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Sileby Parish Council submitted an application, for the whole of the parish of Sileby, to be designated as a Neighbourhood Area which was received by the local authority on the 6th December 2016.
The application was approved by Charnwood Borough Council on the 20th January 2017, a copy of the application and the decision is available to view here.
Further information on the Neighbourhood Plan as it develops will be posted here as it becomes available. If you have any questions please contact Sileby Parish Council by email clerk@silebyparishcouncil.org.uk or by telephone on 01509 813075.


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Roger Sutton of Read Roger brought The Romeo and Juliet Code by Phoebe Stone to my attention. It's been sitting on my shelf for awhile, though I haven't gotten to it yet. What do you think it's about? No, seriously, think about it before you read on.
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Although Best Books for Babies* is gone, Mel has kindly archived their annual lists of great books for little ones. As she says, board books go out of print pretty quickly, but these lists give you a great idea of what to look for in good books for babies. If you do baby storytime, check out these lists!
Your teens could help you win $3,000 for your library by making a video about "Why I Need My Library". Click through for details.
And Amanda's got another post that I starred, with Valentine's Day right around the corner. Whether you love or hate V-Day, why not turn the holiday into a wonderful tradition of sharing books that you love with the people you love?
What are you doing on May 2? No plans? Hold an Unconference at your library! May 2, 2011 is National Library Unconference Day. Check out that post on 8-bit Library for more details.
If you've got a teen book display for Black History Month, check out this post on The Hub for books to add to it.
And that's it for me. Enjoy your Saturday! Are you curling up with a good book this weekend? What book?
*I did not know about Best Books for Babies and now it appears I have missed the boat. Thank goodness for Mel!!!


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Virus - Some Suggestions and fixes - Virus Suggestions - PixelTail Games - Creators of Tower Unite!
Virus is fun. Don't get me wrong, its a very fun, fast-paced game about skill and awareness. But there are some issues I'd like to address with gameplay, and some fixes I'd like to suggest to take care of them.
1.) Infected either infect way too easily or not at all - The Infected in the game are literally naked green people on fire trying to run around and give other players cooties. 'nuff said. But still, it's a little fustrating that there's not a more definite, reliable way to infect someone. All you do is run into em a bunch, and there ya go. Sometimes they just get infected by being near you. It's weird.
How to fix this? - Just make it to where Infected have to hit a player with like claws or something to infect them. 3 Hits should be fair and suitable, that way its not too easy to infect or too difficult to survive.
2.) Adrenaline doesn't do Sh%t - I'll be honest, Adrenaline is handy, but it doesn't do much against preventing others from infecting you. You can't even attack while using it, so it would be better to use as an escape weapon, but it offers nothing to keep you from getting infected.
How to fix this? - Just add in a simple resistance to infections, to where it takes 6 hits and not 3. That way one single zombie can't take a boosted player down but teamwork can still overcome that obstacle.
3.) Round are too random - In regards to how a player is picked to be infected, there's really no good indicator as to who it'll be. This is good in some ways because it prevents players from staying away from one player who COULD be infected any second. But in other ways it causes situations like small groups of players to suddenly all get infected because the guy who they were huddling with turned into a zombie.
How to fix this? - I feel like there should be at least some passive benifits to surviving a round, with survivors being less likely to be first infected, and the top-scoring survivor of that round getting one free hit the following round.
4.) What even is "Enraged"? - Being "Enraged", as far as I can see, offers no real benifits, nor is there any particular trigger that I've found.
How to fix this? - Allow enraged zombies to be faster and have harder attacks, so that they infect in two hits and not 3 if the hit system is implemented.
And thats all the ideas I have for now, at least. Hopefully you guy's will see this and consider it.
I feel like the only difficulty with that one would be when it comes to lag. Personally, I think you're nerfing them too much by making it require 3 hits. Plus, requiring claws or something will probably make people yell at the hits not detecting even more. I think instead, a little dash where you boost forward a little bit would be a better alternative.
Adrenaline is just a speed boost. I think the idea is that it helps you not get touched, so yeah it's super handy against the infected. Getting an armour boost kinda defeats the purpose of Virus in my opinion.
I don't really have much to say about this one. I agree that the randomness can be kinda weird. Maybe if it was guaranteed to hit every person at least once per cycle so you don't have the same person infected multiple times.
Enraged is pretty solid I think. It offers a speed boost and more health if I recall correctly. It also happens when first infected dies 3 times in a row without infecting anybody I think.
Your first point may be related to lag, i've had games where the hit detection for being infected was really wonky, mostly because the host was in Antarctica or something.
You can attack while under the effects of adrenaline, adrenaline has saved me on multiple occasions.
The third problem doesn't show up really if everyone is playing intelligently, it's kinda common sense to not huddle up all together when almost anybody could be the infected. Plus, if you were first infected, you'll guaranteed be a survivor the next round.
Enraged helps the first infected, well infect, they get it when they are killed a few times without infecting anybody. The enraged effect doubles their HP and increases their movement speed.
I hate to say this, but I think all of these are pretty bad ideas.
No. Running into people for instant kills and chain reactions are core parts of Virus. This isn't zombiemod.
Nope. I find the pre-round to be one of the most interesting parts of the round and nothing is more rewarding than being patient zero and getting an infected win. There's a layer of tactics to the pre-round, too. Do you stay far away from everyone? Or do you risk standing close to potential infected, hoping to score free kills if you turn out to be the first?


A bicyclist pedals east on West Cortland Street near Lincoln Yards in Chicago on April 8, 2019.
Painting the controversial Lincoln Yards property tax subsidy as the most egregious example of the city using public money to bolster wealthy developers at the expense of resource-starved minority neighborhoods, activists filed suit Wednesday to try to stop the funds from going to the North Side mega-development.
The lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court by Grassroots Collaborative and Raise Your Hand strikes at the way Chicago mayors for decades have used tax-increment financing money. The proposed TIF package of up to $1.3 billion for Lincoln Yards, which is set to cover 55 acres of prime North Side real estate between Lincoln Park and Bucktown, provided the groups with the high-profile target they think they need to force reforms.
Lawyer Aneel Chablani said the groups will ask the judge in the case to freeze spending on the Lincoln Yards development as the lawsuit proceeds.
And Amisha Patel, executive director of Grassroots Collaborative, said the project's location and scope make it a compelling test case.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has long argued TIF money is needed for infrastructure improvements such as new roads, bridges and train stations in and out of the parcel around Goose Island to accommodate the massive traffic increase that will come with Sterling Bay's planned 14.5 million square feet of office, residential, hotel, restaurant, retail and entertainment space on the formerly industrial land along the Chicago River. The City Council approved the tax package last week, after Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot entered the fray and got developer Sterling Bay to agree to more construction contracts for minority- and women-owned businesses.
Outgoing Ald. Patrick O'Connor, 40th, shepherded the Lincoln Yards TIF through the council Finance Committee. He said Wednesday that the project needs the money injection or else the needed improvements won't happen. "We don't have that much money lying around to do this infrastructure, so if they're waiting for us to do it, they'll be waiting an awful long time," he said.
And he raised the specter of the successful court fight by lakefront activists to stop Star Wars creator George Lucas from building a museum on a Soldier Field parking lot as an example of a good project getting waylaid by a lawsuit. "If they want to go in and stop it, by all means. I mean, we stopped the Lucas museum, and we still have a really nice parking lot out on the lake, so why wouldn't you want to stop this?" he said.
In a TIF district like the one the city created to encompass the Lincoln Yards project, property taxes collected by taxing bodies like Chicago Public Schools and City Hall are frozen for up to 23 years. As the property value increases and the amount of taxes paid goes up, that increment between the frozen amount and the higher tax bills instead gets funneled back into projects within the district.
The lawsuit argues the Lincoln Yards TIF violates state law because the property isn't blighted and because development would occur there without such an infusion of public tax revenue. And it says the deal is a violation of state civil rights laws because it worsens racial inequity in the city. With Lightfoot promising to take a hard look at the racial impact of TIF spending, the lawsuit could help set new standards for how the money gets doled out.
Patel said the groups proceeded with the suit against the Lincoln Yards TIF because it was ready to go. She said they also oppose the TIF of up to $1.1 billion the council approved last week for The 78 project in the South Loop, and they are considering whether to challenge it as well.
The Rev. Marshall Hatch, pastor of New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in West Garfield Park joined the plaintiffs at the Daley Center for a news conference after the suit was filed. He said the handling of TIF money is key to helping improve neighborhoods that really need investment.
"Clearly, make no mistake about it, how we deal with TIFs going forward will determine whether or not we can expect a new day in this city or whether we get the same old, same old tale of two cities," he said.
The city Law Department declined to comment Wednesday.


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Heraldry of the Battencian Heralds Chapter.
High Gothic, Low Gothic
Chapter Master
Battencian Heralds;
Transhuman (Space Marine)
732 lbs. without armor
Ajax Belletores is the current Chapter Master of the Battencian Heralds. Despite the Chapter's over 2 millennia history, he is only the fourth Astartes to hold the title. A veteran of many of the Chapter's most trying engagements, Ajax leads his brothers through the conflicts of the 42nd Millennium in hope of securing a brighter future for all humanity
2.1 By Ajax Belletores
2.2 About Ajax Belletores
Ajax Belletores was born in 302.M41 on the Hive World of Triton, in the ___ System in the Zylos subsector. He grew up in the lower hive, and, at a young age, he fell in with a hive gang, serving as a runner to make extra money for his family. As he was snooping around in the vents one day when he was 12, the young Ajax witnessed a chaotic ritual being performed by some members of a rival gang. He ran off, sneaking his way up the hive to find a trustworthy authority. When he made it to a lever high enough where he was sure no law enforcement would be in the gang's pocket, he told the Arbites what he saw and caught the attention of an Inquisitor who was on the planet searching for Chaotic Corruption. After the Adetpa Arbites and Sororitas cleared out these cultists, the Inquisitor had Ajax brought before him and, with the permission of his parents, inducted the young boy into her Retinue. Ajax worked with this inquisitor for 3 years before, at the atypically old age of 15, left her employ and joined the Battencian Heralds.
Ajax started his training at a much older age than most Aspirants. Ajax was placed into a training platoon with other older Aspirants just starting their training. It is here Ajax first met Barus Stroikos, and the two became fast friends. After 18 months of training, he embarked upon his first trial. Ajax was taken back to his home planet of Triton and dropped off in the blasted wasteland between the planet's Hives. He had to survive on his own for two months, collecting what water he could and fashioning crude tools to hunt and dig himself a shelter. His completion of this challenge boosted the Chapter's opinion of him, as some fellow Neophytes had reservations about this newcomer appearing at an age by which some of them had spent a whole decade training.
Upon the completion of his first challenge, Ajax began the augmentation process, receiving the first geneseed organs. His body accepted the Organs without much difficulty, and his training got harder and harder. Ajax, like the rest of the Neophytes, adapted to this difficulty and thrived. Over the course of the next year, most of his organs were installed,on a rush schedule due to his advanced age. By the time he was almost 18, all but the Black Carapace were installed, and he embarked on his final test.
Ajax once more returned to Triton, and was put in the Underhive, with orders to cross it. Ajax did so in a month in a half, making use of an abandoned lift. The lift broke many times during the trip, and Ajax had to repeatedly leave and scavenge for supplies to repair it, and for resources he could eat and drink. Hive gangers and beasts alike attacked him during his trek, but they all failed to kill him. At the final lift back to the upper hive, he was confronted by over 20 heavily armed gangers, including the leader of one of the Underhive's most notorious gangs. Ajax fought with superhuman skill, emptying every weapon he had carried with him, then picking up more from the gangers he slew, until finally he had killed all but the Gang leader, who foolishly tried to engage Ajax in melee. The Neophyte killed the ganger with his bare hands, easily disarming him of the chainsword he had used during his charge.
Upon his completion of his final trial, in 321.M41, Ajax and the Scouts who had served with him graduated and were inducted by Chapter Master Kyudor Albexus into the ranks of the Battencian Heralds Scouts Battalion. Barus Stroikos would be among those in his Scout Squadron. Their first experience would be fighting against Drukhari Raiders in fringes of the Zylos subsector. The Scouts became adept with both bolter and shotgun in these usually close quarters battles. They fought in several other campaigns including one against Orks in 336.M41 where Ajax and his Squad performed exemplary fighting the Greenskins, setting a trap that wiped out an entire Ork Mob. In 348.M41, Ajax's squad was one of two Scout squads deployed in response to a distress signal, on the Agri world of Deluvia in the Thrake system, in the southern portion of the Zylos subsector.
The two Scout squads quickly found themselves in over their heads. The Agri World was under attack by a force of Iron Warriors. As skilled as the Scouts were, the full Astartes of the Iron Warriors were better armored and much more experienced. Their Sniper rifles were able to do a number on the Heretics, but in close combat they suffered. It was a hard fought battle. Ajax's squad lost 3 men, and the other squad was reduced to only 3 surviving members. In light of their conduct in this engagement in those past engagements, the two squads were merged, and the new squad formally promoted to the title of full Battle Brothers. They were inducted as a Tactical Squad of the Fourth Company. One of Ajax's new squadmates, inherited from the other Scout squad, was a younger Brother by the name of Trylixus Ceras.
Two years of relative peace passed for the new Astartes before a Warp Rift opened in the Zylos subsector, and the hell that was the Battencian Sieges began. The first major battle occurred on Triton, and Ajax was there. Imperial forces fortified Hive Antilles and fought an epic battle to defend it from the Heretics. Waves of cultists washed over the Imperial lines, failing to break the defenders, and as the Angels Tempestus fought the Thousand Sons to their right, Ajax and his Squad were in the thick of it fighting the Word Bearers once more. They held a trench against the Heretical tide, and the Word Bearers charged with a religious fervor, seeking to close in and fight the Battencians hand to hand. They eventually made it in, and fierce close combat ensued. The first five Word Bearers that came upon Ajax he killed with his bolter at point blank range, then he drew his combat blade and fought alongside his Brothers in melee combat, killing many more World Bearers before the attack was finally beaten off. Triton was defended, but the subsequent Loyalist counter attack failed and they were put on the back foot. The Traitors gained the upper hand at the battle of Leanas, where Ajax and his platoon fired with the ferocity of a force four times their number, stunning the Word Bearers, which proved crucial to the successful withdrawal of Imperial Forces.
The Heralds were forced to withdraw finally back to their home planet, which was placed under siege by the Word Bearers. Ajax and his brothers withstood the siege within the great Fortress Monastery, the thud of artillery becoming a constant companion for them all. When the Word Bearers attacked Holan, Fourth Company was among those who ran forth from the gates to repulse them, and Ajax and his squad mates fought in the city for months, clearing it street by street alongside their Brothers and the Imperial Guard. Just as they were called back, the Heretics' final assault began.
The Fourth, weary from their battle in the city, took their stand on the walls with Third Company, situated to the right of the main breach where First and Eighth companies held the line. The fighting was not as ferocious for them, as the Heretics funneled more forces into the main fight against the 1st/8th, but it was still a hell of its own. Despite taking losses, the 3rd/4th force Held the wall, and Ajax distinguished himself by slaying a Word Bearers Sergeant and saving the life of his Sergeant, Trajod Gerus.
With the Word Bearers driven off Battencia, Ajax participated in the Scouring of Zylos, seeking to drive the Heretics out and cleanse their corruption from Zylos' worlds. During the controversy with the Inquisition, Ajax held views on both sides, and after some conflict, began assisting in the efforts to save people, but acknowledged when there was real risk of corruption and populations did need cleansing.
After the Siege, Ajax continued to serve with honor in many smaller campaigns, fighting Orks, Drukhari, and the forces of Chaos all over the Sector, where ever they could be found. After the death of Trajod at the hands of a Tyranid splinter fleet in 496.M41, Ajax would be promoted to the rank of Sergeant, and given command of Fourth Company's Third Tactical Squad, the unit he had served with for so long.
In 541.M41, Fourth company's First Platoon, a squad of First Company, and several Scout Companies under the command of Kyudor Albexus deployed to a feudal city on the planet of Toutatis that was believed to house a Chaotic cult. A squad of the Scouts were native to this city, and when the Heralds fanned out to find the Heretics, it was them who first found the Cultists,along with Captain Aaric Teliostus of Fourth Company with his Lieutenant and a Company Librarian. One of the Scouts, Kaelestis Kyrit was about to kill one of the cultists when he hesitated. This was enought for the cultist to use her dagger to cut her own arm, the blood dripping down onto the summoning circle that had been prepared below and filling the room with Bloodletters. The Astartes put up a valiant fight, and when they began screaming into the vox for reinforcements, Third Tactical was among the first on the scene. Ajax threw himself into the room, knowing the danger very well. Thrashing about with his chainsword, he spun beneath blows that could take the head off of even an Astartes and killed several Daemons as he fought his way to his friend, Aaric, who had been leapt on during the initial surprise after they were summoned and savaged by one of the Daemons, whose head Ajax took off with an executioner's chop. Despite the exemplary performance of Third Tactical and the other Fourth Company squads that arrived, Aaric was too badly wounded, and he died before the Apothecaries could get to him, not that their on site medical assistance could have done more than delay the inevitable with the state of his wounds. Ajax was deeply upset, and mourned Aaric's loss greatly. In fact, had Barus and several of Kyudor's Terminators not restrained him, it's quite likely Ajax would've succumbed to the Black Rage at this point, but he was able to calm down and regain his composure. After the death of Aaric Teliostus, Ajax Belletores was promoted to Captain of the Battencian Heralds' Fourth Company.
By 999.M41, Barus Strokois and Trylixus Ceras were both no longer in fourth company, having been transferred to Third and Sixth companies respectively to replenish losses in their officer cadre. Ajax was still Captain of Fourth Company, but with over 400 years of experience he was the ranking officer in the Chapter, behind of course the Chapter Master. It was at this time that Kyudor Albexus called all of the Heralds back to Battencia, so that the chapter could respond as one to Lord Commander Dante's call for aid in protecting Baal from Hive Fleet Leviathan. The following Battle would be described by Ajax later as the worst fighting he'd experienced since the Siege of Battencia. Ajax lead his company through 19 Tyranid attacks, each one larger and harder to kill than the last. As many Tyranids as they killed, more and more and more would simply keep coming. At the battle's darkest hour, grim news was received. Kyudor Albexus, who had been Chapter Master for all of Ajax Belletores' almost millennia in the Chapter, was mortally wounded slaying a Tyranid Hive Tyrant. Were it not for the heroics of First and Second Companies, the body may very well have been overrun and consumed by the voracious Tyranid hordes, but they broke the line and, even as the grizzled warriors openly wept, they carried their Chapter Master's body back to Imperial lines.
That night, after the dust settled and the attacks had for a time let up, there was a makeshift ceremony with Lord Commander Dante himself in attendance where Ajax Belletores was sworn in as the Acting Chapter Master of the Battencian Heralds. He lead the Chapter through the rest of the Hellish battle, and through their counterattack once the Indomitus Crusade arrived. The chapter was mauled, but it had made it through the Devastation of Baal, and now the ranks of the Chapter were bolstered with new Primaris Marines. Sixth company, which was now under the command of Trylixus Ceras, its Captain also having been Killed in Action, and had lost half of its number in the battle, received most of this first wave.
As the Heralds returned home, a great ceremony was held where Kyudor Albexus was put to rest, and Ajax Belletores was offically sworn in as the new Chapter Master of the Battencian Heralds
By Ajax Belletores
""Brothers! We again meet the vile Word Bearers in battle! We have fought them before, and we defeated them! They drove us all the way back to our homeworld, but we still fought, and we struck them down with the Emperor's fury! My battle brothers, once more unto the breach!"
—Ajax speaks to his men before the final phase of the Battle of Undamoth, 110.M42
About Ajax Belletores
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Thirteen Lions is a fictionalised retelling of The Gunpowder Plot, most famously featuring Guy (actually Guido) Fawkes. Like anything from history it's not completely accurate, but is far more accurate than you might see on TV, for one boots are only used for riding horses. Show off those calves!
The true story of the Gunpowder Plot, barely embellished.
Webcomic CollectionsThirteen LionsWebcomic StorylinesWhat's up with the Catholics?
What Henry started, Edward Seymour finished.
The church fines are called recusancy and it was differing amounts to where you are in society, so like it bankrupted a lot of Catholics. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6749 They're available for view if you go to Kew Gardens and ask beforehand and have a good reason and you're supervised. Can't wait until they're digitised instead.


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Q: Invertibility of perturbed matrices Suppose I have two real symmetric matrices $A$ and $B$, where $B$ is invertible. $A$ may or may not be invertible. Both $A$ and $B$ have positive and negative eigenvalues (i.e., no positive semi-definiteness).
I'm interested in the invertibility of $A+\delta B$, where $\delta$ is a very small perturbation parameter. Intuitively, as $\delta$ gets arbitrarily small the fixed matrix $A$ can no longer "mess up" the eigenvalues of $A+\delta B$ and the perturbed matrix should be invertible. This leads me to the following question:
Question 1: Does there exist a small $\epsilon>0$ (which may depend on $A$ and $B$) such that, for all $\delta$ with $0<|\delta|<\epsilon$, the perturbed matrix $(A+\delta B)$ is invertible? Furthermore, is it true that $\|(A+\delta B)^{-1}\|_{op} \leq C(A,B)\cdot \delta^{-1}$ for small $\delta$, where $C(A,B)$ is some constant that only depends on $A$ and $B$?
A more general question involves multiple matrices:
Qeustion 2: Let $A,B_1,\cdots,B_r$ be fixed real symmetric matrices and suppose $B_r$ is invertible. Does there exist a small $\epsilon>0$ such that, for all $\delta$ with $0<|\delta|<\epsilon$, the matrix $M(\delta) = A+\delta B_1+\cdots+\delta^r B_r$ is invertible? Furthermore, is it true that $\|M(\delta)^{-1}\|_{op} \leq C(A, B_1,\cdots,B_r)\delta^{-r}$ for small $\delta$, where $C(\cdots)$ only depends on the fixed matrices?

A: 1(a) and 2(a).  Yes.  $\det(A+\delta B)$ and $\det(A + \delta B_1 + \ldots + \delta^r B_r)$ are polynomials in $\delta$, and are not constant: the highest order term is $\delta^n \det(B)$ or $\delta^{rn} \det(B_r)$.  Therefore there are only finitely many $\delta$ for which this is $0$.  For all other $\delta$, including some deleted neighbourhood of $0$, $A + \delta B$ or $A + \delta B_1 + \ldots + \delta^r B_r$ is invertible.
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1.(b) and 2(b).  No.
Consider
$$ A = \pmatrix{0 & 0\cr 0 & 1\cr},\ B = \pmatrix{0 & 1\cr 1 & 0\cr},\ A + \delta B = \pmatrix{0 & \delta\cr \delta & 1\cr}$$
Then
$$ (A + \delta B)^{-1} = \pmatrix{-1/\delta^2 & 1/\delta\cr 1/\delta & 0\cr}$$
so $\|(A + \delta B)^{-1} \sim 1/\delta^2$ as $\delta \to 0$.

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Crisis Management Software Update Arms Executives with Real-Time Information, Communications and Situational Awareness
January 11, 2022 04:06 PM Eastern Standard Time
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today RockDove Solutions celebrated the launch of In Case of Crisis 365 v 7.0, a significant update to a widely adopted platform designed to manage a growing list of potential crises. In a world where high-stakes threats are the new normal, companies are faced with real challenges. In Case of Crisis 365 v 7.0 delivers a customized platform accessible from anywhere on any device with an encrypted connection - even inside of Microsoft Teams.
Traditionally, crisis was thought of as an infrequent occurrence. Today organizations are dealing with frequent and multiple crises at any given moment. The demands on a leader's time and focus are significant, and given the scale of the crisis, most executive teams can find themselves out of normal operations for undetermined lengths of time.
"When the stakes are high, it is critical that all members of a crisis management team are actively engaged in what is being said and what is being done," said Chris Britton, General Manager of RockDove Solutions. "Coordination is essential to communicating a clear and actionable message."
Communicating with urgency and accuracy in the heat of a crisis may be one of the greatest challenges business leaders face today, but there are solutions designed to manage impeding threats. Specifically, In Case of Crisis 365 gives organizations:
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Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar 24 Guard
Height: 1.95 Born: 15 May, 1997 Nationality: Russian Federation
Index rating 1 Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt vs. Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar 1/8/2019
Points 0 Umana Reyer Venice vs. Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar 11/13/2019
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Assists 0 Umana Reyer Venice vs. Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar 11/13/2019
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Grew up with Ataman Rostov (Russia) juniors.
In March'13 signed by Altaj Basket BArnau.
Signed for the 2014-15 season by Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar 2nd team.
He's still playing there, and also made his debut with Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar main team during the 2017-18 season.
Played there till December'18, also playing with Lokomotiv Kuban COP, Superleague.
In January'19 signed by Nizhny Novgorod.
Signed for the 2019-20 season by Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar.
Has been member of the Russian U-20 National Team.
Played at the 2017 European U-20 'B' Championship.
2017-18 Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar 1 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 3 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 1 0 0 0
Averages 3 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0.3 0 0 0
2013/14 Altaj Basket 1 11 11.0 3/8 37.5 1/2 50.0 2/2 100.0 6 1 0 2
2014/15 Lokomotiv Kuban 2 17 74 4.4 15/36 41.7 8/17 47.1 20/32 62.5 31 12 30 5
2015/16 Lokomotiv Kuban 2 32 227 7.1 47/113 41.6 28/91 30.8 49/64 76.6 158 44 69 9
2016/17 Lokomotiv Kuban 2 42 471 11.2 104/207 50.2 55/152 36.2 98/122 80.3 208 70 166 9
2017/18 Lokomotiv Kuban 2 12 178 14.8 44/90 48.9 14/41 34.1 48/53 90.6 75 36 59 1
2018/19 Lokomotiv Kuban 4 3 0.8 0/1 0.0 0/0 0.0 3/4 75.0 1 0 2 0
Lokomotiv Kuban COP 12 169 14.1 44/77 57.1 12/34 35.3 45/57 78.9 64 23 57 5
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American guitarist Taso Comanescu has recently emerged on the classical music scene as a colorful performer full of subtle nuance and strong musicianship. His interesting programs present a variety of repertoire highlighted by a deep commitment to engage his audiences in a meaningful way. Comanescu's debut recording "Epitaphios" (2011) features music from all over the world including a world premier recording by the young American composer Kyle Peter Rotolo (Le Crane A La Cigarette Qui Fume).
During the 2013-2014 season Comanescu gave his symphonic debut with the West Coast Symphony performing Vivaldi's Lute Concerto in D. Recent engagements from the 2014-2015 season include a solo recital kicking off the tenth season of the Mount Cross Classical Concert Series and as a special guest on the nationwide tour promoting Drew Croon's "Missa Andaluza". Comanescu's all Spanish program was described by critic Debra de Liso "...I felt aware of the stillness of the audience. All eyes and ears were riveted on the young classical guitarist Taso Comanescu. His fervor and devotion were immediately clear for each musical phrase of his stunning performance from Tarrega's soulful Lagrima to Isaac Albeniz's Asturian, classical piece Leyenda. He was magical."
In 2010 Comanescu began a collaboration with internationally acclaimed dramatic tenor Charles Castronovo. Their program, entitled Charles Castronovo's Italian Songbook, consists of popular Neapolitan, Sicilian and Italian folk songs arranged by Comanescu and the ensemble Sweet Nectar. Recent engagements include Irvine's Barclay Theater, Atlanta's Spivey Hall, New York City's 54 Below and a critically acclaimed debut at Los Angeles' Zipper Hall. Performing Arts Live raved of an "…extraordinary performance…. A grand program of famous arias and Neapolitan Songs…(Castronovo) was accompanied by an impressive five piece musical ensemble." 2012 marked the release of the group's debut recording, "Dolce Napoli: The Neopolitan Songs." The great Placido Domingo states "The arrangements and the intimate approach to these songs is new and yet nostalgic at the same time".
Comanescu's various other musical pursuits include Greek folk music where he frequently collaborates with the renowned Greek composer Dimitris Mann. He also is actively interested in contemporary popular music as well as music history. Taso has been a member of the music faulty at Pepperdine University since 2011. Mr. Comanescu received his degrees from Pepperdine University studying with Christopher Parkening and the University of Southern California under Scott Tennant. Taso plays on a 1973 Jose Ramirez guitar.


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Hurricane Irma Causes Cranes to Snap
Three cranes have snapped in the wake of Hurricane Irma, adding to the damage already caused by the storm's Florida landfall.
The first boom snapped at around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday (Sept. 10), soon followed by another in a neighborhood two miles north, along with a third hours later located near a Fort Lauderdale condo.
Crane Damage
Last week, according to the Miami Herald, officials warned residents who live near cranes that Irma could prove to be dangerous. When the storm hit, there were 20 cranes within city limits.
At the time, Maurice Pons, the deputy director of the building department for the City of Miami said in a statement that he would not advise staying next to a site that had a construction crane, noting that though the cranes are certified to withstand a hurricane, that only covers up to Category 4, or 145 mph winds.
Crane is dangling from the unfinished Gran Paraiso development; 2nd Miami crane #HurricaneIrma buckled today: https://t.co/B7Bxhciypg @NBC6 pic.twitter.com/Uow4K5Ugbn
— Michael Spears NBC6 (@MikeSpearsNBC6) September 10, 2017
After Sunday morning's incident, Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado emphasized that the city would consider stricter codes for the cranes in the future, even though expenses for building projects for the city might take a hit.
"It's development in the future versus tropical storms or hurricanes," Regalado said. "We just cannot gamble on the wind."
The booms did stay attached to the cranes throughout the storm, however.
The first crane breakage occurred near Miami's Freedom Tower, at the Vice apartment building. The boom was still connected to the tower by a cable as of Sunday, but officials still warned those living nearby to seek shelter in their own buildings on sides facing away from the crane.
The crane at condo Gran Paraiso, located in the Edgewater neighborhood and the location of the second breakage, had been properly secured before the storm hit, said Brad Meltzer, president of Plaza Construction.
"The crane's boom was nevertheless damaged due to high winds. Plaza will cooperate with all governmental bodies, as well as the crane supplier and engineers to investigate and establish repair requirements to put the crane back in a state of good repair," he added.
BREAKING: A construction crane in downtown Miami has cracked, a city official says https://t.co/UAjBkLGqxZ #HurricaneIrma pic.twitter.com/I5Lxdhf21e
The Related Group, the developers of both projects in the Edgewater neighborhood and the Fort Lauderdale condo, where the second and third cranes snapped, respectively, did not respond to a request for comment by the Herald on the second incident.
With the third crane, authorities had difficulties reaching the site due to downed trees, making site assessment somewhat limited.
Other Damage
According to the Herald Tribune, more than 60 percent of Sarasota County is without power, along with at least a few reports of downed power lines in Manatee County. In all, more than 3.5 million people in Florida are without power.
Other counties are reporting similar damage with downed trees and power lines, along with extensive flooding and nonfunctioning traffic lights. Officials in Hernando County have closed off a number of roads to account for both flooding and downed power lines, and warns that the power lines may not be de-energized.
Tagged categories: Construction; Cranes; Disasters; Good Technical Practice; Health and safety; North America; Safety
Comment from Tom Schwerdt, (9/12/2017, 8:56 AM)
The article neglects to mention that Miami-Dade passed ordinances in 2008 specifically for this situation (cranes required to meet higher wind load standards for hurricanes) - the Florida Association of General Contractors, Florida Crane Owners Council, Inc., and Construction Association of South Florida successfully sued and got the higher standards rolled back by court order. http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-11th-circuit/1500096.html https://thinkprogress.org/hurricane-construction-cranes-miami-e43b08971fd1/
Comment from H. J. BOSWORTH, (9/12/2017, 10:07 AM)
One developer - and all three were their's??? Hmmmmm?
Comment from Jesse Melton, (9/12/2017, 12:14 PM)
At issue in the 2008 ordinance was the duplication of Federal standards and the fee and penalty structure. State and local government can add rules specific to their own needs, but they can't duplicate Federal standards and charge you for it. The entire ordinance was a blatant cash gateway and had nothing to do with safety. Which is why it was struck down.
If you read the ASCE article they cite, and the crane safety standards referenced therein, you'll see that the cranes already exceed the 175MPH sustained wind velocity in the HWHZ zone that encompasses Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. Federal law requires the 145MPH rating, so that's all the crane designers and owners test to, but that does not mean that 145MPH the mechanical limit of the crane system.
If the ordinance was actually about safety it could have be re-presented to the legislature with the increased minimum wind speed as the focus. But that hasn't happened. The bulk of that legislation was directed at everything except the cranes themselves. Crane inspector liability insurance, recurring psych evaluations for operators, increased penalties for noncompliance, the list goes on and there are fees and penalties for every single part of it. There's no money in it without all those things, so there's no point in the ordinance. They know full well the cranes exceed the calculated stresses in that zone, even at the higher wind speeds.
Comment from M. Halliwell, (9/12/2017, 12:21 PM)
Tom, it seems that this is a common occurrence, regardless of who puts in the additional safety requirements (Miami-Dade for cranes and hurricanes, OSHA and silica and so many other examples). Some contractor or contractor association will take it to court and generally win, delaying or scrapping it all together. The result, cranes failing during hurricanes and folks getting silicosis and lung cancer and changes to safety taking decades to happen. Yes there is a cost to doing things right....but folks seem to lose sight of the much higher real cost (dollars and lives) of not doing it right. - Michael
@H.J. Bosworth: As much as I dislike real estate developers, hoisting and rigging for big cranes isn't within their purview. Big cranes are their own entity; owned and operated by 3rd parties with safety compliance being the responsibility of yet another outside party. There are strict regulations in place that prevent the various interests from becoming entangled. While there certainly does appear to be a common factor here it'll be the riggers, inspectors or perhaps even the crane manufacturer, who has the answers.


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Fun With Numbers
Posted on August 30, 2012 by jcookson
Start with this; this exercise means absolutely nothing. Breaking down what happened in the past is a fun pastime, but it needs to be clear that there is little to no predictive value in this endeavor. It can just be a fun endeavor to take a look at history to try and find interesting trends, although in this case having more years of data would be even more helpful. Either way, here is a breakdown of the success level teams enjoyed based on their seed in last fall's CIAC Tournaments. In this case it is how the top four seeds fared, which was also an arbitrary break point, to see what earning a top four seed entailed last year.
Start off by noticing that in the fall of 2011, the top four seeds in the tournaments posted a record of 127-60 overall, which is a winning percentage of .679. Important to note that because we are looking at the top four seeds combined, there is a guarantee of at least three losses in each tournament (and four if the winning team is not a top four seed) since every team but one ends the tournament with a loss.
Speaking of teams outside the top four seeds winning, there were three such examples of that phenomenon occurring in 2011. Two of them were five seeds, and the other was a seven seed. So in 19 fall CIAC Tournaments, the eventual winner was a four seed or higher in 16 of 19, or 84%. Going back one step we find that 23 of the 38 teams participating in the championship game were made up of teams seeded fourth or higher, which comes out to 61%. And moving back one more round, of the 76 teams reaching the semifinal rounds slightly more than half of them (55%) came from the top four seeds. This generally fits with the concept of tournament upsets, that teams making surprising runs in the early rounds often will run out of steam into the later rounds of play (also consider in some cases the lower seeds have played an extra game at this stage as the top seeds occasionally have an opening-round bye).
Taking a deeper look at each sport, boys soccer was remarkably consistent in some ways across the classes. Every class featured semifinals consisting of two top four seeds, and two teams outside the top four, and each final had one team outside the top four and one in. Each champion was a top four seed as well in 2011. Field hockey was not prone to many upsets as nine of the 12 semifinalists came from seeds four or better, and five of the six finalists were also from that group. Class S in field hockey was one of only three tournaments in which all four semifinal spots were claimed by the top four seeds.
Because of its smaller tournament field, football would be expected to be not as prone to the upset bug, and that was the case in 2011. All four champions were either first or second seeds, though the success of the favorites came through in the later rounds as only 58% (7-of-12).
Girls soccer saw quite a bit of tournament parity in 2011, with the exception of Class M. The Class M event was one of the three across all sports in the fall with all four top seeds in the semifinal, and then had the top seed earn the title. Overall, less than half the semifinal participants (6-of-16) were top four seeds and exactly half of the teams that reached the final game came from the top four seeds. Class S provided the ultimate outlier as the entire semifinal (and thus final, and champion) was made up of teams outside the top four seed, with a fifth seed ultimately claiming the title. of the semifinalists were top four seeds and only one of the four championship game matchups featured a top seed against a number-two seed.
Class S was also prone to upsets in girls volleyball with only one top-four seed reaching the semifinals, but generally the patterns were similar in 2011 to the other sports. Nine of the 16 semifinal teams were top four seeds and then five of the eight finalists. Though girls volleyball did see two champions come from outside the top seeds including a seven seed. The third tournament that was pure chalk in the semifinal round was the Class LL tournament in girls volleyball, though it was a third seed that ultimately triumphed.
What does any of this mean? As stated at the beginning, it means absolutely nothing. There is virtually no reason to believe that past tournament results (particularly with this small a sample) are predictive for future events. This is definitely something to track and keep tabs on going forward but for now this was purely an entertaining diversion as the clock winds down the clock to the start of the 2012 fall seasons. If there is any conclusion to reach moving forward it is that once a team is in the tournament, the results are decided on the field and every team has a chance. All the numbers and study of the history can't change the fact that every team controls its own destiny one the games begin.
Filed Under: Boys Soccer, Featured, Field Hockey, Football, Girls Soccer, Girls Volleyball
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Q: How to retrieve one column from csv file using python? im trying to retrieve the age column from one of the csv file , here is what i coded so far.
df = pd.DataFrame.from_csv('train.csv')
result = df[(df.Sex=='female') & (df.Pclass==3)]

print(result.Age)
# finding the average age of all people who survived

print len(result)
sum = len(result)

I printed out the age, because i wanted to see the list of all ages that belong to the colunm of sex that has the value of "female" and the column of class which has the value of "3"
the print result for some reason shows the colunm number and the age next to it, i just want it print the list of ages thats all.
PassengerId
3      26.0
9      27.0
11      4.0
15     14.0
19     31.0
20      NaN
23     15.0
25      8.0
26     38.0
29      NaN
33      NaN
39     18.0
40     14.0
41     40.0
45     19.0
48      NaN
50     18.0
69     17.0
72     16.0
80     30.0
83      NaN
86     33.0
101    28.0
107    21.0
110     NaN
112    14.5
114    20.0
115    17.0
120     2.0
129     NaN
       ...
658    32.0
678    18.0
679    43.0
681     NaN
692     4.0
698     NaN
703    18.0
728     NaN
730    25.0
737    48.0
768    30.5
778     5.0
781    13.0
787    18.0
793     NaN
798    31.0
800    30.0
808    18.0
814     6.0
817    23.0
824    27.0
831    15.0
853     9.0
856    18.0
859    24.0
864     NaN
876    15.0
883    22.0
886    39.0
889     NaN
Name: Age, dtype: float64

This is what my program prints, i just want the list of age on the right column only not the passengerID column which is on the left.
Thank you

A: result.Age is a pandas Series object, and so when you print it, column headers, indices, and data types are shown as well. This is a good thing, because it makes the printed representation of the object much more useful.
If you want to control exactly how the data is displayed, you will need to do some string formatting. Something like this should do what you're asking for:
print('\n'.join(str(x) for x in result.Age))

If you want access to the raw data underlying that column for some reason (usually you can work with the Series just as well), without indices or headers, you can get a numpy array with
result.Age.values


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const defineTest = require("jscodeshift/dist/testUtils").defineTest;

defineTest(
  __dirname,
  "hash-and-collection-execution-order",
  null,
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Mr. Harbaugh "Really Bogged Down" at Work, Just Couldn't Make it to the Game
Beyoncé Reunited with Destiny's 15-Year-Old Child at Super Bowl
Kyle Hoffer
Jim Harbaugh,
John Harbaugh,
read-option offense,
Rex Ryan,
Even though his two sons kept throwing around phrases like "biggest game of their professional careers" and "culture-spanning, sporting and entertainment megaevent," Mr. Harbaugh was reportedly buried at the office and simply couldn't move things around to watch his two sons, Jim and John, coach in their big football game last Sunday."
"I would have loved to see my boys coach, but I was booked solid with appointments that day and I wasn't able to push these things back because of some looming deadlines," Mr. Harbaugh explained, "I've got management busting my balls already and this paperwork isn't going to finish itself."
According to sources close to the family, Mrs. Harbaugh tried to cheer her sons up by promising to take them for ice cream after the game and reminding them how much their father cares about them.
"Your dad is trying his hardest to make ends meet for this family," said Mrs. H while baking John's favorite cookies. "He loves you very much and I'm sure he will be there next time you two are both coaching in the Super Bowl."
In a recent development, Mrs. Harbaugh even agreed to let her sons invite NFL coaching buddy Rex Ryan to the house for a sleepover after the game, though she said, "I plan to keep an eye on him…there's just something about that Rex boy. I think he's a little off."
When reached for comment before the game, John simply muttered something about needing to stop the read-option offense while Jim started gesticulating furiously and covered Flipside reporters in a torrent of mucus and spit.


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Q: How to continue executing a java program after an Exception is thrown? My sample code is as follows:
public class ExceptionsDemo {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            int arr[]={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10};
            for(int i=arr.length;i<10;i++){
                if(i%2==0){
                    System.out.println("i =" + i);
                    throw new Exception();
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("An exception was thrown");
        }
    }
}

My requirement is that, after the exception is caught I want to process the remaining elements of the array. How can I do this?

A: Move the try catch block within for loop and then it should work

A: Your code should look as follows:
public class ExceptionsDemo {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        for (int i=args.length;i<10;i++){
            try {
                if(i%2==0){
                    System.out.println("i =" + i);
                    throw new Exception();  // stuff that might throw
                }
            } catch (Exception e) {
                System.err.println("An exception was thrown");
            }
        }
    }
}

A: You need to re-structure it slightly, so that the try/catch is inside the for loop, not enclosing it, e.g.
for (...) {
  try {
    // stuff that might throw
  }
  catch (...) {
    // handle exception
  }
}

As an aside, you should avoid using exceptions for flow control like that - exceptions should be used for exceptional things.

A: Just don't throw an exception, then:
int arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10};
for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
    if (i % 2 == 0) {
        System.out.println("i = " + i);
    }
}

Or throw it, and catch it inside the loop, rather than outside (but I don't see the point in throwing an exception in this trivial example):
int arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10};
for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
    try {
        if (i % 2 == 0) {
            System.out.println("i = " + i);
            throw new Exception();
        }
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
        System.err.println("An exception was thrown");
    }
}

Side note: see how the code is much easier to read when it's indented properly, and contains white spaces around operators.

A: You can not do that because your array is defined within the try clause. If you want to be able to access it move it out of there. Also maybe you should somehow store which i caused the Exception in the Exception so that you can continue from it.


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Town hall boss steps down
ROSSENDALE Council chief executive Owen Williams is leaving next year.
Rossendale Free Press
Updated 18:52, 1 MAR 2013
OWEN Williams.
Mr Williams will take up the post of deputy chief executive at Calderdale Council in February.
He has been in charge at Rossendale since May 2003, when he took over from interim chief executive James Gravenor who was appointed following the damning Audit Commission report into Rossendale in 2002 when the council was branded the worst in the country.
Mr Williams said: 'I will be sad to leave Rossendale but the challenge of Calderdale was one which I found hard to resist. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all our elected members for their commitment and the contribution they have made to the council's progress during my period as chief executive.
'I would also like to pay tribute to the efforts of council staff who continue to give their all towards making the vision for Rossendale an everyday reality. They have had to work under tremendous pressure over these last few years but their resolve to improve is a match for anything I have witnessed in local government.'
Council leader Duncan Ruddick said: 'Owen has overseen unprecedented change and improvement in the council during his period as chief executive.
'One of his most important achievements is the stability that he has brought to the council through the development of existing staff and the recruitment of people with experience of modern local government.
'In terms of a successor, we will take stock of our future plans and make a decision as to the next steps in the very near future.'
Labour leader David Hancock said: 'When we appointed the new chief executive it was a very important appointment to make and what we asked him to do was to keep on turning the council around.
'He has worked hard over the two-and-a-half years to do that and he brought in new officers and we now have a new management team equipped to deal with the future, but the job is not finished yet.'
Father-of three Mr Williams, 37, was born in Bradford and has previously been marketing and communications director for Bradford Council and strategic planning director of a Leeds marketing agency.
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Iran coach: Klinsmann should resign over 'outrageous' BBC comment | Qatar World Cup 2022 News
Tehran, Iran – The head coach of Iran's national football team, Carlos Queiroz, has hit back at former German footballer Jurgen Klinsmann over "outrageous" comments while on-air with the BBC.
Klinsmann, a FIFA official, was on-set for the BBC following Iran's dramatic 2-0 win over Wales on Friday as presenter Gabby Logan launched a discussion over Iran's "gamesmanship" during the match.
Klinsmann proceeded by repeatedly saying "it's in the culture" of Iranians to engage in unsportsmanlike behaviour of heckling referees.
"This is not by coincidence, this is all [done] purposely," he said, chuckling. "This is just part of their culture, that's how they play. They work the referee, you saw the bench always jumping up, always working the linesman, constantly in their ears, they're constantly in your face.
"This is their culture. They kind of make you lose your focus, make you lose your concentration and what's really important to you," he said, adding that Queiroz fits in this pattern very well.
"That's their culture…"
Jurgen Klinsmann confidently asserts that Iranians have a cultural predisposition to cheating in football matches four times in one minute.
Unchallenged.pic.twitter.com/HJiyjjVYo8
— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) November 26, 2022
In a post on his social media accounts, the Iranian coach hit back and said: "No matter how much I can respect what you did inside the pitch, those remarks about Iran Culture, Iran National Team and my Players are a disgrace to Football."
He invited Klinsmann to visit the Team Melli camp to speak with the players and learn more about the team and the country's culture.
"At the same time, we just want to follow with full attention what will be the decision of FIFA regarding your position as a member of Qatar 2022 Technical Study Group. Because, obviously, we expect you to resign before you visit our camp."
A statement published on the Iranian football federation's website on Sunday said the federation has called on FIFA to clarify the comments and on Klinsmann to resign.
The federation also made sneering comments about a controversial chapter of Germany's presence at the 1982 World Cup, when it was accused of fixing a match against Austria in a way that both teams would advance.
"Since Klinsmann is a German, he is promised not to be judged for the most shameful chapter of World Cup history, the 1982 Disgrace of Gijón, when West Germany and Austria fixed a match, and he is also promised not to be judged for his infamous dramatic dives as a former player," the statement said.
Dear Jurgen;
You took the initiative to call me Carlos, so I believe it is proper to call you Jurgen. Right?
Even not knowing me personally, you question my character with a typical prejudiced judgment of superiority.(…) pic.twitter.com/JAq0l7Yp6n
— Carlos Queiroz (@Carlos_Queiroz) November 26, 2022
On Sunday, Klinsmann said he wanted to "calm things down" with Queiroz, before adding that "there was stuff really taken out of context. I will try to give him a call and calm things down".
"I have never criticised Carlos or the Iranian bench. Some even thought I was criticising the referee because he didn't do anything about the way they were behaving on the bench," he said on BBC Breakfast.
"All I described was their emotional way of doing things, which is actually admirable in a certain way. The whole bench lives the game. They're jumping up and down and Carlos is a very emotional coach, he's constantly on the sidelines trying to give his players all his energy and direction."
Earlier, a clip of Klinsmann making the comments is also circulating on social media, with users criticising the former footballer as well as the BBC hosts for not only not challenging him but fervently agreeing with him.
Some users online pointed out that Klinsmann himself was so well-known for his flare for the dramatics during his playing time that his goal celebration was a fake dive.
They posted a clip of Klinsmann playing in the 1990 World Cup, where he is tackled by a defender and dives, prompting the referee to show a red card to the defender.
As Klinsmann is dramatically rolling on the ground and the medical team is called onto the pitch, a replay shows there was no contact between Klinsmann and the defender.
Iran completely dominated an abysmal Wales side & deservedly won that match. The BBC's analysis – Jurgen Klinsmann in particular – implying they only won because of the ref/their "gamesmanship" & they're essentially cheats because it's "in their culture" is an absolute disgrace.
— Louis Allday (@Louis_Allday) November 25, 2022
'What if the referee was European?'
The BBC has also come under fire for its World Cup coverage, with some users calling it "racist".
Following Klinsmann's comments, another pundit on-air asked him if the result in the Iran-Wales match would have gone differently had it been judged by a European referee.
Klinsmann agrees and points out that the referee was from Guatemala. At that moment, host Logan jumped in and enthusiastically pointed out that the linesman was also from Trinidad and Tobago.
This comes days after the BBC confirmed it received nearly 1,500 complaints over its coverage of the opening World Cup game between hosts Qatar and Ecuador. The BBC also came under fire for not airing the opening ceremony.
The win over Wales gave Iran three crucial points after a crushing 2-6 defeat to England in their opening match.
All now rests on the match on Friday against the United States, where a win would mean Iran will advance beyond the group stage for the first time in its World Cup history.
Earlier this week, the Iranian coach expressed his anger over political pressure on himself and his players as Iran continues to experience protests that began over 70 days ago after Mahsa Amini's death in police custody.
Some fans have also been seen protesting at the World Cup.
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ABBA performs for 1st time in decades to mark 50th anniversary | CBC News Loaded
ABBA performs for 1st time in decades to mark 50th anniversary
It's been 50 years since the creation of ABBA and 30 years since the pop group last sang together on stage. The four members finally reunited to sing at a private party in their honour on Sunday at a hotel in downtown Stockholm.
All 4 members sing together at private party for group in Stockholm
Jelena Adzic · CBC News · Posted: Jun 06, 2016 6:03 PM ET | Last Updated: June 7, 2016
Swedish pop group ABBA is seen at London's Waterloo rail station in 1974, from left: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Faltskog. (John Downing/Express/Getty Images)
It's been so long since ABBA last performed together that you could be forgiven for thinking Björn and Fältskog refer to a cool baby carrier or Ikea furniture.
But for those who loved Waterloo and the Dancing Queen, the Swedish group's June 5 performance at a private party in their honour in Stockholm marked the first time in 30 years that the members of ABBA have been on stage together. Fans were quick to post pics of the special night.
Benny and Björn celebrate 50 years of musical collaboration and friendship #abba https://t.co/GfYG8r953Q pic.twitter.com/ZLwgcRprRX
—@icethesite
Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Faltskog, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad chose the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the iconic pop group's inception to reunite onstage at the party at the Berns Salonger hotel.
#ABBA all 4 reunited on stage pic.twitter.com/KhdQt73zEw
—@ToppysaurusRex
The two founding women, Faltskog and Lyngstad, swayed with their famous blonde and brunette locks while singing The Way Old Friends Do to their male co-founding duo Ulvaeus and Andersson. Eventually, the gents joined them on stage, as did other local musicians and celebrities. Paul McCartney even sent a video message of congratulations.
Beyond singing, the band also waxed about the golden days and how the phenomenon of ABBA grew out of friendship.
ABBA co-founders Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus remained friends after the group broke up in 1982. (Chad Rachman/General Motors/Associated Press)
Andersson and Ulvaeus met for the first time on June 5, 1966, and went on to create one of the most successful pop groups of the 1970s.
It was a perfect storm of melodies, facial hair and bellbottom pants that led to more than 380 million albums sold worldwide and a resurgence of appreciation in 1999 with the Broadway musical Mamma Mia! That hit took in more than $2 billion US and has been seen by more than 55 million people around the world.
Meryl Streep was the star of the 2008 film adaptation of the musical Mamma Mia! (Universal Pictures)
Officially, the band called it quits in 1982 and despite a brief public appearance at Stockholm's opening of Mamma Mia! earlier this year, members haven't actually performed together since 1986. Back then, fans were told not to hold their breath for a reunion.
You'll never see us on stage again. - Bjorn Ulvaeus , founding member, ABBA, 2008
Ulvaeus has repeatedly said: "You'll never see us on stage again." Clearly, the stage is having the last laugh, and fans are feeling Super Trouper.
An earlier version of this story included a photo caption that misidentified Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. The caption has been corrected.
Jun 06, 2016 9:41 PM ET
Jelena Adzic
Jelena Adzic is a reporter, writer and radio columnist with the CBC Arts Unit. Her eyes light up at the mention of design, visual art and architecture.
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BAYOU CITY is a HOUSTON, TX-based, NCUA-insured credit union that opened its doors in 1980. As of December 31, 2017, the credit union held assets of $26.7 million.
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A credit union with extensive holdings of these types of assets could eventually have to use capital to absorb losses, decreasing its cushion of equity. Many of those assets are also likely to be in non-accrual status and no longer earning interest for the credit union, decreasing earnings and elevating the risk of a failure in the future.
BAYOU CITY came in below the national average of 38.09 on Bankrate's asset quality test, racking up 36 out of a possible 40 points .
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We went to Cocoa Beach last year at the end of August for the weekend to celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary and we had a great time! The highlight of our trip was a night launch of the Space Shuttle from the Kennedy Space Center. We had never seen a Space Shuttle launch before and to see it at night was spectacular! It lit up the entire sky and we could feel the ground shake and we could hear the roar. I took some photos, but it's only an orange dot in the black sky. I should have done a time exposure... hindsight is 20/20 as they say.
The night launch was Friday night, so we decided to spend Saturday and Sunday touring the Kennedy Space Center. When you buy a ticket, it's good for two days, so we managed to see everything that way. It's simply too big to see in just one day.
Kennedy Space Center has a new attraction/ride called the Shuttle Launch Experience. It vibrates and tilts to give you the sensation of an actual launch and it was great fun to do after seeing the night launch the night before.
They also have movies and an IMAX theater that took up some time. Plus there are several buildings to walk through and look at all of the exhibits. It's very fascinating as Spock on Star Trek used to say.
On the second day, we took the several hour bus tour of the launch pads and facilities, preparation buildings, space station modules, and it really did take several hours. That's why you can't see it all in one day. See posts 3 and 4 for those pictures.
I was especially happy to see the Space Shuttle launch pad that was used 2 days before we saw it. It was cool to see the launch facility right after the night launch.
We had a very memorable weekend and we highly recommend that you take a weekend to visit it. As of this writing there are only about 5 launches left before the Shuttle Program ends, so go check it out!
The last Shuttle launch at night happened at about 4:20am on Monday Feb. 8, 2010, so we saw the second to last night launch, I think.
Below is a picture from our local free newspaper that I scanned for you. It was taken from downtown Tampa and you can see the launch clear across Florida.


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