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Beijing Water
China's deadly dam fever
By Other News Sources on August 31, 2011 • ( 1 Comment )
(August 31, 2011) Financial rewards for bypassing dam safety procedures have created an unrestrained dam-building boom in China that is threatening lives and the environment.
China's current boom in hydropower production has become something of a one-eyed monster, spurred on by a lack of regulation and enabling financial incentives that not even disastrous consequences can stop.
In this report for China's Global Times, Zhu Shanshan looks behind a surge in dam construction in China's Gansu Province to reveal the money grab driving it. In some cases, dams are approved without feasibility studies in areas already vulnerable to earthquakes and landslides because of the taxes these projects will reap. Tax revenues from dams have ramped up earnings for local authorities in leaps and bounds and are fast becoming their main source of income — a trend experts, such as Probe International contributor, Fan Xiao, fear will overtake the entire nation and lead to over-damming of rivers countrywide.
Indeed, Zhu Shanshan's findings support the conclusions contained in Fan Xiao's recent report for Probe International, "A Mighty River Runs Dry," in which he calls China's current rate of chaotic dam building "a tragedy of the commons" that will dry up rivers like the Yangtze. The unchecked development of hydropower resources is like "draining the pond to catch the fish," Fan Xiao warns, and will result in a water crisis in rivers and valleys on the one hand, and a large waste of financial resources through the construction of crippled water projects on the other.
More alarming for those living along the dammed rivers is the growing incidence of landslides that have already killed or injured close to 4,000 people. Dam construction loosens soil, as does the rising and falling of dam reservoirs.
Even experts at the Ministry of Water Resources agree that current hydropower plant development creates a moral hazard in which tax revenue is collected by local authorities, while disaster relief is the (often ignored) responsibility of central or provincial governments. The people, meanwhile, are left to face the life threatening risk of landslides.
Read Zhu Shanshan's article for Global Times below.
Dodgy dams endangering Gansu county
By Zhu Shanshan, Global Times, August 4, 2011
In order to further economic growth, authorities in Zhouqu, Gansu Province, have greenlit a number of dams without studying their environmental impact, only a year after a massive landslide devastated the county.
The county government has approved 68 hydropower projects, despite only one of these having passed a feasibility study and registered with the local earthquake information center, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Wednesday.
Besides, more than 1,000 such plants, mostly smaller ones, are clustered along the 600-kilometer-long Bailong River despite geological conditions in the region being unsuitable for such projects due to the river straddling a tectonic plate fault line.
A landslide hit Zhouqu following torrential rain on August 2010, killing 1,471 people and wounding more than 2,500.
Another small landslide recently destroyed some county roads, and local residents have complained that such slides are increasing. Locals have also complained the amount of trees being felled to feed dam construction has worsened erosion, CCTV reported.
Fan Xiao, geologist with the Sichuan Bureau of Geological Exploration and Exploration of Mineral Resources, told the Global Times that these projects are putting local people under great threat from landslides.
"Building dams requires a lot of digging in the mountains. This destroys vegetation and creates debris, which is typically left to pile down in the valleys. Loose, uncovered slopes and debris together trigger slides," Fan said.
Furthermore, Fan noted that a dam's reservoir creates an unnatural fluctuation of water levels, further eroding banks by submerging them periodically. He Jianzhou, head of the village of Yueyuan in Zhouqu, told the Global Times that power stations are being built every five kilometers along the Bailong River.
"[A number of] dams have raised water levels and drowned farmland," he said. "The river used to abound with carp and other fish, but fish can no longer swim upstream to lay eggs. There are now hardly any fish in the muddy water."
He also complained that the massive construction required to build hydropower stations has taken land away from farmers, who have received little compensation in return.
"The county pays the farmers 25,000 yuan ($3,885.55) per mu in compensation. That is way too little.""
Nie Weimin, head of the country's earthquake information center, told CCTV that due to the region's vulnerable geological condition, construction projects are required to undergo a string of safety evaluations to assess their earthquake resistance capacity.
However, when asked about how projects could be approved by local authorities without any feasibility studies, a project leader on one of the dams told CCTV that the local investment promotion bureau had helped push the paperwork through.
According to the report, the county's fiscal revenue for this year is estimated at 49 million yuan, almost five times higher than in 2005 before the hydropower boom made income levels soar.
About 40 percent of this year's fiscal revenue will come from tax drawn from the plants.
However, to relieve the damage brought about by the massive landslide last year, central and provincial authorities have invested over 5 billion yuan in rescue and rebuilding efforts.
Wang Hao, a water resource expert with the Ministry of Water Resources, told CCTV that Zhouqu's hydropower plant development is based on a false mechanism. This enables tax revenue to be collected by the local authorities, with disaster relief being paid for by the central or provincial governments, but leaving the people to face the risk of landslides.
"These projects are aimed at boosting local GDP growth and earn more tax revenue, regardless of their feasibility. This blind expansion has inflicted harm on the environment and is proof of an unscientific development," Wang said.
Dams are becoming the main source of revenue for local governments in southern Gansu, Fan warned, adding that the trend of over-damming rivers is happening nationwide with local officials chasing higher GDP figures.
"A lot of waterways dry out during dry seasons. This is not just happening in Zhouqu," Fan said.
In 2004, CCTV reported that 17 small-scale dams were built on a 34-kilometer-long river in Shimian county, Sichuan Province.
According to official data, in 2003 alone, 123 hydropower plants were found without approvals, management certificates and proofs of inspection.
Huang Shaojie contributed to this story.
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Activision Blizzard and Epic Games suspend sales in Russia due to its Ukraine attack
Activision Blizzard and Epic Games are the latest publishers to suspend sales in Russia because of their attack on Ukraine. Activision Blizzard and Epic Games have joined a developing list of distributors suspending sales of their games in Russia because of the country's continuous invasion of Ukraine. In a representative letter it shared publicly on Friday, Activision president and chief operating officer Daniel Alegre said the organization would stop selling its games to Russian consumers. It will likewise temporarily quit offering in-game microtransactions to those equivalent clients.
One day after Activision's declaration, Epic Games said it also was ending transactions within the country.
"We are committed to helping those impacted by the terrifying violence taking place in Ukraine," Activision Blizzard wrote on Twitter.
"Today, we are announcing the suspension of new sales of and in our games in Russia while this conflict continues, as well as other efforts to assist Ukraine," its statement continued.
Activision Blizzard additionally encouraged it would match representative donations to alleviation associations; hitherto, $300,000 USD has been raised.
In the meantime, Epic Games declared it will likewise suspend sales in Russia, however won't go as far as to block communications tools within the region.
"Epic is stopping commerce with Russia in our games in response to its invasion of Ukraine," reads a statement. "We're not blocking access for the same reason other communication tools remain online: the free world should keep all lines of dialogue open."
Last week, we revealed that Microsoft and EA had suspended sales in Russia, with Sony's Gran Turismo 7 additionally pulled from digital marketplaces.
It's unclear on the off chance that Epic's decision includes the two its own titles and any in-game microtransactions it offers in Fortnite. Also, strikingly neither Activision nor Epic referenced Belarus in their respective declarations.
In stopping sales to Russia, Activision and Epic join organizations like Microsoft, Electronic Arts, and CD Projekt Red. Russia isn't a small market either. As indicated by a 2021 estimate from Statista, the country, with around $2.7 billion in industry revenue that year, was the eighth biggest market for video games.
Activision Blizzard and Epic Games are in good company to suspend their sales in the country. Microsoft, which is hoping to secure Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion deal, stopped "all new sales of Microsoft products and services in Russia." That incorporates Xbox consoles, Microsoft-published games, and the Xbox Cloud Gaming service as well as the organization's different products.
Electronic Arts and CD Projekt Red have made comparative declarations. Between these five organizations, large numbers of the world's most famous games can never again be bought in Russia, including Call of Duty and Battlefield to Fortnite and Cyberpunk 2077 being impacted. Cd Projekt Red has additionally stopped sales through its GOG platform in Russia and Belarus.
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Traveling the West of the U.S. with a Sprinter.
From East to West, from desert to woods: The U.S. is a multifaceted country where the Sprinter is at home anywhere.
This Sprinter is hitting the Sonora Pass, the second-highest road through Sierra Nevada in California. Sierra Nevada is a mountain range connecting two states: California and Nevada. There is much to explore with a Sprinter: Three National Parks are located right within the Sierra. But the absolute highlight is Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the mountain range. It measures about 4,400 m in height.
Californian cruising – always along the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk next to one of the oldest American amusement parks. Santa Cruz is well known as a surfer paradise on the Californian coastline. Why not load some surfboards in the back of a Sprinter and spend a day in this laid-back city?
Despite dust and heat in the high desert of Utah, the Sprinter 4×4 can conquer thousands of miles. Utah is well known for its natural diversity. From deserts to pine forests as well as Lakes: Utah is a great state to cross in a motorhome.
4. Big Sky Movie Ranch, California.
This van takes a break on a lane in the middle of the Big Sky Movie Ranch: a shooting location for western movies and other film productions. The Ranch offers natural surroundings like valleys, hills and remote meadows. Nothing else remains to be done than packing up gear in a Sprinter van and capturing extraordinary footage.
Desert sand beneath the wheels: This Sprinter is en route to Yucca Valley passing through Burns Canyon, California. Yucca Valley is a town right at the entrance to the famous Joshua Tree National Park. Wildflowers and Wildlife: There is a lot to discover in Yucca Valley. But the most exciting thing for Sprinterfans is an off-road vehicle area which is located just around the corner of Yucca Valley.


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Biografia
È figlia dello scenografo Alfred Thomalla e della modella Erika Thomalia. È cresciuta a Potsdam e ha studiato all'Accademia di arte drammatica "Ernst Busch" di Berlino.

Nel corso della sua carriera, ha partecipato ad una settantina di differenti produzioni televisive, a partire dalla metà degli anni ottanta. Tra i suoi ruoli più noti, figurano, tra l'altro, quello di Hanna Gernrich nella serie televisiva Ein Bayer auf Rügen (1993), quello di Regine Holle nella serie televisiva Buongiorno professore! (1993-1995), quello di Dorothee Wilke Merthin nella serie televisiva Markus Merthin, medico delle donne (1994-1997),  quello di Mona Morena nella serie televisiva Mona M. - Mit den Waffen einer Frau (1996), quello di Eva Saafeld nella serie televisiva Tatort (1998-...), ecc. Ha partecipato inoltre a vari film TV, tra cui La dolce Rita (2005) e All'improvviso... Gina (2007).

Vita privata
È stata a lungo legata sentimentalmente a Rudi Assauer, ex-manager della squadra di calcio dello . È la madre dell'attrice Sophia Thomalla.

Filmografia

Cinema
 In einem Atem (1988)
 Zwei schräge Vögel (1989)
 Cosima's Lexikon (1992)
 Bis aufs Blut - Brüder auf Bewährung (2010)

Televisione

 Abgefunden – film TV (1984) – ruolo: Franziska Lammertin
 Viola – film TV (1986) – Brigitte Wagenbach
 Sidonies Bilder – film TV (1987)
 Polizeiruf 110 – serie TV, 1 episodio (1988)
 Die gestundete Zeit – film TV (1989)
 Immensee – film TV (1989) – zingara
 Agentur Herz – serie TV, 9 episodi (1991-1992)
 Ein Bayer auf Rügen – serie TV (1993) - Hanna Gernrich
 Durchreise - miniserie TV, 6 episodi (1993)
 Liebe am Abgrund – film TV (1993)
 Buongiorno professore! – serie TV, 10 episodi (1993-1995) – Regine Holle
 Matchball – serie TV, 1 episodio (1994)
 Cornelius hilft – serie TV, 1 episodio (1994)
 Das Phantom - Die Jagd nach Dagobert – film TV (1994)
 Markus Merthin, medico delle donne – serie TV, 24 episodi (1994-1997) – Dorothee Wilke Merthin
 Mona M. - Mit den Waffen einer Frau – serie TV, 14 episodi (1996) – Mona Morena
 Die Geliebte – serie TV (1996)
 Un caso per due – serie TV, 1 episodio (1997) – Nathalie Wegner
 Ärzte – serie TV (1997-1999) - Leah Schönfeld
 Les pédiatres - miniserie TV (1998)
 Tatort – serie TV (1998-…) – Eva Saafeld
 Der letzte Zeuge – serie TV, 2 episodi (2000)
 Anna H. - Geliebte, Ehefrau und Hure – film TV (2000) – Tina
 Siska – serie TV, 1 episodio (2000) -  Reni Winkler
 Il commissario Kress (Der Alte) – serie TV, 1 episodio (2000) – Vera Schulten
 Am Anfang war die Eifersucht – film TV (2001)
 Der Bestseller - Millionencoup auf Gran Canaria – film TV (2001)
 Un caso per due – serie TV, 1 episodio (2001) – Vera Landers
 Ein Vater zum Verlieben – film TV (2001)
 Mama macht's möglich – film TV (2002)
 Der Pfundskerl – serie TV, 1 episodio (2003)
 Nicht ohne meinen Anwalt – serie TV, 2 episodi (2003)
 Der kleine Mönch – serie TV, 1 episodio (2003)
 Ein Fall für den Fuchs – serie TV (2004-2007)
 Der Ferienarzt – serie TV, 1 episodio (2005)
 Brücke zum Herzen – film TV (2005)
 Squadra Speciale Colonia – serie TV, 1 episodio (2005)
 La dolce Rita – film TV (2005) – Rita Schumacher
 Siska – serie TV, 1 episodio (2005) -  Ingeborg Breul
 Donna Leon – serie TV, 1 episodio (2005)
 Der Bulle von Tölz – serie TV, 1 episodio (2005)
 Il commissario Kress (Der Alte) – serie TV, 1 episodio (2006) – Angelika Krämer
 Squadra Speciale Cobra 11 – serie TV, 1 episodio (2006)
 Entführ' Mich, Liebling! – film TV (2006)
 All'improvviso... Gina – film TV (2007) – Penelope Zimmer
 Ein Teufel für Familie Engel – film TV (2007)
 Liebe macht sexy – film TV (2009)
 Die Rosenheim-Cops – serie TV, 2 episodi (2010)
 Bei manchen Männern hilft nur Voodoo – film TV (2010)
 Familie Fröhlich - Schlimmer geht immer – film TV (2010)
 Aschenputtel – film TV (2010) – Therese
 Für immer Frühling – film TV (2011) – Katja Baumann
 Die Erfinderbraut – film TV (2013)
 Nach all den Jahren – film TV (2014)
 Sprung ins Leben – film TV (2014)

Teatro (lista parziale)
 Rosa Laub – musical (1987)

Premi & riconoscimenti
 2006: Goldene Kamera in coabitazione con Rudi Assauer per l'apparizione in uno spot per Veltins

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

  Biografia di Simone Thomalla su Prisma.de
  Notizie di attualità su Simone Thomalla su Bunte
  Notizie di attualità su  Simone Thomalla su Der Spiegel

Attori televisivi tedeschi
Attori teatrali tedeschi

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The 2017 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Records reflect games played through March 12.
Missouri (27), North Carolina (13), Arkansas (10), Texas (5), Pittsburgh (4), USC Upstate (4), Notre Dame (3), Oregon State (3), SIUE (3), Oklahoma State (2), South Alabama (2), South Carolina (2), Fresno State (1), Cal Poly (1), Florida International (1), Mississippi State (1), Boise State (1), Saint Francis (Pa.) (1).


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Introduction: the South supported slavery because of economic
Introduction: Economics often go hand in hand with politics. In many cases, politics are driven by economic decisions. Before the Civil War, the South supported slavery because of economic profits gained from the agricultural business. The Gilded Age was an era marked by weak presidents, strong Congress, and widespread corruption. Dishonesty was prevalent at every level of the government. As mentioned in the book "Everyday life; Reform in America", Businessmen bribed members of Congress and state legislatures to obtain rich contracts and laws favorable to their interests. City officials accepted bribes from local contractors and directed tax money into their own bank accounts as well. Even the police and the courts were on the take; a jail release or an acquittal was available to anyone who could pay the price.There are several reasons to why the political arena has sunken into such despair. Many people sought out to change the status quo and it gave rise to an era of reform. One of the major causes of the corruption is political machines. POLITICAL MACHINES: Political machines is a party organization, headed by a single boss or small autocratic group, that commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of a city, county, or state. the most notorious of the political bosses was William Marcy Tweed. He headed what came to be called the Tweed Ring, gaining control of Tammany Hall, headquarters of the Democratic Party in New York City. From 1865 to 1871, Tweed and his associates stole an estimated $200 million of city funds. As a state senator, he forced through a new city charter that gave his machine total control over New York's finances. In the process, he bribed everyone from the governor down to the mayor and minor city officials.One of Tweed's most infamous deals concerned the construction of a new courthouse. A building that could have been completed for $3 million ended up costing $11 million! In order to tackle such corruption, the government adopted the secret ballot. SECRET BALLOT: The existing voting system was fixed in which politicians would buy or influence voters to maintain political control. This was notable especially with the political machine, Tammany Hall. With a non-private method of voting, Tammany fixers were able to insure voters would cast ballots as promise. Vote riggers would simply give pre-marked ballots to people and watch people deposit them in the voting box.They gave favors to people and businesses who supported them and offered bribes to officials who counted the ballots on election day. Often they "stuffed ballot boxes" with fake votes.How, you might ask, could a political machine get by with "stuffing" a ballot box? The answer is that elections before the latter part of the 19th century were nothing like elections are today. Individual political parties printed their own ballots and then recruited voters to mark them as directed. It was rather easy to have someone vote more than once or to have "deceased voters" cast their ballot. It was also easy to change any ballot that did not meet with the political machine's approval. There was no such thing as the secret ballot that later came into use.The secret ballot or Australian ballot is a voting method that prevents the possibility of outside influence on the voter. This system of voting provides political privacy for the voter. Prior to this, voting was done through partisan newspapers printing out filled-out ballots which parties distribute on election day. These ballots are used by the voters so they could drop them directly into boxes. These pre printed ballots are typically of different color depending on the candidate that the voter is voting for. This openly displayed the decision of the voter and can be used by other people to sway their opinions. The secret ballot system uses voting booths and blank pieces of paper which each voter would mark their desired candidate. Without revealing to anyone, the voter folds the ballot and drops it into a sealed box. This system was first adopted by few states beginning with Louisville, Kentucky after the 1886 election. All the states would eventually adopt this method by 1890. The new secret ballot system provided people with the liberty to choose whoever they desire as their candidate of choice. People are able to cast their vote anonymously without the influence of others. This gave political liberty to people. 17th AMENDMENT: During the Gilded Age, corrupt state legislatures continued to choose their senators based on the Constitution, denying citizens the right to choose their representatives in the Senate. As a result:The 17th amendment ratified in 1913, is the direct election of senators through citizens votes. Citizens cast their votes to elect senators using a system of popular vote to decide. Prior to this, state legislatures would chose senators. Each state will have two senators, and each senator will receive one vote. This benefitted the government democratically as it provided individuals the liberty to vote for their senator to represent them. It related to individuals, whereas prior it was a federal hierarchy. This amendment showed the progression of the constitution providing a better and closer connection between citizens and federal government. This amendment makes every single vote casted by citizens to matter in the decision of selecting a senator. BALLOT INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL: Corrupt state legislatures were able to cheat the public by passing laws favoring their business interests or deals that would bring economic profits. The public were unable to keep the state legislature in check.The ballot initiative is a means in which a petition signed by a certain minimum number of registered voters can bring about a public vote on a proposed statute or constitutional amendment. The initiative process enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes and sometimes constitutional amendments on the ballot. There are two types of initiatives: direct and indirect. In a situation of a direct, the proposals go directly on the ballot. The indirect process requires the ballot to the submitted to the state legislature, which can be rejected or acted upon by the legislature. Referendum refers to a measure that appears on the ballot. There are two kinds of Referendum: legislative referendum and popular referendum. Legislature are often required to have voter approval for certain changes in legislative referendum. Popular referendum allows voters to approve or repeal an act of the legislature. If the legislature passes a law that voters do not approve of, they can gather signatures to demand a popular vote on that particular law. Recall is a procedure that allows citizens to remove and replace a public official before the end of their term. All of these processes and measures provide citizens with more impact and influence upon the federal government. Ballot initiative, referendum and recall are powers reserved to enable the voters. Voters are now have the power of initiative, the right to directly propose legislation themselves, referendum, allowing people to vote directly for or against laws, and the power to recall corrupt elected officials. (EBSCO)
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Some Warwickshire schools and council services unexpectedly reopened today, now that the fuel supply problems appear to be at an end.
While some motorists are still having trouble finding petrol, or have to join long queues when they can find stations open, some local authority services that were set to be closed today are open after all.
Rubbish tips closed on Friday night and were set to remain shut indefinitely but were all open again today.
School bus services restart tomorrow. And Stagecoach Midland Red is now operating a full service again after curtailing evening and some weekend services to save fuel.
Many schools were expected to be closed to day across the county, but some schools in Nuneaton, Atherstone, and Coleshill announced over the weekend they would be open after all.
The county council says all of its schools will be open tomorrow. A large number, particularly in Rugby and Nuneaton, remain closed, as staff and pupils are finding it difficult to get to lessons.
�The situation has changed over the weekend with some fuel now filtering through.
"Members and headteachers at the county council have been working over the weekend to minimise disruption to schools.
Elsewhere, all libraries were back to normal from today.
Trading standards are operating as usual, but giving priority to people with problems arising from the fuel crisis.
County council leader Ian Bottrill has written to staff thanking them for their efforts over the recent problems.
Coventry City Council asked staff to curtail non-essential journeys, but was largely unaffected by the fuel crisis that gripped the country last week.


But I can give you some of my thoughts.
Press Release. If you have a target, then a good thing. I used a press release with a local newspaper that ran a feature of me and an upcoming book signing. Shot gunning news services without a clear goal, not a good thing.
Giving away books. It's good PR. Trading free books for reviews never worked for me. They take the book and nada.
Discounting books. Yeah, it probably boosts sales but at what price? It takes lots of sales at $0.99 to yield same profit at $2.99. Still give it shot and see what happens.
Social Media. Not sure it will bring in sales, but it's a great way to brand your name and your books.
Reviews. A good thing, although all five stars makes me wonder. Is the book that good or does the author have lots of friends?
Reviews on book blogs. I find most reviewers are swamped. Go for an interview instead. It takes less work for the reviewer and gets the same exposure. For the most fun, see if you can get a live interview.
Learn how to write. Putting out inferior work will not help futures sales. People will take a chance on a new writer once. But they will not keep buy clunkers.
Do a great cover. Eye candy sells. People judge a book by the cover.
Take your time. No one is an overnight success.
Most important: make writing your passion. This isn't for the money. It's for the reader.
"Learn how to write. Putting out inferior work will not help futures sales. People will take a chance on a new writer once. But they will not keep buy clunkers."
Most important tip up there. 100% agree. Wish I could say I 100% complied. Some of the early stuff is/was shocking.


WILFRIED ZAHA showed just why Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson paid £15million for his services by capping a scintillating performance with his first England goal on Thursday night.
Zaha's first-half strike, a curling shot from the edge of the area after eluding three defenders, set Stuart Pearce's Under-21s on their way to a 3-0 win over Romania in their penultimate warm-up match before this summer's European Championships in Israel.
Zaha, 20, who will remain on loan at Crystal Palace until the end of the season, believes the tournament will be the perfect showcase for him to prove himself on a bigger stage before his switch to Old Trafford.
"It means a lot to me because for all the good stuff I hear about me, people saying I'm a good player, there are many that say I'm overrated, so this is a great chance for me to show what I'm all about and why I have got to where I am now," said the Ivory Coast-born striker.
England's recent record under Pearce is staggering. They have won their last eight games , scoring 18 and conceding none, and will be one of the summer favourites . As for Zaha, he is still pinching himself having won a full cap in November, as a late substitute against Sweden.
He said: "The difference is I'm more star-struck when I'm playing with the senior England players as opposed to the Under-21s.


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Presenting Ethics Alarms' 67th Rationalization: The Underwood Maneuver or "That's In The Past"
March 21, 2016 March 21, 2016 / Jack Marshall
The latest addition to the Ethics Alarms Rationalization List is #50 A, The Underwood Maneuver, or "That's in the past." It is a sub-rationalization of #50, The Apathy Defense, or "Nobody Cares," and the 67th dishonest, illogical or otherwise ethics-busting excuse for wrongful conduct on the list.
This rationalization has the honor of being named for a President, though a fictional and sinister one: Frank Underwood, the devious, psychopathic, lying and murdering Chief Executive, played by Kevin Spacey, who leads the den of thieves and blackguards who populate the fictional Washington, D.C. in the Netflix drama, "House of Cards." I owe the series my gratitude for reminding me of this classic rationalization, which is a favorite not only of President Underwood and his Lady Macbeth-like First Lady, but also—just coincidentally—of Bill and Hillary Clinton. Indeed, Hillary's current campaign is built on it.
The Underwood Maneuver is versatile. Frank's favorite use of it is when he is seeking assistance from one of the gazillion elected officials, appointees and other whom he has lied to or metaphorically stabbed in the back. "Why should I trust you now, when you betrayed me?" these poor souls are always asking. "Oh, but that was in the past!" says Frank, in his gentle South Carolina accent. "This is now. We need each other now. What's done is done. Let's move forward."
What makes the Underwood Maneuver so devilishly effective is that, like many other rationalizations, there is a nugget of common sense in it that makes it seem reasonable. Why let an incident that cannot be undone limit our options today? Why be hampered by bitterness, anger, and hurt, when a new slate looms, and all can be made right? Like its parent, The Apathy Defense, #50 A also hints that dwelling on past wrongs is pointless, graceless and irrational. Everybody has forgotten about that, so why can't you? Why can't you move on?
The Underwood Maneuver falsely holds that time erases accountability. Like Frank, real life unethical politicians know that if responsibility for a scandal. lie or crime can be denied, delayed, ducked, distorted and ignored long enough, the news media and the public will become fatigued and frustrated, and ultimately give up on holding the wrongdoers accountable. Out of political life, we have a sack full of nostrums and wise saying that urge us to move on from bad experiences. Let bygones be bygones. Forgive and forget. Let the past stay in the past.
This of course, is wonderfully useful to the habitually unethical, because "moving on" gives them the benefit of undeserved forgiveness and trust, and an opportunity to repeat their unethical and harmful conduct, or worse. The Underwood Maneuver doesn't just urge its victims to give up crippling grudges, which would indeed be positive advice. It also manipulates the victim of wrongful conduct into forgiving and forgetting without the essential contributions a truly reformed wrongdoer must make to the equation: admission of harm , acceptance of responsibility, remorse and regret, amends and compensation, and good reason to believe that the unethical conduct won't be repeated. Frank Underwood never provides any of that, because #50 A, The Underwood Maneuver, or "That's in the past" is designed to put gullible victims at ease so they will let down the guard that experience would otherwise provide to them.
By emphasizing that wrongdoing was in the past, this rationalization all but assures that it is also lurking in the near future.
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Tim LeVier
What's absolutely funny (to me at least) is even knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt everything that Frank Underwood has done, I'd still vote for him over Hillary and Donald.
It isn't funny. But I agree with you, absolutely. I'd probably vote for him over any of the remaining candidates, and Obama. How sad is that?
Well, I guess this is a bit rash. I can't vote for a man whom I know has killed a Congressman and a journalist with his bare hands, and had a prostitute killed by his orders. No, even considering Michael Corleone's ironic comment to Kay. What I wanted to say, I guess, is that Frank is more competent, and no less trustworthy, than our real life alternatives.
Ha. Well said.
One of the things that kept me going during the Obama presidency was the thought that his replacement couldn't be worse. Now that Clinton and Trump look to be the likely candidates I realize how Pollyannaish I was being.
Our President is using this as we speak in Cuba as U.S. foreign policy.
Steve-O-in-NJ
Saying "that's in the past" can be fairly effectively parried with "so what?" What the person is really saying is "oh, get over it," which is fairly easy to say when you're not the one being asked to get over or forgive or ignore what happened in the past.
Toward the end of the run of Carroll O'Connor's second big series "In the Heat of the Night," where he played small-town police chief Bill Gillespie, there was an episode centering on anti-Semitism. A rabbi (played by Jerry Stiller) was forced by arson and threats of violence from small-town Mississippi 25 years before the episode when he openly supported the civil rights movement.
He knew everyone else knew who the perpetrators were, and he knew that the police, including then-officer Gillespie, were not doing a thing about it. He still holds a grudge against Gillespie and the few remaining officers from way back then, and calls Gillespie corrupt and an anti-Semite to his face.
Anyway, at the close of the drama, after the police have arrested the current perpetrator, Gillespie goes to see the rabbi, and asks if he can persuade him that today is different from yesterday. Barely looking up from his work, the rabbi coldly tells him that is a fact and he needs no persuasion, before returning to his holy books. He can't forget what went on then, and he's not going to forgive this last relic who aided it by his silence and inaction.
The wronged is not obligated to forgive the wrongdoer just because time has passed.
valkygrrl
Oh dear, Jack are you watching Ted Cruz on Cnn right now, he just got lobbed a softball and tried to hit it with his face. He refused to disagree with someone who called Chris Cristie treasonous for hiring a Muslim and called Barack Obama the first Muslim president.
His answer is "I'm not going to play the gotya game" and then he pivited to saying the words radical islamic terror over and over. That always makes me cringe. Just keep saying those exact words and then try dealing with Saudi Arabia when you're in the oval office, see how that works out.
Not so fast. Christy appointed a Muslim judge who previously represented an Iman with ties to Hamas which is a terrorist organization. I don't think this meets the criteria for treason, but it does show bad judgement. Why should Cruz be forced to attack somebody that got caught up in their own hyperbole?
He wasn't being asked to attack, all he had to say was that he didn't agree.
Not so fast. Christy appointed a Muslim judge who previously represented an Iman with ties to Hamas which is a terrorist organization. I don't think this meets the criteria for treason, but it does show bad judgement.
Are Imans with ties to Hamas no longer entitled to legal representation? I'm quite happy to judge lobbyists by their clients but lawyers?
I didn't say say, although if the guy is not a U.S. Citizen he should be classified as an enemy combatant. The lawyer who has been very sympathetic to terrorist groups, is unqualified to be appointed a judge.
The judge, Sohail Mohammed was working as an immigration lawyer. Mohammad Qatanani applied for a green card and hired Sohail. This is the thing you think makes him unqualified, that he was hired by someone applying for a green card.
Qatanani was accused of lying on his application and hired a lawyer for his deportation hearing, that lawyer was not Sohai.
This is the major screw up? This is the thing that was called treasonous? This is the horrid judgement? An immigration lawyer helped someone with his green card application. that someone was later accused of being a bad guy and now has a different lawyer.
The other things this lawyer has done… Represented some people accused of immigration violations, helped train law enforcement on matters of Muslim sub-culture in the US and co-founded a foundation dedicated to cross-cultural understanding.
I have no idea if he's a good judge, I have no idea if he's a good person, but I see nothing in his resume that makes his appointment treasonous. And for the other matter enemy combatant? What in the nine Sith hells is wrong with you? He's getting due process, at the end he'll either be deported or allowed to stay You don't just get to decide someone is an enemy combatant because you don't like what they're accused of, not here, not even under President Trump.
luckyesteeyoreman
Conceptually, the Underwood Maneuver (UM) seems to be the opposite of the "Revenge Privilege" (RP). The RP is aka the "historically disadvantaged minority"'s reparation entitlement rationalization, aka the Professional Victim's Delusion – a byproduct of modern group-rights groupthink, particularly useful to (and nurtured by) U.S.-cultured race-hustlers and poverty pimps, but also useful to a growing and diverse array of so-called social justice warriors, particularly within the U.S.:
"Bad things were done in the past against 'my people,' so from hereon and for the sake of justice, everybody who is not one of my people owes me and my people perks A, B, C,…N [to infinity – like a list of demands by rioting, bullying college students] [and to hell with any detrimental effects those perks have on me, my people, or any other people]. This is for NOW and FOREVER; the past will NEVER be forgiven. The damages of the past will NEVER be compensated for adequately, NEVER be fully repaired such that my and my people's entitlements end." (or something like that)
Both the UM and the RP are tools for rationalizing the perpetuation of gross inequality. I am sure that many of the users of those rationalizations have closed their minds around the ironic, contradictory thought that they are on the side of ultimate justice, "on the right side of history," etc., for the sake of achieving what they consider "equality."
I don't have the Revenge Privilege on the list. Should I add it, or is it just a refinement of 2 A. Sicilian Ethics, or "They had it coming"
I was probably thinking of 2A subliminally, when I put the quotes around the words. I have to go back and re-read what you say about 2A. I was probably making up my own terms for what you have already defined adequately. My first intuition is that RP is a _relative_ or manifestation of 2A, but it probably is not worth calling RP a "refinement."
stvplln
All you have to do is substitute Arkansas for South Carolina and Clinton for Underwood to bring the scenario into stark reality.
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Website Brand Review of Apache Flex
Many projects come to Apache from software vendors donating them to the Apache community, where the Apache Incubator works to form an open and independent community around the project. Here, Adobe donated both the code and the brand for their Flex project to Apache. Now, the ASF is the steward both to the vibrant Apache Flex community, as well as the new owner of the Flex brand and registered trademark.
Here's my quick review of the Apache Flex project, told purely from the point of view of a new user finding the project website. While we're all familiar with Adobe Flash browser plugin, not everyone may be familiar with the Flex environment for building Flash (and other!) applications.
What Is Apache Flex?
Apache Flex® is the open-source framework for building expressive web and mobile applications.
In other words, Flex is a toolkit for building general applications that can be run on a variety of web browsers and mobile platforms that include the Adobe Flash or Adobe AIR runtimes or application containers. Flex is the coding language and environment you use to write applications for the Flash/AIR containers.
No, Really, What Is Apache Flex For?
Flex is an SDK – or software development kit. Flex is the code libraries, compiler, and other tools that a developer uses to build applications for the Flash or AIR runtimes. Flex does not include an IDE; while you can hand-write Flex code with your favorite editor, any of several popular IDEs make the build process much easier.
Developers can write in MXML layout language to define documents or screens, including responsive applications for differing screen or presentation modes or features. You use ActionScript to write code for application logic. The Flex SDK includes a wide variety of APIs for accessing features of the target runtime, including mobile device features like GPS, accelerometers, cameras, and the like.
Flex takes your application code and compiles it into an SWF file, which can then run in a target Flash or AIR runtime on a wide variety of platforms or devices.
The Flex project includes a variety of other helper and testing tools, as well as a complete automated unit test suite.
New User Website Perceptions
That is, what does a new user see "above the fold" when first coming to the Apache Flex project homepage? For their first impression, is it easy to find things, and is the design appealing and easy to follow?
The homepage is professionally laid out, with integrated design, graphics, fonts, a colorful but useful carousel, and prominently positioned social media links. Key Documentation, Download, and other links are prominent. The design is consistent across the bulk of the top level links; API reference documentation and the like uses a different, but still pleasant design. The main site footer in particular includes useful About and Subscribe blurbs, including a News ticker.
The main Download for the SDK Installer (what new developers would start with) unfortunately uses a Flash control to begin the download, which some users may have blocked by their web browsers. Since the primary target of use is Flash or Air applications, this makes sense – and there's a direct link to how to install without Flash on that page.
Pointers to documentation, including Getting Started and How To Get Involved are nicely written and include plenty of details. In particular, the homepage and navbar include plenty of links to introductions and training/learning materials and classes for building Flex applications. While the Flex environment can have a lot of complexity, there are plenty of pointers to good educational materials by the project community and by Adobe. Similarly, there are many examples of existing projects built with Flex – there are plenty of designers in this community as well as coders!
Perhaps I'm getting old, but I found the default font size for body text on the site to be quite small and light in color, making it a more difficult read.
Apache Branding Requirements
Apache projects are expected to manage their own affairs, including making all technical and content decisions for their code and websites. However to ensure a small modicum of consistency – and to ensure users know that an Apache project is hosted at the ASF – there are a few requirements all Apache projects must include in their projectname.apache.org websites (or wikis, etc.)
Apache Flex is used consistently, and is carefully ® attributed appropriately.
Website navigation links (except **not** Security!) to ASF pages included in the site's navigation system.
Logo includes ™ footers include trademark attributions and a privacy policy link.
DOAP file exists and includes latest release.
A Community – Third Party Tools page includes a categorized list of a wide variety of third party tools related to building, using, and testing Flex projects.
Homepage includes prominent section discussing the Apache license, with a link to a page listing the license and trademark policies. (Note: seems like the about-licensing.html page needs tweaking)
SEO / Search Hits / Related Sites
Well, SEO is far outside of our scope (and debatable in usefulness anyway), but it's interesting to see: how does a new user find the Apache Flex homepage when they were searching?
Searching for "Flex" (a common word, so we might expect a lot of other hits):
Top hit: varies – either unrelated hits, or Adobe's information page about Flex
Other top hits: Adobe page, wikipedia page, project homepage, other sites.
Searching for "Flex software":
Top hits are typically either the Adobe page or wikipedia page. The Apache project homepage is on the first page of results, and a variety of other informational pages (some about unrelated FLEX software) are also found.
The Flex project has a notable official social media presence linked prominently on the homepage.
https://twitter.com/ApacheFlex is the official feed, including all major news announcements.
https://www.facebook.com/Apache-Flex-174249699342648/ is their Facebook Page, not updated for a while.
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4296888/profile LinkedIn group has 2800 members.
https://plus.google.com/111388451204258651329 has some traffic and a few hundred followers; https://plus.google.com/112528015864687661082 is smaller and hasn't been updated for some time.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/Flex is active and includes a note about Apache Flex, which is nice.
What Do You Think Apache Flex Is?
So, what do you think? Is Flex still relevant in the age of HTML5, endless JavaScript frameworks, and the move away from custom runtimes and tooling to simpler code for interactive features? Will you be more interested in Flex once it can compile your ActionScript directly to HTML/Javascript in the browser without the Flash plugin?
Note: I'm writing here as an individual, not wearing any Apache hat. I hope this is useful both to new users and to the Apache Flex community, not necessarily a call to change anything. I haven't used Flex for any real deployments myself, so please do comment with corrections to anything I've messed up above!
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Q: Installing packages using pip give SSL error I recently started learning Python, am new to Python but not to programming. I have four machines on which I was able to install the Django and Python seamlessly. On the fifth machine that is a Mac Book Pro OS 10.6.8 I am able to install Django (or for that matter any other package) for Python2.6 but get the following error if I try it for Python 3.4.1
Downloading/unpacking django
Cannot fetch index base URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/
Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement django
Cleaning up...
No distributions at all found for django
Storing debug log for failure in /Users/himmy/.pip/pip.log

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Thanks in Advance

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"""Tests for c_api utils."""
import gc
from tensorflow.python.framework import c_api_util
from tensorflow.python.framework import test_util
from tensorflow.python.platform import googletest

class ApiDefMapTest(test_util.TensorFlowTestCase):

  def testApiDefMapOpNames(self):
    api_def_map = c_api_util.ApiDefMap()
    self.assertIn("Add", api_def_map.op_names())

  def testApiDefMapGet(self):
    api_def_map = c_api_util.ApiDefMap()
    op_def = api_def_map.get_op_def("Add")
    self.assertEqual(op_def.name, "Add")
    api_def = api_def_map.get_api_def("Add")
    self.assertEqual(api_def.graph_op_name, "Add")

  def testApiDefMapPutThenGet(self):
    api_def_map = c_api_util.ApiDefMap()
    api_def_text = """
op {
  graph_op_name: "Add"
  summary: "Returns x + y element-wise."
  description: <<END
*NOTE*: `Add` supports broadcasting. `AddN` does not. More about broadcasting
[here](http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/user/basics.broadcasting.html)
END
}
"""
    api_def_map.put_api_def(api_def_text)
    api_def = api_def_map.get_api_def("Add")
    self.assertEqual(api_def.graph_op_name, "Add")
    self.assertEqual(api_def.summary, "Returns x + y element-wise.")

class UniquePtrTest(test_util.TensorFlowTestCase):

  def setUp(self):

    super(UniquePtrTest, self).setUp()

    class MockClass:

      def __init__(self):
        self.deleted = False

    def deleter(obj):
      obj.deleted = True

    self.obj = MockClass()
    self.deleter = deleter

  def testLifeCycle(self):
    self.assertFalse(self.obj.deleted)

    a = c_api_util.UniquePtr(name="mock", deleter=self.deleter, obj=self.obj)

    with a.get() as obj:
      self.assertIs(obj, self.obj)

    del a
    gc.collect()
    self.assertTrue(self.obj.deleted)

  def testSafeUnderRaceCondition(self):
    self.assertFalse(self.obj.deleted)

    a = c_api_util.UniquePtr(name="mock", deleter=self.deleter, obj=self.obj)

    with a.get() as obj:
      self.assertIs(obj, self.obj)
      # The del below mimics a potential race condition.
      # 'a' could be owned by a different thread, and this thread not
      # necessarily hold a long-term reference to a.
      del a
      gc.collect()
      self.assertFalse(obj.deleted)

    gc.collect()
    self.assertTrue(self.obj.deleted)

  def testRaiseAfterDeleted(self):
    self.assertFalse(self.obj.deleted)

    a = c_api_util.UniquePtr(name="mock", deleter=self.deleter, obj=self.obj)

    # The __del__ below mimics a partially started deletion, potentially
    # started from another thread.
    # 'a' could be owned by a different thread, and this thread not
    # necessarily hold a long-term reference to a.
    a.__del__()
    self.assertTrue(self.obj.deleted)

    with self.assertRaisesRegex(c_api_util.AlreadyGarbageCollectedError,
                                "MockClass"):
      with a.get():
        pass

    gc.collect()
    self.assertTrue(self.obj.deleted)

if __name__ == "__main__":
  googletest.main()

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Julia López
Instructor of Medicine - Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University
Forest Park Southeast Neighborhood
Julia became a MHB Trustee in January of 2020 and serves on the MHB Program Committee. She is currently Instructor of Medicine- Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington University. She is a public health researcher who uses her clinical practice skills to further advance the field of sexual health using public health theories and frameworks. To date, she has worked to integrate her clinical expertise as a licensed social worker in community mental health settings and substance use treatment with the research design and methodology for analyzing, interpreting, and disseminating data across a myriad of settings and populations. By building on this foundation, Dr. López focuses on addressing gaps in research and clinical practices in the areas of HIV care, sexual and gender minority health, and its relationship to risk factors associated with mental and physical health outcomes.


I'm not enjoying "the show" because there is no show. When will something [anything] happen that I can enjoy?
I think we're getting REALLY Close..
The stage is being set for all the (bad actors), rehearsals underway before opening night for the world to see.
There is but you just can't see it yet. It also isn't something you would enjoy watching but once you see it you will do what you can to fight it.
Have patience and start at the beginning again.
anyone know what the "Kansas" reference might lead to ?
I thought it had been determined that Q was a fraud.
Only by those not willing to see the Deep State for what it really is.
Patriots, it is full out Wheels Down, we are grinding down the runway, praying that the potholes are manageable, and looking forward to clear skies ahead.
In the meantime, keep your nose to the grindstone, your ear to the pavement and your eye on the net. This is not a game, this is the future that we are either allowing or creating.
Hey, Keybored! Glad to see you at the helm, and thank you IW for the fantastic ride that got us here.
Thanks IW for the hard work in the other thread. Thanks for starting the new one Keybored. Green to both of you.
Anyone of significance in US arrested yet?
NWO Agenda /Hillary for President...on hold, please wait, your call is very important to us.
You get flack when you're over the target.
Someone please unpin the thread.
Anyone posting in this thread who isn't trolling.
This thread by the looks has been put the pine list.
Click on the RED pin in the FIRST POST of thread to UNPIN it.
Saudi Arabia crown/city of london/vatican/Israel axis severely crippled with Saudi mass arrests.
40k pedophiles arrested in last year in US.
This is going down for real, and the luciferian world order will be openly dismantled and truth out in the open for all to see.


For those of us who always excelled in language related tasks, at school or at work, it can be difficult to put yourself in the shoes of a child with a writing disability. This module provides a writing task that allows us to get an idea of what it might be like for our students who struggle with a writing disability. After experiencing a simulation of the struggle our students experience all day, every day, in school hopefully we can be more sympathetic to that struggle and more effective in our planning and support of those students.


In another challenging financial year, the Highland Council Administration has pledged to protect education services in the 2017/18 budget.
The Highland Council will consider next year's budget at its meeting on Thursday 16 February. School budgets, which fund teachers and school support services, have been protected by the Council Administration, and there are no proposals to make savings in these areas.
Having met the Scottish Government's teacher numbers target in 2016, Highland Council remains committed to maintaining teacher ratios in Primary and Secondary Schools. The Council has also developed a programme to enhance the support to Headteachers and to sustain rural education, which will ensure that all schools can be more effective, as well as more cost effective in future years.
In addition, while Additional Support Needs (ASN) budgets have been reduced by Councils across much of the country, Highland Council's Administration intends another successive year where there will be no cuts to ASN in this authority.
Councillor Drew Millar, Chair of the Education, Children & Adult Services Committee said: "This Administration has pledged to protect education, and I am delighted that we are delivering on this pledge. We will maintain funding for teachers and ASN services.
"This has not been easy, given that Education and Additional Support Needs make up over a third of the total spend of the Council. However, elected members understand how important these services are to our children and to our communities. By investing in education, we are investing in our young people and in the future of the Highlands. We have therefore been determined to protect these services.
"I am also especially pleased that we have committed to withdrawing one budget measure agreed by Council in December 2014. Instead of the planned 10p increase in school meal prices for 2017/18, we are proposing a price freeze this year. We are proud of the quality of our school meals, and we want to encourage full take up, and we believe that this decision needs to be reversed."
Cllr Bill Fernie, The council budget leader said "As both Chairman of Resources committee and as a former chairman covering Education I have tried in these very difficult times with cuts to our core budget to protect this important aspect of our spending plans. The Independent group who make up the present Administration of the council were in no doubt about our priorities and children were one of them. Children, Adult Service and Roads were our top three when we took over and we have tried hard to maintain that position even in the face of significant cuts in our funding from Scottish Goverment.


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Q: Dimension of the space of G-module homeomorphisms between direct sums of representations I've been looking for a proof that if $V$ is an irreducible representation of a finite group $G$ $\dim(\mathrm{Hom}(V,W)^G)$ is equal to the multiplicity  of $V$ in the decomposition of $W$, where $ \mathrm{Hom}(V,W)^G$ is the invariant subspace under $G$ of $ \mathrm{Hom}(V,W)$. Everything is clear except when everyone states one form or another of
$$\mathrm{dim(Hom}(V,W_1\oplus W_2)^G)=\mathrm{dim(Hom(}V,W_1)^G)+\mathrm{dim(Hom(}V,W_2)^G)$$
this fact is not obvious to me, even though it might be under a layer of rust over my linear algebra.
I know that $\dim(\mathrm{Hom}(V,W_1\oplus W_2))=\dim(\mathrm{Hom}(V,W_1))+ \dim(\mathrm{Hom}(V,W_2))$ from $\mathrm{Hom}(V,W)\cong V^*\otimes W$, but how can I see that this statement translates to the restriction over the invariant subspace under $G$?

A: The idea is that $\oplus$ is also a direct sum as $G$-modules, and $\hom (V_1,V_2)^G$ is the same as $\hom_G(V_1,V_2)$, that is, morphisms of $G$-modules (also called morphisms of representations or intertwiners)
Therefore a morphism of $G$-modules $V\to W\oplus Z$ is the same as morphisms of $G$-modules $V\to W, V\to Z$


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The Wiz Live! Wins Two NAACP Image Awards
News Tony Winner Says "Diversity Is Not a Trending Topic" Actress Viola Davis, who has been nominated for a Tony Award each time she has appeared on Broadway, said the promotion of diversity in casting "is not [just] a trending topic."
Addressing recent controversy over the lack of Oscar nominations for people of color, Davis made her comments backstage to reporters shortly after winning the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Award as Best Actress in a TV Drama for "How to Get Away With Murder."
She said, "We've become a society of trending topics," but "diversity is not a trending topic, it's just not. I've always considered myself an actor since I got my Equity card in 1988. I've never put any limitations on myself. I can play any character in Chekhov and Shakespeare and Miller and August Wilson."
She added, "All of the actors of color that I know don't place any limitations on themselves either, so regardless of what is going on with the Academy, regardless what is going on with Hollywood, they will find a way to be excellent. We always have and we always will."
Davis has appeared on Broadway three times, each time in a play by August Wilson. She won the 2010 Tony as Best Leading Actress in a Play for her performance in Fences, won Best Featured Actress in a Play for King Hedley II and was nominated as Best Featured Actress in a Play for Seven Guitars.
Watch her speech here:
"Diversity is not a trending topic" - @violadavis backstage at the #SAGAwards https://t.co/cHWfimk3zL
— Variety (@Variety) January 31, 2016
Seven Guitars (Broadway 1996)
Fences (Broadway 2010)
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Through the service, six luxury yachts will be deployed from 2 p.m. to 12 a.m. Dec. 3-5, with the boat option incorporated into the normal Uber mobile app. Normal Uber drivers will be able to take up to six people to dock locations. Once on the other side, riders can use the same trip to get an Uber to anywhere within the zone.
In addition to the UberBOAT, a water taxi launching from the boat ramp at Maurice Gibb Memorial Park will be available from Thursday to Sunday.
To move people around on land without a car, several shuttle services will be available.
A free trolley will shuttle visitors across Biscayne Bay via the Julia Tuttle Causeway from Wednesday through Sunday. A joint effort between Miami and Miami Beach, the trolley will run between the Art Basel Miami Beach's home at the Convention Center and satellite fairs in Midtown Miami and Wynwood.
This shuttle runs from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. Riders can expect service about every 15 minutes.
Another shuttle in the Beach will run from 10th Street and Washington Avenue north to 72nd Street, connecting South Beach and North Beach to the Convention Center.
Miami will also have trolleys running north to south in loops that stretch from the Central Business District north through Little Haiti and Little River. These trolleys will run from 11 a.m. to midnight from Tuesday through Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday. Riders can expect shuttles every 30 minutes.
Buses will have WiFi, and stops in Miami will have free mobile device charging stations.
Over in Miami Beach, officials plan to pause some construction projects in a few key areas during the art fair.
With West Avenue under construction from 14th Street south to the MacArthur Causeway, drivers will need to take Alton Road to access the bridge.
Other fairs, like PULSE Miami Beach at Indian Beach Park, will have their own shuttles to and from the Convention Center.
▪ UberBOAT will be available from 2 p.m. to midnight Thursday to Saturday.
▪ Request UberBOAT in your app when you are in the UberBOAT Zone. The zone in Miami is bounded by 46th Street on the north, Interstate 95 to the west, Interstate 395 to the south and Biscayne Bay to the east. The zone in Miami Beach stretches from the bay to the ocean from 46th Street to South Pointe.
▪ If connected, a driver will take you and up to five of your friends to the corresponding UberBOAT Dock.
▪ UberBOAT will cost $35 and is available for groups of up to six riders.
4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, noon to 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
▪ Departs from Purdy boat ramp (Maurice Gibb Memorial Park) every 90 minutes and lands at OMNI and Bayside. The city's Art Basel shuttle will be providing a connection to the water taxi as well.
One-way fares are adults $15, children 4-12 $10, younger than 4 free, Miami Beach residents $10.
The city's Art Basel shuttle will be providing a connection to the water taxi at the scheduled times.


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The basic meaning of the term spirituality has grown and even expanded with the passage of time. There are a number of connotations that can easily be found in this regard. To be taken in traditional terms, spirituality is basically a religious procedure of reformation which is aimed towards recovering the original shape of men. Spirituality is a term that was used within early Christianity as was previously referred to as a life that was oriented towards the Holy Spirit. Later, it got a broadened meaning where mental facets of life also came into the picture.
The Meaning of Spirituality for Different People
In these modern times, spirituality is a term that not only encompasses different religious traditions but even includes a host of esoteric traditions. It has got a wider experience these days and modern uses of the terms refers to a kind of subjective experience that comes with a very scared dimension and some of the deepest meanings and values by which individuals live. This is sometimes in the context of completely separate religious institutions like belief in supernatural realms, quest for sacred or ultimate meaning and personal growth.
There are different meanings of spirituality for different individuals. For some people, it is something about taking part in an organized religion. This includes visiting the church, mosque or synagogue. However, there are other individuals who are of the belief that spirituality is a completely non-religious experience wherein different people have different meanings to it. For some individuals, it is like coming in close contact with their spiritual side by way of private prayers, meditations and yoga and for the others it is having a very strong belief in supernatural things; taking long walks and quite reflection.
Measuring Spirituality
Not every individual is spiritual. However, the instinct towards proper spirituality remains deeply integrated in almost every person. Some show it while the others don't. To be very specific, people cannot do without asking big questions as it remains wired into their brains. It has been proved through research that even the most skeptic individuals do not have the ability of stifling the belief that there is something existing greater than the concrete world that they are seeing.
It is quite challenging to measure spirituality. With only few exceptions, the real percentage of individuals identifying as being religious in different industrialized countries is actually declining. But religious affiliation and spirituality are not necessarily the same. It is quite possible that people who are spiritual might not be religious.


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Nemesis Boat Club is the Alumni Club for Manchester University Boat Club. Our aims are to provide MUBC Alumni with a club that organises races and socials, keeps members updated with what is happening in MUBC and to raise funds for MUBC to help them achieve better results.
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You can add character to your windows by casing them, an easy process that you can accomplish with a few mitre cuts. Learn how to case windows using this decorative style.
Is your little dude a Justin Bieber fan? Or does he dig Justin Bieber's indie cool side-swept shaggy cut? Then turn him into a Bieber lookalike by giving him the Bieber cut. Take a gander at this hairstyling video to learn how to easily cut and style Bieber's famous hairdo.


Jacksonville, Florida has laid claim to the 32256 zip code! It contains the most people out of any other city in the state. The warm climate attracts plenty of tourists on a regular basis. Fortunately, you have the chance to enjoy this weather every single day. The area has a lot to offer and tons of exciting things going on every day. Make sure to take a tour of the city so you can pick out and ultimately experience your favorite amenities. Residents enjoy mingling and building organic friendships with new residents. City officials have consistently enhanced the quality of life for its citizens!
Fill up your calendar with fun plans involving the area's attractions and amenities. Dine at the classy and highly rated venues such as the Terra Gaucha Brazilian Steakhouse, the Seven Seas Crabhouse and Moon River Pizza. Organize a group of friends to take on a challenge at the Great Escape Room. To reward kids for good behavior and grades let them go to an arcade called Video Game Rescue. Let them learn and interact with animals at the Catty Shack Ranch Wildlife Sanctuary or the Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens. Learn at a more sophisticated level when you venture to the Museum of Science and History.
The real estate market will impress you in many ways. First, browse the homes in the Bayberry Community by Pulte Homes. This gated community has low maintenance homes. The neighborhood shares a pool and fitness center. The average homes will have around three bedrooms and up to 2,100 square feet. Prices will stay in the 100s and 200s. Also look into Nocatee – the Crossing by Providence Homes. The beautiful and energy efficient homes have award winning models. The homes have up to four bedrooms, around three bathrooms spread over up to 3,200 square feet. They have well-kept green lawns that increase its aesthetic.
Schools operate in the Douglas County Public School District. It has two schools that Newsweek Magazine has featured in its list of the top high schools in America! The area also has some big colleges like Jacksonville University and the University of North Florida.
Many advantages come with deciding to live in Jacksonville, Florida. Rapidly get acclimated to life here. Your family and friends from out of town will find time to come visit you. And the beautiful homes represent the icing on the cake. Put your faith in us and we will go above and beyond your expectations.