Nintendo didn't do the best job showing off Nintendo Land at their E3 press conference. During an awkward demonstration that went on far too long, it became clear that Nintendo Land was a collection of mini-games featuring Nintendo franchises meant to show off the Wii U hardware and GamePad technology. It was even compared to pack-in game Wii Sports at one point: play it, and you'll get it. Although Nintendo Land is set to release alongside the Wii U at some indeterminate point later this year, Nintendo has avoided the question of whether or not it will be included with the console.
Because of these blunders, I wasn't expecting much when I played two of the Nintendo Land mini-games at E3. That's why it came as a pleasant surprise when both "Luigi's Ghost Mansion" and "Animal Crossing: Sweet Day" turned out to be a lot of fun.
First up was "Luigi's Ghost Mansion", which was shown off at the press conference. The actual game takes far less time to understand than Nintendo's live demo-it actually was a "play it and get it" situation. Up to five people can play at once, with one using the GamePad, and that player is the ghost. The ghost uses the GamePad screen to try and catch other players, while the ghost hunters using the TV screen can't see where the ghost is. Instead, the Wii Remote vibrates when the ghost is near, and players have to use their flashlights to defeat the ghost. If the ghost takes out all other players, it wins; if the players shine their lights on the ghost long enough, they win.
I didn't get a chance to play as a ghost, and as a ghost hunter, I was immediately pursued. As my Wiimote started vibrating wildly, I shouted to the other players to let them know that it was near me. Communication is important, and non-ghost players need to let their teammates know if they're in danger. I was knocked down and rescued, and the ghost hunt continued. While we tried to catch the spirit, we were all laughing, giving each other directions, and having fun-exactly the kind of experience you'd want if you had a few friends over to play a game.
We had a similar experience with "Animal Crossing: Sweet Day," only this time I got to use both control schemes. Two guards, controlled by one player using the GamePad's analog sticks, are tasked with tagging the animal residents of the town while they collect candy. The animal team needs to collect 50 pieces of candy to win, but if the guards run into them three times, it's all over. Playing first as a candy collector, I watched as my head swelled up with every piece I ate, making it harder and harder to run. We squealed as the guards pursued us, warning each other when they were nearby, and shouting "We got this!" as we picked up our last few pieces of candy to achieve a sugar-coated victory.
Then I took over the guards, which was a very different experience. Controlling both guards with a single controller was more difficult than expected, but I enjoyed ruining the other team's efforts to collect candy. I targeted players with giant heads and laughed as they dropped their candy in order to run away. I smiled when I came across a group of them and sent them away in a panic: "All of us in one area, not good, not good!" I groaned when I lunged for what should have been my third tag and missed completely. And finally, I cheered when I robbed the other team of victory at the last minute.
The games were simple, and not all that deep, but they were genuinely fun. They provided a great social experience that gamers and non-gamers alike could quickly jump into and enjoy. I'm not convinced that Nintendo Land needs to be a full retail title, and Nintendo's silence on the issue gives me a sinking feeling that it would be. As a pack-in, it would be perfect. Either way, I'm happy with what I played, and can't wait to check out the rest of the games.


マークアップ拡張機能のサービスを提供できるサービス プロバイダーのヘルパー。A service provider helper that can provide services for the markup extension.
拡張機能が適用されたプロパティで設定するオブジェクト値。The object value to set on the property where the extension is applied.
XAML プロセッサは、マークアップ拡張機能は、型ノードとメンバー値を処理するときに呼び出す、ProvideValueそのマークアップ拡張機能のメソッド、オブジェクト グラフまたはシリアル化ストリームに結果を書き込みます。When a XAML processor processes a type node and member value that is a markup extension, it invokes the ProvideValue method of that markup extension and writes the result into the object graph or serialization stream. XAML オブジェクト ライターがを通じてこのようなそれぞれの実装にサービス コンテキストを渡す、serviceProviderパラメーター。The XAML object writer passes service context to each such implementation through the serviceProvider parameter.
実装する方法の詳細について「ノート実装者」セクションをご覧くださいProvideValueカスタム マークアップ拡張機能にします。See "Notes to Implementers" section for more information on how to implement ProvideValue in a custom markup extension.
マークアップの設定操作の特定の操作のある WPF クラスが依存する必要がありますしないIReceiveMarkupExtensionの.NET Framework 4.NET Framework 4実装します。WPF classes that have specific interactions with markup set operations should not rely on IReceiveMarkupExtension for a .NET Framework 4.NET Framework 4 implementation. 使用XamlSetMarkupExtensionAttribute-属性付きコールバックを代わりにします。Use XamlSetMarkupExtensionAttribute-attributed callbacks instead.
既定のサービス プロバイダーは、通常使用できるカスタム、または既存によって返される一般的なサービスMarkupExtension実装には、次のプライマリ サービスが含まれます。Common services returned by the default service provider that is typically available to a custom or existing MarkupExtension implementation include the following primary services.
IXamlTypeResolver exposes a service that parallels the general XAML object writing behavior that can provide a Type based on a XAML type name.
名前は、マップされた XAML 名前空間のプレフィックスを含めることができます必要に応じて。The name can optionally include a prefix for a mapped XAML namespace.
IXamlSchemaContextProvider exposes the active XAML schema context directly.
報告されたXamlSchemaContext、情報を取得する XAML スキーマ コンテキスト型のサポート、アセンブリに推奨されるプレフィックスのアセンブリが割り当てられた方法の一覧などの各XamlTypeアセンブリ、という具合にします。From the reported XamlSchemaContext, you can obtain XAML schema context information such as how assemblies are mapped for type support, preferred prefix in assemblies, lists of each XamlType in an assembly, and so on.
実装では、可能性のあるProvideValue(IServiceProvider)無視することができます、serviceProviderパラメーター。Potentially, implementations of ProvideValue(IServiceProvider) can ignore the serviceProvider parameter. これは、可能な状態でコンテキストには必要ありません値を返すための基本的なシナリオです。This is viable for some basic scenarios, where no context at all is required for returning a value.
一般的な使用法 で、.NET Framework XAML サービス、および実装された XAML オブジェクト ライターは、サービス プロバイダーに XAML の中に呼び出されるすべての値コンバーターのメソッドを提供を処理します。In typical usage, the .NET Framework XAML Services and the implemented XAML object writers will provide a service provider to all value converter methods that are invoked during XAML processing. ただし、堅牢性、サービス プロバイダー自体と、要求されたサービスの両方にコード パスを null 値に提供する必要があります。However, for robustness, you should provide code paths for null values both for the service provider itself and for any requested service. Null 値が発生する状況でマークアップ拡張機能が適用されている場合、XAML プロセッサ インフラストラクチャによって提供される一般的なサービスのサポートは使用できません。Null values might occur if your markup extension is applied in a circumstance where the typical service support provided by a XAML processor infrastructure is not available.
利用可能なサービスから XAML サービス プロバイダーのコンテキストとその使用方法の詳細については、次を参照してください。型コンバーターと XAML のマークアップ拡張機能します。For more information on available services from the XAML service provider context and how to use them, see Type Converters and Markup Extensions for XAML.
実装を便利な生成するために使用できる特定のサービスを必要とするProvideValue(IServiceProvider)結果がそのサービスが利用できない場合に例外をスローする必要があります。Implementations that require a certain service to be available in order to produce a useful ProvideValue(IServiceProvider) result are expected to throw exceptions if that service is not available. 推奨される例外をスローするはInvalidOperationExceptionします。The recommended exception to throw is InvalidOperationException.
カスタム マークアップ拡張機能は、値は null を提供するために必要な引数の 1 つがそのデータ型の正しくないか、マークアップ拡張機能が処理できる値を含まない場合、実装は例外をスローできます。The implementation may also throw exceptions if one of the arguments that the custom markup extension needs in order to provide a value is null, is invalid for its data type, or does not contain a value that the markup extension is capable of processing. 推奨される例外をスローするはInvalidOperationExceptionします。The recommended exception to throw is InvalidOperationException.


Can I get Personal Privacy with a Private Asset Trust?
It has become increasingly difficult to maintain any sense of privacy. Especially as computers have become the standard with companies and government sharing information and social networking. Trying to undo exposure or remove history is mostly a waste of time.
Changing your name or creating a whole new identity can be done, but may not be effective, or even legal. The correct method that most beginners employ is to create a corporation or similar organization like a Limited Liability Company (LLC). There are many options. Creating a new organization is one way to get some privacy. This could mean starting a corporation, a Limited Liability Company, a partnership, a trust, or a few other variations of new entity.
Creating a new entity usually creates limited privacy, but will not accomplish much overall.
Basically, if you create it, or use your own address, or your phone number, or register it, or pay a fee to make it exist, or use your credit card, it can be easily found.
Some people use international organizations seeking privacy. Until recently, there were "tax haven" countries designed specifically to manipulate taxes, privacy, and sometimes crimes. This is now almost impossible in today's world simply because of the threats of terrorism. Most governments openly share all information and that now applies to taxes and non-crimes.
Recently, almost all tax haven countries agreed to the elimination of privacy for clients between nations. Using international companies and organizations for personal or small business purposes is now a great way to be labeled a criminal, before any facts are actually known. You are often assumed to be guilty until proven innocent.
The interesting thing is that for most individuals and companies there is not any true advantage to "go offshore". You can create privacy and operate privately within your own country. The real criminals will still be subject to exposure, yet the private citizen doing their own private business can have real privacy, by just following the rules.
There are more things that affect privacy, but it depends on the level that makes you comfortable. For battered ex-spouses, we have helped them with other techniques for total privacy (for free). Keep in mind, we will not assist people that break the law or evade taxes.
Private Organizations such as: A Private Limited Liability Company (LLC), Private Corporation, or Private Asset Trust can be a major tool to attain privacy and protection. The initial costs of each are similar. The ongoing costs are lowest with a Private Asset Trust. After the initial entity is created, additional corporations and LLCs cost the same to create. A Private Asset Trust can be replicated faster, more privately, and at less cost.
History dictates that there are traditional types of entities that are used for certain purposes. For instance, a corporation is normally used to run and own a business, but a trust is usually more passive like using it as the organization to collect royalties or own stock, or manage funds, or hold real estate.
Laws and requirements vary according to local and national laws and governments. Almost all require permission and fees to exist, and annual reporting, and more fees.
Trusts are different. Trusts are exempt from permission to exist, fees, reporting, and annual requirements. Trusts are special because they are created on the basic right to create contracts and agreements. Trusts can make up their own rules almost without limits. Trusts can create special powers, special purposes, provide for special circumstances, change managers, change beneficiaries, change jurisdictions, change assets, and can survive for generations. Trusts can hold and manage stock, partnerships, inventory, funds, vehicles, savings, investments, retirement, collectibles, insurance, inheritances, ventures, real estate, or almost any asset.
That does not give trusts complete exemption. Some jurisdictions have required trusts to register, or pay fees, or do reporting, or fit into other requirements. They usually accomplish this by stating that they withhold a benefit (such as a tax exemption or ability to have a license) if you do not comply with the requirement. Many times this can be easily solved, or you can select a different place to hold the trust. Corporations and LLCs have the same choices and many have selected Nevada, Delaware, or other jurisdictions for their organization.
Trusts do not (in most cases) eliminate taxes, even though you can get privacy (who pays, and tax payments). For instance, a person with tax problems can pay taxes privately through a trust without mixing or identifying his identity. It may also be possible to reduce tax amounts by pointing the taxable income to a person in a low tax bracket. The main rule is that it is wrong to create and use trusts purely for tax purposes.
Today, you must create your own privacy. You can accomplish massive privacy with the use of most organizations, but the easiest, fastest, least costly and ultimately most flexible is the use of Private Asset Trusts.
See chart comparing benefits of LLCs, Coporations, Trusts, and Wills.


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Gzhel University celebrates the Day of Russia
On June 12th, 2020, our university hosted celebrations dedicated to the Day of Russia.
Due to the prevailing epidemiological situation, this year the celebration was not quite usual. Most of the planned events took place in the virtual space. On the square in front of GSU main building, a meeting was held, which was also held in a special mode: with a limited number of participants, compliance with all sanitary standards and conditions.
GSU Acting Rector, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences D.S. Somov and the head of GSU research department N.V. Osipova made a speech
Our country ranks first in the world in terms of territory, sixth in terms of gross domestic product, and ninth in terms of population. The Russian Federation is a multinational state. It brought together about 200 peoples and nationalities with various traditions, customs, culture, language and writing, while we all speak Russian. Russian is a language of world importance, one of the six official and working languages of the United Nations, UNESCO and other international organizations. The Russian Federation includes 85 subjects, 46 of which are called regions, 22 - republics, 9 - territories, 3 - cities of federal significance, 4 - autonomous okrugs and 1 - autonomous region.
Girls and boys from 19 constituent entities of the Russian Federation study at Gzhel University. Over 70 percent of students are residents of the Moscow region.
Today Gzhel University is a dynamically developing educational institution that implements programs of national projects "Education", "Science", "Culture". Much work is being done in the areas of youth and social policy.
We are the present and future of Russia. It depends on us what our country will be like in ten, twenty years, in what state we and future generations will live.
The youth of the XXI century are brilliantly proficient in information technologies, strong, purposeful young people, worthy citizens of their country!
The rally participants joined the all-Russian action "We are Russia" and the flash mob "Russia is WE!"
Participants of the meeting dedicated to the celebration of the Day of Russia
GSU Acting Rector, Dr. D. S. Somov makes a speech
A speech by the head of GSU research department N. V. Osipova
A fourth-year student of GSU Institute for Social and Humanitarian Education, laureate of international and all-Russian competitions Elena Medyankina sang the song "Birches" by Igor Matvienko to the verses of Mikhail Andreev
A second-year student of GSU College Department for Culture and Art Maria Baryshnikova presented the song composition "My old Gzhel", the authors of which are residents of our region Vladimir Strelkov and Elena Borisova

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Q: Recuperar valor usando node.js e mssql Estou com dificuldades para recuperar um valor utilizando a biblioteca mssql
Já tentei colocar uma variável no escopo global e atualizar o valor usando o recordset, colocar tudo dentro de uma função passando o valor do recordset como retorno e usar funções de setImmediate e setTimeout, mas ainda assim ao tentar exibir no console o valor de data, é retornado "undefined"

var express = require('express');
var sql = require("mssql");
var app = express();
var data;

getData();

function getData() {
    var config = {
        user: '', //usuário
        password: '', //senha
        server: '', //servidor
        database: '' //db
    };
    sql.connect(config, function (err) {
        if (err) console.log(err);
        var request = new sql.Request();
        request.query('SELECT ..........', function (err, array) {
            if (err) console.log(err)
            data = array.recordset;
            sql.close();
        });
    });
}

var server = app.listen(8080, function () {
    console.log('Server is running..\n' + data);
});

A: request.query é assíncrono. Tens de usar data só depois da query correr. Ou seja, dentro da callback.
Portanto se queres começar o servidor só depois da query ter um resultado, tens de fazer assim:
         // ...
        request.query('SELECT ..........', function (err, array) {
            if (err) console.log(err)
            // send records as a response
            // console.log(array.recordset);
            data = array.recordset;
            sql.close();
            var server = app.listen(8080, function () {
                console.log('Server is running..\n' + data);
            });
        });
    });
}

Dá uma olhada nesta outra pergunta/resposta sobre ideias para encadear código assíncrono.

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Treatment with hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA (HMGCoA) reductase inhibitor, simvastatin, is safe and improves important surrogate clinical outcomes in adult patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
Patients will be stratified for the presence of severe sepsis as a clinical risk factor for the development of acute lung injury. Stratified block randomisation using a microcomputer to simvastatin 80 mg or placebo enterally (1:1) will be performed.
There are a number of secondary outcomes for this clinical trial which include clinical outcomes, safety, biological mechanisms and data for the economic evaluation.
3.	Non pulmonary organ failure free days, (defined as the number of days in the first 28 days after randomisation that the patient has none of: cardiovascular support, renal support, liver support or neurological support).
11.	Serious adverse events (SAEs) and occurrence of suspected unexpected serious adverse reactions (SUSARs).
Mechanically ventilated adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit at the Royal Victoria Hospital, within 48 hours of the onset ALI or ARDS, will be eligible for inclusion in the study. ALI and ARDS will be defined according to the American European Consensus Conference definition.
6.	Patients currently receiving ongoing and sustained treatment with any of the following; itraconazole, ketoconazole, HIV protease inhibitors, nefazodone, cyclosporine, amiodarone, verapamil or diltiazem.
11.	Contraindication to enteral drug administration, e.g. patients with mechanical bowel obstruction. Patients with high gastric aspirates due to an ileus are not excluded.
12.	Domiciliary mechanical ventilation except for CPAP/BIPAP used for sleep-disordered breathing.
* If CK, ALT and AST values are not available as part of routine care, a blood sample will be obtained after informed consent but before randomisation.
CK, ALT and AST values may be obtained up to 72 hours prior to randomisation.
Craig TR, Duffy MJ, Shyamsundar M, McDowell C, O'Kane CM, Elborn JS, McAuley DF, A randomized clinical trial of hydroxymethylglutaryl- coenzyme a reductase inhibition for acute lung injury (The HARP Study)., Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., 2011, 183, 5, 620-626, doi: 10.1164/rccm.201003-0423OC.
McAuley DF, O'Kane CM, Craig TR, Shyamsundar M, Herwald H, Dib K, Simvastatin decreases the level of heparin-binding protein in patients with acute lung injury., BMC Pulm Med, 2013, 13, 47, doi: 10.1186/1471-2466-13-47.


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Music Friday: Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard Knows His Girlfriend Can't Hold Out Forever Waiting on a 'Diamond and a Tether'
Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you great songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Death Cab for Cutie's lead vocalist Ben Gibbard offers up a tender confession about his fear of commitment in the group's 2009 release, "A Diamond and a Tether."
In the song, Gibbard asks the listener to take pity on him because he's not half the man he should be. He's been misleading his girlfriend with empty promises and countless bluffs, but acknowledges, "I know you can't hold out forever waiting on a diamond and a tether."
Our featured song is the second track from the group's The Open Door EP, an extraordinary compilation of six songs that was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards in 2010 and peaked at #30 on the Billboard 200.
Death Cab for Cutie, which was formed in Washington State in 1997, has released seven studio albums and five EPs. The group's unusual name was derived from The Beatles' 1967 film, Magical Mystery Tour. In the film, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band performs a song called "Death Cab for Cutie."
See the group's live performance of "A Diamond and a Tether" at the end of this post. The lyrics are below if you'd like to sing along.
"A Diamond and a Tether"
Written by Ben Gibbard. Performed by Death Cab for Cutie
Pity, take pity on me.
'Cause I'm not half the man that I should be.
Always turning to run,
from the people I should not be afraid of.
And darling, you should know
that I have fantasies about being alone.
It's like love is a lesson,
that I can't learn.
I make the same mistakes at each familiar turn.
I know you can't hold out forever
waiting on a diamond and a tether
from a boy who won't swim
but who will dip his toe in
just to keep you here with him.
I've got this habit I abhor.
When we go out I'm always watching the door.
'cause if there's someone I'm gonna see
who could outdo the things you do to me.
And I know you can't hold out forever
from a boy who won't fly
but who will take to the skies if he thinks you are about to say goodbye.
And I don't blame you,
you've had enough,
of all these empty promises and countless bluffs.
'cause I know you can't hold out forever
from a boy who won't jump when he falls in love.
He just stands with his toes on the edge
and he waits for it to disappear again.


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News | Physics & Astronomy | A&M Physics Symposium Honors Former Dept. Head
A&M Physics Symposium Honors Former Dept. Head
COLLEGE STATION --
Superconductors, those high-tech materials that were supposed to revolutionize everything from computers to the late superconducting super collider, don't seem to have lived up to their advance billing, scientists say.
That didn't seem to bother a group of physicists — including a Nobel laureate — who gathered March 11 at Texas A&M University for a daylong symposium honoring physicist Charles Squire, a distinguished former member of Texas A&M's physics faculty.
"So far, they (superconductors) just haven't lived up to the initial hype," solid-state physicist Allen M. Hermann of the University of Colorado told the symposium audience.
Superconducting materials do offer a fruitful field for research, Hermann said, and several practical devices that use them are in use or being developed.
The symposium, "Six Decades of Antiferromagnetism and Related Topics in Solid State Physics," brought together researchers who had studied with Squire or who have been influenced by his pioneering studies in solid-state physics.
Squire was on Texas A&M's physics faculty from 1962 to 1969. He also served as associate dean of the then-College of Arts and Sciences and headed the physics department. He was named a distinguished professor in 1968.
He also served on the faculties of MIT and Rice University.
Practical superconductors haven't yet brought about the super-fast computers or friction-free railroads predicted by early superconductivity boosters, Hermann said.
He noted, however, that new high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging instruments based on superconducting technology are now in use. And devices based on superconducting materials that could be used to make cellular communications more efficient are being studied in university laboratories and private companies.
In addition to Hermann, physicists Clifford Shull of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (co-winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Physics), Donald Huffman of the University of Arizona, Paul Chu of the University of Houston's Texas Center for Superconductivity, Brian Maple of the University of California at San Diego and James Erskine of the University of Texas at Austin also presented papers during the symposium.
Other researchers presented posters during an afternoon symposium session.
The event was organized by Texas A&M physicist Donald Naugle and colleagues in Texas A&M's Department of Physics.
CONTACT: Gene Charleton at (409) 845-4644. E-mail: e-charleton@tamu.edu
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Coincidence: Dr. Treevorkian's new lawyer has connections to Bobby Lowder
Amid news reports that Dr. Treevorkian, aka Harvey Almorn Updike, has gone hermit and is now living in a van down by the river or something, the man accused of attempted herbicide and criminal mischief in the poisoning of the Toomer's Corner has finally found a lawyer.
The first three attorneys appointed by the court to represent him have, one by one, asked to be excused from the case due to alleged conflicts of interest and irreconcilable differences. The first two claimed conflicts of interest based on ties to Auburn University. The third cited "irreconcilable differences" which, to me, suggests that despite never apparently attending class at Auburn, he's all in with teh fambly (If you think that's something, wait until we get to jury selection in the Lee County courthouse).
Along comes Glennon Threatt, Jr.
Mr. Threatt, as you may recall, represented former Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford in his trial on federal bribery and corruption charges in 2009. Langford was convicted of those charges and later sentenced to 15 years in the federal pen, where he remains to this day, professing his innocence.
Langford also made news when a lawsuit was filed, alleging that he walked into an Alabama casino and was escorted to certain bingo machines, that delivered eye-popping jackpots in the tens of thousands.
Take a wild-assed guess at who owned the casino at the center of that controversy. If you guessed Milton McGregor, you win the Daily Jackpot and will receive one free year of IBCR blog content! Stay on the line and we'll get your details…
But back to Dr. Treevorkian's new defender, Glennon Threatt, Jr. He is not a first, second or even third year criminal defense attorney who works for peanuts taking court appointed lawyer assignments. The dude is a white collar criminal defense lawyer and is reportedly well compensated for his services in criminal defense. Maybe he can afford to take Dr. Treevorkian's case pro bono, but it's curious that such a high powered white collar criminal defense attorney is defending a man accused of the most notorious incident of criminal mischief in modern state history.
Or, is it?
According to this website, Mr. Threatt either once worked for or is still affiliated with the law firm of Miller Hamilton Snider & Odom, one of Alabama's largest and most prominent law firms. One of the founders of the Miller Hamilton legal juggermaut was Jack Miller.
Who was Jack Miller?
Lowder is now coming home to his beloved Auburn. He is building a mansion in the scholarly neighborhood of Pinedale, home to many present and former Auburn professors and administrators.
There goes the neighborhood.
Drive by and look at the place. During the past week, from 30 to 40 cars and trucks have crowded the block in a mad scramble to finish work on the house.
It's rather a sad spectacle. Without his big money, his big bank, his big jet, his powerful control of the AU board, I doubt he will find many real friends. Money does buy friends, but those so bought are as plastic as Colonial credit cards.
Coming to Auburn, he has said he can remain more focused on family and Auburn University. Maybe the family side will work out; being more focused, involved in Auburn will not.
That focus may have played a role in the loss of his bank. His input at AU is not wanted and he will quickly get that message. His power on the "new" board is all but gone.
He lost the left side of his brain with the recent death of Jack Miller, Lowder's $4 million-per-year Mobile lawyer. Gone is his chief ally in the Alabama Senate, Lowell Barron, and an Auburn trustee about as slimy as Lowder. Death claimed two good guys on the board, Jack Venable and Charlie Glover.
There are other publications documenting the relationship between Lowder and his "left brain". As with many of Lowder's associates, Mr. Miller served on the AU board of trustees and had a multimillion dollar business relationship with the Money Man.
Mr. Miller also once employed the man now charged with defending Dr. Treevorkian against charges that he poisoned Auburn's beloved 130-year old Live Oaks at Toomer's Corner. If I was Updyke, I think I'd go live in a van down by the river, too.
There are just too damned many coincidences, with too many of the same faces showing up the most unusual places.
Exit question: Does Mr. Threatt use the TiderInsider.com postings as a means of creating reasonable doubt at trial, or does this case even go to trial?
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Posted by David L. at 7:44 AM
Labels: Bobby Lowder , Harvey Updyke , Toomers Corner


It's frilly. It's white. It's all you. Well, it either all you or definitely not all you. Specifically, it can be lace, have eyelets, embroidery, anything that grandma would love. Personally, I have always adored a great white cotton or crochet dress. Make sure to balance the girly aspects of this piece with a more sophisticated or edgy counterpart, depending on your personal style. Remember, if everything you are wearing seems especially young, you suddenly look old (which you are not). For a tailored approach, style with a blazer. The edgy woman brings a leather vest or jacket into the mix. The unconventional look involves flatform shoes. You get the idea. And, this look is not just for summer. Rock your delicate dress with opaque black tights in colder weather to seal the deal.
2. The 70's Bowed Collar Continues.
I've been talking about this for some time, but it is worth repeating. The tie collar continues to be a timeless and feminine staple in your closet. If you watch Madame Secretary, you see Tea Leoni rock these on the daily. Portia de Rossi's character on Scandal looks smashing in a tie neck blouse with super wide leg pants (my favorite look of the moment). I especially love a long sleeved version as it's just right for the in between weather. No need for a jacket or cardigan. If you are interested in the history of this style of top, which is fascinating, might I add, check out this article from Jezebel. And if you question my commitment to this look, you can see how I styled it in the Poplin video.
Now this is a look that isn't for everyone. So again, be true to who you are. However, I'd also suggest that you open your mind to the options as frayed denim comes in many varieties. Right now there's a wide range of jeans with frayed hems. I have always loved this look because it allows you to hem your jeans to the perfect length without engaging a tailor. Some brands even suggest you take this approach. Otherwise, you'll see frayed edges on tops, jackets and shorts. Pair any frayed pieces with a more tailored option to communicate that you are on trend and still very put together. Alternatively, frayed pieces with flowy options sends a more bohemian message. Be sure you love this look before you invest a large sum in a pair of premium denim jeans. If you are simply experimenting, try something less expensive or a more affordable piece, like a pair of shorts.
4. Off the Shoulder Tops.
Personally, I'm totally obsessed with this look. As a woman with a triangle shaped figure, off the shoulder tops are a dream. That being said, if you have more of an inverted triangle body shape (your shoulders are wider than your hips), this look isn't going to do you any favors. So, if you are dying to try it, make sure you pair your off the shoulder top with wide leg pants or an a-line skirt.
Clearly, an off the shoulder option isn't going to work for the office. But, it's lovely for Sunday BBQ's and visits to the Farmer's Market. You'll likely find that a vest with wide arm holes will be the easiest option for layering. Ideally, you'll rock this look when you don't need a sweater or jacket. I vote for a trip to Zara or H&M if you want to experiment with this. It's SO fun to elevate a simple and comfortable summer look with this of the moment trend.
Yes, I've been raving about culottes and wide leg pants for the last couple of years. But, I really can't say enough about the benefits of this look. A high waisted pair minimizes your stomach and empowers you to wear a crop top. Wide leg pants are a stark contrast to the skinnies we've been accustomed to for years now, and it's a fresh response to that trend. Plus, they work well for work or play and can be dressed up or down. Try them with a skinny heel for a more sophisticated look or a block heel for something functional and stylish. Bam!
And there you have it. Now you have some tools when you hit the stores during your lunch hour. Let me know how it goes!


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The global Heated Bedding market is valued at million US$ in 2018 is expected to reach million US$ by the end of 2025, growing at a CAGR of during 2019-2025.
This report focuses on Heated Bedding volume and value at global level, regional level and company level. From a global perspective, this report represents overall Heated Bedding market size by analyzing historical data and future prospect. Regionally, this report focuses on several key regions: North America, Europe, China and Japan.


I'll be hosting a complimentary party next weekend, and I'm pretty excited about it! I'll be serving some appetizers and desserts. Since I only have a couple of layer trays, I've decided to create a very economical yet presentable serving trays for the party.
You only need to have 3 simple materials to make it! A tall glass vase, a long plastic tray, and a super glue. I purchased the glass vase and the plastic tray at our local Dollar Tree Store.
First, wipe the vase with dry cloth before applying the glue around. Wait for 90 seconds, and place the plastic tray above it. Then let it dry for 10-24 hours.
And viola! Now I don't have to worry about serving trays. I actually made a few of this kind of project. It looks very neat, expensive and presentable. Plus, it's very cheap! Who would have thought?!
what a neat way to make a serving dish! My hubby bbroke my last one! Thanks for the great idea!


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Q: Alfresco Community v.5.1 does not start and loading the index.html forever For some unexplained reason I can't use alfresco from yesterday.
Let me tell you how happens.
First of all, I didn't change any conf file or something like that.
I started tomcat and postgre services and after that, I tried to load "localhost:8080/share" but it was loading forever.
I tried to check the logs files, but no use, too. There is no error messages, nothing unusual.
After that, I deleted alfresco and share folder inside the "webapps", just in case, but it failed, too.
Finally, I can't stop these services from service manager, cause I am at work and I have no access privilege.
My main concern is that I don't even know the cause of this issue, so I don't even know how to ask for help.

A: When you don't have permission to delete the folder(share + alfresco) and stopping the services also. Without stopping the services, you can't delete the complete files from alfresco and share folders.
You need to find the problem is in Alfresco share, Alfresco Repo or database or tomcat.
Check Tomcat
Type http://localhost:8080 and make sure Tomcat is running or not.
Check Database
Connect your database service from Service manager, via PgAdmin tool to check the database service is running or not.
Check Repo
http://localhost:8080/alfresco - It should display some basic information about Alfresco Repo otherwise, it is clearly decided the Alfresco Repo itself is failed.
Check Share
http://localhost:8080/share - It should display the login page, if everything works fine.
Logs
Check and share, alfresco.log, share.log, solr.log, catalina, tomcatstdout and tomcatstderror logs files. Definitely, some of the error information would have recorded any of these logs files.


opportunity to expand their base. Don't you believe it?
taking several locations in the Chicago market.
supermarket high on their list of tenants they'd like to see in their neighborhood mall.
generally do, especially when answering a survey. But, go on to reality.
And maneuvering those carts up an escalator?
fresh fish, frozen foods, produce, etc., etc.
a likely candidate to take the space.
of the mall, rather than an add-on.
number of great mall locations they should look at.
stationery store, dry cleaner, and the like.
landlord, and a win-win for all concerned.
urgent-care centers, the cost is about $125.
renovations of about 400 units by the year 2014.
trust to two GGP executives to cover margin calls on their company stock.
Strolling the Agora was a twice-monthly column discussing trends, issues of importance, and commentary on the leasing/development aspects of the shopping center/retail chain industry in the US and Canada. Called Strolling the Agora, it was a part of Shopping Center Digest, a newsletter founded in 1973 published until September 2010. The column provided expert insight into various retail focused topics. It was primarily authored by Murray Shor, Editor & Publisher as well as industry and veteran retail experts. A smattering of archived columns are presented here for your reading "pleasure". It's an interesting "look back" at what were current hot topics at the time with regard to shopping center/retail industry focus, development and leasing expansions and processes, retail mix, opinions and more.
Reporting and writing on the shopping center/retail industry since the late '60s. Began as editor at Chain Store Age, founded Shopping Center World (now Retail Traffic), Shopping Center Digest "The Locations Newsletter" in 1973, and the Directory of Major Malls in 1979. Each issue of Shopping Center Digest contained a column called Strolling the Agora which provides commentary on trends, activity, issues of concern to development and leasing in the shopping center/retail industry.


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'SNL' Knows It's Hard To Be a Girl at a Bar
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Woman Orders Sonic, Tells Server 'This One's on God' Before Fleeing
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This Guy Accidentally Swallowed His AirPod and it Miraculously Still Worked After Pooping it Out
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A woman in New Mexico decided it was a good idea to go to a Sonic restaurant that day because she was famished. So famished that she just wanted to get her food and go back home as soon as possible to eat it. Which is exactly what she did…the woman orders food without paying.
30-year-old Delila Hernandez pulled up to the Las Cruces sonic drive-thru on her bike, and order her meal. When asked for her payment, she basically told the fast-food server" this one's on God." After telling the server that the Lord himself was going to pick up her burger tab, the server quickly replied. "Yeah, that's not how this works."
Upon receiving her meal, the woman told her Sonic drive-through attendant that "this one's on God" and then rode away without paying https://t.co/LTWdoTHbFO
— Grub Street (@grubstreet) July 26, 2019
The Sonic Swiper
Ultimately, the sonic server gave her the food because he was scared since she allegedly threatened him. The server quickly called the police and Hernandez was found eating the food in a nearby park. She told officers she knew what she did was "wrong" and did contemplate on not eating the meal from how guilty she was feeling. But of course, she eventually gave in because she was "starving."
Court documents stated the New Mexico woman was charged with felony robbery, which will most likely be reduced to a petty misdemeanor of under $250. As expected she will likely be forced to pay back the food and will possibly be fined an additional amount or the charges may be entirely dropped. So basically, the police don't really know what to do with her because the crime was so dumb.
If I was that police officer, I would just make the dasher pay back the meal and tell her to pray that God doesn't send her down under for using his name in vain. Tsk, tsk, shame on you Delila. The Lord will keep an extra eye on you from now on making sure you don't dine and dash anywhere else. Bank robberies are so overrated now.
Editor's note: This article was originally published July 29, 2019.
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About the author: Silke Jasso, Editor
Silke Jasso is a bilingual editor, writer, producer, and journalist specialized in online media. Born in Laredo Texas, her previous work includes LareDOS Newspaper where she was an editor and writer and Entravision Communications where she was a Co-Anchor and Multi-Media Journalist for Fox39 News and Univision 27.


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Forex and Remittance
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With $78 billion, India still highest overseas remittance receiver
India continues remains the top recipient of remittances, with its diaspora sending back $78.6 bn in 2018.
Diaspora deposits down 29 per cent in FY20
Oct 29, 2019, 11:09 AM IST
NRI deposits between April & August saw an inflow of $4 billion, compared with $5.7 billion in the same period last year. NRIs in the Gulf, who contribute the maximum to the deposit chunk, are showing preference towards mutual funds.
India was the top recipient of remittances worldwide in 2018
India was the top recipient of remittances worldwide in 2018, data from the World Bank shows. The remittances were boosted in part by migrants from Kerala sending.
Now shop at Dubai airports using Indian Rupee
The acceptance of Indian currency is good news for Indian tourists as earlier they lost a sizeable amount due to exchange rates.
India highest recipient of remittances at $79 bn in 2018: World Bank
Apr 9, 2019, 09:28 AM IST
India was followed by China (USD 67 billion), Mexico (USD 36 billion), the Philippines (USD 34 billion), and Egypt (USD 29 billion).
Remittances show poll bump, again
Jan 29, 2019, 07:18 AM IST
ET looked at data from 1990-91 to present, and the remittance-elections bump is evident.
India to retain top position in remittances with $80 billion: World Bank
Dec 8, 2018, 06:29 PM IST
India is followed by China ($67 billion), Mexico and Philippines ($34 billion each), according to World Bank.
For every $1 billion remitted, 117 Indians die in 6 Gulf nations
The embassies in Gulf countries have not been forthcoming in providing data under RTI on the number of deaths.
117 Indians died for every billion USD remitted from gulf countries: CHRI
The data was provided by Indian missions in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia but the Embassy in the UAE refused to give information. The Indian embassy referred to data on their website which was only 2014 onwards.
India seen escaping Argentina's fate as remittances curb deficit
Oct 9, 2018, 12:50 PM IST
India received $69 billion in overseas remittances last year, equivalent to almost 3 percent of GDP, Capital Economics said, citing World Bank data.
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Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu get 60% of total remittance in FY17
Nearly 82 per cent of the total remittances received by the country originated from eight countries - the UAE, US, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, UK, and Malaysia.
India largest remittance-receiving country in the world
May 13, 2018, 11:55 PM IST
A report said that India (receiving USD 69 billion in remittances in 2017) was followed by China (USD 64 billion) and the Philippines (USD 33 billion).
RBI tightens monitoring of outward remittances
The LRS transactions are currently permitted by banks based on the declaration made by the remitter.
Remittances sent by overseas Indians dropped by $8.5 bn between 2014-15 and 16-17: Government
In a written response to a question, V K Singh, minister of state in the External Affairs Ministry, said in 2014-15, Indians abroad had sent USD 69.82 billion.
Under the scanner: 50 NRIs receive ED notices over bank transfers
Mar 12, 2018, 06:53 AM IST
Over a period of time they have invested in properties, fixed deposits, stocks here. They either redeem these investments or sell them and transfer the money to their bank accounts abroad.
How economic downturn in Gulf states has resulted in a drop in remittances into India
India, the largest remittance-receiving country worldwide, witnessed a near 9% drop in NRI pay-in flows to $62.7 billion in 2016 over the previous year.
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Music » Local Music
by Michael Hurtt
"It frustrates me that people use the term 'indie music' but they think what we do is some sort of nostalgic '50s bullshit," says Wild Records founder, producer and president Reb Kennedy. "Indie is short for independent, obviously. Well, there's nothing more independent than what we do. We record our records ourselves in our own studio. We mix and master our records. We hand-make our sleeves. ... I mean, we are the true modern independent. We are the breath of fresh air. We are the underground cult.
"Unfortunately, when folks hear the word 'rockabilly,' they envision bands trying to imitate shit like the Stray Cats. And it's just done so badly. I think 95 percent of all bands out there playing a variation of rockabilly or '50s rock 'n' roll are a pile of shit. They actually do more harm than good by existing."
Kennedy, an Irishman who moved to England as a teenager just in time to witness the punk explosion of '76, has a great point. Revisionist history has rarely diluted a genre of music to the extent that it has rock 'n' roll's first big bang. But if he and his "Wild Records Family" — as he's come to refer to the stable of artists he manages, books and produces — have their way, that unfortunate trend will end.
The L.A.-based imprint's latest releases, Luis and the Wildfires' Brainjail and Omar Romero's Hog Wild, don't so much take the time to argue the notion as to simply assassinate it in a hail of pounding piano, trance-inducing maracas and screeching guitars.
Short-circuiting rockabilly, garage and the nastiest John Lee Hooker-fueled boogie, they're the kind of albums that strike the perfect balance between pure musicality and pure madness. They don't just stand up to repeated listening; they demand it. Not because they lack spontaneity and immediacy but because they're overflowing with it.
A visit to wildpresents.com reveals similarly lethal discs by Dustin Chance and the Allnighters; Santos; Chuy and the Bobcats; Li'l Gizelle; the Vargas Brothers and the High Strung Ramblers. Less prolific — but no less atomic — artists like Pat James and the Tomahawks and Rockin' Ryan join the crew on Wild Presents: The Young Breed, a seamless tour de force that runs the gamut from the Wildfires' brilliantly brakeless "Like A Storm" to Romero's primal take on the Rio Rockers' "Mexicali Baby." Ryan even salutes the Motor City by tackling Johnny Buckett's lascivious Fortune Records classic "Griddle Greasin' Daddy," just as Omar and Chuy did with their menacing reinventions of Detroit gems like Ray Taylor's "Connie Lou" and Johnny Powers' "Long Blond Hair" on Wild's previous compilation, the two-disc strong The Wildest.
It all started six years ago when the Wildfires approached Kennedy about booking their previous combo, L'il Luis y los Wild Teens. He went one better and recorded them. The resulting single, "La Rebeldonna," kick-started the label when it became an underground club hit.
Sung in Spanish, with a sleeve that boasted "Wild Mexican Rock 'n' Roll," the single established Wild as a Latino record label, which Kennedy stresses was never — and still isn't — his intention. He records artists he believes in, without regard to race or heritage. It just so happens that many are Latino.
"There are 12 bands on the label at the moment," Kennedy says. "It's a very bizarre thing, but all of those guys work together, interact together, drink together. They trust each other and they support each other. We're perceived as a traditional record label. But we can only survive because of that unity. I think what creates the unity, and makes the guys feel really happy about being together, is that they know I'm always taking care of business for them. All they have to do is rehearse their songs and play them live. Nothing else. It means they can focus on what's important, and that's the music."
The bands pool their talents in the garage behind Kennedy's house, which is outfitted with ribbon microphones, a Tascam reel-to-reel tape recorder and that vicious hallmark of the Wild sound —Vox tube guitar amps.
"On most of our stuff, the guitar's not doing anything until it lets rip," Kennedy says. "I believe the guitar has a job to do and that's to come in and just murder people. And that's it. Then get the hell out of there. Do the damage and leave. That's how we approach our songs."
In fact, it's how the Wild Records Family approaches everything. Their showcase at the Rockin' '50s Fest in Green Bay, Wis., last summer was one example. A weeklong, around-the-clock event that took place at the Indian-owned Oneida Casino, Detroit's own Jack Scott christened the opening night, setting the stage for the bar-walking tenor sax raunch of Big Jay McNeely, the white-hot Texas soul antics of Roy Head, the rocking doowop of the Five Keys and the twangy harmony of the Collins Kids. But as good as the original rockers, from Little Richard to Wanda Jackson, were — and most were jaw-dropping — it was somehow fitting that the most riotous show of the entire week took place at Purcell's Lounge, a tiny bar buried in the bowels of the Oneida Casino. It was so far away from the rest of the action that it felt like more a part of the adjoining hotel than the casino itself. But bottles and glasses of every size and description littered the stage and floor of the place after the Wild showcase.
Their plane had been late, their schedule scrambled. Nevertheless, the Wild Family descended upon the casino like a unified atom bomb. One only had to stumble in and witness a few seconds of L'il Gizelle's bluesy "Baby Please Don't Go" to be converted. It wasn't just the music. It was the whole crazy scene. Half of the label's roster was on the dance floor, simultaneously swilling, smoking and shaking as a reunited L'il Luis y los Wild Teens backed Gizelle with fiery abandon.
A typical Wild recording session is no different: an instant house party crammed with label mates cheering each other on, lending a hand and getting happily hammered.
"I think what having a few drinks — or a lot of drinks — captures is the same intensity that you can capture live. Apart from the Presley sessions, almost everyone on Sun Records recorded in a haze of Thunderbird. It gives the musicians that energy, that looseness. So our sessions start out with a lot of alcohol. We record rock 'n' roll music so we want the fire. We want the devil there.
"I was in London in '76," Kennedy continues, "so I was fortunate enough to have seen all of the first-wave punk bands — the Clash, the Buzzcocks, all that good stuff. Then I worked for Rough Trade Records in '78, when they had Stiff Little Fingers, a lot of reggae. So I'm pretty eclectic in what I listen to. What's exciting to me is that I think we're capturing some of that energy that existed in late '76 and early '77. In a lot of ways, the energy that's created by my guys will frighten some people. But if you want to listen to bland '50s rock 'n' roll, there are a lot of bands out there doing that. Our shows are not safe, though. We're talking about young guys — the average age is under 25. They want to chase women and get drunk out of their minds. And that's what their music should sound like."
For more, go to wildpresents.com.
Michael Hurtt is a freelance writer living in Detroit. Send comments to letters@metrotimes.com
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe police say 31 people were killed in a bus accident after a burst front tire sent the vehicle careening into the oncoming lane.
Police spokeswoman Charity Charamba said Saturday that 28 people died on the spot when the bus carrying 60 passengers slammed into an oncoming public transport minibus. Three others later died in the hospital.
The accident took place on Thursday in the Midlands city of Kwekwe.
President Robert Mugabe declared on Friday that the accident was a national disaster, allowing the government to finance the funerals of the accident victims.
Road accidents involving public transport vehicles are common in this southern African country due to the poor state of roads, faulty vehicles and driver negligence, according to Charamba.


This story unveils the unforgettable tale of Lirzod—a young master of the obscure Faceless clan—who defies the odds of every battle that walks in his way and makes his name resound throughout the world as a member of one of the world's most powerful sects. No matter the stakes, Lirzod does what he wants, and Lirzod gets what he wants.
"All hail the Shambala Sect!" — Lirzod Basha.
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Turn Your Deceased Loved One Into Soil: First Human Compost Site to Open in 2021
Startup Recompose is providing a greener way to honor the deceased.
By Donna Fuscaldo
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What better way to honor and remember the dead than to turn them into soil?
That's what Recompose, the Seattle based so-called deathcare company is banking on. The world's first human composting service is slated to open in 2021, enabling people to turn the deceased into soil.
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The traditional processes are bad for the environment
The composting process takes about thirty days and is a greener way than cremation. According to Recompose, 2.7 million people die annually in the U.S., with the majority being buried in a cemetery or cremated.
That results in carbon dioxide and particulates being emitted into the atmosphere. Not to mention burials and cremation consumes urban land, pollutes the air and soil and plays a role in climate change.
But by converting human remains into the soil, the company argues it minimizes waste, avoids polluting groundwater with embalming fluids and prevents CO2 emissions from cremation and the manufacturing of caskets and headstones.
"By allowing organic processes to transform our bodies and those of our loved ones into a useful soil amendment, we help to strengthen our relationship to the natural cycles while enriching the earth," Recompose says on its website.
Inspired by green burials
The startup's first cite will reportedly be in Seattle, Washington, holding the remains of 75 people at one time. Recompose's ability to turn human remains into soil was made possible by the passing of a bill in Washington state that allows human bodies to be composted. The law goes into effect in the spring of next year, allowing funeral homes to carry out the composting of human remains into soil.
The idea was inspired by green burials in which people's remains are buried in woodlands to decompose but Recompose's service is designed for cities where land is scarce.
The company explained the process like this: "Organic reduction happens inside of a vessel, which is modular and re-usable. Bodies are covered with wood chips and aerated, providing the perfect environment for naturally occurring microbes and beneficial bacteria. Over the span of about 30 days, the body is fully transformed, creating soil which can then be used to grow new life."
Recompose says the process creates about a cubic yard of soil per individual. Friends and family are welcome to take some or all of the soil home to grow a tree or garden, How's that for the circle of life?
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Il singolare del torneo di tennis Sunset Moulding Yuba City Racquet Club Challenger 2008, facente parte dell'ATP Challenger Series, ha avuto come vincitore Michael Yani che ha battuto in finale Sam Warburg 7-65, 2-6, 6-3.

Teste di serie

Assente
 Sam Warburg (finale)
 Amer Delić (primo turno)
 Kevin Kim (secondo turno)

 Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (primo turno)
 Thiago Alves (secondo turno)
 Colin Ebelthite (primo turno)
 Nick Lindahl (primo turno)

Tabellone

Finale

Parte alta

Parte bassa

Collegamenti esterni

Sunset Moulding Yuba City Racquet Club Challenger 2008

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Actor Rami Malek, known for characters like Snafu in The Pacific, has taken on the ambitious task of portraying Queen front-man Freddie Mercury, one of the biggest personalities and biggest voices in rock-n-roll history.
The film is aptly named after one of the bands most famous songs, Bohemian Rhapsody. The new biopic follows the life of Freddie, originally Farrokh Bulsara, and the formation legendary band Queen. It premiered here at the Castro Theater in San Francisco to a red carpet event where the main actors portraying band members were present.
Malek while on the red carpet talked about several facets of playing the rock god and what it was like to delve into the mind of such a complex creative character. When asked about why he thought Mercury was the greatest front-man of all time he attributed it to his ability to connect to his audience.
Joseph Mazzello, playing Queen bassist John Deacon in the new biopic, was also present and talked about how he perfected his character for die-hard Queen fans who were very particular about the movies portrayal of the bands history.
Gwilym Lee, playing Queen guitarist Brian May in the new biopic, also told us about his stories about meeting the living members of Queen and how the legendary guitarist gave him his blessings for Bohemian Rhapsody.
Bohemian Rhapsody is slated for theatrical release November 2 across the U.S.


Cereal grains, particularly barley, have been the usual supplement fed to weaner sheep during summer and autumn along Western Australia's south coast. This area is a major barley producer, and weather-damaged and other feed quality grain have a ready use. High protein lupin seed, and to a lesser extent silage, have gained wide acceptance recently as alternative supplements. This article discusses the results of the first two of a series of supplementary feeding experiments at Esperance Downs Research Station.
Gardner, Julian and Doyle, Peter (1991) "Supplementary feeding of weaner sheep at Esperance," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 32 : No. 3 , Article 8.


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CD98 is a glycoprotein that is a heterodimer composed of SLC3A2 and SLC7A5 that forms the large neutral amino acid transporter (LAT1).  LAT1 is a heterodimeric membrane transport protein that preferentially transports branched-chain (valine, leucine, isoleucine) and aromatic (tryptophan, tyrosine, phenylalanine) amino acids.  LAT is highly expressed in brain capillaries (which form the blood–brain barrier) relative to other tissues.

A functional LAT1 transporter is composed of two proteins encoded by two distinct genes:
 4F2hc/CD98 heavy subunit protein encoded by the SLC3A2 gene
 CD98 light subunit protein encoded by the SLC7A5 gene

See also
 Cluster of differentiation
 Transmembrane protein
 Transport protein
 Solute carrier family

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Tamir Rice's mom opening youth center to honor son's memory
by Our Weekly LA May 22, 2018 October 26, 2021
You could hear the collective hearts of mothers of all colors break when news broke in 2014 of police shooting and killing an innocent black child in a Ohio park over a toy gun. Video showed the police driving up on 12-year-old Tamir Rice as he played in the park with a plastic gun. No warning was issued… they just fired on him before their car even stopped. It was one of many incidents across the country in recent years that have called for a national discussion on racial profiling. But for Tamir's mom, Samaria, it meant the loss of her son and a call to help kids of color make it into adulthood. Samaria is creating the Afrocentric Cultural Center in honor of Tamir. "I don't really see a whole lot of positivity coming out of the inner city when it comes to the youth that is suffering," Rice told Cleveland.com, reports the Huffington Post. "I want the center to give them a sense of hope." The Tamir Rice Afrocentric Cultural Center will be a place where children can engage in art, music and drama, while learning how to navigate the political and civic landscape. The Tamir Rice Foundation, started by his mother, purchased the building that will contain the center in March. The couple who previously owned it told Cleveland.com that they had received offers for the space but were waiting for "its next purpose." "I've got to channel my stuff to the youth because they're going to be our future," Rice said. "I may not see it in my lifetime, but the center will make sure it gets done, that's for sure." On June 14, Rice is holding a Sweet Sixteen fundraiser at the Cleveland Museum of Art ― Tamir would have turned 16 next month ― to cover the renovation costs for the new space. She hopes the Tamir Rice Afrocentric Cultural Center will open sometime in 2019. Rice is also developing a film about her son called "12: The Tamir Rice Story."
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Emilia Clarke is keeping it in the family.
The 31-year-old actress stars as a new character, Qi'ra, in the Han Solo-centeredSolo: A Star Wars Story, but she'd like to see a fellow Game of Thrones star join the franchise as a young Luke Skywalker.
"I feel like I have to say Kit Harington," she told ET's Cameron Mathison at the film's Los Angeles premiere on Thursday. "Because I have to, do you know what I mean?"
Clarke understandably has certain allegiances to the King in the North, but couldn't be more excited to be a part of the franchise she's been watching since she was a kid.
"My brother was a huge fan, he's my big brother. I was always gonna do everything he told me to do, so I watched them really young [and] got into them from him," she shared. "Then when it all came back the second time around, I became a fan all over again, because it's just... they've taken it to every level."
"And then when they wanted me to be in it, I'm like, 'What? OK!'" she expressed.
'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Premiere Takes Over Hollywood -- Complete With the Millennium Falcon!
Disney definitely pulled out all the stops for Thursday's premiere -- including the Millennium Falcon. "I mean, it's ridiculous," Clarke raved. "[Seeing it for the first time] was fully crazy. That was fully, like, spine-tingling. Insane."
One thing Clarke is still waiting for, however, is for fans to finally see the film, and not have to keep it a secret anymore. "I really cannot wait for someone else to know what happens in this movie," she said. "Oh my god, I can't wait."
Solo: A Star Wars Story hits theaters on May 25. See more from the premiere in the video below.


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Help Get Jamila Bey's Radio Show Back As a Podcast!
September 30, 2014 Greta Christina3 Comments
Jamila Bey's voice is one of the smartest, funniest, most insightful, most powerful voices in the atheist movement. A Washington, DC-based journalist, she put herself through college as a reporter, and did a decade's worth of hard labor at NPR as an editor and a producer for Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and more. And she is one of the best speakers on the atheist speakers' circuit. If you've never heard her speak, you're missing out.
She wants to relaunch her Sex, Politics and Religion Hour radio show as a podcast — exploring all the topics one was never supposed to raise in polite company. Please help her do it! The goal is a pretty modest one — we should be able to reach it pretty easily, if everyone who reads this blog donated just $5 we'd be there in a heartbeat — but today is the last day of the crowdfunder, so we have to do it now!
Please donate if you can. Even small amounts help — they really do add up. And spreading the word also helps — share the crowdfunder on Facebook, Twitter, Ello, whatever social media you use. Let's make this happen, people!
How Dare You Show Me My Mistake! My Reply to Phil Zuckerman About the Global Gender Breakdown of Atheism
September 29, 2014 Greta Christina48 Comments
So when I wrote that globally, there's no gender split in atheism, and that men being more likely to be non-believers than women is a localized phenomenon — was I mistaken?
Phil Zuckerman — professor of sociology and secular studies at Pitzer College, author of Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment, Faith No More: Why People Reject Religion, and the upcoming book Living the Secular Life: New Answers to Old Questions (scheduled for publication in December) — thinks so. Here's a link to his article. The tl;dr: He says most of the current data supports the conclusion that men are more likely to be atheists than women, pretty much around the world. How much more likely varies — the gender difference in non-belief varies from country to country — but with a couple of exceptions (example: self-designated agnostics in Japan and Belgium are about evenly split between women and men), men around the world are, on average, more likely to be secular than women. The poll I was citing in my piece — WIN-Gallup International "Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism 2012," August 6, 2012 (PDF, Table 8, page 20 of 25) — is an outlier. To quote Dr. Zuckerman about this poll, "It may very well be valid. But for now, it is such a major outlier — so much so, that until we have more studies and more data confirming these unique and exceptional findings, we should remain skeptical."
For the record, Dr. Zuckerman doesn't think this gender difference in non-belief comes primarily from innate differences between the sexes. He doesn't know where it comes from, although he posits a number of possible explanations, mostly sociological (although he's "not going to totally, utterly discount or disregard biology outright"). And he says, "Of course, none of the above means that this gendered difference is fated and eternal. In 25 years, we could find different results." But he does think that the poll I was citing is an outlier, and that when I said there there's no global gender split in atheism, I was mistaken.
A number of people have pointed me to Dr. Zuckerman's piece, and have asked me to respond. Here's my response:
How. Dare. You.
HOW DARE YOU?!?!?
You're deliberately misunderstanding what I obviously meant! You're going out of your way to twist my words and make me look bad! You're determined to be offended! You're looking for people to be angry at! You're trying to stir up controversy! You thrive on drama and attention! You're trying to get rich through blog traffic and book sales! You're being politically correct! You're on a witch hunt! You're the thought police! All those people who say how horrible you are, the people who harass you and threaten you and spread disinformation about you and keep re-registering new Twitter accounts when you block them so they can keep harassing you — they've got it right about you! You are a horrible person, and you're destroying atheism and freethought!
You're probably right. You have more experience, more expertise, and more knowledge in this area than I do. My mistake.
I'll say that again, and I'll put it in boldface and italics so readers can't miss it, and I'll clarify for the irony-impaired that this is what I actually mean and the "How dare you?" rant was a snarky jab at public figures who respond poorly to criticism:
I still think the bulk of my criticism of Harris was correct and fair. I think his original statement about the supposedly innate causes of the gender split in his followers was sexist; and I think his follow-up statement supposedly clarifying his original statement was sexist. As I wrote earlier: I think these statements were sexist, even if you do accept some degree of innate gender difference between women and men. And I think they're still sexist, even if there is a global gender split in atheism (which I'm now convinced there probably is, although it's interesting that it varies so much from country to country). Given how massive and pervasive gender policing is (and how extensively well-documented this policing is), I think it's sexist to immediately reach for "the difference is innate, manbrains and ladybrains are born so different" as the default explanation for gender differences. (I've written a more thorough explanation of why this is elsewhere.)
And as Dr. Zuckerman himself stated, there are lots of possible explanations for this gender split. Possible causes that he cites are that having less power and privilege and agency (as women do) can make people turn to religion for consolation and support; that women are socialized to be less assertive and less independent, making them more vulnerable to religion; that it could have to do with women's expected roles as caregivers, or with the greater expectation that women work inside the home. I would add to that list of possible causes: the cultural expectation that being religious and passing religion on to children is women's work; a culture that equates being religious with being civilized and moral (especially sexually moral), and that sees enforcing civilization and morality (especially sexual morality) as women's work; the fact that religion is one of the few arenas where women traditionally have some power and social status (women often do much of the day-to-day running of religious institutions, even though men are usually the most visible leaders); the pervasiveness of sexism and misogyny in organized atheism. Given that we know all this, and given that the gender split in atheism does vary so much from country to country, and given that the evidence for significant innate gender differences in behavior and psychology in humans is tenous at best, I think it's extremely sexist to immediately reach for "innate differences between manbrains and ladybrains" as the explanation for this gender split in atheism.
But when it comes to the specific question of whether there really are more male atheists than female atheists worldwide, it seems likely that I was mistaken, and that the study I was citing was an outlier. My apologies.
Now. How hard was that? Continue reading "How Dare You Show Me My Mistake! My Reply to Phil Zuckerman About the Global Gender Breakdown of Atheism" →
Why Both of Sam Harris's Recent Comments Were Sexist — Even If You Accept Some Degree of Innate Gendered Behavior
September 29, 2014 Greta Christina144 Comments
(As promised. Sorry this took so long.)
Yes. Sam Harris's recent comments about gender in the atheist movement were sexist. The original one was sexist; the second one explaining and clarifying the original one was sexist; several of the Tweets along the way were sexist.
And importantly, they were still sexist — even if you believe that some degree of gender difference in behavior or psychology is innate.
Let's look at Harris's first statement first, the one stating that "There's something about that critical posture that is to some degree intrinsically male and more attractive to guys than to women" and that "The atheist variable just has this – it doesn't obviously have this nurturing, coherence-building extra estrogen vibe that you would want by default if you wanted to attract as many women as men."
Here's why this is sexist.
There is a mountain of evidence showing that sexism is real, and that throughout our lives we get barraged with sexist gender expectations and gender policing. These socially trained and enforced gender roles begin at birth — people treat infants they think are female noticeably differently than infants they think are male, in ways these people are often not aware of and will often deny when it's pointed out to them. This training happens in infancy, in childhood, in adolescence, and throughout our adult lives. It happens subtly and unconsciously; it happens obviously and overtly. It's done to women, to men, to trans people of all varieties, to people who don't identify on a gender binary. Link, link, link, link, link, link, link, link, link, link, link, link, link, link, link — and that list barely scratches the surface. We know this. It is not controversial — or it shouldn't be. Harris himself understands and accepts it. (Interestingly, there's some evidence suggesting that even in some non-human animals, gender roles are at least partly learned.)
It is also possible that there's some degree of innate gender difference in behavior or psychology in humans. This is a more controversial and less certain statement (here's a good summary of some of the thinking on the subject, with lots of citations) — but it's not completely implausible. It certainly exists in other animals. If nothing else, the experiences of transgender people, many of whom feel they were born as a gender other than the one corresponding to the genitals they were born with, does suggest that some degree of gender identity and gendered psychology might be innate — although it also suggests that any of this innate-ness is incredibly complex, and does not easily line up with birth genitals or chromosomes.
Which leads me to my next point. Gender, and gender differences, are incredibly complex, and do not easily line up with birth genitals or chromosomes. And importantly: Any gender differences in humans, whether innate or learned or both, are very much an "overlapping bell curve" thing. (Or, to be more accurate, they're multiple overlapping bell curves, since there are many different behaviors and psychologies that we commonly identify as gendered — verbal skills, spatial skills, a tendency to be co-operative, a tendency to be competitive, a tendency to be physically violent, many more.) The noticeable differences are on the far ends of the bell curves: gender is only a useful predictor in very large populations, and the majority of women and men fall into a range where gender is a largely useless predictor of behavior. (There's a very good piece explaining this on Skepchick.) This is true even with a lifetime of sexist expectations and gender policing that's done its best to push people into clearly divided gender camps. And importantly, humans seem to have a greater degree of social and learned influence on our behavior than most other animals.
So. Let's say you're asked why some particular human behavior — rearing children, enjoying harsh criticism, being the head of a Fortune 500 company, not reading Sam Harris — seems to be different in different genders. If your first and only answer is, "It's innate," that does two things — both of which are sexist.
1: It makes the "social training and enforcement" angle invisible.
2: It absolves you — and your readers — of the responsibility to do anything about it. Even if you believe that gender differences are a blend of innate and learned, zeroing in on the innate makes it easy to dismiss the learned part. "We're just born different! It totally makes sense that women would be grossly under-represented in Fortune 500 companies! Women are just born to be more nurturing and less competitive! It's innate! Why are you asking us to do anything about it?"
It's flatly ridiculous to say that women disproportionately don't read Sam Harris because he's harshly critical of religion. Plenty of atheist writers/ podcasters/ videobloggers are harshly critical of religion, and have much more gender balance in their readers/ listeners/ viewers than Sam Harris says he does. PZ Myers, Rebecca Watson, Matt Dillahunty, Amanda Marcotte, Ophelia Benson, Alex Gabriel — I could go on. Not to mention me: I literally wrote the book on atheist anger about religion. And as far as I know, none of these people have the "84% male" gender imbalance that Harris acknowledges in his Twitter followers. Given that this is true, doesn't it seem as if the gender imbalance in Harris's followers has a more likely explanation than "women on average don't like harsh criticism of religion"?
And it's ridiculous to say that being "nurturing" has nothing to do with organized atheism. Tell it to the people running the many, many support organizations in our community: Darrel Ray at the Secular Therapist Project, Rebecca Hensler at Grief Beyond Belief, Andy Cheadle at the Secular Safe Zone project, Sarah Moorehead at Recovering From Religion, Robert Stump at LifeRing (the secular sobriety support organization), Vyckie Garrison at No Longer Quivering and the Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network, many more that I don't have space here to list. For years now, movement atheists have been talking about how we need to create secular communities and support structures, to replace the ones people lose when they leave religion — and a whole lot of atheists have been stepping up to the plate. Atheism absolutely has a nurturing, coherence-building vibe. Either Harris thinks these support organizations don't matter, which would be grossly insulting — or he's genuinely ignorant about them, which would make him profoundly out of touch with the reality of on-the-ground organized atheism, to the point where he's grossly unqualified to comment about it. (Kudos to Rebecca Hensler, founder and co-moderator of Grief Beyond Belief, for pointing this out in her excellent post, Sam Harris, Meet the Secular Support Movement.)
In other words: Jumping to the conclusion that Sam Harris has fewer female readers because women tend to not appreciate harsh criticism — and that this difference is innate — is sexist. And jumping to the conclusion that organized atheism has fewer women because women tend to prefer nurturing and coherence-building — and that this difference is innate — is sexist.
Which wouldn't be such a terrible thing. We all have sexist ideas. Me, and you, and everyone we know. We all say wrong things sometimes — especially on the spur of the moment, when we're on the spot and don't have time to think.
Which brings me to Harris's second piece — the one he did have time to think about, the one that was supposedly going to clear all this up, the one that was going to show once and for all that Harris's words and ideas weren't really sexist.
Yes, I think much of it was sexist. Here's why. Continue reading "Why Both of Sam Harris's Recent Comments Were Sexist — Even If You Accept Some Degree of Innate Gendered Behavior" →
Cool Peripheral Character Arcs In "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"?
SPOILERS FOR "BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER"
So I was thinking about the "Anne" episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (the one where Buffy is hiding out in L.A. under an assumed name and winds up battling the labor exploitation demon — I'm vastly entertained by the fact that she wages this battle with a hammer and sickle). I was posting on this on Facebook and Twitter, and some of us got to talking about Chanterelle/ Lily/ Anne, and what a great character arc she had for someone who is very much a peripheral character on the show: she goes from being the gothy vampire wannabe, to the lost and aimless homeless teen, to the strong woman running the shelter for homeless teens.
And I started thinking: One of the things that I think makes "Buffy" such a rich show is that it isn't just the main characters who get good, strong, interesting character arcs. Secondary characters, even peripheral characters, clearly have rich inner lives, and you get to see them mature over the arc of the show. Jonathan leaps immediately to mind, as does Harmony. The Buffyverse seems like it's populated by actual people, any of whom could have a show written about them.
So since I'm going to be at the Carolinas Secular Conference in Charlotte this weekend, and won't be on the blog much until I get back, I thought I'd start a thread about this: Who are some secondary or peripheral characters in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" that you think have particularly interesting character arcs? (I think I'm defining "secondary or peripheral" as "the actor never got a named credit in the opening credit sequence.")
There are no wrong answers. Your time starts — now!
Replies to Phil Zuckerman and to Sam Harris's Second Post — Coming Next Week
I've promised to write responses to Phil Zuckerman's piece Are Men More Likely to Be Secular Than Women?, and to Sam Harris's piece "I'm Not the Sexist Pig You're Looking For" (which supposedly explained why his original comments on why he has more male readers than female ones weren't sexist).
I'll keep that promise, and in fact those responses are mostly written. But I'm speaking at the Carolinas Secular Conference this weekend (I leave Friday), and I won't have the time or energy to deal with what I expect to be an exhausting load of comment moderation, Twitter blocking, and more. So I'm posting those pieces next week. To anyone who's been waiting: Sorry for the delay. To anyone who wasn't waiting and doesn't care: Here is a cute picture of our tabbies. Continue reading "Replies to Phil Zuckerman and to Sam Harris's Second Post — Coming Next Week" →
How Humanism Helps With Depression — Except When It Doesn't
September 24, 2014 September 29, 2016 Greta Christina7 Comments
This piece was originally published in The Humanist.
What is it like being a humanist with depression?
I'm going to preface this right off the bat by saying: I am not a doctor. I am not a therapist. I am not a mental health care professional, or indeed a health care professional of any kind. I'm just talking about myself here, and my own experiences. I freaking hate it when people give me unsolicited amateur medical advice about my mental health, so I'm very careful not to do that with other people. If you have depression — your mileage may vary from mine. Take what you need from this, and leave the rest. (And if you're not already doing it, get professional help if you possibly can.)
So. Caveats are in order. What is it like for me to be a humanist with depression?
As regular readers may know, I've been diagnosed with clinical depression. My form of it is chronic and episodic: I'm not depressed all the time, I'm not even depressed most of the time, but I've had episodes of serious depression intermittently throughout my adult life. I had a very bad bout of it starting about a year and a half ago: I'm pulling out of it now, but my mental health is still somewhat fragile, I still have to be extra-careful with my self-care routines, and I still have relapses into fairly bad episodes now and then. And I've been thinking lately about what it means to be a humanist with depression, and how these experiences intertwine. Continue reading "How Humanism Helps With Depression — Except When It Doesn't" →
Greta Speaking This Weekend in Charlotte, NC! Plus Sacramento CA, Springfield MO, and Austin TX!
September 24, 2014 Greta Christina
I'm speaking this weekend in Charlotte, NC, at the Carolinas Secular Conference! Other speakers include Bridgett Crutchfield, Mandisa Thomas, Steve Ahlquist, Harry Shaughnessy, Amy Monsky, Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, Fred Edwords, Marshall Brain, and Conor Robinson. Tickets are still available. Should be a barn-burner!
And I also have speaking gigs coming up in Sacramento CA, Springfield MO, and Austin TX. Details below. If you're near any of these cities, I hope to see you there! Continue reading "Greta Speaking This Weekend in Charlotte, NC! Plus Sacramento CA, Springfield MO, and Austin TX!" →
Comet Getting Into The Fridge
And for anyone who just needs a cuteness break already: Here are pictures of Comet getting into the fridge.
She is the worst cat ever! Except for the part where she's the best.
Some Clarifications on the Mythology Springing Up Around My Recent Twitter Exchange with Sam Harris
Some very strange mythology is springing up around the recent Twitter exchange I had with Sam Harris. I'm getting tired of repeating the same clarifications again and again, so I'm going to post them here and just link to them.
Two key points:
1: No, I don't think Sam Harris is responsible for everything that all of his fans say or do. I don't think any writer is responsible for everything that all of our fans say or do. I don't think that, and I never said that. I do think that in general, writers should be aware of the effect we're having, and if our fans are saying or doing bad things in our name, it's certainly a good thing to speak out against it. But writers are not responsible for everything that all of our fans say or do. I don't think they are, and I never said that they are.
2: No, I don't think Sam Harris, or any writer, has a responsibility to speak out against absolutely every bad thing that ever happens. I understand that writers are busy — heck, I understand that people in general are busy — and I don't expect everyone to speak about everything. And I understand that Sam Harris, in particular, is probably more busy than most of us. (However, if a writer is responding to a bad thing that happened, and they're spending more time getting defensive and hostile towards the person who's calling it to their attention than they are actually speaking out against the bad thing, that's somewhat troubling.)
So. For anyone who cares, here's how the exchange actually unfolded. Continue reading "Some Clarifications on the Mythology Springing Up Around My Recent Twitter Exchange with Sam Harris" →
Four Reasons "God Made Evolution Happen" Makes No Sense
This piece was originally published in AlterNet.
"Of course I believe in evolution. And I believe in God, too. I believe that evolution is how God created life."
You hear this a lot from progressive and moderate religious believers. They believe in some sort of creator god, but they heartily reject the extreme, fundamentalist, science-rejecting versions of their religions (as well they should). They want their beliefs to reflect reality — including the reality of the confirmed fact of evolution. So they try to reconcile the two by saying that that evolution is real, exactly as the scientists describe it — and that God made it happen. They insist that you don't have to deny evolution to believe in God.
In the narrowest, most literal sense, of course this is true. It's true that there are people who believe in God, and who also accept science in general and evolution in particular. This is an observably true fact: it would be absurd to deny it, and I don't. I'm not saying these people don't exist.
I'm saying that this position is untenable. I'm saying that the "God made evolution happen" position is rife with both internal contradictions and denial of the evidence. You don't have to deny as much reality as young earth creationists do to take this position — but you still have to deny a fair amount. Here are four reasons that "God made evolution happen" makes no sense. Continue reading "Four Reasons "God Made Evolution Happen" Makes No Sense" →


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Q: subplot ploterrhist in MATLAB for n = 1:2
    for n = 1:100

        % some logics

    end
    subplot(2,n,1);
    ploterrhist(error)
end

I only get one graph and I don't even see subplot. Why?

A: Try something like this
for i = 1:2
  for j = 1:100
    % some logics
  end
   subplot(2,1,i);
   ploterrhist(...)
end


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Olympic Water Polo: Team USA Women Escape With 14-13 Win Over Hungary
By Jeremy Mauss@JeremyMauss Jul 30, 2012, 5:47pm EDT
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So, my 10-6 prediction about the United States women's team over Hungary was way off, but what a game it was. Team USA had seven goals from the 19-year-old Maggie Steffens which tied an Olympic record, and Courtney Mathewson chipped in with four. Steffens probably would have had more goals but she had three ejections in the game and was done for the game late in the third quarter, so those seven goals in three quarters is even more impressive.
Those 11 goals by Mathewson and Steffens since each were making their Olympic debut. Team USA has seven players back from the 2008 Olympic Games where the team finished with a silver medal.
Team captain Brenda Villa talked about Steffens amazing game:
"She's a stud, I mean come on, seven goals?" U.S. captain Brenda Villaaid of Steffens. "She's a youngster, but you could never tell in the water. She plays like she's been playing at this level for a long time."
As for the game itself, Steffens scored three of her seven goals to help give the United States a 4-3 lead. Team USA got off to a 3-1 lead and goalie Betsey Armstong came up big and blocked a penalty shot. Hungary was able to make it a one goal game on a counter attack goal at the 2:23 mark in the first quarter.
Team USA responded with a goal 20 seconds later by Mathewson to give make it a 4-2 game, but Hungary was not done as they were able to get a counter attack goal with eight seconds left to make it 4-3 after one.
That is how the game would go the entire way as the two teams would go back and forth. In the second, Hungary was able to score two straight goals to tie the game at five, but as the game would go the United States would score two straight goals followed by two more by Hungary to make it 7-7. Steffens would score her sixth goal of the half on a skip shot with just over a minute left, and at the half it was 8-7.
The turning point came in the third quarter when the United States built a two goal lead at 10-8 and again 11-9 in the third quarter. The 11th goal of the game came with 1:56 left in the game and was the first for team Villa scored on a counter attack.
Mathewson went on to score the final three goals for Team USA and that included two power play goals. Her first goal in the fourth quarter put the United States up 12-9, but Hungary responded with two more goals to make it 12-11. The next goal for Mathewson was her second straight power play goal to give Team USA a two-goal lead with four minutes left. To no one's surprise watching this game, Hungary was able to make it a 13-12 game on a power play goal with 2:18 left.
Mathewson's final goal of the game came less than 30 seconds later, and this time from the perimeter. Hungary had one last chance to get in the game and they were able to get the ball into their two-meter area and Hungary scored on a back hand with 52 seconds left to make it 14-13.
On the final possession the United States was going to run the clock down as low as they could, but Hungary was called for an exclusion with less than 30 seconds left in the game which allowed the United States to run out the clock.
This was a much more hard fought game then thought, but the Olympics are different beast then a set of exhibition games.
Here are some post game shots from Wolf Wigo.
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