It's one of those beautiful gifts bestowed by the length of the baseball season, an absolute honor handed down from the mundane days of July, a happy accident from depth-oriented roster construction. Most of the baseball season is biding time, and while that can result in blissful anomalies such as Eric Kratz and Hernan Perez pitching in the same ballgame (covering three innings!), it can also result in accidental ace match-ups, thrilling pitching match-ups that one could not have possibly imagined in April.
So it goes tonight at Miller Park, where Ace Junior Guerra hosts Ace Jeremy Hellickson, in a battle perhaps of who can throw the most off-speed pitches, or who can inexplicably baffle batters the longest. It is a battle of unexpected success from low-cost MLB acquisitions, a battle of success from seemingly pedestrian scouting profiles, a battle of baseball lifers who just don't quit, even after facing adversity in 2017.
While it's not a monthly turn of the calendar, it is the beginning of the unofficial second half of the season, so I assembled another Runs Prevented workbook to assess the progression of MLB pitching performances. The instructions are in the workbook, but basically I used Baseball Prospectus team average and individual pitcher Park Factors, as well as Baseball Reference Three Year and Single Year Park Factors, and basic MLB Runs Allowed per Game, to construct an average of Runs Prevented across the league. Runs Prevented is an important statistic not because it is predictive or attempts to say anything about underlying performance (for that I use Deserved Run Average [DRA] to construct a Runs Prevented "counterfactual"), but because Runs Prevented can simply be plugged into the context of each team in order to assess the actual distribution of runs allowed on the field. Basically, this is everything messy and contextual about the game that ends up on the scoreboard: who receives the best fielding support? Who receives the best bullpen support? Questions like these impact Runs Prevented, but since the game is typically won according to outscoring opponents, I like Runs Prevented as an actual estimation of a pitcher's real time performance quality.
Since most teams are approximately 100 games through the season, I added a new feature to this workbook: Rotational Averages. Thus far, MLB teams have employed 242 "regular" starters and 36 emergency ("One Game") starters, which basically averages to more than nine starting pitchers per MLB team. If you were questioning the Brewers rotation during the off season, and continue to question their quality throughout the season, preparing for this war of attrition is indeed the strength of the club; MLB teams have around sixty games remaining and have already required throngs of starting pitching. GM David Stearns's brilliance for the offseason came in constructing a seemingly mundane rotation that fit the quietly exceptional fielding unit, and could be seamlessly shuffled between roles (or MLB and Triple-A Colorado Springs) to provide starts whenever necessary.
So what does an MLB rotation look like? That depends on what you value. Below, I've constructed two tables: the first table assesses MLB rotational roles by Games Started (under the theory that a Number One starter pitches the most rotational turns, and each spot slots in behind that pitcher); the second table assesses MLB rotational roles by Runs Prevented (under the theory that a Number One starter is actually the best starter on the club, and each spot slots in behind that pitcher).
What is interesting about this table is that Runs Prevented are rather evenly distributed, between good and bad pitchers, according to Games Started category. Here a Number One starter is Justin Verlander (30 Runs Prevented) and Clayton Richard (-9 Runs Prevented), and so on. The value here is filling rotational turns, and recognizing that MLB teams need those rotational turns filled.
Here, Justin Verlander is clearly a Number One starter, and Clayton Richard is something like a Number Eight or Number Nine starter, even though both pitchers have taken the most turns for their respective clubs.
By scouting profile, there is nothing close to a No. 1, or even a No. 2, in the Brewers rotation. Currently, Junior Guerra might reach the best grades based on his splitter, which could legitimately be the best pitch in the rotation; based on 2017, one would clearly expect Chase Anderson to serve as the top rotation hurler in terms of pure stuff, but that has not materialized in 2018 (showing the true difficulty of consistent mechanical adjustments by MLB pitchers). In scouting terms, Jhoulys Chacin, Brandon Woodruff, and Zach Davies would probably fight for the purest "No. 3 starter in a good way" classification, although Davies's injury and Woodruff's usage pattern would certainly impact that. Otherwise, it's not even clear what type of MLB roles these guys should be given: Freddy Peralta is a bizarre type of "all-floor" pitcher (meaning, take him as he is, from deception to fastball movement to command profile), and Brent Suter could probably be scouted the same way.
By Runs Prevented profile, however, the Brewers have done what could have been expected of them during the preseason analysis cycle. Many people misunderstood the value of how the Brewers were constructing a rotation, but basically the runs saved by keeping a truly bottom-of-the-league, replacement-style Runs Prevented pitcher out of the rotation would boost the lack of an ace; coupled with the fact that the Brewers were reasonably expected to have several middle of the rotation types, truly serviceable arms, that advantage of not "bottoming out" could be exponentially exploited with each turn in the rotation. For designing a team to withstand a baseball season, even a playoff series, is all about how one distributes risk profiles (and therefore, Runs Prevented): by flattening the risk of a truly awful start almost every single time through the rotation, the Brewers "play up" from their expected scouting roles, DRA underlying profiles (thanks to the defense), and therefore distribute quality Runs Prevented for the team. This is a systemic pitching staff.
Is Junior Guerra an Ace?
Now, however, it is worth asking whether Junior Guerra may become a true "Ace" if his 2018 campaign continues. For Guerra prevented approximately 22 runs during his unprecedented 2016 breakout season, and now the righty is holding steady at approximately 10 runs prevented throughout the 2018 campaign. This is really, really good: if the top 10 percent of MLB starting pitchers is demarcated by approximately 16 runs prevented, Guerra is threatening to reach that threshold in two of his last three seasons. This is an excellent occurrence for the Brewers, who stuck with Guerra through a difficult 2017 campaign, and (presumably) allowed the righty to once again work throughout the winter in order to iron out his mechanics. Thus Guerra is clearly establishing himself as some type of globetrotting rotation leader, a workhorse who does not stop pitching year-round and flashes his splitter across the Americas.
If Guerra keeps this up, he'll simply be #BrewersAce, Ace Guerra, not #2016BrewersAce or #2018BrewersAce. Which should be a great lesson for Brewers fans: aces need not hail from praiseworthy draft profiles or big International bonuses, or nine figure free agency contracts; sometimes they're just waiting there, on the waiver wire, in need of a mechanical adjustment or a simple chance to pitch.
In the offseason, I wrote about Jeremy Hellickson as a potential free agency target for the Milwaukee Brewers rotation. The veteran righty was coming off of a poor surface statistics season that nevertheless featured fantastic underlying performance metrics and very clear areas for improvement in pitch selection. Summarizing Hellickson's potential surplus value and areas of improvement, I compared the veteran righty's arsenal and approach to Chase Anderson, using Anderson's development from 2016 to 2017 as a potential model for Hellickson. I am writing about this now, though, because my words on Hellickson have the privilege of appearing correct, but for the wrong reason; I suggested that the concern with Hellickson was between the balance in his fastball and change up usage, as his cutter was looking for a comfortable place within his arsenal. The implication was that if Hellickson could find a balance somewhat akin to Anderson's 2017 development, the veteran's quality change up could return.
By contrast, Hellickson went entirely in the opposite direction, by decreasing his primary fastball, secondary fastball, and cutter usage in order to select his change up and curve more frequently than any other pitch (!!!).
2017 19.1% (90.5) 26.2% (90.5) 30.2% (81.7) 12.4% (77.1) 12.1% (87.3) n.a.
2018 16.1% (90.3) 22.1% (90.1) 24.6% (81.5) 25.7% (77.3) 11.5% (87.5) n.a.
According to Bill James, a junkball pitcher is one who throws a change up "first," i.e., more than any other pitch, and I like that definition because it attributes junkball status more to pitch selection than velocity (hence my favorite sometimes-junkball pitcher, the fire throwing Edinson Volquez). But if a pitcher throws a change up more than any other pitch, what of a pitcher who throws a change and curve more than any other pitcher? I enter 2018 Jeremy Hellickson as the vaunted "Double Junkball" pitcher, a pitcher who gives you the blues thrice over because he throws a change up more frequently than any other pitch, a curveball more frequently than any pitch but the change, and he was available for nothing more than a minor league contract despite exhibiting underlying traits worthy of nearly $30 million in depreciated surplus value.
But Brewers fans can't be picky, as this is the organization that made Junior Guerra work (twice!), signed Jhoulys Chacin as their rotational front piece over the offseason, is currently making Wade Miley work, and skipped Fastballer Freddy Peralta over the much-more hyped (and much clearer scouting role) Corbin Burnes to round out the back end of the rotation. Wanting to add Hellickson to that mix is just greedy, but oh what a rotation it could have been, what one with some of the slowest fastballs and most unsuspecting command profiles in the MLB combining to prevent runs like their lives depended on it.
Here, I'm revisiting my past work on Hellickson in order to understand why I was wrong, and to demonstrate the fickle nature of scouting profiles. A perceived fix to a glitch in a pitcher's arsenal can run in many directions, and it is worth using probabilistic thinking to clearly demarcate and analyze each of those potential directions. Probabilistic thinking means designing a thinking process that thinks through the potential outcomes in a given scenario, including reasons for those potential outcomes and (ideally) assigning weights or probabilities to those potential outcomes. This is the type of thinking that can be applied to difficult-to-quantify areas such as pitching profiles, where data are assembled but can move in multiple directions due to strategy. In the offseason, I thought Hellickson needed to balance his fastballs and take back his change up a notch in order to reassert its success; it turns out that that could mean diminishing fastball use all together, and playing up the curveball to reassert a successful profile.


Sacramento is a beautiful area that thousands of tourists flock to every year. If you're lucky enough to enjoy living here through the year, you know two things are for certain...it gets hot all year round, and yet there is no shortage for entertainment despite this. Even if you've lived here for years, there are constantly new opportunities for fun popping up around town and the surrounding areas. With work schedules and other dates reserved for business and commitments, it's hard to find the time to get together with friends to enjoy each other's company.
A day trip through Sacramento touring through local wineries is the perfect way to enjoy what the city has to offer in a relaxing setting. When you introduce professional transportation to the mix, you aren't going to have to worry about things like ordering multiple Ubers, finding a designated driver, or dealing with directions to places you might not have visited before. There's no question about the safety of passengers when a limo or party bus is along for the ride!
Located along Highway 160 in the Delta, this winery and expanse of vineyards is known as one of the best wedding venues in the area, but that's not all! The beautiful grounds with roses and olive trees will welcome you to these estates. Don't leave without trying their Sparkling Almond Wine, it's unlike anything you've tasted before.
East of downtown Sacramento you will find Revolution Wines, a wine tasting room with a lot to offer. If you're lucky, you can find savings for food and drink on Groupon! It is a family owned wine room with both farm to table and farm to glass options, so you can feel great about supporting more than one local business when you're spending time here.
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Located downtown right next to the California State Railroad Museum, this option hosts tasting options from two local wineries. It's a great choice to consider when you find yourself downtown! They don't have a ton of choices as far as food goes, but that can be taken care of at one of the many top rated surrounding restaurants.
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Q: How to do Doctrine2 calculated fields ordering I've got the following doctrine2 query working nicely, it retrieves all 'markers' within some geographical radius.
    $qb->select('marker')
        ->from('SndSpecialistLocator\Entity\Marker', 'marker')
        ->where('DISTANCE(marker.location, POINT_STR(:point)) < :distance')
        ->setParameter('point', $point)
        ->setParameter('distance', $radius);

Now I want to sort them by distance.
    $qb->select('marker (DISTANCE(marker.location, POINT_STR(:point))) AS distance')
        ->from('SndSpecialistLocator\Entity\Marker', 'marker')
        ->where('DISTANCE(marker.location, POINT_STR(:point)) < :distance')
        ->setParameter('point', $point)
        ->orderBy('distance', 'DESC')
        ->setParameter('distance', $radius);

But unfortunately this does not work, I am wondering is this possible as distance is not a real property of my entity, but a calculated one?
What is the trick here?

A: Alternatively, try using HIDDEN in your call to select() :
$qb->select('m as marker, (DISTANCE(m.location, POINT_STR(:point))) as HIDDEN distance')
// note HIDDEN added here --->------->------->------->------->------->---^
    ->from('SndSpecialistLocator\Entity\Marker', 'm')
    ->where('DISTANCE(m.location, POINT_STR(:point)) < :distance')
    ->setParameter('point', $point)
    ->orderBy('distance', 'ASC')
    ->setParameter('distance', $radius)
    ->setMaxResults(5);

$query = $qb->getQuery();
$result = $query->execute();

Adding HIDDEN to the SELECT clause hides it from the results but allows it to be used in the orderby clause. Your $result should then contain the objects you want without having to do the extra array_walk.

A: Unfortunately, ordering by aliases is not possible.
What you can do* instead is to manually repeat the function in your orderBy statement:
$qb->select('marker (DISTANCE(marker.location, POINT_STR(:point))) AS distance')
    ->from('SndSpecialistLocator\Entity\Marker', 'marker')
    ->where('DISTANCE(marker.location, POINT_STR(:point)) < :distance')
    ->setParameter('point', $point)
    ->orderBy('DISTANCE(marker.location, POINT_STR(:point))', 'DESC')
    ->setParameter('distance', $radius);

*We will probably all end up in dev-hell for stepping off the holy path of DRY

A: Found the solution.
   $qb->select('m as marker, (DISTANCE(m.location, POINT_STR(:point))) as distance')
        ->from('SndSpecialistLocator\Entity\Marker', 'm')
        ->where('DISTANCE(m.location, POINT_STR(:point)) < :distance')
        ->setParameter('point', $point)
        ->orderBy('distance', 'ASC')
        ->setParameter('distance', $radius)
        ->setMaxResults(5);

    $query = $qb->getQuery();
    $result = $query->execute();

    /**
     * Convert the resulting associative array into one containing only the entity objects
     *
     * array (size=5)
     *   0 =>
     *     array (size=2)
     *       'marker' =>
     *         object(SndSpecialistLocator\Entity\Marker)[647]
     *           protected 'id' => int 43
     *           protected 'title' => string 'c5d07acdd47efbe38a6d0bf4ec64f333' (length=32)
     *           private 'location' =>
     *             object(SndSpecialistLocator\Orm\Point)[636]
     *                private 'lat' => float 52.2897
     *                private 'lng' => float 4.84268
     *       'distance' => string '0.0760756823433058' (length=18)
     *   1 => ...
     *
     * array (size=5)
     *   0 =>
     *     object(SndSpecialistLocator\Entity\Marker)[647]
     *       protected 'id' => int 43
     *       protected 'title' => string 'c5d07acdd47efbe38a6d0bf4ec64f333' (length=32)
     *       private 'location' =>
     *         object(SndSpecialistLocator\Orm\Point)[636]
     *           private 'lat' => float 52.2897
     *           private 'lng' => float 4.84268
     *   1 => ...
     *
     */
    array_walk($result, function (&$item, $key)
    {
        $item = $item['marker'];
    });

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In the Electric Mist - Tavernier Does Burke
The smoke curling from your monitor could be from flaring swamp gas, could be from Confederate campfires, or it could be the fumes coming from my ears. Why is your correspondent fuming? Because Dans la brume électrique, Bertrand Tavernier's adaptation of the 1993 James Lee Burke novel In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead, has suffered "direct release to DVD" treatment in the United States of America. Yep, here are the numbers: Theatrical Release: $0. DVD sales since March 3 release: $1.5 million. Will that even pay for a week's worth of the cast's catering contract?
I understand that the US DVD version has had 15 minutes' of material chopped from the international version. Dommage, truly a pity.
Author James Lee Burke's website (poster image) gives a synopsis of the cinematic treatment of his novel:
While on an investigation into a series of grisly murders, veteran detective Dave Robicheaux (Tommy Lee Jones) navigates his way through the Louisiana bayou and the dark, sultry world of New Orleans mobster "Baby Feet" Balboni (John Goodman). Layers of corruption and long-dead secrets reawaken grudges and a lethal alliance. A tangled web of killings, past and present, converges in a shocking showdown with stakes that become deeply personal to Robicheaux and his family. Featuring music from five-time GRAMMY Award-winner Buddy Guy, this film takes you deep into Cajun country's hidden worlds.
So you have big name American actors (in addition to Jones and Goodman, there's also Mary Steenburgen, Peter Sarsgaard, and Ned Beatty), a haunting evocation of exotic Louisiana locations (bayous, Spanish moss, Katrina-devastated New Orleans), and a great blues and Cajun soundtrack. Plus French director Tavernier, a monument of modern cinema with over thirty films and as many awards (including multiple Cannes winners) under his belt. So why has this excellent film been consigned to DVD limbo?
I guess it's a "distribution" issue. The French distributor, TFM - what did they do wrong? Not pay appropriate obeisance to Hollywood? John ("Baby Feet Balboni") Goodman, the bad guy of the film, has had his fill of Tinsel Town, and has spent the last twelve years living in... Louisiana. In an interview with Brussels' Le Soir, Goodman castigates the "destructive Hollywood fixation with business and celebrity; it's not far from corruption, and the glamor circuit is a trap."
So unless you check out In the Electric Mist from your local video shop or order it from Netflix, you'll miss out on one of the most cerebral (but also viscerally physical) whodunits of the year. James Lee Burke (who appears to be worshiped by Tavernier and Goodman alike) has not been served well by Hollywood. Two of his novels, Heaven's Prisoners and Two For Texas, have been turned into film, the latter into a TV movie, the former a minor film by a minor director.
In the Electric Mist is neither a minor film (though its direct-to-DVD release in the US would make it seem so), nor a film by a second-rate director. Is there some Hollywood mogul who is still smarting from incessant French dissing of George W. Bush? Somebody resent those silently eloquent images of the New Orleans skyline of skyscrapers, with wrecked Lower Ninth Ward in the foreground?
Bertrand Tavernier - Leonard Maltin called his 'Round Midnight (1986) "a loving homage to jazz musicians and their world" - certainly deserves a wider audience in the US for his American film. Did I mention that it's an English-language film, made by a renowned French director? I give up.
See it on the big screen - but only in Europe.
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Other messages insulted the protesters and suggested they didn't belong in the U.S.: "let's all do something nice and pitch in for a plane ticket," one message read.
The Star Tribune reported some of the conservative students' targets were Somali-Americans.
Zephryus reportedly communicated with the students who captured screen shots of the messages and released them online. Those students dubbed themselves members of an "EHS Anti-Fascists" group and said their goal wasn't to expose the conservative students but instead expose what they perceived as wrongdoing by the group as a whole.
"The comments in the Young Conservatives Club group chat were completely unacceptable, and it became abundantly clear to us that the issue was never going to get solved internally," the EHS Anti-Fascists told Zephyrus.
In response to the incident, high school administrators revoked the Young Conservatives Club's status as a school-sponsored club, the Star Tribune reported, for not adhering to the school's mission of respecting peers. The club can still organize activities, but its membership has dwindled since the revocation.
The five conservative students and their parents responded with a federal lawsuit this month that claims the conservatives' First Amendment right to free speech was essentially restricted by the district.
The five students are Nick Spades, Elizabeth Ebner, Jazmine Edmond, Tatum Buyse and Ana Doval, the Star Tribune reports.
The EHS Anti-Fascists group also posted a YouTube video in which a student in a Guy Fawkes mask said the conservative students had fostered racism and threatened to expose the names of those who had maligned the protesters in the messages, according to Zephyrus, which also reported some conservative students, fearing for their safety after the video came out, left school early one day.
Superintendent John Schultz called the video "inflammatory and creepy" in an email to parents and guardians.
Political polarization was already prominent in the community before Veterans Day. The magazine Thinking Minnesota, which the Star Tribune reports is produced by a conservative think tank, charged the district with liberal "indoctrination," on the cover of its fall 2017 edition — released in October.
"A is for activist," the cover blares.
Edina school board candidates spent an entire forum discussing the article, the Star Tribune reported.
"...there are valid voices that are concerned about our diversity and equity," candidate Matthew Fox said.
"We need to depoliticize the schools and create an environment of openness," an Edina parent said.
The Young Conservative Club students' lawsuit calls for the reinstatement of their club and for the court to find unconstitutional the district's policy that clubs following the school's mission.
Edina Public Schools has declined to comment to some outlets.


Now what would you do to pass the time if you were one of the oldest and most powerfulness beings in the known universe? Would you star in a reality show perhaps? Or better yet, what if you decked yourself out in used car parts, and made an appearance in this Stella adventure crated by Justin Jordan, and Brad Walker; Published by: DC Comics, in July, 2013.
Using GENERAL terms, answer the following 4 questions about this STORY entitled 'Keep Hope Alive'.
WHAT'S THE MAIN THRUST OF THIS TALE: 'Oi! Cut that out' said Kyle Rayner to the balding bad-guy, named Relic. 'If you don't stop siphoning off all of the power from Saint Walker's home world' he continued 'Me and my gang will kick your f*cking head in'.
ARE THE MAIN OBJECTIVES ACHIEVED: No. Not really. Despite the Guardians best efforts to curb Relics path of destruction.
ANYTHING ELSE HAPPEN: Yeah. We get to find out that the entity of hope -- whatever-his name-is -- has a bout of perfuse guts ache. Ahhh. Poor thing.
HOW DOES THIS STORY END: With a balding bad-guy roasting hope on an open fire.
Alright. Everyone who doesn't like Relic calling the Lanterns 'Lightsmith', please put up your hands.
Hmmm. One. Two. Three. Three and a half? Oi! You! Are you putting up you hand or picking your nose?
Oh! Fair enough. You're picking your nose. Don't do it again. And neither will the rest of you. I personally love the name 'Lightsmith' myself. Not only does it make Relic seem like a well-educated villain. But it does sound pretty good if you say it out loud in a pious accent. Go on. Give it a try. 'Liiight Smiiithhheeee'.
(+) Now can anyone guess what Relic showed the Guardians to shock them into a stupor? No. It wasn't the decline of educational standards by lowering the skill level of each academic subject, silly. I think it was something to do with Oa, personally. As Kyle did allude to this fact during the last couple of pages! But still. What could it be about Oa that put the Guardians in such a tizz? Are they building a new Walmart there? Is Bill Gates going to miniaturise it and make it into a new product? Or with it go, BOOOOOOOOOMMMM? Ah-ha! Food for thought, isn't it?
(+) No matter what cr*p I might come up with underneath, folks, for yours truly, the most thought provoking scene in this issue would have to be the final one. The sacrificial one. Where Elephant man and the hope clan all turned into charcoal-briquettes. That was a very sad and touching scene I thought. Honestly. It's a vision I can't seem to shake out of my head even whilst I'm typing this review.
(+) If truth be told, I'm not really sure about Brad Walkers artwork in this issue. I liked it. Like I always do. Yet there was something about it that was less detailed and more... errr.. grainy. Then again, maybe this had something to do with Andrew Hennessy on inks?
(+) Another intriguing aspect about this adventure was the revelation that Relic is killing everyone out of love. Strange little fact that, isn't it? As it kind of insinuates that he's either a misguided righteous man, or a f*cking stupid idiot with a good heart. Thank God I'm not on his Christmas card list, Ha!
(-) What this tale did in retrospect, was kill off a couple of White Lantern's, and then tease us to what we have store in the future. Not that this is a bad-bad thing of course. It just that this chapter never gave this story-arc anything else plot-wise. It was just: BANG! -- ARRGH! -- SOB! -- NEXT! Know what I mean?
MAHATMA GANDI AS SAINT WALKER: Well, who else was I going to compare this poe-faced pacifist too? Genghis Khan?
GENGHIS KHAN AS RELIC: No. I didn't just come up with this comparison because I just thought of Mister Khan's name. If you think about it for a moment, both 'Gengi' and 'Reli' are very astute and thoughtful tyrants, plus they've got a dreadful fashion sense to boot.
'BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE' BY TOM JONES AND THE CARDIGANS: OK. I must confess. This is the more sardonic side of me speaking. But come off it, how this adventure ended was somewhat... coff-coff... fiery in temperament.
Damn. I still can't get that bloody image out of my freakin' head. That one on the last page where I saw the ember's of a roasting Elephant drifting off into the open breeze.
I mean, what do you think this vision would smell like, huh? Would it be like burnt meat perhaps? Or better yet, why not some sort of petroleum based fume? Wafting too and throw like they always seem to do when an industrial accident occurs!
Oh! I don't know. Yet, I suppose if this image has stuck with me, it must surely mean that this issue of the 'New Guardians' was a fairly good one to read. And it was you know. Fairly good. With a good storyline. Some good art. Plus some good characters I don't mind following.
However, is 'good' truly enough for this title? I don't want it to be just good. I want it to be f*cking amazing. And surprise me each and every month with dramatic art, suspenseful tales, and a more well-defined set of characters.
Do you see what I'm driving at, folks? This title can be a lot better than it currently is. Plus I hope -- yes, I did use the 'h' word -- that in the foreseeable future Justin and Brad can take this series by the proverbial horns, and drive it like mad-men to infinity and beyond.


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Q: How to resolve /var/www copy/write permission denied? I am a newbie in php, mysql. I have written a hello.php script, which I am trying to copy into /var/www directory (and will later want to open it through web browser). The problem with the same is that I am not allowed to save/write any files in /var/www despite me being the root. I tried implementing steps in this question, but I get the following error when I process the third line
find /var/www/ -type f -exec chmod g+w '{}' ';'
chmod: changing permissions of `/var/www/index.html': Operation not permitted

I know symlink is also an option. I would want to be able to write/copy files directly to /var/www/ directory.
Any suggestions on what is going wrong?

A: it'matter of *unix permissions, gain root acces, for example by typing
sudo su
[then type your password]

and try to do what you have to do

A: Encountered a similar problem today.  Did not see my fix listed here, so I thought I'd share.
Root could not erase a file.
I did my research.  Turns out there's something called an immutable bit.
# lsattr /path/file
----i-------- /path/file
#

This bit being configured prevents even root from modifying/removing it.
To remove this I did:
# chattr -i /path/file

After that I could rm the file.
In reverse, it's a neat trick to know if you have something you want to keep from being gone.
:)

A: sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www

A: Are you in a development environment ? If Yes, You can do
chown -R user:group /var/www

so you will be able to write with your user.

A: Do you have a file in /var/www called hello.php already that has permissions on it? Maybe the system can't replace the file?
Although, root access should supersede any user on the system.
Have you tried applying permissions to the www folder?
If you can do this, try the following:
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www
then do:
sudo cp hello.php /var/www
I only recommend doing this if you know 100% that it is ok to set permissions on the whole www folder. By the sounds of it, you are running on your own production server as most live/shared hosting servers are setup so that the www folder is not in the /var folder (instead it is in the home folder of the user).
Be VERY careful when doing anything with the sudo prefix though, you can seriously damage your system if you do it wrong.

A: Execute the following command
sudo setfacl -R -m u:<user_name>:rwx /var/www

It will change the permissions of html directory so that you can upload, download and delete the files or directories

A: First off, this has nothing to do with php. This is a unix permission issue. You need to login as a superuser ( sudo/su ) and type your password, then try that command.
$ su
(type password )
\# your command

$ sudo command
$ (type password)

It might also help if you actually specified the operating system you use.

A: sudo cp hello.php /var/www/

What output do you get?

A: If none of the above works, you might be dealing with a vfat filesystem.  Use "df" to check.
See http://www.charlesmerriam.com/blog/2009/12/operation-not-permitted-and-the-fat-32-system/ for more details.

A: First of all, you need to login as root and than go to /etc directory and execute some commands which are given below.
[root@localhost~]# cd /etc
[root@localhost /etc]# vi sudoers

and enter this line at the end
kundan ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

where kundan is the username and than save it. and then try to transfer the file and add sudo as a prefix to the command you want to execute:
sudo cp hello.txt /home/rahul/program/

where rahul is the second user in the same server.

A: You just have to write sudo instead of su.
Then just copy the PHP file to the var/www/ directory.
Then go to the browser, and write local host/test.php or whatever the .php filename is.

A: Enter the following command in the directory you want to modify the right:
for example the directory: /var/www/html
sudo setfacl -m g:username:rwx . #-> for file

sudo setfacl -d -m g:username: rwx . #-> for directory

This will solve the problem.
Replace username with your username.

A: The problem is a privilege issue navigate to the var/www/
right-click in it and select open as admin
then continue your work


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Tony Iommi Is Introduced to 469-Million-Year-Old Fossil Bearing His Name
Chad Childers Published: November 19, 2021
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In October, it was revealed that a newly discovered fossil had been named after Black Sabbath's legendary guitarist Tony Iommi. Now the musician has had a chance to see the fossil up close and he even filmed a video along with it from the Black Sabbath bench on Black Sabbath bridge located in Birmingham, England.
The Drepanoistodus Iommii was discovered by a group that included metal loving paleontologist Mats Eriksson, who had previously named fossils after Motorhead leader Lemmy Kilmister, Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster and iconic falsetto singer King Diamond. The team of Danish and Swedish paleontologists retrieved the fossil "from a succession of limestone in western Russia" which, during the Ordovician Period (a 45-million year period dating 488.3 million years back), formed sea floor sediments.
In the special ceremony taking place in Birmingham, Iommi joked, "It was a real shock to learn that a real fossil has been named after me. Of course you can imagine my friends now, and all the abuse I've got." He later added, "This has to be the most weirdest thing that's ever been named after me."
He was then introduced to Eriksson speaking via video chat on a phone. "What an absolute honor it is to meet you. The only reason why we do this is to sort of have fun and for me it's a way of combining my love affairs with nature and music. That's played such an important role in all my life," said the paleontologist, with Iommi responding, "It's really great, I'm really proud of it. Thank you very much."
Back in October, Eriksson stated, "Tony Iommi has been high on my list of people I wanted to honor this way. To my great pleasure, both my fellow co-authors loved the suggestion. So, now Tony Iommi is also immortalized in the scientific literature with the gorgeous species Drepanoistodus Iommii."
Jan Audun Rasmussen, who specializes in conodonts, enthused, "Drepanoistodus Iommii is indeed excellently preserved, belongs to a complex group of conodonts, and has great potential as a time marker (so-called biostratigraphy)."
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Sources said the adherents had gone to the community to perform some Jewish prayers and rites but were intercepted by the police during the activity.Efforts by The Guardian to confirm the report proved abortive.
The Police Commissioner in Umuahia, Anthony Obizi, did not pick his calls or give reply to text message.It was, however, gathered that their arrest followed their mode of dressing and incantations, which they offered, said to be alien to the police.
Meanwhile, some Jewish leaders, who gathered around the state police headquarters, alleged that their detained colleagues were "beaten seriously and their Jewish robes torn off before they were thrown into cell."One of the members, Ima Nwachukwu, said the adherents were only "performing their religious obligations" and wondered why the police should arrest them.He, however, called on the Commissioner of Police to intervene and order the immediate release of the adherents.


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US senators call for security probe of TikTok
US lawmakers called for a probe of Chinese-owned video app TikTok, saying it had the potential to be used for spying by the Chinese government
Two senior US senators called for the government to study national security risks possibly posed by Chinese-owned video app TikTok, saying it could leave American users vulnerable to Beijing's spying.
With 500 million users worldwide, TikTok has exploded in popularity in the past two years, offering a platform to produce and publish music-synced videos up to 60 seconds long.
In a letter to acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Senator Tom Cotton suggested that TikTok's owner ByteDance could be forced to share user information with Chinese intelligence.
It could also conceivably offer Beijing's spies a backdoor into users' smartphones and computers, similar to allegations against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.
"With over 110 million downloads in the US alone, TikTok is a potential counterintelligence threat we cannot ignore," they wrote, urging the intelligence community to "conduct an assessment of the national security risks" posed by the app.
Chinese laws could compel the company "to support and cooperate with intelligence work controlled by the Chinese Communist Party," the senators said.
They noted that TikTok collects substantial personal data from users, making it a security risk.
In a statement posted on its website, TikTok sought to distance itself from China, saying "we are not influenced by any foreign government, including the Chinese government."
The company's data centers are located outside China and "none of our data is subject to Chinese law," it said.
The social media firm denied that it removes content "based on sensitivities related to China."
"We have never been asked by the Chinese government to remove any content and we would not do so if asked. Period," it said, adding that it had no intention of operating in China.
The senators also warned that TikTok could potentially be used to influence voters in next year's election in the same way Russians manipulated US social media in the 2016 campaign.
"Questions have also been raised regarding the potential for censorship or manipulation of certain content," they said.
"TikTok reportedly censors materials deemed politically sensitive to the Chinese Communist Party, including content related to the recent Hong Kong protests, as well as references to Tiananmen Square, Tibetan and Taiwanese independence, and the treatment of Uighurs."
They acknowledged that the app does not operate in China, where ByteDance offers the similar but separate DouYin app, and that TikTok's user data is stored inside the United States.
However, they said, "ByteDance is still required to adhere to the laws of China."
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ECL will be beneficial for Pakistan cricket: Nasim Ashraf
League chairman believes PCB should not hesitate in allowing players to participate in the event
Saleem Khaliq in Karachi
Emirates Cricket League (ECL) chairman Nasim Ashraf has said that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) should not have second thoughts about sending their players to participate in the league.
The new PCB management after the arrival of Ehsan Mani as the board's head has shown reluctance in sending players in the ECL, which Ashraf believes is not the right thing to do.
"The league will be beneficial for players in Pakistan and is a massive step for the development of cricket in general," he said. "I'm hopeful that Mani will allow Pakistan players to participate in the league because of his vast experience in the field of cricket administration."
He further stated: "Being a Pakistani, I can't even think about taking a step that will prove harmful for Pakistan cricket which is why PCB has nothing to worry about. Also the league is scheduled at a time when Pakistan has no other commitments internationally."
Ashraf also highlighted the reason behind the creation of this league stating: "The reason behind holding Emirates Cricket League is to promote cricket in UAE as a lot of top international cricket stars, more than 250, are interested in playing cricket in this part of the world. This league is also extremely important to financially strengthen the UAE cricket."
Speaking about league's icon players, Ashraf said: "South Africa's AB de Villiers is our icon players while others including Pakistan's Shahid Afridi and Andre Russell from West Indies will also be part of our league."
He added: "A lot of coaches from India, Pakistan and other countries are also interested in coaching stints with franchises and have already sent in their letter of consent regarding it."
Talking about the details of each franchise and the composition of the sides, Ashraf said: "Each team will include five international cricketers and three players from associate countries while the 16-member squad will include three players from the UAE."
Ashraf also said that the league is sanctioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as well.
"This is an ICC sanctioned event under the governance of the Emirates Cricket Board," he said. "We have written approval from the ICC and all their rules and regulations will be strictly followed."
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Indiana Pacers: Myles Turner gets a strong ranking
The Indiana Pacers report for the 2017-18 season in less than two weeks. That means it's time to rank everybody and everything.
With Paul George gone, the Pacers won't have anyone near the top of any player lists heading into the season.
Let's see how they -- and other players of Indiana interest -- line up.
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Myles Turner
ESPN puts Turner at No. 36:
There's massive potential for a star turn from Turner, who is entering his third season and will be Indiana's focal point following the trade of Paul George. Though he might not scream "superstar" upon first glance, Turner is one of just five players in history to average 14 points, seven rebounds and two blocks per game by the age of 20. The others: Anthony Davis, Kevin Garnett, Chris Webber and Shaquille O'Neal.
Slam released a top 50, and Turner comes in at No. 44:
With George out of the picture, Turner's touches are going to skyrocket. Only 21, the Texas product already has one of the best midrange jumpers in the League, regardless of position: Turner shot 42.7 percent from 15-19 feet in 2016-17.
And like big man contemporaries Karl-Anthony Towns and Joel Embiid, Turner's 3-point shot is coming along: Turner shot 35 percent from deep in 16-17, and 50 percent from beyond the arc in January.
After improving in every statistical category from year one to year two, it's time for Turner to get in his duffle down low. Turner gets his highlight dunks and transition finishes, but he has to develop one or two go-to moves in the post if he truly wants to be taken seriously in the paint. In year three, he has to stop trying to shoot over defenders' heads near the basket.
Sports Illustrated has him 68th:
In just two seasons, Turner has dealt with a coaching change, a front-office shake-up, a position switch, a point-guard carousel, and the departure of his team's franchise player. Through it all, the 2015 lottery pick has done an admirable job of rolling with the punches as he settles into life as a two-way impact starting center. With an outside-in offensive game and excellent shot-blocking instincts, the 21-year-old Turner projects as the rebuilding Pacers' highest priority next season.
Turner is not yet ready to take the reins from Paul George as The Man given his limited low-post arsenal and still-developing frame, but the oft-cited comparisons to fellow Texas product LaMarcus Aldridge look increasingly apt. He's got a smooth shooting stroke, excellent length and a good motor, and he led the Pacers' regular rotation players with a +3.2 net rating. Although Turner (14.5 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 1.3 APG) might still be two years away from possessing the strength necessary to be an imposing low-post isolation defender and go-to scorer on the block, he's clearly ahead of schedule compared to most young bigs. Despite Turner's disappointing showing in Indiana's humbling first-round loss to Cleveland, there are only a few other 22-and-under centers— Karl-Anthony Towns, Nikola Jokic and Kristaps Porzingis — with higher ceilings.
Victor Oladipo
SI has him 77th:
Instead of emerging as a true co-pilot on Russell Westbrook's magical ride, Oladipo (15.9 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 2.6 APG) joined the rest of the Thunder in the backseat. Upon arriving in Oklahoma City by trade last summer, the 25-year-old guard seemed poised to play the Robin role and step forward as a lead playmaker when the 2017 MVP went to the bench. But the anticipated breakthrough never materialized, as Oladipo's game mirrored his good-but-not-great showing during his first three years in Orlando. Then, in his first trip to the playoffs, Oladipo's shot abandoned him and he proved to be only a bit player.
There's some fool's gold to Oladipo. He's quick and leaps well, but doesn't translate those tools into consistent, efficient isolation offense. He can get by as a spot-up shooter, but isn't a knockdown threat. He can generate offense in pick-and-rolls, but doesn't light up the highlight tapes with his vision. He's got a strong frame, but hasn't yet delivered on pre-draft prognostications that viewed him as an elite defender. While his offseason trade to Indiana should offer him more shots, touches, and opportunities to initiate the offense, he will likely struggle with the burdens of being a lead backcourt scorer.
ESPN has him at No. 78:
Oladipo will be the NBA's 38th-highest-paid player this season after coming off a 2016-17 campaign in which he ranked 111th in win shares and finished with a below-league-average PER. He'll have chances to be a primary creator in Indiana, though it's worth mentioning he shot just 42 percent in the 500-plus minutes he played without Russell Westbrook last season in Oklahoma City.
Former Pacers
Paul George, now with the Thunder, is No. 12 by Sports Illustrated:
George made it clear in last year's playoffs that he is a deep believer in pecking order—no matter if his teammates are open. You might be, too, if you were this good. George (23.7 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 3.3 APG) is the kind of star who can dominate a game in all phases. We've seen him shackle some of the league's highest scorers while dropping 30 of his own. To grab 15 rebounds, notch nine assists, or make five three-pointers in a game is well within his grasp. We know this because he did all three on the same night (while scoring 36) against the Cavs. Big stages and big moments do not bother him. What does, apparently, is anything less than superstar treatment when he has clearly played at a superstar level.
Former Pacers who are also area college and/or high school alums
Jeff Teague, now with the Timberwolves, is 55th by SI:
Sizing up Teague feels an awful lot like hearing an urban legend. He has made an All-Star team and appeared in the playoffs for eight straight years, and yet the most memorable moment of his career might have been when he was spotted clutching a pizza box all by himself after being left behind by the team bus. He shared his only career Player of the Month award with four other people. He was traded for a mediocre first-round draft pick while on a below-market contract just one year after guiding a 60-win team. He was so thoroughly unassuming in Indiana last season (15.3 PPG, 4 RPG, 7.8 APG) that even the Pacers' official website took care to note his silent and emotionless demeanor.
And yet Teague somehow posted PPG/RPG/APG numbers in 2016-17 that were only matched or exceeded by five A-listers—LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Chris Paul and John Wall. Clearly, the 29-year-old point guard is not on that level, but he makes for an intriguing addition to Minnesota's overhauled and upgraded starting lineup. An adept pick-and-roll initiator with three-point range and the ability to get to the line, Teague will give the post-Ricky Rubio Timberwolves a natural scoring threat at the one. Although he's nothing to write home about as a defender, Teague gets by well enough to make Minnesota's three-year, $57 million contract look like a reasonable, if slightly generous, investment. By signing on with the Timberwolves—an organization that's desperate to snap its playoff drought—Teague surely understands that he will be judged next season not by his own numbers but by his ability to keep his many weapons satisfied.
George Hill, now on the Kings, 63rd by SI:
Hill is the best of his kind: a smart, disciplined player who pairs perfectly with a playmaking wing. He can run an offense when asked, but Hill is at his best when part of a more balanced attack. Let the offense flow, and the ball will find its way back to him. Hill (16.9 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 4.2 APG) is a natural when it comes to sliding into place on the perimeter, bolstering the creation of his teammates with a strong spot-up option. Should the defense close out aggressively (as one would expect given Hill's 40.3% shooting from three), Hill can comfortably trigger the next move in sequence: a straight-line drive, a secondary pick-and-roll, or a simple swing pass. Hill is the kind of guard any team would want on the weak side, and a better-than-advertised initial playmaker to boot. What really cements Hill's universal appeal, however, is his defense. Hill is 6'3" with a 6'9" wingspan—a reach that envelops smaller guards and allows Hill to swing easily between positions. Even some small forwards are fair game. Don't be discouraged by the fact that Hill is neither the model of a pure point guard nor an especially prolific scorer. Everything that he is and does creates possibilities.
ESPN puts Hill 49th:
Hill parlayed a career season into a three-year, $57 million contract with the Kings this offseason. If his play mirrors that from 2016-17, he'll be far more than simply a tutor for top-five pick De'Aaron Fox. Hill figures to carry a significant scoring load in Sacramento, something that could bode well for the Kings. Last season, the Jazz went 15-1 in games Hill scored at least 20 points, the best such mark for any player that finished with 10 or more 20-point games.
Area college and high school alums
Gordon Hayward, Celtics, was 16th in SI:
Painstaking development has given Hayward's game layer upon layer, to the point that he's become one of the most complete wings in the league. Offense could be run to feature Hayward sprinting around screens or isolating his defender, reading an opening for a backdoor cut or threading a pass to a teammate who had done just that. His evolution has made him both a real threat and a compelling decoy—a combination that Quin Snyder and the Jazz used to great effect last season. Players like Hayward make an offense ripe for misdirection.
And no matter how he's deployed, Hayward has grown enough as a ball handler to come with an escape plan baked-in. Almost any situation can be reset into a basic pick-and-roll if need be, teeing up for an easy, exploitable opening. Defenders who don't challenge Hayward at the point of the screen leave themselves vulnerable to a free-and-clear three-pointer. Those that do then have to hang as Hayward slinks inside, using his body to create space all the while. Hayward has a knack for hitting the sort of hanging, contested shots that drive a defense crazy. Even perfect execution might not be enough.
Hayward might not be Boston's leading scorer next season, but the range of what he brings to the table makes him the Celtics' best player. It's not just offense; Hayward has a proven track record guarding both wing positions at a high level and is strong enough to dabble at power forward if the situation calls for it. The scope of his offerings opens the door to all kinds of creative solution. Should the offense stall, Hayward's role could be easily shifted to find a new opening. If a particular defensive matchup becomes a problem, Hayward could take it on or switch capably mid-possession. These are the luxuries that coaches crave. With Hayward, so many of them come standard.
Mike Conley, Grizzlies, was 18th by SI:
David Fizdale sold Conley on a vision. Memphis had centered itself over the years through Conley's careful stewardship—his even keel a defining force of a balanced offense. As Fizdale saw it, what the Grizz needed was greater abandon. Grinding out games as usual was an option, though it left Memphis particularly vulnerable to the NBA's emerging arms race. A low-variance, post-heavy style could only get the team so far in a league dominated by dynamic scoring guards. Fortunately, the Grizzlies had just that sort of guard hiding in plain sight. It took some coaxing, but Conley upped his usage to a career-high 26.3% (higher than Kyle Lowry and Derrick Rose) in a revelatory season. For the first time in his basketball life, Conley came off of screens firing. His scoring leapt from 15.3 points per game to 20.5. He made 39% of his pull-up three-pointers and 40.8% of his three-pointers overall. Chipping away at Conley's inhibitions even unleashed him into the isolation game, where the speedy point guard took Fizdale's directives to heart.
Gary Harris, Nuggets, was listed by Bleacher Report as the shooting guard most likely to break out this season:
Talk about landing in a perfect situation.
Gary Harris started his trek toward the top tier of the 2-guard rankings in 2016-17, and he now finds himself in an ideal situation to flat-out explode.
On offense, the soon-to-be 23-year-old thrives both cutting to the hoop and spotting up on the perimeter. He scored 1.39 PPP in the former situation to finish in the 77th percentile, displaying remarkable synergy alongside Nikola Jokic, who was able to leverage his passing talents into plenty of perfectly timed feeds around the hoop.
He is 57th in SI:
A surprising number of fans — and even people within the league — haven't yet caught on to the fact that Harris is one of the NBA's best shooters. When 'wide open' last season by NBA.com's designation, Harris sank an incredible 50.6% of his three-pointers. Overall, he leveled out at 42% from beyond the arc, good for eighth overall. Thus begins the case for Harris (14.9 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 2.9 APG) as an exceptional off-ball threat. A shooter of his caliber is exactly what any offense would want to balance the floor for its offense. What makes Harris all the more difficult to cover is that he might slip away at any moment; a momentary diversion is all Harris needs to dart into open space and fundamentally change a possession. Great playmakers see the game through a certain geometry, timing out which teammates are available when. Great cutters, like Harris, can make sense of the inverse. On every possession, Harris parses the spaces between players to find which ones—if sprinted through at just the right time—might prove fruitful. Operating in that way demands a certain caliber of playmaking, but it's Harris who finds the means to produce 17.2 points per 36 minutes.
Harris is 90th by ESPN:
On a per-possession basis, Harris rated as one of the NBA's most efficient offensive two-guards last season, ranking ahead of Klay Thompson, DeMar DeRozan, Devin Booker and Andrew Wiggins among others in Offensive RPM. Harris connected on 54 percent of his corner 3s, which ranked fourth among the 137 players who attempted at least 50 of them.
Cody Zeller, Hornets, is 70th in SI:
Rarely does a non-superstar prove to be as indispensable as Zeller (10.3 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 1.6 APG) was for the Hornets last season. With Zeller, Charlotte went 33-29. Without him, they went 3-17. With Zeller on the court, the Hornets had a +5.4 net rating, similar to the 55-win Rockets. With him off the court, the Hornets dropped to a -3.6 net rating, nearly as bad as the 31-win Knicks. The 24-year-old center even managed to rank fifth at his position in Real Plus-Minus just four years after his selection was booed by fans on draft night.
While those disparate splits can be explained in part by Charlotte's thin frontcourt rotation, Zeller deserves more credit than he gets as a useful, flexible and thoroughly modern big man. Mobility is central to his value on both ends: Zeller moves freely and decisively as a pick-and-roll target, he switches defensively on to smaller players without too much trouble, he offers timely weakside help, and he runs the court with ease. Given the space his movement creates in the paint and the higher pace his presence facilitates, lineups featuring Zeller at center may very well outperform lineups featuring the recently-acquired Dwight Howard next season.
Zeller is 89th by ESPN:
When Cody Zeller was in the lineup last season, the Hornets won games at a clip that would have netted them the 5 seed. Unfortunately, they went 3-17 in the games Zeller missed, resulting in an 11th-place finish in the East. Zeller's absence was felt mostly on defense as the Hornets gave up 111.1 PPG in those 20 games, 8.5 more than they did with Zeller in the lineup.
Eric Gordon, Rockets, is 83rd by SI:
What a relief it is to see Gordon healthy again. His best role still involves only moderate ball-handling, but what's important is that Gordon's body has again given him the option; it's been years since the 28-year-old has moved this smoothly, which works to open up Gordon's game (16.2 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 2.5 APG) beyond spot shooting alone. That diversity led the Rocket to winning Sixth Man of the Year honors last season. Still, everything builds off his jumper. It's no surprise that Gordon's effectiveness waned along with every shooting slump last season, including a months-long lull after the All-Star break. So long as he's hitting, defenses have to chase his shot aggressively—opening up other avenues for creation in the process. The sheer force of Gordon's deep range demands that opponents cover even more ground to contest. But if those shots don't fall, Gordon just doesn't have all that much else to keep his game afloat.


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The first reports in early May of 1960 were that a U.S. weather plane, flying out of Turkey, had gone missing.
A silent Moscow knew better. After letting the Americans crawl out on a limb, expatiating on their cover story, Russia sawed it off.
Actually, said Nikita Khrushchev, we shot down a U.S. spy plane 1000 miles inside our country flying over a restricted zone.
We have the pilot, we have the camera, we have the pictures. We have the hollow silver dollar containing the poisoned-tipped needle CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers declined to use.
Two weeks later, Khrushchev used the U-2 incident and Ike's refusal to apologize to dynamite the Paris summit and the gauzy Spirit of Camp David that had come out of his ten-day visit to the USA.
Eisenhower's reciprocal trip to Russia was now dead.
A year later, President Kennedy would be berated by Khrushchev in Vienna. The Berlin Wall would go up. And Khrushchev would begin secretly to install nuclear missiles in Cuba, 90 miles from Key West.
Had there been no U-2 incident, would the history of the Cold War have been different? Perhaps.
Yet, while there were critics of launching Power's U-2 flight so close to the summit, Americans understood the need for espionage. Like us, the Soviets were installing ballistic missiles, every single one of which could incinerate an American city.
Post 9/11, too, Americans accepted the necessity for the National Security Agency to retrieve and sift through phone calls and emails to keep us secure from terror attacks. Many have come to accept today's risks of an invasion of their privacy — for greater security for their family.
And there remains a deposit of trust among Americans that the NSA, the CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency are not only working for us, they are defending us.
How long Americans will continue to repose this trust, however, is starting to come into question.
Last week, we learned that a high official of the U.S. government turned 200 private phone numbers of 35 friendly foreign leaders, basically the Rolodex of the president, over to the NSA for tapping and taping.
Allied leaders, with whom America works toward common goals, have for years apparently had their private conversations listened to, transcribed and passed around by their supposed U.S. friends.
Angela Merkel has apparently been the subject of phone taps since before she rose to the leadership of Germany and Europe.
A victim of the East German Stasi, Ms. Merkel is not amused.
We are told not to be naive; everyone does it. Spying, not only between enemies but among allies, is commonplace.
This is how the world works. Deal with it.
But why are we doing this? Is it all really about coping with the terrorist threat? Or is it because we have the ability to do it, and the more information we have, even stolen surreptitiously from friends and allies, the better? Gives us a leg up in the great game of nations.
U.S. diplomats say that one of their assignments abroad is to know what the host government is thinking and planning politically, economically, strategically. That this is an aspect of diplomacy.
But relations among friendly nations are not unlike the NFL. While films are taken of rival teams' games and studied, scouts observe practices, and rumors are picked up of injuries, there are lines that most opposing NFL teams do not cross.
The lines of unethical conduct and criminality.
To learn that an owner or coach of one NFL franchise had wiretapped the home phones of coaches and players of a Super Bowl rival would, if revealed, be regarded as rotten business.
What kind of camaraderie, cooperation or friendship can endure in an environment where constant snooping on one's closest friends is accepted practice?
In the Nixon White House, there were serious leaks that revealed our secret bombing of Communist sanctuaries in Cambodia to protect our troops, and of our fallback position in the strategic arms talks.
Wiretaps were planted on aides to Henry Kissinger and White House staffers who had no knowledge of what had been leaked.
Relationships were altered, some poisoned for a lifetime.
Why should we not expect a similar reaction among foreign friends who discover their personal and political secrets have been daily scooped up and filed by their American friends, and found their way into the president's daily intelligence brief?
The Cold War was a clash of ideologies and empires for the future of the world. Men took drastic measures to preserve what they had. At the end of the Cold War, the old tactics and measures were not set aside, but improved upon, and now are no longer restricted for use against the likes of al-Qaida, but against allies.
At the Cold War's end, the late Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick talked hopefully of America becoming again "a normal country in a normal time." Seems as though the normal times are never coming back.
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In our last blog we covered some tips on when you might need doggy clothes, such as sweaters and coats, as well as a few others. In this blog, we'll continue the conversation and offer more tips for your pooch in the winter weather.
Just like humans, dogs love to be close to a heat source, but unlike humans, dogs tend to get very close to heaters and end up burning themselves. To prevent your pup from getting burned, avoid space heaters completely and install radiator baseboard covers. In addition, fireplaces also pose a potential risk for doggy burns, so pet-proof your fireplace as well!
Cold weather often brings dry and chapped skin. Help prevent your dog from getting a flaky, itchy, and dry coat by supplementing with coconut and fish oils. Just add a tablespoon to your pet's food, as they love the taste of both. If you dog's ears, paws, or tail are looking a bit rough, apply a high quality oil topically as well.
Wintertime bears some additional care for your dog's paws. If your dog has longer hair, be sure to trim the hair in between its paws to prevent ice from building up. Salt is generally used to break up icy streets and sidewalks, but can burn your dog's paws, so after being outdoors, help your dog out by wiping or rinsing its paws! If your dog shows any signs of discomfort from the cold ground or salty walk ways, consider trying booties for its feet.
In addition to oils to help keep your pooch's coat glowing, water will also help. Dog's are susceptible to dehydration in winter, just as in summer. Be sure your dog always has access to water, whether it's indoors or outdoors. If you dog has a water bowl outside, pay close attention that it doesn't freeze.
Dogs LOVE snow, and often can't help themselves from bouncing all over the yard. Help protect your dog from escaping, by removing snow properly, and away from fences. Also pay attention to the snow from your roof, as the sun begins to melt and drip from your rooftop to the ground it can later freeze, causing extremely slippery and dangerous ground for your dog.
Keeping chemicals away from your dog is a must in all seasons, but in wintertime, antifreeze might be more prevalent. Just remember that antifreeze tastes sweet and will attract dogs, so be mindful of it when you're in the garage or on the driveway.
With all the winter weather a variety of concerns arise, but remember the best way to keep your dog warm is with human snuggles and cuddles!
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Q: What's wrong? How can I change the "sum1" order? I'm trying to compute the value of cos x using the Taylor series formula
             infinity
             ----                  2k
             \            k      x
 cos(x) =    /        (-1)  * -------------
             ----                (2k)!
             k=0

Shown graphically at http://ppt.cc/G,DC
Here is my program.
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cmath>
using namespace std;

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    double sum=0.0,sum1=0.0;
 double x;
 cin>>x;
 for(int i=0 ; i<=10 ; i=i+1 )
 {
  for(int i=1 ; i<=20 ; i=i+1)
  {
   sum1=i*sum1+sum1;
  }
     sum=pow(-1,(double)i)*pow(x,(double)(2*i))/sum1+sum;
 }
 cout<<"Sum : "<<sum<<endl;
 system("pause");
 return 0;
}

The output is -1.#IND
Why?
How can I change the order of "sum1" to make it work right?

A: You're using i as the name of the controlling variables for two for-loops that are nested inside each other.  That won't work the way you expect.
Next, sum1 is 0.  No matter how many times you multiply zero by things and add zero to it, it's still zero.  Then you divide by zero, which is why your final answer is NaN (not-a-number).
You need to fix the computation of factorial.  Why don't you write a factorial function and test it by itself first?

A: You're redeclaring i inside your inner loop.
for(int i=0 ; i<=10 ; i=i+1 )
 {
  for(int i=1 ; i<=20 ; i=i+1)

It's been a while since I've done C, but I'm fairly sure that's an error.

A: Many things are a bit weird.
First : Please write ANSI C++ and try not to adopt the Microsoft Stuff, I don't really know but I guess those are for the pro's. Lets just stick to the basic stuff.
Here is what you should do :
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cmath>

using namespace std;

double factorial(double fac)
{
    if(fac == 0)
        return 1;
    return fac * factorial(fac - 1);
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    double sum=0.0;
    double x;
    cin >> x;

    for ( int i = 0 ; i <= 10 ; i++ )
    {
        double divisor = factorial ( 2 * i );
        if(divisor != 0.0)
        {
            sum += (double)( (pow( -1 , i ) * pow (x , 2*i )) / divisor );
        }
    }
    cout<<"Sum : "<<sum<<endl;
    //system("pause");
    return 0;
}

You are not only calculating the Factorial in a weird way, but you also dont use the math operators correctly and you dont perform the math calculation as you would like to. Also the code you wrote is very weird that way because it does not make it clear (not even for you from what I understand). Look at what others commented too. They are right.

A: When you divide by 0, the result becomes infinity (which prints out as -1.#IND)
Muggen has given a good naive way of doing this, recomputing the whole factorial each time, and using the pow function to compute the alternating sign in the formula. But there are improvements that you can make to this code faster.

*

*The Factorial function in one iteration of the loop can take advantage of the fact that you already multiplied most of the terms you need in the prior iterations of the loop.

*The exponent (-1)^k is just a way to alternate between addition and subtraction -- you can replace that by having a variable that alternates its sign every iteration through the loop. (There are other ways to do this besides what I showed here, the point is that you don't need to call the pow() function to do it.)

*The other power function x^(2k) can also be unrolled the same way.

*I eliminated the first iteration of the loop, because I could calculate it in my head (it was 1.0, for any x), and set the initial value of sum to 1.0. This way factorial doesn't ever get multiplied by 0.
Try this instead
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cmath>
using namespace std;

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
 double x;
 cin>>x;
 double sum=1.0, factorial=1.0, sign=-1.0, power=1.0;
 for(int i=1 ; i<=10 ; i=i+1 )
 {
     factorial*= (2*i-1) * 2*i;
     power *= x * x;
     sum += sign * power/factorial;
     sign = -sign;
 }
 cout<<"Sum : "<<sum<<endl;
 system("pause");
 return 0;
}

A: It does not appear that you are computing the factorial correctly. should be
sum1 = 1.0;
for(int k=1 ; k<=i*2 ; k=k+1)
{
    sum1 *= k;
}

Notice that the factorial terminates a at your outer loop i, and not the fixed number 20, When i is 5, you don't want 20!, you want (2*5)!.


Automation in the workplace has been one of the looming existential threats to American workers for years now. And with each new study published, the fear of robots, machines, and artificial intelligence coming to take our jobs ticks higher.
But a new report from McKinsey finds that the future of work and automation isn't quite the zero-sum game when it comes to jobs as some perceive.
Right now, 51% of job activities could be automated with "currently demonstrated" technology, the McKinsey report says. The distinction is noteworthy: McKinsey isn't saying half of all jobs can be automated with existing technology, but rather job tasks. Many jobs involve a blend of both the mundane and the intricate. Machines are excellent at handling rote, predictable tasks like repetitive physical labor and data collection and processing, making jobs like retail, foodservice, and manufacturing—a big theme in the 2016 campaign—most affected. As 51% of all working hours, these endangered activities make up $2.7 trillion in wages.
Because automation is spread out—less than 5% of jobs are entirely rote and machine replaceable—the changes will likely trickle in across the board. "About 60% of all occupations have at least 30% of constituent activities that could be automated," the report says. "More occupations will change than will be automated away." As for the timeline on this, McKinsey says its scenarios suggest 2055, but that it could happen 20 years sooner or later depending on economic conditions.
At first glance, this future, in which half your job is automated, seems to confirm John Maynard Keynes's prediction of a 15-hour work week with more time for leisure. "Our analysis of automation potential also suggests that many occupations could be partially automated before they are fully automated," the report says. For the workers caught in this shift who aren't able to get trained for the new economy, it may be a 15-hour work week with a 15-hour work wage, without full-time benefits like health insurance. Or less than a 15-hour wage. "Especially for low-skill workers, this process could depress wages unless demand grows," the study found.
As automation transforms individual tasks, workers will learn to perform activities that complement the work machines do (and vice versa), the study says. However, those jobs may not be performed by the same people—untrained for such tasks—who had their jobs slashed, leaving those people behind in the new economy. Today, many people in that situation—bookkeepers, for example—have fallen back on lower-paying jobs, which has led to the high employment and high income inequality today.
The report's authors see a parallel with today. "We also assume that human labor displaced by automation would rejoin the workforce and be as productive as it was in 2014, that is, new demand for labor will be created," the study says. "In any case, it is vital that there be new demand for labor displaced by automation." Unfortunately, in the future scenarios, many of those lower-paying jobs are the exact same ones slated for automation.
The future the McKinsey report suggests isn't the alarmist dystopia of permanent mass unemployment. Instead, it suggests that people who enter the workforce, or can adapt to it, after this jerk forward will face a starkly unsaturated job market. The demand for labor, it says, will be far greater than the supply many developed countries will be able to provide if they want to hit their GDP growth aspirations.
Clearly, these gains may mean massive changes in how people work and earn money, changes that could leave millions stranded by the new economy and increase inequality even further. "Automation will cause significant labor displacement," the study's authors note. "and [it] could exacerbate a growing skills and employment gap that already exists between high-skill and low-skill workers.
To make sure gains aren't only realized by shareholders, or that workers won't lose, the study exhorts governmental policy changes that make sure the large numbers of people who lose their livelihoods are not left in free-fall. According to the study, governments should encourage and assist in training and education in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) as well as honing the human skills still out of the reach of the machines.


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Warrington Wolves release Anthony Gelling statement amid Cheshire police investigation
By Joe Coleman
Updated: 12th February 2020, 5:08 pm
Warrington Wolves centre Anthony Gelling has been stood down by the club after his arrest on suspicion of wounding with intent.
Auckland-born Gelling was questioned by detectives responding to a report of an assault at an address in Widnes on Saturday. He was released on conditional bail.
Anthony Gelling in action for the Cook Islands
Warrington have now suspended the player while they carry out an investigation.
A statement from the club said: "Warrington Wolves can confirm that centre Anthony Gelling will not be available for selection pending a club investigation into conduct away from the club."
Cheshire police released a statement shortly after on the 29-year-old.
It read: "At 3pm on Saturday 8 February police received a report of an assault at an address on Cronton Lane Mews in Widnes.
"A 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent.
"He has been questioned by detectives and released on conditional bail. Enquiries into the assault remain ongoing."
CLUB STATEMENT | Anthony Gellinghttps://t.co/8jIjPt3DcO pic.twitter.com/favDsMr8ra
— Warrington Wolves (@WarringtonRLFC) February 12, 2020
The seven-time Cook Islands international only joined the club on a two-year deal from Widnes in the close season and has played in the first two rounds of Super League.
Gelling, who was in the Wigan team that beat Warrington in the 2016 Grand Final, will now be missing when Steve Price's men visit Wakefield on Sunday.
The club say the player is fully supportive of the investigation.
The statement added: "The club and player will be making no further comment at this time."


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This is the most important gift our forefathers gave us. Know it, cherish it, and believe it. It's our Constitution of the United States of America.
"We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America," reads the Constitution's preamble.
The keywords are "people," "United States," "order," "union," "justice," "tranquility," "welfare," "blessings, "liberty," "posterity," and "Constitution."
This must be adhered to by our public servants.
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Minutes after we leave the Treadwell woods, two border collies start stalking Aki. They look so similar that I wonder if a sheep dog factory stamped them out. One of the collies is stretched out on the snow, head down, front legs stretched out, ready to charge forward. The other one creeps forward slowly, head down, using mincing steps. Now I know how a lost sheep must feel.
We are not in New Zealand and Aki is a poodle, not a lamb. As if to make that point two eagles roosting on the roof of the mine ventilation shaft let out their keening calls. I check the eyes of the collie dogs and then those of their owner. Finding no meanness, I relax and enjoy my little dog's reaction.
Aki stands as tall as she can, tail a metronome. When one of the collies breaks toward her, she dashes forward to meet him. They sniff and then Aki runs a circle around me, her tail now an invitation for the collies to chase her. When they do, she yips and drops low onto the sand. Normally the poodle-mix can always win this game. But these two sheep dogs work together to herd her, like seals driving pink salmon into a trap. Aki has met her match.
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Manuel de Falla is a station on Line 10 of the Madrid Metro. It is located in fare Zone B1.

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Plumbing, electrical, decorating, building, DIY?
Whatever your DIY needs our dedicated hardware department stocks a massive range of goods and accessories. Browse our photo gallery for a quick look at what is available!
Building materials such as cement, sand, plaster, plasterboard.
Electrical accessories including cable, plugs, sockets, trunking.
Plumbing hardware such as copper pipe, elbows, joints, T's, solder, etc.
Tools and consumables, saws, cutting disks, abrasives and more.
If you can't see what you need, give us a call!!