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Home Business Skills shortages are being felt beyond HGV drivers: APSCo calls for urgent changes to visa routes
Skills shortages are being felt beyond HGV drivers: APSCo calls for urgent changes to visa routes
by jcp September 29, 2021
With on-going reports of worker shortages impacting the UK, the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has warned that the dearth of resources is also being felt across the highly-skilled workforce and has called again for the development of a specific visa route for independent professionals that fall into this category.
Tania Bowers, Legal Counsel and Head of Public Policy at APSCo commented:
"When the government came to power in 2019, its intention was to create a "high-wage, high-skill, low-tax economy". The government also wanted to reform the immigration system by deciding "who comes to this country on the basis of the skills they have and the contribution they can make – not where they come from". APSCo agrees with both of these points to drive a dynamic labour market and to achieve a truly prosperous recruitment industry.
"As we move into a place where the Covid-19 virus becomes endemic, it is clear from the perfect storm created by both the timing of the UK's exit from the EU and the scarring impact of the pandemic that there is a distinct skills shortage across high skilled areas of work, such as engineering, life sciences, digital and fintech. However, many within these fields work on projects rather than being bound to one specific role. To bring about a more highly-skilled and flexible workforce, a specific visa route is needed for such highly-skilled, self-employed project workers from abroad who will be vital to plug the short to medium skills gap as the UK looks to up-skill and re-skill. We are aware this is within the scope of the Home Office policy, but this has been delayed until mid-2022 at the earliest. And with the changes to tier 5 visas unfortunately limited to the creative industries, there's currently a concerning gap that simply won't be resolved without action. The Global Talent Scheme run by the Home Office and UKVI should also be increased to take such roles into account to allow the UK to attract a high-skilled workforce that will positively contribute to the UK building back better from the impact of Covid-19."
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One of our favourite DVD collections is the Hercule Poirot series starring David Suchet as Agatha Christie's fictional Belgian detective. The movies' set designs and cinematography are superb presentations of both the art deco era and the Golden Age of Travel in the 1930s.
Last night we watched the episode Murder on the Links which also features locomotive 231 G 558, one of a series of 4-6-2 steam locomotives of the Chemin de Fer de l'État, operating on La Manche (English Channel) coast.
Supposedly set in 1936, however, it was a pity that the Chef de Gare of Deauville station was shown wearing an SNCF cap, as the SNCF wasn't created until the beginning of 1938. Also the beginning of the episode shows a man supposedly dubbing naration onto a newsreel 10 years earlier in 1926. Sound in movies didn't occur until near the end of the 1920s.
From time to time we will post more details of railway themed movies.


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1. Handbook of practical medicine
Eichhorst, Hermann, 1849-1921
New York : Wood, 1886
2. Handbook of practical medicine (Volume 1)
6. An introduction to the study of clinical medicine: an introductory lecture to the medical class in the University at Rome, Italy
Valerj, Gaetano.
Boston, Mass. : David Clapp & Son, 1866
7. An introductory discourse to a course of lectures on clinical medicine and pathological anatomy: delivered at the opening of the new clinical amphitheatre of the Louisville Marine-Hospital, November 5th, 1840
Drake, Daniel, 1785-1852, author
Louisville, Ky. : Printed by Prentice and Weissinger, 1840
8. Lectures on clinical medicine, delivered at the Hôtel-Dieu, Paris
Trousseau, A. (Armand), 1801-1867
Philadelphia : Lindsay and Blakiston, 1867-71
9. Lectures on clinical medicine, delivered at the Hôtel-Dieu, Paris (Volume 1)
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Dole, John, 1838-1872, author
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Niemeyer, Felix von, 1820-1871
New York : D. Appleton, 1881
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Q: Correct use of SCOPE_IDENTITY function within simple stored procedure I'd like to simply send some information from a simple client to a log file and then use the identity created for further processing.
Is the following use of SCOPE_IDENTITY() correct?
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[LogSearch]
    @userName       VARCHAR(50),
    @dateTimeStart  DATETIME
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;

    INSERT INTO [WH].[dbo].[tb_Searches]
            (
            [UserName],
            [DateTimeStart]
            )
    SELECT  @userName,
        @dateTimeStart;

    SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY() AS ProfileKey;

END;

EDIT
I've edited code to the following:
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[LogSearch]
    @userName   VARCHAR(50),
    @dateTimeStart  DATETIME
AS
BEGIN
    SET NOCOUNT ON;

    INSERT INTO [WH].[dbo].[tb_Searches]
            (
            [UserName],[DateTimeStart]
            )
    VALUES  (@userName, @dateTimeStart);

    RETURN SCOPE_IDENTITY();

END;

A: RETURN SCOPE_IDENTITY()

is returning a 0 with Dapper.
I replaced it with
SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY()

and now it is returning the actual value.

A: Seems like this is the best approach - can see a few references advising to only use RETURN as a way of communicating state or errors so an OUTPUT parameter is better practice:
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[LogSearch]
    @userName      VARCHAR(50),
    @dateTimeStart DATETIME,
    @searchID      INT OUTPUT
AS
BEGIN
    SET NOCOUNT ON;

    INSERT INTO [WH].[dbo].[tb_Searches]
                (
                UserName,
                DateTimeStart
                )
    VALUES
                (
                @userName,
                @dateTimeStart
                );

    SET @searchID = SCOPE_IDENTITY();

END;

A: You can also use SCOPE_IDENTITY in two separate statements, such as:
Assuming that the table has an identity field of course
Insert into [ABCTable]
([A], [B])
select 'WhateverA', 'WhateverB'

Then use the function SCOPE_IDENTITY() in the Where clause, like:
Update [ABCTable] Set [A] = 'UpdateA', [B] = 'UpdateB'
Where IdentityField = SCOPE_IDENTITY()

Thus, the scope_identity is a reliable link to the record just inserted.

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Henry VI On Screen
TV adaptations of Shakespeare's first history cycle
Although it has not been firmly established when the three Henry VI plays were first written and performed, they are generally thought to date from the early 1590s, at the start of William Shakespeare 's career as a professional dramatist. It's certainly true that this sprawling account of the Wars of the Roses (a series of battles that dominated much of fifteenth-century English history) lacks the depth and subtlety of the later history plays, but it's unclear whether their unevenness of tone is the result of Shakespeare 's inexperience, the fact that they may be collaborative efforts involving several writers, or a combination of the two.
Given the plays' relative unfamiliarity and the substantial demands made in terms of both cast and running time, it is not surprising that all three television adaptations of the trilogy have presented it as part of a longer series incorporating better-known work. Each concluded with a production of Richard III, while An Age of Kings included the Richard II/Henry IV/Henry V sequence as well.
The first television Henry VI made up a third of Peter Dews ' fifteen-part BBC series An Age of Kings (1960), which reduced the three plays to five hour-long episodes, less than half the length of the later BBC Television Shakespeare productions. Part I suffered the most, with the entire play reduced to a single episode (part nine, 'The Red Rose and the White', tx. 25/8/60), the surviving material concentrating almost entirely on the political intrigue. Most of the battle scenes were cut, and Talbot was eliminated altogether, though there was compensation in the form of Eileen Atkins ' hollow-eyed and intense Joan of Arc, whose Expressionistically-staged downfall was one of the visual high points of the series as a whole. The other plays fared better, each running roughly two hours apiece, with parts 10 ('The Fall of a Protector', tx.8/9/1960) and 11 ('The Rabble from Kent', tx. 22/9/1960) making up Part II, and parts 12 ('The Morning's War', tx. 6/10/1960) and 13 ('The Sun in Splendour', tx. 20/10/1960) comprising Part III.
In the mid-1960s, the Henry VI and Richard III plays were turned into the three-part Royal Shakespeare Company stage adaptation The Wars of the Roses , which the BBC broadcast in 1965 ('Henry VI', tx. 8/4/1965; 'Edward IV', tx. 15/4/1965; 'Richard III', tx. 22/4/1965). Although Peter Hall 's production was highly regarded as a piece of theatre, with David Warner in particular singled out for his interpretation of Henry VI, John Barton 's adaptation made extensive changes to the original text, not only cutting it by roughly half but also adding some 1,400 lines of his own devising to patch up the resulting holes.
The BBC Television Shakespeare cycle (1978-85) tackled the Henry VI plays at a relatively late stage, broadcasting them on successive Sundays in January 1983. All three adaptations (and that of Richard III, screened a week later) were directed by Jane Howell and featured the same repertory cast throughout. Oliver Bayldon 's set, metaphorically modelled on a children's adventure playground, provided a striking contrast with the more realistic productions earlier in the BBC Shakespeare series, as did a stylised approach to direction and performance, with individual actors often taking on multiple roles in an inventive use of doubling that was deliberately designed to highlight similarities and contrasts between the various characters. With each episode running over three hours, the text was still slightly cut, but it nonetheless presented the fullest television version of the trilogy to date. The popular historian Michael Wood presented three 25-minute Shakespeare in Perspective documentaries about the background to each play, and were broadcast the same evening.
The first episode of John Mortimer's entertaining (if largely fictionalised) biographical series Will Shakespeare , 'Dead Shepherd' (ITV, tx. 13/6/1978) covers Shakespeare's arrival in London and his apprenticeship to Christopher Marlowe, during which he writes the Henry VI plays. The scene of the son killing his father and the father killing his son in the heat of battle (Part III, Act II, Scene V) is focused on, both in terms of writing and staging, and this is paralleled by the uneasy relationship between the two great playwrights - in this instance it is Marlowe who dies first, murdered for political reasons.
As a footnote, all three big-screen adaptations of Richard III - those starring Frank Benson (1911), Laurence Olivier (1955) and Ian McKellen (d. Richard Loncraine, 1995) - opened with material taken from Henry VI Part III in order to set the scene for audiences unfamiliar with the Henry VI plays or the historical events that inspired them (the 1995 film even adopted a Part III quotation, "I can smile, and murder while I smile", as its poster tagline). That said, all three productions also made significant cuts to scenes which would have needed prior knowledge of the earlier plays in order to appreciate their dramatic impact - notably those involving Queen Margaret, the only character to appear in all four plays, but whose presence in the last is largely meaningless to those unaware of her pivotal role earlier on.
Related Films and TV programmes
Age of Kings, An (1960)
Ambitious history of medieval British royalty, adapted from Shakespeare
Henry VI Part I (1983)
The bright and gaudy first part of Jane Howell's acclaimed history cycle
Henry VI Part II (1983)
As Henry's grip on power weakens, the Wars of the Roses begin in earnest
Henry VI Part III (1983)
England is torn apart by civil war in the third part of Shakespeare's trilogy
Will Shakespeare (1978)
Tim Curry stars in John Mortimer's rollicking biographical portrait
Henry VI: Video Materials
A detailed description of Screenonline's nine video extracts
Shakespeare's Histories
The Bard's epic survey of medieval England
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We have a guest blogger today. My wife Carol, aka TrailBoss, has agreed to write a post for today.
I have been thinking about what to start with and have come up with a topic that I am sure many of you full-time quilters and sewers can relate to–how do you store ALL of that Thread???
My Li'l Sis, Donna, is coming to visit the end of February and I have asked her to take a storage box of my stuff to her house to keep for awhile. Therefore, I need to do some major rearranging in my Corner before she gets here. If you read J's blog about Carol's Corner you have an idea what my mess looks like at this time.
I have decided to start small. 😉 Below I have a picture of the amount of thread I have now. I have it all stored in a bottom drawer that I really need to use for something else.
I currently keep it all in zip lock bags sort of by categories: embroidery threads (blues/greens/purples; reds/yellows/oranges; browns/beiges/tans; black & whites), hand threads, regular sewing threads, hand embroidery floss, pearl cottons. Well, you get the idea.
What have you found to be the best way to store your threads, taking as little room as possible?
I would greatly appreciate some feedback from all of y'all, especially those of you who are RVers or live in small spaces. I have declared to myself that the next days we have off I will begin the major rearranging. However, as I said above I am now starting small.
I'm looking forward to hearing from y'all, thanks for stopping by.
Special thanks goes out to the TrailBoss. She gave my fingers a break. If you are not a quilter or sewer, please feel free to share this post with your friends who are. You can copy/paste this link https://waggintailsrv.com/2015/01/30/guest-writer-today/ for sharing.
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It's cute that you are blogging together! Keep on the good work and best wishes from Toronto, Jana.
Hi Elle. I will post the answer when I decide what I am going to do. I am sure that I don't have nearly as much thread as you do if you get it from others. I just saw a video of how to make a scarf of thread fabric and water soluble webbing. I may just use some of that thread to do that.
I have A LOT of thread, especially since, as a fiber artist, I did thread drawing a lot. The best way to store it to keep it dust free, out of pets' reach (since thread can be deadly), and to keep it contained. is to use the IRIS type containers like found in office supply stores. I think you have a couple of those. I have enough to keep them sorted by colors. I have taken some out to hang up on the wall, but regret that due to dust etc. It all depends on how much you want to store at your sister's and how often you use your stash. I'm guessing a lot.
I don't know if you go on Pinterest any, but there are ideas on there.
Hi Lynda. Thanks for your comment. I have considered using more plastic boxes but they take up more room. I do have 2 stack frames with boxes in them but they are full. I know that I can't hand the thread frames on the walls because I don't have much wall space and the frames would fall off the walls when we travel. I will go onto Pinterest to see what others have done. Surely someone had come up with some ideas that I can try.
Storing thread isn't a problem for me. I have a sewing shop. I take what I need, one spool at a time. When I run out I grab another spool off the shelf. My personal stash is housed in one small Rubbermaid container (about 10 x 12 x 4). I guess I would recommend buying stackable shallow containers for people with large stockpiles.
Thanks for the suggestions. Amy, obviously has the largest thread stash of any of us. I used to work in Joann's and had that opportunity to get thread or fabric anytime. It was fun, but I ended up having to give most of it away when we downsized to the RV. I have ordered the Artbin thread storage boxes from WalMart. I should have them on the 11th and can begin to sort through all that thread. I will take pics of the results.
That's a lot of thread! I once lived in a mobile home, actually two, an 8′ and a 10'x50′, so I can relate. One thing I have learned over the years–"stuff" grows at the same rate that the available space does. The more space, the more stuff. 🙂 Personally, I probably won't ever get rid of my stuff. I go to auctions, and there are always ancient boxes with thread all tangled up with various sewing tools. Sorry, I'm not much help when it comes to collecting.
We moved from 1800 square feet to 400 square feet. Carol has a small space but has mastered the art of maximize storage in a small space.


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Suspect Press, one of Denver's literary journals, just announced a long-term collaboration with Meow Wolf, a Santa Fe arts company. Suspect has long been a supporter of the LGBTQ arts, and now they will have even more money to support their contributors.
Meow Wolf will be funding Suspect Press with $125,000 over the next two years, much of which will reportedly go toward a number of artistic and marketing projects that will be produced for Meow Wolf's permanent Denver installation set to open in 2020.
Friday's release party will mark the first book published by Suspect Press, which has been releasing an arts and literature magazine quarterly in Denver since 2014. The release party will be hosted by Denver comedian Christie Buchele, with literary performances by Lonnie Allen, Daniel Landes, and Amanda EK—followed by a (secret) large-scale, theatrical musical act. This will be the first attempt at an after-hours show from the legendary Tattered Cover Bookstore, beginning at 9 p.m., and restricted to 21+ due to alcohol being served. Tickets to the event are $15, which includes a copy of Hesse's novel, as well as FREE BEER from Ratio Brewing. Click here to purchase tickets.


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The item Barney's version, Mordecai Richler ; with footnotes and an afterword by Michael Panofsky represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
Barney Panofsky smokes too many cigars, drinks too much whiskey, and is obsessed with two things: the Montreal Canadiens hockey team and his ex-wife Miriam. An acquaintance from his youthful years in Paris, Terry McIver, is about to publish his autobiography. In its pages he accuses Barney of an assortment of sins, including murder. It's time, Barney decides, to present the world with his own version of events. Barney's Version is his memoir, a rambling, digressive rant, full of revisions and factual errors (corrected in footnotes written by his son) and enough insults for everyone, particularly vegetarians and Quebec separatists. But Barney does get around to telling his life story, a desperately funny but sad series of bungled relationships. His first wife, an artist and poet, commits suicide and becomes--a la Sylvia Plath--a feminist icon, and Barney is widely reviled for goading her toward death, if not actually murdering her. He marries the second Mrs. Panofsky, whom he calls a "Jewish-Canadian Princess, " as an antidote to the first; it turns out to be a horrible mistake. The third, "Miriam, my heart's desire, " is quite possibly his soul mate, but Barney botches this one, too. It's painful to watch him ruin everything, and even more painful to bear witness to his deteriorating memory. The mystery at the heart of Barney's story--did he or did he not kill his friend Boogie?


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India's leadership 'very capable' to act against terror and those who aide it: NSA Ajit Doval
Gurgaon: NSA Ajit Doval said Tuesday the leadership of the country is fully capable to deal with any act of terror and against those who abet it. Addressing the 80th raising day of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) here, Doval also said India has not forgotten and will not forget the terror attack in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, where 40 CRPF jawans were killed on February 14.
"I can assure you that the country's leadership is very capable to effectively respond to such acts (Pulwama) of terrorism and those who aide it," he said.
Doval, a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is believed to be the person behind the planning of the air strike on the camp of Jaish-e-Mohammad in Balakot in Pakistan, carried out by the Indian Air Force in retaliation to the Pulwama terror attack, one of the worst on security personnel in Kashmir in three decades.
"What should we do? What should be our way, our aim and our response and time to respond? The country's leadership is both capable and courageous to (do) that. The country will tackle all such challenges and we have the courage to do this," he said.
The national security advisor paid tributes to the 40 jawans killed in Pulwama, and said it was a "very sad accident" and said the country will always be indebted to this personnel and their families. Doval asked the CRPF to not look back or worry about the past but enhance its professionalism, credibility training and physical strength.
"If your morale is high then country's future is safe," he said.
Doval said world history is replete with examples of constitutional crises and government collapsing when the internal security of a nation is threatened. The CRPF, he said, has to take a lead role in ensuring peace and law and order. "As the lead internal security force of the country, the CRPF has an onerous task on its shoulders to render the duties."
The CRPF, a three-lakh-personnel force, was raised in 1939 as Crown Representatives Police during the British rule and was granted the President's colour this day in 1950 by first home minister of the country, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
It is the highest honour bestowed on a force in recognition of exceptional service rendered by it to the nation, both during war and peace.
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Nursing student raped in UP hospital
Lucknow, Oct 16 (IANS) A ward boy and a medical student were arrested on Tuesday for raping a nursing student while she was admitted in a Bagpat hospital in Uttar Pradesh, police said.
The 17-year-old victim, who had developed nausea and complained of headache, was at the district hospital when she was raped around midnight, Superintendent of Police Shailesh Kumar Pandey said.
The victim's sister, who was attending on her, had gone out to get tea. The attackers overpowered the patient and raped her after taking her to the emergency room on the pretext of running some tests.
The victim was injected with a sedative by the student, Dilshad, and ward boy Jitendra, a contractual employee at the hospital. They took turns to rape her, Pandey said.
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The problem of behaviour prediction for linear parameter-varying systems is considered in the interval framework. It is assumed that the system is subject to uncertain inputs and the vector of scheduling parameters is unmeasurable, but all uncertainties take values in a given admissible set. Then an interval predictor is designed and its stability is guaranteed applying Lyapunov function with a novel structure. The conditions of stability are formulated in the form of linear matrix inequalities. An interval predictor/observer is also proposed with improved accuracy for the case when an information is available about the frequency spectrum of the input signals. Efficiency of the theoretical results is demonstrated in the application to safe motion planning for autonomous vehicles.
The performances of a baseline interval predictor and our novel predictor are compared on a simulated driving environment.
When using interval arithmetic to design a simple predictor, the predictor dynamics are unstable. The uncertainty quickly builds up until the trajectory interval covers the entire road, even through the original system dynamics are stable. This seriously hinders decision-making.
Conversely, the novel interval predictor has stable dynamics which enables safe planning over long-term horizons.
In a right-hand traffic model, we can reasonably assume that vehicles tend to return to the rightmost way, but won't switch to the left lane for no reason (e.g. a slow obstacle in front). When incorporating this assumption in the interval predictor, the resulting robust policy won't pass a leading vehicle on the right, and can only overtake from the left.
This behaviour is consistent with the traffic rules and emerges from safe decision-making under uncertainty, instead of being enforced explicitely through a specific penalty in the objective function.
In these simulations, several traffic participants are interacting with each other. The interval predictor scales linearly to large systems and time-horizons.
Contrary to the previous dense traffic simulation, with the right-hand traffic modeling assumption the ego-vehicle never passes other vehicles on the right.
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Totally seamless in the glass, with no beginning and no end, the 2015 Cheval Blanc is simply extraordinary. It's hard to describe the 2015, because all of its elements are so perfectly in place. Beautifully delineated aromatics make a strong opening statement. Vibrant and wonderfully nuanced on the palate, the wine exudes energy and vitality through to the persistent, silky finish. Many other 2015s speak with more assertiveness and volume, but Cheval Blanc is more understsated. In 2015, Cheval Blanc created quite a stir in announcing that a whopping 91% of their crop would be bottled as Grand Vin. There will be no Petit Cheval, while the rest of the wine was sold internally.


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If your opponent plays perfectly, you will never have an advantage. Your edge comes when he makes errors. If you can create situations where your opponent may make an error, you will increase your winning chances.
One of the best ways to give your opponent a chance to make an error is with the cube. If you can arrange to send over the cube at a time when he might take when he should pass or pass when he should take, you have the chance for a big gain. This is a main part of my doubling rule philosophy. If I am not 100% sure whether or not he has a take he probably isn't either, which may cause him to make a cube error.
In some situations it may be better to take what you believe is a theoretically incorrect cube action, if you believe there is a good chance that this will induce a later cube error by your opponent. It is important not to overdo this. If you have a clear double and the position is volatile, you must double regardless of your opponent's tendencies and what you think he will do later on. Unless you are playing against a complete madman who will take regardless of the position, you can't afford to risk a big market loss when you roll a good number. Thus, the kind of action I am talking about is only correct in a relatively non-volatile position or when you believe the double is marginal in the first place.
I will often make a double which I consider slightly premature early in a long match just to get a reaction from my opponent. How quick he is to take, how surprised he is that I doubled, his sense of confidence in his take -- all of these things may help me size him up for the future. I think this extra knowledge about one's opponent more than compensates for what little (if any) equity I sacrifice by doubling a bit early. And who know, maybe he will pass!
Timid Timothy: This player drops a lot of takable cubes. If there is a threat or a degree of unfamiliarity about the position, he might let an easy take go. You want to give him every chance to make this mistake that you can. On the other hand, you want to avoid doubling when you are sure that he will take, since that sacrifices the opportunity for him to make his favorite error later.
Conservative Charlie: This player isn't as far off the mark as Timid Timothy, but he will tend to pass the close ones including some quite takable doubles. He isn't likely to shock you by passing when you were wondering if you even had a double unless it is an unusual position, but he will let some cubes slip by. With him you are hoping to reach a position where it is clear double and take, and that maybe he will make his mistake and pass.
Aggressive Andy: This player has a lot of confidence in his checker play, and will not be letting any takable doubles go. He likes complex positions, and will often take doubles he should be passing when the position has play. Against this sort of player, you are hoping to reach a position where it is double and pass and he will make a mistake and take. He isn't crazy, so you can't wait too long and hope for a ridiculous take.
Steaming Steve: This player might take anything. It is difficult to lose your market against him, but it can happen so you still have to double sometimes even when you know he will properly take. In non-volatile positions you can definitely wait a lot longer than usual, since even if you get to where he has a pass he is likely to take. Of course you are hoping to get to a position where he has a clear pass and still takes.
Let's examine a few positions and see how we might act against each of these players.
This looks to be a borderline double. Blue is ahead 7 pips in about a 90 pip race, 2 pips less than a 10% lead and neither side having any special distributional advantage. With the cube in the center, racing formulas make this a double, but the double is so close that you won't be sacrificing much theoretical equity by waiting. Let's see what the best cube actions are against each of our characters.
Against Timid Timothy, it is probably correct to wait. Even Timothy should know that this is a clear take. What you are hoping for is that you gain a pip or two on the next exchange, and now he passes what is a clear take. It is only correct to double if you believe that there is actually some chance that Timothy will pass now.
Against Conservative Charlie, you should wait. There is no question that he will take now, but if you gain a couple of pips and double next turn, there is a decent chance that he will pass when he still should be taking. The amount of theoretical equity you are sacrificing by doubing is tiny compared to the potential gain if he drops a double he should be taking in the future.
Against Aggressive Andy, it is correct to double. Andy makes cube mistakes with aggressive takes since he fancies his checker play skills, but he won't be making any mistakes in a simple race such as this. Since doubling is the theoretically correct action and there is no particular reason to expect a future mistake, go ahead and double.
Against Steaming Steve, it is naturally right to wait. Who knows how bad a take he may make in the future. Even if you gain five or six pips on the next exchange, you still may have him taking.
This is a typical five-point holding game. White has an easy take with racing chances, hitting chances, and little gammon danger. Blue barely has a proper double due to the potential large market loss if he rolls big doubles combined with the fact that he will retain his advantage for a while pretty much whatever happens.
Against Timid Timothy, I believe it is correct to wait. Even Timothy isn't going to be afraid to take this one. What you are hoping for is a small improvement, such as gaining more ground in the race, making the bar point, or clearing the midpoint but not to safety (2-2 for example). If one of these things happen you just might get a pass out of Timothy when he still has a pretty easy take. The equity gain when this happens easily compensates for the tiny theoretical equity loss from not doubling now.
Against Conservative Charlie, double. Charlie isn't likely to make a future mistake here. He will still be taking if Blue makes a small improvement, since this isn't the type of position which Charlie will be afraid of. If Blue rolls his big doubles Charlie's drop will be correct, and Blue will lose his market. Since doubling is theoretically correct, go for it.
Against Aggressive Andy, double. Andy makes some bad takes, but not in this sort of position where there will be little checker play skill left if Blue rolls a good number. If Blue rolls well he will lose his market to Andy, so he should make a proper double now.
Against Steaming Steve, wait. You never know what may happen. Even if Blue rolls 4-4, he may find Steve taking later. Any theoretical loss which comes from failing to double now will be more than compensated for if Steve later makes one of his steaming takes.
This is a typical early development double. Blue has the jump in devleopment and a small racing lead, and that plus the potential of a few jokers is sufficient to give him a cube -- but not by much. White has a fairly easy take.
Against Timid Timothy, double. Not only is the double theoretically correct, but this is the sort of position which Timothy just might surprise you and pass. Since it is possible to get the big mistake out of him now, there is no reason to wait.
Against Conservative Charlie, double. Charlie will definitely take now, but he probably won't be taking if Blue makes another improvement. However, Charlie's future pass is quite likely to be correct. If Blue makes one more improvement in this sort of position, he could easily lose his market and Charlie won't be making any mistakes. Just go ahead and make the theoretically correct double.
Against Aggressive Andy, wait. Andy will see a lot of play in this position, even if Blue gains on the next exchange. It is possible for Blue to roll a great attacking number and lose his market, but more likely Blue will make another improvement. After that happens White will probably have a pass, but Aggressive Andy will still be there taking.
Against Steaming Steve, wait. Even on some of Blue's best sequences, Steve just might be taking.
A very typical 1-3 backgame. White has great timing -- maybe. If White can spring a back checker on his next roll he will have as perfect a 1-3 backgame as one could want. In fact he would be a clear favorite to win the game, although the gammon danger makes him a money underdog. If White fails to spring a back checker next roll, his position starts to crumble, and if he doesn't get out in two rolls his board will probably disintegrate beyond repair. White's winning chances are so good that he has an easy take if doubled. Blue just about has a double due to the huge market loss if White's board collapses.
Against Timid Timothy, double. There is a very realistic chance that Timothy will crawl into his shell and pass. He may think: If I don't escape I'm doomed, and if I do escape I still have to hit a shot and win, while all my losses will be gammons. That's the way he thinks. You can't afford to wait, because after Timothy sees the result of the next roll he will definitely get it right -- passing if he doesn't escape, and taking if he does.
Against Conservative Charlie, double. Charlie also isn't going to make a mistake in the future -- he will pass if he doesn't escape and take if he does. The actual double is borderline in theory, but there has to be some slight chance that Charlie will turn more conservative than usual and let it go. That argues for doubling.
Against Aggressive Andy, wait. This is the kind of position Andy loves, since he thinks his superior checker play will see him through. If Andy rolls something like a 4-3 on his next roll he would have a clear pass, yet it wouldn't be at all surprising if he takes. He will be looking at things in the following optimistic manner: Yes, my board is partially busted, but it isn't beyond repair. All I have to do is escape a back checker next turn, and then I will have my timing and should have no difficulty remaking my six point and being right in the game. This is all true. What Andy fails to see is just how badly things go if he doesn't escape on that second roll. That possibility makes it a clear pass after White's 4-3 roll, but Andy may still be with us.
Against Steaming Steve, wait. Everything said about Aggressive Andy holds true vs. Steve, and even more so. The only question vs. Steve would be whether or not to pull the trigger if he doesn't escape next turn, or to wait thinking he will still take even if his board does collapse.
White has a huge take on the race alone. Blue is ahead only 4 pips, and Blue's bearoff structure is less efficient than White's. In fact, the crossovers are equal. The danger of getting hit isn't sufficient to turn this into a pass, particularly since it is possible for White to recover from a hit. White has a very easy take. Blue can lose his market big time if he hits and White flunks. That plus Blue's small racing lead is enough to give Blue a borderline double.
Against Timid Timothy, double. He just might pass. His thinking could be: If Blue hits I'm dead (which he isn't, of course), and if Blue misses I'm still an underdog since I'm behind in the race. Therefore, I'm not going to win 25% of the time. Since the double is borderline correct anyway, that slight chance that Timothy might pass makes the double clear. It can't be right to wait for a later error by Timothy when it is possible that he will make a huge error right now.
Against Conservative Charlie, wait. Charlie will definitely take now, of course. The key variation occurs when Blue hits with something like 3-1, and White enters with a six. Now White still has a take (though close), but Charlie may think it is a pass due to the race and Blue's pick and pass numbers. Charlie may underestimate the possibility of White rolling a joker to hit an indirect shot, along with the various other good things which may happen.
Against Aggressive Andy, double. Andy isn't going to be making any future mistakes in this position. If he is hit and enters with a six he will not be afraid to take, and if he doesn't enter with a six his pass will be clear. Doubling is theoretically correct, so double.
Against Steaming Steve, wait. As always, it is never correct to make a marginal double against Steve. He is quite likely to take something later which is a clear pass. You really have to roll a joker to lose your market against him.
Clearly White has an easy pass if Blue doubles. The question is whether or not Blue should play on for the gammon. There is plenty of gammon potential, but White's anchor cuts down on the danger considerably. There will be plenty of danger down the road. In addition, Blue doesn't even have a free ride on his next roll -- look at how 6-4 plays, for example. For these reasons, it is borderline correct for Blue to double now and cash his sure point.
Against Timid Timothy, wait. The key is that against Timothy, you may be able to bluff him out with the cube later if things go badly. That potential makes playing on for the gammon much safer. Timothy will know that you are playing on for the gammon, so when you double later he will tend to assume that you have just given up on your play-on and are cashing, and he may drop a double which is a clear take.
Against Conservative Charlie, double. It is not clear what turn the game will take, nor whether you are likely to arrive at a position where Charlie may make a mistake. Since cashing is the theoretically correct action, that is what you should do.
Against Aggressive Andy, double. The reasons are largely the same as with Conservative Charlie. Aggressive Andy isn't too likely to make a disastrous blunder in upcoming positions, so it is right to cash.
Against Steaming Steve, it is probably right to wait. Even Steve isn't going to take this cube -- there is a difference between steaming and being a total maniac. By waiting, there are two things which can happen, and both are good. If you roll a good number, you continue to play on for the gammon of course. However, if you roll a moderately poor number but the roof doesn't cave in you can double next turn, and now maybe Steve will take when he should pass.
This is a deceptive position. White is in trouble, but offhand it may seem as though White has some play. He has an anchor, and all of his men are in play. It is easy to see White suriviving and getting back into the game.
The truth of the matter is that White's position is hopeless. The problem is that Blue has too much control. Blue can play an attacking game or a priming game depending upon what his dice tell him, and either way White is likely to get crushed. Even if White wins the fight for Blue's three point, White's timing will be awful for a back game, and with Blue owning White's four point White isn't going to make any progress frontwards for quite a while. If Blue doubles, White has a very easy pass. In fact, Blue's position is so solid and it is so difficult for Whtie to snap back into the game quickly that in theory Blue has a borderline play-on for a gammon. But what should Blue do in practice?
Against Timid Timothy, wait. Timothy will correctly pass if doubled, of course, and playing on is reasonable. Furthermore, if things go badly for Blue he is likely to be able to bluff Timothy out later on anyway. It is a win-win proposition.
Against Conservative Charlie, wait. The same arguments apply as with Timid Timothy, although not as strongly. Charlie isn't going to make a mistake now -- he will certainly pass -- but he might make a mistake in the future. Since the decision of whether or not to play in is close anyway, that factor argues for playing on.
Against Aggressive Andy, it is a close decision. The key question is whether or not Andy will take now. This is the type of position Andy will like to play, but he may think it is just too hopeless. If you are convinced that Andy will pass, take a roll. If things go well continue playing on for the gammon, but if Andy wins the next exchange then turn the cube and Andy will probably make a bad take. However, if you think there is a decent chance that Andy will take now, then by all means send the cube over.
Against Steaming Steve, double. He won't recognize how bad his position really is, and odds are that he will snap up the cube. This sort of position is the type where you can really cash in against Steve.
The above positions give some idea of how one can take advantage of an opponent's tendencies to induce cube errors. Of course a lot of these decisions are quite subjective and you may disagree with me on some of them. The important thing is to get the right train of thinking. Reading the opponent's tendencies can be quite tricky, but with practice the skill comes. Once again, don't overdo this and step way out of line. If you make ridiculously early doubles against Timid Timothy in the futile hope that he will pass or if you wait way too long against Steaming Steve in the hope he will take later, you will find yourself throwing away your intrinsic advantage against these players. Most of the time, double when you think you have a double regardless of who you are playing. However, when you have a close decision as to whether or not to double, taking the opponent factor into account may lead you to the winning decision.


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How The COVID-19 Oubreak Is Impacting U.S Military Life
By Tom Bowman
A U.S. Navy captain does not quite want to abandon ship, but he did send a letter asking to remove nearly all the sailors from the giant aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt because dozens have been infected with coronavirus.
NPR's Tom Bowman is covering this story. Tom, good morning.
TOM BOWMAN, BYLINE: Hey, Steve.
INSKEEP: What happened on the Roosevelt?
BOWMAN: Well, the Roosevelt is now docked in Guam. And the ship's captain, Brett Crozier, said in a letter to Navy officials he wanted to remove 4,000 or so sailors, find lodging for them ashore and disinfect the ship. The reports - anywhere from 50 to now 200 have tested positive for the virus, and he says the virus is accelerating, in his word.
And the top officer for the Pacific Fleet, Admiral John Aquilino, he spoke to reporters last night, Steve. He declined to reveal any numbers about those infected, but he clearly doesn't want to remove all 4,000 sailors at once, as the captain said. He says the ship has to be ready for any crisis, and he insisted that he and the carrier's captain are all on the same sheet of music. He'll rotate sailors off, get them tested but not remove all of them.
INSKEEP: You feel the dilemma there for the military. They want to take care of their people, but they're also determined to remain ready for anything that comes their way.
BOWMAN: That's right.
INSKEEP: How is the coronavirus affecting military life?
BOWMAN: Well, recruiting stations have closed. Everything's online now. Large training exercises have been canceled or curtailed. Both the Marines and Navy have temporarily stopped bringing in new recruits. The Army's still bringing in new recruits, but everyone is trying to make sure there's adequate social distancing during boot camp and basic training.
INSKEEP: You know, Tom, when we had a chance to talk with Mark Esper, the defense secretary, last week, he did highlight one part of the military - one U.S. military base that seemed to have responded early and effectively to this crisis.
BOWMAN: That's right. It's interesting, Steve - when the entire government, the White House and federal agencies, were slow to act, the commander of U.S. forces in South Korea, General Robert "Abe" Abrams, he moved pretty quickly shortly after the virus emerged in China. He basically shut down his large base with some 28,000 soldiers, and he really had few cases.
And in a recent press briefing with Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, I asked him about how well-prepared the military was. He said after he got back from South Korea in February and saw what the general was doing, he said many assumed the virus would just be localized in Asia. But that assumption was quickly overtaken by the spreading virus. Let's listen.
RYAN MCCARTHY: When we both got back home, we started looking - putting more time against it to better understand the problem set. And to the point that General Flynn made - once Europe really started lighting up, that's when you saw this was a virus that was just morphing very quickly.
BOWMAN: You're saying is at that point, you didn't know how bad it was going to get until it went to Europe, right?
MCCARTHY: 'Cause there was not enough data to really make a determination at that point.
BOWMAN: So it wasn't until that virus spread that the military started to act. And at that point, Steve, everyone was playing catch-up all across the United States government. And I should add that General Abrams in South Korea is now seeing an increase in cases, and he's again putting restrictions on movement and some training, even if readiness suffers.
INSKEEP: Are there some U.S. military bases domestically that now face outbreaks?
BOWMAN: Yeah. Most of the bases around the country are seeing outbreaks, but we don't get a sense that they're seeing a cluster like we're seeing on the Roosevelt. But Steve, as the captain said - and that's true across the military - this thing is still spreading.
INSKEEP: Tom, thanks so much.
BOWMAN: You're welcome, Steve.
INSKEEP: That's NPR's Pentagon correspondent, Tom Bowman. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Ariana Grande will add a little "Sweetener" to Bankers Life Fieldhouse next year.
The "God is a Woman" singer announced Thursday that she'll bring her next world tour to the Indianapolis venue on April 12, 2019. The tour will promote the pop star's latest album "Sweetener," her third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart.
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Love the frost where the trees are still in morning shadow, and then the trees are bare in the sun.
A winter edition of my Renaissance Garage panoramas... Freezing up there today, but totally worth it. Look at all the cranes!
Police officer hassled the hell out of me for this next set.
That first pic is incredible!
Why was the officer hassling you? Where are these taken?
Was an LNG Tanker coming through before/after your set? I talked to several people who've been harassed by police for taking pictures when one's on its way through the harbor.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plus my ID had the wrong address on it, and it was incredibly cold so I was having trouble functioning. Lots of things going wrong. The tanker was leaving as I arrived.
Datadyne it's taken from a park in East Boston. Looks like it's called "Lo Presti Park". Awesome view but don't go when there is an LNG tanker or you will be interrogated!
That's so ridiculous. It's a public park and photography is not a crime.
The next time please do not let the thug wearing the blue uniform get away with his bullying.
Whip out your phone and record the interaction with the cop. As long as you are not hiding that you are recording the conversation, in a public setting with a public employee, it has been well-established that there is no illegal wiretap. Ideally use an app such as Qik that uploads in real-time to remote servers so that even if the thug illegally seizes your phone, the video is safe and sound.
You: "Am I being detained?"
Cop: "Yes" --> Ask, and make sure it's being recorded, "Are you saying that it is illegal to photograph from a public park?"
Every time you acquiesce to a thug cop you are making life more difficult for other photographers.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plus my ID had the wrong address on it, and it was incredibly cold so I was having trouble functioning.
You are under no obligation to produce ID when not driving a car.
Ask if you are free to go or just walk away. The is no requirement to identify yourself in Mass (assuming you aren't driving). Even if they detain you, you can refuse to answer (Fourth Amendment) until speaking with a lawyer. Best thing is to just move along without engaging.
Just curious, DZ -- Boston Police (from the station two blocks away) or State Police?
I think he was East Boston police. I could feel him casing me during the entirety of the 50-something pics I took. He intercepted me as I was walking back. It was literally about 10 degrees and my hands were frozen, and I was trying to show him that I didn't take pics of the LNG tanker but the camera was on the wrong setting and I was struggling with it. I asked him twice why he was questioning me and he said he was "doing his job." He then "escorted" me down the street to my car, saw my bumper sticker, and said "Oh you really do go to UNC, have a nice day."
All I wanted were some nice skyline pics from a public park at 3 in the afternoon.
There's no such thing as the "East Boston police." Either he was BPD from Area A, District 7, or MSP assigned to a Port Authority protective detail.
Captain McKormick frequents community meetings in East Boston. The next time I see him, I'll ask him about this incident.
Except that it is entirely legal to take as many photos of you want of said tanker as long as you're on public property.
The next time I see him, I'll ask him about this incident.
It's ok. I'd rather it just be left alone. No harm, no foul, and I can go back to my anonymous life of enjoying skyscrapers and taking pictures.


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3 climbers presumed dead after Banff avalanche
April 18, 2019 at 11:46 am Updated April 19, 2019 at 12:48 pm
BANFF, Alberta (AP) — Three renowned mountain climbers are presumed dead after an avalanche in Alberta's Banff National Park, Canadian officials said Thursday.
Outdoor apparel company The North Face said that American Jess Roskelley and Austrians David Lama and Hansjorg Auer disappeared while attempting to climb the east face of Howse Peak on the Icefields Parkway. They were reported overdue on Wednesday.
"They are missing, and local search and rescue has assumed the worst," North Face said in a statement.
Roskelley climbed Mount Everest in 2003 at age 20. At the time he was the youngest American to climb the world's highest peak.
The North Face says it is doing what it can to support the climbers' families and friends.
Parks Canada said the three men were attempting to climb the east face of Howse Peak on the Icefields Parkway on Wednesday.
Officials say recovery efforts are on hold because of a continued risk of avalanches.
Parks Canada says safety specialists immediately responded by air and observed signs of multiple avalanches and debris containing climbing equipment.
"Parks Canada extends its sincerest condolences to the families, friends and loved ones of the mountaineers," Parks Canada said in a statement.
Roskelley's father, John Roskelley, was himself a world-renowned climber who had many notable ascents in Nepal and Pakistan, mostly in the 1970s. John Roskelley joined his son on the successful Everest expedition in 2003.
Jess Roskelley grew up in Spokane, Washington, where his father was a county commissioner. John Roskelley told The Spokesman-Review the route his son and the other climbers were attempting was first done in 2000.
"It's just one of those routes where you have to have the right conditions or it turns into a nightmare. This is one of those trips where it turned into a nightmare," John Roskelley said.
John Roskelley had climbed the 10,810-foot Howse Peak, via a different route, in the 1970s and knows the area well. On Thursday he was preparing to go to Canada to gather Jess Roskelley's belongings and see if he could get into the area.
"It's in an area above a basin," he said. "There must have been a lot of snow that came down and got them off the face."
The elder Roskelley said: "When you're climbing mountains, danger is not too far away…It's terrible for my wife and I. But it's even worse for his wife."
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DEO has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Investec cut Diageo from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Monday, March 25th. Barclays initiated coverage on Diageo in a research note on Monday, April 1st. They set an "overweight" rating on the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered Diageo from a "market perform" rating to an "underperform" rating in a research note on Friday, January 4th. Zacks Investment Research lowered Diageo from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Monday, January 7th. Finally, Liberum Capital upgraded Diageo from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 31st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the stock. The company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $164.75.
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The New York Times continues to demonstrate that we are not close to a 1999-type blow-off top in the gold bull market in Uncertainty Restores Glitter to an Old Refuge, Gold. Any article that says the following reflects skepticism or something stronger:
Since ancient times, gold has been deemed intrinsically valuable, holding its worth even as governments fell and currencies collapsed, while seemingly casting a spell on its owners. . .
True believers note that gold has risen in each of the last nine years, and that while the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index is down 13 percent since 2001, gold is now worth nearly five times what it was then.
For all its newfound respectability, gold still manages to bring out the inner survivalist in its adherents. Gold bugs like Peter Schiff of the investment firm Euro Pacific Capital in Westport, Conn., envision a black market arising in the United States, with merchants refusing paper money and insisting on gold instead, while Mr. Hathaway, the gold fund manager, says the credit system has entered "the end game."
"People probably still think I'm nuts," Mr. Hathaway said. "But I'm not talking to myself in an isolation chamber anymore. We've got company now."
Casting a spell? The message is that investors in gold or Moonies or wiccans.
The inner survivalist?
The Hathaway quote is almost certainly out of context; as written, it makes him appear to be saying that he has a few nuts who now agree with him rather than that doubts about the orderly functioning of all the assets and liabilities floating around are widespread.
The worst of the article relates to the following quote:
To be sure, gold buyers have always been motivated by fear. . .
Since ancient times, gold has been deemed intrinsically valuable . . .
This is just plain wrong.
Since ancient times, gold has been money. Diamonds and other gemstones have been "deemed intrinsically valuable"; gold has been the medium of exchange. Not only has gold always been money until the modern age, but the IMF and the U. S. Government continue to treat it as intrinsically valuable.
Owners of gold are motivated by the desire to retain purchasing power. What emotion(s) drive that desire is (are) not so simple as the author of the article alleges.
Governments like electronic money even more than paper money, as the margins on electronic money are essentially 100%. To say that people who want to own gold are the fearful is like saying that people who own umbrellas are afraid it might rain.
Actually, it does rain, and governments do inflate and default.
Gold is a financial umbrella. Many people just don't want to stay home without it.
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