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Hasta La Vista, Blackout
Missed Blackout? Here's a review of everything (EVERYTHING) that happened on last Friday's dance premiere from behind the scenes to the actual stage.
"Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion."
– Martha Graham
Make it to the showcase on Friday March 20th? Good. You experienced one of the best events held at KIS this year, so far. Couldn't go because of after school sports practice or hagwon (or just from being lazy)? Fear not, because this article will get you up-to-date with everything that happened on Friday.
Chaos hasn't ensued just yet. The dancers begin to fill up the black box as their teachers dismiss them from class, hurrying to get changed into their outfits for their first dance routine out of many. Girls are doing both their hair and makeup, while the guys awkwardly stand around watching them, horrified by the amount of makeup products they can fit inside their tiny purses. All the while, club president Kate Won Young Cho ('15) is already busy running around – an hour before the showcase – distributing the schedule of the showcase to all performers. The schedule consists of a master script to be used by the MCs (Lizzie Jeon ('15), Peter Kim ('15), and Jason Kwon ('16)), as well as the order of every single dance. She then greets each of the other schools' teams as they arrive, explaining to them where the changing rooms are located, and scampering around to make sure everything is perfect before the actual show.
Chaos ensues. The black box is absolutely full of students who have traveled all the way from SFS, GSIS, YISS, and SIS. Clothes lie strewn everywhere, and Blackout members step around lost clothes to practice their dance moves before their performance in front of the audience. Ashley Soyu Park ('15), (in charge of backstage) tapes the master script to the door, and reviews the schedule one by one in order for her to tell the dancers when to come out on stage. The noise level in the room reaches an insane level as officer Yuna Shin ('17) wildly shushes the dancers and crew members. Kate Won Young Cho hands out the team sweatshirt to the Blackout members, with the Blackout logo freshly printed in white. Slowly, the dancers realize that this is it.
The PAC begins filling up with people, and with five minutes left before the show, dancers can hear conversations going on outside. Member Emily Lee ('17) peeks through the curtains, comes back to the blackbox, excitedly exclaiming that there are so many people sitting, whilst the dancers wait for the show to begin. Top batter performers, dancing to the song 멘붕 (mental break down) by CL are both excited and frightened about being the first ones to kick off the show.
As Rena Yun ('18), one of the dancers in the 멘붕 group recalls,
"I thought my heart was going to burst open when I entered the stage and I was so nervous and scared of making any mistakes."
However, despite the immense pressure, leader and Vice President of the club Jamine Kang ('16) proceeds to calmly address the small group with a pep talk, reminding all members to do their best, and to not blank out even when they make a mistake. The audience is ready, the soundbooth is ready, and most importantly, the dancers are ready.
The lights in the PAC go dark and the audience goes wild, as the dance team's promotion video pops up on the screen on stage. As the video runs, dancers get ready right behind the curtains, waiting for their cue right after the video. The video finishes, the audience cheers, and Premiere begins. One by one, dancers go up on stage, perform, run backstage to change, frantically racing with time. Many performers like Kay Herr ('18) had back to back performances with just a mere couple of minutes of MC to stall time for her to quickly change, and/or to grab her snapback. Despite the showcase being over an hour long, the energy refuses to die down.
As one of the audience, Alex Kim ('17) says,
"I thought it was very energetic, which actually pumped me up. Overall, it was great and really enjoyable."
Of course; who wouldn't get pumped up? Kate Won Young Cho's solo performance to Break of Dawn by Michael Jackson, the performance of oh-so-fangirled GSIS dancer Trey Noh, and even KIS dancers dancing to HER by Block B in their animal suits. With both great performers and audience members, dancers can proudly say, the Premiere was a success.
Blackout: The Premiere
Post-thoughts
When asked to recall the Premiere, Jasmine Jeong ('17) told Blueprint,
"Our first showcase was definitely one of my greatest sophomore memories. I think our club worked really hard as a team for the last month. Despite the lack of time and some clashes between members, I think we did a great job preparing multiple songs for our first showcase. I think it was a huge opportunity for all members to get to know each other better."
With practices almost every day after school, as well as on weekends, dancers got to interact more, and share their joy and passion of dancing with one another. Dancers enjoyed it, but how about the audience? If the high-pitched, admiring cheers don't convince you, Lisa Han ('17) is here to convince you otherwise. She especially enjoyed it because
"Premiere brought different schools together, creating a community where all students can perform and show their dedication for dance."
She also exclaims that she loved the performance, asking for Premiere to become an annual event. Dancers also wish for this to become a reality, because it's not an everyday thing to be able to dance in front of a large crowd. However, seeing the stage they produced with their extreme effort and perseverance, we can say it definitely paid off.
Get excited for more to come from KIS' very own Blackout, because this is obviously not going to be their last stage. Continue supporting our lovely dance members! Until next time…
– Leona Maruyama ('17)
All pictures by Justin Kwon ('16)
Author Leona MaruyamaPosted on March 28, 2015 April 17, 2015 Categories Events, KISTags Dance Team, Events, KIS
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The Midwest Energy Research Consortium year is seeking applications for year two of WERCBench Labs, a mentor-driven, immersive technology program for entrepreneurs.
M-WERC Energy and Innovation Center
M-WERC is seeking up to 10 start-up teams for this year's class. The teams will participate in a program similar to 2015's initial offering which graduated nine teams, two of which were acquired by other companies.
All applications are due to M-WERC by midnight Sept. 16. A link to the application form can be found at wercbenchlabs.com.
M-WERC is partnering with The Center for Technology Commercialization, The Commons, the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and Marquette University to offer the 12-week program.
"We're excited that this year we're able to add an incredible list of partners here in southeastern Wisconsin that also have experience nurturing start-ups and running entrepreneurial programs similar to ours," said Jeffrey Anthony, WERCBench Labs managing director. "Working together, our collective ability will strengthen the overall eco-system in our region."
The application package includes information on M-WERC's strategic roadmaps for distributed energy generation and microgrids; industrial energy efficiency, energy storage systems; and energy-water nexus technologies.
Alan Perlstein, M-WERC chief executive officer and executive director, said the evaluation process for this year's program will give additional incentives for companies in the energy, power and control space or those supporting technologies covered in M-WERC's roadmaps.
"These four technology areas are key drivers for growth in the energy, power, and control industries," Perlstein said.
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Il Trovatore {165} Matinee ed. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/6/1928.
(Review)
December 6, 1928 Matinee
Manrico.................Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Leonora.................Rosa Ponselle
Count Di Luna...........Giuseppe Danise
Azucena.................Louise Homer
Ferrando................Ezio Pinza
Ines....................Philine Falco
Ruiz....................Giordano Paltrinieri
Gypsy...................Arnold Gabor
Conductor...............Vincenzo Bellezza
Review of Noel Strauss in the New York World
'IL TROVATORE'
A transcendent performance of "Il Trovatore" was staged at the Metropolitan yesterday afternoon. The special bill, given under the auspices of the Southern Woman's Educational Alliance, was glorified by the presence of Louise Homer in the cast. By the spell of her superb art and strikingly magnetic personality, Mme. Homer inspired her colleagues to outdo themselves. As a result, those fortunate enough to attend the matinee were rewarded with a presentation able in every way to bear comparison with those which used to grace the 39th Street boards when the August contralto was in her prime.
In speaking of Mme. Homer's prime, one refers to the days of her greatest activity. For never has her splendid voice been used with more telling artistry than in yesterday's commanding impersonation of Azucena. In fact, as time goes by, her feeling for fine distinctions of tone and subtleties of nuance has increased, while her work has lost none of its majestic scope and comprehensiveness of outline, vocally or histrionically. Her Azucena was a triumph of characterization in every phrase and gesture. If there was a thrill in the absorbed brooding of the Gypsy's first aria, that was but skillful preparation for the overwhelmingly intense narrative that followed, leading by turn to an outpouring of maternal devotion in the duet with Manrico that probed the inmost depths of human nature.
Mr. Lauri-Volpi's efforts as the Troubador were definitely worthy of the occasion. His magnificent reading of the "Di quella pira," with its astoundingly pure and resonant final high C, proved merely the crown of his series of notable contributions, which encompassed delicate lyricism or fiery utterance with equal beauty of tone. Miss Ponselle's vocalism as Leonora was as ravishing as any vouchsafed in her supremest flight, and she and Mr. Danise, the accomplished Di Luna of the afternoon, received one of the biggest ovations of the performance after their duet in the fourth act. The orchestra, under Mr. Bellezza's knowing baton, also deserved unqualified approval.
Il Trovatore: Conductor [Bellezza, Vincenzo]
Il Trovatore: Manrico [Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo]
Il Trovatore: Leonora [Ponselle, Rosa]
Il Trovatore: Count Di Luna [Danise, Giuseppe]
Il Trovatore: Azucena [Homer, Louise]
Il Trovatore: Ferrando [Pinza, Ezio]
Il Trovatore: Ines [Falco, Philine]
Il Trovatore: Ruiz [Paltrinieri, Giordano]
Il Trovatore: Gypsy [Gabor, Arnold]
Bellezza, Vincenzo [Conductor]
Danise, Giuseppe [Baritone]
Falco, Philine [Soprano]
Gabor, Arnold [Baritone]
Homer, Louise [Mezzo Soprano]
Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo [Tenor]
Paltrinieri, Giordano [Tenor]
Pinza, Ezio [Bass]
Ponselle, Rosa [Soprano]


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Meilleur film
 La Mort dans la peau (The Bourne Supremacy) Collatéral (Collateral)
 Kill Bill : Volume 2
 Spider-Man 2
 Les Indestructibles (The Incredibles)

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 Shaun of the Dead
 Bridget Jones : L'Âge de raison (Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason)
 Dead Man's Shoes
 Délires d'amour (Enduring Love)
 Layer Cake

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 Matt Damon pour le rôle de Jason Bourne dans La Mort dans la peau (The Bourne Supremacy)
 Tom Cruise pour le rôle de Vincent dans Collatéral (Collateral)
 Jim Carrey pour le rôle de Joel Barish dans Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
 Johnny Depp pour le rôle de James M. Barrie dans Neverland (Finding Neverland)
 Tobey Maguire pour le rôle de Peter Parker dans Spider-Man 2

Meilleur acteur britannique
 Paddy Considine pour le rôle de Richard dans Dead Man's Shoes
 Rhys Ifans pour le rôle de Jed dans Délires d'amour (Enduring Love)
 Daniel Craig pour le rôle du héros dans Layer Cake
 Simon Pegg pour le rôle de Shaun dans Shaun of the Dead
 Paul Bettany pour le rôle de Peter Colt dans La Plus Belle Victoire (Wimbledon)

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 Julie Delpy pour le rôle de Céline dans Before Sunset
 Uma Thurman pour le rôle de Beatrix Kiddo dans Kill Bill : Volume 2
 Kirsten Dunst pour le rôle de Mary Jane Watson dans Spider-Man 2
 Cate Blanchett pour le rôle de Katharine Hepburn dans Aviator (The Aviator)
 Bryce Dallas Howard pour le rôle d'Ivy Walker dans Le Village (The Village)

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 Kate Winslet pour le rôle de Clementine Kruczynski dans Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
 Samantha Morton pour le rôle de Claire dans Délires d'amour (Enduring Love)
 Keira Knightley pour le rôle de Guenièvre dans Le Roi Arthur (King Arthur)
 Kate Ashfield pour le rôle de Liz dans Shaun of the Dead
 Imelda Staunton pour le rôle de Vera Drake dans Vera Drake

Meilleur réalisateur
 Sam Raimi pour Spider-Man 2
 Michael Mann pour Collatéral (Collateral)
 Michel Gondry pour Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
 Quentin Tarantino pour Kill Bill : Volume 2
 M. Night Shyamalan pour Le Village (The Village)

Meilleur réalisateur britannique
 Matthew Vaughn pour Layer Cake
 Shane Meadows pour Dead Man's Shoes
 Roger Michell pour Délires d'amour (Enduring Love)
 Edgar Wright pour Shaun of the Dead
 Paul Greengrass pour La Mort dans la peau (The Bourne Supremacy)

Meilleure scène
 Délires d'amour (Enduring Love) pour la séquence du ballon Kill Bill : Volume 2 pour le combat entre La Mariée et Elle
 Shaun of the Dead pour les scènes des archives et des zombies
 Spider-Man 2 pour le combat de Spiderman contre le Dr Octopus dans le train
 La Mort dans la peau (The Bourne Supremacy) pour la course-poursuite de Moscou

 Meilleur espoir
 Freddie Highmore (acteur) pour le rôle de Peter Llewelyn Davies dans Neverland
 Sienna Miller (actrice) pour le rôle de Nikki dans Irrésistible Alfie et pour le rôle de Tammy dans Layer Cake
 Zach Braff (réalisateur, scénariste et acteur) pour Garden State
 Matthew Vaughn (réalisateur, scénariste) pour Layer Cake
 Bryce Dallas Howard (acteur) pour le rôle d'Ivy Walker dans Le Village (The Village)

Special Award
 Eric Fellner et Tim Bevan (Working Title Films) pour leur contribution au cinéma britannique
 Quentin Tarantino, « icône de la décennie  »

Inspiration Award
 Pixar

Independent Spirit Award
 Kevin Smith

Notes et références

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Talking Frank: Bunn hopes to re-ignite Latics and bring back the glory days
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OLDHAM Athletic's promotion push is being masterminded in Saddleworth.
Frank Bunn
Home for new manager Frank Bunn is Uppermill where he has been based since his playing days for Latics in the late 1980s.
"I have since worked as far away as Coventry and Newcastle, but never moved as Uppermill means a lot to myself and my wife Marion," explained Bunn, 55.
"We love village life and feel part and parcel of it. Saddleworth is picturesque and everybody made us welcome. When you need time to reflect and escape from the pressures of football there is nowhere better to be."
Bunn, who has lived in Uppermill for 28 years, says his sons Harry and Tom have known nowhere else as both attended St Chads and Saddleworth School.
Harry, a striker like his father, is at Bury having also played for Manchester City and Huddersfield Town. Tom is a primary school teacher at Knowsley Junior School in Springhead.
Bunn added Uppermill has changed considerably since moving to the village almost three decades ago.
"It was quiet then, but it has gradually changed which has been good for local businesses," he said.
Bunn, raised in the Birmingham suburb of Marston Green, is relishing his first stab at management.
Since retiring aged 27 from professional football, Bunn has had a variety of coaching roles at Wigan Athletic, Manchester City, Coventry City, Newcastle United, Rochdale and Huddersfield Town.
Bunn, who had two games as caretaker manager at Coventry and a short spell as assistant manager at Rochdale, had twice previously applied for the managerial job at Oldham.
He said: "It's a case of third time lucky and extra special that it is at Oldham bearing in mind my playing days at the club.
"I've served my apprenticeship working with youth and U23 teams as well as being first team coach at Coventry for a number of years. It's the next step up for me.
"For all the trials and tribulations about football management, it is a beautiful game and something in my blood, though the game is tough and the industry has its pitfalls.
"I have been around the game and done my apprenticeship and am keen to have a go at management, and this is a nice opportunity."
Bunn added he had been lucky to work with some top managers, the likes of Kevin Keegan, Stuart Pearce, Chris Coleman, Iain Dowie and David Wagner.
There was also Joe Royle whose he described as a "fantastic manager and a great man".
Bunn, who replaces sacked Richie Wellens on a one-year contract, has appointed Andy Rhodes, another member of the 1990 Wembley team, as his assistant.
Though Bunn was at Boundary Park at the start of the glory days under Royle, he admitted they are in the past and club has to look to the future having been relegated to the bottom division for the first time since 1971.
Bunn is hoping to reignite the club and put smiles back on the faces of fans who had endured a spell from 1997 to 2018 in the third tier and battles against relegation almost every season.
It was during Oldham's 1989/90 season that Bunn wrote himself into the record books when he scored six goals in a 7-0 win against Scarborough, a feat that is still a record for the League Cup.
"They're great memories, though, and hopefully I can create some more," he said.
"I've always had an affinity with the club. I'm originally from Birmingham but I stayed in the area when I retired, I think a lot about the club and the people of Oldham."
Bunn added: "We're not trying to hark back to last season, we're trying to look forward.
"We're going to change the culture, certainly in terms of mentality and certainly at training.
"We're trying to introduce a winning culture, which has been missing for a number of years."
Bunn's first signing is French midfielder Johan Branger, 24, from second division side FC Dieppe on a one-year contract. He is an international for African nation Gabon.
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EU foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said Thursday the bloc could step up action against people smugglers in the Mediterranean within weeks, seizing and destroying boats to break up their networks.
The EU launched a first, intelligence gathering phase of its EU NavFor Med operation in July and Mogherini said she had told bloc defence ministers meeting in Luxembourg that it had met all its objectives.
"I proposed to the defence ministers to discuss the transition to phase two ... to the capture and destruction of vessels," she said.
"The proposal would mean that the operation (would go ahead) once a decision taken and capacity raised, hopefully in a few weeks."
"I see a broad consensus on the need to start phase two," she added, highlighting the wider crisis which has seen hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing war and turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa risk their lives to get to the European Union.
Mogherini said EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg Friday and Saturday would take up the issue, with formal approval to follow shortly.
These phase two operations would still be confined to the high seas in line with international law, she stressed.
A third phase in the military operation, agreed by EU leaders after more than 700 migrants drowned off southern Italy in April, would allow EU NavFor Med to take action against people smugglers inside Libyan territorial waters.
This step however requires at a minimum a UN Security Council resolution and preferably Libyan government agreement.
Mogherini said the EU continued to work on getting a resolution and cited signs of progress after Russia said Wednesday the Security Council was discussing a draft which could be adopted this month.
However Russia's UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin said the resolution would only cover action taken on the high seas.
"We have stated and decided from the very beginning ... that we would always act within the framework of international law," Mogherini said.
EU efforts to help establish a national unity government in Libya have so far failed to bring the warring factions there together but a fresh round attended by both was scheduled for Thursday in Geneva.
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Over the ost years, Don Diablo has proven himself as one of the most hard-working and talented artists in the electronic dance music scene. Besides keeping up with a hectic touring schedule which sees his travelling across the world to deliver spectacular live shows. The Dutchman also releases music regularly and manages a successful label in Hexagon. His latest release is yet another stunning remix for David Guetta and Martin Solveig's 'Thing For You'.
Don Diablo has made himself known for his incredible remixing abilities, where he is able to extract the best elements from any song and transform it into a high energy dance track. His signature 'futuristic' sound is also heavily featured in his work. His most successful remixes and edits include the likes of 'Sixteen' by Ellie Goulding, 'Tunnel Vision' by Zonderling, 'Secrets' by KSHMR & Tiësto and High 'Hopes' by Panic! At The Disco among others.
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Investors: Demand Beef; Reject Cake
Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011 Dec 10, 2011 - 05:18 AM GMT
By: DeepCaster_LLC
"Let them eat cake."
Attributed to Queen Marie Antoinette, shortly before being guillotined during the French Revolution.
Fmr V.P. Walter Mondale to Sen. Gary Hart (1984)
"This is a great leap sideways.
Daniel Gros (director of the Centre for European Policy Studies think tank), speaking of the Dec. 9, 2011 "New" Draft 'Treaty' for deeper EU economic integration.
It is no surpris8e that Equities Market Volumes in Key Sectors have approached record lows recently.
Investors are fed up both with Hot Air-No Action Politicians, and with Mega Bankers who are more interested in protecting themselves than the Sovereign Nations' Citizens from which they profit.
And the Profits which the Mega-Bankers Protect are stunning. Just ask why (and how) it is that European Banks have access to very low interest (nearly 0% to 2%) loans from the ECB, but that Sovereign Nations (i.e. Taxpayers) must borrow from the Banks at Market Rates?! For example, yields on 10 yr. Italian Bonds rose back above 6.5% after today's (Nov. 9) EU Agreement. We expect Italian taxpayers will be less than delighted.
Thus, we offer a few suggestions about how Investors can surmount the Spin and Disinformation and Structural Disadvantages to Protect Wealth and even Profit.
1. Separate the Beef from the Cake – Since the Eurozone "Fix" has turned out to merely be another "Liquidity Facilitation" as e.g. The Eurozone agreed to provide the IMF with up to 200 billion Euros in bilateral loans, and/or IMF eventually agrees to Monetize more debt, those are No Solution. The Problem is, ultimately, Solvency not liquidity and will not be "Solved" until there are dramatic Bank Haircuts/Debt Reduction/Debt Repudiation/Debt Defaults. And that is not happening, to any great extent, yet.
For Investors an attractive strategy would be to seriously consider shorting the Euro.
2. Legendary Billionaire Investor Honest Jim Rogers identifies The Larger Major Problem. The Fed (and other Central Banks) continue to devalue the U.S. Dollar (and other Fiat Currencies) by printing more money, and facilitating piling more Debt on top of already unsustainable debt. This only exacerbates economic problems in the long run, by creating more inflation and unsustainable debt burdens. Demanding Investors respond by investing in Gold, Silver, and other Tangible Assets in relatively inelastic demand.
"No matter what you've heard to the contrary, "there is QE3, the Fed is pumping money into the system," says legendary investor Jim Rogers, disregarding most every Federal Reserve statement over the last six months. In the attached video Rogers explains his lack of trust (read: contempt) for the Federal Reserve and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.
"They're lying to us," he says of the Fed. "One reason the markets are holding up so well is that they are printing money as fast as they can."
"What the Federal Reserve is doing now is ruining an entire class of investors," says Rogers. By forcing rates down and keeping the economy on a flatline, he believes the Fed could cause another lost generation of investments. Suffice it to say, vaporizing those who faithfully accumulated savings over the years is no way to restore confidence in our financial markets.
Rogers isn't simply a disgruntled American patriot, he's an investor with a legendary record of success."
Fed Is "Ruining an Entire Class of Investors" Says Jim Rogers
Jeff Macke, Yahoo! Finance, 12/6/11
Unfortunately for Savers (and most Long-Term Fixed Income Investors), the Purchasing Power of their Savings and Cash is Diminishing Rapidly (e.g. Real Inflation of 11.4%/yr. in the U.S. Now according to Shadowstats.com – See Note 1 below). Thus, we reiterate, 'Buy and Hold' rarely works anymore.
An Important Counter-Strategy for Investors is to select High Yield Investments whose Total Return (Gain plus Yield) is likely to exceed that Real Inflation number (which is the Aim of Deepcaster's High Yield Portfolio – See Note 2 below).
And then there is the Challenge of not getting trapped by the Latest Fads.
One risks losing Privacy, losing Wealth, and, eventually losing one's Freedom.
Legendary Investor and Newsletter Writer Uncle Harry Schultz puts it well:
"—I've done R&D on the Net via an expert supremo. They (the elite) plan to take it down, or split it into them-&-us. I'll spare U the grim details. But it's vital 4 U 2 know the Net records every word U say on it. If U use Facebook U R foolish beyond repair. Faxing is marginally safer/private. Forget phones & iPads, etc. Snail mail is the only privacy U own. Use it! Practice weaning yourself off the Net now, before the chop. Remember, dear reader, we got along before without the Net. We can do so again. Also, for all the convenience of the Net, it steals a large % of our lives on optional stuff. Get your life & your privacy back via the post box. What's the hurry? What did U do with the time U saved on the net? U watched more web sites & emails? Don't fool yourself. And don't reveal yourself. "Hunker down" includes privacy!—"
Harry Schultz, 'The Big Picture' in The Aden Report, 12/7/11
And, we might add, Be wary of Ostensible "Cloud Computing Solutions." Committing ones Vital personal and/or Business Data and Secrets to Storage/Processing on some Remote Server, i.e. "The Cloud," beyond ones ultimate Control is Problematic at best, Highly Risky at Worst.
5. As well, Thinking that The Financial System we now have is one we have to live with forever, is simply a fallacy. From the USA's founding until 1913 when The Fed was established, the USA got along generally quite well, and could surely do so again without The Fed, since all the necessary functions could be constitutionally performed by the U.S. Treasury, and Taxpayers would not have to pay "interest" on Money the Fed creates virtually for free out of thin air
"Do we need central banks at all? It's a good question. We have had the Federal Reserve since 1913 and their management has been a disaster for Americans and a wealth builder for its owners, the Wall Street banks. It has also allowed the financial sector to control our country. It is the seat of elitist power. The Fed has debauched the US dollar via their monopoly and enriched their owners beyond belief. Any entity that has to resort to the subterfuge of using a cloaking term, such as quantitative easing has to be a scam
The Federal Reserve and other central banks were created to inflate currencies thereby depreciating them and in that process the owners of the Fed and their colleagues' reaped enormous profits. Entities like the Fed have been doing this for centuries. You might say such a monopoly leads to currency debauchery. Reflecting on such a track record there is no reason to have central banks. A federal Treasury is all that is needed. Not that it is perfect, it is no worse then having a privately owned central bank. We have suffered under the Fed since 1913 and it is time to terminate the Fed and return our monetary authority to the US Treasury."
International Forecaster: December 2011 (#1)
Bob Chapman, The International Forecaster via GoldSeek.com, 12/5/11
President John F. Kennedy recognized this and authorized the printing of U.S. Notes to compete with Federal Reserve Notes shortly before he was killed.
6. Also, be Wary of Claims that if such and such Bank/s are not Bailed Out, or their Debt Backstopped by Taxpayers, that the "Whole Financial System will Fail".
Hogwash! The Reality is that certain Mega Banks would fail and not the entire Financial System, and, that after a painful but Brief Transition Period, the Real Economy would be better off than before
"EU authorities want more 'unity,' which really means less sovereignty for EC member nations. Germany, the most powerful EU member is in the way of the power the EU authorities desire to wield. Thus, the Germans bond auction failure was an orchestrated event to punish Germany & to warn the German govt not to obstruct 'unity.' Germany has been pushed into a European Union that intends to destroy the political sovereignty of member govts, just as Abe Lincoln destroyed the sovereignty of the individual US states. Who will rule the New Europe? Obviously, the private European banks & Goldman Sachs. The new Euro Central Bank president is Mario Draghi. He was Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International. Obviously, Draghi is going to protect the power of bankers.
"Italy's new prime minister, appointed not elected, was a member of Goldman Sachs Board of Int'l Advisers. Mario Monti was appointed to the Euro Commission. Monti is European Chairman of the Trilateral Commission, a US organization that advances US hegemony over the world. Monti is a member of the Bilderberg group & a founding member of the Spinelli group, an organization created in Sept 2010 to facilitate integration within the EU. As in Italy, an unelected banker was installed as prime minister of Greece. Obviously, they're intended to produce bankers' solution to the sovereign debt crisis. Greece's new appointed prime minister, Lucas Papademos, was Governor of the Bank of Greece from 2002-2010. He was VP of the European Central Bank. He also is a member of America's Trilateral Commission. The European Union, like everything else, is another scheme to concentrate wealth in a few hands at the expense of European citizens, who are destined, like Americans, to be the serfs of the 21st century." (emphasis added)
Paul Craig Roberts, Fm. Asst. Secretary of Treasury under Pres. Regan
The best option for protection and Profits is expressed by Marc Faber: "Become your own Central Banker; buy Gold," to which we add Demand Beef, Reject Cake; Get Gain.
7. Finally, Let your representatives know that you are Fed Up with Market Rigging and especially with Cartel (See Note 3 below) price suppression of Gold and Silver.
"And it is the biggest story that'll ever be broken in the history of American financial journalism -- the U.S. markets are rigged, with the elite and connected getting a distinct unfair advantage over the rest of us schlumps.
Enter Bloomberg Markets magazine last week with a story headlined, "How Paulson Gave Hedge Funds Advance Word."
It addresses the morning of July 21, 2008…
Bloomberg says Paulson met with reporters and editors of The New York Times that morning and told them he expected an audit of Fannie's and Freddie's books to give the financial markets confidence.
But he told a different story when he met that same day with hedge-fund managers at the office of Eton Park Capital Management.
"Around the conference table were a dozen or so hedge-fund managers and other Wall Street executives -- at least five of them alumni of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.,"…
Quoting a fund manager at that Eton Park meeting, "After a perfunctory discussion of the market turmoil ... the secretary [Paulson] went on to describe a possible scenario for placing Fannie and Freddie into 'conservatorship'…
Paulson explained further how the publicly traded stock of both companies would be wiped out under the move.
Bloomberg Markets said the fund manager in attendance who gave the magazine this information "was shocked that Paulson would furnish such specific information -- to his mind, leaving little doubt that the Treasury Department would carry out the plan."…
By giving confidential information to a roomful of traders, Paulson had to understand he'd influence the price of Fannie and Freddie stock and, by extension, the whole market.
He'd also be giving the people receiving that information a chance to cheat -- to rob public investors who weren't lucky enough to be invited to such meetings.
And that brings me to last week.
According to other journalists' reports, the Federal Reserve voted on Monday, Nov. 28, to approve a financial bailout for Europe using our dollars. That's the same day that the stock market staged a strong rally…
Was it just a coincidence that the stock market rallied nicely on the day of the Fed vote?...
But this much I do know: Whatever games are being played between Washington and Wall Street must stop, or the American capital markets will cease functioning. Nobody with any sense will participate in a market that's controlled by greedy people looking out only for themselves…
Bravo to Bloomberg Markets magazine."
"Bloomberg News confirms that stock market was rigged"
John Crudele, New York Post, 12/8/11
Amen! And Kudos to Bloomberg News and John Crudele.
By DEEPCASTER LLC
www.deepcaster.com
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© 2011 Copyright DeepCaster LLC - All Rights Reserved
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MainAll NewsPA UN nonmember state bid
PA UN nonmember state bid
Report: Palestinian Authority Votes in UN For First Time
AFP and Arutz Sheva Staff , 11/18/2013, 10:20 PM (UN Multimedia)
Israel to Withhold PA Funds Till March
Chana Ya'ar ,12/13/2012, 2:04 PM
Germany, Israel 'Agree We're Not Agreed'
Chana Ya'ar ,12/6/2012, 2:09 PM
Israel Won't Back Down on Housing, Despite Veiled Threats
France and Italy say they're not ready to "start thinking of sanctions" but prefer "persuasion." Israel is firm on plans to build in E1.Chana Ya'ar, 12/3/2012, 7:19 PM
Yaalon 'Not Aware' of British, French Plans to Recall Envoys
Vice Prime Minister says cabinet has, in essence, adopted the Levy Report.Gil Ronen, 12/3/2012, 1:28 PM
Israel Withholds One Month's Tax Revenues from PA
Finance Minister says taxes and tariffs collected this month will not be transferred, due to PA's UN bid.Gil Ronen, 12/2/2012, 5:34 PM
Abbas 'Victory Speech': Jerusalem 'Eternal Capital of Palestine'
PA Chairman promises that someday the PA flag will fly over "Jerusalem, eternal capital of the state of Palestine." Chana Ya'ar, 12/2/2012, 2:58 PM
Israel 'Completely Rejects' UN Approval of New PA Status
The Cabinet has unanimously voted Sunday to reject the UN decision to grant the Palestinian Authority nonmember observer state status. Chana Ya'ar, 12/2/2012, 1:58 PM
No More Tax Funds from Israel to PA
Israel has decided to withhold taxes collected for the Palestinian Authority that were to be transferred later in the month.Chana Ya'ar, 12/2/2012, 12:03 PM
Germany 'Committed to Israel' on Security
German leader Merkel says her nation stands by Israel on security, but says Jerusalem must "revise" plans to build new homes in territories.Chana Ya'ar, 12/2/2012, 7:55 AM
Australian Gov't Won't Let PM Vote 'No' on PA UN Bid
Australia's Labor caucus is refusing to allow its prime minister to vote "no" when the UN considers the PA bid for statehood today.Chana Ya'ar, 11/29/2012, 9:36 AM
Israel Braces for PA Arab 'Disturbances'
Israel is bracing itself for possible 'disturbances' by PA Arabs in the wake of its probable statehood vote Thursday at the United Nations.Chana Ya'ar, 11/29/2012, 8:06 AM
Germany Won't Support PA, Britain 'Still Open'
It won't be a unanimous vote for the PA bid for nonmember observer state status at the United Nations tomorrow. Not quite.Chana Ya'ar, 11/28/2012, 4:15 PM
Denmark to Vote for PA at United Nations
Denmark will back a PA bid to upgrade its United Nations status to that of a non-member observer state, its foreign ministry announced.Chana Ya'ar, 11/28/2012, 11:02 AM
Israel to Fight PA's UN Bid, Debate What to Do Next
The Foreign Ministry is already working on a strategy for the day after the PA's "observer state" status vote set for Thursday at the UNGA. Chana Ya'ar, 11/27/2012, 2:43 AM
Abbas Warns UN Bid is 'Last Chance' for Peace
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas claimed Saturday the entity's renewed bid for UN membership is the "last chance" for peace with Israel.Chana Ya'ar, 11/25/2012, 10:36 AM
Binyamin Region Official Calls to Annex Judea, Samaria
The deputy chairman of the Binyamin Regional Council, Motti Yogev, has called on the government to annex Judea and Samaria.Chana Ya'ar, 9/20/2012, 1:11 PM


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A recent signing in 2020 with Atlantic Records brought NYC collective MICHELLE into the spotlight. MICHELLE, composed of Sofia D'Angelo, Julian Kaufman, Charlie Kilgore, Layla Ku, Emma Lee, and Jamee Lockard, is a modern-day representation of what it means to create art as a diverse group. Though diversity came naturally for them, their identities and emotions fueled by different experiences come together to create warm, nostalgic, and funky tunes. MICHELLE set some time aside for MOOD to talk more in-depth about coming together as a collective and their most recent records.
Hey everyone, thank you so much for taking the time out of your schedules to put together this feature with us! Let's start by introducing you to people who might be listening to your music for the first time. You define yourselves as a collective, and you had a rather unique + somewhat organic formation. Can you tell us your origin story and how you all came about to form the idea of "MICHELLE"?
Jamee: MICHELLE started as a summer project, and we wanted to write an album about growing up in NYC. Julian and Charlie (who produced HEATWAVE) reached out to various NYC singer-songwriters that they knew. Julian met Sofia and Emma through the NYC music scene, and Charlie knew Layla from high school and Jamee from college. Every day for two weeks straight in the summer of 2018, one (or two) of the singers met with Julian and Charlie to write and record a song or two. Because all of the singers had separate writing/recording sessions, we hadn't all met each other until our first concert (2 months after HEATWAVE was released). Since our first show, we've continued to write, perform, and grow to love each other like a family <3
Let's talk about your debut album, HEATWAVE. Give us some insight into what HEATWAVE meant to the group, and the emotions you felt releasing it into the world.
Sofia: Pretty much every song on HEATWAVE was written and recorded on the same day. Releasing it, honestly, just felt like another project I was working on. After our first show was when it kicked in for me that this was something pretty crazy.
Layla: Dropping HEATWAVE was a lot of fun to work on, but not a whirlwind to release. We were proud of our work, but never EVER expected the present outcome.
Charlie: HEATWAVE was a very emotional album to put together - everyone in MICHELLE was meeting each other for the first time, songs that people had had saved up for months were coming out and mixing together with ideas people had had less than a minute before they hopped up on the mic. It felt much less like a collection of songs that we got together and wrote and much more like a picture of a time and place. In terms of expectations and emotions on release, I remember just after we finished mixing the record, Julian and I were getting a celebratory Indian lunch and he said that he was thinking about trying to push HEATWAVE to labels or managers and that type of thing. I think my response was somewhere along the lines of "Don't get your hopes up."
Your single from earlier this summer, SUNRISE, has a bittersweet meaning behind it. Though it's warm, it's about leaving something behind. Can you talk to us more about the song and what situation, or person, inspired it?
Emma: Can say that it was a group of us who wrote it, so there was a collective longing that interested us. Feels like a solo ride on the train coming back from Coney Island.
Charlie: For me, SUNRISE felt like trying to condense everything that worked about HEATWAVE into a single song, and as such, I don't think it was necessarily about one thing in particular. Everyone who worked on that song was feeling all the same feelings about a million different things, which is part of why I think it seems to work for so many people.
Photography: Sophia Wilson


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Q: Zero-downtime deployment of Azure Functions with Terraform I have an Azure Function App where the necessary cloud infrastructure is scripted by Terraform. The relation to application archive is implemented via azurerm_storage_blob and the app_settings property WEBSITE_RUN_FROM_PACKAGE.
// ...

resource "azurerm_storage_blob" "archive" {
  name                   = "application.zip"
  storage_account_name   = var.storage_account_name
  storage_container_name = var.storage_container_name
  type                   = "Block"
  source                 = "dist/application.zip"
}

resource "azurerm_function_app" "app" {
  name                      = "function-app"
  resource_group_name       = var.resource_group_name
  location                  = var.location
  app_service_plan_id       = var.azurerm_app_service_plan_id
  storage_connection_string = var.storage_connection_string

  app_settings = {
    // ...
    WEBSITE_RUN_FROM_PACKAGE     = "https://${var.storage_account_name}.blob.core.windows.net/${var.storage_container_name}/${azurerm_storage_blob.archive.name}${var.storage_account_sas}"
  }
}

// ...

To deploy a new version of the Function App, I taint the azurerm_storage_blob and run terraform apply. During the execution of the command the Function App isn't avialable for sevaral seconds.
How can I implemented a zero-downtime deployment with Terraform?

I found two approaches but couldn't solve the problem.

*

*Terraform's create_before_destroy shouldn't be working because the azurerm_function_app is updated by Terraform.

*Terraform's azurerm_app_service_slot isn't ready for Function Apps (#1307, #4684)

A: TL;DR: the azurerm_app_service_slot issues are resolved by PR#6435 and documented by Terraform and Microsoft.  This answer doesn't yet cover that completely.  To avoid deleting and then recreating your blob, change your blob name when your code changes and add HASH to your app_settings:
resource "azurerm_storage_blob" "archive" {
  name                   = "application.${var.package_version}.zip"
  ...
}

resource "azurerm_function_app" "app" {
  ...
}

resource "azurerm_function_app_slot" "slotStaging" {
  name                       = "stag"
  function_app_name          = azurerm_function_app.app.name
  ...
  app_settings = {
    ...
    HASH = base64encode(filesha256("dist/application.zip"))
  }
}

resource "null_resource" "swapSlots" {
  triggers = {
    HASH = azurerm_function_app.app.app_settings.HASH
  }
  provisioner "local-exec" {
    command = "sleep 1m && az functionapp deployment slot swap -g ${azurerm_resource_group.resourceGroup.name} -n ${azurerm_function_app.functionApp.name} --slot ${azurerm_function_app_slot.slotStaging.name} --target-slot production"
  }
  depends_on = [azurerm_function_app.functionApp]
}

Explanation:
There is a first issue impacting you described at https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-azurerm/issues/1990.  Basically that Terraform wont detect changes to the content of your zip and needs a mechanism to do so.  Making sure the package version name is in the blob name ensure it is updated when a new change happens.  It can be any name change, it just seems more elegant to rely on semver.
So long as your code is updated to the bucket and the HASH of it is part of your function's config (as automatically calculated), then Terraform will know to update the function to reload the new code.  This will happen as a no downtime configuration change such that the previous code version will be invalidated and a new container will be composed and deployed to your host to handle the next request it is ready to catch.
WIP
The default slot is production.  Pushing your updated code into the stag slot followed by the swapping from stag to production
The slot is transitioned with az functionapp deployment slot swap -g MyResourceGroup -n MyUniqueApp --slot staging --target-slot production which can be run in a null_resource.

A: If I am understanding you correctly in this question, you want to avoid the downtime when you deploy a new version of the Azure function app from a .zip file in the storage account with Terraform.
If there is only one attribute WEBSITE_RUN_FROM_PACKAGE that will change in the code when run terraform apply, I think the Azure function app will be updated in-place. As a workaround, you could use ignore_changes to ignore the websites update first on the first terraform apply. Run the next terraform apply to update the function app after the tainted azurerm_storage_blob has been created.
  lifecycle {
    ignore_changes = [
      app_settings["WEBSITE_RUN_FROM_PACKAGE"]
    ]
  }

Another option, you may create a function app with a new name with a new package. After the new function app provision, you could destroy the old function app. You will use create_before_destroy = true for this. It will generate a new function app URL.
You could refer to this book on page 385, even it talks to the app service, which has the same deployment logic as the function app.

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Group 65Go to Social Sport
Footy 7s Rules
Before stepping onto the field, get your head around the game.
Written by Social Sport
1. Field Of Play
1.1 Footy 7s is divided into three zones – Forward, Midfield & Defence.
1.2 The player positions are as follows:
2 x Forwards
3 x Midfielders (one of who can be nominated as the 'Scoring Forward')
2 x Backs
1.3 The standard size of a Footy 7s field is approximately 80m (Length) x 40m (Width)
2. Match Format
2.1 Matches consist of 2 x 16-minute halves.
2.2 There will be a one minute break at half-time.
2.3 A match is started and finished by the umpire's whistle
3. Teams
3.1 A maximum of 7 players are permitted on the field at any one time.
3.2 A team consists of 2 forwards, 3 midfielders (one of whom can score) and 2 backs.
3.3 Mixed teams must have a minimum of 3 females on the field at any one time. In the case of 6 or less players a team must have a minimum of 2 females.
3.4 A team is permitted to have an unlimited number of players on the interchange bench. Interchange of players is permitted at any time during the game.
3.5 Players are only permitted to play for one team in a Men's, Mixed or Women's competition on any particular competition night.
3.6 Teams found to be playing ineligible players relating to rule 3.5 may lose match points.
3.7 For all Footy 7s senior competitions, players must be a minimum of 15 years of age to participate. It is the responsibility of each team to ensure this rule is enforced at all times.
4. Starting the Game
4.1 The game is commenced with a ball up in the midfield zone between two centre players standing toe to toe. This occurs at the start of each half and after a goal has been scored.
4.2 The centre players contesting the ball up must tap or palm the ball backwards, when the ball is on the way down. Punching and taking possession of the ball are not permitted.
4.3 The remaining centre players stand a minimum of 2 metres away from the ruck contest on the defensive side of the ball up.
4.4 The player who wins possession from the ruck contest has a maximum of 2 seconds to dispose of the ball.
4.5 Players must start in their designated zone after a goal has been scored.
4.6 A kick in between the goal posts occurs after a behind has been scored. The opposition player must be a minimum 5 metres back from the player kicking in. The ball must be kicked from within the goalposts.
5. Possession Of The Ball
5.1 The ball must be disposed of correctly by handball or kick in each zone for a goal scoring opportunity to occur.
5.2 The kick in after a behind is only permitted to enter the defensive zone.
5.3 The minimum distance for a mark to occur is a 5-metre kick. If it is under 5 metres, a call of 'play on' occurs.
5.4 A player is only permitted to bounce the ball once while they are in possession of the ball. The ball must be bounced once after 15 metres.
5.5 If the ball is kicked or handballed over two-thirds, a free kick will be awarded to the appropriate team on their defensive third line.
6. Gaining Possession Of The Ball
6.1 A turnover occurs in the following instances:
When the ball goes out of bounds
When a player is deemed to be 'holding the ball'
When the ball touches the ground due to a poor kick, handball or dropped mark
The only time the ball can touch the ground is from a ball up contest or when a forward is shooting for goal. *
6.2 If a turnover occurs, the opposing team takes possession of the ball where the ball first touched the ground, went out of bounds or where the player was caught in possession.
6.3 The nearest player to where the turnover occurs must take possession of the ball. They can dispose by hand or foot if the turnover occurred on field. For out-of-bounds, the ball must be disposed by kick only.
6.4 The ball must be kicked in from out of bounds. A shot for goal is not permitted.
6.5 A ball up occurs if there is any doubt as to which team caused the turnover.
7. Dispossession Of The Ball
7.1 A player must be caught 'holding the ball' by the 'two handed touch' method. No tackling, bumping or barging is permitted.
7.2 If a player is deemed to have had prior opportunity to dispose of the ball, this is considered 'holding the ball' and a turnover occurs.
7.3 If a player is considered to have had no prior opportunity to dispose of the ball the umpire calls 'Touch' and the player has 2 seconds to dispose of the ball. If the player is unsuccessful in disposing of the ball after this opportunity, a free kick will be awarded.
8. Marking
8.1 A 'mark' is awarded if a player controls the ball after it has been kicked a minimum 5 metres without getting touched by another player or hitting the ground.
8.2 There is no type of physical contact permitted in a marking contest. The player in front has every chance to mark the ball. A free kick is awarded against any player initiating contact.
8.3 An opposition player may stand on 'the mark'. This is the place where a mark or free kick has been awarded.
8.4 The umpire will call 'play on' if it is deemed the player has had reasonable opportunity to dispose of the ball.
9. Playing On & Advantage
9.1 The umpire calls 'play on' in the following instances:
When a player who has taken a mark or possession of the ball from a turnover has run over or around 'the mark'
When the ball has been touched from a kick still yet to hit the ground
9.2 The umpire is permitted to call 'advantage' if the player in possession of the ball initiates the advantage.
10. Scoring
10.1 The Footy 7's scoring system is as follows:
Goal - 6 points
Behind - 1 point
Super Goal - 9 points (goals kicked by female scoring players in Mixed games)
10.2 The two designated forwards and scoring midfielder are the only players able to score. These players are identified by wearing a coloured sash. A score can only occur through taking a mark, receiving a kick or hand-pass or when they are awarded a free kick.
10.3 A scoring player is able to score if they are awarded a 15 metre penalty which takes them into the scoring zone.
10.4 A goal or behind can still be awarded if the ball touches the ground directly from a shot at goal by a scoring player. If the ball is touched following the shot at goal, a standard turnover occurs from where the ball was touched. If the ball is touched as a kick is made at goal, a point will be awarded opposed to a turnover if the ball crosses the goal-line.
10.5 A team is not able to score directly from out of bounds or from a turnover.
10.6 A team is only able to score inside the forward zone.
11. Game Time
11.1 Teams are to be on the field at the scheduled game time
11.2 Games are started by the umpire's whistle at the scheduled time
11.3 The clock will not be stopped unless injury
11.4 Teams are to have a minimum of 5 players in order for a game to commence
11.5 The following penalties apply for team lateness:
1>3 minutes: 1 goal
3>5 minutes: 2 goals
8>12 minutes: 5 goals
12+ minutes: Forfeit loss
11.6 A forfeit will result in a 60-0 win awarded to the opposition. Please note, multiple forfeits may result in removal from the competition.
12. Interchange
12.1 Players may interchange at any time without notifying the umpire. A player must leave the field before the substitution may replace them.
12.2 There is no limit to the amount of substitutions a team can make during a game
12.3 In the case of a player being sent-off, the player is not permitted to return for the remainder of the game. After two minutes of the player being sent-off, the team may then replace them with another player.
13. Points System
13.1 Teams will be awarded 4 points for a win
13.2 Teams will be awarded 2 points for a draw
13.3 In the case of a forfeit, a team will receive 4 points for a win and a 60-0 result
13.4 In the case of a game being abandoned, the result of the game will be decided on a fault basis:
One team at fault: opposition awarded a 60-0 win
Both teams at fault: no result and no points awarded
14. Finals
14.1 All finals fixtures will be advised to participating teams and posted online
14.2 Teams participating in finals must ensure they are available for all possible game times
14.3 Finals format will consist of the top 2 teams playing off in the grand final with all other teams playing placing playoff games to ensure every team gets a game on finals night.
14.4 Final ladder positions are determined by total game points. In the case of teams having equal points, higher percentage will take precedence. If still equal, higher points for will take precedence.
14.5 In the case of a team being unable to play a finals game, the next highest ranked team will qualify
14.6 In the case of divisions with uneven bye allocation, points will be averaged to determine final ladder positions. (i.e. A team with 1 bye and 30 points from 15 matches (2 points per match) will finish higher than a team with 2 byes and 31 points from 16 matches (1.94 points per match).
14.7 If teams are tied at end of a finals match, extra-time will consist of 2 x 3 minute halves. If scores are tied after extra-time, the first team to kick a goal (Golden Goal) will be deemed victorious
14.8 Players must have played a minimum of 3 games in the regular season to be eligible to play in finals
15. Physical Contact
15.1 Footy 7's is strictly a non-contact sport. The following actions (intentional or unintentional) are not permitted:
Holding or grabbing an opponent
Any form of pushing
Spoiling with contact
Bumping
Barging or shepherding
Touching the ball while another player has possession
15.2 Any physical contact will result in a free kick awarded to the relevant team.
16. Discipline
16.1 A 15 metre penalty will be awarded when a player engages in the following:
Oversteps the mark
Time-wasting
Uses abusive language towards the umpire
Abusive language in general play
Threatening behaviour
Does not return the football directly to the opposition or umpire on request
Rough play
16.2 In the case of a yellow card offence, a player is sent off for 2 minutes. The player can be replaced immediately. A 2nd yellow card offence in a game is an automatic 1 match suspension.
16.3 In the case of a red card offence, a player is sent off for the rest of the game and receives a minimum 1 match suspension. The player can be replaced after 2 minutes.
17.1 It is assumed games will go ahead in all weather conditions unless decided otherwise by the Venue Manager on the night.
In the rare case of a full night cancellation, a message will be sent to all teams prior to the night commencing.
17.2 In the event of a full night cancellation due to weather, all games will be recorded as a 30-30 draw.
17.3 In the case of an in-game cancellation, a result will stand if more than 50% of the game has been played. If less than 50% of the game is played, a 30-30 draw will be recorded.
The Code of Conduct is in place to ensure that all participants are able to be involved in an enjoyable and safe environment. As a condition of participation, all teams must agree to the following standards.
- Players must demonstrate respect for umpires, other players, spectators and staff.
- The team contact is responsible for the actions of their team.
- The team contact is responsible for communicating all matters regarding participation.
Any breach of the above standards will result in an official warning or immediate dismissal from the competition. Anti-social behavior, both on and off field, will not be tolerated.
Please note that banned players are not permitted to play for any team or enter the venue during competition.
Two or more players from any one team involved in a breach of the Code of Conduct will result in the team and all individual players facing removal from the competition.
Social Sport has the right to take any action deemed necessary in the best interests of all participants.
Suspension of Players
The following information relates to the suspension of players:
When a player is involved in a discipline issue, Social Sport will decide the length of suspension.
In the case of a serious incident, a player may receive an extended suspension or be banned from the competition.
The Competition Manager will confirm suspension details (including additional weeks) to the team contact prior to the next round of the competition.


So I found out today that my husband is going to Missouri for two weeks for work. He is an Accountant. I will be alone with Emma and two dogs and working part time. I don't think it would be so bad if I didn't work, but working adds more pressure. We leave at between 6:30 and 6:45 in the morning and Ryan is soooo helpful. He helps me get Emma Ready and puts her in the car when I am finshing getting everything together, he also feeds the dogs morning and night, picks up after them and runs them ( I don't think they will be running while he is gone- the rest I'll manage- somehow) I did it all before I met Ryan, but that was also pre- Emma days, of course. Ryan also gives Emma her bath most nights and puts her to bed. It doesn't sound like I do much does it... but any mom out there knows I do a ton! I work Mon/Tues/and every other Wednesday all day we leave at 6:30 ish and don't get home until 5:00 ish. Long days but then the rest of the week it is all Mommy and Emma time- and Daddy when he is home from work. We asre just so blessed to have a great Daddy and Husband and we will really miss him!
I have been very sad the last few days. If you even know me at all you received emails from me showing my support and why for Mitt Romney. I see him as what we (America) needs to meet the challenges we are facing and to keep us from facing more of them in the future. I sent out his speech to suspend his bid to many people and many have been impressed by it. Some who weren't even voting for him before saw the great leader he is. I think many people will see him as the conservative conscience of politics and his time will come in the future. He pretty much said that in his speech that he will continue to fight for us. I was one who stated that if McCain wins the nomination i didn't think I could vote. After hearing Mitt's speech, and reading it, I know i have to. If only to keep America safe. We may not have the conservatism we need, but we can choose to preserve our safety, our freedoms and our democracy a little longer. I know Mitt said (News reports i have heard) that he would not want to be VP, But i almost think McCain will NEED to go there to win!
Emma has been deeloping so fast.... Words she says are Mama, Dada, baby, Bye, Dodi (doggy), and Emma ( just today!), and uh-oh, ahhh, Mmmmm, if those count too! She is an avid reader and everyday loves to look on her bookcases and pick out books for us to read. She also loves to play with the dogs and their toys. She is brushing her own teeth (this one makes us nervous, because we don't know how well she is doing, ut she adament about brushing her own teeth), feeding herself yogurt and cereal with a spoon- just this last week!, and she is now drinking out of a regular cup- but only when in highchair (that is mommy's rule). I am going to make it a goal to update this blog every week from here on out... hopefully I can do it!
We had so much fun at teh little gym and we will do it again some time... but for now we are taking some time off. We will do swimming lessons this summer, and for now we are going to go to Music Makers at our church when we can.
I just did my first somersault! Woah, that was fun!
I love playing with these musical thingys... And i just learned to follow the otheres and hit them together on a beat.
Now I am walking on the wallls! What you don't believe me? I'm sideways but i am walking again!
Matthew... I like this one... where's yours?
Yes, I know, I look like a model, I have all of the poses down... I guess it's all of those great genes I got!
I'm walking.. I'm Walking... Emma started walking here and there a few days before Christmas... but whether or not she chose to walk was up to her! I liked to put her on this because she would always practice! these were taken in early January!
Mommy already has me working out! 1...2....3...4!
Emma on her FIrst real Birthday! January, 7 2008. We went to IHOP and she had this for dinner. Actually it was Ryans and I had Chocolate (of Course) pancakes. and we gave emma some of both- more of Ryan's because they were healthier!
Emma with her favorite man!
She is enthralled by these glasses!
Daddy is helping Emma on her friends horsey!


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Manchester United Draw Fulham or Blackpool In The FA Cup 4th Round
Date: 6th January 2013 at 3:41pm
With a 2-2 draw against West Ham demanding a replay, if Manchester United emerge victorious from that game their reward will be a home tie against Fulham or Blackpool.
Like United and West Ham, Fulham and Blackpool also face a replay at Bloomfield Road after their first game ended in a 1-1 draw at Craven Cottage.
The draw throws up the potential for a return to Old Trafford for Dimitar Berbatov as the striker was still a United player when the two sides faced earlier this season.
The ties are scheduled to take place on January 26th/27th.


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Q: Finding a Needle (object) in a Haystack (parent object) Entity Framework 4 I have an Entity Framework 4 project that has built up some brute-force searching code that I'd like to reduce to more generic, and more manageable chunks.
One of my Partial Classes, the Run object, contains Navigation Properties (Entity Collections) to other objects (Run.Nodes, Run.Arcs), as well as Scalars (GUID, Version #), and singlular Navigation Properties (Entity Objects - Run.TimeRange).
Run.Nodes is a Base Class collection of NodeBase, with derived classes of NodeTypeA, NodeTypeB, and NodeTypeC.
Using Reflection:
    public EntityObject FindDiscriminant<T>(T needle) where T : EntityObject
    {
        Boolean test = false;
        Type sourceType = this.GetType();

        String needleString = needle.GetType().BaseType.Name.ToString();
        String needleStringLookup = typeDict.Where(o => o.Key == needleString).FirstOrDefault().Value;

        //If we don't match anything that means that the object itself is a base class, so we need to try again
        if (needleStringLookup == null)
        {
            needleString = needle.GetType().Name.ToString();
            needleStringLookup = typeDict.Where(o => o.Key == needleString).FirstOrDefault().Value;
        }

        var needleProperty = Type.GetType(sourceType.FullName).GetProperty(needleStringLookup);
        var runValue = needleProperty.GetValue(this, null);

        if (runValue.GetType().ToString().Contains("EntityCollection"))
        {
            foreach (var obj in (runValue as EntityCollection<T>).ToList())
            {
                test = (obj as T).Discriminant(needle);
                if (test == true)
                    return obj;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            test = (runValue as EntityObject).Discriminant(needle);
            if (test == true)
                return (T)runValue;
        }
        return null;
    }

This method works great for EntityCollections (except NodeBase).  If I try and look for a node of NodeTypeC in Run.Nodes, runValue will be an EntityCollection of 173 NodeBase objects.  But when I try and iterate over it (.ToList()), I get this error:
System.ArgumentNullException was unhandled
Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: source

My workaround is to check to see of the EntityCollection is of type NodeBase, and have an if statement to handle it, and substitute EntityCollection).ToList() for EntityCollection).ToList()
Any suggestions?

An update to my question, for anyone searching this.  The code has changed dramatically, and I'm now using Delegates as SearchActions, and have a generic FindSomething routine that uses those delegates instead of having several search routines each using their own type of input.
The things to note are:

*

*The method of detection for determining if my object I pulled with
reflection is an EntityObject or an EntityCollection

*I use a private method to iterate over the EntityCollection that I
pass from my generic FindSomething routine.  This takes care of the
base-class comparisons

*By having the private method to call, I avoid having to use casting on the EntityCollection - this goes away: (runValue as EntityCollection) as well as (obj as T)

*I have created a dynamic Object Dictionary when I instantiate our
application - I go through our collection of objects and map objects
and the properties we care about so I don't have to brute force
through an entire object every search

*I use dynamic instead of var - I love dynamic! And I no longer cast
before doing a search.

*The function is recursive - the SearchAction delegate gets called
again during the iteration code in the IterateThroughEntityCollection
method.
Good? Bad? Comments? Feedback? It works for me, and it's fast.
Here's the revised code:
private EntityObject FindSomething<T>(Run haystack, T needle, SearchAction<T> sa)
{
    //First, assume we haven't found anything
    Boolean test = false;

    //Next, go through all the objects in a run and see if we find anything
    //No need to go through Arcs, if the needle is a type of NodeBase, etc.

    Type oldRunElementProperty = TypeReference.RunElementDictionary.Where(o => o.Key == type).Single().Key;
    PropertyInfo runValuePropertyToChange = TypeReference.RunElementDictionary.Where(o => o.Key == type).Single().Value;
    dynamic runValue = runValuePropertyToChange.GetValue(haystack, null);

    //Check to see if we're dealing with an EntityCollection or an EntityObject.  If it is an EntityObject, we can set that value
    //directly.  If it is a collection, we need to use the generic method
    if (runValuePropertyToChange.PropertyType.IsGenericType && runValuePropertyToChange.PropertyType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(EntityCollection<>))
    {
        EntityObject result = IterateThroughEntityCollection(runValue, needle, sa);
        if (result != null) return result;
    }
    else
    {
        test = sa(runValue, needle); if (test == true) return runValue;
    }
    return null;
}

Private EntityCollection iterator.
    private EntityObject IterateThroughEntityCollection<T,U>(EntityCollection<T> haystack, U needle, SearchAction<U> sa) where T: EntityObject
    {
        Boolean test = false;
        foreach(dynamic obj in haystack)
        {
            test = sa(obj, needle);
            if (test == true) return obj;
        }
        return null;
    }


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American Made Showcases One of the Last American Outlaws
Posted by Diego Crespo | Oct 2, 2017 | New Releases, Reviews | 0 |
Score 88%Score 88%
Overview: Doug Liman and Tom Cruise re-team to give us the dark spiritual sequel to Top Gun we never had. Universal Pictures; 2017; Rated R; 115 minutes.
The American Dream: American Made is the mostly true story of Barry Seal, an American pilot who became a smuggler for the CIA, DEA and Medellin Cartel. In the vein of films analyzing chaos through entertainment like Wolf of Wall Street and The Big Short, American Made looks back at a final frontier in American history. In interviews, Liman and Cruise refer to piloting in the 80s as the last bastion of the wild west. An unrestricted outlaw country in the clouds. It's something hinted at in Top Gun, that freedom a man like Seal might crave from traditional confines and structures, only accessible through the very institutions that might shackle them to the ground.
These actions are all legal, of course, as long as Seal does it for the good guys. Even when he doesn't work directly for the "good" guys, they can turn a blind eye as long as he makes them happy. America is so often called the land of opportunity, but American Made makes clear the opportunity is certainly not equal. Furthermore, it all comes down to who is handing out the opportunity.
Seal is a thrill-seeker, taking every opportunity to make life all that more exciting for himself. It's not a Breaking Bad situation where he's entering a seedy underworld for the betterment of his family, only to end up using that as an excuse for his illegal activity. Seal is serving his country because he loves the rush. As a pilot, he can outmaneuver anyone. It's nothing but clear skies for Seal on his home turf. But the poor bastard can't see the tracks being laid beneath him. Soon enough, you're trapped in the same atmosphere as him. You can't blame him.
The Dynamic Duo & Then Some: Liman's direction in collaboration with César Charlone's (City of God) cinematography zigs and zags around to get us into the mindset of Seal. The ground cinematography is framed through near-documentarian style framing and cuts. Handheld imagery implements everything from a light brevity before transitioning into brisk urgency. The energy pops off the screen and the entertainment is contagious. When Cruise/Seal is flying through the sky, imagery is sweeping and vast. Planes swoop by, taking our breath and collective expectations with it.
Liman has the benefit of knowing the power of Tom Cruise as an actor. It's common knowledge Cruise can do physical stunts well enough for a man his age and pull off one hell of a smirk. But Liman knows the vulnerability Cruise can bring to his roles. His role in American Made lacks the subversion of Edge of Tomorrow, where Cruise plays almost entirely against type as a coward turned hero. Here, Cruise's charisma is emboldened stupidity rather than a figure of heroic stature. We get that trademark movie star grin juxtaposed with activities that put him in the crosshairs of the world's most dangerous institutions.
Domhall Gleeson, one of our secretly most versatile actors working today, challenges Cruise's energy with a stern but rock star style CIA operative Monty Schafer. He jives along to the excessive montage sequences that comprise the first portion of the film "We're expanding operations, Barry!" Schafer is good at his job and he knows it. If capitalism and war profiteering had a mascot, his name would be "Domhall Gleeson starring as Monty Schafer."
Sarah Wright acts opposite Cruise as Lucy Seal and, per unfortunate tradition for these types of films, is not given much to do beyond the role of "wife." That said, Wright is clearly a capable actress and delivers a strong performance as a woman undergoing a whirlwind of emotion. Unlike in a film like Wolf of Wall Street, for instance, here there's a legitimate marriage and the Seal family filled with support and concern. Wright and Cruise sell the hell out of it. Although, there's definitely something to be said about casting an actress nearly 20 years Cruise's younger as his wife. It is okay to acknowledge your age, Tom. We still love you as an actor.
I keep referencing Wolf of Wall Street in this review, but it's almost impossible not to. The two films share similar DNA in how they focus on their real life subjects, a rambunctious energy that one might mistake for condoning their actions. Given how the films (and real life stories close out) the legitimate facts show us how well things work out for these men at the end of their runs. Spoiler alert: it doesn't. When a candle burns this brightly at both ends, there's bound to be some explosive retribution.
Overall: American Made showcases one of the last American outlaws in a proverbial Wild West located above the clouds. Liman, Cruise and company don't let the audience ride that high forever and smack them with a healthy dose of reality to boot. Barry Seal might have been working for the good guys but the good guys certainly weren't looking out for him.
Featured Image: Universal Pictures
Summary American Made showcases one of the last American outlaws in a proverbial wild west located above the clouds.
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Q: Postgres - join tables based on a variable If I create a query with SQLAlchemy or string formatted variables and then read the .sql file with Python, I am able to accomplish exactly what I am looking for. My query will only read the specific partitions that I am trying to work with.
SELECT a, b, c, ..., FROM fact_'{date}'

LEFT JOIN dimension_a_'{date}'

LEFT JOIN dimension_b_'{date}'

Is there a way to pass a variable directly into a Postgres query or view? These tables are partitioned daily and I would run out of shared memory if I tried to blindly join the master tables, even if I specify a date.
I am hoping for a way to say
SELECT * FROM view WHERE report_date = '2018-01-02'

And have that 2018-01-02 be added to the table names, so I only look at and attempt to join specific partitions.

A: I'll offer a possible solution below, but consider that this is almost certainly not the route you want to take.  The problem you're working around has already been elegantly and efficiently solved at the DB level through partitioning.  Consider thoroughly reading Postgresql's documentation.
Meanwhile, to respond to the question as posed, note that having a dynamic table name that the DB server interpolates for you is not implemented in any database of which I'm aware: you will need to send a fresh query to the DB engine each time.  (Given some knowledge of DB theory in general, this actually makes some sense, but that's outside the scope of this response.)  One possible workaround would be to dynamically create VIEWs, and then query those:
SELECT * FROM view_2018_01_02;

Not ideal, and still requires interpolation at a level above the DB, but an option.
A more direct answer to your question might use a DB function:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION trench_report_date_func(rdate TEXT)
  RETURNS TABLE(a AS ..., b AS ...)
AS $$
BEGIN
    RETURN QUERY EXECUTE 'SELECT ... FROM '
      || 'fact_' || rdate
      || ' LEFT JOIN dimension_a_' || rdate
      || ' LEFT JOIN dimension_b_' || rdate;
END;
$$
LANGUAGE plpgsql;

Note that this indeed follows as stated above and sends a fresh query to the DB engine every time.  You might call it as:
SELECT * FROM trench_report_date_func(...);

Again, you can ham-fist a solution around this approach, but I urge you to consider proper partitioning.  You have wisely chosen Postgres; now use its robustness to your advantage!


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The Islamic State Claims a Deadly Explosion of a Sikh Temple in Kabul
Taliban fighters guard an explosion site in Kabul, Afghanistan after several explosions and gunfire ripped through a Sikh temple. (Photo: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
On the morning of June 18th, a bomb exploded during an attack at a Sikh prayer place in Kabul while 30 people were inside, killing one worshipper, a Taliban member, and two unidentified attackers. The prayer site was renowned as the capital's only and final remaining place of worship for Sikhs. The next day, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. Community leaders reportedly claimed that about 140 Sikhs remained in the predominately Muslim Afghanistan in the late twentieth century, down from 100,000 in the 1970s.
According to a Taliban spokesman, the assailants attempted to operate a vehicle filled with explosives into the area, but it exploded before they reached their target. Despite the fact that the attack had concluded, the Taliban, who took control of Afghanistan last year, declared that a clearance campaign was continuing.
Since the Taliban assumed power in Afghanistan, the country has been subjected to ongoing attacks by the Islamic State, a rival Sunni Muslim extremist group. On the one hand, the Taliban had promised and guaranteed the community's ability to remain in Afghanistan and practice their religion. Yet, hundreds more have fled to India in the last year due to unprecedented and cruel attacks.
The local branch of the Islamic State announced the attack was in reprisal for insults directed at the Prophet Mohammed. The announcement was made on an affiliated Telegram channel by the Islamic State. The blast on Saturday was widely derided as one of the spates of attacks targeting minorities, with Pakistan's government expressing "serious concern" over the "current wave of terrorist attacks on places of worship in Afghanistan." The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said minorities in the country deserve protection, and India's President, Narendra Modi, expressed shock over the attack on Twitter.
Who are the Sikhs?
Many Hindus and Sikhs have fled to neighboring countries, particularly India, during the civil war that emerged after the pro-Soviet regime fell in 1992. Before the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, Sikhs were a small religious minority in the predominantly Muslim country, with only roughly 300 families. According to community members and the media, many have now fled. The Sikhs, like many other religious minorities in Afghanistan, have been a perennial target of violence. The Islamic State also claimed responsibility for a 2020 attack in Kabul that killed 25 people. In 2016, it was thought that there was no future for Sikhs, Shias, and other Muslim minorities in Afghanistan.
To blend in with the population, most Afghan Sikhs and Hindus adopted Afghan traditions. Sometimes religious minorities converse in public in Pashto or Dari, Afghanistan's constitutional languages, but solely use Punjabi at home. Despite their desire to live in peace at home, it appears that the Islamic State will continue to carry out modest to severe blows and attacks.
As external threats infect its populace in the next few months, the Taliban's security mechanisms will be put to the test. In comparison to their initial rule in the 1990s, when they violently suppressed the Hazaras and other ethnic groups, the Taliban have positioned themselves as more moderate since seizing power. The Taliban promise to safeguard them to gain international acclaim for their acceptance of Afghanistan's minorities. But how far can this go, and how effective is the security measure, particularly in the Taliban government, where eyewitnesses claim the Taliban also committed human rights violations?
Kristian N. Rivera, Counter-Terrorism Research Fellow
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