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Trades, transfers and transactions
A speculative guide to the 2018 summer transfer window
Who's in and who's out?
By Wirtjo Leonard@Wirtjogets2yell Jul 9, 2018, 10:00am MDT
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It's better than Christmas and Birthdays combined. Silly Season is here folks starting on July 10th. With plenty of injuries and the fact that several high-promising signings are unable to make the bench, it wouldn't be surprising to see an especially busy silly season with multiple players coming and going. This article looks to explore the current injury dilemma the club has, the needs of the club, who is likely to come in and who is likely to go out. Lets break it down.
The Status Quo
Real Salt Lake currently has nine injuries. NINE! The current injury list looks like this.
Beltran (knee 10/15/17), Allen (knee 6/16/17), Barry (knee 3/10), Phillips (ankle 4/7) Horwath (achilles 4/18), Mulholland (back 5/2), Lopez-Espin (knee 6/13), Horst (achilles 6/26), Sparrow (knee 7/2)
Many of these players have been out for long periods of time and will hopefully be back sooner rather than later; this is particularly true of Tony Beltran who is projected to be back mid-August and Jordan Allen who has been out for over a year at this point. The timeline for other players is pretty uncertain, with Alex Horwath and David Horst guaranteed to be out for the remainder of the season.
Osmar Leguizamón
The 24-year-old right winger/midfielder from Paraguay was heavily connected to the club 3-4 weeks ago but it appears that agreements may have stalled or stopped altogether according to multiple sources. This could be due to several reasons including the improved form of wingers Jefferson Savarino and Sebastian Saucedo.
Known Interest
Real Salt Lake has all 30 spots on the roster filled, meaning that someone must leave for someone new to come in. The club also has a remaining Designated Player spot opened. Additionally, all international spots are currently occupied meaning that Kreilach, Hernandez, Ortuno, Ruiz, Rusnak, Savarino, or Marcelo Silva must depart if the club decides to make moves internationally.
As noted in an article a few week back by managing editor Matt Montgomery, Luis Silva looks to be a target for Mexican Club Chivas. Silva has experience playing in Mexico for Tigres in 2016 in between stints with Real Salt Lake. That said, I would be surprised to see a move like this go through for a couple of reasons. Firstly, while Luis Silva has been an excellent contributor for RSL, he's not exactly the type of player who seems to fit the label of a high profile signing for a mexican giant. Secondly, with Ortuno clearly out of the picture the departure of Luis Silva would leave the club with only one striking option in Corey Baird, a rookie. That said, Silva has been great this year netting five times in only 630 minutes. All in all its an unlikely move regardless as to whether or not the club brings in a new number nine in the transfer window. - Which they should, i'll get to that in a bit.
Alfredo Ortuno
I'm not going out on a limb when I saw that Alfredo Ortuno is a bust. Perhaps the biggest bust in RSL history considering Yura Movsisiyan and Burrito Martinez actually played. To put it bluntly, it would be a bad transfer window if the FO can't get him out of here by the end of it. Luckily for us there is definitely interest. He is currently being sought after by multiple Segunda Division clubs including Albacete Balompié and his former club Cadiz. (Not limited to just the two links here) Given the details of the contract Ortuno signed with the club, it can probably be assumed that his transfer will bring in some revenue to the club, hopefully it is enough to counter the approximately $23,000 weekly wage he is currently on despite playing only 119 minutes with the club and contributing no goals or assists.
Albert Rusnak
It was evident that the young Slovakian was unhappy with something on the management level after a statement made at training. It appears that the problem has been cooled with no further mention being made of it and the 24 year old seemingly in higher spirits.
That noted, it is only a matter of time before one of the most promising young players in the MLS departs for greener pastures. The big question is when? It's well known that Rusnak and Patrick Vieira have known one another since their days together at the Manchester City academy. It is also common knowledge that there was interest from New York City FC while Vieira was the man in charge there. Considering his move to OGC Nice, it seems like the perfect catapult to Europe for Rusnak if you ask me, although I certainly hope he stays here for at least another year.
Other Moves
It is always a bummer to see players that you have become attached to depart a club, but as they say the warehouse has to be cleaned before a new shipment arrives. Granted there are a million different nuances with the MLS rules, I would not be incredibly surprised to see players like Jordan Allen, Adam Henley, Ricky Lopez-Espin, or Jose Hernandez shopped, waived, or given permanent deals with the monarchs.
Places of Improvement
A number nine has to come in this transfer window. No question it is the highest priority of this window and I am confident Andy Williams can get the job done. Corey Baird has been fantastic and so has Luis Silva in his limited minutes, but after failed experiments with Martinez, Movsisiyan and Ortuno this club needs a true, proven and consistent man at the top more than anything. Not only is such an acquisition crucial in terms of results, but it will push Corey Baird to be better and better.
Looking at the above injury list, four of the nine injuries are to defenders, all of whom have been out for a significant amount of time and at least half of those have required surgery. Considering the sheer number of injuries on the backline, the inability for Adam Henley to crack the XI, and the injury proneness of Marcelo Silva, I think it is important to bring in a cheap rotational option in a worst case scenario. Whether that looks like Kalen Ryden, who has had an absolutely outstanding season so far with the Monarchs, or a player elsewhere, I do not know.
A few weeks ago I would have said that a midfield signing absolutely must be a priority in the transfer window. Given Sunny's mind-blowing run of form the last few games, I think it has become a much less pressing issue. Kyle may be aging and coming in off the bench, but the pairing of Damir Kreilach and Sunny in the middle has been a solid one. Adding on to that, Nick Besler has proven that he deserves to be playing at the MLS level after promotion from the Monarchs after several standout performances this season. Pablo Ruiz is also an exciting young prospect who could be brought in off the bench. Finding a long-term KB5 replacement is still a long-term problem that needs a solution, but it is not an emergency as things stand now. In the next offseason? Most likely, although Nick Besler could very well be that guy.
What do you feel needs to be done to make this a successful transfer window? Let us know in the comments.


After-School Detectives « So… Is It Good?
"Waaaatson," she said, with a playful tone in her voice.
I gave up and sighed. At this moment, our seventh grade teacher, Ms. Grey, entered the classroom and greeted the class, sparing me from any more of Sheryl's usual craziness.
Oh no, this can't be good.
Sitting in my seat, the only thing that I could do was shake my head as Sheryl happily (and oblivious to the stares from the rest of the class) headed back to her seat.
We stepped inside and looked around. And that's when I noticed the many books on chess that were on the shelves. And all those chess boards on the tables.
Oh, Sheryl, please tell me you didn't do what I think you did, I thought to myself.
"What are you two doing here?" A voice from the doorway asked. There were a bunch students there now.
We all stood there in silence for a moment.
I ushered Sheryl out of the room so that the Chess Club could get on with their lives.
"So, let's start by…" Sheryl's voice trailed off.
The three of us went to two more classrooms like this, with Kelly remembering that she still had her bag with her when she left the classrooms.
"And then?" Sheryl asked, excited.
Everyone stared at us again and the librarian gave us a harsher shush.
"Oh no!" Kelly pressed her hands to her mouth, tears welling in her eyes.
And for the third time, everyone in the library stared at us again as the librarian shushed us.
Grumbling collectively, the patrons went back to their activities.
"Thank you too, James." Kelly gave me a hug.
We headed out of the library and Kelly waved goodbye to us happily as she walked down the hallway in the other direction.
Hm, that felt nice. Maybe Sheryl's on to something. Maybe this little mystery solving club will be worthwhile. After all, we are helping people.
"I can't think of a name for the club," she said, gesturing to the clubroom request form in front of her.
Sheryl's ears perked at the mention of that phrase. She smiled a big grin and looked at me for approval.
"Yes, we are!" Sheryl replied as she scribbled the name down onto the form.
And that was how the After-School Detective was formed.
This story is part of the After-School Detectives series.
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I have done a lot of things while suffering. I've whined, complained and cried; the perfect recipe for a pity party with one attendee—me. I have learned these reactions do not alleviate suffering or improve circumstances. In some instances they indicate a very shallow faith in God and His plans life. And, for some reason, these fruitless activities do not make God's top-ten list of "what to do when you are suffering." Whining and complaining get you stuck. Just ask the Israelites—they were stuck for 40 years.
While whining and complaining may be our natural inclination they are not God's best practice when it comes to suffering. He has other ideas. He wants to give us a new normal.
Idea #1: Entrust your soul to God.
The Greek word for entrust used in the verse above is paratithmi. I love the meaning of this word. Paratithmi means to place down to another, to commit to one's charge, to deposit, to place beside or near another. Imagine taking your soul in your hands and placing it beside God, knowing that He is better able to tend its keeping than you are. Why? Because we would safe ourselves or comfort ourselves right out of many valuable lessons God is trying to teach us. Let's face it, some lessons are only learned through suffering.
Idea #2: Keep doing good.
What good do we need to keep doing while suffering? Keep the faith. Speak the gospel. Help others. Walk. Confront. Pray. Forgive. Give. Love. Serve. Share. Hope. Dream. Act. Work. Teach. Laugh. Share. Rest. Live.
Life does not stop because of suffering, and life does not have to be perfect to be abundant. God has a beautiful way of hiding blessings amid the pain. You'll find treasures you'd never acquire apart from the suffering.
First, did you notice sometimes God allows us to suffer? This one is a little hard to swallow. It's not that God wants us to suffer or is pleased when we suffer, but because of our nature some things will only be accomplished when we suffer.
. What is God teaching you or showing your through suffering? If you are struggling, a great work is at stake.
Second, did you notice the name for God used in verse 19? Why Creator? Why not Healer or Avenger? Because amid our suffering, God is busy creating something new, something good, something beautiful. Can we entrust our souls to our Creator not only to bless us with good things but to bless us with good things that have been created by suffering?
Do something you enjoy. I remember a painful season in my life of many years ago. I put off doing my favorite hobby because I wanted to wait until the situation was resolved. I wasn't going to have any fun until things were better. Great idea, right? Do something you enjoy. Have fun by faith!
Do something for another. No act of kindness is too small to be significant. Send the card. Make the call. Say the prayer. Bake the cookies. No matter how you are suffering, someone needs to hear from you.
Do something with Jesus. Add an extra Quiet Time to your day. Ask Him to encourage you very specifically through His word, a song, a radio broadcast.
Remember, when you are suffering, entrust your soul to Him and do good to others.
Hard times are just hard.
We can't avoid them. As a matter of fact, the more I learn about suffering, the more I realize there is purpose to our suffering.
Only God can do that — give us beauty for ashes. New life from death. Healing from hurting. Often it takes a long time to reap the goodness from the suffering. But hold on. Don't give up. There is an end to the season of suffering. God promises that we may weep in the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Please open the Sway Bible study below for encouragement and help when suffering.
Please comment below on what encouraged you the most from your study time.


Yes, we are devoting an entire blog post to the stuff you put under your arm pits! Several years ago Dr. Andrew came home from chiropractic school and decided we needed to throw away all of our deodorant and replace it with healthier options. I couldn't understand what was wrong with my Dove deodorant! I smelled good, so it must be working. So my sweet husband explained to me that my Dove deodorant wasn't simply a deodorant–it was an antiperspirant, as in "the opposite of sweating." But who likes to sweat? I still wasn't seeing the problem here.
He went on to explain that sweating is a natural process your body goes through to remove toxins. If your body isn't able to sweat, toxins back up into your lymph nodes. This is one of the proposed mechanisms for an increased risk of breast cancer. Hold on. Did he just use the "c" word? I have a strong family history of breast cancer. Dr. Andrew had my attention.
So I knew I wasn't putting the safest stuff on my skin, but what was the solution? I went to our local health foods store in Texas, and I picked up deodorant (not antiperspirant) for both of us. After a couple of days, we were quickly realizing that it was masking our lovely body odor, and by the end of the day our coworkers and classmates didn't really want to be around us. I refused to smell, so we tried another two or three brands with similar results. Finally one of his classmates told him about crystal deodorant stones, and they worked (about 95% of the time, unless you were sweating really badly, but I'd take that any day over what we had been using!).
Fast forward about a year, and I learned that even the crystal deodorant stones contain aluminum! So I was back at square one. Well, not entirely. The aluminum content was much less, so I decided to call it a "trade-off"–less aluminum in a product that worked was better than no aluminum in a product that didn't. And then in May, our family went to Dallas to visit Dr. Andrew's chiropractic twin brother and his family, and they told us about a new deodorant they had found for Dodge Family Chiropractic made of mostly organic ingredients. We said we would check it out, but we went into the trial period very skeptically.
Two days in, I was sold. The next day, Dr. Andrew had me smell his armpits because he was afraid he wouldn't be able to smell his own "fragrance," and I obliged for the sake of really testing this product (yes, go ahead and giggle at the site of my nose pressed into his armpit!). Nothing. He had no smell. And then he dropped the bomb: earlier in the day when I had put Luke down for a nap, he went for a run. And then lifted weights. I was very glad I didn't have this information prior to the "smell test," as I may have backed out!
We weren't ready to sound the trumpets yet, so we enlisted my mom for a trial too! She is Staunton's personal training extraordinaire–I couldn't think of a single person who sweats more on a daily basis who would be 100% honest with us. She told me she would try it out, but her Secret antiperspirant was still going to work in her bag with her just in case. She carries the same family history of breast cancer that I do, so she has wanted to like every natural product I've brought to her, but nothing has stood up to her job description. The verdict?
I run, I teach cycling classes, I teach Pilates classes, and body sculpting classes. I sweat! I've been using Primal Pit Paste for about a week and a half and it controls my body odor without all the harsh chemicals from regular deodorants. I'm a believer, and I've switched to Primal Pit Paste.
So after about a month's worth of trials, just waiting for this stuff to fail us, we have been proven wrong. We are happy to say that we are using a deodorant that is so natural that we could eat it (not that we want to!), AND it actually works! And we are even happier to bring this awesome product in-house: by mid-July we will have a variety of scents available locally at Valley Family Wellness & Chiropractic! For questions or to preorder, please contact us, and for more information on Primal Pit Paste, please visit their website!
I knew you were a gifted writer, now I know you have another talent: "arm pit sniffer". LOL, just kidding! Let me know when you get this product in your office. I will buy some for Chip and I.
We will absolutely let you know when the Primal Pit Paste is in–we are so excited to have it back in our house, too!
Let me know when it is in. I tried Tom's and did not like it but went back to my old stuff. Glad to have an alternative!
Love your blog, Nicole! Very interesting! And love your momma too!
Let me know when it comes in because I would love to try it. I have tried several aluminum free alternatives but I have a skin reaction to them all and now I'm back using the bad stuff. Now I'm on the hunt for one that keeps me smelling good and doesn't break me out and burn!


Dr. Constance O'Connor is a postdoctoral fellow at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She studies the mechanisms underlying social behaviour in cichlid fishes, and is trying to understand how social behaviour evolved, and how environmental stressors affect social behaviour.
When most people think of a behavioural biologist, I suspect that the image that comes to mind might be something along the lines of an earnest, scatter-brained David Attenborough with a clipboard. Clad in a Tilley hat and Wellington boots, clutching a clipboard and binoculars, your behavioural biologist can give an enthusiastic discourse on the mating habits of the sugar crab, but needs help finding his spectacles. In other words, I suspect that when most people think of a behavioural biologist, they don't think of someone who is particularly practical, and the research is not usually considered particularly useful.
A growing group of behavioural biologists is trying to change this, and a special symposium at the 50th Animal Behaviour Society meeting was dedicated to discussions of how behavioural research can be applied in practical, useful ways to guide wildlife management. Animal behaviour is a rapidly changing field, and behavioural biologists are now using new tools and new approaches to understand why some animal populations are declining, and how to reverse these alarming trends.
Traditionally, behavioural biologists have examined how evolution has shaped animal behaviour. Why do animals do what they do? In todays rapidly changing world, however, these behaviours that have been shaped by thousands or millions of years of natural selection are often no longer be adaptive. Newly hatched sea turtles head towards city lights instead of the ocean. Naïve island birds don't recognize invasive cats as potential predators. Fish migrating upstream are stymied by a dam, and spend the rest of their days swimming into the concrete. Male beetles are so enchanted by beer bottles – the biggest, shiniest beetles they have ever seen! – that they no longer mate with female beetles. In todays changing world, behavioural biologists therefore need to research not just how evolution has shaped animal behaviour, but also understand and predict how animals will behave in a world with habitat alterations, pollution, invasive species, and a changing climate.
Through the symposium, there were positive examples of how behavioural biologists have already helped wildlife managers. For example, behavioural biologists have helped reduce the number of animals hit by vehicles, reduce the bycatch of dolphins and sea turtles in fisheries, and helped discourage bears from harassing visitors in National Parks. More importantly, there were discussions throughout the symposium about how animal behaviour research can be better used in the future to understand and solve conservation problems. The take-home message of the symposium was that behavioural biologists are already poised to contribute practical solutions to the current biodiversity crisis. The only thing left to do is for us, the behavioural biologists, to take up the challenge! We need to put on our Tilley hats and Wellington boots, and march off into our rapidly changing world to research both why animals do what they do, and how to make sure that animals can keep doing it for generations to come.


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"I like to take my hat off to Kelly Whitney. He shared he ball, passed out (of the post) all game long. When you've got a guy like Kelly who's going to get so much attention, when he shares the ball like he did tonight, it shows he just wants to win."
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#Ball #Hat #Kelly #Passed #Post #Shared #Whitney
"What can I say? Our guys rose to the occasion. They stepped to the task."
#Guys #Occasion #Rose #Stepped #Task
"They knew that the team that went out there against Duke wasn't nearly what we are capable of doing. It was just about us bouncing back and getting better the next game."
#Capable #Duke #Knew #Nearly #Team
"This is one of those games you just want to forget about."
#Forget #Games
"We persevered. Our guys again showed a lot courage and a lot of pride. Our guys weren't going to be denied."
#Courage #Pride
"Our guys played hard and with a lot of courage, courage to make some big shots, and the shots were so timely. We just kept competing. We played through mistakes."
"I told them it doesn't take away from the good we've done. We've got to have short memories and move on."
"That's why they went zone, to keep the ball away from Kelly. They were very conscious of Kelly, as all teams are. We want to get him shots, but it's important not just to get shots but to make plays if he's double-teamed."
#Ball #Conscious #Kelly #Zone
"They got off to a great start. They made shots early and it seemed like they kept making them throughout the game. They got us on our heels early, and we didn't get stops. From that point, it was an uphill battle."
#Early #Kept #Seemed #Shots #Start #Throughout
"Maybe we put too much pressure on ourselves. And I think that's something we have to grow from because I don't think we played as confidently as we had."
#Grow #Maybe #Pressure #Think
"He's got size, and he's got a quick release. They do a nice job moving him around, and everybody screens for him. We worked hard against him. We had a hand in his face, and he made some shots."
#Job #Moving #Nice #Quick #Release #Screens #Size
"He's been a rock to the program. He's like a son to me."
#Program #Rock #Son
"I feel confident in what we've done. I'm going there with the anticipation of hearing our name being called. I'm a guy that does a lot of praying anyway, so I will continue to pray."
#Anticipation #Hearing
"I guess I looked like a minister in church, running up and down the aisle. Just hearing your name is a huge adrenalin rush."
#Church #Hearing #Running
"I think Marquis is a tough defender. He takes pride in it. He works at it. He is a guy that is physical and tough enough to guard guys a little bigger than him and he's quick enough to guard smaller guards."
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Apple Makes a Major Privacy Move by Allowing Users to Disable Ad Tracking and Have Greater Insight Into App Permissions
Scott Ikeda· July 8, 2020
The headline announcement from Apple's 2020 Worldwide Developers Conference was that users would be getting an unprecedented level of control over personal privacy, enough that it might entirely upend mobile marketing on iOS. The headline item was that users would be able to selectively disable ad tracking by making their unique ID invisible to certain apps, but a suite of other enhanced privacy features was introduced: more detailed breakdowns of app permissions, new indicator lights and new Safari screening features among them.
The changes to Apple ads will be coming with the new iOS 14 operating system, which is expected to be released sometime in September.
Apple puts an (optional) end to ad tracking in individual apps
The biggest news is that Apple device users will now be able to opt out of Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) tracking on an app-by-app basis. As the name indicates, this unique device ID is provided to marketers primarily for targeted advertising purposes. While it is supposed to be randomized and not tied to any personally identifying information, developers would sometimes overstep intended boundaries with it when using it for traffic analytics purposes.
The system will be opt-in at the user end, but will proactively display a warning before running each new app indicating that it wants to track users "across other apps and websites." A screenshot of the warning is phrased in such a way that it looks like users will overwhelmingly opt in.
The move follows over a year of campaigning by various groups, with Mozilla playing a key role. Mozilla ran a petition for monthly rotation of IDFAs in 2019 that gathered 20,000 signatures, and sponsored a poll late in the year that indicated half of all iPhone users did not know that the identification number existed or that it was used to track users.
The marketing industry is bracing for a significant hit to the mobile advertising business, assuming that most users will choose to opt out of ad tracking when presented with this warning notification. There is an existing ability to opt out of some IDFA ad tracking in iOS, but it requires users to go through the settings menu and does not allow them to pick and choose access for individual apps. A marketing study from March indicates that only about 30% of iOS users have enabled this "Limit Ad Tracking" feature.
Other iOS 14 privacy improvements
Changes are also coming to Apple's location tracking settings in iOS, which in turn will likely have an impact on any kind of ad tracking (whether IDFA or third-party systems). Users will now be able to limit apps to accessing approximate data rather than a precise location, allowing for the use of location-dependent features while adding a substantial layer of privacy protection.
App permission lists are now also going to be divided into separate categories, with one unique list designed to highlight data that is specifically used to track users. And Safari will have a new "privacy report" button located near the URL bar, which will display all third-party trackers on a given website and allow users to selectively disable them. This may strike an additional blow to ad tracking as it gives users greater and more convenient visibility into third-party advertising campaigns that do not rely on the IDFA.
Focusing on hardware
The move to effectively dump ad tracking from Apple devices signals a doubling down on the company's privacy-first branding and strategy of focusing on high-priced hardware sales to a more affluent consumer base willing to stay within the company's curated and secure "walled garden" of software. It's also possible that the company sees this as a simpler way to navigate a global regulatory landscape that is increasingly favoring strict privacy protections for end users.
The move is not necessarily a total net positive for users of iOS devices, however, as app developers are not likely to simply roll over and let their ad networks die. Instead, it is quite likely they will switch to other schemes that are less convenient and potentially more intrusive for the end user. For example, more apps might require users to create accounts with the developer and log in before using. Some free apps may opt to simply switch to a paid model rather than attempt to serve ads.
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There is some chance that Google will have Android follow suit at some point in the near future, as the search giant has been known to copy Apple's user data privacy moves (such as ending support for third-party cookies in Chrome) albeit with a substantial amount of lag time. This move is less certain, however, as Google is much more dependent on marketing and ad tracking revenue than Apple is.
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Park Seo Joon Dishes On Dating Rumors With Kim Ji Won And Friendship With BTS's V
by D. Kim
Park Seo Joon recent sat down for an interview and talked about working with Kim Ji Won and BTS's V.
Regarding dating rumors with "Fight My Way" co-star Kim Ji Won, the actor responded with a laugh, "We are not dating. It's not like that."
He shared that they did not know each other before the drama, but he really enjoyed "Descendants of the Sun," and the most memorable scene for him was when her character initiated the kiss with Jin Goo's character.
"Before the drama was confirmed, we purposely met up because we have to do well together. She really worried a lot because it is her first lead role." He added, "However, the worries disappeared as we worked together."
Park Seo Joon continued, "On my personal feelings, I can say that she was amazing. I want to work with her again, and I hope we can do so in a few years."
He commented that he believes the dating rumors arose from the notes they wrote on each other's scripts which read "Dong Man, I love you" and "Ae Ra, I love you" and clarified, "Whenever I finish a project, I always exchange notes with my partner."
When asked about his friendship with BTS's V, he replied, "First of all, I don't think of him as an idol" and explained that he would have felt a sense of distance if he thought of him as a star.
He revealed, "We all got really close while filming for KBS drama 'Hwarang.' Not just Tae Hyung (V's birth name), but also Minho and Hyung Sik. I'm not sure how they are seen from the surface, but if you meet them in real life, they are very easygoing friends."
He went on to share, "Not just for idols, but that's how I always am. There are rumors about people, but whether they are good or bad, I feel the need to meet them first. People could also have preconceptions about me, and knowing that others could be thinking of me like that, I believe that I should not do the same."
Meanwhile, film "Midnight Runners" starring Park Seo Joon and Kang Ha Neul premiered on August 9.
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Q: What does this symbol from a voltage regulator schematic, looking like a capacitor connected with with diagonal lines, mean? What does this schematic symbol mean?

It is taken from the LM78XX datasheet (figure 17, page 22.)

A: According to Wikipedia, it's an obsolete symbol for a capacitor with polarity indicator.

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Sullivan and Begich react to Iranian deal
On Sunday in Geneva, Iran agreed with the U.S. and five other world powers to freeze or reverse much of the progress that the country has made at its key nuclear facilities, including capping or eliminating stockpiles of uranium, not adding new centrifuges, and daily monitoring by international inspectors. In exchange, Iran will experience a modest lessening of international sanctions.
President Obama and others have called the agreement historic, and say it's a precursor to a wider agreement in six months. Not everybody is thrilled. Those who aren't include Israel and some Republican hawks, which in this case would include Republican Senate candidate Dan Sullivan, who thinks that the deal is too soft.
Read the Washington Post's analysis of the deal here.
On Sunday, Sullivan, who had worked at the State Department when sanctions were enacted, sent a release criticizing the deal, which he said had "dubious merit."
Following Sullivan's release, Begich sent out a release, which seemed to take a tough stand on Iran without criticizing the deal. "The threat to their neighbors and the entire world of an Iran with nuclear weapons is far too great to use a carrot instead of stick diplomatic approach," he said.
I reached out to the other main Republican candidates, Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell and Joe Miller, about whether or not they had a response. Neither did by the time of this writing.
Read both statements in full below:
Dan Sullivan:
Chasing deals with the world's biggest terrorist regime is not the way to enhance Alaska's or America's national security. I am proud of my service under former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as a senior U.S. official who helped lead the charge in pressuring Iran with economic and financial sanctions.
Instead of once again rubber stamping this latest Obama Administration initiative of dubious merit, I hope that Senator Begich will work to actually understand the ramifications of this deal for Alaska's and America's national security as well as for our allies in the Middle East, and ask hard questions of his fellow Democrats in Washington DC, like Secretary of State Kerry.
We can't afford another series of broken promises to Alaskans, especially when we're dealing with a terrorist regime that wants to acquire nuclear weapons.
U. S. Sen. Mark Begich:
Iran is one of the most unpredictable and dangerous countries in the world, so any agreement with their unreliable government must come with strong provisions for verification. I don't support making any concessions, such as easing sanctions or taking the military option off the table, until they prove to the international community they can be trusted. The threat to their neighbors and the entire world of an Iran with nuclear weapons is far too great to use a carrot instead of stick diplomatic approach.
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If I mention the term "greenhouse gas," what comes to mind? Clouds of toxic vapor rising from power plants? Car exhaust on highways?
The air-conditioner in your bedroom window or
the refrigerator in your kitchen?
Probably not.
But inside these appliances lurks another greenhouse gas – invisible and odorless – that has a global warming impact one thousand to SIX THOUSAND times that of carbon dioxide[1] called Hydrofluorocarbons or HFCs.
HFCs are the refrigerant used in air conditioning, refrigeration, dehumidifiers and flame-resistant products. When refrigerators and air conditioners leak — commonly about 25% loss a year — or if they are not safely disposed of, HFCs are released into the atmosphere.
As global temperatures rise, especially in developing countries, more refrigeration and air conditioning is needed. If HFC emissions are left unchecked, these emissions could make up 7-19% of all greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
You may have heard of Freon, another class of chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which were the most commonly used refrigerants for many years. In the 1970s, scientists discovered that CFCs[2] were depleting the protective ozone layer, creating a large hole over Antarctica. To address this problem, 197 countries came together in 1987 and signed the Montreal Protocol, an agreement to phase out the use of CFCs.
The ozone-destroying CFCs were replaced by HFCs, the focus of our presentation today. Although HFCs have a benign effect on the ozone layer, they are a highly potent greenhouse gas, and a major contributor to climate change[3]. In 2016 the Kigali Amendment was added to the Montreal Protocol, committing countries to phasing down of HFCs.
However, the US Federal Administration has refused to ratify the Kigali Amendment (as of 2020). This is despite the fact that the air conditioning and refrigeration manufacturing industries support it. Even worse, in 2017 the Administration reversed an Obama EPA[4] ruling that would have enforced a national phase-down of HFCs in refrigerators and air conditioners. Now, California, Washington, New Jersey and Vermont have passed their own state legislation to phase down HFCs, with several other states, including New York State, planning their own legislation.
Just recently (April 7, 2020) a Federal Appeals court partially restored the Obama EPA regulation, which if upheld, will have a huge impact on the timing of the phase-down.[5]
By Jane Selden, Activist, 350NYC.org
March 9, 2020 – Department of Environmental Conservation Hearing on HFCs in New York state. Activists – Front: Jane Selden, Rachel Goodgal, Rachel Mackleff, Dorian Fulvio, Margaret Perkins (350NYC), Catherine Skopic (Sierra Club NYC). Rear: Monica Weiss, Leslie Stevens, Eva-Lee Baird, Evelyn Reilly (350NYC), Keith Voos (Drawdown NYC). Not shown: Eileen Leonard (350NYC)
[1] "The Benefits of Basing Policies on the 20 Year Global Warming
Potential of HFCs":
http://conf.montreal-protocol.org/meeting/oewg/31oewg/ngo-publications/Observer%20Publications/Benefits%20of%20Basing%20Policies%20on%2020%20GWP%20of%20HFCs.pdf
[2] And their chemical cousins, HCFCs
[3] Surface Temperature Change by HFCs,
graph NRDC.org
[4] SNAP Program: Significant New Alternatives Policy: an EPA program with the purpose of evaluating and listing substitutes for ozone-depleting substances
[5] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08042020/us-appeals-court-dc-restores-limitations-super-polluting-hfcs.
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RGVN Microfinance receives final licence from RBI for small finance bank
1 min read . Updated: 04 Apr 2017, 07:59 AM IST Sahib Sharma
At the end of the December quarter, RGVN had a loan portfolio of Rs583 crore, registering a 63% growth year on year.
RGVN Microfinance's small finance bank plans to start operations by May
Mumbai: Guwahati-headquartered RGVN Microfinance (North East) Ltd has received the final licence from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up a small finance bank.
The upcoming small finance bank plans to start operations by May, according to Rupali Kalita, managing director of RGVN.
At the end of the December quarter, RGVN had a loan portfolio of Rs583 crore, registering a 63% growth year on year. It has 136 branches spread across Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, West Bengal and Sikkim.
RGVN had cut the foreign stake in the firm last month from 68% to 48% by raising Rs109 crore from investors including Ratan Tata and SIDBI Trustee Co. Ltd.
Six entities have so far commenced operations among 10 small finance bank licence holders. AU Financiers Ltd, Janalakshmi Financial Services Ltd, Disha Microfin Ltd are preparing to start operations.
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John Podesta May Have Violated Federal Law By Not Disclosing 75,000 Stock Shares
John Podesta, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's 2016 national campaign chairman, may have violated federal law by failing to disclose the receipt of 75,000 shares of stock from a Kremlin-financed company when he joined the Obama White House in 2014, according to the Daily Caller News Foundation's Investigative Group.
Joule Unlimited Technologies — financed in part by a Russian firm — originally awarded Podesta 100,000 shares of stock options when in 2010 he joined that board along with its Dutch-based entities: Joule Global Holdings, BV and the Stichting Joule Global Foundation.
When Podesta announced his departure from the Joule board in January 2014 to become President Obama's special counsellor, the company officially issued him 75,000 common shares of stock.
The Schedule B section of the federal government's form 278 which — requires financial disclosures for government officials — required Podesta to "report any purchase, sale or exchange by you, your spouse, or dependent children…of any property, stocks, bonds, commodity futures and other securities when the amount of the transaction exceeded $1,000."
Podesta's form 278 Schedule B is blank regarding his receipt of any stock from any company.
Liberals and conservatives alike tell TheDCNF Podesta should have disclosed the stock.
"Well Podesta should certainly have been more upfront in filling this out. Clearly, it should have been fully disclosed," said Craig Holman, a lobbyist for the liberal group Public Citizen which was founded by Ralph Nader. "That's the point of the personal financial disclosure forms, especially for anyone entering the White House," he told TheDCNF in an interview.
"If the transfer of stock took place, it had to be disclosed," added former U.S. Attorney Joseph DiGenova in an interview. "If he didn't, clearly it's a violation."
The same year Podesta joined Joule, the company agreed to accept 1-Billion-Rubles — or $35 million — from Rusnano, a state-run and financed Russian company with close ties to President Vladimir Putin.
Anatoly Chubais, the company CEO and two other top Russian banking executives worked together with Podesta on the Joule boards. The board met six times a year.
Ron Hosko, a former FBI assistant director said because of the Kremlin backing, it was essential Podesta disclose the financial benefits he received from the company.
"I think in this case where you're talking about foreign interests and foreign involvement, the collateral interest with these disclosure forms is put in the forefront of full disclosure of any foreign interest that you may have," he told TheDCNF in an interview.
He added that Russian money was a continuing concern because it could "become a counterintelligence concern for America."
"It's a troubled question if you deliberately omit this information on the form," Hosko, a 30-year veteran of the FBI told TheDCNF. "Were you completely truthful on this form that you filled out, yes or no?"
Podesta took possession of the stock in January 2014, the same month he entered the White House, according to WikiLeaks.
The existence of the 75,000 shares of Joule stock was first revealed by the Government Accountability Institute report issued last year.
But Podesta didn't pocket all the shares. Correspondence from Podesta to Joule instructed the firm to transfer only 33,693 shares to Leonidio Holdings, a brand-new entity he incorporated only on December 20, 2013, about ten days before he entered the White House.
A January 4, 2014 letter to Joule corporate secretary Mark Solakian, Podesta requested the transfer to Leonidio of 25,146 shares of series C stock and 8,547shares of Series C-II. The letter was released by WikiLeaks last October.
When WikiLeaks disclosed the existence of Leonidio last year Josh Schwerin a Clinton campaign spokesman claimed Podesta — by then the campaign chairman — had "divested" himself of all the stock.
"When Podesta went back to the work at the White House, he worked with White House counsel to personally divest from Joule and ensure he was in full compliance with all government ethics rules," Schwerin said, adding Podesta "filed the appropriate forms."
But there is no indication the remaining 41,000 shares went to any other party.
The government does outline federal penalties for failing to report assets.
Title 5 of the U.S. Code stipulates the U.S. Attorney General can file a civil action "against any individual who knowingly and willfully falsifies or who knowingly and willfully fails to file or report any information that such individual is required to report." The federal penalty can be up to $50,000 per count.
Leonidio is registered in Delaware as a limited liability corporation. Podesta listed the address of his daughter, Megan Rouse, in the incorporation papers. His mother and father also appear to be co-owners of Leonidio.
Most experts believe the Office of Government Ethics — which is supposed to monitor the accuracy of financial disclosure forms — is toothless.
One of the last individuals to be indicted for filing incorrect financial forms was former Rep. Walter Fauntroy in 1995. He was given parole.
"Unfortunately, the office of government ethics has no authority to make anyone do anything," admitted Holman.
"It is an advisory agency, essentially," the liberal lobbyist told TheDCNF. "It can develop rules, it can make orders, but if someone doesn't abide by it. OGE has no enforcement authority."
Scott Amey, general counsel for the nonpartisan Project on Government Oversight went further, telling TheDCNF in an interview, "OGE doesn't really have the authority to open their own investigations and they don't have authority to get into disciplinary action."
But OGE has also been accused of partisanship. Earlier this year OGE Director Walter Shaub publicly criticized President Trump's plan to deal with his sprawling businesses, calling his financial reorganization plan, "wholly inadequate." He also called for the President to seek "total divestment" of his Washington, D.C. hotel.
Last week the General Services Administration said a set of additional rules to the federal lease for the downtown Washington hotel put it into "full compliance" with governmental ethics laws.
DiGenova said the office is biased and hypocritical in what cases they picked to criticize. "They have no problem tweeting out about Donald Trump's hotels, but here on a clear violation they're silent."
TheDCNF made multiple inquiries to OGE and received no reply. TheDCNF inquiries to Mr. Podesta were not returned.
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"The Spy Who Dumped Me" (Lionsgate)
By: The Catholic Post - August 1, 2018 - Movie Review
Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis star in a scene from the movie "The Spy Who Dumped Me." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS photo/Lionsgate)
After discovering that her boyfriend (Justin Theroux) works for the CIA, then witnessing his murder at the hands of enemy operatives, an ordinary woman (Mila Kunis), together with her best friend (Kate McKinnon), becomes entangled in the world of espionage. Forced to go on the run, the pals must also figure out what to do with the vital flash drive the spy committed to his girlfriend's care as he was dying. They're chased by a British agent (Sam Heughan) who claims he wants to protect them but whose real motives are unclear.
Given its blend of genres, director and co-writer Susanna Fogel's fish-out-of-water action comedy is surprisingly violent. Add in some tawdry visuals and dialogue and the appropriate audience for the film, which has a few bright moments but eventually wears out its welcome, dwindles.
Much harsh violence with some gore, glimpses of full male nudity, an implied casual encounter, frequent sexual and brief scatological humor, a few uses of profanity, pervasive rough and crude language. The Catholic News Service classification is L — limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R — restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
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Ui-te-Rangiora
Ui-te-Rangiora or Hui Te Rangiora is believed to have been a 7th-century navigator from the island of Rarotonga in Polynesia. According to a 19th-century interpretation by Stephenson Percy Smith of Rarotongan legend, Ui-te-Rangiora sailed south and encountered ice floes and icebergs in the Southern Ocean.[1][2] He identified this area of southern ocean as Tai-uka-a-pia ("sea foaming like arrowroot") due to the ice floes being similar to arrowroot powder (referring to Tacca leontopetaloides, Polynesian arrowroot).[2] It is also claimed by some[who?] that Ui-te-Rangiora reached the Ross Ice Shelf, though he did not land on it. The veracity of Ui-te-Rangiora reaching Antarctic waters has been questioned.[3][4]
Ice floes in the Southern Ocean
Tongan canoes, with sails and cabins, and two Tongan men paddling a smaller canoe from "Boats of the Friendly Isles" a record of Cook's visit to Tonga, 1773-4
Subantarctic islandsEdit
Powdered pia (Polynesian arrowroot), to which the ice floes were compared
It has been claimed that in 1886 Lapita pottery shards were discovered on the Antipodes Islands, indicating that Polynesians did reach that far south.[5] However, the claim has not been substantiated; indeed, no archaeological evidence of human visitation prior to European discovery of the islands has been found.[6]
Enderby Island, considerably south of the Antipodes Islands, has been found to have proof of 13th- or 14th-century Māori use.[7] Similarly, a craft of 'ancient design' was found in 1810 on the subantarctic Macquarie Island, considerably south and west of the Auckland Islands. It has been suggested that the craft was burnt for fuel that year in the ensuing penguin and seal oil fires, and that it was possibly a Polynesian vessel. However, in the same year, Captain Smith described in more detail what is presumably the same wreck: 'several pieces of wreck of a large vessel on this Island, apparently very old and high up in the grass, probably the remains of the ship of the unfortunate De la Perouse.'[8]
Possible discovery of AntarcticaEdit
Very little is known about Ui-te-Rangiora, or about early Polynesia for that matter, but it is told in Māori legends[9] that, around the year 650, Ui-te-Rangiora led a fleet of waka tīwai southwards in the Southern Ocean until they reached "rocks that grow out of the sea, in the space beyond Rapa".[1]
^ a b Smith, Stephenson Percy (1899). Hawaiki: the whence of the Maori, being an introduction to Rarotongan history: Part III. The Journal of the Polynesian Society, Volume 8. pp. 10–11.
^ a b Wehi, Priscilla M.; Scott, Nigel J.; Beckwith, Jacinta; Pryor Rodgers, Rata; Gillies, Tasman; Van Uitregt, Vincent; Krushil, Watene (2021). "A short scan of Māori journeys to Antarctica". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. doi:10.1080/03036758.2021.1917633.
^ Mulvaney,Kieran. 2001. At the Ends of the Earth: A History of the Polar Regions
^ Hīroa, Te Rangi (1964). Vikings of the Sunrise. Whitcombe and Tombs Limited. pp. 116–117.
^ Te Ao Hou The Maori Magazine, no. 59 (June 1967), p. 43
^ "Captain Fairchild to the Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington". Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1886 Session I, H-24. Wellington: Marine Department. p. 6. Retrieved 9 July 2012. The Museum in which the shard is said to be housed has not been able to locate such an item in its collection, and the original reference to the object in the Museum's collection documentation indicates no reference to Polynesian influences.
^ Anderson, Atholl. "Subpolar settlement in South Polynesia". Antiquity Magazine. Antiquity Publications. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
^ McNab, Robert (1909). Murihiku: A History of the South Island of New Zealand and the Islands Adjacent and Lying to the South, from 1642 to 1835. Wellington: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited. p. 176.
^ "Antarctica" Encyclopædia Britannica
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Erin Zwiener on the False Glint of Fool's Gold and Cliché
On the False Glint of Fool's Gold and Cliché
"Maybe romantic is going out to Wyoming and roping a wild bronco. But after you get out of the hospital, you have to feed the son of a bitch. He bites and kicks and doesn't take kindly to the saddle, and after you get out of the hospital again, you neglect and abandon him, and the PETA people haul your ass into court—there is no romance in court, ever." --Richard Schmitt, "Sometimes a Romantic Notion"
Forty horses stretch in a line along the wide path, one wrangler (at minimum) for every seven dudes per our insurance policy. The wranglers, professional horsemen and women are easy to spot. We wear cowboy-cut jeans, palm leaf hats, boots, and fire-engine red or denim pearl snap shirts. Fringed chaps wrap around my thighs, and I enjoy correcting the guests about the pronunciation of the leather leggings. "Ch-ap is what happens to your ass when you don't wear sh-aps. It's short for chapparal, brush country." Some guests have gone shopping before arrival, trying to look the part of a Westerner. Little girls wear pink pointy-toed boots, women tie bandanas glinting with rhinestones around their necks, and men ride with one hand clutching their ill-fitting, ill-shaped straw hats.
It's a routine we repeat every week. A new batch of dudes arrives on Sunday and fills the rickety bleachers. Lee Greenwoods belts out "God Bless the U.S.A" as the wranglers stream into the arena and perform a choreographed routine of loops and x's. I ride a svelte bay gelding and carry a Colorado flag that flutters behind me as we gallop. At the end of the performance, the horses line up in the center of the area facing the audience. My gelding stands like a statue while I hold my hat over my heart for the National Anthem, and the guests applaud.
Then we heave the guests onto the pre-saddled horses waiting in the corral and take them on what we call a trail ride. But the "trail" travels through one pasture, behind a subdivision of summer homes, across the country road, and around a pond in a second pasture. Nothing remote or impressive if you're used to Colorado, but our dudes come from Los Angeles, New York City, and Atlanta.
The first section of the path abuts another large field full of horses. One bay with an arched neck gallops the fence line, calling to the sedate, dude-bearing mounts. He tosses his head, shakes his black mane, and kicks his hind legs in the air.
"Can anyone ride that bronco?" one woman asks.
"That's the horse they put the bad guests on," her husband answers, shooting a look at his oldest son.
"That's right," I say. "Better do everything I tell you to, or we'll put you on him tomorrow."
The boy's mother laughs but scrunches her face in a way that tells me I've worried her. My first job is to keep everyone alive and healthy. The ranch horses are used to beginners and tend to be slow-going, but animals are unpredictable and humans are always looking for new ways to find trouble. I give tips on sitting comfortably in the saddle and bark at children to not throw acorns at each other. I watch the dudes to determine who is coordinated (and obedient) enough to go on rides up into the mountains. My second job is entertainment, and I chatter about horses, backcountry, wildlife, and country western dancing.
When we return to the ranch, the bay gelding is still frolicking. After the guests are safely back on the ground, I ask "Do y'all want to see me break that crazy horse to ride?"
The woman tells me seriously, "No, we don't want you to get hurt."
"Oh, I'm pretty sure I can handle him." I answer.
I grab a soft cotton rope and duck through the wire into the pasture while the dudes gather near the fenceline. The bay gallops my direction, and I flail the rope towards his face when he nears. He pivots on his hind end, kicks his heels in the air, and gallops away. When he slows to an energetic trot, I move so that I'm perpendicular to his shoulder, and he starts to circle me, his delicate head lowering. When he slows to a walk, I drop my eyes to the ground and step backwards. He stops, and I back up further. The bay steps toward me warily.
I give him a moment to settle, and then pad up to his shoulder with quiet heel steps. He shudders when I pat him firmly on the neck but doesn't move away. I ease the rope around his neck and leap onto his back while the crowd gathered on the other side of the fence gasps. The bay rears up, lifting his front feet and striking like the Lone Ranger's Silver, and I dig my fingers into mane and press my chest into his neck. When he touches down, he shoots forward at a full run. I coo at him until he slows to a relaxed lope, and lay the rope against the right side of his neck. When the gelding curves his spine and turns to the left, I praise him loudly and direct him toward the watching guests.
I swing off directly in front of them, give the bay an approving rub, remove the rope, and turn to my onlookers. The bay tries to use my back as a scratching post, and I scold him.
"Not too bad for the first ride," I say.
The guests are in awe of me, their own private Annie Oakley and fearless tamer of wild horses. None of them recognize the bay from our drill team event that morning, one of two horses on the ranch that can carry a flag without spooking, and they won't recognize him when we run short of kids' horses on Wednesday and pack an eight-year-old on him. A horse that I have owned since I was thirteen. A horse that I taught verbal commands such as "up" for rear and "let's go" for gallop. I make the best tips of any wrangler on the ranch.
Even as I tell this story, I fall back into the shtick, give into the temptation to let the story run away with me. I was just starting to teach Razi, that bay gelding, to rear that summer, so his bronco display wouldn't have been as dramatic. I used a halter with a lead rope instead of just the rope. We've never mastered riding with just a neck rope despite my best efforts. The girl who rode Razi when we ran out of children's horses was eleven, not eight. Our guests came to Colorado for the fir and aspen-clad mountains, the blue lakes, the clear air, but they came to a dude ranch for the romance of the Wild West. So we gave it to them. Other wranglers told stories about competing in the National Children's Rodeo (doesn't exist), a beloved horse waiting for them at home (imaginary), the year they spent living in the wilderness (totally fictitious), a promising bull riding career given up because of injuries (one ill-advised leap onto a bull in a pasture), childhoods on a ranch in South Dakota (born there, but the family moved to Phoenix before the wrangler in question could walk.)
In Richard Schmitt's essay "Sometimes a Romantic Notion", he discusses the human penchant for clichéd drama, an appetite for tales that are plucked and clipped and primped until they fit into an elegant frame. He tells his own story of "running away to join the circus" as a teenager, except he was already a runaway, a minimum wage brick scrubber sharing an apartment with a junkie who rested his hopes on a white Ringling Bros. train. From Schmitt: "People say 'run away to join the circus' as if there is only one, and as if there is no doubt about joining it. As if the option resides solely with the runaway. One is fed up; the need to escape strikes; you find this entity called circus and presto, you are embraced."
"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." An ever tempting piece of barroom cowboy advice. Romanticizing our past and our selves is a trap for memoirists in particular but other nonfiction writers as well. What makes something romantic anyways? Unfamiliarity? Inaccessibility? Romance is a trope that we substitute in for reality, cowboys or circus performers with the manure wiped off their boots before they're allowed in public.
Schmitt discovered that finding gainful employment under a big top was more complicated than he'd imagined. "One didn't simply decide to join the circus and have them issue you a bandanna and a tambourine." Instead of focusing on the glitzy culmination of his circus career as high-wire act, the essay follows the teenage Schmitt searching up and down the train for someone to hire him and observing the workers and his surroundings with a honed gaze. "The spit polish and flash of the first few cars gave way to peeled paint and sooty squalor. There were garbage bags. The windows weren't washed . . . Stockcars, pervasive zoo odors, heavy wooden ramps soiled with various types of dried animal crap . . . a hunched troll-like figure crawling from the black belly of the train, dragging a fat rubber hose, the type used for pumping septic tanks. An old man covered in soot and rail cinders. His face resembled a tire tread in dried mud." When he did find the right people, they had no work for him, at least not there in Providence. He could try Albuquerque. A romantic notion has a gleaming surface, but it lacks the depth and humanity of life.
But what harm in just a notion? It's such an impulsive little word, with none of the vigor of opinion or the steadfastness of conviction. A notion will pass like the latest fad, so why not indulge it for a moment before moving on? From Schmitt: "Notions are fleeting; they go away. One minute you are making a tiger vanish; the next moment he is having you for dinner. Being eaten by tigers is not romantic."
In sewing, notions are all the tiny items, the afterthoughts one grabs at Joann's after they've selected a pattern, a fabric, and a trim. They're the simple structural items that differentiate a professional looking garment from an amateur one. Cider-hued thread for traditional jean pocket stitching, midnight blue for an edgier, urban look. Goofy red buttons for clown costumes. Pearl snaps for a western shirt. Plastic stays to make a high-wire performer's collar permanently stiff. Notions also include basic tools. Scissors to make a bolt of cloth match the pattern. Pins that hold the fabric together for sewing. Bobbins that whirl out thread on the machine. Needles to prick and thimbles to protect. A seam ripper to correct mistakes and try again. Without notions there can be no stitching together of satin or scenes.
Notions are the connective tissue of essays, that singular vision that takes a jumble of parts and transforms it into a whole. Some notions may show in the finished project; others may be pulled out like pins when the piece is sewn together, but they are just as integral to an essay as narrative, voice, metaphor. Enter an essay with the wrong notion and the components won't stick. Or perhaps they'll stick but look as garish as a pair of leopard print capris. Schmitt's steadfast gaze on the grimy details reminds us that despite the temptation of cliché, that the austere underbelly is more fascinating than polished façade, that we as essayists should look past the first glint and dig for a more ambiguous treasure.
Erin Zwiener is an MFA candidate in nonfiction at the University of Arizona and assistant editor for Fairy Tale Review. She's the author of the children's book Little Red Riding Boots, the first in a series of cowgirl fairy tale retellings. She lives on the slopes of the Tucson Mountains with a corral full of horses and mules. Visit her online at http://erinzwiener.com.
Posted by Ander at 5:00 AM
Really great piece! Reminds me a bit of Gretel Ehrlich's insistence that they've gotten the cowboy image all wrong in "About Men." I'm teaching Schmitt's essay right now, so I appreciate your reading of his piece in relation to that "temptation to let the story run away with me." Thanks.
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This course deals with the study of algorithms for solving practical problems as well as the data structures used in their implementation. A large variety of algorithms are candidates for study including greedy algorithms, dynamic programming, divide and conquer, exhaustive search, graph algorithms, heaps, network flow algorithms, string matching and so on. Analysis of the resource requirements of algorithms will be an important issue of study.
Display an advanced understanding of a variety of algorithms, including linear selection, minimum spanning trees, single source shortest path, Huffman coding, etc, with real-life applications and the resource requirements.
Expertly apply the most effective algorithmic techniques including dynamic programming, greedy policy, and divide-and-conquer, to solve some practical problems.
Define and analyse time and space complexities of algorithms.
Demonstrate experience in the design and implementation of algorithms for practical problems, using languages like C, C++.
Thirty one-hour lectures and four two-hour tutorial/laboratory sessions.
To enrol in this course you must be studying Master of Computing or have successfully completed COMP6700 or COMP6710. You are not able to enrol in this course if you have successfully completed COMP3600.
Cormen, T., Leiserson, C.E. Rivest. R.L. & Stein, C. Introduction to Algorithms, MIT Press, 2nd Edition, 2002.
Baase, S. & Van Gelder, Allen Computer Algorithms – Introduction to Design and Analysis by Addison-Wesley, 3rd Edition, 2000.
Sedgewick, Robert Algorithms in C, 3rd Edition, 2002.
Aho, Alfred V., Hopcroft, John E., & Ullman, Jeffrey D. The Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms, Addison-Wesley, 1974.
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MONTREAL, Jan. 23, 2019 /CNW/ - Electric and alternative fuel vehicles play a key role in reducing pollution. As Canadians continue to make greener choices, the Government of Canada is delivering more options for them to drive where they need to go while reducing pollution.
The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, on behalf of the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, today announced a $5-million investment to build 100 electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers across Quebec.
Built by Hydro-Québec with funding from through Natural Resources Canada's Electric Vehicle and Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Deployment Initiative (EVAFIDI) these chargers will be part of Hydro-Québec's Electric Circuit — the largest public charging network for electric vehicles in Canada.
The EVAFIDI program is also part of the Government of Canada's $180+ billion Investing in Canada infrastructure plan.
The fast-charging infrastructure will span major highways from Abitibi to Côte-Nord.
Through the Electric Vehicle and Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Deployment Initiative, the Government of Canada is investing $182.5M to support the establishment of a coast-to-coast charging network for electric vehicles, natural gas stations along key freight corridors and stations for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in metropolitan centres. This investment also includes support for the demonstration of next-generation charging technologies, as well as the development of binational (Canada and the United States) codes and standards for low-carbon vehicles and infrastructure.
"Investments in green infrastructure will make it easier for Canadians to travel in a faster and cleaner way. By working with Hydro-Québec, the Government is building the largest electric circuit in Canada to make sure Canadians can access clean and affordable solutions. Getting more electric vehicles on our roads will reduce pollution and create good, middle-class jobs."
"With the support of our private, institutional and governmental partners, we can deploy an increasing number of chargers for electric vehicle drivers. The electrification of transportation in Quebec benefits everyone: individuals, since using electricity for driving is five times cheaper than using gas and, collectively, since we are using clean and renewable energy to drive where we need to go."


Congrats to Canada for Passing Cannabis Legalization!
On Tuesday, June 19th, 2018, Canadian Senators made global history by passing a law that made Canada the first G7 nation to legalize the adult recreational use of cannabis. After Representatives passed C-45, also called the Cannabis Act, the Senate also needed to approve the new law. Some activists worried that changes to the Act could result in further delays for Canada's legalization process, but their worries were unnecessary.
52 Canadian Senators voted for the bill, while 29 voted against it and two abstained from voting, with votes falling perfectly along party lines. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced via Twitter his intention to have legal sales programs created and implemented by October 17, 2018. While that is later than the initial date politicians were pushing for, it still means that in less than four months, many parts of Canada will have a legal, regulated cannabis market.
There's no question that there are serious flaws with this new law. The need for lawmakers to come up with a plan for regulation and recreational sales in only a few weeks is one of them. There are still penalties for those who break Canadian cannabis laws.
There is also concern about the potential for corporate entities to quickly enter and dominate the domestic Canadian cannabis industry, leaving long-term craft providers and cannabis artisans struggling to compete. However, with all its shortcomings, C-45 is still a landmark piece of legislation that will hopefully influence other countries to follow suit.
Once the law takes effect in October, adults (of varying ages depending on the province) can legally purchase cannabis, cannabis oils and extracts, live cannabis plants and seeds, and cannabis-infused foods. Each consumer will have the right to possess as much as 30 grams of dried cannabis in public and share the same amount with other adults. Each adult can grow up to four cannabis plants at home, although the household limit is also four, so roommates and spouses can't all grow together.
There are many serious issues facing our world today, from increasing rates of suicide among young people to stagnant income and opportunities for the shrinking middle class. Cannabis legalization could do a lot to address such issues, as well as problems with law enforcement corruption, policing for profit and the incarceration of non-violent offenders overloading the criminal justice system.
While there is certainly room for improvement in the language of C-45, it is still an incredible step forward for Canada and for the cannabis movement worldwide. As lawmakers begin sorting out what legalized cannabis will look like in Canada, the world will be watching. Here's hoping that Canadian policies on cannabis will become firmly rooted in compassion.
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Roller coasters all over the world
The T Express. Roller coasters all over the world
Developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks, the roller coasters, in fact, have a long history. During the 16th and 17th centuries, rides consisted of wooden sleds. Traditionally, they took riders down large slides made from ice were popular in Russia. However, the first roller coasters, with the train attached to a wooden track, first appeared in France in the early 1800s.
Meanwhile, the T Express is the first wooden roller coaster and the largest of any kind in South Korea. The T Express, in particular, is the 6th longest wooden coaster in the world at 5,838 feet long. Besides, world's steepest wooden roller coaster (77 degrees). And the attraction time is 3min 00sec (the longest in Asia, and 7th in the world).
By the way, the worlds largest skate park in Shanghai, China, the SMP skate-park is now open.
Formula Rossa, World's Fastest roller coaster. Ferrari World Abu Dhabi. Height 53 m (174 ft), drop 51.5 m (169 ft), and the length 2,200 m (7,200 ft). Max speed 240 km/h (150 mph), Inversions 0, and the duration	1:32
The fastest roller coaster in the world – Formula Rossa
Mumbo Jumbo – roller coaster opened to the public on 4 July 2009 at Flamingo Land Resort, UK. 98 feet (30 m) tall, features two inversions and a maximum G force of 4g
Queensland, Australia. The Tower of Terror
The Tower of Terror II, steel shuttle roller coaster located at the Dreamworld amusement park on the Gold Coast, Queensland
Colossus, the tallest wooden roller coaster in the world
Thorpe Park in Surrey, England, UK – Colossus. Height 98 ft (30 m), Drop 95 ft (29 m), Length	2,789 ft (850 m), Max speed 45 mph (72 km/h), Inversions 10, Duration 1:45
Prater Turm (Prater Tower)
Prater Turm (Prater Tower) in Vienna, Austria. The Star-flyer stands an 117 meters (383.86 ft.) tall at its peak – which happens to be a decorative clock
Amazing Singapore Flyer, 5 m (16 ft) taller than the Star of Nanchang and 30 m (98 ft) taller than the London Eye
Impressive Singapore Flyer
It reaches 42 stories high, with a total height of 165 m (541 ft), making it the tallest Ferris wheel in the world. The Singapore Flyer
A giant Ferris wheel – The Singapore Flyer
The tallest Ferris wheel in the world – The Singapore Flyer
American Eagle opened as the fastest wooden roller coaster in the world in 1981
El Toro, formerly the fastest wooden roller coaster in the world
Titled "Kilimanjaro" in Aquas Quentes Country Club, Brazil
Brazilian Kilimanjaro in Aquas Quentes Country Club
Famous Kilimanjaro, Brazil
Kingda Ka, the tallest roller coaster in the world
Mean Streak opened as the tallest wooden roller coaster in the world in 1991
Closeup Roller coaster
Express Roller coaster
SMP skatepark
Photo of SMP skatepark
Visitors to SMP skatepark
Steel Dragon 2000, the longest roller coaster in the world
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Texan artist Donald Roller Wilson
Surreal Abandoned Amusement Park in Berlin
Svetlana Pankratova world longest legs
Al Ain Paradise largest flower park in the world
Surreal paintings by Matthew Davis
Rupert the largest cat in the world


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U.S. congressman Trent Franks resigns
Published: 18:56 EST, 7 December 2017 | Updated: 18:56 EST, 7 December 2017
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WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Trent Franks said on Thursday he will resign after two former staff members complained about discussions he had with them about efforts to find a surrogate mother.
Franks, an Arizona Republican who has served in Congress since 2003, said he recently learned the House Ethics Committee had opened an investigation of the complaints. "I deeply regret that my discussion of this option and process in the workplace caused distress," he said in a statement.
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This entry was posted in RetroViewer and tagged joe Metroid RetroViewer Samus SNES Super Metroid video games on April 5, 2017 by Joe Quick
Space Adventures and Gelatinous Teeth-Bags
Warning: Spoilers ahead! 20 year old spoilers in this article.
I've been on a bit of a SNES kick lately, but I can hardly be blamed for it. It's one of my favorite systems and were responsible for a lot of my favorite titles. Such as Super Metroid! And what's not to like about Super Metroid? It's got tight controls, awesome visuals, and a pretty incredible story. See, the Metroid series did a really good job of "show vs. tell" and only gives you enough text to read to recap the events of the first two games. After that, you get to experience the story. There's no dialogue, no climactic speeches, everything is experienced by you, the Player. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's start at the beginning, shall we?
Item 1: The Galaxy at Peace
Yeah, that'll last.
As I mentioned, the intro recaps Metroid and Metroid II, and in a beautiful way that sets up the entire premise and ultimately the climax. Metroid was primarily about Samus vs Mother Brain and her Space Pirates. They were trying to unleash the destructive power of an alien called the Metroid, a gelatinous floating sack of teeth that drank energy out of you until there's nothing left but dust. Samus killed Mother Brain and her head flunkies, Ridley and Kraid, but recognized there was more to it than just a Piracy operation. Flash forward to Metroid II, where Samus took it upon herself to track down the Metroid's homeworld and hunt them to near extinction. She killed all except one, a hatchling that ended up helping her escape. With both major threats eliminated, Samus decides to give the Metroid to Science and get back to bounty hunting. Then all Hell breaks loose and Samus has to turn back and try to save the Science facility (spoiler, you don't). However, this is all the story that is given to you, and in about the same amount of time it took you to read this first point. Now you know what the stakes are, the rest of it is up to you. There isn't another frame of text of explanation (that isn't your weapons menu) until the credits roll. So here's where things get clever.
Item 2: Now I'ma learn ya somethin'
SNES game developers had a knack for teaching gameplay by very subtly showing you how to play, all without any prompts or messages. You start in a long vertical tunnel with platforms strewn below. When you jump down, there's not any one spot where you can go straight down without landing on something, so you realize as you're going down that the map tracks vertically. When you reach the bottom, you move through the door to the right through corridors until you come upon a hallway that twists down to the left. This doesn't seem like much right now, but it's a huge shift in the style of gameplay that was more common. Most platformers (and 2D style games) have a "move right to progress" mentality, where you head in one direction until you reach your goal. Super Metroid sets the expectation here, as this is a game about exploration. The entire theme of Metroid is about exploration and the rules of that are displayed immediately. You're going to be going up, down, left, right, occasionally diagonally, the world needs to be explored to reach your goals. So, as you explore the facility, you find your prize in the last room: the hatchling… who is in the claws of a totally-not-dead Ridley.
That's m' bebe, ye thievin' cur!
As he screeches and hurls fire-bolts, you are immediately thrown into a boss battle, where you start to notice that you can take some damage. You're not some two-hit chump getting stomped by turtles, you're a friggin' bounty hunter in a power suit! You exchange blows with Ridley and whether or not you win, he takes off with the Metroid and leaves you with nothing but a countdown to 'splosion town. You have three minutes to backtrack and get out of the facility before it blows, which is plenty of time. However, this is simply another allusion to a point at the end of the game (which kind of set an unfortunate trend for the rest of the series, but I digress). We'll go into that in more detail later, those are the core points. Within a few minutes of playing the game, you are introduced to the rules and the play-style. Now we go to the adventure!
Item 3: Perplexing Planet of Piracy
On the road again, I can't wait to get on the road again…
Samus starts the game on planet Zebes, the world where she stopped Mother Brain in the first game. There are a few levels you return to, and several homages to the original level design throughout. However, there are several paths you find unavailable to you. Again, the game is about exploration at its heart, so there will be places you can't access until you have certain suits/weapons/abilities. And that can seem frustrating for some, as it involves a lot of mental notes of where things were and frequent backtracking. In my opinion, it's done very well. There's rarely an area you have to return to more than twice (unless you're hunting for 100% completion) and the each new ability and item is employed in new and interesting ways to give you more chances to actually utilize them. It's tedious to be blocked from progress by a simple obstacle, yes, but when you get the item that lets you cross that obstacle, you don't just move forward. You fire an electrical whip that launches you through the air doing multiple flips and land on your feet like the badass space hero you are. But what is a hero without villains?
Item 4: Bosses be Bad!
A helpful list of baddies!
There are 5 main bosses throughout the game, not including the mini-bosses (who are still pretty badass). Each one is epic in its own right. Kraid was (at the time) the largest video game boss who had ever existed, standing at two and a half screens tall. Phantoon punished you for exploiting a common weakness (Super Missiles), Ridley was just satisfying to finally murder, though they keep bringing him back in other games. Still, so good to finally watch that jackass fall apart and explode. Draygon is a big pile of WHAT THE HELL IS THAT.
That thing will haunt my nightmares to the end of my days.
But before the last boss is revealed, Samus runs into the biggest Metroid we've ever seen. It attacks you immediately you watch it devour an enemy that you can't even damage at this point, and there is literally nothing you can do about it. He drains your energy while you flail about, trying to get him off you. My first playthrough, I emptied nearly my entire arsenal and didn't do so much as bother it. And as you reach a single point of health it stops. It lets go, hovers a bit and makes strange cooing noises. It was the Hatchling!
Yeah, he's that big.
He recognizes you (THANK GOD), and then takes off. You are given a tank of health right after that, so you follow it down to the final boss: the Return of Mother Brain. A giant brain in a jar doesn't sound super threatening, but it's exactly how it was in the first game! Floating energy rings drift toward you menacingly, and you have a tiny platform to move around on over a pool of boiling lava. When you crack the shell and launch a few Super Missiles into her stupid face, the whole place goes up and she drops to the ground. But before you can celebrate, Mother Brain's massive body rises dramatically and she starts her attack again!
Spoiler: You lose.
She kicks your ass. You deal damage to her, but she pulls out all the stops and hits you with an energy beam that drains you down to almost nothing. Right before you're about to die, the Hatchling swoops in and grabs her, the two are tangled in a screeching melee while you sit helplessly, and once it's done with the Brain, it turns its attention on you. But it actually gives you all the energy it drained from Mother Brain! Which is good, as she wakes up halfway through the transfer (just SUPER pissed) and unloads on the poor thing. When you're at full health, it lets go and tries to charge again, only to get shot down and die. It's heartbreaking! You've fought so long and hard to find this guy, and he gives his life for you! Glowing with your newfound power, you pay Mother Brain back in spades.
GOD that part felt good.
Item 5: Finale
This was my emotional connection to the Game. You've spent the entirety of the adventure looking for the Hatchling so the Space Pirates won't turn it into a weapon, and ultimately you failed. My heart was wrenched when I heard the last desperate shrieks of the Metroid as it died, but there is an immediate catharsis in being able to rip Mother Brain to shreds with your newfound power. Of course, now you have to run for your life as the planet is about to explode (much like the very beginning of the game!) It's exciting and fun and awesome, and you feel like the badass explorer Samus Aran truly is. In my personal opinion, Super Metroid is still the best in the series.
Though it'd be cool if Samus stopped blowing up every planet she lands on…
-Joe
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