota syndicated columnist Rick Kahler has a You Tube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=rapidcity55.
My advice? Stick to newspaper columns, or go buy a better webcam. At least do something about the incredibly blurry videography.
Where will congresswoman Herseth fall on Thursday's vote to support the troops?
Where will congresswoman Herseth fall on Thursday's vote to support the troops? The Hill has a story today on the Democrat's version of funding for the Iraq War effort. In other words, they're trying to use the power of the pocketbook to take over running the war effort:
Facing their first tight vote of the 110th Congress, House Democratic leaders yesterday were scrambling to convince rank-and-file members to back their carefully crafted war-funding legislation.
At least eight Democrats are planning to vote "no" on the Iraq supplemental, scheduled for a Thursday vote. Two more are "leaning no." Meanwhile, there are over three dozen Democrats who are undecided, according to a survey conducted by The Hill.
"The best way to keep [the troops] safe is to bring them home," Stark said. "It's difficult to oppose [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). She's a great leader and working wonders to get this passed, but some things I can't vote for."Read the whole article here at th…
Former State Legislator named Rural Development Director
From a release by Senator Thune's office:
Thune: Jaspers Named South Dakota Rural Development Director
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Senator John Thune has announced that Mike Jaspers of Sioux Falls has been nominated by the President to serve as South Dakota State Director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Rural Development. Jaspers was recommended for the position by Senator Thune.
"Mike will do a great job in this new position," said Thune. "He has a very strong background in agriculture, and his service in state government will serve him well as Rural Development Director. South Dakota is lucky to have an individual of Mike's caliber and experience serving in this important position."
Jaspers runs a 2000-acre corn, soybeans, and cattle operation outside Sioux Falls . He served three terms in the South Dakota House of Representatives where he was elected as House Majority Whip for four years. He also served one term in the State Senate. He is a graduate of South Dakota…
We'll probably have to agree to disagree. Poster over at CCK forgets the genesis of the US Atty mess
I see that Dawne over at the CCK blog sees the whole US Attorney mess as a big Republican right- wing plot to act above the law, (insert your other favorite liberal anti-republican buzz words in), etcetera, and so on.
Unfortunately, as much as Dawne would care to ignore, this all started when a Democratically appointed Judge tried to step in and insert his own appointee. In other words - if he hadn't tried to usurp the authority of the executive branch, there would have been no need to change the law for "the mess in South Dakota."
On February 6, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the independence of U.S. Attorneys and focused on a change to the PATRIOT Act caused by the actions of a judge in South Dakota. Senator Arlen Specter said the change to the PATRIOT Act "had been requested by the Department of Justice because there had been difficulty with the replacement of a U.S. attorney in South Dakota, where the court made a replacement which was not in accord…
I got a mention.
I note that one of my last posts got a mention over at a NY blog called The Union-Free employer. Go check it out.
Anti DM&E people, don't hold back. Tell us what you really think.
This is in this morning's Pierre Newspaper.
"Our representatives, the Governor, the Mayor, and congressional delegations have been less than truthful......"
Nothing like calling the state's top elected officials a bunch of liars to start off the day.
And I didn't notice it until I was folding the paper back up, but I see the ad right above it is an advertisement for a local firm doing public relations.
Maybe the two should hook up? It sounds like one needs the other.
That's kind of odd coming from someone who represents a "right to work" state.
Americans for Prosperity recently shook their finger at Democratic Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth for her vote on a bill to allow union representatives to collect signatures to form a union without a secret ballot.
In other words, they're going to know exactly who might have voted yes and no - leaving hard feelings for the worker from either the employer for saying yes, or the union for saying no.
Representative Stephanie Herseth (D-SD) votes to support H.R. 800 card-check procedure which would force workers to accept unions they don't want.Under current law an employer can request a federally supervised secret ballot for workers to decide if they want to unionize. The current system allows both unions and workers to present both sides of the debate and allows workers to weigh the merits of each argument while protecting workers' privacy with secret ballots.H.R. 800 would allow unions to organize via so-called "card check" campaigns, in which union representatives can collect …
Republicans supporting presidential candidates in the Argus Leader
Dave Kranz has a story in today's Argus regarding who former Republican convention goers might be supporting in the latest go around for president. How does it break down from those attending the conventions?
Jerry Rubendall - (2004 convention) - McCain, but might switch
Sue Peterson - (2000 convention) - Huckabee, but "believes McCain is a conservative too."
Randy Frederick (2004 Convention) - Romney. "The two front-runners may be Rudy Giuliani and Romney. Not sure McCain is a player anymore."
Allan Unruh - (I believe he's been to a couple) - An anti-abortion conservative candidate.Read it here.
This really shows that no one person is emerging as a favorite here in SD. And I think that's reflected nationally. Some conservatives want Newt to jump in, but others (including myself) think he might have too much baggage at this point. No one is solidifying the base.
That's why I'd like to see hoping Fred Thompson jump in at this point. And I'm not the…
Rhoden/Maher interviewed on KBHB Radio
KBHB Radio has an on-line program with Senator Ryan Maher and Representative Larry Rhoden on how they thought session went.
Like to listen? Go check it out here at:
http://users.lakotanetwork.com/cbegeman/SenMaher/SenMaherRp07.mp3
Talk on lots of issues, especially focusing on SB 173.
I knew it was too good to last....
Uh oh. The Argus is reporting that the federal gravy train that subsidizes my flight back and forth between Pierre and Brookings might be going away.
It probably didn't help that when I last flew (on the early bird flight on the 13th) that I was the only passenger from Brookings to Pierre:
Looking for a $60 flight to Pierre or a $200 flight to Denver from Brookings? Better book before September, when the flights are likely to go away.
A $1.2 million taxpayer subsidy that has kept 19-seat turboprop jets flying from Brookings' airport since October is due to expire in September, which could leave the city with no commercial air service.
The U.S. Department of Transportation -- in granting the most recent service last fall -- said Brookings wouldn't get future grants if flights this year cost more than $200 in subsidies per passenger per flight. The average amount it's paying currently is more than twice that, despite passenger numbers increasing year-over-year.Read it all here at …
Is the Councilman trying to knock Stan off of his pedastal?
Is it just me, or between the reaction to the articles on this website, in the Rapid City Weekly, the Rapid City Journal, and on Mt. Blogmore, and again today in the Rapid City Journal, is City Councilman Mike Schumacher going to overtake former Senator Stan Adelstein as the most vilified politician in Rapid City?
Check out what was in today's edition of the Rapid City Journal's "The good, the Bad, and the Ugly."
THE UGLY:
Something stinks. Does this mean that Schumacher requires partisan funding to come to the "correct" decision on an issue, or does this mean his position is for sale? Has he ever heard of the concepts of ethics or integrity; how about conflict of interest? Answer: It doesn't matter. This is outrageous; the man has no business being an elected representative.Read it all here.
But if you think about it, the reason they've both drawn so much fire is quite similar. At the end of the day, a lot of it is about PACs and money and how it's moved fr…
The J.A.I.L.ers are still harping on their South Dakota loss. The latest? It's the fault of foreign powers.
I should put a disclaimer on this stuff that "I read it, so you don't have to."
The Ron Branson Judicial Accountability crew are still being big crybabies over their loss to normal South Dakota citizens who didn't like the bill of goods that the "B.S. and the Californians" were trying to sell us. And now they seem to have a good reason why they lost in South Dakota.
Tonight, I'm happy to inform you that we are under the control of a foreign power:
In a continuing quest to inform the People about J.A.I.L., we discuss more on the Foreign Power that has usurped government and controls the People under absolute despotism. The importance of becoming aware of this Foreign Power (a power foreign to our Constitution) came to light after J.A.I.L. was effectively ousted from the South Dakota 2006 election by keeping the voters ignorant of the truth about the J.A.I.L. Amendment, allowing them to read only the fraudulent misrepresentation of the Amendment propagated o…
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Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: As of June 20, 2014, the issuer had 41,921,362 shares of common stock outstanding.
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The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements of Asia Properties, Inc., have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto contained in Asia Properties' Annual Report filed with the SEC on Form 10-KSB. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of financial position and the results of operations for the interim periods presented have been reflected herein. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. Notes to the financial statements which would substantially duplicate the disclosure contained in the audited financial statements for fiscal 2011 as reported in the Form 10-KSB have been omitted.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Asia Properties, Inc. (the "Company") and its 100% owned subsidiary, Asia Properties (HK) Limited that was registered in Hong Kong on November 7, 2007, after elimination of all significant inter-company accounts and transactions.
Planned principal activities have begun but Asia Properties has not generated significant revenues to date. The company had a net loss of $106,049 for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and had a negative working capital of ($1,169,708) and stockholders' deficit of $544,708 at September 30, 2012. These matters raise substantial doubt about Asia Properties' ability to continue as a going concern. Continuation of Asia Properties' existence depends upon its ability to obtain additional capital. Management's plans in regards to this matter include receiving continued financial support from directors and raising additional equity financing in 2012. These financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
The Company acquired the Banroy Gold Claim on July 18, 2011, consisting of 16 claims covering an area of 677.52 hectares, being valid for 2 years until June 22, 2013 in La Pause Township, Quebec, Canada.
On August 29, 2011, The Company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the 1325 acre King's Point, North Block Mining Concession, located in Newfoundland, Canada consisting of 53 claims.
For the three months ended September 30, 2012, the Company accrued $15,000 in management fees to its president and CEO. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company accrued $45,000 in management fees to its president and CEO. As of September 30, 2012, Asia Properties owed its CEO $960,475 (2011 - $845,036) in expense reimbursements, management fees and a note payable in the amount of $10,000 bearing interest at 2% per month.
The Company borrowed from Capital One $50,000 in February 2008. Required monthly payments are $1,739. As at September 30, 2012, the loan balance owed to Capital One was $26,143 (2011 - $41,791).
The Company has a revolving business line of credit payable to Wells Fargo Bank. As at September 30, 2012 and 2011, $49,906 and $47,872 was due to Wells Fargo Bank.
The Company rents an office in Bellingham Washington and an office in Hong Kong each costs $100 per month for rental.
On December 30, 2011, included in Due to Related Party is a promissory note for a total of $10,000 bearing an interest rate of 2% per month.
The Company dropped its option for the King's Point Claim in October 2013.
Prior year comparatives have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.
Asia Properties, Inc. was originally established to seek opportunities to invest in real estate and develop resorts in South East Asia. The Company has on July 1, 2011 restructured itself into a junior mining exploration company.
At the moment, it intends to deploy Asian based capital to develop and acquire mining assets in North America and other favorable mining jurisdictions.
The Company is highly leveraged and expects to be able to capitalize on suitable possibilities when identified.
There is no historical financial information about us upon which to base an evaluation of our performance. We have no revenue generating assets. We cannot guarantee we will be successful in our business operations. Our business is subject to risks inherent in the establishment of a new business enterprise, including limited capital resources and possible cost overruns due to price and cost increases in services.
We will require additional financing to cover our costs that we expect to incur over the next twelve months. We believe debt financing will not be an alternative for funding our operations as we do not have tangible assets to secure any debt financing. We anticipate that additional funding will be in the form of equity financing from the sale of our common stock. However, we cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to raise sufficient funding from the sale of our common stock to fund our plan of operations. In the absence of such financing, we will not be able to continue and our business plan will fail.
We have not generated any revenues from our operations during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 or during last two years.
During the three month period ended September 30, 2012, the Company incurred general and administrative expenses of $20,562 (2011 - $32,814), management fees of $15,000 (2011 - $15,000), professional fees of $12,338 (2011 – nil), and consulting fees of $1,261 (2011 - $9.836).
We incurred general and administrative expenses of $47,153 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012, as compared to $65,393 for the same period in 2011, a decrease of $18,240 or 28%.
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We incur consulting fees of $1,261 (2011- $9.836) and professional fees of $12,635 (2011 – nil) during the nine month period ended September 30, 2012.
As at September 30, 2012, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $170 (2011 - $10,175).
Net cash used in operating activities in the three months ended September 30, 2012 was $914 (2011 - $106,675, cash inflow due to related party advances). Net cash used in operating activities in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 was $11,111 (2011 - $109,855 cash inflow due to related party advances).
No funds were used in investing activities for the three month period ended September 30, 2012 (2011 - $625,000). Again, no funds were used in investing activities for the nine month period ended September 30, 2012 (2011 - $625,000).
For the three month period ended September 30, 2012, the Company received $47 (2011 - $514,982) in financing activities. In the nine month period ended September 30, 2012, the Company received $2.035 (2011 - $660,942) in financing activities. We have funded our business to date primarily from sales of our common stock but did not issue any common stock during the nine month period ended September 30, 2012. There is no assurance that we will be able to achieve further sales of our common stock or any other form of additional financing.
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25 people share their 'worst first date' stories for Jimmy Fallon's latest hashtag challenge.
may wilkerson
Jan 6, 2021 | 5:38 PM
"Dating" was a ritual, popular in the pre-pandemic era, in which two unattached humans would meet up in a public place to gauge whether the other was a worthy romantic and/or sexual partner. Sometimes, these meetings culminated in fornication. Occasionally they would even lead to romance. But most frequently, they ended in disappointment for one or both parties involved. It's a flawed system but, folks, it's the only one we've got. At least it leads to some pretty funny stories!
In his first hashtag challenge of 2021, Jimmy Fallon asked people to share their funny or embarrassing "worst first date" stories.
Here are 25 of the funniest and best responses about first dates that did not go as planned:
Sources: Twitter
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